Watch Your Mouth
While the proper use of words are important to one’s own life and that of one’s family, this post is going to address a larger issue.
This will give an overview of how progressives attempt to capture the upper hand of narratives through the use of words.
The reason this is being addressed is because it is through the use of words that the progressives seek to take down society.
Regardless of how much virtue and character and uprightness you have in your own personal life, so you perhaps feel that this has nothing to do with you, you still are part of society overall. If you do not at least understand the basics of what the progressives do, you can become a pawn in their hands and unwittingly be used against your interests and values.
It is like people who turn their capital over to investment firms only to find out that those investment firms invest contrary to the customer’s own personal beliefs.
Back to the use of words….
It is important not to adopt the words of the left.
In this post, the term progressives is used loosely to cover communists, atheists, modernists, secularists, satanists and those who engage in anti-Christ doctrines…those who attempt to progress society without the standards of the Lord God.
The agenda of these groups is evil. However, they do understand one very significant principle.
The principle they excel in is the diabolical use of words and vocabulary.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
This is not surprising. There are those who are of their father, the devil, and the lusts of their father they will do. He was a murder from the beginning and abode not in the truth.
John 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Recorded in Genesis, the devil’s words to Eve were, “Yea, hath God said?”
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
By casting doubt on the word of God, satan tempted Eve. She listened to wrong words, doubted God, and disobeyed the commandment of God. Adam followed Eve. With disobedience to the commandment of God, sin, sickness and death entered the world. Adam and Eve were banished from the garden of Eden.
That Fall of mankind ultimately has brought us to where we are today.
Mankind did not evolve from the slime. Mankind was created in the image of God and fell through disobedience. If you doubt that, if you believe that all societies prior to today were primitive, then consider this. In some architechtural ruins, there is evidence of high level inventions. How did that happen unless in the beginning mankind was already endowed with great abilities from his Creator, but those abilities were lessened and degraded after the Fall? Mankind lost abilities after the fall in the garden of Eden. It is a matter of de-volution, not evolution.
So words matter. Listening to the right words matters. Following the right words matters.
Jesus is the Word made flesh. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and the word was with God, the same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Word of God, the Bible, gives a primacy to words.
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Hebrews 2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
We could go on with many more related scriptures. If you have a chain reference Bible or a concordance, you can find many other scriptures besides the ones listed. The topic of words and the proper use of the tongue is one that is covered over and over in the Bible.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
One of the topics, one of the words Jesus spoke about, were words of unity.
Jesus prayed for unity. As a matter of fact, he indicated that the unity of believers would be on of the things that would cause the world to believe on Him.
John 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
The importance of unity was understood in the Old Testament.
Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
All of the above is necessary as a bit of a background for the topic at hand. The topic is how progressives use words to change society and how people who don’t want a progressive society need to understand these tactics and resist them and stand on the offensive against these tactics of the manipulation of words.
Progressives tell you that they want to include everyone…that is, until “everyone” believes something other than the progressive narrative.
The problem is that conservatives or Christians are generally a bit more accepting or kind than progressives. They want to be thought of as “nice” or “not offensive”.
So kinder people, but perhaps people who are ignorant of what is at stake, may adopt the left’s vocabulary. Politicians might adopt it because they don’t want to be ridiculed or talked about in the leftist press. But on an everyday level, people may adopt a vocabulary they really don’t believe in because they don’t want to appear “mean” or don’t want to “offend” or lose a neighbor’s friendship. They want to appear “inclusive” and don’t want to be branded as “non-inclusive” because they might lose likes on Facebook, be branded as a “meanie” or even deplatformed.
There are lots of reasons why people may succumb to the temptation of using wrong words. Ignorance is one of them.
The fact is, it is dangerous to adopt the words of the progressives. It is dangerous to society because it moves the posts and pillars of society. Remember the primacy of words discussed above.
I would go so far as to say it is sin.
Example.
“Woman’s choice”. No, actually, it is the murder of a baby.
“Woman’s health care”. Ditto as above.
“Family planning”. Murder of fetuses, of babies.
“Planned parenthood”. Abortion clinics.
“Birthing person”. There is no such thing as a “birthing person”. A person who gives birth can only be a mother, a female, born a female. Not a man. To use the term “birthing person”implies certain things about the person using that term. One of the things it implies is that the person or group using that term denies the truth of the Word of God that honors the Lord God as Creator who created male and female.
“Diversity”. This is a term that is not what it seems to be. The word “diversity” has become a method by which a minority is used with the pretext of serving the interests of the minority, but actually it is not the minority group that is benefitted. Ultimately, a small group, behind the scenes, in power, uses the issue of “diversity” as a way to funnel money and power for their own oligarchial purposes. That money can be used, for example, to pay lots and lots of TV time to advertise for radical candidates, in the name of “diversity”. But these candidates are never as they seem. Looking back, do their words match up with their subsequent actions?
If you doubt this look at all the “wars on” “whatever” that have been touted through the years. Who is richer and has more power? Does the minority group that was touted as being in need end up having a better life or do those who used the issue of diversity or “war” on an unsuspecting population, end up manipulating that topic for their own benefit?
This is why it is dangerous to use their language. They really don’t care about these topics in the way that they say they care about them. It is a form of double speak. These oligarchs and their mouthpieces attempt to convince good-hearted people who live and work at a “working man’s” level of society, that they, the oligarchs, really care about an issue, when they, the oligarchs, don’t. These oligarchs who operate in the background, and their mouthpieces, care about the collapse of western civilization and the bringing in of a total new world order, “a great reset”, as a book by the same name indicates. And through that “Great Reset” which they are pushing for, they hope to attain even greater power and wealth than what they currently have.
Back to words. Don’t let them push you in a corner using their words. They are helpless if you are on the offense and push back. They use domination and various psychological tricks to move the goal post and push society in the direction they want. These rules were written by Saul Alinsky in Rules for Radicals. Saul Alinsky, in his writings, makes mention of Lucifer, which is the name of this creature before the fall from heaven, when it became known as satan.
Once enough of the conversation has been changed and enough people have been brainwashed into the wrong narrative, politicians, afraid of losing their place, are more susceptible to putting in legislation that would not have made any sense 30 years ago, 20 years ago, ten years ago, or even five years ago, but now, politicians are afraid, because their constituents are using the same language as the progressives.
This is why every voice is important. Every voice that refuses to be silenced is important. Every voice that refuses to be brainwashed is important. Every voice that pushes back makes the job of the progressives harder.
Having said all that, I’m going to take this to the next level of some of the next goal posts that I see the progressives attacking. This is not the first time this has been written about recently, but it is good to review what progressives are doing so that they can’t accomplish their purposes.
There is an agenda. The progressives throw out some poison through an article or event. They watch what happens. They see how society reacts. They see if they can use it to weaken society. If it doesn’t work, they try something else.
Their principle is “never let a crisis go to waste” and if they can create a crisis, a ruckus of some sort, they will use that to divide and conquer society if they can.
So this is where I see them going next, and again; other people see this as well. But for those who are unfamiliar with this, you need to know this.
Recently, there have been some agendas to use the war of words against some conservative groups. There have been implications that the use of patriotic symbols implies some kind of radical or terrorist group.
Now the, newest, latest along these lines, in the case of Catholics, is that the use of the rosary implies that these groups who pray the rosary are some kind of radicals. This is a lie about Catholics; Catholics are not radicals for praying the rosary. There was a hit piece written in The Atlantic that implies this.
Whether you do or don’t totally agree with a particular conservative or religious group, do not get on the bandwagon of allowing those words to be words that you adopt.
What goes around, comes around.
Jesus talked about the power of oneness.
Mark 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
Conservative voices form a wide swath through many layers of conservatism, some more active or not, and through various denominations.
If the progressives start going after a denomination that is “not yours”, don’t get on that bandwagon. Because if they eliminate one denomination, the next one they might go after is yours.
They might criticize your group for something else. If they can succeed in picking off one group, then they can freeze and target another group. These are Saul Alinsky’s tactics. Don’t let them draw you into imitating them.
Do not feed into this.
Remember the words of Jesus.
Mark 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
If you don’t understand why another denomination does something a certain way, as long as that denomination is preaching faith in Jesus Christ as the way to salvation, leave it alone.
The oneness of power will come with unity.
Satan knows that. His time is short. And he will use division as an attempt to weaken the body of Christ and conservativies. He will use words to try to cause division within the various members and denominations of the body of Christ. He will drop his poison in certain articles and see if jealousy and hatred can cause division.
That tactic worked in the case of President Trump. It was sad to see someone of obvious talent be fought by so many people. And look where we are today.
A lack of unity will keep the power of God from operating. It doesn’t mean that everyone is exactly the same or works in exactly the same way or even focuses on exactly the same target. But they can work together in a larger sense without fighting one another. They recognize that the enemy is ultimately, satan, and politically, communism and progressivism.
I mentioned this in another post more extensively, but I was in a position to listen to various conservatives talk about how President Trump had “meanie tweets” and so I was told that they wouldn’t vote for him. The “meanie tweet” narrative was started and then some conservatives picked it up. It is a prime example of how this works.
Satan, who comes to steal, kill, and destroyed accomplished those objectives through a “meanie tweet” narrative and voter fraud. There is destroyed economy, a destroyed border, lockdowns, sickness, death, inflation. Satan always comes with soft words. Satan understands that he has to use sly words in order to trick people.
You have to realize there are two influences in the invisible world. One is the Lord God. One is satan who warred against God in the heavens and was thrown down to the earth. And, until satan is thrown into hell and the lake of fire, he roams the earth stealing, killing, and destroying.
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,
Revelation 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Revelation 12:9 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.
Since satan cannot get at God directly, he attacks the object of God’s creation and love, mankind.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Tough love…of all the times I have heard “credits” and “thanks” given, I’ve never heard anyone say something along the lines of that he “thanked” the person who gave him drugs, alcohol, or taught him to party. The credit is always given to someone who had some “tough” love and encouraged discipline and the seeking of a higher pathway.
Do not let the progressives again move the goal posts, this time against conservatives and certain denominations, by using progressive poison to spew out words causing division.
Do not let them convince you to use words that destroy society. Do not let them use you to destroy other conservatives or other Christian denominations.
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Since publishing this, an article came out that articulated well the lies that have been told about the Ukraine. Since this is another story where lies were put out, where a narrative was put out by the lying media, and many people were encouraged to take up that narrative, the link is published here. It is recommended to scroll down and read the first hand accounts of Ukrainian soldiers.
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The Body of Christ
I Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
In regards to the body of Christ, each church or church member will not function exactly the same.
Some may focus on missions.
Some may focus on local food banks and the homeless.
Some may focus on children’s church.
And likewise, various members within a church or within various churches might have different calls or focuses.
One of the callings of the church is the gift of “helps” and that can cover a wide variety of topics…anything from helping out in Sunday school to weeding a flower bed or sweeping a floor.
The world focuses on diversity.
Jesus focused on unity.;
John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Unity does not mean being exactly the same. The human body is made of many different parts. The eye, for example, does not look or function like the hand or a heart. However, those different parts work in unity.
It is important to recognize and allow various members of the body of Christ within various churches to fulfill their particular calls, without trying to either imitate or criticize. If the lungs criticized the heart, for example, there would be a problem in the body functioning as a whole.
One of the tactics of the world, of the atheistic communists to gain power, is to use divide-and-conquer techniques. They try to find a division and focus on weakness and aggravate that flaw and thus weaken the opposition.
So it is necessary to remember to stay unified as one body overall, even if individual tasks are different.
When the church falls into focusing on differences it can be in danger of being manipulated by communists.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
You need a Bible-based church that preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ.
II Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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Work is Good
I’ve seen a trend where people want to reduce the work week or retire early. There is nothing wrong with retiring from one kind of work, but God created man to work six days and rest one. Man functions better when he labors according to the order and purposes of God. Now paid work, after retirement, might be replaced with some kind of volunteer work, but work is good.
I’ve watched this and it seems to me that those who retire early, but have no real purpose in relationship to God, sometimes die early, as in the story of the rich man below. There’s nothing wrong with being financially successful, but it is good to ask the Lord what to do with your free time if you do retire or want a shorter “paid” work week.
Luke 16:19 Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Exodus 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Proverbs 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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Walk While You Have the Light
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
There used to be a more “comfortable” sense that if you didn’t get the information you needed, that you would “catch it next time” or that you could easily find it again when doing a search for it.
Times have changed.
Facts are censored.
Sometimes good information by licensed and degreed professionals is deplatformed. Sometimes those professionals are put in prison for telling the truth.
Sometimes information no longer comes up in the search engines.
Sometimes information appears once in the search engines, but then you cannot find it again doing a similar search.
If you find something useful, save it.
Don’t assume, don’t presume, that you can easily find it again.
This is a topic with which I’ve had some experience.
A while ago I was doing some writing on a health topic. I was working with a scientist, using peer-reviewed information. There was such a stranglehold on information that finally hours and hours of work had to be deleted. (Later, I jokingly, though actually quite seriously, told someone that I’ve “sworn off” doing any more health writing when I was asked if I write something. Really, why spend the hours of work to have it deleted?)
Unless you are in the field of writing and editing, you have no idea how much legitimate and factual information is carefully sifted before it is presented to the public. Sometimes it take years for facts to become common knowledge, not because the facts were not already known, but because the powers-that-be seek to keep those facts suppressed because facts will cut into their bottom of line of money and power if the truth be known. Or, it might send someone living who was involved in criminal activities to prison so the truth is kept under wraps.
Lies are always profitable for someone.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Sometimes facts are woven into entertainment and humor because it is not possible to say things directly.
This is nothing new. Whole novels have been written; movies , even cartoons have been presented as entertainment, when in reality they were actually dealing with a “topic” of some kind. You have to pay attention. 1984 is a good example.
So if you are just popping around the internet looking for the “latest”, maybe just for “fun” or to throw out a comment, and don’t value and appreciate what you find, and take action on it, if it concerns your well-being, whether that well-being is natural or spiritual, well, you should reconsider what you are doing and the opportunities you might be missing or losing by not seriously considering the information you find. Perhaps only if you are in the field of writing and reporting do you have any clue of how much editing forces seek to sift out real information.
We have been taught that we should spend life being entertained.
Editors have the ability to edit out the life, the life of the truth, the real information that is of value. It is a brave editor that will permit the truth to be told.
There is a saying that the first casualty of war is the truth.
And we are in a war for true information. We are in a war for true information about our natural lives. We are in a war for true information about our spiritual lives, about God and satan, Jesus and redemption, heaven and hell. We should not take information that we learn lightly.
Listen to it. Act on it appropriately.
John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
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A Listening Ear
He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
There are many examples of people who listened to and obeyed God in the Old Testament. This post will focus on one of them.
Who is this individual? Aaron, Moses’s brother.
Usually the focus is on Moses. The story of Moses is familiar to most people so it will only be briefly mentioned here. Moses flees to the desert, watches sheep for 40 years, and there God calls him in a burning bush. After a discussion with the Lord, Moses saying he is not able to the do the task because he can’t talk well, this is God’s response.
Exodus 4:10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
It is amazing, really, that after 40 years of Moses being away, in a time when there were no computers, no cell phones, no easy means of communication, that apparently one day when Aaron was spending some time listening to God, that God talked to Aaron and told Aaron to go meet Moses after 40 years. That’s incredible, really. That is a true listening ear.
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Taking Care of Business
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Jesus spent time in the secret place with his Father, received direction on what to do, but also had the ability to perceive when he needed to stop the order of business, or order of worship, and tend to other business.
Mark 5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
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Why do people fall down due to the power of God? It is a manifestation of the power of God that sometimes, but not always, occurs when people receive prayer. It happened with Jesus in the garden as well.
John 18:4 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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All in a Day’s Work
Clock in. Clock out. All in a day’s work.
Clock in. Clock out. All in a day’s work.
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
It is notable that the very people, the scribes and Pharisees, who explained the times to the king, when the King requested the information, did not themselves go to visit their promised Messiah.
Did they just treat it as another day?
Clock in. Clock out. All in a day’s work?
And what about the subsequent bloodbath. Did their own children and grandchildren experience that?
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Jeremiah 51:20-26
20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.
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