Completing The Preparation

Post 286

As you will remember, we recently jumped ahead in the Exodus narrative ( Post 284 http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-disquieted-earth.html) and crossed the Jordan for some important conceptual information regarding Achan, but that is not where we actually are right now as a nation or as a world environment.
“So where are we then?”
I tremble to even write it and therefore confirm it, but say it or not, it is still true; we are not at the beginning where the people of God are given the land, but rather at the end where the people of God get ejected from the land; we are at the turning point of the earth’s cursing of Malachi 4:6 (Genesis 4:11-12, 12:3, Job 24:13-25, Isaiah 24:5-6, Jeremiah 26:6, 44:7-11, Zechariah 5:3-4) because we have not turned the hearts of our fathers to their children and the children to their fathers, we are failing Luke 1:17 because we are not collectively an army of people prepared for the Lord by turning our disobedient hearts to the wisdom of the just. We are the next generation, Typed as the Jews returned to their homeland after being dispersed for so long but still not prepared to possess it. We are, at best, the children trying to reclaim a land about lost by those parents who raised us. Let’s review these passages:

“And he (Elijah) shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse” Malachi 4:6 [the last verse of the Old Testament].

“And he (John) shall go before him in the spirit of and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord” Luke 1:17.

Therefore, if we actually tried to cross the Jordan now to reclaim the kingdom of heaven as we should, we would experience total failure by the multiplied sins of the Christian masses in the declared principle that even one of God’s people can defile many, just as Achan did:

“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright” Hebrews 12:15-16.

“Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man perished not alone in his iniquity” Joshua 22:20.

Remember, it was the root of bitterness in the heart of Simon (Acts 8:20-23) that focused on money as the cure for his Hunger just as did Achan (Joshua 7:21), and now we see it all drawing together in comprehension of why Peter was so hard on Simon regarding his iniquity addiction. Peter was deeply concerned for the whole congregation and so had to immediately squelch Simon’s foolishness as quickly as possible lest the trouble of Achan befall them all, or at least many, in a great confusion and falling away (II Thessalonians 2:3).
Remember, after the traumatic failure at Ai, where about 36 Israelites fell and God’s people became fearful in their hearts and Israel fled before their enemies (Joshua 7:4-5), Joshua was greatly troubled and went before the Lord in confusion asking for answers as to why God seemed to fail a righteous people who crossed the river in faith and boldness and went obediently to war at God’s command (Joshua 7:6-9).
The Lord replied, rather curtly:

“And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned…” Joshua 7:10-11a.

How often we turn to God in self-righteous ignorance asking why he has failed us, when in effect God replies; “Hey, it’s not my doing! I didn’t fail you; You failed you!” And now, like king David at the threshing-floor-slaying of Uzzah (II Samuel 6:6-9), we must go back through the record to figure out what specifically went wrong, because I thought they “could do no wrong” when they trusted God (I John 3:9):

“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them” Joshua 1:5-6.

So how is it that God seemed to go back on this promise? It’s because you cannot extract only the favorable parts of a covenant to get it the way you want it; that promise has more to it and contingencies are a part of the fulfillment process, even though they are not a factor of whether the promise will be ultimately fulfilled or not. The promise will be kept, but like the Exodus Generation found out; it wasn’t necessarily fulfilled in their lifetime because of their sin, and as Achan found out; not everyone gets to receive the promise, even if you say the magic words (Isaiah 29:13). Those factors are contingent upon obedience to the conditions:

“Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success” Joshua 1:7-8.

It is curious how easy it is to miss very important parts while thinking we understand everything. Take this excerpt for an example:

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth;…”, does that mean we are not to repeat what the book says? Obviously not, so why word it like this? It’s because of the importance of the following part;

“but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,…” Putting those together we discover a very curious command with contingencies: “don’t even repeat the words of this book unless you are meditating in it day and night.” Why? The next part tell us:

“that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:…” What we end up with a new comprehension of this command for expositors and teachers and even laymen who love to instruct in God’s word:

“Don’t even dare quote a passage of this Holy book unless you are very current by application, and deeply intimate with the book by daily study of earnest contemplation in the Spirit of God regarding what it says.”

How’s that for explaining the daily and early collection and use of Manna that melts in the afternoon sun (sin) and grows worms overnight (Exodus 16:15-16,19-26). This is not a command to avoid quoting the Book but rather a command to remain steadfastly seeking and applying its secrets of application on a continual daily basis.
This passage warns us that the Christian who studied the bible back in seminary or Bible school has nothing valuable to say if he has not maintained a constant contemplation of the scriptures daily. In fact, what he does say in his “I already know God’s word” contention of intellectual arrogance will only add worms of destruction not blessing, as the next verse outlines the way of success;

“for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

King David figured out, by earnest search, that they had violated God’s command regarding the transportation of the Ark (I Chronicles 15:15 via Numbers 4:15), and Joshua figured out by revelation that Achan had violated his commandment from the Lord:

“And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it” Joshua 6:18.

How was Achan to know what was and was not accursed?

“But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, (of Jericho) are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD” Joshua 6:19.

Achan did not do what he did in ignorance; it was because of his bitter Hunger that his heart was not right in the sight of the Lord before he went into the battle of Jericho, and so he had already reasoned away the specifics of the commandment regarding the trifle that he coveted when he saw it…and many fell with him by association in a completely different battle.
“OK, so where does that leave us today?”
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Application:
Yes, the next generation of Christians are at the Jordan River crossing, but we are the children of those who already crossed! This is a Hypercube thing not a linear timeline thing, but by folding the Hypercube into a singular existence of four-dimensions we find our place as Typed on the timeline in more than one location, so we are actually Typed further into the linear narrative by the Children of Judah in the time of Menassah and Amon (II Chronicles 33:1-24). Please take the time to read this chapter as it is itself the Type of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar of Daniel 1-5, which we discussed in Post 149 America in Prophecy (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2011/01/america-in-prophecy.html).
The second-generation does not get the utter failure and then restoration that their parents got, because the children are suppose to learn from their parent’s experiences (Leviticus 10:1-2). This can only be done when their hearts are united together between father and son, and not in the self-seeking pride of teenage rebellion that America waves off as typical for a child, or in the pride of the father who refuses to admit his own faults that his children so easily see. We are only going to succeed at this if the generations of experience work together with the next generation of present action. As the saying goes;

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it” - Edmund Burke.

With that in mind:
Today, the most direct opposition to our God is again rising to rule the Earth. This is not a paranoid theory of Islamaphobia; rather it is openly stated by Islam as the ultimate goal. Therefore, as the second-generation American people of Yeshua it is our duty to stand against this Great Evil in the name of our God as did our forefathers and our Hebrew Type before us. It is our duty to God, and to the planet...But;
We are not prepared to succeed: we have prepared ourselves to fail!

So in our last-minute preparations let’s further examine where we are specifically failing our duty:

In Strength, we started off well and until recently have been doing “so/so” on a downward trend; Temporally in national armament, Politically in international respect, and Spiritually under the name of Christ as a Christian nation. But of late, all these have suddenly been taking-a-dive in the boxing ring; we have simply thrown the fight (*1) and someone other than us gets the payout for it.
In Courage, we have long been failing pathetically, as Christianity has slowly become a passive religion of weak-willed self-serving gluttons who have disarmed ourselves as a matter of faith and transferred our power of protection to God alone while we lounge in our sin, ready to accuse him for failing his grace to us. Lately I have been wondering why the American economy has not yet imploded into hyperinflation, but now it is making more sense; please allow me to present a short chain of observations to make my point:
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Unimaginable Insanity!
In the abundance of evil reports of our Government’s activities, it is easy to become disinterested in more evidence of the same but this one is an identifiable landmark of significant importance:
We now have a non-American Sunni Muslim Marxist occupying the Whitehouse where by law only an American President should sit, and without a national outcry he was reseated for a second term while the judges consistently and unlawfully spurn the many lawful suits constantly challenging his eligibility from before his first “election.” The latest of many suits was unlawfully rejected by a judge who shockingly quoted on record a fictitious judge from the movie; Miracle in 34th Street to validate his lawless decision (*2), which makes it the first time the American Judicial System has so publicly used Fictional Precedent to determine a case without trying to hide it under even the Color of Law. It is uncontainable the degree of open and shameless insanity used by our Government today in our public National Suicide, while our representatives remain mostly quiet on such matters and most of our main-stream-media utterly so!

So, in Obama’s first term, he, while acting as the national leader and voice for the United States, publicly encouraged the removal of Egypt’s President and ally to both America and Israel, which opened the door for the Muslim Brotherhood to obtain power in Egypt as the new national authority, which is the enemy of both Israel and America. The Muslim Brotherhood is directly tied by origin, goals, and funds, to the terrorist organization Hamas, and others (*3), that brought down the Twin Towers and killed some 3000 innocent Americans on our own soil, and governs the very peaceful pretend nation commonly called the Palestinians, that perpetually lob love rockets into Israel as a sign of affection and good will.
Now in his second term, this quasi American President in a heartwarming expression of compassion for life, has declared through his VP that if necessary he will use his executive power to enact some form of gun control against assault rifles as a reaction to the recent Sandy Hook school shooting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting) where 26 teaches and students were slain by a deranged American gunman (*4a).
I will refrain from launching into a discussion on the Second Amendment, the actual purpose and intent for private Americans to own assault rifles, or even on the complete failure of the (*4b) attached column’s Florida writer to grasp the unlawful yet destructive authority that Mr. Obama has already implemented via his Executive Orders on numerous issues (*5).
What I do wish to note here is that by his lawless Executive Orders we see a pattern to use America to come to the aid and defense of his special brand of Sunni Muslims regarding their authority and power over nations, as well as the use of America to simultaneously block the non-desirable Sunni and Shia Muslims likewise. If we identify the particular house of Islam in any conflict which Obama uses America (as in his Executive Orders, military involvement/restraint, funding/or lack thereof, etc.,) we will see this pattern emerge and begin to understand his Islamicly driven action/restraint that otherwise makes no sense. With this in mind please review the U.S. Constitution’s specific use of the word Treason (Article III Section 3, II Section 4).

Of course there are complexities in seeing the pattern of loyalties in each Executive Order as it relates to regime changes, coups, population volume of one house vs. the house that is in power, actual loyalties of governments different from registered declarations, etc., but the pattern is quite clear once you understand the goal.
For those unfamiliar with Islam: the Shia are the publicly presented radicals most easily identified with Iran, while the Sunni are publicly presented as the moderate peace lovers, though history and their own religion of allowable deception will show that this front of Peace lightly covers a violent foundation hardly different from the Shia: The left hand waves the assault rifle with flamboyant threats while the right hand kills you with a quiet sword, both hands belonging to the schizophrenic religion of Islam with the same intended goal of global dominance through violence, though with slightly different fronts. It is a classic case of Yin-and-Yang (*6) where the dark side is necessary to makes the other side appear light.

Now that we better understand Mr. Obama’s Islamic use of America, many things begin to make more sense. But while it is obviously important that America defend our relationships and access to the oil rich nations that happen to be Sunni, and diminish or at least resist the more radically violent Shia nations from increasing their power, such as Iran with nukes, it is another thing entirely to use America to aid Sunni Islam’s rise to global power. The one is quite easily masked in the other and therein lies the complexity that allows the train to continue racing toward the gorge with “potentially” good intent that would be embarrassing to challenge knowing that a ready answer of Peace is available… so we all ride quietly to the obvious end of the tracks as the coal is shoved in the boiler at the fastest rate possible by our own foreign conductors wearing an American-flag lapel pin by force of the people who demand the illusion that he is American.

America is now so broke that this administration has greatly reduced the numbers of our military troops and armaments, and at the same time has promised to outlaw guns from the hands of the common American for the sake of 26 lives lost, BUT has no problem with America borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the manufacture of 200 State-of-the-Art U.S. Abrams Tanks and 20 State-of-the-Art U.S. F-16s… in order to GIVE them to the publicly sworn enemy of Israel and the United States (*7); i.e. the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt who has a happy record of already killing perhaps millions and the proclaimed intent to kill millions more. Where is the slightest sliver of logic or reason in that? It is found in the Islamic goals of domination, which America is now aiding to our own destruction. History will ask incredulously How the American people simply let it happen without so much as a contest.

So if the Sunni Muslims are already apparently controlling the United States Federal Government from the highest office down, why would they collapse the economy until they have bled dry its every resource? Egypt does not have the ability to borrow that kind of money nor the wherewithal to purchase such sophisticated armament…so let’s get America to do it for us!
Of course I could be wrong, it’s only an observation (said dryly).
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By uninvolvement America is not clean, even its Christians are not clean. But we are still Christ’s people like it or not. And so although we will be held accountable to God for our utter failure to defend the world against this global oppression, we will be more greatly held accountable to God for assisting those who openly plan the destruction of God’s people and our sister; Israel (Genesis 12:3, 27:29), regardless if they are walking worthy or not. Today we are not even capable to do the job of global defense that our founders did before us in diminishing the power and reach of Islam, but capable or not it is our job to do and we will be held accountable for how well we did it. (In the next Post I hope to expand on and finalize our shocking utter perceptional confusion that leads to this failure).
As Typed by the Old Testament, we are the “second,” Second-Generation Exodus People but we will either attempt to cross and take the land resulting in the utter failure of Ai, or we will refuse to cross in fear and be sent packing. The problem is that we are not the first-generation to fail this choice at this river, and the second-generation showed us the way of success. Therefore the price of our failure will be catastrophic as God himself will curse the earth because we failed to rise to the occasion that was exampled to us already! America is indeed Belshazzar not Nebuchadnezzar, who came in two parts. (See Post 149 America in Prophecy http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2011/01/america-in-prophecy.html). What is coming our way is truly unimaginable if we fail, but America’s Christians already know that we are not prepared to face it; either politically and spiritually, or nationally and personally. But as long as the ride is smooth and the cushions comfortable it seems silly to create a fuss,
“Would you like some more tea on this lovely train speeding to who cares where?”
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So just what IS the Application?
As I wrap up this transitional section of Posts in preparation for the very different next section, where you stand with God must be firmly rooted as a an unusually-enduring endurable Palm Tree in a SuperPerfect Storm hurricane. The Strength and Courage must be acquired on this side because everything on the other side is designed to test or diminish your strength and courage (Luke 19:26). Why? Because in the overcoming is great reward (Luke 19:15-19).

I have intimately learned that Christ will intentionally set you up to fail in order to see what is in your heart. IF your heart is not right, you will fall, and be crushed (Matthew 21:43-44). But if your heart is right, you might fall, but will not fail! (Proverbs 24:16).
Elijah seemed to repeatedly try hard to get Elisha to stay behind, but he would have none of it (II Kings 2:1-7) and so received the reward. Likewise Naomi’s daughters in law were given a very tough row to hoe (Ruth 1:3-7) and then Naomi repeatedly tried hard to get them to turn back (Ruth 1:8-13) and eventually succeeded in encouraging Orpah to leave, but Ruth would have none of it (Ruth 1:14). Naomi tried one last time to get Ruth to turn back too but Ruth begged her to stop trying to drive her off:

“And Ruth said, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me” Ruth 1:16-17.

Ruth showed a resolution that retained nothing from her past, and even after death she planned no strings of desire that her body be returned to her people; Ruth was now the daughter of Naomi in far more than marriage to her deceased son.

“When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. So they two went…” Ruth 1:18-19a.

Ruth ended up married to the greatest man in Naomi’s homeland and even found herself in the paternal lineage of Jesus the Christ! But we are not really shown the struggles these two ladies faced between Moab and that marriage. The reason is because by her steadfast commitment to Naomi, the specifics really didn’t matter. You just can’t picture her complaining to Naomi; “If I would have known how hard this was going to be…” Hard had nothing to do with it, it was simply her allotted life to live as the daughter of Naomi. She never once contemplated a return to Moab.
This is the kind of follower that Jesus is looking for. Not someone that Jesus has to keep begging to continue! Did we ever read of the child Joshua complaining about how hard it was? NO! Joshua felt greatly honored to have been given a commission, a job to do, a part of Moses’ obligations to God! Not as incentive to keep him going but because he was as steadfastly committed as Ruth:

“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him…” II Chronicles 16:9a.

“…Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” Matthew 7:14.

“For many are called, but few are chosen” Matthew 22:14 (contrary to popular opinion; apparently your clothing choice really does matter! v.12-13).

So ladies, get yourself dolled up because your King is looking for a Bride! And the time is now.
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(*1) Throw the Fight: 1. tv. To loose a boxing match on purpose. (Boxing. Other words can replace a.): I just know that Wilbur didn’t throw that fight. - Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears. Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.

(*2) Muslim Brotherhood And Its Terrorism: (http://www.diplomaticourier.com/news/regions/middle-east/1080).
Though this link is quite informative regarding the condition, it does not “document” the direct ties I reference. In the slippery world we now experience, a simple disassociated name like CAIR (http://www.cairchicago.org/) can and does provide direct financial ties while remaining safely disconnected. Even a little investigation will result in substantial data but the search is not as easily “proven” without reams of paper and boring reads. Glenn Beck did a fantastic job of it some time ago.

(*4) On Gun Control:
(*4a) “(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help prevent mass shootings in America, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
"The president is going to act. Executive orders, executive action, can be taken," Biden told reporters before meetings with groups representing survivors of mass shootings. "We haven't decided what this is yet, but we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and all the rest of the Cabinet members."
Legislative action also is needed, Biden said.
"I'm convinced we can affect the well-being of millions of Americans, and take thousands of people out of harm's way, if we act responsibly," he said.
President Obama vowed last month that a new task force overseen by Biden will provide "concrete proposals" by the end of January to reduce gun violence. The group, which includes an array of Cabinet members and government officials, was established in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 27 people dead -- 20 of them elementary school children.
In addition to gun laws, the group is looking at mental health care and what the president has described as a culture that often "glorifies guns and violence."” - CNN 1/10/2013 Gun Control (http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/politics/gun-control-battle/index.html).

(*4b) “FLORIDA, January 10, 2013 — The debate over private gun ownership has taken yet another turn.
Yesterday, Vice President Biden announced that President Obama could push through new firearm regulations via executive order. Such a bold declaration attracted almost instant controversy which hasn’t seemed to let up since.
Certain Second Amendment fundamentalists chose to make a big deal out of Biden’s remark. More than a few seem to believe that if Obama were to go through with the orders, America would be placed under totalitarian rule.
This should bolster the argument that some people really will believe anything.
In reality, executive orders are quite limited in scope. The Supreme Court ruled decades ago that they cannot exceed Constitutional authority or stand in violation of any legislation passed by Congress. So, the folks who believe that the federal government is about to come for their legally owned guns need not worry.
However, there is room to question whether or not an executive order really is good for bringing about gun control. Considering the necessary immensity of any efficient control program, a strong case can be made that such a thing ought to be decided on by Congress.
Of course, the House and the Senate are each controlled by a different party — and bipartisanship is simply out of style right now. So, it would be wise not to get one’s hopes up about finding a reasonable solution by way of the legislative process.
This, from my perspective, leaves Obama with few other options than the executive order. Something must be done to prevent heavy artillery from falling into the hands of those who are not law enforcement officers or military personnel. If our nation has reached the point that an executive order is the only way of accomplishing this, then so be it. …” - (http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/conscience-realist/2013/jan/10/should-obama-use-executive-orders-enact-gun-contro/).

(*5) Obama’s Executive Orders: The full list (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2012.html):
Scan through them and notice the countries named and the beneficiary of the particular Executive Order. Isn’t America supposed to be the primary focus of the President? Without wishing to limit the importance or dangers of those not specifically identified here, the following is greatly alarming in its degree of Governmental power-grabbing rights from America’s citizenry:

Executive Order 13603: National Defense Resources Preparedness .pfd (download it from the above list).“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:” - This is the common first paragraph of most all Obama Executive Orders.

But the Constitution does not grant him that authority because he has failed to conform to the Constitutional requirement for eligibility to be President, therefore the laws of the United States of America do not grant him such authority either. Further, IF HE WAS THE PRESIDENT, those laws do not allow him to write law; That’s congresses job (U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8), yet he makes the orders anyway, even though unlawful, and the Nation acts on them as if they were law.
Yet we shouldn’t be concerned about his Gun Control Executive Orders because they must comply with the Constitution to be valid? “Rigghhhhht!~”
Are you seeing yet that America is already dead? (judged). If you actually knew what was coming you would not go quietly as did the people of Kitty Werthmann (Post 108 Example http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2010/10/example.html).

(*6) Yin-and-Yang:
See Post 193 End of Book One and Two (http://when-did-reason-die.blogspot.com/2011/05/end-of-book-one.html) for an uncommon explanation of this deceptive concept.

(*7) Top Armament to the Muslim Brotherhood:
Independent report: (http://patdollard.com/2013/01/obama-to-arm-muslim-brotherhood-ruled-egypt-with-f-16s-and-m1a1-abrams-tanks-over-gop-opposition/).
Fox News report: (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/10/calls-to-pull-plug-on-us-gifts-tanks-f-16-jets-to-egypt-grows/).
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