Does God have our Attention?

 We are Not to Withstand God (not to stand opposed in firm determination or with strong resistance ) Blood, Fire, Vapor and Smoke: Cosmic signs will appear toward the Day of the Lord. Will inspire awe for believers and terror for unbelievers. Some see it as a revival, but it is far more…it is also judgment on unbelievers !

Revelation 6:12-17 NKJV I looked when He opened the 6^th seal, & behold, there was a great earthquake & the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, & the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up & every mountain & island was moved out of its place. 15& the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men & the commanders, the mighty men, every slave & every free man, hid themselves in the caves & in the rocks of the mountains, 16 & said to the mountains & rocks, “Fall on us & hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne & from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, & who is able to stand?”

 

In reading through Revelation, you find the seals being opened. Of the first four seals represents that of persecution to Christians. It is a testing and sifting time for those who will stay with their Lord or follow the anti-type against truth! The white horseman is sent. Here one can see destruction start on unbelieving Israel. The second horseman is war and bloodshed. He is the firey red steed. He represents the slaughter that will come. The third, that of the black horse represents poverty and famine. In this is there seen that of much sorrow, much death with mourning, and there is desolation. (see in Isaiah 50:3; Jeremiah 4:28 and Lamentations 5:10. 

The rider holds in his hand a “pair of scales” representing economic terms where food prices rise some twelve times the normal price. The fourth rider is the pale rider of the yellowish-green horse. The rider’s name is Death! Pestilence like is seen in corona-virus. Then the wild beasts are sent out. It is here when saints on earth cry out. It is when prayer is sent upward by both saints and those who would be martyrs. Asking for God’s vindication: Luke 18:7-8.

The sixth seal is opened.: earthquakes, and storms, will affect the moon and sun. There is the falling of stars; and terrors on earth.

 

Not sure where you live who read this, but some most likely in a region where earthquakes dominate the land! We hear of many on what is called the Sandwich Islands and then again, we hear of regular tremors somewhere along the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean.

Earthquakes like Cascadian Subduction Zone will occur and will be far worse than that of Yellowstone : Ash will fall not from 1 volcano but from many volcanoes with great eruptions: boulders thrown out by heaving mountains filled with volatile gases in seismic eruptions responding to plates shifting, mixing gases, soil with rock debris & hot lava will flow like rivers ; light of the sun, moon & stars will be blocked by that which fills the atmosphere from volcanic activity: No sunlight will enter/winter will begin, a scenario for that inundated by a severe volcanic apocalypse /Tsunamis will take out coast lines:& Gospel Message will be given

 

In this text of the sixth seal is a straightforward and uncomplicated detail. But this seal has a far more importance in that it is referring to judgment and gives the effect the signs have on the people of the earth. In Revelation 6, the first seal is opened. The Lamb of God opens it. The first rider is equipped with the bow but no mention of arrows!

 The seal is opened: a great earthquake. This would seem to make a great land mass to move. You can see the effects given in Acts 16 when Paul and Silas are locked away in a prison for doing God’s will on earth. It was for God’s purpose indeed!

But when we see the terms of anger and punishment given, God caused an earthquake to open the ground in the wilderness and swallow Korah and his fellow rebels found in Numbers 16:31-32. This passage is a good read when people rebel against God. We should know what God has given to us for knowledge of Him.  Verse 32: “and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.”

Found in Psalm 18:7, David writes, "Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, because He was angry" (see Isaiah 5:25; Nahum 1:2-5). God prophesies in Isaiah 13:11, 13, "I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. . . . Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger."

Yes, the word earthquake makes a frequent appearance in the passages of the Bible. Revelation 8:5 reveals one accompanying when the seventh seal is opened. Also noted is that of the two Witnesses found in Revelation 11:13.  In the same hour there was a great earthquake and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

 When the seventh trumpet sounds there is another quake: Revelation 11:19 The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thundering, an earthquake and great hail.

Revelation 16:18 and there were noises and thundering and lightnings; and there was a great earthquakes, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.  In this a great city has fallen completely. These who oppose Christ, the many people’s are judged!

A remnant watches for the Lord’s coming. When the Holy Spirit was first given: was drop by drop through this prophet like  Elijah,then a drop so to speak through that prophet Isaiah, also to that prophet Daniel and  through the many others….but still drop by drop.   Deuteronomy. 32:2 Let my teaching (doctrine) drop down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass.

Jesus, the Lord of glory, will be bringing universal change of nature by His Holy Spirit. This outpouring of the Spirit is very comfortable to the righteous, those who go beyond any religion in their walk with the Lord. Their hearts are set to His truth and not to man's lies! Matthew 5:20 for I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

But the unrighteous hear this and they tremble. That is a day coming, the Lord will be seen, but what ushers His coming is the wonders in heaven & earth, blood, & fire, and pillars of smoke. It is coming soon: the sun becomes dark and the full moon will turn as blood! How much will we see, well God knows!

It was Jesus’ death that occurred as the result of the plan & foreknowledge of God. But it was the free and very sinful acts of the many human beings that executed the plan. What you see in this nation is also going on around the world in other nations as well!

 How can the two work together for the end of days?  

Those who are the true followers of Jesus have the Holy Spirit of truth, they hold the Gospel in their hearts, for they pray and they heed the warnings coming to earth! Many signs and wonders will fill the earth & heaven! And these will usher in a harvest of many people. Just as the Holy Spirit was hovering over the face of the deep in Genesis 1, He still hovers  over God’s plan and it is a good one! Are you ready to see what comes next?  I am!

A great event will be occurring: Joel 2:30-31 describes the same event: "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD."

In what is called the Olivet Prophecy, Jesus repeats the warning found in Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:24-25: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken".

The Event is given in detail of signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. (Luke 21:25-26)

When men's hearts are failing, it is because they have faith in men and not in God. They can have faith in their workplace to receive that check! But what happens when that company closes down or you have to do something that involves you health-wise to keep that job? Will our trust be in the Lord or will we take something deadly into the body that kills in time?

No men should have faith in Jesus, the Savior of the world!

In the Sun Darkened: John gives a really good description of that darkness of the sun as "black as sackcloth of hair" found in Revelation 6:12, he was comparing it to the black goat hair used to make sackcloth and tents in the day in which he lived. This may depict a solar eclipse or possibly a massive dust storm caused by a volcanic explosion. Even today, smoke from fire and volcanic ash hinder plane travel in some regions of the world.

In the teaching of the plagues of Egypt, the 9th plague was a “darkness which was felt” and I remember telling of this same thing, when we were on vacation one year when we traveled to some caverns in Carlsbad, New Mexico. As a youth with my family, we hiked downward into this large open room some 800 feet below sea level, and some 50 people with us huddled together in this damp cathedral type room to experience “lights out”! AND the darkness felt like it was embracing you. Yes, might God Himself repeat something so wild as a darkness that is so thick you cannot see your hand before your face. Might you experience that darkness that has some type of life to it, that it scares you?

Whatever the case, visibility will be severely limited, even during the daylight hours while people are about their daily business!

Chilling truth is there is a sight of moon like blood. Calamity and death as seen in war can be seen in that color of the 2^nd horse seen in Revelation 6:4. We have conditions here today of smoke and dust in the atmosphere. It is not an eruption but fires burning in California, Oregon and all the way into Canada! This smoke can lay in the gorge areas of Washington and one cannot see the sun, but only a gray cloud floating that has the stinky smell of smoke. Saw a visual on the weather channel this morning concerning smoke. With the fires here and on the other side of the world, there is this non-stop plume of smoke circling daily the earth.

The Stars will fall and within John's imagery there reflects countless late figs blown down by the violent winter wind as seen in verse 13. Most likely this will be a meteor shower of immense proportions, possibly containing larger-than-normal meteorites, thus increasing the effect and making it seem as if the stars themselves are falling. We hear of many near misses, but some have made their way through our atmosphere to touch the surface of the earth.  Some meteors have landed in Russia. And that of Apophis, a super meteor is to come to earth in 2029 and they say you will be able to see it visually with your own eyes sometime in the year 2025. ( thinking they mean with a telescope) But seriously, that is not too far off now from 2021!

The Sky is to recede. It will appear like a scroll rolling up. The mountains and islands will move. Such a convulsion of the earth will cause massive land transformations. The shifting of all land and that which is under the sea, all will face a violent shaking that  will see much destruction and a loss of life. I keep wondering if that is happening now. Where the sun sets in the west seems to be setting in a different place from last year September 2020.

The sixth seals’ disturbances all point to a cataclysmic force where the land is in a calamity, nothing is stable, not the earth under our feet.

“And who is able to stand?” Well this is answered in Revelation 7 where 144,000 servants of God on earth (Revelation 7:1-8) and the innumerable multitude of saints arriving heaven seen in Revelation 7:9-17. These 144,000 are able to stand on earth protected by God’s seal in verses 2-4. And the innumerable  multitude stands in triumphant before the throne of heaven in verse 9-10.

And then the silence! Oh yes, that silence. It will be thirty minutes of silence. No one anywhere will speak. Those sealed by God will stand. They are sealed by the Holy Spirit and that is found in 2 Corinthians 1:22 and Ephesians 4:30. Of the 144, 000 sealed is found in verses of Revelation 7:2-.

After the silence, it is full speed ahead! It is final judgment time. Do you think they will have a "double jeopardy" question to answer? Because double is the danger coming to those who resist God and His Son Jesus! Does God have our attention? Do we take note of the changes going on around us in nature? Or do we blow off any word from Him when He tries to give us warning of what is coming?

 Revelation 1:3 reminds us of this: Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those  things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Yes, the time is nearing. Only this Gospel has this prophecy of warning. No other has the prophecy. No other will know but those who heed the word of God and live. We read, we hear and place His word in our hearts, because that day is fast approaching. But for you and I, we live and move and have our being in Him. And without Him….all is lost. Does God have our attention, yet?

 

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GAME ON!

 In the pandemonium of 2020, are our eyes open to God, or to the world and it's games? Do we lament the sin of the world or sing in sin with the world? The President of these United States worked on a peace treaty for Israel. In the process of time, all parties that have been meeting with the president of the U. S. as well as Israel's leader plus those ready to be at peace in the Middle East have come to a mutual agreement and signed that agreement. Even the President is up for the Nobel Peace Prize, yet there is no one writing nor speaking about it today!

What this signifies is the earth's last empire: the final game of thrones! We know that once a peace agreement is in place, there will be some 3 and 1/2 years of peace till one anti-christ from Babylon will want to take his seat as leader of the world.

In Ezekiel the Holy Spirit is active and authority is there to relay without a doubt that which will involve, not only Israel but the entire world!

What I love about Ezekiel is that he had to be ready as the watchman to  warn others!

Ezekiel 3:8-21 NKJV 8 "Behold I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house." 10 Moreover He said to me: "Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. 11"And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' whether they hear or whether they refuse." 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice; "Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!"

So Ezekiel is told his forehead is now hard like adamant stone harder than flint to repel that from a rebellious speaking and acting people. He is told of a people rebellious who will not hear.

  Ezekiel 3:16 Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,  17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me:  18 When I say to the wicked, "You shall surely die," & you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.  19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, & he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness & commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, & his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, & he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul."

 

The rest of the chapter relates that Ezekiel himself will be a sign through the means of being struck dumb. The only words that he could speak were what God gave him to say by His Holy Spirit. This was how the people would know that God was speaking through the Prophet! This also shows that the servant of God is a watchman sent to warn the people. What God dwells on is sin; the prophet is to warn them of their sins. In the reading there is  an element of warning to them of what is coming, but this warning message also has a personal and individual aspect to it. It is not just telling the world, that  the Tribulation is coming but it also relates of the coming of Jesus Christ!

There is the part of "show My people their sins"  that in effect, the prophet Ezekiel is speaking by saying .........."Look here, you perverts. What you are doing is way out of line and is not the way it should be! This is the way God has said for righteous behavior. You should change. Repent now!"

Yes, the prophet Ezekiel was supposed to deal with the bitterness, the anger, and the astonishment that had been building inside him for the seven days. God tells him, "This is how you channel that attitude and those emotions within you. This is how you act in a godly manner: You preach a warning message, as a watchman."

It is like right now all around the world people are talking, and even screaming about global warming! And in truth, there is no warming, but  s that of the earth readying itself to receive the Lord of Glory, the consuming fire ....for the earth will worship Jesus whether we do or not! Those stones will cry out with praise when man sits alone trying to figure out what is going on with the earth and with people who speak with a un-intelligible speaking. Those rocks will give heave to make a land slide, those fire driven volcanoes will belch out more and more molten lava to give praise to God Almighty! And do we give any voice to the same amount of praise and expect to fire for HIM in these last days?

 Ezekiel was coming into conflict with the people. No doubt, people were going to have some attitude. And certainly people do not want to hear such messages of warning. They are not interested in  hearing where things are going from bad to worse and especially finding when they are the personally responsible party. 

Yes, being a watchman on the wall is a message only the watchman himself will give to the people. And in that message, he too will have to channel the things like anger, bitterness, and astonishment that builds within as he who prays for people outside of their own family! You cannot of the world pray for the world, but outside of the world, you pray for sin to be seen in men's eyes where their hearts are pricked and they have a willingness to hear God speak! As the watchman you cannot make people listen, so anger can build. But channeled toward God in praise, we become like those volcanoes that light up the night and the darkness in the world.

Yes, there is a Game on within the world. What country and what leader will take the lead role? All is up for grab! Everyone desires to be number 1! For those who choose to lie their way around situations, creating pandemonium in the streets with a single agenda on their heart and then they  sneek through passages in secret meetings and speak things that changes nothing but still brings destruction like we see today in certain large cities of the U. S. have we the lamenting spirit?

 Each individual on this earth has a responsibility and especially if they have heard the word of God. Repentance must come in each of us for society to change. I remember how people came for awhile when the Twin Towers in New York were hit September 11, 2001! Yes, some people came for about two weeks, asked for prayer and when the smoke cleared and the ash was removed, the people went back to living their lives as they saw fit! 

What stands out, yes what is even more astonishing, is that what the prophet Ezekiel will speak will fall on deaf ears. So he must have a forehead like flint. He is the undaunted, the courageous spirit to keep repeating the same message until he dies! Are we willing to give that message? For all things are coming to a head this year and if we do not turn and repent to see God and His purpose for our lives....then kiss it good-bye! We have much to look forward to in the new year of 2021. But people are choosing to ignore what is going on in the world today. They desire to have like it was in those good days before Covid-19!

Ezekiel 14 :1-23 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of it at all by them? 4 Therefore speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what cause him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5" that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols." 6 "therefore say to the house of Israel, ' Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 

Ezekiel 14:7 "For anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. 8 "I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD." 9 " And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel. 10  "And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11" that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God, says the Lord GOD." 

Ezekiel 14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it and cut off man and beast from it. 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says the Lord GOD. 15 "If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16 " even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord God, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate. 17 "Or if I bring a sword on that land and say, 'Sword go through the land' and I cut off man and beast from  it, 18 "even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord God, 'They would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered. 

Ezekiel 14:19 "Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in the blood and cut off from it man and beast, 20 "even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, as I live" says the Lord GOD, "They would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness." 

Ezekiel 14:21 For thus says the Lord GOD: "How much more it shall be when I send My four judgments on Jerusalem -----the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence---to cut off man and beast from it? 22 "Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. 23 " And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings, and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done it," says the Lord GOD.

God's answer and judgment against those who worship idols was for their good so that His people might not continue to be far from Him. Idols causes man to be alienated from God! In In Romans 1:18-32 in the New Testament reminds us that God the Lord will eventually abandon people to their corrupt passions. The Lord GOD would send false prophets to tell them what they wanted to hear rather than what they needed to hear. So if God would do that to Jerusalem, would He not also do that to the church? Would not God want men to be about God's business and know Him as God?

   Noah, Daniel and Job were righteous men. They were known as those with a righteous behavior in the midst of a corruption in a generation. The only way they prevailed in those corrupted times was because of their righteousness. What each man held in that moral responsibility, they held to themselves and it could not be transferred to any other people including their children.

S   Sword, plague, famine and even dangerous animals are named among that which brings punishment to a people.  The sword is war; and we can see a civil war today that resembles what was going on like back in the day of our president Abraham Lincoln. There has been famine in some regions where crops failed and even a plague appeared, but God did not sent it, but He certainly allowed it!

   These men of Israel came to the prophet to know what God was speaking, but in their inquiry they held to their idols. And God revealed this to the prophet Ezekiel.  It was then God who would answer them according to their idol enthroned on their heart. For in that the lying prophets will give the people exactly what they want to hear and in what they desire to live will certainly appear as a doom most certain for that group of people!

   There are people praying even now for nations around this world. There are people praying for the country of which I and my family reside. I cannot speak about other states, but I certainly hear the reports out of New York as a city now dead, where people have abandoned it to live in other states and where people who do continue to live there have no money to leave and are being killed by the violence of others with no value for life. Yes, our hearts should be set for God and not idols. We should be about praising Him and glorifying His awesome deeds for the miraculous occurred in salvation to us! But there is sin in the world as Noah saw. A man of integrity and for his sake and his family were saved along with his wicked son Ham on the ARK.

     Has the faithful become the harlot? Great wealth was spent on things such as those things of idols and rebellion was seen. Rebellion was seen in Ezekiel: chapter 2, 3, 12, 17 and 24. Israel, the rebellious house would fall given in chapters 1-24. Ezekiel was the watchman, the prophet to bring the warning message of what was coming toward them! Visions were given and actions are mentioned in detail. Yes parables of doom are presented in Ezekiel 15- Ezekiel 19, then there are the rebukes and the threats in chapter 20-22. News of the fall of the rebellious house in chapters 24 and chapter 25-32 presents other nations destroyed. Judgment was on the lips of the prophet till the news of the fall came. Then a message of hope appeared. 

    God has given us His Holy Spirit to stay connected, with new hearts and a new spirit to be the people God desires in being faithful to Him and to avoid any future judgment. TODAY, some are His sons and some are just those He created. They serve no real purpose but only in being themselves, serving themselves and are given to their own agendas. Holiness returns, and justice is seen in those who love God and serve Him with hearts set for Him.

   Humans need quality leadership in important areas of life, or because of Satan's influence on the carnal mind, human community life tends to degenerate! And when it degenerates, it could like Mad Max and the Superdome kind of existence where it is only survival of the fittest, resulting in large numbers of people living as little more than slaves of those mightier than they are. For the majority, life in such a community becomes a hopeless existence like we are seeing in some cities of this nation even today!

It takes Godly leadership to lead and when it is in short supply as it was throughout most of Israel's relationship with God  and as the scriptural record chronicles that an occasional Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, or another good leader arose among them, but Ezekiel 34 succinctly summarizes Judah's leadership, in particular, as shepherds who ruled for their own well-being rather than the citizens'. Such leadership does not produce good results and it never will!

Our nation has been helped by one I know that was sent by God Himself for such a time as this! We pray for our President and believe God has His hand on him always. But for those of a different heart, set for their own agendas will see more pandemonium and decay with death. But that of God is to strengthen leadership where man is working, life is produced in being productive and it includes, not only the religious ministry, but also includes leadership in government, education, business, entertainment, and media, reaching all the way to parents in the family home, yes, children having an actual father and mother.

Game On! The Stakes are high, your life is called and where will we stand? Hopefully we are not standing with our heads stuck in sand, but aware and active to speak and believe for the better is here if we will only reach out and stand for that which is of God. We can receive it with hearts boldly proclaiming His goodness in the land of the living. I have read the book of Revelation and we win!

 

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Willing to Ask God to Blot Your Name Out of His Book

Exodus 32:31-35
31 So Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."

33 The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin."

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.  NIV

Now they were talking about the book of Life. And Moses asked God to forgive them for their sin, in creating for themselves a golden calf to worship. But God spoke, and He asked Moses to lead the people to the place He had told him to take them. And God said His angel, will go before them. That angel was Jesus.  God continued, when it comes time to punish them, I will punish them for their sin.
Instantly, He struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf, and yes at the hands of the priest Aaron.

When we look back up to Exodus 32 and verses 1-2......we find the people gathering around the priest Aaron and  complaining. They had seen Moses delayed from coming down the mountain. They now wanted to make up their "own gods" because we do not know where this man was at who brought them out.
Exodus 32:1-2
32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."   NKJV

Oh, how quickly people forget what God has done for them!


Exodus 32:7-10
7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!' " 9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."   NKJV



God tells him to get down the mountain quickly for "your people", whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. God told him that they had worshiped it and sacrificed to it...........speaking  "this is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!" And God told him that He would bring wrath upon them, that which would burn hot that He may consume them, and make Moses a great "nation"!

 In Exodus 32:11-24 we find Moses pleading with LORD his God. "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

It is interesting that in verse 12, Moses is speaking about the Egyptians left in Egypt.......why have them speak evil of God. Moses speaks this then: 

  "Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.' " 14 So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people. 

Moses had to have had some kind of heart for these people. He was trying to persuade God to relent. He was asking God? Would we be willing to pray for another, who continually got into mischief and much wrong-dong as well?

15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp." 18 But he said: 

"It is not the noise of the shout of victory,

Nor the noise of the cry of defeat,

But the sound of singing I hear."

Yes, Moses knew this group of people even in their multitude and heard their singing. And Joshua, his servant, heard as well!

19 So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses' anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it. 21 And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?" 22 So Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. 23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' 24 "And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out."  NKJV

Moses now is very angry with the people. He has cast the tablets (ten commandments) onto the ground at the foot of the mountain. Moses asks Aaron about what they did and he willingly told him, that the people are set on evil. He told Moses that they wanted him to make them "the gods who would go before them."

Aaron had not restrained the people ( verse 25) who were running around "naked" or better stated they were stripped of their dignity. Ever seen anyone who has acted in this manner?


  Moses who then stood at the entrance of the camp said,  "Whoever is on the LORD's side, come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

Unity is always important for the "right thing". Are we held together by the Word of God to obey?
Are we not to live by justice and righteousness that Jesus delivered to us?

27 And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.' " 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Then Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother." 

By verse 30, we see Moses speaking on the next day to the people......... "You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." 31 Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin--but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."

Luke 10:20
20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
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33 And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. 34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin." 

35 So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.
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No, no man could stop what they had in serving sin and creating for themselves a calf of gold.

Punishment always comes from sin. It grows just like a plant or a tree grows. The more one gives into doing the sin, it becomes of great size in a person.
People are known by their deeds.

Luke 6:43-45

43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn-bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. 

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Amplified speaks this: 43 For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, no on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit. 44 For each is known and identified by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush. 45 The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.

Aaron was to be "in charge" when Moses was not there. But he was "weak". He held no authority and came under the same name of evil as the rest, yet he chose to blame them, the people! Evil will kill, steal and destroy you. It holds no mercy or regard. Those who practice in it, find themselves with more than they bargained for. It is like those who leave home, live in the world, in the world's ways.......leaving home healthy but return home sick with a disease that is finding it's way into those lives of people who rather throw "caution to the wind."

Moses felt responsible since they were in his "keeping". And was willing to ask God to blot out his name out of the book of Life. Would we desire to do that? No, everyone wants to go to heaven, but all will not go to heaven. All would like to participate in the things of God and have good every day, but rather they choose to serve themselves. YIKES!

Moses had those removed who did not want to be on the LORD'S Side! Those on that side were those who wanted to follow God. Though the road look less traveled, wilderness and solitude many miles from any form of civilization, yet surrounded by a least a million or two million people. Still, God could not have the sacrifice of Moses for man's sin.

It is God who decides judgement. Our part is to pray and speak a blessing on all who are "made in His image". The sacrifice was taken by Jesus. 

Roman 6:8-10

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 

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Hebrews 9:11-15

11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! 

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance-now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. 

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1 Peter 4:7-11

7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.  NIV

We must be the clear minded and the self-controlled to pray.
We are to love our neighbors and when we see them do something we may not understand, we certainly pray for them. May the very words we speak be those of God that is in love. May we serve others in the strength that God provides and in all that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.

For we may have our moments with an "Aaron" but our Shepherd is Jesus. Our hearts are to hold His thoughts and purposes for us and for others. In expressing love to others may we always remember that love covers a multitude of sins. For the end of all things is near.

Can we lead our family and stay in obedience to the Lord? Do we follow the pattern that He laid down for us to follow?
Those who came out of Egypt were following the things that would ultimately lead back to Egypt! We are to be transformed in the renewing of our minds. We are to have that daily dose of God's word that HOLDS US IN PLACE.......SO that we fear not, but walk in faith by believing, trusting, adhering and understanding His ways and His thoughts. His ways are not burdensome, but a delight!

1 John 5:3-5
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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In closing: Moses was an Old Testament Apostle. In his relationship with God, God had given him a plan to produce a community. He was to lead them, out of slavery and to regain freedom. They needed to be delivered from themselves. Moses had heart for the nation. He suffered through their unbelief. In his life to minister God to them: he had to pull rubbish, and much debris out of their hearts to see what God had wanted. Even more than that though, Moses kept his relationship with God. He had kept the voice of God, by keeping covenant with the Father Who gave it!
We too, give voice to leading our children and grand-children back to the Father of the Covenant through Jesus Christ. But even more, we reach those who desire to be sons, who desire to hear and receive the blessing that was promised. A lot of idolatry worship was in Israel, but Moses sought to deliver them and give voice in establishing governmental foundation to them.

Father, our beginnings are in You. In the name of Jesus......we know You have given us Your Holy Spirit and according to John 3:34,35 " for since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit!" The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand." By this Holy word, You gave to us Your Holy Spirit without measure. We loose Him into our lives. It was for order and righteousness that You set up Your kingdom. When Your Word is given to us O Lord, we pray You are seated on the throne of our hearts to help us receive that which is not only truth but power to prevail. For Jesus the Prophet prevailed to gain for us the victory we need to have a fruitful life of power in HIM. Help us to speak against evil, and any oppression against the weak. It is YOUR Word that brings restoration back to our lives in harmonizing with YOU! Help us to dig through any accumulation of that which was done away when we received Jesus, knowing that Christ dwells in our hearts through our faith. Help us to be those [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, being the fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God's people) the width and length and height and depth of His love and come to know through personal experience the love of of Christ which far surpasses mere knowledge, that we be filled throughout our being to all the fullness of God [so that we may have the richest experience of God's presence in our lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself. Amen.
(Amplified Bible:Ephesians 3:17-19)


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God Always Satisfies

Was recalling a trip last fall with our daughter and grand-daughter. On our second day out on a trip cross-country, we found a nice restaurant to have dinner. Our grand-daughter got all her crayons and color sheets in front of her while we waited for the food to be served. She looked at me curiously, then asked, "Grammy, do you miss your house today?" I responded with, "No Quinn, I do not miss my house, I am here with you and enjoying being with you and your mommy very much!"

God always satisfies. He satisfies our mouth with good things so that our youth is renewed like the eagle. I had much time to reflect on that trip and the importance of going and sharing that time with our family. Yes, it took time, yes, it took some money, but the time spent with family is well worth the price. God added so much to my husband and me, that I wanted to go again as soon as we got back home.
I know our grand-daughter probably thought much that second day out, that it was another day without her "Dad", and the fun times they have each day together. But our days certainly added up to some much filled time of laughter and play! We each had "our time" in the back seat with grand-daughter to color, watch her favorite short videos together and help her create a "memory log" of her first trip across the U.S. Surely God was blessing us with time together for a blessing indeed!

Psalm 107:4-9 ......4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses. 
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place. 
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness. NKJV

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For surely He had gone before us to make our path smooth and straight. He prepared a way for us to bless our family on the East Coast. He certainly satisfied our longing souls for our family and to see God do for His family as well! We are just one big happy family, right? 

Connections are important with family members, those close by and with those far away, but God makes a way. He has a plan to bless us when we truly choose to go His way in blessing others. Ours was a concern and love for those we rarely see because of distance, but not for the lack of love we have for them.

Psalm 103:1-5........Bless the LORD, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits: 

3 Who forgives all your iniquities,

Who heals all your diseases, 

4 Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 

5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. NKJV

We give praises to God in remembrance of the mercies we have received from. Not forgetting all His benefits of forgiving us our sin through the Blood of Jesus and making Him Lord, but also that He has cured disease, the sickness of the soul! He rescues us from danger, from any peril on the highway or by-ways. On our coming and going we have Psalm 91 protection that states: 

Psalm 91:7-10.................7 A thousand may fall at your side,

And ten thousand at your right hand;

But it shall not come near you. 

8 Only with your eyes shall you look,

And see the reward of the wicked. 

9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place, 

10 No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; 

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A thousand people may be having accidents on I-5 or I-40 but they shall not come near us. Only with our eyes shall we look and see the reward of the wicked. Yikes, that is a reward for the wicked.

No evil is to befall us nor any plague come near our dwelling. Yes, the Lord has us covered!

He has rescued us from the danger of any enemy, to experience His divine goodness. WE ARE THE REDEEMED FROM DESTRUCTION! We are the truly happy ones, that are given long life.

He has crowned us with His loving-kindness. He has satisfied our souls with it needs in those things for life and those in love for others. This is truly Divine!

Our Father God is One who multiplies us! He always sees that we are added to, multiplied, He is never One who subtracts or divides us. That is of the enemy when anything comes in to separate families, friends, any person who has intentions of taking away from us the plan God has for us. The Beloved of God are His family who are happy, destined for the greatness He placed in us. WE are to be those who receive Jesus, acknowledge His Lordship and Know that HE HAS OUR BACKS!

Take a look around you today, tonight or even tomorrow! Pay attention to those who are closest to you. Pray for them, and if they are not adding to you or multiplying you, then find those who will! That does not mean leave your husband for a new one. It means, find out what God's plan is and how to stay in His flow by reading the Word and praying for those around you! (Besides you probably picked your husband, right? )

Who adds a breath of fresh air to you? Who adds to what you are doing in the workplace? For in the workplace, one can see those who will jockey for your position. But truly, who helps you do a better job? Who helps you succeed and you to look good on the job or even in ministry? Who is excited about what God is doing in your life? Yes, this is a "big" one! Because when someone starts having a success, that is when the green-eyed monster shows up!

This will takes some time and energy and a persistence on your part. For some of you, the answer is easy. But for others who like the "buds" in their life, may find it harder to find those who really care with the God kind of love to see them succeed in life. ( bud: friend, confidante, bosom friend)

An encourager will want to be around you and not because of what you can do for them!

Each of you are precious in His sight, filled with His gifts, blessed by His presence and the BELOVED IN HIS HEART!

Father God, You are the Redeemer. You are the "Great I am" in our midst! You are the manifested Jesus who came to restore us back to YOU our Father. In Jesus' name, I pray that each reading this will know that family is important and that YOU have sent those to surround and to encourage each reading this. YOU have set a plan in motion to see that we "are the Big Happy Family" who have a Father Who is more than enough! We bless YOU and give thanks for the benefits.......those things that YOU have crowned us with in Your loving-kindness. We are those who can go in Your plan each day, enjoy life, have healthy bodies, and know that YOU have our backs.

I pray that each reading would know that Your word prevails and will not return void to YOU but will accomplish where it is sent. I pray that no evil befalls YOUR family today Lord. I pray that we may see ten thousand having accidents on the roadway but it shall not come near us. I pray that we would heed the Holy Spirit and to stay close to HIM and out of danger. Lord thank for the encourager YOU send our way today. Thank You for those who add and multiply us in this life and keep us away from those who would want to divide us or subtract us. Keep those married couples safe and keep any man or woman away from those godly marriages who might have the desire to divide that family for their evil purpose. I thank You that You have heard my prayer. You are our Victory and we give YOU thanks and much praise. Amen

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