The VENGEANCE and WRATH of God – Hebrews 10:30, 31-

The True God of Heaven and Earth
versus the god of this world, the prince of darkness
(Hebrews 10:30, 31)

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Hebrews 10:30)
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:31)

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God Has Rights

   You might think that this title is a little out of place, it is not because God’s vengeance cannot be denied although the vengeance and judgment of God are rejected of man and of Satan in our current age. It is ONLY GOD who has the authority to judge and to pour out His vengeance on those who He has judged. Mankind proclaims that God winks at sin because He is a loving God, a one-dimensional God. This is NOT the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Vengeance and recompense belong to God for it is God who has been offended by man and by Satan. Man would like you to believe that grace covers the total spectrum of man’s sin and iniquity, thus, avoiding a time to come when God’s FULL judgment and vengeance will be applied to the nations, to the peoples, and to the dominions of this world. The denial of God’s judgment today upon the earth because of man’s SIN is part of the counterfeit gospel. Satan loves to divert souls from the truth that the world has been suffering from its own guilt and God has been judging and taking vengeance against the world that has denied Him.
   Before the Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross, He wept over Jerusalem for they knew not the hour of their visitation. They were visited by God from above in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

● And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. (Luke 19:44)
● O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not! (Matthew 23:37)
● O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (Luke 13:34)

   The Son of God also prophesied of the destruction of Herod’s Temple that not one stone would be left. This was total destruction under the judgment and vengeance of God because they had rejected God’s Christ from above. By the prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ in Luke 19:44 (concerning Jerusalem and their children and the Temple of Herod) we SEE that this was a supernatural act of God under His judgment and VENGEANCE for what they had done to His Son. We should consider within the Godhead that we have the supernatural of the Father, the supernatural of the Son, and the supernatural of the Spirit. These all united in ways that we cannot understand. It’s far beyond human reasoning. And yet, they as ONE, have revealed themselves in the manifest image of God which is Jesus Christ. The embodiment of the fullness of the Supernatural God was IN the Godhead Bodily, the Lord Jesus Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9) Since the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, and His resurrection, He has ascended to heaven and SITS at God’s right hand. It is Christ Jesus who has been judging the world FROM His seat at the right hand of God until He makes ALL His enemies His footstool.

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God Has a Judicial Government

   To understand the workings of God in the governments of the world, we also have to see the influence of Satan in these same governments. There is an invisible WAR within ALL the governments of mankind, and this battle is between God and Lucifer, who is Satan. We see this in the collapse of nations. One upon another they have fallen into ruin either from war or tyranny within. No matter what Satan does the final word on a nation is God’s judgment for their sin and iniquity. You will not agree with me on this, I am sure, but the United States fell to its own tyranny when Lincoln violated the Constitution by denying State’s rights to secede from the United States government. (Read his first inaugural address.) The Civil War did not bring about ‘a more perfect union.’ Although the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States speaks of ‘a more perfect union,’ the workings of Satan through decades of tyranny have replaced the concept of ‘a more perfect union’ with the reality of a broken fractured nation. (As Lucifer fractured the Supernatural spiritual realm of the Godhead by his rebellion in heaven causing 1/3 of the angels to reject God, so he also has used the same destructive ploy in the physical material realm of Adam: divide from within and conquer.) In the study of European history, Rome fell in the same manner, political strife within, and one by one, all nations have been subdued by Satan and have fallen or have been destroyed from within.
   Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exodus 19:5) And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Exodus 19:6) Even the nation of Israel, called to be God’s holy nation, fell to the influences of the ungodly around them and those who were controlled by Satan. When they had filled their cup with sin God judged His people and cast them into captivity. God raised up Pharaoh so that God could take vengeance on Egypt for the enslavement of His people, the descendants of Abraham. God not only destroyed Pharaoh, but for a period of time, He destroyed Egypt so that they became a weakened power and were unable to war against this new nation of Israel.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: (Deuteronomy 32:32)
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deuteronomy 32:3)
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? (Deuteronomy 32:34)
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deuteronomy 32:35)
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. (Deuteronomy 32:36)
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, (Deuteronomy 32:37)
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deuteronomy 32:38)

   Although God gave these scriptures to Israel in their infancy, it is a prophetic view and warning of what they would become. The formula for Israel is no different for any nation and is the same throughout time. God uses ALL His power to keep man from destroying himself. Think of the multiplicity and the endless wars of man, his ZEAL to shed blood and destroy the earth beneath his feet and above his head. Not only in the death and human life, but think of the environmental damage that wars produce, yet WAR is NOT on the environmentalists’ lists. It is the same with asphalt and concrete all over every nation and yet, it is the biggest hazard to the earth. This also is never mentioned as environmental damage. Yet, in the politics of environmental propaganda, gas or diesel vehicles are marked for destruction by the government political propaganda. It is a ploy of governmental control politics to have electric vehicles. Do you understand that they can shut down all electric vehicles in time of political strife? Yes, they can, and they will turn the switch off. They have thought this through, and it is in their play book. The world of politics in our modern age is ruled and run by Satan. The political branch of the world has a play book of a One World Government of slavery, and the electric vehicle is just another extension of their control. Can a self-driving car or truck be taken over by an outside source? Of course, they can, AND THEY HAVE, as easily as computers are hacked, they can also hack into your electric car. And I am sure that somewhere in the computer nightmare, which is buried in these cars, there has been installed a mechanism to cut power by government authority. The modern GPS system in all these vehicles is just another surveillance device. Why even bother writing about this? Because at certain times governments realize that they cannot continue to keep control over the people unless they introduce tyranny doctrines and means to control the minds and hearts of the people and insert these devices of control into society to control ALL or just a certain segment of society. I once watched a clip of a mouse and a snake; the mouse was unaware of this snake until the snake struck and killed the mouse. This was a good example of how Satan works behind the scenes of government. While government strangles people through their endless laws and their nonsensical rules and their unlimited taxation, they have the nerve to tell people that they are free. This might be new to you, but FREEDOM has never existed after Adam sinned at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Since the whole world lies in wickedness, it is because the whole world has partaken of Adam’s sin. And the only way to be FREE from sin is to be taken OUT of this world by the Lord Jesus Christ for He is the Deliverer and the Redeemer of man. It is only Christ who can set man FREE from this dreadful element of sin and death. Lucifer (through his influence using sin over the souls of men) will one day have a man called The Beast who will sit on Satan’s throne to accomplish Satan’s will over mankind. Even AI has presented Satan and his cohort man a golden opportunity to raise up The Beast and set The Beast on Satan’s throne to rule the world under satanic order. The number or sign of 6 – 6 – 6 is the number of the trinity of man against God and against God’s order. It is a thrice evil man who will sit upon the throne of Satan, the very author of sin and iniquity: there is Satan, The Beast man, and the man who is the false prophet each embracing the number six (6) which is the number of man. It is not impossible to sway all of man’s lusts in one direction, and you can see this in the mass euphoric illusion of music concerts. When you feed man’s lusts, man unites together. Sin produces sin . . . this is man’s greatest accomplishment. We can see it, and know it, it is revealed, and God has also revealed that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23)
   All the satanic tools are in place to overthrow the world. However, man is still blinded by the first tool that Satan used on Adam and Eve at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man’s sin keeps man in slavery to sin and death. Man’s sin is the open door for all the wiles of Satan. When the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, God will exercise His judgment as a storm from heaven. He will literally shake the foundations of the earth. Even worldwide disasters of our age are the judgments of God. These judgments are on the world and them who dwell therein who has forsaken God for a long, long time. This span of time reveals the longsuffering of God.
   I often contemplate on the heavenly judgments in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Rarely does anyone consider that by these judgments we could have a heavenly purge of all of man’s technologies. As in the universal flood, mankind began anew in a destitute state. What we see in these judgements is the continued effort by Satan to stir up man against God for all these judgments only cause man to shake his fists at God and to continue to blaspheme His name. The extent of these heavenly judgments will increase until God sends His Son to destroy and to dash the nations to pieces. Now back to the manifestation of the invisible God in Jesus Christ. . . . .

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God’s Plan for His Throne Sitter on Earth

    In Chapter 1 of the gospel of John, grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. What does this tell you? That both grace and truth are heavenly elements and not of this world. Grace was given for a heavenly people, not for an earthly people. This new race is called OUT of this world by grace through faith from heaven NOT from the earth. This makes every believer transitory for they are not part of this world. When anyone is born again, they cannot go back to the world, it is impossible because you have become an article of grace and truth, which are heavenly articles and not of this earth. Even when the Church comes with Christ, the Church is part of the heavenly host and although we might still be on earth today, we are still part of that future heavenly host which is also not of this world.
   In God’s plan, Israel was the earthly nation of God, they were to subdue the land that God gave them, as representatives of the Almighty God on earth. It was a nation created and formed to glorify God. However, it was made up of man in Adam, and because at that time there was no remedy for sin, even in the multitude of sacrifices the nation of Israel failed in sin before the Almighty God. Although the nation of Israel is set aside during the Age of the Church, they will be brought back into the land of their inheritance in God’s favor when Christ as the true Boaz reigns over the whole world. Christ will give the remnant of Israel their inheritance, the whole land of promise, from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea, from the Tigris River to the Nile River. Christ, as the true Boaz, bought back their inheritance by His own precious blood. Today, Israel is unaware of its future and the purpose of God. It is sad to see an entire nation looking everywhere for their Messiah and not see that He has already come in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
   In Chapter 19 of the book of Revelation we see Christ subduing His enemies and raising up the nation of Israel. (Isaiah Chapter 63) HE will build the Temple of the Lord. Any feeble attempt by man to build a Temple to God will have no effect in bringing righteousness to the nation of Israel. It is ONLY when the true Priest of heaven and the King of eternity comes to the earth and takes His throne in Jerusalem in the Temple that He has raised up to be both King and Priest on His throne in the city of God Jerusalem.

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: (Zechariah 6:12) Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. (Zechariah 6:13)

   Many say there will be another David (a man) on the throne, this is hilarious, for it was the blood of God that purchased this future throne, and the whole purpose was that God would reign IN Jesus Christ (God’s visible image) over the whole world. The blood sacrifice of God’s Son was not only the payment for sin, but it was also the payment for His inheritance. (Hebrews 9) The future millennium Kingdom was also purchased by His precious blood, and at that time in the future, the world and them that dwell therein will be under the reign of Jesus Christ.

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God Has Bands and Cords

   From the days of Adam to the time of Samuel and beyond mankind has been casting off God. It is a long history of man departing from his Creator. We should remember that when Adam and Eve stood before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they had to make a choice to walk away or to partake. Although the temptation came from the tempter Lucifer/Satan, they had a choice to obey their Creator and walk away or to partake of the tree of death for God had declared that on that day, they would surely die. What was in man that he believed he could depart from the living God? Where did this rebellious spirit within these two creatures come from? How could they assume that their Creator was a liar and had no power to judicial act? Although Eve was bone of Adam’s bone and flesh of Adam’s flesh, they had both been given the spirit of life by God Himself, and yet, it was Eve who was in transgression; yet the responsibility of her trespass did not fall on her, but on the Federal Head over the earth. It was Adam who was charged with this great position of authority and dominion over a world, a paradise, prepared especially for them. Lucifer/Satan came as the serpent to deceive and yet, man believed the serpent (another creation) and not only turned from the word of God but turned from their Sovereign Creator. Adam was the first one to cast off the cords of God, as we read in Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (Psalm 2:1) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, (Psalm 2:2) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Psalm 2:3) From Adam onward, each time when God would draw man unto himself, man would turn from God and cast off His cords.
   In the book of 1st Samuel, it was the nation of Israel who cast off the cords of God for the bands and cords of bondage that a king, a man, would surely place on them. The people, as a whole, refused to see the tyrants who ruled over other nations. Israel did not look any further into the price of tyranny: that the idolatry that was in those kingdoms would overflow into the nation of Israel as it had overflowed other nations. The nations around them were offering their children to the fire god Moloch through human sacrifice of innocents to a factitious god formed from their own vile imaginations.

   The hardness of the world’s heart is as a stone. We feed our children with drugs at an early age, which the government allows to flow into countries until the children become the walking dead. Oh, what a wonderful world indeed. The universal song that is attributed to the United Nations is that we love the little children. What a sham. The children of the world are deliberately used as tribal assassins sponsored by money launderers. Then the little children of the world are loved so much that the world makes them sex slaves for the rich and degenerates. Oh, how we love the little children of the world. They even use children as drug mules, even babies, it is frightening to think what God has in store for these people who abuse and use His little children. God is storing up His vengeance and His recompense because there is NO FEAR of God.
   Both the political world and the religious world have cast off the cords of God and they will be in bondage in everything and anything except God. The nations that allow these things are no better and deserve the same judgment that God showered upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He consumed all five cities of the plains.

   The judgment to come over the cities of THIS world is sure. As swine feed on the sin of human flesh, the judgment and vengeance of a longsuffering God is a dark cloud hanging over your country at this very moment. He will recompense for all that is being done in opposition to Him and to His righteousness. Although God is longsuffering to usward not willing that any should perish, yet man instead of coming to God’s love, casts away God’s cords of love for sin and iniquity. Repentance toward God has become a nonfactor. Man has no thought of repentance. He is happy in his sin. He does not see the chains of death that his sin produces. He cries about FREEDOM and yet, he indulges himself in the most heinous sins that the world has ever known. Sin leads to death. This cannot be denied. Once death has taken the soul that soul will face judgement. When the fullness of the sin of the Gentile world comes in (as we look around, it seems that it is already here, it is NOT future, but worldwide NOW) it will bring the judgment, the wrath and the vengeance of God upon an unrepentant world. No nation will be left out, for ALL have dipped their hand in sin and iniquity. Soon the world will face the judgments of Revelation Chapter 6. As Genesis Chapter 6 took away the ungodly, so the end of Revelation Chapter 6, will face the wrath of the Lamb slain from the foundations of the earth.
   Those who control and rule over the world, have little thought of the sufferings of the people who they control and enslave. An example is the open border policy of many nations destroying their own people who they rule over. Most poverty and social programs do not stop poverty. They increase poverty by lowering more people INTO poverty. In Revelation Chapter 6, we see this in the four horses and horsemen of the Apocalypse. Which in many ways has been revealed to the current world. At the end of Revelation Chapter 6, as Genesis Chapter 6, God lists the men who are against Him. Notice in this judgment of Genesis Chapter 6 upon those who dwell upon the earth there is NO mention of angels.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (Revelation 6:12)
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (Revelation 6:13)
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (Revelation 6:14)
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; (Revelation 6:15)
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (Revelation 6:16)
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? (Revelation 6:17)

   In verse 15, we have kings or leaders, the powers of dominions and principalities, the great men of commerce, industry, politics and communication. The Spirit of God presents the rich or men of renown buying and selling political favors and working in the unseen world of global leadership. We have the chief captains, and the mighty men of the world’s military and intelligence complex where they rule unto themselves, turning nations upside down through stealth and war. The Spirit of God does not forget every bondman. Think you are not in bondage, count the measure of your life given to government control and the satanic workings of government OVER YOUR life and your family’s life. Taking away the labors of your hands and giving the benefits of your labor to others who refuse to labor. Count the cost of being in bondage not only to your own government but to the world.
   When Christ came to set Israel free as their Savior and King, He was rejected of Israel when they told Pilate that they had NO king but Caesar. Again, we see mankind attempting to cast off the cords of God. Man has been reduced to a number with no physical emotion or kindness involved. As a prelude of the number of The Beast at birth man is assigned a number. Years ago, when I grew up through the ranks of slavery, you had to be sixteen to get your number, you couldn’t vote, and you couldn’t drink, but you could be controlled by a number, and die in worthless wars created by political policies and if you refused to be inducted into a political war you were incarcerated. I would say that this qualifies as slavery.

   Now the last category in Revelation 6 of mankind, it is free man. Notice it is not free men, but free man. This is a social category, not men of freedom. For instance, we look at a prisoner or someone who has been incarcerated as not being free. Yet, when they are released, they become socially FREE. Being socially free does not equate with the word FREEDOM. So, let’s remind ourselves that man, in Adam, is NOT FREE, he is a slave to sin and cannot break the shackles of sin except through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and what Christ has done to remove the shackles of sin with a new life, a heavenly life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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God’s Double Grace Rejected

   In Revelation Chapter 6 as in Genesis Chapter 6, all the corrupters of mankind, all the social ladders (from bondman to freeman) will feel the wrath of the Lamb that was slain. It will be the day of vengeance of our Lord for what was done on the cross of Calvary, and what has been done since they crucified the Lord of glory. All those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God will suffer the VENGEANCE of God. It is VENGEANCE for the torture and death for the Son of His love. Be not deceived, what soever a man or NATION sows in sin and enmity against God they will also reap the same. Deep in the subconsciousness of man are the words, “What goes around, comes around.” Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7) For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:8) God is precise in the words of His Spirit that He chooses to insert in His divine writ. The Master scribe puts His Spirit in every word to increase the meaning, not only to the mind of man, but to the heart of man. These verses of Galatians 6, are applied to all of mankind with NO exceptions. Even the elect of God will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, a sobering thought indeed for every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

● Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. (2nd Corinthians 5:5)
● For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (2nd Corinthians 5:10) Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. (2nd Corinthians 5:11)
● But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (Romans 14:10)

   At the judgment seat of Christ, we do not see the vengeance of God. It is God separating the works of the flesh from the works of the Spirit. The works that are done in the flesh will be lost forever, however, the works that are done in the Spirit will continue throughout all eternity. It is the deeds done in the Spirit that will reap the rewards of grace in the Spirit of grace. In Zechariah 4, the angel of the Lord speaks to Zerubbabel who was a child of the line of David born in the captivity in Babylon. He was of the tribe of Judah and of the royal line, and yet, there was no throne for Zerubbabel. This prophecy in Zechariah looked forward to a time when the Holy Ghost from heaven would come to earth to bring that holy thing, the Son of God, into the world. In verse 6 of Zechariah Chapter 4, we see the coming of grace and truth in our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel. 

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6) It was not by a mighty army, but by the Spirit of grace that Christ came into the world. All the power of the universe was laid in a manger in Bethlehem, that holy thing, as a silent meteor coming into the world to break the shackles of sin, and to give mankind a path to FREEDOM in the Son of God. In verse 7, Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7) We have the coming of the Headstone which would become the rock of offense to the Jews, a stone of stumbling; however, the Spirit of grace and truth designates this Stone as Grace, grace, as a position of this Headstone. We also have the prophecies of the psalmist in Psalm 118:19-23.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: (Psalm 118:19) This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. (Psalm 118:20) I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. (Psalm 118:21) The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. (Psalm 118:22) This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. (Psalm 118:23)

   When you bring the words of Psalm 118 and compare them with the words of the Lord Jesus in the gospel of Matthew Chapter 21, verses 42 – 44, then we see the stone that the builders rejected.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? (Matthew 21:42) Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21:43) And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. (Matthew 21:44)

   In Peter’s first epistle, this same stone that the builders rejected is precious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, (1st Peter 2:4). In verse 5 in 1st Peter 2, the redeemed of the Lord have the life of Christ within them, the divine nature. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. To confirm that these lively stones have the divine nature within, we have 2nd Peter 1:4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. The divine nature makes the stones lively. It is this divine nature of the Spirit of Christ within the believer (the lively stones) that builds the Body of Christ on a firm foundation and Cornerstone which is Jesus Christ. That which is flesh is flesh and cannot build in the divine nature. That which is Spirit is Spirit and builds IN the divine nature which is the Spirit of Christ. It is Christ who builds His house. But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Hebrews 3:6) This leaves man in the flesh completely OUT of the work of God. Man is made from dust, but dust is not Spirit. Mud was made into bricks to build the tower of Babel, but flesh cannot build the jewels of His crown which are born of the Spirit and not of the flesh, and they will abide forever. They are the lively stones with eternal life NOW and throughout all eternity. By the Spirit of Christ, we, as lively stones can offer up SPIRITUAL sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ as the divine Mediator between God and man, the High Priest forever after the order and oath of Melchisedec.

● For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
● For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1st Timothy 2:5) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1st Timothy 2:6)

   The verses from 1st Peter, Hebrews 4, and 1st Timothy 3 all build on the faith of the believer so that we can see this tried Stone, the Stone that the builders rejected, the Stone of Grace, grace cut out of the mountains without hands in Zechariah. Also, Peter brings out the rejection of Christ by this world, and it still has not changed in our age, for in rejecting Christ, they make Peter (Petra) the head of the Church. There has been no living man who has ever been made Head of the Church. ONLY Christ, the immortal Seed is the Head of His Church. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (1st Peter 2:7) And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1st Peter 2:8)
   The Lord Jesus was rejected. As He was rejected THEN, He is also rejected NOW. The will of man and the deception of Satan as the Pharisees who usurped the vineyard (Israel) today the authority over the Church of the living God has also been usurped. They preach by vocation and not by the call of the Lord Jesus Christ. When anyone is called by the Lord, the manifestation within the heart is the Spirit of Christ. From there we see HIM, as precious beyond measure. But, to the dogs of unbelief and disobedience to the gospel, He is a rock of offense.
   In Zechariah, the stone of Grace, grace will crumble the great mountain and make it into a plain. The reality of this took place on the cross of Calvary as the rejected One on mount Calvary, mount Moriah, the place of the skull, the place of death crushed the great mountain of sin and iniquity and the total works of the devil, past, present and future.

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God’s Blood Rejected

  Although the mystery of iniquity is still working in the sons of man, its judgment was finalized when Christ proclaimed, It is finished. The document of redemption was signed in the precious blood of Christ. (Hebrews 9) He was the Testator who sealed His testament, the words written in heaven in His own blood. This blood has not only saved us but has given us a standing in heaven where we are made collectively an eternal priesthood under Melchisedec, the eternal High Priest, who is Jesus Christ. As the Levites served the Tabernacle on earth, we, the redeemed as a chosen generation of royal priests serve in the Tabernacle in heaven. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. (1st Peter 2:9) We are to offer up spiritual sacrifices in the presence of Christ in full obedience to the order of the heavenly Tabernacle. Think of these solemn words, spiritual sacrifice, this is the evidence of things not seen, presenting our bodies as living sacrifices to God which is our reasonable service under the right hand of God. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1)
   Now we have put aside our filthy garments of sin and put on the white robes of righteousness. In Zachariah Chapter 3, Joshua, the priest, was clothed with filthy garments, however, the Lord Himself came and gave Joshua NEW garments white and clean. It was the Lord who declared, I will clothe thee with a change of raiment.

And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? (Zechariah 3:2)
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. (Zechariah 3:3)
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. (Zechariah 3:4)
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. (Zechariah 3:5)
And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, (Zechariah 3:6)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. (Zechariah 3:7)
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. (Zechariah 3:8)
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (Zechariah3:9)

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And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:6)
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. (Revelation 19:7) And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:8)

  The fine linen was the first layer of clothing of the priesthood. It was the fine linen that touched and covered the flesh, and as God looked on Aaron, He saw the garment, the fine linen white and clean. The first layer of this fine linen was also placed on the sons of Aaron. It was THIS garment that they wore when they were anointed with the blood and the holy oil. This oil could only be applied in the anointing priests and was set aside for this purpose only. Now the garments of Joshua in Zechariah were filthy. Now pay attention . . . it is in the presence of Satan who was the anointed cherub in heaven and who had been cast down for his sin that the Lord gave Joshua NEW garments without stain nor blemish. Joshua’s garments were filthy as a symbol of the corruption of the priesthood and Satan’s influence over the Levitical order. He had corrupted God’s order, and then God supernaturally gave Joshua NEW garments. As we journey onto the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, we see our priesthood and then we see our garments as fine linen. These have come to us by the spotless Lamb of God. Only He could do this, and we have, as the children of the redeemed, washed our garments white in the blood of the Lamb. We have put on Christ as our holy garment. As Aaron and his sons stood before Moses, we stand before the Lord Jesus Christ, and He, as Melchisedec, has anointed us with the blood on our right ear, the blood on our right thumb, and the blood of Christ on our right toe. The same as with the holy oil of gladness, and then He pours the holy oil, the oil of righteousness upon our head as with Aaron.

● Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! (Psalm 133:1) It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; (Psalm 133:2) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. (Psalm 133:3)
● And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? (Revelation 7:13)
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14)
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (Revelation 7:15)

   Now this is my thought . . . the blood on the right ear cleanses our thoughts, and our thoughts are brought into subjection to the mind of Christ. The blood on the right thumb cleanses our works that can only be done in the Spirit. The blood on the right toe cleanses our walk as we walk in the path of Christ as He is a Lamp unto our feet and a Light unto our path. The holy oil anoints us for the things in heaven that we may serve in the Tabernacle in heaven.
   In Psalm 133, the holy oil is poured upon the head of Aaron. This is our SEAL of our heavenly calling in Christ. This is our PRESENCE and STANDING before God with all the redeemed. In Zechariah we see the priesthood in Joshua was spoiled and stained by the influence of Satan, and ONLY the Lord could give Joshua the white raiment of the priesthood; just as Christ has changed our filthy garments and renewed us in His own Spirit to serve Him NOT only on earth, but with spiritual sacrifices that ascend into the heavens. Those who have trusted the Lord Jesus have washed their garments white in the blood of the Lamb. One more prophecy given on the subject of garments is found in the book of Isaiah, Chapter 1, verses 18 – 20.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18) If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: (Isaiah 1:19) But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. (Isaiah 1:20)

   Many stop at verse 18. They do not want to present the conditions set by God in verses 19 and 20. So, let us reason together. The Lord Jesus has provided His blood, the blood of His cross, and ONLY that blood can cleanse us from ALL sin and change our garments and make us white as snow. However, one must come in obedience of faith. The obedience of faith is to believe on the ONLY Begotten Son of God, and to call upon the Lord while He is near, and to seek Him with a true heart, and He, in turn, will make us white as snow.
   In Acts 20:28, we see that it was the blood of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. This verse shows those in position to feed the Church of God must have responsibility and respond to that responsibility which was given to them by the blood of God; thus, showing without any question, that Christ was/is Deity, that He was the manifest image of the invisible God.

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God’s Love and Righteousness Rejected

   It seems as if we have traveled a far distance from our study verse of Hebrews 10:30, so we will again quote this verse so that it will be fresh in our minds. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. In Isaiah 1:20, we see the Lord’s vengeance to those who refuse and rebel that they will be devoured by the sword of vengeance, (But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it) which is the sword of His mouth in Revelation 19:15, And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. As Christ spoke the worlds into existence, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear, (Hebrews 11:3) He will devour His enemies with the sword of His mouth. ALL will be made subject to the WORD (And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Revelation 19:13) of His power. This shows the vengeance of the Lord. Although VENGEANCE is His estranged part, the hidden part, for in the forefront is God’s love, for God is love. Only when His love is denied and rejected by the ungodly does He turn to judgment and vengeance for God cannot uphold His righteousness if He does not punish the unrighteous works of the ungodly.
   To understand the righteousness of God, man MUST understand the blight of sin and the unrighteousness brought about by sin. Love and sin can never mix, this is why Christ was SINLESS from the cradle to the grave, and NOW at the right hand of God. Sin made the world void of righteousness, and righteousness could only be acquired by faith. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. (Hebrews 11:4) Faith and obedience in the more perfect sacrifice acquires the righteousness of God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) As we examine the 11th Chapter of the book of Hebrews, all the men and women of faith were all listed from the Old Testament, and we do not see ourselves until the very last verse, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:40) This verse links us with the same faith that they of the Old Testament had in the Almighty God. As they BY FAITH looked forward to the cross, we in the fulfillment of God, in the fullness of time, BY FAITH look back to the cross. All the grace of God was fulfilled in the crucifixion and death of God’s dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Righteousness cannot be obtained EXCEPT by faith in Jesus Christ. This love of God on the cross of Calvary could not be mixed with the sin of Adam. The sin of Adam had to be destroyed and taken OUT of the world in the love of God which passes all understanding. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7) Love leads to peace. It is the love of God that gives the peace of God to those who trust (through faith) in Him.
  As the men and women of faith were enlightened in the Old Testament, God in His foreknowledge saw in the distance of time the cross of Christ and Him crucified for the sin of the world. God in His foreknowledge also saw US in the finished work of Christ, and this finished work of Christ brought US into a relationship (through faith) with those who walked by faith in the Old Testament. This is a question that I ask all professing Christians, Should our trials in this life be any different from the trials and suffering of those, who walked by faith, and who came before us in the Old Testament? Hebrews 11:40, joins each and every Christian together with those of the past who walked by faith. Abel, by faith, SAW the fullness of God’s love and grace in the more excellent sacrifice that he presented to God. God promised Abel thousands of years BEFORE the cross that Abel’s faith would be honored, and that Abel’s trespasses and sin would be forgiven. So, we have the fullness of time when God SENT . . . SENT. . . SENT . . . His Son, made of a woman, made under the law. God displayed His love by SENDING the Son of His love to the cross of Calvary. The great example given to us in the Old Testament was the love that Abraham had for Isaac his son. And yet, God tried Abraham. Abraham was told to offer the son of his love on one of the mountains of Moriah. They together climbed the mount as Isaac obeyed his father, and as they journeyed together, they had a conversation as Isaac carried the wood and saw the fire in Abraham’s hand, Isaac asked his father, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? (Genesis 22:7) And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. (Genesis 22:8)
    So, Christ, the obedient Son of the Father, the ONLY begotten of the Father, the Son of His love, went together (as ONE) to the cross, the presence of God the Father was continually with the Son. When the Lord Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do, He was looking into His Father’s face as He had done before as documented in John Chapter 17. Both the first saying of the cross and the last saying of the cross was directed to God the Father by God the Son. We see this in when Christ commended His Spirit TO the Father then bowed His head and gave up the Ghost.

➥1st Saying: Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. (Luke 23:34)
➥ Last Saying: And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. (Luke 23:46)

   The fire in the hand of Abraham can be seen in Psalm 22, as the Son of God’s love suffered the outward abuse of the bulls of Bashan, and the inward fire against the sin of the world: both brought about by Satan and man. Yet, that holy thing, the holy child, the Holy One MUST suffer the FULLNESS of God’s WRATH and JUDGMENT and VENGEANCE against sin to fulfill God’s righteousness on earth. As Abraham was given a reprieve by the RAM caught in the thicket, God the Father had His presence at the cross watching the judgment of men in Pilate and in the Jews against His Holy One, and then watched the fires of His own judgment against sin and death and the works of the devil. Knowing that His only begotten Son, the very Seed of redemption, sent from heaven in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, would be rejected and hated. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16) God the Father watched while the Son of His love endured the suffering of the cross for the joy that was set before Him. Every step that the Lord Jesus took during His manifestation on the earth was a step of love leading to the cross. Every miracle that He performed upon man was the outpouring of the Godhead bodily IN LOVE. In John Chapter 17:5, And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was, when the Lord Jesus poured out His heart to God the Father, He revealed that love that the Father had for Him BEFORE the foundations of the world, and that this same love would be poured out upon all those who believe on the Son of God, and accepted Him as the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. In Hebrews Chapter 1, verse 4, Christ IS begotten, so much better than the angels, and His very name is a portion of His inheritance that He received BEFORE He created the worlds.

● Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:4)
● Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2)

   Notice that in Hebrews 1:2 that Christ received His inheritance BEFORE He made the worlds. In Hebrews Chapter 1, verse 4, God made Him SO MUCH BETTER than the angels. Here the Holy Spirit is speaking about the manifestation of the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily that not only was Christ the manifestation of Deity, but within His manifestation was the COMPLETE PRESENCE of the whole Godhead. We have to leave it there because the mind of man cannot go any further. We DO KNOW from scripture that there was no other Lamb, no other sacrifice that could please God and that could endure the fires of God as the first begotten of the Father set apart from the FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE CREATION OF MAN to be the sacrificial Lamb and shed His blood on the cross of Calvary. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)
   The whole world will be running after The Beast and worshiping him, sitting on the throne of Satan, the Spirit of God reminds us that our redemption was seen by God from the foundations of the world, and Christ as the Lamb of God, the Son of His love, would give His life and blood to PAY the ransom for our souls.

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The Glory of the GODHEAD Rejected

   The Stone of offense must be made the Headstone of the corner. The first Stone laid in as the Cornerstone of redemption. Christ built His Body, the Church of the Living God ON Himself.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; (Ephesians 2:19) And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; (Ephesians 2:20) In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (Ephesians 2:21) In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)

   Peter (through the Spirit of God) saw Christ as the tried Stone, the Stone most precious, the Head of the Church. Paul (through the Spirit of God) saw Christ as the Chief Cornerstone. No other foundation could be laid except it is joined to the Chief Cornerstone. It is the unity of the Spirit of God in the Father, in the Son and in the Holy Ghost that built on THIS Chief Cornerstone. There is no other in heaven or on earth. The Spirit of God wants us to see THIS jewel of God’s love IN Jesus Christ far beyond the brightness of the diamond in the full light of the sun. For Christ alone is the brightness of God’s glory, uniquely the Godhead was revealed in the Son as the glory of the Father in John Chapter 17.
   The glory of the Son in His transfiguration before Peter, James and John revealed His glory. (Matthew 17) And in Acts 9:3 -6 we have the Lord Jesus revealing THAT glory AGAIN, this time it was from heaven (on the Damascus Road) in the conversion of Saul.

   Then we have the glory of the Spirit in Acts Chapter 2, verses 2 and 3. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. (Acts 2:2) And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. (Acts 2:3) Acts Chapter 2 is the only time that the FULLNESS of the glory of the Spirit of God was manifested to man as visible cloven tongues of fire. The GLORY of the Holy Spirit spoke THROUGH men in their own language, and in the language of other nations so that HE, the Spirit of God, would have COMPLETE COMMUNICATION WITH ALL NATIONS.
    When Paul ascended to the third heaven, He saw the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2nd Corinthians 4:6) (It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (2nd Corinthians 12:1)
    Moses while on mount Sinai was NOT allowed to see the fullness of God’s glory for God would not reveal His full glory upon the earth UNTIL the day that the Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured. When Paul ascended to the third heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ could reveal the FULL GLORY OF GOD to Paul in heaven for Paul was not upon the earth at this revealing. Remember when Christ revealed Himself on the Damascus Road that it blinded Saul, and after his conversion as Paul, Christ revealed Himself in the third heaven in the fullness of God’s glory, the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9) As you read through the epistles of the apostle Paul, you see the Spirit of God revealing the things of heaven that Paul saw in his ascension. In Hebrews Chapter 1, verse 3, speaking of the Lord Jesus as the brightness of God’s glory, one can only see this on the heavenly side, and THEN the Spirit of God reminds us that the Lord Jesus is the EXPRESS IMAGE of God’s Person whether on earth or in heaven. He is the manifest image of the invisible God.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians 1:14) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Colossians 1:16) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:17) And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (Colossians 1:18)

   It is extremely difficult to understand ALL that took place at the cross of Christ. Man watched, Satan watched, the holy angels of God watched, and God the Father watched all that transpired. Each seeing the cross differently.
   The Romans and the Jews were actively involved in the physical violence and enmity of their hearts against God. The book of Acts informs us that these things were not done in a corner, and that the Jews KNEW that they were rejecting their Messiah and God, and actively called for His blood.

   Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1st Peter 1:121) The angels watched in utter amazement as God gave His life for the very creature that had stripped Him, that had openly shamed Him, that had plucked off the hair from His face, that had beaten Him with rods, that had mocked Him, and that had violated the beginning of the creation of God. The very Creator of man was cast off, and yet the angels watched as God’s VENGEANCE was poured out against His Son. In the crucifixion all of the enmity of mankind, all the sin of man had to be satisfied in the righteousness of God IN the sanctification of the Lamb of God upon the cross until Christ PAID the PRICE FOR EVERY SOUL. He could not be a JUST Judge of the world and the judgment (yet to come) at the great white throne. God wore the crown of thorns to REMOVE the curse. God endured the nails in His hands and feet as He endured the suffering and shame of the cross.
   When we study scripture that describes the judgment of the great white throne, it is the only throne in scripture that is called, the Great White throne. Why is it white? To show the purity of God’s judgment against the ungodly. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:12) Why are there many books at the great white throne of judgment? To show all the works of the ungodly and that each one had not repented of their sin, and each one had not accepted God’s grace. The great white throne judgment shows all the works of enmity and sin against God. The book of life is there to show the unjust and to reveal the names that fell on the Stone that was rejected. As a witness for God that the names of the ungodly were not written in the book of life. The book of life is also the book of grace. This book stands against the children of disobedience, the rebels against God’s love, the despisers of God’s Spirit of grace and those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Hebrews 10:30) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:31) God’s VENGEANCE is over all of those who have refused the grace of God IN the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Christ’s Role as Prophet, Priest and King Rejected

   Along with God’s VENGEANCE and His RECOMPENSE, our God is a consuming fire. For our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:29) We, as the redeemed, must serve God acceptably UNDER His conditions and by His gifts, and not to be intimidated by the powers of men and the powers of Satan. We serve God with reverence and godly fear. In Zechariah Chapter 3, the very first verse shows the conflict between what God has established and what the enemy (Satan) tries to overthrow. And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zechariah 3:1)
   We have a similar situation in the book of Job, Chapter 1, when Satan came into the presence of God and the children of God. As the sons of God worshiped God, Satan came in to overthrow the work of God, and attacks Job.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. (Job 1:6)
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (Job 1:7)
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (Job 1:8)
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? (Job 1:9)

   In our state as the sons of God, redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, as Job, we should FEAR our God with the reverence that God deserves as our Creator and the Redeemer of our souls. In the book of Zechariah Chapter 3, there is a work prior to the revealing of Joshua. Satan had destroyed the Levitical priesthood, and Joshua, who was the high priest, was then standing in the presence of God in filthy garments. The Lord stepped in and rebuked Satan and declared that He, the Lord, had chosen Jerusalem to be the place of His future glory. Although the Levitical priesthood was in ruin, God plucked Joshua as a brand out of the fire and although the priesthood was and is in shambles, it is God Himself who restores Joshua to the glory of the priesthood; this is a supernatural act from heaven, for man cannot restore himself, nor can man restore the priesthood that man had defiled. It is the Lord who declared, Take away the filthy garments, and after the removal of the filthy garments, the Lord declared, And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. (Zechariah 3:4)
   Children, these are the last days of Church history. The small epistle of Jude gives the history of the Church from the beginning to the end, and it is a prelude to the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. We are reminded in Jude that in these last days, in verse 21, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. In verses 22 and 23, again, we have the brand plucked out of the fire, And of some have compassion, making a difference: (Jude 1:22) And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 1:23) Although we hate the garments of the flesh, as the servants of God, we are to pull the ungodly out of the fire with godly fear. Their garments are filthy with the unrighteousness of man, and only the grace and mercy of God, as with Joshua in Zechariah, can they be covered with new garments by God.
   In Zechariah, Chapter 3, verse 4, God performs a supernatural act. He proclaims of Himself that He will clothe Joshua with a change of raiment. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. (Zechariah 3:4) And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. (Zechariah 3:5) Joshua is given a fair mitre upon his head and written on this fair mitre is HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. (Exodus 29:6) And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Leviticus 8:9) And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. (Exodus 28:36)
   When the Lord said to Joshua, I will clothe thee with change of raiment, the Lord began with a white linen garment that would take away the iniquity of Joshua, and only when the iniquity was no more that Joshua could stand before God in the white raiment. In our current age, as we are the children of God who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, we also have been given garments white and clean, a symbol that our iniquity has passed and that we now stand before God in the white raiment of righteousness in Jesus Christ. We have been MADE priests unto our God, and God has set a fair mitre upon our heads, a reminder that we must reflect through our lives the holiness of God here upon the earth. Not only did Joshua in the book of Zechariah receive the white raiment, but in verse 5 he received the fair mitre, and only after this fair mitre was placed upon his head with the inscription of HOLINESS TO THE LORD, and ONLY THEN was Joshua clothed with the OUTER garments of the high priest. Here in Zechariah, we see the authority given to Aaron repeated in Joshua in the closing days of Israel’s history. And the angel of the Lord stood by, again, we see the manifestation of the Son of God as the Angel of the Lord.
   As Paul in Romans 12:1 beseeches the children of God to present their bodies as a living sacrifice to the Almighty God. In verse 6 of Zechariah 3, And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying with all authority in verse 7, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. (Zechariah 3:7)
   From the beginning of Chapter 3 we are transported into the presence of the UNSEEN. This is one of the few times that the Lord endures the presence of Satan in His UNSEEN realm to reveal His supernatural dealings among the children of man and particular His dealings with the children of Israel. Before the courts of God, we, as the children of God today, are clothed with the garments of the priesthood, as the sons of Aaron were clothed under the authority of the high priest, which was Aaron, their father. We are drawn into our priesthood by the workings of divine grace in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ who has brought to us both grace and truth. Thus, we should walk before Him in garments in righteousness for He has clothed us with the very blood of sanctification, His own blood. The blood of the Divine was the heavenly propitiation for our sin. We, therefore, should walk in His ways and keep His charge, and only then we will see our place in the house, the holy Tabernacle that Christ has built in His Body, the Church of the Living God under the complete authority of Melchisedec.
   Melchisedec was revealed prophetically in Genesis 14 when He presented the bread and the wine of remembrance to Abraham after Abraham’s great conflict against the forces of the rulers of this world. It was God who delivered the kings of the earth into the hands of Abraham, and he defeated them in the darkness of Satan’s night. Then we have the manifestation of Melchisedec on earth that Jesus Christ was not only the King of the Jews, but He was also the eternal High Priest.
   Only the High Priest could perform the right of the cleansing of the leper, and yet, the Lord Jesus performed this more than once. Only the High Priest could fulfill all the righteousness of God in providing Himself a sacrifice to take away sin. Once and for all, in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ He presented His own Body as the Priest forever after the oath and order of Melchisedec.
   His path to the cross would be the brazen altar, and then He would pass to the laver and enter into the Tabernacle with His blood. He passed through the rent veil, and approached the mercy seat in heaven, and placed His blood on the mercy seat there as the Cherubim of God looked on with all wonder. And there on that mercy seat, the fullness of God, the complete united Godhead looked on that blood and saw all the redeemed IN the Lord Jesus Christ. Then Christ left the Holy of Holies and passed through the Holy place by the laver once more and presented Himself to His disciples as the heavenly resurrected man who had done all things well in the fulfillment of God’s place of redemption. These are the heavenly things that only the Spirit of God can reveal. These heavenly things are the communication by the Spirit of God through the word of God.
   In Zechariah Chapter 3, we also see the gathering in of the children of God as a prophetic light which is being fulfilled in Revelation Chapter 4. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. (Revelation 4:4)

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (Revelation 4:10) Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:11)

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VENGEANCE is a Right of God

   Each and every child of God today lives in two different realms. Although we are on earth, we have a presence in heaven before God the Father. Though on earth, we seek those things that are above. Our affections are above in the Person of the Son of God. We, as Joshua, in Zechariah Chapter 3, must walk before God in all of God’s statutes, and all the commandments that the Lord Jesus and the apostles related unto us in the gospels and in the epistles. One has to have a rightful interpretation of God’s grace. You cannot have grace without God’s love, and grace and love must be upheld by God’s truth and righteousness. God’s grace is a calling through faith, and faith is a gift of God. Faith is not a blanket decree over the whole world. Faith is the instrument of God to quicken the righteous in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace is not over nations, for nations are still responsible to God’s order, and to God’s demands. This is why there have been wars among all the nations of the world in millenniums of battles. It is man against man under the influence of Satan. It is Satan who weakens the nations in the sins of the world. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (Isaiah 14:12)
   God moves His angels to fight against the wicked principalities of the air. God also raises up evil men who fulfill His purpose when the nations reach a terminal ungodly state of evil. Remember, that at the command of the Lord Jesus Christ He could have called LEGIONS of angels to keep Him from the cross. But it was the delight of the Father’s will that was within the Lord Jesus Christ, the joy that was set before Him, as He said, I delight to do thy will O God. All the angels that are under God’s command do not move or battle or minister independently from the command of God. We see this in the seven letters to the seven Churches in the book of the Revelation. It is Christ who sends those angels, and each of the seven angels have a different message to give to each of the seven churches. They are ministering spirits that minister to the heirs of salvation. At God’s command, these holy angels war against ungodly nations. Satan’s desire from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is to enslave man in sin and death, and to torment man through man’s lifetime with the lust and the iniquity that Satan possesses within himself to overthrow all from the beginning the works of God.

SIDE NOTE: Even in our current age, if we see what God sees we will understand the wars both in the Ukraine and in Israel. The people of Ukraine are NOT free for their nation is a ‘Satellite nation’ of the United States.  The Ukraine, as a nation, has been one of the most corrupt political nations. They (Ukrainians as well as the citizens of the United States) have no voice or power to fight against their overlords. The citizens of the Ukraine are victims caught in a vice between their own government and those who lust over the resources of what was once called ‘the breadbasket of Europe.’ For a long time, Ukraine led in political human trafficking which engulfed the world; so, God is allowing the destruction of the Ukraine. But it is not only the Ukraine, it is the politicians of the entire world that embraced human trafficking in every form, in sexual perversions, and now with the open border policy of the United States and other western nations, the governments themselves are using human trafficking in undermining their own immigration laws to destroy their own culture. The United States is not exempt from destruction, but our destruction is going to be greater and deeper than the destruction of the Ukraine. The governments of the western world have been overcome by the influence of Satan. And God’s VENGEANCE and His recompense are being felt and seen all over the world. The government of the United States under Satanic influence not only overthrew the election of 2020 but is actively working behind closed doors to overthrow the election of 2024. Under Satan’s influence the invisible personalities of our rogue government have been writing their game plan to create a country of slaves to feed the demonic lusts of the politicians and their overlords. Under this satanic influence, the United States government is destroying its citizens and eventually it will destroy itself. The die is cast, and no matter who is elected in this next election, God’s hand might be stayed for a time period, but the judgment of God has already been set and the time will come by His will and purpose. As Satan desires to be God, we live in a world where the inner being of mankind also lusts with the desire to be God over the people. In all walks of life, you have dominant personalities under Satan’s influence to overthrow and to put in subjection other men. The sad part is that the leaders of the nations of today’s world are made up of dominant figures under the influence and control of Lucifer, who has weakened the nations. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Isaiah 14:12) ◆ End of Side Note.

   This battle over mankind began at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. As time passed man became a murderer, as years went by men under Satan’s influence destroyed other man, and when nations formed under man’s rule these nations destroyed each other in the lust over the control of mankind. All being led by their father the devil to their own destruction. Wars are fought not to set men free, but to become masters and controllers over other men. Man is individually in slavery to sin, but sin has brought ALL NATIONS into the same slavery. It is the lust of the flesh for power, for wealth, for dominance over others that rules the world today. Even the war between the states called ‘the civil war’ did not set men free but brought the entire country into a different system of slavery which has progressed in its rules and demonic laws and institutions to make the chains and shackles heavier and harder over its own citizens. Citizens bear the weight of this tyrannical government, and they bear a heavy burden as their families are inundated by the promotion of sin and lust of the flesh from their own government and its programmed propaganda tentacles controlling the visual and sensual industries.
    The knowledge of good has been overcome by the knowledge of evil. And we are at the fullness of this world slavery. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. (Matthew 23:4) Break one of the rules of the masters and you suffer, but if you obey, as a good slave, you will be allowed to continue in your own toil and burden.
   Many hide themselves in religion not to receive the peace of God, but to have peace with man. Religion never looks for peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ, religion is to soothe the conscience, but it is a weak counterfeit for there is no peace of God or peace with God because religion is only filthy garments worn by self-righteous imitators of truth.
   As we look over the world of strife, we ask this question in the presence of God, What is man that thou art mindful of him? As a whole, mankind is afraid to step out of himself and look and see what he really is. Man feeds with the swine, he is master of the dung hill, and he lies in the putridness of sin’s sores.  As the sore’s spreads within, man succumbs to death; and therefore, he pays for the wages of sin which is death.
   The redeemed of the Lord Jesus Christ can see and feel the movement of evil all around. In Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, it is only Pilgrim who has a vision to reveal the vanities in the vanity fairs of this world. Pliable moves with every wind and doctrine and never sees the evil all around. Remember the old former outdoor movies, you were far away from the screen, but you saw all the characters. Those who are born of the blood of Christ are removed from this world although they are in the world, yet they see this world as far off as the movie screen, and they can discern through the word of God that which is good and that which is evil. They have a presence with God and His goodness, but they are aware of Lucifer traveling throughout the world and devouring those who are unaware of his diabolical acts and those who have given themselves to the spirit of evil to do evil which is in Satan. It is amazing how many fail to see Satan’s script or the unveiling of his personality through the word of God. This is our story about our humanity. This is why man turns away from the word of God because the word of God penetrates within man’s heart to show man his utter worthlessness. God’s word shows man his beginning: his infancy and his presence with God. God’s word shows us the tragedy of sin WITHIN Adam that has passed on to every man through his history: past, present and future. God has given us, through His word, the complete profile of all of mankind and of all nations, and all of man’s acts upon the earth. The more one looks INTO the divine word of God, the more the heart of man is revealed. When man sees his true state and the desperation of that state, he has an opportunity to turn to God and to repent of his own personal sin. When anyone is born again, they receive the Spirit of Christ within them, they have been transformed from a child of Adam and Adam’s sin into the goodness of God IN Jesus Christ. They are a NEW CREATION. Do you understand this? And by the Spirit of Christ, they FEEL the NEWNESS of that creation, and by the Spirit of Christ they follow Him and learn of Him, and their entire desire is to be obedient to the will and purpose of the Son of God. As a young Christian, that Spirit within fights against the influences of Satan all around: in their family, at work, and even in the church of this world, and especially in the influences in the government of Satanic men who rule over them, who have the power to order them to kill and to make war. As Satan moves in the world around the children of God, they are in a capsule of God’s love, and they respond to the Spirit of Christ within them. The word of God is much more than knowledge. It is a guide through the terrors around them. As we explore the difference between God’s VENGEANCE and His JUDGMENT, we should understand that VENGEANCE DOES belong to God, it is not ours, FOR IT IS GOD WHO HAS BEEN OFFENDED and viciously rejected. The word VENGEANCE is recorded forty-five times in the word of God, and seven times in the New Testament. Let’s view some of these words in both the Old and in the New.

● Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. (Jeremiah 51:11)
● To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deuteronomy 32:35)
● And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 25:14) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; (Ezekiel 25:15) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. (Ezekiel 25:16) And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. (Ezekiel 25:17)
● And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. (Micah 5:15)
● God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Numbers 1:2)
● Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Romans 12:19)

● And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2nd Thessalonians 1:7) In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2nd Thessalonians 1:8)
● Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (Jude 1:7)

   The creator of all things, the very Being who has given us the universe: the stars and the planets, and given man the earth to dwell in. This is not a Metaverse life. It is a life of flesh and blood, soul and spirit. According to Genesis Chapter 6, man’s destruction came because of his evil heart and his runaway imagination. An imagination without any control, without borders of reason . . . are we not there today with the Metaverse. AI has become a Controller, a tool of Satan to lead mankind down a path of evil and as AI is a tool of the devil, the chain of sin and the ball of death is getting heavier in the world of Adam.
   The imagination of man drastically affects the heart of man and vile imagination can lead men down the dark alleys of sin; however, the word of God is there to reveal God’s JUDGMENT and God’s VENGEANCE. Reading the previous verses about vengeance we can see a definition and an application of God’s vengeance on individuals, on cities, and on nations. God leaves no one out. As we approach or are in the very last days of Church history, that day will be determined when the last soul is brought into the Church then the door to the Church will be shut, and a new age will begin.
   This will be the Age of Tribulation when God’s judgment and vengeance will be felt ALL over this planet through His SUPERNATURAL acts that only He can accomplish. In Revelation Chapter 6, He will shake the foundations of the world. He will use the heavens and cast His judgment down as great balls of fire upon the men of this world. All realms and positions of mankind will hide themselves IN FEAR of God’s vengeance and judgments, and they will hide themselves from the WRATH of the Lamb.

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WRATH is God’s Righteous Judicial Government in FINAL Retribution

   Although the word vengeance is not mentioned in the last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the word WRATH is mentioned thirteen (13) times. The first mention of the word WRATH in Revelation is found in Chapter 6, verse 16. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. Even the numbers relate the fury of this vengeance and WRATH of God against mankind. The number 6 is the number of man, and the number 16 reveals the full measure and God’s perfect order of the WRATH of the Lamb against mankind. In Revelation Chapter 19, verse 15, we have the fullness of the Lamb in Chapter 6:16, when in ALL power, He displays His WRATH against the nations and they who dwell therein. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
    In Revelation Chapter 6 we see the awareness of mankind of the WRATH of the Lamb. In Revelation Chapter 19, it is the voice of the Spirit of God revealing in this final mention of WRATH that it is the SAME Lamb who is also the Almighty God, and we see the FULLNESS of God’s WRATH against the ungodly world.
   When the Lord Jesus walked upon the earth, and testified against man, He only used the word VENGEANCE once through all the gospels. In Luke Chapter 21, verse 22, For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. This verse relates directly to Revelation Chapter 19. Even the numbers in Luke are a testimony for us . . . 2 ● 1 ● 22 . . . we see that the number of witness is the number 2, and in the mouth of two or three witnesses everything shall be established, also in the Church, our witness, our divine witness are where two or three are gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the divine witness of God Himself will be present with them.
   In Luke Chapter 21, the SEEN is in the Temple as He taught the people of the end time, and we see in Luke 21, the different stages of God’s judgment and how He will take vengeance upon mankind. And yet, what God has revealed to us throughout the scriptures is only a small part of God’s plan of redemption.
   He accomplished this in the Old Testament by raising up the Medes and the Persians to destroy the great city of Babylon. The great Empire of Nebuchadnezzar had spread throughout the eastern world when Nebuchadnezzar built his HUGE golden image to reflect his person as god over the nations. All the nations were represented at the unveiling of this golden image in the land of Shinar on the plain of Dura. This vast Empire, because of its wickedness and sin, was measured by God and found wanting. There was nothing left in the minds of the Babylonians of the God of Creation. Man’s own intelligence had overthrown the knowledge of God, so, God took vengeance for all that the Babylonians had done to His people Israel. God raised up the Medes and the Persians to execute His vengeance over Babylon the Great. As a symbolistic prophecy of the last Empire of mankind under The Beast and his satanic rule over the nations sitting upon the throne of Satan declaring himself as the god of gods. The prophet Jeremiah also relates God’s vengeance using nation against nation, rasing up men and putting them against each other in conflict in many cases evil against evil, as the fight against each other to destroy themselves because they have followed the path of the devil instead of God’s path.

● For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jeremiah 46:10)
● The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. (Jeremiah 50:1) Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. (Jeremiah 50:2) For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. (Jeremiah 50:3)

   As we look to the past, we behold that God raised up armies against Babylon to destroy and to make VENGEANCE against the land and against the people, and to make the land DESOLATE. In Jeremiah Chapter 50:13-16, the Lord exercises His VENGEANCE in many ways. He uses unrighteous men to destroy other evil men and God even uses the forces and the elements of the world to bring drought, and famine, and pestilence, and plagues.

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. (Jeremiah 50:13)
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. (Jeremiah 50:14)
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. (Jeremiah 50:15)
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. (Jeremiah 50:16)

   Our current world is no different in its conflicts than Babylon. When we see nations subduing other nations: evil empires destroying other evil empires, our own nation of the United States has embraced the satanic forces of Satan for a long time. The very physical makeup of the statues of the nations and its memorials are all consumed with the love of man and the absence of God. These idols, although subtle, deny the Person of God and exalt the men of evil. Our nation has been actively involved in some of the most heinous crimes against humanity and yet, they tell us from The Capitol that they are doing good, for they are the gods of this world.
   In the conflict of nation against nation, the borders of the United States have been invaded by an army of the world represented by MOST of the nations of the world. Satan has been driving these invaders as an army to destroy the culture, the economy, and the law and rule of this country. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (Jude 1:7) In the book of Jude, verse 7, it is divine VENGEANCE from above against the city of Sodom and the city of Gomorrah. In Deuteronomy 32:35, it is God relating His VENGEANCE to His own people that if they do not follow His laws and precepts, He will come with VENGEANCE and judge them. In Deuteronomy 32:35, we have a profound word, these are the last words of Moses to the people as a warning and also as a FULFILLMENT to bring the VENGEANCE of God against Israel and ANY nation that promotes and fosters evil and hides behind their master, Satan.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deuteronomy 32:35) For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. (Deuteronomy 32:36)
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, (Deuteronomy 32:37)
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deuteronomy 32:38)
now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. (Deuteronomy 32:39)
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. (Deuteronomy 32:40)
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. (Deuteronomy 32:41)

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And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: (Deuteronomy 32:45)
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 32:46)
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (Deuteronomy 32:47)

   The last verse in Deuteronomy 32:47 is specifically written for the nation of Israel as God’s nation upon the earth. However, verse 47 also shows US things concerning the Church and what happens to the newborn and the transaction that take place for heavenly people. First, it is not a vain thing. It is not a vain thing to KNOW that one is born again and HAS and FEELS the Spirit of Christ within. It is NOT a vain thing to DESIRE, to FEEL the presence of heaven while we walk through this sinful world. It is NOT a vain thing to declare to the world that we are sons of God through our redemption in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is NOT a vain thing to proclaim the gospel of the everlasting Son through the Spirit of grace and to declare His work on the cross of Calvary for our redemption.
   In verse 47 of Deuteronomy 32, the words of Moses through the Spirit of God declares because it is your life. In the same respect in the Church of God, as a heavenly people, OUR LIFE IS IN CHRIST for we have passed over Jordan in the death of God’s dear Son, and God the Father has translated us, MOVED US, from a world of sin INTO His heavenly kingdom. It is God through the death of His Son and our death with Him that we are partakers of the heavenly calling IN the Lord Jesus Christ. God has exalted His Son higher than the heavens, and yet, man in unbelief continually tries to rob the Lord Jesus Christ of His glory and His deity as the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily. The devil tried to tempt the Lord Jesus after the Lord Jesus fasted for forty days and forty nights showing His godly control over the Body of His flesh, and that He did not survive on the bread of this world, but He survived from the bread from heaven. When Satan came it was to tempt God and God cannot be tempted. In the three areas that Satan tempted the Lord Jesus proved without a shadow of a doubt that Christ was far above the world of Adam, that He was GOD and each time that Christ spoke He rebuked the devil for He WAS and IS the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily. And what was the result? The devil left Him for a season, and the angels came and ministered to the Son of God. This is the only place in Christ’s earthly walk that Satan left in shame and failure and could not withstand the Son of God.

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:4) For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? (Hebrews 1:5)

   Man tries to contradict these verses, man denies the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ by projecting Him as a child of Adam which He was NOT. His flesh was godly flesh, His blood was the blood of God. As Adam could not redeem himself, why should we believe that another Adam of the same cloth or flesh could redeem mankind? The purpose of God was to SEND HIS SON from heaven, HIS SON OF PERFECTION to fulfill God’s righteousness upon the earth, and thereby, create a heavenly people through His redemptive work upon the cross.
   When Paul, through the Spirit of God, gave us the words in the book of Galatians, 2:20, he revealed to us our death in the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus that we had passed over Jordan into the heavenly sphere and our life that we NOW live, we live in the very life of Christ, who loved us and gave Himself for us. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. God has declared I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me. (Deuteronomy 32:41) The Bible teaches that there are enemies of the cross, enemies of the gospel, enemies of the Word of God (written and Living), and enemies of the Spirit of grace, and God will reward them with His VENGEANCE. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Hebrews 10:30)

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What Think Ye of Christ?

   Man in Adam cannot conceive, in their thoughts, a God who can enter into the heart, soul and spirit of a person in the new birth through Jesus Christ our Lord. The unrepentant sinner has no way of knowing the mind of Christ, for the mind of Christ is a gift given IN the new birth along with the Spirit of Christ and the newness of life of Him. The Spirit of God is NOT only the Compiler of ALL the words in the written word of God, but He is the EXACT Interpreter of every word of God THROUGH the Spirit of Christ. Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (1st Peter 1:11)

   The Holy Spirit wants us to understand that the SAME SPIRIT of life in Christ Jesus that the believer has TODAY is the SAME SPIRIT of Christ that was IN the prophets of God and God’s messengers throughout time. The Holy Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, has preserved the written word of God so that through the written word of God and the Spirit of Christ within, the believer HAS the way of truth IN the written word of God and the way of truth in the Spirit of Christ WITHIN. In 1st John we are told to try the spirits with the truth of the word of God. And if their spirit does not match up with the Spirit of Christ within, the Spirit of God tells us to have no part with them. In 1st John 4:1, Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. As we read this verse we are told to LISTEN to the Spirit of Christ within for not everyone that says, Lord, Lord, or Jesus, Jesus, is of the Lord. If your spirit, the Spirit of Christ within is uncomfortable and there’s no relationship in the word of God WITH them, then the Spirit of God tells us in the word of God to turn away for they are deceivers, and believe me, there are many deceivers.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1st John 4:4) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. (1st John 4:5) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. (1st John 4:6)

   We see the captivity of Israel in Babylon, we read of Babylon the Great in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and yet, today, the masses who attend churches DO NOT SEE the captivity of the Church by the world and the flesh of Adam. Satan has done his work well by making the Church as the sound of tinkling brass, it is NO longer a message to leave the world and be with Christ, which is far better, but the message today is to enjoy the world and to be part of the world. When John wrote the words, ye are of God . . . and have overcome the world, you are put in a position, a heavenly position in the Lord Jesus Christ, and ye are joint heirs with Christ as the sons of God, and your heavenly Father is NOT going to give you a serpent for a fish. So, try the spirits. Listen for the forked tongue of the serpent. As God has placed you IN the kingdom of His dear Son, do not allow earthly influences to deceive you with the wisdom of Adam under sin. It is easy to see the love of the world within the Church today. The Church has taken on the doctrines of the world, the philosophies of the world, and the rudiments of the world; thus, the true child of God is exhorted and compelled by the Spirit of God to turn away from this massive unbelief. To be all alone with Christ is far better than being with a crowd of unbelievers under the influence of their father, the devil. As the professing Church shouts, Jesus, Jesus, they know not the Christ of the cross. In their spirit and mind, we see the world of false profession. This has come about by the infiltration of ungodly men. Satan WANTS to destroy the army of God, and he has come from within by stealth. The Church has an open border policy of ungodly individuals pretending to be the servants of God with NO divine authority in them.
   When man takes it upon himself and declares that he is a servant of God, the words that he speaks are not filled with the Spirit of Christ. Satan is very proficient in his knowledge of the word of God, and the deceiver loves to change one or two words in a scripture to change the meaning to deceive hearts. When the apostle Paul, through the Spirit of Christ, was writing to the Ephesians, in Chapter 6, the Spirit of God tells the children of God to put on the WHOLE armor of God. Don’t leave one piece, one article of the Spirit’s defense against evil, for any article of God’s armor that is left out becomes an avenue for Satan to come in and deceive. God never tells the soldier in His army to take OFF the whole armor of God. Once dressed, it is part of your being, even when sleeping, it protects the thoughts of your mind from the wiles of the devil. The weakness of the flesh within the armor can suffer fatigue, tiredness, loneliness, and even suffer doubts, but every article of the armor continues at the same strength of its conception. When God declares the whole armor of God, each article works together, and each article of armor is interlinked with each other. God has given us this great protective shield to protect us from the deceiver, and to protect is from the ungodly world, and yes . . . even from the ungodly world church of religion.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (Ephesians 6:10)
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13)
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (Ephesians 6:14)
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (Ephesians 6:15)
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. (Ephesians 6:16)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (Ephesians 6:17)
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18)

   In verse 10 we have the finality of our power for now we see, by the Spirit of Christ, that ALL power comes to us from the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source and the root of our faith and power. He has given the gift of faith to us for He is the source of all faith. As the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, all power in heaven and earth has been given unto Him as the heavenly Man, Jesus Christ. He assures us, through the word of God, that this power is available to us if we prepare ourselves with the whole armor of God.

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. (Matthew 28:16) And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. (Matthew 28:17) And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18)

   In Matthew 28:18 ALL power is given to the Son of God in BOTH heaven and in the earth. Tell me, Why is man ignorant of this power, and why has man denied this power that has been given to the Son of God? Because, man is a foreign element, sin has driven man away from God. The professing Church denies the heavenly power of Christ IN the Church. The true test of man came from the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ when He asked the Pharisees, What think ye of Christ? Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David. (Matthew 22:42) The Pharisees were still blind concerning the Sonship of the Lord Jesus. The Son of God had proclaimed Himself many times to the religious hypocrites that He had been SENT by God the Father, and that He WAS the Son of God. Read Matthew Chapter 22 carefully, listen to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ confirmed His divine Sonship. Christ removed Himself from being a son of David, man has opposed this. In Matthew 22:46 by the silence of the Pharisees, they understood that the Lord Jesus was the Lord of glory and was the divine Son of God. And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
   This is the fulfillment of the parable of the vineyard, they were asked by Christ not only What THINK ye of Christ? the anointed One of God, but with His divine voice asked them, Whose son is he? They could not see above the flesh of David. They could not grasp that THIS was the Heir of all things. As we consider the parable of the vineyard in Matthew Chapter 21:23, and in Luke 20:9-20, we see that at the end of these parables the Pharisees understood that this parable was directed to them, for it was given to the chief priests and to all Pharisees. As you read through the parable of the vineyard lay hold of verse 37 in Matthew Chapter 21, But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But last of all, in the fullness of time, when all the words of the prophets had been denied by the nation of Israel, the Pharisees and the Levites not only refused the Lord Jesus Christ, but they couldn’t even discern that the prophecies in the book of Isaiah were fulfilled in John the Baptist, for the Pharisees had sent Levites to ask John who he was. They could not recognize even John by their own scriptures, and they also could not recognize the Son of God which the prophets had foretold. When the Lord Jesus asked them, What think ye of Christ? He used His title as the ‘anointed one of God,’ which in the prophetic writings would be their Messiah.
   He was the reality of the child divinely born to them, whose name would be Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) This was Isaiah’s description of the Christ of God, the anointed One, anointed by the Father with the oil of gladness above all others. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. The child that was born was the ONLY begotten of the Father, here we see the divine Seed, the holy thing, He was SUPERNATURALLY born as the child, the only begotten of the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. God’s Christ came forth as Emmanuel, God with us, and man could not understand the true miracle of the birth of Christ that ALL was of God and not man. Christ, in John Chapter 3, spoke to Nicodemus of the new birth, being born again, not of the seed of Adam, but being born again by the seed of the living God. The same Holy Spirit of God came upon Mary to divinely plant that heavenly seed, that holy thing, into the womb of Mary is the same Spirit of God that divinely changes the children of Adam into the sons of God. There is a divine act of God’s sovereign will that we should be, in the new birth, sons of God. And as Nicodemus asked, the world still asks, How can these things be? We answer that which is flesh has no understanding of that which is Spirit. However, that which is Spirit understands all the workings of the flesh and the sin that destroys flesh with the penalty of death.
   In this present evil world, the children of the world wander in total darkness. This is the reality of life today. The child of God sees this darkness of death all around. The world has cast off the Light of God in Jesus Christ, and the Church, those who profess to know GOD have NO understanding of the will and purpose of God in the redemption of God’s elect.
   Scripture says that there is nothing impossible with God; yet man declares from the pulpits of the Church that . . . Yes. . . God is mighty, BUT God cannot have a sovereign will when it comes to mankind’s salvation. It is impossible for God to pick and choose the sheep of His pasture for man has declared this to be valid. Man says, It is impossible for God to be preexistent BEFORE He created all things, it is one thing to see the fullness of deity in the Lord Jesus Christ and it quite another thing to deny His sovereignty by applying to Him the nature of Adam. He is GOD and there is nothing impossible for God.

● But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:26)
● And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
● For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:37)
● And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. (Luke 18:27)

   In Acts Chapter 7, Stephen preached to the Pharisees and the Jews, there is no doubt that he preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. He did not begin at the cross, he began with the revelation of God, the God of glory appearing to Abraham. Stephen laid a map through history for the Jews to follow beginning with Abraham and following his descendants, and how God led them and nurtured them under His wings; then from Joseph, who delivered them from famine; to Moses who delivered them from the bondage of Egypt; and lastly, God the Father sent His Son into the world to deliver them from sin and death. They rejected Him and crucified Him and cast Him out of the vineyard. The gospel that Stephen preached that day is not being preached today. Today, it is the gospel of man. The gospel of man makes man feel better about himself. Through the gospel of man, man can reform himself. Through the gospel of man, man can transform society for the better through better laws and better thoughts.
   The gospel that Stephen preached cut the Jews to their hearts, so much so, that murder rose up within them and they stoned the messenger of God. They rejected the Holy Spirit sent down with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1st Peter 1:12)

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God will Recompense

   Let us return to Hebrews 10:30, For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. The second word of importance is RECOMPENSE. If we look into the past, the Old Testament will teach us the depth of recompense.

● And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. (Jeremiah 16:18)
● For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. (Jeremiah 25:14)
● Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jeremiah 50:29)
● Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. (Ezekiel 7:3) And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 7:4)
● Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. (Ezekiel 7:8) And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. (Ezekiel 7:9)

  What did we learn about recompense? It is about how man acts in his trespasses, not only against God, but against other men. The measure of man’s sin and the particular sins of mankind determine the recompense of his own actions. It is God who judges man according to their own evil, whether as an individual, or as a nation.
  In the New Testament we have a definition of recompense in Galatians 6:7 and 8. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. You should understand an important part of these verses: it is NOT only the outward deception, or being deceived by others, but man’s own heart can deceive from within . . . for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Again, whether it is an individual or a nation, GOD WILL RECOMPENSE.
   The word recompense is documented twenty-six (26) times in scripture. It is found with man dealing with man, and God dealing with man. In the New Testament, the word recompense is mentioned four (4) times. The first mention is the REWARD that will come in the resurrection of the just. The Lord used this word only twice in His narrative in Luke 14:14.
   In the New Testament recompense is documented four times, this word also has two sides. God recompenses that which is good as in Luke 14:14, and God also recompenses according to the trespasses of mankind as in Jeremiah and in Ezekiel. Many times, we think that it is up to us to reward man for his trespasses against us, yet it is God who will take care of all trespasses against us. Romans 12:17. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. It is NOT up to us to reward evil with evil. God will recompense the trespasses of evil upon the evil doers themselves. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you. (2nd Thessalonians 1:6)
   In Hebrews 10:30, God declares that HE will recompense. This is embedded in the conscience of man. It also should be an active part of the conscience of nations that the evil that they do both outwardly and behind closed doors will be recompensed upon them through God’s judgment against their evil deeds. Even a light study of man’s history written by man reveals the tragedy and fall of nations because of their own evil deeds both without and within the borders of their nation. Although the word recompense does NOT appear in the book of the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can see how God deals with man in EVERY phase of man’s works and his trespasses against man, and against God. Even the seven Churches are rewarded according to their works done both in the flesh and in the Spirit. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 22:31) As a nation destroys other nations through wicked ways, they also will be destroyed by their same wicked ways. A good example is that Washington, D.C. wants to destroy Russia by stealth using the Ukraine in a proxy war against Russia, and the recompense is that the United States is destroying itself through its own actions. The government is completely bankrupt financially, morally, and spiritually. It is often said that “we, as a nation have lost our compass“; however, could it be that we, as a nation, haven’t lost our compass? WE SOLD OUR COMPASS. WE THREW OUR COMPASS AWAY. This nation willingly and eagerly CAST OFF the CORDS and BONDS that held us together. Every day the armies of the world pass through our borders and have come to destroy us from within paid for by our own politician with the monies that they have extorted from their own citizens.
   We, the United States of America, have destroyed many nations by the stealth of our numerous Intelligence Agencies, and through feign foreign policies against those nations. This is NOT a new thing. Does anyone remember Panama and the dictator Noriega? The United States paid him billions and allowed him to get rich in the drug trade within the United States. How is a nation destroyed? By its outward reactions. If it spreads evil, it will be consumed by its own evil. We have destroyed our children’s moral conscience through the government sponsored education system. We have destroyed the integrity of our own country by an open border policy . . . NO OTHER nation has such a deadly policy. We have allowed drugs to infiltrate our entire society because it is drug money that pays for the operating expenses of ‘the shadow government’ called the ‘fourth hidden, but seen, branch of government.’ We have allowed a once great flag that flew over this nation to become a cult symbol of a false freedom, a freedom that does not exist.
   As Galatians Chapter 6, verses 7 and 8 speaks to the individual, it also shadows all the governments of the world. That which is done in the flesh and is evil will receive a recompense for their evil from God. In the Old Testament, during the reign of Ahab and Jezebel there was a prophet called Micaiah. He had been imprisoned for the words that he spoke against Ahab. God, in His determinate counsels, decided to rid the world from Ahab. So, God sent a lying spirit into the false prophets of Ahab and Jezebel. Do you see this also today in the leadership and their media of our nation? We have a demented degenerate drone as a false president with MANY false prophets working behind the black curtains in our ungodly government. Where will this end?

    Open your eyes. We see the end rapidly falling upon us. When God gives up a nation there is no return. God has spoken to this nation many times since its conception. And as a whole, this nation has not listened to the voice of God. The voices of our politicians are filled with lies. Our justice system has an unrighteous gavel and eyes blinded by money and advantage. The education system has become a system of propaganda. There is a reward, a recompense, for that which is done in the flesh. Only what is done in the Spirit to glorify the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ will give the reward of life everlasting. Our nation was given an opportunity to repent in 2016, and for four short years we were graciously given a time of reprieve. The nation did NOT repent, but continued in its pernicious ways, and God, through lying spirits, took the nation away and NOW we can only see the dregs in the bottom of our cup. Only the filth is left, and the garments are unclean. God will recompense. Like drawing a curtain over a window, and shutting out all light, we are a nation in darkness: politically and religiously, and God will recompense. And then the world will know that our God is a consuming fire.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28, 29)

Think on these things.

Amen and Selah . . . . until we all see Him face to face.

© Copyright – Michael Haigh
Published on February 18, 2024 @ 4:30 PM (EST)
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