Godly Sorrow

I enjoy the Old Testament and find wonderful testimonies of those who followed God and those who chose not to follow Him. In one is this of King Saul.

1 Samuel 15: 10-35 NKJV 10 Now the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, 11 “ I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.

12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went t Carmel and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by and gone down to Gilgal.” 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, & Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.” 14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, & the lowing of the oxen which I hear?” 15 And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and th rest we have utterly destroyed.”

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet!” And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak on.” 17 so Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel? 18”Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites & fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 ‘Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did yo swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me & brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”  21 “But the people took of the plunder, sheep & oxen , the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”

Yes, Saul has his answers ready. He accuses the people he was to serve as the ones who chose to take the plunder when Saul was told differently!

22 So Samuel said: ‘Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, & to heed better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.”

Yes, rebellion is not a good thing. Now Saul is in witchcraft. He was choosing his own way.

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD & your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, & return with me, that I may worship the LORD.“  26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected  you from being king over Israel.”

From verse 24, Saul is revealing he had sinned and on top of that he did it because he feared the people! Many leaders end up in that destructive place when they rather follow man than God. In verse 25 he asking Samuel to pardon his sin and return with him so that he Saul may worship the LORD. Would that be collusion? Terrible!

Then Samuel spoke that he would not return with Saul for he Saul had rejected the word of the LORD and the LORD had rejected Saul from being king over Israel. 

Yeah, not a good place to be when it was God who placed Saul in the position!

27 And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, & it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today & has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 “and also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent. 

The kingdom in an instant was torn from Saul!

30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now, please before the elders of my people and before Israel, & return with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, & Saul worshiped the LORD. 32 Then Samuel said, “ Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33 But Samuel said, “As our sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel went up to Ramah & Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul & for the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

Still within his whining Saul is desiring to keep this good standard with the people not fearing God. Saul wanted to look good among his peers. Samuel goes with Saul only to do the thing that Saul was to do. He was to kill Agag so that he would not bring disasters on the Jewish people.

Samuel did not see Saul again till Saul had died.

This gives details of the mournful heart Samuel held for Saul. Every true believer in God will carry his heart for the lost. Those failing to see or hear God's heed for safety through salvation brings them at the end of their days in utter ruin and death.

If Saul had had a godly sorrow and not wanting to move from following God, his life might have been different. Still God desires a man after His own heart. And that is one who will worship Him in the darkest hour, will pray when no words come, and continue to seek when He seems not to be present. Still God is with us. He will never leave us nor abandon us. Ours is to seek with a whole heart to fervently see with the light of His word truths that set us free and keep us free never to be entangled in the snares of wrong words.

For Saul was snared by his words and it was those to please man and he thought he could use them on Samuel. No, that did not work for him and it will not work for us!

May we truly hold a godly sorrow that we will not want to hurt our Father's heart by continuing to seek our plans instead of obeying His plans.

2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

For that wall that was built to keep God out is to come down when we truly have a godly sorrow of repentance. It is turning away from bad behavior that keeps the wall up between us. God desires us to come to Him and tell the sorrows of our heart and repent for the mistakes we have made that has separated us from Him.

Receiving Jesus as Lord turns us away from our past not to do the past again. OUR lives are new in God with the heart conversion. Those who desire to dwell in their past,  desire to live in those past  sins , and to revisit those "old haunts" will find the wrong road to travel. If you or I sorrow for lost goods, lost friends, the death of relatives, then our heart is in that place. Choosing to have friends over God is sad. I would rather have God for He is my life. But I am certain He has godly friends for me just like He has them for you.

Reveling in that past thing can cause disease and increases the risk of more complaints in that thing. We are to put away evil thinking and evil speaking! Saul blamed the people but truly Saul's heart was to please the people of his kingdom and not God!

A true godly sorrow will produce reform in our thinking and our action. 

Pleasing God is looking toward tomorrow and relishing the pain of yesterday. We have all lost someone but I would hope that the best that Jesus gave is not forgotten or hidden of all the past hurts, the past losses, or the past homes we might have had. Our best day is to live in today, be thankful and expect tomorrow to be better by the hand of a great God who is for us and not against us!

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When Wounds are Many

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of stars; He calls them all by name. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Brokenness happens! It happens to rich people and poor people! It will happen to those in the city and to those in the country! It will happen everywhere to men and women alike. When wounds are many, it is only the Lord who can cure their pain and the sorrows of the wounds.

People are human. They make mistakes! Just look back at the Garden of Eden! Wow, what a mess, yet we each can say we have created such messes at some point in our lives. Although ours did not cause mankind to fall to sin, yet, our family is affected by such messes and sometimes for many generations since we ultimately all came from that same garden. Right?
You can see that today in the number of adults who have no regard for father figures. They do not regard them for they neither had one nor knew of one. But if it is never talked about, the problem will continue to grow to cover a nation will ill-regard for men in leadership.

I was recently hearing a teaching on Proverbs 27:5-6. In this the teacher told that rebukes can hurt and yet rebuke will come to the one experiencing that world of hurt. And if we truly have a really good friend, a rebuke given with love is more apt to bring change to our lives.

In the world today you are to love all people everywhere in everything. It has something about being politically correct. But rebuke is to make some uncomfortable. Like knowing that killing is wrong, and same sex marriages are also wrong according to words God set forth and delivered, not only through the prophets but also through that of the Son of His love!

There are those times one may need to be told that they are of the foolish nature and wrong! But we must remember we cannot make people choose right over wrong. People will do with that correction the way they desire and if they choose the other, then so be it. But reality is, that is if we do not warn them with a rebuke, then we are accomplices to the very problem these people hold especially if they are family. Even close friends seem to repeat the same from the last few years. They hold on to the fact they are alone and need somebody, so they choose the same person they chose a year ago. And most likely they will fall to the other's lies and be hurt resembling last years hurts!

Ah yes, when wounds are many, and they continue to become many more when changes are not made. WE certainly are to love others and are to love them in their mistake making progress, yet if they continue in the same muddy mess, something must change.

Of course, we start with us first!  Each of us must find the word of God and apply it to our own lives. We are to walk accordingly to the path set by God for us. In this we have protection. But if we choose to go our own way in making decisions of choosing that spouse, that new job or even a change of living from city to country, from the farm to the beach, many decisions may be made haphazardly causing more destruction to one's own life. We must make our decisicions based on the truth of God's Word.

Proverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. If we never speak up, then we are loving others into more sin. Even as a physician has to bring some formula to the table of a person's care if they are truly sick. If the physician only caters to bringing what is pleasing rather than bringing what is really needed the sick patient may become more ill to the point of death!
Tough love is better than flattering hypocrisy!

In Matthew 26:49-50 we find Judas kissing Jesus. 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed Him. 50 But Jesus said to him, "Friend, why have you come?" Then they laid hands on Jesus and took Him.
Judas in his hypocrisy kissed Jesus with the "kiss " of the intimate friend. Betrayal can cause many wounds like in this situation. But Jesus was revealing His true nature. And Judas revealed his true nature. In this Judas had received coins from those he gave Jesus up to. Within those coins was not the coins that the nation of Israel produced but was of the coinage that represented Caesar. What a terrible place for Judas to be. He had taken of that which was precious, and Jesus allowed Judas his day in the arena of pain. And within that Judas suffered a lot to the point of death.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend for they are not just the "yes man" but they will speak truth. According to Ephesians 4:15 in the Amplified Bible: 15 rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly.] Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ ( the Messiah, the Anointed One).
 If we are the true friend, we will act according to the word of God: no more and no less, it will be about our being submitted to the authority of Jesus Christ in our lives, showing allegiance to him and where there is disharmony God's way will always take precedence.
Acts 4 :19-20 But Peter answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard..'

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No Hand Me Down Religion

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There is no hand-me-down religion in Jesus Christ!
Born again, we are born into life, the new in Him who acquired that life by shedding His own blood on the Cross. In salvation, we have all we need. By grace we live by faith in His sacrifice and we should expect heaven on earth!
On the day He went into Jerusalem, He was about doing the Father's will and not about man's will. Those who were expecting the conquering Messiah had hoped it was in Him. Yet He did not go to the throne when all the palm branches were laid before Him. No He went into the temple and drove out the money-changers.

God's way was to be known through Jesus. It is the path that is narrow indeed and it is not putting man on pedestals or of man by firm suggestions that you follow man. For there is heaven on earth, when we call forth His words given to us to speak in the very promises set forth for our freedom.
John 3:5 NKJV Jesus answered, " Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
In the new birth, one repents of sins. The new order of life is begun in Jesus. At that moment faith is alive. In this we re-qualify to the possibilities God has for us. Aside from Him and His will, we never see them. I always wonder how many people that fill the cemeteries today who never received Him as Lord, to have that place in heaven & be where He might be....as He is Lord over all?

In Jesus' time, the Pharisees and Sadducee's handed down a religion that was equipped with all the terms and issues that man himself instituted beyond what God had set up for them in the Wilderness. That Law was to get the wilderness, and the idol worship out of those who came out of Egypt, but Jesus came to set man free forever!
Ephesians 1:11-14 NKJV 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trust in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
God, the Creator and the Possessor of Heaven and Earth, put down a deposit for us. And that deposit required the blood of Christ. The great "I Am" brought a way for us when there was no way. In this salvation we have gained power of the Holy Spirit that demonstrates both in us and through us who believe.

I was thinking of this yesterday, as we went to pick up our dog at the Vet. She required some grooming and had some hot spots on her face and neck. I never knew a dog could have an allergy to protein. Yikes!
Anyway, on the way I saw this store front Maurice's, and I saw people going in to shop which looked like for teens. I remembered the hand-me-downs I sometimes got as a small child. Yet when I went to school, my sister and I had new clothes and shoes to wear. But one time, as a young teen, I had gotten a really nice white sweater with a few roses on it........and I really liked it. It was given by this girl's mother who I went to school with in the junior high years. So I wore it to school and the girl whose mother had given it to me rode rough shod all day on me for wearing her sweater. I am not certain that she really wanted it, but she certainly did not want me wearing it!
I never wore that sweater again, even though I loved the beautiful white with the sprinkle of tiny red roses and green leaves on it. No, never wore that thing again for I was caught in that which is a "hurtful" situation. For the young lady had been my friend for two years and after that we were no longer friends.
But see in this relationship with Jesus, we each have something with Him that is different and the purpose God placed in you is of importance. It is important to find what God placed in you for His glory and to His praise. He is always here and always available. And when someone may not like that which you carry for Him, well, that is sad to say for them.
He did not give you a ready-made religion for a one-size fits all. We each have a part to participate in the greatest time on earth and that is of these years before His return for us. We each have a role in His kingdom and reading through His word and prayer will reveal what that is in each of us and through us. We require His wisdom that is for the practical, and workable principles so the revelation knowledge flows through our lives and toward others.

Ephesians 2:10 reminds us that we are His workmanship! For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Grace was bestowed to us. It is the "undeserved kindness "by which salvation is given. Christ Jesus died for us before we were even born. By the Holy Spirit we see power released in our lives just like Jesus did! Grace is that force as well as favor toward us and it is living for today and a future we look toward that it is our God Who makes all things possible.

No hand-me-down religion, and no hand-me-down clothes please. What God has for you and for me is better, is of quality and will last forever. In this relationship, you and I choose if we want time with Him or not. I choose to know Him more every day. I choose to see His beauty and declare His goodness for in this my faith is released to receive more from Him. Within this relationship too, we come together in unity not in strife fighting one another, not jealous of another, but we come together in the unity of faith & purpose among God's family members for God's gospel to be the most effective.
We are to initially be Christ's mouthpiece, His feet and His hands. If we choose the hand-me down from man you get religion, must submit an allegiance to the man and his regime, but to God we receive that pastor or said church we attend to receive our daily feeding of the word and prayer.

The past is gone and we are new in Jesus! Receive His words deep into your heart and pray for the Holy Spirit to be loosed in every moment of your daily lives and may you see the fruit that comes from obeying the Son to the Father. May you know He will never leave you nor forsake you. Now is the time to rise up, take off those old garments of sin, and lust and receive the garments of the royal Son. May you be found with Him always!

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Standing

Mary weeping for Jesus!

John 20:10-18 NKJV 10 Then the disciples went away again to their own homes. 11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping; and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." 14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" ( which is to say, Teacher)
17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me for I have not yet ascended to My Father but go to My brethren and say to them. I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God." 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

Crisis!
Are we still standing, when things do not go exactly like we planned? The persistent ones will continue to look but sometimes not at what the "real" is at the moment.
Mary was still looking into the "tomb".  That was the "real" to her at that moment in time.
Now she sees two angels seated at the place where Jesus was laid earlier. She sees them, one at the head and the other at the foot end of the stone cold slab.
And she weeps! Verse 13 gives us some detail: "woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."

She was still looking for the "dead", and life appeared. Verse 15: "woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" And she supposing Him to the the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.
Mary, she turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!"

Life was still present. Jesus continued in life and that which was planned by the Father for good. Sometimes our focus is looking at what did not happen. Ever been in that place????
Yes, I was and for some time. Really do not like that I did but sometimes, we wonder and then meditate on something far too long. But Life appeared and He spoke to her.
Just because something does not appear to happen, we must not look back at the tomb, but look for the Life and speak to Him about what we know did not happen.
Closed doors does not mean it is over! Death could not hold Him down and it will not hold down that what we believe with an expectancy that God is for us and IS still working .........but we must BELIEVE and hold to that which the Lord has given us in our hearts.

Many commentaries write they could not explain why she did not recognize Him. I believe she carried the last image of His battered body, the torn skin and muscle and blood that stained. The most horrendous thing had happened to Jesus to whom she loved and she remembered. The tomb probably reminded her of that day and now she is searching. But Jesus spoke to her as He had at other times. The "teacher" is speaking and she receives His WORDS: :17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me for I have not yet ascended to My Father but go to My brethren and say to them. I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God." 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

She had understanding and it appeared in her character. She waited and watched! The other disciples went to their homes. But she watched!  She got to the deliver the message to the other disciples that Jesus was alive among them!

The Dake's Study Bible gives this:  love feels no load. Love revealed in the place of the tomb when one thinks on the good times together. But there is the other too, when one thinks it is all over, and please throw some more dirt on the "dead" thing. Yet, God says it is not over for the believer in Jesus. Because what you and I hold in our hearts, that is of faith and truth will rise when God gives the "go ahead "for no door is closed to those who seek.

Keep seeking, keep searching and knocking and it will be revealed to you for your best days are ahead in His name and to His glory. Amien.

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Are You a Glow Stick?

It was on the 4th of July week that our family had chance to see some fireworks early in this region. Now since the fire last Labor Day weekend of 2017, I am thinking people might be somewhat skittish about displays of fire exploding in the sky. Yet this was at the other end of what is the Gorge and maybe they are breathing easier since months have past since the raging fire consumed many parts of Oregon in the Gorge. In making their plans, our "kids" had opportunity to be close to the water area. They found a safe cliff area to see from across the river. There were few vehicles parked and they found a middle space to park among these cars when a vehicle driven by a man had exited on their arrival.
Our grand-daughter had a large glow stick and shared one with a young boy in the next vehicle over from them. And the young boy really like the "super" sized glow stick that he readily replaced his "small" one for the ever brighter, and bigger glow stick. With sticks in hand, they watched the displays alight overhead and certainly some " aahs" went up a lot during that night's display.
Well, days later we heard of the sharing of the glow sticks with a young boy since his father works at the same location grandpa works as well! And how  the young father talked of the little boy and how the young one appreciated getting that really big glow stick!

Was thinking of that story today when doing a few things around the house. The Lord surely wants us to be the glow stick that glows for Him.

Matthew 5:13-16 NKJV "You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.  14"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 "Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."

Acts 4:13-15 NKJV Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the  council, the conferred among themselves, saying , "What shall we do to these men? For indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

In these verses, Peter and John have walked by a man going into that "hour of prayer". And the man is healed. As the lights displaying Jesus and His power, these together stand together to see the man rise of his condition to walk and praise God!
Peter and John had not been educated in regard to the rabbinical schools. Yet these men saw the miracle appear for the lame man. Peter and John had been with Jesus.
Their spiritually-filled relationship with Jesus help them speak boldly with courage and spiritual understanding.
Each of us as believer's can be active when having the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. For having the Holy Spirit we are connected to the Source to see Jesus' ministry continue through us. It starts in time with Him. For these who speak in Acts 4 tell of the realization Peter and John had been with Jesus!
Now if anyone knows our grand-daughter they will know instantly that she is "different" and the difference is that she is filled with the Holy Spirit, and is active to pray for those on her pathway. And anyone who knows her, has met her and spent even 15 minutes with her, knows she has the sharing heart like Jesus.
There was a display of lights in the sky those few days before the 4th of July in a small community east of here, but there was also the display of the light that shines through our family. They met up with others and in that look of grace, they spoke out a friendly greeting and others joined with them. There was that "super-sized" glow stick that not only shined in the night  but there was also that LIGHT THAT shined also from the heart of one who loves Jesus. One who is not afraid to share the love of Jesus with others.
Will others know us to have been with Jesus like they mention in Acts 4:13? For we certainly can have that relationship with Him that is of spirit and truth. When we abide in Him and all that He taught, and hold those teachings we to can speak and reveal His heart to a hurting world. May our light shine to give glory to the One who saved us and is returning for us soon!

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Sons of Thunder

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Mark 3:17  James the son of Zebedee and John  the brother of James to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is "Sons of Thunder".

In reading Mark 3:13-21 a list of names is given. Accordingly they come in the order they are called. It is in the book of Mark that makes a “note” of James and John. He calls them Boanerges or “Sons of Thunder!

Why did He do that?

When my sister and I were young and still in grade school or elementary…but not in Junior High School, I called my sister “Sam”. No that is not her name, and she is not a guy, is not leaning toward being anything at all except what God has called her to be! There had been a show on T.V. called Bewitched and the husband called the wife Samantha but Sam for short. No, I do not remember watching that show for long. And no my sister’s name is not Samantha. She does not look like a Samantha. She has deep blue colored eyes that could penetrate through you. She also had a “ zeal for fun and in climbing trees”.

I am always thinking of when the Lord changes our names….and within this these men are “thunder”. Remembering Jacob’s name was changed to Israel! And so this story continues and names are changed as the Lord changes things and sets up kingdoms, and removes them as well.

I have looked for other scriptures, but alas have not found any that connect with this. So I turned to the commentaries and will continue to look for any scriptural basis for this change. And in regards to my sister, the name most likely represents a strength that comes only from God that is most profound in each of these men and my sister. Zeal will be seen and heard. And active for God will be seen and they will be heard.

Yet, I was the opposite of my sister I would say here. My mother called me the more “reserved” in nature and among people or even among my peers. Still I remember running, laughing and playing games outside with others when even at nine years of age, I thought I could outrun most boys but not my sister. I could not catch a ball as well as her, but certainly had her as my teacher!

And John, this Son of Thunder, would one day write REVELATIONS, the book of the Revelator Jesus Christ.  Well, that thunder is given and is heard. And within that book when opened, declares the most horrific time for mankind all due to sin. But the churches are revealed in Chapter 1-3. In chapter 4 the setting is of the throne of God and the Lamb and the scroll. In chapter 6 reveals the first seal opened and the white horse runs his course.

We are to hear what the Lord speaks and it is given by the Holy Spirit. Each church is given an urgent warning to hear “what the Spirit says”….chapter 2:3. In this is the prophecy given and bears witness to Jesus (Revelation 19:10) All genuine prophecy demands a response. “The Spirit and the bride say, "Come". Revelation 22:17

John relates “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 1:1

For the last book, a son of thunder wrote of the revelator and declares of that which is coming. Horrific indeed, yet there is a new Jerusalem coming, and the Bride of the Lamb will be there. (Revelation 21:9-21) And we will see the light of God’s presence in the place. (Revelation 21:22-27)

I desire to be there. I desire to that which is called the prophecy of Jesus Christ and to see His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

May we be “sons of thunder” to declare the Lord’s soon return and the glorious life of living with Him for an eternity. May we fully share in His present and future victory as well as in the present and future marriage supper.

Lord thank You for making Your home in us to dwell in us as we dwell in  YOU! Revelation 21;22

To God be all the glory….

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