When someone comes to you with a great report of a good meal at a restaurant…. Do we go away satisfied? Do we get filled because they did on their meal?  Or do we go try out the restaurant that the good report came from?   We go to the restaurant and check out the food ourselves and get satisfied…. Our friends meals won’t do us any good, we have to eat our food ourselves…..

Why did the crowds gather around Jesus doing many good things? Because they had to check out for themselves the news of Messiah…. My question is now, are we checking out Jesus for ourselves or do we just take people’s word for what He has said about  us and the kingdom of God.

In Paul’s greeting in 1 Corinthians 1;4-6, I thank God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in every thing by Him, in all speech and knowledge even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you…. 

Paul was commending that there was a vital living relationship with Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit abiding in the  Corinthians…. Yes, there were problems there, but where is there not problems now in churches? Selah….

The point is they were hungry for Jesus Christ and His Spirit. The Holy Spirit also known as the Illuminator was enriching these saints. He was enriching them with all speech and knowledge as to confirm the living testimony of Christ in them…. As He is still doing today.

Now why is this so important?  We cannot eat today’s meal or dinner for our neighbor. I have to eat for myself and you have to eat for yourself…. It is no different with our God…. Some of us are dying of spiritual starvation of His word and  fellowship in His abiding Spirit.

I am eternally grateful that Columbus did not take every one’s word that the world was flat, but had to check it out for himself… Aren’t you?

We have a Magnificent Leader, Jesus Christ, who left us path to follow… Now I know some of the grass has covered the little stone path that He left for us, but His Spirit in us will illuminate that way that He called us to follow….. The map is His word and the Light is His Spirit.  Come on and get your endurance shoes on and check it out for yourself….

Can you hear His calling your name? Be still and listen to His sweet gentle voice saying to you, I am here. In Matthew 11:28-30… Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

The Holy Spirit exhorts today in Hebrews 4:7, Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.   Selah!!!!

The dinner bell is still sounding loud and clear to all who are hungry and not satisfied with the world…..John 6;57, As the Living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

Don’t take my word for it, I double dog dare you to check Him out…. He promises to fill you up in Matthew 5:6.  Get enriched with every thing by Him in all speech and knowledge as the testimony of Christ is confirmed in you!    Why? Because you won’t be short!……  What!

I’ll explain next time…..

This scripture  is a greeting from a letter of Paul to Corinthians. We know as 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you are enriched in everything by Him in all speech and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 

I can sit here and meditate on that greeting forever…. There is so much in those words that are  stepping stairs of our calling or our purpose in Christ Jesus.

Paul first sends the peace and grace of our God to us…..Those words  alone are enough. I want to walk in the fullness of His grace and peace.  When my eyes open in the morning and even sleep in His peace and grace every night. Don’t you?

To keep the distractions of the world from my focus of the Lord is my quest.  It is written in Isaiah 26: 3, You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because  he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever. 

It is also written in John 1:14, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

I guess it is not only what we eat we become but also what we behold or watch. What gets our attention…. our focus…. Paul also said in 2 Corinthians 3:18, But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Selah……

I would conclude here, this might be the key of keeping the grace and the peace of our God and Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in our hearts and therefore around our lives even in the midst of complete chaos  and a corrupted culture.

I will finish Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 6:10, Finally, my brethern, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Selah- my friends in Christ!

A big clue is given to us in the very first verse of chapter 13 of Revelation: Then I stood on the sand of the sea….. We have been told by the very words of Jesus in Matthew chapter 7:26-27, But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell. And great was its fall.

So we can conclude the works of the adversary that John will further elaborate  in this chapter will not stand before our Lord. Now my question for you- will the works of the adversary stand now or has his works stood before and will they in the future….? If not, who stops them and how?  Look up in the scriptures your answer—-Search out our Lord and His ways…. His works and plans are all magnificent in wisdom and knowledge…..

Now I have another question to ask you? Is it true that we become what we eat?  Hmmm….  Selah!

We have two tables to choose from…. Our Lord’s and Satan’s….. One table gives life and is the Light of men, the other table is death and eternal death of men…..

Now, both give signs and wonders…. So how do we know we are eating the table of the Lord’s and not being deceived…..   How do we know the Truth from deception?

Both tables make us feel good, so how can we tell? How do we not become the frog in the slow boiling pot of water lulled into a slow death?

What do you think is the best way to protect from the deception of Satan that is flooding our culture today?  How do we make sure that we only eat from the table of our Lord’s supper?

I elaborate more in my book , Jesus Christ, The King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords, The  Judge Of His Creation, on the each table set before us…. and what the result of partaking of the wrong table. Come and get my book and join us in this study!

I will let you search out the answers in the Word of God because all the answers are found there. The Word of God made flesh is Jesus Christ.

Let us make sure we are partaking from ONLY our Lord’s table…..His supper is the best. Selah!!! Praise Him and all His ways are perfect!

I know you must be thinking… what is she talking about…. There is no “part c” in the Book of Revelation….. Well, I am thinking about this verse in chapter 12:11, And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives unto death.

I have heard songs and preaching on the first two stances of an overcomer, but not of third stance….. and they did not love their lives unto death.

Do you know why?  I guess it is a hard saying from the Word of God…. Another one that is silent in today’s Christian slang is Galatian’s 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Chapter 14:13 of Revelation states, then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.- Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.

What does this all mean? We aren’t to work anymore? Didn’t Jesus say in John 15: 5, I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

There is a theme throughout the Word of God; it is written in Genesis 17:1, When Abram was ninety- nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

This theme also is throughout the New Testament….. Find for yourself all the times the word blameless is found in the New Testament…..Then how are we to accomplish such an impossible task?  Did our God provide a way or not?

Is there more that He is searching out in us than just believing in Jesus Christ that we won’t go to hell?  Are we dead in the Lord? Are we still living in OUR ways and just need a Savior so we can go to heaven and not hell?

Do we mean business with God? What if your fame or what if your name or what if your bank account is counted dead to the world and to the christian world also?  Will you still take this Lord to be your Heavenly Husband even beyond death to yourself, through rich and poor, through sickness and health…. beyond this death, because we will never part….

Do we want to take the third stance of Revelation 12:11  as our declaration of dependence on the ALL Sufficient One?   Is this our allegiance to our Great Heavenly Husband? Is it?

Oh Lord, reveal our hearts as You, Mighty God, reveal Yourself to us…. May we see our hearts as You see them….. Give us the grace and courage to walk out on the waters in bodacious faith in a Awesome Radical King…. The Finisher of our Faith…. Our Jehovah Jireh… Our Great Provider in the Mount of the Lord.

Jesus Christ is the Finisher of our faith.  The Salvation of God is complete. He left nothing undone from the affects of sin….. so if we have something in our lives that does not come from heaven…. What do we do? Accept it? Is it God’s will? Are we accepting less than His best?  Or do we wrestle like Jacob did with the Angel of Lord until Jacob got the blessing.

Study Galatians 2:20…. Meditate on His Word today! Rise up sons and daughters of God!

Heavenly Father, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven……

As this above prayer has been uttered by many even thousands times ten thousands, in this scripture as written in Revelation 11:14-19, it is accomplished: Revelation 11:15, Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!

So what do you think is the third woe about when you read chapter 11:14-19? Who was revealed when the the temple of God and ark of His covenant was shown?

Are these woe’s played out in the earth as scripture has stated? How are they presented to the bride of Christ and to the ones who reject Jesus Christ?  Why is the Book of Colossians so important in understanding the plan of God?  I keep asking the Holy Spirit for wisdom and understanding our Lord’s ways…. I hope you do too!

Keep studying the Book of Revelation. I hope you have received my book , Jesus Christ, King Of Kings And The Lord Of Lords, The Judge Of His Creation and join in the study.  

Now what is next???? Don’t be concerned, we are held in palm of our Great God’s hand. He has it all planned before He set the foundations of the world…..By His great mercy, He always wins!  Praise be to God forever and ever! Amen and Amen!

What was completed in the Beginning, yet is finished but not yet manifested to the eyes of man?

The Law and the Prophets manifested the Word of God,yet did Testimony of Heaven became perfected before our eyes?

Why does God put so much in a woe?

Keep on coming and studying through the woes written the Book of Revelation….

God breaks through to man. I pray His presence in His glory be a sought out goal in our heart. I pray we aren’t caught seeing our King’s return as though a thief breaks in to our house or our lives.

God is seeking those who worship Him in Spirit and Truth as Jesus Christ spoke to the Samarian woman in the Gospel of John , chapter 4. If we are living by the Spirit of God, we are with Him where He is…. We will know the signs that He shows  to those who have eyes to see, ears to hear the sounds of heaven and the heart to receive what is revealed by the Hand of God.

The breakthrough of God from eternity to man in time is our answer to many  hearts cry. We now can attempt to know how much He loves us- How deep is His love, how high is His love, how wide is His love and how long is His love…..How great is His grace and mercy upon mankind.

How could this be a woe?

Hmm…. after the fourth angel sounded, a third of the sun, moon and stars were darkened in Revelation 8:12…. Now it is anounced…. in verse 13…. And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.

First question, are we missing the sounds of heaven? John said he heard an angel flying…. Have you heard an angel flying by?  May we have ears to hear the sounds of heaven that are before us, Father….

The following verse 2:Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

When was death given a reign in mankind? What do you think released this woe and the king who reigned over the locusts that were released in verse 3?  Check out verse 11….

Why was the locusts allowed to torment men with out the seal of God for five months? Was this literal or symbolic…..Why three woes? Why not just two or six?

What is the Spirit of God showing you about this woe?

Get my book, Jesus Christ, The King Of All Kings And Lord Of All Lords, The Judge Of His Creation.     Come join us in the study of the Book of Revelation.  The Holy Spirit  teaches us the secrets of God for those who seek Him with all their heart.

All have secrets, the wicked hide theirs from the light…. and God hides His secrets so we will search Him out….. As it is written Hebrews 11:6, But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Let us pray together Psalm 25:4&5, Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

I add, because we love You Lord! Amen and Amen!

We are now progressing to the fourth angel sounding. In Revelation 8:12, Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.

I still have more questions for the Holy Spirit from the above scripture.

What do you think, is this for now, beginning of time, or for the future? What were they struck with? Why  only one third? What are the symbolic meaning of the sun, moon and stars…. or is it literal?

What was the purpose of the Holy Spirit showing us this sound?

We know that with God there is no darkness, even the dark is light to Him. For He sees all things, knows all things; there is no darkness hidden from His sight….. hmmmm….

Was this a domino effect of God’s creation acting in rebellion to  worship Him as the Great All in All? As only God deserves all honor, all glory and all praise. This holy place of  God in His sovereignty is  all His.

He is God for all of time and eternity and to be worshiped with our all  as  His creation. All creation is doing exactly what God created them to be…. Think about the birds, animals, plants, the seas are doing exactly what they are made to by God. They live out His Word and that is worship and honor to God….. except the unredeemed and sometimes the redeemed man.   We have a choice every minute to honor God by putting Him first or not.

Ponder that before this sound happened, there was a  complete brilliant Light. All creation was not in any kind of darkness…. Since there was no darkness before this sound…….Could we see His Light? Now we hear and see Him and His glory as He invades our darkness. Now in His Light, we see Light.

This one little verse has in it alot to ponder and meditate.  Why?  So that we can know the One True Living God, our Heavenly Father and His Great Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and King of His Creation, by the presence of the powerful Holy Spirit.

Our Great God is worthy of our time to apprehend Him by knowing Him. Let us make time to study His word.  He is a the best Meal we will ever have!! Amen and Amen!

In Revelation 8:10-11, Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

The word wormwood in Strong’s Concordance from the Hebrew translation means curse. So a prince named Wormwood fell from heaven and then polluted the rivers and springs of water with poison. Hence the rivers and springs were made bitter….. I wonder if his name changed as he fell…..hmmmm.

Paul, the apostle or prince, looks like he had the curse upon him.  Actually God’s hand was upon him strong by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, so Satan made Paul a target. As Paul stated in 2 Corinthians 11:23-28, Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool- I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness- beside the other things, what comes upon me daily; my deep concern for all the churches.

Satan tried to stop Jesus on His course. Satan tried  to make Jesus’ cup of bitterness turn from the Father’s will. Hoping Jesus would be disobedient to loving our Heavenly Father until and even death…. Satan was also busy with his attacks against Paul. Satan hoped Paul would think he was under the curse, because Paul being a zealous pharisee, knew the law. Therefore, Satan planned a bitter attack against Paul and the work of the Holy Spirit through him.   Satan again hoping all the revelation that Paul was being taught by the Holy Spirit would not be given down the ages to all believers.  Satan wanted Paul to give up on His call and become bitter.  Did Satan win?????? No, thank God.  One question for you to ponder…who did Satan work through?

As Paul said in 2 Corinthians 3:5-6-2, Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Psalm 46:4-7, There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah!!

Then my favorite , well one of my favorite verses, is in verse 10 of Psalm 46, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

God will give strength to His messengers  through all the perils Satan throws at us. Why? It is written here in Colossians 1:27-29, To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect IN CHRIST JESUS. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works  in me mightily.

The Holy Spirit was the Promise of the Father to Jesus for His obedience of death, burial and the grave and His Resurrection….. The Spirit of God was sent  as Fire to the making of  Jesus’ bride. Let us also give honor to His Gift of the Holy Spirit and His workings in us—– The River of Life!!!!  Remember our only hope of glory is Christ in us!!

God blesses us  beyond what we hope or can imagine……Let us live His will to the fullest with His strength of His Spirit within us. After all, He, who is mighty, is our sufficiency!!! Let’s just do it!   Remember Satan knew Jesus and Satan knew Paul, let us make sure we are Satan’s biggest threat!

Wow! What is the meaning of this burning mountain thrown into the sea by the sound of the second angel?

I suggest you research in the Word  and see what the Holy Spirit shows you!  See the symbolism that our Great God uses for mountain throughout the Bible… You will see it numerous places including in the eleventh chapter of Mark 11. In Mark’s chapter 11, Jesus uses the symbol of a mountain when He had just cursed a little fig tree…..Why did He speak this then?

Also, note why did the Holy Spirit add in sequence the questioning of the leaders to Jesus of whose authority Jesus was operating from? What is the Holy Spirit’s purpose of instruction to us in adding this discourse after Jesus’ teaching about the mountain?

Check out my book and see if you get the same answers as I did, Jesus Christ, The King Of All Kings And The Lord Of All Lords, The Judge Of His Creation.

We thank You, our Lord, who lives and breathes through us, that You are alive and strong through Your people as You are in our midst today. We celebrate You as our Mighty Warrior.   Our Mighty Wonderful King, we look unto You, as written in Hebrews 12:2, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

May we remember the exhortation of the Holy Spirit this week from the Word  written in Hebrews 2:2-4; For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His will?

Let us keep pursuing Him and all that He died to give us. As we live to glorify the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus must increase in us and we must decrease as I stand in agreement with the words of  John the Baptist in John 3:30.  After all, it is all about the name and fame of Jesus Christ, not us.  As it is written in Colossians 3:11, where there is neither Greek  nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 

We, as the children of God, celebrate You, Lord, everyday as we too also live a Resurrected Life in You and Your Holy Spirit within us…. How wonderful and gracious You are, My King, that You have made a way  for us to Our Heavenly Father. We give our thanskgiving to You everyday for all You did, that no other could.

ALL PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY ONE WHO IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE ALL PRAISE!  AMEN AND AMEN!