Boot Camp
NO NONCOMBATANTS
THE ART OF WAR
THE SEED OF THE SERPENT
RECRUIT PROCESSING
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
HARD TRUTH
UNDERSTANDING GODLY HUMOR
HARD TRUTH
BASIC TRAINING
KADOSH
YOM HA DIN
THE LAST
BATTLE YOU WILL EVER FIGHT
UNDERSTANDING RHEMA
PUTTING ON…
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE
THE BLACK ARMOR
This has been a very interesting 24 hours. For many reasons. Last night i was reminded of several things that do not all seem to fit in my own mind. They obviously do, so that means i have more work to do. So maybe i will start and see where the rabbit trail leads.
First i was reminded that "we" battle not. That is an inclusive "we" as in all of us, whether we like each other or not. While it may be people that cause red flags to be raised, they really are not the problem. So many like to talk about Ephesians 6:6.... For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
But we really do not think there is a real war going on. All it is is hollywood hype...i have heard this on christian radio and tv. Not long ago a post mentioned DR Tony Campollo. To those of you not familiar with him is that he is a christian sociologist. Much of what he teaches is a spiritualized HUMANISM. I once read something of his where he said there really was no "devil". No Prince of DARKNESS. Lots of liberal theologians spew this out and people listen.
Now if you look at all of Ephesians 6 you have to wonder what Paul was so intense about if there were no "principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]." Why give us verse 10... Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
So Paul thinks it is all very real. Last night i was also reminded of the first prophecy of the whole BIBLE. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
THE SEED OF THE WOMAN...and THE SEED OF THE SERPENT... look up the term "emnity". Funny how secular definitions will often quote JAMES 4:4 to illustrate the term. So there is continuous state of war between the SEED OF THE SERPENT...and MESSIAH. Now just what did HE SAY?....ah, yes... He that is not with me is against me; and he that gatherethnot with me cattereth abroad.
So...if you do not stand under HIS BANNER....you are the enemy...of the enemy...whether you like it or not.
In the "real" world that JESUS THE LAMB STANDS...that Paul talked about, is more real than anything Hollywood could "create".
But all WATCHMEN and PROPHETS should know all this. Lambs and Babes need to learn it, or hope that THE MASTER will COVER THEM....untill they catch up on the learning curve.
Think about it
old dog
Last night one of the things THE MOST HIGH spoke to me of was THE ART OF WAR. Imagine the ANCIENT OF DAYS reminding you that a Chinese Philosopher had points the SAINTS needed to follow? Imagine the guidelines of SPIRITUAL WARFARE established by a pagan who declaired he could tell you who would win a war....
Funny, it explains lots of things....like how and why THE LITTLE HORN "prevails"....the title of the FIRST CHAPTER is interesting...
I. LAYING PLANS
(which is what "preperations" means")
1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
(so just being aware that there is an outline that can be studied, our understanding of what is going on will be the differance between life and death.)
3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
(in other words....there are 5 things to look at... things that are constant)
4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
(now was this a scripture study? no...a pagan historian and philosopher. when i first read Sun Tsu i was not "saved". now as i "recall"...i "remember" it all seemed sensible at the time)
5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger. (so here is our first problem....not everyone is on "our side" .... submitted unto THE LORD.)
7. Heaven signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons.
(talk about TURN, TURN, TURN...)(awareness of the WILL OF GOD helps)
8. Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death.
(natural preperation....awareness of "the lay of the land"....taking care of the things that we can do something about...if we are given the opportunity)
9. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness. (say YESHUA HA'MASHIAH....anyone?....)
10. By method and discipline are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the
maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure. (i'll leave this to THE LORD OF HOSTS)
11. These five heads should be familiar to every general: he who knows them will be victorious; he who knows them not will fail.
(amen)
12. Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:--
13. (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law?
(2) Which of the two generals has most ability?
(3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth?
(4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced?
(5) Which army is stronger?
(6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained?
(7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?
14. By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.
(so can i....we are toast....all we have going for us is our RULER...our GENERAL...)
(Now one of the things that always got my interest stoked is what Sun Tsu said about understanding "your enemy"....)
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
(KNOW YOUR ENEMY...Know how he thinks...know his plans and strategies. And recognize what the enemy is using against us) (any of these "feel" familiar?)
According as circumstances are favorable, one should modify one's plans.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him.
If he is in superior strength, evade him.
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
If he is taking his ease, give him no rest.
If his forces are united, separate them.
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.
(so far "the army of GOD" does not seem to do anything productive. do we really know who the enemy is?)
selah
dog
Whenever we talk about the enemy we use the term "counterfit" quite often. For years we sung about "GOD'S got an army marching through the land". About "taking back what the enemy has stolen". Now if GOD has an "army"....how does the enemy counterfit it? By having his own army. So you have to ask, who are they...and what are they doing?
Let's start with RED LETTERS...always a solid place to start. Mat 12:34...seems like i was here earlier today.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Now JESUS was not the first to use that title. John the Baptist did too...But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Both major religious/philosophical/political parties of his day, were lumped together. Even they knew WRATH was coming...how did they know was John's Question.
We have RHEMA....they have divination and channeling.
So we will find the enemy using RELIGIOUS leaders... Political Leaders.… and those who influence our thinking… Philisophical leaders....
But Paul in Ephesians 6 says our battle is not against "flesh and blood". True. Paul was explaining that it is those "things" that control RELIGION, POLITICS,
THINKING that we are actually in conflict with.
Daniel confirms that....But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Then later....
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of
Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
So look again at the four levels Paul tells us of... but against principalities,
against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
So if all the enemy can do is counterfit....then Principalities are as Daniel states...Princes over nations/peoples. Political/Governmental. We all can accept this...it is nothing new.
But what about POWERS?
And "the rulers of darkness of this world"?
Now SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS....in HIGH PLACES....? Some would say...THE POPE...THE DALI LAMA...fine, but who else would/could it apply to? Try THE NICOLAITINS?
Now if GOD really has an army....then so does the enemy. Sun Tsu talked about the need for followers to believe in the MORAL RIGHT of their leader. Are there
people out there eager and willing to serve THE LITTLE HORN? Ask yourselves? Then ask yourselves...if Sun TSU says the leader must instill discipline in his army... how effective is it?
Better than GOD'S army?
Now the WPA has had a recent bout of argueing about "leadership"? Does GOD'S army require disciple? How is it enforced?
Now imagine the enemy...how does he enforce discipline?
I am to end here...and ask a QUESTION of all who "say" they "love GOD"..."serve GOD"..."""WHY USE THE MUPPETS and SHAKESPEARE?"""
interesting times
selah
old dog
Whenever a person enters "military service" in the United States they go through a long process before they actually are called a "soldier", "sailor", "airman", or "guardsman".
In the ARMY OF GOD it really is not differant. But the processing and the training is way differant. Training of recruits in the natural is placed in the hands of well trained non commitioned officers. Trained to teach, instruct, motivate the RECRUITS.
In the ARMY OF GOD, THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT does it all. So if you have no discernment of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT it is hard to be TRAINED. But the person has to want it...want it real bad....because it has a price. It hurts and takes a toll...on you and your family. You see, we are at war, and those being trained are targeted.
Hearing and Seeing means to HEAR THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Mostly in that "still small voice" that Elijah heard when most would have expected GOD talking in the whirlwind, earthquake, or fire. So GOD does not need to use SEIZMOS to talk to any of us. Now HE as we all know uses DREAMS and VISIONS. Hearing HIS CLEAR PLAIN VOICE is a lot easier to understand than the IMAGES AND PATTERNS that DREAMS and VISIONS give us.
Dreams and visions include multiplicity of levels and facets. Some are obvious...some require long study and hard work to get all that is there. It is not supposed to be easy. It is not to be spoon fed to us bite by bite. Paul told Timmothy to be a GOOD SOLDIER. In that same chapter Paul tells Timmy....
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Then Paul adds...
But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Think on it....
dog
Dear WPA...
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN PUPPETS AND MARIONETTES?
Now doesn't this seem like a real stupid question? Doesn't it feel like the dumbest thread to come to the WPA in all the years it has been up and running?
Now in the NATURAL we could say that. In the place were we take SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS and DEAFNESS as a norm rather than "birth defects", you can fall into the trap. We are supposed to be "born again"....we were not intended to be "blind" and "deaf". One of the enemy's best lies is that THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT does not speak anymore. Most major denomination preach it staunchly.
But GOD does SPEAK...and HE STILL uses PARABLES and wants us to work for it. Why? CALL IT "BEING PERFECTED".
So out of nowhere i find myself sitting in two inches of cold, dirty, seawater. And THE LORD USES MUPPETS. Something new...something different...Sure it seems ridiculous. But the BLUNTNESS of "IT'S IN THE SCRIPT" hit me in the teeth. Nor did i expect it to eventually lead to the answer to why STEPHEN was being balked when it was clear to everyone GOD was moving on the WPA. Likewise i never expected it to be the basis for teaching the WPA the DIFFERANCE between GOD'S ARMY....and the ARMY OF DARKNESS.
So...i ask again...DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN PUPPETS AND MARIONETTES? If you do then you may be able to understand the differences between THE SAINTS and THE SERPENT SEED.
In the ART OF WAR Sun Tsu talks about discipline... motivation...proper training.
I'll skip GOD'S ARMY for now. And focus on THE ENEMY.
Why would anyone choose to serve THE DECEIVER? Because they are deceived. Some actually prefer the promises of "reigning in hell"...than serving in heaven. There are world leaders who are told what to do and when to do it daily. The "powers" that lie behind their position made promises. And deliver. That is the secret. The enemy can deliver on certain promises. You want "power" you will get it...for a price. You want "pleasure"...obey and you will get it.
New Agers want to "see" the future..."ascend" to higher plains of "reality". Wiccans want to control things...so they practice THEIR CRAFT. Demons can affect people and situations where those who are deceived believe all they see. And then there are the real deal...those who like "authority" over demons and devils. Dark forces doing their bidding. And to get all that is promised, they will obey blindly. And because to them no atrocity or sin will have a consequence...they have no rules whatsoever.
They are MARIONETTES....the enemy pulls their strings and they move exactly as he commands.
Another thing is discipline. Serpent Seed obeys, they get what their warped little hearts want. It starts small and over time builds up. But they also know that failure is deadly....the devourer eats his own. So those who have let the dragons bind them "dance" when required, and know their is very harsh discipline to those who fail to perform.
And that is how simple it is. Carrot and Stick. Both are effective. Both get the job done.
So what DOES GOD HAVE? Just us "stupid" puppets. Just cloth and material...WITH A HAND inside. WHOSE HAND?
TO BE OR NOT TO BE...THAT "IS" THE QUESTION.
Oh, WE TALK ABOUT EMPTY VESSELS....BEING DEAD IN CHRIST...all images, right...but no reality.
THE ARMY OF GOD IS HIS HAND AND HIS VOICE in a crazy and corrupt world. Any of you see it when i wrote about the LEAKING BOAT and KERMIT THE FROG....
NEITHER DID I....
that is why there is some fun at being HIS DOG and forcing the enemy to expose some who he has strings tied to. chasing "rabbit trails" can lead to "meat".
Now i have been acutely aware of how the enemy controls THE SERPENT SEED for years. I also know we are vastly "outnumbered", and in the NATURAL..."out gunned". And that is how THE LORD OF HOSTS wants it. Personally i would rather have 400 of the WALKING DEAD anointed and empowered at full strength and eager to engage the enemy at every opportunity....but i got the WPA. OH, LORD, for what we are about to receive...
Now i appreciate a GOOD JOKE...even if it is on me. My KING LAUGHS at HIS ENEMIES.... plural folks... start picking up the little things. I really have no clue how much time whatsoever the remnant that there is in the WPA has to get it together.
Now the bad news...if you read all this...you are now accountable unto THE LORD MOST HIGH...you were told... you have been given the nity gritty...now choose.
Hine hu ba
olddog
Once again i sit here in the hour or so before dawn acutely aware i have survived another night. I don't sleep on the nites i work...and on my so called "nites off" i do not sleep either. You can not DREAM if you do not sleep. Poiniant....be careful what you ask for because that prayer might be answered. There was a song years ago that had a line about "I thank GOD for unanswered prayers". Sometimes we pray for the "wrong things" or for things that in themselves are not evil. But just because it is neither "wrong" or "evil" does not make it GOD'S WILL for you. That is why i shun the NAME IT CLAIM IT gang.
Most of the night i have had a "tune" in my spirit. During that time i have "stood". But the "tune" was there. I "knew" it and also knew i had to deal with it....in it's "proper time and place". So now it is a time that i can deal with this.
So let's deal with "songs in the night". So here is a PEARL...don't trample it...
Isa 30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Now LOOK at Isaiah 30...verses 29 and 30 are the REDEEMER'S answer to all THE TROUBLE the whole chapter 30 is talking about.
TWO MORE PEARLS...ONE at a time...
Ps 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Ps 42:8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Now explain verse 9...and now go on and read verses 10 and 11. This is HARD TRUTH...not LIES that go in so smoothly.
Last PEARL..
Ps 134:1 [[A Song of degrees.]] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Ps 134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
Now that is the whole psalm 134...my address is 431 Shady Lane...that too is a COSMIC JOKE.
This was a three point lesson...a progression.
Study it. It is really too simple to explain.
The HARD TRUTH is TIME ran out...our time...my time. When you chose to build a tower you count all the COSTS. And accept them.
The TUNE i have been hearing was from a production called LORD OF THE DANCE...it is just a piece that is an "interlude". A tune put in between two KEY ELEMENTS of the STORY.
Now LORD OF THE DANCE is an ancient GAELIC TRADITION. It tied THE STORY OF REDEMPTION to their PAGAN heritage. Now i just know...deep down in side one of you nice people want to jump up and tell me Bob it is a CELTIC Tradition. Fine, just tell me who were the GAELES...from which the IRISH national language came? GAELIC?
Actually their traditions are interesting. In it there is a confrontation between GOOD and EVIL...and until PADRIG came and told them of the ECHAD, their traditions has MoghGronw...the DARK LORD...the 3 horned god of the underworld winning yearly. And seeing that they were ancient pagans all famine, plagues, disease etc etc etc proved the DARK LORD seemed to always win.
So they changed their TRADITIONS and instead of an annual cycle of rebirth and death...the HAVE
RESURRECTION....and GLORY....FOR MESSIAH CONQUERED DEATH.
GOOD NEWS that they EMBRASED.
So what i was hearing was the INTERLUDE between the "introduction" of MESHIACH...THE LORD MOST HIGH... and HIS CONFRONTATION with HIS ANCIENT ENEMY.... are YOU READY TO RRRRHHHHHUUUUMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEEEE!!!!
So an ancient tune came to the new world. And like other tunes new words were added, titles changed. Some "authorities" say the WORDS were written by someone not known. Others say it was one of the SHAKER Hymns. Today they call it LORD OF THE DANCE... the SHAKERS called it something else...
SIMPLE GIFTS
'Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free
'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find we're in the place just right
We'll be in the valley of love and delight
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed.
To turn, turn, will be our delight
'Til by turning, turning, we come 'round right
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
How ancient is the story of an ongoing battle between LIGHT and DARKNESS? Is it only found in Israel and Ireland? Why are almost all of these "stories" the sides are BALANCED....or tipped towards the BAD GUYS?
Well...maybe for all intents and purposes when the real battle of RAGNEROCK.... MEGIDOH ...whatever...who cares...The SOLDIERS of THE LIGHT...the SAINTS... do not win. Their people are being slaughtered...waiting for REV 19..... Daniel tells us THE ANCIENT OF DAYS gives VICTORY to THE SON OF MAN who stands by HIS THRONE.
Paul says we are to "put on the whole armor" so we can stand up to the "fiery darts" and "stuff" Paul does not mention.
After all the body armor is mentioned we get a weapon. and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Anyone catch that last part. Paul is in the Laterine Prison under DEATH SENTENCE. It just has not been carried out yet. In fact it may be all his EPISTLES were written while in Prison. Outside of writing his WORK had been strictly infringed upon.
And we think we are being "persecuted" now.
Figure out the song yet?
'Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free
'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find we're in the place just right
We'll be in the valley of love and delight
The first GIFT is SIMPLICITY...no strings no baggage. the second GIFT is FREEDOM....if you have simple, child like faith you gain your freedom because you placed all you have in HIS HANDS.
The third GIFT is RESURRECTION POWER...when you are "dead in CHRIST"...HE takes you off your cross. it's work is over. and suddenly you ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE....we will all be IN THE VALLEY of LOVE and DELIGHT....last verse of Psalm 23...
second verse...
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed.
To turn, turn, will be our delight
'Til by turning, turning, we come 'round right
When we get the GIFT of SIMPLICITY...it is because we have finally DIED. So to "bow", "bend" to HOLY AUTHORITY will not shame us. Because we have TURN...TURN...turned away from our wicked ways...turned and gone BACK TO GOD... TESHUVAH....
In turning twice we "come round right".
Love that line...
now chorus...
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
Bottom line....if we get our crosses up that hill and let HIM nail us on...it does not matter where we are or what our situations may be. HE IS WITH US. HE IS THE LORD...of the SONG...of the DANCE....of ALL JOY...
This is THE HARD TRUTH....and if you can get there you can sing and dance.
Ps 149 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
[Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people;
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 150 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD.
finally...jerry...
Jer 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock.
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:11...read it...study it...and compare it to Daniel 7:21....
heh...We WIN at the END...no...HE GIVES US THE VICTORY....all we do is STAND...and SOMEONE OVERCOMES...
Rev 17:14 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.
So people...are you WITH HIM or AGAINST HIM...
again "3's"...
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Look up the Greek term here for testimony... find where else the Greek term appears...
and guess what "modern term" we use today evolved from it...
NEW RECRUITS need a new mindset...fast...
selah
olddog
How in all the heavens people fail to appreciate GOD'S COSMIC JOKES? I have asked myself that only to realize how dumb i am. Really GOOD JOKES go right over the heads of most people. That is why they ARE really GOOD. The "joke" you heard 15 minutes ago and did not think was funny...suddenly hits you. What you are really doing is laughing at yourself for missing what now seems so obvious.
So, WHEN GOD TELLS ONE....and no one "gets it" does HE SIT BACK ON THE THRONE and laugh by HIMSELF?
SHAKESPEARE and the MUPPETS...
It started with "FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN...LEND ME YOUR EARS. I COME TO BURRY CAESAR...NOT TO PRAISE HIM...." Now JESUS said...RENDER TO CAESAR THAT WHICH IS CAESARS....but now...we BURY....CAESAR...?
All this is in JULIUS CAESAR ACT 3...scene2.... but it is preceeded by the KEY...for me... Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. In other words all hell is now going to break out upon us....but when...
That answer came next with "TO BE, OR NOT TO BE..." it ends with... And lose the name of action.--Soft you now! The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember'd.
At the time all this was happening HURRICANE OPHELIA was sitting off THE US coast. So i had my answer to WHEN....right now.
Now Cry HAVOC and Fair Ophelia occur in the 1st scenes of ACT 3. "FRIENDS ROMANS...is middle of ACT 3 scene 2.
No big deal...all coincidental...sure? and finally AS YOU LIKE IT...ACT 2..SCENE 7... ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE...
ALL THE WORLD ...2nd ACT...CRY HAVOC and TO BE 3rd Act.... which is where the SOLILOQUES THE LAMB spoke.... KERMET SPOKE "ALL the WORLD".
Sometimes it takes time and effort to APPRECIATE GOD'S LITTLE JOKES.
Life is SEVEN stages...the # of GODLY PERFECTION.
The infant..
The student..
The lover...
....THE SOLDIER...
The JUDGE...
The AGED in decline...
The SECOND CHILDHOOD.
I think it is funny... anyone else "get it"
bob the dog
Once again i sit here in the hour or so before dawn acutely aware i have survived another night. I don't sleep on the nites i work...and on my so called "nites off" i do not sleep either. You can not DREAM if you do not sleep. Poiniant....be carefull what you ask for because that prayer might be answered. There was a song years ago that had a line about "I thank GOD for unanswered prayers". Sometimes we pray for the "wrong things" or for things that in themselves are not evil. But just because it is neither "wrong" or "evil" does not make it GOD'S WILL for you. That is why i shun the NAME IT CLAIM IT gang.
Most of the night i have had a "tune" in my spirit. During that time i have "stood". But the "tune" was there. I "knew" it and also knew i had to deal with it....in it's "proper time and place". So now it is a time that i can deal with this.
So let's deal with "songs in the night". So here is a PEARL...don't trample it...
Isa 30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Now LOOK at Isaiah 30...verses 29 and 30 are the REDEEMER'S answer to all THE TROUBLE the whole chapter 30 is talking about.
TWO MORE PEARLS...ONE at a time...
Ps 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Ps 42:8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Now explain verse 9...and now go on and read verses 10 and 11. This is HARD TRUTH...not LIES that go in so smoothly.
Last PEARL..
Ps 134:1 [[A Song of degrees.]] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Ps 134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
Now that is the whole psalm 134...my address is 431 Shady Lane...that too is a COSMIC JOKE.
This was a three point lesson...a progression.
Study it. It is really too simple to explain.
The HARD TRUTH is TIME ran out...our time...my time. When you chose to build a tower you count all the COSTS. And accept them.
The TUNE i have been hearing was from a production called LORD OF THE DANCE...it is just a piece that is an "interlude". A tune put in between two KEY ELEMENTS of the STORY.
Now LORD OF THE DANCE is an ancient GAELIC TRADITION. It tied THE STORY OF REDEMPTION to their PAGAN heritage. Now i just know...deep down in side one of you nice people want to jump up and tell me Bob it is a CELTIC Tradition. Fine, just tell me who were the GAELES...from which the IRISH national language came?
GAELIC?
Actually their traditions are interesting. In it there is a confrontation between GOOD and EVIL...and until PADRIG came and told them of the ECHAD, their traditions has MoghGronw...the DARK LORD...the 3 horned god of the underworld winning yearly. And seeing that they were ancient pagans all famine, plagues, disease etc etc etc proved the DARK LORD seemed to always win.
So they changed their TRADITIONS and instead of an annual cycle of rebirth and death...the HAVE RESURRECTION....and GLORY....FOR MESSIAH CONQUERED DEATH.
GOOD NEWS that they EMBRACED.
So what i was hearing was the INTERLUDE between the "introduction" of MESHIACH … THE LORD MOST HIGH... and HIS CONFRONTATION with HIS ANCIENT ENEMY.… are YOU READY TO RRRRHHHHHUUUUMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEEEE!!!!
So an ancient tune came to the new world. And like other tunes new words were added, titles changed. Some "authorities" say the WORDS were written by someone not known. Others say it was one of the SHAKER Hymns. Today they call it LORD OF THE DANCE... the SHAKERS called it something else...
SIMPLE GIFTS
'Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free 'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find we're in the place just right We'll be in the valley of love and delight
Dance, Dance, wherever
you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed.
To turn,
turn, will be our delight
'Til by turning, turning, we come 'round right
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in
the dance said he.
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
How ancient is the story of an ongoing battle between LIGHT and DARKNESS? Is it only found in Israel and Ireland? Why are almost all of these "stories" the sides are BALANCED....or tipped towards the BAD GUYS?
Well...maybe for all intents and purposes when the real battle of RAGNEROCK....MEGIDOH...whatever...who cares...The SOLDIERS of THE LIGHT...the SAINTS... do not win. Their people are being slaughtered...waiting for REV 19..... Daniel tells us THE ANCIENT OF DAYS gives VICTORY to THE SON OF MAN who stands by HIS THRONE.
Paul says we are to "put on the whole armor" so we can stand up to the "fiery darts" and "stuff" Paul does not mention.
After all the body armor is mentioned we get a weapon. And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Anyone catch that last part. Paul is in the Laterine Prison under DEATH SENTENCE. It just has not been carried out yet. In fact it may be all his EPISTLES were written while in Prison. Outside of writing his WORK had been strictly infringed upon.
And we think we are being "persecuted" now.
Figure out the song yet?
'Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift
to be free
'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find we're in the place just right
We'll be in the valley of love and delight
the first GIFT is SIMPLICITY...no strings no bagage.
The second GIFT is FREEDOM....if you have simple, child like faith you gain your freedom because you placed all you have in HIS HANDS.
The third GIFT is RESURRECTION POWER...when you are "dead in CHRIST"...HE takes you off your cross.
It's work is over. and suddenly you ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE....we will all be IN THE VALLEY of LOVE and DELIGHT....last verse of Psalm 23...
second verse...
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed.
To turn, turn, will be our delight
'Til by turning, turning, we come 'round right
When we get the GIFT of SIMPLICITY...it is because we have finally DIED. So to "bow", "bend" to HOLY AUTHORITY will not shame us. Because we have TURN...TURN...turned away from our wicked wasys...turned and gone BACK TO GOD...
TESHUVAH....
In turning twice we "come round right".
Love that line...
now chorus...
Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I'll lead you all, wherever
you may be,
And I'll lead you all, in the dance said he.
bottom line....if we get our crosses up that hill and let HIM nail us on...it does not matter where we are or what our situations may be. HE IS WITH US. HE IS THE LORD...of the SONG...of the DANCE....of ALL JOY...
This is THE HARD TRUTH....and if you can get there you can sing and dance.
Ps 149 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 150 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
finally...jerry...
Jer 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock. For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:11...read it...study it...and compare it to Daniel 7:21....
heh...We WIN at the END...no...HE GIVES US THE VICTORY....all we do is STAND...and SOMEONE OVERCOMES...
Rev 17:14 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.
So people...are you WITH HIM or AGAINST HIM...
again "3's"...
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
look up the Greek term here for testimony... find where else the Greek term appears... and guess what "modern term" we use today evolved from it...
NEW RECRUITS need a new mindset...fast...
selah
olddog
Dear WPA,
A while back we were talking about "discernment" and all basically agreed that we can not teach others "HOW TO DISCERN". In itself that is true. But in the last few days i have come to realize there are things that have appeared in posts that are picked up that could set off "RED FLAGS" in us. IF we know what to look for.
Now this is subjective. It is limited by two, possibly three things. First is our Knowledge of SCRIPTURE. The more we have read in Scripture, the more we may remember when we read a "word" that claims GOD SAID....if it goes against scripture you should have a "flag" come up. The more you understand the IMAGES and PATTERNS within both the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, the more clearly you will see them when used. Finally the more you travel through the LOGOS, you may "hear" more RHEMA.
Second is your personal knowledge of PRESENT DAY REALITIES as they come into line with BIBLE PROPHECY. Again, the more you know what Daniel, Joel, Amos, etc actually wrote, the more you will recognize as it, if it...lines up with scripture.
Third is maybe the hardest...and less likely to help anyone early in their GROWTH and USE of DISCERNMENT. When people try to communicate they have to use the "words" they know. People from different countries will say things differently from what we are used to. I have met few people, in person and on the internet, who were raised in foreign countries and different cultures. And few have had "words" for me or shared "dreams and visions" with me so i know my limitations. On the other hand...most "amerikans" assume everyone is like us.
Now if you come across a "word" or a "DREAM" or "VISION". And something just sounds weird....study it. Once you study it, it might make more sense. Rarely does a person use a "term" alien to them to describe what they saw. Most people, even when trying to describe something they have never imagined, will say it the best way that they can. So what sounded "weird" at first makes sense as you understand someone is describing the indescribable.
When people share "images" you seldom see them using images from other cultures. I have never had anyone tell me they saw JESUS in a vision with "gossamer wings"..... "flapping". Several times people have told me they saw and heard "jesus" "casting a spell"... making "magical gestures". That was obviously WRONG.
Likewise i do not expect to see HINDU IMAGERY or NORSE MYTHOLOGY.
Now this is just a small piece of a much larger whole.
I hope it helps some of you
olddog
When people traveled to JERUSALEM in HEBREW they would say ALIYAH...to GO UP. Isaiah says And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].
Get the point...THE UNCLEAN shall not pass.
So we can not even get close enough to THE NARROW GATE to PASS THROW to it....untill we are dead... submitted...committed...who cares what wourds you put on it...if you can not do it...will not do it... it is all words without reality.
The ONLY REALITY is to EAT HIS BODY and to DRINK HIS BLOOD...if THE LAMB OF GOD is a "metaphor" in your life and you can neither "see" or "hear" you have so little time left.
KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH were the words Isaiah heard. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. When John heard...it started with HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!....3 x HOLY. If it does not always start there you are deluding yourself. Because when we truly comprehend "HOLY" "HOLY" "HOLY" IS THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS....we are dead. Isaiah got "PURIFIED".
THE BURNING COAL HAD to be used...THE BURNUNG COAL OF HIS PRESENCE.
We sing a song about "take me in to the HOLY OF HOLIES take me in by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB...."
and THEY OVERCAME him...by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB".
No coincidences in THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
In the days ahead there will be NO NONCOMBATATANTS. EITHER YOU ARE OF THE MOST HIGH AND HOLY GOD... or you work for/with those who come to kill, steal, and destroy.
That is a mindset....recently someone said i had spoken of MINDSET" in "sarcasm". Now i can accept being caustic, and sarcastic at times... but when i talk about THE MIND OF CHRIST i am deadly...deadly serious. NO sarcasm...no humor...
it's time to go up...to GOLGOTHA...and then THE HOLY OF HOLIES. first our cross...then HIS PRESENCE.
selah
olddog
I was about to plan this years NEW YEARS Eve party. You know...the apples and honey...or maybe you don't? TRADITION...not all are bad...like reading the Akedah. The Story of ABRAHAM taking ITZAAK to MORIAH...as in MOUNT MORIAH. Love how GOD'S COINCIDENCES just keep on coming. Like the other story we cover HANNAH and her "shvuah" which means OATH. Which is why SAMUEL was sleeping in the MISHKON and GOD called out. and Lil Sammy answered... HINENEI....HERE i AM....
and a little boy was given a message for THE HIGH PRIEST. A warning ELI did not heed...and we know what happened. More coincidences....
NEW YEARS DAY...."may your name be written in the book of life for another prosperous year". Sounds a lot different than HAPPPPY NEW YEAR!.
But MAYBE THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIKE is really an ACCOUNTS BOOK? How has THE KING'S INVESTMENT in you done this last year? How much fruit did we get from your tree? How tasty were the grapes off your branch.
ROSH HA'SHANNAH...the HEAD of the YEAR. also called...
Yom TERUAH.....the DAY of THE TRUMPET BLOWING...
Yom Hazikaron....the DAY of REMEMBERANCE...
Yom Ha'Din......The DAY of JUDGMENT.
Funny that the HEBREW TRADITIONS talk about THE BOOK OF LIFE...and a BOOK OF DEATH. Funny that this day is THE BEGINNING OF THE DAYS OF AWE....as in SHOCK AND AWE....???
Maybe it is not so funny....today i have talked about lots of things...LEVIATHAN… JERUSALEM…3 times... HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS....catch-22. And all HE SAID to me was PAINT YOUR FACE...
anyone want a scripture?
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Look it up...see what chapter it ends and where it leads to.
Time to get real serious...
olddog
THE LAST BATTLE YOU WILL EVER FIGHT
Dear Jane, Laura and the WPA,
Last week i was "interrupting" a discussion when THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT told me to stop and wait. That is what i did. Now when i am told to pick up the thread, i am told to address a different aspect of the total image. So Jane, i will finish this, but it will be as THE LORD WANTS IT.
We are all presently in THE LAST BATTLE we will ever fight. The Last battle where we choose the times and places, the tactics and the stratagies. It is the battle with what Paul calls the OLD MAN. Some call it our fleshly or carnal nature. Some smooth talking preacher-types call it the predilection towards sin.
There have been cults and groups that taught constantly you had to starve and abuse the flesh. Fast continuously, sleep on bare floors, etc,etc,etc to "mortify the flesh".
The truth is we are at war with our "ME FIRST MINDSET". Our battle is to rid ourselves of our "SELF-IMAGE" and replace it with THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE.
Just like in Iraq, the war began with a huge battle and continues to today with random acts of terrorism. So is it in our "spirit". We come to a point where we have utterly failed to "be like JESUS", to follow HIM, to live good, sinless, perfect lives by our own efforts, according to our own plans to reach our own goals. And we wonder why we are frustrated, angry, ranting at GOD. But in all our "plans", "efforts", even "goals". JESUS was nothing...an "it". HE HAD no SAY...no PLACE.
"OUR" LAST BATTLE is never really over. We may find VICTORY and go on to more important BATTLES that THE KING CHOOSES, but we always have that "old man" lurking and waiting for opportunities to regain his control. When Paul cried out "Oh wretched man"...it was in the anger and frustration of having his "old man" getting a shot in even near the end. When Paul wrote about the proverbial "thorn" it was to show all of us that we never get above ourselves. That not only GRACE is WANTED, but absolutely NEEDED, each and every day.
Finally, let me warn you about the so called SUPER CHRISTIANS that say they have it all. HOOOOEEEEYYYY.
We are all sinners...we all struggle each and every day. Anyone tell you that they are "beyond" all that, flee...far and fast.
But for anyone who truly seeks the LORD with a broken and contrite spirit. Who is giving up their persona of "self" and all it is tied to. There is a point where GOD becomes real. THE VOICE of the SHEPHERD becomes clear. And we realize it is better to SERVE HIM and HIS...than ourselves.
In the Old Testament, GOD repeatedly states....early I SEND MY SERVANTS. A servant is not an employee. It is not a "job" with set hours, bennies and perks.
Years ago i was led to write I AM A SERVANT.... it is archived out there in several places.
If you really understand what full submission unto HIS WILL requires...and accept it...the BATTLE IS OVER.
selah
olddog
Dear WPA,
How many times do we find ourselves holding on to sleep only to gaze upon some clock and see the time as 4:44? So "444" must have some "profound spiritual meaning"? Yes it does, but few really believe it, do you. Just like se few of you really believe that we are to be studious Seeking answers that are out there.
At the end of THE BOOK of DANIEL, Daniel is told to "shut up the book". Daniel gets an important bit of
information...Dan 12:
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
In case anyone failed to see it...12:4...4+4+4:4.
And the line "KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED".
Presently all the knowledge of 6000+ years of human research, experience, observation, and experiment is available to anyone who can go to a search engine, ask a question and "punch a key".
Now all the work was done centuries and years ago. So why are you all struggling to reinvent the "wheel"?
For centuries Rabbinical scholars were amazed at the complexity of TORAH. In our own time we have played with the "BIBLE CODES" to the point no one reads the Bible and simply studies it. Also in our time men have sought the obvious and connected the dots. Rabbi Michael Monk and Dr JR Church have done well with their books to give us all the information we need.
Every Hebrew LETTER is a letter, a number and a musical note. Each LETTER has a designated IMAGE and NUMBER.
DALET is the 4th HEBREW LETTER...it signifies the DOOR the GATE...the PORTAL...place of entrance.
Rev 4:1...Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Notice the "come up hither...and i will show you..."? See, we have to go to HIM...and HE will give us understanding.
Now all the WPA is on to 444 and division...but no one studies to show themselves approved. Too bad...
The day is DIVIDED into 4 parts Night, Morning, Noon, and Evening. The Year is divided into 4 SEASONS.... Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. We have four DIRECTIONS....North, South, East and West. Presently normal humans live in 4 DIMMENSIONS. Height, Width, Depth, and Duration (time).
Let's get a little more out there....Isaac Newton developed 4 Laws...the Law of Gravity and the 3 Laws of motion. They are referred to as 4 LAWS. Then there are 4 Laws of Thermodynamics...Johannes Kepler formed 3 Laws of Planetary Motion. Copernicus added a corollary...making 4 Laws. Einstein has the theory of Relativity...and has 2 Laws of "Special relativity" and an EQUATION...and 2 Laws of "General relativity"....again 4 LAWS.
Want more?
Let's go to Rev 4:4....no...betted yet... And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Take a look at this city...foundation of 12 stones... 4-4-4. Remember Jacob had 12 Sons...12 Tribes...THE MASTER had 12 Disciples.
Back to "4"....the CITY is "4-SQUARE"...it has 4 walls each with 3 GATES OF PEARL. (4 sets of 3) (VERY IMPORTANT). At the end of each wall you find a corner. So in REALITY you have 4 CORNERSTONES...?
Read JOB 38...wild stuff...here is just verse 4... Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
See that term UNDERSTANDING? Anybody willing to WORK for it...or do you have to have it given to you?
Seems that is the case...okay... 1Pe 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
1 Pe 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
Psa 118:22 The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
Jer 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
Now all the above verses were pulled out of some serious information. Look them up and understand how and why they are used.
So if EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AND PLUMB...THERE ARE ACTUALLY 4 CORNERSTONES....????
Anyone know that before today? Is there SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATION for what old dog is saying?
It starts in Isaiah 9:4....
you might want to look up the HEBREW to put it all together.
We study to show ourselves approved, people...
dog
DEAR WPA....
I know you have all heard the line about Putting on THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. Probably listened to all the IMAGES that these pieces of ARMOR signify. And you were told that THE SEQUENCE has special meaning.
But all deal with THE REVELATION OF THE LAMB OF GOD in our existence. Sure PAUL says we should do this daily....but who really does????
Do we actually see ourselves..."girding our loins"? Some call it THE BELT OF TRUTH. A belt really does not cover all our nakedness. But JESUS who is THE TRUTH says HE WILL clothe us in HIS RIGHTIOUSNESS. Which is the BREASTPLATE. They do seem to flow together...TRUTH AND RIGHTIOUSNESS.
Then we are shod with THE PREPERATION of THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. Now that a strange way of expressing what most people would call "spreading the gospel". But i have learned that what most people think usually proves to be wrong. Just think about it...THE PREPERATION of THE GOSPEL OF PEACE....
reminds me of John at the Jordan. Calling out the PROPHET ISAIAH's words about PREPARING A HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS. To build a HIGHWAY in the desert.
Lots of images there...but we got to keep moving... so we pick up THE SHIELD OF FAITH. SURE DO NOT WEAR IT, you have to CARRY IT....for good reason...to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
FIERY DARTS....BURNING ARROWS...interesting image. FAITH IS WHAT "SHIELDS" us from what the enemy is throwing at us....so we had better have functional FAITH if we prefer not to be a smoldering pincushon.
And only now we get THE HELMET OF SALVATION. Why does SALVATION COME IN SO LATE?
Now this is a splendid question, and i leave it to all on the WPA to ponder. I figure 17 people may answer...2, maybe 3 will be on the money.
As for "and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God"...if no one can get as far as the HELMET...you sure are not safe to carry any sharp or pointed objects.
Now i do not want to hear some stuff you read in some book. Or what you may have heard in some 6 point power sermon you still have on tape.
What is THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT saying to you...right now?
olddog
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE
I wonder how long ago i wrote about MISDIRECTION. About things like DECEPTION, DISTRACTION, DISSIPATION. Or maybe it helps to have a little PARANOIA every now and then....
First PANDEMIC...forget AVIAN FLU. PANDEMIC can mean any "bug" that is easily transmissible. THE GREAT FLU EPIDEMIC of 1916-1919 was an epidemic. It took YEARS to circle the globe. More men died in the TRENCHES from the FLU than from guns, bombs, or gas.
OKAY PEOPLE...PANDEMIC only became a WORD that had any value within the past 20 years when AIR TRAVEL became pervasive.
Let me make this VERY SIMPLE...the ANCIENT WAY to stop an EPIDEMIC is to QUARANTINE...close off a ship or a city. Do not allow anyone to have any contact with anyone who MIGHT have the disease. The key here is MIGHT. Take no chances. Period. Then burn everything.
But let's say we have a bug that spreads real fast. Someone gets to LAX....the MAIN AIRPORT IN LOS ANGELES.....
Coughing, a little sweaty. Has to walk through three areas to get to his/her gate. Infects people going to HAWAII....MIAMI...CHICAGO....MANILLA... TOKYO and MEXICO CITY. They get on their full 747 and head straight to NEW YORK.... Seven hours later...stiff and achy he/she gets off the 747 and goes two concourses over to catch a quick jump to BOSTON. In Boston goes home in time to catch spouse and 2 kids before spouse goes to work...kids go to school.
5 pm....spouse finds COMATOSE significant other...go to hospital...
Now it may only be 20 hours since Carrier#1 walked through LAX...contagious...COUGHING....and only one person headed for Miami, Manilla, Hawaii or Tokyo needs to "pick" it up. By the time their flights landed they were now contagious and spread it though the airports they landed in.
But it may take another 24 hours for any blood, sputum, spinal fluid cultures to show a "bacteria". If in that 24 hours Carrier#1 died they will do an autopsy...and find a WORST CASE SCENARIO....a DEADLY HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS PATHOGEN is LOOSE... and it is too late...it is now GLOBAL...From Manilla, Hawaii and Tokyo it has covered all of ASIA and AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND....From Mexico City and Miami it has gone to South and Central America....From New York and Boston...all of North America and Europe. And now flights are coming back to America with the PATHOGEN and thousands of CARRIERS just beginning to feel bad.
Too late to ISOLATE...to QUARANTEEN....in 72 hours it is in every city in AMERICA over 50,000 in population and spreads as panic just begins.
I have read where estimates have placed 80% of the world's population dead in 7 days for any SUPER PATHOGEN.
Scripture SAYS go into your HIDDEN ROOMS...and wait... 10 days...20 days...does it matter...
just thinking out loud
dog
Good Morning Group,
If you are following the threads you may have noticed the sudden appearing of THUNDERS. Within the THUNDERS the ARMOR OF GOD is addressed by THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT. Personally, the first time i was aware of BLACK ARMOR it bothered me. At the time things were a little intense and not appropriate for extended study.
But after the battle i got a chance to "ponder" it. And like most of the people who read me "mention" it, who were bothered by it, i really felt uncomfortably asking about it. Over the years i think i have gotten...THANKS LORD...6 posts on it. Three were simple statements saying it bothered them that GOD'S ARMOR...HIS WORD...was "black". Three were the "how dare you" type. And the people each decided to "put me in my place". None wanted to "teach" me because they were too intent on rebuking me.
Just think about it. Only six posts over the years specifically about the "black" armor. If you look through the www, you will find the 7 THUNDERS archived in different places. Imagine only 3 people were bothered by it. Can i assume everyone understood it? It took me a long time to ask THE LORD about it... and as usual i was told to SEARCH and STUDY. Now if I had not been "me" i probably would have taken a lot longer to "get it". But i...we...are composites of genetics, culture, and education...plus a whole lot of other inputs.
But let me stop here and talk about MEMORY. On my own....i can not remember the 4 things my wife explicitly wanted me to get at the grocery store 30 minutes after she told me 4-5 times. On the other hand JESUS said HE would send us/give us SOMEONE who would HELP US. THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT is "way cool". That "still small voice" can jump in at any time and remind you. Help you out. Save your bacon. As most males know, getting your wife "mad" is not a good idea. Frustrating her can be even worse. So in my "relationship" with my wife, THE LORD has helped me out countless times. BUT NOT EVERY TIME....in fact, i have been told often enough...YOU WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION ! ! ! ... and suddenly i go running to find the lady upset and angry because once again ihad "tuned her out".... and she NOTICED...
Like most men...i am a clueless idiot when it comes to "discerning" my wife. When i finally figure out that something is "wrong" because the "smoke coming out of her ears" could be seen for miles....i am a little late....
Now THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT can really help to point out my inadequacies and "smooth the waters" i caused to get very stormy. Now on the other hand, my CAPTAIN has sometimes watched me squirm....saying...YOU MADE THE MESS, BUBBA....or...NOT THIS TIME DOG...YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN...
Looking back i can see where some lessons i can not be "bailed out of"...have to go through THE FIRE and THE FLOOD....
So with THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT'S help you can "remember" things you have no idea you learned. Picked up along the way. And THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT can point out to you "the stuff" you need to learn. And give you the sense of urgency when you are waffling.
So if anyone out there has any question on BLACK Armor feel free to ask. If anyone has a "problem" feel free to share it with me. JESUS said if you have a problem, an issue, with a "brother" we are to go to that brother and talk about it. Discuss it. And maybe come to an "understanding". Now if said brother has offended you, hurt you in some way he might be unaware of it and will repent and make amends. That happening, fellowship/relationship is restored. But then JESUS said if said brother will not make things right you seek one or two brothers and tell them the problem. Then you all go to the offending brother and try to restore that brother. Now if that brother will not come to an "understanding and make things right"...then you go to "the church/assembly" and inform them of the problem.
Now let me stop there. That is the pattern JESUS gave us in HIS WORD. It was not meant to force submission. It's purpose was to expose offense and bring things to right so RESTORATION can occur.
People that do not follow the PATTERN JESUS ESTABLISHED...do so for their own reasons.
COMMUNICATION is important. But it always is at least a two way conversation.
Think about it
dog
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