They grew tired of bread form heaven And of Moses and of God They longed to live the life of slavery once again So they muttered and they grumbled And they wimpered and they whined; With each faithless word, sank deeper into sin He took the pen of pain once more To write upon their hearts The lesson they had been so slow to learn But writing in the sand, the firey serpents came to call With a holy message and a bite that burned Chorus: Lift up the suffering symbol And placve it high upon a pole Tell the children to look up and be made whole So Moses made a metal snake, And nailed it to a pole Sent out the saving word so they would know That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith and with a faithful glance, the healing power would flow In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land And they left the living God to worship clay When they forgot their suffering Soon true faith had disappeared So some idolize a brazen cross today Chorus(X4) Tell the children to look up and be made
HE IS THE LORD, and HE IS WORTHY of ALL PRAISE NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH!!!
I SHALL NOT DWELL IN THE DARKNESS... for HE IS HOLDING ONTO ME!!!
PSALMS 78: 8 And (that they) might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit
was not stedfast with God.
PSALMS 78: 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted
not in his salvation.
READ PSALMS 78:
What really got my attention
about Psalms 78 was the over all account of Israel’s time in the wilderness and their RESPONSE to the LORD.
It seemed the more GOOD that the LORD brought into their life the more
they sinned. The less they trusted HIM, the more they tempted HIM, the more
they lusted etc.
The thing that I found most interesting about this account of Israel’s time in the wilderness was
that REQUIRED that the FATHER had to chastise, bring judgment upon them to get their
attention FOCUSED back on HIM.
PSALMS 78: 3 When HE slew them, then they sought HIM: and they returned and inquired early after GOD..
ARE WE LIKE THAT
TOO?
IS that what it is going to take to get our ATTENTION focused on HIM?
The Father had REVEALED
HIMSELF to them many times, giving them DELIVERANCE and HEALING:
HE was able to pour manna
from heaven, part a sea, guide them by day with a cloud, by fire at night gave
them water from a rock, heal them of the snakes, plagues etc.
ODDLY the more GOOD and Deliverance HE brought into their
LIVES the more they seemed to sin and doubted HIM.
PSALMS 78: 17 they
sinned more against HIM by provoking the MOST HIGH in the wilderness. PSALMS 78: 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Or you RECEIVING the GOOD HE
offers and gives into your LIFE with PRAISE and WORSHIP or are you “DOUBTING”
or even worse spending your time FOCUSED and concerned on the ENEMIES/snakes
WORK in the WORLD??
Really what can you do when the World is gone to hell or
the serpents begin to bite at your heels?
You can prepare till
your monies are run out
You can worry till all
you have is anxiety
You can run till your
life is destroyed
All of which STRIPS the very peace and joy out of your life.
None of which truly brings any form of PEACE or COMFORT
to your soul or life: NUMBERS 21: 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,
and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is
bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. While the WORLD is snipping at your heels, LOOK UP and be DELIVERED!!!
LOOK UP UPON the SERPENT on the POLE, stop
focusing on the snakes around you, that are snipping at your heels, have CONFIDENCE, TRUST, PEACE and HARMONY with
the LORD.
Give your worries, anxieties and concerns
to the LORD, and proclaim GOD IS GOD, for in ALL YOUR TROUBLES and TRIALS HE is ABLE to deliver and heal.
I CHOOSE to live in peace and harmony with
the SPIRIT Of the LORD, stedfast and secure in my faith… AMEN
DECLARE!!!
MY deliverance is coming one day by death,
by life, or by rapture.
Psalms
78: 1 Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my
mouth.
MY HOPE IS IN GOD, the ONE THAT CAN!!!
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN THE MARVELOUS THINGS HE CAN DO?? PUT YOUR "HOPE" in GOD, and not forget HIS MIGHTY WORKS...
Psalms 78: 7 That they might
set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his
commandments:
PSLAMS 78: 10 They kept not
the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Psalms 78: 11 And forgat his
works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Psalms 78: 12 Marvellous
things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt,
[in] the field of Zoan.
Psalms 78: 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Psalms 78: 14n the daytime
also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Psalms 78: 15 He clave the
rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
Psalms 78: 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused
waters to run down like rivers.
CONCLUSION:
SPEND TIME, ENCOURAGING YOUR OWN FAITH,
BELIEF, TRUST in HIM, through reading the WORD, offering HIM PRAISE and WORSHIP, have a HEART Of GRATITUDE!!
Take your eyes off the world
for awhile.
Look up from the bites of the
serpent and PRAISE HIM that you may live in JOY, PEACE and HARMONY with the
SPIRIT of the LORD.
TURN OFF THE WORLD and TURN ON YOUR PRAISE!! CONNECT to YOUR GOD through MUSIC in your HOME, open your DOOR, and TAKE a DEEP BREATH,
INHALE HIS PRESENCE and then take a good look at HIS CREATION.
WHO could create such an
AWESOME WORLD but our MIGHTY CREATOR!!!
DEATH is going to come to us
one way or the other. Do not spend all your time focused on the works of the enemy.
BE a sweet smell in the
nostrils of the FATHER and the LORD JESUS: SING PRAISE SONGS, WORSHIP HIM, Spread your
joy, peace, your hope and your confidence in HIM and what HE can do.
Spending this time LOVING
your family and be a TESTIMONY to JESUS CHRIST!!!
YOU WILL BE BETTER FOR IT!!!!
AMEN..
FOR HE IS ABLE!!!!! YOU HAVE TO DECIDE to "COME TO THE TABLE"!!!
IF I STAND
The STUFF OF EARTH COMPETES
for the ALLEGIANCE, I owe ONLY TO THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD!!!
SO IF I STAND, LET ME STAND ON THE PROMISE, that "YOU" will pull me through!!! AMEN and AMEN…
In times like this, the Psalmist
has often Pleaded for GOD to remember HIS people, His covenant, and His sheep
etc.
Are you drawing near? Are you
seeking HIM out? Or are you too busy seeing out the work of the enemy and
giving the enemy the Glory that belongs to the LORD.
For without the LORD, man has
NO HOPE, NO SAFE HAVEN, NO MERCY, NO Rain, NO Sun, NOTHING GOOD. etc.
There is only darkness,
desolation, destruction etc.
A PLEA to the LORD from the Psalmist:
Psalms 74: 1 [Maschil of
Asaph.]] O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why]
doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 74: 2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast
purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed;
this mount Zion,
wherein thou hast dwelt.
Pslams 74: 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all
[that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
This Psalmist had spiritual eyes to see
that the “ENEMIES” were in the midst of the congregation and they were SETTING
up their “ensigns”
Very interesting the meaning of ensigns/signs.
Do you see the correlation?
Psalms 74: 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy
congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
Probably fromאוֹת (H225)(in the sense of
appearing)
1) sign, signal
a) a distinguishing mark
b) banner
c) remembrance
d) miraculous sign
e) omen
f) warning
2) token, ensign,
standard, miracle, proof
Psalms 74: 7 They have cast
fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by
casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 74: 8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them
together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land
Psalms 74: 9 We see not our
signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that
knoweth how long.
Psalms 74: 10 O God, how long
shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
The CREATOR of the
UNIVERSE that knoweth all things:
PSLAMS 74: 12-23 (
the MIGHTINESS OF HIS PRAISE)
PSALMS 74: 12 For God [is] my King of old, working
salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 74: 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength:
thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Pslams 74: 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in
pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Psalms 74: 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood:
thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Psalms 74: 16 The day [is]
thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 74: 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
thou hast made summer and winter.
GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD!!!!!
Where it BELONGS.. For you are at HIS MERCY!!! AMEN
The Covenant I have with my LORD began with HIM LOVING ME, even before I knew HIM.
Through a revelation of WHO HE is, I acknowledge HIM for WHO HE is and LOVE HIM and obey HIM in return!!!
GOD LOVES ME, what else could I possibility need!!!
I am REDEEMED!!!!.
because of HIM I am a sweet scent in the nostrils of MY FATHER
Thank you friend for sharing your wisdom and understanding concerning our commitment to JESUS CHRIST. Thank you also for expanding upon the understanding of the "image of the beast'.
blessings.
(permission was granted to share this letter. The person wishes to remain anonymous)
You are defintely on the right "path" of thinking. It IS only through being totally transformed into His image that we find Life.
He has given True Believers the gift of The Holy Spirit who "dwells" in our
heart/mind. The Holy Spirit/God The Father/Jesus Christ wants each individual
in whom He has taken up residence to be so willing to be transformed "in our
mind" - that we become more and more LIKE Him..... and that we "listen" to what
HE is saying to us.
Paul said in 2Cor 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as inamirror the glory of the Lord , are being
transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just
as from the Lord, the Spirit."
The Spirit we "hear" and/or "see" is LIKE a wind
- The written scriptures tell us that The Word is LIKE a wind, like many things
in fact. And our mind/heart/ears hear words spoken and we accept or reject
that spoken word/wind. That is - when WE hear The Truth Spoken by someone The
Lord has called to speak or preach His Word - we do, in fact, respond to that
Truth because the Holy Spirit dwelling within us recognizes His Truth, and
confirms it to our heart/mind.
The only way, as you so often point out, is for us
to be willing to daily confess, totally repent, and be "transformed" by His
working in our mind/hearts. The Holy Spirit confirms when we "hear" or "see"
The Truth - because He IS The Truth.
And when we are submitted to His leading and
direction, we recognize how we must put aside all human desires, yearnings, and
allow HIM to continue to change us/transform us into what HE desires.
Daily.
Now unbelievers "listen" "hear" winds of doctrine,
spoken words, - and sometimes they DO hear The Truth along with all the lies
and half truths, but they reject The Truth because it does not ring true for
them. It is foolishness to them. It just does not "seem" to be right to them.
But they readily accept "the winds of false teachings" or false doctrines or
just plain outright lies, because they already belong to the enemy/satan - who
you have correctly said is "the father of all lies". " My Ways
are not your ways, My thoughts are not your thoughts" - here He is speaking
about those who reject His Way, His Teachings, His Paths, His Words, His
Righteousness, His Truth,
Another thing that has become more and more
apparent to me, is that The Teaching/Gospel of Christ creates "an image" in our
minds - and that "image" of Him, of The Father, of what He has done, what is
doing now, and what He has said He is going to do in the future, - that "image"
or the images are what I want to be like. When we read the written words of
The Scriptures, we absorb "an image" of what those words mean. And those images
are what drive us directly to The Lord. We as Believers are always seeking to
become more and more LIKE Him - to become ONE with Him.
Your Blog posting about "bringing the image of the
beast" alive - really rings true to me. That is EXACTLY how it will happen.
The image will "come alive" in the minds of those people who hear, believe, and
receive those lies - and they will YEARN for it - will believe in it
whole-heartedly - will totally yield themselves over to the so-called "ideals"
it represents. - Just think how they will be overjoyed at finally getting
mankind all together as "one"....... They will be delighted to profess the
greatness of humans, will praise one another for finally getting the whole world
under one great umbrella, will be overjoyed initially at the so-called
"prosperity" the whole world will enjoy - Until the day when Satan reveals
himself - and incarnates the Antichrist - and then it will be too late.......
They will have already been "taken in" by that apostate being, and their souls
will be bound for hell with Satan - because they "did not have a love of The
Truth"..... They chose instead to believe Satn's lies, and in the process,
bound themselves to him - because his "image" came alive in their minds.......
. Just as in the same way we hear, believe, and
receive The Truth. We hear and WE "come alive" in the Image of Christ Who IS
The Living Word of God. Unbelievers will be found "in the image" of the one
whom they receive - the father of lies and his kingdom of perdition. And,
unfortunately, some people who are already Believers will believe those lies,
will receive them, and will FORFEIT their offer of salvation because they reject
The Truth that God has already spoken to them. They will readily give up their
"gift" of real life that Christ has offered them in exchange for so-called
comfort, peace and safety and whatever else "the beast" offers, because they
"think" it won't matter very much - but they will become part of the apostasy
because they overthrow what little Truth they know in exchange for the lies
satan offers. How unfortunate and how sad - How very sad indeed.
There will be many people who are currently
Believers who will be thrown into the Pit because they will willingly give up
their position as an adopted Child of God - because they have rejected HIM -
they reject The Truth of What He has already told them by believing Satan's lies
..... They willingly do it - they CHOOSE to believe the lies - they CHOOSE to be
transformed in their minds by the "image" of the Beast System/Satan.. and yet
they will be the ones who say on That Day "But Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name, did we not feed the sick, did we not etc. etc. in Your Name" "Please
let us in" - But He responds to them "Be gone, I never knew you."
That you can both be COMFORTED and PREPARED!!!! GOD has WARNED US, and WARNED US and WARNED US again before this COMES upon us!!! PLEASE take the time to hear the TRUTH.
If you are NOT certain what the BIBLE says about the RAPTURE and END of DAYS, I believe these men can offer you TRUTH concerning these matters. VERY WELL DONE!! THE TRIBULATION is what the WORLD does to US!!!
THE ONLY difference Mr ANDERSON and I have is that HE doesn't quite understand what the IMAGE Of the BEAST IS. WORSHIP the IMAGE OF THE BEAST/ EMPIRE for its goods and merchandise is the same as worshiping SATAN and the Anti-Christ. A COUPLE of links to get to this message: MOVIE called "AFTER THE TRIBULATION" LINK: http://www.kjvprophecy.com/ TRU-NEWS, PASTOR STEVEN ANDERSON
Today's Broadcast
Friday February 1, 2013
Guests: Pastor Chris Steinle and Pastor Steven Anderson
Topic: Does the Bible really promise a secret rapture of Christians before the start of tribulation?
