Kingdom KinderKids (Poem)

Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

That Jesus loves little children is generally well-known.

To that I say, ‘Who wouldn’t? What’s not to love?’

It’s gentleness that their hearts are full of,

Though, like us, it’s Adam’s nature they’re full of,

But unlike us, it has yet to grow up to become …well-honed!

One day while on His ministry circuit,

He rebuked all His disciples for not letting,

Little children to come to Him for a blessing--

Set-up for an earlier point He’d been pressing,

One from which we, today, can benefit. 

His earlier point was that entrance into Heaven,

Requires us to become ‘as mere children.’

Egos were crushed, that’s what I imagine.

In their ‘Who’ll be greatest’ competition,

They’d obviously ‘not learned’ His earlier lesson.

Before becoming as mere children, babes we must first become.

Recall, we are ‘born into’ The Kingdom of Heaven,

Into a place that, to us, is so very foreign.

To remain as babes and children is not an option.

Maturity beckons for tests and trials we must overcome.

But maturity does not mean being ‘all grown up’, I’ve learned.

Moreover, there are many stages of maturity!

It requires Love, time, patience, hard work and persistency,

Plus lots of prayer that’s of the kind, intercessory.

Even then, that’s not being ‘all grown up’, is what I’ve discerned. 

So what qualifies as being ‘all grown up’ in Jesus Christ??

I believe it’s not in this life, not even in the rapture!!

It's when, with Him, we’ll return for His millennial venture,

Unified to be part of His …governance superstructure.

Ahhh, that’s the ‘all grown up’ life that most certainly will suffice.

Then no longer are we children, tossed to and fro,

Carried about with winds of doctrine, by men’s deceitfulness, 

In the cunning craftiness of their plotting -- vindictiveness,

But all grown up in Him, speaking Truth in Love -- effectiveness, *

Fully equipped Earth’s governments to overthrow!

Yep, Jesus loves little children, for such is Heaven’s Kingdom.

For us to MATURE and GROW UP, that’s His desire, unarguably.

But for now, so many of us are not mature, undeniably.

Nor are we yet unified, speaking Truth in Love, unquestionably. 

But when we return (!!!), we’ll function in …perfect synergism.  

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^* And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the Truth in Love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of The Body for the edifying of itself in Love. (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Meekness Ain't Weakness! (Poem)

Meek, a word that today is not so often heard.

Weak is what this word typically conveys.

If with Godly trust, meekness is uniquely gird,

In the end, folks will see His strength it displays.  

Moses was reported to be very meek, ¹

Though he exhibited considerable strength:

Prince of Egypt, ‘in-line pharaoh’ -- no pipsqueak!!!

Yet he gave it all up, life among slaves to clench. ²

As a mere slave, he stood unshaken before Pharaoh,

Through Aaron, giving commands for Egypt to obey!

The Lord pummeled mighty Egypt through …this meek fellow!

Strength like that is un-imaginable in our day!!!

So how is such great strength regarded as …meekness,

When today meekness is something folks seek to avoid,

Something in our modern world most count as …needless?

When you see a meek person, are you …somewhat annoyed??

We regard meekness as a quality that is displayed,

By one person before others,

Timidity in an encounter one seeks to evade,

By any convenient measures.

But Moses learned insights that we miss or ignore,

That led him to change the object of his meekness.

Let’s take a moment to examine and explore,

The root and core aspects of this man’s uniqueness.

Moses learned The Lord designed life as two-dimensional.

Yet some declare this fact is debatable.

Many others flat out reject it as deniable.

Both views confirm it’s really …decisional!

He structured life to bring us to this decision point:

Whom to you regard Him, The Lord, to be,

And in your life, to Him, what role will you then appoint?

It’s one that shouldn’t be made casually. ³

In this life decision, meekness plays critical roles,

With a sharp eye on its spiritual object of focus --

The ‘person and power’ before whom meekness unfolds,

One who will not be fooled by meekness that is clearly bogus.

Moses fully humbled himself before The Lord’s mighty Hand,

The same Hand that designed and now sustains all of creation.

Thus humbled, he then trusted, and before Pharaoah, he could stand,

Then lead millions through their 40-year wilderness migration.

Though he was ‘quite a strong man’ in so many ways,

He relied and leaned on The Lord’s strength, not his own.

What a contrast to so-called strong men in our days!!

It’s another hand by which their lives are …jawboned.

When they disregard The Lord as anything but,

And in their lives, to Him no role is appointed,

Recognize it or not, they’re then in satan’s rut,

And by his hand and power, they are …‘anointed’.

Attention…

Not only by this scenario are strong men held captive,

But you, too, if it is your strength you rely upon and trust.

Get this…

Before whom you are spiritually meek and submissive,

Your life is imbued, and into it, his power will be …stuffed.

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¹ See: Numbers 12:3 and Matthew 5:5. Meekness: great strength and power held in check in service to a higher cause for the greater good of others; it is not about giving up power, but rather diligently harnessing it for the good of others. Meekness is not an innate human quality, but a decision we must make. Spiritual Meekness: An Imperative Virtue for Christian Leaders, Mark E. Caner, Regent University, an excellent article on the definition and strategic role of meekness in organizational leadership. (Tip: Select the text and allow your voice-controlled device to read this to you.)

² See: Is Jesus God? (Part 3) for 15 insightful strength characteristics Moses and Paul shared.

³ See: Matthew 16:15-17

Earth’s Cloaked Satellites (Poem, Part 1)

See the series here

NASA reports there are tens of thousands of ‘satellites’,

That are currently up there in low Earth orbit,

Including dead satellites and tons of space junk. ¹

Many are just too small for effective Earth-oversight.

So when one loses altitude in its circuit,

It threatens to some unknown place on Earth to plunk!

 

Yep! We’ve taken GIANT leaps in space exploration,

Since 1957 when Russia’s Sputnik was launched.

And we have learned a lot that benefits life …down here.

But there is one thing in all our space expeditions,

We’ve not learned, about which I have a strong Bible-based hunch:

There are things up there that to our eyes …do not appear!

 

Though discounted or by many flat-out denied,

Biblical fact is, to life, there are two dimensions,

Physical and spiritual, the latter overarching.

In its 66 books, that’s confirmed, not implied.

Ignore this fact, and life will be filled with distortions,

Because only the one-sided ‘gages’ we will be watching.

 

In the spirit realm, like geostationary satellites, ²

Evil spirits, by their leader, have long been assigned.

Fallen angels, now demons, have geographic assignments,

To inspire, trick and deceive us who they easily gaslight,

To allow, through us, all their evil deeds to unwind.

That’s like low Earth orbit ‘satellites, with Earth-bound attendants! ³

 

This helps to explain the basis for evil things repetitive,

That occur over generations in the same districts,

Many we refer to as …history repeating itself.

Though we have progressed, we remain spiritually regressive.

Thus, these forces don’t need to change any of their tactics.

What worked with our ancestors long ago, is …still on their shelf. 

 

GOOD NEWS! In the midst of their worst ever deception,

A global satellite replacement strategy will unfold,

Leaving not one spec of space junk behind.

A brand new corps of Earth-bound …attendant divisions,

Will then be installed, just as in the Bible, it is foretold.

To ensure righteousness, they’ll be assigned. ⁴

 

Among the current, cloaked crew of Earth’s ‘demon satellites’,

Is one whom Jesus is deeply and passionately against!

He gives us its name and territorial location,

‘Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal’, Ezekiel writes,

Over land in the ‘far north’, presumably of Israel.

Today, that land is known as The Russian Federation. ⁵

 

As leader of these demons, satan controls their deployments,

And might supplement those who are territorially assigned,

With others with no such assignments, but who are available,

To augment, then AMPLIFY unique campaigns of devilment.

Think how, in modern wars, military resources are aligned.

Then ponder how this network will be instantly disassembled.

 

At His glorious return to Earth, Jesus will be arrayed,

With ‘all the saints’ and ‘all His angels’. On Earth, Heaven emptied??

His ‘to do’ list includes locking away remaining demons,

Not already locked away for hacking humans’ DNA. 

To fill the voids, He’ll then deploy His angels, still unbodied,

And His saints to fill governance roles …in luminous  fashion. ⁶

 

These globally assigned teams will thus replace,

Current demonic deployments, and most folks who, by them, are fooled.

Earth’s new, cloaked ‘angel satellites’, and their Earth-bound affiliates,

Will ensure righteousness worldwide is embraced.

For a thousand years, righteousness will be lauded, not ridiculed!

So what might happen to all those ‘satellites’ now in Earth orbits?

See Part 2

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¹ See: Sea of Dead Satellites and Debris Around Earth, especially end of the video.

² Geostationary satellites are earth-orbiting satellites, placed in a relatively fixed location at an altitude of approximately 22,300 miles directly over the equator, that revolve in the same direction Earth rotates (west-to-east) -- geosynchronous orbit. At this altitude, one orbit takes 24 hours, the same length of time as one Earth rotation on its axis. If visible from Earth, geostationary satellites appear nearly stationary in the sky as seen by a ground-based observer. 

³ See: Daniel 10, 12:1 and 2 Corinthians 12:2, Ephesians 3:13, 6:12, and Revelation 12:9. Also see: The Three Heavens.

⁴ See: Psalm 104:4, Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 16:27, 25:31, 2 Thessalonians 1:7 and Revelation 20. Wholesale replacement of cloaked, evil, spiritual agents, operating like satellites around Earth, is very well documented in The Bible. After a thousand years, they will be once again be loosed on Earth, very likely to tempt those long-living folks who will have been born during Christ’s promised Millennial Reign. See: Salvation in the Millennium? (Series).

⁵ Gog appears to be the chief demon assigned to the broad territory far north of Israel. Why do you think Jesus is so passionately against this particular fallen angel? Tip: consult the geo-political news of our era.

⁶ See: Humans’ DNA Hacked (Poem) and Look at Me …Then (Poem). I know of no Biblical indication that the holy angels will ever take on physical bodies. They were not created as we were, in the tripartite/trinity image of Jesus, as spirit, soul and physical body. That’s why Psalm 8:5, correctly translated in the Amplified, Orthodox Jewish, and Young’s Literal Bible versions, position humans ‘a little lower than God, Elohim’, not angels. Selah

The Big Lie (Q&A)

See the Q&A Series here

Q: How do so many people still believe ‘the Big Lie’ or that the January 6th insurrection in America was peaceful, or didn’t really happen? Are there any parallels from the Bible?

A: You are certainly not alone in pondering answers to your first, probing question! Yep, open any book of The Bible and you will see countless parallels from across the ages of time of folks discounting Truth to the point of full disbelief, then acting on their disbelief, and reaping the consequences thereof. This is a ubiquitous theme across all 66 books of The Bible! Moreover, there are iterative predictions that this condition will spread widely and deeply across the global population in the final days of this particular age. ¹ Yet even though it’s ‘in our faces’, many still disbelieve, and are therefore caught in the traps and webs of lies.

Unfortunately, in our pondering, I suspect most folks are omitting the spiritual dimension of this life, and as a result, they are guaranteed to ‘come up short’ in their perceptions and understandings of what’s really going on. ² This blog is dedicated to helping to pull back the curtains that separate our physical realm from the all-encompassing spiritual realm of life, based on Bible insights. Only with perceptions of both of these ‘counterpart realms’ are we equipped to understand Heaven’s core message and warnings to humanity, namely, that:

     o There is an unseen dimension of life that controls and influences the physical side; 

     o There is on-going warfare between enemies that inhabit this realm;

     o People are unknowingly being influenced by these beings for good or evil -- tested for good, tempted for evil; and

     o For our responses (thoughts, words and deeds), there are rewards, consequences and prices to be paid, both in this life and throughout eternity.

Regarding Bible examples of believing a BIG lie, please consult the following examples:

Genesis 3 - the BIG lie that got all humans into the mess we’ve been in since the beginning!

Numbers 13 and 14 - the story of how believing lies that The Lord could not possibly deliver the Amorites inhabiting the promised land into the hands of a bunch of Jewish ex-slaves. Their disbelief led to The Lord’s decision to confine the whole group to wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, including a few righteous souls! The story is dramatized in the movie, The Ten Commandments.

Numbers 16 - the BIG lie and consequences thereof when some Hebrews, newly freed from Egyptian slavery, convinced others to join them in challenging Moses’ God-given authority to lead folks to the promised land. Unlike the punishment of 40 years wandering in the wilderness, the judgement on this small group was IMMEDIATE and horrific!

Ezekiel 9 and 2 Chronicles 36 - the culmination of many decades of folks believing BIG lies that their sinfulness didn’t matter to God because they were His chosen people, or that He had abandoned them, therefore they turned to fake gods - idols

Matthew 27 and 28 - consequences of the BIG lie that Jesus is not The Jewish Messiah, The Son of God, as He declared, because He did not immediately fulfill ALL of the many end-times prophecies about Him. In their short-sightedness and spiritual blindness, they totally misperceived that these prophecies would be fulfilled over several millennia, not in His short, 33 years as a human on Earth. But their deception fit perfectly into God’s strategy which included sacrificing His Son, Jesus, in death and then in resurrection as payment for the sins of all who would believe and embrace Him as their Lord and Savior.

Romans 1:18-32 - the BIG lie folks across the ages have believed and acted upon, and received the consequences thereof. This passage quite accurately captures the state of our world today – folks acting out the imaginations of their debased minds.

1 Timothy 4:1-2 and 1 John 4:1-3 - the general predicted state we are in and clearly witnessing today

Revelation 20:11-15, 21:27 and 22:15 - the final, eternal state of affairs for all liars and all unrepentant sinners

Need more? Read through the history of ancient Israel, both before and after it split into the two nations of Israel and Judah. Both of these nations were iteratively warned over centuries, then severely judged for believing and acting on all sorts of lies. This is summarized in the historical books of Judges, 1^st/2^nd Samuel, 1^st/2^nd Kings, and 1^st/2^nd Chronicles. The prophetic books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi) persistently lay out warnings of The Lord’s responses to folks who believed lies about Him, His strategic plans for humanity, His rewards for righteousness, and His punishments for sinfulness. These themes continue throughout New Testament books that primarily focus on the small proportion of humans who will embrace The Lord’s plan of salvation, and escape His eternal wrath, namely His true (not fake) born-again saints.

Genesis 6, 7 and 8 - perhaps most relevant for us today are the BIG lies folks believed for well over a century, namely that Noah was foolish to build a huge boat (ark) on dry land with no water in sight, preaching ‘it’s gonna rain cats and dogs until everything is flooded’, when there had NEVER been any rain falling on Earth since the beginning. Only 8 wise souls escaped the global inundation. Though we are descendants of these wise believers, honestly we act much more like the fools who refused to believe, and who were thus drowned! 

To which group do you belong …today? ³

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¹ The Bible reveals seven ‘ages’ of and for humanity: (1) pre-flood, (2) post-flood/pre-cross, (3) post-cross (Church Age), (4) tribulation period, (5) Millennial Reign, (6) post-Millennial Reign, and (7) eternity. With such a GRAND, multi-millennial strategic plan, The Lord harvests ‘saints fruits’ from each of the first six ages for our seventh age. Ponder that…

We are currently in, and rapidly nearing the end of the 3^rd age. Predicted pre-cursors of the promised tribulation period are increasingly in clear view, especially ‘the BIG lie’ being believed across America, including by many professed Christians in whom the Spirit of Truth allegedly dwells. As you imagine that, read Revelation 3:14-22 to understand The Lord’s response to such. Then see: Laodicean Lackadaisicalness (Series) to understand the applications across our world today, especially in America.

² See: What’s Really Going On (…Inside) and also Heart Expressions (Poem)

³ See: Prayer of Salvation (Poem)