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Yes and they fail to read that John tells you I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.Many threads have done away with the supernatural power in scriptures. No devil, no power gifts to deliver from the adversary.
Notice how it goes? A million words, and poof, no more devil or demons....
And so the gifts of power that Jesus said we should walk in are neatly done away with modern
speak.
When did Jesus appoint you a disciple? Mat 7:22 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?Notice how it goes? A million words, and poof, no more devil or demons....
And so the gifts of power that Jesus said we should walk in are neatly done away with modern speak.
This is manifested Joy, not wishful thinkingHave heard the teachings of all the gifts passing away with the apostles, just doesn't give the life and joy that the living Word the Holy Spirit brings.
Requesting no threats, its not Christian to bully.
You may disagree that we understand, just civil please.
Sorry, but I am not your adversary. But Who is your adversary? We often look for someone else to blame--even God. It can be humbling, even humiliating to look in the mirror and see the one who's doing you the most harm. We always have a choice. Sometimes that choice is hard, and we may not like it, but let's recognize that we do have a choice. So...Stop being your own worst enemy.(Evangelical EssentialsLeRoy Froom The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, 2 vols. (Washington, DC: The Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1965).[bless and do not curse]Fudge, "Final End of the Wicked," . He didnt say it to me, you did.
This is who your enemy is:Sorry, but I am not your adversary. But Who is your adversary? We often look for someone else to blame--even God. It can be humbling, even humiliating to look in the mirror and see the one who's doing you the most harm. We always have a choice. Sometimes that choice is hard, and we may not like it, but let's recognize that we do have a choice. So...Stop being your own worst enemy.
Many attempt to distort what the Bible teaches about anyone who is an adversary. What did Jesus say? "Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. ".
Proverbs 18:13 (NIV) To answer before listening- that is folly and shame.
Matthew 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
In the fourth pair of the parables of Matthew 13, Jesus continues to instruct His disciples apart from the general multitude to which He had spoken earlier. The seventh parable in the chapter, the Parable of the Dragnet (verse 47) teaches that in the professing church, the good and evil who intermingle on earth will be completely separated "at the end of the age." This set time of separation will be, for the good, a time of rejoicing in a bright, eternal future, but for the evil, it will be a time of mourning before eternal oblivion.
Amo 5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Matthew 10:39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35, Luke 9:24; 17:33; John 12:25).
Ps 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Pro 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. shall rot literally, be worm-eaten, useless and disgusting. [JFB]
But the name of the wicked shall rot -The very name of the wicked is as offensive as putrid carrion. [CLARKE]
God created all things; God makes all things new. Keep this in mind as you read. First, we need to identify who made the snake/aka Satan.
Genesis 3:3 The snake was more clever than all the wild animals Yahweh Elohim had made.
Next, we need to know why ALL things ARE of God. Colossians 1 states that, "things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created for him and on account of him." It shows that the Father (invisible God) created all things for the benefit of the Son of God.
Exo 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Realize that Yahweh made an adversary/aka Satan for Job (Necessitated it by need).
Job 1:6 One day when the sons of Elohim came to stand in front of Yahweh, ha-Satan acting as the adversary came along with them.
Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
In many places, we note that the ha-Satan is the adversary. We get a hidden clue to this back in Zechariah 3:3 Then he showed me Joshua, the chief priest, standing in front of the Messenger of Yahweh ha-Satan, acting as an adversary, was standing at Joshuas right side to accuse him. 2 Yahweh said to ha-Satan, I, Yahweh, silence you, ha-Satan! I, Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, silence you! Num 22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
And the same as when the LORD opened the mouth of the snake/aka Satan
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
2Sa 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Act 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Ask Ronnie or Mr. Bush what he thought! Even before his presidential terms, Californias Governor Ronald Reagan showed a strong interest in the prophecies of Ezekiel 38 and 39.This is who your enemy is:
Easily one of the most neglected but powerfully galvanizing forces shaping history in the world today is the prophecy of Gog and Magog from the 38th and 39th chapters of the book of Ezekiel such as Persia (Iran) and Libya as the Muslim invasions and attempted invasions of Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2000 to the present, demonstrate.
Today, the nations occupying the territories of Ezekiels prophecy (Paras, Cush, and Put) are, respectively, Iran, Sudan, and Libyaprecisely the peripheral nations that commentators insisted could not be associated
The unique alignment of nations against IsraelIn addition, the alignment of the nations mentioned in 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put cannot be disregarded simply because of their diverse geographical locations.80 This
very reality strongly argues in favor of a modern application of Ezekiels prophecy.
During the past 50 years, it has been Russiathe contemporary candidate for the Rosh of Ezekielwho armed nations hostile to Israel with weapons and military experts, their geographic distance being at that time
irrelevant. On the other hand, in the early 1980s, after the Islamic/socialist revolutions in Libya (Ezekiels Put), Iran (Paras), and Sudan (the biblical Cush)and the rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism that swept over all the Middle Eastcooperation and coordination between the Islamic regimes in Libya, Iran, and Sudan was not at all problematic.
Significantly, these three Arab nations are on record as being the most vociferously anti-Zionist of the Arab world. They also represent the most aggressive Islamic states in their training and export of terrorism worldwide. Iran (Ezekiels Paras/Persia) underwent an Islamic revolution at the end of the 1970s that reoriented the country against the Westwhom Arabs call the Crusadersand against Israel.82 Libya (Ezekiels Put) follows the radical Islamic agenda of its leader, Mu‛ammar Qadhafi, and represents a major player within Islamic extremism. *NOTE* Especially in view of recent developments and his recent demise and overthrow of the radical Islamic agenda of its leader, Mu‛ammar Qadhafi. and the Brotherhood of Islamic takeover.
In mentioning these nations, it appears that Ezekiel affirms the very point that some commentators wish to deny: That Israel will be attacked from every point of the compassperhaps by those representing every nation on earth. *NOTE* Including the USA.
These days, the Islamic government of (northern) Sudan (Ezekiels Cush) is waging a brutal war against the Christian and animist Sudanese in the southern part of the country, killing them by the tens and hundreds of thousands a year, selling prisoners into slavery, and compelling young girls to marry Muslim men, thereby forcing their conversion and genital mutilation. So we now see a remarkable and intimate association of three radical Islamic states which are committed to one goal: the annihilation of Israel, and are the very countries Ezekiel said would ultimately strive mightily toward this purpose (cf. Psalm 83:1-8a).
This picture conforms well with the tone of a number of other biblical prophecies that portray Israel standing alone against the onslaught of all nations. The Arab Jihad Against Israel, Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe. <http://www.cdnfriendsicej.ca/isreport/jihad.html>. Praise be to God, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats factionalism, and says in His Book, But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war). <http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm> published in Arabic in Al Quds [Jerusalem] Al Arabi, 23 February 1998.
The Prophecy That Is Shaping History: New Research on Ezekiels Vision of the End by Jon Mark Ruthven, PhD Copyright Jon Mark Ruthven © 2003
There is indeed want of more love in churches such as the ones I have been to, even these otherwise right for going to with the right gospel. The model of church with the love acted out, for which early believers were known, is the original one, under the apostles who had been with Christ personally and been taught by him, with the thousands of them still acting as a family with that love staying in unity, though certainly at the start there must have been some different understandings with more remaining to be learned. It is not impossible for a church, they came to do that and quickly, and churches might do that now, I have yet to learn that there is any such church, still. There is the wider surrounding culture that distracts any from that. We who are believers can still be instruments for change towards greater unity in love in the faith.
That all would come to being fully restored to relationship with Yahweh God would need that assurance shown in passages in the Bible. Terms shown such as perishing don't help establish that. What I would find in the Bible would help my understanding more than my own thinking in matters like that.
Health is important for all in any case. Eating right is relevant and I can say things for that. I can say I know feet need some relief from footwear for benefit.
Stephen Kendall said:The power of love, obeying Jesus, is a key wall mover and faith maker & builder. Please continue. I am some times at wit's end here with contrary views, but try to respect everyone the best that I can. We do need to obey Jesus, even before thinking that we need to be religious.
I may be approaching the middle of my long water fast. Saturday night would be day 15, the second mile stone. It seems that I have much more energy, ability and determination, not to mention strength and determination, as well as praises for our God. My feet are changing by the day. I guess I am no longer obese. My blood pressure seems stubborn to stay around 125/75, but I expect it to dip any day. There were about three days that my weight won't move. It was a puzzle, until I realize that my feet were feeling much better. I suppose that plague is more dense in energy than fat. The tissue in my feet has seemed bloated and with poor circulation, may be filled with things like plague in the many awkward looking blood vessels. I can't afford a doctor, but God built us an amazing body that can heal itself. That might be one of the reasons for us to fast and pray. It is spiritually healthy and very good for our physical health as well. Our Father is always looking out for us. Praise him alway. To me, his name is Father..
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