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Osama bin Laden's "Message To America," full text translated to English:

The text of Osama bin Laden's message to America

The letter read as follows:

"In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: "Permission to those who fight that they have been wronged and that Allah is Almighty for their victory."

Some American writers have published articles under the title "On What Basis Are We Fighting?" and these articles have provoked a number of responses, some adhering to the truth and based on Islamic law, and others not. Here we wanted to state the truth as a statement and a warning of hope and reckoning from God Almighty, and a request for success and support from Him.

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As we seek God's help, we base our answers on two questions addressed to the Americans:

First: Why are we fighting you and opposing you?

Second: What do we call you to and what do we want from you?

The first question: Why are we fighting you and opposing you? The answer is very simple:

1- Because you attacked us and you continue to attack us.

You attacked us in Palestine, which has been under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and support, to the Jews who occupied it for more than 50 years; years full of oppression, tyranny, crimes, murder, displacement, destruction and devastation.

The establishment and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. Of course, there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel.

Israel's establishment is a crime that must be erased, and anyone whose hands are contaminated by contributing to this crime must pay for it, and pay dearly for it.

We laugh and cry when we see that you are not tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as promised in the Torah, and anyone who disagrees with them in this alleged fact is accused of anti-Semitism, and this is one of the most terrible fabrications widespread in history, and the people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semists.

Muslims believe in all prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them, and if the followers of Moses were promised the right of Palestine in the Torah, Muslims are the most deserving of the nation.

When the Muslims conquered Palestine and expelled the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem returned to Islam, the religion of all prophets, peace be upon them, and therefore the call for a historical right in Palestine cannot be against the Islamic nation that believes in all the prophets of God, peace and blessings be upon them, and we do not differentiate between them.

You must take revenge on the blood shed from Palestine equally, you must know that Palestinians do not cry alone; their women do not widow alone. Their children were not orphaned alone.

You attacked us in Somalia; you supported Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya, Indian oppression against us in Kashmir, and Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon.

Under your supervision, consent and orders, the governments of our countries attack us that act as your agents on a daily basis, and prevent our people from establishing Islamic law, using violence and lies.

These governments taste humiliation, and put us in a great prison of fear and oppression, and these governments steal the wealth of our nation and sell it to you cheaply.

These governments surrendered to the Jews, and handed over most of Palestine to them, recognizing the existence of their state on the remains of their people, and the removal of these governments is our duty, and a necessary step to liberate the nation, make Sharia the supreme law, and restore Palestine. Our fight against these governments is not separate from our fight against you.

You are stealing our wealth and oil at low prices because of your international influence and military threats. This theft is indeed the largest theft humanity has ever seen in world history.

Your forces occupy our country; you deploy your military bases there; you corrupt our lands and besiege our holy sites, in order to preserve the security of the Jews and to ensure that you continue to plunder our wealth.

You have starved the Muslims of Iraq where children die every day. It is strange that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your sanctions, and you have shown no interest. But when three thousand of your people died, the whole world arose and did not sit yet.

You supported the Jews in their idea that Jerusalem was their eternal capital, and you agreed to move your embassy there. With your help and under your protection, the Israelis are planning to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque. With the protection of your weapons, Sharon entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque to contaminate it in preparation for its seizure and destruction.

These tragedies and calamities are but a few examples of your injustice and aggression against us. Our religion and our minds have commanded that the oppressed have the right to respond to aggression, and expect nothing from us except jihad, resistance and revenge. Is it reasonable in any way to expect, after America has attacked us for more than half a century, to leave it to live in peace and security?

This argument contradicts your constant repetition that America is the land of freedom and its leaders in this world. It is therefore the American people who choose their Government of their own free will, a choice that stems from their approval of its policies, and so the American people chose, approved and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their lands, and the continued killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of Palestinians.

The American people have the power and choice to reject their government's policies, and even change them if they want to.

It is the American people who pay the taxes that finance the planes that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in Palestine, the armies that occupy our lands in the Persian Gulf, and the fleets that guarantee the blockade of Iraq.

These tax dollars are given to Israel to continue attacking us and infiltrating our territory, because it is the American people who finance the attacks against us, and they oversee the disbursement of this money the way they want, through their elected candidates.

Just as the U.S. military is part of the American people, they are the same people who shamelessly help the Jews fight against us.

It is the American people who use their men and women in the American forces that attack us.

That is why the American people cannot be innocent of all the crimes committed by Americans and Jews against us.

God Almighty has prescribed the permissibility and choice of revenge, and therefore, if we are attacked, we have the right to respond with attack.

Whoever destroyed our villages and towns, it is our right to destroy their villages and towns. Whoever steals our wealth has the right to destroy his economy, and whoever kills our civilians has the right to kill his own citizens.

The U.S. government and press still refuse to answer this question: Why did they attack us in New York and Washington?

If Sharon is a man of peace in Bush's eyes, we are also men of peace, America does not understand the language of morality and principles, so we address it in the language it does.

The second question we want to answer is: What do we call you to and what do we want from you?

The first thing we call you to is Islam, the religion of the monotheism of God, and innocence from polytheism, and rejection of that, from complete love for Him Almighty / and complete submission to His laws, and the rejection of all opinions, orders, theories and religions that contradict the religion that He revealed to his Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.

And to this religion, we invite you, the seal of all previous religions, which is the religion of the monotheism of God, sincerity, good morals, righteousness, mercy, honor, purity, and piety, which is the religion of charity to others, the establishment of justice among them, granting them their rights, and defending the oppressed and oppressed, which is the religion of enjoining good and forbidding evil by hand, tongue and heart / It is the religion of jihad for the sake of God so that the word of God and his religion are supreme, and it is the religion of unity and agreement to obey God, and complete equality among all people, without discrimination in color, sex or Language.

It is a religion whose book, the Qur'an, will remain preserved unchanged, after the books and other divine messages have changed.

The Qur'an is the miracle until the Day of Resurrection. God challenged anyone to come up with a book like the Qur'an or even ten verses like it.

The second thing we call on you to do is to stop your injustice, lies and immorality that have spread among you.

We invite you to be people of morals, principles, honor and purity. Rejection of debauchery, sodomy, intoxicants, gambling and usury trading.

We invite you to all this so that you may be free from what you have fallen into, so that you may be free from the deceptive lies that you are a great nation and that your leaders hide from you the vile state you have reached.

It is sad to tell you that you are the worst civilization in the history of mankind, you are the nation that, instead of ruling by God's law in its constitution and laws, chooses to invent your laws as you wish.

You are separating religion from your policies, which is contrary to the pure nature that affirms the absolute authority of the Lord your Creator, you are escaping the embarrassing question that is posed to you: How can God Almighty create His creation, rule them over all creatures and the earth, give them all the necessities of life, and then deprive them of the most important of them? Need to: Know the laws that govern their lives?

You are the nation that dissolves usury, which is forbidden by all religions/ and yet you base your economy and investments on usury, and as a result, in all its various forms and forms, the Jews took control of your economy, and through it they then controlled your media, and now control all aspects of your life and make you their slaves and achieve their goals, at your own expense; exactly what Benjamin Franklin warned you about.

You are a nation that allows the production, trade and use of intoxicants, you allow drugs, and you only forbid their trade, even though your country is the biggest consumer of them.

You are a nation that permits immorality and considers it one of the pillars of personal freedom / And you continued to descend into this abyss from level to level until incest spread among you, which is not opposed by your honor or laws.

Who can forget the immoral acts committed by your President Clinton in the official Oval Office? And then you didn't even hold him accountable, but he made a mistake, and then everything went unpunished. Is there a worse event in which your name goes down in history and is remembered by nations?

You are a nation that legalizes gambling in all its forms / and companies practice it too, which leads to the enrichment of criminals.

You are a nation that exploits women such as consumer products or advertising tools that invite customers to buy them, you use women to serve passengers, visitors and strangers to increase your profit margins. Then you shout that you support women's liberation.

You are a nation that practices the sex trade in all its forms, directly and indirectly. Giant companies and institutions are based on this, under the name of art, entertainment, tourism, freedom, and other deceptive names that you give them.

For all this, you have been described in history as a nation that spreads diseases that were not known to man in the past. Be kind and boast before the nations of mankind that you have brought AIDS to them a diabolical American invention.

You have destroyed nature with your industrial waste and gases more than any other country in history. Yet you refuse to sign the Kyoto agreement so that you can secure the profits of your greedy companies and industries.

Your law is the law of the wealthy, who control their political parties and finance their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them are the Jews who control your politics, your media and your economy.

What you have distinguished yourself in human history is that you have used your power to destroy humanity more than any other nation in history, not to defend principles and values, but to hasten to secure your interests and profits. You are the ones who dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, even though Japan was ready to negotiate an end to the war. How many acts of oppression, tyranny and injustice have you freedom-advocates committed?

Let us not forget one of your most important qualities: your duality in morals and values; your hypocrisy in morals and principles. All your morals, principles and values have two scales: one for you, one for others.

The freedom and democracy you advocate are for you and the white race only; the rest of the world is imposing on them your brutal and destructive policies and governments that you call America's friends. Yet you prevent them from establishing democracies. When the Islamic Party of Algeria wanted to practice democracy and won the elections, you called them your agents in the Algerian army, attacked them with tanks and guns, imprisoned them and tortured them.

Your policy on the prohibition and forcible elimination of weapons of mass destruction to ensure world peace: it applies only to countries that do not allow them to possess such weapons. States that agree to them, such as Israel, are allowed to retain these weapons and use them to defend their security. Anyone else you suspect is manufacturing or keeping these types of weapons, you call them criminals and take military action against them.

You are the last to respect the decisions and policies of international law, but you claim that you want to punish anyone else who selectively does the same. For more than 50 years, Israel has flouted United Nations resolutions with the full support of America.

As for the war criminals you convict and form criminal tribunals, you shamelessly demand immunity, but history will not forget the war crimes you committed against Muslims and the rest of the world; those you killed in Japan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon and Iraq will remain a disgrace from which you will never be able to escape. Suffice it to remind you of the recent war crimes you have committed in Afghanistan, where innocent and densely populated civilian villages have been destroyed and bombs have been dropped on mosques, causing the roof of the mosque to collapse on the heads of Muslims praying there. You are the ones who broke the agreement with the mujahideen when they came out of Kunduz, bombed them in the Ganji fort, and killed more than 1,000 prisoners out of suffocation and thirst."

Osama bin laden letter to America full text

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:

Ayah from Holy Quran: "Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed God has power to help them."

Some American writers have published articles under the title "On what basis do we fight?" These articles sparked a number of responses, some of which adhered to the truth and relied on Islamic law, while others did not. Here we wanted to explain the truth clearly and as a warning, hoping and seeking reward from God Almighty, and seeking His success and support.

As we seek God's help, we base our answers on two questions addressed to the Americans:

First: Why do we fight and oppose you?

Second: What do we invite you to and what do we want from you?

As for the first question: Why do we fight and oppose you? The answer is very simple:

Because you attacked us and are still attacking us.

You attacked us in Palestine, which has been under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British, with your help and support, handed over Palestine to the Jews, who occupied it for more than 50 years; Years full of oppression, tyranny, crimes, murder, displacement, destruction and devastation.

The establishment of Israel is a crime that must be erased, and anyone whose hands are tainted by contributing to this crime must pay the price, and pay the price dearly.

We laugh and cry at the same time when we see that you are not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as promised to them in the Torah, and everyone who disagrees with this alleged truth is accused of anti-Semitism, and this is one of the most horrific fabrications widely spread in history, and the people of Palestine. Pure Arabs and original Semites.

Muslims are the heirs of Moses, peace be upon him, and the heirs of the true Torah that has not changed. Muslims believe in all the prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them. If the followers of Moses were promised Palestine's right to the Torah, then the Muslims are the nation most deserving of that.

When the Muslims conquered Palestine and expelled the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem returned to Islam, the religion of all the prophets, peace be upon them. Therefore, the call for a historical right in Palestine cannot be against the Islamic nation that believes in all the prophets of God, peace and blessings be upon them, and we do not differentiate between them.

The blood flowing from Palestine must be avenged on an equal footing. You must know that the Palestinians do not cry alone. Their women are not widowed alone. Their children were not orphaned alone.

You attacked us in Somalia; You supported Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya, Indian oppression against us in Kashmir, and Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon.

Under your supervision, approval and orders, the governments of our countries that act as your agents attack us on a daily basis, and these governments prevent our people from establishing Islamic law, using violence and lies.

These governments make us taste humiliation, and put us in a great prison of fear and oppression. These governments steal our nation's wealth and sell it to you at a low price.

These governments surrendered to the Jews, and handed them most of Palestine, recognizing the existence of their state over the remains of its people. Removing these governments is our duty, and a necessary step to liberate the nation, make Sharia the supreme law, and restore Palestine. Our battle against these governments is not separate from our battle against you.

You steal our wealth and oil at low prices because of your international influence and military threats. This theft is truly the largest theft that humanity has witnessed in the history of the world.

Your forces occupy our country; And you deploy your military bases there; You are corrupting our lands and besieging our sanctities, in order to preserve the security of the Jews and to ensure the continuation of your plunder of our wealth.

You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children are dying every day. It is strange that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children died as a result of your sanctions, and you did not show any concern. But when three thousand of your people died, the whole world rose up and did not sit still.

You supported the Jews in their idea that Jerusalem is their eternal capital, and you agreed to move your embassy there. With your help and under your protection, the Israelis are planning to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque. Under the protection of your weapons, Sharon entered Al-Aqsa Mosque to pollute it in preparation for seizing and destroying it.

These tragedies and misfortunes are just a few examples of your injustice and aggression against us. Our religion and our minds have commanded that the oppressed have the right to repel aggression, and expect nothing from us except jihad, resistance, and revenge. Is it reasonable in any way to expect, after America attacked us for more than half a century, that we would then leave it to live in security and peace?

This argument contradicts your constant repetition that America is the land of freedom and its leaders in this world. Therefore, it is the American people who choose their government of their free will, a choice that stems from their approval of its policies, and thus the American people chose, agreed and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and rape of their lands, and the continued killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians.

The American people have the ability and choice to reject their government's policies, and even to change them if they want to.

The American people are the ones who pay the taxes that fund the planes that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in Palestine, the armies that occupy our lands in the Arabian Gulf, and the fleets that ensure the siege of Iraq.

These tax dollars are given to Israel so that it continues to attack us and penetrate our lands. It is the American people who finance the attacks against us, and they are the ones who supervise the disbursement of this money in the way they want, through their elected candidates.

Just as the US military is part of the American people, they are the same people who shamelessly help the Jews fight against us.

It is the American people who use their men and women in the American forces that attack us.

For this reason, the American people cannot be innocent of all the crimes committed by Americans and Jews against us.

God Almighty has legislated the permissibility and choice of revenge, and therefore, if we are attacked, we have the right to retaliate.

Whoever destroyed our villages and towns, we have the right to destroy their villages and towns. Whoever stole our wealth, we have the right to destroy his economy, and whoever killed our civilians, we have the right to kill his citizens.

The American government and press still refuse to answer this question: Why did they attack us in New York and Washington?

If Sharon is a man of peace in the eyes of Bush, then we are also men of peace. America does not understand the language of morals and principles, so we address it in the language it understands.

As for the second question that we want to answer: What do we invite you to and what do we want from you?

The first thing we call you to is Islam, the religion of God’s monotheism, disavowal of polytheism, and rejection of that. Of complete love for God Almighty and complete submission to His laws; He rejects all opinions, orders, theories and religions that contradict the religion that was revealed to his Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. Islam is the religion of all the prophets, there is no difference between them, peace be upon them all.

To this religion we invite you; The seal of all previous religions, it is the religion of the monotheism of God, sincerity, good morals, righteousness, mercy, honor, purity, and piety. It is the religion of benevolence to others, establishing justice among them, granting them their rights, and defending the oppressed and oppressed. It is the religion of enjoining good and forbidding evil. With the hand, tongue, and heart, it is the religion of jihad for the sake of God so that the word of God and His religion is supreme. It is the religion of unity and agreement to obey God, and complete equality among all people, without distinction of color, gender, or language.

It is the religion whose book - the Qur’an - will remain preserved without change, after the other divine books and messages have changed.

The Qur’an is a miracle until the Day of Resurrection. God challenged anyone to come up with a book like the Qur’an, or even ten verses like it.

The second thing we call on you to do is to stop the injustice, lies, and immorality that has spread among you.

We call on you to be people of morals, principles, honor and purity. Renouncing immorality, sodomy, intoxicants, gambling, and trading in usury.

We invite you to do all of this so that you can be freed from what you have fallen into; So that you can be freed from the deceptive lies that you are a great nation, and that your leaders hide from you the vile state you have reached.

It is sad for me to tell you that you are the worst civilization in human history. You are the nation that, instead of ruling by God’s law in its constitution and laws, choose to invent your own laws as you wish and desire.

You separate religion from your politics, which contradicts the pure nature that affirms the absolute authority of the Lord, your Creator. You are evading the embarrassing question that is posed to you: How can God Almighty create His creation, give them authority over all creatures and the earth, and give them all the necessities of life, and then deprive them of the most important of them? Need to: Know the laws that govern their lives?

You are the nation that absolves usury, which all religions have forbidden/yet you build your economy and investments on usury, and as a result, in all its various shapes and forms, the Jews took control of your economy, and through it they then controlled your media, and now they control all aspects of your life and make you Be their slaves and achieve their goals, at your own expense. Exactly what Benjamin Franklin warned you about.

You are a nation that allows the production, trade, and use of intoxicants. You allow drugs, and only prohibit their trade, even though your country is the largest consumer of them.

You are a nation that permits immoral acts and considers them to be among the pillars of personal freedom. You continued to descend into this abyss from level to level until incest spread among you, to which neither your honor nor your laws objected.

Who can forget the unethical acts committed by your President Clinton in the official Oval Office? After that, you did not even hold him accountable, except that he made a mistake, and after that everything went unpunished. Is there a worse event in which your name enters history and is remembered by nations?

You are a nation that allows gambling in all its forms/and companies practice it as well, making criminals rich.

You are a nation that exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools that invite customers to buy them. You use women to serve passengers, visitors and strangers to increase your profit margins. Then you shout that you support women's liberation.

For all of this, you have been described in history as a nation that spreads diseases that were unknown to man in the past. Go ahead and brag before the nations of humanity that you brought them AIDS, a satanic American invention.

You have destroyed nature with your industrial waste and gases more than any other country in history. Despite this, you refuse to sign the Kyoto Agreement so that you can secure the profits of your greedy companies and industries.

Your law is the law of the wealthy, who control their political parties and finance their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them stand the Jews who control your politics, your media, and your economy.

What has distinguished you in the history of mankind is that you have used your power to destroy humanity more than any other nation in history. Not to defend principles and values, but to rush to secure your interests and profits. You are the ones who dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, even though Japan was ready to negotiate an end to the war. How many acts of oppression, tyranny and injustice have you committed, you advocates of freedom?

Let us not forget one of your most important qualities: your duality in morals and values. Your hypocrisy in morals and principles. All your morals, principles, and values have two scales: one for you, and one for others.

The freedom and democracy you call for are for you and for the white race only. As for the rest of the world, you impose your brutal, destructive policies and governments that you call friends of America. Yet you prevent them from establishing democracies. When the Islamic Party in Algeria wanted to practice democracy and won the elections, you unleashed your agents in the Algerian army on them, attacked them with tanks and guns, imprisoned them, and tortured them.

Your policy on prohibiting weapons of mass destruction and eliminating them by force to ensure world peace: it applies only to countries that you do not allow to possess such weapons. As for countries that agree to it, such as Israel, they are allowed to keep these weapons and use them to defend their security. Anyone else you suspect of manufacturing or keeping these types of weapons, you label them as criminals and take military action against them.

You are the last to respect the decisions and policies of international law, but you claim that you want to selectively punish anyone else who does the same. For more than 50 years, Israel has been ignoring United Nations resolutions, with the full support of America.

As for the war criminals whom you condemn and establish criminal courts for, you shamelessly demand that they be granted immunity, but history will not forget the war crimes you committed against Muslims and the rest of the world. Those you killed in Japan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon and Iraq will remain a disgrace from which you will never be able to escape. Suffice it to remind you of the recent war crimes you committed in Afghanistan, where you destroyed innocent, densely populated civilian villages, and bombs were dropped on mosques, causing the roof of the mosque to collapse on the heads of the Muslims praying in it. You were the ones who broke the agreement with the Mujahideen when they left Kunduz, bombed them in Fort Janji, and killed more than 1,000 prisoners from suffocation and thirst.

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FRESH MANNA

CONSULT THE SCRIPTURES

2 Timothy 3:15-17

Consultation is a necessity in life, in certain quarters, we can’t get any sort of services without consultation with experts.

Consultation is the action or process of formally seeking information or discussing an issue with another: a dialogue or conference meeting with an expert, such as a medical doctor, to gain information, advice, or knowledge.

Times are uncertain and chaotic and the world as we know it is turned upside down, the major weapon of the enemy now is fear, but glory to God, we’re not of them that fear because the Lord is our Refuge and Rock.

2 Timothy 1:7 says we have the grace to overcome fear with love. We have nothing to fear but fear itself. When we consult the word of God and seek His counsel, we’ll find the solution and answers we need.

The divine writing of the scriptures is profitable for doctrine. Paul stresses the authority of the Scripture. The divine origin of Scripture is the reason for its power to convert souls according to verse fifteen and its usefulness in training.

God gave us two ways of obtaining godly instructions, one is wisdom with revelation and the other is His written prophetic word.

God's revelation comes from His presence, where we receive revelation for the next level and stage that is particular to us individually and probably for general consumption. The presence of God and the word of God is where we receive instructions and plans for battles in our part of the overall war for righteousness on the earth.

It’s through prayer that God gives a fresh word specific to our current situation, whatever it may be.

The Lord will not hide information from the saints according to Amos 3:7. He is a just God who reveals what His plans are but only if we consult Him through His word. We can’t hide anything from God says Jeremiah 23:24, but we always hope that God doesn't see, He won’t know what we’re up to.

Rather than consult man for help on what we’re experiencing, consult the Lord and see His hand move over that issue.

Whatever our questions, the challenges and problems, the Word of God is the answer. The Bible is a living document. What’s so amazing is that God can use His Word to get a personal and specific message right to you. All you need to do is have a listening ear and a perceiving heart. Spend time in His Word and allow Him to give you counsel about those things you desire to know according to Proverbs 23:12.

Ephesians 2:8 says God took the steps to provide us with the grace needed for the race, you do not have to work to follow Christ nor work to seek grace, consulting the word will help you take your place not as an unworthy sinner but as a saved and redeemed saint. The Lord is always speaking through the pages of the Bible, but we must open the pages of our hearts to allow Him to write what He wants for us and not what we want for ourselves. Now is the best time to begin consulting the word of God, remember the one who makes God their refuge will not be harmed as the Lord has commissioned Angels to watch over you. Consult the word-therein lies all you need.

PRAYER: Father, help me to make it a habit to daily inquire and seek your word for counsel in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Lion Of Judah, Prophesied By Jacob

The phrase “Lion of Judah” has become familiar among Christians. We know it describes Jesus, so let’s look at when it originated and where it appears in the Bible. Genesis 49 records Jacob’s last words to his sons. The scripture says he called together all twelve of them and said the following; Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come. Come and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father. Genesis 49:1-2 Then, he spoke individually to each of them with an appropriate message. Interestingly enough, out of the twelve, he only spoke directly in the first person to two of them. He began by speaking directly to Ruben, his firstborn, with a very encouraging statement. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power. Genesis 49:3 But then his words quickly changed as Jacob pointed out how his eldest son had become unruly and immoral. He also spoke directly to Judah but first a comment about the other nine. Jacob spoke their names but didn’t directly address them. Of those nine, four received negative comments from their father. Judah, however, not only received praises from his father, but Jacob prophetically laid some groundwork for the coming Messiah. He began with the following; Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you. Genesis 49:8 Jacob introduced for the first time the idea of Judah becoming like a lion. Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Genesis 49:9

Satan Tries to Copy God

Let’s take a moment to point out that Satan tries to duplicate everything he can about the Lord. Peter mentioned one of the things he does regularly. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 Satan believes he, too, can act like a lion to seek and intimidate God’s people. He, however, is no match for Jesus, the real Lion from the tribe of Judah. After describing Judah as a lion, Jacob’s prophecy continued to span through time. It included the dynasty of David and the Lordship of Jesus. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor. Genesis 49:10 Even though God chose Abraham’s seed as His chosen people, they often stirred up His anger. The prophet Hosea wrote about one time when that happened. I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! And I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them. Hosea 5:14 He continued by saying that God would leave them in that condition until they admit their guilt and turn to Him. Then, a few chapters later, Hosea speaks about God’s love for His people. For someday the people will follow me. I, the Lord, will roar like a lion. And when I roar, my people will return trembling from the west. Hosea 11:10

The Lion of Judah in the End Times

The Book of Revelation speaks of Jesus taking on two opposite roles. One as the King of kings, represented by the Lion. And the other as Lord of lords portrayed by the Lamb. In chapter 5, John the Revelator wept because he thought no one could open the scroll and read it. But one of the twenty-four elders told him; “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5 Immediately, the Lord’s appearance of the Lion of Judah changed to the Lamb who was slain. Then the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down and sang this song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9-10 I’m sure Jacob, the second generation from Abraham, had no idea of the ramifications of his words that day. Neither did he realize that an heir of his son Judah would become a lion for all eternity. When he finished speaking to his sons, the next verse says; These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message. Genesis 49:28 Lord, you have revealed your plans to us through your word. Even though we don’t understand it all, we believe and trust you as we get closer to eternity. Check out these other related posts about Jacob - How To Trust God When You've Had More Than Enough - How Easily We Get Stuck In A Detour In Life - Isaac Blessed Jacob Instead Of Esau Read the full article

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The Feast of Mary, Mother of God

Good morning, and merry Christmas.

In most years, the Sunday after Christmas is a celebration of the whole Holy Family, and its strange inversion of power structures and hierarchies which provides us a blueprint for escaping the curse of original sin.

But today, the eighth day of Christmas – the "octave" of Christmas – falls on a Sunday, and we instead zoom in on Mary herself, and her strange situation.

Imagine what that year must have been like, for her. Pulled along inevitably by event after event, like a riptide pulling a person out to sea: the Annunciation, her marriage to Joseph (who, miraculously, understood and accepted her mystery pregnancy), her visit with Elizabeth, her journey to a barn in Bethlehem, and then to the Temple in Jerusalem, and then to Egypt to escape Herod's paranoia.

When she told the angel Gabriel "I am God's servant; may everything you have said about me come true" – when she accepted as a gift the opportunity to be part of the Messiah's coming – could she have known what she was really signing up for? Could she have imagined the swords that would pierce her own heart, as Jesus would go on to court controversy, provoke the good and evil in his listeners' hearts, and die in agony and disgrace?

But she was always a thoughtful person. Trying, against all odds, to understand what God was doing with her life. We hear, repeatedly, of Mary "pondering", "reflecting in her heart" upon what she'd heard and seen: the message of the angels, and the shepherds, and the Magi, and the prophets who met her in the Temple. Somehow, she was able to ride that riptide current, letting it pull her along where she needed to go. Perhaps that penchant for reflection, for seeking the meaning behind the mess, was what got her there.

Of the people from Jesus's nativity, she's the only one who made it into his adult life, long enough to provoke his first public miracle. Long enough to witness the Resurrection. Long enough to receive the Holy Spirit.

Elizabeth's child John – Jesus's second cousin – didn't make it. "John was the greatest of the old order", but his role was to fade away so that the new order could arrive. We hear nothing of Joseph; we consider him a saint, but it's possible he, too, died too soon to see the Kingdom come.

So what can we learn from her example?

I think the first thing is this: simple obedience is not enough. It's not even the point. We, like her, have the opportunity to become citizens of the Kingdom... but if we see it as an opportunity, then we can take advantage of the further opportunities. As we are pulled along by the current, sometimes into situations we don't understand, we'll have the opportunity to reflect on them in our heart, and use it to come to a deeper understanding of the world in which we have chosen to live, which can only be understood by embracing a deeper logic than that of our old world.

And the second is a joyful message, appropriate for Christmas: this road leads somewhere wonderful. This riptide is not drowning us, but pulling us into an undiscovered country, which we might yet discover, and even might – as Mary perhaps did – enter alive, physically, in our bodies.

She may have been Θεοτόκος – the mother of God – but she herself wasn't God. She was human, strictly, and her special advantages only went so far.

For her, bringing Jesus into the world was only the beginning.

Where she went, we can follow.

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Sunday, October 2, 2022.

Today’s Theme: ⛪️ The AMEN

“And unto the angel of the church of Laodiceans write: These things saith The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God”

TEXT: Revelation 3:14

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The word Amen is a word of Biblical Hebrew origin which confirms that which went before; Amen is a confirmatory response, especially following blessings. Jesus is the great Confirmer; immutable, and forever is “the Amen” in all his promises. Revelation 3:14 confirms that “Christ is the Amen, the faithful and true witness. He is the beginning of all creations of God”.

The Greek Old Testament usually translates Amen to mean “so be it”.

To the sinner, I would comfort you with this reflection. Jesus Christ said,

“Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

(Matthew 11:28).

If you come to him, he will say “Amen” in your soul; his promises shall be true to you. He said in the days of his flesh,

“The bruised reed I will not break.” (Isaiah 42:3; Mathew 12:20)

O thou poor, broken, bruised heart, if you come to him, he will say “Amen” to you, and that shall be true in thy soul as in hundreds of cases in bygone years. O ye Christian, is not this very comforting to thee also, that there is not a word which has gone out of the Saviour’s lips which he has ever retracted?

The words of Jesus shall stand forever, even when heaven and earth shall pass away (Mathew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:25). Hear Jesus Himself:

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away”

(Matthew 24:35) “But the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you” (1 Peter 1:25)

If you get a hold of, but half a promise, you will find it true. And so, beware of him who is called “Clip-promise,” who will destroy much of the comfort of God’s word (they made promise of none effect, Satan is the chief Clip-promise)

They come to you as the apostle of Christ, but they are ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing. They may promise you liberty, which they themselves do not have.

Be careful. The Bible affirms: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself I s transformed into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11: 13-14)

Jesus is Yea and Amen in all his promises (2 Corinthians 1:20). Whatever He says, He will do? That He does.

Jesus is also the Amen in all his offices.

*He was a Priest to pardon and cleanse once, he is Amen as Priest still

(Hebrews 4:15).

*He was a King to rule and reign for his people, and to defend them with his mighty arm, he is an Amen King, the same still. (Revelation 1:5)

*He was a Prophet of old, to foretell good things to come, his lips are most sweet, and drop with honey still—he is an Amen Prophet (Song of Solomon 4:11).

*He is Amen as to the merit of his blood; he is Amen as to his righteousness. That sacred robe shall remain most fair and glorious when nature shall decay.

*He is Amen in every single title which he bears; your Husband, never seeking a divorce; your Friend, sticking closer than a brother; your Shepherd, with you in death’s dark vale; your Help and your Deliverer; your Castle and your High Tower; the Horn of your strength, your confidence, your joy, your’ all in all, and your Yea and Amen in all. Hallelujah!

Why do we end our prayers with Amen?

1. When we say Amen at the end of our prayers, we actually ask God to please let it be so as we have prayed (1 Chronicles16: 36).

2. Amen connects praising and glorifying to God (Psalm 106:48)

3. Amen and Amen, that is double Amen is praise to our God (Psalm 41:13; {Psalm 72:19; Psalm 89: 52).

4. We say Amen because we are calling on he that is true and faithful to confirm his word of truth, his promises and covenant. Revelation 3:14.

PRAYERS♨️

Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of life, I thank you for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary for me and for all men. I am grateful.

Lord for all the good promises in my life and family, I say Amen.

For your love and protection, I say Amen. For safety and security, I say Amen. For your mercy and kindness, I say Amen. For your fruitfulness and blessings, I say Amen.

I thank you for all you have done in my life and family to the glory of your name, in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

Heavenly Father, empower and strengthen me to live unto you and you alone. Help me to stand for you at all times. Bless me Lord with the blessings of your goodness in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

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My Saturday Daily Blessings

May 21, 2022

Be still quiet your heart and mind, the LORD is here, loving you talking to you...........

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter (Roman Rite Calendar)Lectionary 290, CycleC

Be still quiet your heart and mind, the LORD is here, loving you talking to you...........

First Reading: Acts 16:1-10Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisionsreached by the Apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once,concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 10“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.“Verse before the

Gospel: Colossians 3:1R: Alleluia, Alleluia“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.“

R: Alleluia, Alleluia

**Gospel: John 15:18-21Jesus said to his disciples:“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

rMeditation: What does Jesus mean when he says "you are not of this world"? The world in Scripture refers to that society of people who are hostile towards God and opposed to his will. The world rejected the Lord Jesus and treated him with contempt, and his disciples can expect the same treatment. The Lord Jesus leaves no middle ground for his followers. We are either for him or against him, for his kingdom of light and truth or for the kingdom of darkness and deception. The prophet Isaiah warned that people who separate themselves from God because of their rebellious pride and spiritual blindness would end up calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). "Those who kept my word" (John 15:20) If we want to live in the light of God's truth, how can we rightly distinguish good from evil and truth from deception? True love of God and his ways draw us to all that is lovely, truthful and good. If we truly love God then we will submit to his truth and obey his word. A friend of God cannot expect to be a friend of the world because the world is opposed to God's truth and way of righteousness. "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:18) Jesus' demand is unequivocal and without compromise. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). We must make a choice either for or against God. Do you seek to please God in all your intentions, actions, and relationships? Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart and mind with the love and truth of God (Romans 5:5).Lord Jesus, may the fire of your love fill my heart with an eagerness to please you in all things. May there be no rivals to my love and devotion to you who are my all.Sources: Lectionary for Mass for use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, copyright (c) 2001, 1998, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain (c) 1968, 1981, 1997, international committee on english in the liturgy, Inc All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright ownerMy Saturday Daily BlessingsMay 21, 2022Be still quiet your heart and mind, the LORD is here, loving you talking to you........... Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter (Roman Rite Calendar)Lectionary 290, Cycle CFirst Reading: Acts 16:1-10Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisionsreached by the Apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once,concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 10“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.“Verse before the Gospel: Colossians 3:1R: Alleluia, Alleluia“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.“ R: Alleluia, Alleluia**Gospel: John 15:18-21Jesus said to his disciples:“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

**Meditations may be freely reprinted and translated into other languages for non-profit use only. Please cite copyright and original source. Copyright 2021 Daily Scripture Readings and Meditation, dailyscripture.net author Don SchwagerMeditation: What does Jesus mean when he says "you are not of this world"? The world in Scripture refers to that society of people who are hostile towards God and opposed to his will. The world rejected the Lord Jesus and treated him with contempt, and his disciples can expect the same treatment. The Lord Jesus leaves no middle ground for his followers. We are either for him or against him, for his kingdom of light and truth or for the kingdom of darkness and deception. The prophet Isaiah warned that people who separate themselves from God because of their rebellious pride and spiritual blindness would end up calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). "Those who kept my word" (John 15:20) If we want to live in the light of God's truth, how can we rightly distinguish good from evil and truth from deception? True love of God and his ways draw us to all that is lovely, truthful and good. If we truly love God then we will submit to his truth and obey his word. A friend of God cannot expect to be a friend of the world because the world is opposed to God's truth and way of righteousness. "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:18) Jesus' demand is unequivocal and without compromise. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). We must make a choice either for or against God. Do you seek to please God in all your intentions, actions, and relationships? Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart and mind with the love and truth of God (Romans 5:5).Lord Jesus, may the fire of your love fill my heart with an eagerness to please you in all things. May there be no rivals to my love and devotion to you who are my all.Sources: Lectionary for Mass for use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, copyright (c) 2001, 1998, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain (c) 1968, 1981, 1997, international committee on english in the liturgy, Inc All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright ownerMy Saturday Daily BlessingsMay 21, 2022Be still quiet your heart and mind, the LORD is here, loving you talking to you........... Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter (Roman Rite Calendar)Lectionary 290, Cycle CFirst Reading: Acts 16:1-10Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisionsreached by the Apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once,concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 10“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.“Verse before the Gospel: Colossians 3:1R: Alleluia, Alleluia“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.“ R: Alleluia, Alleluia**Gospel: John 15:18-21Jesus said to his disciples:“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 10“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.“Verse before the

Gospel: Colossians 3:1R:

Alleluia, Alleluia“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.“

R: Alleluia, Alleluia

Meditation: What does Jesus mean when he says "you are not of this world"? The world in Scripture refers to that society of people who are hostile towards God and opposed to his will. The world rejected the Lord Jesus and treated him with contempt, and his disciples can expect the same treatment. The Lord Jesus leaves no middle ground for his followers. We are either for him or against him, for his kingdom of light and truth or for the kingdom of darkness and deception. The prophet Isaiah warned that people who separate themselves from God because of their rebellious pride and spiritual blindness would end up calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). "Those who kept my word" (John 15:20) If we want to live in the light of God's truth, how can we rightly distinguish good from evil and truth from deception? True love of God and his ways draw us to all that is lovely, truthful and good. If we truly love God then we will submit to his truth and obey his word. A friend of God cannot expect to be a friend of the world because the world is opposed to God's truth and way of righteousness. "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:18) Jesus' demand is unequivocal and without compromise. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). We must make a choice either for or against God. Do you seek to please God in all your intentions, actions, and relationships? Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart and mind with the love and truth of God (Romans 5:5).Lord Jesus, may the fire of your love fill my heart with an eagerness to please you in all things. May there be no rivals to my love and devotion to you who are my all.Sources: Lectionary for Mass for use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, copyright (c) 2001, 1998, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain (c) 1968, 1981, 1997, international committee on english in the liturgy, Inc All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner

First Reading: Acts 16:1-10

Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions

reached by the Apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.

They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once,

concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 10

“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.“

Verse before the Gospel: Colossians 3:1

R: Alleluia, Alleluia

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.“

R: Alleluia, Alleluia

**Gospel: John 15:18-21

Jesus said to his disciples:

“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

Meditation:

What does Jesus mean when he says "you are not of this world"? The world in Scripture refers to that society of people who are hostile towards God and opposed to his will. The world rejected the Lord Jesus and treated him with contempt, and his disciples can expect the same treatment. The Lord Jesus leaves no middle ground for his followers. We are either for him or against him, for his kingdom of light and truth or for the kingdom of darkness and deception. The prophet Isaiah warned that people who separate themselves from God because of their rebellious pride and spiritual blindness would end up calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). "Those who kept my word" (John 15:20) If we want to live in the light of God's truth, how can we rightly distinguish good from evil and truth from deception? True love of God and his ways draw us to all that is lovely, truthful and good. If we truly love God then we will submit to his truth and obey his word. A friend of God cannot expect to be a friend of the world because the world is opposed to God's truth and way of righteousness. "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:18) Jesus' demand is unequivocal and without compromise. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). We must make a choice either for or against God. Do you seek to please God in all your intentions, actions, and relationships? Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart and mind with the love and truth of God (Romans 5:5).

Lord Jesus, may the fire of your love fill my heart with an eagerness to please you in all things. May there be no rivals to my love and devotion to you who are my all.

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Lectionary for Mass for use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, copyright (c) 2001, 1998, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain (c) 1968, 1981, 1997, international committee on english in the liturgy, Inc All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner

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Who was Jesus (pbuh)?

Yahiya Emerick

In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

There are varied beliefs about Jesus among people of different faiths. Many believe he is God or the son of God.Some maintain that he was simply a very wise man. Others do not recognize Jesus at all, religiously or historically. The Islamic position regarding Jesus comes from the Quran, the last revelation of God preserved in its original form, in which God relates the story of Jesus in great detail. The Quran tells us that Jesus said, “‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture and made me a prophet’” (19:30). This brochure summarizes the reality of Jesus according to Islamic teachings.

Muslims believe that Jesus was a human being appointed by God as His messenger. His birth was extraordinary and he was blessed with great miracles from God (Allah in Arabic). In essence, God chose Jesus to deliver the same unified message that past prophets had brought to humanity: to worship the One God and to lead a morally upright life in order to attain salvation in the eternal life after death.

Jesus lived about 2,000 years ago in ancient Palestine when the Roman Empire was at its zenith. He was not conceived normally, but was miraculously implanted in the womb of a young woman named Mary by the command of God. In this sense, Jesus was a “word” from God and a special sign for humanity. In fact, he was the last in a long line of messengers sent to the Jewish people.

Mary, The Blessed

Mary was a righteous woman whose mother had dedicated her to God’s service even before she was born. As a child, she lived an admirable life marked by good health and piety. She was raised by the wise Zachariah, who instilled in her a beautiful sense of faith in God. As a young woman, Mary sought to purify herself further for her Lord. She withdrew from her people to a sanctuary in the east, where she could meditate in seclusion and peace. (Read more: Mary, the Mother of Jesus)

During this period, on a day that seemed no different from the rest, the angel Gabriel visited her in the form of a man. Fearful of the stranger, Mary prayed for protection. He comforted her, declaring that God sent him to announce the glad tidings of a faultless son. Stunned, Mary asked how this was possible since no man had ever touched her. Gabriel replied, “‘This is how God creates what He will: when He has ordained something, He only says, “Be,” and it is’” (Quran, 3:47).

When she felt the baby within her, Mary fled her sanctuary, fearing what people would do or say when they heard the news. In her anguish, she cried out, “‘I wish I had been dead and forgotten long before all this!’” (Quran, 19:23). The angel Gabriel reassured her of God’s blessings and she found shade and a cool spring. Under a date-palm in the warmth of late summer, she made her dwelling, and there bore the child who was unlike any other in human history.

Shortly thereafter, the Quran recounts that Mary returned to her community carrying the child who was to be called the “Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary” (3:45). When her people saw the baby in her arms, they could not believe their eyes. They accused her of being unchaste and implied that she had ruined her family name and reputation. Gabriel had already instructed her to abstain from conversation (19:26). So, Mary simply pointed towards the child.

Jesus’ Miracles and Message

God granted Jesus many miracles which began right after his blessed birth. The Quran testifies that in defense of his mother and of the truth, Jesus spoke as an infant, saying, “‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live’” (19:30-31). This miraculous speech silenced the detractors.

Throughout his youth, Jesus remained dutiful to his mother and developed quickly in intelligence, wisdom and devotion. He astounded the learned and was greatly admired by his companions. Jesus claimed to be a sign of God and a Messenger to the Israelites.

When he came of age, Jesus began to travel and preach throughout the land of Palestine. He taught the scripture that God sent to him, known as the Injeel (Good News or Gospel), which confirmed the truth of previous holy books.

Jesus taught that love and mercy overcome hate and anger. He stressed that only true and sincere faith in the Creator and obedience to Him can bring a person salvation in this life and the here-after. To reinforce his message, God granted him the ability to perform miracles. He healed the sick, uplifted the distressed and revived the dead. All of these miracles happened with God’s permission, and Jesus never took credit for them himself. According to the Quran, Jesus said,

“…I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I will make the shape of a bird for you out of clay, then breathe into it and, with God’s permission, it will become a real bird; I will heal the blind and the leper, and bring the dead back to life with God’s permission; I will tell you what you may eat and what you may store up in your houses. There truly is a sign for you in this, if you are believers. I have come to confirm the truth of the Torah which preceded me, and to make some things lawful to you which used to be forbidden. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. Be mindful of God, obey me: God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him– that is a straight path.” (3:49-51)

Jesus led a simple and pious life, attracting an inner circle of devoted followers who listened to his teachings with fervor and humility. These disciples included Peter, Barnabas and John, who helped spread Jesus’ message of submission to the One God.(Learn more: Jesus, a Servant of God)

A Test of Wills

As the message of Jesus began to gain wider acceptance, a small group of hypocritical and self-serving men began plotting against him. They were some of the priests and leaders of the Israelites, whose status and wealth depended upon their position as the sole interpreters of religion to the masses. They pursued him and his followers, and plotted to crucify him on a Roman cross. They were sure they had killed him, but God protected Jesus, saved him from their schemes and raised him up to Himself. God says in the Quran,

“[They] said, ‘We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God.’ They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; those that disagreed about him are full of doubt, with no knowledge to follow, only supposition: they certainly did not kill him – God raised him up to Himself. God is Almighty and Wise” (4:157-158)

Hence, Islam teaches that God rescued the noble Jesus by removing him from this world. God raised him to the heavens, to a place near Him, and will cause him to return to this world at a later time.

With their messenger gone, the devoted followers of Jesus tried to maintain the purity and clarity of his teachings. However, in the next few centuries, different beliefs about Jesus developed amongst some of the early Christians. They held that he was divine, calling him the son of God, which eventually became the dominant Christian belief. In contrast, others maintained he was not the literal son of God or God Himself, but a messenger sent by the One God. Muslims share this second view of the early Christians, holding that Jesus was sent to guide his people just like the other prophets before him. (See: Who was Jesus According to Jesus?)

““[This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt: it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.” (Quran, 19:34-35)”

Restoring Jesus’ Legacy

Muslims believe that every nation received a messenger from God. Just like the prophets before him, Jesus’ message lasted in its original purity for a period of time, but the scripture he received was slowly altered and his original call to absolute monotheism became corrupted. Six centuries after Jesus, God sent His last messenger, Muhammad pand revealed His final scripture, known as the Quran. Prophet Muhammad p was sent to all of humanity and he confirmed the miraculous birth of Jesus, the miracles he performed and the essential truth of the message that God chose to reveal through Jesus. The Quran has been preserved in its exact original form for over 14 centuries. Through this final revelation, God protects His guidance for the entire human race, containing the same core message sent to all prophets and messengers of the One God, including Jesus, Moses, Abraham and Noah, peace be upon them.

According to the Quran, Jesus himself puts any false claims about his identity to rest: “‘I told them only what You commanded me to: “Worship God, my Lord and your Lord.” I was a witness over them during my time among them. Ever since You took my soul, You alone have been the watcher over them: You are witness to all things’” (5:117).

Today, Muslims seek to follow the original message of Jesus and all the prophets before him as confirmed by God’s final messenger, Muhammad p Islam literally means ‘submission’ to God and is the same way of life followed by all the messengers of God. Only by following the original call of God’s messengers can we find clear direction and tranquility in our lives.

Suggested Reading:

Muhammad by Yahiya Emerick

The Cross & The Crescent by Jerald Dirks

Note: The subscript p next to Prophet Muhammad p represents the invocation Muslims say with his name: May God’s peace and blessings be upon him.

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@loki’s-right-nut

I saved some segments from your post but your response on tumblr is gone, so I will place this in its own post in hopes you will see it. Maybe tumblr is being weird, or maybe you deleted your response, I’m not really sure. Either way, you raised some points that are worth answering.

*Quotes and scripture references belonging to loki’s-right-nut will be noted in red and italicized to prevent any confusion.

I see you are Catholic as well? I also see you are quite learned in the scripture. So tell me, do you remember what Isa (that’s Jesus’s actual name and I’m sure he’d be very flattered if you used it) said about judging others? Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Let Isa and his father be the ones to bring back the wayward. Because since he is love, he is also understanding and compassion and patience. Those who “turn away” from him have their reasons and he understands this. Isa is all knowing, yes? So he knows. Let him take care of it instead of trying to start another crusade online.”

Luke 6:37 is true. God alone can judge the heart. This means that I cannot say whether a certain person went to hell, or will go to hell. I cannot read their hearts; this belongs to God alone. However, we can and are called to judge actions and to correct and instruct others.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

“All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”

Now, in regards to Christian witches, Isa also said something and I really hope you remember. Because Isa actually spoke to someone very much like yourself. Mk 9:38-41

“At that time, John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us.”

They have found another way to work for Him and he is pleased by that. They do his work in another way in which they can better let him into their life. They call it “magic” but he calls it “A mighty deed in his name.”

Those driving out demons did so in the name of Jesus, not in the name of some false deity or spirit or demon. In Acts, there is a passage that talks about a woman who is possessed by a spirit that allows her to tell fortunes.

Acts 16:16-18

“As we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl with an oracular spirit (spirit of divination), who used to bring a large profit to her owners through her fortune-telling. She began to follow Paul and us, shouting, “These people are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.” She did this for many days. Paul became annoyed, turned, and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” Then it came out at that moment.”

1 John further illustrates a need for discernment of the spirit, and expands on the fact that there are many false prophets in this world.

1 John 4:1-6

“Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can know the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God, and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus does not belong to God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world. You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They belong to the world; accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them. We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us, while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.”

Sorcery is condemned in the Bible. I included the passages for this in my original post, but I will also include them here for you to reference if needed.

Galatians 5:19-23

Revelation 21:5-8

“You are quite right about the Tyrant view. In fact, I began to see it at a young age. I remember being in Youth Group when I finally voiced it. I said "I can't bond with Him (god) because I fear being struck down. Like I am a mere slave bowing before a mighty king who will knock me down to the dust should I make one misstep."

God is Just and He is Merciful. For those who truly seek to love and serve Him, He aids them in all matters. This fear of being struck down over a misstep is understandable, but it isn’t entirely accurate. We are given the sacraments for a reason - one of those being confession. God doesn’t desire to condemn, He desires for us to repent.

“There is something very wrong with some of these teachings. On the surface level, yes, most of these can be good wisdom. "Love thy neighbor" and such. But a large majority of these messages hold a toxic amount of self denial and utter dependency on this deity. The more you look, the more you realize, he doesn't want you for you. He wants you to mold you into submission so he can easily control you. if you withstand the treatment and somehow leave, he'll see it as betrayal and send you to the fiery pits for eternity”

God is a loving Father and we are made in His image and likeness, with the purpose to love Him and all people as He loves us. He calls us to servitude and sacrifice, and He has given us the most perfect example of this in Our Lord Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Like the loving Father He is, He encourages all people to rise above the passions of the flesh and the pleasures of this world in order to recognize this need to subdue the flesh and grow in the spirit. Self denial promotes a deeper level of submission to the will of God - and, since God is Love and all things Good and Holy, this is the only way we can reflect such virtue. Humility is the opposite of pride. It is a state of being more than it is a singular action. Humility is truth because it is the honest recognition of what we, as humans, are. We are creatures chained by our passions, deluded by our own egos, self-serving, reveling in all kinds of sin. We do not see this sin for what it actually is, but God sees it. He saw all sin that ever was and ever would be committed while He hung on the cross. It was our sins that wounded Him and drove the nails into His hands and feet, and the spear into His side. Every single day our sins offend Him in the moments of His Passion. Without God, we cannot even begin to attempt to loosen our bonds of sin. We are entirely dependent upon Him - and that is where we recognize what we are. We are little and weak and prone to sin. Still, God is magnified in our weakness and in our recognition of this littleness, and He is forever eager to fill our hearts with His infinite Love so that we might reflect His goodness like polished mirrors. Thus, we can rightly say God alone is worthy of all glory and honor and praise. When we understand the role we, as each individual person, has played in the torments of Our Lord during His passion, this is where a desire to suffer for love of God begins to bloom. Those who love God seek to lessen His torments even by one iota - to sacrifice themselves in His place, should such a thing be possible. They seek to follow in His footsteps more closely, and to offer all sufferings for others, for the souls in purgatory, and all united with Jesus on the cross. God sees this love and great sacrifice and how the soul strives to reach closer to Him, and they in turn are blessed to taste the depths of pleasures in His infinite love.

#catholic #roman catholic #christian witch #catholic witch #witchcraft #response

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TAFAKKUR: Part 426

QUESTIONS FOR TODAY - PROPHETHOOD: Part 2

Is it possible that the One Who ordered this creation, opened to us His works, for our wonder and awe, Who desires to make Himself known through His creation, Who chose distinguished servants to guide our attention-is it possible that He would not, through these distinguished servants, reveal His names and Attributes to those who long to know Him? If this were so, would it not make His creation a vain work? The Supreme Being Who made everything like a tongue and a letter and Who revealed His Wisdom and Blessings through such things is absolutely free from vanity and absurdity. Thus, it seems to us, most unlikely that any people in one or other part of the world has been deprived of Allah’s revelation through His prophets. The Qur’an, indeed, is explicit on this point:

For We assuredly send amongst every people an Apostle (with the command), ‘Serve Allah and eschew evil. ’(al-NahI, 16.36)

However, mankind forgot the teachings brought by those appointed servants and over time went astray, sometimes deifying the very men who preached against it, and sank into idolatry.

Throughout the earth there are examples of what man’s imagination has idolized-like the mountain of the gods in ancient Greece or, to this day, the River Ganges in India. Even accepting that there must be a tremendous difference between their first appearance and the actual position now, it is quite impossible to understand the conditions that raised Confucius in China and Brahman and Buddha in India. It is equally difficult to guess what they originally taught, or to know how far time and human degeneration have corrupted the first message.

If the Qur’an, which eradicates doubts, had not introduced Jesus Christ to us, it would not now be possible to have a true picture of his life and his teaching. For priests have confounded the truth about Jesus Christ with the philosophies and idolatries of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, attributing divinity to man, and anthropomorphizing God. The concept of the Trinity is certainly a priestly, human corruption-insulting as it is to common sense and reason and, still more shameful, impudent towards Allah.

Perhaps it was one of the conditions of the Roman Empire accepting Christianity as the official, state religion, that the festival, holy days, rites and rituals of the church are so obviously and shamelessly derived from, or imitate directly, the idolatrous practices of the ancient Romans and Greeks. For, without the enlightening revelation of the Qur’an, it is very difficult to tell the Jesus Christ worshipped in the Christian church from Adonis or Dionysus.

Considering that Christianity is relatively recent and considering what the Christians did to their prophet and to their Book, we may well wonder how many ‘Christs’ have been treated in the same way by their followers over time? From a reliable Islamic source, there is a hadith which says: ‘a prophet’s disciples will carry out his mission after his death but some of his followers will also upset everything he established’ (Muslim, Fada’il al-Sahaba, 210-12; lbn Hanbal Musnad, 417) This is a most important point. Many of the religions which we now consider false turned to falsehoods, superstitions and legends over time through the deliberate malice of their enemies-despite the fact that, originally, they may have come from the purest, Divine source.

To say that someone is a prophet when he is not is tantamount to kufr (unbelief), just as to refuse to believe in a true prophet is also kufr. On the other hand, if the case of these false religions is similar to that of Christianity, that is, if they were distorted by their followers over time, we should look at those religions with some caution and reserve judgement in some measure. We should consider what Buddhism may have been in its true original; similarly, Brahmanism; or the doctrines attributed to Confucius; or shamanism and other such: it may be that we may find in them some remnant of what they were in their origins.

What they were-whether true or false (we do not know)-is not what they are. Supposing the impossible that their founders returned and saw the religion they originally established, they would not now recognize them.

There have been many religions which have been distorted and altered in the world, and consequently it is essential to accept the purity of their original foundation. The Our’an says:

There never was a people without a Warner having lived among them. (al-Fatir, 35.24)

And We assuredly sent among every people an Apostle. (al-NahI, 16.36)

These revelations universally declare that Allah sent Messengers to every people throughout the world. The names of some of these are known to us through the Qur’an, but there is also a large number whose names have not been made known to us. The names we know are 28 out of 124,000 (or perhaps 224,000); even then we do not know exactly where and when many of them lived.

Essentially we are not bound to know all the past prophets. The Qur’an says:

We did in times past send Apostles before you; of them there are some whose stories We have related to you, and some whose story We have not related to you. (al-Ghafir, 40.78)

In this way, the Qur’an warns us not to deal with some of those whom it does not mention to us.

Recent studies in comparative religion, philosophy and anthropology, have shown how many communities, living at very great distances from each other, share certain concepts and practices. For example, turning from plural to a singular conception of God; in their supplications in times of exceptional stress seeking refuge only in the One Supreme Being and raising their hands and asking something from Him. There are very many such phenomena which indicate a singular source, a single teaching.

If primitive tribes cut off from civilization and the influence of the known prophets, have a sure understanding of the Oneness of Allah, though they may have little understanding of how to live according to that belief, it must be that, as the Qur’an tells us, every people and nation has had its own Message and Messenger:

To every people was sent an Apostle. When their Apostle comes (before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged. (Yunus, 10.47)

No people and no land are excluded from that commandment.

This brings us to the question of whether those who claim they have not been sent a prophet will be held responsible for their beliefs and actions. As we have just explained, there is no reason to believe that any peoples in the world have been deprived altogether of the prophets’ light. There may have been periods in which darkness seemed to prevail. But such were temporary darknesses, after which the Grace and Blessing of Allah again enlightened the people through revelation to His chosen servants. Thus, whether it be less or more, every people, at some point in their history, saw or heard or experienced to the full, the mercy of revelation. Nevertheless, we must allow that, in some instances, the destruction of the beliefs which the prophets established was so absolute, and people introduced so many distortions into the religion and bizarre rites of worship, that the true teachings were generally, if not altogether, lost by the people. In such cases, a long interregnum of darkness may have replaced enlightenment. Though darkness is ever followed by an enlightenment, and an enlightenment by darkness, there may be some peoples who remained in darkness as it were unknowingly and against their own will. For such people there are glad tidings in the Qur’an. These are not punished or blamed for the wrong they may do, until and unless due warning has been conveyed to them: We would never visit our wrath on any community until We had sent an Apostle to give warning (al-Isra’, 17.15). That is, the warning precedes responsibility and then reward or punishment.

As for the details of this matter, the imams of the Islamic schools of thought think differently. For instance, Imam Maturidi and his school argue that no people can be excused given that there is plenty of evidence pointing to the One Creator which leads to belief in Him. By contrast, the Ashari school, referring to the Qur’anic verse quoted above, argue that warning and guidance must precede judgement and people can only be held responsible if they have been sent a prophet. There is a third body of scholars who have combined these two positions. They hold that those who have not been sent any prophet and thus have not wilfully strayed into unbelief or worshipped idols are ahl-i najat (the people who will be excused and so escape the punishment and who, as Allah wills, may be saved). For, in fact, some people cannot analyze the things and events around them, cannot penetrate to their meaning, nor deduce therefrom the right course of belief and action. Such people are first taught the right way, given explanations and directions on how to act and then, in line with their actions thereafter, are answerable and accordingly rewarded or punished. But as for those who wilfully take to unbelief or adopt a hostile, negative attitude to belief and religion, or knowingly defy Allah and His commandments, they will certainly be questioned and punished for their deviation and corruption, even though they live in the farthest, most desolate and deserted region of the world.

To summarize: no region or people has been altogether deprived of Divine enlightenment through Allah’s chosen servants, His prophets. Directly or indirectly, all people of all periods have, at some time in their history, known or been aware of a prophet and of his teaching. A period during which the names of the prophets have been forgotten and their teachings completely eroded, until another prophet is sent, is described as an interregnum. It is accepted that people who live in those periods would not be punished but rather excused, on the condition that they have not knowingly and wilfully deviated into polytheism or atheism.

And Allah, the All-Knowing and All-Encompassing, knows best.

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THE JONAH GENERATION

“And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” – Jonah 1:17

We must not perceive things the way they are in the natural.

The Body of Christ is entering a time of transition and God is about to raise up a new breed – a Jonah Generation.

Sometimes, the Western Church can look more like an institution; maintaining an appearance of having its act together when the reality is that many are backslidden in their hearts. Many others are caught up in a merry-go-round of being slaves to the system rather than being heirs of the Kingdom.

This Jonah Generation will rise from among those who once had a life-changing mandate from God – a word, a prophecy, an encounter – but who walked away from it because of the religiosity in the Church. These people have not necessarily hardened their hearts, or intentionally gone off the rails, but they, nevertheless, have walked away from their mandate and gone back to trading.

God is calling back these "Jonahs" who have walked away from their original CALLING and mandate and have instead gone into business. God uses business and finance for the Kingdom, but not if you're running from your true CALLING and mandate.

This is precisely what Jonah did. He had a calling to declare the word of God to Nineveh, but in fear of its great wickedness, he walked away from his mandate. He fled to Tarshish, an ancient city famous for its trading in silver and gold. This Old Testament story is very much a prophetic message for today.

On his way to Tarshish, Jonah was swallowed by a big fish. In a dream, a big fish may be a metaphor for a Believer, but it is also a metaphor for revelation.

THROW YOUR NET ON THE RIGHT-SIDE

The disciples had a three-year encounter with Jesus, witnessed the resurrection, and had a clear mandate to "Go into all the world," but John 21 shows us that they didn't see that as a way of life.

When Peter announced he was going back to his fishing business, some of his fellow disciples went with him. Jesus on the shore called out, "Have you caught anything?" When they told Him they'd caught nothing, Jesus told them to throw their nets on the right side.

Walking away from our mandate and going back to trading makes it easy to forget the Lord and become dull and numb to the revelation of Jesus Christ. When the Lord told the disciples to let down the net on the right side, the nets were completely filled but without breaking.

This is a metaphor for the new wineskin and the big catch is a metaphor for the revelation of Jesus Christ.

The disciples said, "It's the Lord!" and Peter immediately swam for the shore to be with Him. The disciples gathered around the fire that Jesus had made to cook the fish they caught, and they had communion with Him. They ate, they had revelation, and they were restored to their heavenly positions, especially Peter.

JONAHS WILL HAVE THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

When Jonah was swallowed by the big fish it was as though he was enveloped by the revelation of the heart of the Father. Remember, the fish took Jonah to the deep heart of the ocean. This is a picture mirrored in Psalm 42:7, "Deep calls to deep." Jonah went to the deep heart of God, and following that revelation of who the eternal God is, the fish spewed Jonah onto the shore.

Jonah was spat out and released into the natural realm as one prepared to deal with the dark evil of Nineveh. But Jonah was a sign and a wonder, who walked into Nineveh, opened his mouth, and saw that whole atmosphere of darkness changed. He could do that because he was not a slave to the system anymore, but exercising spiritual dominion over it. The result was that Nineveh's leaders bowed the knee and repented.

In raising a Jonah Generation, God will restore people who have been perceived as "backslidden."

They will have revelation of God's PURPOSE for their life and come into the intimacy that activates and advances the Kingdom of God. They will be people who walk in signs and wonders that change the whole atmosphere of their environment and equip other believers to do the same.

In 2021 there's a lot of darkness covering the earth, but it's the dark before the dawn, and we need to see it with hope and excitement. This darkness is to inspire followers of Christ to rise up to be instruments of the Kingdom as they ask, seek, and knock (Matthew 7:7) until they understand their divine CALLING in Christ. For many, this will be Joel's "valley of decision" (Joel 3:14) to bring in the greatest harvest ever seen on planet Earth.

We need to be encouraged and fasten our seat belts. Jesus Himself said in Luke 21:28, "When you see these things happen, lift up your head, because your redemption is near." Psalm 24 tells us to "lift up your heads you gates and allow the King of Glory to come in." The new breed of the Jonah Generation are the gates.

Who will let in the King of Glory?

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Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo (Tagalog for "Church of Christ") In the Philippines, Cristo is also known as Kristo, and it is the largest indigenous Christian church in the country. It was founded in 1914 by Félix Ysagun Manalo.

Manalo (Félix Manalo Ysagun) was reared in the Roman Catholic Church but left when he was a teenager. During his adolescence and early twenties, he converted to Methodism and subsequently to Seventh-day Adventism before preaching the necessity for a restoration to the original Christian church founded by Jesus Christ.

Manalo initially established a church in Manila but quickly departed to preach around the country. He drew some followers who associated him with the angel rising from the East, referenced in chapter 7, verse 2 of the Revelation to John, the last book of the New Testament.

That allegation acquired credibility among his followers with the start of World War I on July 28, 1914, one day after Manalo registered Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government. Members of the church viewed Manalonot just as the angel of Revelation but also as God's final sugo or messenger.

When World War II ended and Japan vacated, the church flourished swiftly despite its meager origins. Manalo assumed the role of executive minister and supervised massive growth. After his father died in 1963, his son Erao took over as executive minister and developed the church globally.

Erano officiated in the INC's first service outside the Philippines, held in Hawaii in 1968. The church's riches and reputation grew, and it became a strong force in Philippine politics by pushing its followers to vote in elections. Its power was demonstrated by the designation of July 27, the day of the church's formal foundation, as a Philippi holiday.

It claimed to have congregations in more than 100 countries in the early twenty-first century, and its membership was believed to be more than three million in the Philippines and several thousand worldwide.

Theology at Iglesia ni Cristo is Unitarian, belief that Jesus Christ is God's chosen son but not God himself. It teaches the idea of the Last Judgment and adheres to a stringent scriptural ban on ingesting animal blood. Services are held in the congregation's members' vernacular language. Paso ("God's Message"), the church's periodical, is published in Tagalog, English, and other languages. Its headquarters are in the Philippine city of Quezon City.

Ten things to know about the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ)

We are not a religious organization.

We believe that Jesus Christ is a human being, not God. To put it another way, we don't believe in the Trinity.

We adhere to the Bible and only the Bible.

We are not a cult.

We don't believe in baby baptism.

We do not observe Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, or another pagan-based festival.

We are not a Filipino congregation.

We think the reestablishment of the church is biblically founded and prophesied.

We do not practice tithing.

We believe that to be saved, a person must enter Christ and become a member of his body.

OUR CONVICTIONS

The Father is the one, God.

We believe that the Father, the Creator, is the one and only real God. We believe this because it is the truth given by our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles. God is a spirit. Thus, He lacks body and bones. God does not have a trinity of individuals. Though the Bible mentions the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, it never refers to them all as gods or as three people in one God; instead, it identifies the Father as the only real God.

His own words make it clear that He is a man who speaks the truth that He received from God. The prophets also taught that there is only one God who created us. He is the one God; there is no other God, and no one compares to him.

God is eternal, having no beginning or end, immortal, and does not tire or get tired. All three individuals in one god have never been referred to in any way in the Bible. The only real God is the Father alone, who is always referred to in the Bible.

He alone is the Creator of heaven, the heaven of heavens, and everything that is in them, as well as the earth and all that is on it, and the oceans and all that is in them.

Jesus Christ, the Lord

The Iglesia Ni Cristo believes that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Matthew 3:17), is God's one and only Savior. Christ is the only mediator between God and man, as well as the only route to God.

However, we do not believe that Christ is a God-Man. According to His witness and the teachings of His Apostles, He is the man in nature.

Christ possesses all of the characteristics of a human person. He was hungry, thirsty, weary or exhausted, slept, and died.

However, Christ, as opposed to all other men, is the only one who did not sin. God has elevated him and given him a name above all names, so that at the name of Christ, every knee should bow, both in heaven and on earth. In the eyes of God, he is far beyond every principality, power, strength, and dominion. Every name that has been named and everything has been placed.

All of Christ's power and authority will finally be surrendered to the real God. He had identified Himself as the Son of God on several occasions, but He never claimed the term "God" or "God the Son" for Himself since He is not God but a man.

The Indwelling Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the power sent by the Father in Christ's name to instruct and remind His messengers of what Christ taught.

In addition, Christ sends the Holy Spirit to assist us to overcome our shortcomings. As a result of the Holy Spirit, the Church of Christ is strengthened, edified and As a result, although the Holy Spirit is a spirit, the Scriptures never refer to him by his full name, "God the Holy Spirit," because he isn't God,

The Holy Bible

Faith and service to God must be based only on the Bible, according to us. Because it reveals God's righteousness, the Gospel is God's power for redemption for all who believe.

In the Holy Scriptures, God has given us a book full of wisdom and information for teaching, doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness so that the man of God may be complete and fully equipped.

God has purposefully veiled His words in mystery so that men who seek to comprehend the Scripture via their worldly understanding would never come to know the truth.

The Apostles refer to the gospel taught by people who have not been sent by God as "another gospel." And any use of the Gospel that deviates from the truth or its genuine meaning will invariably lead to perdition.

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Who is the divine family of Ahlulbayt (as) ❤️

One of the great post in our account ❤️

Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) is a phrase meaning People of the House, or family. In the Islamic tradition it refers to the household of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Ahlul Bayt (Ahle Bait) in simple terms is to put trust of guidance to Aal-e-Muhammad [descendents of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)], through Fatima Zahra (pbuh) and Imam Ali (pbuh) and their descendents. Bayt is to give the Oath of Allegiance to Imam Ali (pbuh) and accept his guidance.

Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) or household members of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) refers to his daughter Fatima Zahra (pbuh), his successor and son-in-law, Imam Ali (pbuh), their two sons Imam Hasan (pbuh) and Imam Hussain (pbuh), and the nine Imams from the lineage of Imam Hussain (pbuh).

Ahlul Bayt (Ahl-e-Bait) in Noble Qur'an ❤️

The Purified Ones: The Highest degree of purity means to be kept constantly away from all the causes of impurity. This is termed as the state of infallibility in knowledge, character and action.

It could have been applied generally to the whole mankind who are keeping aloof from all the impurities as the word of Allah (SWT) commands; but, Allah (SWT) expressively has confined His order to certain group of individuals by excluding the rest of the mankind from it in His divine will by declaring Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) as the persons purified by Him to be constantly in touch with the Noble Qur'an in its original, hidden, well protected, exalted and purified form.

It was Allah's (SWT) wish to remove all blemishes from them, as mentioned in the Verse of Purity (Ayat Al-Tathir) in the Noble Qur'an:

The Verse of Purity (Ayat Al-Tathir): "... Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! And to purify you a (thorough) purifying." Noble Qur'an (33:33)

The above verse from Noble Qur'an, is known as Ayat Al-Tathir, refers to the members of the household of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), which include exclusively Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ali, Fatima Zahra, Imam Hasan, and Imam Hussain (peace be upon them all).

Hence Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) other offspring, wives, sons of paternal uncles, and dwellers of his house are not to be called as Prophet Muhammad's Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt).

The argument is based on the genuine and authentic traditions narrated by Sahaba, companions of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) recorded in both the Sunni and Shia sources.

Ahlul Bayt (Ahle Bait) in Hadiths ❤️❤️

1. Hadith-e-Kisa (Hadith of the Cloak):

It is narrated from Umm al-Momineen, Umm Salamah that once Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was in her house lying on a mattress, covered with a cloak from Khaibar when his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra (pbuh) entered with a dish called al-Khazira (a kind of food).

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) asked her to call her husband, Imam Ali and her two sons, Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain.

Fatima Zahra (pbuh) called them and as they all sat together to eat, Allah (SWT) revealed the following verse of purity (Ayat Al-Tathir) to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). "... Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! And to purify you a (thorough) purifying." Noble Qur'an (33:33)

Verse of purity (Ayat Al-Tathir) ❤️❤️

Upon this Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) covered them all with his cloak and lifting his hands towards the sky said: "O Allah (SWT)! This is my family and the nearest of my kin, keep away from them uncleanness and keep them pure as pure can be."

Umm al-Momineen, Umm Salamah adds that thrice Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) repeated these words and when she poked her head under the cloak and asked him, Am I with you? In a refraining gesture, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said twice: "You are (also) among the righteous."

Thus it is clear from above discussion that Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) daily habit of stopping at his daughter Fatima Zahra's (pbuh) house and addressing her household as Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt), was not without reason.

In fact he was expounding the meaning of the term Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) and practically explaining to the Muslims the verse of purity (Ayat Al-Tathir) and the particular persons meant by it.

To be more precise, he was drawing the attention of the Muslim nation towards the significance of his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) and their leadership after him so that the Muslims should love, obey and follow them.

2. Mubahala Tradition or Incident of Mubahila (Imprecation):❤️

In the south of Arabia, there is a place called Najran. There lived the Christian tribe of Najran who staunchly believed that Prophet Isa (pbuh) i.e., Jesus was the son of God.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) invited them to accept Islam. In response to that, a delegation of their priests and elders came to Madina. They wanted to discuss religion with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Their argument was that Jesus was born without a father through Virgin Mary, so he was the son of God. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) explained to them that just as Allah (SWT) created Prophet Adam (pbuh) without a father or even a mother, in the same way He created Prophet Jesus (pbuh) without a father.

Hence Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was a servant of Allah (SWT) as was Prophet Adam (pbuh). The Christians did not agree with this simple truth. Christians stuck to their belief that Jesus was the son of God. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) asked them to wait. Then came the following Revelation (message from Allah (SWT)):

But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our souls and your souls, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars. Noble Qur'an (3:61)

It was then agreed that the Christians seek Mubahila (Imprecation) with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The meaning of Mubahala is that both of them invoke from Allah (SWT) that he, who speaks the truth, may survive and he, who is not speaking the truth may perish.

Mawaddat al-Qurba (al-Mawaddah Fil-Qurba)On the day of Mubahala, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) took with him his grandsons - Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain, in place of his sons. In place of women, he took his daughter Fatima Zahra.

In place of his souls, he took his cousin and son-in-law Imam Ali. But on seeing the radiant faces of these sinless members of the household of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the Christians got scared. They decided not to seek Mubahala any more but accepted their defeat. They agreed to pay tribute and returned home.

This is how Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) showed to the world, who the true and real members of his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl-e-Bait) were.

3. Mawaddat al-Qurba (al-Mawaddah Fil-Qurba) or Expressed love for the close of kin:

In this Last Word of Allah (Noble Qur'an), Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is being commanded to ask the believers to love his kith and kin (that is his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt)) and that would be the return of his apostleship. Hence, to Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) has been obligatory (wajib) command of Allah on every Muslim.

Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives. Noble Qur'an (42:23)

Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Masood (RA) narrated: One day, we were accompanying the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in one of his journeys when a Bedouin with an orotund voice shouted at us, "Muhammad!"

"What do you want?" answered the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

"What is it if an individual loves a people but he does not imitate them in deeds?" asked the Bedouin.

"One will be attached to the one he loves," replied the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

"Muhammad," shouted the Bedouin, "Call me to Islam."

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "You should declare that there is no god but Allah (SWT) and that I am the Messenger of Allah (SWT), offer the prayer (Salat), defray the zakat, fast during the month of Ramadan, and perform the hajj to the Holy House."

"Muhammad," asked the Bedouin, "Do you ask for wage for so?" "No," replied the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), "I do not take any wage except that you must regard the relatives." "Whose relatives? Mine or yours?" asked the Bedouin. "It is my relatives," answered the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The Bedouin said: "Give me your hand so that I will declare allegiance to you. No good is expected from him who loves you, but not your relatives."(Bihar ul-Anwar)

4. Hadith al-Safinah or Safinah Tradition: ❤️

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has compared his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) to Noah's ark. Whoever loves and follows them will attain salvation and whoever violates their sanctity will drown.

While holding the door of Holy Kaaba, Abu Dharr told that he had heard Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) say, "My family among you is like Noah's ark. He who sails in it will be safe, but he who holds back from it will perish."

Hadith al-Safina ❤️

In another place Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "The parable of my Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) is that of the boat of Noah, whoever gets aboard it is saved and whoever stays away from it is drowned."

5. Hadith al-Thaqalayn or Saqlain Tradition (Hadith of the two weighty things):

Prophet Muhammad - may Allah (SWT) bestow peace and benedictions upon him and his pure Progeny - said: "Verily, I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you: the Book of Allah and my kindred (itrah), my household Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt), for indeed, the two will never separate until they come back to me by the Pond (of alKawthar on the Day of Judgement)." [Hadith-e-Saqlain]

Hadith al-Thaqalayn ❤️

Since the Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) carry as much weight in the eyes of Allah (SWT) as the Noble Qur'an, the former has the same qualities as the latter. Just as the Noble Qur'an is true from beginning to end without the shadow of untruth in it, and just as it is incumbent (duty) of every Muslim to obey its commands, so also must the Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) be perfectly true and sincere guides whose commands must be followed by all.

Therefore there can be no escape of accepting their leadership and following their creed and faith. The Muslims are bound by the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to follow them and no one else.

Imam al-Shafi'i, one of the four Imams of the Sunni school of thought, in his famous verses says, "Let everybody know that if the love of Prophet Muhammad's descendants means to be a Rafizi, I am a Rafizi."

Imam al-Shafi'i also says, "O Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt)! Allah (SWT) has made it obligatory in the Noble Qur'an to love you. It is a matter of pride for you that without invoking blessing on you, prayer is not valid."

Again he says in his verses, "After having seen that the people have chosen different ways which have led them to the Ocean of deviation and ignorance. I have, in the name of Allah (SWT), embarked the ship which may lead me to safety.

The Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are that very ship, we have been ordered to hold fast the rope of Allah (SWT), and that rope is their love."

Conclusion: Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) sacrificed all the worldly comforts and even their lives in order to convey the true religion of Islam to us. In return of their sacrifices, we are commanded by Allah (SWT) to love them.

The aim is that through their love, we follow their footsteps. We follow the true teachings of Islam taught by them, so that we live a good and decent life in this world and earn the pleasure of Allah (SWT) in the life hereafter.

Reference:

The fourteen stars vol. 01 p. 23

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CONSULT THE WORD OF GOD

2 Timothy 3:15-17 Voice because since childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which enable you to be wise and lead to salvation through faith in Jesus the Anointed. [16] All of Scripture is God-breathed; in its inspired voice, we hear useful teaching, rebuke, correction, instruction, and training for a life that is right [17] so that God’s people may be up to the task ahead and have all they need to accomplish every good work.

Consultation is a necessity in life, in certain quarters, we can’t get any sort of services without consultation with experts. Consultation is the action or process of formally consulting or discussing: a dialogue or conference meeting with an expert, such as a medical doctor, to seek advice. Times are uncertain and chaotic and the world as we know it, is turned upside down, the major weapon of the enemy now is fear, but glory to God, we’re not of them that fear because the Lord is our Refuge and Rock. According to 2 Timothy 1:7, we have the grace to overcome fear with love. We have nothing to fear but fear itself. When we consult the word of God, we’ll find the solution and answers we need. The divine writing of the scriptures is profitable for doctrine. Paul stresses the authority of the Scripture. The divine origin of Scripture is the reason for its power to convert souls according to verse fifteen and its usefulness in training. God gave us two ways of obtaining godly instructions, one is wisdom with revelation and the other is His written prophetic word. God's revelation comes from His presence, where we receive revelation for the next level and stage that is particular to us individually and probably for general consumption. The presence of God and the word of God is where you receive instructions and plans for battles in your part of the overall war for righteousness on the earth. It’s through prayer that God gives a fresh word specific to our current situation, whatever it may be. The Lord will not hide information from the saints according to Amos 3:7, He is a just God who reveals what His plans are but only if we consult Him in His word. We can’t hide anything from God says Jeremiah 23:24, but we hope that if God doesn't see, He won’t know. Rather than consult man for help on what we’re experiencing, consult the Lord and see His hand move over that issue. Whatever our questions, the challenge and problems, the Word of God is the answer. The Bible is a living document. What’s so amazing is that God can use His Word to get a personal and specific message right to you. All you need to do is have a listening ear and a perceiving heart. Spend time in His Word and allow Him to give you counsel about those things you desire to know, Proverbs 23:12. Ephesians 2:8 says God took the steps to provide us with the grace needed for the race, you do not have to work to follow Christ nor work to seek grace, consulting the word will help you take your place not an as unworthy sinner but as a saved and redeemed saint. The Lord is always speaking through the pages of the bible, but you must open the pages of your heart to allow Him to write what He wants for you and not what you want for yourself. Now is the best time to begin consulting the word of God, remember the one who makes God their refuge will not be harmed as the Lord has commissioned Angels to watch over you. Consult the word-therein lies all you need. Shalom Women of light international prayer ministries.

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A Message of Information and Warning to the Mankind:

With name of the God, the Almighty, the Merciful

O you! The Mankind! And O you! Those high and affluent, and leaders of the nations!

Will not you fear? Surely I to you a Messenger secure, so fear the God and obey me. And not I ask you reward, if my reward except over the God. Not to you from god or lord other than the God, so serve the God my Lord and your Lord, this a Highway Constant. You serve idols and you create delusions, those you serve from other than the God, not they control your sustenance. So seek with the God sustenance, turn to Him, submit to Him, ask Him forgiveness, thank to Him, to Him you will return. And if you falsify, know that not over me except the delivering, the clear. And surely the God over everything witnesses. So fear the God and obey me. Your wealth and your children and the life of the World are trials.

Your financial system and your corporations are delusions and falsehood based on lies, just the fact that you use interest and usury and its derivatives, nullifies your system in eyes of the God. You give personhood to corporations, dead entities, with no rights, and you usurp the rights of Men. Your currencies and monetary instruments are untenable, except if you back them fully with Gold or Silver or both and with no interest or leverage. The God orders us not to tinker or tamper with the origination of the Man, which you call genome or DNA, and you have been doing exactly that, this will bring no good to anyone. Stop this foolishness and let the natural course be, we will all die, there is no escape from death, delaying it will not prevent it. So fear the God and obey me. And this progress that you glorify, that you are the most advanced generation technologically and scientifically, a falsehood, and clearly disproven by looking at the remnants of the generations before us. Our ancestors, at least to the generation of Noah, lived up to a thousand years, longest lived today barely make it to a tenth. Your claims that you have left the Earth and the Heaven are lies, we cannot leave the Earth and the Heaven. We are surrounded on all sides and above by a barrier we cannot pass. We will all live in the Earth and die in her, and from her we will be taken out another time, for Judgement, and Hell or Garden after that. You lie about what is not obvious, why do you lie about what is obvious? The Earth, she is Level and Stationary. No Man, male or female, can be forced to believe or do what they do not want. No one can be persecuted or prosecuted for what they say in this life of the World. This, the life of the World is frivolity and play, sustenance of the deception. Will but not you see the deception?

O you! The Jews! The Messiah you wait for has already come once, your ancestors tried to kill him, but not they killed him and not they crucified him, the God took him away and raised him to Himself. O you! The Christians! Say the truth over the God, surely what the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, Messenger of the God, His Word, a Prophet, and a pure man. Messiah Jesus is no son of the God and not the God, a monstrous falsehood invented by your forefathers, and the invented Trinity does not exist either. Turn back to the One God my Lord and your Lord. O you! Those who hold the Quran! You have destroyed the essence of the Book of the God by following your thoughts and desires instead of the clear and the obvious truth written in it. If you hold true to the Quran, then all your governments and constitutions and laws are invalid, only the Quran can be the Government and the Constitution and the Law, and nothing can supersede the judgement in it. Mohammad Messenger of the God, and a Prophet, is not the last Messenger or Prophet, but sure seal of the Prophets as he came with the seal of all prophecy, the Quran. Do not let the life of the World deceive you, the Hereafter is the real Life.

To all the Satans from the Demons and the Men, you know who you are, and you know you have no authority over me, and if you use your power against me, wait and see what the God does to you after that. And to the rest of you, you need to know that you have no authority over me either, and if you plot and plan and use your power against me, any chance you have of salvation in the Hereafter will be lost. You can believe me and submit to the God, listen and obey, and be informed with forgiveness and reward great from the God. You can do nothing, and you will continue on the path you are on, and nothing will change for you. Or, what is most likely, you can reject me and falsify me like all generations before you, and if you then plot and scheme and plan against me, and you exile me or harm me or hurt me or even kill me, then know that not will you tarry here after me except a little. So, now that I have done my solemn duty to the God by giving you clear information and warning, you can do what you want. The command of the God approaches for this generation, like it has for every people and generation before us, a day it arrives, no one will be able to then choose to turn and believe and do righteousness. Method of the God which has passed in generations before us, not will you find to His method change, and will lose right there the rejecters. So do over your places, surely I will do, and wait, surely I with you waiting.

Peace, Asad Ahmed Sirohey Messenger of the God https://www.themajesticreading.com This 30th day of May, 2021, of the years you count

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REPENT, The End is Near!

By Lynda Janzen Published on: May 9, 2021

“Jesus said, ‘But unless you repent, you too will all perish'” (Luke 13:5, NIV).

“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14, NIV).

“Devote yourselves to prayer…” (Colossians 4:2). “Pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). “The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind that you may pray” (1 Peter 4:7).

A few years ago, I gave myself a nickname: Mrs. Jeremiah. It has nothing to do with Rev. Dr. David Jeremiah but everything to do with the Old Testament prophet. When the LORD led me to Bible Prophecy and opened my eyes to what was happening in the world, in light of both O.T. and N.T. prophecy, some of my messages, as Jeremiah’s, weren’t exactly comfortable for people, or for me either. Jeremiah wasn’t exactly popular in his day, and this message today probably won’t win me any popularity contests. But these messages open our eyes to see what is happening in the world so that we will not be caught in the darkness of ignorance of the signs of the times (1 Thess. 5:4).

In the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24), Jesus prophesied that when the nation of Israel – the fig tree – would blossom once more, it would be a sign that the end was coming near (24:32). Israel roared back into existence on May 14, 1948 – 73 years ago. Psalm 90 tells us a human lifespan is about 70 years – 80 if we are blessed with stamina. Jesus said the generation that saw the re-budding of the ‘fig tree,’ or Israel, would witness all the prophecy of Matthew 24 (24:34). According to God’s Word, then, that would be us!

Let me just pause here to say, if you haven’t read Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 lately, go immediately to a Bible near you and do so.

Earlier this week, I had a dream. “Oh boy!! An old woman dreaming dreams … here we go …” Please, just bear with me. Before dropping off to sleep, I had asked the LORD that, if it be His will, to send me a dream about the Rapture and to let me remember it. Well, He did send me a dream, and I remembered it in great detail. And although I’m not prepared to go into all the details of the dream at this time, let me say it sure shook me up and got me thinking about how very close we are to the end of the age. Not that I didn’t have an inkling about the imminence of the Rapture and tribulation before. But, in the vernacular – Hold onto your hats, folks!

The dream illustrated how our modern nations, especially the U.S., are barreling headlong toward destruction. Nations seem to follow, blindly, a minority of political influencers, while the majority sit back meekly doing nothing, saying nothing, or saying very little. We watch as all our time-honored institutions are crumbling before our eyes. Like deer caught in headlights, it is as though we are mesmerized by the audacity of those taking us increasingly to the left, politically. Young people, who aren’t being taught Judeo-Christian values, are screaming for change without understanding where those changes will lead.

And, of course, there are plenty of seasoned politicians who have been trying for years to pull us away from God and all things moral and life-giving, and who are ready to fuel the rebellion with money, encouragement and a platform.

While those of us who are Bible-literate understand what’s happening, there are many who do not.

They surely do not understand that it is all part of God’s Plan for the end of the age … and here’s the kicker … and you’re not going to like this … THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT ANYMORE! Oh, yes, you can pray … and, indeed, I urge you to pray with all your heart for the many who are not saved.

But Christians, please be ready. For the Church Age is coming rapidly to a close, and it is all happening in God’s Will, and God’s Timeline.

The hymn is: IF MY PEOPLE’S HEARTS ARE HUMBLED

1st Verse:

If My people’s hearts are humbled, If they pray and seek My face; If they turn away from evil, I will not withhold My grace. I will hear their prayers from heaven; I will pardon every sin. If My people’s hearts are humbled, I will surely heal their land.

2nd Verse:

Then My eyes will see their sorrow; Then My ears will hear their plea. If My people’s hearts are humbled I will set their nation free. If My people’s hearts are humbled, If they pray and seek My face; If they turn away from evil, I will not withhold My grace.

THE SCRIPTURE READING IS JEREMIAH 14:11-16

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not pray for the well-being of this people. Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.’

“But I said, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish by sword and famine. And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them, their wives, their sons and their daughters. I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.”

Let us bow to Almighty God in prayer:

Dearest Heavenly Father,

Your Word in the Book of Jeremiah tells us of a time when You had had enough of wickedness in the land of Judah. Though people sacrificed to You and prayed for You to relent in Your wrath, You knew that only total destruction would be the catalyst to bring them back to You. Father, we are at a time now where, according to Your Holy Word, it looks as though there is no turning back. Our nations are wicked, through and through. They practice the black arts of abortion and sexual depravity. Our scientists are meddling with Your original design, trying to improve on it! Their hubris, LORD God, is beyond imagining.

LORD, today we pray for those who are genuinely Yours, who have surrendered their lives to Jesus, that we will trust in You, in Your promises to protect us and keep us from the Evil One. We pray also for any who might be on the cusp of coming to You, that they will see Your Light of Life and Love very soon and surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. And we pray, Father, that those who are blind to Your holiness and even to Your existence will have a chance to call on Your Name, and so be saved. These things we pray in the sure, strong and Holy Name of Yeshua Ha’Maschiach. Amen.

By God’s own Word, we know there was a beginning to this age, and there is an end, planned by the LORD God Himself, and over which we have no control whatever. Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” Even the Son of God, Himself, prayed that very prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before He died on the cross. “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me, yet not My will, but Yours be done.” If we haven’t yet learned this principle in our Christian walk, we need to do so, and do it NOW.

This world is not about us, beloved Christians. It is about God’s glory in His creation. We are His creation, made to reflect back to Him His glory. Jesus did that, and He did it every day of His earthly life. Though Jesus was fully God, He was also fully man. His humanity was not less than our own. Jesus laughed, cried, celebrated, mourned, ate, slept and did all the things human beings do. He knew pain. He knew sorrow. He knew joy and laughter. But all of His life He gave to the Father and did nothing outside of the Will of Almighty God.

So, saying all that, how does it fit with our Scripture verses from Jeremiah?

Well, for one thing, the people of Judah in Jeremiah’s day certainly were NOT living in the Will of the Creator. In the space of just a handful of generations away from King David, the Jews (as well as the Israelites) had turned away from Almighty God, had lusted after pagan gods and their detestable practices. And let me just say here that this present generation, with all science’s monkeying around with the human genome, has likely far surpassed the evil done in Jeremiah’s generation … the evil which brought down God’s wrath on the nations of Judah and Israel.

Many in the Church cite the 2 Chronicles prayer as being a means of saving our nations. I hear pastors invite their congregations to say it with the expectation that God stands ready to hear it and, PRESTO, make all things the way they were. Really? What about the “humble hearts” part? If every person in the world, every man, woman and child, called upon the Name of the LORD, and humbled him- or herself before Him, and turned from their wickedness, I strongly suspect our world would indeed be healed by God’s hand. But I also strongly suspect that the LORD God knew there would be a tipping point, beyond which there was (is) no going back.

The tipping point in Jeremiah’s day was the deceit of the prophets. Jeremiah tells the LORD, “The prophets keep telling them they will not see the sword or suffer famine, and that You, LORD, are going to give them peace in the land.” But the LORD God says, “The prophets are prophesying lies in My Name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divination, idolatries, and the delusions of their own minds.”

Let’s bring that to the present age. One thing we keep hearing constantly these days is, “Fake News!” There is little doubt that politicians lie with straight faces to the cameras and to our faces. They call evil for good and good for evil (Isaiah 5:20). They tell us a global pandemic is so dangerous that we must ruin our national economies to deal with it. There is so much deceit in our world today that it has become almost impossible to know what is real and what isn’t.

False visions are leading us away from the One Source of love and protection human beings have ever had – God! Western nations are worshiping at the altars of demons and false gods once again. For heaven’s sake, there is a sneaker for sale that celebrates Satan and even contains a drop of real human blood!! Really.

Divinations? Well, daily newspapers have been running horoscope columns for almost a century. But much more than that, today we have ‘prognosticators’ of everything under the sun, from weathermen to stockbrokers, even to medical people. So-called ‘experts’ in every field sway your brain daily to buy stuff you don’t need and adopt habits that are bad for your soul. This is done through non-stop advertising.

Idolatries? How about the worship of sports figures and Hollywood ‘stars’? Kids today know way more about movie and sports stars than they do about Jesus Christ. “God? Oh yeah … the sky fairy who grants all your wishes – NOT!” (That was a real post I read on a news website not long ago.)

Delusions of their own minds? How about this one? “There are 382 genders!” or “A man can give birth.” or “Love is love no matter who it is with.”

And what does the LORD God have to say about all this depravity? “I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.”

Now, this is Old Testament. Jesus went to the cross so that we wouldn’t end up with the calamity we deserve … BUT ONLY IF WE REPENT, TURN FROM OUR INIQUITY, AND LIVE THE REST OF OUR LIVES FOR AND IN HIM. What percentage of the world’s people have actually done this?

Can the LORD bring revival at this late date? Of course. The question is: How many would turn to Him? A few million? There are seven, almost eight billion people on the planet today. Believers, we are way past the tipping point. It is a great tribute to Our God that His patience hasn’t run out yet. As Apostle Peter says, “People will say, ‘Where is this coming He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.'”

“But do not forget this one thing, dearest friends: With the LORD a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day. The LORD is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the LORD will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare” (2 Peter 3:4, 8-10)

There is an end, my friends. I don’t write this to scare you but to make you see that it is inevitable and that you have no control over it. It is the LORD God’s domain. Therefore, trust in Him. Do His Will. Love Him, and keep His commands, and there will never ever be a need to fear anything. Jesus has said, “Since you have kept My command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth” (Revelation 3:10).

Repent! The end IS near! Hallelujah, Amen.

Heavenly Father: All glory and praise to You for loving us so much that You sent Your One and Only Son to earth to redeem us from original sin, open the gates of eternal life, and restore all things. Please open hearts and minds today, Father, to the urgency of claiming Christ as our Saviour. This we pray through Him, Yeshua Ha’Maschiach, our LORD Jesus Christ. Amen.

This devotional, based on God’s Holy Word, was written by Lynda Janzen, Kincardine, ON Canada, with the inspiration of God’s own Holy Spirit. All glory to God.

If anyone reading this email has not yet received Jesus as their Saviour, but God has touched your heart by His Holy Word, please email me ([email protected]) or find a Bible-believing local church and ask the Pastor what you must do to be saved in Grace. In the meantime, please consider the ABCs of Salvation:

Salvation as simple as ABC:

A: Admit that you are a sinner. This is where Godly sorrow leads to genuine repentance for sinning against a righteous God, and there is a change of heart; we change our mind, and God changes our hearts and regenerates us from the inside out.

Romans 3:10 – “As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one.'”

Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

B: Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Jesus from the dead. This is trusting with all of your heart that Jesus Christ is who he said he was.

Romans 10:9-10 – “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

C: Call upon the name of the Lord. Every single person who ever lived since Adam will bend their knee and confess with their mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, the Lord of lords and the King of kings.

Romans 14:11 – “It is written: ‘As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'”

Romans 10:13 – “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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