Honeymoon prayer

[Servant89]

When I put the basketball hoop in front of my house, I never expected it to attract so many neighborhood kids, but it did. They did not bother me. But when my next door neighbor arrived from work, they had to stop playing to let his car through. Within two weeks he came to me furious telling me he was sick of the basketball hoop. He was yelling at me. I answered in a low tone of voice: “I hear you”. He yelled some more. I answered again: “I hear you”. He yelled some more and left. I removed the basketball hoop the next day (I gave it away to a friend that was interested in it). When he noticed I removed the hoop so quickly he was happy, really happy with me. Actually, he was so happy he volunteered to buy some shrubs and plant them for me in front of my house. My house was in great need of some bushes on front. He told me he enjoyed planting and gardening. I told him it was a good idea and I thanked him. He even dug the holes and my ground was very hard. He did all the work himself. At the end, he handed me the receipt for the plants, a total of $70. He said the labor was free. I wrote the check only to realize that I did not know the name of my next door neighbor. We lived next to each other for 5 years and I did not know his name. We (my wife and I) had a nickname for him in Spanish and never referred to him using his real name. But I had a plan, a real good plan. A plan that had a probability of success of over 95%. Instead of telling him the truth (I was embarrassed because he knew my name), I gave him the check with no name on it for $70. I told him I left the name blank because I did not know how to write his name (a lie, the truth was that I did not know his name). When I told him that, he took the check in his hand and told me something that triggered a verse from the Bible immediately. After I told him I did not know how to spell his name, I was hoping he would tell me his name was Vladimir Kachenko or something like that. But instead, he took the check in his hand and told me his name was John Smith. YES IT WAS! At that time this verse came to mind:

Num 32:23 … be sure your sin will find you out.

God is real in my life when I do right, and when I do wrong.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Two Mormons missionaries came to my house preaching their perverted gospel. Their book the Pearl of Great Price stated on the cover: “Another Gospel of Jesus Christ”. In spite of Gal 1:6:

Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

I let them in which the Bible states not to do. 2 Jn 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

I did not know any better, so I let them in, besides there was no way I was going to let them persuade me into their lies. We talked about doctrine but they had a difficult time persuading me. The next week two other, more matured Mormons came to my house but they too needed help. The following week two other Mormons, even more matured came to my house. I told them: "There are five basic doctrines of Christianity, five doctrines that all Christians believe. When I say Christians I mean Catholics, Protestants and Greek Orthodox Christians. Those are:

1. That there is only one God and he exists in three persons (The Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit), We call that the Trinity.
2. The divinity of Christ which implies a separation in class from man. That Jesus has always been God from eternity and man will always be man. We are not equal. Jesus is worthy of worship, we are not, and will never be.
3. That salvation is by grace through faith, it has nothing to do with the works of the law.
4. That there is heaven and hell. That there will be either eternal punishment in hell, or everlasting joy in heaven for each one of us in eternity.
5. That the soul is eternal. When we die, we will be conscious without a body until the day of resurrection from the dead."

Then I told them. "All Christians believe that. It is what makes us Christians. I call that the skeleton of Christianity. The cults look like Christians denominations but what makes them a cult is that all the cults deny all those 5 basic tenants of doctrine/faith. The Jehovah’s witnesses deny all those five points, the Way International also denies all those five points. It is what makes them cults. And your Church, the Mormons, also deny those five tenants of faith. If the truth is that all those five points of doctrines are a lie, then the Jehovah’s witnesses are right and so are you guys (the Mormons). If that is true, and the Mormons are right on those points of doctrine (meaning the truth is the opposite of the five points I mentioned)… Why whould God reveal his truth through the cults instead of Orthodox Christianity?" They did not have an answer for that.

The Mormons use a “burning bussom” sensation as proof that their theology is right. They get that from:

Lk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

But that is not proof that their theology is right. The proof of the pudding, is found in Isa 8:20.

Is 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I spent almost 3 years of my life arguing on the internet with 7th day Adventists about Sabbath vs Sunday (1 hr/day !!!). Half way through that period, I took a brand new NT and a highlighter and I read it all in a couple of weeks marking every verse that deals with the Sabbath or the 10 commandments. I read it just for that subject and nothing else. I pulled all those verses and rightly divided the subjects. The result is an amazing Bible study. I do my own Bible studies. I rarely go to the internet to download the work of others. Sabbath vs Sunday is one of my best. One thing I noticed after compiling all the verses, was that in the NT there are indeed verses that DIRECTLY command us to keep each one of the 10 commandments. I also found warnings against failing to keep each one of the 10 commandments. All but one. There is one exception to that rule.

Here are all the verses that either DIRECTLY command us to keep or DIRECTLY warns against breaking each of the 10 commandments:

Commandment # 1: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Mark 12:29,32; Rom 3:30; 1The 1:9; 1Cor 8:4,6; Gal 3:20; Eph 4:6; 1Tim 2:5; James 2:19. Love the Lord your God (Mat 22:39; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27; 2Ti 3:4; Luke 11:42).

Commandment # 2: Stay away from idols. Acts 15:20,29; Eph 5:5; 1Cor 5:11; 1Th 1:9; Acts 17:16; Acts 21:25; 1Cor 6:9; 1Pe 4:3-4; 1Cor 10:7,14; 1John 5:21; Rev 2:14,20; Rev 9:20; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15.

Commandment # 3: Do not take the name of the Lord in vain. Rom 2:24; 1Tim 6:1; Rev 16:9; Rev 13:6; Mat 12:31; Rev 16:9; James 2:7.

Commandment # 4:

Commadment # 5: Honor your father and mother. Rom 1:30; 2Tim 3:2; Mat 19:19; Luke 18:20; Mat 15:4; Mark 10:19; Eph 6:2; Mark 7:10.

Commandment # 6: Do not kill. Mark 10:19; Mat 19:18; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9; Rom 1:29; Gal 5:21; 1Tim 1:9; 1Pe 4:15; 1John 3:15; Rev 9:21; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15.

Commadment # 7: Do not comit adultery. Mar 10:19; Mat 19:18; Luke 16:18; Luke 18:20; Heb 13:4; Mat 5:27; Gal 5:19; Mat 15:19-20; Mark 7:121; Mark 10:11-12; Rom 13:9; 1Cor 6:9.

Commandment # 8: Do not steal. Mat 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; 1Cor 6:9; Rom 13:9; Rom 2:21; 1Cor 6:9-10; Eph 4:28; 1Pe 4:15.

Commandment # 9. Do not lie. Mat 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9; John 8:44; Acts 5:3; Col 3:9; Rev 21:27; Rev 22:15.

Commandment # 10. Do not covet. Eph 5:3,5; Mark 7:22-23; 2Pe 2:14; 1Cor 6:9; Rom 13:9; luke 12:15; 1Cor 5:11; 1Tim 6:10; 1Tim 3:2; Rom 1:29; Rom 7:7; Col 3:5-6.

Commandment # 4 is the exception to this rule. In the New Testament there is not direct exhortation to keep it or warnings against violating the commandment about the Sabbath. Isn’t that amazing? Why is that? Commandment # 4 starts with “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” We are commanded to REMEMBER….!!!! Did God forget? WOW!

There is so much to learn from that, so much revelation of God, who he is, what he expects from us, what’s important to him and what is not so important, so much Spiritual Gold that most Christians are not aware of…

Shalom

[Servant89]

This is my testimony. This explains why I believe the Bible, why I believe Jesus is God, why I believe in God. People say that faith in blind. That is not so. If blind faith is ok, then the Muslims are ok and so are the Buddists. Saving faith is based on something solid, not on feelings. It is based on the Word of God. The Bible says that we can tell which word is from God because it will come with supernatural evidence like miracles (Exo 4; Acts 2:22; John 10:25,37,38; John 14:11) or prophecy fulfilled (John 2:22; Deu 18:22; Isa 41:23). I have seen miracles in my life, my faith is grounded on that. But the Bible says in 2Pet 1:19 that prophecy fulfilled is even more reliable than being an eyewitness of a miracle (2Pet 1:17-18). I wonder why in Churches this information is not made more available to the public. I am talking about Jesus’ Resume regarding fulfilled prophecies. Something like this:

Jesus’ Resume

[Old Testament Prophecy] (New Testament Fulfillment)

Messiah’s Lineage

1. Born of a woman [Gen 3:15] (Gal 4:4)
2. Born of a virgin [Isa 7:14] (Mat 1:18,24-25)
3. Seed of Abraham [Gen 22:18; Gen 12:2-3] (Mat 1:1, Gal 3:16)
4. Son of Isaac [Gen 21:12] (Luke 3:23,34)
5. Son of Jacob [Num 24:17] (Luke 3:23,34)
6. From the tribe of Judah [Gen 49:10, Psalm 78:68] (Luke 3:23,34)
7. Family of Jesse [Isa 11:1] (Luke 3:23,31)
8. House of David [Jer 23:5] (Luke 3:23,31; Acts 13:22-23; Rev 22:16)
9. Born at Bethlehem [Micah 5:2] (Mat 2:1-8)

[Old Testament Prophecy] (New Testament Fulfillment)

Messiah’s Divinity

10. Son of God [Psalm 2:7; 110:1; 89:26; 1Chr 17:11-14; 2Sam 7:12-16] (Mat 3:17; 16:16; Mark 9:7; Rom 1:4; Acts 13:30-33; Mat 22:42-46)
11. His Pre-existence [ Micah 5:2; Isa 9:6-7; Isa 41:4] (Col 1:17; John 1:1-2; John 8:58)
12. He shall be called Lord [Psalm 110:1] (Luke 2:11; Mat 22:43-45)
13. Shall be called Emmanuel [Isa 7:14] (Mat 1:23)
14. When God enters the Temple [Mal 3:1-3] (Mat 21:12; John 2:13-18)
15. God feeding people on mountains of Israel [Psalm 23:1-2; Eze 34:11-16; Isa 52:6-7] (Mark 6:39-42)
16. God gives Israel rest on green grass [Psalm 23:1-2] (Mark 6:39-42)
17. Only God can read minds [1King 8:39] (John 6:64; John 2:25)
18. Only God can tell the future [Isa 41:23] (John 13:19; John 14:29)
19. Can not be killed [Ecc 8:8] (John 10:17-18; Luke 23:46)
20. God can not change [Mal 3:6] (Heb 13:18)
21. Receives worship [Deu 26:10; 1King 17:36] (Mat 2:11; Mat 14:13; Mat 9:18; Rev 19:9-10; Rev 22:9)
22. Called God the Father [Isa 9:6-7] (John 14:9; John 10:30)

[Old Testament Prophecy] (New Testament Fulfillment)

Messiah: A prophet like Moses

23. Fasted for 40 days and 40 nights [Exo 34:28] (Mat 4:2)
24. Started a Testament [Pentateuch] (Heb 9:15-20)
25. Changed the calendar [Exo 12:2] (Dan 2:21 & Anno Domini (A.D.) or year of our Lord 2010)
26. Born when Israel was under yoke [Egypt] (Rome)
27. Anointed by God [Num 11:16-17] (Luke 4:18)
28. Gave of his spirit to people [Num 11:25] (John 7:37-39)
29. Like a god [Exo 4:16] (John 8:24-27)
30. Healed people [Hos 11:1-3] (Mat 8:16)
31. Involved in a mixed marriage [Num 12:1] (Rev 7:9)
32. Tested (temptations in the desert) [Exo 13] (Mat 4:1-6)
33. # 1 in meekness [Num 12:3] (Mat 11:29)
34. Did not defend himself [Num 12:3] (Mat 27:14)
35. Suffered for God’s people [Heb 11:16] (John 3:16)
36. Fed thousands out of nothing [Num 11:31] (Mat 14:20-21)
37. Baptized people [1Cor 10:2] (Mat 3:11)
38. Face shinning with God’s glory [Exo 34:35] (Mat 17:2)
39. Taken out of Egypt [Exo 12] (Mat 2:15)
40. Arrival time was prophesied [Exo 12:41] (Dan 9:25; Neh 2; Luke 19:39-44)
41. Arrival was preceeded by 430 years of no Word of God [Gen 15:13-14; Exo 1:6] (history tells us there are 430 years between the closing of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament, just like there were 430 years of nothing between the end of Genesis and the beginning of Exodus - when Moses was born)
42. Whe he arrived, an order was given to kill babies [Exo 1:22] (Mat 2:16)
43. Saved the people on day of Passover by the blood [Exo 12] (Mat 26:2)
44. Liberated people from bondage, set them free [Exo 12] (Gal 5:1)
45. Ministry of miracles [Exo 4:5; Deu 34:10-12] (Acts 2:22)
46. His prophecies came to pass [Deu 18:18] (Mat 24:2)

[Old Testament Prophecy] (New Testament Fulfillment)

Messiah’s ministry

47. Shall be a priest [Psalm 110:4] (Heb 5:5-6)
48. A judge [ Isa 33:22] (John 5:22,30)
49. Special anointing with Holy Spirit [Isa 61:1-2; Isa 11:2; Isa 42:1] (Mat 3:16-17; Mat 12:17-21; John 1:32)
50. Ministry begins in Galilee [Isa 9:1] (Mat 4:12-17)
51. Ministry of miracles [Isa 35:5-6] (Mat 9:32-35; Mat 11:4-6)
52. Teacher of parables [Psalm 78:2] (Mat 13:34)
53. No promotional gimmicks [Isa 42:1-3] (Mat 8:4; Mark 7:36)
54. Calms the seas [Psalm 89:9; Psalm 107:28-30] (Mat 8:26-27)
55. Healed people by his word [Psalm 107:20] (Mat 8:16)
56. Made intercession for sinners [Isa 53:12] (Luke 23:34)
57. Triumphal entry into Jerusalem [Zec 9:9] (Luke 19:30-44)

Messiah’s sufferings

58. Betrayed by a friend [Psalm 41:9] (Mat 10:4; Mat 26:49-50; John 13:21)
59. Sold for 30 pieces of silver [Zec 11:12] (Mat 26:15; Mat 27:3)
60. Money was thrown in God’s house [Zec 11:13] (Mat 27:5)
61. Forsaken by disciples [Zec 13:7] (Mark 14:50; Mat 26:31)
62. Accused of false witnesses [Psalm 35:11] (Mat 26:59-60)
63. Dumb before accusers [Isa 53:7] (Mat 27:12)
64. Wounded and bruised [Isa 53:5] (Mat 27:26)
65. Smitten and spit on [Isa 50:6; Micah 5:1] (Mat 26:67; Luke 22:63)
66. Mocked [Psalm 22:7-8] (Mat 27:31)
67. Fell under the cross [Psalm 109:24-25] (Luke 23:26; Mat 27:31-32)
68. Hands and feet pierced [Psalm 22:16; Zec 12:10] (Luke 23:33; John 20:25)
69. Crucified with thieves [Isa 53:12] (Mat 27:38; Mark 15:27-28)
70. Rejected by his own people [Isa 53:3; Psalm 69:8; Psalm 118:22] (John 7:5,48; John 1:11; Mat 21:42-43)
71. Hated without a cause [Psalm 69:4; Isa 49:7] (John 15:25)
72. Friends stood afar off [Psalm 38:11] (Luke 23:49; Mark 15:40)
73. People shook their heads at him [Psalm 109:25; Psalm 22:7] (Mat 27:39)
74. Stared upon him [Psalm 22:17] (Luke 23:35)
75. Garments parted and lots cast [Psalm 22:18] (John 19:23-24)
76. To suffer thirst [Psalm 69:21; Psalm 22:15] (John 19:28)
77. Gall and vinegar offered to him [Psalm 69:21] Mat 27:34; John 19:28-29)
78. His forsaken cry at the cross (pointing to Psalm 22 a super accurate picture of the cross) [Psalm 22:1] (Mat 27:46)
79. Committed himself to God [Psalm31:5] (Luke 23:46)
80. Bones were not broken [Psalm 34:20; Exo 12:46] (John 19:33)
81. Heart broken [Psalm 22:14] (John 19:34)
82. His side pierced [Zec 12:10] (John 19:34)
83. Darkness over the land at noon [Amos 8:9] (Mat 27:45)
84. Buried in rich man’s tomb [Isa 53:9] (Mat 27:57-60)
85. Put down from cross before sunset [Deu 21:22-23; Jos 8:29; Jos 10:26-27; Num 9:6-11] (John 19:31)
86. Killed at Passover [Exo 12:1-10] (Mat 26:2; John 13:1)
87. Resurrects during feast of firstfruits on Sunday morning [Lev 23:11] (1Cor 15:20, 23)
88. Carried wood for his sacrifice [Gen 22:6] (John 19:16-17)
89. Killed outside city gates [Deu 16:5] (John 19:16-17)
90. And many many more!

Shalom

[saved11]

There were times when I wanted to interrupt the thread to add my own 2 cents. But I think its suffice to just add 1 interruption and that is to say :

Thank you. Thank you for starting this thread. Thank you for loving God so much. Thank you for exhorting us to read the bible, to love God's word and to really know the God of the bible and not some image that we have created/would like to have. Thank you for 'asking' us indirectly to be fanatic in following God. Thank you for letting God use you to reach the people in the forum.

And may you never stop writing in this thread

[Servant89]

There were times when I wanted to interrupt the thread to add my own 2 cents. But I think its suffice to just add 1 interruption and that is to say :

Thank you. Thank you for starting this thread. Thank you for loving God so much. Thank you for exhorting us to read the bible, to love God's word and to really know the God of the bible and not some image that we have created/would like to have. Thank you for 'asking' us indirectly to be fanatic in following God. Thank you for letting God use you to reach the people in the forum.

And may you never stop writing in this thread

I have to say, it feels good to hear the bride getting exited for the bridegroom. After all, it is all about him.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Let me continue with my testimony. I believe Jesus is God Almighty Creator of the Universe. I believe it for many reasons. I believe Jesus is God because it is logical and reasonable to believe that. Let me explain:

If God becomes a man, I would expect him to have an unusual entrance into this world. Don’t you? Like a virgin birth or something along those lines… ?
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be without sin. If you and I go camping, within hours you will find out I am a sinner. But the disciples spent 3 years with Jesus and were utterly convinced he was sinless (to the point of becoming martyrs for him).
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to manifest the supernatural (Acts 2:22; John 21:25)
If God becomes a man, I would expect nature to obey him (Mark 4:41)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be above the laws of nature (Mat 14:25)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to speak the greatest words ever spoken (John 7:46)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be able to read minds (1King 8:39; John 6:64; John 2:25)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to tell the future (Isa 41:23; John 13:19)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to exercise power over death (Ecc 8:8; John 10:17-18)
If God becomes a man, … well, he could not be killed (John 10:17-18; Luke 23:46)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be able to see things far off (John 1:48)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be immutable, unable to change (Heb 13:8)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to welcome worship (Mat 2:11; Mat 14:33; Mat 9:18; Rev 19:10; Rev 22:9)
If God becomes a man, I would expect demons to fear him (Mar 5:6-7; James 2:19)
If God becomes a man, he will never be trapped by man’s arguments (John 8:3-11; Mat 22:15-22)
If God becomes a man, he will provide the solution for sins and death (Lev 17:11; Heb 9:22; Acts 13:39; 1John 1:7)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be unable to lie (Num 23:19; Heb 6:18)
If God becomes a man, he will not receive counsel of man (Mat 16:22-23; John 7:3-5)
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to be able to satisfy the spiritual hunger in man
If God becomes man, he will never apologize (Mat 15:12-14). He will never have to rephrase or correct himself, saying: “excuse me, pardon me, let me say it another way, what I am trying to say is,” etc.
If God becomes a man, he will not come saying: "Thus says the Lord", he will come saying: "I say unto you".
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to have an acute sense of difference from other men.
If God becomes a man, I would expect him to have a lasting influence on mankind
And if God becomes a man, I would expect his arrival to be the most important event in history. Actually, based on Exo 12:2 and Dan 2:21, I would expect history to be measured relative to his arrival.

Do you know anyone like that, that fits those requirements? It is ok to shout…

Is 44:8 …Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Is 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:
Is 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

In the God Olympics, our God arrives first at the finish line, no one beats him, but he also arrives last. He is the first and last in every event because... well, ... what can I say... there is no competition. No one can compete with Jesus of Nazaret in being God.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I see some things in the word of God that are never preached … for example:

People rarely see sex as a sermon from God. For some reason, sex is seen as evil and we are not supposed to talk about it in church. God invented sex, not the devil. The Bible says that we can understand deep – hidden things of God, that are not seen (invisible), by looking at the creation that we can see.

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

I see sex as a huge sermon from God. The Bible describes our Savior Jesus Christ as the bridegroom and the church as the bride. God is the male, the church is the female. If we look at the creation (the work of God), we will see a message left in there, the same message left in all species of animals (insects, fish, mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.) and that message is that there is one priority in life… mating.

1. In the animal kingdom, males will stop what they are doing when the female raises the flag that states: “I am in the mood”. Nothing has higher priority for a male than becoming one with the female. So, by looking at the creation I can see a Creator sending us the message (evident in the things that were created) declaring that his priority is to be one with the Church and that he will stop at nothing, he will not even spare his own son to get that high priority, and that is to be one with his people, with those of us that raise our hearts to him declaring “I am in the mood for you Lord, I want you inside me.”

2. In the animal kingdom, the males seem to be ready for sex all the time while the female falls into “heat” a few days a year. That tells me that God is in the mood for people all the time, while people are only in the mood for him a few days a year.

3. If I show you a picture of a mated pair of ducks of the same species, one with two shades of brown and the other full of bright colors including blue, green, red and yellow, and I ask you: “Which one is the male?” You all will say the most beautiful one, the one with the bright colors. And then I will ask you, which duck is the most beautiful sex, the male or the female? Some of you might hesitate but at the end, you will say the male (because of his colors). This is what I see in the creation, and this is the sermon I get from it: Because God is perfect, he is more beautiful than the church, just like the male duck is more beautiful than the female. However, that is only in theory. Because in practice, if you ask the male duck: “What sex is the most beautiful, the male or the female?” The male duck will agree with humans, i.e., the most beautiful sex is the female. And if we ask the duck why? … the duck will tell you what is written all over creation, i.e., that the males in the animal kingdom are rejected several times before one female will accept him, while the females in the animal kingdom are never rejected, and that makes the female the most beautiful sex. That is so true about God! Even though God is more beautiful than us, he is rejected constantly by people while he never ever rejects one human that comes to him asking him to come into his/her heart. And because the Creator himself finds you excusitively beautiful, well, .... you are.

Song 6:4 Thou are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,

Song 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Let me continue on the same subject as the last post… that God wrote a message in his creation about his priorities… and his highest priority is being one with us. Another way in which it becomes evident that the Creator established that message in the creation, is by looking at the reward center of the human brain. This is amazing to me, how God figured out a way of connecting the body to the soul. What in the world causes the physical to talk to the spiritual? But the body has a way of rewarding the soul when the soul does what the body wants, and that is “pleasure”. And when the body needs help and wants to get the attention of the soul, it hits the soul with pain or desperation (like in the case of drowning or the need for air). When we are hungry and we finally eat, the body rewards the soul with pleasure, the same thing when the body is desperate to dispose of waste products or wants to warm up or cool down. All those situations trigger a release of a chemical by the reward center of the brain that brings pleasure to the soul. There is no natural situation on this earth that can trigger a greater release of that chemical in the reward center than during the climax of mating. That tells me the body puts the highest priority on that, than on any other need.

Man was made on God’s image (yes women too). But the man is a better representation of the image of God (the male) and the woman is a better representation of the Church (the female). Women can learn from men as to how to understand God on this subject. Men can relate to God with no problem in this area. Let me explain: I have yet to see a man that wants a woman in this fashion, saying: “I want a woman that knows how to iron clothes, cook and vacuum. Or another one that says: I want a woman that knows how to do dishes and do laundry.” No man talks like that, and if there is a man that talks like that, he has problems in the area of romance. Jesus wants a Church the way men want a woman. There was Mary and Martha. Mary was at Jesus’ feet listening to him, Martha was busy cooking. Martha complained to Jesus. Jesus praised Mary because she valued spiritual intimacy, Martha valued works. Jesus was not as impressed with works as he was with closeness and attention. Jesus is looking for the same thing in a Church. Jesus loved those that listened to him and valued spiritual intimacy with him. He loves those that are grateful for what he did for us. But those like Martha, that are busy working in church, criticizing those that worship God with abandon in church, they do not get this. They try to impress God with works, not knowing that is not his priority in a Church. Yes, we need workers, I am not saying working is bad, I am talking priorities here. There are too many people in Church that think that the main thing is to work.

Under King Solomon, there was peace, the economy was great and there was prosperity. Under king David, there were wars, family problems and a crisis after another. But the two times that Jesus referred to Solomon was to put him down and every time he talked about David was to lift him up. Why? Pay attention, this is important !!!!

God had to go to Solomon on a dream and ask him: “What do you want?” God did not have to go to David, David went to God (big difference!). Solomon asked for wisdom, which is good. But David had a better petition:

Ps 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

David said: Lord, I just want one thing from you and that’s it. I want to spend eternity in front of you to behold how pretty you are and to hear what you have to say, that’s all.

And that my friends, is my kind of bride !!!!

Shalom

[Servant89]

Ps 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

This is one of several times when God gave me the desires of my heart. I had a few longings, a couple of things hurting deep inside me that the Lord brought healing. This is the story of one of them.

I went to a Christian (Protestant) school since kindergarten. I went to the same school from elementary to high school. But the second semester of 11th grade, we moved to another town far away. I had no relatives back there, no friends. I wrote a letter to one of my old friends telling her I moved and could not finish school with them. I found myself in the 12th grade of a Catholic School with nuns that knew no Spanish, I found myself during class, wondering about my life-long school friends that I left behind. I remember telling myself: “You are not part of that graduating class now, they probably forgot about you by now.” But I kept thinking of them. I used to talk to my new friends in school about my friends from the old school. That was my favorite subject. I missed them. When I went to college I wondered about them but never made a connection. I thought they had met and had a class reunion but forgot about including me. But for the 25 year reunion, I got a phone call. It was the first time they decided to have a high school reunion and they did not forget about me. I thought they had forgotten about me, but I was wrong. They remembered me.

There were 74 friends in the 25 year class reunion. After the class reunion I drove to see my brother. While driving over the mountains, I thought about the goodness of the Lord and how he truly gives the desires of the heart of those that delight in him. I remember saying to myself: God is real good to me. Then a couple of moments from the class reunion came to my mind. I remember the lady that I wrote the letter telling me that when she got the letter she cried for hours. I remembered that during the class reunion a friend named Domingo had said real loud: “Ariel was my best friend in high school! Then he paused and he said: “Was and IS STILL my best friend !!!” He made sure everyone heard him. And as I remember that moment, I started calculating how much money I had in the bank, adding to it, the value of my properties, and at the end I realized I did not have enough money to buy that moment. And I started saying to God: “You are real good to me Lord.” And I cried like a baby while telling the Lord how good he was to me. I cannot help but cry when I think about the goodness of the Lord towards me.

Thank you Lord.

Shalom

[Servant89]

We were in bed. We had both taken a shower within the last 40 minutes. I asked my wife if she was up to some love making. She hesitated. She looked tired. I told her it was ok, that I could wait. She asked for a rain check explaining that she was tired. I reiterated that it was ok. I then asked her: “How about a Bible study? Are you up for a Bible study?” She quickly said yes with a smile. I took my Bible and before I read it I said: “This is a command that God has for the husbands. This is one of our marching orders. Because it is a command, it is not negotiable, I must do it. I am reading from Proverbs 5:18 where it says that I must stay attracted to the breasts of my wife all the time and I must never get tired of them. My wife interrupted me there and said: “That’s not in there!”. I said: “Yes it is, read it!” And I showed her from my KJV:

Prov 5:18 … rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

After she read it, I said: “You see? God is commanding me, I must obey!” And then I said to her: “There is a verse that shows the wife what kind of attitude God wants her to have concerning this subject.” I told her: “In this passage, the woman wants to find her beloved and she wishes that her beloved would have certain attribute described here. I turned the page to Song of Song 8:1 and I asked to read.

Song 8:1 O that thou were as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

I gave her 10 seconds to read and then I said: “This is a holy command. I must not lose interest in what God commands me to keep.” Before I unbuttoned her pajamas, she kissed me. I have to tell you, that is by far the most satisfying Bible study I ever had.

I have been on pretty exotic vacation spots in the world, but to me, the best place to rest while on vacation is my wife cleavage. It is written:

Song 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

P.S. Those two verses, are two of many reasons why I like King James.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Please, this is not the place to argue about interpretation of prophecies.

I told you my wife was Catholic when I met her. Actually, because of that, we got married in the Catholic Church. Because I wanted to minister to her, I started reading catholic books on doctrine, church history and catholic traditions. The more I read, the more I started seeing fulfillment of prophecies regarding Babylon the Great, antichrist and the false prophet. I read over 100 Catholic books in two years. Throughout history, many have accused the Vatican of being anti-Christian. There is plenty of evidence for that in Foxes’s Book of Martyrs. I have gathered evidence for both fulfilling over 95% of the prophecies regarding Babylon the Great and antichrist. I am not alone. I am not the first to point that out. Many have accused the pope of being antichrist and many have accused Rome of being Babylon the Great. But I found something no one else found, i.e., the identification of who the false prophet is. I know no one else found it because I googled it a few years ago, and no one out there has made that connection. Well, not until I post it here a few years ago. There are several reasons why I feel certain I have identified the false prophet. Here are some of the best reasons:

1. History showed up validating the prophecies (Luke 24:25). What that means, is that it is not based on the imagination of man, it is based on facts of history. You all have a false prophet in accordance to what was described to you, in your mind. I have facts of history.

2. It is not one prophecy that was fulfilled well, it is all of them, this character fulfills all of them perfectly. No, I am not talking about the pope.

3. The character is part of the Roman system, it is inherently Catholic.

4. If I was right, the pope was supposed to make a covenant with Israel on Dec 1993. I predicted that not based on special revelation, but based on Bible interpretation and the facts of history. I predicted that before it happened and it did happened, 4 days after I predicted it.

5. The Bible says that Satan deceives the whole world (Rev 12:9). The fact that no one can see this system as satanic tells me it has a chance of being the real deal.

6. There is no competition, no one can compete with this character at fulfilling the prophecies of the false prophet. How many people do you know that have brought fire from heaven to fall towards the earth in the presence of many people? Holywood even made a movie about him. How many people do you know that walk around with a mortal wound by sword (a literal sword, a large one too) and yet, still lives? How many people have demanded to build an image of him telling people to come to worship him on that hill? I am not talking about a group of 12 that go every 3 years to that mountain. I am talking about millions that go there every year? He has been on the cover of Time Magazine several times.

But the world is blind. They expect prophecy to be fulfilled just the way they think it is going to happen. Where in the Bible do we see that?.... nowhere.

Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

Remember the star of Bethelehem? God left a sign in the sky too for the second coming. Of that, I will tell you next.

Shalom

[Servant89]

28 years before Jesus showed up preaching, God gave Israel a sign in the heaven, the star of Bethlehem. I wonder if he still doing business like he used to...

I am putting this here to encourage you all. The spirit and the bride say Come Lord Jesus.

1 Cor 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Signs in the Heavens

Gen 1:14 states that God put the sun, the moon and the stars in heaven for signs. In Matthew 16:1-3 the religious leaders asked Jesus to give them a sign from heaven but he had already done it.. You see, 30 years earlier Jesus had given them a sign from heaven. It is called the star of Bethlehem. The book of Numbers prophesied is as: “a star will rise in Jacob”. And it did. Jesus said in Luke 21:11 that “fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven” preceding the second coming. He is the same, he will show signs in the heavens just like he did it for the first coming of Christ. The first time the heaven was announcing the arrival of Messiah. Here is one sign in heaven that might indicate a picture of the 2nd Coming of Christ because the picture shown in heaven is quite a summary of the book of Revelation.

Here is the sign: The book of Revelation pictures 21 angels that attack the kingdom of satan and the angels look like little stars (Rev 1:20) with 21 plagues (7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 vials). Many people think they will do that for 7 years. On 16 July 1994 Jupiter was hit for 7 days by 21 "chunks of comet Levi-Shoemaker" resembling little stars. See it below.

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Jupiter is made mostly out of hydrogen, like a star (except there is no light in it, just like Satan).

The Comet Shoemaker-Levi hit Jupiter for the first time on 16 July 1994. Since Jesus said there will be signs in the heavens before his second coming, and this is by far the biggest event in the heavens in the last 6,000 years (according the Time Magazine, May 23 1994), then let's look at the data. It might mean something!

Sign in the Heaven: Comet Shoemaker-Levi hits Jupiter. In Luke 21:11 Jesus announced that there will be fearful sights in the heavens. When people considered the possibility that the earth could be hit with a comet like Jupiter was hit in 1994, it brought fear on many people. That is definitively a fearful sight.

16 Jul 1994 of our Calendar was also the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av (Jewish Calendar).

On the 9th day of the month of Av... the Jewish people's worst day, all these things happened:

1st Jewish temple destroyed (burned); 9 AV
2nd Jewish temple destroyed (burned); 9 AV
Jerusalem is plowed with salt (A.D. 70); 9 AV
Last Jewish army destroyed (A.D. 135); 9 AV
Jews expelled from Spain (1492); 9 AV
Jews expelled from England (1290); 9 AV
WW1 & Russian Jewish persecution starts. 9 AV

This day is so bad, that every year the Jews fast on this day and the Bible talks about it (after the destruction of the first Temple). The fact that Jupiter was hit for the first time on the 9th of Av makes this fact very significant.

The comet first came close to Jupiter and barely missed the planet but the strong force of gravity of Jupiter caused the comet to slow down until it started coming back towards Jupiter and that is when it finally hit it. The comet's farthest point from Jupiter when it was passing by, slowing down and started coming back (called apogee) was exactly 16 Jul '93 (one earth year before it hit Jupiter!). That says to me: Earth people, this is for you.

According to Roman mythology, Jupiter is the big boss of all the roman pagan gods, he is the big cheese. Satan is the chief of the pagan gods. Based on that, Jupiter is a good representation of Satan.

There is more, Rev 12:1-6 states that there was a great wonder in heaven (a great sign), a woman covered with the sun and the moon under her feet and the great dragon with seven heads was there to devour her seed. The tail of the dragon drew 1/3 of the stars of heaven. What a coincidence that when Jupiter got hit with a comet was also replicating the picture of the big sing in the heaven described in Rev 12.

Well, in the constellations in heaven there is a similar picture with the constellation of Virgo (the woman) and the constellation of “Serpens Caput” (The Chief Serpent) right below her feet. The chief serpent is Satan, he is the great dragon, the serpent of old and the devil in accordance with Revelation 12:9. The serpent in the constellation Draco (or serpens caput) has many heads just like the dragon of Revelation has many heads.

Since Jupiter is a type of Satan (The Big Boss of all the pagan gods), guess where Jupiter was at the time it was hit for the first time by comet Shoemaker-Levi…. and guess where the moon was located in the sky when Jupiter was hit for the first time by that comet… They were both located just below the feet of the woman (Virgo) when this event happened. What a coincidence! I find this very interesting.

Man needs rockets and atomic bombs to artificially duplicate what happened to Jupiter. On 16 July... Man's two greatest technical accomplishments: 1st atomic bomb (16 Jul 1945) & 1st trip to moon (16 Jul 1969). Both of these events happened on 16 July. Jupiter got hit for the first time on 16 July 1994.

If this means nothing to you, my feelings will not be hurt.

Shalom

[saved11]

I6. There is no competition, no one can compete with this character at fulfilling the prophecies of the false prophet. How many people do you know that have brought fire from heaven to fall towards the earth in the presence of many people? Holywood even made a movie about him. How many people do you know that walk around with a mortal wound by sword (a literal sword, a large one too) and yet, still lives? How many people have demanded to build an image of him telling people to come to worship him on that hill? I am not talking about a group of 12 that go every 3 years to that mountain. I am talking about millions that go there every year? He has been on the cover of Time Magazine several times.

Ok, who is this person please. Maybe I'm dense but I really do not know who this person is. You can pm me if it can't be named in the thread. Thanks

[Servant89]

Ok, who is this person please. Maybe I'm dense but I really do not know who this person is. You can pm me if it can't be named in the thread. Thanks

The key to find this person is found in Isa 14:14

Is 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

God is a trinity. If Isa 14:14 is true, then Satan wants to reflect that too, and he does.

We see Satan imitating God even in His triune structure in Rev 16:13 and Rev 13. We see there the Satanic trinity, the dragon (anti-God), the beast (anti-Christ) and the other beast, the false prophet (the anti-Spirit). In Rev 13:3 we see the dragon giving all his authority to the antichrist just like God the Father gave His authority to Christ (see Mat 28:18 and Joh 5:22). We see the false prophet doing the miracles instead of the antichrist just like Jesus did nothing of Himself but used the Holy Spirit to work the wonders (see Mat 12:28; Luk 4:18; Joh 5:30; and Joh 8:28). We see the false prophet appearing and doing his miracles IN THE PRESENCE of the antichrist (AFTER antichrist was revealed, exalted) just like the Holy Spirit was given in Acts 2 AFTER Christ was glorified as it is stated in John 7:37-39. We see the false prophet moving people to worship the antichrist (Rev 13:12) just like the Holy Spirit moves people to worship Christ (John 16:14). The false prophet has power to give life (in a lying kind of way, 2 Th 2:9; Rev 13:14-17) imitating the Holy Spirit who has real power to give life.

The antichrist is a demon that has been at work since the times of the Apostles (1 John 2:18-19 and 1 John 4:1-3). The anti-spirit is also a demon. Notice in Rev 16:13 that demons come out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast (antichrist) and the false prophet, spirits like frogs. This is imitating the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity sent the Holy Spirit. We see God the Father sending the Holy Spirit in John 14:26, and Gal 4:6. The Holy Spirit was sent by God the Son (Jesus) in Luke 24:49, John 20:22 and Mark 1:8. The Holy Spirit is also sent by Himself in 1 Cor 12:8-11. That is why the satanic trinity is pictured sending spirits out of their mouths (like Jesus did it in John 20:22), it is imitating the Holy Trinity, that’s the point. That puts them (dragon, beast and false prophet) at the same level just like the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are on the same level. Just like the Son and HS are subject to God the Father, the two beasts (antichrist and anti-spirit) are also subject to Satan. The only difference is that the Holy Trinity is one being, one God, just like your spirit, soul and body are one (1Thes 5:23). The satanic trinity is made out of three demons (Satan and two others) and they try to act like the Holy Trinity but fail to be one, because they cannot be one like God is one.

As far as I know, no "false prophet" predicted by man can beat the "false prophet" presented here in the department of imitating the Holy Spirit. It is precisely that feature that separates this character from the others. This is extremely important. The false prophet that is being preached by the majority of the experts fails to imitate the Holy Spirit and usually they lack historical data to back up their interpretation. Was the Holy Spirit ever famous for being a world religious leader? Is He known for showing up in flesh and blood, in a carnal body? Then why do people picture the false prophet as a flesh and blood religious leader?

Hollywood has made many movies about him. He even appeared five times on the cover of TIME magazine. Everything I have just stated as a description of the false prophet has been fulfilled, all of it, by one and the same character. That character is a demon (another beast means one like the first beast, the spirit of antichrist, 1John 4:1-3).

Well this demon of the false prophet is also a master deceiver and carries many disguises. To the Mexicans, it dresses as a Mexican. To the French, he looks French. To the people in Africa, he looks black.
The part of his disguise that is most effective in deceiving people is that this demon dresses as a woman (a very effective technique). I am talking about the virgin apparitions.

Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

http://www.catholic-convert.com/wp-c...09/09/Mary.jpg

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That demon appeared 6 times but only on days # 13 of the month. What??? The one that fulfilled Rev 13:13 only showed up on days # 13 of the month? How much more help do we need from God to figure this out?
See this demon fulfilling Rev 13:13 in youtube. Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6SaC2t0hJs

Ohh, there is so much more, so much more, but this is not the place for it. Read the Fatima story and you will see someone claiming to be the virgin mary telling people that God wants them to make an image of him and to come to worship him (her) on that mountain.

Shalom