Passover Is Over. Now What?

Like most folks we have watched the 3rd Blood moon come and go. Some interesting facts? It occurred on the 4th month on the 4th day and was the 4th shortest lunar eclipse in 4,000 years lasting only 4 minutes and 44 seconds.

It is also interesting to note that on the 4th day of creation that God created the sun, moon and stars. I know like most people, you are probably saying there is no way that this is coincidence. And you would be correct. Not only, did God create the sun, moon and stars on the 4th day, but did so for a reason. He explains the reason to us in the 1st chapter of Genesis the 14th verse by stating that the purpose was more than just giving light, but also would be a way for God to signal mankind about important events. Specifically, His appointed dates. In verse 14 the Hebrew word moed was translated as seasons. In Leviticus 23 verse 2, the same word (Moed) was translated as feast. Both are bad translations. The word (Moed) should have been translated as appointed dates. We have called these holy dates, Israels feast days. First, God never called them Israels days, but refers to them as His days. These days are His appointed dates that He has set in time from the beginning of creation. God explains to us in verse 14 of Genesis that He will use the sun, moon and stars as a way to signal us and make us aware to these holy days. Could this latest Passover blood moon be one of those signals? I believe so. When you look at the Hebrew name of God it is spelled with 4 letters. The 4th letter of God's name means door. Isn't it interesting that this Passover Blood moon has occurred on a day that has in it a reference to the door? And, how that the blood of the sacrifice would have to be placed on the door in order for the angel of death to Passover?

Isn't it interesting that Messiah Jesus declared, "I am the door"? Is there about to be another door open for mankind? I believe so. To uncover the mystery of this door we have to look at other days that were given to man. The first, was the Sabbath day. God said that man would work for 6 days but on the 7th day (Sabbath day) man would rest. Did you know that there is a Sabbath year? God wanted man to work the land for 6 years, but on the 7th year take it off and let the land rest. Wow! Sounds incredible doesn't it? What if during the upcoming elections one of the Presidential candidates said if you vote for me everyone will work for 6 years, but take the 7th year off and the government would pick up the tab on the 7th year? Would you vote for the candidate? Most folks would say, you bet! Unfortunately, more folks have more ability to believe in the government to care for them than for God's ability to do so. That was the reason for Israel being led into Babylonian captivity.

They refused to believe in the ability of God to care for them on the Sabbath year. This Sabbath year had a name. It was known as the Shemitah year. The Shemitah year was intended to be a year of blessing for Israel. If it was honored then in that year of the Shemitah, all of your debts would be wiped clean. You would have a restart, so to speak. However, it would be a curse if not honored. All of your profits would be erased and you would start over. Imagine everything you gained would be lost. However, if you honored God and the Shemitah year all of your losses would be wiped clean and your profits remain. This would happen every 7 years. Then on the 7th Shemitah year a super Shemitah would occur.

It was called the year of Jubilee! In that year, 49th year, not only would all of your debts be wiped clean, but also it would be a year of restoration. If your land was sold because of debt, it would be returned to your family in the 49th year. So, what was lost would now be restored. Isn't that exciting? It was such a great year that Israel would sound the silver trumpets just for the year of Jubilee. The silver trumpets were only used on special occasions. Jubilee was one of those special occasions. The other was called the feast of trumpets, One of God's holy appointed days. We find the silver trumpets also being used in Revelation in the 7 judgments of the tribulation period. Are we being sent a signal from God? I believe we are. I believe it started in 1994. Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is known as the King planet or the planet of the god's. We know that the God head is a trinity. God, Son and the Holy Spirit. In 1994, Jupiter was struck by comet Shoemaker-Levy.

Shoemaker-Levy consisted of 21 fragments of which all 21 fragments impacted Jupiter. It is interesting that scientist all confirm that Jupiter is a buffer planet. It takes more impacts of asteroids and comets, so the Earth can live with less. A kind of merciful planet. Another interesting fact is that Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. The number 5 stands for mercy. This King planet or God planet would have another number assigned to it, the number 3. 3 for trinity. The 21 fragments also struck Jupiter on a Shemitah year. 21 divided by 3 equals 7, the number of a Shemitah year. 3 Shemitah years. In 2001, 7 years after the 21 asteroids struck the King planet, another Shemitah year occurred.

In that year, we experienced 9/11, the bombing of the world trade center and a curse on the American economy. Despite what anyone may say the U.S. is a Christian nation based on Christian values and the laws of God. As such, some fail to recognize that we are not an independent tree but have been grafted into the fig tree Israel. As God's Holy days applied to them so they apply to us. For, these are not Israel's days but God's days. In 2008, another Shemitah year arrived, and we experienced another economic failure.

All of the previous profits were wiped clean in September of 2008 marked by the largest loss on Wall Street with the Dow closing down -777 points. The curse of the Shemitah. 2015 is another Shemitah year.

The 3rd and final. What is so interesting is that this is not just a regular Shemitah year but a Jubilee Shemitah. The sounding of the silver trumpets. Also, we have the blood moon occurring on the festival of the trumpets. Is there more? Why of course. Revelation talks of 21 judgments to come on the Earth. These 3 sets of judgments come in 7. The first 7 judgments to come as breaking of the 7 seal judgments. Then 7 silver trumpets and finally 7 bowls of wrath. Are the 21 judgments and 21 years somehow related? Could be. The final blood moon is to arrive in September after the arrival of the Jubilee Shemitah. Though other nations were not affected before the Messiah could those who believe be affected now? Could the restoration of what was lost be coming upon us? We will see. The question that I have for you is will the Jubilee Shemitah be a curse for you or a blessing? There is only one way to know for certain. Accept Jesus as your Messiah today! It is not too late. You could be receiving what your ancestors lost instead of receiving a curse. Adam lost what Jesus has redeemed. You can live in the land of plenty, the Kingdom of God. Repent and come back to the Kingdom. 

Today's worries and Tomorrow's Concern

Many people today have worries about what is going on in the world. From pollution to terrorism, the range of problems and agendas affect the aspect of each and every life of individuals on the Earth. Though people may be separated by race, sex, and beliefs we are all united with the simple fact that we live in this Earth. I have always believed that if we discard the reasons we are separated and find the one strand that connects us we could overcome all situations that divide us. However, due to the blindness of most  individuals we unfortunately will continue to live in a divisive world and continue to wonder what is going to occur that will affect our lives and further the divide between mankind.The good news that I wish to share with you is that God intended for mankind to live a greater life. This world was created for man to colonize it and have dominion over it for the sake of the Kingdom. When one reads the bible starting in Genesis we discover that it outlines a divine plan.

That plan is about a King, a Kingdom and a royal family. Before the fall of mankind Adam and Eve lived in that Kingdom. After the fall everything that could divide man was made known and we have lived in a divisive existence since. We are constantly striving to get to a state of happiness or more importantly completeness in our lives. We begin with a boyfriend or girlfriend. If only I can experience love I know I will be happy. That is what we tell ourselves. Some go through a wide variety of potential mates and some go through very few. Whatever the amount we all fool ourselves when we think that satisfaction will be found in a man or a woman. I remember when I was a teenager my dad would tell me not to focus on anything but my career. Find love later get settled and stable first. I used to think that my dad was so stupid. It wasn't until I was older and dealing with teenagers of my own did I began to see the wisdom of my father's advice. I shared it with my sons and daughters and saw that same look that I used to give my dad. That look that said your so stupid. Oh well I guess we all have to learn. Usually, and this is unfortunate, we listen to someone else's mom or dad before we listen to our own. So, mom's and dad's out there, I hope this advice helps your children. The greatest scientific discoveries happened by a single individual who observed something in nature and realized that if this affects nature then it is possible that it affects mankind as well.

Sir Issac Newton discovered the law of gravity by observing its affect on nature. The law of lift was discovered through watching the birds and how they were able to fly through the Earth. There are environmental laws that affect nature as well as every living being on this Earth. We know that if you take a plant out of its environment that it ceases to produce and eventually dies. Likewise, when you remove fish from its environment it will stop producing and being fruitful and will die. Do you realize that after God created Adam that He placed Adam in his environment before woman was made for him. The first and obvious revelation we discover is that your environment is far more important than the person that you think you must have in order to be fruitful and successful. In fact, if you are not in your environment you will die including your success and fruitfulness. For example, you can take a spawning trout out of the water. The eggs are there. All the items needed for fruitfulness and success are there but if the trout is not placed back into the stream (its environment) it will die. Eden was described as God's garden. Adam was placed in God's garden to dress/work it and keep/secure it. Another revelation for us to consider is that Adam didn't plant the garden. No, God did.

What was the garden? Simply put, the garden was his presence. The perfect example of this is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. How do you eat the fruit of good and evil? No, it was not a piece of fruit. Rather it was a choice. We tell our children that you don't want to do this because it is not good for you. What happens? They choose the very thing that we tell them is not good for them. Is it a piece of fruit? Of course not. However, it produces fruit that later on we wish we had listened to the good advice. Why do we do that? Two reasons. One a lack of knowledge and two a lack of observation. It wasn't until Newton observed the gravitational effect on nature that he was able to develop knowledge. Our success is found when we return to the living environment that we were created and designed for. Then when problems arise in our lives, we will find we are grounded in our environment and can ride the waves of adversity and not be torn from the comfort of success. We have witnessed many signs and prophecies that have been listed in the bible come to light in our generation. There are many that find the truths of these prophecies that are coming to light disheartening and find themselves fearful about today and worried for tomorrow.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus stated that there would be wars and rumors of wars, the rise of the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes in various places, famines and pestilence. We have seen birds fall from the sky, millions of fish wash up on our shores, our wildlife falling over dead for no apparent reason.  We have watched the rise of terrorism and countless deaths of innocent men women and children. The guilt that most of these victims bare is the simple fact that they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. People executed for their beliefs and for not believing as another commanded them to believe. In one instance an eight year old boy was commanded by a Muslim terrorist to renounce Jesus and say that Allah was god and that Mohammad was his prophet. The boy refused and stated he never renounce Jesus. The boy was killed by the terrorist. Why did this happen? Because these terrorists believe they are serving god. Jesus prophesied that a time was coming when men would kill believers believing they are serving god.These things are all signs. Signs of what? Signs that we are entering the time period known as the End of Days. Would there be a sign that the End is here? As a matter of fact, YES! Now, before I lose all of you naysayers who are quoting scripture in their head no one will know the time, I want you to take a deep breath. Slow down, relax. That scripture you are rehearsing in your mind distinctly refers to the second coming of Jesus. What I am talking about right now is how to identify the End of Days. Actually, I am not talking, rather I am quoting the words of Jesus.

He stated that we would know. He also gave us the thing that would identify this time. Mat 24:14  "This Good News about the kingdom will be spread throughout the world as a testimony to all nations. Then the end will come." More and more revelation knowledge about the Kingdom of God is being learned and preached daily. More people are hearing of this teaching that has been hidden right in front of them taught by Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the Living God. There are two obvious reasons for this. First, the nations of this world are being bombarded by a the religion of Islam. Islam desires world conquest and has the nations behind it currently trying to succeed in its mission. Convert or be killed. Normally, by beheading. The Kingdom of God will be preached as a witness against Islam and the nations seeking a one world government through this religion, just like Jesus stated 2,000 years ago. Finally, this message is the message that identifies the End of the Age. Why? Because, the Kingdom of God is the only one world government and this challenge will finally come to its final confrontation. To understand this battle between the two kingdoms you must first understand the Kingdom of God. Israel was taught and instructed the ways of the kingdom and yet walked away from it. It has been her pride that has kept her away from that successful life. Of course, before we all jump on the band wagon to point out the faults of Israel, let us return to the fact that we are all just as guilty if not more. The U.S. was founded on Christian pursuit of the Kingdom and just like Israel walked away in her pride. The fact that the Gospel of the Kingdom is being preached to the world as a witness against the nations also carries with it a terrible fact. All have turned from the Kingdom of our God. Now, as I was saying before, Israel was instructed in all the ways of living within the Kingdom of God. However, like the weird little kid in school that gets picked on for doing things in such odd fashions, Israel decided it wanted to fit in. In 1 Samuel chapter 8 we can read this story.

The leaders came to Samuel and told the Prophet that he was getting old and his kids weren't like him. So, the logical solution is to find and appoint us a king. The final part of their statement is what really explains their motivation for their desire of a king. So, that we will be like the other nations. Samuel was very upset. He went to God in prayer and God explained to Samuel to do as the people have requested. God further explained to Samuel that Israel hadn't rejected Samuel, but had rejected God from ruling over them. What is the Good News? To find that we will only have to look at a prophecy that God spoke through the Prophet Ezekiel. Eze 20:33  As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you: 34  and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out; 35  and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face. 36  Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah. God informs Israel that He will once again become King over Israel. He describes bringing them back from the countries that they were scattered. We witnessed this event occur in 1948.

This miraculous event occurred and most have ignorantly assigned this to the confederate of nations that accomplished this feat. However, since Israel became a nation this same confederacy of nations has been trying to change this amazing act. God stated that this event was just as great of an event as when He brought them out of Egypt and crossed the Red Sea. The fact that the nations are perplexed as to the how this occurred and their feeble attempt to correct what most see as a mistake testifies to the greatness of this miraculous event. What is puzzling to me is that even after reading the scriptures of prophesied events that men do not recognize the greatest truths. First, that Israel is one of the most important things listed in the bible. First, God will bring all nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2) that have divided the land of Israel and judge them. In fact, God takes this so personally that He calls it His land. Of course, God created it, hence, His land. The most important thing we overlook is that God is bringing His throne down to Earth and setting it where? Jerusalem. I think we better get a check up from the neck up. If we fail to recognize these facts and thumb our noses up at these facts, then we are no different than the Atheist that refuse to believe that there is a God. Israel is the most important real estate on the entire planet. In fact, Jesus was asked what would be the sign of the end of the age. How did He reply? He stated to learn the parable of the fig tree. When you study out the lesson of the fig tree in the scriptures you will learn that Israel is the fig tree. Jesus said to watch Israel. He could have illustrated in any other country, but He chose Israel. Jesus stated to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. If you haven't figured out the importance of the nation of Israel through God's eyes and words then you are blind and deaf and ignorant. 

When our President tells the Prime Minister of Israel that he is not going to veto the U.N.'s recommendation to dividing the land of Israel and supports a Palestinian state then our knees should begin to weaken and knock like  Belshazzar the king of Babylon when he arrogantly thumbed his nose at God. Dan 5:6  Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. When you piss your pants and your knees start knocking, brother you know you have seen the end of your life. The fact that a nation is in such dishonor over a nation that is so honored by God should give us all cause to pause. God honors a nation so much that He intends to put His throne there and we refuse to acknowledge this? Our we so prideful and dense that we would allow our leaders to put us in such a precarious place? Remember, God is going to judge the nation, not just the leader. I believe we need to repent as a nation and intercede for our prideful and pompous leaders. I am not just speaking of the President, but for all who support these actions. Remember, it was Bush in 2005 that negotiated with Israel and prompted the surrender of the Gaza strip. On the final day of the forced evacuations of Jews from the Gaza strip a hurricane formed in the gulf of mexico. Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. and the damage of that storm is still being payed for today. It disrupted 25% of our crude oil production, it destroyed the largest port in this nation and the fifth largest in the world. a judgment on our entire nation for our mistreatment of Israel. Higher fuel prices, higher prices for all goods, disruption of the flow of goods, an increase in the national debt, and ultimately an increase in taxes shamed us before the whole world and deeply scarred the Bush Administration. Again, as I have illustrated before, the leader and the nation was judged and the nation. Standing in the judgement of God is not a place you want to stand.

Just ask old king Belshazzar or President Bush. Now, President Obama is intending to put us in the same precarious situation that his predecessor accomplished, all because of failure to acknowledge the most precious real estate in the Earth. I have heard some that foolishly have taught that a new covenant meant the replacement of the chosen people. We did not replace Israel, but were grafted in. Rom 11:18  So don't brag about being better than the other branches. If you brag, remember that you don't support the root, the root supports you.19  "Well," you say, "Branches were cut off so that I could be grafted onto the tree." 20  That's right! They were broken off because they didn't believe, but you remain on the tree because you do believe. Don't feel arrogant, but be afraid. 21  If God didn't spare the natural branches, he won't spare you. Unfortunately, It appears the writing is on the wall for our nation, unless we repent.

The Temple Rebuild

Through research Author Robert Cornuke has provided the most convincing information regarding the location of the temple mount.

Many today are finding cause to pause because of the information and evidence that he has uncovered. Many through the years have accepted that the current location of the temple mount to be located under the Golden Mosque in Jerusalem. Since the return of the Jews to their homeland Israel, many religiously go to the Western Wailing Wall. Though the wall is not worshipped it is still held in high regard due to the belief that this wall was once built by King Herod.

Jews from all forms of life and belief come to the wall folding papers containing prayers and are slid into the cracks of the walls. Their prayers are for the rebuilding of their temple and peace finally come to Jerusalem. The Mosque was placed on the temple mount by marauding muslims that explained that the prophet mohammed was taken into the heavens by a horse there and now today is considered the 3^rd most holiest muslim site. Of course, those that know the manipulation of stories by muslims understand that this story was just a fabrication in an attempt to keep the Jews from rebuilding their Temple. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was originally built in 705 CE. It has been rebuilt numerous times and has been destroyed by earthquakes twice the last time was in 1033CE.

In 1099 CE during the first crusade Jerusalem was taken and the Mosque was not taken down. Instead the Crusaders called the Mosque Solomon’s Temple removed the crescent moon from the top of the dome and placed a Cross. This sealed the identity of the temple mount and has been seen as such by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Jews have used this site to discount the prophecies of Jesus. Saying that if Jesus was the Son of God then why is the Wall still standing? Why is the foundation of the mount still here? Muslims say the site is Holy to them because of ties to the prophet. And, Christians are basically ignorant. Oops did I say that out loud? One thing that I admire about true crusaders today like Robert Cornuke is his unmovable faith in the words of Jesus. If Jesus said it then that settles it. If facts don’t support what Jesus said then Bob Cornuke believes he has misunderstood the facts or he is simply wrong. However, he holds to the understanding that the words of Jesus could never be wrong. With that stubbornness of faith it has led him to discover some of the greatest facts in this century. Facts that have put the religious world and not to mention Israel, on their ear. Bob Cornuke was led to research the writings of Flavius Josephus and also the writings of the Pilgrim of Bordeaux written in 333 CE. The writings of Flavius Josephus in 70 CE record the destruction of the Temple. Josephus writes that if one had never seen the temple then you would not know where the temple rested for nothing but dirt and grass remain. The only thing that gives witness that there was a temple is the Roman Fort Antonio that once looked over the temple.

The Roman Fort Antonio was erected to look over the Temple mount and house the 10^th Roman Legion. This fort housed 10,000 people. 6,000 soldiers and 4,000 people to care for the soldiers. It basically was a town to itself. Inside the gates of the Praetorium were not just barracks for the soldiers but food stores and other stores for shopping. The stables for all the horses and blacksmithing, everything needed to sustain the 10^th legion. Rome went to great lengths to care for its military and no expense was spared in the ornateness in the construction of the fort. Many forts like fort Antonio have been discovered in the past and the construction was normally a 36 acre walled construction, like the one in Jerusalem.

The Pilgrim of Bordeaux writes that in 333 CE that Fort Antonio was still visible while standing at the church of the Holy Sepulcher looking east. He stated that the walls of the old Roman Praetorium were still standing. That would be the Wailing Wall if we were looking at it today. These were two eyewitnesses that recorded that what we know as the traditional temple mount is actually an old Roman Fort Antonio. Is there more? Why of course. Bob found that Archeologist Eli Shukron who is the Director of Excavations of the City of David, was digging under the Wailing Wall known as the walls that King Herod built.

Under the foundation of the wailing wall Eli Shukron found two coins dating back to 20 CE. The coin was an ancient bronze of Valerius Gratus, Prefect under Tiberius who reigned from 15-26 CE. The minting date as well as its earliest distribution date was 20 CE. This coin that was found underneath the huge foundation stone had fallen from the pocket of someone as they were placing these huge foundation stones. What is the problem with this? King Herod died in 4 BC. 24 years before this coin was minted. If Herod built the Wailing Wall then explain how this coin ended up underneath the foundation stone of the Wailing Wall. It could only mean that Herod did not build the Wailing Wall and that whoever built this wall did so in 20 AD, 24 years after Herod’s death. Do we know who was building a wall at that time? Yes we do. Rome was building the Roman Fort for the 10^th legion, Fort Antonio. A 36 acre fort.

The interesting fact is this, what we know about Roman pride. Anything you can build the Romans could build it bigger. The Temple was huge as a 12 acre site. The Roman Fort would be 3 times the size of the temple area.

Is there any more physical evidence to prove that the site we commonly refer to as the temple site is an old roman fort? Yes the temple was said to be situated over the Gihon Springs. Why? Because of all of the animal sacrifices, water would be essential to wash away all of the blood. Without water the temple would soon become a toxic site. There is no water on the old roman fort site. The closest water is the Gihon Spring south of the current temple mount area. The location that the temple was said to be directly placed over. How could this be? How could we make such a huge mistake about the location of the temple mount? Because, there was not one stone left standing on one another just like Jesus prophesied. The temple had been completely destroyed. There was nothing left of it. Thousands of years go by and then it was a guessing game. The biggest piece of evidence is the location of the Gihon Springs.

The only thing left that would resemble evidence of the temple was Fort Antonio. Eli Shukron began excavating where the temple should have been. Remember, the ancient temple had been torn down and rebuilt over time and again over the same site. Built over ancient temples from the original Solomon’s Temple built on the threshing floor bought by his father King David. The threshing floor once owned by a Jebusite named Ornan. The Jebusite Kingdom would be taken by King David and known as the city of David. The temple would be placed on the threshing floor in the city of David next to water, the Gihon Spring. Eli began excavating in this location. Just 30 feet from the Gihon Spring he found an old temple site.

The walls of the ancient temple were still there and in the floor a hole was carved out where olives were ground to make the anointing oil. The priest would be anointed with oil and would not be allowed to leave the sanctuary. Eli had found a very holy place.

The next thing he found was a channel chiseled out of the stone. The channel was created for carrying all of the blood.

In the corner of the stone wall he found a hole chiseled through the stone where the sheep would be tied to before the sacrifice. There were bones, animal bones, found all over the place. Eli had found the ancient temple site! In this site he also located a stele.

The only one of its kind in Jerusalem. Eli built a steel box around it and padlocked it to protect it.

This was surely a Holy place. Now, some thoughts of my own. First, why would Jesus tell the disciples that the glamorous Temple that King Herod built known as one of the 8 wonders of the world at that time, would be destroyed with not one stone left upon another? Why would this Holy place be so completely destroyed? Surely, God would want His house protected? To answer this question we have to go back to the time of the first temple. King David was attested to by God to be a man after God’s own heart. Yet, God would not let this man whom he favored build his temple. Why? Because, David had shed so much blood and was known as a man of war. It would be Solomon, whose name meant peace that would be allowed to build this Holy structure. We read through the biblical text that men like Solomon, men of peace, were chosen to rebuild the structure. As time goes by, we have this violent warring King, King Herod, who would slaughter thousands of children in an attempt to destroy the prophesied Messiah. He was known as the rabbi killer with 4400 rabbis murdered at his command. Working with the Romans he perverted the nation of Israel and the religion of Israel as well. How can we imagine that God would use this profane murderer to build His house and corrupt His laws? Unfortunately, by the time Jesus began preaching the Good News that the Kingdom of God had come, the belief had become so twisted and corrupted, rather than praise God for His mercy, most clung to the corrupted religion that Herod had installed. Pieces of the truth had been intermingled with corrupt religious teaching that had nothing to do with the heart of God, just like this magnificent temple that Herod had constructed. What else could God do, but completely destroy what had become a symbol of pagan theology. Just like Israel of old, Herod had combined the image of God with the pagan gods infiltrating Jerusalem. The people were more enthralled by the images and sites, the magnificent buildings and structures than the relationship found through the Kingdom brought to all by the Messiah. Israel couldn’t understand it then and still misunderstand it today. We only have to look back to King David to unveil truths that have been hidden for thousands of years directly related to misunderstanding.

In 1^st Chronicles chapter 17 we read about King David declaring to the Prophet Nathan that he was going to build God’s temple. Nathan told David to do everything that is in his heart to do, for God was with him. Nathan believed if anyone should build God a temple it would certainly be the King who was chosen by God when David was just a lowly shepherd boy. It was evident that God favored David. When Nathan got home that night God corrected Nathan’s thoughts. He explained to Nathan to tell the king the following;   and it will be, when your days have ended so that you must go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be from your sons. And I will make his kingdom sure. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. And I will not take My mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you. And I will settle him in My house, and in My kingdom forever. And his throne shall be established forever.

Men will hear what they hear. David would later tell Solomon what he believed he heard from Nathan which was; And He(God) said to me, Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish his kingdom forever if he will always do My commandments and My judgments, as at this day. I want to join with me as we decipher what God actually said that King David failed to understand. God explains to David that He would raise up a son from David’s lineage after his death. And from that lineage He would establish that Kingdom forever. Question 1; Did Solomon’s kingdom last forever? Of course not. Was David dead when Solomon was made king? No. Did God ever call Solomon His son? No. In fact, we know that the only one ever called Son by God was the Messiah Jesus. Mar 9:7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.

We know that the message of the Kingdom was preached to those in Israel and soon around the world. We know that the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached until the end of the age. Then at that conclusion the Kingdom of God will descend from the heavens and be placed in the City of David. The throne of our Lord will be established forever. Why has the temple mount been hidden for so long? Maybe, to keep another Herod from profaning the temple mount. The real question we should be asking is; Why is this mystery being revealed today? I hope this blog has caused you to think about the future and also reflect on the past. Muslims thinking they were blocking Israel's access to their God by building a supposed holy site on the temple mount is probably nothing more than a roman stable. Let's keep looking up, Jesus is coming soon! 

Today is the day that the Lord has made. A day specifically for you. The success of this day will be determined by your actions. Start this day with the knowledge that wherever you may be you are right where God needs you. You are where God desires you to be. You might be praying, Father take me out of this situation. Understand, success is not determined by what you feel, but by His will. You have prayed I want to do your will Father. Give yourself to accomplishing that task. Fulfill the will of the Father. That is your daily bread. Your nourishment is fulfilling the will of the Father. While you accomplish the will of the Father you will see the advancement of His Kingdom in the Earth as it is in Heaven. When the three Hebrew men were given the choice to turn or burn they chose to advance the will of the one and only true God. They chose to advance the Kingdom. They sought the Kingdom first and His righteousness. Even when the fiery furnace killed those who were to throw them into the furnace they willingly walked inside. No one threw them in, they walked inside. It was the will of the Father. No one else can survive what you have been called to accomplish! When you are walking according to the will of the Father and the advancement of the Kingdom you walk in a fire quenching power! You have a day of victory prepared for you today. Fulfill the will of God and watch the Kingdom of God advance in your life. The same Spirit that dwelt in Jesus now dwells in you. It is a fire quenching, devil beating, grave robbing power of God. Not by your might, but by His Spirit! Rejoice for the day that the Lord has made for you today!

The Formula for Success

The greatest obstacle for most people is how to live their life in the fullness of joy that it was intended to be lived. Jesus stated that He came to give mankind a life of abundance.
(John 10:10) We often live our lives according to the approval of others. Of course, most folks will argue this statement by saying that they live their life to their own standards and not to others. I can tell you that we all live under the approval of someone. It could be a parent, mentor or friend. Is there something wrong with this? Of course not. However, our success or failure of living an abundant life is not determined by the approval of others. In fact, your success or failure will be determined by how you see yourself. While many will scoff at this notion it is something that is biblical. In fact, lets begin with the words of the Son of God, Jesus. 
 Mat 6:31  Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

What? Don't be worried about what to eat or drink or what to wear? Why would the Son of God say this? Aren't we all worried about these things in some form or fashion? How many times do we get dressed and ask someone else how we look? Isn't that a form of care about how we are clothed? Sure, I know there are folks who only have the clothes on their back and wonder where their next outfit will come from. However, I think we fail to see the complete picture of this. Where should we eat or what do you want to drink. We fail to see that this care that we have about these things are the very seeds that have been planted and give others the premise to believe they have place to dictate to us what they believe we should eat, drink or wear. Our insecurity with who we are has literally given place to the authority others feel they have in our lives. A perfect example is the influx of individuals from just out of college nutritionists to the Presidents wife.

I can remember through times in the past when things were said to be bad for us like eating eggs that later were determined that well it wasn't as bad as we thought. When you begin to visualize who you are and your level of success, you take back the power of creativity and success for your life and remove the power that others have been given through your own insecurity. If I could show you a proven formula of success that would guarantee you a life of abundance would you want it? A simple two step program that would insure success throughout your life? Sounds too good to be true? Understand that it is a proven formula and has been tested and tried for thousands of years without failure. Two steps that will insure abundance in your life. What is it? Jesus said it this way, Mat 6:33  But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Two steps that will guarantee success in your life. Seeking after the Kingdom of God and seeking after His righteousness. What is His kingdom and His righteousness? When I was a kid growing up in my father's house my day to day life was constructed through his kingdom and my success was determined by my rightful place in it. I never had to compete for my rightful place a son and heir to my fathers domain. It was a given. Now, what if my thoughts were that I was not good enough? What if my thoughts were that I had to prove my worth? I would be deficient in my success as an heir and would literally invite defeat into my life. My lack of understanding of what was rightfully mine would inhibit my growth all the days of my life. Also, what if my father was not successful? What if I lived in a state of poverty growing up and never knew success in my household? Would that affect my achievement of success? It could. However, there are countless stories of those who rose from rags to riches. How did they do that? It began with what they conceived in their mind.

How you see yourself is how you are. How you envision your life is where the seed of success or failure is planted within you. Success is not determined by the opposition to your goals. It is determined by the root conception of who you believe yourself to become.  To seek the Kingdom of God is basically like doing research for a thesis paper. What is the Kingdom and What is in it? There is limitless possibilities in the Kingdom of God. There is limitless power in the Kingdom of God as well. When you begin to research God and His actions, demeanor and promises, you begin to learn about the Kingdom. You cannot separate the Kingdom from the King. One of the first things you learn about God is how He envisioned things is how He spoke them.
 Gen 1:2  And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
God created the Earth and the heavens that the Earth rested upon. God realized that the Earth was fruitless and empty and darkness was upon it. In God's mind He saw fruitfulness, abundance and success. How did it get from His mind to actual being? He spoke.

Speaking from your vision of success is a primary process of abundant living. How you bring success into being is by speaking it. If God had said well it's too bad there is no light on the Earth, then light never would have been. Why? Because, He spoke death to the vision in His mind. We usually say it like this where there is a will there is a way. In scripture we call that faith. How you speak is how you believe. Your will is the reflection of your faith. Many times we have dealt with folks that were in church that had no will or faith. They will waffle. Not only do their actions betray them but their speech as well. Life and death are in the power of your tongue. The creativity of your vision is determined by what you speak. You literally call forth the destination of what you conceive in your mind. You can change destination points as well.

If you conceive a thought that is contrary to the vision of abundance that you have in your mind and speak it forth you literally have changed the destination point of travel. Your speech is important. What you say is important. Guard what you say. Say what you believe. Finally, ask God for the path of success and wait for Him to speak it to you. Then when He has given you the plan of success stick with it! God told Abram and Sarai that they would have a child. This child of promise was spoken into existence. However, Abram and Sarai, unable to stay on the path of promise spoke a different destination point by saying maybe through someone else. They never gained knowledge of who they were even after God changed their name to help them realize who they were.

 When we are walking the path of promise we normally want others to help us through affirmation. What is the problem with that? You inject their view of success or failure into your vision. Seek only God's vision and when He gives it to you keep it.  I have heard folks pray for God to send them a spouse and then go to a dating site. What is the problem with that? You are bringing someone else into your path of promise. What you conceive and believe you must walk that path of promise to achieve. If you are going to conceive the thought that if I ask God to bring me a spouse and then through belief pray to God to do just that, then do not waiver from your path of promise. Knowing the Kingdom of God and how God operates gives you great insight on how to pray and how to believe. Jesus then said to seek His righteousness. Another way of saying that is find out how God sees you. When God looks at you does He smile? Does He say this is my child of whom I am well pleased? Does God brag about you? When we choose to live a life devoted to God based through the finished works of Christ on the cross of Calvary, we walk in a new life.

The battle that most believers face is the lack of knowledge that when you are born again there are two natures alive in the individual. One is the Nature of Christ and the other is the sin nature. You can not live in both natures. You have to live to one and die to the other. The picture in your minds eye of how you are seen by God is what determines your success. A prime example of this is the story of Job. Job had great success in the Earth. But, understand that living an abundant life doesn't mean you won't have trials. It just means you will walk through the trial and come out on the other side successful. Why? Because you are not moved by what you go through but who you belong to.

 Job lost his wealth, health and children. All of his friends began to urge him to take upon himself a new vision of who they believed him to be. A sinner who had got his just reward. Understand that life and death are in the power of the tongue. Our words can be used to build or destroy. We can speak evil or good. Our faith is what defends against those words. The Apostle Paul said it this way, Eph 6:16  Above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the darts of the evil one being kindled.
Job refused this vision and held to the faith of who God said he was. It was is unwavering commitment to who he was that delivered Job from his trial. That was his faith in action. However, understand that it was his faith in his righteousness in God. Job was determined to believe that he was in right standing with God and that belief was his seed of success.What was the door to which the devil attacked Job? His righteousness. How did Job overcome the devil and come out the other side of the trial successfully? His righteousness in God!

Some statistics for you to consider, 50% of Christian Marriages end in divorce, 60% of pastors admit to viewing porn daily on the internet, 65% Christian men daily, 40% Christian women admit to viewing porn daily. 90% of teens admit to having visited a porn site. Out of the 10% of people in the U.S. confess to being Christian with only 3-5% actually attend church. All of these statistics frame one picture that the enemy wants you to behold. The sin nature rather than the righteousness found only in Christ. The path of success has to be chosen. The path of abundance has to be selected. You cannot walk both paths. One has to be chosen. If you are struggling with sin whether it is pornography, alcoholism, drug addiction, whatever the sin may be, only you can stop the cycle of madness you are currently on. You have to choose. How you see yourself is how you are. Search the scriptures. Discover what God has said.
 Mat 5:6  Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled. 
Hunger for righteousness and stop the hunger of the sin nature. 
Act 13:10  he said, O son of the devil, full of all guile and of all cunning, hostile to all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

 
Understand that the sin nature is hostile to all righteousness and it will stop at nothing to pervert righteousness. You have to meet evil cunning ways of the sin nature with the same determination of maintaining your righteousness in Christ.
Rom 1:17  for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, "But the just shall live by faith."
Your righteousness is maintained through the action of your faith in it. There is an act of faith that you must perform. I still do this, I look in the mirror and I talk to myself. I quote scripture. I tell myself you are the righteousness in Christ. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Understand that you live a righteous life by faith.
Faith through the righteousness through Christ. Let Christ live, dwell, have it's place in you. Give no life to the sin nature. Give life to the Christ Nature in you!

Php 1:11  being filled with fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Your righteousness is through Christ.
You are righteous and have a righteous kingdom in the earth. You maintain the righteousness of Christ by keeping in Him and in His kingdom. You defeat the nature of sin by refusing to live in it. Refusing it's identity. Having that same type of belief that Job had. Refusing the identity others try to place on you and walking in the identity of Christ. You don't have a problem all you need is faith in God!!