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How can they think this way?

It has been a long time since I have posted something new. The time has come.

Many of my readers these days are in China. I do have readers around the world which I pray are touched by these posts.

I was on the radio for 8 ½ years which gave me a platform and I believe satisfied my deep seated need to by the Watchman that I am.

I also attended a Sabbath (Shabbat) Study for 9 years, growing in the Hebrew understanding of Jesus’ teachings as well as the other writers of the Bible. Much of this understanding was valuable material for the broadcast; even more so for me.

I have copies of all broadcasts and will be developing a podcast where they can be heard. None are more than 13 minutes long.

I would encourage you to follow me on this site for updates about the blog site.

The Lord often prompts my research by asking me a question. I have a post called “Why Barley” which is very interesting.

This time I asked the question. Many are asking this question as we see many behaving in such a manner that perplexes us. It seems totally foreign to us. Well, the Lord was asked and He answered.

“Romans 1” That is all He said. Of course you know Holy Spirit IS God.

The last verse in Romans 1 is verse 32.

“…and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.“

Now just maybe you know what I found to answer my question. What should that answer provide besides understanding?

Proverbs 8:14 says, “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.”

Ok, power for what? Power enables yes? In Christ Jesus what is one of the most important things we need power for?

Romans 5:17 “For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

Grace! Not just that which we need and receive! An abundance of grace so we have more than enough and we can share it with any scraggly dying hand that is in need.

The gift of righteousness is a great revelation when we read Romans 5:21 “…so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Are we looking at the pathway to eternal life? Isn’t that what it says?

So, back to the question and especially the answer.

Read Romans 1:18-32. Many of us know what it speaks of. It is a very sticky topic with many many supporters.

The additional more elaborate list toward the end of the chapter in verse 32 has the ability to find most if not everybody guilty. Does verse 32 slam the door on our condition if we support such things. Sure sounds like it.

Those being called out in Chapter 1 are former believers! In verse 28 Paul says, “And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, …” Wow, never noticed that before!

In verse 1:21 Paul says, “For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

“Foolish” means Godless. “Professing to be wise, they became fools..”

Paul tells how this happened. Verse 25 “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.”

Verse 24 “Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.”

What were those lusts? We all know what it says.

The more elaborate list simply magnifies mankind’s problem in verses 29-32. Death is a real problem!

Since we know there is no death only everlasting life or fire, This is a real problem for them!

We need to look at verse 28. “And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,..”

God did this because of THEIR choices. OUR choices! This principle speaks to Yahweh’s Ways! This speaks to the importance of repentance, to be saved.

This is why they think the way they do and in seeps into all their thinking; personal, and political. They are addicted to them selves to impaired judgment! They brought it upon themselves! In fact, they know not what they do!!!

So…. Are they hopeless, destined for eternal fire? Dare WE judge them? Or, will we wield the power of grace bestowed in abundance upon us?

Again it is Paul who says 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”

Only by that same grace and the teachings of Jesus have we had our former impaired judgment repaired.

So, might God ask you or me, “How can you think that way?”


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When did Jesus become our High Priest?

I spend time in prayer, study and I journal daily. I recommend writing in a journal, your thoughts, His thoughts, as they come to you and as they come from others. Yes, I am open to the wisdom of others. I measure it by the Word and go from there.

When a question comes to my mind I do not assume it was my idea. Often Yahweh is teaching me by asking me questions, as most Rabbi’s do. When I do not know the answer I seek it. Is there significance I need to know.

So I will speak to you from my journal.

When did Christ become our High Priest? Was it upon his death? His Ascension? His resurrection? His Baptism?

In Hebrews 2:14-18 it says, 14 “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. 16 For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.”

When did Jesus actually become a High Priest? From this point forward let us see Him on the Cross.

Christ in His life of purity could have offered blood to cover the sins and He did. It was His blood. The veil was torn. This phenomenon on the day of His crucifixion might actually be seen as a confirmation of His High Priesthood, while He interceded for us, as a high priest would, as He did. “Forgive them Father they know not what they do.” His blood was already dripping on the ground beneath Him.

So what did a High Priest need? Personal purity, blood, authority to intercede, and access to the most Holy place.

The blood was provided from a sacrificial lamb, (Him) and intercession by Him, by this pure sinless High Priest, accord to the Law, was made on behalf of those who would be seeking, believing, following, Yahweh, now by the grace of God our blessed Savior, heavenly Father Yahweh, and Holy Spirit.

A high priest was tempted in all things but had to make an offering for his sins first and then the sins of the people. The Highest of High Priests lived a truly sinless life, tempted yet without sin! He made no offering for Himself, only for us.

Jesus did what He did, so we could do what He said. It was not so He could serve now but so He could serve “then.” Not here, but there! Yet His duty began way before His departure, in life. At the Cross is where all that effort was summed up. His installation at the right hand of the Father, as our intercessor, our High Priest was now assured.

His preparation to be High Priest began in life, tempted in all things. He achieved His right to offer blood for our sake by His sinless life. In life He would have been able to enter the Holy of Holies fearlessly. As it was, He was suspended on a Cross, so the veil was torn from top to bottom first, I believe, on His behalf, then as well for our sake after. Our personal intimate access to the Father was achieved by Jesus, our High Priest and soon coming King! Note our access was into a place where a lack of holiness could be deadly. Now our holiness, our access, is by the grace provided abundantly (Romans 5:17 and 21) as long as I walk in grace toward others.

For now Jesus continues His High Priestly duties in heaven, interceding. He will hold both offices, Priest and King, upon His return during His millennial reign and then forever.

Michael Knight of Night Light. Exitstrategydaniel12.com

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Heb 2:14–18.


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Exit Strategy End Times: “One Pandemic, the two Eagles, one purpose.” Part 1

blowing shofar3“Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!”

“One Pandemic, the two Eagles, One World, one purpose.”

Desperate people do desperate things! In a lost and dying world, why would we expect anything less?

Those who point to Christians as “those end of the world people” do so based on their efforts to keep the world from continuing as it was. They use climate, pollution, population control. They believe these things, if controlled, will extend earth life. At the heart of these and other agenda items is “control.” To influence their strategies, hiding as concerns, requires convincing the public and Christians if possible and for as many as possible to join their cause.They have failed or succeeded?

Control is the most proven way, in their minds, to accomplish their more serious plans.

There is evidence of the “progress” that the “Progressives” are making. It was spoken of centuries ago in the law and the prophets. As foretold, It has reached “Global” proportions.

If there was ever a place in the bible where America is described perfectly it is in the prophecy of the two eagles in the scripture below. We see the “promised land” view of America at her onset as well as a distressing and ominous current / future view of our land. Conditions now exist and are increasing that clearly display the latter scriptural and prophetic view expressed in the vision of the two eagles.

Ezekiel 17:3-7 (NASB) Prophesy
3  saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
4  “He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
5  “He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow.
6  “Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.
7  “But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it.”

Is this America? Do these two eagles sound like and look like America as she once was, and worse, as she is now?

Is there hope for the original biblically rooted vine? Many Americans, especially  Christians, still look to America’s foundational (biblical) roots for “water.” We see now and have seen God blessing us, providing for us, blessing our efforts to earn and raise our families the right way, His Way. His word promises a righteous reward.

Do we see the symbols in this prophecy? Our national bird is the Eagle. The sprigs, the seeds from the tree in Lebanon as our Judeo / Christian roots. We are the land of traders by many waters, the oceans, the Great Lakes. God, via our roots, by His Ways, supplies our needs not the eagle not the government.

God is love, (1JN: 4:8) We are to be rooted and grounded in love!  These are the roots we have thrived upon!

Ephesians 3:17 (NASB)
17  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, …

The revealing of this prophesy at this time has purpose. It’s potential must be to warn us.  I have never heard the two Eagles preached before. Understanding has come for such a time as this.

Has enough of America, the vine, turned it’s roots up toward another god, the government, a god that wants to become their sole as well as soul, provider, dooming us as a nation? Doom? Read the scripture.

Ezekiel 17:9-10 (NASB)
9  “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will it thrive? Will he (the second eagle) not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.
10  “Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”‘”

Has any nation turned away from God and survived? According to scripture that second “eagle” will pull up our biblical roots and cause us  to whither and die! This speaks of the death of a nation!

Is it too late for us as a nation or has the time simply come as God’s word said it would?

Is America “dying on the vine” as the phrase goes? As a nation, we certainly can die. As a people, now that is a different thing altogether, because there are two peoples and race has nothing to do with who is who.

Has God’s sorting begun? Is the biblical apostasy as foretold already happening? Ask yourself, is America as a whole moving toward God or away? Why then would God put, and I believe He did, a man in the White House with beliefs more in line with the bible than the previous few president’s, beliefs totally the opposite of the most recent Muslim, Barack Obama.

Amos 3:7 (NASB)
“Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.”

God speaks first to His prophets as we see in Ezekiel’s word about the two eagles. The prophets also spoke of Jesus long before His arrival. Most, including pastors, are unaware that the prophets spoke of not just one ascension by Jesus, as in the Book of Acts 1 but of an ascension earlier, by Jesus, just after exiting the tomb, revealed in  Zechariah 3:1-10. If you care, read it! I have never heard this preached before but the Holy Spirit revealed it to me. The sages do believe the dirty clothes Jesus put on, upon exiting the tomb, were the gardeners clothes belonging to Joseph of Arimathea from working in his garden near the tomb he had prepared for himself. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that they were  the same filthy garments worn by Joshua (Jesus) in Zech 3:1-10.

Jesus studied the Torah and in these particular verses saw His own name being spoken. “Joshua” The chapter speaks further of Him. “The Branch.”  Look it up. It is profound understanding. Jesus is asked if He will do God’s bidding… Jesus leaves that scene in heaven and appears supernaturally on the road to Emmaus and by the same means walking through the door where the disciples were hiding…  latter on He ascends again in Acts chapter 1. THAT second ascension is described in  Daniel 7:13 (NASB)
13  “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.”

THIS time Jesus was given dominion, glory and a kingdom. 

Daniel 7:14 (NASB)
14  “And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.”

I have taken this “Rabbi Trail” in an effort to convince you, to reach you, with insight that God revealing to us. Why? So you will listen to more.There is more…

See part two: Same title.

If we are in His grip, how far from His heart can we be?

Michael

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