Beloved,
---thou mayest prosper [Personal well-being]
---and be in health, [Physical well-being]
---even as thy soul prospereth. [Spiritual well-being]
But I trust I shall shortly see thee,
and we shall speak face to face.
3 John1:2,13,14
--the first begotten of the dead, ....
--Unto Him that loved us,
--and washed us from our sins in His own blood,....
Revelation 1:5
But He was wounded
for our transgressions,
He was bruised
for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace
was upon Him;
and with His stripes we are healed.
Ye are bought with a price.....
Isaiah 53:5/1 Corinthians 7:23
But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
...ye are of more value than many sparrows.....the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy....for God is love.
Matthew 10:29/Luke 12:7/James 5:11/1 John 4:8
I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
---I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence;
and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
and uphold me with Thy free spirit.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do His will...
John 10:11/Luke 15:4,5,7/Psalm 51:10-12 /Hebrews 13:20,21
because He first loved us.
But God commendeth
His love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
1 John 4:19/ Romans 5:8
So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth:
--it shall not return unto Me void,
--but it shall accomplish that which I please,
--and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener.
I am the rose of Sharon.
.....Yea, He is altogether lovely.....
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden;
and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Song of Solomon 5:1/2:1/5:16/John 15:1 NIV/Genesis 2:8In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
All things were made by Him;
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And God saw every thing that He had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
Lift up your eyes on high,
and behold Who hath created these things.......
John 1:1,3/Genesis 1:1 ,31/2:1-3/Isaiah 40:26
Q: What's in the Bible?
In the first story God leans over and breathes the breath of life into Adam.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:7
eyes.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
Revelation 21:4
It begins and ends with God leaning over and touching us...
....put Thou my tears into Thy bottle:
are they not in Thy book?
Psalm 56:8
SPACE: Invisible, Omnipresent Background of Everything in the Universe
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after
Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us:
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after
Acts 17:27
MATTER: Reveals the Reality of the Universe
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Hebrews 11:3
TIME: Makes Events of the Universe Understandable
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman,...
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman,...
Galatians 4:4
--The Big Question--
Q: WHY is there Beauty in Nature and WHY do we have the senses to OBSERVE and PROCESS it?
Q: If we came from primordial soup via the "sophisticated" voodoo of Time + Chance, what sense would that make for Beauty?
Thus saith God the LORD, 
--He that created the heavens,
and stretched them out;
--He that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it;
--He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand....
Isaiah 42:5,6
2] that I may make you know the certainty of the
words of truth,
3] that you may answer words of truth to those who send
to you?
Proverbs 22:20,21
--The Triune Godhead--
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all......
Genesis 1:26/2 Corinthians 13:14
--This GREAT CONTROVERSY--
Of This Great Controversy Raging Between God and His opponent ....between the Twin Decrees from the Throne of God of "Let There Be Light" (Gen.1:3) until "It Is Done" (Rev.15:17)....played out on this Space Fabric of Time...
The who...
--he was cast out into the earth,
--and his angels were cast out with him.....
And He [Christ] said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Isaiah 14:12/Revelation 12:9 /Luke 10:18
The why...
And there was war in heaven:
Michael and His angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels,...
How art thou fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
For thou hast said in thine heart,
I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will be like the most High.
Revelation 12:7 /Isaiah 14:7,12 ,14
The what...
....your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Peter 5:8
--God's People in this Great Controversy--
Ye are the light of the world.
A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: (the
promise of the prophecies given to the 12 tribes of ancient Israel and
passed on through Christendom founded by the 12 apostles)
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (birth of Christ, the promised Messiah, among His people)
**And there appeared another wonder in heaven; 
and behold a great red dragon, (Lucifer)
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: (the third of the angelic host that followed Lucifer in his Rebellion)
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to His throne.
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
--and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee,
Fear not:
for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine.
***So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
will give thee thanks forever.***
Matthew 5:14,16/Revelation 12:1-5,13,17/Isaiah 43:1/Psalm 79:13Our 3 step Apsostasy from God of the Human Race
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
1 Samuel 15:23
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
...Who changed the truth of God into a lie...
Romans 1:21,25
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God
into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things..... and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator.....
into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things..... and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator.....
Romans 1:22,23 ,25
lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: ...for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another...
For we know that the whole creation
groaneth in pain together.........
Romans 1:24,26, 27/8:22
--Woe--
eagerly set upon sin)
and sin with cart ropes; (as a long cable of sin added to sin, and one sin drawing on another, till the whole
comes to an enormous length and magnitude)
Isaiah 5:18
Ramifications of OUR REBELLION
--The Final Act on this Great Controversy Stage--
....for we are made a spectacle unto the world,
and to angel's and to men.
1 Corinthians 4:9
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
because they have
--transgressed the laws,
A: Obviously God's Law.
--changed the ordinance,
Q: What Ordinance?
A: The Sabbath Ordinance of the 4th Commandment as they will have globally set up a counterfeit worship by Law.
--broken the everlasting covenant.
Q: How?
A: By disconnecting True Righteousness By Faith - which is Justification (Grace/Forgiveness) and Sanctification (Obedience/Holiness).
They want the Grace but not the Full Obedience.
Isaiah 24:5
The Inverse Relationship of Obedience /Disobedience
--Duel of the Images--
1) Christ Reflects God's Image through Obedience to the Father.
--And being found in fashion as a man,
--He humbled Himself,
--and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 1:3 NLT /Philippians 2:8
2) Lucifer's "image" would therefore be one of Disobedience....
Revelation 14:9
Q: Whose Image will you Reflect?
The Seal of the Living God in His Law
[4th Commandment]
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day is the sabbath [His Title] of the LORD thy God:
in it thou shalt not do any work....
For in six days [His Territory] the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD
--blessed the sabbath day,
--and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:8-11
A sign of what the Little Horn/Beast Power does:
....and think to change times and laws:
Daniel 7:25
Q: What Law of God deals with Time?
A: The Sabbath Commandment.
The Apostle Paul's WARNING on this Great Controversy
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:12
--The 3 Part Judgment--
Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.....For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, ---but was in all points tempted as we are, ---yet without sin.--Let us therefore come boldly unto the THRONE OF GRACE, that we may obtain mercy....
Phase 1: The Pre-Advent Judgment (of who is saved and lost performed before the hosts of heaven--to see that God made the right decision) I beheld till the thrones were cast down,
and the Ancient of days did sit, 
whose garment was white as snow,
and the hair of His head like the pure wool:
His throne was like the fiery flame,
and His wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him:
thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him:
the judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
Phase 2: The Millennium Judgment (The Saints Judge during the thousand years to see that God made the right decision about the lost humans and angels) Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? Know ye not that we shall judge angels?...And I saw 
thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
Phase 3: The wicked Judge (the wicked Judge that God made the right decision pertaining to their fate) And when the thousand 
years are expired.....And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.....and they were judged every man according to their works.
CONCLUSION
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven,
and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Hebrews 4:14/2:17/4:15,16/Daniel 7:9,10/ 1 Corinthians 6:2,3/Revelation 20:4-7,11,12/Philippians 2:10,11
MULTITUDES
--The Valley of Decision [Wages or the Gift]--
And rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the LORD your God:
for He is gracious and merciful, ......
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked;
but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die.....
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision:
for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
--For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Joel 2:13/3:14/Romans 6:23
The Gospel Simplified
My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
My speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass:
2- and be converted, (Sanctification-Obedience/Holiness)
3- that your sins may be blotted out, (In the Judgment)
4- when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; (The coming Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit)
5- And He shall send Jesus Christ,... (The 2nd Advent)
--For God so loved the world,
--that He gave His only begotten Son,
--that whosoever believeth in Him
--should not perish,
--but have everlasting life.
If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Deuteronomy 32:2/Acts 3:19,20/John 3:16/1 John 1:9
--DEATH: The QUESTION--
[God's Answer: In the Dust]
[Lucifer's Answer: Immortal like gods]
Q: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
So man lieth down, and riseth not:
till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
For the living know that they shall die:
but the dead know not any thing....
Q: When are they raised from the dead?
A: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Q: How did your first parents have eternal life?
A: Access to the Tree of Life:
Q: But then what happened?
Access to be Restored:
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month.....Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Q: Where are the dead in the meantime?
A: All go unto one place;
all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
*btw, Natural Immortality of the soul was the FIRST LIE ever uttered on earth:
EVE: And the woman said unto the serpent, 
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
The Serpent (Lucifer): And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods......
Job 14:10/Daniel 12:2/Ecclesiastes 9:5/Job 14:12/1 Thessalonians 4:16,17/Genesis 3:22,24/Revelation 22:2,14/Ecclesiastes 3:20/Genesis 3:2-5
The Vapor of Your Life
The eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it,
---from the beginning of the year
---even unto the end of the year.
---from the beginning of the year
---even unto the end of the year.
To day if ye will hear His voice,
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Q: For what is your life?
A: It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time,
and then
vanisheth away..... for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.....
we
spend our years as a tale that is told.
So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom..... God be merciful to me a
sinner.
Deuteronomy 11:12/Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14/Psalm 90:10,9,12/Luke 18:13
--2 Saddest Texts--
If Applied To Us
and found wanting.
Daniel 5:27
2) The harvest is past,
the summer is ended,
and we are not saved.
Jeremiah 8:20
WRETCHED MAN
Q: Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
A: God forbid.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:22,23/6:1,2/7:24/8:38,39
--PRAYER--
--Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:
--for unto Thee will I pray.
--My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
--in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee,
and will look up.
....for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be uttered.
*When ye pray, say,
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Psalm 5:1-3/Romans 8:26/Matthew 6:9-13/Luke 11:2,4
--Putting God in Perspective--
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Q: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding.
Q: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?
I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, 
*whom He hath appointed heir of all things,
*by whom also He made the worlds;
*Who being the brightness of His glory,
*and the express image of His person,
*and upholding all things by the word of His power,
*when He had by Himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Thus saith the LORD,
The heaven is My throne,
and the earth is My footstool:
---A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Job 38:1,4,17&40:1,3 /Hebrews 1:2,3/ Isaiah 66:1/Jeremiah 17:12
--God's Eulogy of Love For Us--
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense...He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love...
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, My love, My fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come...
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,
turn, My beloved,
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine:
He feedeth among the lilies.
Turn away Thine eyes from me,
for they have overcome me:
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
Song Of Solomon 3:6,10/2:10-12/6:3,5/Psalm 116:15 --SYMBOLISM of BAPTISM--
The OPERATION of GOD
And
Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and,
lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost:
Then Peter said unto them,
A) Repent,
B) and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
C) and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2) that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
3) even so we also should walk in newness of life.
---Buried with Him in baptism,
wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.
Matthew 3"16,17/28:19/Acts 2:38Romans 6:4/2 Corinthians 2:12
Communion Service
[symbolism of the Lord's Supper]
*And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying,
This is My body which is given for you:
this do in remembrance of Me.
*And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
For this is My blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
*And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
and drink this cup,
ye do shew the Lord's death till He come.
Luke 22:19/ Matthew 26:27,28,30/1 Corinthians 11:26
Christ's Quest
Q: What started Christ's Quest?
A: YOU For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost..
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
*Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven,
that one of these little ones should perish.
To save us Lost Lambs He became a "Lamb" Himself:
John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 
and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.....the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot....
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.
Matthew 18:11,12,14/John 1:29/Acts 8:32/ 1 Peter 1:19/Revelation 5:12
Lesson of the 10 Lepers
And as He entered into a certain village,
there met Him ten men that were lepers,
which stood afar off:
And they lifted up their voices, and said,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
And when He saw them, He said unto them,
Go shew yourselves unto the priests.
And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
And one of them,
when he saw that he was healed, turned back,
and with a loud voice glorified God,
And fell down on his face at His feet,
giving Him thanks:
And Jesus answering said,
Q: but where are the nine?
Luke 17:12- 17
Praise God For He Is Wonderful
Where Were
They?
Such as sit in darkness and
in the shadow of 
death,
being bound in affliction and iron;
Why?
Because they rebelled against the words of God,
Because they rebelled against the words of God,
and contemned the counsel of the most
High:
Then....
........they fell down, and there was none to help.
Then....
........they fell down, and there was none to help.
Then
What?
Then they cried unto the
LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. --He brought
them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
--and brake their bands in
sunder.
The Result:
Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
The Result:
Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalm 107:10-15
--Beauty in the Symmetry of the Simplicity of His Word--
EXHIBIT A:
*But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping:
*and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 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.
*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.
*And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
*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.
*Jesus saith unto her, Mary.
*She turned herself, and saith unto Him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
---Mary's first Instinct was right--He was the Gardener---And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
John 20:11-16/Genesis 2:8You Are WITHOUT EXCUSE
are in earth, visible and invisible,...
--For the
invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
--being understood by the things that are made, ...so that THEY ARE
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
Colossians 1:16 / Romans 1:20
--Marriage--
Becoming One Flesh
--But from the beginning of the creation God made them male
and female.
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| Becoming "One Flesh" |
and female.
--For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
--What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
--Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
--Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;
***Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward....Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.
Mark 10:6-9/ Ephesians 5:22,25/Psalm 123:3,5
--The First Christmas Carol--
[and the Real Lesson of "Christmas"]
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The Creator, Born of His own Creation.
Only a Real God could pull that off.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Luke 2:13,14/ Matthew 1:23
--Question in Gethsemane IF Applied to us--
and saith unto the disciples,
Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder....
And He taketh with Him Peter and James and John....
Then saith He unto them,
My soul is exceeding sorrowful,
even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with Me.
And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down, and prayed,
O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.
And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep,
and saith unto Peter,
Q: What, could ye not watch with Me one hour?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
He went away again the second time, and prayed,
O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me,
except I drink it, Thy will be done.
And when He returned, He found them asleep again,
And being in an agony
He prayed more earnestly:
and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground.
Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew 26:36-42/Mark 14:33,40,41/Luke 22:44,46
--Question of the Rich Young Ruler (for us)--
No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted
to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
And a certain ruler came running, and kneeled to Him,
and asked Him,
Q: Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Thou knowest the commandments....
And he answered and said unto Him,
Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest:
go
thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.
But when the young man heard that saying,
he went away sorrowful:
for he had great possessions.
neither the things that are in the world.
---For all that is in the world,---
the lust of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Matthew 6:24/Luke 18:18/ Mark 10:17-21/Matthew 19:22/1 John 2:15,16God's 2 Tithes
[Money & Time]
Q: Will a man rob God?
Yet ye have robbed Me.
But ye say,
Q: Wherein have we robbed Thee?
A: In tithes and offerings.
And all the tithe of the land.... is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.
1) And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's 
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee....For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God.... To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all....
2) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work....
1a) MONEY - a tenth to God
2a) TIME- a seventh to God: THE 7th DAY SABBATH
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse...
Malachi 3:8/Leviticus 27:30/Genesis 28:22/ Hebrews 7:1,2/Exodus 20:10/Malachi 3:10
What does God think of the so-called "Prosperity Preachers"?
2) As for their Money Grubbing sermons and "miracles" for profit: But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money!
Lamentations 2:14 ESV/Acts 8:20
--Our 2 Requests--
(should be)
--give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs 30:7,8
--Health Message--
Beloved,
And God said,
See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
3 John 1:2/Genesis 1:29
--FAITH--
---the evidence of things not seen.
But without faith it is impossible to please Him:
1) for he that cometh to God must believe that He is,
2) and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
3) Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
*Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Hebrews 11:1,6/ 12:2/James 2:17,26/Ephesians 6:16
--The Exodus--
(Lessons of Crossing the Rad Sea)
For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures
might have hope.
But the Egyptians pursued after them and overtook them encamping by the sea.....
--and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
--And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
--And Moses said unto the people,
Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,
which He will shew to you to day:
for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day,
ye shall see them again no more for ever.
The LORD shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.
--And the LORD said unto Moses,
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,
and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
--And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
--And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
--And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea...
--And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over .jpg)
the sea...And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
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Q: who art thou,
that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die...
And forgettest the LORD thy maker,
--that hath stretched forth the heavens,
--and laid the foundations of the earth;
*Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return,
and come with singing unto Zion;
that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die...
And forgettest the LORD thy maker,
--that hath stretched forth the heavens,
--and laid the foundations of the earth;
*Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return,
and come with singing unto Zion;
Romans 15:4/Exodus 14:9-16,19-23,26-28/Isaiah 51:12,13,11
--Lessons of the Tower of Babel--
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
And they said,
whose top may reach unto heaven;
and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the LORD said,
Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
---And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, (so God didn't make racism)
---and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation... (so the racial diversity that developed stemmed from within the genetic diversity built into the human genome for different shapes, sizes and colors as well the the unique cultures that came about -- ALL PART OF GOD'S BLOOMING ROSE OF CREATION TO FILL THE PLANET)
Q: So then where does Racism stem from?
A: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Genesis 11:1,4,6,9/Acts 17:26/Jeremiah 17:9
--These 3--
When I was a child,
I spake as a child,
I understood as a child,
I thought as a child:
but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
and have not LOVE,
I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
--And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not LOVE, I am nothing.
--And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned,
and have not LOVE, it profiteth me nothing.
LOVE envieth not;
LOVE vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
LOVE never faileth:
--but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
--whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
--whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
And now abideth faith, hope, LOVE,
these three;
but the greatest of these is LOVE.
1 Corinthians 13:11,1- 5,8,13--Q & A on what You Have Been Shown--
Q: and what does the Lord require of thee,
A: but to do JUSTICE, and to love MERCY, and to walk HUMBLY with thy GOD...
Micah 6:8
--The Scoffers--
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Knowing this first, 
that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts,
And saying, Where is the promise of His coming?
--But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
They set their mouth against the heavens,
and their tongue walketh through the earth.
And they say, How doth God know?
--Walk not as other gentiles walk,
in the vanity of their mind,
having the understanding darkened,
alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart.
--Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world;
they increase in riches.
--When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.
Whom have I in heaven but Thee?
Psalm 53:1/2 Peter 3:3,4/Psalm 73:2,3,9 11,12,16.22,25/Ephesians 4:17,18
--The Flood--
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And God said unto Noah,
The end of all flesh is come before Me;
for the earth is filled with violence through them;
and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
*....the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken 
up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
*And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
*For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
*But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
And as it was in the days of Noah,
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They did eat, they drank;
they married wives, were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Genesis 6:5,13/ 7:11,12/2 Peter 3:4-6/Luke 17:26,27
--The 3 Angel's Messages--
Called to the True WORSHIP of God
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
the earth, ...Saying with a loud voice,
--Fear God, and give glory to Him;
--for the Hour of His judgment is come:
--and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
2nd Angel's Message:
Called away from the False WORSHIP of God
Called away from the False WORSHIP of God
And there followed another angel, saying,
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues.
3rd Angel's Message:
The showdown over the 2 forms of WORSHIP of God
The showdown over the 2 forms of WORSHIP of God
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, 
--If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
--The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation;....And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon....And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, ...,,,saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should 
make an image to the beast,...And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
--and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
--And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
ye might believe.....Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.
All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely...
John 14:29/1 Corinthians 13:12NLT
THE CONTROVERSY ENDS
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
--And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow,
nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
--The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is
mighty;...He will joy over thee with singing.
--And He said unto me,
It is done.
I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
John 14:2/Revelation 21:4,6/Zephaniah 3:17
--Creation in 6 Literal 24 hour Days--
[Then as Now]
1- Mention of Evening & Morning: And the evening and the 
morning were the first day., etc.
2- Enumeration of the Days: were the first day, the evening and the morning were the second day, the evening and the morning were the third day, the evening and the morning were the fourth day, the evening and the morning were the fifth day, And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
3- Divine Rest on the 7th: But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work... For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the
LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
New Heavens & New Earth: For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make.....And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Sabbath to Sabbath: And it shall come to pass,
that from one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the LORD.
***Read
between the Lines: Apparently He Re-creates the world in 6 days before
the eyes of the saints and rests on the 7th day whereby the Sabbath, a
Memorial to Him as Creator, continues through eternity.
A:
Month to Month, you come and pay homage to God as well when you have
access to the Tree of Life which bears it's fruit each month.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God....In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month...
Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Genesis 1:5, 8,13,19,23,31/Exodus 20:10,11/Isaiah 66:22/Revelation 21:5/Isaiah 66:23/Revelation 22:2/2:7/ 1 Corinthians 2:9--Some Q & A with God---
Q: What does God Hate?
A: The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who
love violence, He hates with a passion.
Q: What gives God the Greatest Joy?
A: I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Q: What is God looking for in the Judgment?
A: For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous. (simply that your heart is right with God---you are NOT saved by keeping His Law, but your heart reflects what's in it)
Q: What does God request of You?
A: If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
Psalm 11:5 NLT/3 John 1:4/1 John 5:3/John 14:15
The Conclusion
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not,
nor the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
--In the day when the keepers of the house [body of man] shall 
tremble [become paralytic], and the strong men shall bow [legs become feeble] themselves, and the grinders [teeth] cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows [eyes] be darkened, And the doors [lips] shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird [sleep not sound], and all the daughters of music [voice] shall be brought low; Also 
when they shall be afraid of that which is high [feeble], and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish [white hair], and the grasshopper shall be a burden [weak], and desire [appetite] shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed [body organs failing], or the golden bowl be broken [body organs failing], or the pitcher be broken at the fountain [body organs failing], or the wheel broken at the cistern [body organs failing].
For God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear [Respect] God, and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 12:1,3-6,14,13
give me understanding,
that I may learn Thy commandments.
Psalm 119:73
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son...
marriage for his son...
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.... for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...
Revelation 21:2/Matthew 22:2,9/Revelation 19:7/22:17
May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET
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