Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts

Sunday, July 17, 2016

When the people of a nation becomes Powerless

Many people don’t realize that darker forces in the unseen realm on this earth are using humanity as a puppet. These forces have been present since the dawn of time, by way of man they have been summonsed, by way of dark magic’s they have been loosened.

Funny thing is that people are unaware of what they can do … a dark energy can reach into your host and cause pain, it can make you feel like you have stiff necks, spasms’ of muscles and sometimes breathing problems or even heart palpitations or a sense of having a heart attack. This is just one aspect of what they do because they hate humanity. All of humanity, they trespass your thoughts, make you think mortal sin is okay such as adultery and having abortions. They will make you have addictions; they will make you think of others negatively. They will cause enmity between you and your family.  They will cause you financial struggles or tempt you with much money. They are in charge of tripping up humanity and making us turn away from GOD and creating a perception to our father that we are weak, as so he should lose hope in us. THIS IS THE AGENDA SINCE THE DAWN OF MAN!

We are falling into this trap as a peoples and nation; we have forgotten how to walk in deep conviction against the darker forces. We have becoming powerless just accepting afflictions and bad things happening to us. Not grabbing the authority and promises given to us by our Father as well as Jesus, Mary and the Holy Spirit. Knowing your heavenly Father and the gifts of power over the dark forces as our inheritance, his good will for your life and the blessings you are promised not to be stolen by those who hate us in the unseen realms.

FIRST part is to claim your Power and Inheritance. Through love that our HEAVENLY FATHER has given us. This Power is not violent but rather authoritative and with love. We have the spiritual power to reach into the realms of the atmosphere above us, around us, over our neighborhoods, city’s, states, nations and other nations and call upon angelic assistance as all of heaven hears the prayers of the righteous and grants assistance and by the power of GOD which melts away evil agenda’s on earth. 

This authority is not being activated by as many as it should the darker forces are successfully inhabiting peoples mind by chaos and causing misunderstandings, anger, vengeance, hatreds and a multitude of harmful acts against one another. It is their intentions to turn us against each other.
We are not claiming our power over the dark clouds that are descending upon us. We must speak power over it with gentleness but confidently. We must all raise and speak against those whom have evil will and rout their dark wills out of this world. We must reach into the realms of power and speak GOD’s will into them in prophetic authority in the middle of the day and the middle of the night, claiming our gates that our Father in Heaven has given us authority over. Gatekeepers raise your prayers!!!!

If we can’t claim our heavenly power how can we claim our power on Earth?



Friday, June 3, 2016

We all have the gift to meet GOD, Christ, Holy Spirit and Mary


Deep spiritual truths are within a covenant with God, Christ and the Holy Spirit. There lies a path of growth and maturity acclimated with presence.  What this means is that we as free will souls have a choice, when we choose to follow Christ and accept him as our savior we enter into a covenant with him. Through baptism we seal our free will in this covenant.

Through time and patience we learn, grow and follow the voice of the Holy Spirit. We will walk and carried deeper and deeper into the mystery of our destinations and our heavenly family. We will learn deeper prayers and meditations, we will learn how to cleanse and purify ourselves before we approach the throne of GOD. We will learn all the qualities of GOD himself, good will, positive thinking, lifestyle changes, joy of family and friends.

As we grow in our walk, we will grow in power, we will become more aware of the blessings in our life that are granted to us. GOD will hear our prayers and we will be given the power of intercession for our neighbors, friends, acquaintances and loved ones. Through our relationship in our prayer life we will begin to see powers of heaven move, we become more aware that what we prayed for has come to pass. It’s important to understand a couple of things here, one must always pray for good will. Only when we are faced with an enormous enemy, should we seek the father for his hand to come upon our enemy. In pure light we must also possess the pure light within us. The language of Holiness is a very high communication, without spoken word and a very pure form of just knowing what is said.

As we mature in our Authority we grow still yet further, because through the time and patience we have invested our sincerity is secured. Through deeper meditations, through asking for greater wisdom to understand scripture the word comes alive. Now you begin to live in Omnipresence, in this phase there is giving and taking in a full blown relationship. GOD’s law must be always kept pure in your lifestyle and hearts. It must be important to you! Contemplation on the works of Christ, empathy of what our Holy family experience while on earth will illuminate them in such a deep way you may experience what they may have experienced. This is where the concept of Stigmata comes from. Some experience his wounds, others may experience many other aspects of his or his mother’s life. I was gifted with smelling Christ’s first breath of life from a stable.

  
When GOD was born with man he came to pass on the gifts of heaven. This is all encompassing, there is not one aspect of Christ existence here on earth that is not shared if we so ask or contemplate; A deep reminder that our lives and experiences are also shared.

Christ came to Earth to give us his all, his life, experience, freedom from the evil trap system that lies in our midst, his caring and compassion, his love and his gifts. In this phase we are equipped with apostolic powers.  We inherit the gifts and authority, the same gifts and authority Christ inherited from our Heavenly Father. We can begin to exercise healing, powers against the works of darker forces, charity, blessings, and we will see and meet GOD, Christ, Mary and the Holy Spirit face to face. We will begin to see the language of the spirit manifest in visions and dreams. Not Lucid dreams however, those are usually very busy and have a lot of chaos for that’s what they are born from but rather peaceful messages filled with love. A true emissary of light, is our mission and we have full authority and protection to act out on all the work that must be done.

This path is for everyone, not just clergy but also every man woman and child, as granted from the Kingdom of God. Our good men and woman in Authority before us are here to guide us if needed but this gift is not limited. It is important we uphold the Churches for learned authorities for the new generations and their guidance.


If you meet those whom say “GOD is not real” it is simply because they have not invested their time and attention to meet them. 

Monday, May 30, 2016

Say “No” to the Law of Attraction

They concept of the Law of Attraction is not a plausible perspective. In the ideology it is believed everything you project outwardly comes back to you. Of course those projections are to acquire things that your heart desires.

When there are life circumstances that are unwanted, this creates an inner turmoil. An inward fight, one of self blame, one of upheaval of emotions trying to understand what has gone wrong. Some resolve that this occurs because the issue is “supposed” to happen to reach an expected outcome.


The Law of Attraction is not an aspect of spiritual truth, the theory is simply misguided. When we find our life’s circumstances in a situation that is undesirable, it is not because one attracted this situation but rather it is a result of people themselves and their inner desires clashing. Free will is the supreme law and is first and foremost. The spiritual concept of Love attracting Love is always true but is only relevant where love is concerned.

When these situations come up, the trial is greater than the self, it goes beyond the idea that something within you has caused this because we live in a world with billions of others whom also have free will. The trial many face in this situation is “Humility”. We must give our idea of control of ourselves away to our Creator GOD. We must be humble, reach higher for help and seek DIVINE INTERVENTION. 


Pray over the circumstances and give our will to GOD to obtain a correct and favorable outcome. If the circumstance has come out of an error on your part, one must confess their error and seek forgiveness over these circumstances. Speaking to the creator confessing our wrongs reveals to him we have learned our lesson. Forgiveness is always granted; only denying the Holy Spirit is unpardonable.




If we can achieve this real inner inspection, GOD moves the powers in heaven to change the
circumstances and outcomes to a favorable judgment.  

Friday, May 13, 2016

Heavens Psychic Gifts


Modern Days present many challenges, not only morally but spiritually as well. Many people may experience psychic connections and don't fully understand them. Because they don't understand them many times they are mislead about this gift and its purpose and use.

The body, soul and this conscious reality all collectively merge together under GOD's shadow. Our Father and creator made man in woman in an constant evolutionary state. We are constantly growing in body, mind and spirit. As we mature as a creation our gifts also grow.



Many people these days realize their psychic gifts but are easily lead stray because of the false paths of spirituality already in our midst. They are lead astray because they believe that this false path is what they must be aligned to. Tarot, magic practices, occult, kabbalah and witchcraft. Similarities fool people in believing these things are the explanation of their gifts and purpose.

GOD created us in his and their image and gave us the spiritual power to reach him, connect with him and receive him. The psychic powers gifted to each man and woman are used for the soul purpose of bring heaven on earth. Not to trespass one another, or to guide or tell people what their future is but only for the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Thus when you live the lifestyle of  a holy and clean temple and are purified to receive GOD's presence, you will meet him and connect to him.

His will be done, you will be shown how to change lives and bring one another to a more divine lifestyle as our Father intended for all of humanity to live.


If you are currently being mislead, change this coarse with this understanding and call upon the Father , Son and Holy Spirit to take lead.

AMEN

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

New Jerusalem

Signs and Wonders of those from YHWH were revealed last year, the New Jerusalem captured in the clouds for the whole world to see. I caught this image on the way home from works and it must be shared with the Whole World.

A New Heaven and a New Earth

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,…

Revelation 21:2




Saturday, December 27, 2014

Why Reincarnation is not True


Throughout the ages debate on reincarnation has taken its place as one of the most controversial spiritual questions. I too once believed it was possible because of my past spiritual impressions. I had a vision of a princess or Queen with a baby in her arms in the courtyard of the Heidelberg castle in Germany when I was 8 years old. She was standing there when a man on a horse came and picked her and the baby up. He placed them on the horse and road off together.

There was a feeling that it could have been me in a past life but no direct knowing it in fact was so. Throughout my life and spiritual growth I grow greater in the understanding how such impressions are sent to us, beginning in very young years. I’ve also learned to question much because of the powers of darkness and how they intend to misguide us or lead us off the road of righteousness.

Many religions on this planet adopt reincarnation as truth but I have come to realizes it was our ancestors inability to discern lesser spiritual impression on us verse GOD’s truth. Why would we look to a man, a philosopher as having a higher truth than GOD himself?

Upon research I found the below text on this issue;

God/Nils/Reincarnation and Christianity
Indian reincarnation. First a worldly life, then a scientist, and then an enlightened yogi.

Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions.

Wikipedia: This doctrine is a central tenet of the Indian religions and is a belief that was held by Pythagoras, Plato and Socrates. It is also a common belief of pagan religions such as Druidism, Spiritism, Theosophy, and Eckankar and is found in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia. Although the majority of Judaism, Christianity and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation. In Judaism, the Hasidic tzadik was believed to know the past lives of each person through his semi-prophetic abilities. In recent decades, many Europeans and North Americans have developed an interest in reincarnation. Some university researchers, such as Ian Stevenson and Jim B. Tucker, have explored the issue of reincarnation and published reports of children's memories of earlier lives in peer-reviewed journals. Skeptics have stated that more reincarnation research is needed. Between 20 and 30 percent of persons in western countries believe in reincarnation. (...)

Though the major Christian denominations reject the concept of reincarnation, a large number of Christians profess the belief. In a survey by the Pew Forum in 2009, 24% of American Christians expressed a belief in reincarnation. In a 1981 Survey in Europe 31% of regular churchgoing Catholics expressed a belief in reincarnation. Geddes MacGregor, an Episcopalian priest who is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a recipient of the California Literature Award, and the first holder of the Rufus Jones Chair in Philosophy and Religion at Bryn Mawr, demonstrates in his book Reincarnation in Christianity: A New Vision of the Role of Rebirth in Christian Thought, that Christian doctrine and reincarnation are not mutually exclusive belief systems.

Wikipedia (de): The major Christian churches and, accordingly, most theologians reject the idea of reincarnation. However, there are mainly in the esoteric literature of the past decades, numerous biblical interpretations in which quotations from the New as well as the Old Testament are interpreted as evidences for reincarnation. This is supported by the Protestant theologian Helmut Obst: "In the Bible exists no clear teaching of reincarnation. But there are a few passages which contain statements that can be understood in terms of reincarnation. In particular, the Elijah-Baptist-issue in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark make it impossible to say that the New Testament know not at all the idea of ​​reincarnation. It is about John the Baptist, known as the returned prophet Elijah (Matthew 11:13-14 EU)."

Wikipedia (de): Reincarnation research examines memories that have been interpreted as such from a previous life. It examines whether this cases can be explained as fraud, deceit or by psychological, psychic or spiritualistic assumptions. For so not explicable cases the reincarnation research thinks the existence of an actual reincarnation is possible.


This reference of Matthew 11:13-14 as possibly being some mention of possible reincarnation and the return of the prophet Elijah made me consider what I do know. That when Christ returns to Earth with the Father they will be spiritual lightbodies being both made in flesh and light.

The return of Elijah is also mentioned in Malichi; I found the following also from wikiversity;

The Christian End of Elijah in Malachi


"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse."
— Malachi 4:5–6

While the final mention of Elijah in the Hebrew Bible is in the Book of Chronicles, the Christian Bible's reversal of the ordering of the books of the Hebrew Bible in order to place the Book of Malachi, which prophesies a messiah, immediately before the Gospels, means that Elijah's final Old Testament appearance is in the Book of Malachi, where it is written, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord." That day is described as the burning of a great furnace, "... so that it will leave them neither root nor branch." (Malachi 3:19) Traditionally, in Judaism, this is taken to mean the return of Elijah will precede the Messiah. In Christianity it is traditionally believed that Elijah's appearance during the transfiguration of Jesus fulfilled this prophecy. Additionally, these verses are believed to represent Elijah having a role in the end-times, immediately before the second coming of Jesus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah

I firmly believe that Christian scripture is not discussing reincarnation but rather Elijah also returning with Christ and the Father also as a lightbody; As part of the 144,000 of YHWH’s army.

We know as Christians that JESUS came to be with us to show us the way to live; that is to be fully immersed into our Fathers will and lead a life according to his will, which is loving one another and joyfully helping and giving to one another as part of the whole world brotherhood. Some ancient theologians have some very dark world views about humanity and most of this was the extension of the gloom of life that was present in their day, GOD bless their hearts! As an example below is a doctorial essay on this very topic, though it never really answers the question if reincarnation is true or not, it defiantly has a fine historical outline;

Historia: the Alpha Rho Papers

 The Argument over Reincarnation in Early Christianity

Elizabeth Jenson -

 is a senior at the University of Utah where she majors in history and plans on attending graduate school in the fall. Elizabeth is a member of the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.  
 
 It is believed that in 553 A.D. during the Second Council of Constantinople the idea of reincarnation was found to have no place in the Christian Church. Although reincarnation was not officially rejected at this council, those early Church Fathers who were accused of teaching the idea of reincarnation had their works banned. 553 A.D. did mark the end of the debate on reincarnation within the Christian community. Observing the fact that reincarnation is not a doctrine typically taught within Christianity today one might assume that this council was called to settle an argument about reincarnation and its supplemental ideas between Christians and non-Christians. This was not the case.

Although the idea of reincarnation was rejected by the Christian Church as a doctrine because it was believed to contradict the doctrine of corporeal resurrection and undermine the need for Christ’s redemptive sacrifices, it was a belief held by many early Christian theologians such as Valentinus and Basilides of Alexandria. However, many Christian theologians in the first several centuries of Christianity, such as Saint Justin Martyr, did not believe in, or teach about reincarnation. There were also those early Church Fathers, like Origen of Alexandria, who were conflicted by the idea, and this internal conflict has been observed throughout their writings. To better understand how some of the early Church Fathers could teach reincarnation and still consider themselves Christian, it is imperative to understand where their belief in reincarnation came from.

Many of the early Christian theologians who believed in the idea of reincarnation were taught their religious beliefs at, or near Alexandria, Egypt; these are theologians including Basilides, Valentinus and Origen. Christian and non-Christians alike that were living in or near Alexandria were still greatly influenced by the ideas of Plato. Plato is well-known for his writings in science and philosophy. Plato also saw himself as a spiritual man and had many ideas on religion and theology.1 First and foremost, Plato believed in reincarnation. He taught that human souls had previously existed in a perfect world and there enjoyed the presence of God. Somehow these souls committed some sin and fell from God’s presence and were placed into physical bodies on Earth as a punishment. The purpose of life is to correct the soul’s initial mistake and to return to

 Based upon Plato’s belief that the human body was a prison of punishment and that souls were on earth to gain a level of knowledge that would take more than one lifetime to learn, we can see why he believed in reincarnation. Plato’s writings are dated between 430-347 B.C., well before Christ’s ministry, so Plato had no known opinions on the mission or reality of Jesus Christ. Theologians who lived after Plato and studied from his teachings would run into conflict as they tried to align their newly acquired Christian beliefs with the Platonic ideas that they had already come to accept. These men would eventually be referred to today as Christian Platonists.

Two theories have been inferred from his surviving works: the first being that Christ was sent to save the gentiles from Jewish domination, and the second, that Christ was sent to save all people, both Jew and Gentile, from human religion. Neither of these ideas involves Christ making redemptive sacrifices for all mankind, and both describe Christ merely providing earthly redemption. We can see from these beliefs why Basilides was able to believe in reincarnation and still consider himself a Christian believing in some aspect of Christ’s Godly mission on earth. To Basilides, Christ offered no way for repentance to occur in this life, so punishment and repentance for sins must occur in the next life through reincarnation cycles. Basilides was not the only early Christian who blended the beliefs of Jesus Christ and Plato. He had many followers and it is believed that Basilides himself may have taught a man name Valentinus.

 From this we can see why Valentinus’s belief in reincarnation does not limit Christ’s redemptive powers like it did to other Christians. That is not to say that Valentinus and his followers did not believe that Christ’s mission was sacred, but that it provided a sacred example and not a sacrifice.

 Based upon this particular writing the contemporary author Elizabeth Prophet concluded, “There is no denying that here Origen is implying his belief in reincarnation by God assigning bodies based upon previous sins.”

 He was influenced by the ideas of Plato because of where he grew up. Despite being raised in Alexandria, his spiritual education was Christian in nature from the beginning and not completely based upon Greek philosophy. Yet he still struggled to decide for himself whether or not the idea of reincarnation was true. Origen’s internal conflict shows how relevant the argument of reincarnation was during early Christianity despite its lack of prevalence in today’s Christian churches.

Based on this idea we can assume that Origen was trying to come to a conclusion on the reality of the reincarnation while trying to implement orthodox doctrines. We know from the differing opinions discussed so far that orthodox Christian doctrines cannot be taught harmoniously with the idea of reincarnation despite that so many early Christian tried. This could be why Origen was so conflicted while trying to find an answer. As each early Christian theologian’s ideas are studied we can see that their beliefs on Christ were the deciding factor on their belief in reincarnation. That is not to say that those who believed in reincarnation were not Christian, but that similar to today’s religious societies, being a Christian means something different to each person claiming the title.


epubs.utah.edu/index.php/historia/article/download/578/448


So Plato was the Father in which reincarnation began to rise, being schooled in a highly Pagan society we can clearly understand why he felt the way he did. The rise of Christianity in Rome lead way to a complete new understanding, that if we lead a life according to Fathers will ,these pagan ideas of reincarnation and karma no longer apply. Forgiveness replaces Karma and living  life according to GOD’s will represents mankind in one lifetime can achieve the spiritual growth necessary to obtain the keys to the higher realms.

Many walk around on this planet today that do not realize that lower vibrations souls want to dwell in the midst of mankind and implant impressions and influences that are outside GOD’s truth. These lower vibration souls, lesser gods or entities attempt to attach themselves to people at a very young age and manipulate you, your thoughts and even your actions.  The only way to overcome them is to lead a life with a good, caring and loving soul and remaining focused on our Father YHWH  (IAM) and the Holy Spirit as your only guidance. Every psychic or spiritual reader outside the prophets of the church are following the influence of their attachments which only have one agenda, to manipulate and misguide you on your life path.(we lovingly call these demons)

The Creator , Father EL SHADDI did not create life and this world to dwell in darkness but rather everlasting light as the original blue print from the Garden of Eden. We still have this garden within us if we keep our eyes on Christ, the Father and Holy Spirit. AMEN

Monday, November 10, 2014

How “not to tame” the Rabbit


In this age of rising cults and metaphysical agenda’s and in efforts to “increase their kingdom” many are being mislead about Reiki, Kundalini, Kabbalah and physic gifts. First we must realize that these religious traditions are used often in witchcraft. The metaphysical concepts of visualization to manifest in reality soon lead to concepts that we are gods.

So what we have in this age are occult groups rising up and claiming the embrace Christ as an ascended Master but in reality are more metaphysical and leaning towards witchcraft. Some of those groups are the Ascended Masters and Rosicrucian's;
 

The Rosicrucians are an occult sect originating in either the 15th or 17th century, depending on which account you accept. The latter is the more plausible and involves the 1610 publication by Johann Valentine Andrea of a work called Fama Fraternitatis, which purported to be a history of a society of mystical healers begun by the German scholar Christian Rosenkreuz. Though this "history" was later admitted to be a complete fabrication, the concept of a brotherhood of men interested in science, medicine, and occultism was a fashionable one at the time and took root in Germany; the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross spread also to England.

The history of this movement becomes vague after the end of the 17th century, and little is known of it until 1866, when modern Rosicrucianism was organized as a branch of Freemasonry. It spread from England to the United States and then back to Continental Europe, and by the end of the 19th century, Rosicrucians had established numerous lodges, colleges, and regional headquarters throughout the Western world.

Rosicrucian theology is vague and undefined. It has borrowed certain Christian concepts while rejecting others, viewing "all things as complicitly and ideally in God" and tending toward a kind of pantheism. Here there are similarities (unsurprisingly) with the occultic religion of upper-level Freemasonry. Despite their name, the Rosicrucians are not a Christian denomination, nor even a quasi-Christian sect; a Catholic should have nothing to do with them.



There are many other occult groups out their including, Actuaries’, Pleiadians, Sirius and Orion’s who are also parts of these magical cults. Some others included Ascended Masters and Vril Occults etc.

It’s important to understand the full impact of what this means, first if you’re a Christian your enemy number 1 with the exception of Ascended Masters. Along with these paths comes mystical divination via tarot cards, clairvoyance and large amounts of witch craft arts. Channeling spirits, angels etc.

Some of these occult groups are pure Black Arts which is Luciferian. This means you will be entertaining demons and other underworld creatures. The Dark side of Magic also has clairvoyance.


This means those who practice dark arts will connect with you physically and attack you, they use all these skills to project negative results. They speak to you in your thoughts, also they come as a twin flame and alchemy wedding. This will be used to initiate you into their cult and well, you become a Satanist.

One must be very careful about participation in these paths, you don’t know who has performed Kundalini on you. Apparently those practicing the dark arts don’t seek your permission.

In all things one must recognize the path of our Father and those that are designed to lie to you and lead you into something you really don’t want. The children or God also experience visions and dreams and spirit language from true angels and sometimes the Holy Spirit, Christ and GOD themselves. One must stay very grounded with the armor of GOD otherwise dark energies will try to derail you. If you remotely suspect negative coming at you, know higher consciousness does not have negative aspects. I would increase my amour in God by fasting, doing temple work and baptism. This has actually been going on for ages where Black Witches use Psychic skills against others and via projected images and clairvoyance attempt to be as demons.
 

The last thing you want to do is give into this psychic warfare, they will play on every aspect of your personality trying you and looking for a weakness in which they want to convince you that you are god and there is no GOD and all of Christianity is some grand lie. This is the game, they are lying and trying to move you away from the true light. DON’T give in or they will convince you that you are bound to them. I can assure you Christ and God know exactly what’s going on and people like myself need to speak up. Many people feel they can’t win this or get away from this, this is not true. Read “Dante’s Devine Comedy”. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8800/8800-h/8800-h.htm

I was lead to this scripture;

Ezekiel 4:9-17

9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches,  and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Why did God instruct Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?


First, let’s explore the customs and traditions of ancient times and their sacrifices.

Human sacrifice was not unknown in the ancient Near East, though early examples of it are rare. A "substitute king" seems to have been sacrificed in Mesopotamia at the end of his brief "reign." Prisoners or foreigners were sacrificed at the dawn of Egyptian history, but the practice died out early. While skeletons of infant children have been found buried in the floors of Palestinian houses, this doesn't prove child sacrifice. But human sacrifice does seem to have been practiced by the "Sea Peoples" who settled along the coast -- Phoenicians and Canaanites. In the sanctuary of Tanit at Carthage, archaeologists have discovered urns containing burnt bones of lambs and goats, and more often, of children, where the sacrifice of the finest children is attested in 310 BC. Two steles from Malta from the seventh or sixth century BC indicate that child sacrifice was practiced. Philo of Byblos says that the Phoenicians had an ancient custom -- "they offered their dearest children in a way full of mystery" when danger threatened the nation. In Bible times, the King of Moab offered his son as a burnt offering when his capital was under siege (2 Kings 3:27).

This Canaanite and Phoenician practice came into Israel under apostate kings when Ahaz "made his son pass through the fire" (2 Kings 16:3) and Manasseh did the same (2 Kings 21:6). The custom was probably fairly widespread, since it prompted condemnations of the practice in the Bible (Leviticus 18:21; 20:2-5; Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 17:17; 21:6; 2 Chronicles 28:3; 23:10; Psalm 106:37-38; Jeremiah 19:4-5; 32:35).

But Abraham didn't have the benefit of God's revelation to Moses and the prophets, of the Old Testament scriptures. All he knew was that child sacrifice was practiced by some of the Canaanites. Instead of being morally incensed by the practice (as we are, with our knowledge of God's revealed will), Abraham had no option but to believe that God seriously demanded that he sacrifice his son as a "burnt offering," that is, a sacrifice that is fully consumed by the fire upon the altar.

And so Abraham prepared to go to "the region of Moriah." In the only other occurrence of this place name in the Old Testament it refers to Jerusalem, a city built upon several hills on the ridge of the north-south mountain chain.

"Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David" (2 Chronicles 3:1).

We're not sure what the name Moriah means, but it may be something like "my teacher is Yah" or "the land which is the king's."

You can read further about ancient practices of human sacrifice here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice

Further many occultist still practice this abomination, you can read about this crap here: http://usminc.org/humansacrifice.html

Not only do we have a clearer picture of what the world was like in this age but we also can obtain a higher understanding of what a truly loving God was facing in his attempts to bring his children of the world to a higher walk in compassion.

So the actual sacrifice is recording as follows:

Abraham is living near a well at Beer-sheba on the edge of the Negev desert at the southern extremity of Canaan (20:33-34; 22:19). Here in Beer-sheba he had "called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God" (21:33) and here in Beer-sheba God speaks to him a fearful word.

"Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, 'Abraham!'

'Here I am,' he replied.

Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'"

There is no mistake about who this is who is speaking to him. Abraham has heard God's voice many times during his lifetime. He knows the voice. It is not the voice of an enemy, but a friend. But the message must have brought agony to Abraham's heart. We'll discuss the word "tested" (Hebrew nāsā) in verse 1 in a few minutes.

"By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, 'It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.' Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death." (Hebrews 11:17-19)

But this was no play-acting for Abraham, no "slam-dunk." He fully intended obey God -- but at the same time there were those promises pointing to Isaac. Somehow, he hoped and prayed, God would intervene.

Isaac was old enough to sense something amiss.

"Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, 'Father?'
'Yes, my son?' Abraham replied.
'The fire and wood are here,' Isaac said, 'but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?'
Abraham answered, 'God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.' And the two of them went on together."

 After preparations are made by establishing the sacrifice alter Abraham reaches for the knife. "Slay" (NIV, KJV) or "kill" (NRSV) is the Hebrew verb shāhat, "kill, slaughter." Rabbinic sources indicate that an animal to be sacrificed was killed in "the swiftest and most painless way possible, by cutting horizontally across the throat in an uninterrupted movement." In a moment, that is exactly what Abraham will do -- to his son!

But just before that point, the angel -- who now speaks with the voice of Yahweh -- stops Abraham.

"But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!'
'Here I am,' he replied.
'Do not lay a hand on the boy,' he said. 'Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.'"

God stops him from sacrificing Isaac on the altar, but not from worship:

"Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide (Yahweh-yir’eh). And to this day it is said, 'On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.'

Traditionally theologians equate this with God testing Abrahams faith so that Satan could not undermine him.  God also tests us in order to show off our character to others. Job doesn't understand why he was suffering, but in God's eyes, his faithfulness is a showpiece of character that Satan's attacks cannot undermine.

However if I have learned anything, the omnipresence of our Father and wisdoms are beyond ages and time, this event and words spoken would be eternally pregnant with omni-resonate meaning.

Here are several meanings which have grown from within me;

1.)    The first actual voice which commanded Abraham was not the voice of God but rather Satan or a lesser god which roamed the land attempting to manipulate Abraham and Gods promise of his seed, thus Gods voice again telling Abraham later to not slay Isaac.

2.)    Another view is that God used this opportunity to show Abraham that in fact he was a loving and merciful God and did not want human sacrifice like the other pagan gods demanded throughout the world.

3.)    Finally I resolved that the great I AM hated the sacrifices all together because he created all things including the animals and the sacrifice of Isaac was an illustrations of how one would feel if their own children were sacrificed, that it would not be pleasing but rather disturbing and disheartening. I have to lean to this truth within the event as well since the mission of Christ himself was to be the final sacrifice and end all sacrificial rituals.

So as you can see, logically all these lessons are present in this one event. May God bless you and may you achieve his profound wisdom in your heart!