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Sometimes It Takes a Woman

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Jael asesina a Sísara

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Judges 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.


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Revelation 2:9

Revelation 2:9 … I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

 

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Russia Is Not The Problem

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This is such a difficult topic to tackle. Cognitive dissonance makes it even more difficult.

What is cognitive dissonance?  The term is as it sounds to be.

When new information is presented, information that is at variance with what is commonly believed,  creates “dissonance”; it takes a person out of the comfort zone.   Only enough education will move someone from cognitive dissonance to being able to understand new information.

We see how cognitive dissonance has operated in politics. For a long time there have been those who have warned of a Nineteen Eighty-Four  Big Bro | Big Brother | One World |New World Order | Globalist attempt at taking over the levers of power in governments.  Those who have warned of these things have been called conspiracy theorists, tin foil hat conspiracy theorists, radicals, purveyors of  disinformation and other names.  The name calling worked for a while … until it didn’t.  Now it is apparent that the many voices that warned of the globalist | AI | banking |international cabal takeover were not conspiracy theorists but were / are aware of an actual attempted takeover.

When on the news, viewers see fires burning in the background, but it is termed a “mostly peaceful protest”; when there is an economy that is billed as being a good economy yet people cannot pay their  bills and become homeless; when wars are fought to secure the border of another nation while the border of the United States is wide open; when peaceful Jan 6 protestors are thrown into a DC gulag; when the FBI bang down the doors of the innocent but let the Hunter Biden laptop slide, or classified documents near a Corvette slide; when weather is manipulated by HAARP and chemtrails; when 9-11 buildings fall in a manner that defies physics; then maybe there is something to all that conspiracy stuff.  Oh, and let’s not forget the overturning of an election in the midnight hours and surges and events that defy common sense.

The only way someone cannot notice the difference between common sense reality and the facts fed by the mainstream media (aka “fake news”) is if someone is either asleep, drugged up, not paying attention, or unwilling to study the facts.  Ninety Eighty-Four (written by George Orwell) has arrived.

Therefore, there should be a questioning of the official narrative of the mainstream media as it repeats talking points.  Over and over, it becomes apparent that the official story does not prove to be the real one.

You’ve probably seen this before, but it is worth a reminder.

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This is all background to the question at hand about Russia.  The point is, question the narrative.

There are several streams of prophetic views of the end-times.  One view links Ezekiel 38 & 39 with Russia. That may or may not be true.

Regardless, it is important to understand this. The CIA, the intelligence agencies, and those who want to capture civilizations and use them for their own purposes, operate by cultural intelligence (understanding the prevailing “mind think” and customs of the culture and how to relate to it) and psychological warfare. They understand the workings of the mind and how to use it to their advantage. There are those who have gone into these kinds of discussions in depth, so it will only be mentioned here that this exists.  Of course, besides modern day voices, it was pointed out in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

The point is, there is an awareness of the major prophetic stream held in the United States by forces that want to use that knowledge to their own advantage.

It is worth considering whether knowing how people are pre-conditioned by their beliefs to either permit or not permit certain political actions, how much that is taken into consideration in how news and events are manipulated and perceived.  How much does this create a blind spot or a “shrugging off” of what otherwise in yesteryear would have been looked on in horror.

For example, for years youth have been playing video games of blood and destruction.  So now when people die in war, do they care?  Are they capable of separating a video game from reality?  Does it make them immune to caring what is happening with their neighbor?  Or do they riot and want more blood lust killings?

Why are Ukrainians dying? Why? Why is the United States in a war with Russia via Ukraine? Only Congress has power to declare war and the way things have evolved is that Ukrainians are being sent to the front lines instead of Americans. This started in 2014 and prior when the United States, NATO, and the West did not honor its covenant with Russia, broke covenant, and finally forced Russia to protect their borders.

The same forces called the Swamp are linked to the forces in Ukraine fighting Russia. Those forces want to take over Russia and Russia is rightly resisting. The Ukrainians are caught in the middle.

This is a war for the military industrial complex. The only ones who make money are those who are in the industries of war and destruction. Peacetime manufacturing has been sent overseas and so a certain amount of the economy is based on industries of death and destruction.  And when the wars are over, those same forces that destroy go in and pick up the pieces and real estate at rock bottom prices and rebuild “bigger and better”. Look at Hawaii, how quickly the vultures appeared to buy land (at a discount of course) from the homeowners whose homes had been destroyed.   That was not a normal fire.

The same forces that were able to fund a war against Russia in Ukraine, now want to draw Russia into war in Israel.

The problem with both wars is that there is not honesty about everything that is really happening.

Consider the stolen election(s) … truth, after almost three years … is percolating to the top, and it becomes more and more apparent that the early cries of “foul” as to the election were correct.

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
Winston Churchill

“In war, truth is the first casualty.” Aeschylus

There is a war going on and this war is more than a political battle or battle between nations.  Ultimately, it is between good and evil, between God and satan.

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

 

There are things going on behind the scenes that we are not being told.  It is important not to jump on the first political bandwagon.

I personally oppose the United States involvement in Ukraine.  The Ukrainians have died for the greed of the United States military industrial complex and lies told on behalf of that military industrial complex that confused people who didn’t know any better since the controlled mainstream media had one narrative and did not give the whole picture.   Slandering Russia has gone on for a long time.

I personally don’t think there is enough moral courage within the United States to stand against the greed and blood lust of the military industrial complex industries of destruction and the tentacles it has on politicians and the economy.

I personally think it will take an international tribunal that is tired of the criminal breaking of the law that goes in the high halls of government in DC, whether by elected officials, unelected officials, the administrative state, known as the Deep State, the Swamp or by other terms.  This has affected more than the United States.  It has affected the world.

Because I believe there will be a renewed attempt to use Ukraine as cannon fodder, due to some of the reasons already written above, I am compelled to say I totally abhor and reject this attempt of the military industrial complex and related politicians who war in Ukraine on behalf of their own financial profits and power.

Russia. Is. Not. The. Problem.

These people who have manipulated events, historical, political and weather events, and who have manipulated laws, wars, and economies in order to bring about their own agenda need to be brought before an international tribunal in judgement.

I think it will take a rising up of many people around the world who call for justice as it may not happen within the United States without international protest.  Crimes and criminals within the United States government, and their connection with other shadowy forces in other nations of the world, need to be brought to justice.

 


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Folly is set in great dignity

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As long as we are on this earth, righteous leadership matters.

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

 

We see this today.

Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

 

The United States and also nations in Europe historically had a strong Christian ethos.  Their history and laws were influenced by Jesus’s teaching and the gospel.  As that has diluted, the results of turning from God have become more and more apparent.  When a nation or city creates laws contrary to the laws of God, it invites the forces of darkness into the land.  Those forces were originally cast out of heaven and are now in the earth.   The Bible teaches history.  A created being, Lucifer, was cast out of heaven and was renamed serpent/satan/devil/dragon.  As the serpent, he tempted Eve, which ultimately resulted in the Fall.

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

 

Luke 10:18 And he [Jesus] said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

 

I Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

 

II Timothy 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

 

Leaders who bow to satan, globalism, and atheism translate their subservience to the kingdom of darkness into laws that bind and afflict the people and that destroy cities. Consider the difference between entrenched political parties and how cities are run and the fruit you see in those cities.  The destruction is not just political or natural, it is the result of negative supernatural satanic forces that have been invited in by bad laws, witchcraft, and things contrary to the laws of God. If you read through the Old Testament you can see a parallel between what happened to the children of Israel when they turned from God and what has happened to the United States.

Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

 

In terms of the preaching of the gospel, righteous political leadership matters. Ask those in any nation that does not permit freedom of speech and freedom of religion. It is important to keep the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights for the sake of the gospel being sent out throughout the earth.

 

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Awakening

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This article  is a political article that discusses the awakening of progressives and liberals.  To quote the article:  “‘We didn’t like the messenger, so we killed the message.'”

While it discusses political awakening in the natural realm, there is another phase of awakening which involves recognizing the historical spiritual roots of problems.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus] am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

 

II Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

Jesus was rejected and killed.  Jesus made reference to those sent before him who also were rejected and killed. Ever since the Fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, the Lord God sent messengers to show the way out of the pit of destruction.

Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

 

Luke 19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

 

Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

While many of these messengers have been Old Testament prophets, they are not limited to that realm of operation.  There have been people who have served God in various roles … political, educational, economic or as historians, scientists and more.

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

 

The servants of God are not limited to existing within the church only.

Moses is one example.  Another is Cyrus, who was a king, but one that God used for his purposes.

Isaiah 45:1  Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

 

The article alludes to those who “‘will seek to destroy, in any way they can, those who disagree.”

This understanding and awakening is a first step.  This natural awakening needs to move to the next phase which is a spiritual awakening. The ultimate solution is not in the natural, “flesh and blood” realm, but in the kingdom of God.  When the spiritual realm is cleaned up, the natural realm will show the results.

I Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Jesus] was made a quickening spirit.

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

 

Ultimately, the whole world has to awaken to the fact that political and other problems on this earth trace back to partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as described in Genesis, and the consequences of that event.   Jesus made a way of escape from that.  The only solution individually and for the earth overall is through Jesus Christ.

John 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

 


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Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

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Acts 16:31 (KJV) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

 

John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.

29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

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

32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

 

John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto 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 unto her.

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

 


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While there are other, perhaps less grainy, versions of this movie, Charlton Heston brings the matters of ethics and character to life, just as he did when he played Moses in The Ten Commandments. The same issues, challenges, tests, questions of integrity, morals, relationship to God, the conscience, and the state resurface generation after generation in one form or another, because they are eternal spiritual realities.

Of course, the source of the real life historical struggles, the basis of all others, is laid out in the Bible itself, as you read it from Genesis to Revelation.


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Falling Under the Power of God

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There are those who do not understand why some people fall down in the presence of the power of God.

Here are a few scriptures.

I Kings 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

 

Revelation 1:17 And when I [the Apostle John] saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

 

Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

 


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Tithe vs Giving

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In the Old Testament we see the word “tithe” used.  In the New Testament it is more usual to see the word “give”, “giving”, “sowing”, or “seed”.

There is a principle called cultural intelligence.  In other words, you speak and act to mirror the people you are around in order to relate to them better.

After Jesus was resurrected, he told his followers to share the gospel.  Then Jesus ascended back to heaven.

Up until this time, Jews and non Jews (also called Gentiles) stayed apart.  While Jesus was on the earth, he was sent first to the Jews with the message of salvation.  The time of the Gentiles had not yet come.  However, Jesus in mercy still responded the faith of a Gentile woman prior to the cross.

Mark 7:24 And from thence he [Jesus] arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation [a Gentile]; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children [the children of Israel, through whom came the Messiah (Matthew 1:1-17)] first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

 

After the cross, the message of salvation was preached to both Jews and Gentiles.  As things evolved, Peter primarily went to the Jews with the message of salvation, and Paul went to the Gentiles.  Paul was highly educated, as well as being perceptive, and knew how to say the correct word in due season.  Here are a couple of examples where the Romans were going after Paul, and he got out of it by knowing what was happening and how to deal with it.

Acts 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

 

Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

 

Paul knew how to use the correct words in due season.  He knew his audience.  He understood the background of the gentles.  The gentiles, if they had religion, it was of a pagan nature.  The word tithe might not have been in their vocabulary.

On the other hand, the Jewish audience that Peter primarily preached to grew up around the Jewish temple and Jewish synagogue and were familiar with the concept of tithing.

It is conceivable that in the interests of cultural intelligence, that Paul used the word “giving” or “seed” or “sowing” instead of “tithe” and “first fruits”.  “Tithe” and “first fruits” would have been terms familiar to Jews, not Gentiles.

When we don’t know what something means or represents, it is good to go back to the beginning, which in terms of Bible knowledge, would be the Old Testament.  How did giving or tithing work in the Old Testament?   There were various tithes and offerings and alms for the poor.   A tithe is 10%.

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

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

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

 

In today’s world, in today’s preaching, there is a lot of preaching that “we are not under the law”.  But we are to be led of the Spirit.   So what does that mean?  What will that look like?  It will look a lot like the Ten Commandments and the directives of God in the Old Testament, only under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit rather than some kind of a daily check list.  It will be an inner guidance from the Holy Spirit within rather than an outer checklist, but it will still mirror the righteousness laid down in the Old Testament.  It will not look vastly different.

In other words, if you love your neighbor you will keep the Ten Commandments on their behalf.

It seems good to pause and point out that the power of God operated in the Old Testament as well through various signs and miracles.  There were the miracles of Egypt.  And then there were other times the power of God manifested such as this.

I Kings 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

 

The Old and New Testament are not two different books.  The New is a continuation of of the Old and if you read through them, you will see parallels.

The Old Testament gives a foundational understanding of the New Testament.

If the terms are not defined according to the Old Testament, and are instead defined according to the prevailing modernistic, secular, atheistic culture,  a word such as “love” could have a totally different meaning than a Biblical one.

A good check chart for “further definitions” is the Old Testament and a Strong’s Concordance (which is keyed to and defines every Hebrew and Greek word of the KJV Bible) and an older dictionary.

Otherwise, a person can get really off course.

Marriage.  That used to be defined as between a man and a woman.  But now the culture would try to redefine the word in multiple ways.  This is why that even though Jesus brought the New Covenant, the concepts have to be tethered in Old Covenant, Old Testament understanding lest words and concepts become meaningless or go off course.

This same principle has to do with the word giving.  What is giving?  How does it work?  How did it work in the Old Testament?  How much did they give in the Old Testament?  The tithe is a good starting point when you don’t know what to do.

 

 


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