Podcasts about Jezebels

In this powerful message, we delve into the book of Revelation, specifically Jesus' letter to the church in Thyatira. This passage challenges us to examine our spiritual lives and the dangers of tolerating false teachings. We're reminded that Jesus sees all - His eyes like flames of fire pierce through our facades. While He commends the church's love and faith, He also corrects their tolerance of 'Jezebel' - a symbol of dangerous false teaching. This serves as a wake-up call for us to be vigilant against subtle deceptions that can lead us astray. The message emphasizes the importance of holding fast to God's truth, even when facing societal pressures. It's a call to spiritual discernment, urging us to test everything against Scripture. As we reflect on this, let's consider: Are we growing in our good works while remaining steadfast in truth? Are we allowing any 'Jezebels' in our spiritual lives? This exploration challenges us to deepen our commitment to Christ and His Word.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 8 - “Exodus” - June and Moira execute their dangerous plan. Serena makes a big commitment. (Disney/Steve Wilkie). The revolution has begun. In The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 8 "Exodus", the carefully plotted rebellion against Gilead erupts during Serena Joy's wedding, shifting the tide of power in ways we've long hoped—and feared. On this week's podcast, Paul and Caroline unpack the episode's three central storylines and what they mean for the final stretch of the series. The episode unfolds through three distinct perspectives: Serena's Wedding:It's the centerpiece of the rebellion. The plan to bomb Jezebels has been replaced with something quieter but just as deadly: poison. Serena's maroon wedding cake becomes a focal point—rich in symbolism, according to Paul and Caroline, who debate its possible meanings. The poison weakens the guests, setting the stage for the handmaids to strike later that night. But what comes next for Serena? In the final scenes inside her and Wharton's new home, we're left wondering: Is she a survivor, a pawn, or a player? THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 8 - “Exodus” - June and Moira execute their dangerous plan. Serena makes a big commitment. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)ELISABETH MOSS June's Command:June leads from the front, orchestrating the handmaids' infiltration and managing the rebellion in real time. Paul and Caroline discuss June's transformation into a true field general—steely, smart, and still deeply human. They also wrestle with the looming question: what does a “win” even look like for June at this point, and is it within reach? THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 8 - “Exodus” - June and Moira execute their dangerous plan. Serena makes a big commitment. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)THE HANDMAID'S TALE Aunt Lydia's Reckoning:The final storyline brings us to Aunt Lydia, whose breaking point finally arrives at the Red Center. Surrounded by Janine and the other handmaids, she is forced to confront the consequences of her life's work. In her quiet moments and subtle gestures, a transformation begins—one that may redefine her future in Gilead. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 8 - “Exodus” - June and Moira execute their dangerous plan. Serena makes a big commitment. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)THE HANDMAID'S TALE With explosive action, raw emotion, and thematic depth, “Exodus” delivers a powerful step toward the endgame. Paul and Caroline are here to guide you through every decision, every cost, and every unanswered question. Season 6: 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 606 | 607 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

Christiane und Hanna besprechen in der neuen Podcast-Episode die siebte und achte Folge der dystopischen Dramaserie “The Handmaid's Tale”. Direkt nach der großen Offenbarung der Ermordung aller Frauen im Jezebels setzten wir ein und sind eventuell unterschiedlicher Meinung, ob die Geschehnisse nun das Ende von June und Nick und ebenfalls June und Luke darstellen. Außerdem wird klar, dass nicht alle Frauen bei dem Massaker ums Leben gekommen sind - aber es sich vielleicht gewünscht hätten, wenn wir an den Verbleib von Janine denken. In der achten Episode dreht sich alles um die große Hochzeit und was die “Handmaids” für einen neuen Plan ausgeheckt haben. Tante Lydia wird endlich konfrontiert und Serena in ihrer Hochzeitsnacht mehr als überrascht. Am 27. Mai wird das große Finale der Staffel und auch der Serie veröffentlicht. Die Podcastepisode dazu, hört ihr am 28. Mai.Timestamps:0:01:30 Folge 70:20:00 Folge 8ANZEIGE:Nur bei MagentaTV gibt's die spektakuläre finale Staffel von „The Handmaid's Tale“, wo Ihr jeden Dienstag eine neue Folge seht - immer zeitgleich zur US-Premiere) Natürlich könnt ihr auch alle vorherigen Staffeln bei MagentaTV streamen.de/unterhaltung/serien-und-filme/original-und-exklusivserien/the-handmaids-tale ChristianeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/christianeattig.deHanna Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mediawhore.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediawhore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 7 - “Shattered” - After a shocking revelation, June spirals. Serena plans for a prestigious future. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)YVONNE STRAHOVSKI The fallout from Nick's betrayal shakes every corner of Gilead—and The Handmaid's Tale delivers one of its most emotionally charged episodes yet. Paul and Caroline are back to break it all down. “Shattered” picks up immediately after last week's shocking ending. June is forced to silently listen as Commander Wharton details Nick's betrayal to Serena. Meanwhile, Jezebels becomes a massacre site: the workers are rounded up and executed, with Janine alone spared—with the nasty Commander Bell as her benefactor. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 7 - “Shattered” - After a shocking revelation, June spirals. Serena plans for a prestigious future. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)D'ARCY CARDEN June and Nick share a tense, painful car ride toward the border. Nick tries to justify his actions, claiming June never understood the risks he carried in Gilead. But June isn't interested in apologies. She leaves him behind, striding toward the rebel base—and toward a life without Nick in it. Back in New Bethlehem, Serena faces ridicule from the other Wives at her bridal shower. She demands a grander wedding from Wharton, who agrees but insists that Handmaids be part of the guest list—a decision that will have explosive consequences. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 7 - “Shattered” - After a shocking revelation, June spirals. Serena plans for a prestigious future. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)MADELINE BREWER At the Mayday base, June confesses her role in the failed Jezebel's mission, costing her standing among the rebels. But when Commander Lawrence visits, June realizes that Serena's wedding offers a rare opportunity. A new plan quickly forms. The episode ends with a pulse-pounding montage: poison is delivered to Rita, who will be baking Serena's wedding cake. Moira and June are hidden among the Handmaids at the Red Center, preparing to arm the women for what's coming next. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 7 - “Shattered” - After a shocking revelation, June spirals. Serena plans for a prestigious future. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)JOSH CHARLES, YVONNE STRAHOVSKI In this podcast episode, we dive into: The emotional rift between June and Nick Serena's power plays and how they backfire Janine's mysterious survival And the rebels' daring plan for what should be Gilead's biggest uprising yet Season 6: 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 606 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 6 - “Surprise” - June hides in an unexpected place. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)ELISABETH MOSS, MAX MINGHELLA Big moves. Bigger betrayals. And a very unexpected reunion. Paul and Caroline are back on the podcast to break down every twist in Episode 6, “Surprise.” June and Moira finally escape Jezebels—thanks to the reluctant help of High Commander Lawrence. Though wary of helping Mayday, June tempts him with the promise of being the last commander standing in Boston if he plays his cards right. Lawrence gets Moira back to the border, but June stays behind to tie up dangerous loose ends. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 6 - “Surprise” - June hides in an unexpected place. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)YVONNE STRAHOVSKI She convinces Nick to retrieve letters hidden in a guardian's safe. He agrees, but it puts him in the crosshairs. Commander Bell spots Nick at Jezebels and wastes no time telling High Commander Wharton. Instead of fleeing, June and Nick take a risky detour—craving time alone. But back at Nick's house, they walk into a trap: Wharton is waiting. As Wharton moves to have Nick arrested, Nick makes a desperate play. In a stunning end-of-episode reveal, we learn he's turned over Mayday's entire plot to bomb Jezebels—with all the commanders inside. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 6 - “Surprise” - June hides in an unexpected place. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)AMANDA BRUGEL Meanwhile, June seeks refuge with the last person she should trust: Serena Joy. Their uneasy peace holds—barely. Serena allows June to stay the night, a brief moment of calm before chaos returns. When Nick later arrives with plans for them to flee to Paris, Wharton follows close behind. June and Nick hide, but she soon overhears Nick's devastating betrayal. In this week's podcast, we unpack: Lawrence's shifting loyalties June and Nick's dangerous choices The complex, ever-evolving bond between June and Serena And what Nick's betrayal means for the resistance—and for June's heart THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 6 - “Surprise” - June hides in an unexpected place. (Disney/Russ Martin)MAX MINGHELLA Season 6: 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 5 - “Janine” - June and Moira go undercover. Serena and Nick make consequential choices. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)SAMIRA WILEY, MADELINE BREWER, ELISABETH MOSS Episode 5, “Janine,” delivers an intense, high-stakes hour as our characters inch deeper into danger with every move. In this week's podcast, Paul and Caroline break down the chaos, consequences, and shifting alliances. June and Moira are back in the field, attempting a “dry run” infiltration of Jezebels. They do manage to meet with Janine and pass along vital information—but their personal friction throws a wrench in the timing. When they're forced to kill a predatory guardian and cover it up, things spiral fast. By the time they return to their rendezvous point, Luke has been threatened and driven off by another guardian. Now June and Moira are trapped inside Jezebels—with no clear way out. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 5 - “Janine” - June and Moira go undercover. Serena and Nick make consequential choices. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)O-T FAGBENLE Their only salvation comes in the form of a chance run-in with Commander Lawrence, who unexpectedly clears a path for their escape. But the damage is done: Luke's original plans are ruined, and June and Moira are still stuck in Gilead. Elsewhere, Nick handles his own grim task—finishing the job he started in no man's land. One of the guardians from the escape has survived, and loose ends aren't something Nick can afford. Meanwhile, Serena Joy receives a surprising push from Aunt Lydia: a nudge toward Commander Wharton. By episode's end, Wharton proposes—with Serena negotiating several key terms. It's not a love story—it's a power move. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 6 Episode 5 - “Janine” - June and Moira go undercover. Serena and Nick make consequential choices. (Disney/Steve Wilkie)YVONNE STRAHOVSKI, JOSH CHARLES In this episode of the podcast, we dive into the shifting power dynamics, the costs of personal conflict in a resistance movement, and Janine's continuing importance to the emotional heart of the series. Season 6: 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

This is by far the most informative and intriguing of the eight episodes. Dr. Price calls out the Jezebels in the churches today.

The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 4 "Promotion". Luke (O-T Fagbenle) and June (Elisabeth Moss). Image by Hulu. Copyright 2025. In The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 4, “Promotion,” sees the battle lines blur as loyalties shift, personal stakes rise, and unexpected reunions shake long-held beliefs. Paul and Caroline are back on the podcast to unpack every twist. In this episode, June finds out just how deep Luke and Moira have gotten with Mayday. They're not just helping—they're leading an upcoming bombing operation. June begs them to leave with her, to put safety first and return to Alaska—but when they won't, she takes matters into her own hands. She forces her way into their plans, determined to protect them, even if it means pushing them away. The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 4 "Promotion". Moira (Sonequa Martin-Green). Image by Hulu. Copyright 2025. Meanwhile in Gilead, Commander Lawrence receives a career-defining promotion to High Commander. His celebration takes place at Jezebels—darkly ironic, given the setting. There, he shares a quiet, emotional moment with Janine, offering her a drawing from her daughter Angela. It's a rare crack in the armor for both of them. Over in New Bethlehem, Rita reenters the picture, bringing her quiet strength to Nick's doorstep. She needs his help smuggling her family out of Gilead, and the only way may be through the cracks in Lawrence's new kingdom. The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 4 "Promotion". Luke (O-T Fagbenle). Image by Hulu. Copyright 2025. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the meaning of power—who has it, who uses it, and who pays the price. “Promotion” continues to build momentum toward what feels like an inevitable reckoning. Season 6: 601 | 602 | 603 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 3 - “Devotion” (Hulu)ANN DOWD The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Episode 3, “Devotion,” brings the action, the politics, and the heartbreak. Hosts Paul and Caroline are back to unpack it all in our latest podcast episode. This time, June and Nick join forces on a high-stakes mission: rescuing Luke and Moira, who are trapped in no man's land after their work with Mayday draws the deadly attention of Gilead's guardian patrols. The tension is thick, and the emotional stakes are even higher. Meanwhile, in New Bethlehem, Commander Lawrence and Serena Joy begin their uneasy alliance as they host international delegates. The goal? Repatriate American refugees back to Gilead—under the pretense of safety and peace. But can such a place ever truly be safe? And back in the heart of Gilead, Aunt Lydia makes a devastating discovery: Janine has been sent to Jezebels. For Lydia, it's a cruel betrayal of everything she believed about Janine's value—and a sign that the system she's long upheld may be more broken than she can justify. In this podcast episode, we explore the theme of devotion—to people, causes, and institutions—and how that devotion is tested at every turn. With thrilling rescues, shifting alliances, and moral reckoning, “Devotion” delivers a heavy, layered hour of television. Season 6: 601 | 602 SEASON 5: 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Season 4: 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 Season 3: 301+302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 Follow the Show On Hulu | Facebook | Our Facebook Group | X Follow the Hosts on X Caroline | Paul Music: “Ominous Ambience” by Viljami Mehto, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. This podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Paul and Caroline Daley at Pod Clubhouse Studios and is a Pod Clubhouse Original Production.

Return of the Man-Child (5)  (audio)  David Eells – 4/2/25  We've been exploring what it means that everything that happened in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts is going to happen again, except it will be on a worldwide scale, and the cast of characters will be multiplied. So we've been looking at the characters to see what they will do in their corporate bodies in our day. We need prayer.   Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask You to be with us this day, to open our understanding, to lead us, to guide us, to give words of wisdom and knowledge that will reveal Your Will to us. Thank You so much, Father. You are our guide, our wisdom, and we thank You so much for leading us in this Bible study. Amen  Let's back up to where we left off. We saw that Herod, as a type of the Beast, was attempting to destroy the Man-child and actually did murder many “man-children” in Bethlehem (which means “the house of food”). We also saw that, as a type and shadow, the Lord told us, A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted because they are not (Mat.2:18). When we were looking at the text in Jeremiah 31:15-20, the words “they are not” did not mean physical death. It meant spiritual death because Rachel's children had been taken into Babylonish captivity. They were in bondage to the Beast, and they were not serving God but serving the Beast. The Beast was their head and ruler; it was ruling over them. (Rom.8:13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. So spiritual death is definitely what is being pointed out here in this text. There was no physical death involved in the original text of Jeremiah. It's very interesting that, in all of our lives, the Beast has to die. If it does not die, we are not free to follow the Lord.  The very next two verses give us more clues. (Mat.2:19) But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, (20) Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life. Notice again the word “they,” meaning more than one person. That may point to the fact that Herod represents in our day a corporate body, but we know from this that Jesus was ready to come out of His wilderness and start His ministry when Herod, the Beast who ruled, was dead. I believe that's a type and shadow for us in our day.   It goes on to say, And he arose and took the young child (Note that He is still being called a “young child,” the same as He was called when the wise men came.) and his mother, and came into the land of Israel (Mat.2:21). He had to come out of His wilderness to do that. He came from Egypt, a type of the world, through the Sinai Peninsula and the wilderness there, and into the land of Israel. And Jesus was coming out of His wilderness from Chapter 4:1 on down, where He came from His personal wilderness to His ministry. This may be the exact same type. We noticed that Moses, David, and Jesus all had a perfect parallel.   (Mat.2:22) But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned [of God] in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee, (23) and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene. This is rather interesting. We've seen many revelations about a baby being born in a type of the Man-child, yet the baby was born very mature and alert and grew up very quickly. We've seen quite a few of those and I think we see in this text that this is true. It refers to a “young child” in verse 21, and it's still talking about that young child for the next two verses.  But immediately following this, it says, And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea (Mat.3:1). That's intriguing; what happened to all those years in between? John the Baptist was only six months older than Jesus, so in Matthew 3:1, Jesus had to be almost 30 years old. You could not start your public ministry to the congregation until you were 30. That was the law. The text jumps from Jesus as a young child all the way to “in those days” with John the Baptist starting his ministry at age 30, and it makes you think, “Well, that Man-child must have grown-up very quickly.” Do you suppose this was a type and shadow of what is going to happen in our day? That the Man-child will be birthed and then immediately be caught up to the throne? In Revelation 12:5, the baby was born and then he was caught up to the throne of God; then he was leading the woman through the wilderness, which appears pretty fast. Clearly, God is shortening the time span that it takes because we don't have a lot of time for Jesus in the Man-child to grow up.  At any rate, John the Baptist's ministry was very short, starting when he was 30 years old. Six months later, Jesus was anointed to preach the Isaiah 61 anointing message, and He was 30 years old, so Matthew 3 is actually between when John the Baptist began his ministry and when Jesus began His. (Mat.3:1) And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying, (2) Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. That was proven by the great signs and wonders that God did in the midst of them, to show them that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand. In other words, the Kingdom where God rules and where He reigns over the curse, over the devil, and over the flesh was at hand. It's obvious where the Kingdom of God rules because He does signs and wonders.  John the Baptist had a relatively simple ministry, which was the preaching of repentance. It did not seem that he ever went into much deep doctrine. He preached, “turning from your sins,” yet he had a very anointed ministry and he was, according to Jesus, the greatest of the Old Testament teachers “born of women” (Matthew 11:7). Jesus also said he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he (Mat.11:11), meaning John the Baptist was the greatest of the old order ministers before the former rain came. Jesus came with the former rain, and that brought the Kingdom. So John was the greatest born of women up until that time.  I believe that we have just such a corporate body of preachers coming right now, who will probably be considered the greatest from among the former rain, before the latter rain comes, because now the former rain is the old order and we're coming to the latter rain. Some of you are seeing this program down the road, and all this is history, but at the point we are now, this revival is starting with the John the Baptist ministry and is yet to happen. We're on the very brink of it, and it is going to be a corporate body of people around the world who are coming to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. (Mat.3:3) For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Obviously, without repentance, you cannot do that. If you want the Lord to live in you, it will not happen without repentance. John the Baptist was preparing hearts to receive the Lord Jesus and to receive the Man-child in our day. History is repeating.  (Mat.3:4) Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. (5) Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan. This sounds like a great revival, doesn't it? I did learn that “all” was not all because the Lord said that the Pharisees and the Sadducees rejected for themselves the counsel of John, being not baptized of him (Luk.7:30). So “all” here means all of the elect, not all of the people. The Jews understood that very well because they believed in election. They believed that they were the elect people, the “chosen” (which is the same word, eklektos), people of God, and that God did not choose anyone outside of them.  Well, it's still the same today. (Mat.22:14) For many are called, but few chosen. God does call “many” unto Him, but not all are called, and of those whom He calls, He still chooses only those who bear fruit. The first thing people need is repentance, and I believe that we will see this preaching of repentance through some very anointed men of God, men who have the former rain anointing. And it's going to start a great revival, as in this passage where you see people coming out of their “churches” and going into the wilderness to meet John. (Mat.3:6) And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. That's a good sign of repentance, when people confess their sins. Every great revival starts out that way, and a great anointing falls on people to be grieved over their sinfulness and to repent and confess their sins.  (Mat.3:7) But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? John was very hard on their preachers, wasn't he? That got him in a lot of trouble – and Jesus, as well. No doubt that the same exact thing is going to happen in our day because the leadership of the churches has been leading them astray for a long, long time. (Mat.3:8) Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance: (9) and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Notice that it says we are to bring forth fruits. It hasn't been very long since I was confronted by a preacher who told me that he had repented of various abominable things that he was doing. He said that he had gone to God and asked God to forgive him, and he was forgiven. I said, “Well, that's fine, but that's not repentance because repentance is changing, and you're still in the middle of a crime spree.” So you have to change your mind because that's what “repentance” means; it means “to turn and go the other way.” That preacher didn't know what repentance was because he was not doing it. That's what John is saying here: “Bring forth fruit worthy of repentance.” There has to be fruit of repentance.  There has to be fruit showing in your actions that you are changing your mind, and John demanded that, even of these religious leaders. Obviously, some of them put on a show for the people. (Mat.3:10) And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees … Amen! That was true in John's ministry, and it will be true in ministries today, that the axe is at the root of the trees. By Matthew 13, Jesus was saying that those religious leaders were reprobated, saying, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given (Mat.13:11); and that He had blinded their eyes (Matthew 13:13). (Mat.3:10) And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  (Mat.3:11) I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire. And Jesus did just that; He brought the baptism of the Holy Spirit and was the first one of the former rain to receive, according to type, the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In fact, He received it in the verses immediately following these that we're studying. (Mat.3:12) Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor (The fan was used to blow away the chaff, which was useless, and to leave the heavier grain, which is the fruit that God was after.); and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. The chaff represents the old man, the carnal man, the fiery trials that we go through to burn up the old man and leave nothing but the spiritual man. Notice that John preached to “make His paths straight” and here Jesus is cleansing the people.  There is a text that speaks of this differently. (Mal.3:1) Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple (That represented Jesus, but it also represents the Manchild because this is a repetition of history. The word “temple” here means His body. (Heb.10:5) A body didst thou prepare for me.); and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. (Mal.3:2) But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire (That is the fire to burn up the chaff.), and like fullers' soap: (3) and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi. Remember, the sons of Levi were the only ones who did not bow to the golden calf, the image of the Beast. They were the true ministers of the sanctuary.  He also said that He had called us to be a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6), so really all of God's true people are priests because we have an offering of fire to bring forth and we present our bodies as a living sacrifice on that altar of the fiery trial. That is the crucified life. That is what Jesus called taking up your cross and following Him, for you to be His disciple (Matthew 16:24). (Mal.3:3) And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto the Lord offerings in righteousness. (4) Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. For our day, He's talking about New Testament spiritual Judah and Israel and the New Jerusalem.   (Mal.3:5) And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right,] and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. God is going to judge quickly those hanging around His people who are walking in their sinfulness. He will be very protective of His holy Church in these days with Ananias and Sapphira-like judgments on people trying to sneak in, acting as though they are Christians while they are not. So far, it's been difficult to keep that from happening, but the Lord says that He will put an end to it. Praise God! He is going to have a holy Church.  (Mat.3:13) Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. (14) But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? (15) But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him. Obviously, we need to be baptized, or put to death, by the washing of the water of the Word (Ephesians 5:26), a crucifixion of the old man, which is what it's all about. It behooves us to do this. Jesus went through this before He came to His anointing, which is very important. (Mat.3:16) And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; (17) and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Jesus was baptized in the Spirit here; He was anointed in order to start His ministry.   And we're also told this in (Luk.1:31) Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. (32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: (33) and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. So Jesus came to be anointed to take David's throne. That's what this anointing was about; it was the king's anointing. All the kings received this anointing when they took their position. Right after Jesus was filled with the Spirit and before going into His wilderness, it says, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor (Luk.4:18). Jesus was 30 years old when this happened. This anointing of the Spirit started His public ministry and goes right along with history.  Joseph was 30 years old, according to Genesis 41:46, when he stood before Pharaoh and received the kingdom, and David was 30 years old when he began his ministry, which is very interesting. All these types of the Man-child were 30 years old. (2Sa.5:3) So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. (4) David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. Forty is the number of tribulation. (5) In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. Jesus came to sit on David's throne. Jesus was anointed King of kings and He reigned over the true tribes of Israel. The apostate tribes did not recognize Him, but the true tribes did. Those who were born of God recognized Him immediately. He merely walked by His disciples and said, “Come, follow Me,” and they dropped their nets, left their business, left everything, and walked after Him. Now that's a strong calling! They just followed Him.  Well, what was the first thing that David did after he was anointed? (2Sa.5:6) And the king and his men went to Jerusalem … It wasn't called Jerusalem then. (1Ch.11:4) And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. It wasn't called Jerusalem until they conquered it. (2Sa.5:6) And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites (which means “to trample down” or “trodden under foot”), the inhabitants of the land, who spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; thinking, David cannot come in hither. Jerusalem had to be conquered before it could be called Jerusalem, before it could be Zion. It was in the hands of the pagans, in the hands of the old man, the Jebusite. We know from Revelation that Jerusalem is the Bride, but she did not start out as the Bride; she started out as a pagan, as an unbeliever, and was converted and became the Bride. Jerusalem, before David conquered it, was Jebus.  David's job was to take Jerusalem, to show his men how to conquer and take Jerusalem. With the coming of the Man-child ministry, which is also a Davidic ministry, the first thing that's going to happen is that they'll be conquering Jebus. They're going to raise up Jerusalem again – not old Jerusalem; they're going to raise up New Jerusalem. Paul spoke about it in Hebrews 12, but then there was a great falling away, and this place represented holiness, the place of safety, the Bride. It represented the only place the Beast could not conquer, and it represented the Philadelphia church because it was the only one that escaped the hour of trial from the Beast kingdom. Here, we see that the Jebusites were telling David, “You'd better get rid of the blind and the lame, or you can't come here.” In other words, nobody who is blind and lame can take Zion. It represents the Bride, who is not blind and lame. She is spotless and blemishless because she has overcome some things, especially being lame, which represents being crippled or not being able to walk right with the Lord. And she has overcome being blind, which represents not being able to see, understand, or discern the truths of God.  So they said, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; thinking, David cannot come in hither (2Sa.5:6). You know, some people do not think it's possible and, in fact, there are a lot of preachers right now who are saying that it's not possible for you to be an overcomer. They say that you just have to settle for being “a sinner saved by grace.” The old man does not think that it's possible for you to conquer him and have this place become Zion, the holy city. (2Sa.5:7) Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. (8) And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and [smite] the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul … The lame and the blind represent the apostates. Of course, the Jebusite represents the old man, and David and his men represent the spiritual man who must conquer Zion. We've been called to do that, and David is telling them that the way to do it is to “get up to the watercourse and smite the lame and the blind.” Put to death the old apostasy in your life. Two rivers fed Jerusalem, and David's men used those rivers to get into Jerusalem.  The place of the watercourses was where the water drained out of Jerusalem, akin to the sewer system. Instead of scaling the walls, they could go up the sewer. They probably smelled pretty bad by the time they got in there to take their sword and go to work, but that's what he was saying. Though most of this was probably river water, they still had to go against the current that was coming out of Jebus, so they were “going against the flow,” so to speak. And that's the way it is with us. Everything we do is contrary to the world: what they think is the right way, we think is the wrong way; what they think is up, we think is down. If we humble ourselves, God will exalt us. At any rate, David was teaching them that the way to conquer the city and the lame and the blind was through the water. (2Sa.5:8) … Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.  (2Sa.5:9) And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. He is talking about the ramparts of Jerusalem, so David built Jerusalem. He was the one who started building the “New Jerusalem” at that point. Jesus was doing the same thing. What Paul described with, ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem (Heb.12:22) … and to the spirits of just men made perfect (23), was what Jesus was building. I've shared with you a revelation the Lord gave me many years ago, where He showed me the tower in the midst of what was depicted as the New Jerusalem and He was giving it to me, revealing to me that my ministry was to build this tower. I found that Micah 4:8 spoke of Jerusalem as “the tower of the flock,” and it was the kind of tower that they actually built in those days in the midst of those cities to preserve them from invading beast armies. Jerusalem was just that; it was a place of safety where, if beasts invaded, whether from Babylon or Assyria, the people could flee into the broad walls and be protected.  David was building the tower of the flock here. (2Sa.5:10) And David waxed greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him. I have found this language referring to only two people in the Scriptures, where it says, “waxed greater and greater.” It spoke of David, and it spoke of Mordecai, whose name means “little man” or “man-child.” Mordecai was the same type as David; both of them were the Man-child. Mordecai's job was to raise up the Bride, Esther, and save the people of God from the Beast, Haman. Basically, this is the same thing that David did. He raised up the Bride, Jerusalem, and defended the people from one of the Beasts, the Philistines. David's first job was to conquer the Jebusites and take their city away.  In thinking about this, I'd like to share with you a revelation we received concerning the same thing. This is Pamela Orr's revelation, and she received it in January 2010. My notes are in parentheses.  In a dream, I was in a house that is safe and secure. I have no desire or plans to leave this house. (Pamela is a part of our broader UBM Fellowship safe-house, but also, I believe that this is referring to Zion, and she had no plans to leave.) To my amazement, though, there are people leaving. … I'm given to know that there are many who do not return. (This is necessary because the sons of perdition and the Jezebels and the rest of the tares who have come in amongst God's people cannot be a part of this Zion, as I will show you shortly. The only people who entered Zion were the ones who conquered the lame and the blind, and it became Zion, the holy city, because they were the only people there. The Jebusites were driven out. The carnal Jebusites are leaving Jebus so that it may become Zion. They're being conquered. Zion is the Bride. Praise the Lord!   I remember her brother Mark Fritz, who is a part of our fellowship, asked the Lord when he first met us about the church he was currently attending. God answered that it was Pergamum, which was the third church of Revelation that was caught up in the Nicolaitan error. So Mark asked the Lord about UBM, and the Lord said, “The sixth church.” So he counted and found out that the sixth church was the Philadelphia church, which is the Bride, the one that escapes the hour of trial under the dominion of the Beast, and the name means “the love of the brethren.”)  There are locks on this house, a whole row of them, probably seven or more, but I didn't count them. (This is a very secure place, like Zion, which was called “the stronghold of Zion.” We're all supposed to be climbing Mount Zion to enter into the presence of the King. The throne is on Mount Zion; the Temple is on Mount Zion; His presence is there.) These locks are high up in the wall. We can't touch them or tamper with them; they are a fixture of the house. (The key to enter is high up with God. It is not with man.) Some, if not all, of these locks are specific to profiles. For example, there is the ‘age 18-and-over' lock. I'm given to know that when a certain lock turns over, then no one fitting this profile will ever again be allowed to enter the house. (I thought about that and felt that the Lord was saying that God gives more grace to the immature and innocent. He does not impute iniquity to them, but the further they go in their walk, the more they are held accountable. (Luk.12:48) to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required, so when people become accountable and they do not walk in their accountability, then they will be out of there. They will not have a position in that house.)  As I watch these locks turn, as if of their own accord, I realize that when the final lock has been turned, no one else will be allowed to enter. (That's the way it is with spiritual Zion, folks. Many years ago, I saw in a vision our ministry starting in Pensacola as a Zion, the Tower of the Flock, the Bride. I know that this is going on around the world with people who are desiring earnestly to be obedient to the Scriptures, live the crucified life before their Lord, and walk in the grace of God. (Mic.4:8) And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come … When David took Jebus and it became the stronghold of Zion, the City of David, that was their stronghold. That was where the dominion started, right there. It said the former dominion was going to return to Zion, the Tower of the Flock, the Kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Note that the former dominion is not going to return to Jerusalem, but it's going to return to the daughter of Jerusalem or, in other words, to New Jerusalem. God is once again, in our day, going to raise up a David who will raise up Zion once more as the stronghold, the Bride.)  (In this New Jerusalem Zion, the wicked were not allowed, as Scripture says. (Isa.52:1) Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion (So it is coming to its former dominion.); put on thy beautiful garments (These garments are righteousness, purity and holiness.), O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. A New Jerusalem is started that does not allow any of the wicked. You can only do that with a spiritual city. In any physical city, you're going to have all kinds of people there, some of them good, some of them bad. But in this spiritual city, there will not be anybody unclean. That's what these locks are all about; they're to find out who is walking in purity and to keep out the rest. As I said, with knowledge comes responsibility, so the further you go, the more that's expected of you. When David first became king as a type of the Man-child, he taught his overcomers how to take the stronghold of Jebus from the Jebusites, representing the old man. Then Jebus became Zion, the City of David, a type of the Bride following the Man-child at the beginning of the Tribulation.)  (Father is cleaning house and will keep the evil ones out of His safe-house. Praise the Lord! As John said, He that hath the bride is the bridegroom (Joh.3:29). Soon, many, by their own evil nature, will not want to associate with the righteous for fear of alienating their Beast associations. God is separating here, and He is going to make His heavenly Zion a place where only the righteous will want to go. They will have had to conquer the lame and the blind to get there. They will have had to overcome. David's mighty men were sent by David to take Zion, and they took it. Jesus did the same thing with the disciples He raised up, who were His mighty men. Praise God!)  Speaking of entering this safe-house, people are entering. (The righteous are entering because they are the only ones who can come into this safe-house, the New Jerusalem.) Others are trying to enter, but the “bad guys” don't seem to make it past the door. (Praise the Lord! That is awesome. This is just like Ananias and Sapphira; they tried to enter, but God took them out.) And each bad guy gets done-in by the next bad guy. The bad guys get progressively worse, too. (2 Timothy 3 speaks about how bad the Church is going to get in our day. Verses 1 through 6 are pretty rough, and then it says, But evil men and impostors (KJV: “seducers”) shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived (2Ti.3:13). This is true in the Church today because that's what he was referring to. He wasn't talking about the world.) The second-to-last bad guy is sort of a handicapped or perverted or dwarflike individual with short little legs like tree trunks. (Here is a perverted dwarf. I see one thing here, spiritually speaking: those who do not measure up to the stature of the fruit of Christ are not going to be permitted in Zion.)  This is where it gets awful. The final bad guy (the Beast) begins to compress, squeeze, or fold this dwarf-like individual until he murders him. (Spiritually speaking, those who have not yet experienced the crucified life will have help from the Beast to go to their cross and to manifest death-to-self. Those who do not measure up will need crucifixion in the world. How do we grow up into Christ? Jesus said, He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it (Mat.10:39). You do not gain your life unless you lose your life, so growing up is a matter of the crucified life. If we do not accept it, we cannot grow up. If we do not accept it, we cannot put away the blindness and the lameness and cannot expect to go into Zion. Remember, we are told, for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean (Isa.52:1).) The evil nature of this final bad guy was beyond description. (That is the Beast.) I can only say that I could almost feel this individual's sick joy and satisfaction in pressing the life out of the other poor sucker. (She is talking about the apostate Christians, I believe. Many of the apostate Christians are going to be saved because of the crucifixion that the Lord puts them in. His fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and … the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire (Mat.3:12), but He will have something in the midst of that which will be holy and precious.)   (Not everyone will be sanctified. Some people just get worse in tribulation. One thing that helps people to be able to come to Zion in the midst of tribulation is to know what God is doing. He is doing something for them. He is putting to death their old flesh, which cannot enter the Kingdom. By the Word of God, you learn how to cooperate with God, and then you see that this is a victory, not a failure. If the Church receives a lot of this prosperity doctrine and they do not believe that they are ever going to go through anything, any trouble, any tribulation, then these things come upon them as a shock, and they think that God has forsaken them. They are tempted to fall, and many do. So there has to be knowledge for the people to understand that God is doing a good thing with them and that they need to go through this, that they're privileged to go through this, and that they can have eternal life in the Kingdom. That's what the Man-child is coming to do; that's what Jesus came to do. Spiritually speaking, that's what David was doing. He was teaching men how to overcome the blind and the lame, teaching them how to take Jebus.) Even though I was horrified and sickened at the depravity, I was still safe in the (UBM) house. (Praise the Lord! Because God has a safe-house. He really does! I know that many people think that this is heresy, but that's not true. God has His safe-house.)  This same story is in 1 Chronicles. (1Ch.11:4) And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. (5) And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. (6) And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. (7) And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. (8) And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city. (9) And David waxed greater and greater; for the Lord of hosts was with him.  Yes, and what was the next thing David did? He brought the Ark of the Covenant. (1Ch.13:3) And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul. The Israelites had been following after the flesh of Saul. That's why they got destroyed, and that's why Saul died. But David said, “No, we have to follow the Ark of the Covenant.” (1Ch.15:1) And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. The word for “tent” is the same word for “tabernacle.” (2) Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites … Absolutely! Who else can carry the presence of God but the priests of God who have offered their bodies as living sacrifices? They are the ones who are holy; they are the ones who are the temple of God.  If you read further, it says, And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it (1Ch.16:1). We know that God said He was going to raise up again this tabernacle. (Act.15:14) Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (15) And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, (16) After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up: (17) That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called. So now we're talking about raising up a tabernacle of David, which represents the portable temple, for the wilderness, but also the portable temple of the Church. Once again, we see that there is a David coming for the Church, and that's the Lord Jesus Himself, Who is the Son of David, Who was sitting upon His throne.  But the Bible also says, David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel (Jer.33:17). There is a body in whom the Lord Jesus comes. The Son of Man came in the son of David 2000 years ago, and the Son of Man is coming in a spiritual Son of David today, a corporate Body called the Man-child ministry. Jesus is going to minister to His people, to raise up, once again, the Bride, the New Jerusalem. “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom,” as John said when he pointed at Jesus. He will raise up the Bride, the New Jerusalem, which is protected from the Assyrian Beast. When the Beast tried to conquer Jerusalem, God killed 185,000 of them and they left it alone (2 Kings 19:35). Folks, I tell you, the same thing is going to happen again. God is going to protect His Bride.  For instance, in the Book of Esther, there was the Bride, and there were also the people who were threatened by the Beast. Haman, the Beast, had been given authority to destroy the people of God (Esther 2:10-11), but Mordecai and Esther had been given authority to save the people of God (Esther 8:8). There were two contrary commands given, but they have their purpose and that is to make us decide whom we are going to serve, the Lord or the Beast.  Rachel's children fell into captivity of the Beast, and they were counted as dead, like the parable in Matthew 2:18, of the children of Bethlehem. It physically happened, but it was also a parable of things to come. In our day, many people are going to follow the Beast. They will take the mark of the Beast, which is a sign of his ownership, and these people will die. They will not bear the fruit of the Man-child, as Jesus did. Once again, we see that God is just going to repeat history, and Matthew 2 is going to be fulfilled, as well as Matthew 3. All the types of the Man-child are running in perfect parallel. Joseph was 30 years old, Jesus was 30 years old and David was 30 years old when they started their ministries, and they basically had the same job to do. It was shown in a slightly different parable each time, but it was the same job to be done.  Now the Man-child ministry is spiritually going to be 30 and it's going to start by building the New Jerusalem. Praise be to God! First, however, the Jebusites have to lose their grip and be conquered. And we need to know how to conquer this old man so that we can scale the heights of the City of God, the mountain of His holiness, and enter into His Presence. That is what the Word will do, and that is what the new anointed leadership is going to do for us. They are to teach us how to cooperate with God's work in our lives and be happy about it. Let's face it: if you don't know what God is doing, you're not happy about it. As soon as you get revelation, you can enjoy going through tribulation because you know that the Lord is getting you ready for His Kingdom, the manifestation of eternal life. Praise God!  Father, we thank You, in Jesus' name. Please open our eyes and make us joyful in cooperating with You in this process of sanctification, in becoming that holy, spotless, and blemishless Bride that You always wanted. Thank You, Father, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Revelations 2:18-29Sunday Morning Service 03-02-25

Many popular Christian books train believers how to identify and overcome “The Jezebel Spirit.” Is there such a thing? Is there biblical proof? Is it right to use the two Jezebels in the Bible to identify the activities of a demon that is given the same name and still active in this era? Is this sound biblical revelation or theological imagination?Comparative religion website: www.thetruelight.net Ministry website: www.shreveministries.org The Catholic Project: www.toCatholicswithlove.orgPurchase Mike Shreve's popular book comparing over 20 religions: In Search of the True LightPurchase Mike Shreve's best-selling book on the doctrines, practices and traditions of Catholicism: The Beliefs of the Catholic Church Mike Shreve's other audio podcast: Discover Your Spiritual Identity—a study on the biblical names given to God's people https://www.charismapodcastnetwork.com/show/discoveryourspiritualidentity Access the audio version of all Mike Shreve podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Charisma Podcast Network, Google Podcasts, or RSS.com. All video podcasts are posted on YouTube.The video versions of all Revealing the True Light podcasts are also posted on the website: www.thetruelight.net.

In this episode we stroll down the corridors of power in high heels, paint the White House pink and take up residence in the OVARY Office. We' tell the story of women attempting to enter the White House via the Electoral College and the trouble that brings.We've got special guest star appearances from the likes of Harpers Weekly, Thomas Nast, Victoria Woodhull, Marx and Engel's, Demosthenes, Fredrick Douglass, President Grant, The Equal Rights Party, Anthony Comstock, United States Postal Inspector, Union Army, Civil War, Confederates, The Comstock Act of 1873, Mifepristone, US Mail, Donald Trump, Project 2025, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, North Carolina, Public Policy Polling, Republicans, Obama, Rapture, Americans, Floridians, Ted Cruz, Zodiac Killer, Up Front in the Prophetic Radio Show, Allen Fodsick, Francine Fodsick, Pokémon, Michelle Obama, J.K. Rowling, Alex Jones, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, January 6th, Capitol Building, Mike Pence, MAGA, Republican Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson, Martin Luther King,  #666 #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #Antitheist #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracy #Conspiracies #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Satanism #Satanist #Skeptic #Debunk #Illuminati #Podcast #funny #sketch #skit #comedy #comedyshow #comedyskits #HeavyMetal #weird #leftist #SatanIsMySuperhero  

An episode from East River Baptist Church, a conservative, independent body of King James Bible believers located on the Northeast side of Houston, Texas.   East River Baptist Church's (ERBC) mission as an assembly is threefold: - To Exalt the Saviour! Eph. 3:21 - To Edify the Saints! Eph. 4:16 - To Evangelize the Sinners! Lk 24:47   What ERBC believes about the Scriptures: “We believe that the scriptures of both Old and New Testament are verbally inspired of God, that they are the supreme and final authority for faith and practice, and are preserved in the Authorized Version (KJV 1611) of the Bible. 2 Timothy 3:16. Psalm 12:6-7."   What ERBC believes about God: “We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That God is supreme in His person, absolute in His attributes, glorious in His perfection, and eternal in His being. 1 John 5:7."   What ERBC believes about Jesus: “We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ. His conception by the Holy Spirit, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His death on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, His bodily resurrection, His exaltation at God's right hand, and His personal imminent, pre-millennial, and pre-tribulation return. Ephesians 1:7. ”   What ERBC believes about man: “We believe that God created man in His image and likeness (a triune being: spirit, soul, and body) in a state of innocence's, but through temptation, he willingly transgressed, became dead in trespasses and sins. As a result, his posterity (all men) inherited a corrupt nature, are born in sin, and are under condemnation. Romans 5:12.”   A message from ERBC to you: “If you are looking for a church in the Houston Texas area that preaches the Truth from God's Word, reach out to us at any time. We would love to hear from you at (281) 399-3030 or on our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ERBCTexas.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   You may also write to us at: East River Baptist Church P.O. Box 983 New Caney, TX 77357   Our video messages are also available for you at the following locations: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/eastriverbaptistchurch Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/erbctexas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Be sure to Subscribe to our channel and/or Like and Follow ERBC on Facebook so that you will be notified the next time we are live. Have A Blessed Day, East River Baptist Church”   The KJV Bible Preaching Churches Podcast is directly supported by Doss Metrics LLC | Ministry Services based out of Cleveland Texas. If you have any questions regarding this podcast, or the churches hosted on the podcast, please reach out to us directly at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dossmetrics@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or write to us at:   Doss Metrics | KJV Bible Preaching Churches Podcast 1501 McBride Rd. Cleveland, TX 77328   God Bless #KJV #BaptistChurches #BiblePreaching #KJVPreaching #KingJamesBible #ChurchSermons #ChristianPodcasts #BibilicalTeaching #EastRiverBaptistChurch #RogerHoots

Coons. Mammies. Jezebels. That's how Hollywood wanted to paint us on the big screen. But one group of Black filmmakers refused to play nice. Would their ambitious rebellion defeat the ignorant portrayals of Black people? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pastor Mat looks at the "Apostate Church", represented by the church at Thyatira. This was a church infiltrated by Jezebels - those who perverted the Bible. But not everyone in the church succumbed. Pastor Mat points out how it speaks to Christians today.

A new MP3 sermon from Old Paths Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Pride LGBTQ Churches: Jezebels & Beta Males Subtitle: LGBTQ Issues Speaker: Jason Cooley Broadcaster: Old Paths Baptist Church Event: Current Events Date: 6/20/2024 Length: 114 min.

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What is rape culture? Dr. Joy Skarka joins Kay Daigle to discuss it and ways to better care for and support victims in the church. Often the church is guilty of supporting rape culture. Joy speaks from her personal experience as well as her study and ministry focus on sexuality with Authentic Intimacy. This is a must-see episode for every disciple of Jesus. You can choose to watch it on video if you prefer. Don't miss the helpful resources found below. Topics: 2:26 - Joy's story 4:01 – Clarification of terminology 5:26 – What is rape culture? 6:40 – Why do women not report rape? 9:51 – Christians often encourage rape culture 12:00 - Pornography's contribution 14:02 - An example from a sermon 15:47 – Women are Jezebels and men can't control themselves – what do we do with that type of thinking? 20:26 – The theology of women taught in our churches affects the handling of sexual abuse claims. 21:46 – What practical steps can a woman in leadership in her church take to care for women who deal with sexual assault? 24:04 - Responding well to a woman who has been raped 26:18 - What can women do about “locker room” talk? 29:15 – Final encouragement Resources: Suggested resources from Joy  Resources for Recognizing Rape Culture (PDF)   Rethinking Sexuality: God's Design and Why It Matters by Juli Slattery We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis by Mary DeMuth Interview with Dr. Sandra Glahn, Author of Vindicating the Vixens  Sexual Abuse & the Church with Mary DeMuth 

*This episode includes topics on child abuse, purity culture and child sexual abuse. Please use discretion when listening.* Shelly Snow Pordea was raised as an Independent Fundamental Baptist, and experienced CSA at a very young age, in fact too young for Shelly to process what had happened to her. It wasn't until a tent revival style sermon about Jezebels and Harlots at Church Camp that Shelly even made the connection to her abuse years earlier. When she brought this newfound information to the adults in charge of protecting her, they instead ostracized her and made her an example of what not to be, requiring supervision to even sit next to other girls her age. Though her deconstruction of leaving the IFB, Shelly shares a beautiful story of getting back to what's truly important. Show Notes Connect with Shelly! : Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | Website The Cheating Wife by Shelly Snow Pordea Independent Fundamental Baptists Let us Prey World's Largest Sunday School (Time Magazine) Mrs. America (Hulu) The Moral Majority Nicolae Ceaușescu Out of MLM The BITE Model LAMLM Book Club MLM Dupes How can you help? MLM Change Report Fraud Truth in Advertising Report to your state Attorney General's office! Not in the U.S.? No Problem! Support the Podcast! Website | Patreon | Buy Me a Taco | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Discord | Merch! Life After MLM is produced by Roberta Blevins. Audio editing is done by the lovely Kayla Craven, video editing by the indescribable RK Gold, and Michelle Carpenter is our Triple Emerald Princess of Robots. Life After MLM is owned by Roberta Blevins 2024. Music : Abstract World by Alexi Action *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Dreams, Jezebels, and Generational Curses”Pastor Todd and Pastor Jeff discuss Kingdom clicheś and whether we have sensationalized the spiritual to the point that it's no longer biblical. #Dreams #Jezebel #GenerationalCurses #Spirit#SundayNightService #RIP #RealRawUncutFollow us on YouTube, IG, Twitter, and FB!Hosts: Pastor Todd and Pastor JeffProduced by: Michael J.Production: Big Mike, Mr. LarryDesign by: Larry JohnsonMusic: J. AustinFOLLOW:WEBSITE: http://www.ReligiouslyIncorrectPodcas...FACEBOOK:   / religiouslyincorrectpodcast  TWITTER:   / officialripc  INSTAGRAM:   / religiouslyincorrectpodcast  

Get tickets for my stand up special taping 4/21 in NYC: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-klemens-untitled-comedy-special-live-taping-tickets-871231455737Spreading joy and cheer for all to hear, Chris hosts Unhinged's very own Shark Tank that ranks celebrity products, buzzes about Beyoncé, salutes the success of Skims, enthuses about Hailey Bieber's Rhode skincare line, gets real about Jessica Alba's The Honest Company, reviews The Row by Mary Kate and Ashley, dives into Dwayne Johnson's tequila brand, cracks into Chrissy Teigen's Cravings, spills about all things celebrity branding, stands for stand-up etiquette, discusses being a newborn Brooklyn Baby, exposes some hometown Jezebels, debates relationship fart anxiety, and uncovers some salacious secrets from Unhinged citizens.Follow Unhinged with Chris Klemens: • http://instagram.com/unhingedwithchrisklemens• https://www.tiktok.com/@unhingedclipsProduced by Chris Klemens (https://www.youtube.com/chris), Jake Wachtel (https://www.instagram.com/jacobwachtel/ ) & Justin Bretter (https://justinbretter.com)Filmed and Edited by Justin Bretter (https://www.instagram.com/fieldsobriety/)Special thanks to Jake Wachtel (https://www.noworriesentertainment.com/about-us-01) Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.Produced by Dear Media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sanctified From Wickedness (1) (audio)  David Eells 3/17/24  Sanctification is necessary before we receive God's blessings. He can't bless a body if it's polluted by the world, whether you're talking about the corporate body or whether you're talking about an individual body. God first separates His people from the world and bringing His people out of Egypt is a type of that. But after He brings His people into the wilderness, He separates them again. He separates the “leaven” out of their midst, those who worship false gods, those who are in rebellion and serve their own flesh.  We see over and over in the scriptures that God wants us truly sanctified, both from the world and from those who call themselves “Christians” but who continue to walk in the world. According to the Bible, sometimes unbelievers are what we call “Christians”. Jesus is the one who is qualified to identify believers. (Mar.16:17) And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; (18) they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. These are Christians the way Jesus made Christians, not Christians from the Dark Ages, which is much of what we have now.   When He identifies believers, He's talking about Spirit-filled people who walk in His steps and that's what we need to desire earnestly. We don't want to be yoked, as in a fellowship with, the dark age Christians but we do want to influence them to come into the light. (2Co.6:14) Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? (15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? (16) And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? (We saw that the children of God actually created idols, like the golden calf in Exodus 32, that they thought were God.) for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. That's what Christianity is all about! It's not about us; it's about Him.   (17) Wherefore Come ye out from among them.... Paul is talking to Christians when he says “ye” here because Paul was addressing the Church. So he says, (17) Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate (The word “separate” is the best description for the word “sanctification” and that is “separation from the world.”), (17)…saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing.... We see that God commanded His people to separate from apostate leadership because very little fruit of Christ and no power is manifest there. (Num.16:26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. These people were rebellious against the Word and the true leadership. “Touching not” means “separation from”; it represents sanctification.   Back to (2Co 6:17) …And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, (18) And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Without “sanctification” or “holiness,” without hagiasmos, God doesn't receive us and we don't become sons of God for we stagnate as children of God. (Heb.12:14) Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord.   (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness (or “sanctification”-same Greek word ) in the fear of God. Those who are defiled need the “water for impurity” “sprinkled” upon them and the “water for impurity” is God's Word, called “the washing with water by the Word”. We have to humble ourselves to God's Word, letting it rule in our hearts and lives because this is what brings us out of our defilement. (Num.19:13) Whosoever toucheth (in other words, “is not separate from”) a dead person, the body of a man that hath died (The dead body, of course, represents the “old man who died in the waters of Baptism.”), and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.   We need to be separate from the old man; he does not have authority in this vessel and he cannot rule our life. The cure for impurity is the Word of God. We saw in the Old Testament that God separated His people and we see in the New Testament that Jesus came to do the same thing. He came to separate His people from the apostates. Although, according to the Old Covenant, these apostates were already separated from the world, they were still full of the world. They who come out of Egypt must then get Egypt out of them. They are represented by the “mixed multitude”. They wouldn't repent at the teaching and the preaching of the Lord, so the Lord called His people out of them, which is exactly what He's doing today. When Jesus separated His disciples from the worldly church of that day, He came first to the Old Covenant people. (Joh.1:11) He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. It didn't become the New Covenant until after they had rejected Him and the Covenant that He was bringing by His blood. And, if you look around, you can see that most of Christianity today is rejecting that Covenant.   Jesus said in (Joh.10:1) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (2) But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. (3) To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name.... Did you notice that we've been given a new name (Romans 6)? The problem is that we don't all live up to that name. (Mat.28:19) Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (The literal translation there is “into the name,” not “in the name.”) They all have the same name because the word “name” means “nature, character and authority.” So when you are baptized “into the name,” you put on the “nature, character and authority” of the Lord and in (Exo.20:7) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.   In other words, don't say you're a Christian and don't take His name in baptism, if you're not going to walk in the nature and character of His name. (Joh.10:3) To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name.... It's not a title He's talking about; what should draw us unto Christ is His name, His nature, His character. These are what we desire because sanctification is living in the name of Jesus. (Col.3:17) Whatsoever you do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Joh.10:3) To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name (so we take His name), and leadeth them out.   (Col.3:4) When he hath put forth all his own (Jesus separated them, which is the first part of sanctification. He separated them from the apostate church of that day.), he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Yes, we need to be able to hear the voice of the Lord and we do that by becoming familiar with His Word because He is the Word made flesh. (Joh.1:14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. If we become familiar with His voice, we won't follow another. (Joh.10:5) And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. These “strangers” He was talking about were the apostate leaders from whom He was delivering His people. They were the “thieves and robbers” who came before Him.  They weren't overcomers and they had taken positions of authority that God hadn't given them. (Rev.2:26) And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations. God gives authority only to those who overcome and do His works, which the apostates refuse. (Joh.10:5) And a stranger will they not follow (Being unfamiliar with the nature and authority of the Lord makes them strangers.), but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (6) This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. (7) Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. (8) All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. This is a prophecy of the end time, and we're going to have a repetition of history. In these days leading to the time of the coming of the Man-child ministry, a lot of people with all the wrong attributes have taken over the Church. They have not overcome and they have not been placed in their position by God.   (Joh.10:8) I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture. (10) The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy (Babylonish religion is guilty of the blood of the saints and of the prophets. They believed they were God's people, but the things that they taught and the spirits they put into people made them more enemies of Christ than followers of Christ.): I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly. (Joh.10:11) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. Jesus came to separate God's people and to make them like Himself.   That's going to happen once again in the very near future. The Lord Jesus is going to repeat everything you see here in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts. What method is God going to use to separate those who are His from those who are unrepentant apostates? (Joh.6:51) I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. So the “bread” symbolizes His flesh, but what does His “flesh” represent? (52) The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? (53) Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. We know that Jesus was “the Word made flesh” and as His disciples are to be the Word made flesh. The Greek word for “disciple” is mathetes, meaning “a learner and a follower.” He is our example of a Christian believer.  When the Word lives through you, it will separate you from the apostate Christianity. As Jesus said in (Joh.17:16) They are not of the world even as I am not of the world. (17) Sanctify them in the truth (In other words, separate them by the truth being in them.): thy word is truth. (Joh.18) As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world. (19) And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. Why is that important? The only person who could speak a Word from God was someone who was sanctified, someone who was holy. (Num.19:18) And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. Meaning the defiled apostate.  (So these are people who haven't been sanctified and notice it says only “a clean person” is the one who can sprinkle the water for impurity.): (Num.19:19) and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him (The seventh day is the day of rest; it's when you enter into the rest by ceasing from your own works.); and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. The “even,” or “evening,” is when the Sabbath rest starts. Only a clean person could legally sprinkle the water for impurity upon somebody who was defiled, who was not sanctified, who was not separated from the world. Jesus said ”All that came before me are thieves and robbers.” The Pharisees and Sadducees weren't clean and they couldn't make anybody else clean just like those of our day. In other words, they couldn't give away what they didn't have.   You can take a true Word and put it in front of somebody who's unclean and when they read and then teach that Word, it will be defiled by them. It takes a clean person to teach a clean Word. If you're sitting under somebody you know is not clean, you're not going to get the pure Word. It's not possible. You might get some knowledge and you might even get some wonderful revelation, but it won't be clean and the spirit behind it won't be clean, either. Jesus said, (Joh.6:63) It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.   God's life is being manifested through the Words of Jesus; He was the Sower Who sowed the seed of the Kingdom (Matthew 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-15) and it's still that way today. The Word can only come through Him. (1Jn.2:27) And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him. We don't have any need for any man to teach us; we only have a need for the Lord to teach us and a man who is sanctified can be used of the Lord to sanctify others, to “sprinkle” them with the “waters for impurity.”   So Jesus said to His disciples, “Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.” We need to know how the blood is manifested because we can't “drink” the blood if we don't know where to get the blood. Well, didn't Jesus turn the waters to “blood”? (Joh.2:5) His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. (6) Now there were six waterpots of stone (representing the body of clay flesh) set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. (7) Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water (representing the Word). And they filled them up to the brim.   (8) And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it. (9) And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom, (10) and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now. (11) This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.  That was the first sign Jesus did and it was called a “sign” because it was a parable. The very first thing we need to do is to be filled with the Word and then Jesus will turn that “water” of the Word into “wine.” In the Lords supper the wine represented His blood. He will turn that “water” into His “blood,” which is His nature and character. The Word needs to be a part of us. You are what you eat and we need to partake of God's Word. (1Jn.1:7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light (What's the “light”? The “light” is also the Word and the “light” is the “water”; they're all the same parable.), as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. As you “walk” in the “light,” as you “walk” in God's Word, you are “drinking” the “blood.” So here He was giving them something that some of them thought was impossible.   (Joh.6:60) Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard [this,] said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? (61) But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples (Notice that now He's calling them “disciples.”) murmured at this, said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble? (62) [What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before? (63) It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life. (64) But there are some of you that believe not. In other words, these were disciples, but they weren't completely believers. You know, there are a lot of people who call themselves “Christians” but there are very few “disciples,” and very few believers, according to what Jesus called a “believer.”   A believer will have signs, and His works, as Jesus said. (Joh.14:12) Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. A believer has a gift from God to “do” and to “see” because faith is our access to this grace in which we stand. (Rom.5:1) Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; (2) through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. So if you have real faith, you're going to have grace to “walk as He walked”, but there are some followers who do not believe. (Joh.6:64) But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him. (65) And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.   So there were a number of people there who were going to betray Him, not just Judas. Judas continued on with the disciples at this time, but these people were about to depart. (Joh.6:66)(Notice the number identifying the apostates, meaning, fallen away.” Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Notice what the Word did here: the Word separated those who were following as students of Jesus but who believed not. He didn't separate Judas, but there were others there who probably would have been big trouble down the road. You know, God will have His Judases with us in the wilderness, but, thank God, not those we see around us now.   (Joh.6:67) Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away? (68) Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. They were hungry for the Word! They wanted the Word! The other disciples said, “No, this Word's too hard; we can't do this!” (Joh.6:69) And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God. (70) Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil? (71) Now he spake of Judas [the son] of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, [being] one of the twelve. We know believers are going to be tried, just as God took Israel into the wilderness to try them, to see who would believe and who would murmur. (Joh.8:31) Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples. The trial is to see if you abide in His Word and stay disciples.   Sure, you might be a Christian, but do you abide in His Word? Notice He was talking to “those Jews that had believed him.” They had believed that He was of God and yet some of them were going to be weeded out because they didn't abide in His Word. We are warned, (Jas.1:22) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. There are many deluded people who don't think it's even possible to be obedient to God's Word, but grace comes to those who truly believe and those people will be able to walk in the Word of God.   So “those Jews that had believed him” were deceived and in (Joh.8:33) They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? (34) Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. (35) And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth forever. He's talking here about a separation of people who were considered to be Christians. Don't pay any attention to what the world considers to be a “Christian.” Pay attention to what the Bible says a believer truly is because that's the only thing that's going to count in the end.   The Lord is coming for those in whom the Word is manifested, those in whom the Word is made “flesh,” so there has to be a separation now because we have a lot of people who are claiming Christianity but they're not Christians. (Rev.3:15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. (16) So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. This means spewed out of the body of Christ. You need to either come in or get out; you either have to be hot or cold and the Lord is going to force the issue in the days to come. Paul speaks about separating these people from the body. They had already been separated from the world because his letter is addressed to the Christians. (1Co.5:1) It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife. Did you notice he said, “It is actually reported”? Somebody reported this!   The overwhelming majority of Christians won't report this. But elders who are truly interested in obeying the Word of God will do something about this and it should be reported. Some people think, “Well, I don't believe in ‘ratting' on people.” Well, then you don't believe in sanctifying the body! Don't you remember what the Levites did in the wilderness? (Exo.32:27) And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. (28) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (29) And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.   They took up the sword and put to death those people who worshipped the golden calf, and the Lord said, “You have to do this to get to the blessing.” The “sword,” of course, is the Word of God. You have to use and submit and stand upon the Word of God. So somebody who was more interested in the sanctification of the body than “honor among thieves” reported this. There are people who think, “Well, this is my friend,” but the Levites picked up the sword even against their friends and even against their brothers.   The body has to be sanctified. We are not to be with idolaters. There's nobody more important than the Lord and His body, and the body has to be sanctified. It's everybody's job to report willful sin to the elders because we see here that someone reported this to the apostle. We've been learning a lot about how to minister to people online, over the airwaves, and so on, but what do you do when people come into your midst and they're “dirty”? They're “leaven” and God says in (Gal.5:9) A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Well, what you do is obey the Word: (Mat.18:15) And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.   (16) But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. (17) And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican. If someone comes to you with gossip or slander or to backbite against another person, instead of going to that person privately first, then you tell that someone to go and speak with the person. And if they say, “No, I don't think I'll do that,” then you go and you tell the person to see if it is a lie or truth! If it is a lie, you bring that gossip, or slander, or backbiting, or whatever the grievance may be out into the light and that will put an end to it.   (1Co.5:1) It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife. This fornicator, who was defiling the body of Christ, was reported because somebody didn't want the body of Christ to be defiled. I certainly don't, the Lord doesn't and I don't think we should put up with it for the body's sake. The Bible says that the man who touched the dead body defiled the tabernacle. As we saw, the dead body represents our old man and his sin that we are to be separate from in (Num.19:13) Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. The “tabernacle” is God's body in the wilderness, His portable temple in the wilderness. We need to be zealous and jealous for God.   (1Co.11:18) For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear (notice, somebody told him) that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it. (19) For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you. So factious people will come to make divisions. They want to build their own little kingdom by getting people to agree with them and they use slander and backbiting and so on to accomplish that. But notice he said that this test is to show who are are approved. Factions can come in order to test the body because God wants to separate the wicked from among the righteous. Factions show who is approved of God and take away the people who are not approved of God. He doesn't want a little leaven to leaven the whole lump.   The Greek word there for “factions” is hairesis and it means “heresies.” According to Strong's, this is “a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the power of truth, and which leads to division and the formation of sects.... Such erroneous opinions are frequently the outcome of personal preference or the prospect of advantage.” Obviously, these are opinionated persons who, quite often, use Scripture as well as slander, backbiting and so on, to separate people unto themselves. (Tit.3:10) A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse; (11) knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned. In other words, separate from them.   If you have a factious person, somebody who is trying to divide the body, and they're gossiping and slandering behind people's backs, “refuse” them. Separate from them; don't have anything to do with them. Your friendship with a man cannot be more than your friendship with the Lord. Notice that again we see, “when ye come together in the church, I hear....” Somebody told him; somebody brought it to the attention of the elders that these people were causing divisions. And he says, (1Co.1:10) Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfected together in the same mind....   Of course, we should not let anybody come in with faction to divide you from somebody else by saying one thing to you and another thing to another. If they do that, they are going to separate the tares from the wheat and they are going to be one of the tares.  But the people who are approved of God will not be separated by these sinners. Only the wicked will be separated by the sly ways of the factious because only the wicked will break the rules and listen to gossip and slander contrary to God's Word.  Pro 17:4  An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue. God will let these be taken out, but that's okay because the factious can get only that which is their own and the body will be cleansed. (Joh.14:30) ... for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me.... That's what Jesus said.   (1Co.1:10) Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. (11) For it hath been signified unto me (Notice that somebody told them! Somebody here had an interest in not letting this go on in the body.) concerning you, my brethren, by them [that are of the household] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. (12) Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13  Is Christ divided?  They were beginning to divide up, you see. They were having favorites and possibly holding grudges against each other, probably magnifying somebody else's problem while they didn't have the beam out of their own eye.   (Mat.7:1) Judge not, that ye be not judged. (2) For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you. (3) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (4) Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? (5) Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. If you want to be forgiven, you have to forgive, but that doesn't apply to outward moral rebellion. It doesn't apply to willful sin, like that of the man who was in fornication with his father's wife (his stepmother).   You don't forgive people who are willfully defiling the body, which is what this is talking about. Luk 17:3  Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.  People who are causing the divisions are in moral rebellion. (1Co.1:18) Is Christ divided? No, Christ is not divided. Criminals divide criminals out of the body. Jesus said, (Joh.17:20) Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; (21) that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me. (22) And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one;    (23) I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. We want that kind of oneness, that kind of unity, but there will be people who are spots and blemishes who need to be separated. So God will permit a person with a factious spirit, or with unforgiveness, or with a critical spirit, and even with paranoia, and so on, come into the body and carry away the people who will listen to them. The ones who aren't carried away will be the ones whom God has approved of, and this is a good thing in God's eyes. We may wonder, “Why would You let that happen, Lord?” Well, He's a sovereign God and He knows what He's doing.  He tests His people and removes the tares. Deu 13:1  If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder  2  and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3  thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4  Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5  And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death… (1Co.5:1) It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife. (2) And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you. This is a Scripturally legal separation. God sends people to try us, to see if we're going to permit them to stay and defile the body, or if we're going to separate them from the body. Is it more important to us to be friends with these people and have some kind of a “greasy grace” for them or is it more important to us to have the sanctified body? It should be more important to us that we be holy individually and holy corporately; when these people come along, we should deal with them according to the Scriptures.   It's not necessarily the elders who see this. Anyone who catches these people doing these things needs to speak up because notice again that Paul said, “It is actually reported that there is fornication.” (1Co.5:3) For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing (In other words, there is judgment and God does put it in the hand of His elders to come against people who do these kind of things to the body.), (4) in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, (5) to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. There has to be a penalty, a cost involved. Just as with a rebellious child, you have to give them a reason to repent.   This is mercy because, if you permit people to continue on with their sinful, evil ways in your midst, they have no reason to repent and others will think it is acceptable. (2Th.3:6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. They have to feel ashamed for what they're doing and they need to be reported, if they continue to do it. (1Co.5:6) Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? You'll have a leavened body and the individuals in that body will be leavened because of this poison in their midst.   (1Co.5:7) Purge out the old leaven (Separate from them! Be sanctified! Sanctify the local body as well as your own personal body.), that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, [even] Christ: (8) wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Some people don't know truth! Jesus said they are liars and they are of their father the devil. (Joh.8:44) Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. They don't have a love for truth and, if you correct them, you are almost wasting your breath, so there has to be somebody with authority to make this separation. Those who permit this are puffed up and leavened through their acceptance of somebody who's defiling the body of Christ.   (1Co.5:9) I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators (I.e. separate from them if you want God's blessings.); (10) not at all [meaning] with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners (Extortioners are people who use their position with you as a Christian to plunder you.), or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world: (11) but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler (A reviler is somebody who is abusive, a railer; they speak against other people, usually behind their back.), or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat. What does he mean, “no, not to eat”? He's talking about not partaking of the spiritual Passover with them. The spiritual Passover is when you eat the body and blood of Christ, and now we're back to John again!   (Joh.6:53) Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh (Word) of the Son of man and drink his blood (The life and nature of Christ.), ye have not life in yourselves. (54) He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. (55) For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. (56) He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him. (57) As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me. (58) This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live forever.   We are partaking of the body and blood of Christ, but as we have seen we are not to eat with people who are defiled. In the Old Testament, there was the symbolism of eating with “defiled” hands, meaning their works were filthy. You don't fellowship with these people, “with such a one no, not to eat.” You don't break the bread of the Lord with somebody who is defiled; you separate from them. And the Lord's Supper is, of course, a parable, too. We are constantly “breaking the bread” and partaking of the “blood” as we study the Word and share our revelations with one another. (Lev.17:11) For the life of the flesh is in the blood.... The “blood” represents the blood of Christ, which we manifest through partaking of His life and nature through the Word.   (1Co.5:12) For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? (13) But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves. How many times does he have to say this? If you want a holy body, if you want the Spirit of God, the presence of God to be there, then “put away the wicked man from among yourselves.” If you don't want the whole atmosphere defiled with demon-possessed people who refuse to repent, then “put away the wicked man from among yourselves.” Are we speaking of the lost who may come to be saved? No, as we just saw we don't judge those that are without but those within the house. Show them the truth and if they don't want it, show them the door. These people are not saved; it matters not what they once had.   For instance, the factious person is not saved because, if you don't forgive, you are not forgiven (Matthew 18:23-35). They are slanderers and fornicators without conscience. You're not walking in God's salvation, if you walk in these sins, and something has to be done to shock you to deal with this. You can't be lukewarm anymore. So God gives us these rules in order to force people to come to a decision before it's too late. (1Co.6:9) Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, (10) nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified (That means you were “separated” from these sins.), but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God. We have to do what the Word says is necessary to cleanse the body.   Many local bodies are totally defiled. They are just religion, that's all they are, because they don't have elders with the wisdom to separate from people who are defiled and won't repent. (2Th.3:6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. Jesus taught His disciples to sanctify the body, to separate from the body those who are not willing to repent. (2Th.3:7) For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; (8) neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: (9) not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. (10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. (11) For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. (12) Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. (13) But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. (14) And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. (15) And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Another good example of sanctifying or separating the body. (2Jn.8) Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. There are many people who start out with us, but go astray as 3 out of 4 in the parable of the sower did. (9) Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. (10) If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting (In other words, separate!): (11) for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.  Jesus said to those who believed Him in (Joh.8:31) ... If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples, and The Church is not the place for evangelism; the Church is the ekklesia, the “called-out ones.” The Church is the place for the gathering of the brethren to study and pray. Evangelism is when you go outside the body to reach the lost which should be common. You tell them the Gospel and, if they repent and if they desire sanctification, then they become a part of the body. In the days of the apostles, people were afraid to join themselves to the Church because God protected it from sin. (Act.5:1) But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2) and kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles feet. (3) But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?   (4) While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou has not lied unto men, but unto God. (5) And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and great fear came upon all that heard it. (6) And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him. (7) And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. (8) And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much.   (9) But Peter [said] unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. (10) And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband. (11) And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things. You know, that's coming again! There are people who die today because they're trying to join themselves to a body, but they are being deceitful. They're not really there to submit to the Lord.   (Gal.1:8) But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. That means “devoted to God for destruction.” (Gal.1:9) As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema. In other words, give him no greeting! Invite him not into your house! Be separate from him! Cling to the pure and holy Word!   Sanctification has to come before blessing. God first separates us from the world and then He separates us from those who are leavened and those who are carnal. He is making a spotless, blemishless body. The “spots and blemishes” in our midst are people who refuse to walk after the Lord. (2Pe.2:10) But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities: (11) whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord. (12) But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,  (That identifies the faction, Jezebels, witchcraft, and what is happening to them.) (13) suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you; (14) having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; (15) forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing.   (Jud.12) These are they who are hidden rocks (“spots”) in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds (No Numeric pattern) that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; (13) Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever. (16) These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words]), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage. So correct them or separate from them.  In the Old Testament, how did God deal with the Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebellion? (Num.16:20) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (21) Separate yourselves (This is the word that means to “sanctify,” “sanctify yourselves.”) from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. God was again condemning the whole congregation because, as a body, they were polluted. So what does God have to do? He has to make a smaller body that is not polluted. When you do that, you have to separate the wicked from among them and in this case it was those people who were bound and determined to follow false prophets, false pastors, false leadership. We are coming to a great division, and those who won't “come out from among them” will be reprobated.   (Num.16:22) And they (Moses and Aaron) fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? (23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. That's what Jesus did. He went into the sheepfold and called His sheep by name, and they followed him. He separated them from those apostate leaders.   (Num.16:26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. In other words, the Lord demanded, “If you want to live, this is what you must do. Separate yourselves, get away from their tents, their tabernacles, their churches and don't touch anything of theirs.” So the people did that and God opened the earth and it swallowed up Korah, Dathan and Abiram, along with their families and all their possessions. Then the Lord sent out a plague that killed another 14,700 people because they murmured about it. In other words they sided with the sinners against God and Moses. And when they murmured about it once more, He separated them again.  Is God going to do that in these days? That is exactly what He is going to do in these days. He is going to have a spotless, blemishless Bride. He is also going to get rid of the corrupt people in the midst of the corporate body of Christ who do not repent. Of course, individually, He wants to clean us up, too. We're talking about two kinds of separation here: sanctification for the individual and sanctification for the body. This separation is necessary for the blessing and the blessing in this case was that those who separated themselves from the rebellious weren't destroyed along with them.   Why does He say, “touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins”? It's because these people are corrupt; they are dead men. You know, the Lord said in (1Ti.5:6) But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth. There are people who are dead because they walk after the lusts of the flesh, they walk after the works of the flesh instead of becoming transformed by the renewing of their mind; that is, the mind of the spirit.  Let me share a little parable with you here that implies “not touching” is necessary in order to be sanctified and in order to receive blessing. (Num.19:11) He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Remember, you are not to touch anything of these corrupt people and that means don't be influenced by anything that they have, do and think. Sanctification represents being separate from them. (2Co.6:17) Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you. “Touching” is the opposite of “separate.”   Touching is when you are not sanctified; you're too close to this dead person. The dead people are the ones we have to separate from. They have no business in the body. They're “spots and blemishes,” darkness in a light body. They have to come out of the body and, if you do what the Bible tells you to do, they will either submit to the Word of God, repent and obey, or they will leave. If you preach the Word of God, they can't stand it for very long. I've seen people come and go. I've seen some people become sanctified, holy and walk in the steps of Jesus. And I've seen others who don't fit in. They do all kinds of deceitful things and live in sin behind the scenes, and after a while they become offended. Then, finally, they leave because they can't stand the Word. The Word is the sword. It will drive them out. If you love and submit to the Word, there will be people who don't want to be around you. That sword will separate you from them, which is a good thing because a little leaven leavens the whole lump. In other words, if you are not sanctified, then you are unclean.  (Num.19:11) He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. So what is this “touching the dead body”? What is this parable trying to tell us? Well, a good explanation can be found here: (Eph.2:1) And you did he make alive, when ye were dead (spiritually) through your trespasses and sins.... That means people who are walking in trespasses and sins are walking in death, aren't they? And when you aren't separated from them, that means you are not sanctified from their trespasses and sins. It means “a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump,” and the Lord doesn't want you to have anything to do with that.   (Eph.2:1) And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, (2) wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world (Christians who walk according to this world are dead while they live, just as Timothy says. They're not alive because they are not sanctified. They're “touching” the old man, the dead man.), according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (So there are people who call themselves Christians but they are following the devil. You can't get them to submit to the Word. You can correct them over and over, but they won't and can't submit to the Word because their nature is contrary to that.)   (Eph.2:3) among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind.... (Rom.8:13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. People who walk after the flesh are dead people. You're not walking in the light, walking in the Kingdom. If you're not abiding in the life of Christ, which is partaking of His body and blood, you're a dead man. You need to be separate from the old man; he is dead and gone. (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. That old man was crucified with Christ and he's dead. If you go back and touch him, if you aren't separate from him and he rules in your life, then that is where this destruction comes from.   (Eph.2:3) Among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. There are a lot of Christians who are “children of wrath” because they are not separate from the old man. The old man isn't dead and they're “touching” him; they're not separate from him. There are apostate churches where they don't teach that when a person walks in outward immorality, it has to be dealt with so that the body is not corrupted. They teach some kind of “greasy grace” where everybody is accepted, so individually and corporately, the whole body is totally corrupt. (Eph.2:4) But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (5) even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved).   Of course, there are still people who are dead in their trespasses because they don't believe in separating from sin. They believe that they are a sinner saved by grace and don't understand that they were a sinner who has been saved by grace. Rom 5:8  But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  So they think they can continue to live as a sinner the rest of their life but still go to Heaven. These people are dead. This is not a step-over-the-line type of thing. If you are not walking by faith now, you don't have grace and you don't have salvation now. Are you being saved now from your sins and the curse? Are you saved now, are you bearing fruit? Or are you “touching” the old man? Are you living in the works of the old man?   Well, Paul says here that you're dead, if you're doing that. If you walk after the flesh, remember that the soul that sins must die. Either you are walking in life or you are walking in death. He is telling you that there are people in the midst of the body who are dead and you are not to “touch” them. The flesh is dead; don't have anything to do with it. We were crucified with Christ; it is no longer you who lives but Christ Who lives in you. Separate yourself from the old man and his works, both as an individual and as a body.   Let's read it again. (Num.19:11) He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days (meaning until you enter the “rest” on the seventh day.). The “rest” is when you cease from your works. We just read that the people who live in the works of the flesh are dead. The Sabbath represents when you cease from your works and you enter into the rest through faith in God's promises. (Heb.4:3) For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. That is the Sabbath according to the New Testament. So we have to separate, we have to come out from among them and be separate.   The Sabbath is no longer a physical day but we have entered the seventh thousand year day of God. Heb 4:9  There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. (This is the only place Christians are commanded to keep the sabbath and this word is only used once - Sabbatismos – meaning a continual rest.) As we have seen we are commanded to cease from the works of the flesh every day not one of seven. Heb 4:10  For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works (of the flesh), as God did from his.  (2Co.6:14) Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? A yoke couples two creatures together and you don't want to be yoked to the old man; the old man is dead. You aren't pulling alongside the old man, you aren't giving the old man equal time, are you? He's dead and now you're in control; you're not supposed to let him lead at all. This is like those two stages of separation. The first separation was to come out of “Egypt” or, in other words, separate yourself from the wicked world. The second was to come out from among those who proclaim to be “Israelites,” yet they walk after the flesh, they walk after false prophets and false leaders. 

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"Since when is being a SLUT a crime in this family!?"... Thats right, we're throwing down some serious slut praise, sex positivity and free love autonomy in this episode. It's evident our Owens Aunts are very sex positive and we wanted to explore this construct and its (her)story. Join us for our 3rd and final installment of this SLUT series! This week we'll be discussing Slut shaming in pop culture, from The Scarlett Letter to the Sheela Na Gig and all of the Hollywood "Jezebels" that have been the victims of Slut shaming and revenge porn. We'll also explore different Slut Tropes and ponder why the horror movie genre has got it out for the females who are just simply comfortable with their own sexuality. If you missed Parts 1 & 2, go check those out! TOPIC MAP: (03:29) Being Called A Slut is Actually a Compliment (06:04) 12 Myths About Sluts (32:50) The Scarlett Letter (55:27) Tv Tropes (1:13:45) Women in Hollywood Taking Charge of Their Sexual Agency SOCIALS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kristina's Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Justina's Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice Message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERO SOURCES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER The Magnolia Street Podcast intends to discuss the movie, “Practical Magic” in its entirety. This will evidently result in spoilers and it is recommended that you watch and or read the following. Alice Hoffman's: Practical Magic, Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, Book of Magic. The Magnolia Street Podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes and should not be used as a substitute for professional or medical advice. Do not attempt any of the discussed actions, solutions, or remedies without first consulting a qualified professional. It should be noted that we are not medical professionals and therefore we are not responsible or liable for any injuries or illnesses resulting from the use of any information on our website or in our media. The Magnolia Street Podcast presenters, Kristina Babich and Justina Carubia are passionate fans of Alice Hoffman's work and the Practical Magic word she has created. There is no copyright infringement intended, all characters and story lines are that of Alice Hoffman. We do not own any of that material as well as any of the move score music shared within the podcast. All intellectual property rights concerning personally written music and or shared art are vested in Magnolia Street Podcast. Copying, distributing and any other use of these materials is not permitted without the written permission from Kristina Babich and Justina Carubia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magnoliastreetpodcast/message

En annorlunda bokcirkel med Thella Johnson och Lollo Collmar. Best Of-avsnitt med höjdpunkter från säsong 2. Gäster: Thomas Kazen, Magnus William Olsson, David Thurfjell Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. *Välsignad vare frukten och må Herren öppna ditt sköte - Thella inleder sitt uppdrag att gå till botten med bibelreferenserna i The Handmaid's Tale. Författaren Margaret Atwood har skapat odödliga repliker i sin bok och tv-serie om Offred/June och de andra tillfångatagna kvinnorna i den religiösa polisstaten Gilead.Exempelvis denna vanliga hälsningsfras mellan två tjänarinnor:- Blessed be the fruit.- May the lord open.Men var i Bibeln står detta - och vad menas? Var ligger det ursprungliga Gilead? Vem är Isebel som givit upphov till benämningen Jezebels om kvinnorna som arbetar i Gileads bordeller? Välkomna med på resan in i Atwood-land och Bibel-land!*Bibeln vs kitsch - Thella har alltid trott att berättelsen om fotspåren i sanden kommer från Bibeln. Ända tills inspelningen av detta avsnitt . . .*Beethoven vs Kiss - Religionshistorikern och författaren David Thurfjell, aktuell med boken En lockton i ödemarken, har tagit med sig texten om lärjungarna på väg till Emmaus som möter den uppståndne Jesus men inte känner igen honom - och funderar på vad som egentligen fick honom intresserad av den berättelsen från första början. En fundering som leder in i ett samtal om Beethoven vs Kiss och Bibeln vs kitsch. Och om vad tro egentligen är för något.Avsnitten publicerades första gången den 2 mars och den 13 april 2023 och hittas i sin helhet längre ner på sidan.Medverkande som hörs i detta utdrag: Thomas Kazen, professor i bibelvetenskap, Magnus William Olsson, författare, David Thurfjell, religionshistoriker och författareBibelavsnitt: Luk 1:42, Luk 10:38, Höga v 4:1, 2 Kung 9 samt Luk 24:13Citat ur filmerna På heder och Samvete (A Few Good Men) och Handmaid's TaleMusikcitat i avsnittet:Kanye West - Jesus WalksMadonna - Like A PrayerPrince - God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)Beethoven Sonat för piano nr 8 Op 13 - framförd av Angela HewittKiss - Great ExpectationsProgramledare: Thella JohnsonBisittare: Lollo Collmar

We Need To Check Ourselves (2) (audio) David Eells 1/14/24 Pray Alone With God David  The Man-child is coming to chose the Bride and we need to be in love with the Lord. Did Jesus teach that we are to have a personal relationship prayer life with God? More than that He commanded it. Or did He call for prayer meetings?  Mat 6:5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.  Did Jesus also demonstrate this personal prayer life alone with God?   Mat 14:23 And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone.  Mar 6:45-46 ASV And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away. 46 And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.  Mat 26:36-40 ASV Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. (So even when His life was threatened He sought God personally.) 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?   Luk 6:12 ASV And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.  Others followed Jesus' command and example to have a personal prayer life to God.  Act 10:9 Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:  Act 10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel, 31 and saith, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.  Some are afraid their faith is never enough but it should be so; we should cast off this fear for He loves us and cares for us. Some had a bad relationship to a parent or spouse and see God in the same light and are not sure God loves them and wants to meet their every need as He said. An expectant bride should trust that her groom loves her enough to provide for her like it was with Esther.  We must seek this personal relationship in prayer alone with God not just in a crowd trusting in their faith. “Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to God.” When Jesus ministered to others he said, “be it unto you according to your faith.” And “As you have believed so shall it be unto you.” Ask Him for the gift of faith to love Him and respect Him as our provider, our Jehovah Jireh. Cast out double mindedness and doubt demons.  Father is asking us to seek this faith relationship with Him now before the return of the Lord to choose His bride. If you have this faithful relationship with him then adding your faith to others is of worth. Then if any two agree its powerful. Ask Him for this relationship and forgive everybody from the heart.  If you only feel comfortable in a crowd or an eating meeting, then you need to seek this relationship to Him now. He got alone with God for 40 days and forgot about the food.  My best talks with Father are when I am reading the Word or in the middle of the night alone when there are no responsibilities and all is quiet.  Father has been telling me that many are too busy, even religiously busy, to spend time alone with the Lord so check your heart and seek repentance if so.  What is the secret cause of the coming revival? Is it power? No that's a result of the revival. Is it timing? Thats part of it. The Man-child anointing will bring revival and it won't happen before. Is it “vain repetition” in prayer? Jesus said no. We are to believe we have received whenever we pray according to Mark 11:23-24.  How many times have we heard that past great revivals were traced to some old ladies praying on their own and believing God. :0) I have watched pre-promoted church revivals come and go for 54 years and its always the same. A few people get healed and delivered or just saved in some churches who don't believe in the power today. This probably would have happened anyway but they still call it revival. But the people didn't seek deliverance of their sins from and by the Lord. They trusted they were in good standing because of their association with an a church, a preacher, or “what we believe”, etc.  What is the foundation and preparation for the coming greatest revival? It is the condition so often repeated in scripture: “Repent and believe”. The churches are full of “just accept Jesus” converts who will miss this opportunity. Let's look at the cause and foundation for this coming revival.  Exo 19:10-12, 10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, (So will it start with the multitudes? No it will start with the anointed Man-child represented by Moses here. No one can prime it until then, as it was with Jesus, The Man-child. But we can prepare to receive it by personal relationship with the Lord and sanctification from our sins.) 11 ASV and be ready against the third day (Here is some timing, plus 40 days (as we shall see). We are at the morning of the third thousand year day from Jesus.); for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (He is coming in His Man-child reformers by Word and Spirit to begin revival and the timing is set.)  12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: (To ascend the mountain of the Lord's presence represents death to self, I.e. repentance and sanctification. So it is with Paul who said “ye are come unto mount Zion” Heb 12:22, with the presence of the Lord at the top.)  Exo 24:12-18 ASV And Jehovah said unto Moses (The Man-child, but it is true of all who want to come into his presence through death to self.), Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. (Time alone with the Word prepared Moses to come to the people with the glory shining from his face.)  13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day (More timing plus 40 days. We are at the 7th thousand year day from the first Adam.) he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire (Our God is a consuming fire; consuming the wood, hay and stubble of the old man.) on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.   18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud (Representing entering the glory of God), and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. (Forty is the number of testing. Jesus, the Man-child, also got alone with God and was tested for forty days. Both got alone with God, heard Him, and then overcame the enemy, the flesh and the Devil. They both used fasting too in order to weaken the flesh. So why is food now days so involved with drawing near to God and seeking revival? Busyness, even religious busyness, or constant fellowship, robs this most important time of soul searching with God and prevents the revival in one's heart where it has to begin. I watched for years those who came to the Lord the same time as me and where are they? They spent no time with the two edged sword, one edge being for self.)  Once again the foundation and cause of revival is repentance and sanctification. Didn't God tell Moses, Take your shoes off this is holy ground. He didn't want Moses separated from holiness. He had to stand holy/sanctified to be in God's presence.  Luk 3:2-8 ASV in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins; (And he preached this to God's people many of whom turned against Jesus because their repentance from sin was skin deep.)  4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. (Notice: The path from the Word of the Lord to your heart must be prepared by repentance.) 5 Every valley shall be filled (Meaning the humble will receive from the Lord), And every mountain and hill shall be brought low (The proud will hold to their sin and receive judgment instead of the revival of Christ in them just as the faction has.); And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth; (Departing from crooked ways to follow the straight path without stumbling blocks of sin is necessary for the Lord to enter the heart.)  6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (All types of men saw Him but not all men saw with the eyes of their heart.) 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (The Pharisaical didn't believe repentance was for them because of religious pride just as we can have now.) 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father (You may think, “But I follow David or Michael or Jesus”): for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 9 And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees (Have you not seen them cut off? And we thought some were holy.): every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Fruit is proven through testing, which they failed.)  Luk 3:21-22 ASV Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, (John tried to stop Jesus from receiving the baptism of repentance but Jesus said, “thus it behooves us to fulfill all righteousness.” Without true repentance 3 out of 4 fall away.) 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son: in thee I am well pleased. Is He please to dwell beside willful sin? Luk 4:1-21 ASV And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan (Where He received the baptism of repentance as a demonstration to us.), and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness 2 during forty days (Again timing + 40 days alone with God overcoming the devil as a type of the Man-child to come.), being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered. (Fasting and prayer through alone time with God was the key to overcoming temptations that to us identifies sin that most don't even know are there.)  3 And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. (To us this would be the temptation to prove our power for self-glory to feed our flesh in the next verse.) 4 And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone. 5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them (Representing temptation to have the glory of men.): for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine. (Temptation to gain disciples and authority over them for self-glory like the factious and ambitious always do. This is always bowing the knee to the devil.) 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.   9 And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple (Temptation in a very visible place for self-glory.), and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee: 11 and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Temptation to test God's ability to save while being self-seeking.) 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.   As we can see, most of Jesus' temptations were about seeking the glory of men, which He of course did not do. But there are many who do. There is jealousy, competition, exclusiveness, putting on shows, disrespect, self-seeking, etc., such as those who fall into faction among leadership people or otherwise.  Seeking self-glory is a common temptation for leadership and makes them unqualified for the Man-child status or any other leadership position. Joh 12:42-43 ASV Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43 for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God. (Jesus said qualification is to reject the approval of men to confess Him before men.)  Joh 5:41-44 ASV I receive not glory from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (And the wicked with their fear of rejection did receive the wicked testimony of men.) 44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?  Joh 7:18 ASV He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (So did God send you to say that against all of God's commands or was it for your own glory?)  Mat 6:1-4 ASV Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.  Back to our text: 13 And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season. (After overcoming selfish temptations by drawing near to God alone the revival began through Him as a type for the Man-child today.) 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.   16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, (After overcoming all temptations through fellowship with the Father He was anointed to bring the revival.) 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.  So I say that God warned me to tell you this because your time to be chosen to be in the Man-child and Bride body is very short. As we saw with Jesus, when the Man-child came He chose the Bride. Go into your spiritual 40 days, representing a time of testing, alone with God and ask Him to seek out your sin and reveal it to you so you may reject it as Job did and be cleansed with the pure glowing white robe of the Bride. And the Lord and Baruch gave an Amen to this revelation!  We are told that there will be 10 days to 2 weeks of media darkness during martial law except to declass criminal activities in an 8 hour video playing over and over. This is mostly for those who listen to news on TV. The rest of us already know what is going on. I suggest you use this time to draw near to Father and ask Him to show you any sin. Then renounce and forsake them believing they were nailed to the cross as in Rom 6. Shortly after this time the Man-child reformers will begin to appear and the Bride will be chosen. God bless you my friends. The advantages of the Bride are tremendous.    Beware Be Watchful, My Glory  Debbie Fenske 1/8/24  It was on my heart to ask the Lord that in my time alone with Him this morning He would allow me to hear Him speak to me. Thank you, Father.   "Beware of the subtle one. Beware of the pretender who will try to come to you with a voice as the sound of My voice. Beware. He will try to come in your thoughts. He will come with a still small voice. He will come in your flesh. And he will come to try and deceive you in this time. I say to beware. Be watchful unto yourselves. Beware and be careful to do everything that you have been told to do. This time is crucial, and your light will soon shine forth as the stars. Intense, and in great brightness will it shine forth from you; My glory in you, shining forth through you, bringing attention to Me, your Glory and the lifter of your head. So be lifted up, My people.   You have been hearing that the time of My glory coming to be revealed in you is soon. I say, it is here. I am standing at the door ready to make My entrance. This is not the time to yield to temptation, lies, deceptions. Beware. For these will try to speak very loud to you, now, and in the days ahead of you. Much louder. So, as you have opportunity, hold one another up. Be strong for one another.   I say to you, My Glory, beware, be watchful, be obedient and steadfast with a single eye on My glory ready to shine through you. What glory awaits! Keep your eyes on me. Nothing else. What glory awaits!"  I asked Father if He would give me a couple scriptures about our seeking Him and waiting on Him in our times alone with Him, and, about us being His glory. The first place my finger landed in was Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek Me and find Me when you will search for Me with all your heart." I landed on "for Me." Thank you for that, Lord,  The next scripture came to me a little differently. But it was exciting for me how Father did this. I first landed in Isaiah 47:6, which is about God's anger with His people who profaned His inheritance. (When the Lord returns in His Man-child reformers he will judge these Edomite haters of their chosen brothers.) I was like, "No. no. this can't be it!" I turned my eyes to look directly across to the previous page which was chapter 46. (The opposite of them is the chosen.)  How awesome! Isaiah 46:13 "I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off; and My salvation will not delay. And I will grant salvation (The meaning of Jesus is “Jah is Salvation” and where is He >) in Zion, and My glory for Israel." Glory to your name Lord!  And I thought it very interesting how He spoke of His glory, "My Glory," in this word, because I almost didn't use it, thinking it may just be from myself. But then I heard, "Use it." Thank you, Lord! (He is the glory of the Lord and His people.) Yes Lord. We want to seek You, to search for You with all our hearts, and come into Your very likeness from glory to glory. We are to be Your glory on this earth, and by faith we are Your glory, Your glorious Bride. Thank You for helping us to give You not just our time, but that all our time with You will be with You and You alone. I thank You for Your great mercy and Your great grace towards each of us. Thank You that in Your sovereignty You desire us to show forth Your glory, to be Your glorious spotless Bride.  Now help us to be obedient to You, to be to so watchful and aware of Satan's devices, his temptations to lure us away from our time alone with You. We can do all things through You, Jesus, Who strengthens us. We thank You that Your salvation and Your righteousness will not delay. Make us understand the urgency in what is required of us if we want to be in Your glorious Bride and be Your Glory as You shine through us on this earth doing the work You have called us to do, all for the glory of Your name. Thank You for Your grace given to all who are called to be in Your Bride, all over the world. Thank you, Father! Amen.    Bike Usage, A Prayer Life Vision  Anonymous 9/1/23  I had a vision of a standard BMX on the floor in a dank gloomy garage. There was clutter and items that had collected a large amount of dust. It was possible to make clear writing in the dust. (The bike ends up being a prayer life that is ignored and the consequences.) Then I saw a young man, he was in his room reading and doing tasks. He would then occasionally pick up a manual on bikes and say he liked a particular model. Then he placed it by his side and slept.  (A bike represents balance and the manual the Bible represents the same thing.) Another day and not many changes. He grew old and rarely even considered looking at the bike manual anymore. (The Bible) He then got old, and declared to throw it all out, his time had gone for that. Then he never thought of it again, he was caught in his impending death.  Then I saw a fit young man who had stories and excitement every moment. All he wanted to do was ride his bike. He shared it with everyone. He rode everyday everywhere. And he was constantly happy.   He had accidents and was seriously hurt but never stopped riding his bike once he was healed. He never changed because of his age or his other life duties.   His family then rode too and independently had a love for it their own way. He got old and couldn't ride but passionately wanted to and would encourage everyone to ride. He spoke and wrote books and submitted articles to enrich lives with the use of the bike.   Then he donated it to young children all just before his death. He and his family all cherished the times together well spent.  I then realized; this is our PRAYER LIFE.  The bike is getting close to God. It's a means and relationship. You can do much more when you use the bike and go places doing more amazing things than it laying on the floor. You could read about a bike but not ever think about where it could take you. Praying is an adventure. It's real and when you keep doing it, it will get easier and more in tune with God. Then when you connect with God, that is all you want to do is bathe in His presence and talk with Him and talk about Him with others. He becomes your all, your desires, wants, He is your only need.   I'm convinced, convicted and a flame kindled to go to the Lord and pray. Pray openly, pray about everything.    Be Ye Separate  David In the New Testament, “sanctification” is the Greek word hagiasmos and it means “separated from sin and consecrated unto God.” This sanctification has been given to us as a gift through Jesus Christ; it is also something that we attain to through faith in that gift. In other words, the Lord will fulfill it in us, if we go after it by faith.  (Rom.5:1) Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; (2) through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. We believe the Lord has given us this sanctification and holiness because of His promises. God can't really bless an individual, nor can He bless a body of people, that's been polluted by the world. If we walk in repentance and faith, the Lord will account it to us as righteousness, but if we walk in rebellion and self-will, the Lord's chastening will be upon us.   The Bride will have special protection and provision from the Lord. The Bride is not all the people of God, as much of the Church says. (Son.6:8) There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. (9) My dove, my undefiled, is but one.… He was speaking about the Bride. There are many people of God whom God loves, but the Bride is a special place because the Bride represents Zion, as we know from Revelation 21.   Zion, of course, was only a small part of the parable of God's people in the Old Testament. There was all of Israel and there was all of Judah, and then there was Zion.   I'd like to briefly review a little about the protection that is afforded the Bride. In 2 Kings 18, we have the revelation of the end-time Beast's attack upon God's people. The Assyrian empire and the king of Assyria conquered all of Israel, and those whom they didn't kill, they carried away captive. (2Ki.18:9) And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.   (10) And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (11) And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, (12) because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.  They conquered all of Judah next. (2Ki.18:13) Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. (14) And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.   (15) And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. (16) At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.   But we find that God zealously protected Zion, or Jerusalem, because it represented something for our day. Assyria was the second of the seven heads of the last Beast (Revelation 12:3, 13:1, 17:3,9), which consists of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greece, Rome and the revived Rome. Every one of those Beast kingdoms represents a revelation that is going to happen in the end time because today all seven heads are a part of this Beast. Assyria, as that second head, gives us the revelation of God's protection for His Bride, Jerusalem.   (2Ki.19:30) And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (31) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape (This is talking about escape from the Beast kingdom that is conquering God's people.):the zeal of the Lord shall perform this. So the Lord is zealous, but why is He zealous over this particular part of His people and not the rest of His people? Why was He not zealous to protect and to destroy the Beast before it conquered all of Israel and Judah? It's because of what Zion represents: it represents the Bride.   (Rev.21:9) And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. (10) And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem (New Jerusalem), coming down out of heaven from God,  (The Bride is manifestly born from above.) (11) having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: (12) having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: (13) on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. (14) And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Amen!   What is it about Jerusalem that represents something so holy and so perfect? Well, the wall of Jerusalem represents something. In the Song of Solomon, the bride, the Shulamite, which means “perfected one,” said (Son.8:10) I am a wall.... A wall represents sanctification; it represents separation from the world. Jerusalem was encompassed with this wall and it was a separation, a protection, from the Beast. And the bride also said of her immature little sister, (Son.8:9) If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret (or “battlement”) of silver.... “If she be a wall” sounds strange. Why would the bride be a “wall”?   And why would this be something to protect her little sister? It's because God will defend us, if we are sanctified, if we are separated. He will defend us, if our hedge is not let down for the enemy to come in and dwell in us, either individually or as a body of people. God defends the Bride and He will even defend the little sister before she comes to maturity, “if she be a wall.”   (2Ki.19:32) Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. (33) By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the Lord.   (34) For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. (35) And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand (185,000 men): and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. There is a place of safety in holiness and separation from the world, but there is none for those who walk in their own self-will and rebellion.   Then, after Hezekiah became ill, he pleaded with God for his life, saying that he had served the Lord. (2Ki.20:1) In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. (2) Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, (3) Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.   (4) And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, (5) Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah. (6) And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.   That's exactly what the rest of the Bible says about the regenerate daughter of Zion. God promises to defend them. When they walked in righteousness and purity, that wall represented separation and sanctification. (Pro.11:4) Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.  Again, the Greek word for “sanctification” is hagiasmos, which means “separation unto God”; in other words, “purification and separation from the world and from sin unto God.” The word for “saints,” hagios, is the root word for “sanctification.” “Saint” means “sanctified ones.” “Saints” are those people who are “separated from the world unto God” and all through the New Testament the Lord addresses the “saints,” the separated and sanctified ones.   (Heb.12:14) Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord. We certainly want to see the Lord, don't we? We want to see Him after this life, but we also want to see Him in this life. (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. Without sanctification, we are not going to see the Lord. We won't see Him in the mirror, we won't come into His image and we won't ultimately see Him.   However, even the little sister can be sanctified and separated from the world. Even the little sister can be running after the Lord with all of her heart. The Shulammite was seeking to bring her little sister into the presence of the king, Solomon, who represents our King. She was protecting and raising her up, just as the Bride will do in these days.   And Paul says, (Heb.12:14) Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: (15) looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you,] and thereby the many be defiled. Many so-called “Christians” in these days are being defiled by roots of bitterness or by other people who have roots of bitterness. Those who are slanderers, gossipers, back-biters, these people are defiled. They are like Esau who sold his birthright through bitterness.  You need to be careful to remain sanctified and separated from them, as we're commanded. (Tit.3:10) A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse. In other words, separate yourself from them. (Heb.12:16) Lest [there be] any fornicator.... “Fornicator” has a spiritual aspect here: this is someone who has relations with the world and not the Lord. Esau was ordained, as a son of Abraham, to have relations with the Lord, yet he was having relations with the world and receiving the seed of another kingdom. He was receiving this root of bitterness which was, of course, from the devil and not from God. (Heb.12:16) Lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.   Now I know “meat” here just means “food,” but it also brings to mind the thought of “flesh” because Esau followed, or “sought after,” the flesh. He found that “meat” was more important than his birthright, which was the inheritance he received because he was a child of Abraham. (Heb.12:17) For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected.... There isn't going to be a blessing to those who refuse sanctification through the Word. There isn't going to be a blessing to those who choose to receive the seed of the world, instead of being separated from the world, its nature and its curse. Esau was “rejected.” He sold his birthright and forfeited the double-portion blessing of the first-born.   There are people who are considered to be people of God, but who have been reprobated. They do not know the ways of peace and do not “follow after peace with all men,” as the Scripture says here. They have a root of bitterness and they spread their root of bitterness, so God has rejected them. (Heb.12:17) For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind (which is basically the meaning of “repentance”) [in his father,] (“In his father” was added in by the translator, according to his own understanding, but it's not in the original.) though he sought it diligently with tears.   In other words, Esau himself wanted deliverance from this curse, but he was defiled by a root of bitterness and, of course, his seed after him was defiled because the sins of the parents are passed on to the children of the third and fourth generation (Exodus 20:5, 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9). We know that Jesus came to break genetic curses that have been passed on, but Esau, even though he was a seed of Abraham, refused the inheritance that he had received through his father and traded it away just like Judas. Remember how Jacob, Esau's brother, was greatly blessed after he separated himself from Esau. The Lord gave Jacob so much fruit and such great abundance that it surprised Esau when, after many years, Jacob returned with his wives, children, herds and flocks (Genesis 32, 33).   Bearing much fruit and receiving many blessings is a symbol of being sanctified and separated from that which is unholy, corrupt and bitter. It's a symbol of being separated from that which has been rejected as “accursed.” Jacob bore much fruit and received much blessing because he separated himself from those who were not sanctified. We find this pattern repeated all the way through the Bible. We are all sons of Abraham through faith and we receive our inheritance through faith, but God demands of us separation and we see many types and shadows of this in the Scriptures.   There are actually two stages of separation: First, God separates His people from the world and then, second, He separates from His people those who are worldly. After Abraham was called out from Ur of the Chaldees, which was Babylon, Abraham was later separated from Lot and his family, who initially came with him out of Babylon. Lot unwisely chose to settle in Sodom, which obviously was not a place of sanctification or separation from the world, and that decision brought a great curse upon Lot and his family. So notice that God called Abraham to separate from the Babylonians and then Abraham was separated from those who were not living a life that was as holy as his.   Another good type is when God separated His people, Israel, in the land of Egypt. He separated them from the Egyptians through the judgments that Moses, the Man-child, brought upon the Egyptians. Goshen represents that land where the Israelite was separated from the Egyptian. We know the first three judgments came upon both the Israelites and the Egyptians, but after God's people had once again received the fear of the Lord, then the rest of the judgments fell only upon the Egyptians. (Exo.8:23) And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.   A different representation of that is the Israelites' crossing of the Red Sea, where God made a separation of His people from the Egyptians, a separation of the spiritual man from the carnal man. (Exo.14:21) And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.   (22) And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. (23) And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. (28) And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.   Apostle Paul used that parable to show that in the Red Sea there was a baptism unto death for the Egyptian, who represented the old man that had been keeping Israel in bondage. (Heb.11:29) By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up. Folks, in these days God's people are once again in bondage to the old man. And, once again, the Lord is going to send deliverance by the hand of the Man-child in the form of judgments on Egypt. Those judgments are going to cause God's people to realize that they need to depart from Egypt and stop submitting to the old man, who has been keeping them in bondage.   So God separated the Israelites from the Egyptians and brought them into the wilderness, but now He still had to separate the unbelievers from among them. You know, people like to think that only Egyptians are unbelievers, yet the unbelievers who complained in the wilderness were the unbelievers of His Own people. God could not bring Israel, even the faithful Israelites, into the Promised Land of blessing that was “flowing with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 31:20; Numbers 14:8; Exodus 33:3; etc.) until all the unfaithful and unbelieving had died in the wilderness.   The righteous people among the Israelites, whom Joshua and Caleb represented, had to endure a time of trial and tribulation so that these unbelieving, murmuring Israelites would be separated from them. The righteous didn't get to see the blessings they should have received until that happened because God wasn't going to bless the unrighteous among the righteous. Who entered into the Promised Land? Other than Joshua and Caleb, it wasn't those Israelites who left Egypt; it was their children who entered the land of milk and honey, the blessings, the provisions of God.  Their old man shall die in the wilderness but their fruit will enter in. This is a process that God does in each and every one of us, too. We need to learn to come out from among the world and be separate because there is no place of blessing without sanctification. God wants us to separate ourselves from the “leaven” of wicked people. (Mat.16:12) Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Even if they call themselves “Christians,” He wants to separate them from us so that we can receive the blessings.   I once asked the Lord, “Why are there so many Judases and Jezebels rising up? You know they can't help themselves; it is demons in them that rise up and torment the Church, speak and rail against the people, argue about doctrine, take authority they don't have and all these things. Why is this happening?” And the Lord told me very plainly, “I'm doing you a favor.” I said, “How so, Lord?” The Lord answered, “Because you don't want all these people going into the wilderness with you, do you?” I replied, “No, I don't.”   I do know that in the wilderness there will still be some of these people to try the people of God because when Jesus chose the 12, one of them was the “son of perdition,” Judas. Of course, Judas had a ministry, but there are many more than we evidently need, from what the Lord told me. He is certainly revealing and separating them from His people in these days. God's people also need to understand and cooperate with God in this process of separation because this wasn't a job for only Moses or just the elders of Israel. This was a job for all of Israel to do. We are going to see from the Scriptures that we need to separate ourselves from those who are “leaven” and are keeping us from being sanctified.   Sanctification is needed individually and corporately. First of all, individually we are to (2Co.6:14) Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? (15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? (16) And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (17) Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, (18) And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.   And then, corporately, we are to be sanctified as the body of Christ. The Bride is so beautiful to God because it is a body of people who become separated from the rest of Israel because of their purity and holiness. By the way, the Greek word hagiasmos is translated as both “holiness” and “sanctification” in the New Testament. “Holiness” and “sanctification” both mean “separation from the world and from that which is impure, unto God.”   When Israel went into the wilderness, they had already been separated from the Egyptians, which basically represents salvation. When you go through the Red Sea, the Egyptian is cut off; it is your water baptism. So these are people who are what we call today “saved”; however, they still weren't sanctified as a body. Yes, there were people among them who were sanctified and always walked in righteousness, but as a body, they weren't sanctified and couldn't come into the blessings of God.   So God brought them through trials in the wilderness to prove them. He was going to show who was a part of the sanctified body and who it was who would refuse being sanctified and separated from the world.   (Exo.32:1) And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods.... The word for “gods” there is Elohim and it's the same word that they used for the true God because what they really wanted was something visible that the flesh could follow. Our God is invisible for a reason. He doesn't want us making pictures or statues of Him to bow down to or follow. He wants us to know Him by the Spirit and not by the flesh; the flesh won't obey God. He wants us to walk by faith and faith is when you don't see, but you obey anyway.   (Exo.32:1) And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. Well, God delayed this in order to try them, to see if they would turn aside out of the way and that's just what they did.   (Exo.32:2) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. (3) And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (4) And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Obviously, it was just a pile of gold. They had made a god after a fleshly image that impressed them, but had nothing to do with Elohim.   (Exo.32:5) And when Aaron saw [this,] he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to the Lord. (6) And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. You know, there are many false gods that people proclaim to be the Lord God because they permit them to live in a way that pleases their flesh.  (Exo.32:7) And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people (Notice they aren't God's people anymore.), that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: (8) they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. This molten calf was probably a replica of Apis, the calf god of Egypt. They knew of a god in Egypt and when Moses wasn't around to lead them, they quickly reverted back to their Egyptian god.   (Exo.32:9) And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people (Not all of them were stiff-necked, but a majority of them were.): (10) now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. So we see that when they were all together as a body, God condemned them. There needed to be a separation of that which was good in their midst and God agreed to this a little further on.   (Exo.32:11) And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? (12) Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy people.   (13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever. (14) And the Lord repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.   The Lord didn't consume them at that time, but He did lay down some conditions: (Exo.32:26) Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on the Lord's side, [let him come] unto me. (This is interesting; evidently, there were some who were on the Lord's side during all of this. There were people who didn't believe the golden calf was God.) And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.   The Levites represent something in the New Testament: (Exo.19:5) Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: (6) and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. God's true people are a “holy” people, meaning “separated from the world and sanctified.” The Levites were separated to be God's own possession and in this situation the Levites were not in agreement with the rest of the body of Israelites about the golden calf.   Moses said, (Exo.32:26) Whoso is on the Lord's side, [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi (the holy nation, the priests of God) gathered themselves together unto him. (27) And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. (28) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.   What does this represent? It represents a sanctification of the people who had not fallen into this worship of a false god. Now we know in the New Testament that we are forbidden to use a physical sword against our enemies: (Mat.26:52) Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. But we do have a sword which we are commanded to use. Our sword is the Word of God.   (Eph.6:13) Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. (14) Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (15) and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16) withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]. (17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.   When you are in the midst of a body and some of those people are unholy, they are what is blocking you from receiving the blessing as a body because God cannot bless the body without also blessing these evil, wicked people. We just read that it was Moses and all the priests of God who were called to sanctify the body. And as a kingdom of priests of God, we're all called to use the sword of the Word to separate and sanctify the body.   If someone who is called a “believer” comes unto you but is walking in willful sin, the Bible tells you what to do about it: (1Co.5:9) I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; (10) not at all [meaning] with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world: (11) but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.   (12) For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? (13) But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves. You are to separate from them, (Eph.5:11) and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.   In other words, you take your sword and you point out to this person that they are one of the people who is stopping the body from receiving the great blessings that God wants to pour out. God couldn't bless Israel while they were in Egypt; He had to separate them from that body. But then there was still something that was blocking them from receiving the great blessings from God in the wilderness and it was those unbelievers in their midst. Even though they were Israelites and they would today be called “Christians,” they were blocking the blessings from the body and something had to be done about it.   Would you take the sword? The Bible says we are cursed if we don't use our sword. (Jer.48:10) Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Would you sit on that sword? Or would you use it to correct the brother or sister who comes to you with slander, gossip, hatred or judgment against the body? Would you obey the Word and correct that person?   (Mat.18:15) And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (16) But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. (17) And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.   For instance, would you tell the brother who is assaulting the elders, “Look, it is forbidden for us to receive an accusation against an elder without witnesses”? Would you correct a brother or sister in your midst who is committing fornication and yet they are sitting right next to you in a church pew, being accepted by the rest of the body? Would you be the one with the sword and do what was necessary for the local body to be blessed? Is your allegiance to your friend or is your allegiance to God? Is it more important to build up the body to receive the blessings of God because it is holy or is it more important to keep the friendship you have with your friend? I believe most of Christianity would think, “That's not my job. That's the preacher's job.” No, that's not what we are seeing here and that's not what we see in the rest of the Scriptures, either.   Let's read on. (Exo.32:28) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (29) And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. There wasn't going to be a blessing until there was this separation and the sword was applied to these people who had caused the problem.   (Exo.32:30) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin. (31) And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. (32) Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. (33) And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.  He pardoned. He did not bring wrath upon the whole body because He wanted to bring wrath upon those who sinned. The trials that they were about to go through were going to reveal those murmurers and unbelievers among them, and through these trials, those people were put to death in the wilderness. So those who sinned against Him, those who worshipped the false god and polluted the body, these people bore their judgment. He said, “Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book,” and God is still doing this in the New Testament.   (Rev.22:18) I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: (19) and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book. (Rev.3:5) He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.   (Exo.32:34) And now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. Those people died in the wilderness because of their unbelief, their murmuring and their lack of sanctification. God was their provider that whole time, but they still rebelled against the Lord. (Exo.32:35) And the Lord smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.   The truly righteous people in their midst had to suffer for these other people because there had been no sanctification of the body. Think about the Joshuas and the Calebs, who were going through the wilderness with these people and suffering along with them. They actually deserved to go and walk into the Promised Land, yet they were suffering.   There has to be a separation so that we can come into the great miracles, great revival and great blessings of provision that are just ahead of us for the people of God.   Another trial that God used to separate between the righteous and rebellious Israelites was the Korah rebellion. If you remember, Korah took it upon himself to be a leader in Israel, even though that position wasn't given to him by God. Yet Moses was someone who never wanted the authority that the Lord gave him. (Exo.4:10) And Moses said unto the Lord, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. (11) And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? (12) Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak. (13) And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.   Moses considered himself to be inadequate and was trying to convince God to send someone else. So why did so many people follow Korah? I'm suspecting that Korah was a smooth, persuasive talker and maybe even good-looking. The people followed him, but think about all the miracles that God had done through Moses, who was slow of tongue, evidently not quick-witted and not eloquent. (Num.16:19) And Korah assembled all the congregation against them (Moses and Aaron) unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. (20) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (21) Separate yourselves (this represents sanctification) from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.   The Lord didn't want to consume all of them; He wanted to consume those who were taking sides with Korah. (Num.16:22) And they (Moses and Aaron) fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? Obviously, the people had the choice of whom to follow, but while they were one body and in rebellion, the Lord was considering the whole body as perpetrators. (23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. In other words, separate yourselves from among these people so I can protect you, so I can bless you, so I can chasten them.   (Num.16:25) And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. (26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs (Be separate from all their thoughts and doings.), lest ye be consumed in all their sins. If you're touching something, you are not separated, are you? (27) So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.   (28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind. (29) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. (30) But if the Lord make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the Lord.  (We have certainly seen the wicked going to hell while alive.) I've shared with you in the past that being swallowed alive by the earth represents being swallowed up by the flesh. (1Ti.5:6) But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth. We're not here to please the flesh or to be consumed by the flesh, yet people who are in rebellion against God will be delivered over to their flesh. They will be unable to overcome that flesh because of their rebellion. The Lord is saying to separate yourself from people who live after the lust of their flesh, so that you're not swallowed up by the curse that's upon them.   It has to be important to us that God's body be holy and separate from these people because people in willful disobedience need to be judged. Of course, if they are repentant, if they are turning away from their sin, then we should encourage them. But if they are happy to sit in the midst of their sins and want to use doctrine to justify themselves, then they need to be separated. Paul said, (1Co.5:6) ... Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (7) Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened....  He commands us there to separate from these people so the whole body is not leavened or considered by God to be leavened. In whatever place you are, you always want that body to come into the blessing and provision of God. But when God reveals these people, and you can see that He has turned them over to be consumed by their flesh, then you need t

"Hey, I lost my eye for this gang, remember?" We watched "Switchblade Sisters" (1975) with our friend Ben Cheaves and we're Jezebels - remember that name! All we can say is thank you to Quentin Tarantino for breathing new life into this girl-gang expoitation masterpiece. We can see how this one could have easily fallen into obscurity, but Tarantino's re-release in 1996 kickstarted its cult status. Lace (Robbie Lee) leads the Dagger Debs - the baddest girl gang in town (maybe L.A., maybe NY, we'll never know) - and her whole world gets thrown into dissaray with the arrival of Maggie (Joanne Nail) the tough girl from the other side of town. The ensuing events are truly Shakespearan with Lace's tough as nails second in command Patch (Monica Gayle) turning in an epic performance filled with jealosy and rage. Many of the actresses were plucked from X Rated and grindhouse movies and the average age of these "high school" characters makes the cast of "Grease" look age appropriate. It adds to the charm! If you listen to our Pod then you know we're going to spend a whole lot of time breaking down exactly where these locations were in the grimy, hollowed out Los Angeles of the 1970's, cause that's how we roll. Switchblade Sister's wasn't winning any Oscars (or any other awards) but it knows exactly what it's selling and it's delivering at all times. Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram/Threads: @moviesthatmadeusgay X (Twitter)/Bluesky: @MTMUGPod Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

Wise Jezebels is a podcast hosted by Tia Levings and Laura Anderson.  Tia and Laura grew up in fundamentalist, high control religion, got out and now have things to say! Each episode these two best friends will be talking about all the things they wish they would have known growing up, discuss pop culture, religious scandal, books, healing, and relationships.  Each episode they will be talking with other experts, mental health practitioners, coaches, advocates, therapists and folks who have survived fundamentalist systems, to learn from their experiences and offer resources and support for healing. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts of the Wise Jezebels are their own. This podcast does  not take the place of therapy, medical advice, or any other healing modality. For support in resolving and recovering from religious trauma, purity culture, cults, fundamentalism, and other adverse religious experiences, we encourage people to check out the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery–a fully online trauma coaching company specializing in working with folks coming out of high control groups, systems, and relationships. The Wise Jezebels podcast is not anti-religion but it is anti -harm, -power and control, -oppression and, -abuse and will speak to the harmful practices and messaging of fundamentalist groups.  The Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery Website: www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com IG/Facebook: @traumaresolutionandrecovery     Follow Tia on Instagram and TikTok @tialevingswriter or on her website: www.tialevings.com  Follow Laura on Instagram and TikTok @drlauraeanderson or on her website: www.drlauraeanderson.com  Hosts:  Tia Levings and Laura Anderson Editing and Production by Kevin Crowe

#Sukihana #lhhatl #Jezebel Spotify Link - Listen Now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realblackforum/episodes/They-Cloned-Sukihana--Black-Jezebels-In-The-Smallhat-American-Cinema-And-Music-Industry-e27pquh Article Link: https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/jezebel/index.htm Blog: https://realblackconsciousnessesforum387099824.wordpress.com/ Email the podcast: rbcforum313@yahoo.com Join us as we have conversation about how the hidden hand, that's over the music in film industry, produces a character in fact a woman, who is the representation of lasciviousness for filthy lucre sake. Tap in as we show the connection of what we call the "Jezebel character," who, come's out of the mind of wicked smallhats, and springs on to the big stage in 1915 and is alive and well to this very day. Let's talk about! The image of the American Black women is one of a slut, whore, and loose women...which roots, comes out from the imagination of our open enemy. So, check in, listen, share, and comment! We thank you in advance! RBCF! Hashtags: #sukihana #cardib #citygirls #explorepage #jaydacheaves #yungmiami #santana #orlandofrontal #laceclass #springbreak #gainsvillehair #beachum #meishaslayys #megantheestallion #mulatto #nickiminaj #thegirljt #ucfhairstylist #jacksonvillestylist #sandfordstylist #orlandostylist #tallahasseehairstylist #dessdior #lemonadebraids #trina #ucfsalon #boldholdactive #thehairdiagram #asiandoll #sewinfrontal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realblackforum/message

The David Alliance   TDAgiantslayer@Gmail.com    MingleMateMarry.com podcast youtube and website for the perfect marriage material and swag. They got a great hoodie called its a great day to be married… after today maybe some of you will want to wear purchase it… because many of you are not loving the days you are married…    coming up soon on the podcast -  TOMORROW QUIT LIVING BY YOUR FEELINGS!   1 Corinthians 11:3  But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.   Between you and me, one of the biggest comments (and I'm certain it's true) women tell me their husbands are weak men. Weak in discipline, weak physically, weak spiritually, weak in leadership, weak in communication etc… so the women lead by default and then get blamed for being Jezebels- but it truly is only out of the void of having a manly man of God to lead them.   One woman responded… “Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a husband that stood his ground, didn't let me push him around and led our family like a man of God should, however he never has. At first I would push back just to see if he would stand up to me… and he wouldn't - now its just  to late, I have no respect for him. Even if I asked him to lead, I don't think he would. He has no real walk with God and I suppose we will probably divorce once the kids are older. I however do see myself looking for a future marriage where my husband will take control… and I truly do believe I will let him have control if he is in fact a man of God.    Here is another response: I will just come out and say it. My husband is a selfish fat pig. He is overweight, has no discipline, and I am not sure if he is more selfish or lazy… probably 50/50. But he has no desire to lead himself or our family. My kids love their Dad, but they are getting to the age where they are becoming embarrassed by him.    ok, my first thought is this… if you are  a man and you do not want to take control… thats on you and you will stand judgement before God.  If I am talking to the women and you truly do wish your husband took the lead… then here are a few ideas   - 1 make sure you truly want him to take the lead and you are not just saying it with your mouth. It will take time, he will mess up, but if he try's and you shut him down, become stubborn, discourage him or don't allow him time to grow in this new role, than he will give up.   - 2 if you do want him to lead and he wants to lead. Then by all means meet with some Godly men and women (pastors, or men and women who have Godly marriages) and ask them to mentor you both on how he can lead and how you can follow. Marriage like anything else takes practice.    - 3 If he does not want to lead, and you will not get a divorce you can do two things: one pray that God radically knocks his world upside down…where he is forced to seek God. Look, I believe the man should be the head of the household, but if he is not, then by default the woman is… so now ladies, pray and give God permission to lay out your husband in such a way that he calls on you and on God to learn how to be a manly man of God. If he never changes… you can still pray for Gods grace and have an amazing life. you can come to a point where you realize that you are becoming more like Jesus by having to deal with a poor husband. and God will carry you, bless you and strengthen you in this time.    - 4 my final thought. If you are willing to go through deliverance (and you can contact me for more information) it can radically set the husband free from the spirit of Ahab, and set the women free from Jezebel. And neither both have to be working to find freedom. But Delieverance is the key to a great deal of marriages that are in need of what seems to be an unsolvable problem.  There is still more to follow up on tomorrow, but this should give you plenty to think about today. GArth Heckman, TDA - keep slaying giants.   

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What influencers are you following? Who is influencing your life? Even in the most subtle ways? Jezebel was an influencer in her days. A manipulating and evil influencer. But here's the deal... do we know when we're being manipulated? Most of the time, no. We must be on guard against Jezebels that can have a very negative impact on our lives. Ask yourself the question. "Who is influencing me"? Gena Caruthers is the visionary and coordinator behind Following Titus 2 (FT2) and The Women's Bible Study.  Her love for God's Word and ladies' ministry is a passion.  FT2 was born from a friend's candid conversation, while complaining one day that there were not enough Apostolic Ladies Bible studies.  Organization and a constant love for new challenges and learning are gifts God has imparted to her life.     Gena and her husband David have been married over 40 years and are pastors in San Antonio, Texas.  Gena has two adult children, two in-law kids, and four amazing, brilliant, beautiful and perfect grandchildren! (lol)   In her free time she enjoys time in her craft studio, (making cards, treasure books, sewing, quilting), traveling the world, walking, and spending time with her sisterhood.  Following Titus 2 includes:   https://www.followingtitus2.com/ ·       Bible Studies ·       Devotions ·       Resources (Book Reviews) ·       Craft Studio ·       Adventures ·       In the Kitchen   Check out Following Titus 2 on your favorite social media platform: ·       Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=following+titus+2 ·       Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/followingtitus2 ·       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followingtitus.2/ ·       Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Followingtitus2/   Devotion Podcast: ·       Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4fqh53ENbUWt8nniBVA0mk ·       Apple Itunes:  Following Titus 2      

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We'll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music's popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom' post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don't always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

The Overcoming Path (Audio) David Eells - 4/23/23 Chose the Unleavened Path Samuel Fire - 4/9/23 (David's notes in red) I saw a cliff face and there were many ropes to help one climb up it. Each rope had its own way to the top, but only one rope would last and not break. (The one that won't break is the Unleavened Bread of Christ).  Each of the ropes was a teaching on the paths up to God (Representing apostate Church doctrines), but these could not be completely relied on all the way to God.   All the ropes except one had breaks in them and defects somewhere up the course and either someone would fall or they would see the error and climb back down to get on another path. There was only one path that fully made it to the top safely. (Representing the true Gospel that Jesus is the only way to heaven. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. The way is a path not a line that we step over. The path and steps are already laid down. It is Jesus' steps. 1Jo. 2:5-6 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: 6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.)   Carrying Away Distraction and Idolatry Claire Pienaar - 4/18/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed I was going somewhere. I kept forgetting where my red bag was. I knew I needed my wallet and my cellphone that were both in the red bag. I found my red bag near Sarah-Marie's room so, I picked it up and carried it with me. (Sarah-Marie means Princess of darkness.) It seemed to be a hindrance in some way. It wasn't heavy or big, and it only had my cellphone and wallet inside. (Jesus told His disciples not to bring a wallet so they would trust in God and not be self-reliant. Also, a cell phone is often an idol and distracts us from the things of God.) I could have gone on without it. (Riaan: The bag is red representing the sacrifice of Christ. His blood was shed to deliver us from these fleshly things.)  I seemed to hold up a process due to going to fetch this bag, and my friend named Sarah-Marie really liked the bag, and she said something like, “You can't go without this lovely red handbag.” (We cannot listen to the “Princess of darkness” or rebellion because it will hold up our process of sanctification.) My husband Riaan kept on calling me while holding a transparent door open for me. (Riaan represents our Heavenly Husband, Jesus, who is the “Door to the sheepfold”. The Door is transparent because Jesus is pure.) It looked like we were entering into a ship or a large conference hall, or an airplane. (The Ark as well as an airplane are lifted off of the earth.) All I saw was the thick glass door and the side of a structure that made me think of all 3 of these structures at once. (Riaan: People are running after money and distractions of the world and missing the calling of the Man-child, Jesus.) (We must make it through the Door and into the Ark.) I asked the Lord for a verse by faith at random for this dream and received Eze. 6:13 And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols. (Riaan: This verse Claire received speaks of idols – the modern altars represent wallets or self-provision and cellphones represent worldly reliance's or addictions and distractions.) I asked the Lord if this is for me, and I received “they return” and “their heart” in this text below by faith at random. (All who repent from the heart and come out from among them will be restored.) 2Ch 6:38, (in context 36-42) If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly; if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers (i.e., what was given us by the early Church fathers we return to.), and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee. Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant. (Riaan: The bag is used to “carry away” something, like in this second verse. The blood of Jesus carries away captive these worldly idols.)   Overcoming Rejection to Achieve Unity Samuel Fire - 4/1/23 (David's notes in red) I saw all these children and I on an American school bus, the yellow with black stripe type and with the stop signs flaps. Everybody in the bus were from UBM. They were all young, like children under 10yrs of age. We then arrived at the school and got together in a classroom, and we each sat at our own desk. We participated in a mixture of subjects. The learning was interactive, and we were all given tests and participated in the learning. (As we will see, people with rejection are not comfortable with what they feel is competition.) Some of the children didn't feel to go to school, but once they arrived at school and sat in the classroom, they were happy and appreciated the lesson. I saw myself and others having struggles and difficulty in understanding the subjects and felt left out as we weren't making as much progress as the others. (This is when rejection spirits lie to their victims that correction equals rejection, and this brings frustration and offense.) I saw how other children were favored and always top in the class and that made it harder for me and others to team up and interact with them. I also saw how that many in the class were having to repeat many subjects, but not able to comprehend the materials. (Many times, this is inherited through the blood and can be treated with love and deliverance.) But the whole time, I felt and saw and heard the calm, peaceful and kind teaching of Jesus and His constant dedication and willingness to not give up on any of us. I was feeling the love and each time we went home on the bus we grew closer and wanted to see each other again. (Recognizing the spirits behind this is the first step to deliverance. Learning to cast down illegal thoughts about others, unforgiveness, and vain imaginations will help too. If this is not repented of it can end in faction, anger, and a great delusion and sin.)   Remnant Overcomers Tiannah Fire - 2/25/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamt that David Eells and the UBM brethren were all living together on top of a large hill that was like a national park. The hill had an open grass area where the brethren had simple huts as their houses. (This represents basic living and needs met, like the original church in Acts). The huts were all in this open area and close together. There was a large campfire with rocks around and log seats where the brethren would gather around together especially at night for prayer. Here they would praise, worship, and fellowship with the brethren and here David would teach. (In the natural we've actually done this, but Tiannah doesn't know that.) David felt like a fatherly figure in the dream, acting and treating the brethren as a father would. In the dream my relationship with David felt as a father daughter relationship and he had that with the other brethren too. In the dream the brethren seemed like children with child-like faith. They were eager to learn and humble to let go of their own way and to learn the Father's way. It also felt like David was like an elder of a tribe and I believe he is representing the Father in the dream. On 2 sides of the hill was a cliff that was overlooking water. On the other 2 sides were more forests, nature, and land that went much further. There was a giant dam and river that was on one of the sides and you could only walk across the top of the dam by foot. It was very dangerous because you could slip so easily and fall far down. (Three out of four fell away in the parable of the sower in Mat. 13:18-23. One of the four went on to bear fruit 30, 60 and 100 fold.) In the dream I was going to the other side of the land to where I thought I was to wait until the hut for me was completed and then I would return to the UBM camp. (The hut could represent our temporary tabernacle in the wilderness, which represents a personal relationship with the Lord as in the Feast of Tabernacles.) So, I went to go walk across the top of the dam and it was super slippery, and it was a long walk to get across to the other side of the land. I looked over to the other side and in the water, there were around 50 giant, white seals that were really large. (These creatures are white and large representing maturity and purity. They are at home in the water representing those who are mature in the Water of the Word and they mentor others through the slippery places along their walk.) They all turned and stared at me. Some of them ran over to me and stayed on either side of me maybe 10 on my left and 10 on my right and a few in front and behind me. They all watched me the whole time as they guided me and walked me across the dam so that I wouldn't slip or fall. (Many disciple the younger along the path in hope that they will bear fruit.) I felt they were all protecting me and wanted to keep me safe. They stayed in the dam and water area as I continued walking through the nature park. There were no maps or roads, so I had to just walk straight ahead by Faith. I came to a building that was sort of like a security building. There were some people waiting at this building that weren't allowed to go across the dam yet or go to the UBM camp until they had passed all these checks and tests. The people working in this building were like security guards and anyone that wanted to go live with or be with the UBM brethren had to go through background checks and answer many questions. They had to spend a period of time in this holding facility; maybe weeks, months, or years until they passed everything required. (30, 60, and 100 is a progression of fruit in maturity. It comes by overcoming tests.) If they passed, they were allowed to try to cross over the dam and if they survived, they could go be with the brethren. (We have seen many people going through tests to see if they belong here and some failing the test of Love necessary for unity in holiness.) I felt that no one was physically able to get past this building or the dam unless they successfully passed the security. It was as if there was an invisible wall or line that prevented anyone from crossing. If they didn't pass, they either stayed in this facility until they passed or they just gave up and left. There were a couple of people that had been at this facility for many, many years waiting to be approved, but most people just left to back to normal life after a short period of time. It seemed that only a tiny amount of people was approved, let alone, approved in a quick or short period of time. (Only the remnant of overcomers will be approved [to belong to the corporate Bride Body.]) I remember seeing a big line up of women waiting to get checked into the facility to go through the security process but most of the women got denied so they weren't even qualified to go through the checking process. (This represents the “house of the women in Esther who were being prepared to be tested by the King of kings. God loved Esther above all the women and made her the Bride.) I spoke to a few of them and tried to encourage them to press on toward Jesus, but they weren't interested. It felt like they weren't there for Jesus. (This represents apostacy and selfish desires. They were Jezebels, so they weren't approved [like Vashti].) The people who worked at the security holding facility knew who I was, and I told them I am here until my hut is ready for me. They told me that the hut was almost built, and I should start walking back and when I get there it will be complete. I was surprised because I had only just come from that UBM area, and I thought it would take much longer to build my hut and I thought I was going to have to stay at the security facility for a while. (Psa. 81:13-14 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries. And Est. 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. ) They gave me some supplies and they walked me over to a stable and showed me all these different horses and told me to choose one. I said, “I am not sure if I am allowed a pet in the UBM camp area that I was about to move into. They told me that the horse is more than a pet and they have been working there for much longer than I have been on earth and that the horse will be valuable to all the brethren. They encouraged me to pick a horse. I said, “I don't know anything about horses so please pick the best one for me.” And they gave me a nice horse and I got on and started riding back to the dam to go back to the UBM camp. (Horses represent the strength of the flesh but Tiannah was subduing it by riding on its back to make it to the UBM camp. This represents overcoming the flesh to be in the Bride.)   Separate the Sheep from the Goats  Claire Pienaar - 3/21/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was in a 12-story, white building. I lived either on level 9 or level 11 (The number 12 represents completeness. We are living stones, making up the Bride of Christ). (This reminds me of the tower of white stones representing the Church that was shown to Hermas in the “Shepherd of Hermas.”) I was very happy there but wanted to see my dad more. (Claire's dad represents the Father in the dream.) I had to go down to the ground level (Representing the threshing floor). I found Him busy sorting out young sheep and goats. A little lamb followed me all the way up to my level, but he had a blood stain on his belly. (Riaan: To go where the Bride goes requires death to self [which, spiritually speaking, requires the shedding of blood through the cutting off of the “belly”.]). Some baby goats tried to come through different doors that were open, but my dad said, “Keep the doors shut”. (Representing that we must keep our spiritual doors shut so that we won't become as the rebellious goats.) I shoo'd the kids away. He was training someone young to take part in a very elite running race. He said, “I've timed him, and he's almost ready”. (We don't have much time to run our race. We must overcome and endure till the end to hear the Lord say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you…”) Then I woke up.   I received by faith at random Isa. 38:12 My dwelling is removed and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent, as well as Hosea 13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Riaan: It's time to mature).  Later that morning I opened one of the books I'm using with my children that gives meaningful explanations about sanctification and holiness, written for children. The portion of scripture for that day's discussion was Mat. 25:31-46, which is EXACTLY what my dream was about. I did not know this portion of scripture would be discussed, as I only open this book at lesson time, and I don't generally prep these lessons beforehand. God knows! Thank you, Lord.  Mat. 25:31-46  But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.   Death to Self Leads to Resurrection Life Gaynold Mozer - 1/16/23 (David's notes in red) It was a bright sunny day, and I was walking with someone on a sidewalk. (representing that the sun/Son shines upon us when we walk the narrow road.) It seemed to be on a college campus somewhere. (A college campus represents a place of higher learning.) There were quite a few other people gathered in small groups here and there along the way. It was a beautiful day, and everyone was happy and joyful. At the end of the sidewalk there were a couple glass doors going into what I thought to be a building, but once inside I felt that I was in a cave as it was so dark. (I do not know who was walking with me, but felt it was someone I knew.) (Jesus is walking with us as we walk the straight and narrow unto the death of our flesh nature represented by the cave. Jesus was buried in a cave after His death by the cross and so must we. There is a parallel between what happened to Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection and what is happening with the Man-child/Bride bodies.) This was not a large cave but seemed to be 30-40 feet long. (The Number 30 is considered the number of maturity and the number 40 represents a period of testing or trial.)  The darkness was so dense and overwhelming. The idea of it being a cave never entered my mind before we entered through the glass doors. (We must all lose our fleshly life which is against God that our spiritual life would rule. Mic 7:7-9 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.) Once inside the doors (As in Claire's dream above, Jesus is the transparent Door. We enter the Kingdom only through Him and His resurrection life.) I got separated from the person that had been walking with me. (This reminds me of what Jesus cried out on His cross in Mat. 27:45-46 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Jesus felt separated too during His death experience.)  It was very dark, so it was hard to recognize people as they just looked like shadows moving about. (When we are going through our death to self process we become hard to recognize because we are shadows of our former selves.) I didn't want to stand in the path, so I moved up to the highest row of seating available which was the third row.) (Jesus said after 3 days I will rise again. The three rows could also represents bearing the 30-, 60-, and 100-fold fruit of Christ.)  There were planks set into the steep bank of a hill that was very hard dirt. The ceiling of this area was barely above the highest seating space. I sat quietly waiting to hear the voice of the person that walked in with me so that I could locate them and sit with them, but I awakened not knowing what had happened to the person that walked in with me. (He is still there in spirit with us even in our darkest moments.) … There were people scattered about sitting on the rows of planks, but the area was far from full. (The first fruits harvest is small. Few are taught the crucified life or Jesus' message of death to self.) I received by faith at random Jeremiah 4:6 for this dream.  My finger was on the words, "flee for safety". This chapter is very fitting for these days. Jeremiah 4:6 Set up a standard toward Zion (the Bride):  flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. (Those who are dead to self, like the first fruits Bride, are safe from judgment.) The Lord brought to my attention the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.  Thank you, Father, for the seed sown upon good ground, for those who hear the word and understand it; that they may bear much fruit and bring glory and honor to Your Name. In Jesus Name, Amen.   A Study on Ephesians David Eells - 3/24/23 Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: (Notice that every spiritual blessing, including grace and peace are available to them who abide IN heavenly places, which are IN Jesus.) 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: (Notice that He chose us to be holy and without blemish and the `doing of it is IN Him? How do we access this? Primarily by Faith, which is "believing we have received" as Jesus commanded in Mark 11:24. - 2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.  Secondarily by manifestation.  1Jo 1:4-6 and these things we write that our joy may be made full. 5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: … 1Jo 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.)  Eph 1:5 having foreordained us (the faithful saints are addresses in verse 1) unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (First we are sons by faith - Gal 3:26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.  As we walk with Jesus we manifest Him - Pro 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last. Rom 8:19  For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing (or manifestation) of the sons of God. Rom 8:23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.  We first manifest sonship in spirit and soul. When we are first changed, it is our spirit that is born again. The soul, which is the mind, will, and emotions, is born again as we obey that spirit and walk in obedience to truth as Peter said.  1Pe 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again (in soul), not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. (Notice the incorruptible seed that births our soul is obedience to the Word. This born-again soul is Jesus' mind, will, and emotions.) But the born-again body is still to be redeemed and it will be different according to each persons works. 1Co 15:35 But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? ... 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. We are creating this new body now by our works. 2Co 5:1-4 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven: (We notice here that our new house is our new body, and it is also described as a garment and they are different. The Bride has a lampros or radiant garment while those invited to the marriage have only a leukos or white garment in Rev 19. And we are to hate the garment spotted by the flesh, meaning fleshly works in Jude 1:23.  Eph 1:3 if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. (I.e., without righteous works only our sinful flesh is seen.) 4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed (I.e. The body dies), but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life…. 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat (Literally “footprint tribunal” I.e., did you walk as he walked; meaning bearing your cross?) of Christ; that each one may receive the (new) body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Again - 10 For we must all be made manifest before the “footprint tribunal” of Christ; that each one may receive through the body (Other versions say, “the things done in the body” but the Numeric has “through the body”.), according to what he hath done, whether good or bad. (So, we will receive a body according to how much we abide in Him in our works.) Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: (Notice: All grace for everything is given as we abide “in” Jesus. So how do we receive power from Him to abide in Him? By Faith we see and speak of ourselves as the finished product because Jesus made reconciliation, which word means, an exchange of His life for ours at the cross.) Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith, which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. So, it is a necessity to abide IN Jesus to bear His fruit. Joh 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (This is the 3 of 4 that fall away) 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.  People who do their own thing and make up their own rules are not abiding IN Him and do not enter into His grace.  How do we abide IN Him? 1Jn 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father. 1Jn 2:6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked. (That walk is as a disciple; a learner and follower.) 2Jn 1:9-11 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works. (This Ephesians text continues to speak of what is given to us as we abide IN Jesus.) 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (Notice the fullness of our redemption and forgiveness of our sins is ours as we abide IN Him through faith in His Blood. We get a spiritual transfusion and exchange of our old sinful blood to His righteous blood.)   Eph 1:8 which he made to abound toward us IN all wisdom and prudence, (As we prudently seek His wisdom, redemption will manifest in us.) 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him (His purposes will be established in us as we know His will.) 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say, (If we walk by faith, when our time is up we will be completely IN Christ.) 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; (As we abide in Him we become His heritage as He purposed.) 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: (As our hope is in Him and not the world, He will receive praise and glory.) 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation (We were chosen in Him to have ears to hear.) , --in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (Look at those who do not receive the Holy Spirit as commanded and demonstrated in Acts. They are blind to truth and power which the Holy Spirit is to lead us in.)  14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory. (The Holy Spirit is our down payment to lead us in all that God has for us so we may bring glory to Him.)  15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints, (Will others hear of our faith and Love? I hope so.) 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; (If Paul can pray for the saints to have this most powerful of gifts, we can pray for it too. Give this to us Lord!)  18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, ("Calling" here means an invitation. Faith will come to us when we know that we are invited to partake of all that is Christ and all that He has, just as we see Him in the mirror.) 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might (His power to bring to pass what we believe is exceedingly greater than we know. We must become as a child in trusting our Father.)  20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, (His exceeding power raised the bodies of the saints from dust to show themselves to the people. And He still raises the dead today.) (Jesus is:) 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (And here we see that this dominion over all has been put under the very lowest member of His body, His feet, while He remains the brains of the outfit. This is why we need a revelation of His exceeding great power to us who believe.) Eph 2:1 And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, (Now that we are alive from the dead and a member of His Body, He can do all things through us. Let us not doubt.) 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (The sons of disobedience are the ones who are disobedient. They may even make excuses for this like once saved always saved or that they are just sinners saved by grace But they dont want to accept that grace saves from sin because they love it.) 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— (But many so called “Christians” are still in this corrupt state and they want to think it's normal. What a shock they will receive when they meet their maker to find out he isn't God.  Pray for them to wake up saints.) 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), (1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. We are now dead to sin but alive with His life for we are His body and He lives in His body.)  6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, IN Christ Jesus: (Our heavenly place is to abide in Him. We are told of a great falling away of the stars of heaven who lose their position to sit next to him. Why? Because they were given everything they needed to overcome, and they refused it.  The promises are given to the overcomers only.)  Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.  …11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.  …17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.  …26 And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations: … 3:21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.  Eph 2:7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: (All was freely given and should be freely received and freely shared as Jesus taught us.)  8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works (of man), that no man should glory. (All of the called have "been saved" from every curse as is said in Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. The curse of sin and death has been dealt with and is no longer the problem, which is unbelief.  Some say they have believed but it is "in vain" for their faith is in the traditions of men.  1Co 15:1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain. (This means believed for nothing and got nothing.) 2Co 6:1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (Meaning grace was given but not acted on.) Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. (These are obviously not man's works but God's work through man who believes Him.) 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; And Rom 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.) Eph 2:12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now IN Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ. And Rom 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. … 26 And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.  27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved.  Rom 11:25-26 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved (Notice that “all Israel" here is both Jew and Gentile joined in one new covenant.): even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:   Eph 2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace; (Notice there is only one covenant, and it makes us both one. The Law brought enmity and division but grace through faith makes one of all ethnicities) 16 and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: …  20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; 21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. ... Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (If Paul can pray for this strengthening of God's Spirit so that Christ would live in us, so can we.); to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.  4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. … 7 But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ... 11 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (The Man-child reformers are about to do what Jesus did; Send Apostles to raise up the 5 fold ministries.)  12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Jesus will walk the earth again in His fullness in His body.) 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;  ... 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,(And also the non Spirit filled apostate Churches)  18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; ... 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, (With the mind of Christ which is the Word.) 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.  26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 neither give place to the devil. ...29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear. 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: (We know that this leads to faction especially in these days when God is separating the tares from the wheat.) 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you. 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering, and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.  3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator (A broad term for different forms of sexual sin), nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them; ... 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.  ...18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. 22 Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.  25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish...... 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.  ... 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, ... 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The Overcoming Path (Audio) David Eells - 4/23/23 Chose the Unleavened Path Samuel Fire - 4/9/23 (David's notes in red) I saw a cliff face and there were many ropes to help one climb up it. Each rope had its own way to the top, but only one rope would last and not break. (The one that won't break is the Unleavened Bread of Christ).  Each of the ropes was a teaching on the paths up to God (Representing apostate Church doctrines), but these could not be completely relied on all the way to God.   All the ropes except one had breaks in them and defects somewhere up the course and either someone would fall or they would see the error and climb back down to get on another path. There was only one path that fully made it to the top safely. (Representing the true Gospel that Jesus is the only way to heaven. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. The way is a path not a line that we step over. The path and steps are already laid down. It is Jesus' steps. 1Jo. 2:5-6 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: 6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.)   Carrying Away Distraction and Idolatry Claire Pienaar - 4/18/23 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed I was going somewhere. I kept forgetting where my red bag was. I knew I needed my wallet and my cellphone that were both in the red bag. I found my red bag near Sarah-Marie's room so, I picked it up and carried it with me. (Sarah-Marie means Princess of darkness.) It seemed to be a hindrance in some way. It wasn't heavy or big, and it only had my cellphone and wallet inside. (Jesus told His disciples not to bring a wallet so they would trust in God and not be self-reliant. Also, a cell phone is often an idol and distracts us from the things of God.) I could have gone on without it. (Riaan: The bag is red representing the sacrifice of Christ. His blood was shed to deliver us from these fleshly things.)  I seemed to hold up a process due to going to fetch this bag, and my friend named Sarah-Marie really liked the bag, and she said something like, “You can't go without this lovely red handbag.” (We cannot listen to the “Princess of darkness” or rebellion because it will hold up our process of sanctification.) My husband Riaan kept on calling me while holding a transparent door open for me. (Riaan represents our Heavenly Husband, Jesus, who is the “Door to the sheepfold”. The Door is transparent because Jesus is pure.) It looked like we were entering into a ship or a large conference hall, or an airplane. (The Ark as well as an airplane are lifted off of the earth.) All I saw was the thick glass door and the side of a structure that made me think of all 3 of these structures at once. (Riaan: People are running after money and distractions of the world and missing the calling of the Man-child, Jesus.) (We must make it through the Door and into the Ark.) I asked the Lord for a verse by faith at random for this dream and received Eze. 6:13 And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols. (Riaan: This verse Claire received speaks of idols – the modern altars represent wallets or self-provision and cellphones represent worldly reliance's or addictions and distractions.) I asked the Lord if this is for me, and I received “they return” and “their heart” in this text below by faith at random. (All who repent from the heart and come out from among them will be restored.) 2Ch 6:38, (in context 36-42) If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly; if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers (i.e., what was given us by the early Church fathers we return to.), and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee. Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant. (Riaan: The bag is used to “carry away” something, like in this second verse. The blood of Jesus carries away captive these worldly idols.)   Overcoming Rejection to Achieve Unity Samuel Fire - 4/1/23 (David's notes in red) I saw all these children and I on an American school bus, the yellow with black stripe type and with the stop signs flaps. Everybody in the bus were from UBM. They were all young, like children under 10yrs of age. We then arrived at the school and got together in a classroom, and we each sat at our own desk. We participated in a mixture of subjects. The learning was interactive, and we were all given tests and participated in the learning. (As we will see, people with rejection are not comfortable with what they feel is competition.) Some of the children didn't feel to go to school, but once they arrived at school and sat in the classroom, they were happy and appreciated the lesson. I saw myself and others having struggles and difficulty in understanding the subjects and felt left out as we weren't making as much progress as the others. (This is when rejection spirits lie to their victims that correction equals rejection, and this brings frustration and offense.) I saw how other children were favored and always top in the class and that made it harder for me and others to team up and interact with them. I also saw how that many in the class were having to repeat many subjects, but not able to comprehend the materials. (Many times, this is inherited through the blood and can be treated with love and deliverance.) But the whole time, I felt and saw and heard the calm, peaceful and kind teaching of Jesus and His constant dedication and willingness to not give up on any of us. I was feeling the love and each time we went home on the bus we grew closer and wanted to see each other again. (Recognizing the spirits behind this is the first step to deliverance. Learning to cast down illegal thoughts about others, unforgiveness, and vain imaginations will help too. If this is not repented of it can end in faction, anger, and a great delusion and sin.)   Remnant Overcomers Tiannah Fire - 2/25/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamt that David Eells and the UBM brethren were all living together on top of a large hill that was like a national park. The hill had an open grass area where the brethren had simple huts as their houses. (This represents basic living and needs met, like the original church in Acts). The huts were all in this open area and close together. There was a large campfire with rocks around and log seats where the brethren would gather around together especially at night for prayer. Here they would praise, worship, and fellowship with the brethren and here David would teach. (In the natural we've actually done this, but Tiannah doesn't know that.) David felt like a fatherly figure in the dream, acting and treating the brethren as a father would. In the dream my relationship with David felt as a father daughter relationship and he had that with the other brethren too. In the dream the brethren seemed like children with child-like faith. They were eager to learn and humble to let go of their own way and to learn the Father's way. It also felt like David was like an elder of a tribe and I believe he is representing the Father in the dream. On 2 sides of the hill was a cliff that was overlooking water. On the other 2 sides were more forests, nature, and land that went much further. There was a giant dam and river that was on one of the sides and you could only walk across the top of the dam by foot. It was very dangerous because you could slip so easily and fall far down. (Three out of four fell away in the parable of the sower in Mat. 13:18-23. One of the four went on to bear fruit 30, 60 and 100 fold.) In the dream I was going to the other side of the land to where I thought I was to wait until the hut for me was completed and then I would return to the UBM camp. (The hut could represent our temporary tabernacle in the wilderness, which represents a personal relationship with the Lord as in the Feast of Tabernacles.) So, I went to go walk across the top of the dam and it was super slippery, and it was a long walk to get across to the other side of the land. I looked over to the other side and in the water, there were around 50 giant, white seals that were really large. (These creatures are white and large representing maturity and purity. They are at home in the water representing those who are mature in the Water of the Word and they mentor others through the slippery places along their walk.) They all turned and stared at me. Some of them ran over to me and stayed on either side of me maybe 10 on my left and 10 on my right and a few in front and behind me. They all watched me the whole time as they guided me and walked me across the dam so that I wouldn't slip or fall. (Many disciple the younger along the path in hope that they will bear fruit.) I felt they were all protecting me and wanted to keep me safe. They stayed in the dam and water area as I continued walking through the nature park. There were no maps or roads, so I had to just walk straight ahead by Faith. I came to a building that was sort of like a security building. There were some people waiting at this building that weren't allowed to go across the dam yet or go to the UBM camp until they had passed all these checks and tests. The people working in this building were like security guards and anyone that wanted to go live with or be with the UBM brethren had to go through background checks and answer many questions. They had to spend a period of time in this holding facility; maybe weeks, months, or years until they passed everything required. (30, 60, and 100 is a progression of fruit in maturity. It comes by overcoming tests.) If they passed, they were allowed to try to cross over the dam and if they survived, they could go be with the brethren. (We have seen many people going through tests to see if they belong here and some failing the test of Love necessary for unity in holiness.) I felt that no one was physically able to get past this building or the dam unless they successfully passed the security. It was as if there was an invisible wall or line that prevented anyone from crossing. If they didn't pass, they either stayed in this facility until they passed or they just gave up and left. There were a couple of people that had been at this facility for many, many years waiting to be approved, but most people just left to back to normal life after a short period of time. It seemed that only a tiny amount of people was approved, let alone, approved in a quick or short period of time. (Only the remnant of overcomers will be approved [to belong to the corporate Bride Body.]) I remember seeing a big line up of women waiting to get checked into the facility to go through the security process but most of the women got denied so they weren't even qualified to go through the checking process. (This represents the “house of the women in Esther who were being prepared to be tested by the King of kings. God loved Esther above all the women and made her the Bride.) I spoke to a few of them and tried to encourage them to press on toward Jesus, but they weren't interested. It felt like they weren't there for Jesus. (This represents apostacy and selfish desires. They were Jezebels, so they weren't approved [like Vashti].) The people who worked at the security holding facility knew who I was, and I told them I am here until my hut is ready for me. They told me that the hut was almost built, and I should start walking back and when I get there it will be complete. I was surprised because I had only just come from that UBM area, and I thought it would take much longer to build my hut and I thought I was going to have to stay at the security facility for a while. (Psa. 81:13-14 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries. And Est. 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. ) They gave me some supplies and they walked me over to a stable and showed me all these different horses and told me to choose one. I said, “I am not sure if I am allowed a pet in the UBM camp area that I was about to move into. They told me that the horse is more than a pet and they have been working there for much longer than I have been on earth and that the horse will be valuable to all the brethren. They encouraged me to pick a horse. I said, “I don't know anything about horses so please pick the best one for me.” And they gave me a nice horse and I got on and started riding back to the dam to go back to the UBM camp. (Horses represent the strength of the flesh but Tiannah was subduing it by riding on its back to make it to the UBM camp. This represents overcoming the flesh to be in the Bride.)   Separate the Sheep from the Goats  Claire Pienaar - 3/21/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was in a 12-story, white building. I lived either on level 9 or level 11 (The number 12 represents completeness. We are living stones, making up the Bride of Christ). (This reminds me of the tower of white stones representing the Church that was shown to Hermas in the “Shepherd of Hermas.”) I was very happy there but wanted to see my dad more. (Claire's dad represents the Father in the dream.) I had to go down to the ground level (Representing the threshing floor). I found Him busy sorting out young sheep and goats. A little lamb followed me all the way up to my level, but he had a blood stain on his belly. (Riaan: To go where the Bride goes requires death to self [which, spiritually speaking, requires the shedding of blood through the cutting off of the “belly”.]). Some baby goats tried to come through different doors that were open, but my dad said, “Keep the doors shut”. (Representing that we must keep our spiritual doors shut so that we won't become as the rebellious goats.) I shoo'd the kids away. He was training someone young to take part in a very elite running race. He said, “I've timed him, and he's almost ready”. (We don't have much time to run our race. We must overcome and endure till the end to hear the Lord say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you…”) Then I woke up.   I received by faith at random Isa. 38:12 My dwelling is removed and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent, as well as Hosea 13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Riaan: It's time to mature).  Later that morning I opened one of the books I'm using with my children that gives meaningful explanations about sanctification and holiness, written for children. The portion of scripture for that day's discussion was Mat. 25:31-46, which is EXACTLY what my dream was about. I did not know this portion of scripture would be discussed, as I only open this book at lesson time, and I don't generally prep these lessons beforehand. God knows! Thank you, Lord.  Mat. 25:31-46  But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.   Death to Self Leads to Resurrection Life Gaynold Mozer - 1/16/23 (David's notes in red) It was a bright sunny day, and I was walking with someone on a sidewalk. (representing that the sun/Son shines upon us when we walk the narrow road.) It seemed to be on a college campus somewhere. (A college campus represents a place of higher learning.) There were quite a few other people gathered in small groups here and there along the way. It was a beautiful day, and everyone was happy and joyful. At the end of the sidewalk there were a couple glass doors going into what I thought to be a building, but once inside I felt that I was in a cave as it was so dark. (I do not know who was walking with me, but felt it was someone I knew.) (Jesus is walking with us as we walk the straight and narrow unto the death of our flesh nature represented by the cave. Jesus was buried in a cave after His death by the cross and so must we. There is a parallel between what happened to Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection and what is happening with the Man-child/Bride bodies.) This was not a large cave but seemed to be 30-40 feet long. (The Number 30 is considered the number of maturity and the number 40 represents a period of testing or trial.)  The darkness was so dense and overwhelming. The idea of it being a cave never entered my mind before we entered through the glass doors. (We must all lose our fleshly life which is against God that our spiritual life would rule. Mic 7:7-9 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.) Once inside the doors (As in Claire's dream above, Jesus is the transparent Door. We enter the Kingdom only through Him and His resurrection life.) I got separated from the person that had been walking with me. (This reminds me of what Jesus cried out on His cross in Mat. 27:45-46 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Jesus felt separated too during His death experience.)  It was very dark, so it was hard to recognize people as they just looked like shadows moving about. (When we are going through our death to self process we become hard to recognize because we are shadows of our former selves.) I didn't want to stand in the path, so I moved up to the highest row of seating available which was the third row.) (Jesus said after 3 days I will rise again. The three rows could also represents bearing the 30-, 60-, and 100-fold fruit of Christ.)  There were planks set into the steep bank of a hill that was very hard dirt. The ceiling of this area was barely above the highest seating space. I sat quietly waiting to hear the voice of the person that walked in with me so that I could locate them and sit with them, but I awakened not knowing what had happened to the person that walked in with me. (He is still there in spirit with us even in our darkest moments.) … There were people scattered about sitting on the rows of planks, but the area was far from full. (The first fruits harvest is small. Few are taught the crucified life or Jesus' message of death to self.) I received by faith at random Jeremiah 4:6 for this dream.  My finger was on the words, "flee for safety". This chapter is very fitting for these days. Jeremiah 4:6 Set up a standard toward Zion (the Bride):  flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. (Those who are dead to self, like the first fruits Bride, are safe from judgment.) The Lord brought to my attention the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.  Thank you, Father, for the seed sown upon good ground, for those who hear the word and understand it; that they may bear much fruit and bring glory and honor to Your Name. In Jesus Name, Amen.   A Study on Ephesians David Eells - 3/24/23 Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: (Notice that every spiritual blessing, including grace and peace are available to them who abide IN heavenly places, which are IN Jesus.) 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: (Notice that He chose us to be holy and without blemish and the `doing of it is IN Him? How do we access this? Primarily by Faith, which is "believing we have received" as Jesus commanded in Mark 11:24. - 2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.  Secondarily by manifestation.  1Jo 1:4-6 and these things we write that our joy may be made full. 5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: … 1Jo 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.)  Eph 1:5 having foreordained us (the faithful saints are addresses in verse 1) unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (First we are sons by faith - Gal 3:26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.  As we walk with Jesus we manifest Him - Pro 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last. Rom 8:19  For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing (or manifestation) of the sons of God. Rom 8:23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.  We first manifest sonship in spirit and soul. When we are first changed, it is our spirit that is born again. The soul, which is the mind, will, and emotions, is born again as we obey that spirit and walk in obedience to truth as Peter said.  1Pe 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again (in soul), not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. (Notice the incorruptible seed that births our soul is obedience to the Word. This born-again soul is Jesus' mind, will, and emotions.) But the born-again body is still to be redeemed and it will be different according to each persons works. 1Co 15:35 But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? ... 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. We are creating this new body now by our works. 2Co 5:1-4 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven: (We notice here that our new house is our new body, and it is also described as a garment and they are different. The Bride has a lampros or radiant garment while those invited to the marriage have only a leukos or white garment in Rev 19. And we are to hate the garment spotted by the flesh, meaning fleshly works in Jude 1:23.  Eph 1:3 if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. (I.e., without righteous works only our sinful flesh is seen.) 4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed (I.e. The body dies), but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life…. 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat (Literally “footprint tribunal” I.e., did you walk as he walked; meaning bearing your cross?) of Christ; that each one may receive the (new) body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Again - 10 For we must all be made manifest before the “footprint tribunal” of Christ; that each one may receive through the body (Other versions say, “the things done in the body” but the Numeric has “through the body”.), according to what he hath done, whether good or bad. (So, we will receive a body according to how much we abide in Him in our works.) Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: (Notice: All grace for everything is given as we abide “in” Jesus. So how do we receive power from Him to abide in Him? By Faith we see and speak of ourselves as the finished product because Jesus made reconciliation, which word means, an exchange of His life for ours at the cross.) Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith, which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. So, it is a necessity to abide IN Jesus to bear His fruit. Joh 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (This is the 3 of 4 that fall away) 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.  People who do their own thing and make up their own rules are not abiding IN Him and do not enter into His grace.  How do we abide IN Him? 1Jn 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father. 1Jn 2:6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked. (That walk is as a disciple; a learner and follower.) 2Jn 1:9-11 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works. (This Ephesians text continues to speak of what is given to us as we abide IN Jesus.) 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (Notice the fullness of our redemption and forgiveness of our sins is ours as we abide IN Him through faith in His Blood. We get a spiritual transfusion and exchange of our old sinful blood to His righteous blood.)   Eph 1:8 which he made to abound toward us IN all wisdom and prudence, (As we prudently seek His wisdom, redemption will manifest in us.) 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him (His purposes will be established in us as we know His will.) 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say, (If we walk by faith, when our time is up we will be completely IN Christ.) 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; (As we abide in Him we become His heritage as He purposed.) 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: (As our hope is in Him and not the world, He will receive praise and glory.) 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation (We were chosen in Him to have ears to hear.) , --in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (Look at those who do not receive the Holy Spirit as commanded and demonstrated in Acts. They are blind to truth and power which the Holy Spirit is to lead us in.)  14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory. (The Holy Spirit is our down payment to lead us in all that God has for us so we may bring glory to Him.)  15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints, (Will others hear of our faith and Love? I hope so.) 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; (If Paul can pray for the saints to have this most powerful of gifts, we can pray for it too. Give this to us Lord!)  18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, ("Calling" here means an invitation. Faith will come to us when we know that we are invited to partake of all that is Christ and all that He has, just as we see Him in the mirror.) 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might (His power to bring to pass what we believe is exceedingly greater than we know. We must become as a child in trusting our Father.)  20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, (His exceeding power raised the bodies of the saints from dust to show themselves to the people. And He still raises the dead today.) (Jesus is:) 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (And here we see that this dominion over all has been put under the very lowest member of His body, His feet, while He remains the brains of the outfit. This is why we need a revelation of His exceeding great power to us who believe.) Eph 2:1 And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, (Now that we are alive from the dead and a member of His Body, He can do all things through us. Let us not doubt.) 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (The sons of disobedience are the ones who are disobedient. They may even make excuses for this like once saved always saved or that they are just sinners saved by grace But they dont want to accept that grace saves from sin because they love it.) 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— (But many so called “Christians” are still in this corrupt state and they want to think it's normal. What a shock they will receive when they meet their maker to find out he isn't God.  Pray for them to wake up saints.) 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), (1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. We are now dead to sin but alive with His life for we are His body and He lives in His body.)  6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, IN Christ Jesus: (Our heavenly place is to abide in Him. We are told of a great falling away of the stars of heaven who lose their position to sit next to him. Why? Because they were given everything they needed to overcome, and they refused it.  The promises are given to the overcomers only.)  Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.  …11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.  …17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.  …26 And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations: … 3:21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.  Eph 2:7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: (All was freely given and should be freely received and freely shared as Jesus taught us.)  8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works (of man), that no man should glory. (All of the called have "been saved" from every curse as is said in Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. The curse of sin and death has been dealt with and is no longer the problem, which is unbelief.  Some say they have believed but it is "in vain" for their faith is in the traditions of men.  1Co 15:1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain. (This means believed for nothing and got nothing.) 2Co 6:1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (Meaning grace was given but not acted on.) Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. (These are obviously not man's works but God's work through man who believes Him.) 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; And Rom 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.) Eph 2:12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now IN Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ. And Rom 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. … 26 And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.  27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved.  Rom 11:25-26 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved (Notice that “all Israel" here is both Jew and Gentile joined in one new covenant.): even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:   Eph 2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace; (Notice there is only one covenant, and it makes us both one. The Law brought enmity and division but grace through faith makes one of all ethnicities) 16 and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: …  20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; 21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. ... Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (If Paul can pray for this strengthening of God's Spirit so that Christ would live in us, so can we.); to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.  4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. … 7 But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ... 11 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (The Man-child reformers are about to do what Jesus did; Send Apostles to raise up the 5 fold ministries.)  12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Jesus will walk the earth again in His fullness in His body.) 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;  ... 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,(And also the non Spirit filled apostate Churches)  18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; ... 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, (With the mind of Christ which is the Word.) 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.  26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 neither give place to the devil. ...29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear. 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: (We know that this leads to faction especially in these days when God is separating the tares from the wheat.) 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you. 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering, and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.  3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator (A broad term for different forms of sexual sin), nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them; ... 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.  ...18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. 22 Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.  25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish...... 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.  ... 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, ... 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We are back with the FINAL episode of season 5. This has been a really hard season for us to get through... mostly because of personal struggles, but also because this book is just... a slog. In this episode, we update ya'll on our lives, and put a final button on the end of "The Handmaid's Tale". (Spoiler alert: Aubree HATES the ending.) Join us as we wrap up this season, and announce the next book! (It's a lot more fun, we promise!).Thank you so much for sticking with us through this crazy (almost) year!

En annorlunda bokcirkel med Thella Johnson och Lollo Collmar. Gäster: Magnus William-Olsson, poet och Thomas Kazen, professor i bibelvetenskap. DEL 10Välsignad vare frukten och må Herren öppna ditt sköte - Thella inleder sitt uppdrag att gå till botten med bibelreferenserna i The Handmaid's Tale. Författaren Margaret Atwood har skapat odödliga repliker i sin bok och tv-serie om Offred/June och de andra tillfångatagna kvinnorna i den religiösa polisstaten Gilead. Exempelvis denna vanliga hälsningsfras mellan två tjänarinnor:- Blessed be the fruit.- May the lord open.Men var i Bibeln står detta - och vad menas? Var ligger det ursprungliga Gilead? Vem är Isebel som givit upphov till benämningen Jezebels om kvinnorna som arbetar i Gileads bordeller? Välkomna med på resan in i Atwood-land och Bibel-land!Hesekiel: den seriösa uppföljningen - Ja, vi har snuddat vid profeten Hesekiel tidigare, men det är en lång och betydelsefull bok och han fick inte bara "käka bokrulle och ligga på ena sidan i fyrtio nätter". Som tur är har vi poeten och Hesekiel-kännaren Magnus William-Olsson i studion, som jämför Hesekiels författarskap med den samtida poeten Sapfos och berättar hur exilen och förlusten av det egna landet föder ett nytt behov av minne och symbolik.Det inre, det yttre och det verkliga - Likt tidigare gäster bjuder Magnus William-Olsson på en övning i filosofiskt tänkande, och menar att profeten Hesekiel var med och skapade den moderna västerländska människan och hennes sätt att förstå sig själv och världen.Utopier, att tala till de döda och de ännu ofödda - Magnus William-Olsson tycker att det just nu är svårt att tro på framtiden. Thomas Kazen slår ett slag för den goda utopin, som inte är möjlig att förverkliga men som ger människor tillräcklig inspiration för att vilja försöka.Bibelavsnitt: Luk 1:42, Hes 1, Hes 40-48, Luk 10:38, Höga v 4:1, 2 Kung 9I avsnittet reciteras även ur böckerna:Sapfo: dikterna och fragmenten; översättning, kommentarer och efterord av Vasilis Papageorgiou och Magnus William-OlssonEremitkräftans sånger av Magnus William-OlssonFilmcitat ur På heder och Samvete (A Few Good Men) och The Handmaid's TaleMusikcitat i avsnittet:Kanye West - Jesus WalksMadonna - Like A PrayerPrince - God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)Medverkande i avsnittet:Magnus William-Olsson, poet och översättareThomas Kazen, professor i bibelvetenskap vid Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm, pastor i EqumeniakyrkanProgramledare: Thella JohnsonBisittare: Lollo CollmarLjudtekniker: Jocke Persson

We take a little horror break, and hit the streets for some exploitation action! And high school. Because when you think action, you think high school. But let me tell you, these teachers might actually struggle more than the gang members in the other two movies.Director Jack Hill brings us a tale of rivalries and betrayal in an all-female gang. Juvenile delinquency and exploitation trash go hand in hand, in Switchblade Sisters (1975)!Can you dig it? If you can't, then you might want to stay away from New York City in the '70s. When Cyrus, leader of the largest gang in the city, is assassinated while a truce is in place for a massive meeting of local gangs, one gang is falsely accused and suddenly on the run for their lives! Will The Warriors (1979) come out to play, in this irresistible cult classic?And then from there, I don't know what is going on at this high school, but the faculty is clearly in a lot of trouble. While the administration seemingly does nothing, a gang of punks makes the lives of the teachers a living hell! Should the Class of 1984 (1982) be expelled?

Coons. Mammies. Jezebels. That's how Hollywood wanted to paint us on the big screen. But one group of Black filmmakers refused to play nice. Would their ambitious rebellion defeat the ignorant portrayals of Black people? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Restoration of the Saints (12) (Audio) David Eells - 11/13/22 Destroying Your DNA or Restoring Your DNA As we have seen the confession of the curse brings destruction of the DNA. This is what men do everyday as a norm as they see their natural face in the mirror instead of the Gospel face of Jesus as in 2Co 3:18. As a narrow example of  this very broad principle of the DNA curse, the medical establishment demonstrates this phenomena by pointing out specifically all of man's curses and making sure they fear them so that they can control the people.   As Job said in Job 3:25  For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.  Jesus confirmed this saying in Mat 8:13 ... as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. Fear is faith in the curse. The medical establishment confesses the curses and demands that we do so also but they always ultimately lose the patient to the curse. Their pharmakeia actually brings more curses as side effects.  They made sure everyone who would listen feared C-19 enough to take the vaccine which people are dying of in a geometric progression. Before this man-made curse the Journal of the American Medical Association said, 450,000 people were dying a year in the US from Iatropic [healer related] causes. The Angels told us that the Lord would return in His Man-child body and completely restore the DNA of his Holy People who confess Him before men. The angel Baruch said, “There is much busyness happening in the Kingdom of our Lord; Much excitement is among the saints and the angels. Everything is prepared and ready for His return.” And then after a moment he said, “The Son is waiting for the Father's command.” David asked, “So the Man-child is coming?” Baruch said, “Surely.” David asked, “What does the coming restoration involve personally?” The angel Jeruel  answered, “Restoration on a DNA cellular level. Faith and power will be imputed to receive healing and restoration. It will be complete restoration not partial. The first fruits are first. They will be the trail blazers. There will be a mighty supernatural outpouring of spiritual restoration of closeness to God through His Holy Spirit.” Science is pointing this out.  It appears to me that the Lord, through the spoken Words of His Man-child, will bring the frequency needed to restore DNA, and all we need to supply is the Words of Faith in the promises of God which we have known is the cure for the curse. Jesus through His sacrifice took away the devil's power of death (Heb.2:14) for those who believe. He never had the authority of death. Authority is the right to use power. (1Sa.2:6) The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. Death and life are in the hand of the Lord, not any other. But again, that does not negate our responsibility. (Pro.18:21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue… We need to be careful to agree with God's Word that we fall not under the curse (Rev.22:18-19). (Num.14:28)… As ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you. (Mat.12:37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. God reacts to the way we react to His Word. Everything is subject to the Word God has spoken, even His own will. (Psa.138:2)… thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. God puts the Word first, as a standard to trust even above His own name, which in Hebrew means “character and authority.” God wants us to know that He puts His Word above any desire or purpose that we might think He has. But His Word is His desire and purpose.   Words Heal or Curse Your DNA Deb Horton - 10/26/11 (David's notes in red) Below are Cliffs Notes by Deb Horton of an article which reports that science has finally acknowledged that words have physical power. After removing all the New Age gobbledygook, the article acknowledges that Russian scientists have discovered that spoken words alone can and do reprogram DNA. So the tongue conquers the curse or the tongue can bring the curse. Key points quoted from the article, which is translated from German, so the terminology will sound a little strange in English (my comments in parentheses): 1. DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by words and frequencies WITHOUT cutting out and replacing single genes. 2. The Russian linguists found that the genetic code, especially in the apparently useless 90% (which has been called "junk DNA"), follows the same rules as all our human languages...(and that) human languages ... are a reflection of our inherent DNA. 3. One can simply use words and sentences of the human language ... to influence genetic information! (i.e. agreeing with the Words that we are not under the curse, that by His stripes we were healed, etc.) This, too, was experimentally proven! Living DNA substance (in living tissue, not in vitro) will always react to language-modulated laser rays and even to radio waves, if the proper frequencies are being used. 4. This finally and scientifically explains why affirmations ...(can) repair genetic defects.(Our confessions of the positive promises of God concerning us and our circumstances change us. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Pro 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.) 5. ...our body is programmable by language, words and thought. This has now been scientifically proven and explained....The individual person must work on the inner processes and maturity in order to establish a conscious communication with the DNA. (i.e., 2Co. 10:5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;) 6. The Russian scientists also found out that our DNA can cause disturbing patterns ....Stress, worries or a hyperactive intellect prevent (or) distort the communication (and) make it useless. (Isa. 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.) 7. An ordered group consciousness creates order in its whole surroundings! When a great number of people get together very closely, potentials of violence also dissolve. (Coming into one accord is powerful especially when we come into one accord with God. Rom. 15:5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:  Rom. 10:10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.) Researchers think that if humans with full individuality would regain group consciousness, they would have a god-like power to create, alter and shape things on Earth! (That would be Christ in us, the hope of glory. Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.) …   Verbal First Aid and the Power of Words: (Natural News) by Dani Veracity - 5/16/06 (David's notes in red) …According to Professor Judith Simon Prager, what you say to a person in a crisis is just as important as what you do. "How a person experiences an illness or injury is important to both the healing process and the person not developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)," says Professor Prager, who travels worldwide training people in what she calls "verbal first aid." The technique she teaches takes “Fight-or-flight" response into account and incorporates two systems largely ignored by mainstream medicine: The body's powerful self-healing system and its extremely influential belief system. (Jesus said, “As you have believed so be it done unto you.” and when you believe Him, it comes out of your mouth. Hence, there is a positive vibrational frequency.) Furthermore, this mind-body approach can make the difference between life and death for someone suffering from a major illness or injury. (Pro.18:21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue…) ...Unfortunately, Fight-or-flight response does more harm than good ... because, in Professor Prager's words, it "makes you stupid.” (When we forget God's Word and His promises, Demons will take advantage of fear, anxiety, and negativity in order to make people "stupid.”) Though no one can doubt the power of intuition, Fight-or-flight response does in fact hinder complex thought, (which occurs in the frontal lobe) because it makes the blood nourishing the frontal brain go to the mid-brain. This mid-brain thinking is an altered state that Professor Prager calls the "Healing Zone." This is a highly susceptible position or state, in which, the injured or ill person is unable to exercise personal judgment; therefore, the words others say around that person weigh heavily on his or her emotions and, because all emotions illicit a physical response, physical well-being. This mind-body connection is core to verbal first aid. "Our thoughts give rise to physical manifestations," explains Professor Prager. The mind-body link is not just a theory, either, as studies show that words alone can influence automatic nervous system activities, such as heart rate and breathing rate. Furthermore, she cites two former medical “mysteries": doctor-induced illness and the placebo effect -- as proof that the mind-body connection exists. Many of us have experienced some form of doctor-induced illness. For example, when a doctor says, "This medication may make you sick," most people will perceive some form of negative side effect. The placebo effect is a similar phenomenon, in which we feel what we believe we are supposed to feel. The fact that the placebo works as well or better than the tested pharmaceuticals 33 percent of the time concerns some and mystifies others. It's certainly not information that Big Pharma would like you to think about, but nevertheless, it is the truth. So how can it be? Well, the body makes its own chemicals, Professor Prager reasons, so if you think a pill will help you, it often will, even if it's just a sugar pill masquerading as a pharmaceutical drug. (Think how much better it would be to not have the bad side effects of drugs or "trusting in the arm of the flesh.” Jer 17:5-8 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.) University of Kansas professor M. Eric Wright discovered verbal first aid in 1990, when he experimented with two groups of emergency medical technicians. The control group was told to continue normal emergency response procedure, but the other group was given a set of parameters to follow: 1. Minimize extraneous input, such as witnesses' reactions. 2. Say a specific paragraph that includes: "The worst is over...[Tell your body to preserve itself. Encourage healing and limited blood loss]... You're in a safe position. The worst is over." 3. Don't talk too much about anything else. After six months of following these parameters, the trained group's patients ... experienced a much lower mortality rate. (How much more powerful it would be if we spoke the Words of Life over people! This is going beyond the natural to the supernatural. Jesus said in Joh 6:63,  It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life. And Mar. 11:23-24 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. 24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.)    “Diagnostitis" and the Power of Words (NaturalNews) by Dr. Carolyn Dean - 5/11/11 (David's notes in red) “Diagnostitis" is a new disease that I invented, I'm sure many others have had the same idea. It's a condition caused by health professionals declaring that you have something wrong with you that's incurable … [and] the symptoms can only be treated with drugs or surgery. “Diagnostitis" is an inflammation and irritation that you feel when you are given the wrong diagnosis. Or it could be a diagnosis callously embellished with all the horrors of the disease. (i.e. “The bad report”. How many wrong diagnosis' come to pass because they had so much faith in the doctors? Or a true diagnosis that came to pass because the person acted upon it by faith.) (Years ago, in one week, two women associated with our fellowship were told they had breast cancer. We prayed for them and told them that they were healed and to believe Jesus' words. We warned them not to believe any other words. In both cases, the doctors convinced them otherwise. They both ended up having Mastectomies and the lab results showed that there was no cancer in the breast tissues.) Back to the article: When I was a second-year medical student doing rounds with an orthopedic surgeon and my clinical group, I witnessed our surgeon describing the terrible fate awaiting a young man recently diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (a deforming arthritic condition), in front of the patient. I was appalled! At the end of rounds the doctor started to criticize me for sitting on another patient's bed to obtain … their history. I said, “No, I want to talk to you!" I immediately launched into his incredible insensitivity for dashing any hope of recovery from Adam, the spondylitis patient. “Diagnostitis" can be the result of being given a diagnosis. ... The doctor may not have the tools to help his patient but he dashes any hope that something else or someone else might have answers. (That someone we know is Jesus Christ. “By His stripes ye were healed.”) Here's another cause of diagnostitis. I've had clients who tell me doctors have blurted out, "I can't believe you're still alive!" Or the doctor simply says, "I can't believe you are doing so well." This statement to some can be a triumph that you've surpassed your doctor's expectations. But to another it could reactivate the feeling that you didn't have a very good chance of surviving and initiate a setback. (Doubt and unbelief will always cause us set backs whether it is our own or that of someone else's.) That recently happened to a client of mine. After extensive back surgery he went for his two-week check up and x-rays. The x-ray technician was shocked at the major work that had been done. The technician's genuine surprise that he was doing so well in the face of such extensive surgery threw my client into irrational fears that his recovery was probably tenuous and wouldn't last. I remember when I first went to medical school, doctors didn't tell patients how sick they were or whether or not they had cancer. Then came the era of the "informed consent”. Now Doctors felt obliged to tell patients if there was even a 5 percent chance that they had cancer. You may not agree, but I think telling a person they may have cancer can actually sow the seeds of cancer in their vulnerable mind and body. (Pro. 23:7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he… Jesus said, "As you have believed so be it done unto you.”) I recently wrote a foreword for a soon-to-be-published book called Become a Wellness Champion by Pam Bartha, a science teacher and writer. In 1988, at age 28, Pam was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She was told by her neurologist that it was only a matter of time before she would land in a wheelchair and then be completely disabled. This doctor was playing God. He was adamant there was nothing she could do to change the prognosis of her disease. He even warned her against snake oil cures, saying they were useless. He put nails in her coffin and added the stress of "incurability" to her list of symptoms. He added diagnositis and the fear of never recovering from her MS diagnosis. ... How cruel are these doctors who so often sentence their patients to a life of illness. ... Doctors issue a divine proclamation that keeps many people … discouraged and hopeless. With their presumed authority and their words, they pass judgment on … people. Doctors have indeed become the priesthood and wield terrible authority over their patients. And some of them don't even realize the power of their words. They know very little … and yet they never state their ignorance. They just pass on their hopelessness to their patients. ... The words they say are geared to fit into the standard practice of medicine. Any words outside that box can get them in trouble. (This is part of the Rockefeller population control agenda. The Rockefellers' bought out and funded all the medical schools in the 20th century and began teaching and brain washing all the upcoming medical students with Allopathic pharmaceutical treatment methods.) In the comments section below the article is a moving story by a reader who says, "I am a burn survivor and was advised to not use insect repellent, perfume, shampoo, soap, aftershave, shaving cream, sunscreen, etc. When I asked my doctor why he wasn't telling the world about the crap (harmful substances) in all these products he looked me in the eye and said, 'I have a wife, children, a mortgage and other patients to help. If I told the world what I told you I wouldn't have any of it.' I felt sorry for him, he had a tear in his eye, but I understood why he didn't tell the world.” (Many doctors who have come out publicly speaking against the Covid and vaccine agendas have lost their medical license; most recently like the famous Dr. Peter McCullough.) What's my message? Make your own words be "the tell" of how you want your world to be and how you want your health to be. Don't let anyone else's words take away from your power. No authority on earth can do that. For an example of this, read my Natural News article, "The Medical Monopoly" (http://www.naturalnews.com/Author_Dr_Carolyn...).     The Power of Words are HUGE! YouTube – A&O Productions (David's notes in red)   [Editors notes italicized or in red] ...God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light. I want to remind you of the power of the mind. You can think yourself into a depression. You can think your way into stress. You can think your way into misery and frustration. There's so much more power in the mind than you probably would like to give yourself credit for. Change your mind. Decide that you love yourself enough to not surround yourself with people, things and situations that can have your mind continuing to spiral down this negative and dysfunctional train. “Once …you are fed with an idea ... you are susceptible to, … like an idea that this pill that we just got from the pharmaceutical company, it's the greatest, best thing for your issue, and I give you this pill and you get better, and then later you find out it was a sugar pill, and everybody says, ‘Yeah, that's called the placebo effect.'” ... “What does it really mean?” ... “You didn't get healed by the pill, you got healed by the belief in the pill.” “Well, ... that's what placebo's all about,” and ... a minimum of one-third, of all medical intervention is the placebo effect, that's where the healing comes from. (Imagine how the power would be multiplied beyond the natural if we put our faith in the Word of God.) …That's the result of positive thinking. But what about negative thinking?” This is what we don't talk about, but the reality is that it's equally powerful in regard to affecting your biology as is positive thinking, but it works in the opposite direction. A negative thought is called the nocebo effect. It can cause any disease and you can die. If you believe you're going to die, you can die from the belief. So, we really have to watch out because, as psychologists would tell us, 70% or more of our thoughts are negative and redundant and we're replaying the same negative thoughts. I say, “If thoughts have nothing to do with it, fine, but thoughts, positive or negative, shape our biology.” …It's time to wake up because our negative thinking is manifesting in negative life experiences.” (Again, we should enter the supernatural power by faith in God's promises.) Words are extremely powerful. You actually create your own laws and limitations for yourself, using the words that you say most often. The greatest teacher to ever live, the Carpenter from the plains of Galilee once said, “By your words you are justified and by your words you are condemned.” He understood the spiritual properties words possess. (Faith makes us justified but unbelief is a sin.) …God actually spoke the universe into existence, also known as cymatics or vibration. And remember, you are a piece [rather, we are made in the likeness] of the Creator and possess the same creative qualities. Never use phrases like, “This is killing me,” or “This makes me sick.” Though lighthearted, those are actual commands that are stirring energy in motion. “From the fruit of their mouth, a person's stomach is filled. With the harvest of their lips they are satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:20-21) There are high energy words and there are low energy words. High energy words attract to you positive people, positive situations, positive outcomes, positive circumstances. They also raise your health and the health and wellness of those listening. “From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things and the work of their hands brings them reward. An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies. The words of the reckless pierce like swords but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” (Proverbs 15:14-19) Low energy words do the exact opposite. They attract all manner of negative situations and circumstances. And they have also been proven to lower your immune system, making you more susceptible to illness. Dr. Emoto's water experiment proved that words and intention actually have a physical impact on water. Dr. Emoto's laboratory does research on water samples which are subjected to various forms of outside influence. The impressions made upon the water are recorded by swiftly freezing it in a cryogenic chamber. Somebody said, “Thank you,” to this water, or “Excuse me,” or “You disgust me,” or, “Idiot,” or, “I hate you,” or, “love,” “hope,” and “soul.” (Pictures in video show that the positive words created beautiful designs and the negative words made the water form chaotic and disorganized blobs.) In Dr. Emoto's numerous experiments, aimed at finding the word that cleanses the water most powerfully, have shown that it's not just one word, but a combination of two: "love and gratitude. “For whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.”  (1 Peter 3:8-10) And Jesus said that your words are spirit. “The Spirit gives life. The flesh counts for nothing. The words I've spoken to you, they are full of the Spirit and life. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. [Which means, “gives life to”] The flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not.” (John 6:63-64) Faith comes by hearing. Like when we say, “I can do this,” and set out to accomplish it. That it is the very words, when heard, because faith comes by hearing, that when you hear yourself saying these words, “I can do this,” that you actually can get the courage and strength and the wherewithal to get something done. That's why it's not just important to think good thoughts, you have to speak those thoughts. If you want things to come out and you want them to be manifested into the world, if you have a thought within you, you need to speak that thought out. You need to create by speaking the very thing that you have within you. You need to bring it, somehow, into this world and make it so. Think of it this way: a thought that is within you is not in this world. The thought that is in you is within you. It is only until you speak that thought and you give it a vibration in this world that it actually manifests. The Scriptures say that God spoke and everything became. The Scriptures say that every word that we speak will be judged accordingly, that we will be held accountable for everything that we say and everything that we think. This is why we must take every thought captive. Every thought that comes into our mind, it has the potential to create that thought in the world, if manifested by the words that you speak. Your thoughts create, your words make them become the very thing that you believe that they will be. “We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships, as an example, although they are so large and driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire. A world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body. It sets the whole course of one's life on fire and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue, we praise our Lord and Father, and with it, we curse human beings who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” (James 3:1-12) Dr. Emoto has conducted another interesting experiment. He placed rice into three glass beakers and covered it with water and then every day for a month, he said, “Thank you,” to one beaker, “You're an idiot,” to the second, and the third one, he completely ignored. After one month, the rice that had been thanked, began to ferment, giving off a strong, pleasant aroma. The rice in the second beaker turned black. And the rice that was ignored began to rot. …Another experiment was to say good, beautiful, positive things to the good apple and nasty things to the bad apple. So, I just took out my apples from the bad apple jar and the good apple jar, and ... it's just amazing. …(The bad apple had brown spots all over it and the good apple was preserved with no spots.) Try using 25 containers, or even 50 containers, this works, and it shows that our thoughts literally shape our lives. (Another experiment was to put two strawberries in two plastic baggies and label one bag, “Love” and the other bag, “Hate” The individual said, “I love you, strawberry.” to the baggie labeled Love and “I hate you, strawberry.” to the baggie labeled “Hate.” …The “Love” strawberry looks completely normal. …And the hate berry had mold all over it.) ...People do things that annoy, disappoint and anger. Though we cannot look into another's heart, we assume that we know a bad motive or even a bad person when we see one. This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it! “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful to building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those that listen.” (Ephesians 4:29) Haven't we all at one time or another meekly approached the mercy seat and pleaded for grace? Haven't we wished with all the energy of our souls for mercy to be forgiven for the mistakes we have made, and the sins we have committed? Forgiving ourselves and others is not easy. In fact, for most of us, it requires a major change in our attitude and way of thinking, even a change of heart. This mighty change of heart is exactly what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is designed to bring about. Let us be kind. Let us forgive. Let us talk peacefully with each other. Let us do good unto all men. Allowing us to see others the way our heavenly Father sees us, as flawed and imperfect mortals who have potential and worth, far beyond our capacity to imagine. Because God loves us so much, we too must love and forgive. Remember, in the end, it is the merciful who obtain mercy. Believe it or not, each word that you speak is an affirmation. You are always affirming that you want more of it into your life by speaking it, by placing your attention on it, by talking about it. Since that's the case, only talk about the joyous things that you would like to have and experience. And before you know it, those words will become an everyday part of your vocabulary and your life will soon follow suit. Our confession forbids or permits, and determines who will win the battle in the heavens. Victory in the battle in heaven has nothing to do with the power of the angels or demons, but our authority. One angel will easily bind Satan and cast him into the abyss as in Rev.20:1-2. It says in Rev.12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; (8) and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. Even though the angels and demons carry out the warfare, the saints give authority by the words of their mouth to the winning side. (11) And they (saints) overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. The saints forbid or permit angels and demons according to the “word of their testimony.” This is according to Jesus in, (Mat.18:18) Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind (forbid) on earth shall be bound (forbidden) in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose (permit) on earth shall be loosed (permitted) in heaven. Because of this, we are motivated to agree with the Word even when it is contrary to the sight realm or human sentiment. The Word of God in us gives authority to the angels to conquer Satan. Many say, “I bind the demons,” or “I loose the angels,” while they continue to disagree with the Word. This is only hot air. It accomplishes nothing. Neither Jesus nor His disciples made these statements. We do not have to either; just agree with the Word in our everyday thinking, speech, and actions. Demons will be forbidden while angels will be permitted. I include actions here because we cannot confess Christ while living in willful sin and expect the demons to be forbidden. It is imperative that we repent, change our mind, in order to cast down Satan's ability to rule us. (2Co.10:4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds); (5) casting down imaginations (Greek: “reasonings”), and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. If we want to win the battle in the heavens, we must first win it in our mind and with our tongue. (Pro.18:21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue…   The Ultimate Fate of Slanderers and Railers David Eells {Psa.11:2} For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.   God says in His Word that slanderers and revilers (or railers) will not be saved without repentance, but in these days many will not return from this path, just as when Jesus came the first time. The word "slanderer" in Greek is diablos, meaning, "accuser" or "devil" and is, in fact, the Spanish translation of "devil". According to Vines Expository Dictionary, these are "those who are given to finding fault with the demeanor and conduct of others, and spreading their innuendos and criticisms in the Church". In a similar way, the word "reviler" or "railer" in Greek is often blasphemeo, meaning "to blaspheme or speak against God or the brethren or both". Those who blaspheme are obviously of the same nature and controlled by the devil and not God. Whenever you see a person or group of people abusing some person like this, remember that these are demons speaking. Demons slander and rail against the righteous. So, you can suspect that their victim is righteous. The only exception to this rule is when God turns their venom onto one another in judgment. You cannot associate with such people without a little leaven leavening the whole lump, so we are commanded in 1 Corinthians 5 to separate from them. Paul, by God, turned blasphemers, who have fallen away from the faith and defiled their conscience, over to Satan. {1Ti.1:19} holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith: {20} of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme. God still does this. Revilers or railers are placed with the worst of men and rejected by all good men. {1Co.6:9} Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, {10} nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers [railers], nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. "Faction" here is the purpose of slander and railing. It means to separate followers for selfish ambition. We are commanded to separate from such after just two instances because it will leaven you so quickly. {Tit.3: 9-11} but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse; 11 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned. Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20  idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. "Parties" here is very similar. It means a self-willed opinion leading into dividing into sects or denominations. Slander and faction are always associated with lying spirits and other forms of deceit, like subtle innuendos. {Psa.50:19} Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. {20} Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. {21} These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes. None of these enter the kingdom of God without repentance. {Rev.21:8} But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. We must endure the cross of death to fleshly lusts of unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, faction, strife, slander, railing, lying, criticism, judging others, etc. and cast them off as the weights that hold us back from winning this race. {Heb.12:1} Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, {2} looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. The one who receives the prize is the true body of Christ in whom Christ Himself lives. Those who live after these lusts cannot receive the prize, for the race is to bear the fruit of Christ, 30-, 60- and 100-fold before our time is up. {1Co.9:24} Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. If there is no cross, there is no crown. All who indulge their flesh in unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, faction, strife, criticism, judging others, will not inherit the prize of Christ. {25} And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. The flesh that desires these lusts must be crucified or the person will be rejected, no matter how much they think they have done for God. {26} I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. Again, if they refuse to deny their flesh to obey God's Word, they will be destroyed. Paul said in Romans 8 that if we walk after the flesh, we must die. We have watched these people over the years lose their health, the respect of all righteous people, their ministries and often their lives. The Lord takes no pleasure in the strength of the beastly flesh or the walk of man. {Psa.147:10} He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. God forbade Israel to use horses from Egypt because of what they represented. Those full of slander, railing/reviling, criticism, unforgiveness, delusion, paranoia, gossip, Jezebel, are often judged because they refuse to forgive anyone and are turned over to the tormentors, as Jesus said in Matthew 18:34,35. Rejection and self-will and lust for position is the common denominator and root of most slanderers and railers/revilers. There is deliverance from rejection and its fear. These people are not qualified to judge, for they themselves are sinners. {2Co.10:6} and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full. These people usually do not prefer to face the ones they accuse in front of the righteous because they know they cannot stand up in the light of the truth of the Word they would be faced with. {Psa.11:2} For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. They are "Christian" Snipers. We must forgive these people of all of their backstabbing attacks. Like Judas, they are necessary for the crucifixion of the body of Christ but also like Judas they hang themselves with their own hands and woe be to them, as Paul said. We may plead with them for peace but they consistently refuse. Therefore, they are turned over to the tormentors, as Jesus said. {120:6} My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. {7} I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war. ...{Isa.48:22} There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked. Here are some verses the Lord gave me about the constant slander and railing we endure from these kinds of people: {Jud.8} Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities [or glories]. {9} But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. {10} But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand Naturally [in the letter], like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. {11} Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain [to kill their more spiritual brother], and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire [paid by their flesh to do evil], and perished in the gainsaying of Korah [who usurped authority not his]. {12} These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed Themselves [feed their own flesh]; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; {13} Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars [not keeping their position in the heavenlies], for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever. {Psa.50:19} Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. {20} Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. {21} These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes. {52:1} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually. {2} Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. {3} Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah {4} Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue. {5} God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {55:18} He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me. {19} God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have no changes (They are not born from above by the Word), And who fear not God. {20} He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. {21} His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. {22} Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved. {23} But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. {3Jn.9} I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. {10} Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church. {11} Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God. If you or anyone you know has fallen into blasphemy or speaking against others must repent to be saved. Slanderers or railers usually have rejection and selfish ambition that perverts their thinking so quickly. I would caution anyone who has witnessed these spirits in action to look at the facts. They most often offer slander without witnesses of sin. What do the witnesses say? {Pro.18:17} He that pleadeth his cause first [seemeth] just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out. Many times God draws vessels of dishonor against us for a purpose. {Mic.4:11} And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion. {12} But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor. {13} Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. We pray in each case that this is not for the destruction of souls but the flesh of the old man. We pray that souls will walk away from this being better for the experience. But those who do not repent will die spiritually and/or physically. Get your swords, saints, and fight on the side of the Lord and His Word! Don't be afraid of a few arrows shot out of darkness into your back! {Psa.11:2} For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. What they do to the least of Jesus' brethren they do to Him. {Psa.22:12,13,16}  ... {12} Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. {13} They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion. ... {16} For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. As we can see, their problem is being a hearer of the Word while not doing the Word. This is what separates the Judases from the disciples, as tares from the wheat. The tares will walk after their lusts of defilement because they cannot bear the fruit of Christ. Even though we all hate to see them fall away, it is necessary for the body to be sanctified. Read The Son of Perdition. As we have seen, slanderers, railers and liars cannot enter the Kingdom of God. It is my Father who wrote these words of Scripture, Whom they do not fear, believe, nor obey. On the other hand, saints, or "sanctified ones", dwell in the Kingdom of God for they abide in Jesus Who is the Word. When corrected by the Word, Judas went to Jezebel to crucify Jesus. History always repeats. The only people who would believe Judases are evil, for "An evil doer giveth heed to lying lips". We have no fear that righteous people will follow the Judases and Jezebels. It cannot happen, for they are not born of the same father and therefore they look quite different. Let us see if this is true. I have been criticized by Judases because I have pointed out, by dreams and the Word, that they will die. I have said that this is happening spiritually and can end up in physical death. Whereas they have been ministered to in love, some for years; nevertheless, they have chosen lies, unforgiveness and hatred when corrected. The righteous see these things and they are exceedingly sorry and go to their Father. {Mat.18:31} So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. {32} Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me: {33} shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? {34} And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due. {35} So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts. Notice that their unforgiveness turns them over to demons who in turn HATE the righteous and cannot have peace with them. So these spirits will be manifested in them as HATRED towards the righteous. {1Jn.3:13} Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. {14} We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. {15} Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. But like Judas, it is themselves they are killing, for they "abideth in death" and as we have seen they cannot enter life with those sins. This death is increasingly manifesting them, for everything they learned by Word and example has been forgotten through criticism and hatred. Historically, I have seen this happen with every railer. They fall away and are sick in their bodies and dying or dead. Only those who love and know God are born of Him. The rest have a different father and his nature is in them. {4:7} Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. {8} He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. {9} Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. {10} Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. {11} Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. {12} No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us ... {16} And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. Notice that God is not in those who hate and cannot love. This hatred in them twists everything into a lie. They cannot tell the truth for they cannot keep the commandment of love. {2:4} He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. These people do not love God but their true father from whom they are being begotten. As in the parable of the sower, the Word from heaven is the seed of God in us and the word from Hell is the seed of Satan in them. {4:20} If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. {21} And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also. Look at their fruit and you can tell if they are lying. If there is hatred and their mouth is opened, they are liars. Lying witnesses, who claimed to be the people of God, sent Jesus and the apostles to their deaths. You cannot feed at the table of Satan's lies without being affected or infected. Don't worry, when they are through separating the tares unto themselves through their lies, we will shine forth in the kingdom of our Father as a spotless and blemishless bride. They who are "forsaking the right way" are the "spots and blemishes" among us.   {2Pe.2:12} But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed, {13} suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you; {14} having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; {15} forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing. ... {21} For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. {22} It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. Those who work so hard to divide people unto themselves for lustful purposes are doing the kingdom a service. {1Co.11:19} For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you. Birds of a feather flock together. "An evil doer giveth heed to lying lips". By these liars, God is first separating the tares into bundles to burn them so that the righteous will then shine forth in the kingdom of our Father. {Mat.13:30} Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn. ... {37} And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; {38} and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one]; {39} and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. {40} As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. {41} The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, {42} and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. {43} Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. Notice that Father is gathering out of His Kingdom those that do iniquity and cause others to stumble. The Bride will not be finished until this process completed. 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