Four of the great prophecies in the Bible about what God is going to do with the nation Israel come out of the mouth of Balaam.
"He's preaching God's Word and he doesn't want to do it," explains Jordan. "He wants to curse Him but God won't let him. God only lets him bless Him.
"Finally, after God has told him, 'Here's what I'm going to do with Israel; you can't stop it, they're mine,' in Numbers 25 you find Israel in trouble with God and God Himself punishes them.
"Numbers 31:16 says it was through the counsel of Balaam: [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.
"Balaam says to Balak, 'God won't let me curse them but I can show you how you can get God to do it.' He taught Balak how to get God to be angry with Israel. He said, 'You can teach them some doctrines of devils that'll corrupt them so God can't use them for those four purposes,' and that's what they do.
"What they did was they introduced in Israel a vain religious system. Numbers 25:2 says, [2] And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
"That's religion. You're making sacrifices to your god. It's gods with a little 'g' and 's.' 'Come join our religion, be a part of our denomination.' 'And the people did eat and bowed down to their gods.' Israel joined themselves.
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"In the Bible are about 25 different characteristics of Baal worship. You see examples of it right there in that passage. They're sacrificing unto gods. They're bowing down, They're joining holy mother church.
Hosea 13 begins, [1] When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
[2] And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
"When Israel was being who God made them, they prospered. But when they went and joined that vain religious system of Baal worship they're in trouble.
"They take their human viewpoint and find out how they can best worship God. Those two things fit together. One leads to the other. All of them are the work of the craftsmen. They say, 'Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.'
"You ever see anybody kiss their ring? In I Kings they bowed their knee to Baal. When you see someone bowing their knee and kissing the ring, where did that come from? Not from worshipping God.
"Go to the Book of Revelation and when John has an angel appear and he falls at his feet, the angel says, 'Stand up, you worship God; you don't worship me.'
"When you're going to worship God's representative and you do that, that's not the Bible; that's Baal worship.
"You ever hear anybody say let's go up the house of God to worship? You got him up behind an altar and a box and there's God. Judges 17:5 says, [5] And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
"An ephod is like a robe. Verse 6: [6] In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
"That's where human viewpoint leads you. It doesn't lead you to worshipping the God of the Bible; it leads you to doing it your way, making up something that matches your imagination. And as soon as you do that, there's a satanically-controlled course of this world that will come along and teach you some doctrines of devils that cause you to depart from the truth.
"Here's what they do when they offer sacrifices. Jeremiah 44:15-17: [15] Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
[16] As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
[17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
"We're going to go by our viewpoint. To burn incense? Wow, isn't that interesting. To the queen of heaven. Folks, this is 600 years before the time of Christ when Jerry's talking and there's people in Israel corrupted away from the truth of God, worshipping the queen of heaven.
"Verse 18: But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
"Incense in the Bible is a picture of prayer. We're praying to the queen of heaven. Hello! You see, some of you have been in that. 'And poured out drink offerings to her.' By that verse write down Psalm 16:4: [4] Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
"Verse 19: [19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
"Paul calls that the cup of devils and the table of devils. And when he says that in I Corinthians 10, he's quoting Moses in Deuteronomy 32 about the same stuff corrupting Israel.
"The system the Antichrist rides to power on is found in Revelation 17:5. So what was back there in Numbers and Jeremiah is going to be with the Antichrist future from us and don't be surprised that it's here today. It had to get from back there over to there and it permeates."
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019
On purpose for testimony of Jesus Christ
The Book of Revelation begins, [1] The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
[2] Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
[3] Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
[2] Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
[3] Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
In verse 9, John writes, [9] I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
"There's more tomfoolery taught about verse nine than any other verse in the Book of Revelation," says Jordan. "John was not exiled on the isle of Patmos because he'd been preaching and they didn't like what he was saying and got mad at him and stuck him on that island. That's what you're told but that's not what the verse says at all.
"When John writes, 'I'm your brother and companion in tribulation,' he's saying, 'I'm part of the community that's suffering. I'm on the island to get something from God.'
"What did he get at Patmos? Verse one and two says he went there for the purpose of getting the information God gave him.
"Verse 10 says, [10] I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
[11] Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
"That's the Lord Jesus Christ talking to him. Notice, 'I was in the Spirit.' That is a common statement in the prophets about being in a prophetic vision.
"Where was he taken? With Ezekiel, God took him and showed him the temple. John was literally transported out of the 1st Century into the future to see in prophetic vision the things that are going to come to pass out there.
"When you come to chapter 2, and as we studied through the minor prophets, I said to you over and over and over again that when you read Israel's history, and you read the prophets in Israel, they constantly say, 'You see this thing happening out in the future; it's like that thing back there in the past.'
"In fact, back in the Book of Judges, he records some incidents and says, 'This is a rehearsal for what's going to take place in the future.'
"In Zachariah 14, he says, 'He'll fight as He did in the days of old.' So it would not be unexpected for a Jewish Bible student to read these passages of John's in Revelation and spot things in them that refer to their past history.
"The fascinating thing about it is that when you go through and list those things, you discover that the problems listed are traced all the way the history; they match the course of history in your Old Testament. The literary order of Revelation corresponds to the historical order found in the Bible.
"Jude 11 says, [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.
"Notice there are three examples. Verse 16 says, [16] These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. He does that in Revelation 19.
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"Revelation 2:20 says, [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.
"That's exactly what Baal did back in verse 14. With Jezebel you've moved over into the time of the I and II Kings. Jezebel's husband's name was Ahab. They were the two who took Baal worship and made it a state religion in Israel. They intensified it, not just as something Israelis were doing, but they literally made it the state religion.
"Instead of God's truth, it became the Baalite truth and they made it the national religion. It's the official religion, by the way, for the Antichrist in Revelation 17: [5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
"That's why he says in verse 24, [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.
"The 'depths of Satan' is that intensive zenith form of Baal worship where you're completely captured, captivated, by that blinding false doctrine. That's when they're carried out into captivity. Those first four churches focus on Israel's history up to the captivity."
(new article tomorrow)
"There's more tomfoolery taught about verse nine than any other verse in the Book of Revelation," says Jordan. "John was not exiled on the isle of Patmos because he'd been preaching and they didn't like what he was saying and got mad at him and stuck him on that island. That's what you're told but that's not what the verse says at all.
"When John writes, 'I'm your brother and companion in tribulation,' he's saying, 'I'm part of the community that's suffering. I'm on the island to get something from God.'
"What did he get at Patmos? Verse one and two says he went there for the purpose of getting the information God gave him.
"Verse 10 says, [10] I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
[11] Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
"That's the Lord Jesus Christ talking to him. Notice, 'I was in the Spirit.' That is a common statement in the prophets about being in a prophetic vision.
"Where was he taken? With Ezekiel, God took him and showed him the temple. John was literally transported out of the 1st Century into the future to see in prophetic vision the things that are going to come to pass out there.
"When you come to chapter 2, and as we studied through the minor prophets, I said to you over and over and over again that when you read Israel's history, and you read the prophets in Israel, they constantly say, 'You see this thing happening out in the future; it's like that thing back there in the past.'
"In fact, back in the Book of Judges, he records some incidents and says, 'This is a rehearsal for what's going to take place in the future.'
"In Zachariah 14, he says, 'He'll fight as He did in the days of old.' So it would not be unexpected for a Jewish Bible student to read these passages of John's in Revelation and spot things in them that refer to their past history.
"The fascinating thing about it is that when you go through and list those things, you discover that the problems listed are traced all the way the history; they match the course of history in your Old Testament. The literary order of Revelation corresponds to the historical order found in the Bible.
"Jude 11 says, [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.
"Notice there are three examples. Verse 16 says, [16] These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. He does that in Revelation 19.
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"Revelation 2:20 says, [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.
"That's exactly what Baal did back in verse 14. With Jezebel you've moved over into the time of the I and II Kings. Jezebel's husband's name was Ahab. They were the two who took Baal worship and made it a state religion in Israel. They intensified it, not just as something Israelis were doing, but they literally made it the state religion.
"Instead of God's truth, it became the Baalite truth and they made it the national religion. It's the official religion, by the way, for the Antichrist in Revelation 17: [5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
"That's why he says in verse 24, [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.
"The 'depths of Satan' is that intensive zenith form of Baal worship where you're completely captured, captivated, by that blinding false doctrine. That's when they're carried out into captivity. Those first four churches focus on Israel's history up to the captivity."
(new article tomorrow)
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Dystopian state upon us?
World War III? U.S. Civil War? Mega-catastrophes? "Natural" disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis? Europe included? Regular electrical blackouts? Gas-produced fires? Buy batteries, candles, even generators?
Rockets, submarines, helicopters, blimps? Marines, Navy? Total-controlled government, media, corporate world? Trauma for young ones? No income for many? Special persecution of Christians? "Credit scores" like China? Democracy done away with?
Internet down a lot, monitored severely? No "hate speech" allowed whatsoever? Elites rule everyday life, picayune details? Whites maligned at every turn?
This is the kind of stuff being "buzzed" about on the internet. Who knows???!!!
Rockets, submarines, helicopters, blimps? Marines, Navy? Total-controlled government, media, corporate world? Trauma for young ones? No income for many? Special persecution of Christians? "Credit scores" like China? Democracy done away with?
Internet down a lot, monitored severely? No "hate speech" allowed whatsoever? Elites rule everyday life, picayune details? Whites maligned at every turn?
This is the kind of stuff being "buzzed" about on the internet. Who knows???!!!
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Don't worry 'bout a thing
The key to momentum is always having something, in faith, to look forward to and eagerly anticipate.
In Philippians 4:6, the Apostle Paul says, "Be careful for nothing.”
Of this counsel, Bible scholar C.R. Stam once wrote, “In our modern day language we would say, ‘Don't worry about anything.’ The Greek word behind the term ‘careful’ here is merimnao, which means to pull in different directions, to distract.
“This is exactly what worry will do to you—it will tear you apart both emotionally and physically. It can be one of the leading causes of ulcers, which is something else to worry about!
“Worry always dwells on the future in regard to what may or may not happen. . .Worry is a sin! As we have seen, it focuses on the future, which is divine ground. It has been correctly said, ‘Worry is assuming more responsibility than God intended you to have.’ ”
*****
In Luke 12: 4-5, Jesus Christ advised, “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."
“Obviously killing your body does not equal killing you. That’s a great statement demonstrating something about the nature of man. It shows someone can kill your body and yet you can do something to your soul that’s still there.
“Jesus Christ reasons, ‘Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
“I once typed into Google the key words ‘hairs on your head’ and learned that an average blonde person has 145,000 hairs on the head, a brunette has 120,000 and a red head has 90,000.
“So if you’ve got all those hairs on your head, the Father hasn’t forgotten you. You’re more valuable than a bunch of birds."
(new article tomorrow)
(new article tomorrow)
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Upcoming attacks in process long time
The church of the Antichrist's Baal religious system is identifiable throughout the Bible and our ancestors knew all about it. Don't think the Satanists don't know the gory details.
"If it starts in time past and it's in the ages to come, what do you think about right now?" says Jordan. "It didn't skip us; it's here!
"Revelations 17 begins, [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.
"Get the picture? There's this harlot and she's sitting on the waters. It's a religious system corrupting all the other religious systems of the earth. The wine of it deceived and has the nations of the earth in a drunken stupor, desensitized to the things of God and overwhelmed by its influence.
"The chapter continues, '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.'
"This woman is going to ride on the Antichrist. From Revelation 13, we know the Antichrist has a partner called the false prophet. That's the religious system that's going to promote and bring him to power.
"We're describing the ultimate end of this vain religious system that starts in Genesis 11. Actually it started in Genesis 4.
"Verse 18 says, [18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
"The first thing you want to remember about this woman is that she's connected with a city; a great city. That's going to be extremely important.
"What city is she associated with? The city of Babylon was cursed, so she's associated with a curse connected to a city.
"Revelation 18, talking about this city, says, [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.
[11] And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
"She's proud and glories in living deliciously. If you go back to Isaiah 47, she says, 'I sit as a queen; I'm the queen city.'
"You begin to make connections to today and you say, 'Hmmm, isn't that interesting?'
"Revelation 17:4 says she has a golden cup in her hand. The symbol of this woman is a chalice. That cup is filled with what she teaches.
"Verses 5-6: [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.
"She's been guilty of killing the martyrs and the saints. She's got the blood of the faithful on her hands.
"By the way, she's a political system and she's also a commercial system. Revelation 18:2-3 says, [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.
"So she's got politics, political power, commercial power, economic power, religious power.
"Look at verse 12: [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,
"Look at the last one in verse 13: [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.
"The last on the list is the souls of men. What would God put first on the list? The issue is always the same: 'Where are you going to spend eternity? What's the health of your soul along the way?'
"You see the interest level in religion? Souls last, gold first. Verse 18 says they cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like unto this great city?' This mystical, wild system. That religious system goes all the way back to the beginning of your Bible."
(new article tomorrow--promise)
"If it starts in time past and it's in the ages to come, what do you think about right now?" says Jordan. "It didn't skip us; it's here!
"Revelations 17 begins, [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.
"Get the picture? There's this harlot and she's sitting on the waters. It's a religious system corrupting all the other religious systems of the earth. The wine of it deceived and has the nations of the earth in a drunken stupor, desensitized to the things of God and overwhelmed by its influence.
"The chapter continues, '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.'
"This woman is going to ride on the Antichrist. From Revelation 13, we know the Antichrist has a partner called the false prophet. That's the religious system that's going to promote and bring him to power.
"We're describing the ultimate end of this vain religious system that starts in Genesis 11. Actually it started in Genesis 4.
"Verse 18 says, [18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
"The first thing you want to remember about this woman is that she's connected with a city; a great city. That's going to be extremely important.
"What city is she associated with? The city of Babylon was cursed, so she's associated with a curse connected to a city.
"Revelation 18, talking about this city, says, [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.
[11] And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
"She's proud and glories in living deliciously. If you go back to Isaiah 47, she says, 'I sit as a queen; I'm the queen city.'
"You begin to make connections to today and you say, 'Hmmm, isn't that interesting?'
"Revelation 17:4 says she has a golden cup in her hand. The symbol of this woman is a chalice. That cup is filled with what she teaches.
"Verses 5-6: [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.
"She's been guilty of killing the martyrs and the saints. She's got the blood of the faithful on her hands.
"By the way, she's a political system and she's also a commercial system. Revelation 18:2-3 says, [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.
"So she's got politics, political power, commercial power, economic power, religious power.
"Look at verse 12: [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,
"Look at the last one in verse 13: [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.
"The last on the list is the souls of men. What would God put first on the list? The issue is always the same: 'Where are you going to spend eternity? What's the health of your soul along the way?'
"You see the interest level in religion? Souls last, gold first. Verse 18 says they cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like unto this great city?' This mystical, wild system. That religious system goes all the way back to the beginning of your Bible."
(new article tomorrow--promise)
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
All the world's being staged
You hear commentators refer to it as "disinformation warfare." Either way, the hints are being dropped and the stage is being set for World War III.
"It isn't just your neighbors; the principalities and powers in heavenly places, Satan's angels as well as the elect angels, are all watching us and seeing the manifestation of the manifold wisdom of God according to the eternal purpose He purposed in Christ Jesus," says Jordan. "You're just destroying the wisdom of the Adversary. How do you think that makes them feel?"
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"It isn't just your neighbors; the principalities and powers in heavenly places, Satan's angels as well as the elect angels, are all watching us and seeing the manifestation of the manifold wisdom of God according to the eternal purpose He purposed in Christ Jesus," says Jordan. "You're just destroying the wisdom of the Adversary. How do you think that makes them feel?"
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When Bach wrote Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, he incorrectly assumed the “desire of all nations” from Haggai 2:7 was a reference to Jesus Christ.
“Haggai is not talking about Believers. Think about it, what nation has there ever been that desired Him?! Look at John 5 to see what the nations desire. Verse 43 says, ‘I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.’
“Jesus Christ’s saying, ‘I came in my Father’s name, you didn’t want me. Another is going to come in his own name and you know who that is? The Antichrist.’
“You know who the nations really desire? They desire the Lie, not the truth. And when the personification of the Lie, the Antichrist, the 'man of sin,' the 'son of perdition,' shows up as that ‘Wicked,’ what do they do? They receive a lie because they didn’t have a love for the truth. So what the world does is they receive the Antichrist, believing and trusting in him.
“There’s never been a time in human history, in all the world, that the nations of this world have desired the God of the Bible. They desire ‘the god of this world.’
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“You look at what’s going on in our country and in Europe today and it’s such a strange thing; people are always talking about liberty and freedom, but you let somebody do some of these terrorist things and what’s the first thing they want to get rid of? That’s why you can’t have political liberty unless you have some internal integrity inside of people that restrains them from doing such things.
“The internal strength of character that is necessary to be who we have been as a nation is gone. It still exists some in the older generations, but the younger generations, for the most part, while you find little nests of people like us around, when you go out there in the culture . . .
"All the things God puts in a culture to de-savage and discipline it and give people the capacity to be strong, Isaiah 14 says what the Antichrist does is he weakens the nations by taking those things out. That’s what’s going on in Haggai; it’s already happened.
*****
“In the 1960s there was a national radio guy, Carl MacIntire, who had The Twentieth Century Reformation Hour, and he used to say, ‘Remember, the Communists want peace--a piece of this, a piece of that, until they have it all.’ I used to think, ‘That’s a great saying. They want peace, but they spell it different. When they have it all, then there’s p-e-a-c-e.’ Well, that’s what this crafty guy wants.
*****
“What you’re seeing is going to happen when the Antichrist arises. There are going to be ten nations in that part of the earth. Only ten, and he’s going to come up and take control; subdue three of them and take over all of them and become the head of the ten, and the verse in Daniel says he’s going to do it peaceably and ‘obtain the kingdom by flatteries.’
*****
“One of the first things he does, it won’t take but 220 days after he signs that covenant with Israel that their temple worship will be restored.
Here’s an outtake from a study Jordan gave a few years ago (Editor's note: I will have a new article tomorrow):
“You know all that stuff going on in Iraq and Syria and with this ISIS, you understand the Europeans drew up the boundary lines of all those nations at the end of World War I so they could have control.
“After World War II, the agreement was made, ‘Okay, now we’ve wiped out Europe and we’ve wiped out the East; we’ll go back and honor the boundaries that were set up after WW I so we don’t have to have another fight as to where the national borders ought to be.’
*****“What you’re seeing is going to happen when the Antichrist arises. There are going to be ten nations in that part of the earth. Only ten, and he’s going to come up and take control; subdue three of them and take over all of them and become the head of the ten, and the verse in Daniel says he’s going to do it peaceably and ‘obtain the kingdom by flatteries.’
"The Antichrist's going to come in and stop the war, have the answer for peace and flatter everybody into thinking, ‘He's the guy!’ Daniel 11:21-22 says, ‘And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.’
“He’s going to come in, deliver Israel, make them rich and gain their loyalty. Verse 25: ‘And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.’
“The Antichrist's going to go out and there’s going to be another big war and verse 27 says, ‘And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.’
“You look at that and you think, ‘That just sounds like modern American politics,’ but what goes on in America goes on everywhere else. Listen, every country is the same way to one extent or another.
*****
“Now in the middle of all of that mess, verse 31 says, ‘And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.’
“You see there the daily sacrifice and the sanctuary? He has reestablished Judaism. One of the things the Antichrist does is rebuilds Israel’s temple and lets them have back their Mosaic system.
“Verse 32 says, ‘And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.’
“There are going to be some people who understand what’s going on. Verse 35 says, ‘And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.’
“So there’s going to be some wisdom among some people and they’re going to have an awareness. Where are they going to get the awareness? Out of these books (of the Prophets) that we’re reading!
“And Hosea says, ‘Who is wise? He’s going to understand. Who’s prudent? He’s going to know.’ The way they know it is because God gave it to them in a Book. These books!
*****
“You see that thing, ‘Who is wise?’ Isaiah 28:9 says, ‘Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.’
“How they’re going to know is they’re going to get it out of God’s Word. The Book of Hosea is the 28th book in the Bible. There’s a strange thing about the Book of Isaiah.
“How many books are in the Bible? 66. How many chapters in Isaiah? 66. Isaiah begins, ‘Earth, earth, earth, hear the word.’ The Bible begins in Genesis with, ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.’
“Isaiah 66 ends with a new heaven and a new earth and the lake of fire. The last book in the Bible, Revelation, concludes with a new heaven and a new earth and the lake of fire.
“How many books are in the Old Testament? 39. The first book in the New Testament, the Book of Matthew, quotes Isaiah 40 with, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness.’ John the Baptist shows up in Isaiah 40 just like he shows up in Matthew. Strange thing. If you read Isaiah, you’ll discover that each chapter in Isaiah, the thought patterns match that chapter of the Bible.
*****
“It is true of the people who see Israel’s religion re-established, and who’s going to establish that? The Antichrist is. That’s what the book of Hebrews is all about.
“When you see that sacrificial Mosaic system and the temple rebuilt and somebody sitting in that temple professing themselves to be God, run! That’s not God; that’s the enemy!
“One of the first things he does, it won’t take but 220 days after he signs that covenant with Israel that their temple worship will be restored.
“It’s going to be a fast moving thing. When they see that happen, instead of saying, ‘Wow, he’s the Messiah,’ it’s going to be, ‘Ooh, he’s the Wicked one we’re going to have to run from!’ "
Sunday, October 13, 2019
'Wisest one' they worship is foolish dolt
Isaiah 14 is a chapter about the Second Coming of Christ and Him delivering the nation Israel. Verse 4 says, 'That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!'
"The king of Babylon here is going to be the Antichrist in the context," explains Jordan. "Israel is going to be given the privilege, as the Antichrist is taken off and thrown into the lake of fire, to mock him. Now, any smart guy doesn't like to be mocked. Have you ever noticed that? They don't want you to argue with them or laugh at them. That's Proverbs 26: [4] Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
[5] Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
"Israel's going to be given the privilege of humiliating him. They say, 'There you go being cast down to hell. You had all these big ideas; look at you now, dude!'
"What they do in Isaiah 14: 12-15 is they repeat back to him his original plan. Here's how he goes from being this bright shining representation, experienced in the authority of God being exercised, understanding how the heavenly host works, right there with God at the command center, into being this dolt. His foolish heart was darkened.
"Satan's goal is leadership. The biggest theme in the Bible and the plot running behind the scenes everywhere is the authority of a throne over this universe. Satan said, 'I want to be the one who runs everything. I want to sit on the majesty on high. I want to sit in the position God has ordained for His Son.'
"How is he going to accomplish that plan? He says, 'I will exalt my throne.' Notice he has a throne; a position of governmental authority in the top rulership. 'I'm going to take my throne and have dominion. I'm going to fix it where everybody out there serves me.' He wants people to submit to his authority and make him the king.
*****
"The reason God's throne is surrounded by clouds is found in II Samuel 22:11 (talking about the Second Advent): [11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
[12] And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
[13] Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
[14] The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
"There's this atmospheric disturbance when He comes. He's talking about how He holds back the glory, because if the glory of His presence shown through without any filter, it would burn you up. That's why Satan says, 'I want to ascend above the throne where God sits and is worshipped.'
"Psalm 18:7-9 (about the Second Coming): [7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
"You got this idea He has these clouds under Him so that when He comes, the brightness doesn't destroy creation. My point is the glory of God is what's above the clouds.
"Isaiah 6 says, [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.
"Satan says, 'I want to be the prophet. I want people to answer to my word. I want to be the priest. I want to sit on the throne and have them all worship me.' By the way, there's the Antichrist, the false prophet and the dragon. That's the scheme by which he's going to ascend and take possession.
"He says, 'I will be like the most high. I'm not going to be Him, but I'm going to be like Him. I'm going to be a perfect counterfeit to accomplish my goal.'
"This is where Satan wants to be and the first time it occurs in the Bible is in Genesis 14 when Abraham has gone out and rescued Lot, comes back and Melchizedek meets him.
"Genesis 14:18: [18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
"That's the meaning of the name 'the most high.' Satan is saying, 'I want to possess heaven and earth.' That's his goal. He wants to be acclaimed as the rightful ruler of all authority and he's claiming that because he thinks, 'I am the wisest one to operate. I'm the one you ought to worship and give account to because of my wisdom.'
Understand, the issue with Satan has always been wisdom: 'I'm smarter.' it's not power. I Corinthians 2: [6] Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
"That's saying that Satan, who said, 'There's no secret you can keep from me; I can even outthink God,' got buffaloed. He fooled himself. He deceived himself. Professing himself to be wise he became a fool. Christ said, 'O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that Scripture says.'
"Satan thought he could do it his way. All God had to do to defeat all of Satan's wise scheming strategy, all the plans and policy to achieve his goal--all God had to do to defeat all that merchandising, was just keep a secret and take the crafty in his own craftiness.
"Can you understand why Satan doesn't like what we're reading in Ephesians to be put on display? It's not a demonstration that Satan is not as powerful as God, everybody knows that. It's that he's not as wise; that the wisdom of God is greater, even when it doesn't look like it."
"The king of Babylon here is going to be the Antichrist in the context," explains Jordan. "Israel is going to be given the privilege, as the Antichrist is taken off and thrown into the lake of fire, to mock him. Now, any smart guy doesn't like to be mocked. Have you ever noticed that? They don't want you to argue with them or laugh at them. That's Proverbs 26: [4] Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
[5] Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
"Israel's going to be given the privilege of humiliating him. They say, 'There you go being cast down to hell. You had all these big ideas; look at you now, dude!'
"What they do in Isaiah 14: 12-15 is they repeat back to him his original plan. Here's how he goes from being this bright shining representation, experienced in the authority of God being exercised, understanding how the heavenly host works, right there with God at the command center, into being this dolt. His foolish heart was darkened.
"Satan's goal is leadership. The biggest theme in the Bible and the plot running behind the scenes everywhere is the authority of a throne over this universe. Satan said, 'I want to be the one who runs everything. I want to sit on the majesty on high. I want to sit in the position God has ordained for His Son.'
"How is he going to accomplish that plan? He says, 'I will exalt my throne.' Notice he has a throne; a position of governmental authority in the top rulership. 'I'm going to take my throne and have dominion. I'm going to fix it where everybody out there serves me.' He wants people to submit to his authority and make him the king.
*****
"The reason God's throne is surrounded by clouds is found in II Samuel 22:11 (talking about the Second Advent): [11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
[12] And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
[13] Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
[14] The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
"There's this atmospheric disturbance when He comes. He's talking about how He holds back the glory, because if the glory of His presence shown through without any filter, it would burn you up. That's why Satan says, 'I want to ascend above the throne where God sits and is worshipped.'
"Psalm 18:7-9 (about the Second Coming): [7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
"You got this idea He has these clouds under Him so that when He comes, the brightness doesn't destroy creation. My point is the glory of God is what's above the clouds.
"Isaiah 6 says, [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.
"Satan says, 'I want to be the prophet. I want people to answer to my word. I want to be the priest. I want to sit on the throne and have them all worship me.' By the way, there's the Antichrist, the false prophet and the dragon. That's the scheme by which he's going to ascend and take possession.
"He says, 'I will be like the most high. I'm not going to be Him, but I'm going to be like Him. I'm going to be a perfect counterfeit to accomplish my goal.'
"This is where Satan wants to be and the first time it occurs in the Bible is in Genesis 14 when Abraham has gone out and rescued Lot, comes back and Melchizedek meets him.
"Genesis 14:18: [18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
"That's the meaning of the name 'the most high.' Satan is saying, 'I want to possess heaven and earth.' That's his goal. He wants to be acclaimed as the rightful ruler of all authority and he's claiming that because he thinks, 'I am the wisest one to operate. I'm the one you ought to worship and give account to because of my wisdom.'
Understand, the issue with Satan has always been wisdom: 'I'm smarter.' it's not power. I Corinthians 2: [6] Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
"That's saying that Satan, who said, 'There's no secret you can keep from me; I can even outthink God,' got buffaloed. He fooled himself. He deceived himself. Professing himself to be wise he became a fool. Christ said, 'O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that Scripture says.'
"Satan thought he could do it his way. All God had to do to defeat all of Satan's wise scheming strategy, all the plans and policy to achieve his goal--all God had to do to defeat all that merchandising, was just keep a secret and take the crafty in his own craftiness.
"Can you understand why Satan doesn't like what we're reading in Ephesians to be put on display? It's not a demonstration that Satan is not as powerful as God, everybody knows that. It's that he's not as wise; that the wisdom of God is greater, even when it doesn't look like it."
Saturday, October 12, 2019
At war with entire kingdom of darkness
Paul writes the Thessalonians, [2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
"They're not thinking properly; they were troubled, shaken in their mind, unable to function properly," explains Jordan. "They're in a panic, they're manic, they're frantic. They've had their minds taken away from them.
"He says, 'Oh, foolish Galatians.' You remember Jesus told His apostles in Luke 24, [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
"To be foolish is to have a lazy mind; you're not using your head. You're slow in your thinking.
"There's a seduction of a person, drawing them away from what's right. When John the Baptist said, 'Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,' that meant it's within your grasp. It's out there, it's coming.
"The term 'at hand' can mean immediately; it's on us already. In II Thessalonians, when it says the thing that's troubling them is 'that the day of Christ is at hand,' it isn't that it's off in the future, because it's okay if it's off in the future. The thing that's troubling you is that it's already here--you're in it right now!
"The thing that's bothering the Thessalonians is they think that this thing that they're afraid of; this thing that they're fearing, this day of sudden destruction, this thing that's going to be like verses 6-9, this time when the wicked is going to be revealed . . . that they're in that!
"Paul writes in II Corinthians 11:23, [23] Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
[24] Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
[25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
[26] In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
[27] In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
[28] Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
"See, these are real problems. You get over stumping your toe in the dark as a persecution when you read this. You'll get over somebody saying something nasty about you when you read this kind of stuff. This is REAL persecution.
"Heavenly days, when you think you're having a bad time, read this passage and say, 'There's REAL trouble!' You're problems will seem so easy you'll start thanking God you don't have those problems.
"Our conflict is against the spiritual forces that animate all those things Paul was fighting against-- the spiritual force, the rulers of the darkness that were producing that. Our war is more than simply our personal struggles, our personal, sinful propensities; it's warfare on a larger scale with the entire kingdom of darkness.
"We wrestle personally wherever we come in contact with the evil of the world, whether it's in our own hearts or whether it's elsewhere. There is where the war is and it's personal and it's an up-close kind of conflict with the wiles, schemes, strategies of the devil."
(new article tomorrow)
"They're not thinking properly; they were troubled, shaken in their mind, unable to function properly," explains Jordan. "They're in a panic, they're manic, they're frantic. They've had their minds taken away from them.
"He says, 'Oh, foolish Galatians.' You remember Jesus told His apostles in Luke 24, [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
"To be foolish is to have a lazy mind; you're not using your head. You're slow in your thinking.
"There's a seduction of a person, drawing them away from what's right. When John the Baptist said, 'Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,' that meant it's within your grasp. It's out there, it's coming.
"The term 'at hand' can mean immediately; it's on us already. In II Thessalonians, when it says the thing that's troubling them is 'that the day of Christ is at hand,' it isn't that it's off in the future, because it's okay if it's off in the future. The thing that's troubling you is that it's already here--you're in it right now!
"The thing that's bothering the Thessalonians is they think that this thing that they're afraid of; this thing that they're fearing, this day of sudden destruction, this thing that's going to be like verses 6-9, this time when the wicked is going to be revealed . . . that they're in that!
"Paul writes in II Corinthians 11:23, [23] Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
[24] Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
[25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
[26] In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
[27] In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
[28] Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
"See, these are real problems. You get over stumping your toe in the dark as a persecution when you read this. You'll get over somebody saying something nasty about you when you read this kind of stuff. This is REAL persecution.
"Heavenly days, when you think you're having a bad time, read this passage and say, 'There's REAL trouble!' You're problems will seem so easy you'll start thanking God you don't have those problems.
"Our conflict is against the spiritual forces that animate all those things Paul was fighting against-- the spiritual force, the rulers of the darkness that were producing that. Our war is more than simply our personal struggles, our personal, sinful propensities; it's warfare on a larger scale with the entire kingdom of darkness.
"We wrestle personally wherever we come in contact with the evil of the world, whether it's in our own hearts or whether it's elsewhere. There is where the war is and it's personal and it's an up-close kind of conflict with the wiles, schemes, strategies of the devil."
(new article tomorrow)
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
WARNING: Close-in conflict upon us
"As above, so below" is an aphorism so popular with satanic secret societies that it has its own Wikipedia entry.
The site informs, "The Message, intended as a "version of the New Testament in a contemporary idiom",[2] uses the maxim in its translation of the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:10. (The prayer's phrase is traditionally rendered "on earth, as it is in heaven".)
*****
Here's an article from Washington Monthly that was published in 2017:
The site informs, "The Message, intended as a "version of the New Testament in a contemporary idiom",[2] uses the maxim in its translation of the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:10. (The prayer's phrase is traditionally rendered "on earth, as it is in heaven".)
Wikipedia reveals, "The phrase derives from a passage in the Emerald Tablet (variously attributed to Hermes Trismegistus or Pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana). The 16th-century scholar Chrysogonus Polydorus provides the following version translated from the original Arabic into Latin:Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what's best – as above, so below.[3]
"A translation by Isaac Newton is found among his alchemical papers that are currently housed in King's College Library, Cambridge University.[8]
That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished and ended.
That which is below is like that which is above
and that which is above is like that which is below
to do the miracles of one only thing
And as all things have been and arose from one by the mediation of one:
so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
The Sun is its father,
the moon its mother,
the wind hath carried it in its belly,
the earth is its nurse.
The father of all perfection in the whole world is here.
Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth.
Separate thou the earth from the fire,
the subtle from the gross
sweetly with great industry.
It ascends from the earth to the heaven
and again it descends to the earth
and receives the force of things superior and inferior.
By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world
and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.
Its force is above all force,
for it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing.
So was the world created.
From this are and do come admirable adaptations
where of the means is here in this.
Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist [sic],
having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world
*****
Here's an article from Washington Monthly that was published in 2017:
Hermes wears winged sandals because he’s in a hurry. Messenger of the gods, he is a communicator. The Lord of Liars, Hermes is patron of both merchants and thieves because all sales contain a bit of thievery, right? Liar, merchant, thief, improviser, media-savant. Sound familiar?
But Hermes is a culture-bearer who brings fire to humanity and invents rituals to honor the gods (creating Hellenic culture). The more extreme Trickster Dionysus doesn’t just push, he shreds the envelope. He promises a new order but mostly brings chaos. In Euripides’s Bacchae, Dionysus incites his followers to tear limb from limb the hyper-rational Theban king Pentheus—Obama? Hillary?—and the play ends without order restored.
Trump clearly enjoys his role as culture destroyer. As Rebecca Solnit writes, “Trump was supposed to be a great maker of things, but he was mostly a breaker.” Thus, as bringer-of-chaos, Trump seems also to be channeling Hermes’s more destructive cousin Dionysus. The god of intoxication and ecstasy, Dionysus embodies and offers his followers the transformation of individual identity. Worshiped directly in nature without the mediation of a priesthood, he is the god of the people (and hence of demagogues). Dionysus fulfills our longing for transcendence, or, in political terms, our longing for change. Sound familiar?
While shredding our political norms, Trump nevertheless is following patterns associated with the cult of Dionysus. The cult flourished for a thousand years until the triumph of Christianity, but Dionysian longings for transcendence have outlived his cult. When Trump’s followers assert their indifference to his (many) imperfections and, despite all evidence to the contrary, trust he will deliver on his promises, that’s Dionysian intoxication. We can hardly ignore the resemblance of Trump’s red-capped supporters to Dionysus’s followers, the priapic satyrs.
As an enemy to autocrats like Pentheus, Dionysus’s initial appeal is democratic and egalitarian. But as a matter of historical fact, Dionysus is associated with tyranny. Aspiring tyrants in antiquity aligned themselves with Dionysus to challenge the reigning hierarchies: in other words, to drain their swamps. All Rome welcomed Mark Antony as Dionysus who then transformed Rome’s oligarchy into an autocratic empire. Caligula and Nero, renowned for their sadism, extravagance, and sexual perversity, paraded as the “new Dionysus.” Perhaps tweeting is the new fiddling. Trump’s “identification” with the Dionysus archetype explains his allure and rise to power. Like Dionysus, Trump seems determined to break every rule and overturn every norm. In 2014, he imagined apocalypse as the solution to the country’s ills: “When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a [chuckles], you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great.”
*****
"Ephesians 6: [11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[12] 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.
"When he talks about high places, he's not talking about state government; he's talking about the heavenly places," explains Jordan.
"Four times in Ephesians the phrase 'heavenly places' occurs and this time it's translated 'high places.' There's a reason for that even though they're talking about the same thing.
"We're fighting against the principalities and powers in that invisible realm of the heavenly government because those are the ones we're going to dispossess and they don't want to give up their positions; they're going to fight against the people designed to take their position.
"Appreciate as we get into this the reality of it. Paul believed in a personal prince of evil; a real policy of evil that the Adversary has. Satan is not just an evil force like Darth Vader. Most of Christendom doesn't believe there's a real personal Satan.
"Satan is a supernatural spirit being who has a mind that plots and strategizes. He's 'the god of this world,' but he's a little 'g' god. He's just a pretender; he's not omniscient. However, there's a real, highly strategized plan by an Adversary who wants to take over and destroy your life and what God wants to do with you in the ages to come.
"Ephesians 6 goes on, [13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
[14] Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
[15] And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
[16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
[17] And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
"It's always struck me--if you got a breastplate, how do you wrestle? The idea in a soldier is, 'If I can kill the enemy over yonder, I'd like to do it, because the further away I can kill him the safer I am.' That's why they bomb from artillery 30,000 feet up.
"Wrestling is close-in conflict; it's not remote. It's an up-close, hand-to-hand struggle against a cunning opponent who knows the tricks of the trade of warfare. He knows how to use you against you. It's not just a battle in the physical realm; it's a battle in the spiritual realm."
[12] 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.
"When he talks about high places, he's not talking about state government; he's talking about the heavenly places," explains Jordan.
"Four times in Ephesians the phrase 'heavenly places' occurs and this time it's translated 'high places.' There's a reason for that even though they're talking about the same thing.
"We're fighting against the principalities and powers in that invisible realm of the heavenly government because those are the ones we're going to dispossess and they don't want to give up their positions; they're going to fight against the people designed to take their position.
"Appreciate as we get into this the reality of it. Paul believed in a personal prince of evil; a real policy of evil that the Adversary has. Satan is not just an evil force like Darth Vader. Most of Christendom doesn't believe there's a real personal Satan.
"Satan is a supernatural spirit being who has a mind that plots and strategizes. He's 'the god of this world,' but he's a little 'g' god. He's just a pretender; he's not omniscient. However, there's a real, highly strategized plan by an Adversary who wants to take over and destroy your life and what God wants to do with you in the ages to come.
"Ephesians 6 goes on, [13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
[14] Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
[15] And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
[16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
[17] And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
"It's always struck me--if you got a breastplate, how do you wrestle? The idea in a soldier is, 'If I can kill the enemy over yonder, I'd like to do it, because the further away I can kill him the safer I am.' That's why they bomb from artillery 30,000 feet up.
"Wrestling is close-in conflict; it's not remote. It's an up-close, hand-to-hand struggle against a cunning opponent who knows the tricks of the trade of warfare. He knows how to use you against you. It's not just a battle in the physical realm; it's a battle in the spiritual realm."
Sunday, October 6, 2019
'As the hart pants after the water brooks'
“The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves,” writes Jo Petty in her 1962 bestseller, Apples of Gold.
Bible expositor Cora Harris MacIlravy (circa 1916) writes, “As we look up that shining, living way, and begin to see faintly that which has been provided for us, we cling to the Rock in abandonment, in closer fellowship and communion.
Bible expositor Cora Harris MacIlravy (circa 1916) writes, “As we look up that shining, living way, and begin to see faintly that which has been provided for us, we cling to the Rock in abandonment, in closer fellowship and communion.
“As our eyes look upward and are fixed upon the recompense of the reward, unseen arms bear us over the hardest places and plant our feet upon the next higher step, which to us appeared so inaccessible.
"We feel the everlasting arms carrying us upward, upward, while we can only cling to the Rock, hide away in His pierced side, love and adore Him for the ‘exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think.’
"We feel the everlasting arms carrying us upward, upward, while we can only cling to the Rock, hide away in His pierced side, love and adore Him for the ‘exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think.’
“Not only are we protected, but there are rivers of water flowing out of the Rock, and the Rock follows us. All through our journeys in the wilderness here below, the Rock, Christ Jesus, follows us as we drink abundantly of living waters.
“In Him is all we need, and if by faith, we take that place and abide there, we shall have everything that God has for us, and we can have it no other way. It is not easy to go up that shining way, but it is blessed.
"It is not an easy path, but it is wonderful; and it becomes more wonderful as we more fully understand that we are upon the stairway, which will bring us from earth to Heaven, from weakness and humiliation to strength and glorification.
"It is not an easy path, but it is wonderful; and it becomes more wonderful as we more fully understand that we are upon the stairway, which will bring us from earth to Heaven, from weakness and humiliation to strength and glorification.
“O precious clefts, O wondrous secret stair, which can only be found when new vision is given at the new birth! . . . What strength and power, what refreshing and holy swiftness are to those who ever abide in the clefts of the Rock, and hasten upon that hidden stair, which their Beloved has set up for them through the shedding of His own blood.
“He calls her to set her face steadfastly toward Him, to run with patience the race that is set before her, looking away to Jesus who alone is the Author and Finisher of her faith. As she steadfastly obeys, she hears His voice speaking to her: ‘Thy countenance is beautiful, thou art fair, My love; there is no spot in thee. Come away.’ "
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"He has just told her that He is the Lily of the Valleys, then He describes His bride as a lily among thorns; harmless, yet upright and beautiful; spotless and fragrant. As He is, so must she be. He would have her conformed to His image, with His every attribute adorning her and with every likeness to Him perfected; with every perfume and beauty manifested upon her life and in her life . . .
"She must be harmless, yet steadfast. She must be humble, yet standing in pure dignity. She must be upright and beautiful, contending earnestly for the Faith once for all delivered unto the saints. . .
"All that would wound, all that is unworthy, all that is uplifted must find no place in her. She must be tender, worthy in His worthiness, humble before God and man . . . It is as He leads her down into the Valleys, where she is hidden away from the eyes of man, and where the living waters flow, that she is nourished and becomes as the lily.
"Only down there is the soil fertile; only there is the moisture found that flows down from the Everlasting Hills. Only down in the Valleys of humility, of meekness, of lowliness can these eternal lilies be found.
"As our precious Lord emptied Himself of His glory, so must we be emptied of all that would hinder us carrying out the will of God. He went down into these Valleys of humility and depths of suffering, that He might plant in the Valleys pure lilies unto Himself. He ascended to Heaven that He might transplant these lilies from the earthly wilderness to the heavenly terraces, where they will forever bloom in the Garden of the Lord . . .
"When we catch glimpses of the inward adorning, how our souls long to go down into every valley into which our Lord would lead us. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so our souls pant for the waters of life; and it is down in these Valleys of lowliness and abasement, that fountains of living water are found gushing forth from the Rock. These Valleys are ever watered from Eternal springs . . .
"There is a precious truth in here, which seems like a contradiction. The more we abide in these precious Valleys, the higher we go into the Mount of Revelation and dwell there. It is by going down into this place, that we become like Him, and are lifted higher and higher into His presence."
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"He has just told her that He is the Lily of the Valleys, then He describes His bride as a lily among thorns; harmless, yet upright and beautiful; spotless and fragrant. As He is, so must she be. He would have her conformed to His image, with His every attribute adorning her and with every likeness to Him perfected; with every perfume and beauty manifested upon her life and in her life . . .
"She must be harmless, yet steadfast. She must be humble, yet standing in pure dignity. She must be upright and beautiful, contending earnestly for the Faith once for all delivered unto the saints. . .
"All that would wound, all that is unworthy, all that is uplifted must find no place in her. She must be tender, worthy in His worthiness, humble before God and man . . . It is as He leads her down into the Valleys, where she is hidden away from the eyes of man, and where the living waters flow, that she is nourished and becomes as the lily.
"Only down there is the soil fertile; only there is the moisture found that flows down from the Everlasting Hills. Only down in the Valleys of humility, of meekness, of lowliness can these eternal lilies be found.
"As our precious Lord emptied Himself of His glory, so must we be emptied of all that would hinder us carrying out the will of God. He went down into these Valleys of humility and depths of suffering, that He might plant in the Valleys pure lilies unto Himself. He ascended to Heaven that He might transplant these lilies from the earthly wilderness to the heavenly terraces, where they will forever bloom in the Garden of the Lord . . .
"When we catch glimpses of the inward adorning, how our souls long to go down into every valley into which our Lord would lead us. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so our souls pant for the waters of life; and it is down in these Valleys of lowliness and abasement, that fountains of living water are found gushing forth from the Rock. These Valleys are ever watered from Eternal springs . . .
"There is a precious truth in here, which seems like a contradiction. The more we abide in these precious Valleys, the higher we go into the Mount of Revelation and dwell there. It is by going down into this place, that we become like Him, and are lifted higher and higher into His presence."
*****
Here is an old article (editor's note: sorry for long absence. I have a new article I will definitely post tomorrow) on the same theme:
Three words, ‘in Christ Jesus,’ and variations such as ‘in Christ,’ or ‘in Him,’ are phrases used by Paul more than 130 times in his 13 epistles.
Three words, ‘in Christ Jesus,’ and variations such as ‘in Christ,’ or ‘in Him,’ are phrases used by Paul more than 130 times in his 13 epistles.
"It was the dominant thinking of Paul because in his mind being ‘in Christ Jesus’ is the essence of what Christianity is all about; it’s the essence of the grace of God and who we are," says Jordan.
“Christ is our life, our mind, our goal, our strength; He’s the sum total, the excellency of all that we have. In Christ—you’ve got to get the idea—is to be IN something. The idea is to be IN the sphere of something.
“I like to say we’re encapsulated. You see, if you were in a circle, that would be different. When you’re in a capsule, you’re surrounded with protection and then if a brick fell, what would happen? It would bounce off! You’re completely surrounded. That’s what it means to be ‘in Christ.’
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“God has chosen us IN HIM and we are made alive IN HIM,” writes Bible expositor Cora Harris MacIlravy. “We are new creatures IN HIM and are to walk IN HIM as we received Him, rooted and builded up IN HIM and established in our faith.
“We become the righteousness of God IN HIM, we are established IN HIM, and can do all things IN HIM that strengtheneth us. God always lead us in triumph IN HIM, making us a sweet savor of Christ unto God. IN HIM we have all spiritual blessings in heavenly places; as we abide IN HIM, we are made complete IN Him who is the Head of all principalities and powers. And we are made more than conquerors THROUGH HIM that loved us.
“It is as we realize upon the vital union which God has put between Christ, who is the ‘Chiefest of ten thousand,’ and us, who are members of His body, that this mighty Conqueror enables us to set up banners (floating over, His own peculiar banner, bearing His name, ‘Love’) through the power of His work upon Calvary. Thus is He glorified.”
*****
Paul says in Colossians 3:3, “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
“I used to struggle with this verse, wondering, ‘What does it mean?!’" admits Jordan. "Then it dawned on me it means exactly what it says. What a thought!
"If I’m standing in a circle, I’m not hid and you can see me. It’s just on one plane. But if I’m in a capsule and ‘hid with Christ,’ I’m totally submerged inside of God with Christ!
"You know what that is? That’s security! That means I’m safe and secure inside of Him from any harm; any foes on the outside. And I’m completely supplied by everything that’s in the capsule.”
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
One language, one speech, one sex
New World Order religions such as the Freemasons, Theosophists, Kabbalahists, etc., are said to believe God created Adam double-faced and split him to make him of two backs, depicted facing one another.
"They take Genesis 1:27 ([27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them) and try to change the meaning of the word 'them' to make it singular," explains a YouTube channel commentator. "Obviously, it means 'one male, one female', but they say Adam was created male and female.
"He created Adam as a lifeless mass extending from one end of the world to the other; He created him filling the whole world. That's the 'cosmic androgyne.' It's like the Force in Star Wars. The entire universe is an androgyne and we're all androgynes, too, we just don't know it.
"This is why mass media tells us we're gender-neutral and we're all on a gender spectrum. It's straight out of rabbinical commentaries; the oral traditions of the rabbis from ancient Babylonian mysticism.
"Nimrod didn't invent it either; it goes back to the ancient world. I personally believe it came from the pre-Flood nephilim. This is what the fallen angels were teaching people back then to try and wipe us all out; turn us into abominations.
"The midrash says the Holy One created Adam a hermaphrodite, a bisexual. They say that according to Jeremiah's opinion, Adam had both sexes and thus is a real hermaphrodite in the old mythical sense. It's identical with the conception of Hermes, in which he is understood to be the Logos, Alethinos. This is what Plato taught."
*****
Judges 2:3 says, [3] Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
"Satan corrupts you by beguiling you," says Jordan. "While God desires for truth to be proclaimed, the Adversary's whole system is based on this secret society. That's what 'the occult' means: 'I've got wisdom, understanding, powers that are secret that you can only get in contact with if you have my instructions and you're one of my initiated.'
"Deuteronomy 18:9 says, [9] When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
[11] Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
"A diviner and observer of times is someone who tries to use special knowledge to try and tell you the future and predict what will go on.
"An enchanter, witch, wizard, etc., are those claiming to have power in the spirit world and to be able to go in there and pull things out--hidden wisdom and understanding.
"Paul says, [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
[3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
"He says in Ephesians 6, [11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[12] 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.
"Satan's spirit works in lost people, and the creative genius of unsaved men and women are satanically inspired and he's got a whole crew of people who are the rulers. The politicians, business executives, music moguls, movie producers, newsmen, preachers. All the people in the upper echelons that run things here have a philosophy and a thinking process that is in line with the lie program.
"When you look to politicians for their answers, that's where they're getting it from. Think about this, how many of you when you got up this morning turned on the TV/radio to get yourself excited instead of God's Word? You looked to a spirit of the world to produce in you what God says His Word is designed to produce in you and you make a choice.
"Did you know that music is the most dangerous thing in your life, second only to false religions? In fact, it's false religion that gives it its power in your life. Music is always in the background of everything."
(new article tomorrow)
"They take Genesis 1:27 ([27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them) and try to change the meaning of the word 'them' to make it singular," explains a YouTube channel commentator. "Obviously, it means 'one male, one female', but they say Adam was created male and female.
"He created Adam as a lifeless mass extending from one end of the world to the other; He created him filling the whole world. That's the 'cosmic androgyne.' It's like the Force in Star Wars. The entire universe is an androgyne and we're all androgynes, too, we just don't know it.
"This is why mass media tells us we're gender-neutral and we're all on a gender spectrum. It's straight out of rabbinical commentaries; the oral traditions of the rabbis from ancient Babylonian mysticism.
"Nimrod didn't invent it either; it goes back to the ancient world. I personally believe it came from the pre-Flood nephilim. This is what the fallen angels were teaching people back then to try and wipe us all out; turn us into abominations.
"The midrash says the Holy One created Adam a hermaphrodite, a bisexual. They say that according to Jeremiah's opinion, Adam had both sexes and thus is a real hermaphrodite in the old mythical sense. It's identical with the conception of Hermes, in which he is understood to be the Logos, Alethinos. This is what Plato taught."
*****
Judges 2:3 says, [3] Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
"Satan corrupts you by beguiling you," says Jordan. "While God desires for truth to be proclaimed, the Adversary's whole system is based on this secret society. That's what 'the occult' means: 'I've got wisdom, understanding, powers that are secret that you can only get in contact with if you have my instructions and you're one of my initiated.'
"Deuteronomy 18:9 says, [9] When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
[11] Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
"A diviner and observer of times is someone who tries to use special knowledge to try and tell you the future and predict what will go on.
"An enchanter, witch, wizard, etc., are those claiming to have power in the spirit world and to be able to go in there and pull things out--hidden wisdom and understanding.
"Paul says, [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
[3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
"He says in Ephesians 6, [11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[12] 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.
"Satan's spirit works in lost people, and the creative genius of unsaved men and women are satanically inspired and he's got a whole crew of people who are the rulers. The politicians, business executives, music moguls, movie producers, newsmen, preachers. All the people in the upper echelons that run things here have a philosophy and a thinking process that is in line with the lie program.
"When you look to politicians for their answers, that's where they're getting it from. Think about this, how many of you when you got up this morning turned on the TV/radio to get yourself excited instead of God's Word? You looked to a spirit of the world to produce in you what God says His Word is designed to produce in you and you make a choice.
"Did you know that music is the most dangerous thing in your life, second only to false religions? In fact, it's false religion that gives it its power in your life. Music is always in the background of everything."
(new article tomorrow)
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