God’s History Lessons are available to us

God’s knowledge, God’s questions, and God’s wisdom, have been gracefully provided by God for the benefit of man, since the very beginning, but men of every age, order, cast, race and background have rejected God’s wisdom. They simply Refuse to See God’s Perspective. Even religious leaders, even certain “so-called” holy men of Israel have repeatedly turned their backs on God. ¹

Even God’s very own Chosen People, chose not to pursue God, nor obey God for the majority of their history. They have often chosen not to honor Yehovah, nor even listen to Him. Why? Because they never overcame their 7 Hurdles.

[Note: These are the very same Hurdles we need to overcome.]

As such, God punished his own chosen children, sometimes lightly, sometimes severely according to the measure of their transgression, in order to correct them, and bring them back unto himself. But they were a stubborn bunch (just as we are a stubborn bunch).

Twice in Israel’s history God exiled his own Chosen People from the promised land, by enslaving them to foreign nations. And yes: That was part of the Promised Covenant. If His People would turn against Him, He would punish them with famine (lack of food), pestilence (disease), and sword (war). The Final judgment would be to remove His People from His Presence Completely.

In essence: When God’s Children Broke the Covenant of God so severely, Jehovah was forced to enact the Curses of the Covenant. The consequences were severe. Both the guilty and the innocent suffered greatly.

What many fail to understand is that God enforces harsh judgements on his own people, sometimes even harsher and stricter than Yehovah judges the nations that are not in covenant with Him.

Now, because the Israelites brought idolatry, adultery, harlotry, wickedness, and even sacrificed Jehovah’s innocent children to foreign demonic gods, Jehovah could not bear their sin any longer. Why? Because they refused to repent, even after sending his prophets to them over and over again. (See: Matthew 21:33-45) …. also in Mk 12:1-12; Lk 20:9-19.

The parable of the tenants gives a concise perfect history lesson to answer the question:

Why did God judge His Own People so severely?

Twice, Jehovah has returned his people to their own land after being exiled (thrust out of the land). Once, by the decree of Cyrus king of Persia, in the fifth century BC. The second time, by the United Nations, God returned Israel to their nation in 1948, Israel was under British rule, when they again became a sovereign nation, as they are today. These were both exact fulfillments of Prophecy’s given by God’s Prophets, predicted centuries ahead of time. The return of the People to Israel is one of the final prophecies that needed to take place before the Return of the Messiah (and before the coming of the seven year rise and fall of the antichrist), when God will set up His Millenial Reign here on Earth.

This is not the stuff of idol worshiping mythological legend, but the hard facts of world history, deeply integrated, and perfectly aligned with biblical history.

Please Note: That is one of the strongest witnesses for biblical integrity. That the Bible clearly, accurately, and precisely declares not only the times ancient history, but even present day history. The prophetic patterns have not changed one iota. Not one jot, not one title. They are in perfect alignment as they always have been and they are just progressing forward just as God has predicted from the beginning.

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The parable of the tenants

This is one of the big hurdles people need to overcome, in order to see things from God’s perspective.

I highly recommend you read this parable for yourself carefully and thoughtfully. Open yourself up to seeing it from God’s Perspective, Feel God’s Emotions, and Hear His Internal Message.

This ParableI lays out the entire prophetic history between Jehovah (Pronounced “Yeh-Ho-Vah”), the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all the people of Israel, right unto the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 A.D. (the second time in world history God destroyed his own Temple).

[The second destruction of Jerusalem was prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:1-51; Mk 13:1-37; Lk 21:5-36,]

The parable of the tenants lays out the history of insanity of the people of God, and all who continually reject the Word of God, and refuse to repent of their evil deeds done against the One who created them.

Once your eyes begin to be opened, you will be able to see the dealings of God with the people of Israel, and the dealings of God, between people of Israel and the idol worshiping nations, situated around them, and see the history that all three of these entities have with one another.

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Israel’s History is the Gold Standard

It is the rule of thumb for all other histories to be compared to … by God.

One cannot truly know World history,
Without truly knowing Israel’s history.

when you think about it by choosing Israel’s history as a role model for all the nations of the world to learn, from this greatly simplifies, the job of the teacher, who has gone, to always point, back to how the consequences of the actions of the people of Israel affected not only their past behavior, but also the present, and future behavior and blessings.

Tn this way, God, the great and wise and efficient teacher, is able to condense millions and trillions of personal experiences and plot them on the map of others who have gone through the same learning curve, in their own personal lives, and then they can relate their own experiences to those who have gone before them, written in black-and-white by the finger of God.

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The new age to come written on a single page of paper

For a one page overview of world History from the time of Babylonian World Rule unto Today from God’s perspective: Read Daniel 2:31-49. It is clear as day.

Israel’s History is like a microcosm of God’s dealings with all of mankind. There is one great expansive continuous prophetic message from the beginning of the people of Israel to the very end. In this timeframe, God remains the same. He requires the same obedience. The same honor. The same justice. The same righteousness. In exchange for His own Supernatural Protection,² Provision,³ and Heavenly Blessings. (see Leviticus 26; and Deuteronomy 28). The Covenant of Blessing for Obedience and Curses for Disobedience are laid out in perfect order twice, so they cannot be misunderstood, nor corrupted.

Also, below is an extremely important point, that we must not fail to understand, if we’re going to interpret any part of God’s history accurately.

2 Chronicles 7:12-15 (KJV)

12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain,
or if I command the locusts to devour the land,
or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

In the New Covenant God expands His Blessing to Both Jew and Gentile through the New Covenant Maker, Jesus Christ. In this new covenant, Yehovah offers the same forgiveness to all who will have ears to hear, eyes to see, and a heart to humble oneself, and repent from the evil that one is prone to do, in His Sight, from His Perspective.

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Ignorance of God’s Covenant

Some people think ignorance of the law is a righteous excuse. But it is Not.

Try that in a human court of Law.

Choose one of these defenses and see what happens:

1. I didn’t know it was wrong to lie.
2. I didn’t know it was wrong to perjure myself.
3. I didn’t know it was wrong to steal.
4. I didn’t know it was wrong to drink and drive.
5. I didn’t know it was wrong to slander, gossip, commit libel.
6. I didn’t know it was wrong to rape, murder, or sex traffic people.
7. I didn’t know that God would judge my sins.

Ignorance of the The Law is No Excuse.

If ignorance will not work in a human court of law, how much less should it work and a heavenly court of law?

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Is God really Unjust?

Many people not familiar with God’s testimony, have the belief that God unjustly judges individuals, peoples, and nations. That He is so Unfair. Mean, even Evil.

Many have been falsely trained to believe: that Yehovah is a “GENOCIDAL MANIAC” calling for the annihilation of cities and such, just to satisfy God’s own whimsical pleasure for killing.

If you believe this you must read the Parable of the Talents (to hear the true side of God’s Story). Hopefully, at some point in your life journey, you will come to realize, that God is a defender of the innocent, he is a protector of the just, a lover, of the humble, and a promise keeper to the faithful. Whatever human being must come to realize at some point in their life, hopefully before it is too late that God truly is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. And he is not slack and providing heavenly rewards for those who diligently seek him. You can be sure of that. But the final revelation of his generosity, and his recompense may come too late for the majority of people. Because they didn’t listen to his voice they didn’t heat his call. And they didn’t receive his invitation. And they didn’t recognize that it was his signature upon the invitation written in his own blood, Until it was too late.

The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 21:33-45)

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God’s prophets, and God’s people, typically endure great humiliation, for a short season of time in exchange for a great glorification for an eternal period of time

Many people carry the idea around that God does not care about them, and that God does not take care of those who follow him.

Nothing could be further from the truth. God sent His own chosen prophets to the cities and nations that he was going to judge, he gave people a choice, and he warned them to repent of their sins against him. And God forgave all those who repented. (Read the whole Book of Jonah) But many times the people in force, chose not to repent, and received God’s Judgments as a consequence. (Read about Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 19:24) And yes, innocent people were collaterally damaged.

But that does not make God unjust. God is easily able to compensate those who suffer in this world, unjustly. God is easily able to lavishly pour out his love on them in the world to come. And they will be no less appreciative of his work. Even as his his own prophets suffered greatly at the hands of evil men, and not to mention his own son, suffering greatly at the hands of evil men, though they were all innocent, and harmed without just cause, god will ultimately write the wrongs done to them, just as he will write the wrongs done to the innocent, and the time of the flood, and in the time of the wars, and all who suffered unjust collateral damage, shall be lavishly compensated for their sorrows and woes.

Therefore, we must understand having eyes with God’s eternal perspective, that Death in this life is not the end of our Story. It is only the Beginning. Those who understand, know, listen to and obey and walk with God will fully grasp this vital point.

Those who don’t won’t, no matter how hard you try to explain it. It will be like water off a duck’s back.

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God’s Perspective is not Hard to Grasp

Unless that is you don’t want to grasp it.

Our inability to grasp God’s eternal perspective, basically makes us dumber than Balaam’s Donkey. Balaam’s donkey, could clearly see the problems right in front of him, but Balaam himself punished his donkey, unjustly, and beat his donkey unmercifully. Although the donkey was simply trying to save Balaam’s life and protect him from certain death. All through this process, the donkey was far wiser and more righteous than Balaam, who was supposedly a. wiser than most, prophet of God. But had two. Fatal flaws that many of us have today. Why? Because he failed, overcome his own seven hurdles to see things from God’s perspective. as a result, Balaam cultivated a hunger for greed, and for man’s approval, which led to his downfall, which was severe. And all of that made him dumber than his own donkey.

Balaam’s Life is like a prophetic picture for all of humanity, and even Israel’s history with God.

God’s Judgment fell upon Israel just as hard, as it fell on many other Nations.

One must read the God’s whole story from cover to cover (leaving nothing out, and taking nothing out of context) before one can rightly judge one action in the conflict of a centuries old nation to nation conflict. Right?

Yes?

Of course, yes. When extreme measures are taken, one must ask the question. Why are extreme measures being taken. That is the wise direction to take. The foolish direction is to cast a judgment without investigating the facts.

Now, remember, One Key you have to open God’s understanding is the Parable of the Tenants–When you understand that parable, you can now begin to understand both Israel’s History, and also World History.

God gives every nation time to repent. But once that time is over. Only judgment is coming.

What is true for nations, is true also for individuals.

When you or I have been given Time to Repent, and we choose not to make use of that time wisely. Our decision will be our own. When you make your bed, you will have to lie in it.

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Why do men refuse to Repent?

There is no Fear of the LORD, before their eyes.

Psalms 14:1-3 (KJV) TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID.

The Fool hath said in his heart,:

There is no God.
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable works,
There is none that doeth good.

2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

When you don’t believe God means what He says: You won’t respond to what He requires of you.

It is an act of open Dishonor, and even like an act of Treason to the Kingdom of God, to do that which God has commanded us not to do.

When the people refuse to repent. Refuse to acknowledge what they are doing is wrong, they harden, their hearts like pharaoh of Egypt, then the punishments of God come upon the people, swiftly, and without mercy.

Once the window of grace is closed, and the time for justice comes it will be too late.

The sins against God, sometimes were endured for over 400 years before he brought the final judgment. God often warned them for hundreds of years before sending his final judgements. In other words, Jehovah gave his people plenty of time to repent. He even gave the nations who are not his people plenty of time to repent. But they chose not to heat his warnings. Why? Because they had no fear of the Lord before their eyes.

Again, we must note: God is unbiased in his judgments. He judges his own people just as harshly as he judges other nations, for the same actions.

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“Mankind’s Mental Disease” is nothing new.

It has been active since The Fall, in the Garden of Eden, when man chose to serve, follow, and obey a demonic lord, above the King and Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Is that not the definition of INSANITY?

I know right. Who would do such a thing?

The sad answer to that question is undeniable: Everyone, you and I know, including ourselves.

We can thoroughly prove that point later on. But unless we are able to acknowledge the possibility of that fact, we won’t be able to do much in overcoming, or outright conquering our 7 Hurdles Challenge. And that will grievously hinder our ability to see life through God’s Eternal and Unchanging Perspective.

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Our Personal Investment

Without a man’s sincere, earnest, and diligent personal work in attacking the fatal disease residing in his own mind, and heart, and soul, he will not likely make much progress in being set free from the disease he has inherited from those around him, and the one who hates him most and wants to destroy him, anyway he can.

Before a man can be set free from his disease, he must recognize in a spirit of humility, that he has the disease. Until such a man comes to the point of acknowledging this, there is no real way to help such a man overcome his disease, because his own foolishness will keep it locked up in his own mind, will, heart, body and soul. That is the nature of the beast:

“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14

Only the one who truly wants to be set free from his own disease of spiritual blindness, and eternal death (which causes temporary and ultimately permanent separation from God), will continue their journey to uncover his own sickness. And, Yes, That is a humble and painful path.

And only the rarest person will apply God’s prescriptions, that will bring a man out of darkness into God’s Heavenly Light.

If that is you, I pray, you will pay careful attention to reading and discerning, the seven hurdles and how to overcome them.

May you be connected in your soul to the One who created you for his purpose.

May you experience his blessings, receive his treasures, and inherit, all he has prepared for you from the beginning of time, until the end of this age. Amen.

Keep reading: the 7 Hurdles below, for a great story and new outlook on LIFE!

Shalom!

SADLY:
THE UNSPIRITUAL MAN (Mind) CANNOT
DISCERN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT:

As we can clearly see below: The Word of God gives an airtight reason why an unspiritual man, cannot discern “the things” of the Spirit of God.

He does not understand the things of the Spirit of God, because he does not have the Spirit of God living inside of him to Help him understand.

So in essence, the unspiritual man thinks that “the things” of the Spirit are not valuable at all.

He would be prejudiced to believe that the Spiritual Unseen Things have no real value (and yet they are the only things that remain eternally valuable). Every thing you we with your eyes is temporary and will eventually perish. So can you see the insanity?

The unspiritual man keeps grasping, clawing, and striving for only the things that will perish.

How foolish is that?

And conversely, he makes no effort to obtain the things that are eternal.

How crazy and demented is that?

Especially, when it is only the eternal things that will last for eternity.

In this world, things that last longer are typically more valuable, old things (like coins) can be 100’s of times more valuable just because they are old.

Now, let’s compare: A thousand year old piece of jewelry, to an eternal relationship forged and bonded in the kingdom of God, that will never end? Which is more valuable to a thief, a broker, a salesman, a lover, or a friend? You can easily tell by the choices they make.

Matthew 6:19 (KJV)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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Now, why so much Talk about Hurdles?

That’s easy to answer: Our Hurdles take specific action initially, to overcome, but they also take continual maintenance to sustain our overcoming status. It’s not just a once done deal. It requires continual diligence and constant vigilance. Why is that?

One Reason:

1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV)

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because

Your adversary the Devil,
As a roaring lion,
Walketh about,
Seeking whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

To put it clearly: We cannot rest or become complacent in yesterday’s victories. We daily need to re-up the ante, putting on our armory, and be ready to do battle every new day. Because your enemy is prowling around, like a lion seeking to devour you and all that is precious to you. Therefore, we should be on alert at all times, and we should be especially alert as to how we allow our perspective of God and his word to shape our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Why is that?

Two Reason:

Luke 19:26 (KJV)

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given [more];

And from him that hath not,
even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

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We can easily loose what we have fought to win

All that to say this. One day we may be faithful, but another day we may be faithless. If we continue to walk in unfaithfulness and choose not to walk in the way of repentance and walk near to His forgiveness. We put our eternal lives in danger.

not many passages of scriptures can more clearly describe the problem of losing one’s righteousness. Then the passage from Ezekiel chapter 18. So I included here so that anyone interested can read it simply for themselves. I don’t try to add long quotes, due to the attention span of many readers (my own included), but this is an exception.

Ezekiel 18:20-32 (KJV)

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die.

The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal [not just/not fair]. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal [not just/not fair]. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed;

And make you a new heart and a new spirit:

for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Can you hear the heart of the Lord pleading with his people?

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Where your treasure is,
There will your heart be also.

When a man’s treasures are his worldly goods, his worldly position in life, his job, his place of honor in society, then chances are good that the invisible things in life that are most important to God will either be very low on his priority list, or nonexistent.

Therefore, his natural response to spiritual things would be to smirk or mock, scoff or ridicule, dishonor or simply disregard anything regarding “The Things” of the Spirit of God. Such things would not be treasured up in his heart.

These are the things Jesus says, are being hidden from the wise and prudent, who are obviously not storing up their treasure in heaven. But thankfully, these are the things that are revealed onto babes. That is what Jesus calls, “Good in Thy Sight.”

This subject will hopefully become more clear as we seek to see from God’s Perspective why certain men, have been barred from having heavenly understanding.

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See no Evil …

In essence such men will: See no Evil, Hear no Evil, and Speak no Evil: in their own minds simply because it is all beyond their reach.

All that human self-confidence quickly disappears. Once a man begins to investigate, where he stands before God, and compares his life to the life God has called us to–basically a life of moral perfection, one that brings praise and honor to God, in every way.

Have you ever heard a young man say to you: “It’s ALL GOOD!”

Such a person would be a good candidate to be challenged to see from God’s perspective, exactly:

Why it is not all good.

But in order to do that such a person will need to address the 7 Hurdles they need to be overcome, in order to realize in the depths of his soul that: “NO, IT IS NOT ALL GOOD, AT ALL.” Not even close, in many cases.

I share this confidently, because I know, I was that person, at one time.

Chances are good that you have been that person, or currently are that person this very minute. If so, these hurdles are for you to overcome also. Godspeed to you.

SADLY:
THE UNSPIRITUAL MAN CANNOT
DISCERN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT:

The next 3 Hurdles deal specifically with 3 spiritual blockages in the heart, mind, soul/spirit of the man or woman, who does not have, nor walk in agreement with the Holy Spirit (a.k.a., The Holy Ghost) of God.

Caution: The Longer we Resist the Spirit of God, the further we can expect to drift away from God and His Spirit and His Kingdom and His Eternal Life. This is cause for alarm when we consider, the plight of the Goats in Matthew 25:31-46.

As we can clearly see below: The Word of God gives us an airtight reason why an unspiritual man, cannot discern “the things of the Spirit of God.” He does not understand the things of the Spirit of God, because He does not have the Spirit of God living inside of him to Help him understand. So in essence, the unspiritual man thinks those things of the Spirit are not valuable at all, because they appear as foolishness to him. Therefore, his natural response is to smirk, mock, scoff, ridicule, dishonor, shrink away from, or simply disregard anything regarding the Things of the Spirit of God.

Remember: Those are the “These Things” The Father, has hidden from the Wise and Prudent, but has revealed “these things” unto babes, for so this was pleasing and Good in God’s Sight.

This subject will hopefully become more clear as you seek to see from God’s Perspective why certain men, have been barred from having understanding.

In essence such men will: See no Evil, Hear no Evil, and Speak no Evil. Simply because it is all beyond their reach.

Have you ever heard a young man say to you: “It’s ALL GOOD!” That one would be a good candidate, for one or more of the 3 following Hurdles that need to be overcome, in order to realize in the depths of his soul that: “NO, IT IS NOT ALL GOOD, AT ALL.” Not even close.

I can share this information confidently, because I know, I was that person, at one time. And chances are good that you have been that person, or currently are that person this very minute. If so, these hurdles are for you to overcome … and Godspeed to you.

Our number one enemy, is not external, but internal.

Until we subdue our greatest enemy on the inside, we will never truly conquer any REAL or IMAGINED enemies on the outside. Until we get free from our own Pride, and the Self-deception, that comes with it: We will always be a puppet on a string (like the man below).

The Pride ⁸ in a man’s carnal heart can block a man from seeing every flaw, every lie, every injustice, as well as every trap, pit, and stumbling block in his way.

That is why the Messiah addresses this problem directly by saying:

“Enter ye in at the strait gate [of Humility]: for wide is the gate [of Pride], and broad is the way [of Pride], that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate [of Humility], and narrow is the way [of Humility], which leadeth unto life, and few [that live in Pride] will find it.”

Matthew 7:13-14

A man’s pride can defile every single relationship in this life, but even more significantly, it can destroy every single relationship that he has for eternity.

Let it be said, and let it be heard that: Pride and Arrogance are enemies that do not have our best interests at heart.

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Only a deceived person can think that pride, arrogance, self exaltation, and self promotion are things that make a man Good. But sadly, these are some of the foundations upon which men try to make their fortunes and their future (but such a foundation will not endure with the storm of heaven beats against his House. Such a man may think he is building something great, but he has been deceived from the very beginning. (Matthew 7:24-27)

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dnLupZibjZg

As stated in his video clip: Neil deGrasse Tyson’s religious disbelief in God (atheism) stems from his observations of life: he finds no evidence of a loving and benevolent God. In other words, given the magnitude of natural disasters and human misery in the world, he finds no reason to believe what many Christians teach about God: that God is all-good, loving, and benevolent.

From a Christian standpoint, and also from a non-Christian standpoint, I can say, I personally understand the grief and sorrow involved in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s belief system, that there is no benevolent Omni powerful God in the universe–due to the evidence of all the misery we can observe. But, with a quick and clean shift in perspective, Tyson’s unbelief in God, could directly turn into believing in God, if only he would choose to see God’s creation, and even all the misery in it, from God’s eternal perspective.

God never said that it is His desire that men suffer. He gave man a choice. They chose to believe a liar, a thief, a murderer, and a psycho-path, a demonically evil insanely perverse supernatural person, with no scruples, no truth, nor love in any bone in his body: who wants everyone to follow and be like him. And God has allowed men to follow the Destroyer–ever since the first man and first woman were cast out of the garden of Eden. From that day, until today, God has not blocked man’s way from following Satan, and absorbing Satan’s lies, beliefs, lifestyles, cultures, religions, and sinful nature which is at War with God.

In other words: The Misery Tyson sees, is exactly what God predicted and warned man against, from the very beginning. The only way you can not see that is to stick your head in the sand, and pretend there is no evil in the world, and pretend there is no reason for it. That is the insanity of THE RELIGION of unbelief in God, the religion that atheism promotes.

It is ignorance on steroids, that allowed HITLER, MAO, STALIN, LENIN, CASTRO, POL POT, and many others to kill tens of millions of their own citizens, because they had No Fear of God.

God allowed man to make that choice. First: They chose to create a god in their own image, and in their own likeness (thus breaking the first commandment). Second: They chose to bow down, and serve that evil god that would allow them to do whatever their wicked imagination wanted to do (thus breaking the second commandment). The growing demonic wickedness in the hearts of those who serve their own idols, continues to progress: just like any worldly addiction. The farther a man chooses move away from the fear of God, the deeper the darkness God allows the man to be enveloped by. At certain critical points God has chosen to intervene, when the evil got so bad that it threatened to destroy all goodness in world. The two biblical accounts date back to the worldwide destruction during the Flood, and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The same principles apply today that have always applied to the human condition. And we are living with the consequences of our actions on a daily basis.

When men like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hinchens, and others, choose to completely ignore: God, God’s Word, and all the evidence of God’s Creation: God allows them to unhitch their wagon from God’s reality, and dive into the pool of their own making. God even allows them to believe they evolved from bacteria made in primordial soup.

Romans 1:22-23 (KJV)

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God
into an image made like to corruptible man,
and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Now one might ask what happened to the millions of people that perished during the conflict of the second World War?

Again, God has clear cut answers: When men die in this life, their existence doesn’t end; it just changes locations. And it is the stubborn Pride in Man, that chooses to listen to the voice of the Destroyer, and follow his religion, rather than to choose to the Voice of God and Walk in His Ways.

The Invitation has gone out: Everyone is invited, but not everyone is chosen. (Read Matthew 22)

Refusal to hear, to see, to think, or believe, in the Word God has given– is a clear choice. It comes with clear consequences, that are a direct result of the Pride of man’s corrupted heart and mind.

God has made it clear, he only wants those who want to accept and live in his love, and learn his ways in the humility of their hearts to receive all the glory his has to given them. But God will not force nor coerce his love on anyone. God is not a rapist. He invites us to come into his house, but he only accepts those who are willing and desirous to live according to His Family Rules. Only those who truly delight in His Will and His Ways are accepted.

Those who reject God, also reject his word, his will, and his Waze, will be separated from his people from his family to the place prepared for them.

In other words, the evil bully, who wants to continue to bully others will one day find out his bullying days will be over for all of eternity. And he will not be invited into God’s house to be a bully in God’s family. God will protect his own people from the evil that is destroying the world as we know it today. But God is preparing a place of perfection, where his holiness, majesty, beauty, and purity, will be valued, honored, and appreciated, and will be the foundation for a totally new kingdom, and even a totally new world that will never end.

Suffice it to say that the proud, the arrogant, the narcissistic, the selfish, the self indulgent, the egotistical, the controlling, the manipulative, the sadistic, the competitive, and all who put themselves above others, and themselves above God, will be separated from God’s house and God’s family for all eternity. (See the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25)

Revelation 21:7-8 (KJV)

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Every evil bully in this life chooses walk done the broad road that leads to destruction. God will warn him, but he will not stop him. Each bully hast to decide for himself if he wants to choose the fear of God, or to continue on in his own religion that sets himself up above others.

Thankfully, even the most evil longest living person on earth, will soon pass away and be gone. This life is but a vapor, and it will disappear in a flash.

The truth be told: there is great suffering in the world today. If Tyson would only open his Bible and read` the clearly stated reason why there is so much suffering in the world, then he would have access to all the answers he needed to not only to grasp the problem, but also to grasp the solution. Even after all the abuse Tyson has heaped upon God, and His Word. There still is a hope that Tyson, can and will humble himself, and be forgiven for all the damage he has done to himself, to others and to God’s Chosen Children. But, Tyson can also choose to continue to ignore God, blame God, hate God, follow the mindset and attitude of the Destroyer, the one who has caused all the misery, oppression, evil, and confusion in this world. And yes, God has allowed all of it. God is not insecure, nor is God Co-Dependent. He allows everyone to make is own decision: 1) To Honor, Love, and Obey, the King of Heaven; or 2) To Dishonor, Despise, and Disobey the the King of Heaven, and instead follow the Pride Filled delusions, lies, and deceptions of the King of this Current Darkness.

In the end, it will all be sorted out. The good fish will be separated from the bad. The wheat will be separated from the chaff. The wise virgins from the foolish virgins, the sheep from the goats. The bad fish will be thrown away. The chaff will be burned. The foolish virgins will be locked out. The goats will be cast into the fire prepared for the devil and his demons.

But the only way we can br sure of our eternal destination, and especially that we are not deceived, like the foolish virgins, and the goats, is to make sure we know, understand, honor, and finally answer with Heavenly Wisdom, that comes down from above, Life’s Toughest Questions from God’s Heavenly Perspective. Up to this point, it appears that Neil deGrasse Tyson’s choice, is ignore Life’s Toughest Questions, in others words: Tyson enjoys his place being, one who is an enemy of God, and is glad to walk with other enemies of God and be identified as those who are Prideful in their own minds, and who will lie, deceive, befuddle, and confound one another, to the point that he cannot see any goodness in God whatsoever, and even deny his existence. The great problem here is that personal pride refuses to believe that there is a solution. This keeps the individual in a perpetual LOOP of darkness. That is the biblical perspective concerning Neil Degrassi, Tyson’s unbelief.

That perspective clearly presented in the above video by Nick Vujicic, is one of humility. Nick has chosen the path of Humility. He has humbled himself before God. He has asked for God’s Forgiveness for his anger, hatred, and evil thoughts towards God and others, even for his own attempted suicide. And God has heard Nick’s prayer, and filled him with wisdom, love, faith, hope, grace, and truth, and a life worth living–because Nick chose to walk the narrow road.

When Our Will has sided with Our Pride ⁹ (which is at War with God): Then, we will have become our own worst enemy, while simultaneously becoming an enemy to the Kingdom of God. Then, we will be in real trouble.

Why? Because when our Will is working in partnership with The Spirit of Pride & Disobedience, it blocks us from hearing, seeing, believing, and/or receiving information from God’s Perspective.

This hurdle will stubbornly will cause us to CUT ourselves off from God’s presence which includes: God’s Word, God’s Wisdom, God’s Ways, God’s Will, God’s forgiveness and God’s eternal Love.

That puts us DEAD IN THE WATER: Until we choose to change sides, our stubborn Pride and Will, will block us from even hearing God’s Voice, let alone allow us to obey his commandments.

Even the very word “commandment” is abhorrent to a man who has partnered with the sons of disobedience to disregard our duty to God. Therefore, God humbly invites us and appeals to our conscience, to see Life from His Eternal Perspective, in order to protect us from the demonic influences of Pride, Arrogance, Selfishness, and the evil addictions that are rooted in the darkness that will result.

We have His Heavenly Invitation: “Come to My Wedding!” Seek my ways. Learn my fruits. Gain and maintain control over your own thoughts & beliefs, words & deeds. Share the Wisdom of heaven freely, without cost, and without greed. (Isaiah 55:1-3)

A man’s pride can be used in combination with his will, to deceive himself that their is no God, no Creator of Life, no Sustainer of our Universe, no one to whom he owes his entire Life. ¹⁰ Once a man is severed from that reality, the enemy can then replace God’s Reality, with any one of his own demonic plans to keep a man in darkness, virtually for eternity.

When men and woman WILLFULLY choose: Hate over forgiveness, Lust over love, Lies over truth, Darkness over light, Addictions over Disciplines, and Mental sickness over Heavenly Righteousness, it becomes scintillating clear whose team they are on, and who they are partnering with in the Pride and Will of their heart.

WHEN A MAN OR A WOMAN TRULY DIGS DOWN TO LAY A SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION UPON THE ROCK BED OF CHRIST, THEY ARE USING THEIR WILL TO PURPOSELY CHOOSE TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD. EVEN THOUGH PREVIOUSLY, THEY MAY HAVE WALKED AS CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE, A RIGHTEOUS MAN, OR WOMAN will choose

When a man or woman chooses to dig down deeply, and lay the foundation of their spiritual house, upon the rock, bed of Christ, and the apostles teaching, they are choosing to use their own, will purposely in order to walk in the fear of the Lord, and do those things which are pleasing to God, and will glorify God, and will not cause Shane to the name of God, not in their thoughts, not in their words, nor in their actions. This will result as a visible sign of good fruit that is being born from a beautiful spirit, that is given by God.

That beautiful spirit can be clearly seen in the life of Nick Vujicic, and it is a wonderful thing to behold. Conversely, the ugly spirit of pride and self will that is dishonoring to God, and is full of enmity, strife, jealousy, self exultation, self promotion, and the fear of man is an ugly thing to behold.

Ephesians 5:6-12 (KJV)

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

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Did you know there is a daily attack on your mind? The intensity of that attack may differ from day to day, but it is always there, always in the background, always looking for a way in to cause you damage, loss, with the intent to ultimately lead you to your own destruction.

Once you begin to see LIFE from God’s perspective, you will see the whole world is under attack constantly: Things will begin to shift in your mind rapidly. You will quickly begin to care more personally about God’s Word, God’s Will, and God’s Ways. Because, you will want to be on the winning side of eternity, not only for yourself, but for all of your loved ones, and for your future potential loved ones.

One of the first things you will notice: This spiritual battle has been going on since before the fall of man in the garden of Eden. You begin to gain a sense of what is truly happening behind the scenes. Behind every accident, every personal attack, every social betrayal, every financial manipulation, every lie, and personal injustice: there are players in this war acting out their roles, just as they have been doing since the beginning.

Here is a simple window into the Battle of the Mind: Happening on a College Campus. From the Very Beginning the Attack on God’s Word, has been the most egregious attack. For modern day educated people: the Mass Majority still remains ignorant of the Veracity of the Word of God:

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Once, You begin to see, that you cannot even fully trust your own heart, even your own mind. Only then will you be able to put greater trust and faith in God’s Word. ¹¹ Why? Because His Word is Unchanging and Never Ending, but my mind is fickle, and often my decisions are like the waves in the sea, being blown about in every direction. Why? because it has been infected by an ancient virus that has entered the blood stream of every human being through the spirit of Pride and Rebellion.

God reveals in Genesis:

Genesis 6:5 (KJV) “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart ¹¹ was only evil continually.” [BTW, those evil thoughts come from the enemy himself. At least he is the source and origin of them.]

We learn from Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

In Hebrew the terms heart and mind are often the same word and interchangeable in our English Translation. ¹¹

James 4:4 (KJV)

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

How does a man become and Enemy of God? A man becomes a friend of the world and an enemy of God, when he embraces and internalizes the teachings of men that are designed to separate men from God. These teachings are diabolically designed to turn the minds of men away from God: To supplant God’s wisdom, and God’s eternal truth, with man’s wisdom and man’s delusions of temporal truth.

For those who have eyes to see, they can quickly discern that the testimony of the Bible is telling the truth about the human experience. It brings a full picture to both sides of the story, both the physical and the spiritual, and makes common sense out of it so that even a child can understand and communicate it—that is, if they have not been previously poisoned by lies, deceit, and horrendous deception.

Personally, when I first began to believe in the message of the Bible, I was still in evolutionist and fully believe that I could somehow integrate evolutionary theory into my Bible knowledge. For a long time I made several convoluted constructions that would accept all my evolutionary training as a child in public school systems, but after a while and deeper study of the subject, I found that the evolutionary arguments were not as credible as I was taught to believe. And once that pinhole in the balloon of evolution was pricked, the whole lot of it started to unravel and deflate today I feel I have a strong understanding of the subject and no longer need to worry about the ramifications of rejecting the theory of evolution specifically macro evolution. I don’t know where you might be in your own journey. All I would say is that you shouldn’t take any persons word for granted, especially not mine. All men are capable of being deceived, and as such capable of being deceivers. Even people you and I trust can be deceived and are no doubt deceived on certain subjects.

and I can say this with absolute conviction, but if the word of God is not an exciting and stimulating and powerful revelation of truth and wisdom, that can penetrate your soul, and your bones, then it is probably a true statement that your mind has been hijacked by the kingdom of darkness, and you will need to extricate yourself from its grip, before you can even begin to see the majesty, beauty, glory, and amazing love written to you personally, and inviting you personally to enter into an experience beyond anything you can think or even imagine. oddly enough, that experience is simply called “The Truth”. Not my truth. Not your truth. But “The Truth”.

2 Peter 1:19-21 (KJV)

19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The choice is yours to believe what you will. You can believe in millions of years. Are you can believe in six days. Neither choice can be proven scientifically. That is beyond the realm of the scientific method. So by all means make your decision based on your beliefs.

As I see it, both beliefs are religiously based. Only one is based on the Word of God that comes down from heaven. The other is based on the words of Men, that have a pitifully poor record of telling the truth, and not changing their story over and over and over again, because reality keeps poking holes in their fragile bubbles and popping them.

Hurdle #3 is all about dealing with the intellectual problem of being deceived: Through the gateway of the mind. This is where a man can harden his mind, and stiffen his neck, against the truth. The Bible in the Old Testament often talks about men having a forehead made of flint. Just for the record flint is a very hard substance.

Next we are going to look at Hurdle #4, where a person can be attacked through their emotions, their feelings and a person can harden their heart against the truth, because of the lies they have received, digested, and absorbed into their own psyche.

Your Soul, created by God, is Eternal. It was designed to Live with God forever.

As a result: Your heart is seeking a place to belong. It is longingly looking for its identity.

Our Identity is a vital part of our human soul. Identity establishes who we believe we are, as well as what we believe and why it is important to us. Identity helps us establish our convictions and our connections. ¹⁴ Our identity helps us lay a foundation for our lives, it helps us choose our leaders, and what principles we will choose to follow, and which ones we will choose to reject.

Like little ducklings we need a role model to follow, and a destination to aim for.

The Truth be told: every human being will gravitate to One particular Ultimate Leader in their life, and that leader will be connected to one particular Ultimate Place. And therefore, each and everyone one of us have two specific and identifying choices to make:

1. Who?
2. Where?

You and I have been given free choice, to choose where we want to spend eternity.

Living under God’s Rule, requires that we Seek Him, Find Him, Learn and live in His Ways.

Living under this World’s Rule, requires that we reject God’s Rule, reject God’s Ways, reject God’s Call, reject God’s Honor, and typically despise his leadership, so that we turn our backs on God’s Word and his Will.

We as human beings are constantly being pulled in One Direction, or the other.

This life from God’s Perspective is a testing ground. We have been given one ultimate choice, To Choose Life (living it from God’s Perspective) Partnering with God to accomplish His goals for your Life, Living according to His Royal Kingdom Reality.

The only other ultimate choice is to live by the rules, ideas, motivations, and interpretations of the one who is not the god of heaven, but as identified as the ruler of this world, the one who rejected God as his own personal, life-giving authority. The ruler of this world is the one who rejected God’s person, rejected God’s word, rejected God’s will, rejected God’s ways, rejected God’s honor, and God’s goodness, so that he could go his own way. Those who follow him will become like him, like little ducklings, will walk in his footsteps and model themselves after his rebellious nature. That nature will be imprinted on their minds and hearts, and will direct their ways to follow him. All who become like him will also share in his permanent residence. It’s really that simple.

We get to choose life.

Or we get to choose Death.

According to God’s perspective: DEATH = living in an anti-God Perspective; partnering with the anti-God of this world’s darkness. That darkness denies the right of God to speak, act, judge, and/or rule over what is good, or what is evil, in this life.

For this reason, God’s word commands the believer to: Not love the world (nor the ruler of the world). Do not let the imprint of the world dictate one thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, direction, or future.

1 John 2:15-17 (KJV)

15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The hurdle here: is to see that this Life, and that this world is soon passing away. Soon it will be no more. ¹⁵ Therefore it is in the best interests of the soul, to steer it with the will and the mind towards God and His Eternal Kingdom (who lives forever and Promises us eternal Life through His Son–the Forgiveness of Sins against Him). He who navigates that journey successfully, will end up doing the Will of God and abideth in His Kingdom forever.

Satan’s plan is to make you a slave to your emotions. A slave to your feelings. A slave to your carnal addictions. That is what temptation is all about. Temptation simply put is taking the rich blessings of God and twisting them, perverting them, and robbing them of their proper place in God’s kingdom.

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Where does human trauma come from?

A lot of what we experience in the realm of temptation is simply taking things out of order. This causes chaos as a result.

Consider the gift of sex. In God’s kingdom it is protected. The wife is protected. The husband is protected. The fruit of the womb is protected. The family is protected. The community is protected. The whole nation is protected that willingly and openly obeys the word of God.

That’s why God’s perspective is so essential. God is looking at the eternal fruit that is born from a family that would love and share his word, and his blessings, and his protection from one generation to the next. And those blessings will overflow and create incredible lives and accomplishments among those who receive them.

But, through Satan’s temptations, men and women are tempted to jump the gun to take (or rather ROB) something, or someone their true value before it’s time. For example: To use the gift of sex as a way to satisfy an addiction: That destroys the gift, dishonors the giver of the gift, and harms everyone involved in the destruction of the gift, and often results in the murder of the gift. This defiles one of the greatest gifts, ever given to mankind, the gift to reproduce children in the image of God.

A Graphic Illustration of a Life Protected under the Blessings of God through 5 Generations, and a life traumatized and tormented by the curses of rejecting God is demonstrated Here:

The Family of Jonathon Edwards compared to Max Jukes–the living proof of five generations.

Theft is a similar issue of timing. It is not wrong to want an income for work done. But to rob the cash register, instead of waiting for the paycheck to come is theft. To steal money out a parent’s (or anyone’s) wallet, destroys the relationship of honor and trust and dignity between those involved.

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When a man, commits adultery, he doesn’t just sin against the woman. He is sleeping with it legally. He commits a sin against the husband of the woman. He commits a sin against the potientional or real child that will be a producer of that act of adultery. He commits a sin against the family of the woman. He commits a sin against his own family.

He commits a sin against the community, and especially the spiritual community, the church, he commits a sin against God and against heaven. Just punishment for that sin is death by stoning. Through the miraculous power of the cross, a man can be set free from his sin. And can be forgiven. And he can choose to stop the flood of evil that would otherwise enter into himself, his family, his community, and the world. When a man commit the sin of pornography, many of the same kinds of damage are done, albeit, more secretly. Because pornography can be hidden.

Only the One who committed no sin, could pay for the sin of others.

When a man is spiritually blind: He will not be able to SEE the Work of the Kingdom of Heaven, nor the King himself, though He stand right in front of him.

What happened in Jesus Day: when a man born blind, and was Clearly Miraculously Healed of His Blindness?

The Spiritually Blind Religious Leaders could not see it. Instead of Praising God, the normal thing to do–What did the Blind Leaders Do?

1. Some of them blamed the healing on the Devil.
2. Some of them refused to believe the man was born blind.
3. The majority blamed the blindness on the sin of one or both of the parents, or the baby born blind.
4. But very few, if any of the leaders, openly acknowledged, or openly gave glory to God, for Jesus healing a man born blind by the Power given to Him by the Holy Spirit of God. Why? Because they Feared man, more than they Feared God? Everyone was afraid of being “put out of the synagogue” which basically ended the life a Jewish person from that day forward. It was something like the equivalent of shunning in Modern Day religions, like the Amish, and Mennonite do today.
5. Why? Because the leaders were too busy being jealous, envious, mocking, scoffing, ridiculing, angry, hating, slandering, and devising ways to Destroy Jesus: Calling Jesus’ Ministry of the Devil. Therefore, they could not SEE nor RECEIVE the work of the Kingdom of God in their Midst. Thus fulfilling the Scripture: “The Stone the Builders Rejected” (Matthew 21:42-46; )
6. In the End: the blind leaders Punished the Man Born Blind for Speaking the Truth about His Miraculous Healing.
7. Of course, the blind leaders thought they were wise in what they were doing–and even on the side of God, but clearly, Jesus did not agree with them:

Matthew 23:16-24 (KJV)

Woe unto you, ye blind guides …

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater … the gold? ….

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater … the gift? …

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone…

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

As we can see above when a man is spiritually blind all of his life priorities are out of order. All his value systems are in opposition to the King on His Throne, in the Kingdom of God.

They heard with their own ears the finest teachings ever spoken to the people of God, and yet at the crucifixion, there were only a couple followers mentioned, Mary the mother of Jesus, John the apostle, a few women, and a couple others. They all had abandoned him even most of the 12 apostles apparently had abandoned him. The rock, Peter himself, had abandoned him.

So why should a man say if I only see him with my eyes, I will believe. The Evidence is: that won’t make a difference.

Again, we see: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)

“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?” Proverbs 20:6 (KJV)

Truth be told a man will believe what he wants to believe, just like Judas Iscariot. Why because a man will see only what he wants to see. And his sight whether spiritually blind, or spiritually seeing will be determined by this factor:

How well has he handled his 7 hurdles?

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John 9:39-41 (KJV) 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Let’s wrap this up here:

This Miracle that Jesus performed was purely astounding. ¹⁶ It was the Proof of God, the Father’s Authentication of His Son. It is substantial Evidence of God’s Handiwork, creating eyeballs out of clay and spittle. God’s finger prints here are declared to the Whole World, that God was endorsing Jesus’ Ministry.

Jesus was not only fulfilling God’s prophecies, that the blind will see: But he performed a miracle that had never been performed since the beginning of the world. And yet it looks like the majority of the spiritual leaders were completely spiritually blind to what God was doing right in front of them.

Now, many modern men falsely believe that if they had seen these miracles, they would not have followed in the footsteps of those who are spiritually blind.

But the fact remains that all who do not overcome their own personal idol(s), including spiritual blindness, will think, feel, speak, just exactly and predictably, as those who did not overcome their spiritual hurdles in the days that Jesus walked the Earth.

If we deceive ourselves, His Truth will not be in us. Even John the Baptist, the One who proclaimed Jesus’s Coming and Ministry, even John doubted. That is a lesson for us. We will ALL be tested, and tried in the fire. The purpose for our testing is that we will come forth as silver purified in the fire seven times.

Psalms 12:6-8 (KJV)

6 The words of the LORD are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side,
when the vilest men are exalted.

His Message is to ALL the People of Israel, and the rest of the Gentile World as well. By healing us of our own Spiritual Blindness, we enter into His Covenant Promises: His Word simultaneously fulfills many different Biblical Prophecies in our Midst, today, every bit as much as they fulfilled their purpose and power in Jesus’s Day on Earth.

But again, if you or I refuse, and just neglect to deal with our own spiritual hurdles and blockages, we will think, act and live, just like the spiritually blind in Jesus day.

You could say the difference between Peter and Judas, is that Peter, in the Fear of God, knew he had to overcome his own spiritual blindness, and all of his spiritual hurdles to become the Man God wanted Him to be. But, Judas, lacking the Fear of God, would seek to design his own plan, and go his own way, and set his own destiny, and receive the wages he felt he deserved. And guess what. Judas got exactly what he pursued and deserved. But in the end his spiritual blindness was incredibly damaging to both his short term future on the earth, and his long term future after his death.

The fact is there is little difference between you and I, Peter and Judas, it all depends on the choice we make here and now.

What are they going to be? How will they play out in the end?

The Choice is up to us. [There once were only Two Sons of Adam and Eve: Which one best represents you? (Genesis 4) There were two Sons in the Father’s house who were commanded to go work in the Father’s Vineyard one day: Which one best represents you? (Matthew 21). Which ones had overcome their spiritual blinders, and which ones did not?

So far we have skimmed the surface on 5 Spiritual Hurdles: we have 2 more to go. After that we will hopefully be better prepared to attack and investigate 7 of the Toughest of Life’s Question, with hopefully the advantage of SEEING both the questions and their answers in the Light of God’s Heavenly and Eternal Perspective!

Chances are good that the majority of readers here have not gotten even this far.

So Congratulations, in your diligence and perseverance thus far.

May it pay back to you eternal rewards.

May God be with you as your progress forward.

Shalom,

Brother Thomas

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Isaiah 35:5-6
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue of the dumb sing:

The prophet Isaiah talks about having heavy ears.

Isaiah 6:9-10 (KJV)

And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Make the heart of this people fat,
and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and convert, and be healed.

Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah. Jesus uses the prophecy in Isaiah to launch the parable of the sower, knowing full well that his audience will have heavy ears, and not understand his parable. He will need to interpret it for them, and still, even his own apostles, will not fully understand his parable, but in time, but in due time, he will know that his disciples will grow in their understanding of the parable, and, use it with great efficiency to launch their own ministries and present it to others with heavy ears.

The simple truth is before a man is born again, according to the spirit of God, his ears are heavy. We can call this symptom spiritual deafness.

So this begs the question how can a man
Overcome his own spiritual deafness?

Jesus took his disciples on a spiritual journey that began the first day they heard his voice, and continued on until the last day, they took their last breath on earth. And yet their journey was still, not complete. All of this training, all of these spiritual disciplines, that Jesus equipped his disciples to gain, and maintain, all of them pointed to a glorious ending, with the hope of a brand new beginning. This is what it’s called the hope of the glorious gospel of Christ.

When we examine our own hearts, we may realize we are just barely treading water in the spirit. Yet, As we begin to tread water, Jesus, trains and equips us, to not only swim across the training pool, but to swim across the current of a raging river. That river is bent on conquering of the soul of a man. But those who move out of spiritual deafness, will inherit the kingdom of God in their inner man. As they do so, they will begin to hear, walk, talk, think, and believe the same things that the son of God, the son of the blessed One, who came down from heaven to earth, to give to his faithful and chosen children.

The truth be told, the parable of the sower is the key that unlocks the door to all of the rest of Jesus’s teachings about the kingdom of God. This parable is foundational to removing our spiritual deafness. It opens our ears and our mind and our life, to seeing the world and the mission of Christ from God’s Heavenly Perspective. It sets the stage for us to grasp and understand all the parables of Jesus.

Mark 4:13 (KJV)

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable?
and how then will ye know all parables?

Once the young believer begins to grasp and see all of life through the parable of the sower, he can then prioritize his life, according to God’s number one priority: Reproducing the kingdom of God through the preaching of his word.

In a nutshell, that is what Jesus came to do to Save the World from Sin and Death.

That is the summary vision, mission, and reason for Jesus coming to earth. Anything short of that mission, and that understanding of the parable of the sower, will cause spiritual deafness: though, hearing a man will not hear.

Though, listening to the words of God, he will not comprehend the thoughts of God. Just as spiritual blindness makes some men blind, so spiritual deathless, makes some men deaf, and unable to hear the precious and glorious commandments, warnings, blessings, curses, judgments, and the very laws of God, given to the prophets, and given to Jesus to give to us, so that we may give them to the world around us, so that the world be saved.

Matthew 13:14-15 (KJV)

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias [Isaiah], which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

This problem is especially rampant today. People get offended when they don’t instantly understand something. People are already skeptical, and anything they don’t immediately grasp, they tend to distrust, and in response to their own ignorance, they will mock, attack, and Scoff at what they do not understand. This is a set up, by the enemy, a trap, if you will to keep men and women out of the kingdom of God.

This kind of belligerent, immediate knee jerking, and mocking response: is the gateway to the broad Road that leads to destruction mentioned earlier. May it not be the road that you and I choose for our own lives, and may it not be the road we lead our children, family, friends, and neighbors down. That road of destruction will last for eternity. And to those who, harden, their hearts, block their ears, and continue to walk in spiritual blindness and spiritual deafness, will not be able to hear the words of God, in such a way that it changes their hearts from the inside out.

Therefore, it is imperative, that we discipline, our hearts and minds, and give our full attention to the words of Christ, and let them penetrate our being by the sword of His spirit, cutting through the layers of our hard heart, so that we will not be left behind when the roll call is announced for the faithful to come in to the house of God. For on that day, there will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth. This is something we should choose to avoid. And this is something we have complete Control over, which way we will choose to go: that is, if we can effectively deal with seven hurdles presented here, and the many more, that aren’t presented here, but will be presented to us, to test us along the way, to see if our hearts will be fully devoted to the king of heaven.

So that in the end we will hear the less of words: “Well, done, my good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your master.”

Bottomline: You can only hear what you want to hear.

Dealing with the Sin of Silence.

How many times have we kept silent when we should have spoken? If my understanding on this topic is correct, I believe that there will be much weeping and sorrow over the hundreds and possibly thousands of opportunities we let slide through our own fingertips, where we were given the opportunity to speak, and the opportunity to be used as a vessel of God to pour out his will, word, wisdom, and life, but we remained silent.

Matthew 10:32-33 (KJV)

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny me before men,
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

The writing above is plain as day. It could not be any more clear. The action that will be taken by God for those who confess his name, and his word, before men, and those who deny his name, and deny his word before men–will be devastating to say the least.

I believe the strict interpretation of this scripture will include: the sin of silence.

Jesus said that a city on a hill cannot be hidden, and neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel. In other words, the very purpose of the candle is to bring light to the world, but if you keep the candle underneath a bushel, how shall that light shine before men? That is definitely not the plan of God for our lives.

Our own spiritual muteness will gravitate toward the sin of silence. This is due to the fear of man.

When a person fears what others think about him, more than what God thinks about him, he will likely commit the sin of silence on a daily basis. I know about the sin, because I struggle with it on a daily basis. That is to my own shame. I stuttered as a child, and couldn’t express myself in words, and even today my mind and thoughts lock up, and are often not able to be expressed in conversation due to my own lack of ability to overcome the fear of man in many situations.

Thankfully, this is not a permanent death sentence, it is simply another hurdle that needs to be overcome, and for many it may be one of the most critical hurdles to overcome, especially those who tend to be shy, reserved, and nonverbal.

The Truth cannot be ignored. Jesus is looking for servants who will do his will in this life.That clearly includes overcoming the hurdle of spiritual muteness–a.k.a., the Sin of Silence.

Matthew 5:13-16 (KJV)

13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither 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. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Ye are the salt of the Earth. The main value of salt is that it is able to preserve food from spoilage, and is necessary to the health of the body. So valuable in fact was salt in ancient culture that it was used as money/currency. Soldiers were often paid in salt. They then used that salt to go and buy food, and drink, and lodging, etc. Horses could be bought and sold for salt. That’s where the saying comes from: “You are worth your weight in salt.”

As far as the gospel is concerned, you will lose your weight and salt, when you choose to remain silent when God has commanded you to speak.

Throughout the new testament: You will notice that the apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers, and normal every day deacons, and believers we’re not sitting around, waiting for someone to give them a platform to speak. Not at all. They often broke into the conversation that others wanted to avoid. They often spoke directly to kings, and governors, and leaders of nations without any invitation whatsoever. Because they knew they had been commissioned by God to take the gospel to every creature and every nation on the Earth.

Like the prophet who was commanded to speak, the word of, God said woe to me, if I choose not to speak, if I choose to remain in the sin of silence, even the rocks will cry out.

To be honest, I put this hurdle last, because it is the last threshold of the self will that needs to be broken in order for the believer in Christ to become a fruitful branch on his eternal and heavenly vine. (John 16)

When a man overcomes his own proclivity, to following the herd instinct of those in the world, (who are afraid of this thing called the fear of rejection; who carry in their hearts the fear of man, more than the fear of God), only then can such a man gratefully, receive the great challenge presented to us in the gospel.

Will I deny Christ? Will I continue in the sin of silence? Will I choose not to proclaim the good news of God’s salvation? Will I not call the sons of man to repent of their sins? Will I not call, the children of God to walk in submission and in obedience to the commandments of God? Will I not proclaim the warnings of God, and make plain the destruction of God against the ungodly before it is too late?

Or will I continue to believe that I can be a true follower of Christ, continuing in the sin of silence and spiritual muteness, walking in a Miasma of Spiritual Death: living in spiritual blindness, walking in the pride of my own heart, creating an image of God in my own mind that is warm and fuzzy, and does what I want him to?

Yes, my friend you and I have hard choices to make. And God does not let us off the hook, because of our past, because of our own weakness, our own insecurities, our own sinful passions, our own lack of education, our lack of understanding, all of these can be remedied by the soul that chooses to overcome the seven hurdles, and all other spiritual hurdles that the enemy will try to use to block us from doing the will of the father. It is only those who choose to do with the will of the father, who will be invited into heaven. It is not those who choose to only hear the word of God, but those who choose to do the will of God that will be accepted by God. (Hearing without Doing is not an option for entering the Kingdom of God.) The fact is we have a race to run, and everyone who completes this race will gain the victor’s crown.

The truth be told, many will quit running the race before the end. They will turn back to following their own ways, their own minds, their own desires, and be embroiled in their own sins as they were before.

That is the spiritual reality of possibly the majority of those who have it one time, proclaimed their own salvation in Christ.

Jesus said that if a person at one point decided to kick out all the darkness out of his life, and swept his house clean, but never chose to fill his house, and every room in it with the presence of God, following the commandments of God, soaking in the richness of the wisdom of God, while doing the will of God, such a man would leave himself empty and open, for the demon that left to return. And that Damon would be able to invite seven more demons more terrible than himself, and Jesus said the end result of that man would be worse at the end, then at the beginning.

Matthew 12:43-45 (KJV)

43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Jesus warning here cannot be ignored. Many try to sides step the hard sayings of Jesus, tried to deceive themselves that they are truly following the king of Heaven, but are not producing the fruits of heaven. The fruit of heaven is this. Men are saved from their sins, and preparing themselves to enter into the kingdom of heaven for all eternity. The fruits of such labors will be evident and clear to all, at the work being done on the inside of the soul well, barefoot on the outside as well.When we overcome our seven hurdles in all of our challenges, we enter into a place of intimacy with God, that is necessary for our continual faith to grow into the fruitfulness, God has prepared for us.

May our arms be heavy, laden with the fruits of heaven, as we enter into the court room of our king. May you and I together overcome the sin of silence, and the fear of man, fully replacing it with the fear of God, the wisdom of God, the will of God, through the word of God.

Follow Up Thought: One reason many are spiritually mute, is that they have not armed themselves to handle the spiritual weapons they need to overcome the lies believed by the majority of people. But, one armed man in the midst of a pack of wolves, cannot only defend himself, but do great damage to the wolf pack.