Monday, December 6, 2010

Shalom,


Proverbs 7:1-4:


1 MY SON, keep my words; lay up within you my commandments [for use when needed] and treasure them. 2 keep my commandments and live, and keep my law and teaching as the apple (the pupil) of your eye. 3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to skillful and godly Wisdom, You are my sister, and regard understanding or insight  as your intimate friend 


Theses verses were directed to a son. Remember that we (believers)  are ALL sons of God! Some are male "sons" and some are female "sons"! We are told here to "keep", the Hebrew word, "shamar", which means:  to hedge about, to guard, to protect, to preserve, to have charge of, to watch, to observe, to retain, to treasure up, to celebrate the Word! We are also told to "lay up", the Hebrew word, "tsaphan", which also means: to treasure up, to hide, to hoard or reserve, to store up, the commandments; then we will "live" the Hebrew word "chayah", which means: to have life, to remain alive, to sustain life, to live prosperously, to be restored to life and health, to revive, to refresh, to restore, to preserve. It is the Word of God that does all of this! Do you see why we are told to require HIM as our vital necessity (Jeremiah 29:13 AMP)? And HE and HIS WORD are ONE! 


How do we write the Word on our hearts? How do we "hide" the Word in our heart (Psalm 119:11)? By meditating on the Word DAY and NIGHT (Joshua 1:8)! Read it, study it, read it out loud, talk about it with like-minded believers, listen to the Bible recorded or listen to GOOD teaching of the Word! Choose YOUR favorite ways and then DO IT! No one else can do it for you and there are no short cuts for spending TIME in the Word, but the rewards are well worth it! The Word will keep you from falling into the traps and temptations of the enemy! Verse 5:


5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with (words).


The first part of this verse is using the strange, or loose (AMP) woman as an example for a young man. The rest of the verse shows that this instruction is for EVERYONE! It says from the "stranger", the Hebrew word "nokriy", which means: a stranger, an alien, a foreigner, someone unknown or unfamiliar, who flatters with "words" (NOT her words, just words). Allow the word of God to build within you such a knowledge of the Truth that you will instantly recognize the lie and the liars! Then satan will NOT be successful in tripping YOU up! AMEN!


Revelation 13 speaks of the beast that will be revealed during the midway part of the 7 year tribulation period. I'm not even going to try to do an in-depth teaching on this here, but I do want to point out verses 13-17:


13 He performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men's sight. 14 And because  of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the [small] sword and still lived. 15 And he is permitted [also] to impart the breath of life into the beast's image, so that the statue of the beast could actually talk and cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast. 16 Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 So that no on will have the power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.


I have sometimes thought about HOW all of this will play out, as I'm sure some of you have! I was wondering how they could have everyone in the world worship an image at the same time. Once the internet came into play, I figured that it would be something global by way of the internet. I did see something interesting a few weeks ago that may be a method for them! I saw that in Japan they were holding concerts (people had actually bought tickets and were present at a live concert venue) for the "live" performance of a HOLOGRAM! They had created this character, Hatsune Miku, that is just an IMAGE, with a VOICE given by a cartoon voice actor! There was a capacity crowd of people, all standing and ADORING this "cartoon character" being projected onto the stage area with the voice piped in! Do you see the possibilities? BUT, just so you remember, WE WON'T BE HERE! WE will be in Heaven at the Marriage Supper and viewing all of this from THAT vantage point! Horrors on earth but wonders in Heaven! AMEN! Let's take all the people we can with us when we fly! AMEN!


2 Chronicles: 36-22-23:


22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the Word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD, the God of Heaven, has given me, and He has charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up [to Jerusalem].


This is the fulfillment of what Jeremiah had prophesied and what Ezra WILL speak about in the next book. God's Word IS TRUTH! If God said is, it WILL happen! AMEN! You can stand in faith on ALL of God's promises knowing that this is TRUE! Thank You, Jesus! AMEN!


Shalom in Him!