Saturday, December 9, 2006

The New Man vs. the Old Man

I am working on a post concerning some of what I have perceived as the Spirit has worked concerning the new man in Messiah being renewed in spirit daily and the old man of the flesh that is passing away. I believe that having relevant understanding of this mystery is a vital part of being an overcomer of the enemy within and the enemy on the outside. Stay tuned as I will finish a beginning post on that asap. To deal with the issue in depth would take a series of posts and that may happen too. Father's will be done in this!

Blessings to the house of the redeemed!

*I am currently still working on this article - there has been much opposition to it and if you are a warrior and read this, if the Spirit leads, join the battle in prayer. I believe it gets so much opposition of hindrance because it has such potential to take us to further levels in Messiah and overcoming the enemy. It is a powerful mystery being unveiled that such as Y'shua, John, and Paul speak much about, though not always directly.

I hope and pray that I'll be able to push through this and get this initial introductory post on here.

Blessings to the called and the elect!

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Update and post from Chris K

Chris K said in a comment to my first post here, "I think I understand what this blog is about. That is to share what we believe Father has revealed to us as a secret or mystery?"

Yes, this is a primary purpose of this blog. The other primary purpose is to discuss the subjects posted by myself or those who comment such as Chris.

Posts that bring up a new subject that has been a mystery that is being revealed, or posts that make comments concerning another post are fine and welcome.

Posts such as Chris' that bring up a new subject may at times be pasted by me into a new post on the front page for easier viewing by those who visit.

Here is a post from Chris K. that you may find interesting and to which I may end up commenting.

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Josef
"A secret and mystery of the end of days"

I think I understand what this blog is about. That is to share what we believe Father has revealed to us as a secret or mystery?

One end time mystery that is unfolding in this day and age is the role of Josef in the end of days.

2Sa 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

I believe that this scripture reveals Josef role in the northern kingdom as the first to repent and return to the king. As Yahweh begins the restoration of the Northern Kingdom of Yisra'el Josef will be the first to turn and repent. Then Josef will begin the rebuilding process through the door of repentance and deliverance. Thus Josef is the builder of Yisra'el.

Gen 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

The word "bough" is the Hebrew word "ban", which means "son", this word comes from the Hebrew word "banah", which means builder. Josef is a fruitful builder a fruitful builder by a well. The well is the well of Jacob. Jacob well is located in the land given to Josef, along with Josef bones to this day. I believe a Russian church has been built over Jacobs well to this day. This well has to do with prosperity and economic wealth and power. The capital of Philistine is Nablus, which is the old land of Josef.

Nāblus is the site of An-Najah National University, the largest Palestinian university. It is also the location of the Palestine Stock Exchange and leading information and communication technology organizations such as Palestine Telecommunication Company and AMRA Information Technology. Nāblus is an agricultural and commercial trade center dealing in traditional industries such as production of soap, olive oil, and handicrafts. Other industries include furniture production, tile production, stone quarrying, textile manufacturing and leather tanning. The city is also a regional trading center for live produce. There are three refugee camps just outside the city, which were built for the Palestinian refugees of 1948. These camps are Ein Beit el Ma, Balata and Askar Al Quadim and Askar Al Jadid. Together they have more than 34,000 inhabitants.
Note: Much of the commerece matches the blessings that were spoken over Josef.


Gen 49:23 The archers, have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Gen 49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands, of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence, is the shepherd, the stone of Israel :)

The word "stone" in the last sentence is also the Hebrew word "eben", which means "build" and has the same Hebrew root "banah", same as above, which means "build".

Josef is the stone, the builder of Yisra'el. Josef has been a secret and a mystery that has been kept hidden for such a time as this.

Dan 2:34 Thou sawest, till that a stone was cut out without, hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

The word "stone" here in Daniel is the Hebrew word "eben", which comes from the same word used for stone in Genesis 49. The word stone in Genesis 49 is Strong’s 68 and the word stone Daniel is Strong’s 69.

Josef will be used to bring down the image of gold, silver, brass, and the iron and clay mixed. Josef is the stone that will strike the feet of the image. The image I believe has to do with wealth. Josef is being raised up to enter the arena of economics to be used as a builder that will be the stone to topple the world banking and economic system. This is a secret and mystery that is unfolding. I believe after war the land of Nablus will be restored to the house of Josef, thus placing Josef back by the well of Jacob and restoring nad beginning the process of re-establishing the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el

Dan 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to together, and became like the chaff of the summer7 threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no, place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Josef is the stone that will smite the image and become a great mountain. Josef is a stone that is not cut out by man but will be cut out by Yahweh through repentance.

In the first scripture,
2Sa 19:20, I used a representative of the house of Josef came to David the king to repent. In 2 Chronicles 10 and forward, you will see that the separation of the Northern Kingdom was of Yahweh, but at the same time it says that Yisra'el, the Northern Kingdom, rebelled against Rehoboam. Josef repenting to David I think may be symbolic of a future event of the restoration of the Northern Kingdom to the Southern Kingdom. If you read this scripture in context you will notice that King David had to flee over the Jordan and that the servant runs to meet him before David crosses back over to return.

I believe that there is a war coming and probably very soon that will drive out the leaders of Yisra'el to the borders; Eze 11, and that those leaders will be destroyed as the land is temporarily occupied and cleansed. That during this war the borders will be breached and many places destroyed.

Zec 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

When the house of Judah is strengthened then the house of Josef will be placed, which I believe means that Josef will be placed back in the land.

Zec 10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

The rest of the Northern Kingdom, Ephraim, will rejoice over the reuniting of the House of Judah and the House of Josef, even their children be glad.

Zec 10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
Zec 10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Zec 10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land, of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
Zec 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away.
Zec 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

Once the connection and the restoring of Judah and Josef take place and the heart of Ephraim rejoices then the rest of Yisra'el shall come from the four corners of the earth and the whole house shall be reunited.

The secret and mystery I believe that is unfolding in these last days is the mystery roll of Josef. Josef will be a head that will rise up in these last days to begin the process of forming and restoring the Northern Kingdom of Yisra'el. Through the doors of repentance and deliverance Josef shall come forth, the rejected child of the brethren. Father shall raise him up to do a work to prepare the way for the rest of the Northern Kingdom. This work will be in the arena of economics and the rebuilding of the Northern Kingdom in preparation to reunite with Judah, after Judah and the land go through a purging. Once these two houses come together, then a way shall be made for the rest of Yisra'el to come home.

Judah shall be strengthened after a mighty blow of war and Josef shall be saved, and then Ephraim will rejoice and her children are glad and they shall come from the four corners of the earth to be the Nation of Yisra'el once again.

1 Peter 2:4-6
4 As you come to him, the living Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him- 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:


1 Peter 2:6-8
"See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame."

7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,

"The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,"

8 and,

"A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."

They stumble because they disobey the message-which is also what they were destined for.


Yahshua is the Chief Cornerstone and after him shall the other cornerstones by laid. Each stone is a son, a son of Yah, a builder in Yisra'el. Josef is a major player and major builder in the building process of Yisra’el. Josef is a group of people who make up the end time body of Josef. These will be those who have been rejected and have overcome the power and spirit of rejection and can now go forth to begin rebuilding.

“Rejoice of Yisra'el for your redemption truly draweth neigh.”

Blessing
Chris K.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

The Wisdom in Proverbs 25:2

Y'shua (see bottom of article for links on explanations of pronunciation- called Jesus) said this as recorded in Matthew 7:7:

Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you. AMP Bible

This blog is dedicated to those who are asking, seeking and knocking; to those who are not satisfied with looking on the surface, but who desire to dig deeper for the great treasures that abound in the Kingdom of heaven and to serve the King. There are plenty of places to find surface matters being discussed.

At times, because we are seeking to find the answers to mysteries of the Kingdom, I will also have to deal with exposing apparent errors in common belief among the religious institutions. This is never meant to offend anyone or start pointless debates and arguments. We are simply digging for those treasures and desiring greatly to find them.

Are the true things of "God" really obvious or are they hidden by him? In my experience, religious institutions such as churches may tend to give the impression to those they teach that the truth is obvious. And of course, if you are outside of their denomination, say in another one which disagrees, then you are just too foolish to see the obvious like they do. I have had years of experience viewing this issue between different "Christians." It is rooted in pride in one's own understanding, which the Scriptures advise us not to lean on (Proverbs 3:5).

What do the Scriptures have to say about this issue, whether the things of the Kingdom are hidden and mysterious or made obvious to the masses?

Mat 13:10 Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?
Mat 13:11 And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mat 13:12 For whoever has [spiritual knowledge], to him will more be given and he will be furnished richly so that he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Mat 13:13 This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.
Mat 13:14 In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.
Mat 13:15 For this nation's heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them. [Isa. 6:9, 10.]
Mat 13:16 But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.
Mat 13:17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

If you follow after Y'shua and believe the Scriptures are the inspired written account of the Word of "God", that should settle it for you right there. Out of our Master's voice he told us that there are mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven that are revealed to his close disciples but not the masses of people that listen to him teach. Mind you, the people he was speaking to in parables believed. They followed him around and loved his teachings and supported him. They were not unbelievers. But they were also not close disciples in intimate relationship with Y'shua.

The concept in 13:12 is that when you begin to have the treasures of the Kingdom, you are then more equipped than before to see and hear the next level of mysteries of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is built from the foundation up. If you do not have the foundation correct, you will not have the building of the house done correctly. And that which the builders build without Yahweh ("the LORD" in English translations), they build in vain. It will not last. It will be taken away from them (see Psalm 127:1).

We have three clear witnesses in writing established here already, that there are hidden things we are to seek out or we will not find them. I do not want to be a part of the people prophesied about that Y'shua mentioned in Isaiah 6:9, 10. I want to be one who seeks out the things "God" has hidden. I hope you do too and will join me as we dig for treasures!

*See http://www.jesusisajew.org/YESHUA.php for an explanation I found online for name pronunciation of Y'shua/Yeshua verses Jesus. After study it is my personal choice to use the more accurate and more like the original name he went by on earth which the disciples knew and used. However, I have no problem with people using, "Jesus" as the best they know of how to pronounce his name. I used that pronunciation for years and was just as "saved" and had just as much success in prayer as now. It is an accuracy issue, not a faith issue.
*Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshua which explains the Hebrew and Aramaic pronunciations a little.
*See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh for an explanation of the name "Yahweh."