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According to the GOD's Word,what needs to happen first?Exactly what is written in Revelation 18:1-5,i.e.the Judgment of the Great Whore,as follows:

1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried (will cry) mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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

The Antichrist was born and rose up from the own Church.Yes, the birthplace or the cradle of Antichrist, was the own Church, unfortunately. 1John 2:19- They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:but they went out,

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven,and GOD hath remembered her iniquities.

Just after the fall of Babylon the marriage of the Lamb will be celebrated, yes, the marriage of the Lamb comes and the wife of the Lamb will make herself ready,the Bride will make herself ready for this wonderful event,Hallelujah! And to her was granted that she be arrayed in fine linen,clean and white:for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON- Revelation 19:1-10

1-I heard a great voice of much people in heaven,saying,Alleluia; Salvation,and Glory,and Honour,and Power,unto the Lord our GOD:

2 For true and righteous are His Judgments: for He hath Judged the Great Whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.

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Dec. 31, 2022 the world press announced the death of Benedict XVI.Pope Francis is also on the brink of death.The last Pope will be elected,the husband No.266 of the Great Whore,the RCC,(excluding Peter Apostle).By the way,would be his religious nickname Paulus VII?I think so,because at the same time must manifest also another Beast,the Beast of earth-Rev.13:11-a false lamb with two horns-(a false messiah/prophet,master of Torah),as was prophesied by Paul,saying in 2Thes.2:v.3-5 & 9-12 & Jn 5:43-47, as follow:

3 Let no MAN deceive you by any means(Pastors,and Bichops,Evangelists,among others,fallen angels of the Churches):for that Day(this Day arrived)shall not come except there come a falling away first,and that MAN of sin be revealed,the son of perdition;

4 Who(will)opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,or that is worshipped;so that he as God(he will)sitteth in the temple of God,shewing himself that he is God

11... God shall send them strong delusion,that they(the Jews)should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the Truth(believed not in JESUS)but had pleasure in unrighteousness

With the election of the last Pope in the current decade,and manifestation of a false and ruthless messiah in Israel as is above described,and according Jn 5:43-47combined with Rev.13:11-18 and Ez.21:25,among other biblical references-,then will start the last week,week 70th Dan.9:27,until the total destruction of the current world of the Devil-Rev.11:18

GET READY. THE 5th UNIVERSAL AND SATANIC KINGDOM,THE ANTICHRIST's KINGDOM,IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH FROM NOW ON-Dan.2:41-45

Is.26:20-21

20 -Come,my people,enter thou into thy chambers,and shut thy doors about thee:hide thyself as it were for a little moment,until the indignation be overpast

21-For, behold,the Lord cometh out of His place to PUNISH the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:the earth also shall disclose her blood,and shall no more cover her slain

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Friends,

After reading two threads, which stated that "we could never love like God loves" I felt compel by Holy Spirit to correct this belief, that's unscriptural.

Paul states 2Cor 5:14

The love of God that flowed through him, he states in Gal 2:20 it was Christ that dwelling within him, living, moving & having His being within Paul, having His mind, heart & spirit. & where Christ dwells He brings His Father with Him John14:23 & God is love, he became an living expression of the Godhead, there's no way that in this abide abode that God love was not known, felt, displays in his life. Have you ever tried keeping your human love in? What about God ?

Jesus states in John15:10 "abide in His love"

We must believe that we can Ephesians 3:19 as we continue to grow in Grace in the knowledge of His will that

Hebrews 10:10 for faith Gal 5:6

1 John 1:14 perfect love experienced, is what John the beloved "tasted, seen & handled" 1John 4:12

1 Thessalonians 4:9 God taught them how to love as He loves

John 13:14 "as I have love you"

Folks,

To my understanding, Jesus prayer in John 17:21-23 reveals a union between the Spirit & Soul of our Creator & his creatures that unites us in such an wonderous way, that it took Divinity to imagine it, & the Son accomplish all His Father's heart desire. Matt 17:5

Jeremiah 32:38-41 Love never fails.

Oseas - in Reply on Leviticus 10

"Rainwalker" and Giannis

Greetings in Christ JESUS

In addition to my previous post about SOUL and SPIRIT, I would like to comment on the magnitude / greatness of distinguishing the offering that pleases GOD and what does not.

Genesis 4:3-5

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground(Inanimate things, i.e. lifeless, without SOUL) an offering unto the Lord.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock (a being that has a SOUL) and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering(the offering of Abel was from GOD's perspective): 5 But unto Cain and to his offering GOD had not respect. (Why? Because the offering of Cain was inanimate things, without soul, i.e. lifeless, like the dead letter of the Law that kills, it is mortal, a human offering by the spirit of man, not by the Spirit of GOD.)

JESUS said to Satan: your thinking is from a human perspective(the offering of Cain was from a human perspective), a stumbling block, and not from GOD's perspective. Matt.16:22-23.

And GOD said through Isaiah: Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? Is.2:22

Ze.14:18-21 (3 of 3)

"Worship the Lord"

/And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it."(Re.21:23-26).

God gave freely indwelling Spirit so we are in high places already when we revere 'Christ in us' by faith. What prevents a Christian from worshipping him in Spirit and truth? It is a kind of Alzheimer's disease, spiritually affecting him trapping in the unrealistic world-view so glory of wealth, praise of men pomp and circumstance seem as true. The ungodly leaders of man are affected as Christians whose reasonable faculties do play hopscotch with reality. Those patriots who cry 'Remember 1776' do not remember all those social injustices brought forward with impunity since then, have dug trenches so nothing short of total overhaul is going to remedy the situation. The plague mentioned in the v.12 is a nuclear holocaust before we shall have a government of Righteousness.

18And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith theLordwill smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles./This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Significance of the third of the great annual festivals of the Jews is to usher in the Day of Regeneration after the harvest of souls. At this point let us keep the passage quoted from the Parable of the Tares in mind. "But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them./Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn".(Matt.13:29-30). Nothing that offends shall be allowed in.

Harvest signals the ingathering of saints redeemed from the earth, which as we have said earlier, has its own order.

Ze.14:8 (2 of 2)

"The Living Waters"

The Spirit invests significance in the four cardinal directions, North, South East West which is not merely across but also up and down. Across gives us the outreach of the everlasting gospel but up and down also reveal where the living water shall go up or down. We have the four river heads in the context of the Garden of Eden. "And the fourth river is Euphrates."(Ge.2:14)

In the Book of the Revelation when the sixth angel sounds the trumpet we have this command,"Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates./And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." (Re.9:14-15). They have been prepared for a specific purpose. It is hour of judgment. For this reason we have this expression 'Foundations' which are invisible to which Hannah alludes in her song of praise. "For the pillars of the earth are theLord's, and he hath set the world upon them." (1 Sa.2:8)

God demands answer from Job, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding./Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?/Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;" ( Job 38:4-6)

Because of this when the red dragon would hurt the left behind church God had prepared already a remedy. "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood./And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth."(Re.12:15-16)

The living water carry the redeemed to the throne of God while the second group is sent to the hinter sea which is Abaddon."nd they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, -Apollyon (Re.9:11)

Ze.14:8 (1 of 2)

"The Living Waters"

"And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be."

We came across the living waters in the vision of Ezekiel, "but now it was a riverthat I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in-a river that no one could cross.6He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?"(Ez.47:5)

This is a vision and it figures in yet in the vision of another far removed in time. We shall compare Ezekiel with John who sees the holy city of God. "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruitfail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuaryflows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."(47:12)

"And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."(Re.22:1-2). We see trees of righteousness in both cases and these are for the healing of the nations. These visions are connected by the river of time and it began its journey from the storehouse of God, where the waters above the firmament signifies the mercies of God.

Ze.13:7-9 (2 of 2)

"The Refiner"

The Spirit has been creating a sub-text,- a parallel account of the righteous nation right from the creation of Eve, while historically Israel went whoring after strange Gods in the time of kings and prophets. Significant is the v.5 in the same Malachi chapter. "And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers,". Thus when he sits as a refiner it simply means that his work with Israel is not quite done with. (4:17.)

Let us refer the Book of the Revelation: Now offering of Jerusalem is considered as in the days of old for the group we find in this passage:

"These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb./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."(Re.7:14-17). Before this in vv.6-8 we have the left out church redeeming the lapses in the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem.

High Priest Joshua in Ze.3:2-3 "is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?/Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel." The 144,000 represents the sons of Levi.' (In the vision of the Woman Clothed with the sun (Re.12) she was given two wings of an eagle, Prayer and Praise and these preserve through the period of tribulation.) The great tribulation is not one single event but as with the Salvation Plan in the will the Spirit has been creating a parallel narrative, which is from the standpoint of the Son. This remnant of Israel is quite distinct from the 144,000 mentioned above.

Ze.12:10-12

"The Spirit of Grace"

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."

This prophecy is intended for 'in that day', and it concerns exclusively for the remnant in Israel. For this reason we have this curious phrase 'every family apart.' repeated in vv.11-14. Jesus alluded to it when he explained the disciples who asked, 'and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?'(Matt.24:3). The sign of his coming is in the 'now' of the will of God. Similarly resurrection of every soul has its own order. "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left./Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left." This being the case salvation is not left for family as a whole, but unto the one who is eternally vigilant and who has kept himself pure and unspotted from the world. So the only key is: "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."(Matt.24:42)

'The land shall mourn' Prophet Zechariah refers specifically about the ransacking of Jerusalem in 70 AD and overarches to the end times,' at that day' and we have this verse, "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him."(Re.1:7). Spirit of grace poured on them enabled to see the significance the 'carcase'. "For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together." Regarding the remnant of the nation of Israel, it shall be at the end of the great tribulation. (Matt.24:28-31)

Notice 'every family apart' in v.11? compare with Matt.24:40 "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left".

Ze.12:1-3

Jerusalem

The burden of the word of theLordfor Israel, saith theLord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him./Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

3And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."(vv.1-3)

Here we have the prophecy concerning the Roman army under Trajan laying siege, 'both against Judah and against Jerusalem.'

V.3 Jerusalem is shown as a burden for 'all people'. It is not about a geographical label we know but the heavenly city of God. It is the culmination of the Latter temple on the making. It is founded on the holy hill the stone cut not with hands. It shall become a mountain in place of the old earth where the world governments one after the other collapsed because they were building up their own glory which they called many names,, individualism, collectivization and what not. They were all heathens, unmitigated disasters who spared not their own kind. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?/The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against theLord, and against his anointed, saying,/Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: theLordshall have them in derision./Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure./Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion."(Ps.2:1-6) The prophet says, "All that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."(vv.1-3)

"And the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."(Dan.2:45)

1 of 2

Folks;

In 1Pet 2:24 we have Holy Spirit summing up Christ redemptive work of our complete deliverance from sin.;

" by who's stripes we are healed"

Directly relating to Isa 53, the whole chapter reveals Christ redemptive work from the bondage & slavery of sin.

"wounded for our transgressions, bruise for our iniquities, chastisement of our peace was upon Him, by whom stripes we are healed.

The healing spoken of here in context with both scriptures refer to the spiritual sinful nature we all inherited from Adam disobedience. It was a spiritual matter that manifested itself in his spirit & soul & fulfill in his flesh. Rom 6:16

Hebrews 10:1,2 the expression of the words " the good things to come" "once purged would have no remembrance of sin"

Indicating a sinless state, being made partakers of His divine nature, being thoroughly cleansed by washing of the Water of the WORD, partaking of Christ Blood & Flesh, His Grace / Light appearance 2Cor 4:6,7 exercising this glory & knowledge of God that comes to us in the Face of God Son, the free gift of Word of Righteousness Rom 5:17 / Word of Faith Rom 10:8 via, the Revelation of Christ to each individual soul.

Hebrew 10:26-29

I ask you, have the Spirit of Grace / Light convicted you of a sin or sins, & you having heard His Voice who speaks from heaven, your still being overcome by satan? By continuing in sin, has His Voice which you once heard strongly, has it weaken or are you to the point where He's not heard anymore within conscience, the still small Voice not there troubling you by you having not esteeming Him Isa 53:3 in His 2nd appearances which is Spirit within your heart bringing you the words of eternal salvation, Hebrew 9:28?

Christ came to destroy the works of the devil & the devil work is the temptations to sin, the temptation is the spirit of satan manifesting himself /revealing his will within our hearts, The Grace of God is also the Cross, the Power of God unto salvation appearance within

Ze.11 14

"Thirty Pieces of Silver"

Joseph was sold by his brethren out of envy and sheer perversity of spirit. (Ge.37:28) The Spirit sets their wickedness to God and his father who is the heir of promise as twenty pieces of silver. (2X10). In the case of the Son the command number 3 applies. Thus his 'brethren' moved by the same spirit covenants with Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus, the Good Shepherd. What was his worth we have in the vision of Daniel.

"And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed".(Dan.7:14).

God says 'My ways are not your ways"(Is.55:8-9) The foolish shepherds sitting in the seat of Moses were a law unto themselves.

"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver./And theLordsaid unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of theLord." (Ze.12-14)

From this transaction the high priests and elders entered with Judas was between foolish shepherds who has had no pity for the poor of the flock and the son of perdition. Is it not true even in our times?

Ze.11:11-14

"Give me my price"

"And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of theLord."

The word of the Lord as we see in the Gospel of St Matthew gave the poor huddled masses great expectations. Whence did come that 'foreknowledge' yet when there were no visible proof? Let us see how a great wave rolled over them. Matt.4:12-16. "Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum",God sent the word before the worlds began which Isaiah spoke about parts which were concerning the beginning of the ministry of Jesus Christ. So when Jesus set about leading his own course of life "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." Jesus well knew the Spirit led him forth and the people also knew there was a great a-stirring in the air. "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand".(Matt.4:17)

Prophet Zechariah speaks of the ministry of the Branch which was founded in heaven. The breaking off the staff of shepherd called Beauty was a symbolic action as commanded by the Lord God. But it was validated in heaven!. The wages of the Good shepherd was also fixed in terms of his value in the eyes of the idol shepherds of whom we considered in the post,'The Instruments'. Correspondingly what was his worth in heaven?

"And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed".(Dan.7:14). God says 'My ways are not your ways"(Is.55:8-9)

We see the signs of His judgment. vv.4-6

Ze.11:14-15 (1 of 2)

"The Instruments"

"Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel./And theLordsaid unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd."

Here the Holy Spirit speaks of the instruments of a foolish shepherd. He is figuratively seated in the seat of Moses but what he does is hypocritical.

The broken staves Beauty and Bands refer to Israel. As token of them we have the four pieces of Bands and Beauty by which there shall be no more a meaningful brotherhood between Judah and Israel. They are scattered to far ends of the earth.The first staff signified Beauty. By breaking the covenant of the lordship and flock God took away the Beauty of holiness from their temple worship. "No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed."(Le.21:18). The shepherd that would lead them shall be as marred as any Levite who had a blemish in the former times was unfit to serve in the temple., For this what Prophet Zechariah writes here is highly significant. "The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened."(v.17) .In his 'woe to you' discourse Jesus characterize these idol shepherds,"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!"(Matt.23:16)

Who are these foolish shepherds? "They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain."(Is.56:1-NIV) Ez.13:10; Je.22:17 Their judgment was foretold in the Book of Ezekiel. We need consider this chapter 9 in order to understand the depth of their folly.

Ez.9:2-11 The Spirit mentions six angels one of whom is angel of the Lord with the writer's inkhorn.

Ze.11:1-11

"Poor of the Flock"

"And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of theLord."(v.11)

Here as mentioned in the previous post, we have the narrative taken up from the standpoint of the Son. The fire kindled by the Lord God affects three nations, represented by trees. cedars of Lebanon, firs ('Howl, fir tree') signify parts of Gilead which under Hazael went to Syria. This in turn repossessed by Jehoash (2 Ki.13:25); thirdly the oaks of Bashan represent the whole country beyond Jordan. In short the entire alliance of Israel has come to mean nothing. The palace of Solomon and the temple were set up because of this band. The bond between Hiram the king of Tyre and King Solomon figuratively served the prophet the band. "And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people./And it was broken in that day." God's rejection is served by a symbolic act. The stave Beauty refers to their glory. The covenant refers to the one the children of Israel made at the foot of Sinai."Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice./And theLordcame down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and theLordcalled Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up." The tables of stone with the Ten Commandments were the visible proof of it(Ex.19:18-19)

"Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me."v.9) " Isaiah asked King Ahaz, "And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David;Is ita small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?" We have then the prophet giving the evil king this sign, "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel."(Is.7:13-14). First God would break the bands so it was a sign that the nation of Israel was hateful to Him.

Ze.10:1-9 (2 of 2)

"The Latter Rain"

God had in order to chastise the many sins of the foolish shepherd chose oppressors who He would later judge according to his will. As Haggai would refer to God, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith theLordof hosts" the Holy Spirit puts this verse in the mouth of Zechariah, "Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together." (Hag2:8). Out of him came forth the corner, which is a Messianic prophecy of the advent of Jesus Christ, the cornerstone.

"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?"(Matt.21:42; Ps.118:22)

Ze.9:1-9 (1 of 2)

"Behold Thy King!"

n vv.1-7 The cities mentioned trace Alexander's march through the Promised Land in 332-331B.C.

What we are concerned is not the march of events that gives men command over the places they ride over but who possess the land really? Dominion of it has been given to the Son. The decree enshrined in the everlasting covenant covers this sure promise of God."I will declare the decree: theLordhath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee./Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." (Ps.2:7-8). In the night vision of Daniel also we came across what was determined before the worlds began. "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."(Dan.7:14)

In the Psalm cited here above is a Messianic prophesy "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against theLord, and against his anointed, saying,/Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us./He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: theLordshall have them in derision." It is cringeworthy for a man to imagine he could defy the divine decree. Alexander was truly remarkable in conquering nations much mightier than that of Macedonia. But he died like all men and nothing of his glory remains, run over by march of history that has left its muddied bootprints leaving his glory seem more like a scarecrow. But David says, "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." (2:6). This is also a Messianic prophesy which has to do with temple of the latter days. The entire burden of Zechariah is more about the Salvation Plan set into active mode which occurs in heaven.

Ze.8:21-23 (2 of 2)

"In Those Days"

Zion on which the house of the God of Jacob is founded refers to the latter temple in heaven. The law,- and the word of the Lord, consequently is what drives the temple program and is going on in heaven. So when Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up./Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?/But he spake of the temple of his body." ( John 2:19-21).

Thus there is no temple in the conventional sense and Jerusalem is synonymous with other cities judged by God. (Re.11:8).. For this reason the vision of the solid Golden Candlestick in Ze.4 is very crucial. Every believer who abides in Christ must show fruits. He is being fed from the fullness of the seven spirits and he has also two witnesses: his spirit and soul attesting what is his calling. He is priest as well as king unto God in the Son.

Lastly the symbol of mountain spoken by Isaiah is in the context of the Son who isthe rock cut not with hands in the vision interpreted by Daniel. The saints redeemed from the earth are part of the rock and when the apostate church is smashed along with world government nothing of it shall remain. Only the saints shall be left behind to inherit the kingdom of light. It is of the latter days, 'in those days' the earth is under new management: the kingdom of dear Son. What these two passages refer is the Millennium Reign of the latter days.

Concerning Women's Head Coverings 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Note the following verses.

11:5-- "but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head--it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved."

11:6-- "For if a woman will not cover herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should keep it covered.

11:7-- "For a man ought not to cover his head . . ."

11:10-- "For this reason a woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head"

11:13-- "Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?"

11:15-- "but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory . . ."

Several points can be made here.

(1) If 'covering' = 'hair,' then all men should shave their heads or go bald because the men are to have their heads uncovered.

(2) If 'covering' = 'long hair,' then v 6 seems to suggest a tautology: "if a woman will not wear long hair, then she should cut off her hair." But this in no way advances the argument.

(3) The argument caves in by its own subtlety. To see 'hair' = 'head covering' means that one has to go through several exegetical hoops.In short, it hardly appears to be the plain meaning of the text.

(4) Verses 10 and 15 would have to be saying the same thing if long hair is the same as a head covering. But this can hardly be the case. In v 10, a woman is required to wear a 'symbol of authority.' Such a symbol represents her submission, not her glory.

To argue, then, that long hair is the woman's head covering seems to miss the very point of the function of the head covering and of the long hair: one shows her submission while the other shows her glory.Both of these are contrasted with an uncovered head while praying or prophesying, or a shaved head at any time: such would speak of the woman's humiliation and shame.

Hello! What is the difference between our soul and spirit? I thought my soul goes to Heaven; I have no idea what my spirit does.

does the bible say we are born into sin? if yes, where?

Ze.8:21-23 (2 of 2)

"In Those Days"

Zion on which the house of the God of Jacob is founded refers to the latter temple in heaven. The law,- and the word of the Lord, consequently is what drives the temple program and is going on in heaven. So when Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up./Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?/But he spake of the temple of his body." ( John 2:19-21).

Thus there is no temple in the conventional sense and Jerusalem is synonymous with other cities judged by God. (Re.11:8).. For this reason the vision of the solid Golden Candlestick in Ze.4 is very crucial. Every believer who abides in Christ must show fruits. He is being fed from the fullness of the seven spirits and he has also two witnesses: his spirit and soul attesting what is his calling. He is priest as well as king unto God in the Son.

Lastly the symbol of mountain spoken by Isaiah is in the context of the Son who isthe rock cut not with hands in the vision interpreted by Daniel. The saints redeemed from the earth are part of the rock and when the apostate church is smashed along with world government nothing of it shall remain. Only the saints shall be left behind to inherit the kingdom of light. It is of the latter days, 'in those days' the earth is under new management: the kingdom of dear Son. What these two passages refer is the Millennium Reign of the latter days.

Ze.8:16-17 (1 of 2)

"Two Olive Branches"

"These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:/And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith theLord." The Spirit is giving this warning to Israel which is from the Lord God.

Compare the above with these verses almost a repetition, (7:8-12)"And the word of theLordcame unto Zechariah, saying,/Thus speaketh theLordof hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:/And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart."

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah which is from the standpoint of the Son. in whose hand is the plummet. Zerubabbel serves as the double for the Son."The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that theLordof hosts hath sent me unto you./For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of theLord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.(4:9-10). Thereafter the Spirit shows the two anointed ones, which are the olive brances and not the trees themselves,"two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?"(4:12)

Ze.8:18-19 (1 of 2)

"Garment of Praise"

"And the word of theLordof hosts came unto me, saying,/Thus saith theLordof hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace."

How does fasting is turned into gladness? "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness." (Ps.30:11) It is what God can do, none else. Least of all by traditions of men.

Here we see traditions of men indulging in meaningless observances much mumbo-jumbo to distract the heart from true repentance. Seventy years in exile did not cure Israel of their disobedience. "Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which theLordof hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets." Zechariah would be a martyr reasons for which are not difficult to fathom. They had to have a new spirit: in order to arrive there the nation of Israel had to love truth and peace.

Jesus before he would begin the ministry went to the synagogue in Nazareth, He was there announcing a new age.* "The Spirit of the Lord GODisupon me;" His declaration of liberty to those who were bound was not a spur of the moment. He was there to lay the foundation for the temple that shall be revealed in the latter days. He was exhorting all hands to be partakers for it. At the end of it what happened? "And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,/And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong./But he passing through the midst of them went his way." ( Luke 4:27-30)

Yet it is the Lord's doing and Prophet Zechariah predicts the Millennial Reign,

Ze.7 (1 of 2)

Then As Now

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of theLordcame unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;/When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before theLord,/And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of theLordof hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? (vv.1-3)

On December 4, 518 B.C. a delegation came to Jerusalem with a question about fasting. At this point, the temple was somewhere around halfway completed. Against this the Zechariah receives the word of God that forms the gist of this chapter.

4Then came the word of theLordof hosts unto me, saying,/Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

God did not institute these fastings to commemorate their disobedience and consequences. For instance we have in the Book of Jeremiah the assasination of Gedaliah and mass murder of 80 men (Je.41:1-10)

6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7Should ye not hear the words which theLordhath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

vv.6-7 God noticed those who enquired of the Lord were approaching in their need and they were no different than those who were in the days of Jesus, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me./They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' (Matt.15:8-9). The same superficiality which we see.

Ze.5:9-11

The Tower of Babel

"Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?/And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base."

The Spirit mentions the land of Shinar which ties up the pride of nations that gave them colonies in far off lands. These maritime nations had fleet of ships, know-how of navigating through seven seas. Each invention astrolabe, maps and compass added so in setting out certainly carried awesome risk, nevertheless but what we shall focus is the indefatigable spirit to attempt an enterprise, matched only by Lucifer, "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:/I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

Such was the pride of Satan and when we see technology to tame the nuclear power now convulsing the ungodly leaders of men with craven fright we begin to see whose playbook was all along followed by world empires. Instead of trusting God totally, the rib stuck between the teeth in the second beast, the Age of Reason goaded, "Arise, devour much flesh'. Reason with each generation has curiously spawned,- so many ideologies, conspiracy theories!

he world wanted a reason after rejecting truth in their own inward parts, the two witnesses set there by God were not enough. So shall they have the most unbelievable theories to explain it. It is cringeworthy to have lived through the manner Reason had lost its soul when fools laid claim to it. This is the same pride the people demonstrated after the great flood. They chose the plains of Shinar. Similarly the spirit of mammon personified by the two women, with the wings of stork. The ephah has found her base. We are living it!

Ze.5:5-9 (2 of 2)

"The Flying Ephah"

Hence serving mammon and serving God at the same time shall never work. In short the Angel of the Lord is showing wickedness the church is under judgment even while everlasting gospel is announced.

For this reason we shall consider the quote from Isaiah in the previous post. The chapter begins by asking, " Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness./Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David." (Is.55:2-3)

God cursed nations that shall offer 'happiness' to thieves who shall plunder the weak by trickery or brute force. When they set up their business empires what they miss is the weight of lead, a talent to lead, and it is to spring surprise when they least expect. Babylon like an ephah is a symbol. "The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,/And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!/For in one hour so great riches is come to nought." In one hour all those wealth filched by the thieving magpie for centuries have gone!

It is what we see before the mighty Babylon was judged. The angel casts down a great millstone from heaven, "What city is like unto this great city!" (Re.18:18,21)

(Ze.5:7-9)

Ze.5:5-9 (1 0f 2)

"The Flying Ephah"

"Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth./6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth."

The earth as a global village. The ephah is used as a symbol representing the trade and commerce which till lately in the global market held some meaning. A single measure with which to determine the trade between nations. Now after the war in Ukraine it is clear that it does not work. The vision of the four beasts in Dan. ch.7 still resonate in the manner the third beast opened up the new world for world commerce. "the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it."(Dan.7:6) None of the four heads had any right to their dominion but the powers with their firepower and sheer audacity trampled the natives and siphoned off their wealth to build up their empires. The curse in the flying roll however judged them.

It has in turn presented this second vision where the ephah was not a just weight but as we are familiar with the Age of consumerism, is free enterprise. Is it anymore fair or free than this ephah with a woman sitting in the midst of it? It is always weighted in favor of the entrepreneur since he set up the business isn't it? Similarly the v.7 tells the wickedness of the woman is helped by two women with the wings like the wings of a stork. Compare the wings with wings God gave the left behind church. "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."(Re.12:14) God gave the left behind church prayer and praise two wings to help her survive the great persecution. Not so with the wings of the stork, which is what the prince of the power of the air can give.

Ze.5:1-4 (2 of 2)

"The Curse"

England being drawn into WWI was not mere coincidence. The two wars stoked by the European powers follow the scenario laid out in the v.4. The fire entered the house of plunderers and consumed the timber thereof and the stones thereof.. John Bull is no longer the same. It is all the more worse after Brexit Do we not see a moral miasma in the manner the curse lays nations lower?

4I will bring it forth, saith theLordof hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Have the West learned the lesson despite of the word of God warning in severest terms the consequences of thieving? The fellow in a crowded market may be a thief snatching purse or mugging an old lady in an alley to rob her small change. All over the world what we see are the signs of God's judgment calling to account. God is not deceived with such violence and bloodshed, and has strong medicine to deal with thieves and perjurers.

Ze. 5:1-4 (1 of 2)

"The curse"

So far we have been considering the everlasting gospel that was set in motion from the word that went out of the mouth of the Lord. The Ch.55 of Isaiah is very relevant in order to understand the significance of the two visions narrated in this chapter. So we shall begin with a specific verse, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."(Is.55:11)

Here below is the text and we shall take it up line by line..

"Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

This cannot be classified with UFO news of which catches attention than truth to the world. The ungodly may well hide from harsh truth but judgment contained in this flying roll gives how nations rise and fall never to rise again. God judged them and it is partial judgment. The roll is identified as we read in.v,2

2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. This is similar in some ways with the book bound with seven seals. "a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.".(Re.5:1)

3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

On one side we have the curse laid out against thieves and it shall zero in on the house of the thief. On the back side against those who swear falsely. What was colonial expansion of the mid 19th century? Africa under Cecil Rhodes was a lesson the Zulus shall never forget. (1879-1915). England being drawn into WWI was not mere coincidence. The two wars stoked by the European powers follow the scenario laid out in the v.4.