Satan Hears Part I

Satan Hears Part I

9/23/17

In a time where our words are plastered all over the world instantaneously, one would seem to guard such animations but to the contrary, our individual mouths love to speak our opinion and cause whatever results possible.  Technology is a good aspect of human development but it also is one method of spreading topics that not only to those who do not agree with us but to our eternal enemy who will use this gateway to further torment and then destroy our lives.  God is very specific in His Word when it comes to how we should conduct our tongues and if we do not adhere to this wisdom we can be in for some very rough times ahead.  Guarding our tongues is a process that we need to follow for we must remember that Satan cannot act on things he does not know but if spoken in words to his liking, his ears pick up all avenues of legality and will use them in order to advance his own kingdom and destroy our lives.

This message that God wants us to read about today is one that will tell us about our enemy and how important it is to guard our tongues so that we do not give Satan an advantage over our lives.  We as humans and more specifically Americans have the belief that it really does not matter who is around us or who is listening that we can say whatever we wish and in any manner of speaking to whomever we wish and at any time we please, with an increasing amount of not caring to understand all about the situation at hand.  God is the only being in existence that is all powerful, all knowing and can be everywhere at one time a demonstration that is impossible for our finite minds to handle but it is the truth because God has never been defeated and has no rival.  However, we know that even if an enemy has already been defeated he still has a bite that will do damage if given the opportunity and when we do not understand that our enemy will strike those who are on both sides of the tongue lashing and word violence, and yes, this means the ones inflicting the lashing will be included in this torturous destruction.

God made our lives for a specific purpose and He created the angels with the same type of purpose as well and they too have characteristics that allow them to communicate.  We must contend that if angels are able to verbally communicate with humans then it would be normal for them to hear as well, a trait that I have not really thought about too much on a specific level but have generally known about this type of description.  It is these types of characteristics that make our words very important and how much we should guard them before they come out of our mouths for when placed into the ears of those who are not considered our friends those words can be used against us in the future.

We learned a while back that when God made the angels He made them in a specific manner.  We also learned that when Lucifer and the angels that fell with him did so that they did not lose their created looks thus maintained their original status and appearance, which further solidifies that God cannot allow nor did He create any “trans” type appearance for humans either.  Satan is just as beautiful today as he was the day that God created him and his appearance will not change anytime soon either.  The only part of Satan that changed was his heart when he tried his best to dethrone God and then lost tremendously.  When Lucifer was in heaven he heard the voice of God and he demonstrated these characteristics not only before he fell from his position but while he was incorporating his destiny as well.  A state of utter and eternal confusion must have been present that day but after all was said and done Lucifer had been thrown out along with those angels that agreed with him.  After the fall, Satan kept that set of eyes, those ears, and the communication devices that were given to him by God all full and intact and ready to use against the prized creations that God had perfectly constructed.  Satan is the perfect identifier that proves God cannot change what He has already created and even though Satan no longer is a part of God’s Kingdom he still has the abilities that God gave him some time ago.

How do we know this to be true?  We have many examples in the Bible where people’s mouths and verbal attitudes get them into trouble and we repeatedly see the writers of the New Testament teach us about the importance of keeping our tongues tame and controlled.  While we will be using some of these NT examples in this message we must go back to a time in the Old Testament to find out the reasons why it is important for us to adhere to this valuable bit of information.  We have always heard that the tongue is the strongest and most powerful muscle in the human and while it may not be the biggest muscle contained within the body this statement is so very true.  More damage to individuals, groups, and societies than what is portrayed from the mouth and it is the ears of those others who retaliate accordingly.

On 23 August 1939, a pact was signed by the foreign ministers of Germany and Russia stating that this nonaggression agreement with each other would guarantee no hostilities between the two leaders which presented a relief to one side of the table and a general guarantee of eventual war on the other side.  Stalin believed in this pact completely and instead of keeping a real eye on the situation began to ignore the reports from his own spies that went against what the agreement stated.  Mass after mass of German military units began huddling at Russia’s border but Stalin still believed nothing would be done against his country because the old enemy of Russia has stated he would not ignite aggression against them.  Really?  Going to listen to an old enemy that has for centuries vowed to see your entire existence be exterminated? 

As we all know 1 September of that same year just a few days after the signing of that document Hitler launched his campaign against Europe and the initial plans of the nonaggression pact were kept and Poland an innocent country took the brunt of both sides of that agreement.  It was a few years down the road but everyone knew that Hitler had his eyes on Russia and when the West was secured he turned toward Russia, still holding on to the agreement was Stalin however.  All of his spies in Poland were telling him that Germany was preparing an attack, so what did Stalin do?  Had many of his spies executed for treason and others sent to Siberia to serve long-term prison internment as punishment.  On 10 June 1941, we all know that Operation Barbarossa opened up a new line of the war that would take its toll on countless lives both during the war and afterward as well.

Stalin fell for this lie that was spoken years before and became comfortable with the setting that was presented during that timeframe.  Even though trusting Hitler was Stalin said he never had yet his abiding blindly by an agreement that Hitler broke even before his foreign minister signed the agreement said something totally different.  When we read such stories as this it is hard for us to understand why Stalin did not get it and do things differently, but because he was so taken in with the treaty and the “promise” of peace he forgot to look into the eyes of the snake while he was talking to his ears.  It was this chicanery that cost Stalin millions of soldiers’ lives and rape of the land he so proudly called The Motherland”.  It did not have to be such a disastrous beginning for Russia in this global conflict if only Stalin would have taken seriously his spies maybe some of his fighting machine might not have been knocked out before invasion began.  Do we understand that it is because of this head in the sand approach that we now in a decay and destruction mode that cannot be reversed unless a divine miracle occurs?

God has made it very clear in past articles and all throughout His Word that there is an ongoing war for your eternal placement and how important it is that we understand this truth and provide ourselves with a constant protective barrier so that we survive this onslaught.  Not only is there a physical outcry against our lives but a spiritual one as well both of which have eternal meanings and should be understood as much as possible.  God has not hidden away the means by which we need to have adequate protection against this war but we have turned against the protective device and chosen one that our enemy has recommended instead, a position that as we just read cost Stalin millions of lives and progressed a war of attrition that cost the world greatly for decades to come.  God has given us “spies” if you wish to put it this way in order for us to understand our enemy and the “spies” that He has given us is named the Bible.

We will begin this biblical example series in Genesis 2:15-17 when God’s Word states the following: “And the Lord God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”  It is these verses that we hear God speaking directly to Adam and telling him exactly what to do and what not to do and it is these verses that also give us the foundation of Satan and how he hears what is being said.  While it is not directly mentioned here we know a few details about a being that is alive and that is considered to be an enemy and we can put those characteristics into our setting because they are on display.

When one has an enemy, that enemy does not just sit by and watch the opposition just carry on unabated.  Enemies will do their best to get and then maintain the upper hand in all situations when it comes to those that have foiled their plans in some way.  In this case, Lucifer fell eternally hard and that fall left him with a very eternal bitter taste in his mouth and for this eternal embarrassment, he will stop at nothing to get back at God preferably by using a method of our creative contributions from God.  Now, we have God and Adam talking with each other in the Garden of Eden and God giving out specific instructions to Adam about what is good for food and what is not.  If Satan could only see this conversation taking place then his ideas about how to fool Adam would prove to be difficult and basically impossible since he is not an all-powerful being, thus it would be basically impossible for him to carry out any practices against anything.  An interesting point here is that God had to create angels in such a manner as this because they would not be able to carry out their designed purposes if they were not; another example of a being using a gift from God against God Himself.  Even Jesus does not know when the day will be when He is told to return and to fulfill the entire prophetical setting and if the Son of God does not know what the future holds then there is NO WAY possible that a fallen angel does either.

Continuing on, we have the issue of Satan watching this conversation occurs and given the fact that God speaks to His creations this means that Satan has ears and it was through these ears that Satan heard the conversation that took place between God and Adam thus giving him knowledge of what Adam was commanded to do and not to do.  Now, we know this to be true because being a “good” enemy one will be around when any planning is going on from the opposition so that an alternative plan can be drawn up in order to combat the original plan.  I know that we have read many times the stories of Michael and Gabriel following through with the commands that God gave them to complete but have we really thought about and taken into consideration that Satan has the same ability to complete tasks even though he is not on the side of God?  And in order for him to complete these tasks, he must have the senses present to perform such duties for angels are simply created beings who are blind and deaf then sit around in heaven with harps on their laps playing music that they cannot hear or understand.

Even though the eternal division between God and Satan was present in the Garden of Eden, God did not take away his ability to hear what was being said around him and it is through this gift from God that Satan uses to haunt, attack, and then destroy God’s most prized creations.  It was this conversation in Genesis Chapter 2 that we see that Satan was around and that he heard what was said thus setting up the basis for the conversation that occurs between Satan and Eve in Genesis Chapter 3.  Genesis 3:4-6 gives us this truth about the ears of Satan and what was spoken sometime before through an interesting detail from Adam.  It is not clear of another conversation concerning this statement by God to Eve after He created her nor does the Bible state that Adam said anything specifically to Eve about this issue either.  However, since God gave Adam the authority to have dominion over the earth then it would seem logical that Adam would want Eve to understand what God has said to him as well thus creating an environment to where Eve would know what to say and act upon when challenged.  This is also a sign of unity between God and mankind and then between man and woman as well.  Either way, Satan would now have access to what was spoken and thus his open door to use against Adam and Eve at some point in the future.

Genesis 3:4-6 details this ability of Satan once again when he is having a conversation with Eve and in these verses a bidirectional conversation occurs.  The question posed to Eve states that Satan understood the issue at hand and that he had prior knowledge of a conversation that had been discussed for if he did not then he would not know which stance to take when he began to execute his plan against them.  Satan also has manipulated the truth with speaking a portion of the truth here which gives us a huge clue as to why God asks us to study His Word thoroughly enough to know like the back of your hands.  In verses 4-5 we have a monolog from Satan stating that God knows that you will not surely die but your eyes will be opened and because they are opened you will be like gods knowing both good and evil.  This passage presents a curious statement from Satan but one that demonstrates his abilities to manipulate the truth in order to make the lie appealing to our senses.  Another interesting statement here that comes into play today as well and that is that Satan said they would become as gods which would mean that they would be more powerful and have more status than what they had then, the exact same process that Lucifer took when he challenged God and fell.

End Part I

DLB

Where Was God?

Where Was God?

9/16/17

All of us at one time have either wondered about or have asked this question about God.  It is hard sometimes for us to understand why things and events occur in our lives and still believe that God is around while these horrible acts play out.  It is this question that fuels many skeptics and all-out atheists because of the concepts that they have entertained in their lives concerning God Himself.  It is this product that concerns God the most because we have not done our jobs correctly and thoroughly enough to those who do not believe; therefore, setting into motion a society that knows not God and only knows the world.  Until we understand the basic notions of God we will not be able to teach others about how much He loves us and more importantly His salvation plan that He has for our eternity.  There is a reason God allows things to occur and when those issues occur, as we will see, God is right there waiting for us to give Him the signal.

There have been a few times in my life that I have asked this question about God and at the time that I asked this question, were times that seemed quite difficult for the people involved.  These types of settings can come in any form, shape, size, person, group, turmoil, or any other easily or difficultly described turn in life, but whichever complication comes into our view it would be quite normal for this question to run through our minds.  Seeing a hurricane completely wipe out a town, city, or nation is mind boggling to say and when we hear about an entire family being murdered by a serial killer it is hard to imagine that humans can do such atrocities to each other.  When children are sold into slavery or used as sexual pawns in prostitution rings the atheist has common ground with others when they wonder why such acts are committed.  This list of horrors could continue on paper for weeks and not just in a few sentences or paragraphs.  The answer to this question lies within the actions of the humans themselves and what we do immediately after the acts of disobedience, no matter what they may be, is completed.

As from the first word of the Bible states until the last punctuation of the last verse of the Bible proclaims, God has one task to get across to His people and that is He loves us and that He has provided a way for us to be redeemed if we only call out to Him and to really and truly repent and turn to Him.  It is the heart of mankind that God focuses on and it is this same condition of the heart that God deals with humanity as well.  We do not have to travel too far in the Bible until we find the example of what God has just shared with us, an important issue that we need to know about God for this type of setting did not just occur in Adam and Eve’s life but in our modern nation and societies as well.  In fact, this type of setting is ongoing today and it is one where we are now seeing almost every day and a trend that will only become more common unless we figure this message from God out real quick.  To be honest, I have never thought about this characteristic about God before even though I have heard many things about this characteristic all my life. 

In Genesis Chapter 3 we have a change in the lives of Adam and Eve that proves to be catastrophic in nature.  Genesis 3:1-8 gives us the detailed orientation of the introduction of sin into our lives and how it now consumes our inner beings well enough that it eventually overtakes us and we return to the ground.  And it is this point in human history, verses 6-7 that give us the clue about this characteristic of God and the answer to where was God all at the same time.  We have talked about a few times concerning these verses and how things changed for Adam and Eve but what about God?  Did He change at this time?  Many people have had and still do have the philosophy that when mankind sinned God had no choice but to alter His character in order to understand the human and to further increase His ability to be smarter than the human.  In truth, God did not change one bit nor did He switch places, changed hair color, stopped caring, or even quit hanging around the human, none of these lies about God are true.  God was right there with Adam and Eve when they took the bite of fruit and He is right here with us in the same capacity as He was back in the Garden of Eden.  God wanted Adam and Eve to understand that even though He was not in their physical presence all the time He was with them and overseeing their protection all the while continuing to observe them and feeling the relationship develop and grow.

Adam and Eve had been tricked well enough that when they were eating of the fruit they had no worries about what was about to happen to their lives.  It is obvious that they had forgotten about God being present at all times for the bible does not say that God was present at the time they disobeyed.  And do you think that they would have brazenly taken from the tree in complete defiance right in front of God?  Could be, but I do not really believe such an event would occur.  I mean it is so much easier to believe that we can get away with things when our parents are not around so why would Adam and Eve believe any differently when the influence is egging them on?  If matters of the heart were not an issue here then both Adam and Eve would have not entertained the serpent nor and they would have told God about the conversations they had been having as well.  Adam and Eve chose to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as God had told them not to do and it was through this act that God reveals one of His important characteristics that many of us forget.

I know that I have lied to my parents about events that took place while they were not around and I know that Adam and Eve thought that they could do the same with God.  But while our parents may not be physically there with us at all times and do not witness everything that we do I guarantee you that any parent who is in touch with their child will know what occurred in some detail about that period of time.  It is this type of gift of discernment that God has given to us that is demonstrated here in this message but with an added amount of dimension that we tend to forget.  The book of Genesis holds a great deal of information about God and mankind and while it takes a while to process everything that occurred in this beautiful Testament we can miss some things or have to wait for a while in order to understand the finer details of what is going on in the passage.  There are many verses in the Bible that describe God’s presence and how He is everywhere but Isaiah 66:1 sums it nicely and gives us the characteristic about God that Adam and Eve should have known.  “Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me?  and where is the place of my rest?”  A powerful verse that gives us the truth about where God is and since God is everywhere He can be in heaven and on the earth at the same time, a concept that Adam and Eve should have witnessed firsthand and had no problems figuring out.

So, we have the answer to where God is at and where He was at when Adam and Eve decided to disobey His command.  Now, there are times in our lives where we walk into situations that are not of our doing or not in our control but this setting with Adam and Eve was not the case for it was their choice to be at that single place and thus it was their choice of action to disobey a totally unrelated to an accident occurring in a life.  It is this omnipresent characteristic that is the important factor of God that He wants us to understand for there is a reason that God is present everywhere at all time and that is for one reason, to hear His child ask for repentance for the wrong they committed.  Do you believe that God did not want to stop Adam and Eve from committing the one disobedient act that would cost them their eternal status?  Of course, He did!  But God would be interfering with the will of mankind if He did, thus nullifying what the act that He had previously allowed at some previous point in time, is when Lucifer chose to disobey and fall from his position in heaven.  God was there as well and He allowed such activity to take place so it would have been the correct thing to do for God to do nothing but wait.  If you are wondering what the difference is between the fall of Lucifer and the fall of mankind is go back and read the article that describes the holy order of mankind’s creation by creating the physical first and then the spiritual placement inside.

Have we really thought about this question and wondered why God wants to be around all the time and why He is always around us in the first place?  God is not in the habit of being around His children so that He can condemn them or erase them from His book when they do things wrong.  God values and understands the process and truth of a repentant heart and it is this reason alone that God desires to be around you and me all the time because He is our Father who loves us and wants His Will done in our lives.  God understands the magnitude and the gravity of the reckoning that we endure from our own doing and it is at this time that He longs to hear our hearts cry for help when it has done wrong.  God has not changed His policy concerning the presence He has with our lives and He has no plans of changing this policy either; however, He will not stand in the way of our choices no matter if they are wrong.  He just wants to hear a true heart repent and learn from these instances so that He can guide the way in order to do His best to minimize the consequences.  We must remember that the ones who want a relationship to develop and grow WANT to be around and it is through this wanting that begins a longing and a need.

There can be no mistake and no question that an epic event occurred to Adam and Eve’s lives that day as Genesis 3:6-7 played out.  And while there is no direct mention of God’s presence there at the tree He was there understanding exactly what was occurring and first of all hoping they would have listened and understood well enough to obey His command but when the reality revealed itself God’s heart immediately turned to see if they would repent and have a heart as such.  But what Adam and Eve did next must have broken God’s heart into pieces for God’s ears heard nothing about repentance from them, instead, He heard nothing at all except running away to hide themselves.  God’s ears must have tickled when He heard the fig leaves being sewn together for their actions were confirmed that they had fallen for the selfish betrayal and not remembered what God’s Words had been.  It is this reason that God stuck around and wants to be around His children, for when they get into trouble God wants to hear the cry of repentance as David cried after he sinned against God.  Man did the best thing that a selfish heart could do and that is to hide from the truth even knowing that the truth had been exposed for all to see.  The consequences of the human disaster were immediately felt and that they far stretched hearts of Adam and Eve were nowhere to be found.

Does this sound familiar at all to anyone reading this message?  Does it describe a setting that is playing out today in societies all around the world, namely ours?  Adam and Eve were busy trying to fix their newly acquired problem on their own ignoring God and His presence that was still around them.  This is exactly the picture that we have painted for ourselves today in that we have done God so badly and kicked Him out of most areas of our lives that we no longer recognize that in all of our blind problems that we are trying to fix He is right there waiting for our hearts to surrender back to Him, yet we continue to sew our fig leaves as our covering.  This process of fig fixing came to a head back in 2001 on a fateful day in September and while the world stood in shock we bowed our heads to God for a moment but we never had any intentions to do the same with our hearts.  This showed again seven years later when another disaster occurred and today we have continued that forgetful trend until God no longer exists in our hearts at all.  All of the superficial repairs and memorials we constructed represent the exact same procedure that Adam and Eve did after they had disobeyed.  This is something we really need to think about on an eternal basis for it is this basis that the covering we choose shall be based upon.

It is evident that our enemy has done a pretty good job in forging the true meaning of the covering that we have as humans and more specifically where and who provides this covering.  A more gruesome realization is that Satan has also swayed the Church into believing that this covering is not necessary in order to have God’s protection a grave error and lie that will cost all of us one day.  Adam and Eve must have understood this truth or most likely had become numb to the truth because it is clear that they had no intentions of asking for forgiveness or calling on God immediately after their actions were completed.  It is at this point where the characteristics of disobedience (sin) and the characteristics of God clash and we see the permanent division that is between them.

It is a true statement and fact that after Adam and Eve had eaten of the fruit there was nothing that could be done to change the newly arrived effects of sin.  The proper thing to have done in this setting would have been for Adam and Eve to call on God to let Him know what happened even though He already knew what had transpired.  It would have shown a true sign of regret and a heart that was repentant for what had occurred and provided a resounding truth about how God loves us and how He is always right there with us no matter what the situation might present.  God allowed this awful tragedy to occur because it was our choice to do such iniquity but God did not run away or hide Himself from our lives when we did not call out for help either.  He waited until His appointed time of the day to appear and it was then that the truth had to be spoken even if it was displayed from a hidden perspective by the humans.

It is also obvious that Adam and Eve had already forfeited their place within their own dominion because of the act that they completed in Genesis 3:7.  It is an act of disgrace to ask of your dominion to cover yourself when there was no need for covering in the first place.  This means that some huge change occurred and the status of the ones in charge differed from the original placement, it also explains that their status changed when they ran and hid from God in their own dominion.  Once a pure and holy stance was now graced by sin and torment strong enough to force the people over the dominion to hide within its ranks.

Where was God in all of this newly established chaos?  He was right there in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve waiting for them to initiate what God had been teaching them about Himself even when they had grossly failed His obedience plans.  All God has ever wanted His prized creations to do is to obey His Word and to keep His Ways close within our hearts, this was true for Adam and Eve and it is still true today for you and I.  God understands that through the act of sin we can no longer understand the perfect and pure living that Adam and Eve gave up but since we have learned that God is a consistent God and that He cannot change in any way this means that He is right here with us waiting for us to repent of our sins and to call on His name so that His protection can once again be intact.

The only problem is that we have fallen so far away from God and have purposefully thrown Him out of our hearts we no longer believe that He is around and present all the time.  Satan has done a thorough job in destroying the physical relationships between humans and thus severed the eternal relationship with God and us at the same time.  He has basically recreated the setting of the Garden of Eden right before Adam and Eve ate from the tree and as a result, our arms and hands are on their way up to the fruit.  We no longer have the discernment to stop and know who the enemy is and what he is trying to make us do, in fact, he has done a well enough job that we believe that God is the enemy another detail that Adam and Eve portrayed in Genesis 3:6.

God’s Word says that only a fool would say there is no God and this is a true statement with each bat of the eye at the physical creation of the earth.  Why would God create something, anything and then leave it be to fend for itself without any guidance to ensure its safety and survivability?  God cannot do such a thing for He is a consistent God and one of the characteristics of consistency is being consistent; in other words, being consistent is continual and once God made His presence known to Adam and Eve in the Garden and was right there with them even when they sinned He has to be in the same capacity today too.  God was so in hopes that Adam and Eve would have immediately repented when they sinned but they only immediately realized the consequences of their actions and instead a divisional process that could not and still cannot be reversed resulted but it would have made for an interesting difference if they had repented immediately instead of clothing themselves on their own.

We tend to forget and this is a huge part of Satan’s plan for our separation from God, is that when God is all around us even when we sin and if we continue to “get away with” such activities we will eventually become comfortable with these activities and therefore not take them as being such a bad thing.  Adam and Eve justified their sin and actions by making coverings from fig leaves instead of reverting to the covering that God had already given them.  In fact, when you study the remaining portions of Genesis Chapter 3 we find nowhere when or where that Adam and Eve actually asked for repentance from God.  Some procedural and occupational tones were made concerning their lives and who they were but no actual repentance statement by either one of them.  Even through this lack of response God provided them and showed them of the importance of His covering when He sacrificed an innocent animal and provided the appropriate covering for their bodies before they embarked on their new lives outside of the Garden of Eden.

Two important details and characteristics about God here that is vital for us to keep close in our hearts and in the forefront of our minds.  First of all, we have the eternal assurance that God is all around us at all times no matter what the conditions or circumstances may bring.  When the storms of life come our way He is there and when we choose to disobey our Creator He is also there as well.  In all settings, He is there and willing to hear our calls when we utter those sounds of acknowledgment.  But how many times have we withdrawn from His presence and went along the journey alone and relying on our human understanding instead?  Many of these storms we cannot prevent but serve as a reminder of who is in control over all things and why such activities may occur, a very important detail about God that would bring in so much knowledge if we just open our hearts to His Ways and understanding.

Secondly, God is always present to hear what His children are saying when we choose to do things on our own and sin against His Ways.  He is not here to condemn our actions but to hear the call of repentance and the willingness of our hearts to honestly say that we are sorry and to not do such activities again.  This is the sign of true repentance and the one signal that God desires to hear from His children.  The consequences of such activities may still occur but instead of multiple and continued destructive allowances it can be nipped in the bud immediately and that door closed to any further options down the road.  This detail and characteristic of God is the most important one of all for it eternally demonstrates that He is willing to forgive us of our sins and disobedience if we only ask for it.  It is well known that if a wrong is committed and not immediately repented from, the human heart has no real intentions of being sorry unless a true awakening occurs sometime down the road.  The beneficial thing about asking for forgiveness immediately is that it frees us from the continued lies that we will endure and will provide an extended covering instead of a broken one.

It is easy for us to understand why Adam and Eve forgot about the presence of God being with them at all times, for we do this every day as well.  But it is of vital importance that we keep this truth about God within constant reach for it is the only way that we are going to understand and keep the communication line open with God.  God is not all around and ever-present as a slave master or overseer of enforcement but His character defines Himself as a Father who watches over His children and is there for them when things go wrong.  He wants to protect us from such harm and to be there to ask for advice about situations before things have to be dealt with on a consequential basis.  God has not changed one bit according to the responsibilities that He offers it was us who changed our status to suit our own choices.  It was never God’s intention on being a silent or absent partner in the relationship between His prized creations and himself but an active and totally committed partner which supplies the necessary protection that we need to survive.  So, the answer to this age-old question of where was God, He has been in the same place as He has always been in, right next to us waiting for us to call on him so He can help us, heal us, comfort us, talk with us, and just to hear our hearts ask Him questions.

Church, we need to start understanding God’s Word again and place it on an individual and responsible level that includes God’s Ways as the only way of covering and salvation and not with the inclusion of the world.  This type of living is not by a theocratic overseeing government but one that places God first in our lives through the direct relationship that He authorized from the day of our creation.  God’s Ways free His children from the world and if we live according to these holy means our lives shall be so much better and different than what the world offers.  God desires a repentant heart and a heart that knows that it needs God every second of every day that it beats and when the time comes for the forces to try and stray the heart that it will automatically remember God and turn to Him for help and guidance and not hide within its dominion.  Let us use David’s heart as the example of how to live with God and not like Adam and Eve.  Our human bodies cannot help the fact that we live a sinful life but we can continually listen to God when He says there is a problem within or for us to watch out for.  It is the words of life that He speaks with and if we listen with a child’s heart our Father will provide the necessary ingredients to serve up a wonderful way of living.  Where was God back then?  He was in the same place that He is now, right next to us waiting for our hearts to cry to Him for help and it is obviously still waiting to hear those words.

DLB

When Did the Institution Disappear?

When Did the Institution Disappear?

9/9/17

Even though many of us love to ridicule the government and the institutions that “run” this nation, I guess that the majority of people that are included in this number do not routinely think about what would be in place if the known institution is not present.  How would we operate if the overall system is gone and unavailable to operate in such ability that we have become accustomed?  Would we react according to our roots or would we act according to what controls our lives?  That is an easy question to answer but one that should scare us at the same time.  Our roots are what we need in our lives but we are so superficially focused to the surroundings that we are not tending to the system that gives us life.  God is our roots and everything that we have comes from Him alone and unless we return to this true roots system of ours it will not be too much longer until the institution that we now look towards shall disappear.

It has been known that God uses the natural environment and its systems to grab the attention of His children.  When we look at history we can see some pretty devastating natural events that have occurred.  When these types of events have completed their cycles we tend to sit back for a moment, take a breath, and then proceed to continue with our lives and while this partaking is a normal occurrence for humans to take we have become hardened to the fact that it is this time that we need to evaluate our lives and see if there are things that need to be cleaned from our lives instead of just looking around and depending on the institution to fix the damage.  But do we know what to do if when after an unimaginable catastrophic event takes out the institution?  We do have an example of this type of catastrophe to go by but the question remains

if we will seek this example for wisdom or will we rely on our intelligence for the answer.

As many of us know there is an ugly procedural mess that our healthcare is currently going through.  It is a huge issue in many people’s lives and from all of the information coming out each day, it seems these worries are warranted.  While the ones that we have elected are struggling to find time to work on these issues many of the worriers are sitting uneasily in their chairs waiting for any news to flow out and give some type of direction.  Many have chosen to argue with, for, or against the institution that is supposedly making the arrangements for our direction.  Kind of seems like the old saying hope springs eternal is in play here yet we plug ahead hoping things will come into focus as soon as possible. 

Meanwhile, many smaller organizations intimate details are becoming a huge problem that we deal with every day.  The biggest issue within most healthcare facility minds is money and if the insurance companies are going to stand behind the physician’s requests for services rendered.  To the larger organizations this matter is of no great concern as of this moment but to us small hospitals and clinics it is a gigantic issue that means whether we survive or close.  Case in point occurred a few months ago now in our small department where I work and while this example may seem petty it is indicative of what we must go through in order that we get paid for the services we offer and thus keep our doors open to the community.

I was standing in the office of the physicians and needed a diagnosis from them to cover a simple and single test that they had ordered.  The issue is totally ridiculous but it is a process in which we have to muddle our way through in order for us to run the test.  One of the doctors went nuts when I suggested that this process be completed and once again threw up their hands in disgust because I needed verification of a certain process going on inside their patient before I could perform the test requested.  After a few moments of listening to the tirade, I reminded the physician and in conjunction with the coder of our department that it was not us – myself and her – that made up these rules but just doing our job in following them.

The physician was so frustrated by this point in the conversation that they said to just order the test and that they would pay for it so that it was done and over with.  Oh, the door that would have been opened with that statement if it could be held true for many other requests but I did not mention a word about it.  It was at this moment that God shared with me a question that blew my mind for up until that moment I had not really contemplated even though it had run across my mind before.  The question that God asked in His own way was: “what will it be like when the institution is not there?”  That is a direct question that froze me in my place for a few seconds because while it was a question it also serves as a statement from God.  The way He asked did not suggest but concluded that the institution that we know of in place will not be around at some point in time and His question referred to how we would go about getting things (tests) completed when that institution would not be around.  Here is where we must remember a detail about God and that detail is that He understands and knows exactly what is going to occur at all times which includes the past, the present, and the future.

We currently have a setting in this country where our actions are throwing out God and His Ways on a minute by minute basis.  It is evident that we are willing to take the responsibility of our actions on our own instead of understanding and living under God’s protection, a choice that seems like a good idea to the world’s advantage but one that can only bring devastation and destruction to those who accept and then follow such “protection”.  It is no secret that this nation has gone through and about to go through some more tragedies when it comes to natural events and occurrences.  A series of hurricanes are in tow and it looks like the next one in line will be potentially stronger than the one that just left us, with a trailer lurking behind.  It is easy to question if these occurrences are a punishment from God but in truth, they are not but just warnings that He has allowed in order to grab our attention, make us think really hard about the direction that we are choosing, and then make the decision to change or to stay the course.

In NO WAY is God forcing His Ways onto our lives and in NO WAY does HE wish to tumble ourselves from the position that He has given us.  However, if our selfish ways and worldly beliefs overtake our hearts long enough and thoroughly enough God will at some point take our status away.  He has done it many times before and He will do it again if He must.  In NO WAY does God like to take things away from those that He has given but if we are careless and foolish enough to gamble these blessings away to the world God will have no choice either.  Many of us know about the issues with Israel and what occurred to them in history and we also know what occurred to Judah as well but there is another instance that we tend to overlook even though it is a popular story and one that God continues to explore and to expound upon in the writings He has given me to share with you.

You got it, the story of Adam and Eve gives us a perfect picture of what is ongoing and the setting of God’s protection and the choices we make in order for our continued holy setting or the one that we choose when we place our faith in the world.  In Genesis Chapters 1 & 2 we have the perfect gift of a holy and pure covering and institution that God created for Adam and then Eve which should have been the overall institution that all of us were supposed to live under.  Why would anyone want to leave this type of condition and setting, especially since one of the largest cries today is for a perfect and equal living belief?  We had it folks yet chose to lose it by our own accord!  It is this picture that we have painted for ourselves that should be the key to understanding exactly what is going on around us and what will occur if we do not change what is rapidly growing inside our hearts.

The gathering storms and all of the other incredible occurrences that we are witnessing unfold around us provide us with a strategic placement of where we have come form and now standing in front of us another “T” that will define our existence in the world for the future.  As a side note, no one has read that message from God that He gave to us about five years ago.  Anyway, once again we find ourselves at a point where choices are about to be made that will affect our lives and national presence forever.  If God has said something shall occur and we understand what that something will be like and that it will not be a good result, then why don’t we really figure things out and change things the correct way before it comes to that point; why not delay the process for as long as possible instead of inviting it to have its way now? 

And for those of you who want to say that the statement by God could mean things may be good in the future and not to worry about issues such as these now, God says to you that He loves you and that He wants you to know that you have been deceived well enough that your eyes are not clear in your decisions for He warns His children of the paths and choices that they make and the warnings are a sign that He gives to avoid further devastation.  God spoke the question to me while talking about a current problem and one that seems to be controlled by the current governmental establishment – not the current and specific administration per say – and how that institution will not be around for some reason; we have been shown why that institution will not be around but it has been laughed off as well.  It is clear that God knows what is in our forecast and on the environmental calendar, so why would He promote and project good times when clearly they are not or will not be?  That is not consistency at all thus it cannot be a definition thought of God.

With the storms that have hit and the ones that are on the way, it will do great damage to this economy and recovery process.  So, what could be so wrong with a little added time in the reconstruction and rebuilding processes that will occur?  The interior portions of the settings is what will be at stake here and while our hearts are reeling and divided with people concerning monument removals and anthem practices just think about what will occur when severe issues are compounded upon each other.  What other warnings will occur before God allows the true devastation to occur and what kind of physical, emotional, and spiritual shape will we be in when the warning processes are over?  Why can’t we end these warnings now and not endure further ones?

Adam and Eve only knew of one type of lifestyle and that included nothing but peace, holiness, tranquility and any other perfect conditional setting adverb and adjective we can think of, but they chose another path instead.  How many of us have food on the table, houses to live in, vacations to take, schools to go to, jobs to earn a living and any other type of service or comfort that we can access or partake in each day?  Yes, there are those that do not have all of these items and some do not have any but the truth lies within what we have been given and how we live with it that counts and to be honest we have done a poor job of investing our talents in such manners that are needed.  It this point in time that we are facing whether or not we choose God and the institution that He has placed over us or we choose our own way and consequently accept the results of our worldly choice.  It is clear that Adam and Eve did not recognize just how far they had strayed from God and His Ways and from what God is seeing today we are failing to understand the placement of our hearts as well.

This nation has been blessed with many people who have tuned their hearts and their spiritual ears to God and are listening to what He is saying.  From the studying of God’s Word the reactions that many of the people of the world have towards such wisdom does not come as much of a surprise, as humans like to believe they change over time but it is obvious that we keep accustomed patterns for millennia without true gain to show.  One cannot help but think about what went through Adam and Eve’s heads during the instant that they were partaking of the fruit ignoring what had been given to them and doing their own selfish lie.  The similar setting today is that many of us today have no idea what it means to live without for we now take everything for granted and demand that we have all gadgets and toys before we work a day.  Adam and Eve were in the same mind thought as we are today and immediately when they chose the fruit over obedience the institution that they had always known was gone and their lives were never the same again.  It is the moment immediately before they ate from that tree that God is going to share with us next, but for now we have time to change our lives in the correct way before the institution is gone.

There could have been no way that Adam and Eve did not understand that they had a protective institution over their lives and that it was in place because God had authorized it.  Did they understand it all?  No way, but as each day passed and as each conversation between them and God concluded their knowledge of what keeping them in their dominion, what consisted as their dominion and how to protect it was increased.  Not only that, but direct wisdom from God was given to them and it was this wisdom that should have been taken seriously enough to warrant no breeches in this institution.  But Adam and Eve fell on the side of grace and prosperity but squandered it for selfish gain and resources and when the time came for the tests to be made, they failed it without any hesitation and through this choice the institution that was present over their lives was gone.  Do you see the connection here?  While Adam and Eve’s institution that governed them was God and His covering directly ours projects the same image today because it was God who authorized this nation’s creation and establishment and if we choose to end our relationship with God the same shall occur in our lives as it did in Adam and Eve’s.

We currently have the opportunity to change the way we think and believe before things become a lot worse for our lives.  I realize that these words shall fall on many a deaf ear with some even scoffing at the idea but we must understand that things are about to change in our lives that will bring us to a point where our protection and institution that has been over us and that we have always known will be gone.  The wayward motions of our wants and demands have created a setting that is not conducive to God and for the land that He established to do His work, thus putting in place a certain conditional course that if we do not stop our arm and hand from reaching for the fruit, God will have to give us a final waking up moment, but will we even recognize it?  Adam and Eve had plenty of time to figure out the warnings that God had put into place before their actions triggered an event that could not be changed, will we have to endure this consequence also?  God has given us a great ability to understand things personally through the actions of others, we need to seriously take the example of Adam and Eve and apply it to our lives before devastation on God’s level occurs.  This is the definition of love and if we do not understand that true and eternal love is based upon a war for your life then one has no way of living in obedience as the foundation of love and thus knowing God.  Ripping something away from God for eternity does not set well with God and He will do everything He can to avoid that from occurring.

Church, this is our opportunity to not demand from God or to quit because of the superficial means by which we look at God and serve him; yes, I am keeping the reference to God as “him” because if we look at God through superficial eyes and hearts that is the only way we can see Him.  God does not want us to take a bite of the fruit but to dress the tree and to keep it as He has directed us.  Obedience to the Ways of God is of the utmost and precious of choices and one that will guarantee us that the institution that we know today will always be around and over us.  But if we do not keep Jesus’ command to be the true light to the world, then we are sunk and will have to find out what it means to live without true protection and the original institution in place.  We are in a bad enough spot as it is with the real institution gone, why are we even attempting to lose another protective state?  Let’s heed these warnings and think about the direction we are heading before it is too late and the institution disappears.

DLB

Treason

Treason

9/2/17

Treason is a word that is not used very often and if it is used it should be done so in the most utmost of circumstances, not whimsical.  A state of security and Providence is needed at all times in every course from private individuals to nations and when this basic foundation is broken all trends will point to destruction.  The Bible serves as the eternal Constitution of each and every one of us and we should hold its message high and true at all times, but it is obvious that we have followed many examples of what not to do and thus committed a treasonous act in the Eternal King.  Yes, we have committed treason and aggressively pursuing such tactics to this day, a feat which shall overturn not only the personal lives of the world but also this nation as an institution as well.  It is time we turn back to God and His Ways so that this coming destructive attraction can be halted instead of reversed, the question remains will we understand this course we are on and correct it before the true ugliness begins.

Treason should not be handled in such a manner that it provides evidence of someone or a group of people not getting their way but only when the core and foundational values of an existence are being deliberately undermined.  To be honest and to be down on the bottom line anyone who suggests such an act is being committed by another party just because they are not getting the result that they believe should be in order is actually the ones committing the treasonous act, harsh words but the truth no matter the less.  It does not matter on what level a person decides to act in this manner it is all the same and should be taken very seriously on all sides when accusers flash their words either in their hearts or in public demands.  This setting also provides us with the perfect example of why this nation and many others in the world are facing such disasters both internally and externally, we have taken it upon ourselves to rule with the world and leave the Creator out of our decisions, a deliberate and fatal error that will soon play out globally and individually.

The definition of treason is as follows: “the crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.”  While this simple definition can be internalized and made personal it is designed to have the assurance of the abilities of mankind towards the rulers or leaders engaged in such perilous activities against the country, thus ruling out any personal vendettas against anyone who differs in opinions with another person or group.  Humans love to throw around egregious phrases and shock interviews condemning other people’s beliefs when they are in the minority a cry that is usually saved for crimes committed against such groups; a tad hypocritical wouldn’t you say?  Please, do not get things wrong for there have been many times in human history that real treasonous acts that have been acted upon by rulers and dictators that should have been called out and acted by the world.

Pol Pot was one of the world’s hideous leaders in that he and his Khmer Rouge Party was responsible for the slaughter and massacre of anywhere from hundreds of thousands to a few million of innocent lives that disagreed with him.  It is very well known that Hitler and his fellow compatriots took treason to a new level and in some parts of the world that level is still being raised today.  Greece and Rome give us excellent examples of treason but place this treason not only on a physical level but a spiritual one as well and while Greece just mulled with the physical treasonous acts the Romans made their spiritual treason against the State gods a crime punishable by death which they acted and supported with glee.  All of these scenarios and much more than I could describe are famous throughout history yet for some reason (it is known why) it is being ignored today while being played out blindly by the ones in leadership who are supposed to be “on the pulse” of such settings.  The reason for these lies and falsities, well it is because we are failing to recognize one simple truth that defines our problems and until we figure this problem out all areas of our lives will continue to fall into the category of treason.

In this nation’s Constitution, the treasonous acts are defined as “high crimes and misdemeanors” which places this type of act higher than any other crime that is on the books, especially originating from an elected official.  But the crime of treason is not limited to just elected officials as mentioned above for individual citizens can become enthralled in such activities which harm the country as well and thus mainly during war times can be charged with this crime.  It has been said that it is better for a person to enter a long prison term that has committed murder than one who is facing multiple years behind bars for treason and while that logic is true it is flawed in many ways for every major crime is heinous and should be treated equally.  But what is the root of the people who commit these acts and do they not understand where the origin of treason comes from and that through these acts not only commit physical acts against their country but also from our Creator?  How many church people understand this truth and if they do how come we are not acting like it is a big deal and that we need to correct this setting before our eternal placement lands us in eternal separation?  It is apparent that even today’s modern societies are vulnerable to such treasonous acts from its inhabitants and thus shall fall into the spiritual category of treason as well.

The sheer definition of the word treason places anyone into a separate category if it is directed towards them and when this spotlight is upon their lives there cannot be any peace achieved.  Do we understand that all of us are committing a treasonous standard in the eyes of God and that there is a way to end this standard that we have been “awarded”?  In all cases of physical treason not only is the person or group that is directly involved names ruined but their family and the labeling usually stay within that frame for generations.  It is the foundation of this holy treason that humans committed long ago that places us into this category and one that will result in an unknown separation from God and the eternal peace everyone so desires.  A common problem is that we tend to keep this truth on the physical alone and over time have forgotten just how important it is that the eternal is far greater with far greater ramifications than the physical.  According to the definition of treason, it is when a person or group deliberately defies the foundation of the nation or country that identifies itself as treason.  It is easy to think about the physical form of treason but we must include the spiritual form as well for it was this type of foundation that was included in our creation.

Genesis Chapters 1-2 describe the process in which God created humans and through this definition of our existence God created us in a certain and special manner.  We had no ailments or diseases present within our bodies and the place that we were placed into as a living space along with our specific creative status defined the dominion that God told us to keep and to dress at all times.  If one wishes to place it in another term then we can use the word dominion with the word “country”.  When placed into this truth we can say that divorce is considered an eternal coupling as treason, or when a person commits suicide a personal treason and when one commits murder treason towards another country as treason.  When sin entered into our lives through our own choice it placed us in a unique position because to changed our perfect status into one that cannot be accepted by God our Eternal and Holy Father, a treasonous state.  Eternal treason is the highest form of crime that we can commit because once obtained and accepted, our eternal status will be condemned by the one Being that we routinely say to others “ You are not God so do not judge me”.

It is quite evident that we care nothing about this eternal separation from God today for we call out God to leave our lives so that we may live according to the standards we chose back in the Garden of Eden.  This act of defiance is the sole directive of Satan and we are listening to his advice instead of remembering the Covenant that God has for our eternity.  When we place ourselves at the mercy of the ruler of the world it may seem like the “right” thing to do but in the long run, we shall see that our choice of worldliness will only bring us more chaos and confusion than ever before.  When any being goes against God and the Order that He established long ago there cannot be ANY peace or tranquility present.  The world does not function in equality or of any peaceful resources so how can we believe that by us choosing such setting we will change the conditions of this greater power?  Any more disturbingly, we like to come against anyone who differs from this chaotic belief and ridicule them for not joining in on the “right” type of festivities.

Let us stop and think about something for a moment to a setting that is present across our screens every day and that is how the Church is responding to such activities.  We would like to believe that only in this time frame is the Church so divided but if we are honest we cannot say this because if this time was the only occasion then the New Testament Epistles would not have had to be written.  The division of the Church is more recognized today because we do not write letters and mail them to others anymore, we advertise our sentiments, resentments, and agreements online and allow the world to get a glimpse of exactly what everyone is thinking.  The Church has fallen into this deception by adhering to the worldly acceptance policy it dictates, just as the Early Church and Medieval Church did.  What type of leader deceives their constituents deliberately and then energizes them to recruit others to join their cause?  Satan is the epitome of this type of leader and one who used the exact same tactic on Adam and Eve to have them voluntarily choose his way over God and while the Bible does not specifically mention violence when this specific event occurred, you can rest assured that the entrance of sin into mankind was one of the most violent acts ever recorded and witnessed.

No physical prison can accommodate or compare to the spiritual imprisonment that sin has on our bodies and what effects it has on our bodies.  It makes perfect sense that an enemy would do their best to convince others to fight for their cause and disclaim the original side of the ones being questioned.  Furthermore, an enemy who is “on the ball” will recognize a person or people that are not in connection with their original beliefs and target such ideologies for their cause.  This is exactly what occurred in the Garden of Eden and it is in full swing today and this tactic is accruing the same results as it has ever since Lucifer was cast out of Heaven.  Satan has once again worked his “magic” in order for him to deceive us enough to believe the lie of fantasyland instead of eternal Truth.  We have got to wake up and realize that our eternal placement is NOT a game or a fantasy but a timeless separation that incurs darkness, spiritual pain and physical pain for the duration of existence.  We may inherit this sinful condition when we are conceived by our parents but there is a way to escape this death sentence and have eternal life with our Creator.

For all of the ministers, other types of clergy, cynics, atheists, and any one else who wishes to debate the existence of God and place His Word as an ancient myth and non-relevant text today, God begs you  to reconsider Him and His Ways for time is short and He wants everyone that draws breath to spend eternity with Him.  Whereas disobedience equals sin living in the standards of the world and accepting its principles equals spiritual and eternal treason.  There are no maybes or ifs or even conditions involved here, it is either for God or against God and if one wishes to be for God then we have no choice but to understand His Word as much as possible and to know His voice of truth at all times.  Church, we are failing at this lifeline for we no longer can recognize the difference between God’s voice and Satan’s and it is this state of living that defines eternal treason because we were created in a holy and perfect state and as long as we allow ourselves to live with the world, we are sealing our eternal fate.  The world shall never proclaim your eternal state for its ruler hates God and everything He stands for, which includes you and your eternity.

Many of us know that the punishment for treason is death or if one is lucky to receive leniency a lifetime lockup, for in the eyes of mankind there is no higher crime than selling out your land.  It is not too difficult to understand why such a punishment is deemed for this crime so why should it be any different for the spiritual aspect of our lives as well?  There will come a time in the future that the overall leader of the world shall require complete allegiance to the rule that is in place and if it is not obeyed it shall be considered a treasonous act.  Biblical accounts of such activity and beliefs are currently being taken but not in the manner in which most people are aware for when the spiritual (God) is taken completely out of our lives it is then that the earthly spiritual can unmask itself.  Think about that statement for a bit and when one understands it, it means that Covenant is the only manner to which the earthly end time ruler can operate with complete authority.  Treason and the act thereof is a voluntary choice and not one that is forced upon us, no matter what the circumstances are, this act is our choice to live within its boundaries.

We are also failing to see what our acceptance of “illegal” is having on our existence as well.  While some people are appalled with allowing such painful gains to occur many are readily accepting such unlawful occurrences to continue.  What do people believe will happen if this type of “illegal” status continues?  Do they believe that only this aspect of “illegal” will stick around or do they believe it can and will grow and engulf other issues?  Take the pattern of marriage now and see where it has escalated into and with this one civil arrangement in place just think about what shall occur with the illegal popular beliefs will evolve into. What a can of worms and disasters we are voluntarily opening, but this can change if we choose.  God goes on further to say that we must remember who we are and what type of living status we had when He created us, compare our lives today and we have to fit into this illegal category as well.  No matter how one looks at the word illegal if we do not comply with the Creator’s call we are in a perfect state of treason.

Treason usually is associated with a war time frame and through this definition can be applied to our lives for there is a huge fight and battle for your eternal placement.  God cannot just sit back and watch His enemy take over, then control and dominate His child.  There is a fight and He will do everything possible for us to see the truth and to make the choice to serve Him and to learn about eternal truth.  An eternal war is ongoing for our lives and it would do Satan no more pleasure than for us to continue existing in treason for he understands that as long as we believe this situational lie about our status he has us right where he wants us, separated from God.

Church, why are we sitting around padding our pews?  Why is it that our hearts are more concerned about which denomination and building we attend than reaching out to lost souls and developing relationships with them so that they have an opportunity to know Jesus?  It would not take us but just a few seconds on a sidewalk to see a person who is hurting and is in need of Jesus.  No longer can we assume that every adult and child who walk in public know who God is, attend a church regularly, or who have accepted Christ as their Savior.  It may have made thousands of people mad when President Obama stated that we are no longer a Christian nation but while his words were skewed towards Muslims, his words were dead on.  So, what have we done to correct this situation?  Why are we still living in treason?

DLB

Kingdom Lines 2

Kingdom Lines 2

9/1/17

How many of us know when the first mention of Kingdom appears in the Bible?  I know God has shared many items and details about Kingdom in the writings that He has given us, but are we familiar of when He mentioned this all important concept in His Word?  God is a complete God and He follows a set pattern when He is showing His children things they need to understand so it would make sense that He would break the silence on this matter from the beginning.  God did just that and how fitting that He mentions this truth while He is humiliating our eternal enemy.  When God reveals His Word of Life to us we should shout it from the rooftops and not keep it hidden, for His Light is the only way that this world shall ever know the truth about their eternity.

Back on 3/3/14, God introduced us to a concept of how Kingdom and the lines that it incorporates works.  This message was the beginning of what God has put into our hearts so that we may effectively defend our lives with the perfect information needed for God understands that if we do not have the proper identification and knowledge of our enemy there is no way that we can ward off his attacks and defeat his army.  It has been said countless times and asked why God does not just take care of all our battles alone so that He can prove that He loves us.  It is this same type of question that others pose as to why Jesus did not come down from the cross as well, the answer to both of these questions is that if God did such an act He would not be all powerful and all knowing for it would be considered a forced event and thus nullifying His position of His children choosing Him instead of not having this choice.  God must adhere to the definition of Kingdom for it is this aspect which defines God and places Him on a level that has no rival which means He loves us so much that He will wait for us to choose Him over the world.

The Bible gives us many examples of God’s Kingdom at work and at other times give us other examples of what occurs when Satan’s kingdom advances.  God could not be fair if He only included one side to the stories of lives where celebratory settings were displayed and peace love and harmony ruled all the time.  No, God had to include the rough parts of life so that we can have the complete picture of what is always occurring around us and the importance that we understand that this is a war and not just a fairy tale that has been conjured up.  God has never demanded that we serve Him, nor has He rejected us when we choose to do evil instead of living under His freedom.  God has given us the ability to figure things out on our own and through this gift, we can do things the easy way or the hard way, it is always our choice.

I have included a couple of pictures at the beginning of this article to demonstrate that there is a defined line that separates day and night or light and darkness over our world.  It is this line that not only gives us our daytime and our night time but it is also representative of the origins of the battle that took place between God and Lucifer and the current battle that is ongoing for you and I.  Through this simple line of separation we have the first and definable Kingdom warfare that serves as the information we need in order to remember that we are loved by our Creator and that He understands exactly what is going on around us even though we may not see it all the time.

Genesis 1:4 will serve as our text for this message and word from God.  It is a well-known verse and one that is the first portion of the creation of the world s we know it.  But it also serves as the defining moment when God gives us a heads-up to what is actually going on around us and the means to further study about this war and what it means to our lives.  Genesis 1:4 states the following: “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”  Now, at first glance, this verse might not seem to say too much except for the fact that God was looking over what He had just made and coming to the conclusion that what was completed was a good thing in His eyes.  This is a true and wonderful belief and it is 100% accurate but there is another aspect of this truth about the creation of light and darkness and it has to do with Lucifer, the rebellion that he had and the establishment of two kingdoms as a result of that rebellion and what it means for you and I.  Wow, really?  All of this information coming from a simple verse about God saying things looked good and a division of light and darkness?  Yes.

If you are not familiar with the messages that God has previously given us I will refer you to some of them as we come to them and through those additions, we shall see that God has brilliantly orchestrated the defining kingdom principles in this simple verse right at the beginning of His Word.  We all know that not much productivity can be accomplished if there is no light present for our eyes to see.  We also understand that if we completely operated in the dark that we would have far more mishaps and failed projects to contend with as each time frame passed.  So, inventing light was the greatest first step that God could have made and for those who want to know God more, understands that this first act makes perfect sense. 

In the message dated 3/25/17 we find that God verbally defines the positions of what Satan desires, what his goals will be and what his eternal status will be as well.  Kingdom warfare is a serious issue and when one already has an eternal death setting over their lives what do they have to lose?  It is logical that that entity will do everything in their power to trick as many people as possible and to hide the truth from them for as long as possible.  This is a kingdom line and it serves as a definition of how that kingdom will achieve its goals.  Then, in the article dated 2/11/17, we find the definition of Lucifer and why God created light and how this magnificent creation was a direct slap in the face to His eternal enemy.  God proved in this message that He has no rivals and that no created being (which He has created all beings) cannot come close to His authority further identifying the lies that Satan uses in order to trick people into believing then consequently advancing his kingdom.  With these two messages alone we see that there are two kingdoms that are present and that those two kingdoms are at war for your eternal status.  They also are written in such a manner that one will know that through the seriousness of their definition only one kingdom can be served with no possibility of a mixture occurring.

God enhances this truth once again through Genesis 1:4 and strengthens His truth about being the eternal and true light to the world with this defining verse.  Go makes it clear in the second half of this verse that light and darkness are divided.  The word divided that is used here is “wayyabdel” which means to separate.  It is this portion of the verse and more specifically this word that provides the information about the two kingdoms and how they work.  If this word had not been used in such a content then there would be no proof that at one time that there was no reason for any division in heaven.  If something needs to be divided then that means at one time those parts were unified and acted as one complete part, thus setting the stage that at one time there was total harmony in heaven with no turmoil.  But we all know that setting changed at some point and thus it was this act by Lucifer and his cronies that caused God to rid Him Kingdom of the evil that Lucifer had begun. 

As a result, God had His Kingdom intact and now Satan had his defeated kingdom in tow eternally banished from ever calling heaven home again.  How separate is the Light of God’s Kingdom from the darkness of the kingdom of Satan?  We have a physical reference to this truth and it is a simple experiment to conduct if you wish.  Take a match and strike it so that it lights.  Hold the flame up close to a white piece of paper or a white wall but do not touch the flame to anything.  Make sure that there is a sufficient amount of light in the room and then look at the shadows that the lighted match makes.  You will notice that the matchstick will provide a shadow on the paper or wall, but the flame itself will have no shadow which means that light is totally pure and that only the objects in the pathway of light cast such a shadow.  Now, look at the pictures at the beginning of the article again, and you will see that this same principle occurs in a line that circles our globe.  True light itself cannot have a shadow thus providing a complete separation from darkness, which means the Creator of such existence cannot cast a shadow either.  Consequently, this means that no shadow or any portion of darkness can be present in this setting, thus a casting out of such dark conditions is automatic; creating another setting or in this case another kingdom.

Light is now defined as the foundation of God’s Kingdom which means that through the light of God everything around us can be made to see in its purity, thus being able to see what is around us so that we can avoid troubles when necessary.  Darkness is now defined as the entity that serves to harm us with the unknown surroundings so that it may engulf us and to trap our lives so that we may fail at every turn.  Genesis 1:4 defines these kingdoms and their purposes and allows us to understand that there is a reason that these two kingdoms cannot mix for their separation is eternally based on the fact that at one time they were united.  This unity was eternally shattered and cannot ever be reunified and while God shall do His best to share with us the truth of this fact Satan will, in turn, do his best to lie about its reunification and mixing.

I have mentioned many times that there cannot be any denial that God exists and that He is always present around us, and I have also mentioned just as many times that I find it no coincidence that there is a purpose for our lives and that it is the job of our enemy to destroy that purpose.  Just a God divided the light from the darkness there is such a dividing line between the two kingdoms that fight over our lives each second of our life.  This fight is an eternal one and one that is fierce enough to warrant God’s own Son coming to earth to provide the way for protection against this fight.  God shall not keep any necessary information from us that would ever cause us to feel like we have to depend on Him for protection.  It is always our choice to open our hearts and minds to His Word and the eternal Truth to what God is all about, who He is, what He desires for His children and more importantly to show the ONLY way back to Him.

The picture used in the first “Kingdom Lines” article summed it up well enough for our hearts to think about how the kingdoms are really divided and how there is a definitive line of the two bodies of water and how they do not mix.  The pictures of the light beaming around the world and how it breaks the darkness can easily be noticed in the pictures provided at the beginning of this article as well.  It is easy for our physical eyes to see that this phenomenon is present and that it has a definitive presence in/on the earth.  God dives us deeper in His existence and Truth by showing us that He gave us the example of what occurred before the earth was around through the creation of light and the separation of light from darkness.  The question remains of why is this physical line so easily determined as a truth but the spiritual and eternal separation of the two kingdoms so difficult to accept?  Even the skeptics who only believe that the Bible is an allegorical text cannot deny this portion as being the truth, for it proves that at one time there was unity and then at some point disunity present.  And to the Christian who believes that God has shown them everything there is to know about God and what His Word says, I ask you to study His Word more and ask God to reveal His Truth to your heart, and if you do with a pure and clean desire He will show you a deeper truth for what you can share with others. 

As we look at the pictures of this article, we will apply a few scientific things that come into play that also provides us with the fact of unity was present at one time.  We know that unity was present in heaven at one time through the statement that God created light and separated it from darkness.  When God did this He set into motion the earth in a certain direction which means that we now know through scientific equations that the earth is on a specific axis and turns in a specific direction at a specific speed.  It is through this motion that the day overtakes the darkness in one direction and that the earth does not stop at any time or change motion or directions.  Light is continually advancing and will continue to do such motion until God decides to change such settings.

It is this setting which once again proves that when God creates something He does so in such a manner that glorifies Him and begins the advancement of His Kingdom.  Just as He created all other things about the earth including humans, He does such in one direction and for one purpose the utmost fulfillment for our lives and His Kingdom.  However, while the earth cannot change its position, speed, or direction without God doing such activity He has given us the ability to either choose His Ways or to reject them in like manner.  Such a powerful and eternal Being that allows for such detailed architecture can only be described as fabulous and over-gratuitous which truly does Him no service at all.  If God did not really love us then He would not give us the ability to figure this truth out about our lives and about Him also or give us the source to find such answers.  In order for us to achieve this minute truth we must be willing to lay down our selfish regimes, both individual and national, and to embrace the fact that God is all everything to our existence and that He wants nothing more for us to choose His Ways and live accordingly.

Church, open your hearts back to God and allow him to show you once again the eternal truth about what God wants us to tell the world.  We no longer can afford to wait and hope our ticket is punched to heaven, plus if any of us ever had that conception in our hearts we should repent, look at where that belief has gotten us.  God loves each person in this world and He does not wish for any person to die and fall victim to the separated kingdom that was created by His and our eternal enemy.  The definition of hate is also mentioned and defined in Genesis 1:4 and it cannot become any worse than what it meant by this division.  But at the same time, there cannot be any more glory than recognizing and then proclaiming the truth about God and the Kingdom that He reigns through.  Worldly acceptance cannot be represented by light for its ruler is the reason darkness is present on this earth and in our lives.  Church, repent and come back to God with a repentant heart so that He may provide restoration in our hearts so that we may proclaim this restoration to the dying world.  For when we proclaim this truth about God, His Light is shown to the darkness and therefore, the darkness is pushed backward just as the day does to the night, then God can once again say “it is good.”

DLB