BETWEEN PEOPLE & THE SPEAKER

LIGHTS ON:

It’s the remaining three & half of the tribulation years. The Spy Disciple is trapped on earth with Beasts of Ephesus who have no atom of belief in his narratives about the teacher & his teachings. The remainders who did—had journeyed back in time with the Spy to a moment when an occasion to receive the teacher’s teachings & turn a new leave was afforded lots who were yet to do so. The remainders had ceased the chance to put their trust in the teacher, thus getting caught up to heaven as is the condition for remainders who receive & believe the Spy’s testimonies about the teacher. But Beasts of Ephesus, having no share in God’s eternal covenant, wouldn’t heed those teachings. After the Spy’s last trip back in time with remainders who believed his testimonies, the Spy was plunged back to the present while the remainders got caught up to heaven. The terms & condition of the mission has it that the Spy can only return to heaven on the last day of the seventh year...after the great tribulation, if he makes it to that time. As the heavens had it, the Spy got plunged back to the present—to the very location he’d have to be on the last day of the seventh year when the heavenly portal would reopen for him to journey back to heaven. It had been accounted that what became of the Spy from that point onward (the remainder of the tribulation years) was known to none. However, on the last day of the seventh year, he’d be back in heaven to the delight of all he’d rescued & become a heavenly star to reckon with—since all he’d rescued would laud his courage, his valor, & bravery! As it turns out, what the Spy spends the remainder of the tribulation years doing—is reaching out to Beasts of Ephesus with the gospel: an attempt to likewise afford them the second chance that other remainders had seized and saved their souls. Though Beasts of Ephesus, the Spy manages to stir their interest in his narratives...such that, at some point, they begin raising concerns & queries...all of which the Spy makes sure to address in line with the teacher’s teachings (the gospel). That line of endeavor sees the Spy seemingly metamorphosing from a timid soul to a sociable & outgoing personality: a Speaker.
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BEASTS OF EPHESUS: BAD PEOPLE

PEOPLE
If Christianity was anything like you’re now making it out to be, why was it the only religion in the world that could be openly criticized, mocked, & disrespected?

SPEAKER
Events that usually come off as a criticism, mockery, & disrespect of Christianity are no doubt a criticism, mockery, & disrespect...but not necessarily of the Christian Faith. It is only a menace that rubs off on the Christian Faith on account of unrighteous persons such as spoken of by Jesus as being sure to meet unfavorable judgment for being wolves in sheep's clothing, who neither give food nor drink to the hungry & thirsty needy, nor accommodate strangers, nor cloth the naked, nor visit the sick in prison. Rather, they covet neighbors' houses, wives, servants, & so on, despising those God calls by name & fills with the Spirit of God, of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, & all manner of workmanship to design artistic works. Such make gods to go before them—since—in their opinion, the ones who play shepherds' roles over them, bridging the gap between God & them, become so lost in God & can no longer be fathomed on account of their much love for God. Never taking heed to themselves, they make covenants with the godless & get ensnared by their godlessness, thus opening up their souls to devilish alien frequencies that engender their cheating & robbing of neighbors, undue withholding of the wages of hired workers, injustice in judgment, partiality to the poor, & dishonor of the mighty. The influence of those alien frequencies further sees men among them lying carnally with betrothed women who're unfree for such endeavors. Then the bad news tends to be that they suffer no scourging as consequence of those evils. So they take it even further by turning to mediums & familiar spirits, prostituting themselves with them & becoming very eligible to have God's face set against them to a point of being cut off from God's people. Yet they parade freely amongst God's elects in view of the world's people who've duly noted them for what they are. Since they identify with the Christian Faith which is supposed to have zero tolerance for such atrocities, their dark deeds rub off on the Christian Faith & duly accounts for the criticism, mockery, & disrespect of the Christian Faith because, even Galatians 5:9 in the Amplified version of the bible says that "a slight inclination to error or a few false teachers perverts the whole conception of faith & misleads the whole church." But as a wise person, do you blame the whole church for the inclination of wolves in sheep's clothing to error & false teaching? 

Which of the world's numerous Faiths has its trustees living by the books intoto? But then, the fact that the Christian Faith frowns at jungle justice because it isn't aimed at breeding fear but faith—gets insubordinate trustees seemingly doing all sorts & getting away with them. Howbeit, there are always consequences...like in the case of such persons in bible times who took their brothers' wives & uncovered their brothers' nakedness, thereby incurring curses of childlessness. Commendably, some of the deserters eventually take heed & diligently keep themselves lest they forget the experiences that may have preceded or succeeded their initial induction into the Christian Faith while battling beasts of Ephesus to oust them from their lives (the likes of Mary Magdalene will relate more to that). Hence, redressing their steps, they take heed lest the statutes they learnt departs from their hearts...while doing well to teach those statutes to their children & grandchildren. They wouldn't behold all the host of heaven & feel driven to worship & serve them anymore. Sometimes it just so happens that—the moment God looks down on such people to see that they are stiff-necked & seeks to blot out their name from under heaven, only making great & mighty armies out of the Christian faithfuls, they, like the brood of vipers who paid John the Baptist a visit at the Jordan to get baptized, turn a new leaf & are again received into the fold like John did to those he tagged brood of vipers, again aligning themselves with the way of truth that sees them no longer being viewed as being far from the kingdom of God. But who broadcasts that abroad? None of them!

It is only occasions that make for bad publicity of Christianity that folks, especially those who have no share in God's covenant (Christian or not), loud abroad. Such become known for what they are...whether consciously or unconsciously. But thank God for the likes of Paul who spread transformative narratives that make for good Christian living, for, inasmuch as many had taken in hand to set in order narratives of those things which were fulfilled among those of Paul's time, it seemed good to Paul also, having perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to likewise write to them orderly accounts that they may know the certainty of those things in which they were instructed. It’s global knowledge how Paul's account in that regard saw those of his time becoming privy to the things in which they were instructed, even following those instructions to the letter, except for beasts of Ephesus who have no share in God’s eternal covenant. So, Christianity being the only religion that gets openly criticized, mocked, & disrespected is less about the Faith & more about certain lots who constitute the Faith. After all, when Jesus sent angels to the churches in the Book of Revelation, He directed His grievance towards those of the churches whose conducts weren't in line with the dictates of the Christian Faith, not the Faith. Hence it becomes obvious that it's about conducts. Conducts. Conducts. Not the Faith. It is only accusers of the brethren that go beyond faulting fallen brethren to faulting the whole Christian religion on account of misconducts that may have accounted for the fall of those brethren. But when those brethren get restored to Faith, they say nothing...beasts of Ephesus indeed: very bad people.
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THE SPIRIT OF VALENTINE: CHANCE MEETINGS

PEOPLE
See us now. The best kinds of relationship truly come when one least expects them.

SPEAKER
Despite what ensued between Esau & Jacob—which resulted in Jacob being sent forth to find himself a decent wife away from home—with whom to build a life together, it can safely be supposed that—it was in the “spirit of valentine” that Isaac & Rebecca acted, by sending Jacob forth to find love away from Esau’s toxicity. Jacob embarked on that safe journey & was most favorably & unexpectedly welcomed by the sight of Rachel on arrival, fulfilling the purpose of that journey in line with his parents’ hearty intention for the trip—while giving credence to the supposition that his parents probably acted in the “spirit of valentine.”  The consequence of that journey was him being most favorably & unexpectedly welcomed by the sight of Rachel on arrival, hence pitching lovely tents, raising modest dwelling places, possessing lands that were promised to his forefathers: lands flowing with milk & honey, becoming a special treasure to God above all people, & fathering a global star in the person of Joseph the dreamer. Guess whose womb gave life to Joseph: Rachel's...the woman who, at the least expected moment, showed up & became to Jacob what his Mom was to his Dad. And this is traceable to the supposition that Jacob's parents, Isaac & Rebecca, probably acted in the spirit of valentine? If so, then there has to be something about valentine seasons that extend beyond the romantic festivity it is ascribed to: perhaps a sort of providential blessedness, of facilitation of destiny, of fulfilment of promises, of granting of requests, of amassing testimonies with which to overcome hitches, & many more. Isaac & Rebecca can be said to have acted in the “spirit of valentine” by sending Jacob to find a wife away from home...which saw Jacob unexpectedly coming upon Rachel & solemnizing one of the best marital union in bible history with her. Isaac's & Rebecca's was no different. Hadn't Isaac's father, Abraham, having dwelt among the Canaanites long enough, noticed that the daughters of Canaan, on account of Noah's curse upon Canaan, had become accursed daughters & very unfit for holy matrimony?...not to mention being co-custodians of Abrahamic blessings?

Think about it: accursed women marrying a blessed men? Weren’t those daughters of Canaan the very ones who seduced angels, conceived by those angels, & birthed fierce giants? It was on that basis that Abraham, not wanting his seed to suffer contamination, commissioned Eliezer who ruled over all he had—to find Isaac a wife outside Canaan (as in Jacob's case), making him swear to never take a wife for Isaac from the daughters of Canaan. Eliezer, like Jacob, embarked on that safe journey & was most favorably & unexpectedly welcomed by the sight of Rebecca on arrival, fulfilling the purpose of that journey in line with Abraham’s hearty intention for the trip—while likewise giving credence to the further supposition that Abraham, too, acted in the “spirit of valentine” by commissioning Eliezer to find Isaac a wife outside Canaan. Rebekah, upon being brought to Isaac & lifting her eyes to behold him, didn’t just take a veil to cover herself. She immediately assumed the role of the Holy Spirit in Isaac’s life, becoming a comforter per excellence to him, especially Isaac having lost his loving mother whose vacuum that had been to fill. Rebekah took it further by instantaneously following Isaac into his mom’s tent to become his darling wife...many thanks to Eliezer who had sought her out for Isaac like Abraham requested. Such a lovely union it was, so lovely that, having later journeyed to the land of the Philistines, Abimelech king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac showing endearment to Rebekah & coveted the sight his lusty eyes beheld. But just like the daughters of Canaan, he, according to God’s standards, was unfit for the likes of Rebekah—hence God appearing to him in a dream to so sternly warn him against following through on that covetousness. And all these are traceable to the fact that those unions, beyond having supposedly been fostered by the “spirit of valentine,” were mere chance meetings that came about at least expected moments? Indeed, the best kinds of relationships come when one least expects them. Valentine may have come & gone...but the “spirit of valentine” still looms. And so, dear Lord, like You did for Jacob & Eliezer, pass men not—O gentle Savior, hear men's humble cries, & make it such that men, in least expected moments, may also come upon chance meetings that will see them stumbling upon the likes of Rachel & Rebecca...so very strategically & divinely stationed at various geographical areas for them...amen, amen, & amen.

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A BETTER, SAINTLY ALTERNATIVE

PEOPLE
As a Christian, would you shoot an armed robber if you accidentally got his gun?

SPEAKER
Not necessarily, especially being that the bible, in Proverbs 6:30, makes known that "men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry." However, the very next verse of that text leaves a strong objection to that position, putting forward that, though men do not despise thieves if they steal to satisfy themselves when they are hungry, the thieves, if found out, must restore seven times what they stole...even giving the whole substance of their houses if necessary—to meet their fine. But that would only have to do with career thieves who have treasures in their storehouses with which to make such restitutions...in which case a genuine Christian, spurred by the moment to fire shots at an armed robber upon accidentally getting his gun, may find it easy to repress the urge to give into the spur of that moment based on certainty of the fact that the armed robber, having been found out, is capable of restoring seven times what he stole...even giving the whole substance of his house if necessary—to meet his fine. But what about in situations where the armed robber is a bloody pauper & absolutely incapable of making any such restitutions? At least, career thieves with treasures in their storehouses, being privy to that divine rule, would have as "Plan B" to restore seven times what they steal if caught...or giving their houses if necessary—to meet their fine. But thieving paupers, venturing into thievery, only have one plan if found out: to flee. Hence, certain Christian folks, spurred by the moment to fire shots at such impoverished armed robbers upon accidentally getting their gun—might not find it easy to repress the urge to give into the spur of that moment based on certainty of the fact that the robbers are absolutely incapable of following through with the obligation to restore seven times what they steal, not to mention giving the whole substance of their houses if necessary—to meet their fine because...such robbers most likely have no houses to their names. So, erratic Christians, overcome by the spur of that moment, may very likely take the shot & thus justify their inhumane action:

It doesn't hurt to pull a trigger,
It only hurts to take a bullet.
So if I fired a gun with my finger,
Victim had skeletons in his closet.

That, however, is a situation that would most likely have to do with Christians who are still given to impulses & quite unable to act rationally in such worst case scenarios, because, as opposed to firing shots at a robber upon grabbing his gun by reason of his incapability to restore what he steals, thus getting bloodstained, levelheaded Christians would rather put the robber in spots where they have no place to go...a place that would see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. One of such places, like it sometimes happens, is that, as poison prepared for a prince—kills those who taste his food, even so, it also happens, that a woman, in her greediness, drinks love potions prepared for another. Now, when it comes to thievery, it does not only have to do with violent masked persons breaking into secured facilities to whisk away with valuables...sometimes wasting human lives in the process. Thievery can be narrowed down to very temperate, passive individuals who leverage their natural quality of innocence & naiveté to play the con, & these individuals could range from saint to serpent, rich to poor, young to old, & of both genders. There's this young hopeless romantic scholar, who, having fallen head over heels for a damsel in distress, lent his painstakingly acquired scholarliness to the addressing of issues that made for her distress, dangerously calling into account political juggernauts of high orders who were responsible for her distress. But the youngster got robbed of his due benevolence by the lady once she successfully leveraged his brainpower to bare her grievance against the monsters who did her ugly. Such may not be readily considered thievery—until one gets treated to it & finds that the feeling that accompanies such state of affair isn't quite different from the feeling that plagues persons assailed by violent masked criminals who break into their facilities to whisk away with valuables. What is of more value to a middle class scholar than his brainpower? And, wouldn't a lady leveraging that brainpower to sort herself out while not letting him leverage that same brainpower to sort himself out—come off to him as thievery? Especially when the sole motivation behind him lending his brainpower to the addressing of issues that made for her distress—was to have himself sorted out romantically? At least, as his bank account did not qualify him to stand a chance with the damsel in distress pertaining to raising the funds it would have required to have her issue sorted out, his brainpower did, & he made sure to substitute his limited funds with scholarliness.

But the lady, having had him all high in hopes of delighting in the result of the sickening process he would go through to have her issue sorted out, recklessly bailed out when it was time for him to delight himself in that result. She turned out to be one of those smug soon-to-be-married women & hot broody next-door neighbors with great asses & heroic scars who aren't to be trusted...who make themselves not worth chasing after & then worry that men will consider them not worth chasing after. The Christian scholar, lost as regards how to follow up on such issues—since his life revolved around scholarship, was close to counting his loss when his street-smart disingenuous acquaintances came through with a justice system & line of principles which would substitute a line of action on his part that may not be different from taking shots at a robber upon accidentally laying hands on his gun. As it turned out, there was more to the distressed lady than met the scholar's eye. She was something of a lady-maffia who happened to have need of levelheadedness in order to clap back at lots she had a grievance against, & such levelheadedness was alien to her sphere of maffias. The closest she could get to levelheadedness was the young scholar. Hinting on the scholar's envisioned romance as an upshot of his lending his scholarliness to fighting her cause, she'd used his strenghts & robbed him of the promised rewards of that usage, leaving him in a state of mind that would see impulsive Christians taking shots at robbers upon accidentally grabbing their gun. But his acquaintances had better, more saintly alternatives for him. They had apprised him thus:

"She loves you enough to confess those sins involving her & those juggernauts to you, most likely because you're equipped to facilitate her cheap vulgarism & vengeance against those who did her ugly. But she obviously doesn't love you enough to get you laid. Know surely that there are guys she's loved enough to get laid, though they did nothing to facilitate her cheap vulgarism & vengeance against those who did her ugly, possibly naming you the fool who came through for her to them. They've already eaten the girl you should have eaten & they don't want to have to explain that to you. So they want to make it look like there was never anything like that. You're just being punished for figuring it out. Keep winning though. Get back at them by taking their half-baked ideas & turning them into plays like you did for her. Note: the reading & knowledge you're gathering & making plays with—was her obligation, which came across to her as mission impossible & burdensome since she's a moron. You were actually supposed to be having the time of your life, which she's now having. The way forward is to re-swap & get her to play her original role while you play yours. The thing is: the idiot has had lots of sex...but you've acquired lots of skills, knowledge, & financial opportunities—such that you need not go through this process again to acquire them. Let no one tell you that you should. More morons want you doing the same for them. For marriage, that's entirely up to you & completely out of the question!”

Recall the instance set above regarding impoverished robbers who would be unable to restore seven times what they steal if found out? It was put forward that, as opposed to shooting down such robbers upon accidentally laying hands on their gun like an impulsive Christian would likely do, levelheaded Christians would rather put the robber in spots where they have no place to go...a place that would see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. The apprisal of the scholar's disingenuous acquaintances has a lot to say about putting one in such places. Hence, instead of the scholar going all gaga over being robbed by a lady & likely do to her what equates taking shots at robbers upon grabbing their guns, the scholar's street-smart acquaintances, though disingenuous, were also Christians & only flocked together with the scholar by way of being birds of a feather...Christianly speaking, not scholarly speaking. Their further levelheaded apprisal to the scholar that’d see him putting the lady in question in spots where she'd have no place to go...a place that would see her dying on her own before having the chance to flee, went thus:

"But in marrying, only marry kind persons. You'll understand when you marry. However, it first starts with dating kind & considerate persons because, aren't those dated persons the ones we end up marrying? It all starts from relationship. Whatever they are in a relationship—is what they're more likely to be in marriage. Remember asking who's bent on making a son out of you when she's not your biological mother? It's her! She was given a bizarre goal to finish everything on some list for a certain house to become hers. Remember asking what's on the list? It's having sex with everyone. Wondering why she barred from such endeavors? Because you aren't part of everyone & it seems the lady in question cunningly switched places with you before knowing what she signed up for. It was supposed to be you. But she took your place. Kindly aid her getting ripped apart by everyone because you've been running her accursed race while she delights herself unrestrictedly in your delectations. The sudden spooky dreams, the confusions, & the uncertainties, notice: they make you undermine & postpone intimate endeavors until you're done solving a puzzle as to why you're unlucky in romantic endeavors, which is never supposed to be solved, leaving you single for life. It is an anti-marriage, anti-relationship devilish programme! Beat her to it. Put her in spots where she'd no place to go...spots that'll see her dying on her own before having the chance to flee. Do that by washing her dirty linens in public via plays. That, surly, would serve her right."

Now, back to the question: "as a Christian, would you shoot an armed robber if you accidentally got his gun?" Not necessarily...but very likely to ensure that the robber meets the same fate by seeing to it that he or she is put in spots where they'd have no place to go...spots that'd see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. That would serve them right, wouldn't it?...except God’s delivers them, in which case they would have to refrain from such evils.

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THE EVIL THAT MEN DO: LIVES AFTER THEM

PEOPLE
Indeed, when God delivers one from evil, one ought not to keep in touch with it.

SPEAKER
That is very true. But it is much better, as much as it depends on a person, to not even delve into evil in the first place, as there might not always be an occasion for deliverance. Adam & Eve had no occasion for deliverance after Eve, who, like many today, warmed up to conversations with devils & were shown worldly kingdoms like Jesus was by Satan...& were required to bow in satanic worship for them...which they obliged like Eve did with the tree of the knowledge of good & evil, having beheld & judged the fruit of that tree to be good for food, pleasant to the eyes, & desirable to make one wise. Like Eve, such persons take of such fruits & eat them, even passing them to their companions like Eve did to Adam. Wasn’t that when the eyes of both of them popped open & they prematurely beheld their nakedness, which, before then, was concealed from the eyes of them both? In a world like ours, it is essential to note that, when dealing with unrepentantly evil systems, one must come to the point of understanding that such systems are structured to do just what they do: evil. Thus, it beholds on persons to not delve into evil in the hope that an occasion for deliverance will arise. Howbeit, it is instructive to note that, though it is better to not delve into evil in the hope that occasion for deliverance will arise, one must bear in mind that, since evil, like the devil, roams to & fro the earth seeking whom to devour, it could still find occasions through evil persons to catch up with the likes of Joseph...like it did when it leveraged the instrumentality of Potiphar’s wife to extend its footprint to Joseph from where his brothers had advanced it to. Having cast her longing eyes on Joseph, Potiphar’s wife had required him to lie with her in an adulterous union. Though Joseph had refused to delve into that evil in the hope that an occasion for deliverance would see him bailing out of it & not keep in touch with it anymore, his refusal had landed him in jail where he continued the good work of interpreting dreams: an endeavor that had landed him in Potiphar's house in the first place. That's reason enough to rule out the notion of avoiding evil than indulging it in the hope of an occasion for deliverance to bail out of it, because, though the innocent Joseph did so most commendably, evil still kept in touch with him & put him in a position where he nonetheless required & even despairingly solicited an occasion for deliverance from a fellow prisoner...a fate he sought to avoid by not delving into that evil.

But it is again instructive to note at this point that, to a very large extent, it was his avoidance of that evil that accounted for him turning out to become the second most influential person on earth...a feat of which, had he delved into that evil, may not have been attained...unlike Adam & Eve who, having done so, sowed fig leaves to make coverings for themselves: a sort of occasion for deliverance from the grave evil they had delved into. However, sowing fig leaves to make coverings for themselves didn’t conceal their unclothedness...as can be likened to the fashionable fashions of fashionistas across centuries which has neither served that purpose...accounting for humanities’ reproachable unclothedness with endless efforts being made to conceal it, even to the detriment & hurt of those devoid of understanding. Be that as it may, many today, unlike Adam & Eve, delve into one evil or the other & find occasion for deliverance. A typical example would be the number of you listening to me now…& can likewise be evidenced in the life of Jacob. But it's a gamble to do so, as can be evidenced in the life of Jacob's only daughter, Dinah. Christians, & even non-Christians among you, are very likely to be familiar with what became of Sodom & Gomorrah back in the days, as it is no news that Abraham, having had talks with God concerning the destruction of Sodom, rose early the next morning to the place where he'd stood before the Lord to look toward Sodom & Gomorrah & all the land of the plane. What he saw, unlike the previous day, was the smoke of the land which went up like the vapor of a furnace...a terrible sight to have beheld, though not as terrible as those that Jacob beheld which ought to have been his undoing. Jacob kept seeing & beholding sights that ought to have been his undoing.

As it turned out, those sights only became his doing, notwithstanding his prior betrayal of his brother which would have justified those sights accounting for his undoing. Firstly, he saw God face to face at Peniel; yet his life was spared. Secondly, he saw his twin brother, Esau, who he had tricked out of his birthright & wasn’t pounced on—in vengeance like he'd feared would happen. But Dinah, Jacob’s only daughter, wasn’t so lucky, as, having gone out to see the daughters of the land of Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the prince of the country, saw her & raped the hell out of her...only to fall madly in love with her. That made him hold his father’s entire land for ransom just to walk down the aisle with her. But not even that avenue for deliverance could save him from the consequence of the evil he had brought upon himself by raping Dinah, as Jacob's sons, Simeon & Levi, like Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" (a play by William Shakespeare), took it upon themselves to take their pound of flesh...which ensued in the demise of Shechem the rapist, his father Hamor, & every last one of the Hivites. Howbeit, that didn’t prevent Dinah from being plunged into oblivion afterward, as there'd been no further account of her except about that tragic flaw...a deplorable aftermath of her wanting to keep in touch with evil company that currupts.

The same would have become of Lot, who, not being privy to these words of the wise when he, before the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, lifted his eyes & saw all the plain of Jordan that it was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord & like the land of Egypt, coveted it to what would have been his doom if not for divine intervention...an occasion for deliverance via the ministry of the angels that had been sent by God to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah for the evil they had so abominably & rottenly delved into. But Abraham, who wouldn’t nurse such covetousness in his heart, in which case he wouldn’t delve into such evil & possibly hope for an occasion for deliverance to bail out of it, was, as a consequence, offered a blank cheque by God upon his separation from Lot, being told by God to lift his eyes & look from the place where he was—northward, southward, eastward, & westward...that all the land which he saw would be given to him & his descendants forever. The devil also came upon Jesus with a blank cheque of that sort, taking Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, showing Him all the kingdoms of the world & their glory, & saying to Him, “All these things I’ll give to You if You fall down & worship me.” Abraham had looked at & beheld lands that were given to him & his descendants forever. But Jesus wouldn’t look to behold the kingdoms the devil showed to him...nor would He consider the glory of those kingdoms...not to mention falling to worship the devil for those kingdoms. Therefore, capitalizing on his temporary presence on the earth in human form, he could afford to decry the likes of Eve who not only look to behold kingdoms shown to them by the devil...but likewise fall in worship of the devil for those kingdoms.

Even today, disciples of Jesus, like Paul the apostle, still decry such endeavors, thus making room for deliverance of those who fall prey to such evil, as it was the absence of the likes of Paul in Sodom & Gomorrah that saw God thus decrying the abominations of those cities: “because the outcry against Sodom & Gomorrah is great, & because their sin is very grave, I will go down now & see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; & if not, I will know.” Consequently, two angels, coming to Sodom based on that, confirmed that indeed, those cities had done all according to the outcry against them that had gone to God...but not, as mentioned earlier, before they were seen by Lot who was sitting at the gate of Sodom—who, on seeing them, rose to meet them & bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Such reverence earned him favor with the angels concerning an out-of-context request he'd made for them to not overthrow a nearby city which had been marked for destruction so he'd find succor therein, since the city he was to flee to—was a bit far away...unlike it was for Ham, the father of Canaan, who, seeing his father’s nakedness, incurred a curse for irreverently whispering of it to his two brothers...an evil that could have been avoided, for which there was no occasion for deliverance. Wasn’t that why Israel could afford to knock giants out of the land of Canaan & take over their land? But for Shem & Japheth who took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders & went backward to cover their father’s nakedness, heartfelt blessings were pronounced on them because they, though being beckoned on by Ham to join in the evil of beholding their father's nakedness, would not delve into it, thus turning their faces away so they wouldn’t have memory of such sight. As there was no occasion for deliverance for Ham, his father's curse upon Canaan, Ham's son (since Ham himself could not be cursed because God had already blessed Noah's family before the flood), made it such that Abraham, coming down the line & wanting for a worthy bride for his son Isaac, who would, alongside Isaac, foster a continuance of Abrahamic blessings, commissioned Eliezer who ruled over all he had—to find Isaac a wife outside of Canaan, making him swear that he won’t take a wife for Isaac from the daughters of Canaan...for, having dwelt among them, he had known them to be accursed daughters...unfit for holy matrimony & unqualified to be co-custodians of Abrahamic blessings.

Such women were only fitting for the likes of Esau, which accounted for Esau filling his tent with them...daughters of Canaan who arguably wouldn’t reach for a veil to cover themselves upon lifting their eyes to behold their groom-to-be like Rebekah did upon lifting her eyes to behold Isaac. Aren’t those daughters of Canaan the ones who seduced angels, conceived by those angels, & birthed giants? Is that a feat that one achieves by being veiled? Abraham, having been prevented from partaking of Canaan's curse, wouldn't keep in touch with anything "Canaan" by letting his son marry from Canaan's linage...for which reason he commissioned Eliezer to search out a worthy bride for Isaac, Rebekah having been that bride. As just mentioned, Rebekah, upon being brought to Isaac & lifting her eyes to behold Isaac, didn’t just take a veil to cover herself, unlike the daughters of Canaan who arguably wouldn't do so. Rebekah, impressively, immediately assumed the role of the Holy Spirit in Isaac’s life, becoming a comforter per excellence to him, especially after having lost his loving mother, Sarah, whose vacuum that had been to fill. Rebekah took it even further by following Isaac into his mother’s tent to become his darling wife...many thanks to Eliezer, the oldest servant of Abraham’s house who had sought her out for Isaac just as Abraham requested. However, Judah, one of the sons of Jacob, coming down the line like Abraham, wouldn't take after his forefather Abraham. So he fell short in not keeping in touch with the evil his forefather had been delivered from. Though being the great-great-grandfather of Jesus the Christ, he couldn't keep from marrying & having carnal knowledge of the daughter of a certain Canaanite upon setting eyes on her. Neither did God withhold justice from Er, a product of that union—for acting wickedly in the sight of the Lord by practicing coitus interruptus on his wife, Tamar, to keep from having children with her. The same was the case with the other products of that union who faced justice for the same undoing until Tamar became widowed & only hoped to be inherited yet again by the last surviving product of Judah’s union with a daughter of Canaan. But Judah "played safe" by ridding his family of Tamar, intending for the worst to become of her as it had of his sons on account of her.

Tamar, noticing things for what they were—since Judah’s last surviving son had become grown but not made to inherit her as promised, took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil like Rebekah did, & sat in an open place to lay ambush for Judah. Judah, though being the great-great-grandfather of Jesus, saw her & thought she was a harlot: no discernment whatsoever...simply because she had covered her face. It would have been better if he only misjudged her by judging the book by its cover...he further delved into the evil of soliciting her services & had it lavishly, attaining a feat his sons couldn’t...with the same girl. Wasn’t it about three months later—that Judah was told that Tamar had played the harlot & was with child by harlotry? What did he do upon learning of that? He hypocritically asked for her to be burned...only to soon find that he’s shamefully on the other end of that harlotry! Like Jesus in John 11:35, Judah wept! But God delivered his lineage by occasioning for the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the person of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Seed of David, & the Savior of the world, to come from Judah's lineage. As a consequence, there's been decrying of evils that have seen many, like Joseph, refusing to readily delve into evil in the hope for the occasion of deliverance to bail out & keep out of touch with them. On account of the emergence of Jesus in the world & his discipleship of those who've taken after him, many today, enjoying revival on that basis, commendably take heed & diligently keep themselves lest they forget the things their eyes had seen in the course of revivals that had them battling beasts of Ephesus to oust them from the lives. They take heed lest the statutes they learn depart from their hearts. They do well to teach those statutes to their children & grandchildren. They wouldn’t lift their eyes to heaven to behold all the hosts of heaven & feel driven to worship & serve them.

Be that as it may, some lots stand out oddly, constituting "conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes" who devise means by which motives at the core of men’s hearts can be determined without an outpouring of God’s Spirit, who are to Jesus' disciples today what the Philistines were to Isaac in their land back then. Not only does God look down on such stiff-necked persons to blot out their name from under heaven at the end of time & only make a great & mighty nation out of Jesus' faithfuls in the New Jerusalem, it just so happens that occasions for deliverance are afforded such persons...some of who, on the verge of what would have been their destruction & transition into eternal doom, embrace that occasion like the brood of vipers who paid John the Baptist a visit at the Jordan to be baptized of him. Though such behave unwisely in delving into evil (possibly hoping for an occasion to bail out & cease to keep in touch with it), they somehow come upon that occasion nonetheless, embrace the occasion & cease being far from the kingdom of God. Then again, the story may not always end so for all, hence the need for absolute avoidance thereof. So, when God delivers one from evil, one ought not to keep in touch with it. But it is better, as much as it depends on a person, to not even delve into evil in the first place in the hope of being eventually delivered from it somehow, as there might not always be an occasion for deliverance. This, as reiterated above, is evidenced in the case & lives of Adam & Eve, Dinah the daughter of Jacob, Shechem the rapist, Sodom & Gomorrah, Judah's sons...& very notably, many today. It thus becomes instructive to stay guided.

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“UN-FLEEING” DEVILS: A GRIEF TO THE SOUL

PEOPLE
To not delve into evil in hope of being eventually delivered from it—would imply submitting one's self to God & resisting the devil as Joseph did to Potiphar’s wife, in which case the devil is supposed to flee. But what happens when, like Potiphar’s wife, the devil wouldn't flee, & the resister, unlike Joseph, can't bring himself to flee, thus getting preyed on by the devil despite effort to not allow for that?

SPEAKER
When dealing with unrepentantly evil systems, one must come to the point of understanding that such systems are structured to do exactly what they do: evil. In light of that, it is very important to bear in mind that the greater part of progress is the desire to progress, & that dreams come true when that desire to progress transforms into substantial action. Resisting the devil so the devil would flee is a course of action undertaken by those with great dreams like Joseph...as well as those with a desire for progress. At a very tender age, Joseph had such great dreams & desired to progressively advance himself into the fulfillment of those dreams. That desire was evidenced in his beaming announcement of those dreams to his family, many of which did not welcome it. But his desire to progressively advance himself into the fulfillment of those dreams did not just see him making repeated announcements of them to his family but likewise saw him tailoring the endeavors of his life around the God that had granted him those dreams. First off, Joseph, like Jabez, can be said to have been more honorable than his brethren, for which reason he wouldn't condone the anomalies of his older brothers despite being just seventeen years of age at the time. At that tender age, he was already feeding his father's flocks alongside his older brothers & was keen enough to spot the anomalies of certain of them which he, unwilling to tolerate, reported to Jacob their father: a bad report. That evidences his virtue of faithfulness, a fruit of the Holy Spirit remarked in Galatians 5:22, which, alongside eight other fruits of the Spirit, are only identifiable with those who call on the name of the Lord in Spirit & truth...some of which, in so doing, get so lost in God…as can be accounted of Joseph, for which reason he could afford to flee from the “un-fleeing” Potiphar’s wife, hence not getting preyed on—by her, a devil's advocate. Therefore, with this awareness, one with great dreams who hopes to progressively advance himself into the fulfillment of those dreams, ought to be ahead of the devil by getting so lost in God such that, should devils that wouldn't flee when resisted—eventually show up, they would afford to do like Joseph.

An example can be drawn from events that ensued in a community where men & women of the community recounted events of their lives by recalling proceedings from days when drought consumed them & caused sleep to depart from their eyes. In those days, a group of seekers had done to them like unrighteous persons spoken of—by Jesus in the gospels as being sure to meet unfavorable judgment for being wolves in sheep’s clothing, having given no food to the community men & women when they were hungry (like Joseph took food to his hungry brothers while out in Shechem feeding their father's flock), nor did they give the community men & women drink when they were thirsty (like Joseph accompanied the food he took to his hungry brothers with a drink to likewise quench their thirst), nor taken them in when they were strangers (like Joseph took in his estranged brothers who had sold him into slavery & considered him dead), nor clothed them when they were naked (like Joseph did to his brothers upon reconciling with them in Egypt)...not to mention visiting them when they were sick & in prison (like Joseph did to his brothers after interrogating & confining them in an Egyptian prison). That group of seekers, like unrighteous persons spoken of—by Jesus in the gospels as being sure to meet unfavorable judgment for being wolves in sheep’s clothing, constitute lots who wouldn't resist the devil & have him flee from them. In so doing, they warm up to the devil, & that line of action becomes evidenced in their dead works...like coveting neighbors’ houses, wives, & servants, despising those who God calls by name & fills with the Spirit of God, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, & all manner of workmanship to design artistic works, even further making gods to go before them, since, in their opinion, the ones who play roles of shepherds, thus bridging the gap between them & God, become so lost in God that they no longer fathom what becomes of those lots on account their love for God. So, because those who bridge the gap between them & God become so lost in God, they no longer fathom what becomes of those lots on account of their love for God. Jesus Christ, addressing such persons in John 8:44, had said that they, being of their father the devil, are only naturally disposed to fulfilling the desires of their father.

In essence, such persons, turning to other gods (their father the devil) when they can no longer fathom those who play roles of shepherds & bridge the gap between them & God (because those lots become so lost in God), only supposes that the devil himself would do the same to those who he notices to be lost in God. A perfect example is the man, Job, who, Satan himself, referring to him in this regard, attested to God having—on every side—made a hedge around Job, his household, & all that Job had...because Job was lost in God on account of his love for God. Note: “Job's love for God,” the basis upon which he could afford to be lost in God, rendered him untouchable by the devil. That ought to be the modus operandi of one who seeks to guide against “un-fleeing” devils like Potiphar’s wife who seem prone to godly resistance. A case study cannot only be made out of Job in this regard...it can also be made out of the Son of God himself: Jesus. Recall that the devil had come upon Jesus with a blank cheque, taking Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world & their glory, & said to Him, “All these things I’ll give to you if you fall & worship me?” Jesus was so lost in God on account of his love for God that wouldn’t look to behold the kingdoms the devil had shown to him; nor would He consider the glory of those kingdoms…not to mention falling to worship the devil for those kingdoms. Instead, his response to the devil evidenced his love for God, as he couldn't afford to warm up to the devil in any other way than in utterance of the Word of God...the written Word of God...which he had read. Again, in guiding against “un-fleeing” devils like Potiphar’s wife who seem prone to godly resistance, the resister ought not to just have the will to resist the devil so that he may flee...but ought to be well vested with the written Word of God which he or she has read.

Being well-read in scriptures implies studying to show one's self approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth. In so doing, one becomes equipped to always take the offensive in tackling “un-fleeing” devils like Jesus did to the devil in the wilderness after fasting forty days & forty nights. The result of such offensiveness is bound to be as it was with Jesus upon being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, because, as it is written, the devil, seeing himself to stand no chance in engendering the fall of Jesus because Jesus countered him with diverse scriptures, "departed from Him until a more opportune time." Even the more opportune time (when he showed up through Jesus' disciple, Peter, the rock upon which Jesus had avowed to build his church without the gates of hades prevailing against it), was no different, as the devil, in the person of Peter, got the same response he had gotten in the wilderness: "Get behind Me, Satan!" The devil, like his underlings, incapable of listening to the words of the Father (God) any further from Jesus, departed from Jesus on a final note. Evidently, spewing the words of the Father (God) proves to be an effectual means of tackling “un-fleeing” devils, as the devil, unable to stand listening to God's words because they breed good deeds, shine God’s light, as well as aid the practice of truth on the part of the resister (which the devil is opposed to), can't but take a hike upon the declaration of such words. In so doing, the resister does not only get to resist the devil, he likewise attracts those who’d rather discontinue dwelling in darkness, who, unable to bring themselves to flee from “un-fleeing” devils (like you asked), get roped into dark deeds & are made preys out of—by those “un-fleeing” devils (like Potiphar’s wife would have done to Joseph if he'd been such a person).

Additionally, a resister, like Jesus, in spewing the words of the Father as a means of tackling "un-fleeing" devils, also gets hypocrites to again align with the way of truth, as again evidenced in the lives of the community men & women...& the group of seekers referenced above. The seekers, having done to the community men & women like unrighteous persons spoken of—by Jesus in the gospels as being sure to meet unfavorable judgment for being wolves in sheep’s clothing, noticing the community men & women to have become enriched by the gospel through a revival that rocked the community, had, like Naomi (after the death of her husband & sons in the idol-worshipping land they had found "succor" in when the going was bad in Jerusalem), found their way back to the community to again align with the way of truth...&, by the bye, make a good & worthy living for themselves. The community men & women, to vet their return & see if it is as legitimate as that of the prodigal son, lambasted them with more & more of the Father's (God's) words in chastisement. They had thus verbalized:

"Why have you come to us—since you hate us & had sent us away from you? Is it because you’ve seen that the Lord is with us? When the revival of this community was in view, your concerns revolved around oath-taking for one thing or the other! We know your sentiments! But hear us: there won’t be any oath between us! We will make no covenant with you over anything! But listen: whoever sins is a slave of sin...& a slave does not abide in the house forever! But a son abides forever! You better tilt towards the Son so He’d make you free indeed! No one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. You oppose us because our words have no place in you. We speak the words of our Father. But you do the deeds of your father...like marveling with prostitution & having children born of fornication. Isn’t that why you frown at the light that has come into the world? Because you love darkness more than the light...& because your deeds are evil? Of course, everyone practicing evil hates the light & does not come to the light—lest their deeds be exposed. But those who practice the truth come to the light—so that their deeds may be seen & known to have been done in God. It just beats our imagination what makes you show up amongst us: a people you greatly dislike. What have you come to see? Reeds shaken by winds?"

Intensifying their already intense lambasting of the group of seekers, the community men & women, as Jesus said concerning John the Baptist, thus further verbalized: "What have you come to see? Persons clothed in soft garments? Do gorgeously dressed people not live in luxury? Or found in kings’ courts? Or something of those sorts? What exactly have you come out to see? Saints? To behold specks in our eyes while not being privy to planks in your own eyes? To offer to remove specks from our eyes while condoning planks in your own eyes? First, remove planks from your own eyes! Then you’ll see clearly to remove specks from our eyes if any! If you consider us blind, can the blind lead the blind? Wouldn’t they both fall into ditches? Or you want our listening ears? For all we know, it is truth & scriptures that are to be proclaimed to the hearing! As you require our listening ears, is it truth & scriptures you want to proclaim? That it may be fulfilled to the hearing?”

Those who, unlike Joseph, can't bring themselves to flee from “un-fleeing” devils upon resisting those devils & they wouldn't flee, in a bid to not get preyed on, can avoid falling prey to them by tilting towards those who, like Jesus, have made it an art to spew the words of the Father (God) as means of tackling “un-fleeing” devils...like the group of seekers did, though with different motives: good motives...as, having found their way back into the fold of the community men & women, had thus attested of them: "we are no more in doubt that the Spirit of the Lord is upon you…because He has anointed you to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives & recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, & to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." To crown it all, resisting the devil, both fleeing & “un-fleeing” ones, will require becoming a son who abides in the house forever, not a committer of sin, who, being a slave of sin, does not abide in the house forever...& thus, is helpless against devils...both fleeing & “un-fleeing” ones…especially “un-fleeing” ones who are nothing but a grief to godly resistance, nothing but a grief to the godly resister, & nothing but a grief…a huge grief…to the soul. It really requires the help of the Holy Spirit. You know why?

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GOD THE FATHER, SON, & HOLY SPIRIT

PEOPLE
Yes...because the Holy Spirit is just, and so he shows no partiality, favoritism, and represents the God of justice...while the flesh is unjust & dishonest.

SPEAKER
Exactly! One would suppose that—since Sarah's womb had been marked as the one from whence the child of promise would spring, then Hagar, whose womb had borne Abraham Ishmael, a "not-promised" child (no thanks to Sarah's desperation for the cry of a baby in her home), would have been counted for little alongside the "not-promised" child she'd borne to Abraham on account of her mistress, Sarah. But God (the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), though backing Sarah in sending Hagar and her child away, would neither be partial nor less favorable toward Hagar, nor would he dishonestly withhold justice from her. Recall what ensued when Sarah saw Ishmael scoffing at Isaac? Sarah sent her and Ishmael away. In the course of the journey, Hagar, having gotten close to losing Ishmael, went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; saying to herself: “Let me not see the death of the boy.” Sitting opposite him, she lifted her voice and wept. But God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who shows no partiality or favoritism but does justly, opened her eyes and she saw a well from which she drew water and gave it to the lad to drink. That was how the lad survived death. The justness and impartiality of God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] is again evidenced in the life of Jacob while in the house of Laban…his unjust, partial, dishonest uncle who God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], not being given to showing favoritism, still blessed because of Jacob's presence in his house...to what would have been the bane of Jacob if the same God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], not being given to partiality, didn't intervene. Laban would have sent Jacob away empty-handed after twenty years of genuine service to him. But on account of Jacob’s proximity with God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], he came upon a revelation that made it such that it came to pass that, whenever the stronger of Laban’s livestock conceived, Jacob placed rods before the eyes of those livestock for them to conceive among those rods and make for his enrichment since Laban had mapped out a wicked strategy to shut him out of his due benevolence for twenty years of service.

God, in line with that, had told Jacob to lift his eyes and see the miracle that made all the rams which leap on the flocks to be streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted, informing him that he, God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], not being given to partiality, favoritism, dishonesty, and unjustness, had made it so because he’d seen all that Laban had done to him. It was that same proximity with God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] that saw the cheating Laban thus acknowledging God’s hand upon Jacob: “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that God has blessed me for your sake.” However, Laban, being flesh and given to dishonesty, eventually became so unwelcoming towards Jacob despite the blessings he enjoyed on Jacob's account...such that Jacob convened with Rachel and Leah to fill them in on how their father’s countenance had ceased from being favorable toward him as before, for which reason Laban could afford to so want to strip Jacob of all things to the point of putting it to Jacob that Jacob's wives were his daughters, that Jacob’s kids were his kids, and that Jacob’s flock were his flock. He even blurted that all that Jacob saw was his.  But thanks be to God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who had opened Jacob’s eyes to a stream of income that saw him beating Laban to it in terms of wealth...as well as secured him his due benevolence for his twenty years of service to Laban...and so much more. Even so, the same God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], in this day and age, still opens the eyes of the likes of Jacob to the reality of events around and beyond them that would mar them if their eyes remain closed to such events. For instance, God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], in this day and age, opens the eyes of persons and makes them privy to unimaginable concealments too dreadful to reveal to the unseeing to keep them from threading alien paranormal paths in a bid to attain perception of such endeavor or the other. One of such paths would be one threaded by certain conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes who are known to have devised means by which motives at the core of men’s hearts can be determined without an outpouring of the Spirit of God (God the Holy Spirit). There is no doubt that such persons, threading such paths, uncover concealments too dreadful to reveal to the unseeing, many of whom do not withhold their awful findings, thus relaying them to the unseeing and those devoid of understanding, their sometimes absurd revelatory exposé making for untold perception.

For instance, when, in this day and age, “sons of God” cast their eyes on “daughters of men” to behold their astonishing beauties, for which reason they yield to the temptation of taking wives for themselves from among them, thus conceiving and birthing giants (as it was at the beginning of humanity when giants first emerged on earth and dented the earth), how does one keep from ills that such line of event could engender?...especially with destructive diabolism being deployed to see to concealment of that line of events, plus the said "conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes" (who are known to have devised means by which motives at the core of men’s hearts can be determined without an outpouring of the Holy Spirit) being bent on uncovering that concealment? Adam and Eve attempted to conceal such a line of events by sowing fig leaves to make coverings for themselves, which, howbeit, didn’t conceal their reproachable nakedness…neither has the fashionable fashions of fashionistas (the likes of Adam and Eve) across centuries served that purpose...accounting for humanities’ reproachable nakedness too...with endless efforts being made to conceal it. The determination of "conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes"...and indeed many other random seekers to uncover such concealments—has given rise to a kind of “hide and seek” contest, a sort of “police and thief” game—which is supposed to be "fun." Quite sadly, the detrimental aspects of such concealments have seen those random seekers, like the conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes, embracing diverse paranormal means to squarely tackle and uncover the destructive diabolism deployed to foster the manner of concealments being referenced. The quest to do so has seen the likes of Balak (conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes or random seekers) becoming endeared to the likes of Balaam (conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes or random seekers)...for, as they say, "birds of a feather flock together"...or, better still, "deep calleth unto deep." But the aftermath of such collaboration sees such unequally yoked unbelievers spanning their tentacles beyond tackling and uncovering unwelcome concealments to capitalizing on the "superpower" gained by them in that process to take out their frustrations on those who, not equally wanting to thread alien paranormal paths in a bid to tackle or uncover unwelcome concealments, solely depend on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who they test and vet just enough to show no partiality or favoritism but does justly.

It’s not out of place to allude that, if Esau, in the heat of his anger towards Jacob, was in Balak’s position (like the conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers here referenced) and disposed to the likes of Balaam (like the conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers here referenced), would have beckoned on him to curse Jacob for him like Balak required of Balam and like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers here referenced are in the habit of doing with the "superpower" they possess. Be that as it may, wouldn’t Balaam (the conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers here referenced), taking up their oracle, spewing the utterance of the man whose “eyes are opened,” the utterance of him who “hears the words of God,” who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls with eyes wide open, only have foreseen how lovely Jacob's tents are?...(Jacob being those today who, not wanting to thread alien paranormal paths to tackle or uncover unwelcome concealments, depend on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who they test and vet just enough to show no partiality or favoritism)? Wouldn't such collaborators only further foresee how lovely Jacob’s dwellings are?, their "futuristic" spiritual ears only listening to hear God saying to those who depend on him; “see, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which I swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after them?” Even if they advance further into the future to become privy to the slavery of Israel in Egypt (sufferings of God's people) which could come off as repercussion of sin (like Jacob’s betrayal of Esau), they would only hear God tell the likes of Moses to gather the elders of Israel together and tell them that the God of their fathers had appeared to him to say how he’d visited and seen what’s done to Israel in Egypt; and had avowed to bring them up out of the affliction of Egypt to a land flowing with milk and honey. They would hear God call to Moses afterward from the mountain to tell him to remind the house of Jacob (God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit’s people) what he did to the Egyptians and how he bore Israel on eagles’ wings, bringing them to Himself and promising that if they obeyed His voice and kept His covenant, they would be a special treasure to Him above all people...in which case the curses of such persons against God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit’s] people would be nothing but curses causeless...destined to not stand; everything turning into testimonies, beauties for ashes, blessings upon blessings!

God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], being just and impartial, in a bid to keep those dependent on him from harms that could come from unwelcome concealments and conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers who determinedly seek to uncover those concealments, lavishes those dependent lots with the gift of "revelation knowledge," the next best gift after the gift of Jesus Christ. And suddenly, those lots, with the least amount of effort, become privy to all such concealments, thus keeping a safe distance from conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers who determinedly seek to uncover those concealments by threading alien paranormal paths. As a consequence, the dependent lots tend to become more spiritually perceptive than the conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers who end up wondering how the formerly unseeing dependent lots turned out having revelation knowledge at the tip of their fingers "cheaply" while they had to do all sorts to attain the same feat. Isn’t it because they are outside and the secret of God’s kingdom is only given to those on the inside? To outsiders, all is said in parables so that they may ever see but never perceive, and ever hear but never understand; otherwise, they might turn and be forgiven! In order words, even God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] considers such persons undeserving of his forgiveness: a well-deserved unforgiveness, one could say, for, like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time, they, holding firmly to the traditions of men, find fault in meager issues like the Jewish custom of not washing hands in a special way before eating, failing to perceive that whatever enters a man from the outside cannot defile him because it does not enter his heart but his stomach and is emitted as shit, thus purifying all edibles. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that defiles the man, as it is from within, from out of the heart of men—that evil thoughts proceed...and adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness, and lots more: many of which are identifiable with these conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and other random seekers...as, having eyes, they see not...and having ears, they hear not, woefully.

Such persons, aggrieved with such developments, devilishly align with certain scriptures to trick fellows who depend on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] out of the revelation knowledge they attain due to their dependence on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]…like Satan did to Eve in Eden and attempted to do to Jesus after he fasted forty days and nights. It thus becomes instructive to fellows who depend on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] to elude such trickeries by not laying up treasures for themselves on earth where moth and rust can destroy...and where thieves can break in and steal...but to lay up for themselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust can destroy...and where thieves cannot break in and steal them. This, they are to do by setting their hearts on heaven, for, where a man's treasure is, there his heart will be also. Those with a tendency to thread alien paranormal paths in a bid to attain perception of one endeavor or the other (like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers) should, at this point, learn that revelation knowledge, engendered by proximity with God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] (as was with Jacob), beats perceptions that are attained by threading alien paranormal paths, and it takes more than being conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes or random seekers to cultivate the nature that entitles one to revelation knowledge. One will have to become renewed, for, no one patches old garments with pieces from new garments, else the new garment tears. More so, pieces taken out of new garments hardly match old garments. In the same vein, no one puts new wine into old wineskins, else, the new wine bursts the old wineskins, the wine gets spilled, and the wineskins become ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins to have both preserved. Doesn’t every plant that the heavenly Father (God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]) hasn’t planted get pulled up by the roots? Therefore, do not gear towards conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers, for they, though threading alien paranormal paths and becoming privy to unwelcome concealments, are blind guides nonetheless. As you probably already know, if the blind lead the blind, won’t both fall into a pit?

But how blessed are your eyes if they see on account of God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who you depend on...and your ears if they hear on account of God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who you depend on...for, truly, many prophets and righteous people of times past longed to behold the sights that God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit affords those of this day and age who depend on him but did not...and to hear what the same category of persons hear but did not. It is undoubtedly not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs. But if an exception can be made for idol-worshipping dogs like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers so they may eat the crumbs that fall from the table, become spiritually cleansed, turn a new leave and escape the tribulation to come, it would be a welcomed idea. In light of that, if your right eye, wanting for perception, causes you to sin in contemplating threading paranormal paths to attain that feat, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell...for God, not being given to partiality and favoritism, will not relent in doing justice and judging justly. Rather, find Jesus (God the Son). When you find out who Jesus is, you find joy in God the Holy Spirit...because your joy is in Jesus' presence. But be sure that the Jesus you find is Jesus indeed, as there are many black Jesus out there. There's the lesser light that rules by night, there's the greater light that rules by day, and there's the greatest light that rules around the clock. When you find Jesus (God the Son), you find that greatest light that was in the beginning when God the Father said "Let there be light,” thus deadening the unjustness and dishonesty that is identifiable with the flesh while endearing yourself to God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who, not being disposed to showing partiality nor favoritism, will do nothing but justice in positioning you for the benefits that are derivable from endearing oneself to God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]. Therefore, receive Jesus today and become open to revelation knowledge.

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RULE, CONTROL, & DOMINATE THY DESTINY

PEOPLE
Hmmm. If one wants to grow into the assignment God has for them, one ought to surround oneself with people who challenge and elevate one.

SPEAKER
Oh yes! You see, you have to be in total control of your destiny by shutting out those with anti-destiny infectious states of mind like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes, random seekers, and the likes of them who are antagonistic to dependence on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]. Rather, consciously put yourselves in situations where you have to be inclusive of smarter people who think differently than you do, thus challenging the basic ideas of less smart folks (like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes, random seekers, and the likes of them). That way, you get truly comfortable, as therein lies great leadership: getting comfortable with other smart people in the room; for, if you alone populate your camp, you get to be the only smart person in the room. The very smart Joseph seemed to have populated his camp, and, as should a smart person, sought to blend into his brothers' camp, having supposedly considered them smarter than himself. Being the fellow he is known to have been, the little boy sought to be in total control of his destiny, as evidenced in his dependence on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] who had justly afforded him a glimpse of his destiny at that tender age...and even the destiny of his family. His father, Jacob, who Joseph can be said to have taken after as regards dependence on God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], could relate with the boy's destiny, though with heaviness of heart. But his brothers, like conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and random seekers (at the time), could not relate. As a result, those brothers of his, upon noticing that their father loved Joseph more than them all (not even based on Joseph being smart), hated him and could not speak peaceably to him, as is typical of conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes, random seekers, and the likes of them...otherwise, how could they? The same Joseph who found favor in the sight of an Egyptian and served the Egyptian such that the Egyptian made him overseer of his entire house? Even putting all that he had under Joseph’s authority? Then there’s Pharaoh who presented Joseph to all Egypt as being more discerning and wise (smarter) than all Egypt because he gave soothing interpretations to his dreams: the same dream that—when Joseph had and told his brothers, they hated him even more?

But thanks to God who makes masterpieces out of messes, Jacob’s spirit, which had been and remained deeply hurt on account of his perceived demise of his beloved son (no thanks to his other sons who tricked him into believing that a wild beast had devoured Joseph), got revived when word of Joseph’s aliveness and fortune was brought to him by those same sons, especially when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him to Egypt. Upon beholding his son again in Egypt, with great fulfillment he declared, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.” Upon Jacob's death, Joseph's brothers, still possessing anti-destiny infectious states of mind, wondered why Joseph, who they know to be a controller of his destiny, wouldn't shut them out. So they again convened to wonder if Joseph would repay them for the evil they did to him. But unlike them, Joseph, being smarter, was more concerned about their well-being in that strange land. When you're set to take dominion over what God has for you, you have to be ready to accommodate other smart people in the room. You have to get outside your camp to get the victory, as you can't get the victory staying in your circle, or your clique, or around people who always salute you and celebrate you. That was exactly what played out in Joseph's case...only that his brothers, though with evil intent, facilitated the procedure of Joseph taking dominion over what God had for him by shutting the little boy out of their camp, having subconsciously found themselves to not be smart enough to be accommodated in the same room by one who was set to take dominion over what God had for him. So they unknowingly cast Joseph out to the land where his victory was domiciled.

Being that what goes around—comes around, the tables eventually turned and Joseph was at liberty to pay his brothers back with their coin. But his action toward them evidenced his undisputable position over them as "smarter," as, having gone through thick and thin to become king in a strange pagan land that's known for violent dissensions and discord, he still could afford to handle his brothers with leniency, attesting to the validity of the words of a great bishop of our time that "how one handles conflict determines whether one becomes king or not..." adding that "if one wants to grow into the assignment God has for them, one ought to surround oneself with folks who challenge and elevate them." Having had no such persons to surround himself with (since his brothers had alienated him from his father, Jacob, the one person who played that role in his life), Joseph's only recourse, like his father in the house of Laban, had been God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]. His uncle, Esau, was not that smart, as he, seeing that Isaac, with good intention (unlike Joseph's brothers) had shut Jacob out by sending Jacob to Padan Aram where his victory (like that of Joseph in Egypt) was domiciled, got bitter instead of taking to heart Isaac’s motive in doing so. Seeing that Isaac had charged Jacob to be smart enough to not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan because of their unruliness, and especially that Jacob was smart enough to obey his father, thus leaving for Padan Aram, Esau, further seeing that the unruly daughters of Canaan didn't please his Dad, foolishly went ahead to grace his store of wives with those very women just to get at his father for having sent Jacob away so he’d elude his vengeance. It is due to lines of events like this that Jesus asserts that "many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first." God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], having foreknown that Jacob would be the smarter one, stated his preference for Jacob early on. While it is instructive to smartly take the bull by the horns in shutting out those with anti-destiny infectious states of mind but accommodate other smart people in one's camp in order to not be the only smart one in the room, thus setting up oneself to take dominion over what God has for him/her, Joseph and his father Jacob seemed to have been plunged into such situations unprepared and under unfavorable circumstance. Howbeit, having consequently, at an initial point, come upon other smart persons (Laban for Jacob and Potiphar for Joseph) who accommodated them in their camp upon noticing them as equally smart...or smarter persons, both ceased from being the only smart ones in the room...until they, again, eventually became the only smart ones in the room...which accounted for the seeming misfortune that plagued them.

Being seemingly handicapped at that point, the only other smarter persons they could accommodate in the room were God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]. As a consequence, they grew into the assignment God had for them and ruled, controlled, and dominated what God had for them, having additionally surrounded themselves with persons who challenged and elevated them...Rachel for Jacob and Pharaoh for Joseph. On that basis, they ruled, controlled, and dominated their destinies, consciously being inclusive of smarter persons who challenged their ideas and elevated them, thus turning out great leaders who were comfortable enough to do as they wished with their things...keeping a safe distance from conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes and the likes of them who get so unwarrantedly intent on calling the shots for others, even subjecting others to rejection for not heeding the shots they call because others, like Jacob and Joseph, being smarter, tend to deem themselves as only being answerable to more worthy calls which put them in the positions of calling the shots themselves. That kind of endeavor has had the likes of Jacob and Joseph (before growing into what God had for them and taking dominion thereof) thus wondering and marveling: "Are the eyes of certain people evil because others, like them, are ambitious too?"

The last will indeed be first and the first will be the last, for many are called but few are chosen. After all, hasn’t one of God’s doings which is superbly marvelous in our eyes been the stone that the builders rejected becoming the chief cornerstone?, as is well-evidenced in the lives of Jacob and Joseph?...unlike it is with conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes, random seekers, and the likes of them who are like Scribes and Pharisees sitting in Moses’ seat? As Jesus cautioned, those of this day and age who, wanting to grow into the assignment God has for them and take dominion thereof—ought to only observe and practice truths that Scribes and Pharisees sitting in Moses’ seat hypocritically proclaim; but not do according to their works because they do not practice what they preach...for, they, like Jerusalem, kill prophets and stone those sent to them. How often God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] had wanted to gather them together as hens gather their chicks under their wings. But they are often unwilling to let that happen...for which reason their houses are often left to them desolate. Thus, shutting such persons out becomes a necessary necessity. Such infectious persons, upon being shut out by blessed folks who want to rule, control, and dominate their destinies (thus ridding themselves of lots with anti-destiny infectious states of mind), tend to see the blessed folks no more till they acknowledge that blessed are they that come in the name of the Lord (as it was with Esau upon seeing Jacob again and with Joseph's brothers upon seeing Joseph again). It thence becomes instructive to blessed folks of today who, wanting to grow into the assignment God has for them, to only surround themselves with people who challenge and elevate them...while continuing to take heed that Scribes and Pharisees sitting in Moses’ seat...and indeed no one at all, deceives them; for many, like Scribes and Pharisees sitting in Moses’ seat, could come in Jesus’ name and claim to be the Christ, thus deceiving many. That’s why one ought to be watchful for the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (persons who forsake Christ) spoken of by Daniel the prophet, so that, like those in Judea—spoken of in the bible—who are supposed to flee to the mountains in such circumstance, they may also flee, but to other smart persons like them…and to God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit].

The big question now would be: "How is one supposed to know Scribes and Pharisees sitting in Moses’ seat and the likes of them in a world like ours where deceit tends to have become a welcome and acceptable modus operandi?” Normally, that category of persons should be known by their fruits. But it takes time to discern fruits. However, an easy way to know them is by their speech: it betrays them...just as Peter’s speech betrayed him when he denied Jesus before those who said to him: “Surely you also are one of them. Your speech betrays you.” Therefore, pay attention to their speech…as truly smart persons do, not just to determine the genuineness of their speech but to likewise have and know what to say when speaking (in the event of it)...unlike dumb people who never listen, thus having nothing to say but wanting to talk nonetheless. And so they, like Scribes and Pharisees in Moses’ seat, become known by their speech which betrays them. Smart people thus require of them:

"As you require our listening ears, is it truth and scriptures you want to proclaim? That it may be fulfilled to the hearing? Why not do it like Jesus, then? He never clamored for listening ears. He simply found scriptures that had been proclaimed and reiterated them to the hearing...not forcing people to listen to him. Didn’t Jesus, closing the book, giving it back to the attendant, sitting down, and having the eyes of all in the synagogue fixed on Him, say to them: “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing?” Jesus himself becomes a case study here...for, he, wanting Peter and his other apostles to grow into the assignment God had for them, surrounded them with himself, thus challenging and elevating them into the dominion that God had designed for them. Therefore, if you seek to also take dominion over what God has designed for you, simply step outside your camp and accommodate other smart or smarter persons in the room who challenge your ideas and elevate you. If there are no such persons within reach, there will always be God [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] to cling to. That way, you unfailingly get to rule, control, and dominate your destiny. Trust these words. Jah bless!

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NO PRESSURE: GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT

PEOPLE
Life happens to us all. But one can’t afford to live a defeated life, as that will cause one to get stuck. One needs to see oneself as victorious, confident, successful, productive, and capable of great things.

SPEAKER
That's indeed a statement of truth that should take root in the hearts of many, not necessarily in anticipation of life happening, howbeit, for when life happens nonetheless, as it more often than not, does. Taking Rachel for instance, life again happened to her when she found herself unable to bear children for her loving husband, Jacob, having firstly happened when she was unduly made a second wife by her own father. Though Leah’s eyes are said to have been delicate while Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance, it was Rachel who, feeling defeated on account of life happening to her like that, deemed her extraordinary self to be less victorious, less successful, and less productive than her sister, thus getting stuck and unable to do great things (bear children). So she envied Leah when she saw that she bore Jacob no children. Leah, too, considering herself defeated because her husband, Jacob, cherished Rachel more than her (though she was his first wife), got stuck in self-pity. And so, she, like Rachel, deemed her likewise extraordinary self to be less victorious, less successful, and less productive than her sister, thus unable to further do great things (bear more children). Seeing that she had stopped bearing children, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob as wife just to clap back at Rachel for having done the same. Jacob, though having severally overcome the life that had happened to him thus far, wouldn't draw from the experience that saw him overcoming the life that had happened to him thus far, though it had subjected him to polygamy (which wasn't his intention at all). So he allowed life to happen to him yet again by bowing to pressure in not objecting to his wives imposing their maids on him, for which reason he had sons with those maids who wouldn’t think twice before convening to put a hit on the star of the family to their father’s deep hurt: his beloved Joseph, without whom they would have been wiped off the face of the earth. If the God of Jacob, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac—had not been with Joseph, surely, his witchy brothers would have truncated his glorious destiny...just as Laban would have done to Jacob (when life first happened to him) by seeking to send him away empty-handed after twenty years of genuine service to him. Jacob and Joseph, however, couldn't afford to live defeated lives, for which reason they warmed up to the help of God who had been with them on account of their sticking to him (rather than getting stuck in life on account of life having happened to them), thus emerging victorious and successful.

Their victory and success are no news...Jacob's having culminated in his change of name from Jacob to Israel, even getting to father the twelve tribes of Israel which shall endure forever (according to the book of Revelation), and Joseph's having culminated in his saving of the world of his time when acute insufficiency and a severe shortage of food which would have resulted in violent hunger, starvation and death, seized the entire earth. That acute insufficiency and severe shortage of food, having resulted in the violent hunger and starvation of his brothers, would certainly have climaxed in their deaths if not for Joseph (whose glorious destiny they would have truncated if he, like his father Jacob, had not been confident enough to live life undefeated). Seeing himself as victorious and productive, his success became inevitable. So he became the sole provider of food for the whole wide world, even his brothers, and, very interestingly, his dear father. Yet when he saw those same brothers of his over a decade later, he recognized them despite what they had done to him, though he initially acted as a stranger and spoke roughly to them. But guess what? His brothers didn’t recognize him. Living defeated lives (especially with famine having seized the entire world), they had lost confidence, got stuck, and were unable to see themselves as victorious, and productive, not to mention successful. All that filled their heads was their belly concerns, for which reason—when Joseph asked them, “Where do you come from?” all they could think to answer was: “from the land of Canaan to buy food.” Joseph, not being given to partial or total memory loss like his brothers, recalled at that point the dreams he’d had about them and distinguished himself from them in terms of nobleness by saying to them: “As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” The lives of Jacob and Joseph are case studies for those that life may happen to and attempt to keep them stuck, stripping them of confidence and rendering them unproductive.

That, as can be evidenced in the lives of many today, can pressure people into all sorts in a bid to not fall prey to such a fate. An example, as pointed out above, would be Jacob, who, bowing to the pressure of taking concubines recommended for him by his equally pressured wives, bore sons with those concubines who wouldn’t think twice before convening to put a hit on the star of the family to their father’s deep hurt: his beloved Joseph, without whom they, and indeed everyone on earth, would have been wiped off the face of the earth. As equally noted, If the God of Jacob, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac—had not been with Joseph, surely, his witchy brothers would have truncated his glorious destiny...just as Laban would have done to Jacob (when life first happened to him) by seeking to send him away empty-handed after twenty years of genuine service to him. 1st Timothy 6:6 comes in handy at this point: "...godliness with contentment is great gain." Many today, upon life happening to them (and them not wanting to stay stuck/live defeated lives), bow to pressure, become discontent, lose godliness, and take on diverse unadvised mechanisms as means of generating victory, success, and productivity, thus supposedly deriving confidence therefrom. In that godless state, they, no longer taking heed to themselves, readily make covenants with inhabitants of godless lands, thus getting ensnared by their godlessness. As a consequence, they open their spirits and souls to alien givers and suppliers of alien victory-generating "ideas" via imaginations. Not having to do a thing to get those ideas, they are only required to lend their minds to diverse alien frequencies which supplies them all manners and sorts except godliness-generating scriptures. Those ideas turn out to foster their cheating and robbing of neighbors and undue withholding of wages of hired workers...as well as injustice in judgment, partiality to the poor, and dishonor of the mighty. It sees them lying carnally with betrothed women who are unfree for such endeavors. Yet they tend to suffer no scourging as a consequence. So they take it further by turning to mediums and familiar spirits, prostituting themselves with those mediums/spirits, thus becoming very eligible to have God’s face set against them; as well as to be cut off from God’s people.

Instead, they live on, even taking the evilness further by lying with their brothers’ wives, uncovering their brothers’ nakedness, but at this point, incurring curses...like that of childlessness, as consequences begin to set in. Losing faith completely, they become like the eight spies sent by Moses to spy on the land of Canaan—who returned with a bad report. In the days when the people of a certain community (wherein such ungodly persons belonged) had the revival of their community in view, they, despite their evilness, actually concurred that, indeed, the revival would transform the community into a land that flows with milk and honey. Nevertheless, they magnified the gods of that community (which they had fraternized with) as strong, fortified, and large, even likening them to the descendants of Anak (as did the eight spies sent by Moses to spy on the land of Canaan...who they had become like). Furthermore, they considered themselves grasshoppers in comparison to those gods, losing confidence and living defeated lives. But the community men and women couldn't afford to live such defeated lives. Seeing themselves as victorious, confident, successful, productive, and capable of great things, they, like Caleb, had quieted those ungodly lots, assuring them that the revival was sure to oust those gods, notwithstanding whether those gods were like the gigantic descendants of Anak, in whose sight the ungodly lots had assumed themselves to come off as grasshoppers before. But God took delight in the community, ousted those gods and their trustees, and rendered it a land that flows with milk and honey indeed. God’s statutes and judgments were taught to them—which they carefully observed wisely and understandingly in the sight of other communities who, learning of them, likened them to a great nation, blessed with wise and understanding people. But the ungodly lots, having bowed to pressure, had falsely put up a front of not living defeated lives nor being stuck, delusively viewing themselves as victorious, confident, successful, productive, and capable of doing great things. That resulted in them living lives that only qualified as fake: “fake life.”

Their living of fake life had them operating a system of leadership whereby the most upgraded fellow in a group leads the others following the upgrade of his or her state of mind...upgrade fostered by gifts. Therefore, a wanna-be leader had to strive to be the most upgraded fellow by amassing more gifts than others. In a situation where more than one fellow wanted to lead, power tussle ensued, many fellows taking to several schemes and devices and playing diverse advantageous roles to stand chances with securing top spots. In the course of the tussle, poorly gifted persons opened up to demonic possession just to stand a chance of knocking out truly gifted fellows. When bypassed by a superior force like scriptures—which tends to be the most superior of all forces, certain of them devilishly aligned with certain scriptures to try and trick gifted fellows out of the tussle like Satan did to Eve in Eden and attempted with Jesus after he fasted forty days and nights. Noticing them to have lost all godliness and contentment, those of the community who had been influenced by the revival that rocked their land, thus admonished them: "Do you see the fascinations of this world? Not one of them will be left upon the other—which shall not be thrown down when the sign of the Son of Man appears in heaven and causes all tribes of the earth to mourn upon beholding Him in the clouds with power and great glory because they had set their hearts on those fascinations rather than the Son of Man. At that point, many, like the five foolish virgins, will say to Him; 'Lord, open to us!' But he'll answer them like He did the virgins, outrightly denying knowing them. To all who have, more will be given and they’ll have in abundance. But from all who don’t have, even the little they seem to have will be taken from them while they, like unprofitable servants, will be cast into outer darkness where there'll be much weeping and gnashing of teeth."

It is words like these that remainders who were here with you but are now no longer, heard and gained the confidence to do what was required to secure them the victory, productivity, and success that saw them rising above living defeated lives. Though life happened to them as it happened to you, they couldn't afford to live defeated lives, as that would have gotten them further stuck here. So they, seeing themselves as victorious, confident, successful, productive, and capable of great things upon hearing these words, heeded these uplifting words, drew confidence therefrom, and their faith became productive, hence them becoming victorious and successfully doing something great…the greatest of all deeds: believing in Jesus, thus getting unstuck, even as it shall be for you if you do like they did as you now hear these words. Thus, notwithstanding the degree of life that may have happened to you, all you'll have to do to not live defeated lives and stay stuck but rather see yourself as victorious, confident, successful, and productive, thus doing great things, would be to yield to God as they did, becoming godly and content with what you have so that, when that moment comes, you, like them, may get caught up in the air to heaven. What more can I say? Thanks to God that you who sat in darkness have now seen a great light, as, upon you who sat in the region/shadow of death, light now dawns. Hallelujah!

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LEARN, UNDERSTAND, & COUNSEL IN TRUTH

PEOPLE
Indeed, the wise will hear these words and increase their learning, and persons of understanding like you—acquire wise counsel and the skill to steer your course wisely as well as lead others like us to the truth.

SPEAKER
Of course, for, inasmuch as many, had taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which were fulfilled among those of Paul’s time, it seemed good to Paul also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first—like I do—to likewise write to them an orderly account that they may know the certainty of those things in which they were instructed, even as I now communicate these orderly accounts to you so that you, like them, may know the certainty of these things being communicated to you. It's global knowledge how Paul’s account in that regard saw those of his time becoming privy to the things in which they were instructed, even following those instructions to the letter, except for beasts of Ephesus who have no share in God’s eternal covenant: a category you at first belonged, but now no longer, if you, like those of Paul's time, becoming privy to the things being again communicated to you now, do well to heed them to the letter. It is therefore advised that you keep from letting your ego get the best of you like it did—one too many—in Paul's time: the said beasts of Ephesus who, having no share in God's eternal covenant, were too proud to admit to being unseeing and unhearing—which accounted for their rejection of the gospel of Christ. But thanks be to God who had scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, put down the mighty from their thrones, exalted the lowly, filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. If only they had known the things that made for their peace. But those things were hidden from their eyes. Thus, days came upon them when their enemies built embankments around them, surrounded them, closed them in on every side, and leveled them/their children within them to the ground. There was not left in them one stone upon another...for they did not know the time of their visitation because they were playing around with their idols.

Hence, I implore you to know the present time to be that of your own visitation and not play around like they did with theirs and missed out on it. Rather, be like certain spiritually vibrant community men and women who, like Caleb in the bible, quieted such players who, not knowing the time of their visitation which came in the form of community revival, played around with idols they considered insurmountable and almost missed that visitation if the community men and women, like Caleb, hadn't quieted and assured them that the revival was sure to oust those idols, notwithstanding the gigantic descendants of Anak that operated hand-in-hand with them, in whose sight the said players, subdued by the idols, considered themselves grasshoppers. God, however, took delight in the community, ousted those idols, their insistent trustees, and rendered the community a land that flows with milk and honey. Consequently, God’s statutes and judgments were taught to the players and they, with what little wisdom they had left in them, increased their learning. And so, they, alongside the community men and women, carefully observed God’s statutes and judgments wisely and understandingly in the sight of other communities who, learning of them, likened them and the community men and women to a great nation, blessed with wise and understanding people. The community men and women, being persons of understanding, acquiring counsel and the skill to steer their course wisely, led those players to the truth of the gospel. Accordingly, they took heed and diligently kept themselves lest they forget the things their eyes had seen in the course of the revival while battling with beasts of Ephesus to oust them from their lives: a category they belonged to—before the revival—like you did, before hearing these words. And so they took heed lest the statutes they learned depart from their hearts.

They, having become persons of understanding who had acquired wise counsel and the skill to steer their course wisely, did well to teach those statutes to their children and grandchildren. From then on, they wouldn’t lift their eyes to heaven to behold all the host of heaven and feel driven to worship and serve them anymore, for, becoming renewed, they ceased from being pieces from old garments which hardly match pieces from new garments, for which reason no one patches pieces from old garments with pieces from new garments lest the new garment tears. In the same vein, they ceased from being old wineskins which no one puts new wine into lest the new wine bursts the old wineskins and the wine gets spilled...while the wineskins become ruined. Their eyes and ears could then see and hear the very things that many prophets and righteous people of the said community longed to see and hear but did not because it was not given to them to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. But on the wings of the revival that rocked the community, it was given to the men and women of the community who believed in Jesus Christ to see, hear, and know those mysteries. It is undoubtedly not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs. But if an exception could be made for those idol-worshipping dogs (players) so they may eat the crumbs that fall from the table, become spiritually cleansed, and escape the tribulation, it would be a welcomed idea. And so it was for the players, as, to keep from missing out on the time of their visitation, they heeded the words of revivalists who communicated the truth of the gospel to them and increased their learning, thus rendering them persons of understanding who acquired wise counsel and the skill to steer their course wisely, as well as lead others to the truth. The community men and women who had distinguished themselves from the former idol-worshipping dogs (the players when they were still playing around), to make certain that the truth of the gospel was well-imbibed into the players, had taken it up from where the revivalists stopped, speaking no more to them in figurative language but stating very ugly facts plainly to them—in hope that—if it was granted to them to become spiritually revived and sustained due to such plain speaking, good riddance!

It was good riddance indeed, as the players became spiritually revived and sustained based on the plain speaking of the community men and women, for it had been granted to them by God to become spiritually revived and sustained following the words of John in John 3:27 that "a man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven." In the course of the revival, other idol-worshipping dogs in the community likewise had their attention called to their cons and were pointed to the light of God’s word to make for their increased learning and understanding. Like the players, they soon came to terms with eternal words, ceasing to be ever hearing but never understanding…and ever seeing but never perceiving. Their hearts ceased from being calloused. They began to hear with their ears. Their closed eyes opened. Hence, they, too, saw with their eyes, heard with their ears, understood with their hearts, and turned to God who couldn’t help healing them alongside the players. And so they finally came upon a chance to escape damnation, totally yielding to God and making the best of their visitation. The revivalists, on the other hand, continued the good work of spreading the gospel of Christ in more communities to unrepentant souls, urging them to increase their learning, become persons of understanding, acquire wise counsel/the skill to steer their course wisely; so that they, too, may be equipped to lead others to the truth of the gospel, even as I do to you this day. Their effort has seen many becoming believers and coveting the chance to also bail out of damnation, hence ceasing the chance afforded them to do so, even as I hope you do, too. That’s why I imposed on myself the task of extending the gospel of Christ to you, for, how were you supposed to believe in Him of whom you have not heard? And how should you have heard without a preacher? And how should one have preached to you unless he or she was sent? It is on this basis that it would so gladden my heart if you would be wise enough to hear these words and not just increase your learning but also become persons of understanding who, also acquiring the skill to steer your course wisely, would do well to counsel others like you in truth and imbibe the knowledge of Christ in them, thus leading them to truth of the gospel, for the absolute end of all things is near, as you yourselves can see and attest to. Will you?

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THE CROSS: BECKONING OF REDEMPTION

PEOPLE
It is true, after all, that God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history, having determined to save the human race from self-destruction. So he sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to salvage and redeem humankind. And so the work of man’s redemption was accomplished at the cross...a redemption that now beckons on us through you. What can we say?

SPEAKER
Truly, to whom shall you go, seeing that I have the words of eternal life? I know for certain that you also want to be raised on the last day...based on these words of eternal life. It is indeed the will of God that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should have everlasting life and be raised on the last day. Having vetted these utterances of mine to be nothing but the same eternal words upon which God rode to undertake the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history, thus saving the human race from self-destruction, it is only wise to become beneficiaries of the work of man's redemption that God accomplished at the cross by sending his Son to salvage and redeem humankind, a redemption that, as you rightly said, now beckons on you through me. This goes to say that none of those accursed things you’re endeared to—shall remain with you any longer—so that God may not again turn to the fierceness of His anger and withdraw His mercy from you, nor withdraw His compassion from you and cease to multiply you. Very importantly, be certain that there are no wicked thoughts in your hearts or evil in your eyes against your poor brother—so that you don’t strip him of all things and he cries to God against you. It is only in doing such right and good things in the sight of the Lord that it becomes well with you and you get saved from self-destruction via the work of man’s redemption which was accomplished by Jesus Christ at the cross. Doesn’t God ask that—if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him? Doesn’t he ask for the stranger who dwells among you to be to you as one born among you? Doesn’t he require you to love the stranger as yourself? Though you may be strangers to each other, the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross—now beckoning on you, requires you to become as one towards each other...even toward more possible strangers whose footprints are likely to extend to your midst in search for redemption. Do not the eagles gather together wherever the carcass is? By warming up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross, you become heirs of God’s kingdom who've become very rich. But like Jesus said in Matthew 19:24: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Rather than set your heart on the riches that come with becoming heirs of God's kingdom, preoccupy your minds with advancing the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross to more like you who redemption is beckoning on, very likely to show up amongst you to likewise become beneficiaries thereof. The likes of you in past times, having only concerned themselves with oath-taking that revolved around the amassment of riches, eventually sought to also be raised at the last day and so heeded the beckoning of redemption, as God, determining to save them from self-destruction, rode on eternal words to undertake a dramatic rescue operation that would see them being raised on the last day. But there were doubts as per the genuineness of their hearts, given their endearment to all that glitters—which had them taking oaths here and there. As a warning, this caution had been extended to them:
"Why have you come to us—since you hate us and had sent us away from you? Is it because you’ve seen that the Lord is with us? When the revival of this community was in view, your concerns revolved around oath-taking for one thing or the other! We know your sentiments! But hear us: there won’t be any oath between us! We will make no covenant with you over anything! Listen: whoever sins is a slave of sin! And a slave does not abide in the house forever! But a son abides forever! You better tilt towards the Son so He’d make you free indeed! Who lights a lamp and covers it with a vessel or puts it under beds? Do not those who light lamps set them on lampstands? So that those who enter may see the light? But you light lamps, cover them with vessels, and put them under beds, being of the illusion that your ugly secrets will elude the light and be kept from revealing, trivializing the fact that there’s nothing hidden that won’t come to light and be known."

To you, I say, even as the bible makes known, that the lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when the eye is good, the whole body is full of light. But when the eye is bad, the body is full of darkness. As you warm up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross, be careful to ensure that the light in you is not darkness like that of Scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites who are like unseen graves. Being so, unsuspecting folks who walk over them, not being aware of them, are foully made to suffer undue consequences for walking over them without thought being taken to the fact that they weren't intentionally walked over by those lots…neither is thought taken to their double standards. Such endeavor deters persons from the redemption that beckons on them. Therefore, do not be instrumental to such deterrence, as, to those who make themselves instruments of such deterrence on account of riches or whatever care of life, days come when they desire to see one of the days of saved lots who would not be deterred by avarice and made to self-destruct despite the beckoning of the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross. But they won’t see it. However, as God said to Noah, "Come into the ark with your households because I’ve seen that you are righteous before me in this generation," he will say to those lots: "Well done, good and faithful servants. You were faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord."

Upon warming up to the redemption that now beckons on you through me, thus becoming beneficiaries of God's rescue operation, dramatic or not as it might be, the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you and God will anoint you to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...like I've done to you. But do not think in your hearts that it is because of your righteousness that God does so...otherwise the Lord’s anger may be aroused against you and He may make the land you indwell more of a wilderness than it already is, having you wander therein until the number of you that nurture that thought in your hearts are swallowed up in the great tribulation. Rather, acknowledge that it is because God was determined to save humankind from self-destructing, that you, by his mercy, were redeemed. Those practicing evil hate light and do not come to light—lest their deeds be exposed. But those who practice the truth come to the light—so that their deeds may be seen and known to have been done in God. As God undertakes yet another dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history in his determination to save the human race from self-destruction, do you, in coming to light, acknowledge that God had, in line with his determination to save the human race from self-destruction, sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to salvage and redeem humankind? Do you, in accordance with that acknowledgement, warm up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross which now beckons on you through me?

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THE CHRIST-LIKE BRIDE: TRUE DISCIPLES

PEOPLE
Seems like when one lives according to the Spirit, one walks in truth, peace, freedom, life, and righteousness as a child of God and an heir to God's promises. So, yes...we warm up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross which now beckons on us through you—so that we may likewise live according to the Spirit, walk in truth, in peace, in freedom, in life, in righteousness as children of God, and especially, as heirs to God's promises.

SPEAKER
Many, in past times, being seekers, had come upon heirs of God's kingdom who uttered these same words to them. But they, still being hardened at heart, had doubted the authenticity of the words uttered to them by those heirs of God's kingdom. So they had thus questioned: "Isn't it the will of God that everyone who sees the Son through the gospel and believes in Him should have everlasting life and be raised on the last day? Where, then, does your speaking come in? Utter anything other than the words of eternal life and we’re out! We are seekers! We’ve sought and found many things! Now we seek Christ...not your speaking! If we are wrong about you as having eternal words, then it is not you that we seek! Hence, our search continues! Isn’t it written that he who seeks, finds?" That particular group of persons stood out oddly, having constituted conglomerate peoples of cognitive universes that devised means by which motives at the core of men’s hearts could be determined without an outpouring of God’s Spirit, and had been to heirs of God's kingdom like the Philistines were to Isaac in their land. Not only did God look down to see that those seekers were stiff-necked and sought to blot out their name from under heaven, only making a great and mighty nation out of heirs of his kingdom, the faithful ones, it just so happened that, on the verge of that destruction, like the brood of vipers who paid John the Baptist a visit at the Jordan to get baptized, the seekers emerged on the scene to turn a new leave and live according to the Spirit, pledging to walk in truth so that they, like God's heirs in whose flesh they had been thorns determinedly, may find peace, walk in freedom, live righteous lives, become heirs of God's kingdom too, and be equally entitled to God's promises. God, in his infinite mercy, had received them into his glorious flock...and so they came to be viewed as no longer being far from the kingdom of God.

Even so, you, in warming up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross which now beckons on you through me—so that you may likewise live according to the Spirit, walk in truth, in peace, in freedom, in life, in righteousness as children of God, and especially, as heirs to God's promises, shall have exactly that as your testimony. But I must warn you that it gets challenging at some point, and many, being weak in faith, get tempted to compromise and heartbreakingly do so like Scribes and Pharisees who sit in Moses’ seat...who, too proud to admit to being unseeing and unhearing, light lamps and cover them with vessels or put them under beds. Do not those who light lamps set them on lampstands so that those who enter may see the light? But Scribes and Pharisees who sit in Moses’ seat—and the likes of them—light lamps, cover them with vessels, and put them under beds, being of the illusion that their ugly secrets engendered by compromise will elude the light and be kept from revealing, trivializing the fact that there’s nothing hidden that won’t come to light and be known. You must keep that at heart so that you can be watchful lest challenges plunge you into the snare of compromise. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when the eye is good, the whole body is full of light. But when the eye is bad, the body is full of darkness. I therefore implore you to take heed that the light which is in you as you now warm up to the work of man's redemption that was accomplished at the cross, is not darkness…like that of Scribes and Pharisees who, being hypocrites, are like unseen graves that cause unsuspecting folks who walk over them, not being aware of them, to foully suffer undue consequences for walking over them.

Your warming up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross automatically adds you to a fold known as “The Bride of Christ: True Disciples” who make up the Church of Christ which Christ himself builds and would not let the gates of hell prevail against. It is thus expedient of you to approach Christ like his bride, in the way and manner that the likes of Rebekah and Rachel did towards the patriarchs through whom came the promises of God that you have now become entitled to—on account of your warming up to the work of man’s redemption that was accomplished at the cross. It is still recalled what ensued when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Padan Aram to take a wife from there after swindling him, and that—as Isaac blessed Jacob, he charged him to not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan because of their unruliness, and especially that Jacob had obeyed his parents and left for Padan Aram like the obedient son he was. Wasn't that when Esau, seeing that the unruly daughters of Canaan didn't please his Dad, went ahead to grace his store of wives with those very women just to get at his Dad for sending Jacob away so he’d elude his vengeance? In so doing, Esau further forsook living according to the Spirit, forsook walking in truth, forsook peace, forsook the freedom that Isaac sought for Jacob by not letting him tie the knot with a daughter of Canaan, forsook a life of righteousness, and especially, forsook his place as an heir to God's promises. But Jacob embarked on that safe journey nonetheless and was most favorably welcomed by the sight of Rachel (his bride) on arrival, fulfilling the purpose of that journey in line with his parents’ intention just like Christ wishes to be met with the sight of a glorious Church (his bride) upon his second coming to reap a harvest of the souls of those that live according to the Spirit, walk in truth, in peace, in freedom, in life, in righteousness, and are children of God/heirs to God's promises. In essence, we must be such brides to Christ as Rebekah and Rachel were to the patriarchs, Isaac and Jacob.

Jacob, having been most favorably welcomed by the sight of Rachel (his bride) on arrival, fulfilled his parents’ intention for sending him away from Esau and consolidated a union with Rachel that saw him pitching lovely tents, raising modest dwelling places, possessing lands that were promised to his forefathers (God's promise): lands flowing with milk & honey, becoming a special treasure to God above all people who lived according to the Spirit, walked in truth, in peace, in freedom, in righteousness as the child of God he was, and as an heir to God's promises which he had secured squarely. It was no different with his father, Isaac, who Abraham also prevented from marrying the same unruly daughters of Canaan that Esau vengefully graced his store of wives with. Abraham, having dwelt in Canaan, had known them to be accursed daughters due to Noah's curse on Canaan, rendering them unfit for holy matrimony and being co-beneficiaries of the promises of God. That curse upon Canaan made Abraham commission Eliezer who ruled over all he had—to find Isaac a wife outside Canaan, which was how Rebekah came to be Isaac's Christ-like bride...the very kind that Christ expects us to be; even better: the very best version thereof. Recall that Rebekah, upon being brought to Isaac and lifting her eyes to behold Isaac, didn’t just take a veil to cover herself but immediately assumed the role of the Holy Spirit in Isaac’s life, becoming a comforter per excellence to him, especially with Isaac having lost his loving mother whose vacuum that had been to fill? The Christ-like Rebekah took it even further by following Isaac into his mother’s tent to become his darling wife, delivering him from forty years of bachelorhood…which would have accumulated if Abraham his father hadn't teamed up with Eliezer to fetch him the Christ-like bride that rendered him the only patriarch to have eluded the menace of polygamy.

Theirs was such a lovely union...so lovely that, having journeyed to the land of the Philistines, Abimelech king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac showing endearment to Rebekah and coveted the sight his lusty eyes beheld. But just like the daughters of Canaan, he was unfit for the likes of Rebekah...according to God’s standard—who appeared to him in a dream to so sternly warn him against following up on that covetousness. And so the couple lived happily ever after, producing two nations in the persons of Esau and Jacob, one of which God, in his preference, made a great-great-grandfathers of Christ...on whose account you have equally become entitled to the promises of God that you were alienated from, even as you make it a firm resolve to live according to the Spirit, and walk in truth, in peace, in freedom, as well as live according to the Spirit, and walk in truth, and in peace, and in freedom…as well as live a life of righteousness as is expedient of "The Christ-like Bride: True Disciples" and sole heirs of God's promises. Selah. May the peace of the Lord be with you all.

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THE FAMILY OF GOD: YAHWEH’S DELIGHT

PEOPLE
We guess we can now rest because God will send His angels ahead of us to destroy any plans of enemies who may be opposed to the path we've decided to thread. We guess we can now rest because God has us covered. We guess we can now rest and have no more fears, no more worries, but just trust in God.

SPEAKER
It is not out of place to allude that enemies who may be opposed to the path you've decided to thread, considering themselves as occupying the first place and you as wallowing in the last place, are the ones Jesus referred to when he posited that “many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.” Is it not lawful for you to thread a path that resonates with your faith? Why should certain people be so intent on calling the shots for others? Even subjecting others to rejection for not heeding those calls because others deem themselves as only being answerable to more worthy calls that resonate with their faith and puts them in positions of calling the shots too? Why are the eyes of such persons usually evil because others, in their words, are “ambitious” too? You, supposedly being the last, have indeed become the first...while they, considering themselves as being the first, will become the last, for, as it is written, "many are called but few chosen." After all, hasn’t one of God’s doings which is superbly marvelous in our eyes been the stone which the builders rejected becoming the chief cornerstone? However, it is hoped that you do not become persons who merely honor God with your lips while your hearts are far from Him because—that would be you worshipping God in vain. Consequently, you would no longer be lights of the world, nor cities that are set on hills which cannot be hidden, nor lamps that, when lighted, ought not to be put under baskets but on lampstands—that it may give light to all who are in the house.

Therefore, let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Of a fact, your charitable deeds ought to be done in secret—so that your Father who sees in secret may reward you openly. But those charitable deeds are welcome to be done openly so that doubting Thomases may witness them and vet that you truly have God’s love in you and are not merely practicing religion. After all, isn’t love expressed in giving? Of diverse gifts? Even the wise men, on trailing Jesus’ star to Him in a manger, fell down, worshiped Him, opened their treasures, and presented him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to inaugurate his coming into the world to live as man (though being God), die for man's sins, and bring man into God's family. As those who've been brought into the family of God to become members thereof, you ought to labor for food which endures to everlasting life—which the Son of Man makes available, for, he who comes to Christ shall never hunger, neither shall he who believes in Him thirst. As members of God's family, do not be like the priest and Levite who acted contrary to their personas towards a certain traveler who, journeying from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among thieves, got wounded, got stripped of his clothing, and was left half dead. Didn’t the priest, coming down that road and seeing him, pass by on the other side of the road, leaving him for dead? Didn’t the Levite too, on arriving at the scene, merely look at the dying traveler and pass by on the other side like the priest? As members of God’s family, you ought to be like the Samaritan who, as a testament to his membership of God's family, also journeying along that path, saw the traveler and had compassion on him, thus shouldering himself with the responsibility of seeing to his wellbeing. But it will take more than being mere members of God's family to cultivate such nature...you will have to become renewed, for, no one patches old garments with pieces from new garments, or else the new garments tear. More so, pieces taken out of new garments hardly match old garments.

In the same vein, no one puts new wine into old wineskins, else, the new wine bursts the old wineskins, the wine gets spilled, and the wineskins become ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins to have both preserved. There are fetish inhabitants of the land who, yet to do away with their idols, might become irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, harassing you on account of your faith and their rejection of God. You might wonder how long they intend to keep rejecting the Lord God despite all the signs God has performed among them. Isn’t God likely to strike them with pestilence and disinherit them alongside those idols they are so endeared to? Then people far and near will hear of it and tell it abroad, confirming that the Lord is indeed among you, going before you in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. But the carcasses of them and the likes of them who complain against God and are opposed to your faith in Jesus Christ shall fall. Having become true disciples, thus being conscripted into God's family, you become anointed prophets whose God's jealousy is upon, for, as it is written, "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm." As a consequence, God shall give his angels charge over you...to keep you in all your ways. So, indeed, you can now rest because God will send His angels ahead of you to destroy any plans of enemies who may be opposed to the path you've decided to thread. You can now rest because God has you covered. You can now rest and have no fears or worries but simply trust in God. Enemies who may be opposed to the path you've decided to thread better take heed to hear the word of the Lord that—to prophets, God makes Himself known in visions and speaks to them in dreams…a spiritual luxury that idolaters can't afford—no matter how adorned they are with worldly riches. And, there's even better in store for true disciples who become conscripted into the family of God.

As true disciples who've been conscripted into God's family, ensure that God finds you faithful in his house as was the case the Moses so that he may go beyond making Himself known to you in visions and speaking to you in dreams to speaking with you plainly and not in dark sayings...another spiritual luxury that idolaters can't afford no matter how adorned they are with worldly riches. And if they are not afraid to speak against you like certain lots who weren’t afraid to speak against Moses, it shall be to them like it was with those lots! Wasn’t Miriam struck with leprosy for jealously maligning Moses? It may not be leprosy for them...but surely a worse fate closes in on them: days when the sun will darken, when the moon withholds its light, when the stars of heaven fall, and when the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory and will weep over their inept spiritual nonchalance! And they shall be consumed with fears and worries while you, being covered by God and God's angels keeping you in all your ways, will bother yourselves with nothing but trusting in God and God alone. May the peace of the Lord be with you forever. Selah.

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At this point, the Spy-turn-Speaker concludes his speaking, successfully showing the remainders from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ...which they believe. They, like the remainders before them who the Spy had done same to, open up to the idea of journeying back in time with him to a point therein where opportunity to receive the teacher’s teachings was presented. That way, they would also cease that chance and put their trust in the teacher, thus getting caught up to heaven as is the condition for remainders who receive & believe the Spy’s testimonies about the teacher. And so the Spy, with great fulfilment, utters the magic word; “Rachamim,” sending them all and himself back in time. Unfortunately, they arrive at a point back in time where opportunity to receive the teacher’s teachings isn’t being presented, and they have just ten minutes to seek out such opportunity or get transported back to the present time to continue in the great tribulation without any such chance anymore. 

Fortunately for them, the Spy’s testimonies had seen them putting their trust in the teacher. All they needed was to be presented an opportunity to do so back in time and get caught up to heaven like the remainders before them. The difference between them and the remainders before them is that the remainders before them put their trust in the teacher for the first time upon traveling back in time with the Spy and being presented that opportunity, thus automatically getting caught up into heaven upon doing so. But they’d put their trust in the teacher before traveling back in time with the Spy...where they met no opportunity to do so and get caught up to heaven. But then, it doesn’t really make a difference because they had already believed. All they need is to be led to confess with their mouths the Lord Jesus and believe in their hearts that God raised Him from the dead to become saved, and thereupon get caught up to heaven. Journeying back in time to a point where there’s no such occasion, and with time fast running out, the Spy immediately gets creative and fills that shoe, leading them on to confess with their mouths the Lord Jesus and believe in their hearts that God had raised Him from the dead...which they do...desperately, thus getting caught up into heaven.

For the Spy-turn-Speaker, the terms & condition of his mission has it that he can only return to heaven on the last day of the seventh year...after the great tribulation, if he makes it to that time. As the heavens would have it, he again gets plunged back to the present...to the very location he’d have to be on the last day of the seventh year when the heavenly portal would be reopened for him to journey back to heaven. It had been accounted of him that what became of him for the remainder of the tribulation years was known to none, which, as it turned out, was him advancing the teacher’s teachings to the very ones who just got caught up to heaven on account of believing his testimonies. Upon being plunged back to the present to await the last day of the seventh year when the heavenly portal would be reopened for him to journey back to heaven, he would again spend the remainder of the tribulation years making effort to reach out to other remainders in an attempt to likewise afford them the second chance the former remainders had seized, thereby saving their souls. However, on the last day of the seventh year, he’d be back in heaven to the delight of all he further rescues. He’d become a heavenly star to reckon with...lauded for his courage, his valor, his bravery. Such good riddance!

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LIGHTS OUT.