Random thoughts to consider....

In these last days, the Lord will send forth His “angels”…..His messengers of the revealed Truth…His disciples…to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to the churches. They are to preach His Word in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. Those that can joyfully receive His revealed Word and leave their own religious lives…their own thoughts and ways…for His Life can be His disciple….His “angel”….His fisher of men.

(Mat 4:18 KJV) And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

The call to His disciples is no different today.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Man must leave the doctrines of men….the “nets” that catch people into errors…in order to follow Him. They are to immediately leave their “nets” to follow Him.

20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

He will send His “angels” out…His disciples…His messengers of the Truth to preach the revealed Word of Truth to the churches. He sends them into the “harvest”….as the “reapers.” The “tares”…those who will not believe in that message…will be gathered and bound.

(Mat 13:30 KJV) Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

For the Lord told His disciples that whatsoever you shall bind one earth shall be bound in heaven (the “tares” are to be bound)……and whatsoever you loosen on earth shall be loosened in heaven…..the “wheat” are to be loosened.

(Mat 18:18 KJV) Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Again, those that will receive His Spirit of Truth are to be His disciples….His learners…His preachers in these last days.

(John 20:22 KJV) And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

And then whosoever sins they “remit” are remitted unto them….meaning the “wheat” who will believe in their preaching. And whosoever sins they “retain,” they are retained…..meaning the “tares” who will not believe in the revealed Truth and be saved.

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

If they will not hear the Truth, then in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established…..the binding of the tares who will not believe but will rail against those who will preach the Truth. If they will listen to the rebuke, then a brother will be gained….a wheat.

(Mat 18:15 KJV) Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

In order to be His disciple we must IMMEDIATELY leave our “houses”…our religious houses…in order to follow Him. We must readily receive His Spirit of Truth and be saved.

(Luke 9:61 KJV) And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

We are to remember Lot’s wife…and not look back.

62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

AFTER THESE THINGS, then the Lord can appoint us as His disciples…His messengers of the Truth in these last days. “Two by two” before His face…His knowledge…so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word is established…..the binding of the tares and the loosening of the wheat. The disciples angels are before the face of the Lord.

10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

His “angels” of the Truth are His reapers…..for the harvest will truly be great.

2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

He will send us forth as lambs among the wolves…among covetous pastors and church leaders…who will react fiercely to their preaching. They will oppose and contradict and speak evil of those who will preach the Truth.

3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

If they will receive us not, go your ways into the “streets of the same”….this is a clue to look to Sodom and the two angels that came into it.

10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

The tares shall be gathered and bound.

11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

Whoever shall hear His disciples, hears Him. Whoever hates those who preaches His Truth hates Him who sent them.

16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

The Lord will send His disciples out to preach the Word of Truth….He sends them out to see how they will respond to the Truth. He sends them out just as the two angels were sent out to Sodom. He shall know their sins by how they react to the Truth…the man of sin shall be revealed by his negative reaction to the preaching of the Truth.


(Gen 18:20 KJV) And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

The “angels” are MEN......those who are in Christ Jesus…sent to preach the revealed Truth. They are TWO….so as to establish every word in the mouth of two or three witnesses.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

The “angels” come to the churches while it is still the “evening”…while it is still in the darkness of man’s wisdom. Lot represents those who will receive the Truth in these last days…..they will “rise up”…they will awaken to the Truth and be saved. Lot represents those in the church (the wheat) who will humble themselves at the preaching of the Truth.

(Gen 19:1 KJV) And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Those who will not receive the love of the Truth….the disciples are to go out into the “streets” of that city to shake the dust off their feet. But here Lot offers to wash their feet. Lot receives the Truth with all readiness.

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

But the men of Sodom ( the tares…the chaff) react negatively to the presence of the two angels. Likewise, there will be those covetous preachers who will fiercely resist the preaching of the Truth. They shall be gathered together as tares and bound in their blindness to the Truth.

(Gen 19:4 KJV) But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

Their trespass is told to them by Lot….but they will not hear….and so they will not be gained as brothers in the Lord. They are to be rebuked.

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

To be continued….

The men of Sodom represent those who will not receive the LOVE of the Truth and be saved. They represent those who will love their own unrighteousness…who will love their own pleasure…more than God. They will love money, their great ministries, their great churches, and their great glory among men…..lovers of themselves…rather than have love for God and His Truth that shall be revealed. They represent those who will have the seed sown which falls by the “way side.” They will not seek His kingdom first. They will have trodden it down:

(Luke 8:5 KJV) A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

This group of people who will not receive the love of the revelation of the Truth in these last days shall seek to keep others from the Truth. They will persecute those who will receive the love of the Truth…..they will preach alluring words in order to deceive those who are escaping from their city of “Sodom.” They will forsake the assembling of ourselves together….in the revealed Truth….in the last day.

(Heb 10:25 KJV) Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

They will continue on in their covetousness….after receiving the knowledge of the Truth….after the seed was sown into their hearts. But it will be by the “way side”…..they will not seek His kingdom first….God will not be in all of the thoughts of the wicked. They will continue to run after their lusts…..and so God will send them a strong delusion so that they may believe a lie….that their gain is godliness….which holds the unjust pastors and church leaders until the day of judgment to be punished. Like the men of Sodom, they will be blinded to the Truth….blinded by their own covetousness and the strong delusion…supposing that gain is godliness. The Truth shall be removed from their hearts…..because they will have “trodden down” the seed …..they will have trodden under foot the Son of God:

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

They will only realize their huge error when it is too late.

(Prov 1:22 KJV) How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;


The seed will have fallen by the "way side."


25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

The desolation…the destruction….will come as a whirlwind. Distress and anguish will come upon every soul who will be contentious and will have not obey the revelation of the Truth.

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

For they will have hated the revelation of the Truth….His knowledge…His wisdom. They will have NOT chosen the fear of the Lord.

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Their riches shall eat their flesh in the last day….they will eat the fruit of their OWN way. Their riches shall testify against them….because they will have trodden down the seed of the Truth by the way side. They will not have sought His kingdom first as they pursue after church growth, church grandeur, church riches, church glory, church merchandising, etc, etc.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For the turning away from the wisdom of God…His revealed Truth shall “slay them”….their own prosperity (which blinds them to the Truth) shall destroy them.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

But those who will hear and do His words shall be quiet from the fear of evil. God will be our refuge...our peace...our joy...our rest.


33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

The covetous will only realize their error when it is too late….as the destruction…the evil comes upon them in their churches. The fire of wickedness will burn….as they are consumed in the iniquity of the city….as they partake of the sins and plagues of Babylon as she burns. They will realize….only it will be too late for them.

(Luke 13:25 KJV) When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

They will begin to say…. “we have eaten and drunk in thy presence.” They will still be pursuing their covetous ways… “eating and drinking”….just like in the days of Lot….as the Truth is being revealed. They will continue to eat and drink in their covetousness….being friends of the world while the messengers of the Truth are preaching the Word of Truth. They will say “thou hast taught in our streets”….by the “way side”….because they did not seek FIRST His Truth…His kingdom…but instead continued to pursue their church prosperity in the covetousness of their hearts.

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

For in the days of Lot….they also ate and drank….they bought and sold….they planted and built. In these last days, they shall say we did all those things in His name…..but they are really works of iniquity….works of their own covetousness.

(Luke 17:28 KJV) Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

“Thou has taught in our streets”……by the “way side”….meaning they did not invite Him into their “homes” ….they will not receive the love of the Truth into their hearts and be saved. Like Lot did with angels, we are to open the door of our hearts…our “homes”….to His revealed Truth in this last day. We are to seek His kingdom FIRST. We are to not keep it in the “streets” as we continue on seeking the things of the lusts of our hearts. Let us remember Lot’s insistence that the angels come into his house. Likewise, we are to receive the love of the Truth within our hearts in order to be saved…..saved from the city of “Sodom.” We are to receive the love of the Truth into our hearts when it comes to us…let it not “abide in the street”….by the “way side”…where it is trodden down by the lusts of our own hearts. We are to seek Him with ALL of our heart and mind.

(Gen 19:2 KJV) And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Let the love of the revealed Truth of God enter into our “houses”….into our hearts….and feast with Him.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

For He will come into our hearts and will “sup” with us….and we with Him. Let us not keep Him “in the streets” of the city. Let us seek His kingdom FIRST. Let us OPEN THE DOOR to our “house”….our hearts. Like Lot, invite Him into our hearts with all of our attention.

(Rev 3:20 KJV) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

We are to seek His kingdom FIRST…seek His revealed Truth…seek His knowledge…His wisdom…His face…and take no thought about what we eat or drink or how we shall be clothed. Our church busyness has distracted us….when we should be seeking His knowledge and not our own.

(Mat 6:31 KJV) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Let us remember Martha….who DID RECEIVE Jesus into her house. She was too busy with her preparations…. “cumbered about much serving.” She represents those who will receive the Truth into their hearts but will continue on in their church busyness…distracted with building churches, building ministries, planting churches, worrying about worldly affairs, worrying about abortion, worrying about prayer not being allowed in schools, worrying about Christians not being represented politically, worrying about homosexuals, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.

(Luke 10:38 KJV) Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

Instead, we should be like Mary and be sitting at His feet hearing His Word of Truth….with our FULL attention. We should be seeking His kingdom FIRST and not be distracted with church busyness…establishing a name for ourselves in this world.

41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

We are to choose that “good part”….seeking His kingdom FIRST. If we do, the Truth shall never be taken from us…..and we can then be truly fruitful with His Word.

42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Martha represents those Christians in this last day who will receive the Word of Truth into their “house”….they will hear the Word…but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches shall choke the Word. They will be too busy pursuing these things in order for the Word to be fruitful in their lives. They will pay attention to the “thorns” that are among them…the preaching of their covetous pastors and church leaders who will seek to keep them chasing after the things of this world.

(Mat 13:22 KJV) He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

The Truth shall be taken from such as well as those things that they encumber themselves with much serving will choke out the Word. They will be too busy to hear His Word and DO His Word of Truth. They will not be sitting at His feet to hear His Word. They shall become unfruitful….just as Lot’s wife…who turned into a pillar of salt….because she looked back at those things she was leaving. She looked back instead of seeking His kingdom FIRST.

To be continued….

Chickapee, sorry to hear about all of your internet troubles. The lines were cut three times this year…wow.


Reading through the Scriptures you posted……


Jesus said all those things to the religious leaders of his day and their followers…..he also comes to say those very same words to the church leaders of today. There will a complete repeat….there will be those men in the churches who will hear but not believe. They will tempt, provoke and oppose the revealed Word of God….Christ Jesus…just like the Pharisees of yesterday. The Gentile church will have come to complete circle….we are coming to the spot where the Jews were 2000 years ago. The circuit of the Gentiles…Galilee. The Lord comes with His messengers of the Truth…..they come to preach to the churches who are expected to hear and obey His words. Yet, there will be the modern-day Pharisees in the churches who will be “offended” at His words. They will not receive the love of the Truth.

They will not want to hear that their worship of God is IN VAIN. Their teachings are nothing but doctrines and commandments of men….they are worthless, empty traditions passed down by the church fathers. They honor Him with their lips but their hearts are far from Him. Their hearts are after their covetousness.

(Mat 15:8 KJV) This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

The church leaders will be “offended” at the preaching which will point out that their worship is in vain….emptiness. Their teachings and traditions do not save anyone. They only bring divisions, strife, envying, confusion, every evil work into their assemblies. Every plant that the heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

(Mat 15:12 KJV) Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

The church leaders who will not hear and love the revealing of the Truth shall speak evil of the Way of Truth. Their followers also will follow after them…..the blind leaders and their blind followers shall both fall into the ditch.

(2 Pet 2:1 KJV) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

For the tares shall be gathered out of His kingdom. Every plant not planted by the Father shall be uprooted. The tares shall be revealed by the preaching of the Truth. Their resistance to the Truth shall show everyone for who they are. They will bring forth what has been hidden in their hearts. The man of sin shall be revealed. They will oppose and fiercely fight against the Truth.

(Mat 13:38 KJV) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Those that will not believe and do the Truth shall perish in their own corruption…wickedness shall burn like a fire. There will be anguish and desolation upon those who will not receive the love of the Truth and be saved from the lusts of religious man…..the modern day Pharisees, scribes, Sadducees.

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

What comes out of the mouth of religious man is what will defile that man. The preaching of the revealed Truth shall reveal the man of sin among the wheat. The tares shall be seen for who they are by their opposition to the Truth.

(Mat 15:18 KJV) But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

At the preaching of the Truth by His messengers in this last day, they will speak evil of those things that they hear but will not understand….they will NOT BELIEVE. But in those things that they already understand….their covetous ways and thoughts…they will perish in.

(Jude 1:10 KJV) But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
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.

They are without fruits of the Spirit. They are to be plucked up by the roots….as the tares and cast into the fire….the wrath of God.

12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

They will be as raging waves of the sea….they will experience no peace and rest for their souls because they will have refused to listen to Him. For outside in the darkness will be those who will not receive the love of the Truth into their hearts.

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Those of the churches who will refuse His Truth in the last day shall seek Him when it is too late….they shall die in their sins….perishing in their own wickedness here in this world.

(John 8:21 KJV) Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

They shall perish in their own sins in this world….because they will have loved their own worldly unrighteousness more than God.

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

They will realize their error…for every knee shall bow before Him. But it will be too late for those who had refused His revealed Truth. Where He will go, they will not be able to come.

(Luke 13:25 KJV) When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

EVERY knee shall bow to Him. It is best to humble ourselves immediately at His Truth…to bow the knee NOW instead of later.

(Isa 45:23 KJV) I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

And all those who will have rejected and raged against His revealing of the Word that had come to them in righteousness…shall be put to shame before Him.

24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Every knee shall bow….and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

(Phil 2:10 KJV) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord….yet those who will refuse do his words will not be able to enter in…for it will then be too late for them. They shall be shamed....as they will confess with their tongues that Jesus Christ is Lord. He is the revealed Truth that they had spoken against and had refused to do what he says.


(Mat 7:21 KJV) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

What profit a man if he gains the whole world…blinded by his church riches…and lose his very soul? Whoever will be ashamed of His words in this adulterous and sinful generation (the description of this church generation) shall the Son of man be ashamed of when he comes in the glory of his Father and with his holy messengers of the Truth.

(Mark 8:35 KJV) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

The Gentile church has the same calling….we are to save ourselves from this present “untoward generation.” We, the Gentile church, have come full circle. The day of visitation is coming and we are to prepare ourselves by being baptized into His Word of Truth. We are to seek Him with all of our hearts and joyfully receive the Truth.

(Acts 2:40 KJV) And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

The revealing of the Truth shall show us who the wheat and the tares are. The wheat shall bring forth good things when he hears it. He will receive the love of the Truth and be saved. The tare, on the other hand, shall rise up and bring forth opposition to it.

(Mat 12:35 KJV) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

This is what is meant by the “resurrection” of the just and the unjust. The just…the wheat…will have a good heart towards the revealing of the Truth when it is preached. They will “awaken” from the “dust”…from man’s vain teachings and commandments and will receive the love of the truth. They shall readily receive Him into their hearts…they shall hear and believe and obey….and be productive with His revealed Word. The “unjust” …the tares….will rise up in their pride to oppose and contradict the Truth. They will speak against the Way of Truth and against those who will believe. They will awake to His wrath. They will be put to shame…for EVERY KNEE shall bow before Him.

(Dan 12:2 KJV) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

To be continued……

The resurrection of the just and the unjust are the two reactions by the wheat and the tares to the revealing of the Truth. The “many” have been “asleep”….while only a “few” have entered through the narrow gate…only a “few” have truly been “awake” to Him…in His peace…His love….His rest. But, the many shall “awaken” in this last day....from their sleep in the “dust of the earth”….from man’s vain doctrines and commandments.

(Dan 12:2 KJV) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

The “wheat” are those who will fear God when they hear the revelation of the Truth. They will hear and BELIEVE. They will HUMBLE themselves and receive the love of the Truth and be saved. They will do the Truth. They are those who are of the “good ground”…..having a honest and good heart….who will hear the revealed Word and keep it. They will bring forth fruit with His Word.

(Luke 8:15 KJV) But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

But the negative reaction is that of the tares. Instead of awakening up to His righteousness, they will rise up in their religious pride against the revealed Word of Truth. They will oppose and contradict and speak against His Truth. They will be “antichrist”….against Christ and his words. Whoever shall exalt himself against the revealed Truth shall be “abased.”

(Luke 14:11 KJV) For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

That humbling process will not be pleasant. For the Lord comes to search men’s hearts….to expose what is in every man’s heart by the preaching of the revealed Truth in these last days. A good tree shall bring forth good fruit…by receiving the love of the Truth…..with a honest and good heart. The bad tree will bring forth bad fruit against the revealing of the Truth. The bad tree will say within himself that the Lord will not do good nor will He do evil. He will punish those who will think they will have “peace and safety” to continue on in their covetous practices in the churches.

(Zep 1:12 KJV) And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

Their own prosperity will turn against them….for God will punish them.

13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

The “mighty man” shall cry there bitterly as his things are taken from him. The “mighty man” will not humble himself to the Truth and so is to be humbled by the Lord in the day of wrath.

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

This “trumpet and alarm” is against the “fenced cities” and against the “high towers”…..the riches and pride of religious man who will not depart from his covetous practices in the revealing of the Truth. They will hear the “trumpet”…the revealing of the Truth….they will hear the “alarm”…the warning of the coming day of wrath upon those who will not humble themselves to the Truth.

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

Their riches shall not save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Hear the ALARM you rich men (the rich pastors and church leaders who wrest the Scriptures for unjust gain)….before your calamity comes. Hear the ALARM….911.

2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

Hear the alarm before the fierce anger of the Lord comes…BEFORE the Day of the Lord’s anger comes. BEFORE the decree bring forth.


2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

Hear the alarm….and seek the Lord. The rich pastor is to humble himself at the revealing of the Truth….seek His righteousness….seek meekness…so that you may be hid in the Day of the Lord’s anger. 911:

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.


Will the rich pastors and leaders hearken to the sound of the trumpet though? Will they seek the “good way” and walk therein? Or will they stubbornly cling on to their own religious, covetous ways and thoughts?

(Jer 6:16 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

They are to hearken to the sound of the trumpet….the revealing of the Truth.

17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Our God’s patience is our salvation though….He is just and merciful…and forgives us for those things that we have done in our ignorance of the Truth. He wills that all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth.

(1 Tim 2:4 KJV) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

We can only sound the trumpet in hopes that they will hearken to it….the knowledge of the Truth. We can only, in meekness, instruct those who “oppose themselves”…in hopes that God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the revealed Truth.

(2 Tim 2:25 KJV) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

We can only hope that they will hear the alarm and recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who has taken them captive by him at his will.

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

But in the last days, there will be those who will not hearken to the trumpet….to the sounding of the voice of the Truth. They, in their pride, shall be lovers of their own selves instead of loving God and His Truth.

3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

They will oppose themselves….rejecting their own mercy…their own salvation. They will not repent and acknowledge the Truth. They will never be able to come to the knowledge of the Truth. In the year of salvation, they will continue on preaching out of the covetousness of their hearts and will not receive the Truth with love and belief. Instead, the preaching will be out in the “streets” for them….where they will never make it FIRST in their lives.

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

In these last days, some will be saying…and scoffing…. “where is the promise of his coming?” Where is the announcement of his PRESENCE? Where is that trumpet blast ….where is the alarm….what 911? To them, everything will seem to be continuing as it always has. It will seem like business as usual….as they continue building, planting, eating and drinking…..just like they did in the days of Lot….just like they did in the days of Noah when he was building the ark.

(2 Pet 3:2 KJV) That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

The “announcement” is by the WORD OF GOD being revealed to us in the last days…..just as the Word warned Lot of the coming destruction….just as the Word warned Noah of the coming flood.

5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

The Lord was patient when Lot lingered in Sodom….the Lord was patient while Noah built the ark….the Lord will be patient for us…warning us ahead of time. His patience is our salvation. Noah is a preacher of righteousness while the Truth is being assembled before the very eyes of our understanding. “Noah” means “rest”…and we can enter into His rest by believing in the revealing of that Truth.

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

He is not willing that any should perish…but that all should come to repentance.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The Lord will MANIFEST HIS WORD through the preaching in these last days. The Word of Truth is to be revealed which saves us from His coming wrath upon the children of disobedience….those who will resist the Spirit of Truth…who will resist the Truth with their corrupt minds. He comes in DUE TIME to preach the manifested Word.

(Titus 1:1 KJV) Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

How religious man responds to that manifested Word of Truth determines his judgment. Who may stand in His “sight” when He is angry? His “sight” = His knowledge that is revealed. Those who will resist His revealed knowledge will not be able the stand in the day of His wrath. He is to be feared…the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

(Psa 76:7 KJV) Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

When God arises to judgment….He saves all the meek of the earth. The “meek” are the people who will fear God and humble themselves at the revelation of the Word of Truth. They are those who are of a honest and good heart…who will hear and believe in these last days. They are saved from the coming wrath of God. They shall rest in Him and not fear the evil that will come upon the children of disobedience…who will pridefully resist the Truth.

9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

For He will cut off the “spirit of princes”….to those rulers of the church who will not humble themselves at His Truth.

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

But the wicked and adulterous generation that we are presently living in will be seeking after a sign….as things seem to continue on as they always have. Where is the promise of his coming? No sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah…..the preaching of the Spirit of Truth. “Jonah” = “dove” = Spirit of Truth.

(Luke 11:29 KJV) And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Jonah was the sign to the Ninevites…his preaching of the revealed Truth by which they repented at. Likewise, the Son of man comes to preach to us….the revealed Word of God.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Hi Chickapee,

I like what you said. It seems man must restrain his own wrath against the revealed Truth and humbly accept it in order to be saved. The Lord restrains His wrath...His judgment....while man makes up his mind about it so to speak. but that door of opportunity....the year of salvation...does come to a close...and the wrath of God will be revealed from heaven against those who will have not obeyed the Truth...who will not have humbly accepted the in grafting of His revealed Word. Then, like Esau, there will be no place of repentance found for them.

I had more to say...but I'm outta time this morning.

Hi Katlin08,

Indeed, we are to be persistent…to be persistent in prayer to God….such as shown by the parable of the widow and the unjust judge:

(Luke 18:1 KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

We are to pray for our “daily bread”…..the “three loaves” = three days. The daily bread is the fruits of the Spirit….love, peace, joy, kindness. We are to pray to Him for our daily bread….so that we can love each other and be in peace with our “friends” who come to us.

(Luke 11:5 KJV) And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Even though the “door is now shut”…even though the Scriptures haven’t been opened up completely yet…..Christ is still preached. The doctrine of Christ is to love one another…our daily bread.

7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

It is because of his “importunity”….his insistent request…for the “three loaves” that the man rises us to give him as many as he needed. The Lord will give us His Spirit and its fruits….but we need to seek Him FIRST…with persistence….to show that we love Him and rely upon Him.

8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?


Wheeler

Chickapee....yes, I heard about that Arctic blast. I hope everything works out for you and your family. We have gotten it also although not as severe...it went down to 32 degrees last night.....had to turn on the heater several times in the last couple of weeks. The poor palm trees are gonna get their leaves fried again this year! Hopefully they will survive. This winter seems like it is going to be a bad one and it is not even officially winter time yet.

Listen....I'm pausing here for a while...the holidays and all. I have guests coming to visit...and many other things going on. If God is willing, I would like to start up again in January....

Chickapee, thank you for your always thoughtful feedback and interest...and consideration. God bless you and your family and anyone else that may be lurking out there.

Wheeler

ALL Israel shall be saved….as shown in a spiritual way in Luke 2: 42-50. The saving of all Israel is spiritually portrayed by Jesus being “twelve years old.” It tells us a deeper story….12 years old = the 12 tribes of Israel.

(Luke 2:42 KJV) And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

Many of the Jews had not believed in Jesus’ words 2000 years ago…and have made their journey without him. Their children after them continue to journey without him in their presence….like Joseph and Mary. They have supposed that the Truth is in their company. They have sought him among their own “kinsman and acquaintance.” They have sought him in their own teachings and commandments of men. But where he is, they could not come because of UNBELEIF.

44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

They have “supposed” (greek : “nomizo” = to do by Law or customs) that he is among their company. They have sought him by following after the law of righteousness…..they have sought him by trying to establish their own righteousness through their own works of men’s doctrines and commandments.

(Rom 9:31 KJV) But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

They had not believed in the words of Jesus….they had not faith in their journey and have stumbled along the way.

33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

They have yet to submit themselves unto the righteousness of God…..FAITH in the revealing of the Truth. They have yet to turn back to “Jerusalem” in order to seek Him.

3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

They are searching for their Messiah and have not found him among their presence because of unbelief. Where he is, they could not come because of unbelief. Like Mary and Joseph, they have sought but could not find him.

(John 7:34 KJV) Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

He has gone unto the “dispersed among the Gentiles”….and has taught the Gentiles who have believed in him. One who is a “Jew” is a “Jew” inwardly. But God has not forgotten those whom He made the promises to. He has not forgotten the fathers.

35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

In the coming “last day”….that great day of the feast….ALL Israel shall be saved. The Lord shall open up the Scriptures for all of our understanding…. there shall be a “great feast” of the Truth.

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

It is by BELIEVING in the words of Christ Jesus….his revealing of the Truth…that they shall find him again. His words are Spirit….they are true life.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

The Jews have searched for him and continue to search for him just as Joseph and Mary did 2000 years ago. They have “found him not”…but will eventually “turn back again to Jerusalem” to seek him. They shall not abide in unbelief but shall turn back to God….to seek Him with all of their hearts….to submit themselves to His righteousness.

Luke 2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

And after the spiritually-discerned “three days,” the Jews shall find him in the “temple.” They shall find the revealed Truth in the Scriptures….where He will sit in the “midst of the doctors”….among the writers of the Scriptures….Moses, all the prophets and the apostles. The Lord Jesus shall interpret the Scriptures for all of our understanding. He is the Master interpreter.

46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

The Jews will be especially astonished at His understanding and teachings as He opens up the Scriptures to their understanding.

47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

They will be amazed….and will ask why had they been dealt with in such a way for the last 2000 years. They had sought him in “sorrowing”…in grief….in their unbelief. They have sorrowed at the spiritual wailing wall of grief.

48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

But it was the Father’s plan that this would happen in this way.

49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Jesus has dwelt among the Gentiles as Joseph did in Egypt…..as a ruler. And as Joseph, he will reveal himself to his brothers who had “sold” him into slavery. They had “sold the Truth.” Jesus forgives them of their sin. So they shall say unto Jesus….just as Joseph:

(Gen 50:17 KJV) So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

Even though they had thought evil against him……God had planned it for the good….to save much people alive. It was all planned by the Father in heaven for His glory.

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

They had sought him in vain….teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

(Mat 15:9 KJV) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

They had not understood the sayings which he had spoke to them….just as Joseph and Mary did not understand the sayings of Jesus.

Luke 2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

They had not understood because of UNBELIEF.

(John 8:42 KJV) Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

The Word that was preached to them did not profit them because it was not mixed with faith in them that heard it.

(Heb 4:2 KJV) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

The Lord comes…in the volume of the Book….to do the will of the Father. He will sit among the “doctors” in the temple…..He will interpret all the words of Moses and all of the prophets and the apostles.

(Heb 10:7 KJV) Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

And ALL Israel that will hear and believe shall be saved. If the Jews do not abide in their unbelief, they shall be grafted in again. They shall be added back. The name “Joseph” means “to add.” God shall add them as a son….as brothers in the Lord.

(Rom 11:23 KJV) And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

Then there shall no longer be a distinction of “Jew and Gentile” in the revelation of the Truth. The Truth shall make us one nation in Him.

(Gal 3:28 KJV) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

We shall be one nation……in Christ Jesus…..one King shall be king to us all. We shall no longer be “two nations”…..divided into Jew and Gentile categories. Neither shall we be divided into two kingdoms: “Old testament” and “New testament followers”…for the revealing of the Scriptures….the Word of God…..shall be King of kings and Lord of lords. The Scriptures shall be united in the kingdom of God….in the mind of Christ.

(Ezek 37:22 KJV) And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

He shall save both Jew and the Gentile church from their commandments and doctrines of men. He shall save us from our “idols”….our covetous preaching and ways. He shall cleanse us with the pure water of the Word of Truth….and all those who will hear and believe shall be saved.

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

And so ALL Israel shall be saved.

(Rom 11:26 KJV) And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

They have been our enemies concerning the gospel but they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. We have been living as two "nations"....living as enemies. But, we are to be reconciled in Christ Jesus....the one King in one united kingdom.


28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!


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How good and how pleasant it is for brethren (Jew and Gentile) to dwell TOGETHER as ONE…..to dwell together in unity. In Christ Jesus, we shall dwell in unity.

(Psa 133:1 KJV) A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

The epistle to the “Ephesians” is written to that future church composed of Jew and Gentile which shall be raised up together…..and made to sit together in Christ Jesus….in the knowledge of God.

(Eph 2:6 KJV) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

We, both Jew and Gentile, are saved through FAITH….in believing the revealing of the Truth. It is a gift of God in of itself.

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

He shall make both “nations” (Jew and Gentile) into one, united nation…..ONE NEW MAN...in Christ Jesus.


(Eph 2:15 KJV) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

He shall reconcile BOTH Jew and Gentile unto God into one body.

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.


Both Jew and Gentile will both have access by ONE Spirit unto the Father.


18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.


We shall live together in the UNITY of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The "two nations" shall become ONE in the mind of Christ....one nation...one body....one Spirit....one kingdom.


(Eph 4:3 KJV) Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Hi Chickapee….thanks…good to be back.

I’m thinking that the “natural man” is anyone that looks on the outward letter of the Scriptures as his basis for his doctrines and commandments. The natural man lives in strife, envy and divisions because of his own imagination. The “natural man” can only see the “parable” version of the Bible and will not see the spiritually-discerned interpretation of it.

(1 Cor 2:14 KJV) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The natural man only looks on the outward appearance of what he reads in the Bible. The Truth stays hidden to his eyes.

(2 Cor 10:7 KJV) Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

The natural man only sees the “parable” version of the Scriptures….looking only on the outward appearance of it….and completely missing the mark of the Truth. Many of the Lord’s own disciples could not understand his words…..because they only looked on the outward…natural….letter of his words.

(John 6:56 KJV) He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

The natural man does not want to hear the spiritual message….for it is foolishness to him.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

It is the spiritually-discerned meaning of the words of Jesus….his interpretation of the Scriptures...his witness in the last day…. that gives life….not the face-value understanding…the fleshly imaginations of the natural man.

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

It will come down to do this: will we believe in the spiritual words of Christ who will speak to us in the last day….who will reveal the Truth to us.

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.


The natural man will only see the outward appearance of the words. That which is born of flesh is flesh….man’s interpretation of the Scriptures are only flesh and not of the Spirit.

(John 3:4 KJV) Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

A man must be born of the water of Truth and of the Spirit which is above. The natural man will not be able to enter into the kingdom of God because of his unbelief in the preaching of the spiritual understanding of the Bible. The spiritual interpretation will be foolishness to him.

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

The natural man will not receive the spiritual witness. He will not believe in the heavenly things that will be revealed. He will go on only looking on the outward appearance….imagining a Hollywood version of the end. He will go on looking for literal things that are literally understood….completely missing it.

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

The natural man worships God in vain. His churches…his doctrines…his commandments are built upon the natural, outward understanding of the Bible. But God calls us to Him in Christ Jesus…whose words are Spirit and Truth. The TRUE worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. The Father seeks such to worship Him. We are to put away the childish things of the natural man and be a new, spiritual man in Christ Jesus.

(John 4:23 KJV) But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Christ Jesus is that spiritual Truth who we are to hear and believe in this last day. He will tell us all things…the hidden things of the Scriptures. His witness is spiritual…while man’s has only been natural in the imagination of his own mind. Religious man has been worshipping in vain for the last 2000 years….not in Spirit and in Truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

We are to put away the erroneous thinking of the natural man and put on the mind of Christ…..where the spiritual understanding of the Scriptures comes alive. We are to believe in the spiritual things of God in this last day….and we are to remember what had happened to the “natural branches” as an example of unbelief.

(Rom 11:21 KJV) For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

The “natural branches” shall be grafted in again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

They have been our “enemies”….but we are to receive them as our brothers in Christ Jesus …the Truth….when they believe in the revelation of the Truth in the last day.

28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

The natural man wrests the Scriptures for his own advantage. He only minds the earthly things. He only sees the outward letter of the Scriptures and misses the mark of the Truth. By wresting the outward letter of the words of the witnesses, he has created glory for himself…..he has amassed religious fortunes, built great religious empires, gained great glory among men and deceived MANY by his preaching.

(Phil 3:17 KJV) Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

For MANY walk…..as the enemies of the cross of Christ.

18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

The earthly man has made his “belly” his god…..whose glory is in his shame…..and only minds the earthly things. He only pursues the covetousness that has taken over his heart.

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Like the beast, covetousness has ascended out of men’s hearts….the “bottomless pit”….and have made war against the witnesses of the Scriptures. The earthly man has overcome the earthly witness of the Scriptures with his own wisdom…..his covetousness thinking and preaching. He has marred their witness so that the Truth is unrecognizable among his followers.

(Rev 11:7 KJV) And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

For man’s hearts are like the “deep”….

(Prov 20:5 KJV) Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

(Prov 25:3 KJV) The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

The hearts of the workers of iniquity are DEEP.

(Psa 64:2 KJV) Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

They “encourage themselves in an evil matter:”

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

The inward thought of every one of them…..and the heart….is DEEP.

6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

And out of the “bottomless pit” of the heart of man comes the evil inward thought:

(Mat 15:18 KJV) But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Out of the bottomless pit of evil men comes evil speaking….deception….covetous words feigning righteousness.

(Mat 12:34 KJV) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Out of the bottomless pit of men’s hearts comes all evil:

(Mark 7:20 KJV) And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

ALL evil things come from within…..out of the heart. They ascend from the “bottomless pit” of men’s hearts.

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Covetousness “revives”….it comes to life and slays those whom it rules over. Covetousness has ruled as a king over many “slaves.”

(Rom 7:7 KJV) What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

The saints are not to be covetousness…..the ROOT of ALL evil.

(Eph 5:3 KJV) But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

(Eph 5:5 KJV) For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Through COVETOUSNESS shall the earthly-minded men seek to make merchandise of us. Out of the bottomless pit of man’s heart comes covetousness and all evil.

(2 Pet 2:2 KJV) And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

When the earthly-minded man speaks…he speaks as a lion…seeking whom he may devour with his covetous, feigned words of righteousness. There are SEVEN abominations in his heart.

(Prov 26:25 KJV) When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Their folly shall be manifest for all to see. The revealing of the Truth shall expose what is in man’s heart.

26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation.

Their folly shall be manifest unto all men:

(2 Tim 3:8 KJV) Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

There are seven abominations in the heart of the evil man. And out of the bottomless pit of man’s heart comes the beast.

(Prov 6:16 KJV) These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

And the root of ALL evil is covetousness…the love of money……the eighth…..the abomination of desolation.

(1 Tim 6:10 KJV) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

We cannot trust in the lying words of earthly-minded pastors and church leaders. Their words are but of the flesh and do NOT profit.

(Jer 7:8 KJV) Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

We are to flee the things of the natural man….we are to flee his abominations that come out of his heart. Out of the abundance of the heart does religious man speak. We are NOT delivered to do all of these abominations.


10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

The earthly-minded men have made His house a den of robbers….with his covetous preaching.

11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

Remember what has happened to Israel after the flesh. Remember what has happened to them because of unbelief in the Truth.

12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

The abomination of desolation….COVETOUSNESS… is standing where it ought not be….in the hearts of many pastors and church leaders. It has made His house a den of thieves….a house of merchandise.

(John 2:14 KJV) And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.things hence;
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

But our Lord shall come to build his church on the rock of heavenly revelation….and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.