The Me You See (Poem)

 

The body you see when you look at me, 

Isn’t the one I’ll live in eternally.

Rather, it is just a draft, a mere prototype,

Of one that’s permanent, maybe a look alike.

 

I consider it as God’s down payment.

You might say it’s a seed type element,

That in Earth’s rich soils will one day be planted,

To be raised in a form that is ...AUGMENTED!!!

 

My body to which my spirit is assigned,

And my soul, which to my spirit is aligned,

Are declared to be the forever parts of me.

They are the eternal parts of …my TRINITY. ¹

 

You see, The Lord God loves His ‘seed, time and harvest’ principle,

The foundation on which He established our world, physical,

Where nothing happens without 'seed types' that, in time, ‘germinate’. ²

That’s a key point on which we all should take time to meditate.

 

Consider all the types of seeds that developed your life,

The seeds planted and cultivated until ‘fruits’ were ripe,

Seeds that were both physical as well as conceptual.

They bore ‘fruits’, some temporary, others perpetual. ³

 

Now ponder: Why would The Lord put two things …eternal,

Into one piece of ‘fruit’ that is only …temporal??

He gave us no scientific proof whatsoever, 

Just His Word, and a keen desire to live forever. ⁴

 

He affirms in His own image we are made,

But from His righteous nature, we all have strayed.

In our straying, we stopped believing what He’s saying,

Thus, upon us all, devilish forces are preying.

 

His image comprises Spirit-Soul-Body, all immortal.

So why did He give us a body that is ephemeral? ⁵

Herein lies the mystery few may realize:

Adam and Eve were created …never to die! 

 

Into the whole world, their sin ushered death,

Ensuring, one day, the loss of life’s breath.

But since on breath our spirit and soul are not dependent,

Then with the loss of breath, they may sleep, yet remain …extant! ⁶

 

Moreover, The Lord foreknew all mankind would sin,

And to redeem us, He would come in ‘human skin’,

To pay our redemption price that was unpayable,

And thus, one day He’d become just like us, a mortal.

 

Two parts eternal, in one part temporal, integrally.

That’s The Lord’s design of my ‘triune God-complex-ity’.

You only see me as the part that is corporeal,

Not knowing my inward parts are the me that’s …more real!

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¹ Though many believe our spirit and soul are the same thing, The Bible reveals otherwise, and that they can be separated. Imagine that! See: Hebrews 4:12

² Germinates in the sense that something grows and develops, not necessarily in the sense that agricultural seeds germinate.

³ Do you know even your thoughts are a type of seeds? You get to choose which ones you cultivate and allow to bear fruits. See: Album 3: Bend and Bow (Lyrics)

⁴ Your eternal spirit and soul are temporarily assigned within a temporal, mortal body.

⁵ Ephemeral – short-lived, transitory. Relative to eternity, our bodies are critically ephemeral.

⁶ Extant - in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost. See: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Daniel 12:2, Acts 24:15 and Hebrews 9:27. See also: For You, Which Resurrection? (Poem)

Ponder This... (Wild Beast Attacks)

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‘If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it,

and make it so desolate that no man may pass through

because of the beasts, even though these three men were in it,

as I live,’ says The Lord God,

‘‘they would deliver neither sons nor daughters;

only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.’

(Ezekiel 14:15-16)

 

 

To the prophet Jeremiah, The Lord God (Jesus Christ) revealed His on-going three-point strategy in dealing with humans: Loving-kindness/Grace, Judgment (Justice), leading to Righteousness. ¹

 

To the prophets Moses and Ezekiel, He revealed four tactics to implement the Judgment aspect of His strategy. I refer to these as His four henchmen, applied to any land that (people who) practiced persistent (gross?) unfaithfulness (sinfulness): warfare, pestilence, famine and wild beasts. ²

 

In modern times, societies have largely succeeded in managing the segregation of human populations from wild animals. Ergo, it seemed The Lord’s fourth judgment tactic might have possibly been attenuated. That is until…

major, sustained climate change!!!

 

Under the dramatically increased weight of mankind’s sinfulness, many of Earth’s normal systems appear to be significantly …out of whack! To an increasing extent, this is threatening the erstwhile successful segregation of our societies from wild animals. ³

 

I have learned to not discount any of The Lord’s prophecies that, to our eyes, appear irrelevant in these modern times.

Have you?

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¹ See: What’s Really Going On (…Inside)

² See: Leviticus 26:22, Deuteronomy 32, Ezekiel 5:17, and Psalm 50:11. See also: Four Judgment Henchmen, Explained.

³ Check this out: Japan's wildlife turns on the human population. For more, search the web for ‘climate change related animal attacks’.

Ponder This... (Water As We Age)

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‘Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the Earth beneath.
For the heavens will vanish away like smoke,

the Earth will grow old like a garment,
and those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
but My salvation will be forever;

and My righteousness will not be abolished.’

(Isaiah 51:6) 

Reflect for a moment… 

What happens in our bodies as we age,

with specific regard to water?

 

Water is often regarded as the essence of life. I believe a person’s spirit and soul are the essence of life, simply because they are eternal. A person’s physical body is temporal. ¹

 

Typically, as we age, the normal balance between our water intake and outtake is significantly disturbed. Our thirst sensation weakens, triggering dehydration. The muscles of the urinary system weaken, triggering uncontrolled flows (outtake). Dehydration dries the skin, which may sag due to significant loss of water weight. ²

 

Now consider the extent to which our bodies, created from dust/dirt, are akin to …a microcosm of Earth! ³

 

In the 8^th century BC/BCE, The Lord God (Jesus Christ) revealed to Isaiah, a Jewish prophet, ‘…Earth will grow old like a garment…’ ⁴ Look around and you will clearly see a MAJOR aspect of this prophecy becoming history. Earth is manifesting a serious imbalance in its water system.

 

Though scientists have long believed the amount of water on Earth is finite, many now believe this is incorrect, and that, as the planet heats up, more water is being evaporated into space. The imbalance is manifesting itself in unprecedented, extreme droughts in some areas, and extreme floods in other areas, as if the planet's whole water system is out of sync.

 

The close correlations between Earth growing old and a human body growing old are undeniable. Yet so many people on the Earth flat out deny any correlations between The Lord’s prophecies and our history.

Do you??

Our history is ‘His-story’!

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¹ Essence - the most significant element, quality, or aspect of a person or thing. The most significant elements, qualities or aspects of a human being in this life is one’s spirit and soul because they are eternal. Though a person’s physical body is temporal, The Lord God (Jesus Christ) promises every human will receive an eternal, physical body in one of two planned remaining resurrections. See: For You, Which Resurrection? (Poem) I say ‘remaining’ because Matthew 27:51-53 indicate all first and second ages saints were resurrected and raptured into Heaven, which is likely the new Earth The Lord promised Isaiah (about 7 centuries before His virgin birth) He was creating. Search this blog for more on these key word topics. 

² Search the web for or more on this imbalance and the major issues it can trigger.

³ See: How is the Human Body Like Planet Earth?

⁴ During the 1^st century AD, The Lord confirmed this prophecy in Hebrews 1:10-12. This is consistent with His core principle to let every important matter be established (confirmed) by or in the mouth of two or three witnesses. (Deuteronomy 17:6, 19:15, Matthew 18:16, 2 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Timothy 5:19, Hebrews 10:28)

Music Themes (Q&A)

 

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Q: What’s your take on the theme of music?

 

A: My, my, what an unusual question. Since you know my keen interest in spiritual matters, don’t be surprised by my answer as a musician who composes and produces ‘Christian jazz’ music. 

 

Music is one of the most powerful mediums of communication, and moreover, it is a universal language of sorts. Understanding and deriving meanings from it, however, is deeply personal. What and how a musical selection ‘communicates’ to us varies from person-to-person. Ergo, any meanings and inspirations we derive from it are intimately determined. They may also vary based on our feelings and moods, which themselves are ever shifting. 

 

There are (at least) two definitions of musical theme: ¹

 

1. In a strictly technical or theoretical sense, a musical theme is the main melody, a short, simple sequence of tunes repeated, often with variations, throughout a musical composition, thus comprising its ‘foundation’. In my songs, the themes are typically what I regard as the chorus, the base melody I return to between verses that deviate from this theme. My themes also often vary the lead instrument for a slightly different sound and feel.

 

2. In a broader sense, a musical theme is the thematic concept, e.g., a feeling or mood, the music intends to signify. All musical compositions convey a thematic concept(s), whether the music is instrumental or lyrical. The thematic concept(s) of instrumental music is conveyed in its rhythm, chord progressions, volume, instrumentation, melodic variations, etc. The thematic concept of lyrical music is conveyed in these aspects, plus the song’s title, lyrics, and vocalization style(s).

 

The Bible reveals music was created in Heaven, not on Earth, as a means to praise, worship and honor Father God and Jesus, The Lord God. Thus, it is quintessentially spiritual in nature, created for a most holy purpose. Ezekiel 28:12-15 help us to conceive a bit of this.

 

During His upbraiding of an ancient, wicked king of Tyre, through the prophet, Ezekiel, The Lord briefly segues to addressing the spirit of satan who is possessing and motivating this king. He describes Lucifer, a top-ranked angel whom The Lord created with some internal musical instruments to perform and perhaps lead high-level praise and worship functions in Heaven. Imagine that! Lucifer’s gross pride led him to convince a third of all angels to join him in a revolutionary attempt (coup d’etat) to de-throne and replace Jesus as The Lord God. I understand this to be the first ever sin that was committed, signifying pride is likely the taproot of all sin. As a result, Lucifer became satan, and was cast out of Heaven along with his angelic cohorts, who became devils and demons. They fell to Earth, and later witnessed the creation of humans. They have been wreaking havoc ever since, pending The Lord’s promised final, eternal judgment, namely being cast into the eternal lake of fire on the predicted, eternal Earth, along with every human who will have rejected The Lord's offer of eternal salvation by Grace. Their clear objective is to use any means possible to ensure they will have the company of as many humans as possible to share their promised, eternal judgment. And sadly, they have been on a very l-o-n-g …winning streak!

 

Get this… I have found no Bible reference that satan ever lost his internal musical functionalities and proclivities. Hence, it may be safe to presume these remain intact. The spiritual nature of music renders it a perfect carrier or conveyor of spiritual unctions to prioritize, worship and honor something or someone. Since satan and his cohorts have been thoroughly and irredeemably corrupted by their gross sin, it is also safe to presume they promote the use of music in any and every way possible that contradicts its original, holy purpose, i.e., to praise, worship and honor Father God and Jesus, The Lord God, Whom devils and demons hate with passion. Thus, music has historically been a primary means they use to corrupt and entice us to join them in all and anything Heaven considers as sinful and unholy. This is a key tactic in their strategy to ensure as many of us as possible will share in their pronounced, pending, eternal  judgment. ²

 

Across our sin-stained world, carnal music is devils’ choice means or mediums to entice people into deeper and deeper sinfulness. They accomplish this using both types of musical themes described above, in ways that ensure people …‘get and act upon their subtle and increasingly not-so-subtle messages’, without awareness of, or suspecting the spiritual sources and roots thereof. People who are spiritually unaware of what’s really going on (i.e., who are ignorant of such, or what Apostle Paul calls spiritually dead) are like low hanging fruits for these untoward spirits. ³

 

Bottom line: When it comes to music and musical themes, caveat!!!! (beware, in Latin)

 

I trust this adequately answers your question.

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¹ See: What is a Theme in Music?

² See: This is how the devil uses music (skip the ads midway through this short video)

³ See: What does it mean to be spiritually dead?, i.e., dead to God

Blind Faith in Trumpism? (Q&A)

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Q: You say, ‘Faith is not based on what is seen, but on what is believed …without, and in spite of physical evidence. (Hebrews 11:1)’ Folks who believe in Trump’s ideology (Trumpism), cultural and racial supremacy, etc. have faith that they are righteous, despite evidence of his and their terrible misdeeds committed openly, in plain sight. So could [blind] FAITH be where the real issues lie? 

 

A: Thanks for your very pertinent question. I will do my best to answer it from a Biblical perspective.

 

I do not believe faith, per se, is on trial in this situation. Rather, it is the object of folks’ faith that should be, and is on trial. Throughout The Bible, The Lord admonishes us to live by faith in Him, His Word promises, His nature and character, more than anything or anyone else. Similarly, throughout The Bible and world history, only a precious few folks have demonstrated the ability, commitment and courage to do exactly this, and they generally paid high prices of various kinds for their faithfulness. The majority, however, rebelled against The Lord’s command, and many simply demonstrated errant understandings of what He requires. Though He held societal leaders (kings, priests and prophets) accountable for their errant teachings and role-modeling, when The Lord’s Grace expired (as it always does without repentance), most folks were caught in the grip of His judgments, and at times, and even righteous folks suffered collateral effects of their nations, and especially their leaders, being judged, (See Jeremiah 29 for a letter The Lord inspired Jeremiah to write to Judean captives in Babylon. Daniel and friends became slaves in Babylon, yet they were favored and protected; Daniel was promoted to high positions in kings courts in Babylon and Persia, and Esther became the Queen of Persia after it conquered Babylon. See also: Collateral Damages or Blessings? (Poem))

Some within the so-called American ‘religious/political far right’ seem to believe (have faith) they are called to turn the tide of what they account as sinfulness across America by political or even violent means, and a few have proposed adoption of ‘Christian nationalism’, a quasi-theocratic approach to national governance. This they do with a blind eye or myopia on their own sinfulness. The concept of Christian nationalism in modern times clearly goes against what Christ called His believers to do and to be. In history, He only established one nation as a theocracy, ancient Israel, which later split into 2 nations (Israel and Judah). They failed in meeting their call, so He destroyed those nations via military invasions, and scattered a remnant of the peoples across the world, just as He had promised through Moses in Deuteronomy 32. [FYI, after the apocalypse, The Lord promises to regather Jewish survivors from across the world to the REAL, EXPANDED promised land. Zechariah 13:8-9 indicates He will kill two-thirds of them. Only a third will embrace Him as Messiah. He will establish His own global, theocratic kingdom, The Millennial Reign of Christ, with His resurrected saints from across the ages of time. At that time, the whole world will be a theocracy!! Imagine that. For more on this, search this blog for Millennial Reign and see: The Millennial Reign (Series).

 

Jeremiah 9:23-24 and Ezekiel 14:12-23 reveal The Lord’s promised judgments on to ANY land (not just Israel!) and people (not just Jews!) who demonstrate persistent, un-repented sinfulness. Comparing these verses with what He declared through Moses, in Deuteronomy 32, reveals very close overlaps. Thus, any cursory review reveals that world history clearly aligns with exactly what He promised! That’s the hard evidence (not faith) that human history is essentially the seeds and the fulfillment of Bible prophecies.

So what did Jesus call His faithful followers to be and do?

Jesus only called His followers to be:

     (1) ‘preserving [spiritual] salt’ in societies that tend to rot, socio-culturally, under their weights of increasing sinfulness, and 

     (2) valid, demonstrable witnesses of His saving Grace to the onlooking, unbelieving world.

 

The notion is for us to demonstrably be exemplars of, and to share His life transforming Word, as opportunities arise. Our test (Jeremiah 17:10) is to do these things, and to TRUST/LEAVE THE RESULTS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. Christian nationalism is the opposite of that, and may signal peoples’ impatience to LEAVE THE RESULTS to Him! Thus, they sin grossly, and become pawns in the hands of satan and his crew! 

 

I believe most within the so-called American religious political far right tried this. It is possible that, not seeing results they desired within their own timeframes, many may have decided to 'take matters into their own hands', and to vie for significant influence over the political levers of our nation’s governance, something The Lord never called bona fide Christians to do. Many aspects of Trump’s life were reportedly despicable to them, socio-culturally, but they believed he could help to achieve their political objectives, so they reportedly ‘pinched their noses’ and voted for him, many twice! Classic satanic temptation and deception. 

Please see: Laodicean Lackadaisicalness - Part 7 (Poem) for a picture and discussion that captures this notion. The broader Laodicean Lackadaisicalness (Series) addresses what may well be the predicted state of the Church, worldwide, during the last days of this current age, the 3rd age of The Lord's multi-millennial strategic plan for humanity. Written in the closing years of the 1st century AD, Revelation 3:14-22, and 2 Thessalonians 2:3, on which this series is based, accurately capture the state of the Church, worldwide, today.

 

It is always helpful to remember in ALL things, even in our sinfulness, The Lord works out His perfect, independent will.

Bottom line: It appears many within the so-called American religious/political far right may have been deceived, thinking they could accomplish ‘The Lord’s Will’ via means other than those He specifically assigned to His followers. I believe the key relevant lesson is whenever we fail to keep our ‘eye on the right(eous) ball’, we will always/ALWAYS be tempted to focus on carnal ways and means to address the issues of life, including … people, thus making themselves idols.

 

I trust this adequately addresses your question. See also: The Big Lie (Q&A) and also Gas-lit (Poem).

Bible Prophecies, Seeds of History (Poem)

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Into world history, several friends are steeped.

From ancient-to-modern, they are well read.

Yet into The Holy Bible, most never peeped.

Unwise…

Thus, by The Lord’s wisdom, they are not fed.

Under their ‘carpets of life’, His wisdom they sweep.

 

Well into the future, The Lord’s prophets could ‘see’.

Whatever they ‘saw’, they both spoke and wrote.

He transformed their ‘word seeds’ into …‘world history’!

Likewise…

Future history shall be what they wrote.

Our faithless ignorance denies this mystery.

 

In the highest sense, The Bible, essentially,

Is all about prophecy, The Lord’s ‘business card’,

Proof He is exactly Whom He declares to be.

Emphatically…

It is the equivalent of Heaven’s vanguard,

To be received and respected, eminently.

 

Here’s a thought I invite you to join me in pondering:

What if The Bible is a synopsis of a book,

In Heaven that’s not available for our previewing?

Exhaustively…

Into that Book, would you want to take a prolonged look??

It’s ‘The Scripture of Truth’, our history …prophesying!!! ¹

 

I suspect…

Since we cannot imagine the detailed contents therein,

The Lord ensured we could access …its essence,

But only when we approach it in awe, with discipline. 

Reverently…

That’s when The Holy Spirit gives us license,

To transcend ourselves, and perceive into …His dimension. 

 

Let’s reflect…

The Holy Bible may well be His chosen instrument,

To enable us into this essence to peer,

And see His heart for us, and our responses …so indolent. ²

Irreverently…

To reveal to us, from Him how far we all veer,

Yet His longing for us all to return …is incessant.

 

Perhaps... as if to mirror The Scripture of Truth in Heaven,

The Bible whispers this core message to all humanity:

I, Jesus, AM The Lord God of and over all creation.

What I speak to, and inspire in My prophets is prophecy.

My Words ‘seeded’ history for all coming generations.

 

Can a tree bear fruit without a seed, and then roots?

Can a baby be born without a dad’s seed and a mom’s womb?

Can books reveal more than what their authors deduce?

What you see is 'My-story', when its rearward you peer & zoom.

I speak en avance, and history …is educed. ³

 

What I speak previews two broad paths humans may follow:

One is My path of righteousness which yields good results.

The other is of evil, when in sins you wallow.

Denying My word seeds will not change what fruit erupts. 

That just portends bitter pills in life you will swallow. ⁴

 

Friends…

I implore you to open your ‘eyes’ until you can see,

The Lord’s ‘seeds’ in history’s fruits at which you peer,

Results of our choices between His …two-path policy.

As you peer, may the roots of our choices appear,

And you realize history is …fruits of prophecy.

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¹ See: Heaven’s Animating Holy Scripts (Poem) and also Daniel 10:21

² Indolent – slothful, lazy 

³ Human history is 'His-story' -- His predictions fulfilled of His two-path policy. En avance – French for in advance. Educe – to develop or bring forth.

⁴ Any honest and thorough correlation of The Bible with world history undeniably and emphatically demonstrates this point. Mankind is the intentional apex of The Lord’s creation. He has carefully embedded a prophetic choice for each of us to make in shaping our future history.

Gas-lit! (Poem)

A HUGE element of America’s electorate,

Was gas-lit by a deep, political conspiracy,

Structured to keep an errant president (their favorite),

In office for a second four-year term, illegally!

 

The plan, devised before the national election:

Let’s emphatically declare …’the election was stolen!!! ¹

The plan counted on his supporters’ strong affection,

Even knowing of his past sordid and salacious actions.

 

Once enacted, the plan wreaked havoc across the nation,

And triggered a spate of lawsuits, brought by the candidate.

He lost all but one, but still, the conspiracy pressed on.

The plan then e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d with deeper lies served from his plate!

 

Weeks before the transfer-of-power was scheduled,

With his crew, this lame-duck president conspired to organize,

An armed mob attack on the U.S. capitol!! ²

The attack lasted hours. Many folks were hurt …and some died.

 

A year+ later, the hard facts of this plan are now revealed,

And many insurrectionists are having their ‘day in court’.

Since then, against the leaders, indictments have now been unsealed.

The wheels of justice turn more slowly, for …high level cohorts! ³

 

For most of us citizens, our minds are befuddled,

As to why they refuse to believe Truth that’s revealed.

And why by the lies and grift, they remain bedeviled.

It seems as if deep within them, the lies have congealed. 

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Friends, by now, no doubt you are seriously wondering,

Why am I addressing this highly disturbing topic,

And how it related to topics I spend time pondering.

This story points to one that is …far more catastrophic!!!

 

Long ago…

Another ‘president-type’ witnessed a key (s)election,

One that would depose him from his highly-desired position.

He, too, lost his (s)election that triggered great frustration!

And he, too, conspired to use lies as his …tools of persuasion.

 

His many supporters were all in on the deal,

And they agreed he would be their …‘best foot forward’.

So they then conspired how the (s)election to steal.

They planned how a key supporter could be cornered.

 

The plan: Feed this supporter info that was dubious,

On an issue not uppermost in the opposition’s mind,

But the Electorate would consider as dangerous.

Their plan worked, putting the opposition in an awful bind!!!

Gas-lit! 

From that moment, all mankind was eternally doomed,

Because Eve had fallen for satan’s little white lie.
Adam lost ‘the god-role’ that for him, The Lord had groomed,

And to their sin, we, all their offspring are now allied. ⁴

Gas-lit!!

Generation-after-generation, for unending years,

Devils have deepened and ex-p-a-n-d-e-d their scheme,

And just like our first parents, we’ve trusted their lying veneers.

So The Lord became a Man …and joined our team! ⁵

 

He developed a scheme that from every devil was cloaked,

To pay our full sin price, and redeem us to God.

Now to sin’s awful penalty, we don’t have to be yoked!!!

His sacrifice for us exposed satan’s cruel fraud. ⁶

Gas-lit!!!

Too many of us still fall for those devilish lies,

And refuse to embrace Heaven’s greatest gift:

Salvation in Jesus Christ , God’s ‘eternal life prize.’

That’s like Americans who …give Truth short-shrift. ⁷

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¹ As summarized by Steve Bannon,  former campaign director for D.J. Trump

² On January 6, 2021

³ Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General

⁴ In creating Adam in the presence of all on-looking devils, The Lord God ‘(s)elected’ him to be the god-equivalent on Earth, having full spiritual and physical dominion over this part of creation. Eve was his key supporter. satan and his imps, who had been deposed of their various angelic roles in Heaven, had been cast down to Earth, and likely thought of it as their new kingdom. I imagine they were shocked when The Lord created man, and then put him in charge of Earth! 

⁵ He became human through the virgin birth, foretold in a cloaked manner in Genesis 3:15.

⁶ His cloaked scheme was to inject Himself into Israel, declare Himself to be their Messiah (which He was and is), knowing full well they would reject and crucify Him simply because they grossly misunderstood prophetic timelines about His Millennial and eternal kingdoms. See: The Valleys Between the Peaks (Poem)

⁷ The millions of folks across our land who steadfastly believe the lie, …the 2020 election was stolen!

Through the Eyes of His Heart (Poem)

Hear, Heart, Fear, Clear, Dear, Early, Earnest, Forbear,

Eight words that are undeniably persistent,

As into The Word of The Lord we do peer.

To you, within each one, what word is most pertinent?

 

These words convey concepts with which

The Lord is keenly concerned,

Thus, in various ways, these concepts are reiterated,

As if to help ensure that by them, our lives will be governed,

And enduring blessings from Him will be reciprocated.

 

The pertinent word buried in these words is ‘ear’,

Thus, what we hear is the dominant concept on His mind,

So in life we learn, and then yearn Him to revere.

To suit these objectives, His Word is …uniquely designed. ¹

 

     Hear conveys the concept of listening.

     Heart conveys the concept of perceiving.

     Fear conveys concepts of imagining.

     Clear conveys the concept of conceiving.

 

     Dear conveys the concept of blessing.

     Early conveys the concept of mortality.

     Earnest conveys the concept of testing.

     Forbear conveys the concept of mentality.

 

To what we tune our ears, physical, and heart, spiritual,

Determines which motivating voice we hear, fear or faith. ²

By the clarity of what we hear, we’re held accountable,

And our choice of whom and what we hold dear, we seal our fate.

 

The timeliness in which we learn reveals our wisdom level,

And diligence in applying it governs our success. ³

Resisting contrary voices and urgings from the devil,

Ensures from the presence of The Lord …we will not egress.

 

I hope you will treasure these key words and concepts I have shared,

To meditate and develop them very well in your life.

They’re a good summary of wisdom in His Word He’s declared,

Patiently over thousands of years, 66 ‘books’ to write. ⁴

 

Now…

Imagine… how would your life be, what would your ‘see’,

Perceive…  the many problems you would thwart,

If you keenly developed the ability,

To see life …Through Eyes of The Good Lord’s Heart.

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¹ The Lord revealed to Apostle Paul, ‘All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the saints of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.’ (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

² Fear and faith are the same, exact spiritual force or energy, just working in opposing directions, and achieving opposite results. Since Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as ‘[spiritual] substance of things hoped for [desired], the [temporary stand-in] evidence of things not seen [invisible, not-yet manifested]’, think …what does this infer as a good, working definition of fear??

³ King Solomon, the wisest man in his day, put it this way, ‘Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth…’ (Ecclesiastes 12:1)

⁴ Peter declares, ‘And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;  knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke [and wrote] as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.’ (2 Peter 1:19-21) If you think deeply, you will clearly see practically all of The Bible essentially …is prophecy, namely The Lord very early on declaring the concepts and principles by which individuals and nations should live to receive His bountiful blessings, and detailing the judgments that would befall us if we disobeyed. The rest of The Bible essentially ‘brings to light and life exactly what He said! Ever considered that?