wOw! Earth, Filled (Poem, Part 2)

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The well-worn adage, ‘Seeing is believing’,

Dulls our minds and blocks imagination’s insight.

Thus, for things un-seen, we’ve lost our appetite,

Until we are not …believing what we’re seeing!!

Do you believe The Bible’s predictive capability?

Jesus, for a thousand years, based in Israel,

Center of Earth’s government, political,

Or do you simply dismiss it all, categorically??

To humanity and the Earth alike,

Three promises glorious to us have been made.

Across The Bible’s ages and pages displayed.

Promises fashioned, attention to spike!

‘With knowledge of The Lord, knowledge of,

and with His glory,

One day soon, all of the Earth will be filled.’ ¹

But by this, many folks then won’t be thrilled!

And today, for these promises, many aren’t hungry. ²

But given The Bible’s predictive success rate thus far,

I, for one, want to know, ‘When and how can this be,

And what potentially may be in it …for me??’

If you’re like me, pray The Lord our vision to un-mar.

Imagine God’s Throne… emerald rainbow encircled,

All Earth occupied, goodness to pursue.

Imagine the sky, emerald then its hue.

Evil overthrown; Earth’s atmosphere …remodeled. ³

Imagine Earth… by Heaven’s armies occupied!

Christ, His saints and angels governing all lands,

Every mortal soul obeying their commands.

After God’s most harsh judgments, Earth now beautified. ⁴

Imagine us saints… there’s something’s unique

you must know:

Not only immortal shall each one of us then be.

But to God’s glory promises, here’s another key:

To the immortals, just like Jesus, we each shall …GLOW!!!

Here’s how and why…

On the day we prayed and embraced His Son,

Into our hearts God made a deposit,

The gift of His glowing Holy Spirit.

A down-payment of things that are to come.

You see…

In the spirit realm, His Spirit is LIGHT.

So that’s exactly what you, too, would see,

If your mortal eyes could see your glory,

Just like the starry hosts glow in night. ⁵

Now again…

Imagine us saints, each in our own full glory state,

Like Jesus, in Ezekiel’s vision.

John saw Him, too, in his Patmos prison.

We’ll be like Adam, before forbidden fruit he ate. ⁶

Across the post-tribulation world assigned,

To rule mortals under Christ’s authority,

Judging in righteousness, our priority,

Glory from His Throne and us will be …combined! ⁷

Voila! God’s three glory promises at once achieved!

All over the world, glory on display,

No one to contradict or dare gainsay.

For a thousand years, no devils here, no one deceived!

Friend,

Do you hunger for this promised state of being?

Or does the very thought make you shudder?

If your life is filled with sinful clutter,

Join Christ so in your light others ...will be beaming.

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¹ Three separate promises: Numbers 14:21 (the glory), Isaiah 11:9 (the knowledge), and Habakkuk 2:14 (knowledge of the glory of The Lord).

² Mortals who survive God’s coming tribulation judgments will not be thrilled when these three promises suddenly materialize in front of their eyes. And today, many Christians (both the true and the so-called) display little-to-no hunger for these promises to be realized.

³ See: wOw! Earth, Filled… (Poem, Part 1) See also: Revelation 3:20

⁴ See: Occupying Forces (Series)

⁵ See: What’s Glory (Series)

⁶ See: Ezekiel 1:26-28 and 43:2 and Revelation 11:3-15. Before they sinned, something was apparently blocking Adam and Eve’s view of their nakedness. (Genesis 3:6) Several scriptures clearly state, in our resurrected state, saints will be illuminated/glorified, looking just like Jesus. (Daniel 12:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 and 1 John 3:2)

⁷ See: The 4th DoA (Parts 5-6). In Luke 19:11-27, Jesus gives us a glimpse into how He will re-organize Earth’s governance during His Millennial Reign. Check it out~

Then They Will Know (Poem, Part 2)

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Into the ring, a new flu virus stepped, un-recognized,

Then quickly morphed into the Spanish Flu pandemic.

In two years, countless souls globally had been eulogized,

Because folk denied, then minimized dangers. Classic!

They tried everything they could think of, much too late.

Just as quickly as it started, the pandemic ended. ¹

And now today folk wonder, ‘What might be our fate?,’

As by another new virus our lives are upended. ²

[Selah~]

Trying everything we can think of, as in ages past,
From scientific advice, to just plane ole hunches,
Yet failing to stop and ponder …whether of God to ask.
Many only do this when suffering life’s punches.

Today, science and the stocks have become the gods,
That we consult and heavily lean upon,
Lumping The Almighty in with the fake news frauds.
No wonder some react to Him with …a yawn.

With powerful microscopes, into the unknown we peer,

To expand ‘scientific doctrines’ in which we trust.

But science is limited to the physical frontier,

Incapable of perceiving what God says …we must!

There’s a realm into which microscopes can’t see,
restricted,

Our ‘parent realm’ from which derive all things physical.

Only in God’s Holy Bible is this realm
depicted.

Denying it, we’re blind to His realm, spiritual.

Viruses transmit through moisture bits between us passed,

And that settle on surfaces we jointly touch.

Today, it’s through data bits much sinfulness is masked.

To every opportunity to sin, we clutch.

[Selah~]

Though more prepared for punches from forces biological,

Given our science and our affluence financial,
We remain largely blind to punches from those spiritual,
Because we reject God’s sage advice in His Bible.

While we can’t see all foes biological,

We can see horrible damages some cause.

We can see many sins, diabolical,
Yet we’re prone to deny damages they cause!

Friends, carefully listen to Heaven’s voice,

God’s message in this Age of His Grace,

To each of us He’s offering a choice.

Here’s the message I hope you’ll embrace:

Both Heaven and Earth have a serious problem.

Both relate to ‘carrying capacity’,

But they are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

The problem is about …their citizenry.
Listen,

Given lifestyles today, Earth is over-populated, ³

Unable to sustain payloads procreated.

But it is these very lifestyles, when exacerbated,

That have rendered Heaven …under-populated!

Clinging to your sinful lifestyles with ardor,

You ignore warnings of payment eternal.

You reject Heaven’s citizenship offer,

While to fake news about it, you’re gullible.

~o~

Friends,

If it is mostly in suffering life’s punches,

That Heaven can capture the world’s attention,

Rather than every Heavenly thing that blesses,

Could more punches address …both situations?  ⁴

So,

Will we then know …He is The Lord???

See: Then They Will Know (Part 1)

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¹ See: ‘What Advice Were People Given’, in Spanish Flu: The Deadliest Pandemic in History

² The 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus
³ The Bible predicts a significant proportion of the human race will perish during God’s harsh tribulation judgments at the end of this Age of Grace, just before Jesus returns with His born-again saints and angels to rule over tribulation survivors and their offspring for 1,000 years. To you, does this sound like a major de-population strategy?? It clearly does to me!!

⁴ NB: While Earth’s population is determined by births and deaths, Heaven’s population is not increased by human deaths. Rather, it is increased by individual choices to embrace God’s salvation grace in Jesus as Lord and Savior. Sadly, it is decreased by formerly righteous people embracing wicked ways. (See: Ezekiel 33:12-20; then Ezekiel 18:23, 32 and 33:11) 

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Take a Praise Break

In (not necessarily for) every thing give thanks,

for THIS is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Let every thing that has breath praise The Lord.

Praise The Lord!!!  (Psalm 150:6) 

HERE's WHY:

Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants,
You have ordained spiritual strength (PRAISE)

because of Your enemies, 

so You can silence/STOP our enemy, the avenger.

(Psalm 8:2)

So if you are breathing, YOU QUALIFY, so let's get to it!

C'mon!

A People, Un-walled (Poem, Part 2)

 

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Walls, walls…

With great walls, history is certainly replete.

Problems without or within, they’re built to defeat.

In days past, walls were cities’ main defense.

Today, for nations, walls make little sense.

By governments, militaries and alliances,

On guard against any external imbalances,

Nations today lean on this defense trifecta.

But for these, The Lord has …another agenda!

God told Ezekiel, in chapter 38,

One day, ‘an un-walled  people’ will be Israel’s fate.

Difficult to imagine? For most it certainly is.

But to understand, there’s no need to be a Bible wiz.

Defense trifecta on which nations now rely,

Are like a three-legged stool in God’s mind and eye.

Though appearing to be well-balanced and quite sturdy,

If one leg is short, the load becomes topsy-turvy!

When might some defense trifecta legs become short,

Or perhaps kicked out from under the load they support?

Let’s take a peek contextual into coming dark days,

To see ‘Israel un-walled’ as Ezekiel portrays.

To demonstrate that He indeed is God Almighty,

He sometimes removes ‘sticks’ we lean on so heavily. ¹

Ummm, what would a defenseless Israel look like?

What might such prove to it and onlookers, alike?

After Christ raptures up to Heaven His saints, faithful,

All remaining life on Earth will quickly unravel.

Institutions on which life depends will utterly fail,

And chaos across the globe will increasingly prevail. ²

Into this void, a strong man shall emerge,

And by intrigue, governments he shall urge.

To him powers will be delegated,

And over time, folk will be placated. ³

             

But when God rains down tribulation judgments,

On mankind, His most harsh ever sin payments,

Again, across the world, all hell will break loose,

And delegated powers may be abused. ⁴

First…

Alliances between nations might quickly vanish,

And folk everywhere become incredibly selfish!

‘Each one for self!’ Into hopelessness they all slide,

Because from God’s punishing blows, no one can hide!

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¹ See: Out of My Way, USA! and Isaiah 36.

² See: Revelation 6, 8, 9, 13 and 16. See also: The Goshen Effect (Series)

³ See: Daniel 11 and Revelation 13:16-17. See also: anti-Christ (Series). 

⁴ Reserved for the latter half of the7-year tribulation period, referred to as The Great Tribulation, and the apocalypse. Even with increasing punishing blows, The Bible affirms sinful mankind will still refuse to repent or to honor God as God. The Lord’s promised Millennial Reign as Global King, will BREAK THIS LOGDAM!!! See: Revelation 9:20, Revelation 9:21 and Revelation 16:11. See also: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem)

Then They Will Know (Part 1)

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Any serious student of The Bible will quickly discern God’s deep-rooted desire for people to ‘know I am The Lord.’ This phrase frequently echoes across the pages of His holy writ. Sometimes, God declares He will be so known when an unbelievable blessing or miracle has occurred after having been predicted by a prophet. Many more times, however, He declares He will be so known just as some catastrophic judgment is unfolding, wiping out those who are most severely judged, or just after such, leaving a judgment-remnant to come to this knowledge. ¹

At this current time in human history, we hear and learn far less of unbelievable blessings or miracles, but we are figuratively ‘up to our ears’ in crisis-after-crisis! Since The Lord, as Sovereign God, iteratively accentuates His control and direct interventions in the affairs of mankind ², it behooves us to:

(a) be both attentive to, and instructed by what He has said, and

(b) use this as a lens through which to understand the spiritual significance of crises we are experiencing.

It may seem rather easy to connect-the-dots when God has spoken through a prophet, directly to a people, and the event prophesized later materializes. What I scratch my head about is when He instructs a prophet in one location, to speak either to, or about a people in a distant location (Jews and Gentiles alike), and then concludes with, ‘Then they shall know I am The Lord.’ This leaves me pondering:

Ok, we understand to or about whom He is speaking, and what predicted event will trigger their knowing, but how will they know that He is The Lord, especially Gentiles who were far away from the speaker, and who presumably did not know God at all. ³

On the latter point, The Bible iteratively illustrates God’s modus operandi includes triggering faith in some person to the point of believing, speaking and then acting on His Word. I imagine Him planting Word seed in the Earth realm, seed that germinate and produce His fruit when received in human hearts.

Moreover, I ponder how ‘The Lord Who does not change’ expects people today to know He is The Lord? He declares, ‘For I am The Lord, I do not change’. While His nature and His strategy in dealing with humans do not change, His tactics apparently do change. ⁴

In this Age of Grace, God speaks to us believers directly through His Son, Jesus Christ, and indirectly through believers to the unbelieving world. And His most harsh judgment crises will speak LOUDLY to people during the tribulation period. In both these periods, though people will understand He is The Lord, they still will not believe in Him, nor embrace Him as Savior and Lord. ⁵

So does this infer He does not speak to us now through judgment crises?? I do not know, for sure, but this is abundantly clear:

Through church attendance and other ways,

people who are not normally ‘spiritually-minded’

suddenly become so in times of crises!

To me, this suggests they may have some latent spiritual insights and awareness, like seeds that only germinate in the stress of crises, but that never bear fruits of repentance and a fundamentally changed life. Perhaps this might have been the case of ancient, sinful Gentile nations noted in The Bible, nations that were judged and came to ‘know God is The Lord’ at the very point of their downfall. ³

Moreover, in His Grace-amazing, crises today may well be ‘the leading edge’ of the coming, worse tribulation crises. They may be a foretaste, if you will, of what’s on the horizon, and time to anticipate, prepare for, and decide to embrace His offer to escape, which is salvation in Jesus as Christ and Lord.

So what do you think? Are Heaven’s messages encoded in crises today? If so, what, and if not, why not? Many believe crises are merely continuing evidence of ‘the fallenness’ of our God-rejecting world, with no specific correlations to particular sinfulness. ⁶

See Part 2

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¹ The OWNER and BOSS over everything and everyone Who says, ‘All souls are Mine.’ (Ezekiel 18:4). Search for this phrase in The King James Version, especially in The Book of Ezekiel. See also: Deuteronomy 32:39,1 Samuel 2:6-8, Isaiah 45:5-7, Ezekiel 14:12-23, and Amos 3:6.

² This fact is iterated in Daniel 4:17, 25, 26, 32 and 5:2.

³ In Ezekiel, see: 25:5,11 and 17 (Ammon, Moab, Philistia); 26:6 (Tyre); 28:23 (Sidon); and 29:6, 13-16 (Egypt).

⁴ See: Malachi 3:6

⁵ The Age of Grace began when Jesus’ sacrifice was accepted by God and will end at the start of the coming 7-year tribulation. See: Hebrews 1:8 and also Revelation 16: 8-11.

⁶ As in 2 Samuel 21 and especially 24.

Un-marked? (Poem)

Un-precedented!!

Across our land and the world at large,

Reports are mounting of unimaginable firsts!

Unprecedented!, the echoing cry of our day.

With all facets of life in some kind of disarray,

Is there anywhere in crises folk are not submersed??

As one crisis ends, the next looms large.

In His love-amazing for humanity,

God gave us hints of roots we should inspect,

When life bears bad fruits in times like this,

Roots that carnal minds are sure to miss.

So when on crises the sun just won’t set,

Ponder His wisdom to stem calamity!

Un-vaccinated??

‘Get vaccinated!!!’ Cries across the USA,

From some parents of school-age kids.

Vaccinated kids who are at risk from those who are not.

Other parents resisting any vaccination shot.

One side embraces what the other forbids,

That is until a crisis flares up one day!!

Thus ‘herd immunity’ is broken or not achieved, ¹

And disease out-breaks can reap their havoc!

Tensions among opposing groups then heighten,

And both groups become more entrenched and stubborn.

As deaths mount, and both groups become awestruck,

Each insists and believes the other group …is deceived.

Un-marked??

Get marked!!! Listen carefully, you will hear God’s plea.

Though it’s not written in His holy script,

This echo reverberates page-after-page.

Those who hear and heed it, The Lord calls, ‘sage,’

Those who are released from >>crises tight grip<<.

Even if in crises, from terror they’ll be free. ²

To understand how this works, Jesus gives us a peep,

In His vision visit with Ezekiel, He remarked,

‘Angels who over this city are assigned,

Go! Mark those who with righteousness are aligned!’

Now let’s imagine the horrible fate of those un-marked,

Spiritually slain, yet alive …for a while. Deep! ³

To them, coming crises were then assigned,

Because with sins of the day, they went along.

And though of sins they were repeatedly warned,

With righteousness they refused to be adorned.

Then when caught in crises grips that were so strong,

Un-marked, too late with ‘right’ to realign. ⁴

Ear-marked??

Like vaccinated folk add protection for all,

We, the righteous in Christ, protect those who are not. ⁵

But when ‘Get marked!’ pleas to them go unheeded,

Both groups have less protection than is needed!

Why be shocked when they’re both caught in a crises knot?

Many more of the un-marked will certainly fall!

Trend-mark!!

In every crisis The Lord sends or allows,

After to us much Grace He has extended,

Here’s a trend to which He has been faithful:

There’s always a judgment remnant, grateful,

Those whose evil ways have been amended,

Voila! Righteousness in them has been …aroused!! ⁶

‘The Almighty rules in the kingdom of men.’

So revealed Daniel’s book in chapter 4, verse 17.

‘Calamities in a land are from Me!’,

So The Lord God told Amos to decree.

Good, bad or otherwise, ALL things by Him are overseen!

Please keep this in mind when lives crises upend. ⁷

Friend, if you can perceive the pattern of my rhyme,

Then your mind must be quite sharp!

If your spirit may likewise be,

Seeing the pattern that I see,

Then decide to become marked,

And escape God’s ‘sin-judgment-crisis’ paradigm.

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¹ Herd or community immunity is the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. See: What is Herd Immunity and Who is at Risk from Unvaccinated Kids

² Equipped and able to go through crises by their strong faith and strident focus on God’s promises to the righteous in Christ.

³ In Ezekiel, chapter 9, Jesus pre-incarnate reveals His fascinating judgment modus operandi. Do check it out!

⁴ The respective protections and judgments meted out in Ezekiel 9 to the residents of Judah are recorded in 2 Chronicles 36 and Isaiah 52. Get this: The Lord even instructed Ezekiel to make a road sign, in advance, for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to be able to find the correct route to Judah! wOw, imagine that! (See: Ezekiel 21:22)

⁵ Jesus calls us ‘the [preserving, spiritual] salt of the Earth.’ (See: Matthew 5:13)

⁶ See: What’s Really Going On (…Inside)

⁷ See: Amos 3: 1-6

Why Such Bible Confidence? (Q&A)

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Q: When you speak of the Bible it sounds like you are talking about a single document that was written by one author, one who was flawless and crystal clear. Since there may have been 40+ authors, how are you able to speak with such confidence about what the Bible says and what it means? With so many different authors, how do you know which author was speaking for God, and when he was adding his own human contribution?

A: By faith, is the short answer, my Friend. Thank you for this question.

The Bible was scribed by many authors whom God declares were ‘Holy Spirit-inspired’ to write what they wrote. Born again Christians embrace this by faith. Ponder Who God Almighty is. He literally not only expresses His Sovereignty over ALL the affairs of man, but as The Supreme power and authority, He is actually managing it according to His own framework which includes allowing free will to us and to His angels to decide whether to obey Him or not. He fore-knows everything, and will eventually judge every deed, thought and word.

The Bible is His instrument to communicate to us His conceptual and strategic framework by which He is orchestrating not only everything in Heaven, but also everything in the physical universe. There is not one speck of dust in the universe that escapes His control. The challenge for us as carnally-minded rather than spiritually-minded beings, is to perceive Him spiritually, by faith, using the instrument of His Bible to convey His will and ways. He promises to help us do this by the re-birth experience, which comprises:

1. Asking forgiveness for sins that go against His acceptable framework

2.  Receiving Jesus’ whipping post suffering and death as having been done on our behalf, in our place, for what our sin deserved

3. Asking for and receiving the gift of His Holy Spirit to merge with our own spirit and to help us perceive, understand, obey, and honor Jesus as God in the flesh, to Whom Father God has delegated ALL things related to humans. In Heaven, Jesus sits on The Throne AS GOD. (Hebrews 1)

4. Daily reading and studying parts of The Bible through which He spiritually communicates with us in our spirit. In this manner, He grows us up, in Him.

So yep, though scribed by many authors, the book was spiritually God breathed. Thus it is The Word of God Almighty, not just of men. 

Without faith to embrace this, which is what He says in His book, we cannot be saved and become His sons. Thus, we will remain eternally lost sinners. Only He calls the shots regarding how we might have an eternal, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

There is clearly a hidden, spiritual dimension to this life, not just physical. Most of us are more controlled by our carnal soul. Many folk have little or no conception of spirit,  therefore, even the notion of an almighty spiritual being is totally foreign to them. And the notion of this Being influencing all things in the physical universe and on Earth, is preposterous!  They are staunch un-believers in anything spiritual, yet they, themselves, are greatly and unknowingly influenced by evil spiritual beings! Imagine that!

Please pray for faith to believe what God says in His Book, amazingly preserved across the ages to convey His will for us, and what’s important to Him. After you pray, just say, ‘Thank You for answering my prayer.’ Then start reading and trust it is HIS spiritual voice your spirit is hearing. Please do not read His Book like any other carnal book. If you do, you will be dumb-founded, and possibly frustrated. The carnal mind cannot perceive, let alone understand or appreciate high spiritual matters. My friend, get to know and trust your spirit. ;o)