And The DAY of Vengeance of Our GOD

ADVENT MEDITATIONS for 2014

Courtesy of pravoslavie.ru

Isaiah 61:1   The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; ² To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Luke 4: 19 ~ To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

The LORD JESUS omitted that underlined phrase when HE+ read from the Scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue at the beginning of His+ earthly ministry, as recorded in Luke 4:18- 19.   

There is NO teaching by word or example from Our LORD CHRIST that His+ Followers are to bear the sword of vengeance. 

It is written: “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the LORD." Romans 12:19 

  

         O JESUS,  our Mighty FORTRESS WHO+ came in the flesh, Who+ would not permit Peter to shed blood to defend THEE+,  turn my heart away from defending myself, in thought, word, or deed. 

Help me, instead,  to focus my heart upon THEE+ and all the anger THOU+ took, for my sake and the sake of all sinners. I praise THEE+ for that. 

Help me to turn and think about Thy+ Kingdom instead of indulging in my smoldering anger and rough attitudes when I am hurt by others. 

Make me into Thy+ pure likeness and image when I am attacked. I yield my Self ALWAYS  to Thy+ defense, O Great SHEPHERD+ and BISHOP+ of my life.

O Gracious JESUS, LORD at Thy+ Birth, help me to have the innocence of a new-born babe. 

This I ask in Thy+ precious, holy Name. Amen.

The Acceptable Year of The LORD...

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2014

Courtesy of WWW.PRAVOSLAVIE.RU   

Isaiah 61:1 and 2a ~ Scriptures courtesy of www.biblegateway.com 

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon ME+; because the Lord hath anointed ME+ to preach good tidings unto the meek; HE hath sent ME+ to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; ² To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord ...

^{Luke 4:18} The SPIRIT of the LORD is upon ME+, because HE hath anointed ME+ to preach the Gospel to the poor; HE hath sent ME+ to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 

¹⁹ To preach 

.

the acceptable year of the LORD.

~~ ~ To proclaim the acceptable year of The LORD ~ ~ ~

“The SPIRIT of The LORD is upon ME+ because HE has anointed ME+ to…“  is how Luke 4:18 begins.

Luke 4:19 completes the Words from Isaiah 61: 1 and part of verse 2 which Our LORD spoke about HIMSELF+ and about HIS+ activities on earth when HE+ donned the humble robe of flesh during His+ Incarnation.

We know this anointing came as HE baptized His+ flesh.  The HOLY SPIRIT brought HIM+ to proclaim, to cry out, and to establish the year of acceptance by The LORD.

What, then, was “accepted ?”

Mankind.

By WHOM ?

The HOLY GOD.

With the INCARNATION of the SON+ of GOD, our human spirit and flesh now had a way --- only one way --- given to it to become acceptable unto GOD. 

The Incarnation of GOD’S Only-Begotten SON+ came for one purpose: to crush satan’s head. 

That act would not be done any other way, as determined by our HOLY FATHER.  Man put mankind under satan’s control; a MAN+ had to deliver mankind from that bondage.

CHRISTUS VICTOR is what one segment of brethren call HIM+, significantly.

The literal Hebrew renders it: “… to proclaim the YEAR OF DELIGHT of YHWH .”  Indeed, it was and is HIS good pleasure to rescue man from satan’s bondage.  

So HE sent VICTOR CHRIST, enrobed in humble flesh, to crush satan’s head. 

      Dear Gracious REDEEMER+, Who+ took upon Thyself+ the trappings of human flesh, so clothe me with the garments of Salvation that I may win out over the entrapments of the devil.  

Help me to turn my flesh to THEE+, never to fulfill the lusts thereof.  

Help me to submit my flesh to Thy+ discipline --- the same discipline that THOU+ embraced when THOU+ humbled Thyself+ and came in the likeness of men.  

Then, ACCEPTABLE I will be in Thy+ Sight, O Righteous Savior, and then THOU+ shalt extend Thy+ Robe of Righteousness unto me … even to me.

In the Name of Our Beloved Victorious King+, JESUS CHRIST, I pray.  Amen. 

The InCarnated LIGHT

.  .  .  has dawned upon Mankind.  

Advent Meditations 2014

JOY to the WORLD ! 

In HIM+ was LIFE;  

and the LIFE was the LIGHT of Men.  

And the LIGHT shineth in darkness

and the darkness comprehended it not. 

PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT+ ! 

O Children, why walk ye longer in darkness ? 

Why have ye not cast off the works of the flesh, of sin, of the devil that are clinging to you and making you non-effective ?   

Do ye not know there is a battle RAGING for your souls, and for the souls of all men?  

Have I+ not given you MY+ LIVING, power-filled Blood to cleanse you of yourself and to grant you power to deliver others  ?

Why have ye not renounced the hidden works of darkness? 

The night is FAR spent, the day is at hand;  let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of LIGHT.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.  Romans 13:12-13

Not in rioting ~ ~ ~ Do not run with the crowd and do anything that the natural-minded crowd does, even if they are church-attenders; stay away for your own safety. 

Not in drunkenness ~ ~ ~   Do not  drink the same cup of "spiritual" spirit-water that the natural-minded drink, even if they are decent fellows, neighbors, or relatives. Their water is poisoned. It will not refresh you.

Not in chambering ~ ~ ~ Do not lay about with worldlings, mingling your seed with theirs, in ANY and in EVERY sense of the word.  If you lay with the world, you will be one body with THEM; I+ will cast you from ME+. 

Not in wantonness ~ ~ ~ Do not do excess of anything. Do NOT toss off limitations in any area of your life. Stay sober; you have no license to indulge in gluttony... of any sort whatsoever. 

Not in strife ~ ~ ~  Do not concern yourself with "your civil rights."  As followers of ME+, you have NO CIVIL rights. . . in any land.  Those who do not know this will find this out shortly, like many others of My+ children. 

Focus rather on living TOTALLY for ME+; I+ will then be able to use you against the powers of darkness swarming the habitable world now.

Not in envying ~ ~ ~  Bury it ! Put it to death ! Temporal things are just that: temporary !  They are worse than temporary; they hinder you from walking in My+ Spirit. They hinder you from hearing My+ Voice. Casting your eye upon the things of this world makes you useless and ineffectual in My+ Kingdom.  

Come OUT OF HER, My+ people and touch not the unclean thing.  

PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT+  !

Let us cast off the dark works through the Blood of JESUS CHRIST, WHO+ was born to set us free from these yokes of darkness.  

.
Such BLOOD !  

Such LIGHT ! 

   Such LOVE !
.  

BE PREPARED TO PAY 
FOR YOUR CONVICTIONS.
.

O Gracious SAVIOR+ , WHO+ came to over-come darkness, prepare me to stand for THEE+ in the time of trial, in the time of darkness. Let Thy+ Light rest upon me in this dark and dying world, so that in Thy+ LIGHT+, we may see LIGHT+ . Strengthen me with Thy+ Divine Body and Blood, so that dying, I may live with THEE+; and by living, I may die for THEE+, 

O Holy JESUS.

Amen.

+ + + 

Awake Out of Sleep ! CHRIST the KING+ Ever Reigns on High +

O Come, Let Us Adore HIM+ !

Advent Meditations for 2014

Photo courtesy of  www.pravoslavie.ru

Scriptures selected from the listings in the  Three-year Cycle of Readings, Year A, New American BIBLE; Scripture portions quoted from KJV courtesy of Biblegateway.com .

ROMANS 13:11 

And that, knowing the time, 

that now it is high time 

to awake out of sleep: 

for now is our salvation

nearer 

than when we believed.

[ A note from Sr. Judith Hannah  + + +  :   Not being Roman Catholic, I thought it odd that this passage was included in the readings for the year involved Romans 13. In pondering this before The LORD, I realized that HE+  is indeed speaking to His+ Body about the current season of humanity upon this earth. ]

May The LORD add His+ blessing to the reading of His+ Holy Word.  

Let me tell you WHO IS awake .... the 10 kings ( aka the 10 horns ) of Revelation 17:12 !

Yes, the enemy --- empowered by these 10 wicked beings --- is coming in like a flood.  

Yes, the days of Noah are upon us, but where is the Ark of Salvation going to be found during this flood?  

And yes again, this will be a WORLD-WIDE FLOOD of evil engulfing the globe. 

Salvation in Traditions ? 

Traditions will shatter with the first blast of persecution. They will cripple those whose security is based on traditions. Christmas traditions will not carry anyone through a beheading or the torture chamber. 

Awake out of sleep !  the Word says. 

Salvation in the Organized Religious Systems ?

Unfortunately, the organized religious systems have HISTORICALLY been in the forefront leading the persecution of followers of JESUS, turning traitor to extend its own life. 

They have done it in the past; they will do it in the future. Ichabod has long been stamped on these systems, easily identified by their ignoring, distortion, and avoidance of The Word of GOD  .... in practice .  

The Ichabod organizations include those 

• who never stand against abortion, 
• who tolerate same-sort marriages, 
• who promote women in the pulpit, and 
• whose elders "prudently" invest their funds in the Mammon-serving stock markets. 

Ichabod organizations are those who USE the Name of CHRIST, preach HIM+ on the street and across the air-waves, dissect, analyze, and study His+ Word in all the original languages. 

Yet, these same Ichabod religious systems --- knowing well the Word of GOD --- will not take a step towards non-resistance but rather honor the killing-machines of the uncivilized Western "civilization." 

And men loved to have it so ! 

Awake out of sleep !  the Word says.

From LUKE 21:28  

 And when these things begin to come to pass, 

then look up, 

and lift up your heads; 

your REDEPTION+ draweth nigh.

Yes, look up to JESUS+. Firmly fix yourself on HIM+. Firmly afix yourself onto His+ Cross. 

Finding Salvation in your house and land ?

Aha!  Do you think you own your "own" house and land? 

Better look at reality. 

Don't pay your taxes and you will discover the hidden truth about property ownership. 

If you cannot pay your property taxes because the money system fails OR you wisely refuse the mark of the beast ~  you will soon find out that certain agencies ( not "we the people") own ALL the land and property ! 

Owners are simply renters too,  ~ high-cost renters ~  renting their property from the tax collectors .... or rather, from agencies acting under higher agencies established years ago by those 10 kings in a well-oiled system.

And NO... you will not be able to pay your property tax in onions or chickens .

Awake out of Sleep, the WORD says !

But let us look up.  We cannot ~ we do not dare ~ look unto earthly men nor earthly religious organizations nor earthly civil systems for our security and Salvation. 

Yes, Eternity IS costly. It has cost Our REDEEMER+ His+ Life to bring it to us.  It will also cost us our lives, to obtain it. 

But, let us LOOK UP !  

JESUS told us, 

"There shall not an hair of your head perish ! "

O Precious REDEEMER+, WHO+ laid down Thy+ Head not only in a manger but also upon the Cross, we thank THEE+ for making a way out of the destruction of mankind for us. 

O Precious LAMB+ of GOD, slain from the foundation of the world, THOU+ didst come, knowing full well what awaited THEE+.  THOU+ knowest what awaits us ! 

We thank THEE+ for preparing us a place in Thy+ FATHER'S House.  

And by THY+ coming to be slain, THOU+ has made us Thine+ own brethren.

And by Thy+ coming to be slain, we can say, "Our FATHER WHO art in Heaven, " also. 

And by Thy+ coming to be slain, we live.

CHRIST The KING+ has descended from on High;

O COME, LET US ADORE HIM+  ! 

xxx

Over-Ruling the 10 Kings... CHRIST the KING+ Ever Reigns on High !

Advent Meditations for 2014

The Star of Bethlehem 

Photo courtesy of  WWW.PRAVOSLAVIE.RU   

Matthew 24: 37-39 

Scriptures courtesy of Biblegateway.com 

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

The Days of the Rule of the 10 Kings

of Revelation 17:12 

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, 

which have received no kingdom as yet; 

but
 receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

The days of Noah are upon us. 

The darkness of sin engulfs the world. Men's pride is hardening their hearts. Devilish controlling spirits are ruling over the entire globe ~ and men love to have it so. 

The days ~ the season of human history ~ when men love darkness rather than light   because their deeds are evil   are upon us in full force. 

The WORD of GOD says in THAT SEASON, men who love righteousness make themselves a target,  Isaiah 59:15 ,  as in the days of Noah. 

Our LORD JESUS tells us this age will have the same character and consorts as Noah's age:  hedonism to the extreme, base entertainment, lovers of pleasure , lovers of self, lovers of same-sort partners, lovers of wee children, and lovers of beasts... lovers of death.  

Then comes the mingling of human seed with nephillim or animals and the lust for aborted LIVING babies as evil dreamers try to create life at the DNA basics in order to be in control of the universe. 

The 10 Kings of Revelation 17 love to have it so and are NOW DIRECTING these activities across the globe, headed by the richest countries in the world. 

Why ? 

They wish to destroy GOD'S creation, to destroy the human race. 

Why ?

They aim to destroy the human race BECAUSE through JESUS CHRIST, the human race has beaten satan, the nephillim, the fallen watchers .... AND THE 10 KINGS ! ...  when humans obey The LORD JESUS CHRIST in every fiber of their being. 

As a matter of fact, an obedient, faith-filled people who love The LORD JESUS more than their own life is the ONLY barrier that stands between satan and the destruction of the ENTIRE human race. 

For, if left to itself, the human race will destroy itself. 

If left to satan, the human race will be destroyed through lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. 

If left to the 10 Kings of Revelation 17, the followers of the LORD JESUS CHRIST would be exterminated --- wiped off --- the face of the globe, along with their Jewish fore-bearers. 

Then the wicked tenants/ husbandmen of the vineyard will think,   after they have exterminated  His+ Servants,   the world will be theirs. 

( This has been tried before. See Matthew 21. )

But... surprise, surprise !

What will the True Owner+ of the world do 

to those wicked ones 

when HE+ arrives 

with His+ armies from Heaven ? 

They all forgot one thing... one MAJOR fact: 

All were created through HIM+

All were created for HIM+

and HIS+ good pleasure ! 

Yes, even the fallen angels, like mankind, were created by HIM+ and for His+ pleasure, to do HIS+ will. 

O, what a fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the Living GOD... when in a state of rebellion against His+ Rule.   

Let us pray: 

CHRIST the KING+ ever reigns on High! 

O Come, let us adore HIM+ !  

O come, let us worship and fall down and kneel before The LORD our Maker...  Our LORD, Who+ humbled Himself+ to take on a robe of flesh in order to rescue us from the slavery of sin, the slavery to satan.

We thank THEE+ O LORD for Thy+ great, well-planned deliverance through Thy+ Incarnation, set in motion from the fall of Adam, promised in the Garden to crush satan's head. 

Bless GOD: FATHER, SON+, and HOLY SPIRIT! 

And, blessed be HIS+ Kingdom, 

now and forever, 

world without end. 

Amen.  

xxx

CHRIST The KING+ Ever Reigns on High !

Advent Meditations for 2014

The Star of Bethlehem 

Photo courtesy of  www.pravoslavie.ru

Hear the Words of Our LORD .... 

Matthew 24: 42-44  

Courtesy Biblegateway.com

Watch therefore: 

for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

But know this,

 that if the goodman of the house had known 

in what watch the thief would come, 

he would have watched, 

and would not have suffered his house 

to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready: 

for in such an hour as ye think not 

the SON+ of MAN cometh.

+ + + 

The opening words of Our SAVIOR to you in this Advent Season is: 

 Watch !  Be ye ready ! 

For what, exactly, are you watching ? 

Are you awaiting... simply putting in time ... treading spiritual water in one spiritual place ... until you are snatched out of here, away into Heaven ? 

NO !

Our coming LORD told us to be alert and at-the-ready for battle... a battle for souls !  And this battle is a fight for YOUR soul and mine. 

We must be watchful, lest at any time our steadfastness loosens. We must be alert lest we fall. 

The apostle Paul --- yes, even that great Apostle --- has warned us to take heed for our souls, like he did for his. 

 I Cor 9: 27 

But I keep under my body, 

and bring it into subjection: 

lest that by any means, 

when I have preached to others, 

I myself should be a castaway.

Disciplining your body and bringing it into subjection to the WORD OF GOD strengthens you in the spiritual warfare. 

Are you ready for the great testing ? JESUS told us to WATCH AND PRAY, lest we fall.  TESTING is promised. 

How is your strength tested ?  

Strength is tested when an adversary challenges you to a match. 

This match, however, is not of your own choosing and it will not be put off for a more convenient time. It is Divinely Appointed and it will test your faith to the utmost. Will you stand or fall ?  

You will not have time to return to the gymnasium and train for  this match, however. 

This training occurs daily as you pick up your Cross and die to Self. There is no cramming possible for this exam.

Yes, we do indeed watch for His+ 2nd Coming, but before that... the battle will be with the demonic thief who comes to steal our faith and our souls. 

Are you ready ? 

Let us pray:

O Christ our ROCK+, WHO+ came to ready a people for THYSELF+, help me to stand for THEE+.  

Help me to stand for THY+ glory, in the face of all opposition to Thy+ Name. 

Let Thy+ Truth live in me strongly so that I cannot yield and kiss the dirt, when demon-led people tell me to bow to their activities and proclaim them "right." 

O ROCK+ of Ages, I hide myself in THEE+. Cover me there with Thy+ Hand, O Blessed Savior.  

CHRIST The KING+ ever reigns on High; 

O Come, Let us adore HIM+ !