So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders. Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold and clothing; AND THE LORD GAVE THE PEOPLE FAVOR IN THE SIGHT OF THE EGYPTIANS, SO THAT THEY LET THEM HAVE THEIR REQUEST. THUS THEY PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS. (Ex. 12:34-36)
In verse 22 GOD had instructed the people to ask the Egyptians for silver, gold and clothing and to bind it all on their children. The Hebrew word used is “sha’al”, translated here as “ask” but the word actually means “to demand payment.” Even with all Joseph did for Egypt, but a new Pharaoh did not know Joseph and he set about to enslave the people of Israel. The Egyptians had taken all of Israel’s wealth and made slaves of them, and they had to live on meager wages. After all the plagues, GOD said it was time to get back what was stolen from them and to “demand it.” Notice GOD gave them favor and so the Egyptians loaded them with much goods. Eighty years before the “Deliverance” GOD put a baby boy in the River just for Pharaoh’s daughter to find him. GOD had him raised in the Palace of the King, but his mother taught him just who he really was. He fled for fear of his life when he was forty and forty years later GOD met him in a burning bush and sent him back to deliver the people of Israel.In II Kings 4:1-7 the Prophet Elisha told a widow to borrow empty vessels, but to borrow NOT a FEW, and fill them with oil she had in her house and pay her debts. JESUS said, “ The thief (the Devil) comes only to steal, kill and destroy, I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.” (John 10:10) The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:1 that, “GOD created the heavens and the earth.” Now what follows that verse is chaotic and destructive. I have always maintained that GOD did not create a bunch of junk. That second verse says this created earth had no form and it was void of anything, and waters covered it and also darkness. There is “NO DARKNESS” with GOD because HE is VERY LIGHT.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the WORD of GOD the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW, BY THE SAME WORD, ARE KEPT IN STORE, RESERVED UNTO FIRE AGAINST THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN. (II Peter 3:5-7)
Now notice what took place on the Third Day of Creation Week. However, we need to understand GOD did all HIS CREATION at the beginning, but something happened that messed it all up. Then we begin to read that GOD made and that word made is used over and over again. To CREATE, you must take nothing and make it into something, but keep reading, and we see “GOD MADE.” In other words, HE took the remnants of what HE had CREATED and made it over new. “Sorry, Al Gore, but GOD was recycling long before you and Bill Clinton came along.” Keep reading and GOD keeps making, not Creating, anymore, for HE had already created everything. Lucifer and his angels with the backbone of a “jellyfish” decided to take GOD’S place. “And GOD saw everything that HE had made, and behold, IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE SIXTH DAY.” (Gen.1:31) It was no longer the pile of rubble we find in verse two. Peter said the earth (dry ground) was first standing out of the water but then it was in the water because Lucifer wrecked it all. Stick with me. Lucifer led the rebellion against the MOST HIGH. (Isa.14:9-18 and Ezk.28:1-10)
Thus it is written, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living being; the last ADAM became a life giving SPIRIT.” (English Standard Version, I Cor.15:45) Now if we read more and more in the scriptures, we find GOD formed the First Man Adam outside the Garden and placed him in it. (Gen.2:15) GOD gave Adam dominion over everything GOD had made and HE allowed Adam to name what to call the animals. Old Lucifer was there in the Garden too, and he was watching what GOD did for Adam. Lucifer decided all of these things should have been his. He looked around to see if he could find a body of some type to manifest himself in. Listen to me very carefully, for Lucifer, whose name had been Samael for we read in Ezekiel chapter 28 that he was “Perfect in the day he was created, until iniquity was found in him.” If we carefully study the scriptures and historical teachings from the Ancient Jewish Rabbis, we find Samael was one of the higher level of angels also called an “Archangel.” The name “Samael” that GOD gave him meant “GOD has heard.” He took on the name Lucifer himself, which means “seducer, adversary, accuser, and destroyer.” GOD did NOT make the Devil, for the Devil made himself. He cannot make you, or I sin, for we sin when we are “tempted and drawn away of our OWN LUSTS.” (James 1:14-15)Sometimes they spelled his name “Chamuel” for the “Ch” sound is like an “S.” Just for information the rest of the Archangels were, and I should say “are”, even till now and some you will recognize right away: “Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.” Now we know according to the scriptures and the angels, all the different levels of them, worship GOD and fall on their faces. But what about the Archangels? They have special status and that was why, according to Ezekiel, that Lucifer thought he could ascend to the THRONE of GOD and also because of his beauty. He was the “Light Bearer” and he could sing well and he led other angels in praise and worship. Ezekiel said he was full of pipes like a Pipe Organ. In the Book of Job we see GOD calls all the angels together and guess who comes among them? GOD called him the “Anointed Cherub.” (Ezk.28:14)Yes! Satan also came among them, after all he might have been deceived and a deceiver, but he still held a position in heaven, but he spent his time mostly down here stealing and killing and destroying everyone and everything he can. It was Gabriel that spoke to Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, and notice what he says when asked who he is: “… I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of GOD, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.” (Luke 1:19 New International Version) As an Archangel he was not required to bow, but he could stand.
We often preach about JESUS having been buried in a “borrowed tomb.” Why pay for something you only need for 72 hours? “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the SON of MAN be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matt.12:40) One writer said GOD prepared a “Great Fish” to swallow Jonah. Scientifically, a whale is not a fish. So, many skeptics tell us that a whale has a small esophagus and thereby Jonah could not have been swallowed by a whale. JESUS said it happened and if HE said it I am just foolish enough to believe it. Notice how JESUS HIMSELF stated this verse. HE called HIMSELF “THE SON OF MAN.” As the “SON OF GOD” they could not crucify HIM, but as the SON OF MAN then they could. “To wit, that GOD was in CHRIST, reconciling the world unto HIMSELF NOT imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the WORD of reconciliation.” (II Cor.5:19) And, NO! HE was not counting from “Good Friday to Sunday Morning.” It sure wasn’t a “Good Friday” for HIM and the two thieves. Thousands of Christians believe the Friday to Sunday time not realizing that they are being deceived, just as the Bible says “the woman was in the transgression, not Adam.”(I Tim.2:14) This subject of Friday till Sunday may seem very minuscule, but if we can so easily be deceived by that, then how much easier can we be deceived on other weightier matters?
Wherefore when HE cometh into the world, HE saith, “Sacrifice and offering THOU wouldest not, BUT A BODY HAST THOU PREPARED ME.” (Heb.10:5) “… Then said I, LO, I COME (in the volume of the BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO THY WILL, O GOD.” (Heb.10:7) READ THE BOOK AND YOU WILL SEE JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES WENT ABOUT QUOTING SCRIPTURES WRITTEN OF HIM. The church has heard many, many times that JESUS could come back at any time. HE can call for you or me at any time, but HE can’t return in the Clouds until ALL THINGS WRITTEN of HIM IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND IN THE PROPHETS, AND IN THE PSALMS ARE FULFILLED. (Luke 24:44-53) If HE doesn’t keep HIS WORD, then we will be lost forever.
The church likes to say and make things appear that the WORD of GOD doesn’t say. GOD never said, “If you will open your mouth, I’ll fill it.” Here is what the scriptures say: “The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is the WORD of FAITH, WHICH WE PREACH, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised HIM from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” (Rom.10:8-9) We love to hear that we need to go back to the “Old Time Way.” “Thus saith the LORD,’Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the OLD PATHS, WHERE IS THE GOOD WAY, AND WALK THEREIN, AND YE SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. BUT THEY SAID, ‘WE WILL NOT WALK THEREIN.” (Jer.6:16) There we have it exactly as we are seeing take place today.</
GOD GIVES US A MIGHTY BREAK THROUGH
Now, when I say that, I am NOT speaking like all those “Prosperity False Teachers” conglomerated all over “Social Media and Television.” Their idea of a “breakthrough” is gaining wealth and prosperity. They forget the “Widow of the Two Mites.” JESUS said she gave more than any of the others, for she gave all she had, and they gave of their abundance. (Luke 21:1-4) Franklin Graham, the son of the late Billy Graham, has been openly critical of the United Methodist Church of England, because they have instructed their ministers to stop saying “husband and wife” in wedding ceremonies and or any sermon. They have decided these words are “hurtful to the LGBT+ community.” They also included such terms a “brothers and sisters.” “He or she” is not inclusive enough, so the term “they or children of GOD” is more acceptable. The leaders of the Methodist Church of England said, “We want to recognize the HARM that has been done over the centuries to marginalized groups and make amends for it. … Everything normative and ordered must be demolished for fear of causing offense. … We can either embrace the WORD of GOD or the Neo-Marxist and Communist Theory of this toxic ideology, for it is either “GOD and LIFE or Critical Race Theory (CRT) and eternity in hell.” JESUS said, “… I AM the (singular) WAY, and the TRUTH (only one TRUTH) and the LIFE (only one LIFE). NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.” (John 14:6 New International Version; NIV)
In II Chronicles 20 we find a huge army has gathered to come against Jehoshaphat, and he reminds GOD of all the things HE (GOD) has already done. Then GOD instructs Jehoshaphat to go to the top of Mount Ziz to watch GOD fight, for the “Battle is the LORD’S.” Israel is watching from above the battle and they see GOD win the fight. The GOD of the Breakthrough went before them. Prophecies concerning Israel in the “last days” are being fulfilled before our eyes. Hardly a day goes by that another prophecy is not being fulfilled. The immediate and ongoing return of Jews from around the world is a sure sign of the TRUTH of GOD’S WORD. “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of ALL countries, AND WILL BRING YOU INTO YOUR OWN LAND.” (Ezk.36:24)
Some of the “Main Stream Churches” have been ordaining members of the so-called “Gay Community” as ministers. The Catholic Church, that prides itself as the largest “Christian Church” has traditionally been against the “Gay Community” but now the Pope has opened the door for that to spread like wildfire. He has ordered the priests to “bless same-sex couples.” Man cannot ever bless what GOD has condemned. As Paul wrote about a “Great Falling Away” (II Thes. 2:1-3) we are seeing it more and more. I have been asked many times why I condemn same-sex marriages. I usually say the Bible says, “GOD made them male and female and told them to multiply.” I have been accused of not preaching against couples “shacking up.” Well, I condemn that too. “Thus saith the LORD, ‘Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? …” (Isa.50:1” If GOD requires a written bill for divorce, doesn’t it seem plausible that HE also requires a bill of marriage? The occasional “drop-in” lover is not approved either, for that is still called “fornication” and if both are married to others then it is called “adultery.” I don’t care how many coats of paint you swab on it for it is still an old barn. Over the years, I have been told so many times when an unmarried couple take off on a trip that really nothing happened. I believe that as much as I do that I can fly a jet plane. Why do we wonder where the “POWER of GOD” went when we already know? You can wash that pig and powder his snout and comb the hair on his back, but once he gets out, he heads for the nearest mudhole. He is a pig, and he does what a pig does. Man with all his lusts heads to the same mudhole and lies down in the mud. When he stinks like a pig pen, man tries to cover it up with artificial remedies. There is only one way to wash away the stink, and that is in the BLOOD of JESUS.
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