Nicolaitan Series
The New Revelation (Vision With Song) - 8/1999 - Article/Vision
The Divining Spirits - 8/1999 - Article
The Nicolaitan Overlords - 8/1999 - Article
The Whore Of Your Babylons - 8/1999 - Article
Burden of Balaam - 1999 - Article
The New Revelation (Vision With Song)
Bob Neumann, 8/1999
There is a severe set of problems besetting ''the church'' that is being ignored. I and most who will read this will agree with the ''fact'' that something is ''wrong''. Yet most who accept this reality will have their own ideas of what is wrong and the way it has to be fixed.
The reality is that it can not ''be fixed''. The reality is that what we see as ''variations of organized religion'' as it is today, was never of GOD. To understand this we need two revelations. The first happened long time ago, the second only happens when we accept the first.
Both are of the same PERSON. Isaiah said of HIM:
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant? (KJV) Isaiah 42:19
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (KJV) Isaiah 53:1-10
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (KJV) Isaiah 6:1-4
1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. (KJV) Isaiah 63:1-7
Now I have shared 21 simple and straight forward verses of scripture any 12 year old who has gone through Sunday school could read and know was talking about JESUS. The only problem is most who would read them do not realize that each is about a very specific aspect of HIM, my CAPTAIN. The one JOHN calls THE KING OF KINGS and THE LORD OF LORDS. Yet most sunshine Christians ignore both HIS REALITY and HIS requirement that John gave us repeatedly...."IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME". To call HIM "KING", "LORD", whatever and continue to do what we want places anyone in grave eternal danger. Whether they like it or not, believe it or not.
You see, I just got something ''dumped on me'' by my CAPTAIN. And because I love only HIM, I will do it. There have been times where HE SAID things "WORD FOR WORD" and all I had to do is write them down. It's easy. Then there are times I "saw'' things and had to describe what I saw. Again I did so and left interpretation to those who would read it. That is what we are supposed to do. If you are a fellow servant and HEAR HIS VOICE....you will know according to the measure you are given.
I do my job, and you do your job. That is how the KINGDOM WORKS as pieces come together and begin to function. All that crud about ''not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together'' as a rational about church attendance has to stop. WE ASSEMBLE THE PARTS SO THE THING WILL WORK....FULFILL A FUNCTION AND A PURPOSE. TO RUN AS THE DESIGNER CREATED IT TO DO......… and that is where ''the church'' differs from that which THE CREATOR HAD PLANNED.
And for some reason I am told to address three problems within ''the church'' because ''the church'' will not. Now anyone who has taken the time and effort to read this and has a ''little knowledge'' of scripture, this is not new. We have almost half the Old Testament because of this. You see there is this PERSON who keeps trying to keep man from eternal damnation. HE IS THE LAMB. And HE has this thing about sending servants..... a KING should not have to go to your door every day and plead for you to stop being stupid. But that is what ''the church'' keeps telling people over and over. That HE will always be at the door knocking....so don't worry....enjoy the party.
Solomon spoke of it out of ''wisdom'' yet was trapped in his own sins....
1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (KJV) Ecclesiastes 7:1-7
The Church in America has preached Gospels of Prosperity and Blessing that have brought many into a bondage to Mammon. It has taught ''financial principles'' and ''social content''. It has done little to feed the ''hungry''....give drink to the ''thirst''.....or to ''comfort'' those who mourn. THE WORD SAYS ''it is better to mourn"....the ''church'' says ''be happy'' and ''enjoy your blessings''. Yet most ''Christians'' are hurting and in need. THERE IS A LIE....and few will believe.
So you ask why is bob doing this....we all know it.....
Or you say....there goes another ''doom and gloomer'' making more trouble..…
Well, you should have been there. I was just being still and enjoying "THE PRESENCE''. now don't that sound all spiritual and uplifting. Basically I was lying on the sofa thinking about GOD ....then I wasn't. I was standing on a bleak place, dark and dreary. to my immediate right stood THE KING in traveling robe with hood drawn over HIS HEAD. I could see there were a group of others around me. All standing and waiting and watching. Now what took place came without WORDS. I had no set ''written instructions'' except what has now been burned in my heart. So I will now share what I saw and let you play with it.....and then I will play.
Vision With Song
We stood on this place...why on I did not understand at first but it is correct. There are 36 figures standing quietly all grouped around the KING. It was dark and still. And without warning THE KING walked a brief distance and stopped. HE was looking out, out into nothing as far as I could see. And suddenly the robe was gone and HE WAS TRANSFIGURED. HE STOOD GLORIOUS AND FULL. And I dropped to my knees at HIS SIDE. as I watched HIS GLORY ESCALATED/INCREASED and I became aware of THE ECHAD....THE ONENESS....and there was THE THRONE and MY ABBA unlike I had ever seen HIM. all I could do was weep as I gazed and I understood. this is who Daniel saw....THE ANCIENT OF DAYS....
On one side of THE THRONE stood THE SPIRIT, THE BREATH of THE LIVING GOD. And on the other side was MY CAPTAIN unlike I had ever seen HIM. HIS FACE was cold and severe. THE FIRE AND THUNDER were still there....but focused and concentrated. but I was neither afraid or bothered. in fact I wanted to shout. Because THIS IS MY KING....nothing held back....
And as we waited it seemed the whole universe slowly lit up and filled with HIS GLORY. For some reason I had the feeling we were looking ''down'' upon the earth. And I slowly realized I was hearing a familiar sound, the slow, controlled, gleeful, sound of laughter. And I watched THE KING step onto 'air' a few feet in front of THE THRONE. In my spirit I heard the sweet and gentle VOICE begin to sing.
BEHOLD THE CHILD THAT WAS BORN
IS THE SON WHO WAS GIVEN
HE WAS THE SERVANT THAT SUFFERED
HE WAS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN
HE WAS THE BURNING BUSH IN THE DESERT
HE WAS THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY
HE WAS THE PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT
HE WAS THE ROCK THAT GAVE WATER TO THE THIRSTY
HE WAS THE DAILY BREAD GIVEN IN THE WILDERNESS
NOW BEHOLD THE LION OF JUDAH
THE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH
THE ALL CONSUMING FIRE
THE ALEPH AND THE TAV
WHO WAS WHO IS WHO WILL ALWAYS BE
THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE GOD
THE LAMB WHO ALONE IS WORTHY
THE LAMB WHO TREADS THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH OF A HOLY GOD.
NOW BEHOLD THE LAMB, THE SON, THE KING
THE DESTROYER OF KINGDOMS AND PRINCES
THE DREADFUL AND AWE FULL WHIRLWIND
THE SHAKER AND THE WINNOWER
THE RIGHT ARM OF THE FATHER.
And I knelt there with tears running down my face. Each word of the song burned in me. And I just waited. it seemed like forever, and it was just a moment. Suddenly I felt a gentle HAND on my shoulder and I turned to look into ABBA'S FACE. HE SMILED AND WIPED AWAY SOME TEARS. And said something very interesting.
"YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO SERVE. YOU GOT HERE BECAUSE YOU FOLLOWED AND LISTENED AND OBEYED. YOU ARE MY PRECIOUS AND MY SPECIAL TREASURES. NOW I GIVE YOU TO MY SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED. YOU ARE THE FATHER'S GIFT. NOW I RELEASE YOU TO FOLLOW AND SERVE YOUR BELOVED. TO RUN DOWN HIS ENEMIES AND TO EXALT HIM OVER ALL THE EARTH''.
With that HE clasped something around my neck and gently closed the visor to the ARMOR OF GOD. Once again I was encased in the ARMOR and I stood and stepped onto the air with the others all in LIVING ARMOR OF LIGHT. THE KING stood there and nodded to each one of us. as we all stood and received HIS NOD I began to hear the roaring sound of THUNDER AND WIND. SLOWLY HE CLOSED HIS VISOR AND THE DARKNESS RETURNED. as one we dropped to the earth below and I suddenly understood exactly what frightened those who would not repent. Isaiah 2 and Rev 6 speak of it, but who took it seriously?
So here I am. I shared a ''vision''. Now what you make of it is up to you, you see HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. ABBA spoke THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT SANG. And I was ''told'' to go.... to run....to chase down....and I was given three targets.
Selah dog
The Divining Spirits
Bob Neumann, 8/1999
The DIVINING SPIRITS
A long time ago a set structure was placed for the thing we presently call “the church”. It takes little discernment for a ‘child of GOD’ to realize there is something inherently wrong at times within and without this organism. So when THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT tells the lambs and sheep to separate from the herd they do so hesitantly and with no small amount of anxiety. Of course the accusations and criticism that comes is primarily to induce guilt and doubt that will shut their ears and bring them back into captivity within “the herd”. I am using the term “herd” because I want to make a firm distinction between it and HIS FLOCK. When a lamb goes astray and is “lost in the night” THE SHEPHERD goes out and picks them up on HIS SHOULDERS and carries them. HE does not verbally whip and beat them to return. That is called driving. It works with cattle and only hurts sheep. SO...like it or not these “herding techniques” being used today is a prime evidence that a “religious leader” is nothing more than a hireling.
Remember that for later.
Today THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT continues to call out to tell man to “leave” and to “come”. To depart from the ways of the wicked, and to become HOLY. To turn away from sin and to come to the cross. To forsake the world and to come to THE KINGDOM. To cast away the LIE and come to the TRUTH. All these images are easily seen as progressions that take us from DEATH to LIFE and we all have done so somewhere along the line and in some degree. So for the “children of GOD” to hear HIS VOICE in the midst of a “congregation” say over and over “FLEE BABYLON” or “COME OUT OF HER MY CHILDREN”, is most difficult. Yet if they should do so or even attempt to do so recriminations fly and accusations and curses suddenly flow from those who were thought to be brethren.....but are not.
So we are dealing with a “counterfeit” to what JESUS CALLS HIS CHURCH. Now what is the real? Do we listen to modern or recent man? Or do we go back as far as possible to understand the dynamics of THE KINGDOM. Seeing THE KING IS THE ONLY ROCK ON WHICH WE ARE TO BUILD, it seems appropriate that HE would be the first scriptural voice to use the term. It occurs in Matthew and takes us somewhere.
Matthew 16:18-21
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. (KJV)
All this came when Peter said something beyond his own ability. THE FATHER dumped a solid nugget of RHEMA on the fisherman, AND THE SON had to point it out and explain it’s importance. Then He told them to keep it secret as he confronted the “ELDERS/CHIEF PRIESTS/SCRIBES” that ran the religion and tried to run the nation of JUDAH/Israel of that time. We will go back to this image later when things seem to be getting nasty....it will make it more interesting.
It is THE FATHER’S RHEMA that is the basis on which JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCH. And that RHEMA IS THE TESTIMONY OF THE CHRIST WHO IS JESUS.
Take a look at Peter’s answer:
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (KJV) Matthew 16:16-18
THE REVELATION OF JESUS IN HIS FULLNESS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY THAT ALLOWS US TO SPEAK THE WORDS OF OUR TESTIMONY. THIS IS THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION AND THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH EACH OF US STANDS AGAINST THE GATES OF HELL.
So we must build upon RHEMA that comes through THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Simple in essence. GOD started it with Adam and continues to speak till now to those who would listen. Yet where is Prophecy in “the church” many would ask. Others will say we have no need for prophecy, we have religion and the bible. So did the scribes, priests, and elders that crucified THE LAMB. Just because you decided what is or is not “of GOD” does not make it so. Does it comply with the same bible you tout so highly?
Let’s see.....
Decent and IN ORDER.
Now we have a fairly solid format for how a church should run itself and it’s services. The only problem is we do not see it around us. So let’s go to Corinth and find out how things were to be done, and notice the problems they had.
1 Corinthians 14:1-40
1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order. (KJV)
Paul ends with a simple line of things being done. AND that they be decently and in order. The first is an indictment against the APOSTATE CHURCH. Are they getting the THINGS important to KING JESUS DONE? My reply is “NO”. JESUS was clear about many things. Paramount was the Judgement between the sheep and the goats. Is “the herd church” feeding the hungry? Then why are baby Christians starving? Why do they have to look “for food” all over the place? Running after every “move of GOD” they hear rumors about. Is “the herd church” comforting the sick, the imprisoned, the lost and alone? Only if it can make money on them.....one way or another.
Now if you look again at 1 Corinthians 14 Paul uses a lot of space describing THE GIFT OF PROPHECY and how it works. Now many might say amen, but what has PAUL really done? Actually a whole lot, but we are so used to splitting these verses from the chapter.....taking pieces of verses as we choose....and creating what we want out of it.
Any time you take a verse out of context you will wind up in error. Or worse, iniquity and perversion. SO....let’s look at the whole image....as he laid it out.
1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Paul makes it abundantly clear that within the body prophecy is what he is seeking. Not occultic or demonic, but the GIFT OF THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. He gives instruction on how it works within the body, and the rational of why it was given. Yet he also pinpoints problems we miss easily.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
NOW here is the first of two versions of “TONGUE TALKIN’ “ as we perceive it and use it to divide and limit “the herd churches” rather than build THE KINGDOM. Many swore up and down that all “prophesying” and “diverse tongues” is of the devil. They are of the same spirit of those that said JESUS cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub. Neither group recognizes(d) JESUS anyway. Now a good deal of what passes for “giftings” within “the herd church” is not HOLY....but Paul will get to that soon enough.
So when we hear a bunch of people “praying in the spirit” only GOD KNOWS what is said....unless there is someone to interpret. But without THE GIFT it does not “help” the “body”. So here is where “tongues” and “prophecy” separate themselves.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
These four little verses is the foundation of a HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERED CHURCH. If all our words and prayers are not manifested in a growing, strengthening, actively working group of believers, it is all for show to entertain “the herd”. And that is where the PENTECOSTAL, CHARISMATIC, PROPHETIC CHURCHES have sunk to. All SHOW and little harvest for THE KING. Otherwise they would be finishing the reaping rather than be waiting for revival and harvest. They missed their “TIME OF VISITATION” and never blinked.
Where is the REVELATION when churches say they need none?
Where is the KNOWLEDGE when churches deny the existence and power of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT who was given to instruct us?
Where is the PROPHESYING when half the American APOSTATE CHURCH says it is of the devil?
Where is THE DOCTRINE that we can live by? Easy, buried by doctrines of men and demons who rule and control the APOSTATE CHURCH. But why would man do this you ask?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
SO that we will not know the TRUE and accept THE LIE so we never stand in THE DAY OF BATTLE. So the battle came to us....and few noticed.....
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
So we have people speaking to air. But the BODY has not grown and THE KINGDOM diminishes. Many people speaking prophecies, and the voices are distinctly different. All seem significant yet do we “hear” the same voice and understand the meaning? This is important for Paul goes on....
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
AS eager as we are to see THE KINGDOM COME, we must see that what is “going on” is actually adding to and expanding THE BODY. If it does not do so then it is not of GOD. Our zeal is for the gifts to be used to build THE CHURCH. By building the “church” has not as much to do with the width and breadth of the congregation, but the investment of time and resources at maturing the saints, instructing children and mentoring the disciples that JESUS instructed us to do. When 90% of the “church” resources are waited on a piece of property and not invested into the flock their is no “edifying”. The GIFTS were given to meet the SPIRITUAL needs of the FLOCK. The WORDS of KNOWLEDGE, FAITH, and WISDOM pinpoint needs and GOD PROVIDES the ANSWERS.
Yet we do not see “the church” built up and empowered to be a force in the lives of the congregation. So why do we expect the church to influence the community and change the world? Because something is inherently wrong and in opposition to GOD. Let us begin to see some of our “iniquities”.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
The Body needs “tongues with interpretations” to be built up. But how often do we have “churches” where any “different” sound is “of the devil”? In opposition there are those who “pray diligently”....often very loud and for very long....as a means to itself. There is no interpretation....no focus. There is a lot of effort at “stirring up the spirit”.
How do you “stir” up OMNIPOTENCE? Listen to Paul’s direction...
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Unless the weakest are strengthened in the BODY...what was accomplished? So the super spiritual got to do their thing. What about the babes and lambs? Were they fed?
Were they comforted? Did THE KINGDOM gain....and was ABBA pleased? Which spirit did the hyper spiritual saints consort with?
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Unless others gain all our activity, holy ghost goose bumps and all, is vanity. Unless we fulfill the PURPOSE all is not of THE HOLY SPIRIT. And if the “spirit” is not ABBA it is not holy and not in order.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
In other words....grow up and get rid of the petty and nasty stuff in your lives.... good advice for today. Now half way through this chapter Paul prophecies....
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
When the people of Jerusalem heard Peter speak simultaneously in twenty or more languages it brought many to believe. Does little for the believers. Yet to prophesy is for the saints to build them up as a cohesive unit in order to do the work “the church” was called to do. Now Paul takes it a step farther....
23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Nice conclusion, sinners are convicted and repent and ABBA is worshipped. When things are in order.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. Sounds like all the members were involved....each with a place and each with a part....
27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. So Utterance in Tongues was decently done and in order. Not random noise and contests of one-upmanship.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
So if there is no interpretation we are told to be still....it is not for the BODY....but between the person and ABBA. Novel idea.
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
Now here are 4 short dynamite verses. “let the prophets speak...” But if someone within the congregation has been given RHEMA the “prophet” steps aside so the body receives. But does the “spirit-filled church” allow two or three to come forth and speak in freedom? Paul is saying there is an order to the flow of the GIFT within the body and a purpose. Do we see this actively working in the church? Or does the order sit in another’s hands and not THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT’S? If so is it any wonder that the purpose is never met? That the sheep never learn....never are comforted....and never benefit from their time warming pews....SELAH.
Yes the spirits are subject to the prophets....and can be taken several ways. We will discuss this later in mush more painful detail. What Paul DID NOT SAY is THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT is subject to the prophet. Yet I have heard just that from pulpits and from “Christian” radio and TV.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Yet we have little PEACE in many of our churches....so where is ABBA? SELAH...
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
This is a well used verse by many over the years. Corinth was a Greek city that had known wealth and prosperity for many years. According to historians the women of Corinth were activists and liberated for their time. Then like now the favorite pastime for most women, and many men, was gossip. Then like now the best and dirtiest was at “church”. Paul tried to deal with it. Still is....
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Interesting how only Corinth would be the place where Paul would, as many claim, state that women would have no place in ministry. Many say that by Paul telling the women not to speak, no woman today can preach, teach, or prophesy. Yet this was Corinth, where “liberation” started. Was Paul addressing a local problem....or setting universal dogma? Selah...
Yet Paul takes a case against the whole congregation of Corinth....
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
What claim does Corinth have for exclusivity. Or any “church” today for that matter.
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Interesting challenge Paul throws out. Paul knows these people and he is forcing the issue. No one who “hears” GOD can deny Paul’s challenges, directions, instructions. And he knows that they all know it. And have to accept it. Why hasn’t the AMERIKAN CHURCH?
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
I personally love this....Paul can not make any man gain WISDOM or UNDERSTANDING. Man can choose to stay in sin and we have nothing that can change it. Man can choose not to know of GOD, and we can not change it. We still make our own choices each and every day.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. (KJV)
So all are to desire to move in the GIFTS, to Prophesy and to “speak in tongues”. To forbid, to prevent, to condemn the GIFTS is not of GOD.
So we have a large “herd” out there who says there is no GIFTS....no MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Are they fellow “coworkers” in the KINGDOM? SELAH!
Now we have the remainder that can take some GIFTS and not some Gifts....same problem, just a little more convoluted.
Then we have the few spirit-filled who are “on fire” or whatever. Are they doing things decently and in order? That is an important question. In order to deal with it we need to weigh each separately. Do they follow the pattern as Paul set out? Or have they edited what they do not like, or added to it where it suited them?
We have a “prophetic remnant” out there, some in International Prophetic ministries and the like. They travel, minister, merchandise freely across the land. Yet is this what Paul was talking about? Do they fulfill either THE GREAT COMMANDMENT or THE GREAT COMMISSION? Are they bringing THE GOOD NEWS to the outermost parts of the world? Or are they running in circles from “herd” to “herd”? Is THE BODY of CHRIST strengthened, expanded, edified, and being perfected by their ministry....or is their ministries a means to personal ends? Are they drawing the BODY together, or are they just another level of division?
On the Internet we see few “major name ministry” types speaking into America and the AMERICAN CHURCH today. While there are many “voices” is there a fundamental cohesive point of purpose behind it all? Over the last few months I have pondered and questioned much of what I have heard and read that was labeled as “prophetic” and tried to measure it by the WORD. It has been a long hard struggle to hear and see things repeat themselves over and over, each time watered down a little more. It has been quite painful to see an erroneous scripture quote come forth from a name I recognized a year ago. Yet the pain become true grief as the error repeats four, five, six times in “words” by others with names less known in the months that followed.
Why would this happen? The original error was not from THE HOLY SPIRIT, but a spirit subject to the prophet in question. Those that followed were as Jeremiah warned in chapter 23. Prophets who prophecy from the words of others and out of their own hearts. They were lead into their error by subtle deception and a desire to be heard. Not long ago a brother shared a powerful WORD about people who loved and took pride in their own words. His timing and focus were perfect because ABBA always is.
So the real problem on the Internet is a spirit not holy. It is the same spirit that leads in congregations where Paul’s description of orderly worship is not followed. Where the saints are not allowed to flow in THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Where everything must be restricted and controlled by man and not by GOD. It can be the church where only Pastor’s Wife gives utterance in tongues and Pastor interprets. Of course it always sounds the same and fits Pastor’s agenda perfectly. It can be where only those credentialed and on staff can minister or pray because Pastor trusts them. It can also be the international ministry which rents the 20,000 seat downtown arena where THE MAN/WOMAN of god comes in and does there meeting/crusade/revival thing that runs like clock work as it does in every city. It can be many things and many spirits. All come from one source.
And his name is Balaam.
Balaam is called a “prophet” no where in scripture, yet I have heard him called a false prophet over and over through the years from pulpit, TV, and radio. The problem was that what Balaam said prophetically was not false. It was GOD and it was messianic. So if we listen to the Messiah what we have is a “doctrine of Balaam” alive in the end time church. A church that hears and follows deception. A church that moves in power, but not from GOD. A church that hold to HIS NAME and HIS FAITH but has picked up stuff most ungodly. The First is the DOCTRINE OF BALAAM.
Balaam was a man of power. Real POWER. Power that counterfeited the POWER that we would expect to see from GOD. The WORD says this when it states that even King Balak knew his reputation. The things he blessed by the words of his mouth were blessed, the things he cursed were cursed. Amazing that such was the COVENANT PROMISE between Abram and YHVH. So how could Balaam do things that everyone was aware of that could make Balak think he could equal GOD?
LYING SIGNS AND WONDERS by consorting with spirits unholy. In this case DIVINING spirits as Paul encountered in the city of Thyatira. These are those other “voices” Paul speaks/warns of let loose today in a church that are subject to the “prophets”. In most cases we would hope the prophets would keep them subject and under their feet. Only it seems this is not the case.
While the GIFTS are to edify, comfort, instruct, and minister to the BODY, much of what we call “personal prophecy” does little more than give “goose bumps” and speak error into lives. If we look at Paul’s instruction it says to let two or three speak and one judge. Now if one man is doing all the prophesying at an alter call is it following the decent and in order that Paul gave? Who is there to judge and make sure? Where is the accountability? Can GOD move in such....of course. But is it always GOD?
Divining spirits are like familiar spirits. They have an affinity with people that counterfeits the MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Because nothing we do in the natural is invisible to the familiar spirits. So if the one prophesying exposes sin, it need not be of GOD.
What is of GOD is that done in secret, in the place of prayer. In the language of the SPIRIT. Regrettably I have listened to many who proudly carried the name of the five fold ministry and claimed to prophesy....yet spoke nothing from GOD. They made expansive gestures and uttered King Jamesesse splendidly. Yet they moved on and the BODY was unchanged. I suppose I would rather have an entertaining “prophet” blow through and give people a buzz than a lying “prophet” that will come in and spread lies in GOD’S NAME. Because many sheep will take the lies and expect GOD to move in ways and places GOD did not intend to move.
Balaam’s Doctrine was to place stumbling blocks for GOD’S PEOPLE. To entrap them in sins of lust, perversion, and adultery. It worked well in the wilderness till a young priest violently stopped the sin “within the camp. Today those are spiritual sins. Lusting for things spiritual that are ungodly. Perverting the GIFTS which are of GOD and using them for man’s own ends. And spiritual adultery....whoring after signs, wonders, power that is unholy. Being intimate with the LIE....and not with ABBA.
But Balaam’s Doctrine is more than Spiritual Immorality. It is the presence of false fire upon the alter. It is taking that which was not of GOD and using it for HIS SERVICE. It is worshipping the GIFTS and the ANOINTING and not the ONE WHO GIVES them for HIS BODY. It is taking the easy and the expedient over the leadings of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. It is like the Church of Corinth that used THE LORD’S SUPPER to stage drunken revelries. Today we celebrate THE NEW WINE completely unaware that the Prophet Joel said it would be snatched from the lips of drunkards. Too many have turned to spiritual pharmakia to numb and deaden their feelings unaware they lose what little discernment they had. The “spiritual high” is what is looked for with the “holy ghost goose bumps” to validate the spirituality of the event.
But those under the DOCTRINE of Balaam are not lightly crossed. As quick as they are to bless those that bless them their mouths run to curses of every sort. The DOCTRINE of JESUS is to bless even those who curse you, so those who are eager to curse, belittle, control and alienate are not hard to spot.
I do not point a finger and shout “false” over any person or their ministry. It is not what I have been told to do, so far. Yet it is time to look at “the church” and judge whether it is acting both decently, and in order. Likewise like the Bereans it is honorable to hold any and all to the light of the WORD, so should we do with all that is taught, preached, or uttered within and without the body. Paul requires us to judge. The WORD says THE LORD considers unjust scales an abomination before HIM. Not to weigh the “word” we are hearing is an omission, a sin that will be held against us equally as the sins we commit.
So weigh these words soberly and diligently. Take them to THE MOST HIGH and ask of HIM.
Selah
Dog
The Nicolaitan Overlords
Bob Neumann, 8/1999
One of the most obvious attributes of our Saviour and HIS FATHER as seen in most of the prophetic “WORDS” spoken in our churches and “spoken” on the INTERNET is HIS EMOTIONS. We hear of HIS LOVE and AFFECTION clearly for HIS PEOPLE and the whole world. This is because HIS NATURE is LOVE. In fact HIS NATURE is a composite of many emotions. Man who is made in GOD’S OWN image, reflects those emotions.
Yet to express any emotion less than positive eventually will cause the ire of many who have painted a very one sided image of GOD. Likewise there are voices out there that have taken a completely contrarian tangent and are focused on JUDGEMENT AND WRATH exclusively. The fact that either side is unbalanced and self-limiting does not bother either side. In fact both seem to enjoy their “correctness” as they put down the other. What both sides fail to comprehend is that their being content in their position is a simple form of pride. Something we have too much of to begin with.
GOD IS LOVE. There can be no argument there. But GOD is also HOLY. To take it a step more forward HE SAYS HIS NAME IS JEALOUS. It is hard to put JEALOUS and LOVE together. Yet THE WORD IS CLEAR. Likewise throughout scripture less than what man would consider complementary emotions are claimed by GOD. Three such are ANGER, ABHORRENCE, and HATE. I could throw in WRATH....but it is the outcome of the ABHOR that causes the ANGER. So if we look at what ABBA ABHORS and what KING JESUS HATES we will understand why THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT GRIEVES.
The only clear thing we as believers are told not to do is to GRIEVE the MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Yet many will say “How would you grieve THE SPIRIT OF GOD?”. Actually if you really need to ask that question you already are. Not being in relationship with GOD grieves THE SPIRIT. Refusing to obey THE SON GRIEVES THE FATHER. Ignoring ABBA’S LOVE GRIEVES THE SPIRIT.
In Proverbs we are told very clearly exactly what GOD HATES....
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (KJV)
If they sound familiar, good. But there is something that KING JESUS states that HE HATES. Now have you ever heard any man or woman preach from a church pulpit about the things that THE LAMB OF GOD HATES? Why am I not surprised? Let’s take a look at TWO WITNESSES against the EVIL in our land.
In all the King James New Testament and all the “red letters” KING JESUS uses the phrase “I HATE” only twice....both are in Revelation chapter 2. The first time is at the end of the Letter to Ephesus....
Revelation 2:6
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (KJV)
Later in the Letter to Pergamos HE gets quite a strong image across....
Revelation 2:14-16
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. (KJV)
The Doctrine of Balaam is bad. But to hold on to the DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS puts you as an enemy of THE LAMB and at battle with HIS KINGDOM. IF YOU THINK THIS TOO STRONG....YOU HAD BETTER REREAD THE WORD!!!
Solomon said there is a time and purpose for all things....
Ecclesiastes 3:7-8
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. (KJV)
For one very long time the Deeds and the Works of the NICOLAITANS has been hiding in plain sight. Over and over the works and plots of Jezebel and other spirits have been described and categorized with endless detail. Yet when it comes to what THE KING HATES??? Nothing???? No sermons, no tapes, no books? Just silence. Well there is a time for silence and it has passed. Now it is time to speak and to expose the ENEMY WITHIN.
The term “nicolaitan” according to DR Strong and his concordance is a term that means “to have conquered the people”. Now who would we say is victorious over the people?
In ancient times it was those who ruled by means of force. Yet how can that apply today? Some will say that none of this applies today. That all of this was back in the time of John when at Patmos. My answer is simple...if this is correct then all the “stuff” on Jezebel should not apply, either. It too was spoken by KING JESUS to John. Why center on one evil when many evils are out and about. One thing I have learned long ago is that you cannot have it both ways. Use what you want and ignore the rest. NOT IN THE KINGDOM. Attempting to do so is evidence of being compromised between two kingdoms. James calls it being double minded. KING JESUS simply stated that man can not have two masters. THE LORD WAS RIGHT.
James says it clearly, twice....another two witnesses on behalf of GOD.
James 1:8 ....
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (KJV)
A man unstable is a man unbalanced. James is describing what could be called spiritual insanity. The possibility of someone gladly doing evil in GOD’S NAME. Let’s try to take it a step farther.
James 4:6-10
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.†
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (KJV)
Interesting the “double minded” are called to “purify your hearts”. Not to change their thinking. Not to alter their theology or philosophy. There is something far deeper here than simple sin. Verse 6 is an indictment against PRIDE. GOD openly resists the PROUD.
WHY? Because the PROUD are contesting against HIS KINGDOM, HIS WILL. How? Because they do not submit to GOD. That is why the enemy has a hold within the church and said church is always under attack. If the church was truly submitting to GOD the devil would be fleeing. SELAH!
We are called to weep and mourn, to fast and pray. We are told to humble ourselves before our GOD and HE would lift us up....SELAH.
But the arrogant and the proud lift themselves up. They are the Nicolaitans whom THE LAMB hate with burning passion. For it is because of them HE comes to an apostate church that has listened and followed the doctrines of men and demons, with a drawn sword. Men who serve the enemy through deception and delusion, or even worse, willingly for their own gain. Either way the sheep have suffered at the hands of both hirelings and “wolves in sheep’s clothing”.
It must end. One way or another.
How can you tell a Nicolaitan from a true servant of GOD?
The answer is simple. Look at their fruit. Look at their sheep. Look at their “works”....or should I say lack of. James said “faith without works is dead”. It has caused many useless arguments in the church for centuries. But why? KING JESUS himself said that whatsoever we do unto the least we do as it where to HIM. The church is not a weekly event orchestrated for the sheep’s entertainment. The church is not a building or an organization. Nor is it a set of rules and bylaws that govern behavior.
The church is HIS BODY.
THE ECCLESIAH is a global entity of all who are in CHRIST JESUS. It is as HE COMMISSIONED HIS DISCIPLES to perform. We are those called out of darkness and death by the POWER of HIS NAME. We are of every nation, kindred, and tribe. Of every age, color, class, language, and people. We are a HOLY NATION unto OUR GOD and FATHER. We are an eternal BODY that is bone of HIS BONE and flesh of HIS FLESH. WE ARE OF HIS BLOOD. The reason why KING JESUS hates the NICOLAITAN OVERLORDS with a passion equal to HIS LOVE FOR HIS BRIDE is because the main goal of the Nicolaitans is to pervert the church and prevent the coming of THE BRIDE.
So we have “church” and not a people sanctified and empowered. So far. All there is, you might say, is a remnant. Would it surprise you if there was only to be a remnant? That THE KING has no interest in the religious and the double minded. That HE is not coming for ten sleeping virgins but for a BRIDE who has made herself ready. Who stays awake and sober working and waiting to please HER BELOVED.
Regrettably things have this tendency to repeat themselves. When THE LAMB came HE was received by many. He was opposed by the religious authorities. The “elders, chief priests, and scribes” is what the gospel states plotted his death. The only thing that they did not realize was that THE LAMB CAME TO DIE.
Today we have a professional clergy. They make their livelihood off the people. Now JESUS said to be great in HIS KINGDOM you must be the servant of all. So we normally see little of the true servants. Wicked servants enjoy the spot light. Read Matthew 6 for all the things you should not do when giving, fasting, and praying. The Nicolaitans do them all and brag about it.
There are many brands of Nicolaitan to chose from, but they have certain things in common. Pride is one. Desire to rule and control is another. They tend to be very defensive of their position and station. They have no compunction at bending rules, even their own. They do not let little things like THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT or THE WORD get in their way. Self serving is the rule. Yet the cultivation of an air of spirituality is almost universally pervasive. Sometimes you run into a Nicolaitan with no spirituality whatsoever. Instead they have this sophisticated intellectual personna that appeals to many. You see these in many liberal type churches that do not believe in much of anything. Like GOD, JESUS, THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT.
The Nicolaitans that preach blatantly “other gospels” are easy to spot. They preach against GOD and HIS WORD. They embrace sin and iniquity without remorse. The can call themselves “Christian” and promote the enemy’s agenda at any and all opportunities. They have titles and degrees. They have large churches and expansive “ministries”. Yet there is the issue of whose side they have served long and hard.
Then there are those Nicolaitans who are strict legalists. They attack sin and evil at every turn. Yet in the midst of their zeal the gospel is powerless. They deny the GIFTS as they “honor” the MOST HOLY SPIRIT in their words and not in their heart. They preach against the GIFTS and deny the reality of INSPIRATION. ABBA no longer speaks except in that still small voice and that is usually mute according to authority. And no one argues against authority.
Now there are various shapes and sizes of the next type of Nicolaitan. They call themselves “spirit-filled”, and bear the labels of charismatic, Pentecostal, prophetic, apostolic. Some are affiliated with organizations or denominations. Some are clearly “independent” and make sure you know it. This group has all the outward appearance of “being of GOD”. In fact they will tell you they are the only ones who are “of GOD”.
Then again our liberal and legalistic brands say the same thing and say all others are either in error, or just plain of the devil. In that case they all are correct.
The “Spiritual” Nicolaitan flows “in the spirit” and often acknowledges being “of the five fold ministry”. Yet when you look at the infrastructure of the beast it is categorically one fold. Now if anyone wants to say that this is all an involved attempt to “bash pastors” and promote “prophets”, get a life.
If you allow me I will bash all Nicolaitans with all vigor....equally....no matter what ‘title’ they carry. Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Teacher, Pastor, Elder, Deacon, Bishop, Presbetyr, whatever. If they serve anything but THE MOST HIGH GOD they are the enemy of THE LAMB. Is that clear enough?
If it isn’t, then seek THE LORD while HE may still be found. Selah.
The Amerikan Church is definitely “pastor” heavy. Why? In all of old KING JAMES the term “pastor” only appears once in Jeremiah. The plural “pastors” appears only 8 times in all of scripture. Yet only once in all the new Testament, and that is Ephesians 4:11-14.
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; (KJV)
The reason I have 4 verses is because Paul has one very long run on sentence going here. It is all one flow which man chops and dices to his heart’s content. It actually goes on for a couple more verses. But here is the key. The so called five-fold ministry as this verse describes is the only place “pastors” appears in the NT. “Pastors” are but a part of the overall plan to “perfecting the saints”, “edifying” which means to build or construct the “BODY OF CHRIST”. If you prefer to say “build up” or strengthen it is okay by me. Either way it is to bring us to the three foaled goal of “unity”, “knowledge”, and “measure”. I use the term “foaled” because all three are birthed in us to take us to a maturity where the enemy’s scheme’s will no longer have control over us. Maybe that is why a “true” five-fold ministry is the last thing the Nicolaitan wishes to see alive and moving in Amerika.
Every week I receive letters, phone calls, email from people who have heard THE VOICE of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT to “come out from amoungst them” and “come out of Babylon”. Each week I hear the pain of children and sheep that sit Sunday after Sunday in places where they are “starving” and “dying” in the midst of the congregation. For years the only church growth we have seen is when people bounce from church to church. Church hopping is not a sin. It is a symptom of a disease at the core of the BODY of CHRIST. Is the place they assemble at in obedience to THE LAMB? If it is then the people will tend to stay. Some will go to and fro, but that is the nature of sheep.
The purpose of THE BODY is to transform sheep into children and children into servants. So sheep tending is not a means unto itself in THE KINGDOM. On the other hand in the world it’s a great job where you set your own wages, benefits, and perks.... and answer to no one except your wife/husband/significant other. The reason people are looking for GOD and leaving “the church” was GOD wasn’t in the building. SELAH.
Yet to leave a church is not easy. I have been told of people who were members of a church for many years. All they have to do is ask the wrong question and they are either “pushed” or “frozen” out. Then there are those who “visit” another church and are branded as “traitors”, “disloyal”, “rebellious”. If they were good and docile sheep who are hearing GOD and trying to leave they are “admonished” at forsaking the “assembly of the brethren”. Often they are cajoled and mocked. Husbands are used against wives and visa versa in plain and simple manipulation. Then if that fails hurt indignation rises. One older lady who wrote to me in tears was told that she was demon possessed by her pastor. Her “manifestation”?....because she told him she felt uncomfortable sitting under a pastor who was divorcing his wife to marry his secretary. I wonder why no one else was made uncomfortable.
Yet there are men and women called to “shepherd” lambs and sheep. Few “rule” over congregations. In the natural a shepherd usually will watch 50-60 sheep. With sheepdogs, horses, motorcycles and helicopters the modern sheep rancher still needs men to care for sheep. Funny that the ratio has not climbed over 60-70 sheep per man. Today our mega church “pastors” do not pastor. They delegate it to “underlings”. Actual interaction with “sheep” is too demeaning for Theologians and Administrators that hold on to the title of “pastor”.
If you find a church where they follow the patterns of worship as given by Paul led by “elders”, then you have a chance to be free of the Nicolaitans. Do all the members have a chance to participate? Are they interested in promoting all above themselves? Do they want to serve others and not expect perks? Is their main “vision” to reach outside their walls to the lost and dying? Then you might find a pastor and a teacher and a prophet and an evangelist after GOD’S OWN HEART. And if you find them there is probably an apostle cleaning the bathrooms or mopping floors. Apostles are not needed till there is a problem the elders cannot solve.
WE SETTLE FOR A FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY ALL TOO EASILY.
The Nicolaitan Overlords prevent us going beyond their barriers. Paul also said much about the BODY and how it ‘could’ work.
1 Corinthians 12:18-31
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.
Funny that GOD honors the part that lacked. The Nicolaitan demands special honors at every turn. GOD wants no schism, which is the life-blood of the enemy, so we see the Nicolaitans on both sides of every argument, debate, and division. On both sides working against all that GOD desires.
Funny how so many “religious” types find such great pleasure at the falls of others.
How eager they are to spread gossip and elevate themselves climbing over the misfortunes and sins of others. Such is the sin of Spiritual Sodomy. Using “man” to satiate yourself, elevate yourself, promote yourself. SELAH.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. (KJV)
What could we be if we sought THE KINGDOM only? Just a more excellent way.
Moving in grace, power and love without spiritual baggage. Bringing salt and light to a world yearning to be free without religious strings attached. Is it too much to ask for? IS HIS KINGDOM WORTH FIGHTING FOR?
I CHOOSE THE LAMB.....LET THERE BE WAR......
Because it can not be done if the Nicolaitans rule and the Doctrine of Balaam is held up. Yet the Nicolaitans and their lust for control can only be held if all three things that KING JESUS warned us of are alive and in power within the walls of “the church”.
SO LET THE WALLS COME DOWN! LET THE STRONGHOLDS BE BREACHED!
Selah
Old Dog
The WHORE Of Your Babylons
Bob Neumann, 8/1999
Back in my memory there is a song. Actually a whole lot of songs, but this one is different because it is just one line that keeps rolling through my mind. Funny because I remember who sang it but all I remember is this one line:
“JEZEBEL.....it was you!”
Funny we never hear girls called by that name. Of course women called each other that in the old movies. In fact Bette Davis stared in a movie by the same name. Her character was ribald, contentious, and just plain nasty. Typical Hollywood flair back in the 40’s. Yet all my life I knew it was a “bad” name. After being saved I learned that the old girl had a last name. Sure surprised me....Miss Jezebel Spirit.
It has been amazing how often I have heard her name “dropped” in discussions about other Christians. About other ministries. It took little time to figure out that basically every thing that is wrong, goes wrong, is perceived as wrong within and without the church is because of this one entity. It is amazing how this one old girl gets around.
What is also amazing is all the weapons within her arsenal that is used against the church. It is, across the board, every despicable act imaginable. Considering all the sermons preached, seminars given, books written, tapes recorded.....it would be easy to assume that “the church” would have “bound her” and cast her into the farthest place possible. You wonder why she don’t stay bound because the next time anything happens she either takes, or is given the credit.
Now I am not trying to make light of a truly serious problem. What I am trying to do is to approach a difficult subject with a little reality. Something we do not always find here abouts, especially when the Jezebel Spirit is conjured ....mentioned. Yes this spirit tied to such subjects as “witchcraft”, “control”, and “manipulation” is brought into the church at every opportunity by those who serve the enemy.
Call them what you like.... “false brethren”.... “Serpent Seed”.... “Children of Belial”.... “the bad guys”....is really inconsequential. Especially when there are people telling the saints and teaching GOD’S CHILDREN that they do not exist. Let’s be brutally honest, there are denominations and churches that teach that there is no “devil”, no “place of eternal torment”, “no sin”. Hard to believe but it is true. They say stuff like man by nature is equally good and evil and balances between the two. You can not have one without the other. So repentance is simply a rhetorical game. Funny that this is a fundamental premise of both HUMANISM and Buddhism. Wonder why “Christians” teach this in churches? Blame Jezebel!
To get a solid framework of what is happening we have to go to THE WORD. In this case it will be both LOGOS and RHEMA. So let’s start with RED LETTERS.... “Jezebel” appears all of 20 times in all of King James. But only once in the NT. It is in this one mention we find it in the RED LETTERS and it makes the longest of the Seven Letters KING JESUS tells John to write. It explains much of our problem.
Revelation 2:18-29
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
The city of THYATIRA is a place of works, charity, service, faith and patience. Sounds pretty good for your average church. In fact THE KING says the last works are greater than the early stuff. Again, not anything wrong there....or is there?
The problem is they allowed entrance to TROUBLE....and her name is JEZEBEL. Unlike the earlier declarations against the doctrine of Balaam and the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which THE KING briefly mentions, here HE goes into some solid detail.
THE KING always has purpose behind what HE DOES. So we need to look at Jezebel as HE points out in Revelation, look at the real Jezebel in 1&2 Kings, then the issue of who she is as I was instructed. Call that RHEMA and I ask you to weigh it.
First look at the term “sufferest”. According to Dr Strong it is a term used only once for “sufferest” appears only here. It means to “permit”, “to commit”, “leave alone”, to “let it be”. It seems to imply tacit approval or indifference. What bothers me is the closeness to the image of JESUS and the little children. It almost seems to be a counterfeit of the open arms of our LORD. Not a nice picture. But let’s follow it through.
“She calleth herself a prophetess” is another counterfeit that appears to be openly accepted by the leadership of the 1st Church of Thyatira. She has usurped a title and claims position and authority that is not hers for a specific purpose. In the church she is establishing herself. THE KING STATES her crimes....” to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”.
Here is where the Spirit of Jezebel is fleshed out. She ‘teaches’ which means people are looking to her for instruction and not the “elders” or the “five-folders” that should be there. Then she “seduces/entices” which alludes to both “witchcraft” and “manipulation” by many modern students of this spirit. But it also points to deception and delusion among the servants who look to her for instruction and leadership. If she can “seduce” the servants easily it is because they were awaiting a chance to “fall into temptation”. Basically it seems that this city was prepared for her arrival.
Interestingly the “sins” she was pushing was immorality. Probably both physical and spiritual. To lead the “servants” away from their “service to GOD”. It was the main aspect of the original Jezebel we will get to in time.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
This is intriguing. “She” had known THE LORD. HE “gave her space” to repent is most interesting. It could mean time was allowed and opportunity given. Both were ignored.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Strange form of punishment to even imagine. Right now we have charges of fornication, adultery, and seduction. It seems Jezebel can no longer repent, her sentence has been spoken. Those who entered her bed to sin with her can still repent and be saved from the “great tribulation”.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Now here we get real involved. This Jezebel has children....obviously birthed due to her sin. THE LAMB will personally kill her progeny. It is in reality the final move of GOD’S first prophecy. The destruction of the seed of the serpent at the HANDS of the “SEED OF THE WOMAN”.
KING JESUS is making this most personal. What is most important and usually missed is HIS REFERENCE to “all the churches”. We will know whom we serve. We will know HIM in HIS FULLNESS as HE JUDGES all according to their “works”.
Now if their is still anyone holding on to their “salvation only” theory.... please reconsider. The only positive judgement on man in the red letters is HIS STATEMENT....WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. and yes that is THE KING TALKING....no one else...
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Here is an interesting reality. Living in Thyatira and not partaking of the doctrine of JEZEBEL is a nightmare. The remnant here like in SMYRNA is given no other burden but to hold on and hold out against her seductions and her attacks. Now look at what HE promises....
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
Again “hold fast” to the crown they have won. Like SMYRNA and PHILADELPHIA it could be stolen if the people slumber or fail to stay sober. SELAH. NOW COMES THE REWARDS....
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (KJV)
Here are those that overcame the enemy. They who warred against the minions of the enemy and overcome. These are THE SONS OF GOD the entire creation yearns to see.....in the heart of Jezebel Land. In the center of Apostasy. WHERE THE WHORE RULES FOR HER SEASON....
Now that is what I was told when given this job to expose the three enemies of THE KINGDOM enthroned in what should be HIS CHURCH....but is not.
I was told to speak against THE DIVINING SPIRITS, THE NICOLAITAN OVERLORDS, and THE WHORE of your babylons. Interesting line...the WHORE of your babylons.
Now if you are presently one of the remnant in bitter spiritual battle against these dragons all this will do is clarify what you are fighting. These warnings are not placed at your doorstep. On the other hand if you are sleeping with the WHORE you need to wake up and repent. You have a little while longer before the books are closed. Make that very little. GOD IS LONGSUFFERING....so why continue to make HIM grieve.
Now there are those who will not agree and take positions contrary to what I was told to speak. That’s okay. Just be sure you are hearing THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT.
Now I never tied Jezebel with MYSTERY BABYLON. But when led there it made sense.
Especially when we get the full look at Balaam and the Nicolaitans which the Apostate church ignores as they expose and rape Jezebel. Jezebel is the scapegoat, in more ways than one. So let’s look at the real Queen of Israel and where she fits right now.
Her name is mentioned 19 times by itself....and her “table” once. But it is crucial. She is first mentioned here...
1 Kings 16:31.
31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. (KJV)
So if you notice....her name is an aside to AHAB’S STORY.....yet the church says Ahab was the minor character and Jezebel was the big boogyman. Somebody has switched things around. They must have a reason. You see Ahab was the one who chose to walk in the evil ways of his fathers. Marrying a pagan babe was just another one of his sins.
But it might help to understand the spiritual dynamics of this story.
If you go back to Solomon Sidon and Tyre were ruled by Hiram. He was a world power. Maybe part Hebrew, but that does not matter. He aligned himself with GOD’S Anointed, King David. It was his fleets that spread Solomon’s fame and wealth. Old Jezebel’s daddy Eth-baal overthrew Hiram’s line and took over. Jezebel was Ahab’s link to a merchant power. In other words where the money was..... MAMMON.....ring a bell anyone? What Jezebel did do was to bring in other gods. Ahab wanted the money....like Essau....what did birthright and covenant with GOD have to do anything. Essau filled his belly, Ahab filled his bank vaults.
Sound different than what we usually hear. I’m not surprised. But remember when THE PROPHET CAME TO TOWN? He never mentioned Jezebel. It was all man to man. In fact Elijah accuses Ahab of following Balaam. Where Jezebel gets our attention is when she throws out the prophets. It says she “cut them off”. Obviously they were state supported prophets. When she came into the palace she brought her own denomination in. Nothing new there. Later Obadiah will tell Elijah that Jezebel “slew the PROPHETS OF THE LORD”. Something she still is doing at every opportunity.
Now comes the confrontation....
1 Kings 18:19-21
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (KJV)
Old Jezebel had a whole bunch of prophets sitting at the table of an evil king. To this point she and Elijah are in the same story, but not locking horns. Till now. You see old AHAB gathered all his spirit-filled types to outdo Elijah. This included his wife’s favorite shaman and channellors. And until the fire came down “the people answered...not”.
Like today until the fire comes down...THE SIGNS AND WONDERS wow the yokels.... they all play silent..... pretty shallow faith.
So the fire came down and the boys of Baal are killed by Elijah. Got old Jezebel angry and she threatened the great prophet Elijah....and we know the story.
So Jezebel was a manipulator and the source of false religion, false prophets, global power and wealth for a king focused on evil and a people who wanted signs and wonders. Sound familiar. We can call her many things and attribute much to her that Ahab was behind. She was loyal to him. Anyone notice Ahab had “seventy sons in Samaria”. Sounds like Jezebel had to keep the old boy happy when he had many other women in his harem. So her manipulation, seduction, plotting, and conniving was to keep on top of the heap. Which makes the next step interesting.
Revelation 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Right here we have some images that tie well with our Jezebel. She sits on many waters. Ancient Tyre and Sidon were the origins of Global commerce and MERCHANT LAW. Spiritual Jezebel is seducing the world with spiritual counterfeits and Divining Spirits all camouflaged within the APOSTATE CHURCH ruled by a SPIRITUAL AHAB that is in the church for power and money. He follows the doctrine of Balaam even today. He is “false authority” and “perverted anointing”. He is the one who KING JESUS hates because he brought Jezebel in and let her do her work. Spiritual AHAB is our friends the NICOLAITANS who conquered and rule the people. So Ahab and Jezebel rule still. Ahab can call her names and “expose her” to the sheep as long as they never see him.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
We are amazed and daunted by her ability to control and manipulate the saints. But she is riding THE BEAST. He is taking her for the ride as long as she performs. So she is a Whore dressed in royal attire. Balaam will tell you this is “THE CHURCH”, go “sleep with her”. Join in her sin so GOD WILL destroy you. He has not changed either.
Between the three they have killed the saints and enslaved the sheep.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Behold THE SON OF PERDITION....using the Whore. Even the very elect might be deceived. Selah.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
You see old Jezebel is the “smoke and mirrors” that distracts us and keeps our attention away from the False King...the ANTI-CHRIST...the BEAST. He uses her to make war with the saints. We are told by our teachers and pastors “it’s Jezebel”.... quite often it is....but they never focus on the BEAST in the building.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
But we will win....those who follow the LAMB.....and not the imposters....
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
See old Jezebel is only good for a season. When she and all the manipulation is exposed to THE LIGHT....the Beast will devour her...SELAH. And Amerika will pay a heavy price. SELAH.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (KJV)
NOW we have it together...THE WHORE is a SPIRIT....a false RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.... and a specific location. Or if you will a “city” that “reigns” over kings and nations. Let’s keep going....
Revelation 18:1-24.....
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Now we see the extent of the entity called THE WHORE. She is called Babylon the GREAT. The Jezebel of Thyatira is THE WHORE that pushes spiritual fornication. Brings in Diving and Familiar Spirits and seduces the sheep. And somebody has made whole lots of money off her sheep. America has taken many false gospels into the world and seduced the whole world with THE AMERIKAN GOSPEL OF HUMANISM AND PROSPERITY. Now we will be judged for our “silence” if not our whole hearted whoring with unclean spirits.
4 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.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
SOUND FAMILIAR TO ANYONE? Oh I pray someone is listening LORD.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
YES LORD!
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
AMEN.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Much of the world will truly weep when the BULL GETS SLAUGHTERED....AMERICA is judged and found wanting. It will come fast and without warning to all who are not of GOD. The REMNANT BRIDE has made Herself ready. She is not drunken, nor is she asleep. SHE AND THE SPIRIT ARE SAYING COME!!!!
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
No longer will the BRIDEGROOM BE HEARD....and the BRIDE will not be noticed as† this comes to pass.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (KJV)
So ends Jezebel....so ends American Apostasy. But the NICOLAITANS will be there to lead their sheep to the Throne of the BEAST where the FALSE PROPHET will lead their worship. They will still have power and money....as they lick the hand of the BEAST.
THE WHORE of your babylons is a challenge for all to “come out” of whatever “adultery” we are in. You see the WHORE is what we wind up in bed with when something stands between ABBA and us. We all have babylons we struggle with. NO, not all of us still struggle with our sin. Some just have an “arrangement” with whatever sin we have submitted to. Some have grown comfortable and have learned to “prosper” even in Babylon. The problem is not THE WHORE....it is BABYLON.
Babylon means “confusion”. When we are comfortable in Babylon we are in “confusion”. A state in opposition to THE KINGDOM OF GOD. James speaks of this reality in terms that we must acknowledge.
James 3:16
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. (KJV)
Please understand that “BABYLON” was built on Bab-EL. THE GATE OF GOD. The plot of man to reach the THRONE of GOD by their own efforts. Yet we as servants and followers of KING JESUS know that HE IS THE GATE. By embracing “our babylons” we say we are our own gods. We need no LAMB to be our perfect sacrifice. We do not need a Saviour. AND THIS IS THE LIE.
We all must leave THE LIE and cling to THE TRUTH who shed HIS BLOOD to purchase us.
But THE WORD says that most will prefer THE LIE and their sins. That even in the midst of the JUDGMENTS that many will hide from the WRATH OF THE LAMB because they will not repent of their sins.
Balaam blessed and cursed by the power of his words.....He is a counterfeit to THE GOD OF COVENANT....our ABBA.
The Nicolaitans conquered the people and ruled them.... They are the counterfeit of THE KING WHO ASCENDED UP ON HIGH, LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE US GIFTS.
And Jezebel who seduces and entices with unclean spirits is the counterfeit to THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT who leads, instructs and comforts.
AS LONG AS THE CHURCH IS APOSTATE, ALLOWING MAN TO USURP WHAT IS OF GOD THE SHEEP WILL SUFFER AND THE SERVANTS CHAINED.
So I say come out of her and BE HOLY. SEEK THE LORD AND SUBMIT ONLY TO HIM.
Let the battle begin and THE KING BE EXALTED OVER ALL THE EARTH.
HINE HU BA, Old Dog
Burden of Balaam
Bob Neumann, 1999?
Dear FAMILY
One of the greatest joys a child has is to hear the voice of his/her father. How we call DAD is dependent on our heritage, culture, age, and the man himself. On the day I found my HEAVENLY FATHER I had no words for as a newly born into HIS KINGDOM/HIS HOUSE speech was impossible but I could hear HIS VOICE and feel HIS ARMS. In time I ‘learned to speak’ and found a special person more than eager to get me to speak with HIS ‘ABBA’...seeing HE never SPOKE anything or DID anything that ABBA had not/did not do HIS EXAMPLE WAS PERFECT in every way... so when HE instructed me to watch “BALAAM” and to know the seasons, I took it seriously. So I studied Balaam and each time his ugly little head raised itself up in the WORD. And I had a good image of spiritual authority/spiritual adultery which has shaped much of my thinking. The fact that most of present church leadership ignore the spiritual counterfeits around them I thought I had a handle on it...until people began talking about the JEZEBEL SPIRIT....but they all ignored the doctrines of Balaam and the Nicolaotins....which left me suspicious....but little to work with....until now. Almost every child in sunday school has heard a story or seen a video on Balaam’s Donkey.... but little in depth teaching has been heard by the sheepses I’ve met. I wonder why?
Whenever I pondered this in the past a little light would start burning in my spirit, and an intense image was there....it was long before my birth so I attribute it to HIS MOST HOLY SPIRIT....the key is the SPANISH CIVIL WAR and General Franco’s boasts of a FIFTH COLUMN. Not all the attacking forces are from outside the walls of the church.... so that takes us to Mr. Balaam and his appearance in the Bible.
I have heard him called a ‘false prophet’, but that is an error. What distinguishes a false from a true prophet is there words and whether they come true. Sometimes our ignorance limits us more than we can imagine. Maybe if we re-evaluate both him and his story we may find deeper truth than we would expect to find. And just maybe it is our lack of expectation that has kept us out of the greater blessings. just call it something to think about.... as far as the story goes it appears in the book of Numbers and starts in vs 1 and dominates the next three chapters. What most do not notice his continued popularity as his names and deeds flow into 7 other books in the Bible. Something you don’t see too often.... so if we look at the image presented there appears to be four distinct phases, all are quite interesting if you have no preconceptions....phase one begins at vs 1 and ends at vs 21. It is extremely interesting in a couple of ways…
1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. What we have here is a worldly king looking down upon the camp of the Israeli nation. The question we need to answer is what bothered Balak most...3,000,000 people on the march....or the SHEKINAH that was over the TABERNACLE?
Most preachers tend to forget that little detail. if it was the people any alliance with other kings would have evened the numbers....but what do you do with ELOHIM that seemed to stay with them? you call on some spiritual artillery of your own....enter balaam...
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
So here is the set up...Balaam your our man...you got the power. you can curse and you can bless.... we got a little job only you can handle....but look at ol’ Balaam’s response....
8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
Now hold on here...he’s going to pray about this. A southsayer, diviner about to seek GOD....worse than that...GOD answered....
9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Obviously being visited by GOD was not new to him, and he had no problem telling the story...
12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Interestingly GOD said don’t go...and balaam obeyed.....sounds okay so far....
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Theoretically all that Balak does is up the ante....he is a desperate man....but look at what balaam said again....I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my GOD, to do less or more. excuse me please but he is beginning to sound like us....and maybe is?
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
Now I need to ask how many of us don’t take no for an answer? Paul mentioned going three times concerning “the thorn”....so what’s going on here?
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Sounds like GOD has something planned, so now it is okay....
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
There is a point where things obviously are well in hand. Balaam is obeying GOD and everything is on a role...but suddenly we are in phase 2...
22 And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him.
Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. Suddenly something is extremely wrong....either GOD has had an abrupt change of mind or we have missed something. Phase 1 seemed fairly straight forward, yet we have an angry GOD now involved in the story...sort of Exodus 4:24 deja vu again....so there is a deeper lesson barried here...
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Any one notice the CHANGE in balaam? He’s spiritually blind....he does not see the danger...lady ass does see and she is doing everything to keep ol’ balaam alive.....but remember who has the drawn sword? THE ANGEL OF THE LORD....the same dude who took out all of Senacherab’s army in one mean night...and HE can’t kill one blind bozo in three shots....because of a lady ass? SELAH
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
It seems it is easier for GOD TO PERFORM THE CREATIVE MIRACLE of getting a donkey to speak the TRUTH than to open the blinded eyes of a religious person who should have known better.....this is just my opinion of course....but let’s finish phase 2....
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Like every day he talks to farm animals...his pride and anger has blinded him to the point his angry response has completely bypassed his brain...
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Listening to the TRUTH out of her mouth finally caught his attention....
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
Now let me say GOD is cool...HE opens ol’ balaam’s eyes and balaam reacts appropriately....and what does GOD do...defends miss donkey.....and then HE stomps balaam, because thy way is perverse before me. now how can that be?
33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Regrettably everything we see seems okay with balaam....he spoke to GOD...and obeyed....when confronted he confessed his sin and sought to repent...yet GOD says he’s perverse....
Phase 3 is the time from Numbers 22:36 to 24:35. It covers the attempts to curse that wound up as prophetic blessings. The main point here is the fact ol’ balaam was used to cursing things and people... but failed to do so because of the hand of GOD....but the perversity really shows in phase 4...yet we really do not have a phase 4 in Numbers.… except for a reference.....Numbers 31:16.....
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
Point of fact the NT covers it better than the OT....
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 2 Peter 2:15-16.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. Jude 11.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. Revelation 2:14.
So there it is....balaam the soothsayer, sorcerer knew of GOD and understood all the rules but chose to serve himself. no big deal in itself because it is repeated throughout the scriptures....but we still have the unresolved issue of phase 2....why the confrontation with THE LORD of HOSTS...because there is an image there that resounds in the Book of REVELATIONS....
The church of Pergamos....is also carrying a burden....
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Like the salutation...and the image we are confronted with....and take it farther....
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
We begin and end with a sword...in the middle we have miss donkey speaking the WORD OF THE LORD, when she to all intents and purposes should not be able to. Yet she is bearing the burden of a perverse master who is spiritually blind and only fears the LORD when confronting THE SWORD OF GOD. Miss donkey is a spiritual image of the endtime church. She “sees” the danger approaching and is beaten and abused by a spiritually blind authority figure who “owns” her. She supports him and serves him, but when she reacts to the PRESENCE AND POWER of THE LORD he curses and beats her..... and in JESUS own words Pergamos has accepted both the doctrine of balaam and the doctrine of the nicolaotins.....maybe ol’ balaam is the two edged reference point....showing the worse side of both spirits that have infiltrated and sabotaged the endtime church....
SELAH
Bob in Miami
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