Good Friday ?

With the prophetic word last a  year of “09 The Plumbline”, I have been challenged to seek and present the truth concerning issues of scripture and the importance to present those things to the Body at large. Often the findings seem controversial, but when studied under the close scrutiny of God’s Word, these findings are still the Truth.
While in study recently, I came across a passge in the New Living Translation of the Bible, that I KNEW to be unacurate. Here it is ;

The Burial of Jesus
Luke 23
50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, 51 but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. 54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation,[l] as the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.

I had already studied out the events of the week of the Crucifixion and knew that according to John 19:31 there was actually two “Sabbaths” that week, beginging with the Passover on Nisan 14 Wednesday, going into Festival of Unleavened Bread on Nisan 15 Thursday. These were established by God The Father in Exodus when HE brought Israel out of Egypt and put into action or law in Leviticus 23 :5.

The KJV verse reads this way;

Luke 23:50And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

52This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Notice that there is NO MENTION of Friday being the day of preparation in the KJV. Why is that ? Simply because Yahushua, Christ Jesus, was crucified on Wed. Nisan 14, placed in the tomb before sundown, which according to God’s established time table [ sunset to sunset is a day], and there remained until sometimes after sunset Sat. Nisan 17th. This is backed up by the verse in John 19:31 and by doing a Chronological study of the week before the Resurrection on Nisan 18th.
There is a very well done study of these events at;

http://www.centuryone.com/crucifixion.html

In conclusion, one might ask, “Why even bring this up?”.
We that have been given the awesome responsibilty to lead God’s Children and teach them in His Word, also have the awesome task to do it with the truth. Listen to the words of Christ in Matthew’s account of the Gospel;

Matthew 5:19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

I can NOT stand before my Lord and have HIM ask me why I didn’t tell the truth and “Teach Men so”.
This idea that Christ was crucified and buried on Friday is improper teaching and shows how “the traditions of man” have once again over ridden the Word of God. After studying this matter out and comparing the events, there is no way logically NOR theoloigaclly to base a Friday to Sunday timeframe for this event.

What’s the big deal? Well, for those who will listen to the “traditions of man” and not search a matter out, their very eternity is at stake. The old saying “you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything” is definetly a Truth.
Don’t get upset, when you begin to question these things and your leaders tell you “not to go there” or “it isn’t important”. Either they know that you are finding the Truth or they don’t know the Truth themself. Given the “traditions of man” that have been passed down over the centuries, there is the chance they may not know the Truth them self.
That’s why the apostle Paul said to “Study to show yourself approved”. That verse is for ALL of us, who desire to know the Truth.
The prophet Hosea got these Word’s from God;
4: 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

It wasn’t “a lack” but the “Rejection of knowledge”that God was upset about. In this day and time, IT IS unexcsable for anyone to have a “lack of knowledge”. “Knowledge” is plentiful. The “Knowledge of God” may be in a “famine”, The Truth of God, BUT that’s why it is so important that the Truth come forth. “2009 The Plumbline”

What if there is no Rapture?

What if there is No Rapture?

Dedicated to the Memory of Bro. Eli Mast

 

Brother Eli was one of those elderly men of the Church that you will never forget.        

  Most anytime I would visit him, or go to pick him up for fellowship, the conversation would always gravitate to the subject of “The Rapture”.  We talked about this subject quite often and shared similar believes on a pre-trib Rapture of the Church.

  I went to visit with Bro. Eli a couple of weeks ago and as we were sitting on the edge of his bed, as usual the conversation went to what seemed to be his favorite discussion, the rapture. BUT, this time, with a weak and failing body, he said, “I don’t think I am going to get to see The Rapture after all”. Bro. Eli was ready to go home to meet The Father, and had been as long as I have known him. Bro. Eli did just that, in his sleep on the 9^th of March, 2009. For those of you who are into numbers and following the Scriptures, 9 is representative of judgment and also completion. Eli has completed his race!!

 

  A couple of months ago, while bringing the message at our fellowship, I was quickened in The Spirit to ask this question, “What if there is no Rapture? “

Are you ready to meet your maker at ANYTIME?

  With all the stuff going on around us in the world, there is a lot of expectation in the Body of Christ, that, MAYBE the Rapture is VERY CLOSE. Maybe, This Year!

  The problem then becomes, that Yahushua, Christ Jesus, declared that NO MAN knows when this will occur. We are not to lose focus of The Kingdom of God, and get so locked up in world events and thinking on The Rapture. Scripture declares that everyone will be going about in their own daily routines, as in the days of Noah. If anyone had known for sure about the flood, PERHAPS they would have paid more attention to what that “crazy old boat builder” was saying.

 

  This morning, in my time with The Lord, He took me to Hebrews 11, “The Faith Chapter”. Listen to this scripture:

  

     ⁸By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

 ⁹By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

 ¹⁰For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

As I read that scripture, I was reminded of the question, “What if there is no rapture?” and very much reminded of my dear Bro. Eli.

  As Abraham made his journey into an unknown land, a land of promise and hope for a bright tomorrow, he did so with the focus on “A city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God”. Abraham lived in a strange country, that is to say, a place of unfamiliar surroundings and unfamiliar people. He lived in tabernacles or tent like structures. They were not permanent houses, and that was OK with Abraham, for his Faith and Hope was fixed on a different home.

Here is some more from that chapter of Hebrews;

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

 ¹⁴For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

 ¹⁵And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

 ¹⁶But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  All the great “Heroes of Faith” died without receiving the complete promises of God, in this place, BUT they all kept their faith in God. If they had thought about it hard enough, in the natural, they probably would have packed up and went back to their more familiar surroundings. BUT, they all confessed that they were “strangers and pilgrims on the earth”. They knew that this place wasn’t their home and that God “Hath prepared for them a city”. The book of Revelations, Ch 21 describes this city. These people desire a “Better country”, one that is “Heavenly”.

  Bro, Eli desired that same place. At 95 years of age, he was focused on his “Heavenly Home”, with his “Heavenly Father”.

From the Book of Genesis 25: ⁸Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

 ⁹And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

 ¹⁰The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife

Brother Eli Mast has met his Maker, face to face, and had longed to do so! He was ready!! The question for you today, “Are you”? Are you ready to meet God the Father right now? It could happen at any minute! One way or the other, you will.

 The Rapture might come anytime. For some of us, we may go before the Rapture. We should live every minute of every day “Rapture Ready”, that is to say, you could go

 

 

Just like that! I paused to show you, at any second, your time could come.

I encourage you that are ready, to hold fast to your Faith. I beg you that aren’t 100% sure, PLEASE , get that way.

Just What is Legalism ?

Throughout Christiandom, the term “Legalistic” or “Legalism” is used in referrence to any form of biblical law-keeping and should be avoided. The word is used widely , especially against practices as keeping the Sabbath on Saturday or adhering to other laws given in the Old Testament.
However, this use of the word is incorrect. It is not legalistic to obey God’s laws correctly. To be legalistic is to misuse God’s laws in a way they were never intended to be used. Such was the case of the Pharisees’ interpretations, which actually undermined God’s law.
The Pharisees, an excessively strict branch of Judaism whose religious interpretations dominated popular thinking at the time of Christ, were examples of this. They added many of their own humanly devised rules and regulations to God’s laws, which had the effect of misrepresenting and misapplying them.
Their added interpretations of God’s laws so distorted the original intented purpose, that they rendered them ineffective [Matt. 15:6], nullifying them. By following the Pharisees’ interpretations and edicts, the people were no longer following God’s law [John 7:19]
This mistaken view of God’s Law led many to reject Yahushua, Christ Jesus, as the promised Messiah, even though that very law had prophesied of Him [ John 5:39,40 & Luke 24:44]
This was why Christ so strongly condemned the lack of understanding and hypocrisy of the religious leaders of His time. He taught a return to the correct teaching and practice of God’s laws according to their original intent and purpose, and also that He was the promised Messiah.
The apostle Paul also wrote extensively against those who would pervert the proper use of God’s laws. This is particularly apparent in the book of Galatians. What Paul addressed was not the correct keeping of God’s law, which he himself elsewhere upheld [Romans 3:31 ; 7:12,14,22,25], but a claim of justification [ the forgiveness and restoration of a sinner to a state of righteousness ] could be achieved by circumcision and strict observance of the law.
Some false teachers [ Galatians 2:4; 5:10,12 : 6:12-13] subverted the Galatian churches by wrongly insisting that circumcision and the keeping of the law were sufficient requirements for justification and salvation, apart from faith in Yahushua, Christ Jesus.
Paul condemned this bad teaching by stating that obedience to the law has never made eternal life possible [Galatians 3:21] Paul made it clear that justification, that is, being made right in God’s eyes, is only possible through the blood bought sacrifice of Yahushua, Christ Jesus [ Galatians 2:16; 3:1-3, 10-11,22 ; 5:1-4 ] Paul made it clear that forgiveness of sin requires a sacrifice, and even the strictest observance of the law can’t remove the need for that sacrifice.
To rely ipon the keeping of any law to make one righteous in God’s eyes, instead of faith in Christ, IS LEGALISM.
If all one focuses on is obedience to the law apart from the motivation of pleasing God The Father, Loving Him and loving our neighbor, this distorts the purpose of the law [Matt. 22:36-40 & Rom.13:10]
and is legalism.
If we believe that any keeping of God’s law, in itself, can earn salvation as our reward, we are guilty of legalism.
Technical obedience, or strict obedience to the exact letter of the law, while searching for ways to get around the original purpose and intent of the law, is legalism.
But, Yahushua, Christ Jesus, and the remainder of the Bible make onething perfectly clear; Proper obedience to the law of God IS NOT LEGALISM.
After conversion, a Christian is given, or should be given by The Holy Spirit, a much fuller understanding of the intent and purpose of God’s law. The laws of God were given FOR OUR GOOD, not our slavemasters. He understands the importance of faith in the person and sacrifice of Yahushua, Christ Jesus. He is given a more complete understanding of why he is to be obedient, but it remains for him to obey. That is NOT LEGALISM.
To obey God’s biblical commands in a proper attitude is NOT LEGALISM, but showing our Love for the one who first Loved us!!

Masonic Deception Meeting Videos

This is the links to the varied videos of the Sept. 2008 meeting we had at LBOLM.

The speaker is Evangelist JW Stansell, who himself was a 32degree on both sides of the Masonic system and very knowledgable on this deceptive group. Please view these videos with an open mind and know that God Loves you and so do we !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Ac5gXuMks&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmruenhwCJE&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIM7K7LvZYc&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93DT45T9ySA&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCQC9ezfoGA&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_YV91BOW4g&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40kz_WdWK8&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDCry5MXFkU&feature=PlayList&p=53F0B132603C7FD5&index=0

Another “Movement” ? hmmmm….

I am posting this Email that I got for one reason only, to warn of the dangers of deception. ALL things need to be tested by The Holy Spirit of God The Father. This isn’t done as any anti-semetic message, but only to point out balance is required by all. Enjoy !

‘HEBREW ROOTS’ and “YESHUA ONLY” MOVEMENTS -
DANGEROUS??

Below is a very interesting testimony from a lady who was deeply
involved in these movements.

Like me, you have probably come across Christian groups telling
us Gentile Christians that we need to get back to the Torah and
observe the Jewish Sabbath and Feast Days, etc. This is often
called the “Hebrew Roots” movement – and some of it is fine -
simply learning more about Jewish culture and traditions, etc.
But then there is the very real danger of LEGALISM. To me, the
entire thrust of the movement ends up going right against the
New Testament – in fact, right against true Christianity. I think it
can become very dangerous. -The bondage of the Law again.

And then there are the people who claim that we MUST call
Jesus by the name “Yeshua” – even though the apostle Paul
simply called Him by the Greek word ‘Iesous’. They say that
unless we use “Yeshua” we are totally “off”. Well – I believe
the facts completely overturn this theory. I don’t mind people
calling Jesus ‘Yeshua’ if they wish – but to make a “doctrine”
out of it is extreme error in my view. However, it is amazing the
number of people who are being caught up in all this – as though
it were the “great answer” to all our problems! (It’s not).

Below is the testimony of a woman who was deeply involved:

  “I wanted to share with you why I feel that the Hebrew Roots
Movement & Sacred Name Movement is just as dangerous as the
The Latter Rain Doctrine. Coming out of both I feel confident in
saying so. I grew up in the Assembly of God church, one that did
not teach Latter Rain/Dominion poison. After my husband and I
were married (he grew up Baptist) we began searching for something
deeper ( I think that is how you get sucked into Latter Rain etc.,
you feel like there just has to be something more, sadly the Word
of God is not enough). We began attending a non-denominational
church which would turn out to be one of many disastrous church
experiences.

  This church was heavy Dominionist and were really into the
“shepherding” thing so that they knew everything about everyone
and would use it as a form of control. This was our first experience
with the prophetic movement and we were drawn in by it. After
leaving there because of the control issues (we did not notice the
theology was twisted because we were deceived) we continued
on in the prophetic circles including attending Bill Hamon’s church
when we were able to travel there and reading everything we could
from all the big NAR’s. Well after about 10 years of this running
after new revelation (we had a huge box of tapes with personal
prophecies!) we became really disallusioned with the hypocrisy,
lawlessness and cheap grace attitudes. We decided to leave the
Apostolic/Prophetic church that we were attending. This did not
sit well with the “Apostle”. In these types of churches you do not
leave unless you are “sent out” by the Apostle, which never
happens by the way.

  After leaving we were contacted by a couple that had left a few
months before we had. Before visiting with them, I remember really
clearing going to my bookshelf and taking a book off the shelf that
was a study on Galatians, I know now the Lord was trying to warn
me but sadly I put the book back without taking a look at it. Well
we began to meet with this couple and we shared our frustrations
about the lawlessness, etc. that we had left (at the time I did not
know anything about Latter Rain and how it was connected to the
Prophetic/Apostolic movement, it would have explained so much).

  They gave us a book by Lew White called Fossilized Customs. 
The book has some facts but much twisted truth. We took the bait
though. The whole book is about how the name Jesus is supposedly
pagan along with a lot of other extreme ideas! Thus Sacred Name.
These people believe that you can only use the name Yahweh
when referring to God, the Father and Yeshua (some use Yahushua)
all else is pagan and Satan has deceived all Christians into using
the name Jesus and that Jesus really means Zeus! And this has
been revealed to only the remnant (notice the Gnostic elitism)
which is funny because they pride themselves on staying away
from anything remotely Greek!

Well this began a four year journey with these people. We backed
off a bit of the Sacred name only but began studying many Jewish
writings. You must understand that this was all very gradual and
the leader of this group was very skilled at studying things and
presenting it to us.

  Sadly to say we drifted more and more from the New Testament,
the new covenant and the cross of Christ. That is the danger of the
Hebrew Roots movement. You want so desperately to return to the
Word of God but in the end it takes you away from it in it’s entirety.
The leader began planting seeds such as” the New Testament was
not totally flawless since it had been written in Greek there were
many different texts and some may not be accurate”. He began to
pick and choose and before we ended up leaving he had pretty
much thrown out Galatians and John because it did not reconcile
to his theology! He taught that the Virgin birth was just a doctored
up Catholic version of the Word. He taught that Jesus was Joseph
and Mary’s natural born son even though he could not prove this
scripturely. That is why he brought into question the accuracy of
the translations.

  You are probably saying “how could you stay?” All I can say is
that deception does not happen over night it is gradual, we became
emotionally tied to these people and looked to them as a mother
and father (I think that is why many stay in abusive churches).

We participated in the feasts of the Bible and of course we observed
Sabbath religiously every Saturday (what got me is that instead of
us resting we had to go to the leader’s home early that morning to
hear hours of his twisted teaching!). He began to teach that we
became righteous through the law and that was why Yeshua came
to show us how to keep the law. He actually began to teach that
we needed to keep as much of the Law of Moses that we could
and it was lawlessness not to do so. In essence you basically had
to convert to Judaism even though we literally did not.

  We started to get a clue about a year before we actually cut all
ties and we started to question him about some of the laws in the
Old Covenant and how we were uncomfortable with some about
slavery for instance, of course he came up with some justification
about it. Around this time he began making references to having
more than one wife. My husband and I were really uncomfortable
with these continuous comments and so one day we confronted
him (his wife was not present and by the way it was obvious this
journey was taking it’s toll on her as well by this time.) He told us
he was one of those that could love more than one woman! (There
is double standard because it is unthinkable for a woman to have
more than one husband in their eyes!). We told him “what about
the words of Jesus (in the beginning God made male and female,
etc.) but what was obvious to us was not to him. If it wasn’t in
“Torah” then it didn’t count!

  Well that was it, I cried all weekend and we just began to think
about everything and the path that we had been on and how far we
had strayed from the gospel and it was heartbreaking! I take full
responsibility for allowing myself to be deceived but I must say
that man really messed with my mind! He was skilled in twisting
scripture and to this day I still struggle with some things. I almost
lost my faith in God because of my involvement with these people.
My husband came through a little easier than myself.

  I have to say there are many sects within the Hebrew Roots
movement and not all believe what I have shared. But the core
belief is that the church has strayed from it’s Hebrew roots and
that God is restoring this revelation (the same theme of the Latter
Rain) but only to a select few and the rest of the church is pagan.
Because of this belief you begin to cut yourself off from the Body
of Christ and before you know it you are isolated. You are no longer
the salt of the world. You do not witness or share the gospel
anymore because you don’t believe the gospel anymore!

The very thing that you think is bringing you closer to God (returning
to His word) takes you further away because it is a twisted
perception of the Word of God. My heart goes out to anyone caught
up in this deception because it leaves you so confused. I praise
God that he opened our eyes to this and for His grace and mercy
and for the blood of Jesus which is our true Redeemer!”

SOURCE-
http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/the-hebrew-roots-
movement-sacred-name-movement/

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The Thorn in the Flesh ! Or ” Cleaning up Someone Else’s Mess! “

As I was laying out my notes and preparing to speak this past Saturday night [August 30,2008], The Spirit took me in another direction. I was led to 1 Samuel 30, where we read of the story of David and how he and his men returned home from battle, only to find that their own place had been raided by their mortal enemies, the Amalekites. The Amalekites had burnt, plundered and made off with not just the possessions of David and his men, BUT, they had taken their families as well.

Now mind you, this DID NOT have anything to do with, at least I thought, the subject that I had been preparing all week to bring, which is part of the teaching I am doing on the Old Testament Tabernacle, and how Jesus is revealed in it every step of the way. I was going to teach this week about the “Outer Court”. I just didn’t “get it” at first.

So I am seeking The Lord on this matter, during worship and as we enter into a time of prayer and seeking the Face of God, His Will, BAM [ to borrow a cliche' HAHA], this thing hit me like a ton of rocks.

We will never be able to move into the Holy of Holies, Spiritually, as long as we are still dealing with the flesh. Personally, each of us has to get to a place where we no longer have a “Thorn in The Flesh”.Those things that SHOULD HAVE been dealt with in the past. Where we are walking in the Victory that has been won and freely given to us in Christ Yahushua, Jesus. Flesh, or “the world” or sin, is dealt with in the “Outer Court”. We must take care of these “issues” from our past, so we don’t have to, in our future. This is on the personal level.

So what exactly is a “Thorn in the Flesh”? Is it a physical thing, as some suggest with the Apostle Paul. It could very well be. BUT, I believe upon closer examination of the Scriptures, one will find that it is a “person,place or thing” that keeps coming back to remind you of your past. [ Num.33:55, Joshua 23:13, Judges 2:3, Isaiah 32:13 ]

In the context of what God was revealing to me Saturday night, David was having to deal with an “Old Thorn in the Flesh”, one that had been plaguing Israel for a real long time. David was going to have to “clean up someone else’s mess”. David was going to have to fight the Amalekites. This is the same group of people that 15 chapters earlier, King Saul had been given the Word from The LORD, through His Prophet Samuel. God had told King Saul to utterly destroy ALL the Amalekites and ALL their belongs. They were to be wiped off the face of the earth. I mean GONE !!! That’s what God said for Saul to do in Chapter 15. BUT, in his infinite wisdom, Saul did what he “thought was right in his own eyes”, first by keeping the best of the cattle and secondly and MOST IMPORTANTLY, Saul spared the life of the king of the Amalekites, Agag.

For the Church, as a whole, I feel that God the Father was saying to us, “The reason we are having to deal with these “Amalekites”, these “Thorns in the Flesh” is because somebody DID NOT obey The LORD in the past. David had to deal with what Saul didn’t deal with. It actually continued on out past all that, because when you study out the whole story of what happened with King Agag during his short captivity with King Saul, Agag had an intimate relationship that sired a son who then started a new “people called the Agagites”. This is the same people that Haman in the Book of Esther came from. The same people that are still giving Israel trouble even today, Hamas, but that’s another thing for another day. 

In Ezekiel 3:16-21, we that are called, are given a stern warning from God the Father. We are told that when we have a Word from The Lord for the wicked, that if we don’t give it to them, then their blood will be on our hands. If we tell them what The Lord says, and they refuse to listen, then we have done what we are told and their blood will not be on our hands. We won’t be held accountable for their refusal to obey The Lord.

It is our calling to let people know what The Lord says. It then becomes their decision that sets things into motion. The Prophet Samuel told King Saul what God said for him to do. Saul refused to follow the word of The Lord. Saul was ultimately held responsible for his choice and lost his kingdom. BUT it was David who had to deal with the mess !

I don’t won’t to face God the Father and have Him ask me why I didn’t take care of the mess ! I don’t won’t my children and their children to have to take care of what I didn’t take care of !!

That is why we are having the “Tearing Down The Walls” meetings !

That is why we are having the meeting about the “Masonic Cult”, and how it is deceiving many people and it is like it has been stepped up to go after those who are in the Body. Those who are not in the Lord are the easiest to prey on, BUT a “TRUE BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD” should not be so easily persuaded to fall prey to this !

There are many “Amalekites” in the body today. Things that should have been dealt with long ago.

Will you take the stand today? Will you inquire of The Lord, as David did in 1Samuel 30:8 and see if it is a good thing to pursue and overtake your “Amalekite”, your “Thorn in the Flesh” ?

The Masonic Deception ! Update on Meeing at LBOLM

On September the 20th, Living Bread of Life Ministry hosted a one night seminar of this very important subject.Though the crowd was small in numbers, the presentation was LARGE in facts.
Our presenter for this meeting is a former Mason himself, who also has been a preacher for some 20+ years.
He rose to a 32nd degree Mason on both the Scottish Rite side and the York Rite side. His experience in this cultish activity climaxed when he learned that the “god” of the Masons is actually Lucifer.
The deceptive practises and rituals that are taught and used by this group ensnares many of unsuspecting men into their ranks. And given the “public perception” of the Shriners and their “good works”, many get involved and stay on the lower levels of Masonry just to be in what they think is a good thing.
BUT, we all should know that not every “good thing” is a God thing.

We are proud to present the DVD of this important, life changing meeting to anyone who is interested. This DVD is right at 3 hours long and is chocked full of information most people have never heard, outside of being involved in the Masonic.
Simply reply to us and I will contact you for shipping instructions.
The DVD is free of charge !
Why are we doing this ?
We are instructed in both Ezekiel 3 and 33 to be “watchmen” and “warn” of evil.
We are instructed in Ephesians 5:11 to not have anything to do with things of the darkness.

This DVD sheds the “real Light” of Truth on this dark and deceptive cultish group that has and is even now invading ALL of Christiandom.
If you or a loved one is caught up in this deception, then PLEASE get this video.

Love in Yahushua, Christ Jesus
Pastor Jake Kilgus
Living Bread of Life Ministry
90 Falcon Street
Blackville, SC 29817

Economic Bailout Plan that WILL work !

I would like to take credit for this brilliant plan, BUT, nevertheless, I give credit where credit is due.
I heard this gentleman jokingly make this remark on Foxnews the other night, and it was so fantasticly simple, that it seemed rediculous.
Based on the US Census site here is what I came up with ;
“Thank you, America, for your participation in Census 2000.
The population of the U.S. on April 1, 2000 was 281,421,906 [PDF 2M].”

The man said that if the US Government was to send everybody $1 million dollars, Americans could pay off their bad debt and really stimulate the economy!
It would only cost $281,421,906.00 and that is a WHOLE LOT LESS than $700 billion. WOW!!!!!!!!!

I guarantee I could pay off my debt with a lot less than a million dollars and then I could really stimulate the economy with the left overs. I believe that I would also be able to grow The Kingdom with that kind of help!
What was that,” the wealth of the wicked, laid up for the just ??”
HMMMMM!!!! Sounds like a good plan to me !
What do think ?
BTW, thanks Dennis Miller, for your insight !!

“09, The Plumbline !” A Prophetic Word for The Body of Christ!

  Amos 7 [NLT]

A Vision of a Plumb Line

 7 Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight. 8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

   I answered, “A plumb line.”

   And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins. 9 The pagan shrines of your ancestors^[b] will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.

 

On the morning of September 14, 2008, I was given this word. We had just finished the night before, 4 nights of meetings in which we dealt with “Tearing Down The Walls”. On the morning of the 14th, I got the following from The Holy Spirit.

“We are not through tearing down the walls. For the rest of this year and until the Spring of next, there will be a tearing down and a shaking of things that many would think couldn’t be shaken. There will be ministries in The Body that will fall, because they have not been built on solid ground. In “09, The Plumbline”, My Word will be used to build MY Church. Truth will come forth and things done in the dark shall be exposed. Things that are not built upon MY Word will be shaken and many will fall.”

While this word is for the Body mainly, it is for anyone who would listen. Judgement begins at the House of The Lord. We are His Temples. We will be held accountable for everything that is not of Him !

What’s Going On ? Why is it so topsy turvy now ?

We know about Halloween and there are many really good sites that speak out against this celebration of evil. My dear friend, Dr J W Stansell has just published several on his Bible  Study site at :

ComeOutOfBabylonBibleStudyGroup on yahoo.

I was studying and preparing for this past Sat. Night’s message and came across these scriptures in 1Kings. Read this and listen to what The Spirit of The Lord is saying.

1 Kings 12:

Jeroboam Makes Gold Calves

 25 Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel.^[c]

 26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David. 27 When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.” {First mistake, thinking on your own without seeing the Will of God}

 28 So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,^[d] “It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” {Mistake #2, Lieing to the people you are to lead}

 29 He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan—at either end of his kingdom. {Mistake#3, The enemy ALWAYS is trying to divide God’s people}

30 But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.

 31 Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi. {mistake#4, Men not called by God have no business being in the ministry. These were called by a corrupt man}

32 And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,^[e] in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. {Mistake#5, Notice that the enemy ALWAYS counterfeits the things of God}

There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made. 33 So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.

Now in order to REALLY GET THIS, pay particuliar attention to the verses 32 and 33 and the timing of this counterfeit festival. Read the footnotes below and you will find that this counterfeit festival came after the Festival of Shelters and happened to fall at the end of October or the first of November. Being an “Imitation of the Festival of Shelters”, it would fall during the seven day time frame of what we call Halloween on October 31.

Why is everything “topsy turvy” ?

Why is there a “spirit of fear”, trying to prevail in the atmosphere ? 

Could it be that the Spirit realm is at a heightened time of warfare, with good {God’s Festival } and evil {satan’s festival}, warring at such a ferver, and it is pouring out into the natural ?

Praise God ! We, that are the children of God, have nothing to fear from this world.

We fear only one ! With an Awe and Wonder that only He deserves ! GOD ALMIGHTY !!

Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 12:2 As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Chr 10:2); Hebrew reads he lived in Egypt.
2. 1 Kings 12:18 As in some Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 4:6; 5:14); Hebrew reads Adoram.
3. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant spelling of Peniel.
4. 1 Kings 12:28 Hebrew to them.
5. 1 Kings 12:32 This day of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in late October or early November, exactly one month after the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah (see Lev 23:34).

The Masonic Deception ! Part 2

Judge bans “I Believe” tag for SC motorist

Well, here we go.  Just yesterday we are told that if a person wanted to say “I Believe” by purchasing a tag from the SCDMV that had been approved by the State Legislature, it was unconstitutional.

What about Freedom of Speech ? That’s still constitutional, isn’t it ?

I guess that depends on who you are in todays PC climate.

Also ! Why is it that other “Special Interest” groups get to have their own tags, even if they offend someone else.  Here is the link to SCDMV and notice that there are tags there for “Humanist”, “Shriners” and two for “Masons” as well as a host of others.

http://www.scdmvonline.com/DMVNew/plategallery.aspx?q=All

Here is a link to “The State ” newspaper and the exact write up of it.

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/618428.html

Virginity Pledge and God !

Hmmm. where does one start, with such a “Hot Topic” that is in all the news today.

First off, the mainstream media and I guess the people who came up with this report of “Virginity Pledges Don’t Work”, just don’t get it.

The second word is “Pledge”. Therefore it is something that reguires a person to state their intention and to honor their intention. If they make a pledge and don’t keep it, there is nothing wrong with the “Pledge” it is something wrong with the individual and their willingness to honor that pledge.

It isn’t some “Pill” you take or some device you use.

The pill doesn’t work 100% of the time.

Contraceptive devices don’t work 100% of the time.

Abstinence works 100% of the time, when someone ABSTAINS !

Abstinence doesn’t work 100% of the time, when someone doesn’t ABSTAIN !

This isn’t rocket science here folks, and really doesn’t require a Degree in Science, Theology or any other field.

The reason that pledges of any kind don’t work, is a person’s unwillingness to keep that pledge. The statistics shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone in the Body of Christ, that many make a pledge to abstain from sexual activity untill they get married, and then don’t hold on to that pledge. The same can be said for those in The Body of Christ concerning marriage vows. That is why there are so many divorces in The Body of Christ. PEOPLE DON’T HONOR THEIR COMMITMENTS !

The leaderhip in The Body have failed to teach the flocks properly on “Covenant” and what it means to keep a promise. It used to be, years ago, that a man’s word on something had some substance. A promise meant something. BUT, in todays worldly views, which have spilled over into the Body of Christ, promises are swept under the rug, vows are broken and people keep right on selling out their dignity, honor and own values, for the next “best thing”.

So, the main thing is this,

 There is nothing wrong with the vow or pledge for someone to remain a virgin. The real problem is the fact they can’t keep a promise. A person who can’t keep a promise is really a liar. They can’t be trusted !

FROM SUCH PEOPLE, ABSTAIN !  God is a Covenant keeping God and wants the same from His Children. He expects the same from His Children.

Let me hear from you, what do you think ?

“The Way of The Master”, oh really?

While I love the Brothers at “The Way of the Master” and their efforts to evangelize the lost, I am deeply perplexed at how they “justify” one aspect of their teaching.

I am sure many of you have tuned in and watched Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron on their very popular TV program, “The Way of  The Master”. It is an “in your face” type of evangelism, that in itself, appears to be pretty good and produces some fruit as well. It has even been promoted in the form of a Bible study and now they do conferences throughout the US.

Here is the problem I have, while they approach people on the sidewalk and get these people to examine their life and usually come to see that they ARE sinners in need of a savior, “The Way of The Master” also promotes a false teaching concerning The Sabbath. While the tactics they use to “convict” people by using the Ten Commandments are great, they themselves don’t practice the 4th commandment of God, and by their own admission on their website on this subject, they make several doctrinal errors in their comments on this subject.

 With that in mind, I want to remind them and any of you who fall into this teaching, of the Words of Yahushua, Christ Jesus. From the book of Matthew we find these words;

¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

 ¹⁵Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

 ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 ¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

 ¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

 ¹⁹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

 ²⁰For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

What my Brothers at “The Way of The Master” are overlooking in this passage [ and they elude to part of it on their site], is the fact of how Jesus said He wasn’t “destroying the law” as in doing away with it completely, which is what TWOTM site suggest, on the discussion of the Sabbath. If that was the case, then their own approach to using the Ten Commandments as a standard to evangelize by, are also made null and void. What Jesus did on the cross was to “establish the law” or “fulfill the law”. Romans 3: 31 says it this way;

Romans 3:31 (King James Version)

 

 ³¹Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Now I know where TWOTM gets their belief from, which MAKE NO DOUBT, it is flawed, BUT when Christ referred to us being a “light” to the world, HE is saying, by our lifestyle, by our words and actions, we are “establishing the law” or as it says in the NLT, we are “fulfilling the law”.

Now look at what else Jesus said inthe Matt. 5 passage in verse 19;

¹⁹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus tells us that if “Whosever”, that’s anyone,  breaks one of the least commandments and then “Teaches men so”, that person shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven. Listen to this passage from the book of James;

James 2:10 (King James Version)

 

 ¹⁰For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

This is given as confirmation AFTER the cross, and during the “dispensation of Grace” period that so many claim, that if anyone breaks one “point” or part of the law, he is guilty of them all. James is also referring to the fact of “Loving God and Loving your neighbor” or brother. This is supported in Jesus’ teachings in Matthew again in Ch.22;

 ³⁵Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,    ³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

 ³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  ³⁸This is the first and great commandment.   ³⁹And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.   ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Jesus tells us that ALL the law hangs on these two;

FIRST and formost, LOVE GOD with ALL you heart,soul and mind. Jesus teaches over and over that principal . And based on that alone, if we Love God, unconditionaly as HE Loved us, we will walk in HIS ways, thus fulfilling our Faith in Him and it doesn’t become a “burdensome thing”, but it becomes our Lifestyle.

Secondly, we are taught to Love our neighbor. That comes easy to those who are walking in the unconditional Love of The Father, because then we Love them as HE Loves us.

Then, in closing, we don’t become like the “Pharisees” who taught the letter of the Law of Moses, along with hundreds of added on things that they put in[ man-made doctrines]. Jesus said this of the Pharisees;

Matthew 23

 ¹Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,   ²Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

 ³All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.   ⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.   ⁵But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

 The Pharisees taught one thing to the people, BUT, they themselves didn’t even practice what they taught, THUS doing what Jesus said in Ch5: 19 and also doing what James reminds us in Ch2:10.

I invite anyone to find ONE ABSOLUTE commandment from God or Yahushua, Christ Jesus, that supports the act of rebelling against the 4th commandment of Honoring The Sabbath. The Brothers over at The Way of The Master, would do well to DO WHAT the Masters taught in HIS Word, and not follow after the doctrines of man and traditions of religion. The ONLY acceptable standard is The Plumbline of God, HIS Holy Word !!

You can’t hold one standard over people whom you are trying to reach with the Gospel and NOT live by the same standard. That in the Words of The Master is being a “hypocrit”!!! 

Special Event ! Red Envelope Day

This is from Pastor Bruce Greene,

 This is concerning the subject of “Abortion”, and a 1 day chance to send a signal to Washington, DC.

Please take a look at this link. I invite you all to participate and also to forward this along to whomever you are led to.

http://livingbreadoflife.ning.com/events/red-envelope-day

 

Love in Yahushua, Christ Jesus

Jake

“A Case of Stolen ID”

  

 I would like to report a crime !!

There has been a case of ID Theft !

That’s right, someone has stolen the ID of a host of people and tries to steal mine too, from time to time.

 

This is and age old problem and has many walking around with a case of “Mistaken Identity”.

 

It all started back in the Garden, you know, when satan tried to confuse Eve and succeeded, by planting a seed of “doubt and unbelief”, which brought a “harvest” of mistaken ID. In doing so, satan was able to steal our authority from us and has kept our minds in a state of confusion ever since.

 

The text for this message today comes from Luke 7 : 9;

 ⁹When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

 

As Jesus was making His way into Capernaum, he was greeted by elders, who had been sent on behalf of a Roman Centurion. They told Jesus what all this Gentile Centurion had done on behalf of the Jewish church and was asking that Jesus would come and heal the servant of this Centurion. As they approached closer, according to Matthew’s account, the Centurion approached Jesus.

Matthew 8:7-9 (King James Version)

 ⁷And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

 ⁸The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

 ⁹For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it

 This Roman Centurion recognized the Authority that Christ Jesus walked in.

This is similar in the case when Jesus asked the disciples;

 

 

From Matthew 16;

 ¹³When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

 ¹⁴And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

 ¹⁵He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

 ¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

 ¹⁷And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not

revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

 ¹⁸And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 ¹⁹And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and

whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 

Notice what is said here. Peter, by revelation from the Father, recognized the authority of Jesus by calling Him Christ and confirmed that by saying that Jesus was the Son of the living God.

In both cases, the Centurion and Peter, there comes a moment of blessing as they recognize Jesus’ authority. The Centurion’s servant is healed and Peter is bestowed with the “keys of the kingdom of heaven”.

Those of us who have called on the name of Jesus and have recognized Him as Christ, The Son of the living God, also inherit the “keys to the kingdom of heaven”, along with the power, the authority, that comes with being a “Born Again” child of God.

BUT, the devil comes for but one thing, to steal, kill and destroy. Satan wants to confuse us by stealing our identity, by telling us “You ain’t a child of God”, “You’re just an old sinner”, “you won’t never amount to anything”, “why you ain’t nothing but poor old white trash”. Even Jesus was confronted in such a way when He was in Nazareth, as many said, “why he’s just Jesus, the son of that old carpenter Joseph”.

The devil tries to kill you by stealing your dreams. By stealing your children. By destroying your very identity !

OH!!!!!!! BUT, the devil is a liar and the father of lies.

The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 2;

³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

 ⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

 ⁵Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by

 Jesus Christ.

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of

him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

 ¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained

 mercy.

Listen to the Words of Jesus in the Book of Revelations;

^{2: 17}  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the

hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that

receiveth it.

 

Beloved, do you hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying here?

You aren’t anything what the devil says, BUT, you are “Living Stones”, “an holy priesthood”, “a chosen generation”, “a royal priesthood”, “an holy nation”, “a peculiar people”, says the Spirit of the Lord !

You are an “Overcomer” and The Lord will give you a “new name” and the only one who will know it is you.

CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET ? That new name is JESUS !!! When Abba Father looks down from Heaven, He no longer sees what satan say’s about you. God, The Father, sees the “new creature” formed in the very image of Christ, covered by the very Blood of Christ.

When you get to know “Who you are and Whose you are”, then you can walk in the very authority that ALL, Born Again, Children of the Most High have been given to us all, who are in Christ Jesus, and HE in us.

Now, I know that some of you may have some problems with this teaching, and that’s OK. You just need to recognize that satan will try his best to keep you from receiving the truth. He will try to shut you down and keep you bound up.

 I know what the doctrines of man teach you in most mainline churches. That’s religion and will keep you bound up in legalistic junk that has no place in The Kingdom of God. The relationship that you grow into as a Child of God, will set you free from that stuff.

 When the devil tries to tell you of your past, you need to remind him of his future.

 When religion tries to tell you that “you are just an old sinner saved by grace” , say WHOA, I am saved by Grace and washed in The Blood of The Lamb. My Father has forgotten my sins, “As far as the east is from the west”.

When the doctors tell you that you have only a few weeks to live, tell them you don’t receive that word, BUT by the Word of my testimony, I have already Overcome death and BY the Stripes of Jesus, I AM HEALED !!!

It’s time The Body get it’s identity back. That the enemy will flee from you, as you remind them of “Who you are and WHOSE you are !!”

 

 

 

 

The Plumbline Revisited. A Paradigm SIFT !

The Plumbline Revisited!

A Paradigm SIFT!

 

  In Sept.08, God gave me “09 The Plumbline”

As I was taken to Amos 7: 7-9 and shown the vision of the prophet, I knew that things were going to start being tested by “The Plumbline”. God’s Holy Word is The Plumbline.

 

 Today, Feb. 6,09, I woke up and was taken back to revisit those verses in Amos 7 again. The Lord began to show me why in 08, a year of “New Beginnings”, things started going bad for so many people. Simply put, “When new things start, old things have to stop”.

 

 Reviewing Amos 7: 7-9, God began to show me this;

 

V7 : God showed Himself standing on a wall “ Made by a plumbline”. HE is in authority and stands on a wall built with Truth! This is in stark comparison to the wall shown to Ezekiel in the 13^th Chapter of Ezekiel, that is built on false teaching and false prophecy. Lies and deceit will not stand under the feet of a Holy God!

 

V8: The Lord shows a “New Thing”. The Lord says He will set the plumbline in the middle of HIS people and not pass through them again. Sounds bad at first, and sounds even worse in V9.

 

V9: God judges and executes His Will upon His people.

The number 9  represents two things in prophecy;

(1)   Judgment. Judgment begins at the house of The Lord.

(2)    Devine Completion. That is to say that GOD the Father will bring about a completion or stop, to the things that don’t line up with His Word, which is the Will of God.

 

That is why, said The Spirit of The Lord, so many struggled and are still struggling today.

The first part of 08 started out with a “Bang”, just as He told me on 7-7-07. Then as GOD started to move us into 09, the struggles began.

 

 In Amos’ vision, in V9, God pronounced judgment on the house of Israel, because of Jeroboam. Jeroboam had led the people away from God. We have to be careful that our leaders, ALL OF THEM, lead us to GOD !

 

 At the end of 2008, as God began to move us into 09, the judgment on the house of The Lord began. God’s “Plumbline” began to become centered as it came to REST in His Ways and His Will. No longer was The Word swinging from this side to this side, from one extremism to another. The Plumbline came to rest in a place where “Straight and narrow is The Way of The Lord “.

 

 God began to do a “New Thing” in 08, but in doing so, HE also HAD to pass judgment to stop the “Old Things” that didn’t belong where God was taking His Body of people to.

 People struggle because they are resistant to change. They get stuck in a comfort zone, BUT they also struggle because change doesn’t always line up with their own perception of what they think God is doing.

 

 In Amos Chapter8 { New Beginnings ?}, Amos is shown another vision. In V2, Amos is shown a basket of summer fruit. This sounds like a harvest, BUT what God was really doing was showing the end of one season.  He will judge and pass by Israel no more [V2], and the rest of Ch 8, God reveals why the people don’t “Line Up” with His Will anymore.

 

 It’s in Amos Chapter 9: 9 this is finally revealed. In Verse 9 God says He is “ sifting the house of Israel”. He is judging the house of Israel, BUT, NOW TODAY, He is SIFTING the House of The Lord. When something gets sifted, it goes through a process of shaking. Many have been shaken in the last few months.

 

                        BUT WHAT ABOUT “ NEW BEGININGS”

 So did God break His promise of “New Beginnings” for 08? NO !

 

In Chapter 9: 11, God says “HE will raise up the Tabernacle of David”. He will build it back as in the days of old.

SO, GOD IS DOING A NEW THING !

BUT, IT IS AN OLD THING !

 

 The new thing is lining up with His Will, His Word and His Holiness as He prepares the Bride for the coming of the Bridegroom. He is not going to accept just any old thing of man. It HAS TO BE JUDGED by The Plumbline!

 

 God’s Ways are not our ways!

BUT, HE is the only Way !

His Word is the Path !

His Love for us is the only thing we should look at, because our love for Him is the only thing He cares about !

 

 

 

Given unto me this day at 6AM Feb.16^th, 2009

Love in Yahushua, Christ Jesus

Jake Kilgus

 

 

LBOLM now on ning!

That’s Right !

Living Bread of Life Ministry is now also part of the ning.com social network. Come by and join in and meet Christian brothers and sisters from all over the world ! AND IT’S FREE ! 

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