This last week THE LAMB spoke to me of something beyond "nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom''. HE taught the twelve about serving two masters. It is impossible, yet today it happens continuously with little 'understanding' within the Seven CHURCHES. THE LAMB gave me a "word'' about THE WAR between THE TWO HOUSES. ABBA'S HOUSE....and the House of MAMMON. so here goes.....
"THE FINAL BATTLE OF THIS AGE WILL NOT BE AGAINST TYRANNY FROM WITHIN. NOR WILL IT BE AN ATTACK FROM WITHOUT. INDEED THESE TWO THINGS SHALL INDEED OCCUR BEFORE THE DAY OF MY WRATH FLOWS OVER NORTH AMERICA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD.''
''TELL THOSE WHO PRESENTLY DWELL CARELESSLY IN THE ISLES, WHO LIVE IN COMPLACENCY AND IDLENESS WHEN THE HUNGRY STARVE AND THE THIRSTY YEARN FOR MERE MOISTURE. DID I NOT ASK YOU TO ATTEND TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO NEED ME? DID I NOT SPEAK ON MORE THAN SIMPLE 'BREAD AND WATER'? THIS THING YOU CALL ''CHURCH'', AND PLACE MY NAME TO, IS INDEED AN INESCAPABLE PRISON FOR THE CHILDREN STARVED AND NEGLECTED FOR SO LONG''.
"TELL THOSE WHO ARE SOUNDING ALARMS ABOUT THIS PRESENT WORLD'S 'SITUATIONS' TO GET THEIR EYES ON ME AND NOT ON THEIR AGENDAS'' "TELL THEM, OLD DOG, WHY I CALLED YOU OUT FROM THE WOLF'S DEN. TELL THEM WHY BEING A DOG AT MY BECK AND CALL IS MORE WORTHY THAN AN IDLE PARASITE WHO DEFENDS THEIR SINS OF OMISSION ON "WAITING ON THE LORD''.
"TELL THEM, MY 'DOG', THAT I AM SICK OF THEIR EXCUSES WHEN I REQUIRED FULL SUBMISSION AND JOYFUL OBEDIENCE. FEW INDEED HAVE BEEN WILLING TO DIE AND BE BROKEN BEFORE ME.''
''TELL THEM THE LAST BATTLE IS BETWEEN TWO MASTERS. TELL THEM THAT MY FATHER'S HOUSE CAN NOT EXIST WHERE MAMMON IS WORSHIPPED IN ANY WAY. THE GLORY CANNOT COME DOWN AND FILL ANY MISHKON DECORATED WITH IDOLS. THE LAMB DOES NOT ENTER AND FELLOWSHIP WHERE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PROFANED AND DESECRATED.''
''TELL THEM THERE WILL BE A DAY WHERE THE LITTLE HORN WILL SET UP HIS IMAGE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. BUT BEFORE THAT DAY COMES I WILL SEPARATE THE GOATS FROM MY SHEEP. FOR RIGHT NOW THOSE WHO WEEP AND WAIL FOR THE SINS OF THIS PLACE CALLED AMERICA ARE BEING MARKED BY ME, BRANDED AND COUNTED AS BEING MINE AND MINE ALONE. THESE ARE MY CHOSEN ONES, MY PRECIOUS JEWELS WHO I HAVE SHAPED AND CRAFTED BY MY HAND. I NOW SEAL THEM AND SEPARATE THEM''.
"TELL THEM THAT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE NOW HAPPENS AGAIN. MY HOUSE WAS DESECRATED AND MY WORSHIPERS WERE SCATTERED. MANY STAYED IN THE PLACE DEFILED AND SERVED THE ABOMINATION WITH ZEAL. SO IT IS TODAY. IN THE NATURAL MEN STOOD UP AND FOUGHT A WAR OF SLOW ATTRITION UNTIL JERUSALEM WAS SET FREE AND THE TEMPLE CLEANSED. EVEN THEN I GAVE A MIRACLE AND A SIGN FOR ALL GENERATIONS. NOT BECAUSE THE ''MACCABEES'' WERE MORE SPIRITUAL AND ANOINTED. BUT BECAUSE THEY OBEYED MY WORD AND MY LAW, SOMETHING THAT GOES TOGETHER IN SPITE OF LIBERAL THEOLOGY. FOR THAT REASON THE LAMP OIL BURNED FOR 8 DAYS AND NOT ONE.''
"TELL THEM TO LOOK AGAIN AT MY FEASTS AND SEE MY PATTERNS. SEE MY WILL DEFINED IN BOTH MY WORD AND MY LAW.''
"AND LAST, OLD DOG, TELL THEM I CHANGE NOT. NOR WILL I BE CHANGED BY THE REBELLIOUS MANIPULATIONS OF FOOLISH CHILDREN DECEIVED AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS. REMIND THEM THAT
''I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHICH BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER gods BEFORE ME. YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE''.
Limits and Measures, Leashes and Fences.
ABBA last night brought the term up. It is one i have known and pondered off and on for years. Once years ago someone who had "done time'' in a prophetic "school'' asked me "What is your Metron?" Now i thought he was joking. I knew what the Greek term meant, thank you Dr Strong. But i had no real idea what this person was getting at.
The question of "what is my measure?"....''what is my 'meter'?'' was something i had not put in words. Not like this "school'' was attempting to do. It was my first "exposure" to a new ''disease''. A new dialect of "christianese". Since then i have had many people ask about ''my ministry" and i had always tied "metron" and "ministry" together because that is what this fellow and the crowd he came from did. Yet in my spirit i saw it differently. Like so many things, i had a complete alternate point of view that does not fly in the winds of conformity. This was partly because of the "image" a HOLY GOD gifted me with. A LEASH.
Yesterday i received a post in response to a "thought" that was heavy on my spirit. The last few months i have been given "images" and "songs" completely unexpected and focused. In this time, i have accepted the fact i do not "understand" all what GOD is doing. Like Jeremiah, i was going through motions and demonstrations that made no sense at the time. Eventually Jeremiah got the "answers". I am still in process and it is intimidating. I do not know what these "IMAGES" mean. Especially when THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT starts exposing layer after layer of DEPTH i had no awareness of as i "went through" the VALLEY OF VISION. In this post, i received confirmation that i was not alone in the reality that i did not have all the answers. But what i also got was a "target" for my spiritman when one of those HOLY SPIRIT "buttons'' got pushed and pushed hard. Here is a lead in and the "button"... " I have such an excitement in my spirit about what God is about to turn us loose to do. Yet, I have no real, solid idea of what that is. I have a sense that it is bigger than our imaginations can even bear. But, my boundaries seem to be clear even if they are intangible.''
When i read the term "boundries" i heard that still small voice say "METRON''. My
"old friend" came back to visit. In my spirit "METRON" was HIS LEASH on my collar.
Being an "old dog" means i have had many such images THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT
has invested in me. Now seems the time to reap what MY MASTER HAS PLANTED
IN HIS FIELD. Call this HARVEST TIME.
The HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM all have a sense of "immediacy'', of ''excitement".
Now when that post spoke of "GOD is about to turn us loose" it spoke deep and hard
to my spiritman who sees "leash" when speaking of GOD'S MEASURE IN US.
Maybe you who read this are as clueless as i have been at "HOW" and "WHAT"
GOD is about to do what HE HAS BREATHED into our spirits. Yes we see in part,
hear in part. So here is a piece to add to yours. BLESS THE NAME OF THE LORD.
METRON is our "measure"...in Greek. It speaks of being "weighed", placed on the
"yardstick" and evaluated. It first appears in Matthew 7:2 2 For with what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again. (KJV) Funny JESUS talks of 'weighing' in the same breath as "judging''. There
is an image HE is trying to impart. Regrettably it was lost or misplaced some time ago.
Now the "WORD" of GOD explains itself if you seek, ask, knock. Typically ABBA really has no desire to make it hard and mysterious. In fact the very next time JESUS uses the term "metron" HE explains it better....later we will look at Matthew 7:2 in it's full context and it will hit harder the IMAGE a HOLY GOD needs for us to receive in this day. Matthew 23....
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
If you are getting the idea that METRON is more than MINISTRY, good. Let me take it another level. John 3...
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 And what
he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure
unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Here is one of the most profound acclamations concerning THE LAMB, THE SON OF GOD. What JOHN is saying is there are no limits to HIM. REMEMBER HIS WORDS...."ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME...." Remember the rest?
So let's take this whole image of "measure"/"limits"/"boundries" to it's fullest. Romans 12:1-3........
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (KJV)
Unless you "catch" this "image'' the rest of Romans 12 and the gifts and ministries alluded to are "lost" to us. Paul is saying we have been given a "portion'' of "faith". In itself it is "measurable". Paul also is saying it is equally distributed to all who qualify
according to the caveat of 12:1....those who are "living sacrifices". Those who are within the "boundaries" of ''reasonable service''. Here it gets interesting if you look at what Paul calls reasonable. In Greek it is the term "logikos''. It is where we get our English terms ''logical". So reasonable is a "nice" translation. As would "rational'' or ''logical". Yet in the original Greek "logikos" means "OF THE WORD". Forgive my use of capitol letters...but there is a point here. Literally Paul is saying, ignoring the comma and the "which" that the translators added, "that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto GOD is your "of the WORD'' sacrifice''. Simply Paul is saying all what GOD wants is based in HIS WORD. In essence our measure is a "boundary" established in and by HIS WORD. That is the scoop THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT has used to ''pour'' faith into each of us who are "in" "reasonable service''.
Paul speaks of grace in verse 3 before he speaks of faith. He also warns about being sober and not over evaluating ourselves. Interesting place for a warning...or instruction, if you prefer....but now for an expansion of that warning. 2 Corinthians 10:12-17
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 But we will not boast of things
without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to
you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, 16 To preach the
gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. (KJV)
Here are four verses that in King James we see "measure" used six times. I add measuring because it has the basic root meaning that ''metron'' has, to be "measured''...the act of measuring. The problem is that in verse 13 and again in verse 15 the term
"ametros" is used. It means litterally "without measure" the usual translation interestingly is "being immoderate". Simply put without "limits''..."out of bounds". Each time Paul preceeds it with the intimation "our" as speaking ''of man''. When he
uses it as "GOD'S BOUNDRIES" he again uses "metron". The last place Paul uses this image of "measure is in Ephesians....... 4:2-16
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord,
one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (KJV)
Paul since Romans has given us a progression of "OUR MEASURE'' and OUR REASONABLE SACRIFICE. Verse 13 is the culmination of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT'S work in us that began with that "scoop" of "faith" and now includes the grace
that started us to the image of being "holy and acceptable". Paul culminates it all wonderfully as a functioning reality alive in this world....." according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of
itself in love. ''
Without the concept of a reality based "ON/OF THE WORD" there is no effective working/functioning of this "thing" we label as "THE CHURCH". So even if "some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers" were all together and in unity it would not ''work'' unless all stayed and funtioned within their "boundries" or "limits''. Call it "within the rules" "of the WORD".
In my case i have an "image" of a ''LEASH". It is also my "rules of engagement". What i can and cannot do. That is the "boundry'' i am allowed. The fences THE LORD has established not simply to keep me "in", but to protect me. What image(s) has HE given you? HIS WORD, as in LOGOS, clearly delineates our "code of conduct". All students are expected to follow these rules. Likewise employees are expected to conduct themselves in a way that does not place the employer in a bad public light. So shouldn't THE MASTER expect us to comport ourselves only in ways that bring HONOR to HIM? Isn't that exactly what THE WORDS OF OUR TESTAMONY is all about? In the military there is explicit standards of conduct for soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, and guardsmen. Is not the CAPTAIN AND KING worthy of our best efforts?
But where are the ''rules'' HE DEMANDS being taught and overseen as HIS WORD dictates clearly. Yes this is the time things are being "let loose". We all know it. But there are still "boundries" HE expects us to maintain. Each of us has been given the same faith, grace, and love. So where does Luke want to take us when he says 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
If we all have the same grace, faith, love....what does he mean by "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Could this really be the "reasonable service"? That what Luke calls "much" is really what we all get...but those who commit "much'' "they" will ask for even more? In other words, if you give all. Allow the LIVING WATERS to flow from your belly and thirsty ''man'' will ask for more.
This passage is taken from Luke's version of Matthew 24:42-51. In it he repeats an image i shared on several long weeks ago. That this duty of a servant which is stated clearly in THE WORD must now take place is now obvious. The question is
whether we want to be acceptable according to GOD'S RULES, or mans?
Do we follow JESUS and learn of HIM as HE has asked us clearly in HIS WORD?
Do we take HIS rebuke of Satan and HIS declaration for ourselves?
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
If you are ready for "strong meat" there is none better.
So now look again at what THE WORD said in Matthew. And receive HIS RULES.
Matthew 7:1-29
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son
ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (KJV)
Strong meat? Solid fences? Well established boundries? Indeed. All properly following our measure.
Clear boundries, intanginable yes. But they are there. These are HIS DOCTRINES. SOUND DOCTRINES ALL.
What is your "METRON"? What are your "ORDERS OF THIS DAY"? By what standard will HE MEASURE YOU?
selah
shemuel
Bob Neuman
"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so shall I be around My people. My people look unto My mountain for their help in the midst of their trouble. And to those who trust in Me, I am faithful in all things. But there are many who freely speak My Name; yet I know not! They proclaim knowledge and intimacy that is not for they look to themselves and not to Me. Each of them has their own high place to burn their incense; to make their sacrifices. What authority they espouse, what power they acknowledge comes not from My mountain.
It is not of Me."
"There comes a Day when all will see their folly, but before that day I will move against them. For too long I have been still, calling them to repent and to be saved. But they will not hear My voice, nor the words of My servants when I have sent unto them. So the Day approaches where all that they place their trust, all where they seek strength and power will be before Me. Every mountain that is against Me I shall bring down. Every stronghold that stands against Me shall melt as wax before Me."
"For I Am. I will not allow their arrogance to continue. For long have they done what is 'right' in their own eyes. They do not lift their eyes to Me when they speak of their Savior, their Deliverer, their God. Because they look elsewhere, and smile to themselves."
"For too long I have suffered fools and mockers who know Me not, yet speak of Me easily. Their words are sweet and smooth to ears who desire less than the truth. Yes, My son--they know of Me. Of My love and mercy. But not of My justice or wrath. They speak words of My glory and My holiness and understand nothing of what they describe. Boldly do they speak and act, saying they do so in My Name, but all they do is by their will."
"Hear My Words, child! Who is like unto Me! Yet they fear Me not, nor do they concern themselves towards Me. For this reason I shall move against them. All that bears mention of Me, yet is not of Me I will bring down. All that stands against Me will be destroyed. All who banter My name and look to their own strength shall surely fall. They have placed their trust in wealth and in power. Soon their wealth will be useless and their power drained away."
"Know this, that in the midst of this judgment, most shall not repent and seek My mercy. But there will be some who shall find Me. These are who you will minister to. Many will be broken and bound by their own religiosity. Speak of My mercy and My holiness, My love and My glory. They will listen to the truth, for all else will have been brought down in their lives."
Bob Neumann
Yesterday as the Sabboth began
I went to a prophetic site and found a post where that ''still small voice'' echoed
in me and I responded. since that time I have been up and down the rollercoaster
of THE LIVING GOD wondering what is going on here. just now as I received THE
TRUMPET 3/5/99 and the image of ''payday'' puts things together in a peculiar
way....
here is the issue I was commenting on....
Shema begins with Deuteronomy
6:4-9...
Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu
Adonai Echad.
Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
I probably would not have
commented on this, Albert, since I am not very
familiar with Jewish practice...
However, God has had that particular part
of the Word on my heart for
some time.
Shalom Albert and Mark,
well Mark, I've gone out of
my way to study the HEBREW because for a long time the SH'MA has not only been
in my heart, but a driving force.....
"HEAR OH ISRAEL!!!!!" every Shabbot it is declared to each and every congregation. I was puzzled why ELOHIM ADONAI ELYON thought it was so important. then again, looking back with 20/20 hindsight we know it did little good. in the last few months as I have seen and heard each separate VOICE of ELOHIM and found relationship the awareness of a far deeper TRUTH is there for us to grab. but let me share one little rhema with both of you....
ECHAD means one....unity....single minded/spirited/purposed....now look at this interesting prayer....that was said when all 11 disciples were sound asleep....think how JOHN got this info to share with us....
John 17:
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those
whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them
in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost,
but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak
in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of
the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of
the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have
I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they
also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art]
in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe
that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given
them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
my brothers, the JEWISH MESSIAH would have used that same HEBREW WORD, ECHAD...that we might be echad as Y'SHUA and ABBA are. that we might be ''separated'' from the world, just as HE was. that simply means...to be HOLY....
MARK, my brother, I have tried to respond to your last post and could not find the words. ECHAD is that wondrous unity based on HOLINESS which delineates the church from the BRIDE. thank you brothers for reminding me what this battle is all about.
ELOHAYNU, ADONAYNU, MELEKAYNU,
Y'SHEYANU....
SHABBOT SHALOM
that is what I shared with two brothers and an entire www yesterday. now I received from my brother Bill Burns...
March 5, 1999: I am bringing
to you, My church, an eleventh hour payday for those of you who have been faithful
to Me, for those of you that have remained steadfast, for those of you who have
persevered without doubting and without dragging My name through the dust of this
world.
---snip----
that I am preparing a people to walk in the glory of My presence? I have spoken to you and said that I am sifting you, and I am taking out of you everything that is wrong.
My brother Bill, ABBA is making us ECHAD....separated from the WORLD just as THE KING OF GLORY walked in our world but refused to conform to it. there is a ''unity'' of separation....of ''being called out'' that is our destiny and our measure. to conform to the example and image of THE SON in the midst of darkness....in the midst of Egypt. when the ''church'' calls for unity it is a political or economic ploy for it does not point to the cross as our goal to emulate.
My Brothers, in the FOURTH THUNDER the KING OF GLORY warned that no longer would HE allow the misuse of HIS NAME. this you confirmed when HE mentioned through you the image of ''dragging MY NAME through the dust of this world". too many of our brothers and sisters have ''dusty'' feet from their simply walking in this present world. HIS IMAGE to us is to meet each at HIS BANQUET door with towel and basin. to wash the dust of so they could sit at the table clean
and pure.
My Brothers and Sisters, I ask that you tarry a moment and allow me to wash your feet. The Battles and Struggles of these past days and weeks have worn you down, stolen your peace, and strained your faith. But HE who has called you to enter HIS REST and to dine at HIS TABLE says BE STILL AND LISTEN.
THIS TIME OF CONFLICT AND TRIAL IS FOR BUT A SHORT SEASON. THE SIFTING CONCLUDES AND THE SEPARATION IS COMPLETED. ENJOY MY SABBOTH AND MY PEACE. I AM THE LORD OF THE SABBOTH AND THE PRINCE OF PEACE. I AM YOUR VICTORY AND YOUR SONG. AS I AM THE LAMB AND THE LION, LET ME BE TO YOU COMFORT AND STRENGTH. COME INTO MY REST. COME INTO THE PLACE I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU, ALL WHO LABOR FOR MY GAIN.
I AM THE REWARDER OF ALL WHO SEEK ME.
I AM THE RECOMPENSE FOR ALL WHO ARE POURED OUT IN MY NAME.
BE ONE, BE COMPLETE. FOR AS I AND MY FATHER HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE SO SHALL YOU MY BELOVED BE ONE WITH ME. FOR YOU ARE BONE OF MY BONE AND FLESH OF MY FLESH. I PROCLAIM YOU AS MINE, BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. ESTEEMED FROM AMOUNG ALL THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH ARE YOU DAUGHTER OF ZION. THE DAUGHTERS OF KINGS SHALL MINISTER TO YOU. THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN AWAIT YOUR COMING. ALL CREATION DESIRES TO SEE YOU AS I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN YOU.
FEAR NOT MY BELOVED. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. I HAVE NOT FORSAKEN YOU. IN MY FATHER'S TIME IT IS ALL COMPLETE. NOW QUICKLY PREPARE YOURSELF AND WATCH FOR ME. I COME WHEN THE WORLD LEAST EXPECTS. I COME FOR MY BELOVED WHEN NO ONE LOOKS. I COME AS I PROMISED...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT....
REJOICE IN MY LOVE FOR YOU DAUGHTER OF ZION. LISTEN TO MY SONG IN THE NIGHT. I WILL DRY YOUR TEARS AND FILL YOUR HEART WITH LAUGHTER. BE STILL MY BELOVED, BE STILL AND WAIT. WATCH FOR ME.
so let me dry your feet, little sister, the MASTER awaits you as surely as you have waited for HIM. you have prepared yourself and are most properly adorned. Enter HIS REST....enter HIS PRESENCE. refresh yourself at HIS TABLE. oh TASTE AND SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD....
your servant, oh DAUGHTER
OF ZION,
shemuel
Dear Stephen,
So far i have read your thoughts on THE BRIDE and our sister’s from "down under" Cheryl. Sisters.
I also have read the comments by Sisters Laura, Brenda, and Stephanie. Like you Stephen i have seen THE BRIDE whenever i see people simply doing as THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT leads them when helping others. Whenever a believer simply submits to the leading of GOD, the AUTHORITY of JESUS...a see THE BRIDE.
Sr Cheryl shared with us what Paul said in 2 Corinthians....
"For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, of if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted - you may well put up with it!" (2 Cor. 11:2-4) I do not remember Paul speaking of any "personal" fear as he speaks here.
The issue is "deception" that the "minds" of the believers are in danger of being "corrupted" from what he calls "THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST". Strange concept. Yet i have heard this warning many times from ABBA...."KEEP IT SIMPLE SON".....
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS should be extremely simple for it was intended for SHEEP and CHILDREN. Paul points toward the direction this "corruption" will come. First there are those who "preach another JESUS". A gospel Paul, Peter, James, John and all the disciples did not preach. Second there would be a "different spirit" than the ONE PROMISED BY JESUS. JESUS said HE would SEND THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT....to bring REMEMBRANCE OF JESUS to those who "would follow". Third and last is a "different gospel".
What we have is a "DIFFERENT" "Jesus", "spirit", and "gospel". All three work together to bring one thing, "CORRUPTION". And all three originate with THE SERPENT. And once again i find myself in Ephesians 6. We all know this as THE WHOLE ARMOR chapter. Personally i am tired of the many messages that talk about "putting" on THE ARMOR....going over each piece.... BUT never dealing with WHY we are to be armored and carrying THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. STAND...WITHSTAND...to not fall to/or fall under the "WILES OF THE DEVIL"..... i suppose this is what most people feel is "SPIRITUAL WARFARE"....or "DOING BATTLES IN THE HEAVENLIES".... all it is really is being unmoved by the TRICKERY of THE ENEMY.... and the ONLY way to do that is to firmly grounded on THE ROCK.
James puts it very clearly....i could say "resist the devil and he will flee".... but that misses the point James, an Apostle, was trying to teach....and i believe he was serving a whole lot of "solid meat" in 17 verses....
James 4
1 From whence come wars
and fightings among you? come they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in
your members?
Here we can see James alluding to the "ungodly
lusts" Jude mentions. Those who follow a
"different spirit" "walk" in these lusts...
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have
not, because ye ask not.
I believe James here is saying that there are
those who have not asked JESUS into their
HEARTS and LIVES. People can be carnal Christians because they will not let their old man die.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
(Simon the Sorcerer wanted what the Disciples had....for all the wrong reasons. He asked amiss. If the desire for
ministry gets in front of serving JESUS, we ask wrongly.)
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
I think we can all understand this...or do we....
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The
spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
The "old man" again. He does not want to "die". It is a battle in ourselves. But we are not alone...
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith,
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Grace is "sufficient" and is ours if we only ask and are willing to be HUMBLE...BROKEN...
Remember "if my people...."?
the first, and hardest step is to "humble themselves"....
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
I am sorry....but verse 7 has three specific steps....
FIRST is we must be submitted to GOD....under covenant....desiring to serve HIM ALONE.
Second is when we RESIST....as in STAND....not to give in or submit.
Third we see the devil will FLEE.... JESUS resisted the devil three times by using THE WORD OF GOD....THE LOGOS... IT IS WRITTEN.
and there is a bonus benefit when we STAND...RESIST....
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
As we come to GOD, HE comes closer to us. Call this INTIMACY...call it REVELATION....but it
can only start with calling upon JESUS and "dying"....to be humble...broken....
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter
be turned to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness.
To me this is being serious to the prompting of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT..... to pick up the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT and to pray as ABBA desires....not as man suggests or directs.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and
he shall lift you up.
GOD LIFTS UP.....when man elevates man there is a problem. Many people look up to a man thinking they are seeing what GOD WANTS THEM TO SEE. they have been told that often enough....
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother,
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law:
but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Now this is a difficult passage when you are dealing with a wide group of people.
To many the term "to speak evil" means to speak in any form of "negative" commentary.
If i disagree with someone and voice an opinion they can perceive it as "evil" simply because i fail to agree with them. Now if i call people names and then make accusations that are groundless, frivolous, or deceptive in any way....... Then i would be doing what James is referring to..."speaking evil". In doing this i have "judged" someone else. And acting as an executioner by "killing them" with my words.
James is telling us to be "doers" and not "judges".
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and
to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Many like the stick of "legalistic" and wave it well. The problem with/of THE LAW is that GOD gave man THE LAW. HE is the ONE who SAVES....and DESTROYS.... We have spoken of coming JUDGMENT. GOD'S JUDGMENT.... Which makes the next verses interesting...
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we
will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get
gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall
be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for
a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Many "Christians" have made """"PLANS"""....in their lives, professions, ministries and the simple warning of what is to come can upset them. For this reason the "church" in many of it's divisions, denominations, congregations can not/will not accept the idea that THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT can/will/does SPEAK to ABBA'S CHILDREN.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Now this is scary because i have listened to such boastings by "people"
who claim positions in the church.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth
it not, to him it is sin.
When one "hears" THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT and fails to obey. When one knows
right from wrong and chooses to do wrong we have what the scripture calls "iniquity". Seems i have "HEARD" that term all too often of late.
So to understand the Simplicity of Christ we must KNOW HIM.....HE SAID....
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
HE SAYS we are to learn of HIM as we walk side by side with HIM....YOKED TOGETHER.
that is as simple as it gets.
selah
bob
October 22, 2000:
In THE WORD we are warned about 'the trumpet' whose call is unclear:
1 Corinthians 14:8 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
(KJV)
So when I 'hear', any way, any time, any place: a clear VOICE I stop and listen. Today I heard again the VOICE of THE LORD OF HOSTS. As usual it bothered me and I was more than willing to sit and wait. For a long time I have been ''preparing'' for battle. Something few of my brothers and sisters see coming as I do. But it is not their fault. If they were ''called'' and ''commissioned to STAND in the DAY OF BATTLE, that would have been their only focus, their only goal. For them THE DAY OF THE LORD
will be a time to flee...to run.
For THE LORD OF HOSTS made it clear to me in a very short statement that brings very intense images.
''THE SEASON HAS CHANGED AND PERILOUS TIMES HAVE JUST BEGUN. TOO MANY ARE STILL CLINGING TO PERSONAL ISSUES AND USELESS AGENDAS. THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT THE HARDER THEY CLING TO THE THINGS THAT OFFEND ME THE TIGHTER THEY SEAL THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION. I OFFERED GRACE AND MERCY AND THEY STILL
DEMAND POSITION AND AFFIRMATION FROM MEN. POWER AND WEALTH ARE THEIR HEART'S DESIRE, NOT MY KINGDOM''.
''I TOLD YOU ONCE BEFORE THAT THE ONLY PLACES I HAVE IN MY HOUSE ARE FOR SERVANTS AND STEWARDS. I SAID I WILL EXALT MYSELF AS ALL WHO FEAR ME KEEP STILL AND THEY WILL KNOW I AM GOD. FOR EVEN THE HEATHEN SHALL SEE AND BE IN TERROR BEFORE ME FOR I NOW ARISE TO MAKE WAR''.
''WHO IS LIKE UNTO ME, SOLDIER! I AM THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. I AM THE MASTER OF ALL WARFARE, EL GAHBOR, WHO WEARS ZEAL AS A CLOAK OVER GARMENTS OF VENGEANCE. I TOLD MY PRECIOUS ONES THAT MY NAME IS JEALOUS. I TAUGHT MY SERVANTS THAT I WILL TREAD THE WINEPRESS YET WHO HAS LEARNED?''
''THE 'CHILDREN' HAVE NOT BEEN FED SOLID FOOD. THEY HAVE NOT LEARNED OF ME. THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN UP THEIR CROSSES AND FOLLOWED ME. THEY CONTINUE TO SPEAK AS CHILDREN, ACT AS CHILDREN. THEY LOOK AT THE APPROACHING STORM AND THINK IT IS BUT ANOTHER DAY. ANOTHER 'EVENT' THAT WILL PASS AND THEY
CAN RETURN TO THEIR CHILDISH WAYS. SO WARN THEM FOR ME THAT I DO NOT ''PLAY'' BY THEIR RULES, FOR THEIR AMUSEMENT. THAT THE GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF MY WAR AND MY WRATH IS UNLIKE THEIR GAMES. TELL THEM FOR ME THIS IS ''FOR KEEPS''....''FOR ALL THE MARBLES''....''FOR ETERNITY''.
It seems whenever someone gets a 'word' or 'vision' we have to have a title. I hope you understand why I used ''FOR KEEPS''....it jumps out. Since this came I have had many ''images'' and ''scriptures'' come to mind. Of the sum and total two scripture passages seem to jump out....first is from Isaiah.......
13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they
have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
For years I have listened to people talking about "repentance'' from the WHITE HOUSE, and amerika ''returning'' to GOD like Ninevah in the book of JONAH. So many today are calling for prayer for all kinds of purposes and agendas. All are nice....I only wished it was ABBA'S call because I ''know'' what happened to Ninevah........
Nahum 1:1-9
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. (KJV)
hine hu ba
bob
Bob Neumann
Dear Bill, each time I try to deal with this particular ''beast'' it just gets too involved. To explain why JESUS hated the RELIGIOUS SYSTEM of THE PHARASEES, and HIS ANGER at the SYSTEM now in place forces the issue for me. HE said the ''traditions of man'' overrode the Commandments of GOD, and those that held these traditions
were a bunch of hypocrites and workers of iniquity with whom HE has no fellowship, no relationship. So I have a choice right now. I can join the hypocrites and deny my LORD. Or dish it out and offend all of Christendom.
Guess what church, you lost. Put on your lifejackets because the LORD, THE LORD MOST HIGH, wants you ''dead''. One way or another, your ship is not coming in. it sinks.
So I ask you exactly what HE asked me. "DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND TRUTH?"
SELAH.
THE TRUTH.
THE TORAH SET FORTH THE TITHES. YES THAT IS PLURAL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF FEEDING THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS, THE ONES ABANDONDED, AND THE TRIBE OF LEVI.
The MISHCON.
THE TABERNACLE OF MEETING had been built and was a low maintenance TENT. No crystal cathedral, no set of walls with doctrines, just the place of HIS SHEKINAH. SO MAN PREFERS AFFLUENCE AND CONTROL OVER HIS GLORY. BAD CHOICE.
Deuteronomy 12:6-14
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and
of your flocks:
7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
Look at verse 12 again. 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Boy, what does this mean? That those in ministry are not to have part of ''the land'' like everyone else? That they would receive 'their daily bread' on an even level as the hired help? No wonder why RELIGION became a necessity for a hypocrite. Little incentive for wealth, power, esteem.
That is GOD'S AGENDA. It is the pure TRUTH.
2 Chron. 31:
4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
So the LAW states that the tithe fed and housed the SERVANTS of GOD.
Only we are told over and over exactly how GOD wanted things to be.
Num. 31:
47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
That is THE LAW. OLD TESTAMENT. Fifths and tenths to care first for widows, then orphans, then strangers/aliens. And then the PROFESSIONAL CLERGY. As we would call them.
But how often do the cries of ''we are not under LAW. We are ''under grace'' ring out? Fine when did GRACE BEGIN?
Acts 4:32-37
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. (KJV)
So if you want to ignore LAW and use GRACE. You do what JESUS asked of the rich young ruler. And simply give all to the LORD. Again simple TRUTH.
Is HIS CHURCH of one heart? One soul? Having ''great power'' as we ''give the world a witness of THE LORD JESUS our CHRIST"? Then maybe we should not wonder why that ''great grace'' is missing. Nor should we be surprised that everywhere we turn THE CHURCH stands against being ''one'' in any way, shape, or form. Selah.
Selah. Selah.
And now the REALITY.
Today the "TITHE" is what pays for the expenses of what we call ''THE CHURCH''.
As the old saying goes. "It's a good job if you can get it".
And what is the PURPOSE of THE CHURCH. Think of all the answers that are flying around there. To reach the lost, to spread the gospel, to show the light of JESUS, to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry. Why go on.
THE REALITY is the ''TITHE" is what keeps the local ministries in the game of raising money. .
How many churches spend 90% of the ''tithes and offerings'' for missions.
How many churches use 40-50% of their cash flow to feed the widows and orphans?
How many pastors work a 40-hour a week in the world and tend a flock in AMERICA today? How many called to the mission fields have to beg and plead for support year in and year out? How many food pantries, soup kitchens, rescue houses and shelters for the hurting are scrimping daily trying to reach out to as many as possible as THE AMERICAN MEGACHURCH pays millions of dollars a week for air-conditioning, sound systems, teleprompters, and air time. .
And some dare to ask WHY THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT GRIEVES. WHY ABBA IS OFFENDED. AND WHY THE LAMB PREPARES TO DESTROY THE AFFLUENT AND USELESS APOSTATE CHURCH . . .
BEHOLD THE TWO-EDGED SWORD OF THIS ABOMINATION.
THE FIRST IS THE EXTORTION OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAN'S PERSONAL KINGDOMS.
MALFESCENCE OF THE MOST PROFOUND ORDER.
THE SECOND IS THE WHOLESALE MERCHANDICING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO LINE THE POCKETS OF BABYLON ON A SCALE UNIMAGINABLE TO EARLIER GENERATIONS.
THE FIRST TRUTH.
Matthew 6:33
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (KJV)
Exodus 19:5-7
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. (KJV)
Exodus 20:1-7
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (KJV)
THE FIRST REALITY. By serving ministry and self, APOSTATE Christianity can provide for itself. Of course the way to do it all is to create RELIGIOUS TRADITION once again that would replace GOD and GOD'S
commandments. Once the LIE is accepted in place of TRUTH we can point to REALITY for ''self-justification'' to feed off HIS FLOCK. No need to SERVE GOD. Because we now do right in our own eyes. And because we are right. All the means are justified to reach the end we envision.
And woe to the sheep if they don't ante up fast enough, because we will brow beat them, cajole them, feed them all manor of lies and doctrines of demons to ''influence'' their REALITY. And that reality is ''my ministry''. ''My vision''. .''My anointing''. ''My calling''.
THE SECOND REALITY is if the first don't work we'll get it and make the sheep pay with interest, to BABYLON of course. But remember the ends justify the means doesn't it! So take out loans and build edifices to ''house the sheep'', and to impress all other hirelings. Now write a book, cut a CD, do tape series after tape series and sell it
to hireling wannabes and sheep dumb enough to believe that serving man and serving GOD are one and the same. Wonder why the sheep quote Dr so and so. Rev what's his name, Pastor you know who and never LOGOS? Wonder why THE CHURCH runs all over from show to show for healing, deliverance, prophetic WORDS, and ''signs and wonders'' in general? And never have relationship with THE FATHER?
THE TRUTH is simple.
Matthew 16:4 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 7:21-28
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: (KJV)
So let me show you a future reality JESUS has HIS own doctrine and it is not really a doctrine as we ''know'' it.
Call it "HOUSE RULES''. Maybe just a little something man forget in his hurry to build his own ''little kingdoms''.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
(KJV)
Matthew 25:31-46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (KJV)
That is REALITY. And it is TRUTH.
So choose you this day. To be an unfruitful work of darkness, IN JESUS NAME. Of course, got to have someone shouting "LORD! LORD!'' thinking they played the game by their own rules in anticipation of great blessings. Never knowing the curse they were under in the midst of their 'prosperity'.
And you wonder why your ''seed'' is cursed?
Why the LAND is cursed?
Why you pray and never get exactly what you were asking for?
Why America has become a lawless, violent, perverse state where LAW is cast down and lies rule?
Maybe asking, or should I say demanding, GOD to bless what HIS WORD declares to be ABOMINATION in HIS EYES, and a stench before HIM might just be your problem.
To be 'cursed' and calling it 'blessing'
Selah
dog
Long ago Jeremiah spoke of "THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE". If you look at it, the reference originates from THE THRONE OF HEAVEN. ABBA is speaking to us. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS is alluding to an image of THE BRIDE. Micah and Isaiah also speak of her.
To hear THE VOICE OF GOD is a burden. In the parables JESUS gave us the message of the TALENTS. In fact it is the "less comforting" words that JESUS HIMSELF gives that have made me be a "little more violent" in my wording. But read this passage Luke gave us and see why it might be time for us to "reevaluate" who we are in HIM.
Luke 12
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day
when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut
him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy
of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
For unto whomsoever much
is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much,
of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will
I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how
am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?
I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one
house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and
the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter
against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter
in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud
rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There
will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky
and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what
is right?
58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,
as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and
the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till
thou hast paid the very last mite.
There have been times where people who label themselves as "pastors", "teachers", "intercessors", "watchmen", "apostles" and "prophets" have told me i quote too much scripture. A few have chided me for "quoting" too much. Usually i ask what did they receive in their "spirit" and usually get no answer.
In the past many have told me they could not get past the scripture to get to the point i was making. I guess that was the problem... usually it was not me trying to make the point. It was the ONE whom i was quoting.
In Luke 12:49.... HE SAYS...the person to whom HE GIVES "much", "MUCH SHALL BE REQUIRED". Then HE SAYS whoever has "COMMITTED MUCH"... from these HE WILL ASK EVEN MORE.
Now this one partial verse is not a hot topic for any preacher in any church. But if HE has called you into THE SERVICE OF HIS KINGDOM ....it is everything. Now i am not talking about "ministry" or "office" or "position". When THE SHEPHERD called me it was to SERVE HIM. Not HIS FLOCK.
Ponder that please. So when i "react" to the leadings of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT compromise is not an option. Paul has several one-liners on this:
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
About a year ago i made a comment on the WPA that bothered some, offended others. I made the statement that i was not part of "THE BRIDE". I could also say that i am not one of "HIS SHEEP". At face value both appear very "wrong". The problem is the "point of perception", and that is THE SHEPHERD/THE BRIDEGROOM. As i was given the "vision" of THE SHEPHERD and HIS
SHEEP so was i also given THE DAUGHTER OF ZION and THE BRIDEGROOM who bought her. Add to this THE LORD OF HOSTS.....THE LAMB OF GOD.......THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH.
The fullness of REVELATION of THE SON is hardly complete....in me. So when HIS COUNCILOR.... THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT leads me...i must follow...wherever.
Stephen, my brother, back when this year...HIS YEAR STARTED ON ROSH HA'SHANNAH.... i was led to Isaiah.....it speaks of a "burden" for those who "hear HIM"....and maybe "see".....
Isaiah 22
1 The
burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone
up to the housetops?
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city,
joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound
by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled
from far.
4 Therefore
said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because
of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down,
and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying
to the mountains.
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen,
and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys
shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look
in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many:
and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for
the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither
had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call
to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and
killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow
we shall die.
14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of
hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the
Lord GOD of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee
unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that
thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre
on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely cover thee.
18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like
a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy
glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from
thy state shall he pull thee down.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen
him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall
be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the
house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon
his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place;
and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his
father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from
the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the
nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall;
and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 22 ends...."for THE LORD hath spoken it". All these things occurred in the time of Jeremiah. It might have happened earlier. But Hezekiah prayed, and GOD HEARD. And sent Isaiah with a strange response.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel That, which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king
of Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning
him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter
of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against
whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD,
and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of
the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders,
and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with
the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it,
and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that
thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
The question is why did GOD LISTEN to Hezekiah....and spare JERUSALEM.
Sennacherib.....
He made some claims that are similar to those made in Isaiah that were accredited to "THE PRINCE OF TYRE"/ THE FALLEN CHERUB who covered......
The battle was THE LORD'S.....not man's...
Don't mess with what is GOD'S....HE IS A JEALOUS GOD.
THE GOD OF VENGEANCE.
THE GOD OF RECOMPENSE.
THE GOD OF JUSTICE.
at least HE SAYS HE IS....
and when HE SPEAKS we...HIS SERVANTS are to LISTEN and OBEY.
not rationalize, internalize, theorize, compromise....
selah
bob
dog
The Three Witnesses..
Bob Neumann
It seems the TIMES have shifted and the NEW SEASON is upon us, yet so many are trying to survive winter in summer clothes. The plowman has only a scythe in hand and no training on how to handle a plow....or the yoke in front of it.
THE MASTER is flooding me with images and I see the wrongness on the earth standing beside what HE HAS declared. Nothing will come to blossom and harvest till the littlest things are taken care of....and man is not interested in the details of GOD....
so I share with you now the three witnesses against America and the church......
Proverbs 20:1-12
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Many now drink of the wrong spirit. They too are spirit-filled, and ''glory in their abomination''. They mock what is of GOD and ''rage'' is their fruit that all ABBA'S faithful servants taste from them.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Those of the ''wrong spirit'' provoke the LION who is KING, who is also THE LAMB whose only task the FATHER has yet not done is THE TREADING of the WINEPRESS of the WRATH of GOD. Foolish are they who provoke HE who has both the AUTHORITY and the DUTY to destroy body, soul, and spirit.....by HIS WORDS.
3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The FAMINE follows the SWORD....only those who see the coming SWORD will be wise and prepare habitation for the 'times' ahead. And each servant who walks in THE FEAR of the LORD will be surrounded by fools who come against GOD unaware of their danger.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Too many fail to see the change in the season and will be caught in the day they know not for they preferred the honor of the sluggard over the diligence of the seeker...
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
We were given deep wells of cold clear water....only you had to draw....work...do something to drink it....so many settle for the tepid dregs in the bottom of the bucket because they are just too stupid and to lazy to haul it up....
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
This is where we now sit in the flow of time....and the TEMPLE is filled with Pharisees exalting themselves. So filled to the point where no sinner can now come in. AMOS 9:1
Is now here and the proud and arrogant are completely unaware their fate.
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
It is time to walk away from the fleshpots of EGYPT and to lead the CHILDREN to GOSHEN where a place has been prepared....it is not how we expected JOHN 14 to play out....our fault and not listening as well as we could have....for...
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
THE HOLY ONE WILL NO LONGER CONTEND...NOW HE JUDGES AND MAKES WAR.
SELAH....HOSHUANNAH....SELAH.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Only HE WHO IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS can say...THIS ONE IS MINE ABBA..... ONE THAT YOU GAVE ME AND I NOW BRING BACK TO YOU....
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Once again we are in the midst of the SEVEN THUNDERS and the wicked continue to do wickedly and will not flee their BABYLONS...
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Every child knows right from wrong...but the wicked chooses wrong and abides in his abomination. the 'child' knows the WAYS and WILL of THE FATHER. and our ABBA will save "the SONS who SERVE''.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Only those who 'hear' what THE SPIRIT says into the CHURCHES 'see' the STORM that comes to wash the house off the sand.
Psalm 24:1-10
A Psalm of David.
1. The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
There will be no doubt of this as the seals are broken, the trumpets sound, and the bowls are poured.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
It was HIS WORK, not man's...
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Only THE LAMB WHO IS A LION CAN decide to whom HIS FAVOR IS GIVEN. and the requirements are made clear so no man should cry ''LORD! LORD!'', but so many will.
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
HE WHO SAVES IS FAITHFUL....HE WHO BEGAN THE WORK SHALL FINISH IT IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME. THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION IS THE I AM WHO MAKE RIGHTEOUS BY HIS OWN HAND.
6 This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
BEHOLD THE BRIDE....FOR SHE HAS MADE HERSELF READY.....
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE DOUBT....NO MORE LIES AND CONFUSION.... FOR HE WHO IS TRUTH THUNDERS AND HIS VOICE SHATTERS THE MOUNTAINS ON WHICH THE ARROGANT AND THE WICKED TAKE THEIR REFUGE. HEAR THEIR CRY FOR THE ROCKS TO HID THEM........ FROM HE WHO SITS ON
THE THRONE...AND THE LAMB WHO STANDS AT HIS RIGHT HAND.
Psalm 51:1-19
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
Oh, LORD forgive YOUR SERVANT, for YOU ALONE I await. YOU ALONE I serve. YOU ALONE I love.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
YOU have SPOKEN and I HAVE HEARD and I OBEY. only YOU can forgive and blot out my transgressions. As YOUR MOST HOLY SPIRIT brings conviction to my inner man and all that is in me turns back and runs to YOU all things are restored.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
and to restore means to be clean again...
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
and to restore means the pain is removed and the wounds are healed...
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
HIS WORD SAYS THEIR ARE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD.... THE RIGHT SPIRIT....HIS FREE SPIRIT....unbound and unfettered will restore what has been stolen....what has been defiled....what is in bondage.
but which of HIS SEVEN SPIRITS do we look now for.... or is it THE FULLNESS where all SEVEN come forth....
Only those broken and contrite will know... only those who have been humbled and laid bare can stand.... only those whose hearts are pure....whose hands are clean.... whose 'eyes' are blind to the world.... whose 'ears' are deaf to the lies of the deceiver.... whose 'heart' is steadfast on the COURTS of THE LORD.... will ascend .....
selah
by two or more witnesses shall it be established.
so shall it be. dog