A Thought for the No-Brexit Day

Thought for the No-Brexit Day

Revelation 18:4-8 “Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

‘Come out of her, my people,

so that you will not share in her sins,

so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

for her sins are piled up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

Give back to her as she has given;

pay her back double for what she has done.

Pour her a double portion from her own cup.

Give her as much torment and grief

as the glory and luxury she gave herself.

In her heart she boasts,

“I sit enthroned as queen.

I am not a widow; 

I will never mourn.”

Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:

death, mourning and famine.

She will be consumed by fire,

for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.’”

Numbers 14:1-4,41-45  “That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, ‘If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?’ And they said to each other, ‘We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt’” 

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“But Moses said, ‘Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed! Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies, for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.’ Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.”

Hosea 7:11-13 “Ephraim is like a dove,

easily deceived and senseless—

now calling to Egypt,

now turning to Assyria.

When they go, I will throw my net over them;

I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.

When I hear them flocking together,

I will catch them.

Woe to them,

because they have strayed from me!

Destruction to them,

because they have rebelled against me!”

Isaiah 30:1-5 “Woe to the obstinate children,”

declares the Lord,

“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,

forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit,

heaping sin upon sin;

who go down to Egypt

without consulting me;

who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection,

to Egypt’s shade for refuge.

But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame,

Egypt’s shade will bring you disgrace.

Though they have officials in Zoan

and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

everyone will be put to shame

because of a people useless to them,

who bring neither help nor advantage,

but only shame and disgrace.”

Nehemiah 9:16-18 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and they did not obey your commands. They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.”

Acts 7:39-40 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’”

Daniel 11:18 “Then he will turn his attention to the coastlands and will take many of them, but a commander will put an end to his insolence and will turn his insolence back on him.”

The Corrupt Bargain

They were lying about 29th Match. What did the Christ say about liars? “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” What does the Christ say now? "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;”

Love God and keep words of God

Words from God - write the words and put them up around the house and teach them to your family

I notice how the command in the Law of Moses to love God is accompanied by commands to write out His words and put them around the house and teach them. This is a perfect way to exercise love for God. So I decided to write down words the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit has given me over that time of visitation in my life. Now I wrote them I notice they look so symmetrical and planned.

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“Build the temple.”

“I am God. Tomorrow at work a piece of paper with a list of names on it will be put in front of you. Look at it.”

“Put down your umbrella.”

“Consider the trees how they put out buds and leaves. They do so by the authority/power of the name of Lord Jesus Christ.”

“Israel has sinned”

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The first was the Holy Spirit when I asked to receive Him.

The second was the Father when I asked to see Him (in a dream). It resulted in a lesson on loving my neighbours at work.

The third was Lord Jesus out in the pouring rain. The rain stopped as soon as I obeyed.

The fourth was the Holy Spirit in church through tongues and interpretation.

The fifth was a word of the LORD that came to me as a prophecy with a sign.

I wrote them on a whiteboard in my bedroom so I see them every night. They so encourage me and warm my heart towards God.

“Let him who has a dream tell his dream but let him who has the word of the LORD proclaim it.”

“What is whispered in your ear shout from the rooftops.”

Things that existed before the Universe

The Book of Enoch helps to elucidate things that existed before the Universe existed and continued to exist while the Universe was being produced and will continue to exist apparently forever. There was the righteousness and the faith and the authoritative name of the Son of Man and there was the Ancient of Days Lord of Spirits His Father and there was the Son of Man Himself and there was the Spirit. These were all in existence before the clock of cosmic time started ticking. They transcend time therefore. 

Lascaux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux

What does the knowledge of ancient history found in the Book of Enoch mean for interpretations of findings such as the Lascaux painted caves? The Book of Enoch tells how Azazel introduced to humans the art of using pigments for painting and analysis shows it was around 3500 BC and archaeology shows it was the exact same kind of pigments as were used in the caves of Lascaux. The Book of Enoch also shows that the main science of the calendar were likely introduced by Uriel and taught by Enoch (Enmendurana) around 3000 BC. The caves in Lascaux in France show pigments used to skillfully paint dots and pictures of animals which are believed to represent a working calendar. The understanding gained from the Book of Enoch implies that either these cave paintings were painted long before 3000 BC but not by descendants of Adam (Adapa, Alulim) or they were painted after the 3500 BC introduction of pigments and possibly after the 3000 BC introduction of the accurate calendar.

A Modern Hermon?

Do the events on Mount Hermon and God’s response recorded in the Book of Enoch foreshadow the 17th century alchemist Robert Boyle’s introduction of the revolutionary idea you can dress sorcery up with religious arguments to make it look acceptable to Christians? Boyle’s influence for the following centuries till today has drawn millions of Christians into the practice of arts formerly considered to be magic arts. So we have modern science. This was done against the knowledge that in Revelation both God the Father and Jesus say with assurance of its truthfulness that all sorcerers will be cast into the lake of fire.

The Healing Son of Man

We need tp be set free from bad attitudes and ways which enslave us and the Son of Man does this but we need to let Him do it and this means we need to trust Him as He does it. If a doctor or nurse tries to lance  a badly infected sore to relieve the pressure and let out the poison we need to let them do it by trusting them and as they advise us how to keep the wound safe from getting worse we need to trust them and keep in mind what they said and carefully do as they advise. The Son of Man similarly needs our cooperation and trust as He deals with our enslaving sins and the Holy Spirit and servants of His do the same. We need to trust the Son and let Him guide our ongoing treatment and healing process. We need to trustingly keep truthful records of His words. The gospels record His words and we need to also keep in mind what He continues to say and the Holy Spirit continues to pass on to us. He sends people too: We need to receive them if we are sure they are coming faithfully in His name and we need to have the attitude that says “Blessed is he who comes in His name”. This faith is essential to get the healing we need from our bad ways. The faith we need can be given as God opens our hearts to the fact that the death of the Son of the cross was an act of God’s genuine desire to see us cleansed. The powerful acts of God in our lives strengthen this faith and can be depended on much better than philosophical dogmas. Believe the Son can save and heal and trustingly recieve it from Him, now and throughout your life.

Dominion by the Holy Spirit

The Apostle Paul noted in Romans 8 that a new dominion had arisen among believers. No longer were these people sovereign over their own lives nor slaves to a system of the power over lives of the human nature. The Holy Spirit comes into the lives of true believers known by God and brings His dominion with Him that can dominate their lives. Look inside a church of true believers and look at the Holy Spirit occassionally becoming manifested there. This presence and instrumentation there has power to dominate not only the proceedings but also the ongoing lives of the believers after the assembling is dispersed. Each recipient of such grace takes that grace away with them to ponder but it is not only pondered conceptually but it takes over aspects of the recipient’s life. This continues through the years and should really never be fogotten or abandoned. God does not take on temps. His children are permanent. Satan on the other hand does not give holidays or vacations. He keeps his servants as slaves. So to be set free from Satan’s enslaving ways we should welcome the domination of the works of the Holy Spirit in our lives once we believe in the Son of Man. 

Why the Book of Enoch is not in the Bible - Revisited

It seems to be that the Parables were actively removed from the Book of Enoch around 50 AD because they proved the identity of Jesus of Nazareth. Concurrently the original content of the Parables were being preserved in general knowledge orally. Perhaps there were not enough complete written copies of the Book of Enoch to make it feasible to canonise it when around 100 AD canonisation started.

Death of the god

When looking at analyses of archaeological religious finds from the time of Enoch (3300 to 3000 BC) and later textual developments of beliefs from that time you often come across the idea of “Death of the god”. Interestingly Wikipedia articles about this fashion of analysis show it was common a century ago but has been debunked more recently. The analysts took stories such as those about goddess Inanna deacending into the Underworld which seem to come from the time of Enoch or at least relate to that time and they characterise them as part of a supposed religious theme continuing right up until the death and resurrection of Christ and feasts like Easter. However the idea of there having been such a theme through religious history has been debunked because tales such as those about Inanna descending into the Underworld are not a matter of the death of Inanna who as a goddess or high angel is considered immortal. It goes to show that in studying the archaeology of Enoch’s time and analysis of it we need to look at how that analysis changes over time. It is often tinged by ways of thinking in other areas of society such as higher criticism of the nineteenth century. Fortunately such trends go just as they come and taking a long term view of archaeological trends can sometimes sort the chaff from the wheat. However the feast of Easter does have parallels between Christian and ancient Mesopotamian beliefs at its heart. It seems to be named after Inanna by her later name variant Ishtar. It occurs at the time of year of the feasts of Ishtar. It looks at how the cycle of the dying and rising sun in winter then spring has a lesson for our lives that death or descent into the Underworld is not the end but a beginning of another phase when the dead will return for this new phase. The philosophical religious leaders of the Roman Empire saw fit to merge the message of the Christ entering into death and rising from it into the existing ancient feast. Yet these two stories on closer analysis are distinct. Christ is not really a parallel of Ishtar. He died as a sacrifice for sins as the cross of Christ and its ancient meaning shows. He actually died a mortal’s death having become flesh first. His resurrection is a literal event involving the miraculous returning to life of dead body tissue which therefore gives hope to mortal humans everywhere. Inanna or Ishtar on the other hand merely entered the Underworld while alive and was ransomed from that state of imprisonment there by her human consort’s death. Yes there is redemption by death in both stories but they are not parallel.

Temporary Life versus Eternal Life

The final small section of the Book of Enoch though short and kinda tacked-on is perhaps the most challenging and tough to read and take in because it captures the essence of our human existence and the course of our individual lives. Here is an except which shows life might seem like science can prolong it but it is temporary and a trial run for something greater for those who pass the test but for those who fail there is a wait and then destruction.

Book of Enoch 108: 

“4. And I saw there something like an invisible cloud; for by reason of its depth I could not look over, and I saw a flame of fire blazing brightly, and things like shining mountains circling and sweeping to and fro. 5. And I asked one of the holy angels who was with me and said unto him: 'What is this shining thing? for it is not a heaven but only the flame of a blazing fire, and the voice of weeping and crying and lamentation and strong pain.' 6. And he said unto me: 'This place which thou seest--here are cast the spirits of sinners and blasphemers, and of those who work wickedness, and of those who pervert everything that the Lord hath spoken through the mouth of the prophets--(even) the things that shall be. 7. For some of them are written and inscribed above in the heaven, in order that the angels may read them and know that which shall befall the sinners, and the spirits of the humble, and of those who have afflicted their bodies, and been recompensed by God; and of those who have been put to shame by wicked men: 8. Who love God and loved neither gold nor silver nor any of the good things which are in the world, but gave over their bodies to torture. 9. Who, since they came into being, longed not after earthly food, but regarded everything as a passing breath, and lived accordingly, and the Lord tried them much, and their spirits were found pure so that they should bless His name. ”

Fellowship and Healing

In our life journey we need to find healing at times and yet we also primarily need to be pure as we hope in the Son of Man. We need purer healing than the world can offer. We need the healing of the name of the Son of Man according with the will of God. A major asset we should cherish is fellowship with at least one other believer. Fellowship in the struggle to live purely and do away with this life’s wrongdoings and unworthy behaviour and the love of satifying our human desires while ignoring God’s warnings. Finding one or more close allies with whom we can mutually be frank and honest about ourselves and our wrongdoings is an important blessing to be cherished. In confession to each other there is both sincere fellowship and healing. With true confession can come true forgiveness by God and with forgiveness true healing and health.

God Speaks to All from Mountain Tops

God speaks to all from mountain tops not just to denominations and groups with preferred sets of scriptures. God’s people are everywhere so He gets His messengers to go up high to proclaim the messages He gives them. The signs are up high for all to see not hidden away in a dark corner. People should all quit boxing God in. He is not anyone’s chattel nor a member of their denomination or group nor a proclaimer of anyone’s creed. Lovingly put His own words first. He has said far more than is in any denominational Bible. Jesus said “Judge for yourselves what is right”. He has more to say but people are not ready for it. God does not say any denominational or sectarian doctrines are the whole truth. Love God and what God does say. His people of faith should quit sinning, love the One Most High God, love one another and seek greater unity, humbly worshipping God together. 

The Temple

There is a temple for God comprising people. If the Son of Man adds you to this temple then He is built up by you being built up because the Son of Man comprises the temple’s corner stone. He is built up and glorified as you are built up and you recieve some of that glory. If He heals you and you are part of this temple then He is healed too. God Himself is glorified by the building up of His Son as God is in His Son and His Son is in God and when you are part of His temple He is glorified in you too and you in Him. So this kind of unity with His Son leads to sonship. It involves removal of negative qualities inappropriate in a son of the Most High God and the Son of God gives warnings to get rid of such negative qualities so sonship can begin and He sacrificed His body and blood so such sonship can begin. Then He works with each one who heeds Him to bring about this sonship which needs to be perpetual to be worthy sonship.

What Kind of Being is the Son of Man?

What kind of being is the Son of Man? A very kind and powerful human being who rightly and justly holds the balance of power in the universe on behalf of human beings, who existed since before time. Utterly trustworthy. This being once became fully human by birth and then as a young man provided for all humans a sacrifice acceptable to the Most High God - by dying on a cross symbolic of a payment of mankind’s debt for sins. Then God made Him the first human to rise as an immortal human after dying and rising again. So now He can live as mediator for us all with the Most High God who raised Him. What a man! What a God who sent Him!