JesusBridesMaid

Acception Or Rejection

2008-02-06T21:29:00.000-08:00

Revelation 17:1-17 KJV

1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

7And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

10And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

11And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

12And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Mystery Babylon : We whom are the Saints whom SEES what is happening before our own eyes and are witnessing to the great fact of what our Scriptures and prophets have told us in being fully prepard in what's coming ahead in the future of this Nation. But WE Saints hold our ground with a Solid Foundation to the Bible and ALL it's has to say unto us that We take our Stand with Prayers of Intercession and for All others in our neighbors and overseeas as the Lord leads us by His Holy Spirit as He continues to watch over All of His children. ALL OF MYSTERY BABYLON AND ALL OF IT'S ENTITIES WHOM HAS JOINED UP with one another in these last days with all of the fornications and ALL of inhabitants of this earth by what they have done,along with the Roman Empire, Politcal system, European Union, United Nations which judgements will come from the Lord (Himself) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets Amos3:7.* Note*: WE ALL receive Warnings in what the Lord Jesus Christ sees not only in our own life but the World as a whole in all of it's addictions and dysfunctions with our behaviors which overtakes us inside down to the soul, [IF] we allow it to come forth so He can deliever us to be more like Him and Less of one self. Just as God has already done unto the Isrealities by sending in the Prophets in handing down warnings to them in what they had done in being very disobedient on a regular basis within the camp. If we also recall that they had seen All of their ancestors whom received warnings from the Lord God as well. It's for us hearing in our own smoke alarm sounding off to alert us when their is a fire in our home, but it's the fire of the Holy Ghost sounding off for us to take heed in the warning before it's way to late for us.We have all of issues that we face daily within this world like the " World Economic Collaps, Stock Market, Bombing of Iraq, The U.S.A With Attcks over and over, Socercy, U.N [ICC] International Criminal Courts, Palenstine State and Jerusalem's Land being divided, The USA "war" against global terrorism can easily spark the Islam Jihad (Holy War) against Jews and Christians. The Islam god Allah promises Muslims victory.
True Christians will stand up and defend My people, the Jews
The Future of Israel (Peace taken away):

My people shall stand for their God in midst of persecution

Plus some of this has happened to this nation like Natural Disasters has hit the U.S.A and still coming,As we the Children of God are making Prepartions as a church in watching and waiting for Jesus Christ return whom is our groom. I want to say emphatically that I believe that it is conditional. If we will pray and intercede, perhaps, many of these calamities can be averted and/or postponed.

I pray that as you read this, that you will keep an open mind and receive the main message: We must be ready for the Lord's return. We must return to our first love and live a pure and consecrated life if we are to be pleasing to Him when He appears.

May the Lord purify our hearts so we can be a part of His wonderful and beautiful Bride! Amen. Allow the Lord to be our refiner whom takes us all where He wants us to be In Him.

1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Malachi 3:1-7.

For are so very precious unto Jesus Christ as like the Metals we have that has already been refined by the searing heat of the Lord's furnace.He's cleasing us of All of our filthy souls which requires Him to be using soap deeply within us. He does this with His fire of All the very difficult times we face daily and through seasons for WE can be made ready for His restoration work. He uses us during these very difficult times so we can know just how powerless we truly are facing this world, but when we turn unto Him He will deliever us from destruction and then He encourages us as we walk in Him. For the denial of God is so much greater as the Isrealities had found out in all of those lives, God had truly directly confronted them with their sins and still refused to acknowledge them. We, too, can choose to listen or to accept Him as God confronts us with what it is we have done before Him, or deny Him for the sin which we had done in our failures if not there is No hope in the recovery of coming back to the Lord as being His children of the Most High God. We can acknowledge them and recognize within self that we've sinned before Him if not then He cannot help us then what He does then is what He will do as Judge and Jury at the end of time of one's own life standing before Him. That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Gen.18:25.
Here is the first solemn prayer upon record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be spared, if but a few righteous persons should be found in it. Come and learn from Abraham what compassion we should feel for sinners, and how earnestly we should pray for them. We see here that the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Abraham, indeed, failed in his request for the whole place, but Lot was miraculously
delivered. Be encouraged then to expect, by earnest prayer, the blessing of God upon your families, your friends, your neighbourhood. To this end you must not only pray, but you must live like Abraham. He knew the Judge of all the earth would do right. He does not plead that the wicked may be spared for their own sake, or because it would be severe to destroy them, but for the sake of the righteous who might be found among them. And righteousness only can be made a plea before God. How then did

Christ make intercession for transgressors? Not by blaming the Divine law, nor by alleging aught in extenuation or excuse of human guilt; but by pleading HIS OWN obedience unto death.

*** Often enough in our life are urged to pray for others in Intercession just as "Abraham had done, we pray for all difficulties, problems, situation, circumstances that arises before us and especially during these last days to which we live in daily.Just as we do together that we love and care deeply and very concerned while we pray those very powerful prayers before the Lord deeply within us as He takes us just where He wants us to be in Himself. For we are God's Family in one accord with Him. As I have taken a look again I,Myself at times wasn't sure of situations, circumstance that you and I face daily as I have talked it over with God, even though I had No idea how it was going to come out. For only He bring that confident feeling in bringing hope back to me with countless of encouragement in keeping steady in Him, through scriptures, songs of praise, and then He bring the fruition forth from His words.Then thanksgiving comes forth back to the Lord. i_amgodschild

Broken Vessels God Makes Whole

2008-02-06T07:01:00.001-08:00

All of us want God to fashion us into vessels for his use, but we must submit to his shaping and molding and to the refining of His Holy Fire

"Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, 0 house of Israel" (Jer.18:2-6 The Amplified Bible)

Imagine that you are sitting in church on Sunday and suddenly, the room is filled with the fragrance of Jesus. As you look down the aisle, you notice some incredibly beautiful vessels of the Lord entering the sanctuary.

These vessels are full of the Shekinah glory of the Lord, and their transparent glaze wonderfully reflects the image of Jesus. You immediately know that they have been in the high glory fires of the Lord and that they have paid an incredible price for the powerful anointing they carry.

In your spirit, you see Jesus walking up and down the aisles with wedding gowns on His arms. "Do you want My anointing?" He asks. "Do you want My presence and My miracles?"

"I'm calling you to be My bride," He continues. "I want you to be like the chosen vessels of honor you see here.Do you love Me enough to come with Me?"

The Scriptures tell us, "Many are called, but few chosen" (Matt. 20:16, NKJV). I believe it is the Lord's desire for all of us to be chosen vessels. But many believers are not pursuing the high calling and destiny the Lord has purposed for them because they are not willing to pay the price.

As clay vessels, each of us must take a journey. The steps in this journey can be painful but are necessary for us to be transformed from broken bits of clay into anointed vessels that reflect the glory of the Lord.

When the Lord, the Master Potter, first finds you in the potter's field, you are a broken vessel in need of salvation. He gently picks you up and carries you back to the Potter's house. "Even though you are a shattered clay vessel and all your hopes I and dreams have been destroyed," He tells you, "I have a vision and a destiny for your life."

He takes a rock and begins pounding your broken pieces of clay into fine dust. When you cry out in protest, He explains with great compassion, "I must take out all the rocks, thistles, thorns and foreign Matter - all the debris you have picked up on the highway of life."

Next, He carefully places the clay dust in large bins and pours in the clear living water that proceeds from the throne of God. He drenches you until you've absorbed this living water into every pore of your being. You begin to feel His love as never before.

The Lord then scoops up the moistened clay with His mighty hand and places you on the Potter's wheel. You hear His promise: "I have measured you; I know your portion; I know what destiny I have for you. For even though the enemy would want to kill you, I tell you, I have a mission and a calling for your life."

He begins to center you on the wheel. Slowly, His gentle hands go down into the very depths of who you are and begin to pull up the walls of your new vessel. While you are on the Potter's wheel, being shaped by he hands of the Master Potter, there is a wonderful mystery taking place within you. You are growing! It is a time of great favor and blessing.

But as you go around and around, you begin to notice other vessels sitting on the shelves around the Potter's house. You want to be like them.

"Lord, I love the closeness and intimacy of Your hands," you cry. "But I see all these other vessels sitting on the shelf, and I want to be a part of what they're doing!"

Suddenly the Lord comes with His cutting wire and pulls it under you to cut you off the wheel. Then He places you on the shelf to dry.

What a change this is from being on the wheel, where you were joyfully spinning in the hands of God! At first, you don't mind it too much, but after a month or two, you say, "Uh...you know, Lord, I've been sitting on the shelf for a long time, and I'm really dry. When is my ministry going to begin?"

You remind Him over and over again, "Lord, I've been praying to You!" But you don't feel His presence. In desperation you cry, "God, where are You? I seem to be in a dry and lonely wilderness!"

"You're right," He answers. "You've been promoted!" Surprised, you respond, "But Lord, I thought promotion was getting to start my ministry!"

In His love and wisdom He explains, 'Promotion is the wilderness! I've called you here so you can learn to recognize My voice. I'm testing your heart. I'm testing your love for Me. Will you continue to seek My face, or will you turn away?

When you were on the wheel, there was great intimacy between you and the Lord. Everybody said such wonderful things about your future! But now that you're on the shelf everyone seems to have forgotten you.

"Does God really have a future for your life?" you begin to wonder. "Did He really speak those things to me?"

You've learned all the worship songs by heart, read all the books, been to all the seminars-yet there's a dying in your heart because you feel the Lord has forsaken you. The worst part is that other people don't understand. "Why don't you have more faith?" they ask. They don't understand that God has taken you into the wilderness.

You see, the greater the calling on your life, the greater the misunderstandings and persecutions of other people. This is the price behind the anointing.

"My child," the Lord says, as you seek My face you will find the hidden streams of living water beneath the desert floor. For it is not the reputation and approval of man you need; it is to be so deeply rooted in Me that no matter what storms of life come, you will not be moved.

While God works out His perfect plan your soul is wrestling and dying in the wilderness. Finally, you stop struggling and quietly pray a prayer of resignation: "Lord I'll stay in the wilderness my whole life if have to. I have found You in this desert, and You are all I need."

The Lord has moved you from the shelf to the kiln, from the wilderness to His consuming fire. You can sense the heat. You can feel the relentless blaze. Perspiring yourself, you suddenly look over at the sweaty people next to you and realize you don't even like them!

The Lord never fires just one vessel at a time. He takes a church, a family or a group of friends and sets them on fire to expose everyone's hearts. In the intense heat, all the impurities of the soul come to the surface. Resentment, bitterness, anger and greed are revealed.

As the fire gets hotter, the pain increases. You cry out, "Lord! Everything in my life is dying!" Relationships with family and friends become strained, you experience persecution at work, and you can't get along with the people at church.

"God, if you love me, You'll turn off the heat!" you complain. But the fire continues to blaze even hotter. Finally, the doors open, and the Lord removes the clay vessels and places them back on the shelves.

Now you're actually happy to be in a hidden place. You decide to sit in the back of the church and not give prophecies or be a part of the prayer team anymore. Oh, yes, you still raise your hands and occasionally pray for people, but you've become lukewarm. When the Holy Spirit stirs your heart to give word, you say, "No! If I give a word, others will judge me. No, Lord, find someone else."

For a while, God tolerates your pulling back. Then He begins to nudge your spirit. He says: "Are you willing to settle for this, you want more of Me? Do you want to become My anointed bride?"

Others will be going to different cities and nations. The angels continue to carefully pour, paint and brush glazes onto each vessel before carrying them into a large kiln.

Something deep inside you stirs - that first call, that sense of destiny you felt as a new believer. "Lord," you cry, I don't want to just sit in the back pew and die. You made me to be a lover of your people and to go out and find broken vessels and bring them to the Potter's house."I know it won't be easy," you continue. "I know I will pay an incredible price for the anointing I will carry for You. But, Lord, I want to become Your bride."

So the Lord takes you into a huge glazing room filled with tables. Angels are moving pitchers from one table to another and placing them with cups on other tables in preparation for the high firing. The soft sound of weeping is heard as vessels that have been together all their lives are being separated.God is sovreignly moving His different vessels to prepare them for His Great Commission. Some will be staying at home while others will be going to different cities and nations. The angels continue to carefully pour, paint and brushy glazes onto each vessel before carrying them into a large kiln.

With raging intensity, the second fire starts to burn through the kiln. Quickly you move from a time of separation into a time of death. There are impurities within each clay vessel that only the fire can purge.

The Lord and His angels shut down the dampers on the kiln, cutting off the flow of oxygen and filling the kiln with carbon dioxide. Black soot along with heavy smoke and flames consumes every vessel in the kiln, as it becomes a black fire, your personal Gethsemane.

Abandonment, isolation and death itself are all around you. The fire is so intense that you can't hear or see the dear friends who have been your comforters and intercessors for so many years. Everyone you love seems to leave you as you die in this blazing inferno.

You say: "Lord, the fire! I'm dying in the midst of it! Everything I've built and love my whole life is being consumed!"

Your heart breaks as your reputation and your walk with the Lord is condemned. Competition, position, jealousy and pride are driven out of your life by the purifying flames.

You feel as if you're going to explode under the ever-increasing pressure. The Lord tenderly explains, "My child, in the midst of the blazing fire, a mystery takes place. Brilliant color pushed deep into the body of the clay vessel. "My mysteries and My revelations are revealed in the tremendous pressure of the high glory fire. This is a hidden time when the most beautiful colors are formed in the earthenware vessel. The richness and depth of color come from the darkest hours of agony and grief, just as diamonds, rubies and emeralds come from hot fires inside the earth. In the midst of this second firing My glory is being released into the depth of who you are."

At the moment when you just know you're going to die, the Lord opens all the dampers. Carbon and black soot escape, oxygen pours in, and the fire starts to burn clean, white and fresh The resurrection light of the Lord and His white transparent glory fire fill the kiln Everything seems new because you are no longer looking through the haze of ego pride or religiousness. You start to see with clarity in the Spirit.

Suddenly, in the midst of the white transparent, glory fire, you hear the voice of the Lord and see all the angels as well as the Lord Himself. Fresh anointings and impartations are poured out, and fresh hot commissions and renewed visions are etched into the hearts of men.

The Lord begins to place His chosen mantles on various clay vessels. He takes coals of fire and places them on stammering lips to ignite prophetic giftings that were declared over these vessels when they were on the Potter's wheel.

Shaking and crying, healing and deliverance, deep repentance and intercession fill the kiln as hungry hearts cry out for more of God.

They've been through a time of appointing, a time of testing, a time of separation and a time of death, but in this high fire they'll go through a time of resurrection as they start to move in the anointing with authority.

When the Lord walks through the kiln and sees Himself reflected on each vessel as in a mirror, He turns off the kiln. With great joy He announces, "Now that you reflect My glory, I can send you out to all the world." The Master Potter has perfected His work of art.

Broken Vessel

I kneel before you broken and worn
frighten by my past, bewildered and torn,
poked and bleeding from life's little thorns.

The setbacks, pitfalls broken pieces of a heart
that has been bruised, scorned and torn apart.
Broken this vessel but mended through strength
faith in Jesus whom my father has sent.

The spirit that dwells within to fill the cracks and
the well will soon be refilled. Housed in this vessel
your love so lives, as it heals and restores the life
you so freely give.

Making this vessel whole by giving you all of me
letting you take full control, they way it should be.
Soon a broken vessel I will no longer be but a
piece of clay that will be molded and set free
from the loving hands of only thee.
Written by Yvonne Coleman-Burney

If a man therefore purge himself to these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the Master's use and prepared unto every good work. II Timothy 2:21

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Jesus Christ Hand Is Upon Us

2008-02-05T08:04:00.000-08:00

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. Jeremiah 15:19 KJV.

MEANING:1. the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. 2.If thou return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 3.then will I bring thee again
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 4.and thou shalt stand
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations 5.before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns 6.me and if thou take forth
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications 7.the precious
yaqar (yaw-kawr')
valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation. 8.thou shalt be as my mouth
peh (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to 9.let them return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 10.unto thee but return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away)

The Whole Words of the Scriptures for us to Read and to study:Jeremiah 15:15-21 KJV. The Bottomline:

I. The prophet's humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, "O Lord! thou knowest; thou knowest my sincerity, which men are resolved they will not acknowledge; thou knowest my distress, which men disdain to take notice of." Observe here,

1. What it is that the prophet prays for, v. 15. (1.) That God would consider his case and be mindful of him: "O Lord! remember me; think upon me for good." (2.) That God would communicate strength and comfort to him: "Visit me; not only remember me, but let me know that thou rememberest me, that thou art nigh unto me." (3.) That he would appear for him against those that did him wrong: Revenge me of my persecutors, or rather, Vindicate me from my persecutors; give judgment against them, and let that judgment be executed so far as is necessary for my vindication and to compel them to acknowledge that they have done me wrong. Further than this a good man will not desire that God should avenge him. Let something be done to convince the world that (whatever blasphemers say to the contrary) Jeremiah is a righteous man and the God whom he serves is a righteous God. (4.) That he would yet spare him and continue him in the land of the living: "Take me not away by a sudden stroke, but in thy long-suffering lengthen out my days." The best men will own themselves so obnoxious to God's wrath that they are indebted to his patience for the continuance of their lives. Or, "While thou exercisest long-suffering towards my persecutors, let not them prevail to take me away." Though in a passion he complained of his birth (v. 10), yet he desires here that his death might not be hastened; for life is sweet to nature, and the life of a useful man is so to grace. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world.

2. What it is that he pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers.

(1.) That God's honour was interested in this case: Know, and make it known, that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Those that lay themselves open to reproach by their own fault and folly have great reason to bear it patiently, but no reason to expect that God should appear for them. But if it is for doing well that we suffer ill, and for righteousness' sake that we have all manner of evil said against us, we may hope that God will vindicate our honour with his own. To the same purport (v. 16), I am called by thy name, O Lord of hosts! It was for that reason that his enemies hated him, and therefore for that reason he promised himself that God would own him and stand by him.

(2.) That the word of God, which he was employed to preach to others, he had experienced the power and pleasure of in his own soul, and therefore had the graces of the Spirit to qualify him for the divine favour, as well as his gifts. We find some rejected of God who yet could say, Lord, we have prophesied in thy name. But Jeremiah could say more (v. 16): "Thy words were found, found by me" (he searched the scripture, diligently studied the law, and found that in it which was reviving to him: if we seek we shall find), "found for me" (the words which he was to deliver to others were laid ready to his hand, were brought to him by inspiration), "and I did not only taste them, but eat them, received them entirely, conversed with them intimately; they were welcome to me, as food to one that is hungry; I entertained them, digested them, turned them in succum et sanguinem-into blood and spirits, and was myself delivered into the mould of those truths which I was to deliver to others." The prophet was told to eat the roll, Eze. 2:8; Rev. 10:9. I did eat it-that is, as it follows, it was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, nothing could be more agreeable. Understand it, [1.] Of the message itself which he was to deliver. Though he was to foretel the ruin of his country, which was dear to him, and in the ruin of which he could not but have a deep share, yet all natural affections were swallowed up in zeal for God's glory, and even these messages of wrath, being divine messages, were a satisfaction to him. He also rejoiced, at first, in hope that the people would take warning and prevent the judgment. Or, [2.] Of the commission he received to deliver this message. Though the work he was called to was not attended with any secular advantages, but, on the contrary, exposed him to contempt and persecution, yet, because it put him in a way to serve God and do good, he took pleasure in it, was glad to be so employed, and it was his meat and drink to do the will of him that sent him, Jn. 4:34. Or, [3.] Of the promise God gave him that he would assist and own him in his work (ch. 1:8); he was satisfied in that, and depended upon it, and therefore hoped it should not fail him.

(3.) That he had applied himself to the duty of his office with all possible gravity, seriousness, and self-denial, though he had had of late but little satisfaction in it, v. 17. [1.] It was his comfort that he had given up himself wholly to the business of his office and had done nothing either to divert himself from it or disfit himself for it. He kept no unsuitable company, denied himself the use even of lawful recreations, abstained from every thing that looked like levity, lest thereby he should make himself mean and less regarded. He sat alone, spent a great deal of time in his closet, because of the hand of the Lord that was strong upon him to carry him on his work, Eze. 3:14. "For thou hast filled me with indignation, with such messages of wrath against this people as have made me always pensive." Note, It will be a comfort to God's ministers, when men despise them, if they have the testimony of their consciences for them that they have not by any vain foolish behaviour made themselves despicable, that they have been dead not only to the wealth of the world, as this prophet was (v. 10), but to the pleasures of it too, as here. But, [2.] It is his complaint that he had had but little pleasure in his work. It was at first the rejoicing of his heart, but of late it had made him melancholy, so that he had no heart to sit in the meeting of those that make merry. He cared not for company, for indeed no company cared for him. He sat alone, fretting at the people's obstinacy and the little success of his labours among them. This filled him with a holy indignation. Note, It is the folly and infirmity of some good people that they lose much of the pleasantness of their religion by the fretfulness and uneasiness of their natural temper, which they humour and indulge, instead of mortifying it.

(4.) He throws himself upon God's pity and promise in a very passionate expostulation (v. 18): "Why is my pain perpetual, and nothing done to ease it? Why are the wounds which my enemies are continually giving both to my peace and to my reputation incurable, and nothing done to retrieve either my comfort or my credit? I once little thought that I should be thus neglected; will the God that has promised me his presence be to me as a liar, the God on whom I depend to be me as waters that fail?" We are willing to make the best we can of it, and to take it as an appeal, [1.] To the mercy of God: "I know he will not let the pain of his servant be perpetual, but he will ease it, will not let his wound be incurable, but he will heal it; and therefore I will not despair." [2.] To his faithfulness: "Wilt thou be to me as a liar? No; I know thou wilt not. God is not a man that he should lie. The fountain of life will never be to his people as waters that fail."

II. God's gracious answer to this address, v. 19-21. Though the prophet betrayed much human frailty in his address, yet God vouchsafed to answer him with good words and comfortable words; for he knows our frame. Observe,

1. What God here requires of him as the condition of the further favours he designed him. Jeremiah had done and suffered much for God, yet God is no debtor to him, but he is still upon his good behaviour. God will own him. But, (1.) He must recover his temper, and be reconciled to his work, and friends with it again, and not quarrel with it any more as he had done. He must return, must shake off these distrustful discontented thoughts and passions, and not give way to them, must regain the peaceable possession and enjoyment of himself, and resolve to be easy. Note, When we have stepped aside into any disagreeable frame or way our care must be to return and compose ourselves into a right temper of mind again; and then we may expect God will help us, if thus we endeavour to help ourselves. (2.) He must resolve to be faithful in his work, for he could not expect the divine protection any longer than he did approve himself so. Though there was no cause at all to charge Jeremiah with unfaithfulness, and God knew his heart to be sincere, yet God saw fit to give him this caution. Those that do their duty must not take it ill to be told their duty. In two things he must be faithful:-[1.] He must distinguish between some and others of those he preached to: Thou must take forth the precious from the vile. The righteous are the precious be they ever so mean and poor; the wicked are the vile be they ever so rich and great. In our congregations these are mixed, wheat and chaff in the same floor; we cannot distinguish them by name, but we must by character, and must give to each a portion, speaking comfort to precious saints and terror to vile sinners, neither making the heart of the righteous sad nor strengthening the hands of the wicked (Eze. 13:22), but rightly dividing the word of truth. Ministers must take those whom they see to be precious into their bosoms, and not sit alone as Jeremiah did, but keep up conversation with those they may do good to and get good by. [2.] He must closely adhere to his instructions, and not in the least vary from them: Let them return to thee, but return not thou to them, that is, he must do the utmost he can, in his preaching, to bring people up to the mind of God; he must tell them they must, at their peril, comply with that. Those that had flown off from him, that did not like the terms upon which God's favour was offered to them, "Let them return to thee, and, upon second thoughts, come up to the terms and strike the bargain; but do not thou return to them, do not compliment them, nor comply with them, nor think to make the matter easier to them than the word of God has made it." Men's hearts and lives must come up to God's law and comply with that, for God's law will never come down to them nor comply with them.

2. What God here promises to him upon the performance of these conditions. If he approve himself well, (1.) God will tranquilize his mind and pacify the present tumult of his spirits: If thou return, I will bring thee again, will restore thy soul, as Ps. 23:3. The best and strongest saints, if at any time they have gone aside out of the right way, and are determined to return, need the grace of God to bring them again. (2.) God will employ him in his service as a prophet, whose work, even in those bad times, had comfort and honour enough in it to be its own wages: "Thou shalt stand before me, to receive instructions from me, as a servant from his master; and thou shalt be as my mouth to deliver my messages to the people, as an ambassador is the mouth of the prince that sends him." Note, Faithful ministers are God's mouth to us; they are so to look upon themselves, and to speak God's mind and as becomes the oracles of God; and we are so to look upon them, and to hear God speaking to us by them. Observe, If thou keep close to thy instructions, thou shalt be as my mouth, not otherwise; so far, and no further, God will stand by ministers, as they go by the written word. "Thou shalt be as my mouth, that is, what thou sayest shall be made good, as if I myself had said it." See Isa. 44:26; 1 Sa. 3:19. (3.) He shall have strength and courage to face the many difficulties he meets with in his work, and his spirit shall not fail again as now it does (v. 20): "I will make thee unto this people as a fenced brazen wall, which the storm batters and beats violently upon, but cannot shake. Return not thou to them by any sinful compliances, and then trust thy God to arm thee by his grace with holy resolutions. Be not cowardly, and God will make thee daring." He had complained that he was made a man of strife. "Expect to be so (says God); they will fight against thee, they will still continue their opposition, but they shall not prevail against thee to drive thee off from thy work nor to cut thee off from the land of the living." (4.) He shall have God for his protector and mighty deliverer: I am with thee to save thee. Those that have God with them have a Saviour with them who has wisdom and strength enough to deal with the most formidable enemy; and those that are with God, and faithful to him, he will deliver (v. 21) either from trouble or through it. They may perhaps fall into the hand of the wicked, and they may appear terrible to them, but God will rescue them out of their hands. They shall not be able to kill them till they have finished their testimony; they shall not prevent their happiness. God will so deliver them as to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom (2 Tim. 4:18), and that is deliverance enough. There are many tings that appear very frightful that yet do not prove at all hurtful to a good man. Prayers Of The Righteous Ones:

The Bible says; "And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness." (Acts 4:31)

"…Let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead - by this name this man stands here before you in good health." (Acts 4:10)
"And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Thy bond - servants may speak Thy word with all confidence, while Thou dost extend Thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Thy holy servant Jesus." (Acts 4:29)

Lord Jesus, I commit my life to You totally, spirit, soul, and body. I ask that You bend, break, and mold me into the person that You want me to be. Lord, teach me to trust in You and to live and walk by faith in You and Your Word. I commit to You, Lord, to take accountability and responsibility in my walk with You and Your Word. No more will the enemy’s devices and the deceptions of the old man easily sway me. I purpose to firmly fix my eyes and heart on You, Lord, totally today. I press, push and apprehend all that you have for me today, keeping in the back of my remembrance that the enemy loves a lazy or slothful mind.
satan, I come against you and all hosts of hell and I reject everything that you would have for me today. satan, I refuse all snares, pits, and traps that you have set to draw me away from my Lord Jesus Christ. I rebuke you, satan, and all your hosts in the name of Jesus from every assignment you have assigned against me or my family, my property, my health and my finances.
I Only want to be your servant. I feel Your call upon my life; I believe I was sent To only do the will of My Father. I will take orders from You . I totally submit My own Life to You. I will let You break My will. I will Not seek for comfort Nor for any high postion, Nor do I ever want to Father. Mine Is the humblest task. Or doing the most dangerous task. By the grace of God, I will do it. I will sleep where You want me to sleep I will eat what You give me to eat. And when I have nothing, I will Not complain. If I go to prison, I will rejoice. Because You've already been to prison for me. I do love You, Jesus; I thank You for calling me. And that You want me, And all I could ever say is, Send the Fire.And You can use me, And burn up the sacrifice. Fill Me with Thy Holy Spirit And give me a double portion of Thine Anointing".

BY THIS I OVERCOME THE DEVIL

1. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am redeemed out of the hand of the Devil (Eph. 1:7).

2. Through the Blood of Jesus, all my sins are forgiven (Psa. 107:2).

3. The Blood of Jesus, God's Son, continually cleanses me from all sin (1 John. 1:7).

4. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am justified, made righteous, just as if I'd never sinned (Rom. 5:9).

5. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am sanctified, made holy, set apart to God (Heb. 13:12).

6. My body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit, redeemed, cleansed, by the Blood of Jesus (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

7. Satan has no place in, no power over me, through the Blood of Jesus and The Word of God (Rev. 12:11).

1. In Him (Jesus) we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor. Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence) (Eph. 1:7-8).

2. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary (Psa. 107:2).

3. But if we (really) are living and walking in the Light, as He (Himself) is in the Light, we have (true, unbroken fellowship with one another), and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations) (1 John. 1:7).

4. Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more (certain is it that) we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God (Rom. 5:9).

5. Therefore, Jesus also suffered and died outside the (city's) gate in order that He might purify and consecrate (sanctify) the people through (the shedding of) His own blood and set them apart as holy (for God) (Heb. 13:12).

6. Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received (as a Gift) from God? You are not your own.

You were bought with a price (purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own). So then, honor (your) God and bring glory to Him in your body (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

7. And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death (holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing).

Our Dear Heavenly and Gracious Father, thank you for divine health: mental, physical, spiritual and material for us.

Thank you for all blessings known and unknown, and for showering down blessings on us so great that we can not receive them. Thank you for the complete restoration of our bodies. For its in Jesus Name we pray. Amen! Amen! i_amgodschild.

20 Years of Research Reveals: Jerusalem Belongs to Jews

2008-02-05T07:39:00.000-08:00

20 Years of Research Reveals: Jerusalem Belongs to Jews

by Hillel Fendel

Jacques Gauthier, a non-Jewish Canadian lawyer who spent 20 years researching the legal status of Jerusalem, has concluded: "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, by international law."

Gauthier has written a doctoral dissertation on the topic of Jerusalem and its legal history, based on international treaties and resolutions of the past 90 years. The dissertation runs some 1,300 pages, with 3,000 footnotes. Gauthier had to present his thesis to a world-famous Jewish historian and two leading international lawyers - the Jewish one of whom has represented the Palestinian Authority on numerous occasions.

Gauthier's main point, as summarized by Israpundit editor Ted Belman, is that a non-broken series of treaties and resolutions, as laid out by the San Remo Resolution, the League of Nations and the United Nations, gives the Jewish People title to the city of Jerusalem. The process began at San Remo, Italy, when the four Principal Allied Powers of World War I - Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan - agreed to create a Jewish national home in what is now the Land of Israel.

San Remo
The relevant resolution reads as follows: "The High Contracting Parties agree to entrust... the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, to a Mandatory [which] will be responsible for putting into effect the [Balfour] declaration... in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."

Gauthier notes that the San Remo treaty specifically notes that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine" - but says nothing about "political" rights of the Arabs living there.

The San Remo Resolution also bases itself on Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, which declares that it is a "a sacred trust of civilization" to provide for the well-being and development of colonies and territories whose inhabitants are "not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world."

League of Nations
The League of Nations' resolution creating the Palestine Mandate, included the following significant clause: “Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country." No such recognition of Arab rights in Palestine was granted.

In 1945, the United Nations took over from the failed League of Nations - and assumed the latter's obligations. Article 80 of the UN Charter states: "Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed, in or of itself, to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of any states or any peoples or the terms of existing international instruments to which Members of the United Nations may respectively be parties."

UN Partition Plan
However, in 1947, the General Assembly of the UN passed Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan. It violated the League of the Nations' Mandate for Palestine in that it granted political rights to the Arabs in western Palestine - yet, ironically, the Jews applauded the plan's passages while the Arabs worked to thwart it.

Resolution 181 also provided for a Special regime for Jerusalem, with borders delineated in all four directions: The then-extant municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns up to Abu Dis in the east, Bethlehem in the south, Ein Karem and Motza in the west, and Shuafat in the north.

Referendum Scheduled for Jerusalem
The UN resolved that the City of Jerusalem shall be established as a separate entity under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The regime was to come into effect by October 1948, and was to remain in force for a period of ten years, unless the UN's Trusteeship Council decided otherwise. After the ten years, the residents of Jerusalem "shall be then free to express by means of a referendum their wishes as to possible modifications of regime of the City."

The resolution never took effect, because Jordan controlled eastern Jerusalem after the 1948 War of Independence and did not follow its provisions.

After 1967
After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel regained Jerusalem and other land west of Jordan. Gauthier notes that the UN Security Council then passed Resolution 242 authorizing Israel to remain in possession of all the land until it had “secure and recognized boundaries.” The resolution was notably silent on Jerusalem, and also referred to the "necessity for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem,” with no distinction made between Jewish and Arab refugees.

Today
Given Jerusalem's strong Jewish majority, Gauthier concludes, Israel should be demanding that the long-delayed city referendum on the city's future be held as soon as possible. Not only should Israel be demanding that the referendum be held now, Jerusalem should be the first order of business. "Olmert is sloughing us off by saying [as he did before the Annapolis Conference two months ago], 'Jerusalem is not on the table yet,'" Gauthier concludes. "He should demand that the referendum take place before the balance of the land is negotiated. If the Arabs won’t agree to the referendum, there is nothing to talk about."
"Arutz Sheva" news@israelnationalnews.com

ARE YOU READY TO MEET GOD

2008-01-20T15:58:00.000-08:00

ARE YOU READY TO MEET GOD?

by Harold Camping

The return of Jesus Christ could be sooner than you think!

Are You Ready?

God Tells us in Ezekiel 33:3..."When he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people."

Are you ready to meet God? To test this question, let me present this situation:

suppose you went to the doctor for a test, and a few days later, you were told that you had a terrible, incurable illness that would take your life in the next thirty days. After the initial shock, would you begin to be increasingly at peace and in happiness that soon you would be leaving this life with all its tears and sorrows and would soon be in the glorious presence of your Savior?

Or, would you find an increasing bitterness and resentment in your soul that your life is being so quickly cut off. Such a careful examination can help you to know if you are ready to meet God.

Never before in the history of the world have so many people been at risk: More than five billion souls are in danger of meeting God face-to- face with no defense or covering for their sins. Every one of these people, men, women, and children, if he or she is not covered with Christ's robes of righteousness, will be found guilty of breaking God's law, and will be sent to Hell to forever suffer for his or her violations of God's law.

Don't think for a minute that there will be any comfort in the number of unsaved people because the Bible tells us in Luke 23:30: "Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us."

To plan to wait until the last minute before Christ returns and then repent and turn to Christ for forgiveness is very dangerous. God tells us that... "behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Corinthians 6:2).

In fact, not one of us can know that we will be alive tomorrow. Not one of us is guaranteed another day. Therefore, the urgency to be ready to meet God is now.

Right now is the time to be ready for eternity. Every day, almost 200,000 people die. You or I could be one of the people who will die tonight, and then our eternal fate is set forevermore. Now is the time to cry to God for mercy and to repent of sins.

Don't believe it for a minute if you read a bumper sticker somewhere or if someone told you, "Oh, it's so wonderful that God has a wonderful plan for your life, and God loves you," unless you know that you have repented of your sins and have a sincere and deep desire to do only what pleases God. If you do not want to obey God's Word, the Bible, then you had better think about your spiritual condition. God tells us in Philippians 2:12:... "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

If you, dear reader, are not saved, there is still a little time to cry to God for mercy. If you have any doubts at all about your salvation, cry to God for mercy!

Look in your Bible at the reaction of the Ninevites to the proclamation of Jonah that in forty days Nineveh was to be destroyed (Jonah 3:4-9). Nineveh was a wicked and Godless city, in complete rebellion against the God of the Bible. Yet, they repented, and from information found in the New Testament, we can know that many of them became saved.

Are you ready to meet God? The God of heaven who spared the Ninevites is the same God who will spare you from the impending judgment if you cry to Him for mercy.

This is not a time for theological debate. This is not a time to trust in church doctrine or a pastor or a teacher or me. You must trust the Bible only. My earnest prayer and desire is that you will go to the Bible, know that God's judgment is coming on the unsaved and this world, and in repentance cry to God for Mercy. May He bless you abundantly through the work of His dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ

God's Thoughts

2008-01-20T11:38:00.000-08:00

Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises
Scripture Reference Psalm 92:5 Mark 13:31 Jeremiah 29:11 Isaiah 55:8 Psalm
139:17-18

God's Thoughts: Part 1

Read Psalm 139:17,18

A. W. Tozer used to say, "The only real world is the Bible world." Nothing
is more unsure than the world, for it is passing away. But the will and Word
of God will abide forever (see Mark 13:31). As we consider the character of
God's thoughts, we will want to do His will.

God's thoughts are personal (v. 17). They concern you and me. He makes the
individual and then plans for him. He knows all about us. Paradoxically, the
sovereignty of God is the basis for our freedom. If He were not on the
throne, this world would be run by chance. But the psalmist tells us that
life is not a gamble. God put your substance together and ordained your
genetic structure (vv. 13,14). We must use what He has given us for His
glory. And our obedience to His will reaches beyond this life, for our
future is wrapped up in God's plan for us (Jer. 29:11).

God's thoughts are precious (v. 17). Precious means "weighty, valuable." His
thoughts toward us are unique, tailor-made, and that makes them valuable.
When we accept God's plan for us and exercise believing faith, then He can
work out His perfect will in our lives. Remember, His thoughts are deep (Ps.
92:5); they are higher than ours (Isa. 55:8).

God's thoughts about you are more than mere "thoughts." They include His
purposes and His care. As you meditate on His thoughts, renew your
commitment to know and do His will for your life.

Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises
Scripture Reference Acts 20:24 Genesis 15:5 Psalm 139:17-18

God's Thoughts: Part 2

Read Psalm 139:17,18

Yesterday, we learned that God's thoughts are personal and precious. They
are full of His purpose and care. Let's consider three additional
characteristics of God's thoughts.God' s thoughts are practical. Paul said,
"none of these things [tribulations] move me; nor do I count my life dear to
myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I
received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God"
(Acts 20:24). Paul was living to do one thing--finish his course. As we run
the race of life, following God's thoughts leads to fulfillment, courage and
the strength to continue.

God's thoughts are vast and inexhaustible (v. 17). How great is the "sum of
them." The Hebrew word for sum is plural. Thus, His thoughts just keep
growing. People who don't want to do the will of God live their lives in a
little bucket of water. But when we accept His will for our lives, we launch
out on an ocean of possibility. God said to Abraham, "You walk before Me and
do My will, and I am going to give you horizons like you've never seen
before" (see Gen. 15:5).

If you want to be a stagnant Christian, reject the will of God. You will not
grow, and you will miss what He has for you. He wants to do great things in
your life.God's thoughts are unfailing (v. 18). He works out His plans even
while we sleep. Adam went to sleep, and God gave him a wife. Abraham went to
sleep, and God worked out His covenant to him. God already has revealed
things about our daily living to us by His Spirit in the Scriptures.

Are you discouraged by events in your life or weary of the day's routine?
Think God's thoughts by reading His Word and obey His thoughts by doing His
will. He will work in your life. He will open horizons of blessing and help
you along your pilgrimage.

Dean Masters, owner of the Masters List

] I don't know what I'm doing wrong

2008-01-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

I don't know what I'm doing wrong

It seems as though my life is just one long trial. As soon as I get past one crisis, another one crops up. Is God sending them to chastise and punish me? I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong."

God does not send trials to chastise or punish you. He has a better way to deal with you than that. To understand His way, however, you need to know clearly what the word "chastise" actually means. The Greek word chastisement as translated in the New Testament means "to instruct or to train." Hebrews 12:7-11 says our earthly fathers chastise (or train) us according to the flesh, but our heavenly Father chastises us in our spirit because He is the Father of our spirit.

Second Timothy 3:16-17

explains that He delivers that spiritual chastisement through His Word: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

The Word! That is what God

uses to train us - not trials and destructive circumstances. That's why James 1:13 says: "Let no man say when he is tempted (tested or tried), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither will he tempt any man."

Some people ask, "Well

, what about those situations in the Old Testament when God sent curses on His people to teach them?"

God didn't send those curses!

The curse was already out there. It had been brought on by sin. So when the children of Israel were disobedient to God's Word, curses automatically came upon them. God told them in Deuteronomy 28 what was available - both blessings and curses - and the conditions for receiving both. Whether they lived in the curses or in the blessings depended on the choices they made.

God never inflicted anyone

with disease or anything listed under the curse. SATAN WAS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE ONE WHO KILLS, STEALS, AND DESTROYS (see John 10:10). When a man steps out from under the protection of God, Satan attacks. BY ERROR, God has been blamed for what Satan has been doing all these years. God is a blesser. Satan is the one who has been looking for every opportunity to bring on the curses.

So you never have to wonder

again if trials have been sent by God to correct you. He sent the Holy Spirit and His Word to do that. If you attend to the Word and yield to the Holy Spirit, the Word will keep you corrected, and you'll be showered with the blessings of God. Let me warn you, though. You'll still experience trials and tests. Satan will see to that. He'll use them to try to steal the Word from your heart. Mark 4:17-19 says he uses "persecution, afflictions, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things" to bring pressure on you and destroy your confidence in the Word of God. Don't let him succeed. Instead, when trials come, hold more strongly to the Word than ever. Stand immovable on it with your faith - and you will prevail!

Finally, remember that even when

you have sinned, you don't have to suffer God's punishment for it by going through persecution and trials. God is a God of mercy - not punishment. That's why He sent Jesus to the cross. Isaiah 53:5-6 says: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."

That scripture tells us that God

literally placed on Jesus the punishment you and I deserve. To punish us as well after Jesus has already paid the price for our redemption would be an unthinkable miscarriage of the love and justice of God - both to us and to Jesus.

So if you have sinned, repent.

Confess your sin and don't sin anymore. Everyone stumbles and misses it from time to time. When you sin, don't run from God. Run to Him! He is faithful and just to forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Go and sin no more.

Once you've received your forgiveness

, take your authority over the devil. Tell him that you see through his strategy. Use the Word of God and command him in the Name of Jesus to stop in his maneuvers against you and your life.

Tell him that Jesus has redeemed you from the curse of the law

(Galatians 3:13). Ask for God's wisdom concerning the trial you're facing (James 1:2-5), and do what He tells you to do. Then watch the salvation of the Lord! He's provided everything you need to be more than a conqueror in every trial you face!

Tribulation Is Coming To The World

2008-01-17T11:57:00.000-08:00

I believe that the rapture will be taking place in our lifetime.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Rapture is clearly taught in Scripture. The Rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all of the believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgements to be poured out on the earth during the Tribulation period. The Rapture is described primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. (1.) Meaning: Of time,the beginning of a period of time, a point of something takes place. (2.) Meaning:To come into the presence of, to meet. (3.) Meaning: The Coming of the Lord, Manifestation of the Divine power or Providence. ( 4.) Meaning: Jesus Christ Manifestation of the Whole Earth. (**) Jesus Christ's return: The Anti-christ will be defeated, and will be bound ( through not wholly destroyed); then the Just alone shall rise from the graves: they will be judged and rewarded for their good works and the Millennial Kingdom will be established. Have you read Revelation, starting with the Seven SealsThe Scroll with the Seven Seals from The Throne of God in heaven are given to Jesus Christ for Him to open but they happen on earth beginning with the 4 Horsemen. What are the Seven Seals? The First Seal - The White Horseman. Religious Deception and Persecution, Represents a false peace, “Peace can only be kept by the sword.” It will be a tactic favored by the Antichrist. From a global population of 6 billion souls, approximately 1/3 of the people die during his reign.

The Second Seal - The Red Horseman. Red symbolisms the power of war and blood. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. War around the world on a national level.

The Third Seal - The Black Horseman . Terrible worldwide famine of the last days. The measurement describes that a persons daily wage will buy only one days worth of food for (1) one person. There will be no money left over for shelter or extra food for the family.

The Fourth Seal - The Pale Horseman. Plagues borders on the realm of the unreal. These are those people whom are corrupted in this world, nations, and as a human being, Organizations to the New World Order that are intertwined with one another with the Anti-christ worldwide. Death by plague, sword, beasts... During his reign one quarter of humanity will be destroyed, by diseases, killed by tyrants, or killed by animals.

The Fifth Seal - The Tribulation Martyrs...Tribulati on Saints, mark of the beast. You will be digitized - resistance is futile! An electronic data system to keep track of everything and everyone. These people will resist worshipping the Antichrist, they will resist the new global governing system and they will not accept the (666) compulsory computer chip implants. For their rebellious attitude they will be jailed & tortured, killed or beheaded.

We see then that an economic World System is soon coming, whereby we will all be under the rule of one man. Do the Scriptures tell us from where this man and his System arise from ?

The fourth trumpet causes the sun and moon to be darkened. 1/3 of sun, moon and stars smitten. Day and night will be darkened. The seventh trumpet calls forth the seven angels with the seven bowls of God’s wrath Trumpet prophecy leads to a war in Heaven with Satan. Satan will use the Russian and Arab/Muslim armies to strike against Israel. The Russian and Arab/Muslim armies will march on Israel and make the first nuclear strike. Russia will send some nuclear missiles to the Western allies of Israel to divert them. The invasion of a 200 million-man army will be swift and unexpected. “...coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud.

The first bowl causes painful sores to break out on humanity. The people that took the – Mark of the Beast - computer chip under the skin means they are worshippers of the Antichrist. The computer chip in these people will cause a grievous sore over the entire body.

The second bowl results in the death of every living thing in the sea. Every living creature in the sea dies

The Third Bowl: causes the rivers to turn into blood. - All the fresh water of the rivers and streams become deadly, undrinkable and unusable

The fourth bowl results in the sun’s heat being intensified and causing great pain. The sun and great heat burn the skin of many people.

The fifth bowl causes great darkness and an intensification of the sores from the first bowl. “Darkness covers the land, ”In this prophecy, the daylight hours are shortened or no flesh would be saved. This signals the world that the Messiahs coming is imminent. Only one final event needs to be staged...

The Sixth Bowl: results in the Euphrates river being dried up and the armies of the Antichrist being gathered together to wage the battle of The third attack on Israel

The Seventh Bowl: Results in an devasting earthquake folllowed by giant hailstones a hundered pounds each fell upon men. The final sign is from the skies. Tremendous thunder and lightening, causing hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, and tremendous Earthquak auch as never was upon the Earth. The earth split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed.

For those whom read this I would like to personally invite everyone to think about grown - ups as parents or all grandparents to totally think about our children whom takes care of them through those lives from birth till the times they graduate from High school or perhaps collage that just might happen to come back home to be entering life themselves into the world system in having jobs in taking care of self till one day finding a mate then having children on their own in a family unit. Like a very loving parent whom very gently shakes a child to attempt to wake them up from a nap or a good night sleep. And perhaps the child just does not wake - up immediately then by shaking then becomes does a bit more harder with firmness and then it does come across as a serious. How often the american people just don't see the seriousness with having some things that comes across our televisions and radio, newspapers that had simliar effects of what goes on in this world before us. We see things and hear things that goes beyond the depth of one own spirit that needs more attention to those things such a everything that the Holy Bible has told them that they've ignored or refused to fully trust and believe in themselves. Well I know that people needs to re-read it and fully believe it before it's way to late to be able to turn one's own life in examination as well as possibly going back to church and find out for themselves in seeking those truths in being able to turn away from whom they are to become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ as the door to Him will be shut permanetly and not to live in eternity and reuniting with all of their loved ones once again. This worlds is coming to a close as we know it or what it had been everything has drastically changed over the years and centuries like never before in a lifetime. Now is the time to fully wake-up and to realize it for what it is in everybody's own life in seeking, asking, knocking on the door of life instead of heading to that awful place to which No one want to end -up for eternity, nor being able to see a loved one again! The perios of time is "Tribulation" has come upon everyone to which Jesus Christ will be judging every single person in this world. Don't be left behind ! i_amgodschild.

Heirs Of The Promises / Prayer 4 You to Pray

2008-01-15T08:47:00.000-08:00

"Do as thou hast said." 2Samuel 7:25

God's promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; He intended that they should be used. God's gold is not miser's money, but is minted to be traded with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see His promises put in circulation; He loves to see His children bring them up to Him, and say, "Lord, do as Thou hast said." We glorify God when we plead His promises. Do you think that God will be any the poorer for giving you the riches He has promised? Do you dream that He will be any the less holy for giving holiness to you? Do you imagine He will be any the less pure for washing you from your sins? He has said "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Faith lays hold upon the promise of pardon, and it does not delay, saying, "This is a precious promise, I wonder if it be true?" but it goes straight to the throne with it, and pleads, "Lord, here is the promise, 'Do as Thou hast said.'" Our Lord replies, "Be it unto thee even as thou wilt." When a Christian grasps a promise, if he do not take it to God, he dishonours Him; but when he hastens to the throne of grace, and cries, "Lord, I have nothing to recommend me but this, 'Thou hast said it;'" then his desire shall be granted. Our heavenly Banker delights to cash His own notes. Never let the promise rust. Draw the word of promise out of its scabbard, and use it with holy violence. Think not that God will be troubled by your importunately reminding Him of His promises. He loves to hear the loud outcries of needy souls. It is His delight to bestow favours. He is more ready to hear than you are to ask. The sun is not weary of shining, nor the fountain of flowing. It is God's nature to keep His promises; therefore go at once to the throne with "Do as Thou hast said."

Evening Verse

"But I give myself unto prayer." Psalm 109:4

Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great King Himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The Psalmist prayed in no cold-hearted manner, he gave himself to the exercise--threw his whole soul and heart into it--straining every sinew and muscle, as Jacob did when wrestling with the angel. Thus, and thus only, shall any of us speed at the throne of grace. As a shadow has no power because there is no substance in it, even so that supplication, in which a man's proper self is not thoroughly present in agonizing earnestness and vehement desire, is utterly ineffectual, for it lacks that which would give it force. "Fervent prayer," says an old divine, "like a cannon planted at the gates of heaven, makes them fly open." The common fault with the most of us is our readiness to yield to distractions. Our thoughts go roving hither and thither, and we make little progress towards our desired end. Like quicksilver our mind will not hold together, but rolls off this way and that. How great an evil this is! It injures us, and what is worse, it insults our God. What should we think of a petitioner, if, while having an audience with a prince, he should be playing with a feather or catching a fly?

Continuance and perseverance are intended in the expression of our text. David did not cry once, and then relapse into silence; his holy clamour was continued till it brought down the blessing. Prayer must not be our chance work, but our daily business, our habit and vocation. As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer. We must be immersed in prayer as in our element, and so pray without ceasing. Lord, teach us so to pray that we may be more and more prevalent in supplication. _________________________________________________________________ Daily Warfare Prayer
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Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus, and I ask You to forgive me of anything I have done that could displease You in any way. I ask You to cover me with the Blood of Jesus and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Cause my thoughts to be Your thoughts, my desires Your desires, my will Your will, and put a guard across my mouth that I can say no more or no less than You would have me say. Keep me on the path that You have laid out for me today, and show me satanâ€™s tactics in advance.
I acknowledge the whole armor of God. I pray that every thought that satan or any of his kingdom tries to put in my mind will bounce off the helmet of salvation and return to the sender. Heal every memory that could hold me back from being all that You want me to be. I recognize that I have on the breastplate of righteousness, my loins are girded with the truth and my feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. I take up the sword of the spirit and the shield of faith.
Now, for myself and all the people I am going to refer to, I ask You to draw us to Yourself, convict us mightily of our sins, keep us from temptation, deliver us from evil and cover us with the Blood of Jesus. Dispatch angels (and I now dispatch them) to keep us from any kind of accidents, harm, injuries, illness, death, destruction, disease, pain or infection.
Bind our marriages together and make us one in You. Bind our families together and make us one in You. If there is anyone in our lives that You do not approve of, I ask You to move them out and move in the people that You do approve of. Bless every bite of food we eat, the air we breathe and any medication we take; let it help us and not hurt us. Bless our finances and give us as much as we can handle without sinning against You.
Now, satan, I come against you and your entire kingdom and I declare, in the Name of Jesus, that you cannot and will not have any part in my life or the lives of the people I refer to, in any way shape or form. You can have nothing to do with our minds, bodies, souls, spirits, emotions and wills; our marriages, finances, friendships, acquaintances and fellowships; our homes, schools, workplaces and places of recreation; our transportation, or any vehicle that could come close to us; or any decision that is made concerning any one of us. (Now call out the name of every person that you pray for daily.)
For every person I have referred to, I now break every curse, spell and hex that may have been put out against any one of us. I break the power of any curse from a witch, warlock or satanist; every santerian curse, roots curse, Indian curse, voodoo curse, and curse of words spoken, or anything written or any objects. I reverse the curse and send it back to the demon that brought it in the first place, AND I COMMAND THAT DEMON TO GO BOUND INTO UNINHABITED DRY PLACES IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I break every ungodly emotional soul tie that is connected to any of us, in the Name of Jesus.
In the Name of Jesus and through His living blood, I bind and sever every cord of any prince or principality, any strong man and every spirit of darkness over my house at (your address). I put a Jesus Christ bloodline in between each one of you and I cut off your communications, confuse your camp, render you inactive, and cast you out, in Jesusâ€™ Name.
I bind and cast out every spirit of poverty, lack, confusion, cloudiness, mind binding, selfishness, anxiety, and procrastination. I bind and cast out every spirit of fear, heaviness, jealousy, bondage, whoredom, lying, perversion, slumber and infirmity. I plead the blood of Jesus around the property line, above the roof, and below the foundation of my home, and I bind you, satan, and your entire kingdom from crossing the bloodline. I command you for myself and the people I have just referred to, that you can have nothing to do with us or any aspect of our lives in any way, shape or form! I now call on Godâ€™s warring angels to make it happen.
In the Name of Jesus, I loose myself and each family member to the power of the Holy Spirit and I speak forth blessings of prosperity, clarity, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, discernment, abundance, and good health. I also speak creativity and a sound mind. I take control of my mind and reflect every evil thought and receive every good thought, in the Name of Jesus. I loose myself and my children to the ministry of the Holy Spirit and speak love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance into our lives.
Satan, I take authority and command you and all your evil spirits to loose our family household and all the things you have stolen from us, including our property, income and investments, and return it seven-fold, in Jesusâ€™ Name.
I ask you, Father, that You send Your warring angels and cause to come into our family all the monies, treasures, properties, assets and things satan has stolen from us that have been ours through the blessings of Jesus Christ.
In the Name of Jesus, I take authority and bind every principality and strong man over (name business, job and any endeavors) at (name locations). I come against and cast out every spirit of fear, mismanagement, poverty, confusion, lack, failure and bankruptcy. In the Name of Jesus and through the power of the Holy Spirit, I loose sound management, prosperity, clarity, wisdom, knowledge, blessings, profit, honesty, success, and favor from any business associates. Father, I ask You, in the Name of Jesus, that You send warring angels to go before me to accomplish these blessings and create favor in my business.
In the Name of Jesus Christ and through His living blood, I bind you satan, and your entire kingdom so that you cannot and will not be active in (your community), in any person or animal. I come against your strongholds over every place dealing in drugs, pornography, prostitution, bars and nude bars, places selling witchcraft paraphernalia, palm readers and any place worshipping a false god. Through the power of the Holy Spirit vested in me, I tear down and curse these businesses at the roots and command them to dry up and go away.
Lord, donâ€™t let me be just a warrior in Your Kingdom, but let me be a mighty warrior and frontline soldier, so that when I see You face to face You will say, â€œWell done, good and faithful servant; come on in.â€ Amen! Amen! i_amgodschild

A Call to Repentance

2008-01-06T22:35:00.000-08:00

A Call to Repentance
"if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2Chron 7
The Lord is calling us to repentance! In this hour when an entire generation has grown complacent about the things of God, a revelation of the fear of God will be given. Open your eyes; this is now in progress. Shakings, disciplines and judgments are already coming upon the earth. We are bringing them upon ourselves because we have disobeyed the ways of God.

This call to repentance is not a new thing! God has been warning His Church for nearly 3 decades. I can remember standing at a “Washington for Jesus” rally in 1979 or 1980 where hundreds of thousands from around the nation gathered to hear speaker after speaker quote II Chronicles 7:14. I don’t think I can count the number of times I have heard it since then. And although there have been some serious efforts made to call us to repentance over the years it appears that our sins have only multiplied. God is serious about this and has been allowing many troubles in our personal and corporate lives to help get our attention. Can you see what is happening: 9/11, Katrina, the severe drought now occurring in the southeastern United States? These are all wake up calls to a people who have grown complacent, materialistic and sinful. I am talking about the Church, you know… for judgment begins in the house of the Lord. God is calling us to repentance! I am writing this particularly
to those readers in the USA, this applies to peoples around the globe.

Before you stop reading let me say this, I am not a negative, doomsday preacher. I love to speak of God’s mercy and grace because I need it myself. Those who know me would say I have a “mercy” gift, but this is a very serious time… and time is running out. God is calling us to repentance. If we do not repent there will be grievous consequences.

I think it important when speaking of such things to make it very plain that our God is loving and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in mercy… He is also righteous and just. Yes, He loves mercy; nevertheless, throughout history there have been many times when He found it necessary to disciple His people.

It is not uncommon for a child to take his father’s love for granted, testing the boundaries of obedience and pushing his forbearance to the limit. Surely you have seen this in your own family. Then comes a warning, and another a bit more stern, and perhaps yet another because this father is slow to anger. But if the child’s behavior is still not corrected this loving father must administer some form of discipline… reluctantly, but firmly.

I would sometimes find it necessary to discipline my own kids by spanking them. Of course, this hurt them and they would cry; sometimes I would cry too. After administering this punishment I would not push them away, but hold them close to comfort and assure them of my love… while affirming that they must not do this thing again. I think we saw this type of judgment/mercy during Hurricane Katrina. In the midst of unimaginable judgment, the Lord was reaching out through His Church with compassionate works of mercy. He brought judgment and then immediately demonstrated compassionate mercy.

For whatever reason, many pastors and leaders do not warn of the consequences of sin… and shy away from speaking of the fear of the Lord. I think we have made a BIG mistake only teaching and preaching about God’s love and mercy and grace - society is now reaping the fruit of this error. (Remember, throughout history it is the Church who declined first and then society followed.) Please tell of God’s love and mercy but also warn the people and call them to repentance. How tragic to say “peace and prosperity” when God is saying “REPENT!”

It is foolish to think that God does not bring judgments. If you believe like this, you are deceived. Let me say it again. The Word of God is full of His warnings and judgments… sometimes they are intensely severe. Does this mean that God is not LOVE? Of course not! A loving father disciplines, even scourges his favored sons. The Lord’s discipline is usually painful, but it is also motivated by love. His intention is always and only to correct and set one’s feet on the right path… that we may know and love the Lord and fulfill our destiny. Make no mistake about it; God calls us to repentance, He warns us, and if we don’t repent at some point He follows through with discipline… sometimes it is very severe. Why should we suffer the consequences of sin when a merciful God is so willing to forgive, heal and deliver? We must recognize, dear saint, that God is not pleased with us. Most of us are not obeying as we should. Be honest; are you being a witness as you should, giving
sacrificially, pouring your life out for others? And then there are those other things. It is time to repent.

A quick review of world history reveals God’s mercy and long-suffering toward the nations. However, eventually judgment comes to those who refuse to repent: calamity, decline or destruction. This has occurred many times. In fact, more than twenty-five great civilizations have declined or have been completely destroyed during the course of human history. Do you not think that this could happen to us?

You must fear God, beloved, and obey Him. Our nation must fear God. What judgment is stored up for a people who have murdered over forty million babies for the sake of convenience, celebrates homosexuality in her streets and exports our pornography to the world?

In light of this call to repentance we are issuing a call to the Capital Region of New York State for a serious season of Fasting and Prayer. By God’s grace on Jan 25-28 we will be doing a 3 day “Esther Fast” (3 days without food or water). This will be a time of repentance and seeking the Lord. Will you join us? For more information go to:

May God hear our cries, forgive our sins and heal our land.

“Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested.” Revelations 15:4

2008 The Year of the Justice of YAHWEH no longer will it be delayed.

Luke 18:7-8 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.

THE JUDGEMENT HAS BEGUN AND THE THINGS HE TOLERATED
IN THE PAST WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THE FUTURE.

this New Year brings a filling for God’s chosen but not just any filling. This is a year that can also be called a Double Filling of His Agenda, because with a double filling of His agenda brings a double filling of His blessings. During this year according to His agenda it is time for the church to be regenerated, resurrected and truly reconciled! This means it will simply rise up and out of all carnal behaviour and war in the Spirit against the enemy that has boldly stood up repeatedly and attacked the church. In this agenda the body of Christ will begin to obey and honour the Lord without question so that He is pleased and not our flesh. In this year our flesh will suffer greatly but we must not be moved nor allow an inkling of fear to rise up while this beast called the flesh lay down and dies. And the more we feast at the table of the Lord our spirit man will become freer to serve and do what is right by Him. It will not be a struggle as it was in the previous year
to do what the Lord has called us to do. In 2007 we consumed much drink but many picked up cups that were not filled with the right spirit therefore some became intoxicated with that not of the Holy Spirit. But in 2008 we will receive our filling from only the table where the New Wine will be served and drink until our cups are full and running over with Jesus!

Micah 3:8 But truly I [Micah] am full of power, of the Spirit of the Lord, and of justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

2 Kings 17:13 Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all the prophets and all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the Law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.

John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Amos 8:14 Those who swear by Ashimah or the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your god [the golden calf], O Dan! and [swear], By the life of the way of [idolatrous] Beersheba, they shall fall and rise no more.

Amos 9:8-9 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom [of Israel's ten tribes] and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the Lord.
For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations and cause it to move to and fro as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth and be lost [from My sight].

Psalm 50:16-21 But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, Seeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? When you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers. You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes.

1 John 3:8 The Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.

THE JUDAS ALLIANCE

In Luke 22: 2-6 we read, “And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him [Jesus], but they feared the people. Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude.”
“So.... he sought opportunity to betray Him.....in the absence of the multitude.” The climax of Judas’ role in the ministry of Jesus reflects a sad reality of what can unfold when the flesh in a single individual wars against the Spirit.
Judas was an insider. But Judas’ loyalties were not with Jesus. Judas was a part of the fanatical party of the Zealots who sought the overthrow of the Romans. Jesus was simply a means to an end in Judas’ personal priorities. Sometime in the course of Jesus’ ministry, Judas became disillusioned with Jesus.

He was a man without honor. He became a rebel. But then a corner was turned when Judas began “confiding” with others of a kindred spirit. But a kindred spirit with a twist --- it wasn’t the Zealots Judas conspired with, but those who were aligned with the Romans --- the oppressors the Zealots sought to overthrow.
The scripture says that the chief priests and captains wanted to kill Jesus, BUT “they feared the people.” Betrayal involves collaboration with others. Judas provided God’s enemies with the means of access to God’s anointed --- which they would never have had otherwise.
The operation of the Judas spirit can only manifest when a betraying alliance is formed. An unholy alliance instigated by an insider. An unholy alliance awash in hypocrisy --- as Judas conspired with those working in support of the very Romans his “kingdom” views sought to overthrow. The Judas alliance has no REAL agenda of its own --- but that of undermining the genuine work of another. It is an alliance driven by disillusionment, confusion and the need for justification that deviously and diabolically seeks to betray the innocent.

New Beginnings, a new Government of the Kingdom of God

Matthew 16:19 Jesus said "I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of God. Whatever you lock on earth will be locked in heaven, and whatever you open on earth will be opened in heaven." The gates of Hell will not prevail against the gatekeepers entrusted with the keys. God Bless, protect, maintain, anoint, strengthen, increase, teach the Gatekeepers, the enemy shall not afflict them.

Dan. 2:25 YHVH rules in the kingdoms of men and he gives it to whosoever he wills.
The servants of satan shall not have authority, dominion.

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Zech 11:3 A voice of the wailing of the (selfish) shepherds, for their glory, the broad pasturage, is laid waste! A voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of the Jordan [the jungle or thickets] is ruined!

Zech. 11:17 Woe to the worthless and foolish shepherd who deserts the flock! The sword shall smite his arm and his right eye; his arm (STRENGTH) shall be utterly withered and his right eye utterly blinded.

Numbers 17:8 "Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds"

BEHOLD the rod sprouted, budded, blossomed and bore fruit! Almonds and the blossoms represent new beginnings and resurrection life. When we behold Him, see Him, encounter Him, we're transformed too, from glory to glory! Remember, the rod represented the whole Levi tribe, so His presence brought life and authority not only to Aaron, but also to the extended Levite family. Notice that God didn't say, "Just listen to what I'm going to say," instead, He said, "Behold," in other words, "Watch and see what I do for the House of Levi!" His presence will bring fresh ripe fruit into your household--this is that time! Now let me unpack this phenomenon of God's presence because it is truly exciting!

"My beloved spoke, and said to me: 'rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!'" (Song of Solomon 2:10-13).

The prophets have been speaking much about this season of new beginnings. Bob Jones refers to it as "the season of the dove," as in Isaiah 11:2, the Spirit of the Lord resting upon us. The "dove company" comprises a people not satisfied with just a little touch from God. They contend for the tangible resting of His presence remaining on them. I know that you want the Lord to come and rest afresh upon you! Did you read that reference from the Song of Solomon? Do you see what happens when the dove's voice is heard "in our land?" Fruit! Fragrant, tender, fresh fruit!
Joy and Favour in the Latter Rain
Ask the Lord for a fresh cloud of His presence that releases the latter rain for your life! "And the light of the king's face is life, and his favor is like a cloud of latter rain" (Proverbs 16:15). His favour releases the buds and blossoms in your life, and it keeps the foxes (thieves) from going after the tender little vines, so that you will produce such fruit! The presence of the Lord is a fruitful place! The light of God's face is life! It's pure joy, man! We as God's people should be HAPPY people! Are you happy or do you go around with a "woe is me" countenance?
I tell you, time in His presence, beholding His face, will cause yours to light up like the nighttime skyline of a great city. "In His presence is fullness of joy, and at His right hand are pleasures forevermore" (Psalm 16:11). Pleasures forever more! His presence is JOY! Would you like a fresh anointing of His joy? It's contagious! The oil of this joyful anointing will get on people! Trust me, with the oil of joy upon you, people will laugh and celebrate as they encounter you. Ha! You'll receive tons of invitations to visit because so many are miserable and need that oil that you have!

The joy of the Lord is our strength!

THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS COMING

That cloud of His presence releases joy and harvest! That's why the prophet says, "Be glad then you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He has given you the former rain faithfully. And He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first months. The threshing floor shall be full of wheat and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil" (Joel 2:23-24).

Harvest in the Latter Rain
If you're born again, you're a child of Zion; so this applies to you, and you can do what Joel says and rejoice in the Lord! We see that the rain releases the harvest. The threshing floors full of wheat symbolize souls and Kingdom harvest.
You get to possess the Kingdom! This latter rain will also release overflow because "the vats shall overflow." Ask the Lord to enlarge your vat, and as He pours in, you can pour out blessings to the world. Out of your belly shall flow RIVERS, not streams, but rivers of living water. We don't want dry riverbeds. We want constant, continuous, bank-to-bank overflow that overflows with new wine and new oil! Wine to make your heart glad and oil to make your face shine (Psalm 104:15-16). We're not talking alcohol here; we're talking partaking of the new wine in the new wineskins--supernat ural wine that gets you drunk in the spiritual. Because you are a king in Christ Jesus, you're invited to drink deeply of the new wine He has for you. Spend time in His presence, drinking in of the new wine, and being drenched with the fresh oil (not yesterday's oil)!

Restoration and Favour

Are there things in your life that need restoration? Not only is this the year of God's favour, but a year of His justice. He will restore to you everything the cankerworm has robbed (Joel 2:26-27). So not only does the cloud of His presence release that fresh anointing of favor--the fresh flow of His latter rain that brings through the vat an enlargement of the overflow for Kingdom harvest--but also restoration of everything the enemy has stolen!
You see, you become the tabernacle of His presence, His latter rain and thus, you can release restoration in your life because of that abiding presence. With the glory of the Lord shining so brightly in you, you can go about the ruined cities and see the desolation of heritages and generations restored (Isaiah 61).

Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David, the fallen hut or booth, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,

Watchful Praying
By Dave Butts
"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful" (Colossians 4:2).
Devotion to prayer was one of the marks of the early Church. In Acts 2:42, Luke lists four areas of devotion that marked the Jerusalem church: Apostles’ teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. The rest of Acts demonstrates their devotion, as a praying Church breaks out of Judea and embarks upon its mission to the world.
God’s call to His people today is for nothing less than that demonstrated by the first believers. Through dependence upon His power through prayer, we establish His kingdom in the lives of men and women everywhere, seeing Christ’s kingdom advance among the nations.
In Colossians 4:2, Paul’s command for us to be devoted to prayer is sharpened by the phrase, "being watchful." Watchful praying is a more intense, more kingdom-focused type of prayer. All too often our prayers can be a reflection of an unfocused, bland faith. We ask little, expecting little, and what we do ask for is more about our own desires than the purposes and plans of God.
Watchful praying takes effort. It is an aggressive sort of prayer life, recognizing that life is lived out in the midst of a battleground. Watching and praying is a lifestyle focusing on seeing the kingdom of Christ advance and knowing that our prayers are a vital part of what God is doing on planet earth.
To watch and pray first of all means that we watch God. As we draw near in intimacy and see how God is moving, we pick up divine cues from Him as to how we should pray. Scripture speaks much of keeping our eyes on the Lord:
• "O my Strength, I watch for You; You, O God, are my fortress…" (Psalm 59:9).
• "But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me" (Micah 7:7).
• "I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint" (Habakkuk 2:1).
• "It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back – whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’" (Mark 13:34-37).
God’s Word also tells us to watch what is happening around us, and sometimes even within us. There is to be an awareness of our surroundings and what God might be doing in them, so that we can pray with greater effectiveness. Here are just a few of the Scriptures that point to this way of watching and praying:
"Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told" (Hab. 1:5).
• "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come" (Matthew 24:42).
• "Then He said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.’ Going a little farther, He fell with His face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.’ Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. ‘Could you men not keep watch with Me for one hour?’ He asked Peter. ‘Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak’" (Matthew 26:38-41).
• "Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them" (Deuteronomy 4:9).
One of the most fascinating aspects of watchful praying is how closely it ties us to the very nature and activity of God Himself. God is a watcher! Again and again in the Bible we read of how He watches over the affairs of both nations and individuals. He calls us to join Him on His watch…to devote ourselves to watch and pray that we might participate with our Lord in His purposes. What an amazing privilege! Carefully consider these Scriptures that point to God on His watch:
• "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you" (Genesis 28:15).
• "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you" (Psalm 32:8).
• "He rules forever by His power, His eyes watch the nations – let not the rebellious rise up against Him" (Psalm 66:7).
• "The LORD will keep you from all harm – He will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore" (Psalm 121:7-8).

The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good" (Proverbs 15:3).

today join with a watching God? He is calling His people to such an intimate place with Him that we begin to see some aspects of what He is seeing as He allows us that privilege. Our watching is for the purpose of praying into our world the purposes and plans of God. How amazing is the grace and calling of God that He would grant us the joy and favor of laboring alongside Him through watchful praying!

God Loves Rich Nicholas and P.A.L.S. Our help, salvation, strength, increase of Provision comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth. He is our refuge and strength

"a merry heart doeth good like a medicine" Prov 17:22

WORLD'S MATERIAL COMFORTS OR GOD'S MATERIAL COMFORTS

2008-01-05T18:19:00.000-08:00

WORLD'S MATERIAL COMFORTS OR GOD'S MATERIAL COMFORTS

"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' " [Luke 16:22-26]

In these passages we all see here the consequences of all selfishness. Insulated by all of those material comforts of life, this rich man had never ever taken inventory of his very deepests needs and sins. Because he was hardhearted and so very selfish, refusing to feed the beggar Lazarus, he was so consigned to hell. Lazarus, on the other hand, lacked the very basic needs and he had suffered very physcial pain in his lifetime, but he was prepard for eternity. Death proved to be the greated equalizer, effecting s reversal of fortune for these two people. THE ANSWER: God wants us to have the proper attitude toward money and possessions and to have us use them undelfishly to help others. Final Thought here: Jesus Christ has exposed a very wealthy young man's dependencies on all of his possessions. Jesus Christ brought him face to face with all human problems - misplaced Devotion. We don't know whether or not that this man ever repented of his own heavy attachments to his belonging's, but each of us is alway's faced with the same choice. Ony by renouncing our unhealhy, fulfilling relationships with first of all w ith God, then ourselves, then all other's. God will hold us all accountable for our sins (Eze.18:30); We should hold each other accountable (Luke.17:3,4);We are Accountable in what we believe(John. 3:17,18,19,God will examine our actions (2Cor.5:10); Armor for physical battles (1Sam. 17:38); Weapons cannot stop God's power ( Eze. 38:4); Spiritual armor prepares us for life (Ro.13:12);Righteousness is a spiritual weapon (2Cor.6:7);God's weapons conquerors Satan's strongholds (2Cor.10:4); Put on the Armor (Eph.6:11-18) Jesus Is the Highest Authority (Matt.28:18) ;Choose a postive attitude (Hab.3:17-19) Bad attitudes hurts our relationship with God (Gen.4:6,7); Bad attitudes leads to poor decisions (Num.14:1-4) ;God gives christian a new attitude (Hab.3:17-19) More Than Conquerors (Ro.8:37)Christians should always rejoice (Phil.4:4) i_amgodschild@yahoo.com.

CAST ALL YOUR CARES ON HIM

2008-01-04T19:38:00.000-08:00

CAST ALL YOUR CARES ON HIM

God cares about you,

What concerns you, concerns Him.

God cherishes you.

Cast all your anxiety on Him.

He hears when you are weeping,

He knows what keeps you awake.

He will hold you in His safe keeping.

He knows what all is at stake.

Cast all your cares on Him,

The weight is to heavy to bear.

Don't be anxious, trust in Him.

He wants you to know He cares.

Believe in God's power.

Cast all your cares on Him.

He is your strong tower.

Take refuge in Him.

No matter what problems arise.

God is able to walk you through.

Cast all your cares on Him. Be wise.

For He watchfully cares for you.

Read 1 Peter 5:7-10

No matter what we may be going through in our life we are never alone. God cares so much for us and He is the shelter for us in our storms if we will just trust Him.

Lord, we cast all of our cares on you because we know you are there for us and will walk us through any trial or heartache and give us peace and joy in our hearts as we trust in YOU, Amen.

Nadean Woodcock

Yehweh -Mekaddesh (The Lord Of Host) Holy

2008-01-04T19:17:00.000-08:00

Yahweh - Mekaddesh (The Lord Of Host) Holy
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is HOLY: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones” (Is.57: 15)

Our God, the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity is called “HOLY” in this verse. He dwells in the high and holy place. Under the New Testament, He indwells His children. The temple of God is our body (I Cor.3: 16-17). Secondly, He indwells that person who has a contrite and humble spirit. Holiness and humility are inseparable. A holy person has also a contrite and humble spirit. We find in our midst many “holy people” with pride in their heart. Oh, our God revives the heart of the contrite ones. Revival is meant only for those who have the heart of the contrite ones. In other words, God revives the spirit of those who are brokenhearted for sin. A holy person, if he commits any sin, repents with a broken heart.

God did not call us to uncleanness but in holiness. Therefore, he who rejects this doctrine does not reject men, but God who has also given us His Holy Spirit (I Thes.4: 7-8). God has given us His Holy Spirit to enable us to lead a holy life, and not merely to operate His spiritual gifts. We have to put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness (Eph.4: 24).

Prophet Isaiah, in his vision of God, heard the praises of seraphim. Isaiah had the revelation of God’s holiness as the seraphim cried to another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: The whole earth is full of His glory”. On getting the revelation of God’s holiness, Isaiah’s eyes were opened to see his own spiritual life. He lamented, “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips…”(Is.6: 2-5).” As He who has called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy” (I Pet.1: 15-16).

Today, the holiness has become the casualty in our Christian circles. There is no holiness in the high places of His sanctuary. Some servants of God used of God mightily in the past succumbed to the temptations in their flesh and had fallen by the wayside. Their fall should serve as an eye-opener to us. The children of Israel were overthrown in the wilderness because of their sins like idolatry, fornication, tempting of God, and murmuring. “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (I Cor.10:5-11) .

Let us get a vision of God through the prophetic eyes of Isaiah. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: The whole earth is full of His glory”. The holiness of God is not separable from His glory i.e. His manifested presence. We see the holiness of God all over the earth. Whenever sin is committed, His holiness is revealed so that the people take cognizance of that particular sinful act. Even when sin is committed in a secret place, it stands exposed because the glory of God covers the whole earth. Every body, even an atheist, feels His glory once the sin is committed. The holiness of God exposes the sin in this world because His glory covers the whole earth. Christ, the Light of this world shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it (John 1:5).

We may have committed some sin in our thought-life or through our lips or in some area of our life without our knowledge. However, God knows it because of His glory covering the earth. As such, we have to humble ourselves before His Throne of grace and plead for a daily cleansing of our sin through the Blood of Jesus. “JEHOVAH ELOHCCNU” is with you and in you, to overcome sin, and to lead a holy life by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer Knowing God's Will And Seeing His Results

2008-01-04T11:14:00.000-08:00

Dear Precious Heavenly Father: As we to do come and bow down to kneel in worship only You at this hour of the neginning of our day.
We only want to worship You in our hearts and down tot he deepestof us all this day and forever more to sing praises unto your Holy name. As we tell the whole world and in our assembly in givingYou our praises for You are our King. With our hands held high and our hearts toward only You for we have these in our hearts of thanksand praise unto our Precious Lord Jesus Christ whom sits upon His Throne. For He is so Good!, He issoFaithful! And He loves Hismight Isreal which endures forever and ever! In saying these unto You Father God we give a mighty shout unto You in prasing whom YOU are because of whom You are unto us all in been having fighting our heaviest battles that only have come to blows by You defeating it. As we sing praises in our own thanksgiving unto You. Praises unto ourLord Jehovah God , Jesus The Son in their heavenly Throne and to our Holy Spirit whom send it up to them, in that dwelling place that is our future home. Praise Him in His mighty heaven, Praise Him for Hismighty works; Praise Him in His mighty works, unequaled beyond compare that only His servants can know that are unto Him as His children upon the earth. We praise Him with a trumpet blast that could only come from that Mighty Shofar. Praise Him with lyrics and all instruments in dancing before our God let every thing upon this earth in singing unto our Lord. Just as Your Son has said unto us inYour Word..." Oh, Father, Lord of Earth thank You for hiding truthfrom those who think themselves so wise and cleaver, for it is revealed to whom is childlike, Yes, Father God , it pleases You do it that way. For we know in one's sufferings as we pray unto You even at those time we ought to be thanking you Father, we do fail in it before You in asking for ones own forgivness in showing us the roads to take before You this day forth continually before You. As we give praises and those instruments are coming forth unto You Father God only because You are always good to us, faithful, true,righteousness abounds with the glorious presence that justfills the air all around us because You love endures forever!
For only You have shown us the way of our lives in walking with You
and your very precious words and that glorious holy spirit in guiding us
all the ways that we must take before you in doing so it bring that deep
penetraning joy from within us all,and such devoted pleasures that
only comes from You, Oh that streams of all the river of life that assures us in the overflowing fountains of that river that only comes from You as we totally being in worship
in You "Abba Father in whom we send out our praises unto You forever and ever. Oh, "Abba Father" we honor You as long as we live in lifting up ones praise in prayer, You are satisfying all that anything that is upon this earth even those richest food as we singing ones praises in joy as we lift it up only to You. For You have been our solid rock which is our very firm foundation,ourmighty fortress, our Savior, whom is our devoted protecter,shield, and our strength that came in ones salvation, you my mightystronghold, high tower, whom comes and saves in times of troublesand saves us from our enemies as we take hold of You Father God.AsYou do them destructions and those sounds of death pass over us in that great victory which that only You can give. For You passed by in ones own listening ears as the rocks and earth trembled beneath our feet becuase of Your anger in what they had tried to do unto your own children whom are always and forever the apples of your eyes.
Praise You 'Abba Father" As you have opened heaven before us and the
clouds were beneath Your feet ... Those angles in those clouds just
soars by that mighty rushing winds in that heavy thundering mighty
storm which always yields to You as You approach those wicked demons
that have been cut to threads by your might hands. Only you can
have that brightness that blazes forth as You always give
Your mighty loud shouts from heaven Throne room as You are coming
across from that Mighty victory in defeating all that had been in
and around your children whom You hold so dear to Your heart. You
had scattered and cut them down into mighty pieaces as You had
reached down from heaven home and recued us out of the deep waters
of those whom dared to defeat me in them wanting me to be hurt, and
destroyed by those whom You have defeated before us in knowing that
all of them are way to strong for us. They FATHER.. KNOW WHEN AND
HOW TO COME AGAINST US IN ONE'S OWN WEAK MOMENTS But You our mighty
defender led us safely home in knowing ones innocence by gving Your
rewards that compensates us all in homes that love you and adores
You Lord God. For abhor any kind of evil that this world has in its
trappings that only they know and see in trying to devour and burry
dep in a grave. You always are so faithful, true, with mighty
integrity, purness upon them whom are in only You Father God. You
show oneself to all wickedness that you are hostile, but unto us
whom are humble you tenderly rescue from those prdeful people whm
are very proud only to humliate them at their feet. For You are our
true light which lights up our darkness in Your powerful strengths
we crush all of our enemies as Your promises always holds true in our mighty
protections which provided from You are our God whom is solid as our rock before our
eyes. Glory, glory, glory unto the Lamb of God.Blessed be our rock,
blessed be the one whom is always exlted upon His Throne!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! To the Lamb of God! As we sing,
shout joyfully in every thing that You do before us and around our
very lives daily as one's mighty King and lover and savior of our
souls. We love you, We love You for You are our God and King whom name is always
Jehovah God, Emmanuel,The First and the Last,Yahweh,You are our King forever and ever
Father as I say unto you this prayer for families,circleof a host of friends,aquaintances Help them know Your will through the spiritual wisdom and understanding that comes from the Spirit so they may live lives worthy of You, pleasing You in every way. Help them to bear fruit, to influence others' lives in every good thing they do. May they constantly be growing in their understanding of who You are and in their awareness of how You work in this world of which you have made from the beginning of time. Oh, Father God, Our Mediator whom is ever so present before us Father right Now we do come bodly beore your throne of grace and mercy to all of those people whereever they are in thier homes or on the international net asking for prayers in whom all have needs and desires. We do come into an agreement with your Holy Words that say's in [Matthew 18:19,20 in all of these peoples life. For Jesus Christ has already paid for all of the healing's where it say's [ 1Peter 2:24b],"By His stripes Ye are healed"So, right now we say right now Thank You for all total healing's as Your Holy Spirit as it moves upon the people as they read this prayer. For as it say's in your word in [Phil.4:6]"Be anxious for nothing in everything by prayer and supplication with thankgiving let your requests be known unto God.

And we send Your word, now into all of thoseâ€™s needs, accessed by the power of the blood of Jesus and faith in the finished price by Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. In the name of Jesus, Amen! Amen! i_amgodschildcc.

Scriptures:(Colossians 1:9, 1 John 2:28; Colossians 1:10. (Romans 12:1â€“2)(Matthew 6:10; Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 4:12; Hebrews 10:36; Colossians S 1:11â€“12a),(Isa.61:1Heb.1:8;Heb.4:16;Ex.20:11;Isa57:16).

HOLY ARE You Lord
Hear the sound of heaven
Like the sound of many
waters
It's the sound of worship Coming from throne Cries of adoration As
men from every nation Lift their voice to make His glory
known ,singing
Holy, holy holy are You Lord
Holy holy holy are You
Lord
The elders and angles bow
The redeemed worship you now
Holy holy holy are You Lord.
By: Terry Mac Almon (1997) Heaven Song Music

THE MAJESTY AND GRACE OF GOD'S KINGDOM

2008-01-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

THE MAJESTY AND GRACE OF GOD'S KINGDOM
Psalms 45:6-17
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:
11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; And reverence thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
13 The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.

Psa 45:6-9 - Courts Of His Majesty

We have here the royal bridegroom filling his throne with judgment and keeping his court with splendour.

I. He here fills his throne with judgment. It is God the Father that says to the Son here, Thy throne, O God! is forever and ever, as appears Heb_1:8, Heb_1:9, where this is quoted to prove that he is God and has a more excellent name than the angels. The Mediator is God, else he neither would have been able to do the Mediator's work nor fit to wear the Mediator's crown. Concerning his government observe, 1. The eternity of it; it is for ever and ever. It shall continue on earth throughout all the ages of time, in despite of all the opposition of the gates of hell; and in the blessed fruits and consequences of it it shall last as long as the days of heaven, and run parallel with the line of eternity itself. Perhaps even then the glory of the Redeemer, and the blessedness of the redeemed, shall be in a continual infinite progression; for it is promised that not only of his government, but of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end (Isa_9:7); even when the kingdom shall be delivered up to God even the Father (1Co_15:24) the throne of the Redeemer will continue. 2. The equity of it: The sceptre of thy kingdom, the administration of thy government, is right, exactly according to the eternal counsel and will of God, which is the eternal rule and reason of good and evil. Whatever Christ does he does none of his subjects any wrong, but gives redress to those that do suffer wrong: He loves righteousness, and hates wickedness, Psa_45:7. He himself loves to do righteousness, and hates to do wickedness; and he loves those that do righteousness, and hates those that do wickedness. By the holiness of his life, the merit of his death, and the great design of his gospel, he has made it to appear that he loves righteousness (for by his example, his satisfaction, and his precepts, he has brought in an everlasting righteousness), and that he hates wickedness, for never did God's hatred of sin appear so conspicuously as it did in the sufferings of Christ. 3. The establishment and elevation of it: Therefore God, even thy God (Christ, as Mediator, called God his God, Joh_20:17, as commissioned by him, and the head of those that are taken into covenant with him), has anointed thee with the oil of gladness. Therefore, that is, (1.) "In order to this righteous government of thine, God has given thee his Spirit, that divine unction, to qualify thee for thy undertaking," Isa_61:1. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he has anointed me. What God called him to he fitted him for, Isa_11:2. The Spirit is called the oil of gladness because of the delight wherewith Christ was filled in carrying on his undertaking. He was anointed with the Spirit above all his fellows, above all those that were anointed, whether priests or kings. (2.) "In recompence of what thou has done and suffered for the advancement of righteousness and the destruction of sin God has anointed thee with the oil of gladness, has brought thee to all the honours and all the joys of thy exalted state." Because he humbled himself, God has highly exalted him, Phi_2:8, Phi_2:9. His anointing him denotes the power and glory to which he is exalted; he is invested in all the dignities and authorities of the Messiah. And his anointing him with the oil of gladness denotes the joy that was set before him (so his exaltation is expressed, Heb_12:2) both in the light of his Father's countenance (Act_2:28) and in the success of his undertaking, which he shall see, and be satisfied, Isa_53:11. This he is anointed with above all his fellows, above all believers, who are his brethren, and who partake of the anointing - they by measure, he without measure. But the apostle brings it to prove his pre-eminence above the angels, Heb_1:4, Heb_1:9. The salvation of sinners is the joy of angels (Luk_15:10), but much more of the Son.

II. He keeps his court with splendour and magnificence. 1. His robes of state, wherein he appears, are taken notice of, not for their pomp, which might strike an awe upon the spectator, but their pleasantness and the gratefulness of the odours with which they were perfumed (Psa_45:8): They smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia (the oil of gladness with which he and his garments were anointed): these were some of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil which God appointed, the like to which was not to be made up for any common use (Exo_30:23, Exo_30:24), which was typical of the unction of the Spirit which Christ, the great high priest of our profession, received, and to which therefore there seems here to be a reference. It is the savour of these good ointments, his graces and comforts, that draws souls to him (Son_1:3, Son_1:4) and makes him precious to believers, 1Pe_2:7. 2. His royal palaces are said to be ivory ones, such as were then reckoned most magnificent. We read of an ivory house that Ahab made, 1Ki_22:39. The mansions of light above are the ivory palaces, whence all the joys both of Christ and believers come, and where they will be for ever in perfection; for by them he is made glad, and all that are his with him; for they shall enter into the joy of their Lord. 3. The beauties of his court shine very brightly. In public appearances at court, when the pomp of it is shown, nothing is supposed to contribute so much to it as the splendour of the ladies, which is alluded to here, Psa_45:9. (1.) Particular believers are here compared to the ladies at court, richly dressed in honour of the sovereign: Kings' daughters are among thy honourable women, whose looks, and mien, and ornaments, we may suppose, from the height of their extraction, to excel all others. All true believers are born from above; they are the children of the King of kings. These attend the throne of the Lord Jesus daily with their prayers and praises, which is really their honour, and he is pleased to reckon it his. The numbering of kings' daughters among his honourable women, or maids of honour, intimates that the kings whose daughters they were should be tributaries to him and dependents on him, and would therefore think it a preferment to their daughters to attend him. (2.) The church in general, constituted of these particular believers, is here compared to the queen herself - the queen-consort, whom, by an everlasting covenant, he hath betrothed to himself. She stands at his right hand, near to him, and receives honour from him, in the richest array, in gold of Ophir, in robes woven with golden thread or with a gold chain and other ornaments of gold. This is the bride, the Lamb's wife, whose graces, which are her ornaments, are compared to fine linen, clean and white (Rev_19:8), for their purity, here to gold of Ophir, for their costliness; for, as we owe our redemption, so we owe our adorning, not to corruptible things, but to the precious blood of the Son of God. Jesus Brides Maid