What the Bible says about light and seed

The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.

The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. Matthew 13:24,25.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Le monde ne peut pas supporter l'idée d'une souveraineté juive à Jérusalem

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Le silence assourdissant de la communauté internationale après l’attentat du tramway de Jérusalem qui a fait deux morts - dont un bébé de trois mois - tranche de manière criante avec les réactions irrationnelles entendues à peine quelques jours plus tard suite à l’annonce de projets de construction dans la même ville.

C’est en profondeur qu’il faut chercher ce qui pousse les Etats-Unis et l’Union Européenne à protester de manière aussi énergique et automatique à chaque fois que les Juifs annoncent qu’ils veulent construire des maisons dans leur capitale historique, alors que ces mêmes pays sont restés silencieux lorsque deux êtres innocents étaient volontairement fauchés par un terroriste imbibé de haine antisémite.

Si Washington et les capitales européennes condamnaient chaque construction dans des territoires disputés dans le monde entier, on pourrait, à la rigueur, croire en leur bonne foi.
Mais il faudrait pour cela créer dans tous ces pays des Ministères "des-condamnations-de-constructions-en-zones-disputées", avec des fonctionnaires à plein temps!

Mais en l’occurrence, la mauvaise foi, l’hypocrisie et la méchanceté suent par tous les pores. Même le Conseil de Sécurité se réunit en urgence spécialement pour cela alors que les pays arabes au Proche-Orient sont à feu et à sang. Il n’existe aucun cas similaire au monde. Et c’est précisément l’Etat juif qui est visé. Hasard, hasard…

L’Occident vieillissant perd peu à peu ses repères et ses valeurs. Et malgré tous les problèmes auxquels il est confronté, il estime qu’il a tout de même assez de temps libre pour suivre au microscope la politique cadastrale du petit Etat d’Israël.

De manière inconsciente, par son attitude, il condamne les pulsions de vie des Israéliens tout en justifiant tacitement les pulsions de mort de leurs ennemis. Le conflit qui se joue au Proche-Orient exprime aujourd’hui ce combat entre deux cultures : produire, développer, inventer, innover, bâtir, planter contre détruire, saccager et semer la mort. Dans cette configuration, Israël est résolument du côté de la vie. "Nous aimons la mort autant que vous aimez la vie" disent fréquemment les chefs terroristes arabes palestiniens aux Israéliens pour bien marquer leur "originalité". Une phrase surréaliste pour un esprit moderne et rationnel et que les Occidentaux commencent à comprendre dans leur propre chair.
Et pourtant, dès qu’il s’agit d’Israël les vieux réflexes sont de retour : les assassins deviennent des "combattants de la liberté" et les bâtisseurs sont accusés d’être un obstacle à la paix".

Construire des logements dans la ville qui est depuis plus de 3.000 ans la capitale du peuple juif est un signe de vie, de renaissance, une bouffée d’oxygène nationale, après 19 siècles d’absence. Construire à Jérusalem est sans doute l’un des signes les plus tangibles et symboliques des retrouvailles du peuple juif avec sa terre. Depuis 2000 ans, trois fois par jour, dans les prières juives, les fidèles récitent "Tu es béni, D.ieu, qui ramène les exilés de Ton peuple Israël" et "Tu es béni D.ieu qui reconstruit Jérusalem".
Ces prières composées depuis la nuit des temps s’exaucent sous nos yeux tout comme les prophéties bibliques. Merveilleux !

Et nous devrions cesser tout cela parce que des dirigeants américains, britanniques, belges, français ou espagnols nous le demandent ? Il est vrai qu’ils ont un alibi de taille : la gauche et les principaux médias israéliens qui les devancent et les encouragent dans leur opposition avec leur sempiternel "ce n’est pas le moment opportun pour construire ». Le Premier ministre Benyamin Netanyahou, dans son discours d’inauguration de la session parlementaire d’hiver a eu raison de placer cette gauche face à son hypocrisie : « Lorsqu’on vous écoute depuis des années, ce n’est jamais ni le lieu ni le moment pour construire à Jérusalem ».

Il y a 20 ans, un rabbin français avertissait qu’un jour, les Etats-Unis, grand alliés d’Israël, se retourneraient contre lui à propos de la question de Jérusalem, car la souveraineté juive retrouvée sur Jérusalem est une situation insupportable tant pour l’Occident chrétien que pour l’Islam.

Nous y sommes, et c’est là, à mon avis, la raison réelle, enfouie, subconsciente de cette hyperréactivité de la communauté internationale à la moindre annonce de projet de construction dans la capitale israélienne. Le choix du terme de « provocation » n’est pas gratuit dans la terminologie de la communauté internationale. La création de l’Etat d’Israël en 1948 et plus encore; la libération du berceau historique et de la capitale en 1967 furent autant de "provocations" pour tous ceux qui pensaient que la "question juive" était en passe d’être "résolue".

Jérusalem n’a jamais été la capitale d’un autre Etat ni d’un autre peuple; et Jérusalem n’a jamais été autant au cœur des préoccupations du monde que depuis que ses propriétaires légitimes y sont revenus. Durant les 19 ans d’occupation jordanienne de la ville, entre 1948 et 1967, jamais il n’a été question de faire de Jérusalem une "capitale palestinienne".
A nous, ses légitimes propriétaires, de protéger et développer notre capitale pour le bien de tous ses habitants, en dépit des critiques et des condamnations malveillantes dont nous sommes sevrés.

Jérusalem n’est pas seulement la capitale d’Israël, elle est aussi le capital le plus précieux pour tout le peuple juif.

Shraga Blum est un journaliste indépendant qui contribue à l'hebdomadaire "P'tit Hebdo" et un analyste politique pour plusieurs sites internet en français

Thursday, October 30, 2014

World Of Channeling Rocked Due To “Resignation” Of “Official Voice Of Heaven”, Channeler, Kathryn E. May

Note from the author of this blog: This post on my FB was sent by a very dear friend of mine. This is encouraging. Please read it carefully and pray for this lady who still has not found the truth and has come to the first step in renouncing invisible entities that she channels to help mankind reach godhood. I was trapped for 14 years in the New Age movement and in the last 3 years of my involvement in it, I started doubting whether it was the way to God when I saw through the broken promises, the discrepancies, and contradictions in the lives of the hindu monks and spiritual teachers that I earnestly believe and followed.
Finally after seeing many of my friends and followers of the Indian guru, all of them in their mid thirties die while they followed faithfully the teachings that were supposed to bring divine health, holiness and divine bliss, in despair I  turned to the Lord Jesus and asked him this simple question: Which way is true, you and the Bible or the guru and his teachings? He answered in a undeniable way and showed me in an unmistakable, concrete fashion that he was the Way, the Truth and the Life. 
This lady is at a crossroad in her life. Now comes the hard part . Once the Lord delivers someone from spiritual bondage and they receive the Spirit that guides them into all truth, the real spiritual battle starts. Satan doesn´t like to be forced to let go of one of his victims and popular instruments through whom he can deceive millions of people. 
Please intercede for this lady, that she will see the true light, that the protective power of the Spirit and the help of angels will shield her and that the Lord will use his earthly servants to testify of his love, his grace and his mercy for her. I pray that she will have a deep hunger and thirst for the truth of the Word of God that will make her free.
Let´s remember that the Lord Jesus met Saul at the cross road of Damascus. Nothing is beyond his power to save and to accomplish his will and purpose. Amen?
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 Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:51 Reposted from: (Before It's News)
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Kathryn E. May… has submitted her resignation for now (reposted below), in a poignant letter to heaven and us all, about ‘the situation’…. involving the continued delays of all sorts of announcements and questionable strategies on their part… Kathryn has many feathers in her cap, that have earned her a wide respect across the multiverse… for her willingness to channel and share messages, without tainting them with her ego.  With this ability and other qualities, Kathryn has been holding retreats, seeing clients, activating Atlantis crystal in the tropics… writing books, appearing in videos, hosting a live radio show, doing channelings, answering emails… ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US!!! 
Can you imagine doing all this, and the shopping and house cleaning hehe?  Can you imagine being a spokesperson for heaven on a prison planet-type scenario?  Can you imagine receiving messages from Sananda, the returned master…. THE OFFICIAL TEACHINGS OF JESUS?  Kathryn can do more than imagine it… she has lived it.

I have noticed that some of the heavenly channels will sometimes add in little lies “on purpose” it seems… perhaps it is to see if we are truly discerning, or if we simply go on automatic once we have found a trusted source. I also expressed to heaven a while ago, that their tactic of deceiving us with their little ‘miscommunications’ like for example, using the word ‘soon’ which to us means ‘soon’ and to them it means ‘whenever it happens…. perhaps lightyears’, doesn’t sit well, since they can read our minds and know beforehand the probability of misinterpretations… whatever the reasons, I’m also tired of anyone playing games with the earthlings, let alone St. Germain and the crew  (Let’s ask Creator right now to end all the games of anyone trying to control anyone else on this planet… so be it!)… but that heaven may be using deception at this point in the game to teach the earthlings lessons, is definitely discouraging and not at all uplifting if it is happening, as if things are not challenging enough sheesh! Perhaps even heaven casts a shadow at this time on earth, but for a grand purpose that we on earth do not understand?… in admiration for Kathryn and The Company of Heaven, and with support and gratitude… further breakthroughs from the matrix of your illusions are welcomed… ideally there are millions of people actively sharing the messages from heavenly hosts that resonate, because it’s a lot of energy for one or a few people don’t you feel?… to carry that energy while the masses focus on things that are often not really imporant.  ======>  People just like you  <======== Does heaven wait for you while you wait for heaven? Keep rising above any shyness, embarassment, anger or distance you may have with heaven and heaven inside… and support those who are showing the rest how it’s done… who have already boldly gone where others do not dare to go yet… heart-to-heart Indian in the machine
Listen to “Heaven Inside”… Track 4 from Warrior Ignition


Kathryn:  My Resignation

Dear Friends,
I have decided today to resign from my position as “The Voice of Mother/Father God” and “The Voice of Sananda.”  I will not be channeling messages from the Ascended Masters for the foreseeable future.  I will explain why.

For several years, I have kept my promise to channel the voices of the Company of Heaven with absolute fidelity.  I have changed not a word, not an inflection, not a bit of what they have given to me.  I add nothing and leave out nothing.  And so, the messages stand as they were given.  I do not take credit or blame, except perhaps for having been the messenger for a program that evolved, little by little, into a series of cheerleading, encouraging and repetitive messages which have turned out to be, finally, a carrot without a prize. 

I was told unequivocally that it would happen this past weekend, with details, times and specific instructions.  I was assured repeatedly that they would never again promise me something that was not to be.  I reminded them not to give me details if they are not fact.  Once again, after enormous build-up, their date came and went, with more explanations and promises.  The same ones, again.

The whole RV build-up was a way to help people envision helping one another to build a new world.  I was delighted to represent the promise of hope, peace, and prosperity which could raise all of us out of the dark control of the cabal and discover our own power to change the world.  But ultimately, it has been all about money.

The explanation was that we would beat them at their own game, take back control of our institutions, our structures of governance and our own lives, to live no longer under the yoke of the overlord, Money.  We were to do this by having more money than God, as we joked.  Perhaps this makes sense from a certain perspective – that there are some who can be entrusted with great wealth, who can buy back our freedom and our dignity.

Is this what we really need?  This promise of material riches to set us free of the brain-washing, the poverty, the misery and want that was created to keep us divided against one another and against our God? 

It has been my life’s work to help people search within themselves for the anchor to their true Center – the heart and soul connection that can free us from the brain-centered selfishness that co-opted all of us into believing we are not good enough, worthy enough unless we have great wealth.  I still believe this is the real work we need to do, to be true to the body and soul we were born with, to live a life of integrity and Love regardless of what propaganda and mind-control our brains may have been subjected to along the way.
I will continue this work, the Visual Centering that has proven so effective in helping so many to find their center, to free themselves from childhood pain and childhood programming.  This is what matters to me – to see people reach deeply into their hearts, beyond religious beliefs, beyond any teachings or philosophical arguments, to find peace with the beauty they came here to express. 

I have given notice to my beloved friends in Higher Dimensions.  I will no longer channel any messages from them because they broke their promise to me to activate the revaluation of currencies, the flood of blessings we were promised by this weekend, or I would refuse to channel anything more.  I commanded that it be done, and they accepted my declaration that this was enough, enough cheerleading, enough promises, enough explanations and seeming apologies.
  
We have done our work in good faith.  We have searched within to connect with our highest good, and it makes it impossible now to accept anything that is not pure.  Pure truth, pure Love and Light does not support manipulation or lies, not for any reason.  The end does not justify the means.  Not now.  Perhaps the months and months of encouraging messages were necessary to help us raise our vibration to accept the energies from the Central Sun.  Perhaps you were testing us to see how long we would tolerate any kind of untruth.
I for one will not tolerate it any longer.  I have promised to the dear people who have followed me and my messages that a new day is here, and it will be filled with Light and endless Love.  I will not be a part of disappointing them again, not for any reason, not for any excuse.  

On Earth as it is in Heaven?  I do not believe Heaven is a place of tricks and riddles.  Only here, in lower dimensions, do we accept half-truths and “well-meaning” white lies.  No more.  I will not be a part of helping to create a drama, a house of mirrors, a slide down the rabbit hole into upside-down rationalizations, supposedly reasonable sounding explanations and outright lies.

We are aware that God is powerful enough to intervene when the time is right to do so.  We have given our vote to request help where we would have faced the threat of assassination if we were to face down the cabal, who feel no restriction against murdering Lightworkers wholesale.  Nevertheless, we have taken them on directly before, and I for one have no reluctance about doing so if necessary, if our Friends in High Places refuse to step in as they have promised.

Perhaps that is one of the rules of the game we agreed to before coming here, that we would go it alone, without intervention from outside ourselves.  We are told we are Them, we are One, and we have the power to manifest the Paradise on Earth we were taught to envision.  If we truly believe that, then we do not need their intervention or their money (Thanks, St. Germain, but are you true to your word?).  We are the Light.

I see brilliance all around me – the rising energies of unbelievably talented and powerful individuals who graciously share their blessings, their unconquerable Light, for the benefit of all.  Do we really need more than that?  When we join with one another to make our world a better place, it does change everything. 

Why have we been promised these things that do not materialize?  Why have we been asked to believe in the face of endless disappointments?  Was it to help us, the small group of Lightworkers who truly trust in God’s good Truth, to finally accept that we need nothing more than our own strong hearts and sturdy souls?  We have been forged in the fire of hundreds of lifetimes here.  No matter how dense the Veil, we still know we deserve real support, real nourishment for our tired bodies and our souls that really are reaching for the Impossible Dream.  We will settle for nothing less.

I pledge my heart and my energy to making our world a better place.  Continuing to channel these messages no longer feels right.  I am profoundly sad to have to refuse to bring messages from those I love deeply, but I must do so for now, until we are all made aware of why this has been handled in such a strange and uncomfortable way.

Perhaps I will channel again after we have received the blessings I still hope to see manifest, but only after I have been given a clear and reasonable explanation for why we have all been dragged along with endless seemingly empty promises, until everyone is exhausted, fed up and on the verge of losing faith in the proclaimed Gods who profess endless Love.  I command that they show us the faithfulness and good will that we have given to them.  Nothing less would be fair.  Love is Light, and Light is Truth.
I remain, in service to One, Kathryn

A Spirit Of Fear

No fear in love
 
Reposted from: http://gracethrufaith.com
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love (1 John 4:18).
There’s lots of fear mongering going on today. The word “monger” originally referred to a trader of commodities, but today it’s more often used to describe a person involved in something petty or contemptible.

You don’t have to look very far to find someone who’s only too willing to inform you about all the things you should fear, whether it’s financial collapse, food shortages, killer diseases, or the government secretly planning to lock you up in the FEMA camps they’ve been building so they can force you to take the mark of the beast.
Books and videos explaining signs from God that foretell of coming judgments are guaranteed to sell even if they are not always accurate in their interpretation of His word. This is because all around the world there is a growing expectation of judgment. Paul explained that even those who have no knowledge of God’s law intuitively know right from wrong (Romans 2:14-15), and even the most casual observers are beginning to sense that things are going wrong.
I don’t know of a single nation that’s being blessed today. All are in some stage of the end times judgment that will culminate in the fulfillment of Jeremiah 30:11 when the Lord will completely destroy them. Only Israel is guaranteed survival and even they will endure some very difficult times first.
We recently compared current events in the world with the “birth pangs” Jesus described as indicators that the end of the Age was drawing near. We saw evidence that these indicators are steadily becoming more frequent and more intense as the time for the Second Coming approaches in the same way that birth pangs become more frequent and more intense as the time for the delivery of a new life approaches.
Many Christians are still deeply immersed in the world, and even though they are born again, the fearful attitudes of their unbelieving counterparts have begun occupying their minds as well. What with the evening news, the internet, radio and TV talk shows, and what passes for secular entertainment these days it’s no wonder.

Don’t Let It Get You Down

The Bible warns us about letting the fears and uncertainties of this world infect our minds. In Matt. 6:25-34 Jesus repeatedly said, “Do not worry.” And in Matt. 13:22 He said the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of worldly wealth could stunt the growth of His word in our hearts and make us unfruitful. He said we should expect trouble in this world but to take heart because He has overcome the world (John 16:33). And about the times we’re in, He said, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28).
Notice that Jesus didn’t tell us to take heart because He would give us the strength to overcome the world ourselves. He said to take heart because He has overcome the world.  And He also said seeing the signs of the approaching End Times should cause us to stand up and lift up our heads because our redemption is drawing near. One of the great promises of the Bible is that we don’t have to be overtaken by events in this world, but can remain above them.
But because of our fallen nature, this doesn’t happen automatically. Our natural tendency is to mirror the attitudes of the world around us. We learn very early in life that this is how we get the people around us to accept us, and acceptance is one of our most basic human needs. That’s why so few of us are truly individuals. We’ve been working to fit in with the world around us since we were little children. By the time we reach adulthood it has become second nature to us. Most of us never come to understand that we are who we are primarily because we’ve learned to reflect the attitudes and habits of people whose acceptance has been important to us.
Becoming born again doesn’t automatically change us, especially if we are still immersed in the same society. In its newness, evidence of our faith will show itself in the way we talk and act. But if the company we keep doesn’t approve, we’ll soon learn to keep that part of ourself private. It’s a price we pay for acceptance.
Many Christians discover that living out their faith requires developing a whole new set of friends, but even then they often become the same kind of Christian their new friends are. Ever notice that in congregations who believe in prayer languages, just about everybody has one? But in those who don’t believe in prayer languages nobody has one.
The same is true when it comes to legalism, baptism, prophecy, different schools of theology, etc. A person’s position on any of these points will usually mirror the position of the church they attend. And it’s not because they went looking for a church that teaches a particular doctrine. Most of us didn’t know what to believe when we first started going to church, and the vast majority of us never check to see if what we are being taught is true. We believe it because the the people who have accepted us into their midst believe it.

Acceptance Trumps Knowledge

This is because the need for acceptance trumps Biblical knowledge. The Bible only teaches one view on all these things and if everyone relied on the Bible to help them form their beliefs there wouldn’t be all these different denominations. This was Paul’s point in 1 Cor. 3:1-9.
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
The problem is that most of us don’t rely on the Bible to inform us. We rely on what other people tell us. Because of that we can never be certain that what we know is true, and our uncertainty is the open door to our mind that fear walks through when things start to get scary.
Don’t conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2).
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;  to be made new in the attitude of your minds;  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephes. 4:22-24).
Paul was speaking here of allowing the Holy Spirit to begin His regeneration process in our minds. Being transformed and being made new in the attitudes of our minds are not things we do, they’re things He does. Our participation in the process involves reading God’s word and letting the Holy Spirit confirm the truth of it in our minds. Jesus said the Holy Spirit would guide us into all truth (John 16:13). God’s word is the only source of that truth.
But many believers omit the step of reading God’s word. As a result they are left with only their feeling that the truth has been spiritually revealed to them. People like this have a zeal without knowledge, something Proverbs 19:2 says is not good.  I can’t count the number of e-mails I’ve received from people excitedly claiming that the Holy Spirit had revealed something new to them and they’ve decided to share it with me. Usually I discover after a few minutes of study that what had been “revealed” to them is in direct contradiction to what the written word says.
Most people don’t realize that our minds can be tricked into thinking we’ve received something from the Holy Spirit when it’s actually coming from a different source altogether. When we omit the step of reading God’s word we’re removing the confirmation step from the regeneration process, which can easily retard our spiritual growth and even result in believing a false teaching.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ (Colossians 2:8).
I’m convinced that Paul was not just talking about sources from the unbelieving world here. Listening to a pastor or teacher without confirming that what he says is consistent with God’s word is one of the most common ways of having a false teaching planted in our minds. This is why Paul commended the Bereans for confirming everything he taught them by searching the Scriptures daily (Acts 17:11). In failing to do so we run the risk of simply exchanging a secular man made tradition for a religious one.

 What Does The Bible Say?

Jesus said there will be trouble in this world but to take heart because He has overcome the world (John 16:33). He said when the particular trouble the world is experiencing right now begins to take place we should stand up and lift up our heads because our redemption is drawing near (Luke 21:28). He said because we’ve kept His command to endure patiently He will keep us from the hour of trial that’s coming upon the whole world to test those who live on the Earth (Rev. 3:10). He said He will come back and take us to be with Him so that where He is we will also be (John 14:2-3).
Paul said Jesus will rescue us from the coming wrath (1 Thes. 1:10). He said we who are alive and are left will be caught up (raptured) to meet Him in the clouds and we will be with the Lord forever (1 Thes. 4:17). He said to encourage each other with these words (1 Thes. 4:18). He said events leading up to the end of the age should not take us by surprise (1 Thes. 5:4), and that we are not appointed to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through Christ our Lord (1 Thes. 5:9).
If you’ve only heard these things from the mouths of men then you can’t be sure they are true, and you’re fair game for the fear mongers who delight in shaking the confidence of the uncertain.
But if you have read with your own eyes the verses from which these statements come, and know them well enough so you can easily find them in your Bible, if you have asked the Holy Spirit to confirm the truth of them and believe in your heart that they apply to the times ahead, then you have protected yourself from all the fear mongering that abounds today.
You know that these promises do not necessarily exempt you from any persecution or trial between now and the day He comes to take us, but you know you are a child of God (John 1:12-13) and because of that you can continue to endure patiently. Since He left to prepare a place for you, you know He will come back for you. When He does He will take you to His Father’s house, and you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever (John 14:2-3). You can almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah. 10-25-14.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

One New Man - Qs and As

Reblogged from: http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/one-new-man/


Q.  I am of the understanding that when we become a Christian we are baptized into Jesus Christ, yet there is a ‘Messianic’ Jewish teacher on television who teaches that when we accept Jesus Christ we are grafted in and become that “one new man”as a Jew.  I think he says ‘a spiritual Jew’.  

While reading Romans 2:29 it says “He is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter;  whose praise is not of men, but of God.”  I understand the circumcision of the heart part, but I am not understanding the connection between the Jew inwardly.   As Christians we don’t keep the law, so I don’t understand how this applies.

A.  I believe this teaching is intended to be a rebuttal to another false teaching called replacement theology.  For generations now some Christians have been teaching that Jews can only find spiritual fulfillment through the Church.  Now some Messianic teachers, especially those who relate to the Hebrew Roots movement, are saying Gentiles can only find  spiritual fulfillment through Israel.  Neither position is correct.

If you read Ephesians 2:11-22 carefully you can see that in his “one new man” teaching Paul was saying that God has taken some who were formerly called Jews and some who were formerly called Gentiles and made them into a new group called the Church.  It was an expansion of Paul’s comment in Galatians 3:28. If God had taken some who were Jews and some who were Gentiles and made them all into Jews He wouldn’t have one new man. He would simply have more Jews and fewer Gentiles.

As for Romans 2:28-29, Paul was saying that people would no longer be considered Jewish in God’s eyes simply because they had been circumcised in the flesh. His phrase “circumcision of the heart” is another way of saying “born again”.  The point is that whether they are circumcised in the flesh or not, Jews who are not born again are considered to be unbelievers just like Gentiles who are not born again.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Mike Hoggard Private Interpretations



 
Note from this blog´s author: You might be interested in more posts on the New Age deception, discernment and the way to resist being sucked in and seduced by the wisdom of Satan. His modus operandi is always the same, it worked with Adam and Eve who knew their Creator, were taught by him, had a father child relationship with him and still disobeyed and were banished from their pristine home and garden. What then makes us think that we are smarter than them ?  Below you will find a few essays and studies I have written on false teachings as it becomes increasingly difficult to find solid, biblically based, sound teaching among some popular online pastors and teachers whose doctrines and teachings deviate from the Word of God, adding their own interpretations and wild extrapolations that are leading people astray especially young believers who are not yet really established and grounded in the Scriptures.  

 

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Reflection on the rainbow

Written and posted by Jean-Louis.

The idea to write this post came to me when a few days ago, I saw a picture of a rainbow cake on Facebook.

I had previously read several articles in the past few years about Christian businessmen and women who refused to cater to homosexual couples weddings with their services such as baking the wedding cake with a gay theme, providing the photographers or  for a pastor to perform a same sex wedding ceremony. 
To read about the baker´s struggle click Two lies our culture has embraced and Christian couple standing firm

They did that not out of hate or lack of love because true Christians do not hate anybody but on the contrary love homosexuals with the love of the Lord Jesus who died for the whole world regardless of what kind of sins they commit. They refused to bend the knee to the Political Correctness relentless pressure of Cesar out of integrity of conscience and their desire to not offend the Holy God that they love and worship.

And for that righteous and courageous stance, they were threatened with heavy fines until they complied with the unjust laws. Some of them ended up losing their family business altogether. 

After all, why would anyone find a wedding cake offensive when it is a symbol of celebration and of the participation of the guests, family and friends in the deep love and life commitment of two people who chose to unite their life in the bond of matrimony? 

Usually, I stay out of controversial disputes and arguments. I am a peace maker and try to follow Paul´s admonition to be ambassadors for Christ and bring reconciliation between God and man and between men themselves by proclaiming the good news of the Gospel of Grace and teaching the truth from the whole Bible.

So, as you will see further on, this study is concerned with the rainbow and its significance in the lives of men.                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The rainbow is one of the magnificent signs the Lord God Almighty has placed in the heavens for all of mankind to admire and to worship Him.
Characteristic and interesting properties can be deduced from observing this marvelous heavenly phenomenon.

First, a certain amount of clouds, rain and sunlight has to be present in order for us to witness the glorious appearance.

Secondly, it takes place in the atmosphere which is the sphere of Satan´s spiritual influence and operations.  It helps us understand the reason why God provides signs that are visible to all mankind and the lessons we can learn for watching the heavens especially in these precarious and perilous times in which we live.

Thirdly, I notice that like the wind that you cannot take in your hand, you cannot grab it and say that you possess it, so it is with the rainbow, it belongs to God and he uses it as he pleases as a demonstration of his glory and a communication of his faithfulness and his ever present watchfulness over the earth and the lives of its inhabitants.

Fourthly, it appears only as a half a circle as it takes a very precise angle combination of light, water vapor and the location of the observer according to the position and rotation of the earth.

Anyone can observe and marvel at a rainbow  without an extensive knowledge of astronomy or the detailed physical, optical properties of light, water earthly position of an object.

An interesting detail is that the counterfeit rainbow has 6 colors, 6 being the number of man whereas God´s created rainbow  has 7 colors, 7 being the number of perfection. And this perfection from a holy God can never duplicated by a sinful man in rebellion against his creator.

It becomes even more interesting when I am on the lookout for some verses about the interaction of the different planes and spheres of influence between the visible on the earth our physical domain and the invisible or spiritual domain as a subject for encouragement, exhortation or discernment.

The first rainbow
The Scriptures interface between these two domains so that we are reminded by our Lord Jesus to consider earthly things as the fields of wheat, the clouds in the sky, the splendor of the lilies and the seasons, and draw spiritual lessons from them that can help us in understanding the spiritual side of life and grow in understanding and depth of knowledge and wisdom.

“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?" Luke 12.

He also warned the  people  especially the hypocrites, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law with severe  tongue lashings:
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?" Luke 12.

In Matthew 24:32, the Lord Jesus was answering questions by the apostles  about the signs of his coming and of the end of the age. The parable of the fig tree is one of the best and most important prophetic illustrations of the end times signs given to believers because everybody on planet earth is aware the rapidly succeeding events started by the Jewish people being back in  their land of Israel as a nation in 1948.

I believe as it is written that the rainbow although only in the half shape is one of those signs that the Lord put in the sky for encouragement since the time he gave it to Noah as a sign of the covenant between him and Noah and his posterity.


 12 And God said, This is the token (symbol) of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token (symbol) of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token (symbol) of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:12-17.

Now we have to see the chronological order of the two means of destruction the Lord uses in his punishment of the rebellious and disobedient people on the earth:  first comes the water or the flood, then follows the fire for judgment and cleansing.

These two judgments of God punctuate two events, the first one with Noah when he set his rainbow as a sign of grace, hope and encouragement that he will not destroy the earth completely and the second with Abraham with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah showing the merciful requests of Abraham and the justice of God even after acceding to the requests of the patriarch for the salvation of the cities.

In I Cor 15: 46, 47 the chapter on the resurrection of the body of the believer, we find Paul very important key argument for what I believe will happen soon, The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven”. 

These verses tie in with the words of warning of Jesus to watch the heavens, be alert, vigilant, in prayer so we will not be deceived and be led astray. The first sign, the magnificent rainbow following the destruction by water is present in the sky to remind us of the general grace and mercy of God who sends the rain and the sunshine to provide all his creatures with all that they need to live and prosper.

God has kept his promise until now but according to the Bible, the second judgment is close to happening, the judgment by fire just as the one happened to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Now comes the encouraging part that gives me hope and helps me not to get into the trap of discouragement when reading the news of the tide of evil engulfing the nations of the earth and our lives. 

Satan, knowing that his time is short uses the beautiful things of God as weapons against us to try to keep us discouraged and defeated and to keep us apart by dividing us and keeping  us busy and distracted from the main things.

The rainbow, emblem of the LGBT
Have you ever wondered why the rainbow has become the banner emblem of the LGBT?

At first I thought nothing of it, but in the last 10 or more years, its growing popularity worldwide had me thinking more about what it represents and witnessing the growing ensuing ravages in the families and societies all over the world, I concluded that it´s Satan´s stratagem to counterfeit and try stealing the very glory of God,  the reminder of this glorious promise to us.

So instead of being discouraged and giving into the trap of the deceiver, the father of lies, I choose to use the mind that is protected by the helmet of salvation and reject the notion that the adversary has won the battle first and foremost because he cannot steal what does not belong to him. Try as he may, he will not be able to make the beautiful rainbow of promise from the heavens that God has given us a permanent symbol for his cause and his evil schemes. 

He is not a creator, but a poor imitator at best. His followers most of them unaware of what they are doing and of the spiritual aspect of the rainbow will try to rally after a pied piper who is leading them with a false banner that can be burned to ashes just as any man made flag would.

The symbol of the goodness and promise of God has been turned into a travesty, an idol,  if you will, standing for debauchery, immorality and human depravity parading in the streets of the world cities.

God must be laughing, besides being angry when he sees his indestructible rainbow and how beautiful and perfect it is as a reminder of his goodness and tender loving kindness toward the people of the earth that think they can appropriate for themselves a symbol that belongs to God only. Instead they should be humbling themselves and ask for pardon for their sins of pride, haughtiness, self-sufficiency and rebellion, offending a Holy God and rejecting the only way that we can be made acceptable to and be reconciled with him, namely His Son Jesus-Christ.

We can choose to not be intimidated by the hordes of people following the devil and not giving in to hate, to vengeance or using the carnal weapons of the world, political scheming and illegitimate alliances that the Lord has forbidden.  Thinking that we can appease the enemy and redress and rule the world in our own strength joining forces with anybody  and preaching peace and unity between light and darkness, good and evil at whatever cost and consequences while ignoring and neglecting the whole counsel of his eternal, immutable, powerful and pure word is counterproductive and doomed to failure. Sadly, this is what a  majority of churches are choosing to do in their desire to adjust with the changing times and the ways of the world.

The world´s armies might have their banner, and fight for their countries, their beliefs as we now see the black banners of Islamic States unfurl in the wind of conquest in the name of Allah. 


The cross of Jesus-Christ, our banner
We believers in and followers of Jesus-Christ have only one, namely the cross of Jesus-Christ on which the Savior of the world hung between two common criminals.
This is our banner of his love, a banner that leads us to be overcomers, more than conquerors because our Lord and King Jesus has won the battle against the devil, the world and the grave, giving us peace in this life and the hope of being with him when he comes back to take us to be with him forever. The Lord Jesus said in John 12:32:
"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." 

And to us the Church his bride, the Scripture states what I think as prophetic, the celebration of our wedding feast in heaven: He has brought me to his banquet hall,
And his banner over me is love."


Have you ever read a book starting with the end because you were anxious to know the denouement (the ending)?

The last rainbow
We have such a preview at the end of the Bible, Revelation chapter 4: 3, John the Revelator describes the scene around the throne of God:
3 “And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.

What an incredible heavenly spectacle!
What a privilege to witness the glory and majesty of our God rain and the complete rainbow, perfect circle shining without the incomplete, diminished earthly vision of the atmospheric rainbow depending on the sunshine, the rain and our local position.
This ought to stir our heart us up into faith, action and obedience to Christ as we see the time of the end approaching. 

To conclude, listen to Peter praising God for the living hope that we, as Christians experience as we patiently wait for our returning Savior.
I Peter 1:3-9:  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

If you do not know Jesus-Christ as your Lord and Savior, go to him in prayer and ask him to save you, he promised that anyone who asks will be answered. 
He said: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28. 

John the Apostle writes: "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12.
  If you want to receive salvation and the Spirit of Jesus the living God, humble yourself and ask for his forgiveness. You need him to show to you who you really are, as he sees you, not as what you or other people think of you, because he loves you, died for you on the cross and took the penalty for your sins so you would not have to suffer an eternity in hell separated from God.It really is a matter of eternal life or eternal death.
Romans 10:9 states: 9 [a]that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

Maranatha, come Lord Jesus.

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