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*Bringing down of the Little Horn*

*Jeremiah 49:2* - /Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah [multitude] of
the Ammonites [sons- referred to as of the evil one]; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall
Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD./

A year back around this time we were given a warning of what the Lord
was going to do in the land of the Arabs. This today is called the Arab
Spring. People are expect good to come out of it very soon but as we
were told this would go on from nearly 4 years and would cause terrorism
to come out from the shadows and into the open in a big way.

Just some days back when the world was celebrating ChristMass there was
a warning about disaster by the Lord. People may have been thinking
death and destruction but the Lord was working on another front and by
evening I knew what the warning was on. That very day we saw things
shaking in the European countries, their financial markets were shaken.

In today's message the Lord is warning that these countries which are a
cradle to a corrupt understanding of Christianity would see great
financial and economic problems such that people would be leaving the
countries and migrating out in large numbers.

If one reads Daniel a lot is spoken of these countries and how they
surrendered themselves to the temple of Satan. These people say they are
Christians but reject the Lord's Word. They say they are God's people
but have no relationship with the Lord. What really shook me was when
the Lord showed me how He looks at these so called religious and
righteous people. When the Lord looks at His people He looks at them as
His Sons, as His Princes; but when the Lord looks at these people He
sees them as sick street dogs which have infection all over. These
people do traditions and keep saying words like parrots and call them
prayers. They themselves do not know what they are saying and expect the
Lord to hear. It is good that the Lord shuts His ears to them or these
words which are no less than abuses would cause the wrath of God to be
kindled against them even more.

People think they should thank these crocks for being Christians and for
the spread of Christianity throughout the world, they do not realize
that people do not know God mainly due to these people. Even if the
world had a handful of true Christians, the world would know the True
Lord God. The Lord's Hand is not short, He says even if 2 are found who
are truly in Him, He can manifest His glory that the whole world will
take acknowledgement of Him. These crocks have confused man so much that
although the Lord started to remove His people from among them about 500
years back, it will still take another 50 to 100 years till they are
totally separated. To clear all the deceit which His people are infected
by these crocks with will take another 100 to 200 years. At that time
people will not say know the Lord for people will know the Lord and if
any one tries to prophesize they would be dealt with severely for the
people will be knowing the Word.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, many of your saints were martyred by these people who called
themselves your representatives but are from Satan. They search for
people from your flock and make goats for them. They give them horns and
remove your abundant grace from their lives. Lord, the cries of justice
of these souls still go out to You and today we are happy that You are
soon going to bring it to past. Lord, separate your sheep from among
these goats so that the world knows You. Be glorified Lord among your
people...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*Daniel 7:8-9*
8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up
by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did
sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the
pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as
burning fire.

*Daniel 8:2-14*
2And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at
Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a
vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the
river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one
was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that
no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could
deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the
face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes.
6And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.
7And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with choler
against him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns: and there was
no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the
ground, and stamped on him: and there was none that could deliver the
ram out of his hand.
8Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the
four winds of heaven.
9And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding
great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some
of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped on them.
11Yes, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him
the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was
cast down.
12And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it
practiced, and prospered.
13Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that
certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the
daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred days [years];
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

*Hebrew 8:10-11*
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, said the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and
write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall
be to me a people:
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to
the greatest.

*Zechariah 13:3-5*
3And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his
father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not
live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and
his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be
ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall
they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught
me to keep cattle from my youth.

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*Rain and supply*

*2 Kings 3:17* - /For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind,
neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water,
that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts./

When people need water they first look to one source and that is rains.
Rains are considered a blessing throughout the world. If a country does
not receive good rains the life system can be destroyed of that place
and experience famines.

Of late we have been seeing another face to these rains and that is
floods. Many countries have been receiving heavy rains at rates
unimaginable causing landslides, flash floods and inland tsunamis, not
giving people time even to flee for their lives.

This brings a question is rain good or bad? The answer on every tongue
would be sufficient rain is good. About 2 years back when Mumbai had bad
rains and there was water shortage I prayed to the Lord for rains and
the Lord answered with 3 years of good rains and the past 2 years we
have seen good rains which did no harm and at the same time gave us
sufficient water.

Some scientist attribute rain as an important factor for life, but the
Bible differs on this. The Bible to the extent states the first farming
was done without rain!

If we look up the Bible Genesis it states a very different picture.

*Genesis 2:5-10*
5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb
of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain
on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground.
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it
was parted, and became into four heads.

Archaeologist traced this place according to the Bible and found its
location to eastern Turkey. This place is a high inland plateau varying
at heights of 3000 to 4000 feet above sea level, having a rim of 12000
feet high mountains including the main peak Mount Ararat (where Noah's
ark rested after the floods). One may wonder how the farming happened,
big trees require sufficient water to grow, so do various cereals?

This place had 2 main sources of water one was from the melting glaciers
which ran into the 4 rivers which ran into a lake and the other source
states as mist that came from the earth.

What would surprise people is the first farming done by Adam did not
require him to carry water from the lake or rivers. He just made sure
that the plants were planted and were harvested, for they grew by
themselves. His farming concept is known as dry farming and the plants
were not receiving water from rains nor did any man water them. The
archaeologists found a great water tableau below this place and the
porous rocks and the soft clay soil found in this place would make sure
this water reached the plants. This place being at a height also made
sure the crops were free of weeds.

What we see man did not need rain before sin came and the resources made
available by the Lord allowed man to do all things exceedingly well. But
when sin came, the relationship with the Lord broke and faith got lost.
Due to loss of faith man started getting distanced from the resources
made available by the Lord; in this situation rain became the mercy
supply of water to faithless man. But we also read in the Bible at times
in His anger due to the growing greed of man, the Lord over gave the
supply and caused man to be sickened by it.

In today's scripture through the hands of Elisha the Lord supplies the
needs of the 3 armies with water coming out of the ground, He did not
cause rain to fall down. Not only the men but even their animals were
fully satisfied.

The message for us today is the Lord does not need to work in the way we
assume right. He has better ways and by these ways He has already
supplied us all our needs, we need to just create a drench by humbling
to Him and be filled with our supply.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord Jesus You did remind us to not worry of our needs. You told us what
to give importance to and what not to. You showed us it is from the
unseen that all seen things came; if we surrender unto your Cause we
will have the fullness of life. Lord we pray that we surrender to You
and your Kingdom, help us overcome our senses and not think in the ways
of the foolish world...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*Leviticus 26:3-5*
3If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5And your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach to the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and
dwell in your land safely.

*Genesis 7:4* - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain on the
earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I
have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

*Deuteronomy 11:17* - And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you,
and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land
yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land
which the LORD gives you.

*Luke 12:21-31*
21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no thought
for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall
put on.
23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have
storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better
than the fowls?
25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take you
thought for the rest?
27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and
yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O you of
little faith?
29And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither
be you of doubtful mind.
30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your
Father knows that you have need of these things.
31But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be
added to you.

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His Covenant saves us

Psalms 106:45 - And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And
relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

People mistake between Covenants and Testimonies which the Word of God
has been broken into called the Old and New Testament. The splitting
of the Bible has caused people to think God changed and the Laws of
God changed.Firstly remember God does not change. God is always
growing in glory but His basic Nature and principles have been always
the same. It may surprise many that even the Laws of God did not
change from Moses to Jesus; even those given through Moses were the
same which Jesus gave us. You may say but brother the Laws given
through Moses talks a very different tone and consequence compared to
what Jesus spoke.

If you read the Gospels Jesus told us to keep the Commandments which
were given through Moses, but we see Jesus was expanding them or at
times simplifying them but never changed them by saying do not follow
them or they were not right. The Bible also tells us Jesus kept all
the Commandments given from Moses and was without blemish but yet we
see the Jews were always angry with Jesus for breaking the Law.

The Jews thought they were keeping the Law but were actually keeping
traditions and not the Law. They never understood the Law of Moses or
the scriptures for they were not given the Holy Spirit. It is only
after the Congregation received the Holy Spirit did man start to
understand scriptures.

The Hebrew word translated as Covenant comes from the root meaning
‘cutting’, one would understand this by the actions of Abraham when a
Covenant was made between him and the Lord. The first time the Lord
asked Abraham to get his people circumcised and the second time as
instructed Abraham took the animals asked by the Lord and cut them
into two halves right in between. This cutting symbolized the
seriousness of a Covenant. A Covenant is more than a legal agreement
between two individuals, in fact meant more than life therefore an
animal was sacrificed or the foreskin of the reproductive organ of man
cut before Jesus became our eternal sacrifice.

Covenants were made by the Lord with man through 6 people in the
Bible, they were Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David and lastly
through Jesus. Covenants are called new and old for there was change
between them, but one should understand the changesare not a complete
change but was an improvement from the earlier one. Each Covenant was
made better than the previous one.

Like in today’s message the Lord says it was His Covenant that caused
His not to destroy mankind for by remembering His Covenant His mercy
would save us. The Covenant made through Jesus was a Covenant of
grace. There is only one difference between mercy and grace and that
quantity. Grace is nothing but the required mercy to see us pass
through. The Covenant of Grace through Jesus Christ allows every being
irrespective of how good or bad that person has been, to see them pass
through and get qualified to become Sons of God. It is only those who
bind into the Covenant of Grace through Jesus Christ receive the
promise of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit Who works in us and
makes us from Children to Sons of God so that we may become Israel
(Princes of God) and inherit the Promised Land which is Heaven.

Let us take refuge in the Covenant for it is the Covenant that saves
us from the wrath of God, that means we need to keep our commitment to
the Lord more than we value our own lives, for the cutting is across
lives.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You knew how weak to the flesh man is and how stiff neck he
would be. You made Covenants with man so as to prevent man getting
consumed by your wrath. People fear Satan but do not realize that You
send your Son to save us from your wrath. It is sin that put is under
your wrath and Satan tries to keep us in sin so that we get consumed
and destroyed along with him when the Judgment comes. He does not want
us to receive all that he lost and the much more You have in plan for
us. Help us Lord to be committed to our Covenant of Grace with You
through Jesus Christ...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 9:8-17 (Covenant through Noah)

Genesis 15:1-21; 17:1-8 (Covenant through Abraham)

Genesis 26:24-25 (Covenant through Isaac)

Genesis 28:10-19 (Covenant through Jacob)

Exodus 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Passover, passing through the Red Sea, Word given through Moses and
passing through the River Jordan (Covenant through Moses)

2 Samuel 17:8-16 (Covenant through David)

Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Covenant through Jesus Christ)

Hebrews 8:6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how
much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was
established on better promises.

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*Holding marriages together*

*Proverbs 5:18 *- /Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the
wife of thy youth./

People have a very wrong understanding about marriage and if both the
husband and wife do not understand it they will not see the glory of God
in their lives.

The first wrong understanding people have is that the most primary
aspect of marriage is love. One needs to understand when Jesus told His
disciples '/love one another as I have loved you/', then can anyone love
a person more than Jesus' love for us? That means the person is
fulfilling Jesus' instruction only towards his wife / her husband and
not towards the people of God.

No doubt love is very important aspect of marriage and is the fuel that
keeps it going but the engine that drives marriage is responsibility.
Responsibility is the primary reason of marriage. Marriage is called a
Church - a Body of Christ and the Body of Christ is the responsibility
of the people to fulfil the purpose of Christ collectively. The main
purpose of marriage is to bring forth and guide the souls of the
children from their union unto the Lord and they in turn do the same;
similarly the purpose of the Church is to bring souls unto the Lord, to
encourage and help them grow in Him so that they too will bring the
others who are lost and do the same with them until all who are of the
Lord are gathered unto Him.

In today's message the Lord is talking to those who are spiritually not
mature and are married. These people who have no real understanding of
marriage nor have a clear understanding what love is. They sometimes
confuse love which the Lord talks of with the love which the world
preaches. For these people (especially the newly married) the Lord is
telling them to have a good physical relationship with one another,
which means they should surrender to each other and get over with their
physical desires. Marriage is not about this love but is allowed by the
Lord so help both overcome their weakness of the flesh and not be
tempted by Satan.

Husbands and wives who are not fully mature in spirit do not realize the
importance of spending more time with each other in the bedroom. Unless
they do not get over the desires of the flesh it will hamper them in
doing the main purpose of marriage. It also does not mean they should
encourage the desires of the flesh forever, for the Lord tells them that
every time they come together in the flesh they should also come
together in prayer so that they can overcome the desires of the flesh
faster.

Marriage is more to do with the children than with the adults who get
married. The primary purpose of marriage is to bring forth children but
that also does not means marriage should be a child producing factory.
Understand there is difference between a child of the flesh and a godly
child. No doubt all child come from the Lord but there are differences
when you receive a godly child and just a child. Receiving a godly child
is one of the greatest blessings one can get and God desires to give to
them to those desire Him and walk according to His Plan.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, many marriages fail because couples do not spend time with each
other when they are growing in You. They are more lost with things and
people of the world and less with each other. Help them to overcome the
desires of the flesh and get on the tract of their union in You. Help
them surrender to each other and thus surrender unto your plan. May they
have a strong relationship with each other in You. Bless your people
with godly children and may they be blessed in You...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*1 Corinthians 7:1-6*
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a
man not to touch a woman.
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also
the wife unto the husband.
4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise
also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together
again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

*Ephesians 5:22-33*
22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of
the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to
their own husbands in every thing.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it;
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth
his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church:
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be
joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even
as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

*Deuteronomy 24:5 -*When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go
out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall
be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
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*We will be judged by the Sword at the border of Israel*

*Ezekiel 11:10* - /Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the
border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD./

People refuse to abide to the Word of God and follow what their heart
leads them for they think in their hearts what will happen? When there
are problems around they come running to the Lord but over a period of
time they overcome the disasters and turn back to their filth. Then
there are the others who think these problems are a blessing to build
them in the Lord.

Today the Lord is speaking to these people who refuse to hear Him. Jesus
said when He came as man that He has not come to judge. He said when He
comes again in His glory His Word with judge His flock (both sheep and
goats) and His Word is True.

People wake up. The greatest or most dangerous weapon in the whole of
creation is not an atomic or nuclear bomb or any chemical weapon but is
the Word of God. In Heaven too not only the mighty Angels but even the
Cherubs who are many thousand times mightier than the Angels also fear
the Word of God. The judging Word of God in Heaven is seen as a flaming
sword. When God wanted to guard the lower Heavens from the upper Heaven
He put a flaming sword to the east of it. It does not mean that there is
a real sword but just His Word of warning and none of the fallen angels
or even Satan will dare cross the line.

The problems, troubles, pains or disasters that we face on earth are not
even a small fraction of what the Word of God would do when Jesus comes
again to judge all mankind. It does not mean only those who exist during
that time will be judged but all (it means ALL since Noah) will be
judged before Him by His Word. Hell is many thousand times better than
the lake of sulphur which awaits those who know Him and still reject His
Word. Like Jesus said be hot or cold but those who are lukewarm will
experience His greatest wrath. Nothing will happen now, when you die you
will sleep in the Lord but on the Judgment Day when we all stand before
His Throne we will face the Sword. Those who abide by His Word would
enter Heaven as true Sons of God and the rest go to the lake of sulphur.

What I tell you, you may have never heard it from any preacher or
evangelist or teacher of the Word, but these are hard words for those
hard in heart.

Dear people stop being fence sitters it is better you reject Jesus
Christ and die as an unbeliever than call yourself a believer and refuse
to believe or abide by the Word of God. As an unbeliever you will go to
Hell (prison) and suffer only for the wrongs you have done for the rest
of your spirit life (which is a few thousand years). But if you being a
believer refuse to abide by the Word of God then in the lake of sulphur
the punishment is not according to your wrong doings. It is called
sulphur not because there is sulphur there but like the chemical has the
property which does not let man overcome it, so is the suffering in this
place. Every foul smell man soon or later overcomes but the smell of
sulphur he or she will never overcome. A person working in a sulphur
mine for years suffers the same he did the first day he started work there.

Please sit for even a few minutes and let these words sink into your
heads, it will cause you to tremble in your spirit. That is why Paul
said work for your salvation with fear and trembling. Our work does not
require us to be righteous; our work just requires us to surrender to
the Lord and to His Instructions along with His help. When we surrender
to the Spirit of God and to His Word, it is the Lord Who will make a way
to help us keep His Word and He also gives us the strength required to
take us through it.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, people do not know the power of your Word therefore do not fear
You. Lord, work on these stiff necked people and bring them to know the
Truth. By your grace open their eyes and harden not their hearts to your
Instructions. May today be a day greater than the times of John the
Baptist when people by the thousands repented and turn to You...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Genesis 3:24* - So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of
the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

*Revelation 3:16* - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

*Song of Solomon 6:5* - Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have
overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead
[Rocky region - symbolizing half-truths] .

*Matthew 25:32-33*
32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

*John 12:48 *- He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath
one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day.
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*Man tries to teach and correct God*

*Job 9:2-4*
/2"Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?/
/3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time
out of a thousand./
/4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself
against Him and prospered?/

Yesterday I had sent a message and there were some who understood the
message and yet hardened their heart against the message.

One sister replied her refusal to listen to the message. She used a
statement which almost all Ashtoreth's devotees use "do you not have a
mother?" or "do you not love your mother?"

God has given us an earthly mother; are we going to make any tom, dick
or harry our mother? Especially when the Lord is warning that this
spirit coming in that person's name is not the person but the deceiver
who is out to kill and destroy? Has anyone confirmed this spirit which
comes in the person's name is the same person?

Jesus said we err because we do not know what happens to man after
death. People do not know the truth as to where the real person is after
death therefore assumes the spirit which comes in her name is really her.

Another point this sister raised was "she intercedes for us".

Why would any person from God contradict the Word of God?

*1 Timothy 2:5* - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;

This spirit says she is every virgin but the Word of God says the real
person was virgin until the birth of the saviour and after she fulfilled
the prophecy she did have relationship with her husband and have children.

*Matthew 1:24-25*
24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.

They should also study Jewish marriage to understand how it is. The
engagement which an official agreement happens a year before marriage
and the marriage happens when the couple come to know each other, which
means they have physical relationship with each other. If they do not
know each other they are not considered marriage and if they still say
they are married then it makes them liars (see the description of the
Woman of God Anna).

*Matthew 1:16* - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was
born Jesus, who is called Christ.

*Matthew 13:55* - Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother
called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

*Mark 15:40 *- There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome;

*Acts 1:13-14*
13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James.
14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with
the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

James [author of the letter of James], Jones, Simon and Judas [Jude -
author of the letter of Jude] were not Jesus' cousins. If they were,
then why was not John the Baptist ever included in the list?

About her being the Mother of God - in scriptures she herself calls her
son her Saviour and Lord. Understand she was mother to the man Jesus.
The Lord humbled Himself and came as man Jesus. If the Son had not
humbled Himself forget anything else even being in His presence we would
die.

*James 1: 1* - James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.

*Jude 1:1* - Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to
them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ, and called:

James and Jude knew after Jesus died and resurrected He was no longer
their brother in flesh. They knew who Jesus was.

The Bible calls her 'blessed' and people have changed that word into
holy. Blessed means the one to whom a promise given is fulfilled. Do
people know the meaning of being holy? It is only after the complete
Truth comes in us with the help of the Holy Spirit will we receive a
cover of Righteousness from Jesus Christ on Judgment Day and then only
will we receive Holiness from the Father when we enter Heaven. Forget
Holiness we are far, far from the complete Truth. This creation exists
till we get the complete Truth in us, the moment we do God says it is
enough and then Jesus Christ comes to close the job. The Righteousness
and Holiness we are referred with are like crumbs of the real one.

She wavered in faith like anyone else at one time she at one time she
nearly lost faith and made Jesus upset.

*Mark 3:30-35*
30because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without,
they sent unto him, calling him.
32And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold,
thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
34And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith, Behold,
my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother.

In today's message Job knew he could not argue against God, for not once
would he be right and God wrong. Job was a man of wisdom. Our people
lack wisdom and like scriptures say a fool dares where Angels does not;
these people try to prove God wrong, therefore they again and again
twist and turn His Word to prove they are right and God wrong.

The Lord is telling them His Word holds forever and what they are doing
will be exposed. Everything will change and perish but He and His Word
will never. His Word will do its job and return to Him.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, when you created man You took earth and putting the spirit of man
in it made it a living being. After sin came into man the children of
Satan are making images of earth and with the help of evil spirits are
trying to make gods. Lord, we prayer your children who have the seed of
faith in them open their eyes to the foolishness they are made to do due
to the lies they are feed with. Lord, your Word is like a double edge
sword, pierce in their hearts and remove the roots of their deceit and
deliver them...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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The Nabis are still coming and warning

Jeremiah 35:15-I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets
[Nabi], rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every
man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other
gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given
to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor
hearkened unto me.

We read in today’s message Jeremiah rebuking the people among other
things for following other gods. Jeremiah was not talking to the
Heathens but to the Israelites who were supposed to be God’s people.

If one read the Bible from the time of Solomon when prosperity came
into the lives of the Israelites and their interaction with other
people of different beliefs grew, they started incorporating their
traditions and also worshiping their gods alone with Yahweh. They
boldly started putting the statues of these gods in their Temple and
this over a period started to anger God.

Among their various gods were 5 which even today are still there among
Christians. In some of the Christian sects the statues of some of
these still continue to be put in their churches. One of the most
prominent among the 5 is goddess Ashtoreth who was also titled the
Queen of Heaven.

This goddess during the times of the Apostles was known as goddess
Diana (which means flowing light) or goddess of light. She was also
called by the name Artemis for the Greek and Phoenicians; the
Accadians, the Philistines and Assyrians called her Ishtar. She was
depicted as a good person who helps and saves. Her temple was utterly
destroyed but again built in great magnificence. She was initially
called the moon goddess who reflects the light of the sun. It is
interesting to note this name was at many times recorded not in
singular but in plural.

This character is across religions, nor the Muslims or Hindus or any
religion is spared from the deceit of this character. The greatest
worshippers of this goddess / spirit are Christians. They mistake her
as someone related to Jesus from the Bible and do not discern her
words with scriptures therefore fail to identify her. They think she
reflects the light of the Son, intercedes for the Son but do not know
she has nothing to do with the Lord but in fact is a spirit that goes
against the Lord and is from the Devil.

All the Nabis (Men of God) warned the people of God against her.
Jeremiah openly rebuked the people even giving them the threat of
disasters in their lives if they did not stop worshiping this goddess,
yet they chose not to listen to him and continued due to their strong
devotion to her. They worshipped this goddess as a family with the
women giving the lead leading in the rituals.

This spirit is one of the most successful tool of Satan, while making
people feel they are in the Lord it keeps them from having a
relationship with God and entering Heaven. It gives people things as
prayers which are in reality not prayers but things that anger God
more and more.

The deceit of this goddess is across Christianity so much that one of
the greatest festivals which isthe Resurrection of Jesus is named
after this goddess and people do not feel wrong to continue
celebrating Easter which is in her name. People say the name means Sun
rising in the east, they should check with the guys who kept this name
as to with what meaning they kept it.

She is still called Queen of Heaven, Intercessor to God, Light of God,
Mother to all mankind, etc... These are not new names but the same
names which existed even before the times of Jeremiah.

The Lord has since ages speaking through His messengers telling His
people to put away these gods and be led by His Word and His Spirit.
Today again the Lord is doing the same. One needs to take caution for
every time the Lord gave these warnings and the people did not listen
they had to face the anger of God.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You had warning Satan is the father of lies. He does not lie
openly but being a father of it he twists the Truth very little yet
sufficient to mislead your people, cause them to come under your wrath
and be destroyed. Lord Jesus, You too warned when You came as man but
yet people do listen. You allowed this to happen so that the hearts of
those who call themselves your people and are not, will be exposed.
Lord we pray not for all Christians but for those who are really
yours, that they hear this message and put away these gods from their
lives and be led but your Word and by your Spirit...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Jeremiah 7:17-21
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to
anger.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury
shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and
upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it
shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh [the word in Hebrew has
the root meaning message / tiding / Word] .

Jeremiah 44:16-19
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the
LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our
own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our
kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw
no evil.
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and
have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out
drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and
pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

Acts 19:24-29
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made
silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and
said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought;
but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be
despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and
the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught
Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel,
they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

1 Kings 11:5-6
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.

Luke 2:34-35
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,
this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and
for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
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*The**2 Guards of our Guardroom*

*Ezekiel 40:12* - /There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one
cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were
six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side./

Numbers play a very important part in understanding scriptures. Like God made things with images so also in scriptures He uses a lot of numbers to describe things unseen. Bible Numerics deals with the symbolism of numbers in scriptures. God did this to help us understand the hidden things of the spirit world with our limited minds.

I will list below a few of the important numbers: -

1 - Represents the Lord God (mainly the Father)
2 - God the Spirit (who is the witness)
3 - The Godhead (God the Body - which consist of the Father, Spirit and Son)
4 - Creation
5 - Man
6 - People think this number is of Satan but in fact identifies his
identity in the Body of the Son before he fell. It has to do with the
morning stars (also called the Beasts / Beings / Cherubs). They are
prime constituents of the Body of the Son, for under them are the Angels.
7 - The Holy Spirit (like the Son humbled Himself and came as man so
also the Spirit of God humbled Himself and became the seven Spirit to
build the Body / Church. He being one is seven)
8 - Born again man. The name 'Jesus' codes as 888 for He is not only the
First but also by humbling Himself and coming as man He became the First Born again. He showed us the meaning and way for us to be Born again)
12 - The twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit (all things are mostly inline
to the 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit for Heaven is made of it)

In today's message the Lord is talking to us about the guardroom of our
inner man. He gives us 2 measurements, which are 1 cubit and the other 6 cubits.

Our war in this world is not with Satan but with our own selves. We need
to overcome evil that is inside us. For Satan, Jesus said He would come
again and deal with him but only after gathering the ones who have
overcome. So the most important thing for us is our hearts or inner-man.
It is the judgment of our inner-man that will decide if we enter Heaven
or go to Hell. It is our ticket to Heaven if we keep it well (like have
faith and the Word of God) we enter or else we are doomed. Thus the
guardroom of our hearts is of utmost importance to us and the Lord is
opening our minds to this area.

The 2 factors which the Lord is highlighting as very important to guard
our inner-man is the Lord and the second is the Congregation. You may
wonder how I took the number 6 to be the congregation.

The Heavenly Body of the Son are the 6 Beings / Morning Stars (7th being the Lord as Head) similarly in this creation we as a congregation are part of the Body of Christ the Lord and He being our Head.

The Lord is telling us the 2 fellowships we need to guard our inner-man
are our fellowship with God and our fellowship with the Congregation.
Satan too knows the importance of these 2 factors and thus concentrates on attacking these areas the most. He knows it is faith that keeps our connection with God and therefore tries to break our faith and thus our relationship with God. Secondly Satan attacks the unity of the Congregation and thus uses worms like hurt, doubt, hatred, anger, pride,
misunderstanding etc. between people of God and breaks their unity.

The Lord is telling us in today's message we need to guard these 2 areas so as to help guard our inner-man and thus protect our most important assets.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, for the people of this world the most valuable things are their
bank accounts, their vaults, their property. For us children of God who
love You the most price our inner-man / hearts are the most, for You are
in it. Lord, help guard our hearts and let it not be lost on vain things
of this world but take desire only in the priceless things of Heaven.
Lord, help us realize the importance of being connected to You and to
your people. Help us realize as a united Body in You we can stand any
attack of Satan...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Revelation 22:16* - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.

*Job 38:6-7*
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner
stone thereof;
7When the morning stars [Cherubs] sang together, and all the sons of God
[Angels] shouted for joy?

*Ezekiel 28:14-15*
14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in
the midst of the stones of fire.
15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.

*Revelation 4:8-11*
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they
were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the
throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their
crowns before the throne, saying,
11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for
thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.

*Philippians 4:6-7*
6In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

*1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 22-27*
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
13For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or
Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
22Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more
feeble are necessary:
23and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
24whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body
together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
25that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members
should have the same care one for another.
26And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or
one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

*Revelation 13:18* - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his
number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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*The Pharisees will go to Hell*

*Ezekiel 32:24, 25* - /There is Elam and all her multitude round about
her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down
uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their
terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with
them that go down to the pit. They have set her a bed in the midst of
the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of
them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused
in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them
that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain./

When David came in his city of Zion he had an issue with the blind and
lame, so none of them were allowed in the city. We also see among the
sacrifices the Lord clearly specifies the animals that are blind and
lame were not allowed. Even people who were blind, lame or with a flat
nose were considered with blemish.

These scriptures have nothing to do with the physically disabled, Jesus
healed them but yet we read such scriptures. It is not that God changed,
He never does; He is the same today what He was millions of years before
and will be the same billions of year ahead.

There are 2 types of people who will surely not enter Heaven the
spiritually blind and spiritually lame. The Old Testament scriptures
have their understanding in their meaning or symbolism.

The word Elam although is translated as eternity it is an Assyrian word
which mean 'high'. This place was the highlands east to Babylon. In
spiritual symbolism they represent the Pharisees of our Babylon, which
is the false church.

We see Jesus was very compassionate and merciful to almost all, these
included sinners of the worst kind, criminals and especially those sick
and suffering. But there was a kind of people which showed another face
of Him and they were the Pharisees. When it came to the Pharisees we see
Jesus in a different light of detest and anger.In today's message the
Lord has the same attitude towards the Pharisees of the Babylon amongst us.

Amongst us are people who are deceived into calling themselves
Christians but are not. Like Paul said a true Jew is one who is
circumcised in the heart. These so called Christians are fooled with
rituals into believing they are baptized in Jesus Christ and in the Holy
Spirit. It is this reason most of them do even know Jesus but identify
Him as a historical figure Who was a good man.

The Pharisees are the leaders of this group. These people evoke the same
feeling of me like they did with Jesus. When I came out of this
religious group after coming to know Jesus Christ and being baptized in
Him, I realized these Pharisees knew all along what they were doing and
due to the hardness of their hearts they continue their work. Once upon
a time they were victims but now they have become even worst
perpetrators than their precursors. In the seminary what they are taught
will shock any believer. Many have come out with their faith totally
lost and almost an atheist.

To give you an example, some days back I went to meet the principal of
my school after 25years and he is one of these Pharisees. He is having
multiple sicknesses like almost all in his category. To give him hope
for healing in Christ I shared with him a little of what I do and I was
surprised when he told me not to waste my time studying the Bible. The
words he told me were 'no one ever understood the Bible and no one ever
will'. These were the words from a man who wore a dress that symbolized
him to be a representative of Jesus Christ; it seems like God was crazy
to give us instructions which no man will ever understand. That Pharisee
was right in his way for anyone with a hard heart will never understand
the Bible ever. One needs to be circumcised in one's heart to know the
Word of God and to know Jesus Christ. Jesus therefore calls these hard
hearted people as white washed tombs. I literately call their service as
doing a graveyard shift.

In today's message the exposes the heart of these Pharisees and warning
the disaster that awaits these Pharisees.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we pray from those who are yours and who are under the deceit of
these Pharisees. Lord we pray their eyes be opened and they see the
wolves among them. We rebuke their blindness and command their eyes be
open in your Name. We speak into their lives and their surroundings and
we speak Light to eliminate the darkness surrounding them. Lord, as per
your message today what You are going to do to these Pharisees, we pray
Lord they be quickened. Like You hardened the heart of Pharaoh and
glorified yourself among your people, be glorified Lord and let the
world know You truly are God and your Word is True...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Matthew 23:27-33*
27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of
them which killed the prophets.
32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
of hell?

*Matthew 23:13-15*
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive
the greater damnation.
15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves.

*Matthew 5:20* - For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into
the kingdom of heaven.

*John 3:3* - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

*1 Peter 1:23 *- Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

*Leviticus 21:18* - For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he
shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose,
or any thing superfluous,

*Deuteronomy 15:21* - And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be
lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it
unto the LORD thy God.

*2 Samuel 5:8* - And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the
gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are
hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they
said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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*Woe unto Ephraim*

*Isaiah 28:1* - /Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the
fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!/

The Lord is continuing with the previous message on prosperity. In
today's message He calls the people who run after prosperity as proud
people, drunkards, people who try to glorify themselves, people with
(spiritual) obesity and overcome with lust.

The word Ephraim means 'double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful', a
person who wants more than what God has planned in his life.

In yesterday's message I pointed 3 factors to those who pursue
prosperity without godly purpose and those were: -

1) They do not trust God to supply their needs tomorrow
2) They cannot control their lust for pleasure
3) They desire their own glory.

To the first point the Lord is adding to the faithlessness and putting
them as drunkards. A drunkard is a person overcome with another spirit.
The Lord says these people do not just lack my spirit which has faith
but they are filled with another spirit of this carnal world. So the
first point becomes: -

1) People filled with another spirit

The Lord also adds 2 other factors to these people and they are: -

4) They are people of pride
5) They have spiritual obesity

After Satan was hit by greed the very next thing that hit him was pride.
Greed is so interconnected to pride that at times it is difficult to
separate the two. Pride is best described as a puffer fish. Things which
are not according to God's plan for His Kingdom are just vain things and
people who trust on these things are proud people. The Bible projects
this factor as a rich man who collects wealth not realizing that he may
not live tomorrow to enjoy it.

The fifth factor actually took me by surprise today. The Lord calls
these people are a fat valley. These actually are 2 factors in one and
cannot be separated.

Fat or obesity is due to 3 factors one is the dysfunction of the thyroid
gland, the second is due to eating fatty or junk foods like fast food
and the third is lack of exercise.

Everything originates or connects from the spirit world and manifests
into the physical world. Christians having obesity do so due to these
spiritual factors. I will take the second and third factor here (since
these are short messages), spiritually fat people are those who love
things like prosperity Gospel or live only on spiritual milk they do not
eat solid food. The other factor is lack of spiritual exercise. In the
real world exercise meaning lifting weights, stretching, running, doing
routines etc. similarly in spiritual world we need to do the same. It is
only when we take care of our spiritual person our physical being is in
good health. Jesus is referred to a Lamb without blemish not just
because He was without sin but also physically He never had any
sickness. He was perfect in health because He was perfect inside.

People having spiritual obesity think they are growing but they do not
realize they are actually spiritually going down and not growing,
therefore the Lord uses the term valley here.

If we are among these people who crave for prosperity or even people who
tend to desire increase without purpose, let take care of the 5 factors
which the Lord points to today and overcome.

Even if we thirst for good things like knowledge of the Kingdom of God,
to speak in tongues, healing people, wisdom, prophecy, discerning of
spirits etc. and if these are desired for not for God's glory or for the
expansion of the Kingdom of God then these can be cause of our fatness
or will get us drunk with wine or cause us to work for our glory. It is
not that we should not desire more of the Kingdom of God, in this world
we are told to do with needs and in God's Kingdom we are to do
exceedingly, but we should see our overall spiritual health while
desiring exceedingly. It is like the harm eating without exercising does
to the body.

Jesus put it very simple as ask everything according to the Father's
will and according to the riches of His Kingdom. Another place He says
to ask in His Name, if one understands what Jesus meant by in His Name
then there is no way one can err.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, help us control our desires not only the ones that long for things
of this world but also those which desire things of your Kingdom. Help
us know our purpose in your Kingdom and your plan in our lives so that
we do exceedingly according to your will. Help us be sober in this world
but desire of your Kingdom only according to your will and for your glory...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Isaiah 28:1-8*
1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious
beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of
them that are overcome with wine!
2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of
hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
4And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall
be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when
he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
5In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a
diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out
of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,
they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong
drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no
place clean.

*1 John 5:14 *- And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if
we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

*Ephesians 3:17-21*
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might
be filled with all the fulness of God.
20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen.
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*Prosperity kills nations*

*Habakkuk 1:14-17*
/14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that
have no ruler over them?/
/15They [Chaldeans] take up all of them with the angle, they catch them
in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and
are glad./
/16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their
drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous./
/17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to
slay the nations?/

When New Year comes we see every one wishing the other a prosperous new
year. In today's message the Lord wants us to open our eyes to the fact
about prosperity. The word Chaldean means increase and it is shown as
the killer of nations.

Prosperity is one of the biggest killers. Prosperity is not bad for it
is the reason God creates, to allow His creation to prosper but yet it
has become the greatest enemy of His work.

The problem lies in understanding prosperity, according to God and the
way the world or Satan understands it. The easiest way for me to put it,
is by making a bar of 3 words:

Lacking - Prosperity - Greed

God is called Father also for the reason because He is our provider and
our God is not impotent that He cannot provide our needs. In the Bible
He always assures us that we will never lack; it is always our unbelief
that causes us to lack.

Coming to the other extreme, when we desire to have more than what is
necessary, then it becomes a bigger enemy than lacking. There are 3
reasons why people desire more: -

1) They do not trust God to supply their needs tomorrow
2) They cannot control their lust for pleasure
3) They desire their own glory.

Wants do not need to be for bad things but even good things desired
beyond purpose causes harm.

Understand that Satan was a very anointed being in Heaven and Heaven has
only good things. The things Satan desired to decorate himself were not
real jewellery or precious stones as we know here on earth but were
spiritual things that were good yet then caused him to fall because he
wanted more than the purpose. This greed was the first factor that made
against the plan of God and anything that goes against the plan of God
means darkness. We may say we are not doing anything against God's plan
but any that is not done according to the plan of God means going
against the plan. Jesus said anyone not with Him is against Him.

We may want riches of this world, we may want name, position, food,
knowledge, even if it is gifts of the Holy Spirit, if they have no
purpose for the plan God has for us in His Kingdom these things can
become the cause of disaster for our life.

Jesus said not those who have riches will not enter the Kingdom of God
but said those who are rich will find it impossible to enter the Kingdom
of God. Everything that we have or desire should have purpose and that
purpose should be for the glory of God.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, everything about You has purpose and reason and they are always
for the good. You have never done anything just for the sake of it or to
show your power or ability. Lord, You are capable to do far more
exceeding than what You have but You for the good of man, out of love
and using your wisdom You created this world as it is. You are called
Righteous for You know Good and all your ways are for the good. Lord,
teach us your ways and keep us far from greed not only of bad things but
also things that are good but not for your glory. Help us live our lives
like the grape vine...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Matthew 19:23-25*
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a
rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who
then can be saved?

*Ezekiel 28:12-19*
12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto
him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom,
and perfect in beauty.
13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy
covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and
the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the
day that thou wast created.
14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in
the midst of the stones of fire.
15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted
thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground,
I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold
thee.
19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:
thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

*1 Timothy 6:10 *- For the love of money [love for silver - silver
symbolizes earthly riches] is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.

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The year is going to be a Blessed Year

Psalms 112:10 - The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall
perish.

People are anxious to know what this year is in store for them. This
year has no specific message, what has started in 2010 is continuing
this year too, but since December end there has been one factor coming
to my heart and that is the factor Fear of the Lord.

Even at the New Year Eve’s service the preacher had this factor in his
message. This year we are going to see the calamities going to a notch
higher and this the Lord is confirming in today’s message.

The Lord is very clear those who are wicked are going to see the bad
end of Him. When the Lord says wicked He does not specifically mean
only those who do not know Him. If one looks at Biblical history the
worst judgments were not on those who did not know Him but on those
who did and yet rejected or blasphemed Him.

This year is surely going to be a blessed year. Blessed does not mean
that all good will come this year. The word ‘bless’ mean to give
quickly what is coming or due. To receive good or bad depends on what
that person is blessed with or on the heart of that person. That is
the reason I always instruct people to follow examples in the Bible
and speak out the blessing not just say ‘God Bless you’. By just
saying God Bless we are putting that person on a faster track, if the
heart is good he or she will reap good more and if the heart is evil
he or she will receive destruction quickly. That is the reason we can
bless an evil person but not say ‘good tiding’ or ‘God speed’ to an
evil person.

So today’s message the Lord is tell the people of this world He is
going to bless them. According to their hearts they are going to reap
quickly.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, this world does not fear You. They carry on with their worldly
way of life while at the same time they confess your Name with their
mouths. Their hearts are lost in the riches and lust of this world and
in spirit they are like lepers, even worse than beggars. Lord, we pray
You change the hearts of your people in abundant numbers this year.
Let more and more come to fear You and walk in your ways. Let them
know although You are a loving and merciful God yet your foundation is
Righteousness and Holiness. May You be glorified this year among your
people...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Revelation 3:15,16
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I
will spue thee out of my mouth.

Job 2:9 - Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine
integrity? Curse [barak – bless] God, and die.

Romans 12:14,17-19
14 Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable
in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of
God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will
recompense, saith the Lord.

2 John 1:9-11
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive
him not into your house, neither bid him God speed [greetings]:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed [greetings] is partaker of his evil deeds.

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*Time for continual thanks, praise and burnt sacrifice*

*1 Chronicles 23:30* - /And to stand every morning to thank and praise
the LORD, and likewise at even; And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto
the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons [month], and on the set
feasts, by number [abundance], according to the order commanded unto
them, continually before the LORD:/

In the Old Testament the Levi represented as true people of God for they
were the separated ones, called to be priest were commanded to give
thanks, praise and burnt sacrifice without fail on the following
occasions - Sabbaths, change of month and on the set feasts.

Today I was asking the Lord what message He had for us for this year and
this is the message I received. Like you I too thought what special
message was there for us in this scripture. I had spent some good time
meditating on it to understand this. I started thinking it was a normal
message and nothing special for this year and had to later change the
title since I realized the Lord did answer my prayer.

Today what we are celebrating is the Gregorian calendar which tracks the
earthly time. This calendar comes from the Julian calendar used by the
Romans. It was the early Church which adopted this calendar and thus
made it famous and accepted by all. This calendar starts with January
1st as being the starting day.

If one looks in the Bible the year starts in March, this does not mean
we Christians need to stop celebrating New Year. Like Sabbath did not
mean a specific day and was truly shown by Jesus. The Lord works not
according to earthly time no doubt He does give clue of things in
earthly yet He works according to spiritual time.

Worldly time is based on 2 factors if we take solar time then it is
based on the sun and movement of the earth in respect to the sun. If we
tale atomic time then it is based on an atomic particle and its
vibrations. So we see time is based on an object and on movement.

Spiritual time too is based on 2 factors one is the Word of God which
does not change and second is the change of our hearts. Thus we see in
the spirit world time is different for each of us for each one's state
of heart various. We can move from promise to promise fast or slow by
changing ones heart conditions.

For a Christian the year starts with the true Passover which is the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The message from the Lord to us is today is a
change of the month but we are celebrate the worldly new year so if we
want to make it a real New Year we need to start this year with thanks,
praise and with Jesus Christ for He is our true eternal Burnt Sacrifice.

So I wish you all a speedy Spiritual life this year giving thanks and
praise with you and your family in Jesus Christ our eternal Burnt Sacrifice.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we thank You for being merciful and gracious to your people the
year that was. We praise You and lift your Name high above for the World
to know You alone are truly Divine and Holy. With Jesus Christ our
eternal Sacrifice we are able to come before You and be called your
children. Father bless us your children this year and may You be
glorified in our lives and the lives of our family members. We do not
ask of You things for we believe as you Word says You have already
provided us all our needs. The only things we can ask for is the things
of your Kingdom which You said You want to give those who ask of You.
Lord we lift our hands and spread them wide open, open the windows of
Heaven and pour the precious things of Heaven on our people...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*2 Peter 3:8* - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day.

*Exodus 12:1-11*
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first month of the year to you.
3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day
of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the
house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall
take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and
the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening.
7And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is
the LORD'S passover.

*Deuteronomy 10:8-9*
8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him,
and to bless in his name, unto this day.
9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD
is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

*Hebrew 7:11-17*
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under
it the people received the law,) what further need was there that
another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be
called after the order of Aaron?
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change
also of the law.
13For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of
which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life.
17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.

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*Stop looking up and walking, He is besides you*

*Book of Malachi*

The one matter that very Church and almost every Christian is so taken
up with is about Jesus coming again. During the times of Malachi this
matter had also encapsulated the minds of the Jews; they too were
waiting for the Saviour to come (the first time).

Yesterday I was at a function, a brother and sister in the Lord had
dedicated a place for the work of the Lord. They have a small hall which
they are giving people who do the Lord's work, making disciples for the
Lord.

At the function one of the topics that popped up (which does in most
gatherings) is about the second coming of Jesus. There was something
very nice a brother put, people are walking with their heads facing up
instead of looking front. Even while eating their looking at the sky to
see if Jesus is coming and not taking note of what they are eating.

In the book of Malachi, the Lord attends to this matter giving people a
clue of when the Saviour would come. The Lord speaks of the coming of
John the Baptist. Had they just trusted the Lord they would have not
missed the coming of Jesus. Their anxiety to receive the Saviour
actually caused them to miss Him and they are still waiting for Him to
come even after more than 2000 years of His coming and going.

Malachi not only speaks about Jesus' first coming but also of His second
coming. In this book there is a very beautiful title given to Jesus
Christ when He comes again as 'The Sun of Righteousness' . The Hebrew
word translated as 'sun' comes from the rooting meaning 'brilliant'. The
second coming of Jesus Christ as to do with one purpose and that is to
give us His Righteousness without which we cannot enter Heaven. He is
not going to give it to all but to only few after judging them from
among all.

Like the Lord gave the sign of John the Baptist for His first coming,
similarly He has given us more than one sign for His second coming. That
is the reason people like Paul were never preoccupied with the second
coming. Even if they did not know the exact time they knew the signs
that preceded the event. Paul attends to the anxiety of the Church of
Thessalonians in his second letter to them. He reminds them about the
coming of the son of perdition.

Among the many other signs that precede Jesus's second coming, is the
coming of the two witnesses. It is only when the two witnesses are
killed and raised on the 4th day that the world needs to start look for
Jesus Christ to come. Also they would not need to look up for His coming
in a cloud does not mean a real cloud. One would not need to look
anywhere for all will still see Him coming in His glory. All includes
you and me and even our fore fathers who died and slept long back having
believed in Jesus Christ.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ we are children of Light and not of
darkness. God has given us His Spirit, a Spirit of adoption not to leave
us as orphans lost. Let us no further be distracted and like the Jews
loose the most important purpose of Jesus Christ.

I prayer this New Year you would concentrate on growing in the Lord and
harvesting for His Kingdom. Wish you a spiritually prosperous New Year.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we pray for all your people that they do the work You set for them
and not get distracted with your coming again. You are Light and light
exposes everything and hides nothing, it is only those who are in
darkness that find things hidden. You have given your people enough
clues of the end and it is only the people of the world who will be
surprised at the end. Open the eyes of your people and bring them out of
darkness...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Malachi 3:1-6*
1 Behold, 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.

*Malachi 4:1-6*
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch.
2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves
of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in
Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before [present] the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth
with a curse.

*2 Thessalonians 2:1-10*
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit,
nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition;
4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Read *Revelation 11:3-19*

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Today I did not get any message from the Lord to give so I just want to
add unto yesterday's message.

There was an interesting piece of info I read on earrings today. In the
days of the Judges there is a record of the Muslim men (Ishmaelites) who
use to wear earrings. This was the time before Mohammed when they used
to have 360 gods including Allah who was one among them. So Muslims
saying Allah is the true God is like Hindus choosing Shiva from all
their 33000 gods and claiming from tomorrow he is the only god and the
name Shiva means god.

*Judges 8:24*- And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of
you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they
had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites. )

In the Bible they were also known as Midianites (people of strife) they
were then what they are today, people who strife against the world and
against their own because the curse of Ishmael is on them.

*Genesis 16;11-12*

11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,
and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD
hath heard thy affliction.

12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all
his brethren.

One is who he or she gets spiritually connected with. We Christians
connect to Jesus Christ the prince of peace and there is no way a true
Christian cannot be a promoter of peace of God. Like namesake Christians
do violence similarly namesake Ishmaelites talk of peace but once they
start to be true Ishmaelites they show their true colours of violence.

The name Islam comes from Ishmael and the followers of Islam believe
that Ishmael was the chosen one, not Isaac. They believe it was Ishmael
along with Abraham who founded Islam. They believe the Kaaba is the
temple built by Abraham and Ishmael. The Bible has no record of it nor
have they any historic proof for this. On the contrary there is enough
proof to show that Abraham was not involved with the Ishmaelite religion
for all he did was contrary to what Ishmalites did during those days.
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*Israel the Lord's Vineyard*

*Isaiah 5:7* - /For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of
Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for
judgment [lawfulness / order], but behold oppression [bloodshed]; for
righteousness, but behold a cry [cry of distress].//
/
In the Bible there are many prophesies about Israel which are not
fulfilled in the Jewish people and people list them as unfulfilled
prophesies. The tribes have disintegrated yet there are some have hope
or believe that there will be a new order among the Jews and they will
once again be segregated into the 12 tribes.

If people set down to understand, like in this scripture Judah was part
of Israel is lifted up but scriptures state to God all His children are
equal in His eyes, the only thing that differentiates them is their
calling. Among the tribes there was no calling, callings came only with
Jesus Christ Who was the Word made flesh, the manifestation of the Word.

Like I put before in my old posts most parts of the Old Testament the
Israel spoken of is a spiritual level of growth and those who exercise
full authority in the Lord. It is the top level of spiritual growth and
the reason Jesus came to make us. This level is also put as Zion and the
sons of Zion are called sons of God. At this level we are fully
protected and invincible in the Lord. Like we read of Jesus, none could
harm Him unless it was allowed by the Father. This is the level that man
(Adam) started with until sin came into him. For a child of God the
level starts with Egypt and some of the in between stages are Jerusalem
and Judah. Children of God who are lost in this world are called
inhabitants of Egypt. Those who pursue peace with God by reconciling
with Him are called inhabitants of Jerusalem and those in whom the glory
of God starts to be seen are called dwellers of Judah.

In today's message the Lord is telling us most of His people either
dwell in Egypt or Jerusalem and among the very few that are of Judah;
among them too He finds disappointment. He looks for order and see
people becoming calamity to evil, He looks for people glowing in His
righteousness and see them crying in despair. There are more fallings at
this level than the calamities happening in the world. The people at
this level are struggling unimaginably. At one moment they demonstrate
the glory of God and at the next moment they are desperately struggling
in small things. They are neither in nor out.

The Lord is telling us He is very disappointed with those who are
supposed to show the world Who He is. The world does not know Him
because these people are failing Him.

*[/Prayer Starter/]**
*Lord, we pray for those who are called to lead. Lord, strengthen them;
hold them up in your grace, may your favor be upon them. Let them be the
lighthouses that shine always and guide your people in all weathers.
Help more and more to dwell in Judah of whom Jesus is their Lion
(righteousness) ...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] **
Psalms 69:35*- For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of
Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

*Psalms 78:68* - But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he
loved.

*Isaiah 40:9* - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the
high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of
Judah, Behold your God!

*Zechariah 9:13 *- When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with
Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and
made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Acts 1:6-7
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the
seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

*Acts 9:15* - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:

*Romans 9:6* - Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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*Are the women under bondage? (Piercing of the ears)*

*Deuteronomy 15:17,18* - /Then thou shalt take an aul [piercing object],
and thrust it through his ear unto [near] the door [gate], and he shall
be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do
likewise. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away
free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee,
in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
that thou doest./

About 3 to 4 years back when my daughter was about 2 to 3 years old some
of my family members wanted to pierce the ears on my daughter, but I did
not allow it. I did hear a lot of taunts and sarcastic remarks like I
have become a fanatic etc. but I did not give unto pressure. On the
other hand I started telling my wife to stop wearing earring but she
could not overcome the pressure of others soon she started losing her
earring one after another. It was not one or two but quite a few that
too in a very short period of time. I knew our words do not go in vain
so when people would see me laughing every time she lost an earring they
would think I was crazy since they were of gold. After a few days I
stopped the pressure since the Lord told me anything done without faith
is sin. So unless my wife understands what earrings symbolize and does
not remove them by herself, it would not spiritually help her.

In India and many countries the custom of women wearing earring has
overtaken them so much that none really try to find how and who started
this custom. Not wearing earrings is like not wearing clothes for many.
It shows how customs have blinded man and put man under bondage.

It will intrigue you that when the Lord told Jacobto put away the
strange things from among his family before making a Temple unto Him,
among the things Jacob did was to collect the earrings of the family
members and bury them for Jacob knew what earrings symbolized.

The concept of wearing earrings started in the temples of the pagan gods
long before Abraham. The people who dedicated themselves to the temple,
a god or a person pierced their ears and wore ornaments in these holes
so as to symbolize themselves to be eternal slaves of the temple, or the
god, or that person. Later people too started wearing earrings
symbolizing their dedication to these temples, or gods, or a person.
This custom became very famous with the Egyptians and so the Israelites
who followed the Egyptian customs also started wearing them. It was
first started by the men, then the women who became temple prostitutes
and later even ordinary people started wearing them. Earrings are not
feminine ornaments but unisex. They symbolize the person as being an
eternal slave like in today's scripture. They are not worn by God's
people but only by heathen, those who became slaves unto the gods or people.

As individuals we are called to be the Temple of God and as a
congregation all become the rocks which are used to build the Temple.
That is the reason why the Lord did not allow any sharp object or tool
to be used on the stones which were used to build a sanctuary dedicated
to Him.

There are people who go the other extreme like Jehovah's Witnesses who
do not allow an injection or anything to pierce their bodies even at
times of medical emergencies.

One needs to understand that earrings are not fashion objects but
spiritual symbols which later became a fashion object. Piercing the body
for medical reasons is not what the Lord forbids but doing it for
spiritual symbolizations is what the Lord forbids, when we do that we
are not piercing the flesh but our spirits. We are making our spirit
eternal slaves unto that which they symbolize.

I have learned one thing after coming in the Lord and that is not to
follow any custom without understanding what it symbolizes and that
information is best learned from the people who started it, not from the
people who follow it.

This message is not to make you remove your earrings because I told you.
The Lord wants you to understand what you have been following and do
with understanding knowing you are the Lord's Temple.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, the world us so much under the yoke of traditions that they follow
customs without even understanding what they mean or symbolize. Under
spiritual bondage they are become more like cattle and less humans. Lord
we pray for the release of your people from these bondages, give them
the courage to stand for the Truth and against the worldly understandings. ..

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Genesis 35:1-5*
1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and
make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
from the face of Esau thy brother.
2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put
away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in
the way which I went.
4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were
round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

*Deuteronomy 27:5* - And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD
thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

*Joshua 8:31* - As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children
of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of
whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

*Exodus 32:1-5*
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto
him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses,
the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him.
2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
them unto me.
3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
*-*-*

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Israel the Lord's Vineyard
Isaiah 5:7 - For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of
Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for
judgment [lawfulness / order], but behold oppression [bloodshed]; for
righteousness, but behold a cry [cry of distress].
In the Bible there are many prophesies about Israel which are not
fulfilled in the Jewish people and people list them as unfulfilled
prophesies. The tribes have disintegrated yet there are some have hope
or believe that there will be a new order among the Jews and they will
once again be segregated into the 12 tribes.
If people set down to understand, like in this scripture Judah was
part of Israel is lifted up but scriptures state to God all His
children are equal in His eyes, the only thing that differentiates
them is their calling. Among the tribes there was no calling, callings
came only with Jesus Christ Who was the Word made flesh, the
manifestation of the Word.
Like I put before in my old posts most parts of the Old Testament the
Israel spoken of is a spiritual level of growth and those who exercise
full authority in the Lord. It is the top level of spiritual growth
and the reason Jesus came to make us. This level is also put as Zion
and the sons of Zion are called sons of God. At this level we are
fully protected and invincible in the Lord. Like we read of Jesus,
none could harm Him unless it was allowed by the Father. This is the
level that man (Adam) started with until sin came into him. For a
child of God the level starts with Egypt and some of the in between
stages are Jerusalem and Judah. Children of God who are lost in this
world are called inhabitants of Egypt. Those who pursue peace with God
by reconciling with Him are called inhabitants of Jerusalem and those
in whom the glory of God starts to be seen are called dwellers of
Judah.
In today’s message the Lord is telling us most of His people either
dwell in Egypt or Jerusalem and among the very few that are of Judah;
among them too He finds disappointment. He looks for order and see
people becoming calamity to evil, He looks for people glowing in His
righteousness and see them crying in despair. There are more fallings
at this level than the calamities happening in the world. The people
at this level are struggling unimaginably. At one moment they
demonstrate the glory of God and at the next moment they are
desperately struggling in small things. They are neither in nor out.
The Lord is telling us He is very disappointed with those who are
supposed to show the world Who He is. The world does not know Him
because these people are failing Him.

[Prayer Starter]Lord, we pray for those who are called to lead. Lord,
strengthen them; hold them up in your grace, may your favor be upon
them. Let them be the lighthouses that shine always and guide your
people in all weathers. Help more and more to dwell in Judah of whom
Jesus is their Lion (righteousness) ...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]Psalms 69:35 - For God will save Zion, and will
build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in
possession.
Psalms 78:68 - But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Isaiah 40:9 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the
high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of
Judah, Behold your God!
Zechariah 9:13 - When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with
Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece,
and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Acts 1:6-76 When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to
Israel?7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times
or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and
the children of Israel:
Romans 9:6 - Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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*Breaking under pressure*

*Mark 14:66* - /And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one
of the maids of the high priest:/

In today's message we read that Simon Peter's denial started with him
standing beneath the palace.

If one understands the terrain of old Jerusalem most of the important
monuments are on hill tops. So if one imagines the position of Peter, he
was standing on the slopes of the hill or at the foothill with a huge
magnificent palace towering over his head with soldiers and people
connected to the palace all around him.

If one realizes the mind of Simon Peter with Jesus Christ far from him,
he broke under this pressure and went into his fall of denying Jesus.

In today's world most people are in the same position as Simon Peter.
They get influenced by the worldly authority set above them and by what
they see then they come to a stage of denying Christ.

People are so scared to face the Truth that they find ways to cover
their excuses. Since they cannot go against this worldly authority, they
fear society that they find justifications for what they are doing.

The most common and loved excuse by many is the concept of finding a
sheep dressed in wolf clothing among wolves. They search Christ among
pagan practices and feel happy when they see something that looks good.
The Lord said to watch out for the wolf in sheep clothing among sheep
not the other way around. The wolf devours the sheep but does not take
it home and care for it. You can search for lost sheep but you will
surely not find lost sheep among wolves.

If one sees Jesus' birth place (Church of Nativity) is at a low level,
even though most of Jerusalem has more than four layers (remakes) since
Jesus's time and some historians claiming the real Jerusalem is till way
below. Jesus was born not as a king but a low citizen, an ordinary
carpenter yet He did not let the world authorities pressurize Him. As
man of flesh and blood His heart was with the poor at their level but in
Spirit He dwelled in the Kingdom of God and that level is way above any
human level.

We may be a flesh and blood but we are called not to bow our heads to
human authority when they go against the Lord. Respecting them is
different for abiding to everything they say.

The Lord has called us to overcome our flesh so let us be a person of
spirit more than a person of flesh and blood. Our spiritual King of
Kings needs to be honoured more than our worldly ones.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we pray for your people who are weak in spirit. They fear man and
come under the pressure of this world and in many ways deny You. Lord,
we pray that they be citizen of the Kingdom of God more than men of
flesh and blood...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*John 16:33* - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.

*2 Peter 2:20-22*
20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is
turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.-*-*

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*Our riches in the Kingdom of Heaven*

*Acts 3:6* - /Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as
I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk./

People do not realize like we have worldly riches here on earth even in
the spirit world we have riches. It is not after we really enter Heaven
that we will have these spiritual riches but while we are here on earth
we are able to build these spiritual riches.

When Peter spoke to man who was born with both legs feeble, he spoke of
not having earthly riches but about his spiritual riches.

When the Lord was teaching me about prayer He taught me about our
account in Heaven and how it operates. Like we have a banking system
here in Heaven too there is a system only the system there is unlike
here on earth. The banking system in Heaven can be described in few
words as '*use fruitfully and grow*'.

In the Kingdom of God whatever we have little or more if we sow
successfully we reap more and these increase is unlike earthly increase
of small percentages but is in multiplications.

Like here on earth we have different types of riches in Heaven also
there are different types of riches. The riches in the Kingdom of God
are described to us as gold, silver and precious stones, they are not
really the ones we know here on earth but these on earth are an image of
what is real in Heaven. The greatest riches in Heaven are those of which
the Heavens are made of, the 12 precious stones, which are the 12 Fruits
of the Holy Spirit.

Like here on earth a person who stocks all his riches and does not put
it to use is called a scrooge, so also in the Kingdom of God anyone who
does not use their riches for good use gets into the danger of becoming
like Lucifer. Using one's riches for others glorifies the Body which
means glorifying God.

Lucifer was very highly rich in Heaven but his purpose was not to use
them but for his own self, his glory.

Today the Lord is speaking to each one of us and asking us, how much of
real spiritual riches do we have? Our earthly riches we leave back here
when we die but after death we go to our spiritual riches which we have
accumulated in the Kingdom of Heaven. It is these riches which decide
where in the Heaven, will we dwell. It is not how much in quantity but
the value of our riches that matter, so even the small can have great
riches in the Kingdom of God even if they have not been on stages or on
TV preaching.

Today is a special day those are willing to use as much of their
spiritual riches are going to reap in great multiplication the profit of
it for it is the Lord who sees the heart and makes the investment
successful.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, this world that we live in is just a temporary phase and it is how
we handle temporary world will decide our fate in the real world which
is your world. Lord, help us not lose ourselves with the illusions but
having the real understanding overcome the illusions. Help us see the
Truth and help us grow rich in your Kingdom. Help us understand the
importance of building the Body of Christ...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Matthew 13:22-23*
22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the
word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke
the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

*Mark 10:24-25*
24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth
again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust
in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who
then can be saved?

*Luke 16:10-11*
10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches?

*Ezekiel 28:12-18*
12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto
him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom,
and perfect in beauty.
13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy
covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and
the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the
day that thou wast created.
14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in
the midst of the stones of fire.
15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted
thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground,
I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold
thee. *-*-*

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*Fear of the Men of God*

*Jeremiah 42:7,8* - /And it came to pass after ten days, that the word
of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the
people from the least even to the greatest,/

In today's message we read of the time when the people were planning to
go back to Egypt and they felt within them that they were not doing
right so sent word through Jeremiah to confirm of the Lord. In their
communication there is one sentence which needs to be taken note of.
They feared if they did not abide by the Word the Lord, the Lord would
send His man Jeremiah to them.

In the days before Jesus and also during the times of the early Church
(times of the Apostles) Men of God were not only revered but also
feared. They knew out of the mouth of the Men of God also came the
Judgement of God. It is written if they came to know a Man of God was
visiting their town they would rush to the gate of the town to confirm
if he came with a message of peace or message of God's judgement.

Since 400AD till date we do see these things happening. Many preach,
evangelize and do the work of the Lord. But in these 2000years there has
not been even a handful who have spiritually grown to an extent that
they caused the people to fear them as Men of God.

Today again people are going back to Egypt and we need a man like
Jeremiah amongst us. Egypt does not mean a place but means double way of
life, living a Christian and pagan life together.

These holidays are the worst times of the year when you see Christians
act mostly like pagans. Pagans are blind and do not know so they can be
ignored, but it hurts when you see people with eyes walk like blind
people. Christians have mastered the art of turning off their ears to
listen to what the Lord says through scriptures. Their flesh has greater
hold on them than the fear of God.

Some years back when the Hindus in Mumbai were celebrating their
festival, taking their idols through the streets of Mumbai and I heard
of some so called Christians also being part of their celebrations, I
cried to the Lord and I know what happen within 10 days of my crying to
the Lord. Although the Lord heard me, He told me I wasted my spiritual
riches on those who are like grass. However much ever disaster comes on
them, soon they go back to their same old ways.

Today the same kind of feeling of crying unto the Lord comes in my
heart, but this time it is not for the grass but those who are called to
be trees and bear fruit.

I will not say much but only pray you do not go back to Egypt and that
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ keeps you.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, your people lack your fear for there are very few of your true
Representative amongst us. Lord, we pray that when your Representatives
speak your people get down on their knees and abide by your Word. Lord,
bring the fear of You on your people and let them not become calamities
to vanity. Let them not lose the eternal life for which You paid a very
heavy price...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Jeremiah 42:1 - 16*
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even
unto the greatest, came near,
2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy
God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as
thine eyes do behold us:)
3That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
4Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall
come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will
declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
5Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the
LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
6Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us,
when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
7And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah.
8Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to
the greatest,
9And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom
ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
10If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent
me of the evil that I have done unto you.
11Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
12And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the LORD your God,
14Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and
there will we dwell:
15And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces
to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
16Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

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*The Book of the Upright*

*2 Samuel 1:17,18* - /And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul
and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of
Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)/

In Psalms and in the first book of Samuel we find the relationship
between Saul and David was not good. There are many times that Saul
tries his best to kill or harm David and then there are times that David
too tried to kill Saul but then when he did get the opportunity, he
refrains from it.

Saul back-slided like Balaam but their ends are different. Both were Men
of God and did great work. If one understands the prophetic words of
Balaam one would be surprised that the first mention of the end of the
Lord coming in glory and to judge were first spoken through the mouth of
Balaam. It is a paradox that the Lord chose an evil mouth to speak of
their consequences.

David knew something about Saul that caused him to respect him as a Man
of God even though for a short period the Lord had forsaken him. When I
was wondering what David knew about Saul that caused him to respect him
evil though he hated him; the Lord revealed this to me through the words
the spirit of Samuel spoke to Saul just before his end.

This example has caused me not to judge people by their actions but only
by what the Lord reveals. There were times before when I was asked by
others to pull up or rebuke strongly the actions of brothers who did
serious wrongs even though being a Man of God, but I had refrained and
instead was very mild it telling them. But then there were times when I
have been led by the Lord to strongly rebuke Men or Women of God for
doing things which may seem very small in the eyes of man.

We need to understand we are not allowed to judge for we do not know,
but the Lord and His Word can. We should be happy if the Lord Judges and
rebukes us directly or through His Messengers, before His Word does.
Jesus as man never judged but warned at the end when He comes back His
Word will judge us.

Things about Saul were written in the book of the upright even though he
was forsaken for a brief period by the Lord, but the rebuke of Samuel
had caused Saul to change and once again become a Man of God just before
his death. It was this reason David out of respect for Saul he got very
anger and acted with great aggression when he heard about what they did
to the body of Saul a Man of God.

The Lord is telling us, we may be struggling in our sinful ways or may
have back-slided from our relationship with the Lord but then there is
hope for us if we repent from our ways and know who we are in Him. We
need not be like Saul who repented the last minute but let us repent
today and allow the Lord to use us so as to bless us with a great
harvest and a crown in Heaven. Let us get ourselves in the book of the
upright, today.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, although our righteousness is like rags yet You take pleasure in
the little we do and You call us your righteous and record us in your
book of the upright. Lord, with You there is hope even in the worst or
in the darkest of darkness. Lord, we pray that we be recorded in the
book of the upright; correct us, work on us if we have strayed from your
ways but let us not be like Balaam who did your work but hardened his
heart and became a disaster for ever...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*1 Samuel 28:15-20*
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more,
neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD
is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even
to David:
18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto
thee this day.
19Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of
the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the
LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in
him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

*1 Samuel 31:3-6*
3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he
was sore wounded of the archers.
4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through,
and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon
his sword, and died with him.
6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.

*Joshua 10:12-13*
12Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up
the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of
Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley
of Ajalon.
13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book
of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not
to go down about a whole day.

*Numbers 24:15-24*
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith,
And the man whose eye was closed saith;
16He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of
the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and
having his eyes open:
17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come
forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And
shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of
tumult.
18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who
were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.
19And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the
remnant from the city.
20And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was
the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
21And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong
is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away
captive.
23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God
doeth this?
24But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.

*2 Peter 2:12-16*
12But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken
and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in
their destroying surely be destroyed,
13suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure
to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their
deceivings while they feast with you;
14having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing
unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of
cursing;
15forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of
Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
16but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with
man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

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Mark 14:69 - And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that
stood by, This is one of them.

Firstly I like to apologize I was given this message about 2 days back
and I got busy with some social activity and did not send it. I am
happy the Lord gave this message for I would have taken another day or
2 to get back on track.

In this message we read about Simon who was called Peter during the
time he was about to deny Jesus thrice. First we need to understand
even before we commit a sin, we first contemplate it in our hearts. It
will surprise you the numerous times the Lord has pulled me up or
warned me even before I committed a sin.

At this stage Peter had not denied Jesus but the seed of denial was
already in him and it was the fight with this seed that caused him to
follow Jesus.

People think when they are in the Lord it is okay at times to slide
back, and continue to live the life they lived before they came into
the Lord, today’s message is for these people.

When the Lord was explaining the spirit world to me He explained to me
the different levels and how things are between them. I will share the
level between our cosmic world (worldly world) and the real Kingdom of
God (top 3 levels). In between these levels was a level of transit
which we all go through before we really come to know the Lord.

What was interesting was between the transit world and the cosmic
world there were earthly beast on top of structures ready to attack
and kill those coming down.

Brothers and sisters in Christ if you were citizen of this world and
if you went into darkness (sin) you would not be a harmed much, but if
you by any change came to knowledge of Christ and became a citizen of
the Kingdom of God even for a little time there is no way that
darkness will allow you to remain in their kingdom. They will not
trust you for you can be a great danger for them anytime. They will
soon or later complete destroy you.

Read the number of testimonies that are available everywhere of people
who were in the Lord, backslided and became disasters unimaginable.

The Lord loves you and therefore many a times warns us at the seed
level, even before we go to the extent of committing sin. So let us
keep our spiritual eyes open, remain vigilant and avoid being caught
on the wrong foot. Let us always remember we are hated by the kingdom
of darkness and therefore have no place there.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, once we come into your light we become your children and
darkness hates us. Even a small pinch of light in us can really harm
the Kingdom of darkness therefore they look forward to consume us and
make us an example for others. Lord, help us remember there is no
turning back from You and You are our only refuge. Even if we fall we
need to immediately get up and rush back to You. Out of your love You
warn us even before we fall. Help us Lord to be alert to these
warnings...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Ephesians 5:8-16
8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of
them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatever does make manifest is light.
14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give you light.
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

2 Corinthians 12:1-4
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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*He will come in cloud*

*Mark 9:7* - /And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him./

When we were small, and even now many parents still talk to your infants
making funny sounds like gogo, gaga, lulu, lala... they do this for
their mind tells them that children do not understand words. They do not
realize that small infants have the ability to match sound patterns to
events and thus develop their vocabulary. This is the reason in
developed countries you will find more parents talk to their infants
like they talk to any other person. When coming to the Bible we people
have been doing the very same mistake.

Some days back I was having a discussion with my daughter (of 6 years)
and she started popping serious questions and one of them was about
Satan if he is a snake? To this I told her that he was a beautiful
spirit being more than an Angel but allowed evil in him and came as a
snake, which does not mean he was a snake nor moved like a snake, but
twisted and turned the Truth by his words like a snake does, so as to
deceive and hurt man. Then came the question 'why did God use symbols
like snake in the Bible?'

Before Jesus gave us His Spirit, man did not have the ability to
understand scriptures so God was compelled to us symbols. It is like we
describe the sun to a child as a ball of fire. We use the term ball for
they know the shape of a ball and it is easy to understand but the right
term would be a sphere of fire. We use common known objects to describe
things not known or visible, in the same way even God does that. But
then there are terms we use like describing an aeroplane to a child who
has not seen even a photograph of it, as a mechanical vehicle that flies
like a bird. What you may mean its ability to fly but then the child may
visualize it as having wings and flapping it like a bird. So it is
important that more the objects we recognize the more easily we can
understand things not yet visible to us.

Now that we have received the Spirit of God - the Spirit of Truth who
gives us the ability to understand, it is sad we are still doing gogos
and gagas. Our spiritual vocabulary is very bad and it really pains to
see even great Men and Women of God operating mainly on gifts and
anointing but not in understanding of the Kingdom of God. That is the
reason they hit a ceiling in their spiritual life and many break and fall.

When Jesus said He would come 'in cloud' people changed 'in' to 'on' and
put a figure of a man representing Jesus standing on a cloud. If they
kept the 'in' as 'in' then it would be difficult for them to picture it.
They do this for their spiritual vocabulary does not understand the term
'cloud'.

When the Lord used the term cloud He meant glory. Jesus Christ is our
temporary home. Temporary does not mean we will have another home but
temporary means our permanent home is in Him when He comes in glory.
Jesus Christ is Son of God and after He comes in glory we will be part
of Him as God the Son and not Son of God. We will be sons of God who
will be part of the Body of the glorious God the Son. That is the reason
His birth is celebrated as living in booths. He is our Booth our
temporary dwelling place till He comes in glory and becomes our
permanent Home.

Just about 2 weeks back I was teaching on the event concerning Jesus
Christ coming in cloud and the Lord explained things that really got me
flabbergasted. It is so different to what people think.

It is time we grow in spiritual understanding; that we strive to
experience not a cloud like Moses experienced over us but the real glory
of God like Jesus said. Jesus Himself said we would do greater things
than even things He did at that time and this is will only be possible
if we grow not only in gifts but also in Fruits. Knowledge and
understanding of the Kingdom of God is one of main ingredient directly
or indirectly of many of the Fruits.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we pray that your children stop being children and start growing
into sons. You do not give precious things to the immature but to those
who are mature. Your inheritance is not to children but to sons. Lord,
open the eyes of your people and let we not desire to remain in a booth
but to work towards You coming in glory and we dwell in our permanent
house that is You before the foundation of creation...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*Luke 21:26-28*
26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.
28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

*Revelation 14:13-16*
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat
like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to
him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and
the earth was reaped.

*Revelation 10:1-6*
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a
cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the
sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had
cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those
things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven,
6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and
the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein
are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be
time no longer:

*John 17:20-24*
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word;
21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou
hast sent me.
22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one:
23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and
that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for
thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

*John 5:20* - For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things
that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that
ye may marvel.

*John 14:12* - Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall
he do; because I go unto the Father.

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*Deceit will be abundant*

*Luke 21:8* - /And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near:
go ye not therefore after them./

To yesterday's message a brother replied that he celebrated Jesus so he
did not find anything wrong in celebrating ChristMass.

To people like him having the same thought the Lord speaks to them in
today's message. For those who are new let me tell you these messages
are not selected by me but after prayer a random message is taken from
the Bible. It is done in line with the understanding of the Urim and
Thummim that was put in the breastplate of judgement and by which
understanding also the Apostles selected the 12th in place of Judas.
Those who have been long in the mailing list can confirm the accuracy of
these messages.

The Lord is telling us many use His name but they do things not related
to Him and things which actually are against Him. For what is not with
Him is against Him. Understand if anyone says anything against God's
Word is speaking or operating against God. Even if the things they speak
may look good or may look like they are helping in work of the Lord,
they will soon or later rot and develop worms. Even if anyone shows up
and claims to be Abraham, or Moses, or David, or Elijah, or Mary, or
Peter, or Paul, or even Jesus Himself and if that person speaks contrary
to the Word then that person is not from God.

The Lord did tell us a few days back there is only 2 ways either His way
or the Devil's way. In this world we have a compass to guide us in which
direction we are going, similarly in the spiritual world also we have a
compass and that is the Word of God. Since a small mistake can mislead
us, so to help us read the Compass the Lord has given us His Spirit Who
is the Author of the Compass.

Let us be children of light rooted in the Word, having the Spirit of
discernment in us and not spiritual pigs which eat anything and
everything that looks edible.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, we pray that You give more and more of your Spirit of discernment
to your people, that they stop being spiritual pigs consuming everything
that has your name on it. They do not discern if it is from You or if it
is from Satan. Lord, the time is come that your people come out from the
deceit of Jezebel and into your light...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

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*Exodus 28:30-31*
30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before
Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon his heart before Jehovah continually.
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

*2 Corinthians 11:13-15*
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning
themselves into apostles of Christ.
14And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.
15It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion
themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according
to their works.

*Acts 19:13-17*
13 But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to
name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did
this.
15And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and
Paul I know, but who are ye?
16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered
both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that
house naked and wounded.
17And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at
Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was
magnified.
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*Why do we celebrate?*

*Deuteronomy 6:20* - /And when thy son asketh thee in time to come,
saying, What mean the testimonies [witnessing] , and the statutes [which
later became traditions], and the judgments [customs], which the LORD
our God hath commanded you?/

In a few days people will be celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ
and the Lord wants us to reflect on this activity which the world is
going to get lost into.

In today's message the Lord had commanded His people to celebrate
certain events so as to witness what the Lord had done for them and the
statues which later became traditions were things which the Lord
commanded them to do so as to build their faith.

If we look at the festivals which the Lord had asked the Israelites to
celebrate among the top most important ones were the Passover which
falls on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the
Harvest (Pentecost) which falls on the day when the Holy Spirit was
given to the Church (Congregation) .

Now coming to the Nativity of Jesus, did the Lord instruct us to
celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ? When all the other celebration
coincided with Jesus Christ, did the Lord not know when He would come as
man?

The coming of Jesus Christ was indeed celebrated before Jesus was born
as a child and it was in a more grand way than what we celebrate. It was
an 8 days festival with the eight day being the grand Sabbath.

People complain about not knowing the date of Jesus' coming; that is
because they do not study the Bible. The Nativity of Jesus falls on the
Feast of the Tabernacle (Sukkoth) which is in September (supposed to
start on the 15th of September).

There are the wise people of this world who question as to what
difference does it make on which day we celebrate the Nativity of Jesus
Christ. I think they should ask the Lord the same question as to why He
specified the date and month of when the festivals need to be
celebrated. Did He lack wisdom? I think these people should contribute a
little of their wisdom to God.

When they celebrate ChristMass they think they are celebrating the
nativity of Jesus Christ. Understand when ones celebrates Labour Day is
not because one labours. It is celebrated in the United Sates in
remembrance of the start of the labour movement and as homage to the
many labours who were killed at the hands of the US army. That is reason
they come out in masses as an act of defiance to the government.

ChristMass when started had nothing to do with the Nativity of Jesus
Christ. It was a grand Mass celebrated by the Catholic Church to prevent
the Catholics from attending the celebrations of the sun god on that day
by the Roman pagans. It was after many years that one of the priests
started bringing a crib to one of these Masses and over the years they
started linking ChristMass celebrations to the birth of Jesus Christ.

Firstly, as Christians we are not celebrating the Nativity of Jesus
Christ as the Lord has commanded us. Secondly, what we celebrate as
birth of Jesus Christ when we celebrate ChristMass, in reality has
nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.

If Christians do celebrate the Nativity of Jesus Christ the way the Lord
instructed, the world will indeed know that Christ came.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, You people due to their hard heartedness and ignorance have been
deceived and made to disobey You and do things which bring You to anger.
Lord, we pray that the eyes of your people open and they are been
victims of wolves in sheep clothing. Lord may your grace be upon them
and give them the courage to stand for the Truth even if they need to
stand against the whole world...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Leviticus 23:34-43*
34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this
seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the
LORD.
35On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein.
36Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on
the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer
an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye
shall do no servile work therein.
37These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every
thing upon his day:
38Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all
your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto
the LORD.
39Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered
in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven
days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall
be a sabbath.
40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It
shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it
in the seventh month.
42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born
shall dwell in booths:
43That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to
dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the
LORD your God.

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*Bury the dead*

*Genesis 23:8,9 *- /And he communed with them, saying, If it be your
mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat
for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much
money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a
buryingplace amongst you./

Many Christians have a very wrong understanding of what happens to
people after they die and due to this they are deceived and follow
beliefs, practices or traditions which anger God. They communicate with
spirits of the dead which the Lord forbids in the Bible. It is another
matter that the spirit they communicate with is not the person but
something else that comes in the name of the person.

We read in the Bible people after death were buried, but in some cases
if the person was of great value like a Man of God or like in today's
scripture Abraham did with the body of Sarah, they kept their body in
caves. Was Abraham breaking the law by not burying the body so as to let
the body go back to the dust as given in scriptures?

We need to understand all parts of us have a spiritual understanding
(every organ or physical part, their placement and interactions tells us
volumes of the Lord which is the image of Gods in us) and when man
sinned this image got corrupted. In science sickness originates from the
corruption of the perfect DNA in man or from malfunctioning of the
system in man due to foreign bodies or environment.

Flesh symbolizes understanding and the Hebrew word translated as flesh
has that meaning. When Jesus said east my flesh, it had many meaning and
one of them was to eat His Word and in no way or place did He mean to
eat His real human flesh. It was the corrupt mind of the Jews that
thought in that direction. If you read in genesis the curse of flesh
becoming dust was a curse after sin came into man. It was for this
reason the flesh of Jesus was not allowed corruption and He alone
resurrected in the flesh. We are not perfect as Jesus so our flesh goes
to dust but we do not, the Bible says we sleep in Him to enter Heaven
when He comes.

Coming to today's message the reason people kept the bodies in caves was
to maintain the bones of those who died. Bones in spirit symbolize
character therefore no bone of Jesus was allowed to be broken.

Great people of God are example of character for us and we should carry
them as example for us but the early people lacked understanding and
took the symbol (object) not its symbolic understanding. The bones of
the dead were given great importance and became religious objects. God
gets very angry when people do that and for that reason God hid the body
of Moses and did not let the Israelites find his body (bones) till this
day. Another example is putting of dust or ash on the head, like during
times of sorrow symbolized man was still under the curse of Adam. We
have Christians even today who do this even though with their mouth they
claim Jesus broke the curse but their actions contradict their words.

People without Spirit or spiritual understanding give importance to the
bodies or part of the bodies of the dead. They roam around with parts of
bodies of people thinking they are glorifying the Lord but they do not
understand they are bringing God to anger.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ please understand we humans are
spirit being living our earthly lives in this body of flesh and bones.
This world is temporary and everything here is symbolic. Since our
understanding and our character is not perfect but under construction by
the Holy Spirit, our flesh and our bones goes to dust but we that
believe in Jesus Christ do not, for He broke the curse of prison (hell)
for us who believe in Him.

Let us take the good understanding and the good characters of those in
the Lord and passed this journey, let us stop carrying their bodies or
their bones and anger God.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, when You made us we were not restricted to our bodies, but when
sin came into us we lost Truth and Righteousness therefore were
imprisoned in this body of flesh and bones. With the working of the Holy
Spirit -- the Spirit of Truth we will receive the Truth in us and when
Jesus comes again we will receive His Righteousness as a covering and
once again be like we were before sin came into us. We will then get
access again to the Tree of Life and thus have access to eternal life.
Lord we pray for those who believe in You but have not yet received your
Spirit or have not let your Spirit work in them for they are still
behind tomb stones of traditions and wrapped in deceit. Lord, we pray
You move these tomb stones and unwarp their minds and let your light
shine in them...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Acts 13:35-37*
35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God,
fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

*John 19:36* - For these things were done, that the scripture should be
fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

*Genesis 2:7,19,21,22*
*7* And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
*19*And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that
was the name thereof.
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man.

*Genesis 3:9-11, 17-19*
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field;
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto
the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return.


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*Man's ways are not God's ways nor are his directions*

*Ezekiel 40:23 [KJV - AV] *- /And the gate of the inner court was over
against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured
from gate to gate an hundred cubits./

What we received as today's scripture if checked in different
translations would be put in different ways. I quote some of the other
versions below:-

*[ASV] 23* - /And there was a gate to the inner court over against the
other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate
to gate a hundred cubits./

*[NASB] 23 *- /The inner court had a gate opposite the gate the gate on
the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred
cubits from gate to gate./

*[ESV & RSV] 23* - /And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east,
was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a
hundred cubits./

*[NKJV] 23 *- /A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern
gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to
gateway, one hundred cubits./

*[NIV] 23***-///There was a gate to the inner court facing the north
gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the
opposite one; it was a hundred cubits./

Some may say what is the difference between these scriptures? If you
notice up to the stating of the gate being opposite the north gate is
all okay but the confusion comes when stating the east gate.

Note the scripture talks of one gate being opposite the north gate now
the translators got confused when the mentioning of the east gate came
into picture. If the gate is opposite the north gate, how can it be
opposite the east gate?

The most accurate translation between all these is the NASB for it
states it exactly how the Lord puts it. It talks of one gate which is
the entrance to the inner court and it states this gate is opposite the
north gate as well as the east gate. You may ask how is this gate
opposite both the north and the east?

I have mentioned before these dimensions of the Temple are the
dimensions of the inner-man which the Lord desires. First let me state
to you the ways of the Lord are very simple and not like the ways of
man. We live in a world that has four directions north, south, east and
west. The Kingdom of God has only two directions one that goes towards
Him and the other far from Him.

To confuse you more there is a Hebrew word '*teyman*' <08486> translated
as south means '/towards the right/' and we know right means towards the
west. So is south also west?

You will understand more the words used for east and north.

The Hebrew word used here is '*qadiym*' <06921> is one of the many words
translated as east. This word has the root meaning '/to confront/'.
Similarly the Hebrew word '*tsaphown*' <06828> translated as north comes
from the root meaning '/to hide/' or '/secret/'.

We need to understand God is Light and darkness is defined as
obstruction to light. God is from the beginning and darkness came when
Lucifer and the other fallen angels obstructed the Light of God and made
their own ways. Secondly in the Kingdom of God the plans of God are
revealed to all. We can experience this example with the Bible. For man
all that he needs to know are already there in the Word of God. It is
our sin and our flesh (carnal minds) that prevents us from knowing His
plans. Therefore the Lord came as man to be our Sacrificial Lamb to
cleanse us of sin so as to receive His Spirit. It is by the working of
the Holy Spirit of we stop become rebellious children and flow in His
Light, that the Holy Spirit reveals the Word unto us and we know the
plans of God and have the Light shine in us.

The distance between the South/West and the North/East is given as
100cubits. A cubit is the length of the human hand. The number 100 in
Hebrew is a metaphor meaning large number. The scripture defines to us
the distance between right and wrong is not small but very large. We as
humans may take a small decision to correct ourselves but for Kingdom of
God this is considered a great leap therefore the Heavens rejoice when
we do even small corrections in our lives.

The Lord is telling us today to stop making excuses in life and stop
trying different ways. He is telling us there is only one way to Him and
Jesus Christ paved this way for us. The only way is by surrendering to
Him and by the understanding of His Kingdom; for this let us surrender
to the sacrifice of Jesus and to His Word and let the Holy Spirit help
us by working in us and revealing them unto us. The small decisions of
correcting our lives give the Kingdom of God great joy.

*[/Prayer Starter/]*
Lord, Your ways are not the ways of man. Your Kingdom is not of this
world. This world is a rebellious world corrupted by evil and therefore
distorts the Truth and confuses man. Lord, we pray that more and more of
your children surrender to You and your Kingdom. That they let the Holy
Spirit work in us and help us overcome our rebellious nature and open
our minds to the Truth...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

*[/Reference Scriptures/] *
*Ezekiel 20:46* - Son of man, set thy face toward the south <08486>, and
drop thy word toward the south <01864>, and prophesy against the forest
of the south <05045> field;

*Proverbs 16:2* - All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but
the LORD weigheth the spirits.

*Jeremiah 17:10* - I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to
give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings.

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