Wake-Up & Tie-Up

Christ Himself on His Throne can be
found worthy to know who has their
name written in the Book of Life and
who does not.

Yet even greater still, we read in verse
5 of the 3rd Chapter of Revelation, it
was recorded:

"... and I will not erase his name from
the book of life ...." [NASB]

The believers who were not found walking
worthily of His Name became at risk of
having their names erased from the Book
of Life. Few people at Sardis walked
worthily by not soiling their garments.

What made their garments soiled? A clue
was made when we read in verse 2:

"I have not found your deeds completed
in the sight of My God."

Sort of depressing how a believer lost
it all because deeds were not completed.
I'd not want to get an incomplete grade
from Jesus. It would certainly not end
well.

Jesus Christ completed His deeds of saving
humanity by His death on the Cross without
ever committing any sin against His Heavenly
Father.

He said, 'It Is Finished' and then gave His
last breath as the Son of Man in the Land
of the Living. This is the standard by which
all followers shall evaluate their progress;
lay down their life, pick up their cross
and follow Him.

The issue for Christ focused on His
declaration: "... but you are dead; wake
up and strengthen what remains ...."
(verse 1 & 2)

How can believers be dead and somehow
suddenly decide to wake up? I believe it
has to center on the choices of each one
to wrap their Sinful Flesh's Band around
their inner 'strong-man' so as to tie-up
and thereby overcome their own fleshly
members within themselves.

Mark 3:27    NIV
"In fact, no one can enter a
strong man's house and carry
off his possessions unless he
first ties up the strong man.
Then he can rob his house."

The word, can, refers to Strong's
G1410 - dynamai = to be able to do something
by virtue of one's own ability and resources
or by circumstances, permsission; capable

Our strongest abilities, our most competitive
capabilities, and even our inner strengths all
must be forced to surrender to the Lordship of
Christ Jesus. We must overcome our own house.

Matthew 25:15    NASB
"To one he gave five talents,
to another, two, and to another,
one, each according to his own
ability; and he went on his
journey."

The phrase, 'to his own ability' are two
Greek words:

(1) Strong's G2398 - idios = pertaining to
one's self, one's own, belonging to one's
own private self

(2) Strong's G1411 - dynamis = strength,
ability, inherent power residing, influence
arising from excellence of soul; a thing
by virtue of its nature, puts forth own
power

I believe the gift of salvation is the
door to freedom. However, it requires
each of us to put the deeds of our
fleshly members to death by wrapping
the Band around our own strengths and
capabilities in order to become free
from the things that so easily entangles
and binds us to our internal tug of war.

In this manner we work out our salvation
with fear and trembling even hating our
garments of soiled or sinful flesh.

ps: can't you see the sense of humor by
the LORD using the word G2398 i.e., idios
as pertaining to our own private inward self;
ironically funny.

I'm Keeping Watch (12-20-2011)

When Will He Return?
It'll Be His Second Coming!
It'll Be Rapture When He Races Back!

1 Thes 5:2  KJV
"For yourselves know perfectly that the
day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in
the night."

He may appear at any of the four divisions
of the night, in Roman reckoning with four
watch periods. These watches consisted
of three hours each.

First Watch commenced at
6:00pm until 9:00pm called Evening.
(1) The Evening Watch - Mark 14:17

Second Watch from 9:00pm to Midnight.
(2), Midnight Watch - (implied) Mark 14:32-65

Third Watch from Midnight to 3:00 am called Cock-Crowing.
(3), Cockcrow - Mark 14:72

Fourth Watch from 3am to 6am called Morning.
(4) Morning Watch - Mark 15:1

Rev 16:15   KJV
"Behold, I come as a thief.
Blessed [is] he that watcheth
and keepeth his garments,
lest he walk naked, and they
see his shame."

Faint not & don't abandon your faith;
He's Coming Back For Us Who Believe!

Keeping The Watch

I have implemented for many years the practice
of praying before I go asleep. My prayers include
the request that I would keep watch in the spirit
even when I was sleeping.

Mark 13:37    NKJV
"And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"

I have been blessed with decades of spiritual
battles while asleep. I often awake with the
exact attack strategies used during the night.

Luke 12:37    NKJV
"Blessed [are] those servants whom
the master, when he comes, will find
watching. Assuredly, I say to you that
he will gird himself and have them
sit down [to eat], and will come and
serve them."

Will Find = Strong's G2147 - heurisko - was
found, to meet with, find a thing sought,
hit upon; to find by inquiry or thought or
examination or scrutiny or observation or
practice or experience; to get or come to
know, discover, to acquire, get obtain,
procure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic

Watching = Strong's G1127 - gregoreo - to
watch, give strict attention to, be cautious,
to take heed, active[ly] engaged, vigiliant

The warfare we battle during the Night is
different than what goes on during the Day.
In silence we watch, view and partake in His
Divine Nature as we abide in Him during the
Night. From His Throne we can hear Him speak
forth His commands. There is no darkness that
is able to avoid Him. Nothing is hid from His
sight.

I fail apart daily, but He strengthens me
and holds me together from morning to night.
His silver cord keeps me whole and able to
function, to fulfill and delight in His Holy
Name.

Underworld (vs) Kingdom of God in His Light

The show, Mutant Planet, aired "Brazil's Cerrado"
documentary on the Sci-Channel. I totally reject
their time-line (millions of years ago). I was
facinated by the nocturnal termites in the Peruvian
habitat.

I listened how the termites eat dead vegetation
and are important, crucial links in recycling the
dry grasslands and forest landscapes. The termite
mounds are vital to the overall ecology.

I marveled at the synergy of His Creation! I
also laughed when the narrator said the termites
were unable to travel during the day as they
would die in direct sunlight. Light is its
limiting barrier. They survived by going under
the earth's surface and built mud-mounds to expand
their territories.

It made me think of the idea of the Lord of Flies
that references the underworld ruler. The danger
of evil under the surface of people whose hearts
and minds were bound by Satan. Praise Jesus who
cast out Satan, demons and announced His work was
through the Spirit of God.

Matthew 12:22-28  KVJ
"Knowing their thoughts, He said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself is
laid waste, and no city or house divided
against itself will stand; and if Satan
casts out Satan, he is divided against
himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul,
by whom do your sons cast them out?
Therefore they shall be your judges.
But if it is by the Spirit of God that
I cast out demons, then the Kingdom of
God has come upon you."

Praise Jesus who was moved with compassion to
deliver us from our limitations, from our dark
places and the things that bound us to corruption.

Luke 13:16 KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter
of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these
eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on
the sabbath day?

Praise Jesus our LORD doesn't limit Himself to
work His deliverance on certain days of the week!

Before Fall Inquiries (rev01)

... continuing previous post ~ new lines of inquiry:

4) ADAM/EVE = Encounter Event By Knowledge-Tree
4a) ADAM = tempted to sin
4b) EVE = tempted via deception
4c) ADAM/EVE = decision to stick together
4d) They Fall Away From Original State

Notice, ADAM was tempted toward something, he was drawn
to something external.

EVE was tempted via, or through, questioning-deception;
she was immersed so much closer and much more immediate
inter-active into Q&A that took advantage of her
inner desire to betterment, to provide better, to move
forward with something that was realizeable through a much
more-better inside and out. EVE embraced the full potential
of Knowing Creator-God. She was deceived to consider
owning the Knowing as a thing to possess from the tiny step
of eating the fruit. It was easy.

They together, had their own paths, and both took the
ORIGINAL CHOICE to stick together no matter what,
come hell and high-water!

If there was no awareness of the passages of Time before
the Fall, then their relationship really was a surreal, absolute
and perfect Oneness between ADAM and EVE. It must
have been so very complete and fulfilling.

With this as our backdrop, then can we begin to appreciate
the love, devotion and true gloriousness of such a perfect
relationship?

ADAM did not want to lose what God gave him, namely
His Wife. His temptation was to grasp such a personal
and blessed relationship as though it were something to be
possessed. ADAM owned EVE as a thing under his control.

Philipians 2:5-7  NASB
Have this attitude in yourselves which
was also in Christ Jesus, [v6] who,
although He existed in the form of
God, did not regard equality with
God a thing to be grasped (G725)
[v7] but emptied Himself, taking
the form of a bond-servant, and being
made in the likeness of (fallen) men.

Strong's G725 = Harpagmos - a thing
to be grasped, taken, seized, deemed
as prize/booty to be a thing retained,
held fast, possessed/owned for self.

The LORD Jesus Christ did not consider His Oneness
with His Father as something to be grasped, to be
owned for Himself. He, therefore, poured Himself
out in obedience to become the likeness of the
fallen ADAM. This is why it is said of Him, that
He poured Himself out, first in Heaven, then on
the Cross, and finally, after His resurrection into
Glory, on Pentacost, He poured out His Spirit.

What Happened To Our Original Parents?

1) ADAM/EVE = Original State: Shekinah Glory as
covering within His Presence freely communing in
His Light. No external attack of nature, physical
wants/needs or spiritual deception could harm them.

2) ADAM/EVE = Was the Shekinah Glory covering
fading from ADAM/EVE? If yes, then why?
The example is found by lookingt at Moses who
wore a veil to prevent the Israelites from seeing
the Glory fade from his face.

Exodos 34:35    NASB
"... the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses,
that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would
replace the veil over his face until he went in to
speak with Him."

2 Corinthians 3:13    KJV
And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look
to the end of that which is abolished ..."

3) ADAM/EVE = Exposure To Temptations, External
Elements & Hidden Enemy

4) ADAM/EVE = Encounter Event By Knowledge-Tree
4a) ADAM = tempted to sin
4b) EVE = tempted via deception
4c) ADAM/EVE = decision to stick together
4d) They Fall Away From Original State

5) ADAM/EVE = Original Choice: They chose to
own and direct their own lives.

If the Shekinah Glory functioned as divine protection,
then such might have been weakened to permit exposure to
external temptations. This should suggest an element of
time for sequential steps away from His Glory, or perhaps
a hidden journey of wandering to explore their Forbidden.

In this way, perhaps no degree of temptation, basic elementary
environments, interpersonal needs/wants or Enemy attack
could have reached ADAM/EVE unless their first Original
State was downgraded of their divine nature. This form of
spiritual weakness may have been created as they failed
to stedfastly cling to their Heavenly Creator.

What were they longing for? What was the attraction to
turn their gaze, their attention, their own heart-strings?

I suspect our first father/mother, ADAM/EVE, were
quietly, silently and carefully sneaking away from their
Heavenly Creator to test the limitations of their heavenly
relationship. They explored their best fit for one another
and then moved towards a deplorable place of darkness.

Perhaps they were sneaking out the bedroom window, in
the middle of the night, to seek out what was not kosher
during the Light of Day?

Like all sin, Satan, self and situational-circumstances,
it was probably a gradual spiral downward into a very dark
place of knowledge that would become a game-changer for
them. They got caught with a simple question,

"Adam. Where Are You?"
Instead of Glory covering them, it became Shame.

Cosmos Composed Of Threaded Strings

How can intelligent scientists investigate the mysteries
of the Creation but then fail to give praise to our Heavenly
Creator?

The modern scientific group reminds me of those scriptures
that identify the Jews who were afraid of being kicked out
of the Temple so they kept silent about loving and believing
in their Messiah, Jesus Christ. Very Sad, But Not Unusual.

Also, the String Theory predicts 6 dimensions as it holds
each particle-value all contained within a vibrational-constant.

So, my unscientific mind seeks to find some sort of deep
spiritual connection to the scriptures. I imagine each of
those 6 dimensions are representative of the SIX Days of
Creation when the LORD Spoke Into Existance each Day of
Reality.

The 'vibrational-constant' is the power of His GLORIOUS
VOICE still holding every piece of reality together.

I look at the scripture in Hebrews that says, He Shall
Roll It Up Like A Garment.

Hebrews 1:12    NIV
"You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same, and your
years will never end."

2 Peter 3:12    NIV
"... as you look forward to the day
of God and speed its coming. That day
will bring about the destruction of
the heavens by fire, and the elements
will melt in the heat."

Perhaps all He needs to do is pull a single thread/string
from His Throne. Next, all of the heavens and earth will
unwravel releasing such awesome power overcoming
Gravity, Electro-Magnetism, Strong and Weak Nuclear
Forces to literally melt Everything/Everywhere/Everywhen.

I am in awe of His Living Word.

Yahweh's Voice Uphold All Cosmos As A Symphony

I recently watched a NOVA show and listened to
the narration by Brian Greene, a physicist. The
show presented the String Theory with the
title, "The Fabric of the Cosmos." The computer
generated graphics were stunning! I was amazed
by the degree of details that were explained by
covering a lot of deep mathematical computations.

I checked Amazon and saw how this DVD series is
available. One of the comments listed on Amazon
stated, "Comprehensive documentary on string
theory for non-physicists" (Sept 11, 2010)

The show related the String Theory to be most like
the strings on a cello, as if a cosmic symphony were
constantly playing at every point in all dimensions
for all of creation that resonates at the heart of all
reality.

Ref: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant
or
http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Nova-16/episodes/The-Fabric-Of-The-Cosmos-32604

The program explained how there are 20 cosmic
components have specific values in their String
settings. As an excerpt to the transcript states:

"You see, our universe is kind of like a finely tuned
machine. Scientists have found that there are about
20 numbers, 20 fundamental constants of nature
that give the universe the characteristics we see
today. These are numbers like how much an electron
weighs, the strength of gravity, the electromagnetic
force and the strong and weak forces. Now, as long
as we set the dials on our universe machine to
precisely the right values for each of these 20
numbers, the machine produces the universe
we know and love. But if we change the numbers
by adjusting the settings on this machine even
a little bit... the consequences are dramatic."

Ref transcription of the episode at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/elegant-universe-string.html

I started to think about the similarity to the way
scriptures reveal the voice of Him who dwells on high.

Psalm 18:13    NASB
The LORD also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalm 29:3-4    NASB
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders, The LORD is
over many waters. [v4] The voice of the
LORD is powerful, The voice of the LORD
is majestic.

Hebrews 1:3 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
"... who being the brightness of the glory, and the
impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all
things by the saying of his might -- through himself
having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at
the right hand of the greatness in the highest ... "

These scientists are proposing the String Theory of
the cosmos based on their mathematically derived
computational models.

For me, the power of His Word that upholds all things,

Col 1:16   NLT
"... for through him God created everything in the
heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things
we can see and the things we can't see, such as thrones,
kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him."

ps: Wouldn't it be ironic if there ended up a total of
22 fundamental constants that would match the total
number of letter in the Hebrew alphabet.

Becoming His Workmanship / Being Fitted Together

I looked at the differences between 'shaken-together' as
listed in Luke 6:38 (the only verse that has this) as opposed
to Hebrews 12:26 when His Voice shall shake the visible
skies as well as the earth.

Luke 6:38    KJV
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken [G4085] together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom. For
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again."

When I read Strong's G4085 - Piezo = to press, press together;
I am thinking about how puzzle pieces are 'fitted-to-go-together'
to form a whole picture. I don't like the word used by KJV for
'shaken' as it doesn't work for me in a positive manner.

Then, when I read Strong's G2570 + G3358 - Kalos Metron = good measure,
honourable or commendable measureable-vessel; it makes me see the vast
goodness of God to honor those who are fit for the Master's workmanship
inside their vessel/heart. This is awesome and very positive indeed!

Next, I read the verse in:
Hebrews 12:26    KJV
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he
hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake
not the earth only, but also heaven.

This lists Strong's G4579 - Seio = shake, move, agitate, to quake
for fear, cause to tremble; it is a far cry from the ultimate place
of honor inside the measurable vessel. Rather, it is a fierce torrent
of His Voice!

Here is the contrast between the world (vs) believers. The world
will tremble yet His Followers are filled with the complete good
measure that fits us perfectly!

The Inner Heart Of the Father & Son

I have been thinking about the concept
of the Father and Son relationship.
I was reminded of the Old Testament
verse in Malaci from  KJV that has:

Malachi 4:6    KJV
And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their fathers
lest I come and smite the earth with
a curse.

I looked closer at the Malachi verse only
to discover that there are just 11 words.
I have written down their Strong's definitions:
1) H7725 - Shuwb = turn back, repent, restore
2) H3820 - Leb = the inner man, soul, heart
==> 3) H1 - 'Ab = father
==> 4) H1121 - Ben = son, children
5) H3820 - Leb = the inner man, soul, heart
==> 6) H1121 - Ben = son, children
==> 7) H1 - 'Ab = father
8) H935 - Bow = to go in, enter, cause to gather
9) H5221 - Nakah - smite, smitten, chastise, wounded
10) H776 - 'Erets = whole earth, world, nations
11) H2764 - Cherem - a net, devoted thing, ban,
curse, cursed-thing, destruction

I noticed how word#3 was defined primarily
as a singular person. This was also true
for word#4.  I found this a very interesting change
when deciphering this Malachi verse. I believe
this is a profound discovery! These two words
have also linked together Father/Son as well as
Son/Father.

Also, note how the KJV translation of 'cursed'
is H2764 and not H779 which was used by Noah.
(reference Genesis 9:18, 25 KJV)

This is another hugh difference because the
promised Messiah was not seeking to curse,
but to cause the whole world to be delivered
from under the ban of judgment!

With this in mind, I have pieced together my
Marin Transliteration for your consideration:

==>> Turn back restoring the inner heart
[of] the Father [to] the Son, the inner heart
[of] the Son [to] the Father [by] causing the
gathering in entering [through] chastisement,
smitten, woundedness [for] the whole world[ly]
Nations [as] a devoted cursed-thing [under]
the ban [for] destruction.

This verse points directly to the prophetic
announcement with very specific details
towards how our Messiah and Savior was
restoring the inner heart of His Father!

Jesus would accept His Father's desire to
gather those who are lost. Jesus accepted
being wounded, bruised, smitten and even
chastised in order to completely remove
all of the punishment that we were placed
under due to our sinful nature.

Isaiah 53:5    KJV
But he [was] wounded for our transgressions,
[he was] bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace [was] upon
him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Enslaved To God / Sanctification

The Children of Israel were instructed how to
keep the Law of Moses, especially how to keep
clean from those detestable things/actions.

The Sons of Aaron and those of the Priesthood
were given special instructions how to remain
in the sanctification of the LORD.

Leviticus 22:9    NASB
'They shall therefore keep My charge
so that they will not bear sin because
of it and die thereby because they
profane it; I am the LORD who
sanctifies them.'

Now through Jesus Christ, the perfect Lamb
of God, we have this sanctification for
those who call upon the Name of the LORD.

The Spirit's Heavenly Law of Liberty has
now been witnessed and written upon our
hearts. Let us see this great Rock of
Eternal Salvation who has so very generously
given us flowing Living Waters!

Romans 6:22    NASB
But now having been freed from sin
and enslaved to God, you derive your
benefit, resulting in sanctification
and the outcome, eternal life.

Worthless Without Redeeming Values

Jeremiah 2:5   NIV
This is what the LORD says: "What fault did
your fathers find in me, that they strayed
so far from me? They followed worthless
idols and became worthless themselves.

Their carved, false-image is worshipped and
adorned with expense trinkets, baubles and
the like to somehow 'prove' their status as
successful. They become prideful of their
possessions as though material success has
justified their value.

2 Chronicles 13:7   NIV
Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him
and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he
was young and indecisive and not strong enough
to resist them.

Perhaps Noah was attempting to isolate those
who would be worthless-without-redeeming
qualities.

Proverbs 11:4    NIV
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.

The less value of the heart, the greater the
need for valued possessions.

Noah Cursed Merchant-Low-Lifes

Genesis 9:18, 25 KJV
And the sons of Noah, that went forth
of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and
Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
[v25] So he [Noah] said, "Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants he shall be to his
brothers."

 

Book of Genesis, Chapter 9 Verse 25 Breakdown:
1) H559 - amar = saying
2) H779 - arar = be cursed
3) H3667 - Canaan = Canaan
4) H5650 - ebed = slave man-servant (lowest)
5) H5650 - ebed = bondage (on all sides)
6) H251 - ach = brethren, brother, kindred

Marin Paraphrase:
[Noah} saying, "Be cursed Canaan, as the lowest

slave-manservant on all bondage sides in kindred

brothren."

 

As I see it, the bondage wasn't to serve their brothers,

but a class of merchants who would completely and

totally work within the confines of sin's bondage on

all sides, i.e., no escape.

What bondage of servile service to sin was enacted by
Noah? The definition from Strong's H3667 for
Canaan (Kana`an or ken·ah'·an) became equal to:
merchant, traffick, traffickers, lowland, trader

The take-away evokes a sence of low-life always
greedy, actively seeking the lowest common
denominator to engage in economic trades so
as to maximize profits without regard to moral
or ethical principles.

Perhaps this was the basis of the ST:NG people
known as the Ferengi. The etymology"Ferengi"
and similar terms are Arabic names for European
traders, or for Westerners in general. The name
is likely derived from the Arabic word faranj or
ifranj, or Persian farangi, meaning "Franks".
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi

How does a Merchant qualify as a low-life?

They steal what doesn't belong to them and

carve out for themselves a false image of being

successful using money, power and corruption

to hide behind.

End-Of-Days Merchants

Romans 7:14, 21 NASB
For we know that the Law is spiritual,
but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.
[v21] I find then the principle that evil is
present in me, the one who wants to do good.

This evil is the principle reason why we can
not please God nor present ourselves to Him
in our own works, no matter how hard we strive
to produce goodness.

Job 28:12-13 English Standard (ESV)
"But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
[v13] Man does not know its worth, and
it is not found in the land of the living.

We all have our own journey to travel. This
is the very nature of being human. If we wish
to maximize our lives, shall we not seek for
pearls of wisdom and truth that are trustworthy?

John 6:63 NASB
[Jesus] "It is the Spirit who gives life;
the flesh profits nothing; the words that
I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

The Great Serpent realizes how the lower
nature of Mankind seeks to protect as well
as provide for itself first and foremost. Few
will wrestle successfully against the inherient
evil bondage within themselves.

Job 2:4-5 English Standard (ESV)
Then Satan answered the LORD and said,
"Skin for skin! All that a man has he will
give for his life. [v5] But stretch out your
hand and touch his bone and his flesh,
and he will curse you to your face."

What are these vile merchants of fortune
doing these days? They are selling their
goods/services using every advantage of
money, power, sorcery and sex appeal.

I am not saying nor am I in any way against
transacting business. I am, however, highlighting
how the End-Of-Days corruption from the
Merchants will match-up with the Great Serpent
until they will be united in every way possible.

Revelation 18:3 KJV
For all nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication, and the kings
of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth
are waxed rich through the abundance of
her delicacies.

Revelation 18:11 KJV
And the merchants of the earth shall weep
and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their
merchandise any more:

Revelation 18:15 KJV
The merchants of these things, which were
made rich by her, shall stand afar off for
the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing

Revelation 18:23 KJV
And the light of a candle shall shine no more
at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom
and of the bride shall be heard no more at all
in thee: for thy merchants were the great men
of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all
nations deceived.
When that time comes and there will be no longer
any chance or hope for faith, then the light will be
extinquished for the Merchants.

Teach/Lead & Deliver Me

Oh LORD, teach and lead me in:
Thy Way
Thy Walk
Thy Will
Thy Word
Thy Water
Thy Walls
Thy Wells (gangsta' d-Wells)

Deliver me, Oh LORD, from deceptions of:
Sin
Satan/serpents
Self
Situations/Circumstances
Social-Pressures

The Great Reversal

John 9:39    NASB
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came
into this world, that those who do not
see may see; and that those who see
may become blind."

The Great Reversal = Seeing If Blind
& Not Seeing If Not Blind

The judgment of Jesus begins with a
person's own self-evaluation. He will
begin His work of salvation exactly
where He finds each individual.

He made inroads to reveal their
thoughts and ideas, values and closely
guarded beliefs privately held deep
within each person's own inner soul.

He connected to each person's secret
place of their own heart. The miracle
revealed in His work started with their
own specific appraisal of how they would
describe themselves to themselves as
well as how they communicated to others.

He readily acknowledged how many would
not receive Him by faith. He entered into
our inner circle of community with His
goal of making us an offer for salvation
from our own sin and shame.

However, given this reveal, Jesus never
made any guarantee that everybody who
heard Him would perceive and receive Him.
He fully believed in the Old Testament
that many would not receive Him:

Matthew 13:13-14   NASB
"Therefore I speak to them in parables;
because while seeing they do not see,
and while hearing they do not hear,
nor do they understand. [v14] In their
case the prophecy of Isaiah is being
fulfilled, which says, 'YOU WILL
KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL
NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL
KEEP ON SEEING, BUT
WILL NOT PERCEIVE ..."

Even His own mother, Mary, was given
a prophetic warning about this great reversal:

Luke 2:34-35    NASB
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary
His mother, "Behold, this Child is appointed
for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and
for a sign to be opposed, [v35] and a sword
will pierce even your own soul to the end
that thoughts from many hearts may be
revealed."

Nobody was exempt from His judgment, not
even His own family.

Duality of Darkness In The Crucifixtion

I was channel-surfing and happened to
notice on TLN a show titled, Forgotten
Truths. Curious, as I haven't seen it
previously, I watched the remaining 24
minutes or so. The speaker, Richard
Jordan, quoted the following verse:
Luke 23:44-45   YLT
'And it was, as it were, the 6th hour,
and darkness came over all the land
until the 9th hour, [v45] and the
sun was darkened, and the vail of the
sanctuary was rent in the midst ...'

While I was impressed with his knowledge
of his topic, this verse really became
really important to me. Why? Because I
had not seen this truth before, and it
confirmed the duality of how holy
scriptures overlay both the physical Gospel
in the Stars as well as the spiritual elements
that interconnect in truth for us who believe.

What did I get from this?
1) The salvation message is according to a
set of advancing chronology
2) The 'darkness-over-all-the-land' was
identifying the Kingdom of Darkness specifically
for the Land of Israel under Roman occupation
3) The 'sun-darkened' was identifying for us
the heavenly event of our solar system connected
to the Good-News Gospel of Christ

Helena wrote LOG_Prophecy Chp8pg331:
"When Yahshua died, the curtain in the Temple
was torn in two. This curtain between the Holy,
and Most Holy Place in the Temple served to
remind men that they could have no fellowship
with God without blood atonement, and no blood
sacrifice could ever fully atone for sin unless it
was without sin. Therefore, the torn curtain
indicated that the need for animal sacrifice and
blood atonement had finally come to an end
through the perfect, forever-atoning sacrifice of
Christ!"

As sin originated in the Father of All Lies, Satan,
so then does the salvation from sin originate from
the Father's Perfect Lamb of God, even His Son,
Jesus Christ. Satan is defeated at the Cross.

The Kingdom of Darkness had but 3 hours to
cover our LORD, but our LORD has forevermore
set these captives free from sin and death's power
through His Perfect tearing apart the separation
between us and His Father.
Praise Him for His mercy and grace!

I believe the Body of Christ shall also be torn into
two parts, with the first part participating in the overcoming
victory of walking in His Light but the second can not
participate because the lower-nature has not life but is
dead to sin.

Rom 6:11    NASB
"Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin,
but alive to God in Christ Jesus."
Rom 8:13    NASB
"... for if you are living according to the flesh,
you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting
to death the deeds of the body, you will live."

I believe the Rapture will take those living by faith
and have put to death the deeds of their lower-nature
or fleshly, earthy desires.

Match-Up Internal With External

The Raptured Ones at the Wedding Feast

in Heaven will have a time of intense review

of their whole being, both internal as well as

external parts. The fellowship of Raptured

Ones will sort out, sort through and examine

who has what to show, to hide and to

share. This will be the Great Reveal Of

Materials that determines the connection

between inner-walk and outter-manifestation.

 

Luke 5:36  NASB
And He was also telling them a parable:
"No one tears a piece of cloth from a
new garment and puts it on an old garment;
otherwise he will both tear the new, and
the piece from the new will not match
the old."

This Wedding Feast has many chairs, and

eventually the ascending order will be aligned

with the actual Raptured Ones ... all according

to how they match-up their internal (vs) external.

 

A lot of chair movement will be going on since

the initial seating will be based on the believer's

own appraisal, but the changes will be according

to the review and reveal of their actual matches

of their own. Those who are broken, humble

and contrite will select the least-honourable

chairs (probably furthest from HIM).

 

There will be many who enjoyed the Washing

of The Water of The Word each and every day

but didn't move beyond their own agenda, their

own comfort zone, their own zeal to tear off

a piece of good-life and try to put it on into their

own life-style without making the changes first

to their attitudes, thinking, feelings, soul.

 

What will happen to the Raptured Ones who

are unable to consistently match their internal

with their external materials?

 

Matthew 22:11-14  KJV
And when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment: [v12] And he saith unto him, 'Friend,
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding
garment?' And he was speechless. [v13] Then
said the king to the servants, 'Bind him hand
and foot, and take him away, and cast [him]
into outer darkness; there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.' [v14]   For many are
called, but few [are] chosen.

I suspect the Raptured Ones, even those

raised from the Dead, who fail to match up

and can't be lowered to a less-honourable

seat, will be forceably REMOVED by the

King's servants who are entrusted with

the deepest discernments of the hidden

places of the heart.

It Is Better / Suffering Loss

Looked up the words of our LORD Jesus for His phrase:
"it's better" and read:

Matthew 5:29-30 NASB
Matthew 18:6, 8-9 NASB
Matthew 19:10 NASB
Mark 9:42-43, 45, 47 NASB
Luke 17:2 NASB
John 4:52 NASB

These yielded 11 Greek words that describe "it's better"
as advice from our LORD.

G1308 - diapherō (dē-ä-fe'-rō) - be better, be of more value,
differ from, should carry, publish, drive up and down
G2570 - kalos (kä-lo's) - good, better, honest, meet, goodly,
G2908 - kreisson (krā's-son) - better
G2909 - kreittōn (krā't-tōn) - better, best
G3081 - lysiteleō (lü-sē-te-le'-ō) - it is better
G3123 - mallon (mä'l-lon) - more, rather, the more, better
G4284 - proechō (pro-e'-khō) - be better
G4851 - sympherō (süm-fe'-rō) - be expedient, profit, be
profitable, bring together, be better, be good
G5242 - hyperechō (hü-per-e'-khō) - higher, better,
excellency, pass, supreme
G5543 - chrēstos (khrā-sto's) - kind, easy, better,
goodness, good, gracious
G5623 - ōpheleō (ō-fe-le'-ō) - profit, prevail, better, [an]
advantage

The Kingdom of God does indeed have a 'good, better, best.'
I have finally come to the conclusion about these scriptures.

Our LORD is saying that it is FAR BETTER to cut off all spots,
stains, wrinkles, blemishes, darkness, corruption that causes
us to stumble, do evil and fall-short of the high calling of Christ
in us who believe, THAN TO SUFFER the short term 'up-side'
of keeping ourselves 'whole' without holiness. Keeping to ourselves
without leaving our own self-made comfort-zone is not suffering
for the sake of the Kingdom. It is, instead, an old wine-bag/skin
that can not receive new wine.

THEREFORE, the measure of faith taken to 'cut-off' what's
near and dear to our innermost heart's desire, is in fact the
'anointing' that replenishes our spiritual 'FLASK' as we no
longer have the strength, support and resources of that
which we just 'cut-off' for the sake of holiness/obedience.
(reference the 5 foolish (vs) 5 wise handmaidens)

THEREFORE, the things we suffer lost, it is those very
items that we bear the brandmarks of following our LORD
& MASTER, and brings forth the evidence of our Chosen
Ones Elect position with Him. The only brand-marks that
are acceptable 'branding' is the degree of suffering loss in
our decision to cut-off that which entices, entraps and
causes us to stumble/fall. This suffering is not based on
abstract circumstances (my tire blew, my pencil broke, etc),
but an active choice to partake in the sufferings of Christ.

If a believer has never cut off their own sinful connections,
but just enjoyed the 'washing with the water of the word'
ministry, then they might not be invited via the Rapture
into the 7 year feast of Heaven. They are the handmaidens
lamented as 'foolish' and left outside the door of the marriage
celebration.

Phl 3:3
For we are the [true] circumcision, who worship
by [the] Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus,
and do not trust in flesh.

THEREFORE, the Church will yet again be Two Fishes:
     One will belong in Heaven at the Feast preparing for the
inheritance, and,
     Other-One will live through the terrible tribulation/struggle
where many will be martyred.

One will be taken, the other not. It is BETTER to have the
Anointing in the flask as we suffer lost, in this present age,
than the alternative?

Act 5:41 KJV
And they departed from the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for his name.

1 Cor 12:26 KJV
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer
with it; or one member be honoured, all the members
rejoice with it.

Col 1:24 KJV
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that
which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for
his body's sake, which is the church

1 Peter 4:13 KJV
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy.

This is how the Apostles were able to teach others to
rejoice in their sufferings. The Apostle Paul went further
to teach that his own sufferings were to support the
Church so as to (1) make up what was lacking in
the sufferings of the Church, and (2) make sure the
believers he taught were lacking nothing of the Spirit
to walk in this world but not following worldly desires
according to the fleshly cravings.

Shadow of Death / Ministry of Darkness

I read in Matthew 4:14-16 how our LORD Jesus Christ fulfilled Isaiah 9:2 when He ministered to His People:

Isaiah 9:2   KJV
"The people that walked in darkness have
seen a great light: they that dwell in
the land of the shadow of death, upon
them hath the light shined."

Perhaps the 'shadow-of-death' is not just a metaphor, but an actual place. As I have studied, most times there are layers of meaning. It speaks of a material time and place as well as a concept, a precept and a
revealed insight into the very settings of His Heavenly Kingdom. Next we read of it's fulfillment in:

Matthew 4:16    NASB
"THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS
SAW A GREAT LIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE
SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH,
UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."

As I read both Isaiah and Matthew scriptures I asked, 'Why are both verses refering to Israel as the 'land of the shadow of death?' Perhaps one facet that might give us a clue pertains to the absolute futility from the
Levitical priesthood of the Mosaic Covenant?

Hebrew 10:11    KJV
"And every priest standeth daily
ministering and offering often
times the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins"

How totally frustrating! Clearly our LORD revealed His view of the daily sacrifices:

Isaiah 1:11
"The multitude of your sacrifices,
what are they to me?" says the LORD.
"I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;
I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls
and lambs and goats."

Next, Apostle Paul took this truth and categorized it to the whole futility of ministering the Law as a way to salvation. Apostle Paul refers to the Mosaic tablets of stone as 'the ministry of death' and also 'the ministry of condemnation."

2 Corinthians 3:7-9    NASB
"But if the ministry of death, in letters
engraved on stones, came with glory,
so that the sons of Israel could not look
intently at the face of Moses because of
the glory of his face, fading as it was,
[v8] how will the ministry of the Spirit
fail to be even more with glory? [v9] For
if the ministry of condemnation has glory,
much more does the ministry of righteousness
abound in glory."

While it was a sin to oppose Moses which resulted in swift condemnation, how did those under the Law cope with the futility?

Amos 5:8    KJV
"[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars
and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death
into the morning, and maketh the day dark
with night: that calleth for the waters of
the sea, and poureth them out upon the face
of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:"

The nation of Israel was prophetically told time and again to seek first the LORD with a humble heart, a contrite spirit, and most of all, with having done all they could to love the LORD with all their heart.

Amos 5:4   ESV
"For thus says the LORD to the house of
Israel: "Seek me and live ..."

We can now suffer with these same shadows of death when those who minister death are creating their own land of darkness. They create hell-fire from their many words of evil intentions by throwing firery-darts of emails.

James 3:6    ESV
"And the tongue is a fire, a world of
unrighteousness. The tongue is set
(Strong's G2525) among our members,
staining the whole body, setting
on fire the entire course of life,
and set on fire by hell.

The word, 'set' is Strong's G2525 (verb) Kathistemi - to set one over a thing (in charge), to appoint one to administer (an office), to show or place one's self as exhibit - come forward as

I see the many blogs, posts, opinions and forums as a hot-bed of hell-fire that stains the rightousness of those believers who are ever offering the truth without partiality or favor. There is no greed expressed by The Marin Foundation and their honest, heart-felt ministry of reconcilliation.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT) of Jude 1:23-24 reads, "... and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted. [v24] And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set [you] in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness ..."

I believe the shadow of death is flowing from the mouth, the tongue, the place of condemnation. This flood of hatefulness is overwhelming and can carry us away into dark places of mourning. This is why we need to have a place of clean, pure fellowship of believing family members where our hurting hearts can receive love, acceptance and satisfying hugs of love.

Raising Up His House During 7 Years

I noticed how Psalm 113 specifically points out the resurrection from the dust, from the dunghill to sit with His People, to keep [His] House/Mansion(s).

Psalm 113:6-9   KJV
Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things
that are] in heaven, and in the earth! [v7] He
raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and]
lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; [v8] That
he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the
princes of his people. [v9] He maketh the barren
woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother
of children. Praise ye the LORD.

It makes me wonder about how we might spend our time after the Rapture, during the seven years of tribulation is going on the earth. What will we do in Heaven? I know of a heavenly banquet, but isn't there more? Perhaps we will participate with the preparation of His Heavenly Mansion-building projects. Perhaps we might be asked to participate in hearing and preparing His Answers to the prayers of the Saints. This will be a time to enjoin together with all the Saints from the beginning of Time to encourage one another as a Sign and a Seal of His Eternal Life Abundant.

If Yahweh Creator-God Almighty set forth all Creation in 7 Days, perhaps then (maybe) all believers in the Body of Christ will bring forth the New Heavens and New Earth from Above in 7 years?

Isaiah 65:17   KJV
"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will
they come to mind."

Isaiah 66:22   KJV
"As the new heavens and the new earth that I make
will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will
your name and descendants endure."

Revelations 21:1   KJV
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the first heaven and the first earth
had passed away, and there was no longer
any sea.

Ancient Patterns / Today's Culture

LOG_Universe Chp2 on ORION (pdf):
"The Ancient Egyptians associated the Great
Pyramid, and the constellation Orion with
their king turned god Osiris. As the god of
the dead, Osiris represented the Ancient
Egyptian hope in a bodily resurrection from
the dead, as well as an afterlife in the
eternal realm of the dead among the stars."
She later states: "In fact, many of the gods of
ancient times may be fractured images reflecting
one aspect of the multi-faceted Triune God
YAHWEH."

Ref:
http://pillar-of-enoch.com/language_series/universe/Language_of_God_in_the_Universe_Ch-_Orion_Great-Pyramid.pdf

The Ancient Egyptians were permitted to associate
with the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pillar of
Enoch. This participation created the very
fingerprint of the Holy One on a specific nation.

The First-State is the pure, YAHWEH directed
vision, revelation, interpretation and covenant.
These nationalistic peoples wanted, hoped for
and worked towards:
1) Eternal Life
2) Resurrection From The Dead
3) Godly Leadership

The Second-State is the eruption of conflict,
control, conquer and corruption of the Truth.
These Egyptians used the association to the
connection between the Gospel in the Stars and
their societal behaviour.

These people erected their own manufactured
meanings that was originally manifested but
later poured out as a product of their vain
imagination.

Romans 1:21    KJV
"Because that, when they knew God, they
glorified [him] not as God, neither were
thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart
was darkened."

The pattern that is now well demonstrated by
scriptures and written extensively by Helena
is the sequence found in their demonic processes
to dilute so as to deceive.

Greatest Question To Ask In Humility

Mat 26:22
And they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one of them to say
unto him, Lord, is it I?
In a humble and contrite heart we cry out to Him
Is It I, LORD?

He will answer. His sheep know His voice and follow.
We will trust Him. His lovingkindness and equity flow
from His Throne.

Today's He-Goat / Spirit of Destruction & Lawlessness

I appreciate your comments. Historically, I see
and agree with your statements. Thank you.

Is there a mirror image that parallels today?

The Prophet Daniel was told to seal up the
interpretation until the Last Days. The
chronology of the LOG_Series illuminates
our view to see such signs for today.

Do we have a modern day he-goat who doesn't
touch the ground, or so completely out of
touch with the groundwork foundation of his
own country as the defined by The West?

Also, from such a 'king' might we have four
notable ones (great-horns) found in Greece,
Iran/Iraq, Egypt and Turkey?

I see a parallel coming from the West (America)
who has ignored all of the Judeo-Christian values,
morals and constitutional Republic (out of touch).
The Muslim-Brotherhood in the four 'corners' that
surround the current nation of Israel have been
given tacit approval to expand and take over.

While our Nation might become 'broken' (out of
office, perhaps), conditions have been set up
to fan-the-fires of demonic proportions. These
demonic spirits over the 4-regions are winds of
the mid-heavens. It is a spiritual battle warfare.

Ephesians 2:2 KJV
"Wherein in time past ye walked according
to the course of this world, according to
the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit that now worketh in the children
of disobedience"

2 Thes 2:6-7 NASB
"And you know what restrains him now, so that
in his time he will be revealed. [v7] For the
mystery of lawlessness is already at work;
only he who now restrains will do so until
he is taken out of the way."

May our Rapture from our Redeemer arrive quickly!

--- "yddilar" <yddilar@...> wrote:
Peter - I believe the reference is made to the
four kingdoms formed after the death of Alexander
the Great. Each kingdom was named after the four
generals under Alexander.

(1) Cassander (the Grecian peninsula),
(2) Lysimachus (present-day Bulgaria and Turkey),
(3) Ptolemy (Egypt and part of Libya), and
(4) Seleucus (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan,
Pakistan - and Israel).

He-Goat From The West Waxed Great

Dan 8:5
And as I was considering, behold, an he-goat
[H6842] came from the west on the face of the
whole earth, and touched not the ground: and
the goat [H6842] [had] a notable horn between
his eyes.

Dan 8:8
Therefore the he-goat [H6842] waxed very great:
and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;
and for it came up four notable ones toward the
four winds of heaven.

Dan 8:21
And the rough goat [H6842] [is] the king of Grecia:
and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is]
the first king.

The rough he-goat from ancient times has been raised
up from the West touching not the ground, but making
itself 'notable' as a horn = or king = of these last
days. He shall soon be broken.

What are the 4 notable ones who are toward the 4 winds
of heaven?

Breaking The Horn / Scourge = Rapture

Three Questions:
(1) What is this alliance, treaty, pledge,
pact or agreement of the he-goat from
the West (Dan 8)? It is based on death
from his refuge in hell/Sheol through lies
and deception. The he-goat follows his
master, the Father of All Lies.

Isaiah 28:18 NASB
"Your covenant [H1285] with death will
be canceled, And your pact [H2380] with
Sheol will not stand; When the
overwhelming scourge [H7752] passes
through, then you become its trampling
place.

Strong's H1285 - beriyth = convenant,
pledge, treaty, alliance, league

Strong's H2380 - chazuwth = pact, vision,
agreement, notable, conspicuous or great
horn; related to a law hence a covenant

Strong's H2380 of PACT or GREAT HORN
occurs 5 times in 5 verses. Three are
found in Isaiah and two times was it
listed in Daniel chapter 8.

(2) How will it be broken?
The LORD says He will break this HORN
by an overwhelming scourge. The way to
break the he-goat's alliance with death
and Sheol is to partake in the overwhelming
scourge.

Strong's H7752 - showt = scourge, whip,
(fig.: national judgment or chastisement)

The he-goat does not believe this scourge
will reach him when it passes by.

Isaiah 28:15 NASB
Because you have said, "We have made
a covenant with death, And with Sheol
we have made a pact. The overwhelming
scourge will not reach us when it
passes by, For we have made falsehood
our refuge and we have concealed
ourselves with deception."

(3) How will the LORD implement this scourge?
Isaiah 10:26 KJV
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a
scourge [H7752] for him according to
the slaughter of Midian at the rock
of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon
the sea, so shall he lift it up after
the manner of Egypt.

First, He will stir it up against the he-goat.
Second, a Gideon-like champion will attack.
Third, He will split the sea via East-Wind
(see ref. Gen 41:6,23,27 and Exodus 10:13
as well as Job 27:21 and Psalm 78:26).
Fouth, He will raise or lift it up.

I believe we are seeing the scourge in process
right now, today, via the Tea Party movement.

For those who wish to take up arms, there will
be a Gideon-like leader who will fulfill this
role. Please note, I do not advocate or support
this step as a Christ-follower. He who lives
by the sword will die by it.

Next, the East-Wind will start dividing the
sea of humanity and continue all night until
morning. I believe this is Phase-One of the
first Rapture.

Finally, He will gather up, raise up, and lift
up all believers into the Clouds combining the
Rod of Aaron/Moses with the Body of Christ.

This Gathering-Up-Into-The-Clouds is the
overwhelming scourge of God's judgment against
those who have made hell/Sheol their covering.

Isaiah 28:19 KJV
From the time that it goeth forth it
shall take you: for morning by morning
shall it pass over, by day and by night:
and it shall be a vexation only [to]
understand the report.

For those left behind, it will be a time of
daily confusion and vexation which they will
not understand.

My Workspace / My Struggles

I received via our school district's Superintendent the following statistics:
OUR IPSD204 SCHOOL SYSTEM
33 Schools total
1 Pre-school
21 Elementary schools
7 Middle schools
3 High schools
1 Alternative high school
1 Transitional college program

OUR IPSD204 EMPLOYEES
3,124 Employees
70% Teachers with Master’s degree or higher
161 National Board Certified teachers

OUR IPSD204 STUDENTS
29,500 Students
60.7% White
18.5% Asian
9.3% Black
7.4% Hispanic
4.0% Multi-racial
0.1% Native American

OUR IPSD204 DISTRICT
Third largest district in Illinois
46 square miles
Includes portions of Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook and Plainfield
Now we have video on-demand at: http://www.204tv.org/

To date, the man who hired me back in September 2004 has just retired. I went to his party back in June. The man who interviewed and then re-hired me back into the district, at the high school level, just got promoted to Principal at one of our Middle schools. My first Dean of Students boss was promoted three years ago to Principal at one of our Middle schools. My second Dean of Students boss just started this summer as a new Assistant Principal for another school district (Schaumburg, IL).  So far, in my capacity as Secretary to the Dean, I have gone through 5 Dean's Assistants for attendance. Still, I am the only male secretary in 33 school buildings, 2 maintenance/warehouse facilities and 1 rather large central district office. Weird, if not anything else. I am grateful to having this position and happy to have a job with such a professionally-driven organization. I have been involuntarily transfered between three buildings, four Dean of Student bosses, five assistants and a partridge-in-a-pear-tree.

I fear I am a target. Admin keeps bouncing me around like this.

I checked with our Union members and no other secretary was bounced around like this, ever, in any IPSD204 school situation, except as a definite promotion. It's a fact that I am not welcomed into the secretarial pool of women who constantly network and compare every little thing as if it were a golden nugget. Most of my perspective has been formulated in silence and observation. I don't have the social skills and memory recall and retrieval capability for names on the spur-of-the-moment (on-demand).

It is a very awkward and uncomfortable place to be isolated when I am surrounded by such capable and talented people. In such a place, I feel simultaniously blessed and challenged to work to connect to others in a faithful, meaningful manner.

May the LORD restrain the very winds of change to protect and provide me a safe workspace.

Worshipping Evil Ones / Scoffers & Unbelievers

Bible Study of Leviticus 17:7 KJV
" And they shall no more offer their sacrifices
unto devils [H8163], after whom they have
gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for
ever unto them throughout their generations."

8 Hebrew Words In Strong's Text of KJV:
(1) H2076 - zabach = to slaughter, to sacrifice (verb)
(2) H2077 - zebach = sacrifice (noun)
(3) H8163 - saiyr = hairy, he-goat, devil, kid, satyr, rough (noun)
(4) H310 - achar = after, follow(-ing), behind, afterward(s) (adverb)
(5) H2181 - zanah = a harlot, adultery, fornication, prostitute (verb)
(6) H2708 - chuqqah = statute, ordinance, custom, enactment (noun)
(7) H5769 - 'owlam = forever, old, everlasting, perpetual, eternity (noun)
(8) H1755 - dowr = generation, age, habitation, dwelling (noun)

My Marin Transliteration Word-Phrase:
"To slaughter their sacrifices to rough, hairy he-goat
devils/satyrs following afterwards their prostitutionalizing
of [themselves] will continue such ritual enactments
for ever [in] all [their] generational dwellings."

Unlike the KJV, I didn't find the word, 'no more', listed.
It's unnerving to me to trip up over this sentence in
Leviticus. What is the underlying meaning of this passage?

When I pieced together my transliteration word-phrase,
I see instead the locked-in absolute penalty for living
the harlot-adultery lifestyle as actively prostituting
themselves. It looks like they will be forever connected
to the very devils they worship. When you sell yourself
as a slave to sin, and worship evil ones, then your
eternal soul is linked to such evil.

The connection between hairy, he-goat and devil can
be seen in the example provided by Jacob's brother,
Esau (Genesis 27:11). He literally sold his birthright
and turned away from the faith of his father Abraham.

Esau = hairy (H6215)
Like two goats, one was cast for the LORD while
the other became the scapegoat into the wild.
Also, when the Jews were split into two
national halves with the Northern Kingdom of Israel
as ruled by Jeroboam and his sons. It's described as:

2 Chronacles 11:15
"And he [Jeroboam] ordained him priests for
the high places, and for the devils [H8163],
and for the calves which he had made."

Notice H8163 in 2 Chron 11:15 matches the 3rd word
in Lev17:7 verse. Both scriptures point out how people
were actively making their worship for such evil ones.
Division, destruction and eternal bondage awaits such
as these scoffers and unbelievers. What a terrible future!!
This is why the freedom we have in God's Son, Jesus
Christ, liberates us from sin, death, darkness, evil and
bondages. Praise Him!

Personal Commitment / Duality Month & Heart

Helena Lehman wrote LOG_Humanity Chp8pg318:
"On the first Passover, a cross was also literally
drawn in the air with the lamb's blood at the doorways
of Israelite homes."

She continued later with: "On that first Passover,
while the Israelites were still slaves in Egypt
(which is an allegory for sin), the blood of the
salughtered lambs that marked every Israelite home's
doorposts delivered the firstborn of Israel from
certain death."

The 10th of Abib (Nisan) - Passover Lamb was selected
and examined until the 14th day so as to establish
no spot or blemmish. 'The first month at even is the
LORD's passover on the 14th day of the first month'
which is Abib. Reference Exodus 13:4 and Deut 16:1.

Nisan = Hebrew's Abib = An Ear of Ripe Grain also
called 'green ears' as wheat is partly in the ear.

Nisan is the Civil calendar name while Abib is the
Sacred calendar name. Same month with duality.

Exodus 12:6     KJV
And ye shall keep it up until the 14th day of
the same month: and the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening.

I noticed how the Passover was right after the
9th plague. Also, the first Passover did not have
any priests and it fell on each household to be
actively involved in the forgiveness of sins.

Again, there was a big red symbol posted on each
believer's wooden doorpost on the evening of the 14th.

This was either a sign of the LORD's deliverance or
a clear message that Pharoah could use to kill all
of the ones causing Egypt's troubles.

This first Passover, therefore, represented the
LORD's way of assigning responsibility for each
believer and taking away the finger-pointing by
the Israelite's leadership who blamed Moses for
their hardships.

It became the double-edged sword of the LORD that
dealt a blow concurrently against the rebeliousness
of hard-heartedness by both Pharoah as well as the
reluctant leaders of the Jews.

In these Last Days, I perceive a coming double-edged
sword that will indicate our division from the world
that will be a sign posted for all to see.

How To Invalidate the Word of God

I have never heard of anyone addressing the
interactions between gratitude and combining
it with the action of verbalizing the words,
'thank you.' Until now.

I cross-clicked over to a post by Cari Jenkins
and read her May 14th 2011 blog titled, "How
to tell if you isolate yourself"

You can read it online at:
http://carijenkins.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/how-to-tell-if-you-isolate-yourself/

Here's an excerpt from her 2nd paragraph:

"Thank you’s are difficult for me. I never feel
like a note can capture what I really want to
say or the depths of my gratitude. Thank you’s
are also difficult because I’m prideful, and to
say thank you means that I had nothing to do
with a particular result. Thank you puts me
in a position of receiving. Thank you’s admit
vulnerability and incompleteness."

Then, Cari continued with: "In the biblical text
there are many places where people groups are
told to give thanks to God. In the New Testament,
people are even encouraged to give thanks in all
circumstances. This is difficult for people.
More honestly, this is difficult for me."

Next she wrote: "It’s not so much that I don’t
feel I have nothing for which to have feelings
of thankfulness, it’s more that I like to take
credit for things and to give thanks … well, I
basically say it’s a gift, it’s all a gift and
I’m thankful."

The writer admitted to having underlying emotional
feelings. She felt grateful as well as thankful.
The issue was not that she lacked feelings.
It was her verbalization to others of such that
placed her into an inherent conflict within
herself. The conflict arose when she expressed
verbally those feelings as an acknowledgment.

On the one hand, her feelings of thankfulness,
if kept to herself, yielded no conflict. Her
silence was the means to maintain emotional
balance by setting her equity of self-worth
in the center of her own control over credits.

However, on the other hand, when she said,
'thank you' then she has admitted, within the
context of the social interaction, that she
was vulnerable and an incomplete self however
slight or minor the interaction.

By saying 'thank you' out loud she transferred
all credit, control and value from out of her
self-worth and invested it into the other
person. This transfer of value is the opposing
force from the act of taking credit for results.

To mitigate this vulnerability, she re-worked
her acknowledgment into a encapsulated object
that she considered the interaction as a gift.
She wrote: "It's all a gift."

By re-working the transfer of value into the
created gift-object, she stopped the transfer
of credit by creating an artificial, inanimate
object. This gift-object functioned as a holding
place of her primal level of social vulnerability
without yielding credit to the other person.

Therefore, this re-work sets up a transfer detour
such that she neither loses control, nor does it
benefit the other person. This is also her own
gift to herself as a reward for not becoming
socially vulnerable.

However, she retains her feelings of thankfulness
plus she can now take credit for the shared
experience. How? By using the mutual gift-object
re-work even though the received gift demonstrated
that she had nothing to do with it.

But, the other person was denied the valued social
acknowledgment even though the other person was
responsible for providing the original help.

Her re-worked maneuver was a careful work-around
by making a socially-defined object more valuable
than the person who gave her the original help.

This blog-post by Cari helped me to understand
the comments made by our LORD as recorded in the
Gospel of Mark. It helped explain to me how the
transfer of value, or honor, from one person to
another could be invalidated.

Mark 7:8-13
... for, having put away the command of
God, you hold the tradition of men,
baptisms of pots and cups; and many other
such things you do.' [v9] And he said
to them, `Well do you put away the command
of God that your tradition you may keep;
[v10] for Moses said, Honour thy father
and thy mother; and, He who is speaking
evil of father or mother - let him die
the death; [v11] but you say, A man may
say to father or to mother, Korban (that
is, it's a gift) whatever might have
been profited out of mine, [v12] and no
more do you permit him to do anything
for his father or for his mother,
[v13] setting aside the word of God
for your tradition that you delivered;
and many such like things you do.'

I also now understand how the silence from the
audience might have been so frustrating to our
LORD at times. Plus, I now can better grasp the
transfer-meaning:

Proverb 3:6
"In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths."

Thank you, Cari.

Follow Me

Matthew 4:19

And he said to them, Follow me,

and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;

and let the dead bury their dead.

Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus passed forth from thence,

he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting

at the receipt of custom: and he said to

him, Follow me. And he arose, and

followed him.

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples,

If any [man] will come after me, let

him deny himself, and take up his

cross, and follow me.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect,

go [and] sell that you have, and give to the

poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven:

and come [and] follow me.

Mark 2:14

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son]

of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom,

and said unto him, Follow me.  And he arose

and followed him.

Mark 8:34

And when he had called the people [to himself]

with his disciples also, he said to them,

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny

himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mark 10:21

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and

said to him, One thing you lack: go your way,

sell whatsoever you have, and give to the poor,

and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come,

take up the cross, and follow me.

Luke 5:27

And after these things he went forth, and saw

a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt

of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

Luke 9:23

And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will

come after me, let him deny himself, and take

up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 9:59

And he said unto another, Follow me. But

he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury

my father.

Luke 18:22

Now when Jesus heard these things, he

said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell

all that you have and distribute unto the

poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven:

and come, follow me.

John 1:43

The day following Jesus would go forth

into Galilee, and found Philip, and said

to him, Follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know

them, and they follow me:

John 12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me;

and where I am, there shall also my servant

be: if any man serves me, him will [my]

Father honor.

John 13:36

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, where

are you going? Jesus answered him,

Where I go, you can’t follow me now;

but you shall follow me afterwards.

John 21:19

This He spoke signifying by what death

he should glorify God. And when he had

spoken this, he said to him, Follow me.

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Luke 9:61

And another also said, Lord, I will

follow thee; but let me first go bid

them farewell, which are at home

at my house.

John 21:22

Jesus said to him, If I will that he

tarry till I come, what [is that] to

you; follow you me.

Escalating The Drama

Playing the game of Drama starts with the Primary-Player attempting to capture the entire bandwidth of Attention-Span from other Characters. The Drama involves other people who become involved and get more and more squeezed into the sphere of Drama.

The Primary-Player's secondary objective is to prevent other characters from escaping the arena of their Drama. The Primary-Player therefore escalates all of the consequences regardless of the negative effects to get others to actively be a participant in the Drama, even if it's to wrestle free from the whole situation.

The tools used to sustain Drama by the Primary-Player are to avoid responsibility, not recognize their role to respect others and exaggerate their importance by directing the flow of actions for others. The Primary-Player therefore elevates their status from victim to Director by bending, twisting (anyway they want it) for choices that reacts to the actions of the other Characters. In their role as Director, the Primary-Player can 'rise-above' the choices of others and treat those others as if they were the Audience to the Drama.

Escalating Narcissism

When a Primary-Player has unresolved feelings that have created deeply ingrained hurts, then any expressions of affective communications is filtered through the past Drama.  Staying caught in the past Drama creates an insulated bubble of protection around the hurt feelings.  The bubble can expand its sphere to include current relationships and situations. When this occurs, the bubble acts as a focusing lens where every new experience is interpreted through the lens of past Drama. From an outsider’s perspective, this appears as a highly charged Narcissism of negativity.

From the Primary-Player’s perspective, the individual has felt blind-sighted in the past Drama and should have seen it coming and somehow prevented it from breaking into an unresolved conflict of tangled emotions.  The re-set button for handling today’s problems is safely valued in the past Drama where no current relationships can emotionally connect in a healthy fashion since the Primary-Player is defining and defending themselves from further, additional hurts.