TRUMPETER'S CALL

OPENING PRAYER by Robert  

Heavenly Father, I come before you as a humble servant and lay before your Throne my petitions for your intercession on behalf of those who are seeking to work out their walk in your footsteps. I pray Lord, you fill them with the spirit of knowledge, Truth, Self-appraisal, the sense of acceptance. I ask Lord, you would remove from them the spirits of pride, self-indulgence, vanity, haughtiness, worldly lusts, fill them with humility and the strength to control their will. Give them an open mind to hear the teaching and guidance of the Holy Spirit with discernment and acceptance.  I further ask Father, you fill them with the spirit of boldness and the spirit of fearlessness. I pray in the name of Yeshua Amen and Amen.

OPENING COMMENTS “I KEEP UNDER” by Robert

 If you’re wondering about the comment “I KEEP UNDER,” it is a technical term the Greeks used when preparing for the ISTHMIAN games, which were the most ancient glories of Corinth. They were celebrated every second year and fostered the feeling of brotherhood in the Hellenic race.

The athletes to enter these games had to be Greeks of pure blood and done nothing to forfeit their citizenship. Scarcely any more significant distinction could be earned by a Greek citizen than victory in these games. These games were the greatest of national gatherings, and even when one State was at war with another, hostilities became suspended.

So what does this have to do with our drawing closer to Yeshua and his teachings? If you recall, I made reference to a Crown in the closing comments of “The Ultimate Distraction Is It Worth It?”

That casual comment is the premise of this article, and what we as followers of Yeshua who are seeking to get our walk in order are going to learn about what it’s going to take to remain in this current footprint and earn that Crown and what it represents.     

So far, our lessons have been to self-analyze our walk learn about our weaknesses and strengths, assess where we believe we stand and reinforce our decision to follow God and return to His laws as He has called us to do. Well, with the knowledge we have gained about being distracted.

The Holy Spirit is showing me we are now going to leave the surface part of our walk and delve into what makes us tick as far as our commitment to Yahweh and Yeshua.  

Remember, I referred to God having Moses lead the people into the desert; they wandered for 40 years to rid themselves of the false gods and temptations.

During that time, God removed two generations to prepare them for their entry into the promised land. Here is where we step away from the Worldly teachings, myths and temptations and get right down to the nitty-gritty.

Here is where the Holy Spirit takes off the kid gloves bringing forward truths we need to know, which is going to become a part of our walk but don’t want to accept or do anything.

The Holy Spirit is going to show us we’re comfortable, even complacent. This footprint represents our cleansing of those worldly temptations our Body continually brings to us.

This footprint is our 40 years in the desert. For those who have done the audit, you will understand, for those who have not read the earlier writings may find this information a bit confusing.

I ask you to go to my site romboughrobert.com start with the first article in this series, Truth will be evil, Lies will be Truth, and then the others to catch up. Each item is a step bringing you closer to recognizing your strengths and weaknesses in your walk. They will reveal truths as tools in preparation for this article and the revelations about to be revealed.    

Here the Holy Spirit shows that subtle statement about our Body being a temple (1 Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?) comes into play, he is revealing a truth known or unknown by all.

The Holy Spirit points out many are taking our bodies for granted and shouldn’t be, as they are a Temple that houses our spirit and the Spirit of God.  

The question then is, “How well are you maintaining your Temple?” Next question, “Is the lusts of your body in control of you, or do you think you’re in control”?

Here should be our best reassessment of our position on caring for our temple. As Paul points out in 2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk-in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

What comes to mind is the closing quote I offered from Isaiah 35:8, And a highway shall be there, and the way, and it shall be called “The Way of Holiness.” The unclean shall not Passover it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein. 

I believe in that passage, Isaiah was defining the narrow path Yeshua spoke of  Matt 7:14 “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be to find it .”

To travel this road according to Isaiah on our part will take hard work, determination and a passionate commitment on the part of those who desire the life Yeshua spoke of, as well as the Crown, offered in the victory of finding the narrow path.

Even Paul realized this Truth:  In opening Paul in previous chapters of 1 Corinthians has proven his right to claim remuneration from those to whom he preached the Gospel, and he has also given his reasons for declining to urge this assertion.

He was resolved that no one should have any ground for misapprehending his motive in preaching the Gospel. Paul had another reason, namely, “that he might be himself a partaker of the benefits he taught” (1 Corinthians 9:23).

Apostle though he was, he had his Salvation to work out. He was not himself saved by proclaiming Salvation to others, any more than the baker is fed making bread for others, or the physician kept in health by prescribing for others.

Paul was resolved persistently to do, lest that by any means when he had preached to others, he should be a castaway.”  This goes back to my description of Hell as I see it; even Paul an Apostle feared it “Godly Rejection” and “Eternal Separation” from YESHUA  because of being Distracted by worldly temptations.

Reflecting on the start of this journey, God called us to return to His Laws, did you throughout this journey not wonder why He called us back? What purpose was there in having us do an audit? Well, I believe the answers to these questions are right before us here.

Those who have had an ear to hear and an eye to see are possibly realizing they may have strayed but may be off base in working out there Salvation and maintaining their walk on the narrow path. 

Hard work, personal honesty, commitment to finish and the knowledge of what will be available to those willing to endure and go forward is what the Holy Spirit is revealing.

The hard work will be first gaining control over your body and cleaning up the temple, so it falls under our control, not control us through the lusts of the world the Body desires. It is essential to acknowledge the Body was not created for pleasure. It is a temple, and those who defile it will suffer its destruction.

Paul mentions the one enemy, namely our “BODY,”; which must be kept under, thereby brought into subjection. By the Body, we are to understand fleshly appetites and inclinations.

These the apostle set himself to curb and conquer, and in this, the Corinthians and as well ourselves are bound to imitate him.  Note: Those who would pursue the interests of their souls must beat down their bodies and keep them under control.

There must be hard combat with fleshly lusts, and not indulge a wanton appetite, and want for heathenish sacrifices, nor eat them, to please their flesh, at the hazard of their brethren’s souls. The Body must be made to serve the mind, not suffered to be lorded by it. 

The Apostle Paul chose “The ISTHMIAN games” as a comparison because the contestants were pure Greeks. As we are discovering, we need to be refined in our commitment to Yeshua and our desire to follow God’s laws to obtain the Crown promised.

These comments should give you an expectation of what is to come. If you recall in the first declaration made, what the Holy Spirit revealed, I did not fully comprehend the expectations of my commitment. Now I am discerning, recognizing and understanding what he meant. I was missing the mark and didn’t realize how much or more importantly [why]. 

Paul had evidently felt this danger to be a serious one. He had found himself tempted from time to time to rest in the name and call of an apostle, to take for granted that his Salvation was a thing past doubt and on which no more thought or effort need be extended.

He saw in a slightly altered form this temptation was common to all Christians. All have the name, not all the reality. And the mere possession of the name is a temptation to forget the Truth. 

Here I am wondering how many reading this article have honestly found themselves falling prey to this very same temptation? The Holy Spirits words are now echoing somewhat loud in my mind, how much I didn’t understand about my walk.  

I know, we must work out our Salvation daily; however, for some reason, never fully comprehended the depth of those words or completely understood the depth of why.

I knew I had Salvation and desired to draw closer to Yeshua by creating a deeper relationship. I lived giving all my love to the Lord with my heart, with my soul and with all my might.

It never dawned on me the actual reason behind that effort; I never questioned why I just believed and committed to it, believing I was fighting the good fight. When in reality, I was like those in the games who fought with each other who prepared themselves by beating the air, Paul says there is no room for such exercise in the Christian warfare. He points out Christians are ever in close combat. Our enemies make fierce and hearty opposition and are always at hand. 

Isaiah made it quite clear there is a highway that can be travelled on, but only those who are fully committed to God can travel “The Way of Holiness.” Yeshua spells out what alternative route is available for those who can’t or won’t move. “The Way of Holiness” is quite evident in Matt.7:13 Enter ye at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. 

We have a choice about which route we want to follow. For some, the broad path will be their choice because they have stopped working on their Salvation (distracted), others are not entirely committed, and for many, they just don’t believe.

What the Holy Spirit revealed there will be some who believe they are on the narrow path but, in reality, are on the broadway as they go forward in delusional false teachings.   

Earlier I had eluded to the fact, I believe Isaiah was defining, how we could travel the narrow path which Yeshua described, and as well revealed why many do not travel this road, “the unclean shall not Passover it.” Now Yeshua’s words “and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be to find it” is beginning to make sense.

It isn’t easy to find this road, but once you do to travel it, you must be of an obedient nature following God’s Laws. Suddenly His love for us is like a flashing neon sign showing us, “here is the path to Life” it’s your choice to travel it.

But recognize there’s a huge commitment, one that must be fulfilled right until we pass into Eternity. Isaiah spelled it out the “unclean shall not Passover it.”

Here is the reason God called us to follow His laws (Ten Commandments as a template to eternal life) and fulfilling the challenge to obtain the Crown of Eternal life. Are you up to it? Note Isaiah said the unclean; I take that to mean those who are not always working to deepen their Salvation and develop a personal relationship with Yeshua, who is the only way unto life.

The words work out your Salvation are now becoming even clearer. Paul’s efforts to work on his Salvation even though he was an Apostle make sense. You cannot, for one moment, believe that your position in heaven is ever guaranteed.

The Crown of Eternal life is there for those who are willing to earn it through obedience to our Father’s call to live in His laws (Ten Commandments as a template). Happy am I that I heard the Holy Spirit sound God’s Call to Return to His Laws and, as a Watchman, sound the Trumpet about God’s Call to Return. 

CLOSING COMMENTS by Robert 

Having placed my foot into Yeshua’s footprint and having the Holy Spirit reveal this Truth about his sacrifice. It guaranteed I have Salvation and, as a reborn spirit, can live under Salvation. While working out my Salvation, the Holy Spirit offers an opportunity to receive a heavenly prize of an Eternal crown and guidance by the Holy Spirit to find the narrow path which leads to Eternal life with Yeshua.

Revealing just how much work lies ahead and what perils and hardships we are going to encounter and face.  “Remember, I said he was taking the kid gloves off.” “Well, they are off.”

“However,” there’s a feeling of peace, anticipated joy, and a sense of satisfaction. The Holy Spirit has opened my eyes as the past months have been a preparation period. So I would be prepared for what I’ve learned about the work involved to receive Eternal life and how much determination and use of my will it’s going to take. How many changes there must be in my life and personal walk and commitment to Yeshua. 

The Holy Spirit is about to show me what I didn’t know about my walk and what I didn’t realize I had blindly accepted. He is revealing a gap between Yeshua and Christians.

However, the Holy Spirit is also revealing that gap being closed, by using the discernment. He has brought to us over the last months, connecting it to our discernment and then applying it to those areas of our life and walk he is revealing which need His and our attention.  

Paul outlines the dangers of yielding to fleshly inclinations and pampering the Body and its lusts and appetites. He explains we need a Holy fear of ourselves and not presumptuous confidence, is the best security against apostasy from God, and final rejection by Him. As well as defining what Isaiah meant about “unclean”  now work out your Salvation is becoming clearly defined. 

To those who would win the Crown, Paul gives these directions: 

1. Be Temperate: Temperance must be continuous as well as complete. One day’s debauch was enough to undo the result of weeks during which the athlete had carefully attended to the rules prescribed. In comparison, one fraud spoils the character for honesty, which years of upright living have earned. Beware then of giving place to the world or the flesh at any point. Recognize that if you are to succeed in winning eternal life, all the spiritual energy discernment, understanding and wisdom you can command will regularly be required. You can’t be striking empty air; your blows must be sufficient at all times, keeping the Body under submission.  
2. Be Decided: To be among those who win as well as among those who run, we must know where we are going, and be quite sure we mean to be there. We have all some idea of what God offers and calls for. No man can run straight to a will-o’-the wisp. We must count the cost and see clearly what we are to gain and what we must lose by making for the incorruptible prize. We must be resolved to win and have no thought of defeat, of failure, of doing something better. It is the absence of deliberate choice and reasonable decision, which causes such “uncertain” running on the part of many who profess to be in the race. Paul set a personal example for us to live in the world but continue in the competition by not pursuing comfort, money, respect, position, but to seek first the Kingdom of God. Like Paul, we are to know where we are going and to what all our efforts tended. Paul shows every life is unsatisfactory until its owner has made up his mind what he means to do with it until governed by a conceived and firmly held aim. Then it flies like the arrow to its mark. He cautions we should not seek after worldly wisdom, which will lead us to foolishness and the broad way to destruction.  
3. Be in Earnest: In most Christian people, there is an enormous expenditure of thought and of feeling about sin; their spirit is probably more expended in the shape of shame, compunction, penitence, resolve, self-restraint, watchfulness, prayer. All this, were it brought directly to bear on some definite object, would produce a significant effect, but in many cases, no good whatever seems to result. Paul’s thoughts are the reason may be that there remains in the heart some reluctance entirely to kill and put an end to sin, to beat all the life out of it. The soul and life of every sin are some lust of our own, and while quite anxious to put an end to some of the evils this passion produces in our life, we may not be prepared to extinguish the desire itself. We pray God, for example, to preserve us from the evils of praise or of success, and yet we continue to court praise and success. We are unable to sacrifice the pleasure for the sake of safety. Therefore our warfare against sin becomes unreal.  Paul’s thoughts here reveal how victory will be accomplished by coming to the realization our Body is the real enemy instead of being his servant, it has become his master. The proper function of the Body is to serve the will to bring the inner man into contact with the outer world and enable him to influence it. Paul reveals when his Body presumed to dictate to his spirit and demand comforts and indulgences, and shrank from hardship; he beat it down. The word he uses is a powerful one: “I keep under”; it is a technical term of the games, and means to strike full in the face. It was the word used of the most damaging blow one boxer could give another. This unmerciful, overpowering blow Paul dealt his Body, resisting its assaults and making it helpless to tempt him. He thus brought it into subjection, made it his slave, as the winner in some of the games had a right to carry the vanquished into slavery.

CLOSING PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I lay before your Throne the gratefulness of those who have prospered from your teachings. I ask Father at this time for your blessings to be upon them and further strengthening their resolve to bring their bodies into submission.

I lay a further plea Father for your wisdom to flow over them, Lord bringing further recognition of the journey ahead as we follow your Son Yeshua’s footsteps. I pray in the name of Yeshua Amen and Amen.

Remember, I am only a humble servant of Yeshua doing His bidding as a messenger. In doing the research for this writing, I must admit I have been spiritually convicted and pray this message will do the same for you. Working out my Salvation has taken on a very new meaning and purpose. I want to walk on Isaiah’s “THE WAY OF HOLINESS.,” which is entirely up to me, so I submit this challenge to those who are reading these writings to desire the same a place on the narrow road. God’s blessings and strength be with you all.

Robert  

PRE-AMBLE by Robert 

Acts 1:3-5 v3: To whom also he sheweth himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days. And speaking of the things about the kingdom of God: v:4 and being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, ” but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. v5: for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.  

In my last published article “The Beginning” I related, “The reality is Yeshua 2000+ years ago suffered was crucified buried and was resurrected to sit on the right hand of God.” “Salvation and Grace became obtainable gifts to all mankind because our Lord was resurrected. I believe Yeshua is now recruiting modern-day disciples to again spread the truth afresh without worldly attachments, myths, or traditional ceremonies.” as witnesses to his resurrection and the gifts of Salvation and Grace. 

The emphasis in this article is the preparation Yeshua did with his Apostles during the 40 days he spent with them before his ascension and the receiving of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Yeshua knew in many ways they were still attached to the world, and the Jewish customs and laws. As he knows our thoughts and continued attachments to our modern world and its customs and traditions, which our current day churches or centers of entertainment, calling themselves churches, have attached to the gospel. But Yeshua also knows all these things will fall off once we’re baptized with the Holy Ghost as he did with the Apostles of old. 

OPENING PRAYER by Robert 

 Heavenly Father hear our petition which we place before your throne! We humbly ask for your wisdom, meekness, humility, patience, understanding, strength discernment and courage to fill us as we are being prepared for the Heavenly Gifts you choose to bestow upon us through the “Holy Ghost’s Baptism.” We ask this in all humility and meekness in your name Yeshua. Bring upon us Father your words as promised in times of need remove the spirit of fear from our minds fill it with your knowledge as you did Yeshua in his time of need. We humbly in reverence for your greatness Father petition for your kindness to be upon us.  Amen and Amen. 

OPENING STATEMENT by Robert   

 All truths will be revealed through the Heavenly gifts bestowed at the moment we receive the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, our spirit will be filled with his knowledge as were the Apostles of old.

Once the Holy Ghost was received the Apostles entered into a dark, wicked and sin-filled world. So will the new Disciples come into a dark, evil and sin-filled world?  As the Prophet, Joel’s prophecies were described by Commentary in the book of Joel 1:8-13 All who labor for the meat which perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labor. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed in the enjoyment, lose their joy. Whereas spiritual pleasure then flourishes more than ever. See what perishing,  uncertain things our creature-comforts are. See how we need to live in continual dependence upon God and his providence. See what ruinous work sin makes. As far as poverty occasions the decay of deity of piety, and starves the cause of religion among people, it is a very severe judgment. But how blessed are the awakening judgments of God, in rousing his people and calling home the heart to Yeshua, and his salvation?  

The new disciples will do so having the Apostles witness of Yeshua’s Resurrection and Ascension to be seated at the right hand of God. Our mission will be to Re-establish God’s church in the heart’s of Yahweh’s children as a result of them falling away and denying Yeshua through the false teachings which will bring about God’s calamities forecast in the book of Joel Chapter One. As the Prophet, Joel’s prophecies were described by Commentary from the book of Joel 1: 1-7 God is Lord of hosts, has every creature at his command, and, when he pleases, can humble and mortify a proud, rebellious people, by the weakest and most contemptible creatures. It is just with God to take away the comforts which are abused to luxury and excess. And the more men place their happiness in the gratifications of sense, the more severe temporal afflictions are upon them. The more earthly delights we make needful to satisfy us, the more we expose ourselves to trouble. 

However, as Yeshua was ascending our Lord gave the Apostles a severe warning to their question “Lord wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom again to Israel?” And he said unto them “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you. And ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”  

Matthew Henry (1662 – 1774) “Yeshua came to set up his own kingdom, and that a kingdom of Heaven, not to restore the kingdom to Israel, an earthly kingdom.” As the Apostles had believed Yeshua was going to make the nation of the Jews as tremendous and considerable among the countries as it was in the days of David and Solomon, of Asa and Jehoshaphat.

“How able even good men are to place the happiness of the church too much in external pomp and power. As if Israel could not be glorious unless the kingdom was restored to it, nor Christ’s disciples honored unless they were peers of the realm whereas we are told to expect the cross in this world and to wait for the kingdom in the other world.”

“How we retain what we have imbibed, and how hard it is to get over the prejudices of education.” 

“How apt we are to misunderstand scripture to understand that literally which is spoken figuratively, and to expound scripture by our schemes, whereas we ought to form our schemes by the scriptures.” “But, when the Spirit shall be poured out from on high, our mistakes will be rectified, as the Apostles’ soon after were.”

Yeshua had told them they should sit on thrones (Luke 22:30). And now nothing will serve them but they must be in the throne immediately, and cannot stay the time whereas “he that believeth doth not make haste,” but is satisfied that “God’s time is the best time.” 

Yeshua’s warnings to the Apostles as he ascended were not only for them at the time, but for all his churches over time. His warning applies to the modern day disciples as fervently as it did to the Apostles of old. The warnings came about due to the question asked at that time in regards to setting up of God’s kingdom which they believed would be restoring Israel to its former position.

I believe the question we as followers today are asking is “when will Yeshua return and set up his kingdom” and the same answer he gave the Apostles of old applies here as well. As followers, we know the promise of His return, and we are impatient for the setting up of that kingdom and are inquisitive into that which our Master has never directed or encouraged us to inquire into. Perhaps like the Apostles of old we have promised ourselves a significant share and anticipate the divine counsels.

The check Yeshua gave then is the same today “What is that to thee?” “It is not for you to know the times and seasons.” It is clear we are not to ask this question his rebuke was as he ascended and was intended as a caution to his church in all ages. Take heed of splitting upon the rock which was fatal to our first parents, an inordinate desire of forbidden knowledge, and intruding into things which we have not seen because God has not shown them. Yeshua is showing us, which Matthew Henry (1662 -1774) reveals in the following quote. “It is folly to covet to be wise above what is written, and wisdom to be content to be no wiser.” Yeshua had given his disciples a great deal of knowledge above others (“to you, it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God”) and had promised them his Spirit. To teach them more now, lest they should be puffed up with the abundance of the revelations, he here lets them understand that there were some things which it was not for them to know. We shall see how little reason we have to be proud of our knowledge when we consider how many things we are ignorant of. 

Here it is essential for us to reconcile Yeshua has provided the knowledge and information he knew we could handle as we present ourselves as disciples in His name. The example is illustrated by  Matthew Henry (1662 -1774) Yeshua had given his disciple’s instructions sufficient for the discharge of their duty. Both before his death and since his resurrection, and in this knowledge he will have them to be satisfied for it is enough for a Christian, in whom vain curiosity is a corrupt humor, to be mortified and not gratified.  

Here it is essential those who have followed our articles over the months recognize your current position. Because we in the spirit have gone through the crucifixion as followers and received Yeshua’s teachings as the Apostles did and spiritually through the scriptures seen them performed by Yeshua as teaching examples. We should heed the above rendition which does apply to us as it did to the Apostles. Do not let vain curiosity as a corrupt humor enter into our lives or walk as we go forward. Yeshua has left us through the Scriptures the things about the kingdom of God and had promised that the Spirit should show us things to come concerning it. (John 16:13) “Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.”

Like the Apostles of old, we have through the Scriptures been given signs of the times (the book of Joel), which we need to observe, and know that it is a sin to overlook them (Matt. 24:33, Matt. 16:3). We must not expect or desire to know either all the particulars of future events or the exact times of them. Dr. Henry Hammond (1605 – 1660) explains “It is good for us to be kept in the dark, and left at uncertainty concerning the times and moments of future events concerning the church, as well as concerning ourselves. Concerning all the periods of time and the final period of it, as well as concerning the period of our own time.” 

 CLOSING COMMENTS by Robert

So now, Yeshua having left instructions for the Apostles as he has done for us Scripturally.  And said all that he had to say, he blessed them  (Luke 24:50), and while they beheld him and had their eye fixed upon him receiving his blessing, he was gradually taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Dr. Henry Hammond (1605 – 1660) believes “that the clouds receiving him here were angels receiving him for the appearance of angels is ordinarily described by a cloud comparing Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2. By the clouds, there is a sort of communication kept between the upper and lower world in them the vapors are sent up from earth, and the dew sent down from heaven.” 

I know there will be questions or comments on this next paragraph some will say there cannot be the second ascension of Yeshua, and as a follower I already have the Holy Spirit guiding me.

“I in no way am asserting there can or will be the second ascension. 

Here I must explain having spiritually relived the crucifixion due to following Yeshua’s footsteps in preparation for our personal relationship with Yeshua we through the spirit have emotionally relived that day. Now having spiritually relived and witnessed the Crucifixion through the article “THE PRICE OF OUR PERPETUAL GIFTS.” We are now turning to the Scriptures to recognize and spiritually capture the witness of his ascension and leaving the promise of receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as part of “God” initially calling us to return to his laws which started this journey several articles and months back.

You see as we progressed and grew spiritually closer to Yeshua through the articles it has become clear God was preparing us for a great work. Earlier in this article, I revealed what I believe the Holy Spirit brought forward about what the great work was to be. “Our mission is to spread the word of Salvation and grace which will provide guidance and spiritual sustenance to God’s children who have suffered the great Calamities prophesied in the book of Joel 3:9-17“Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God’s people. There is no escaping God’s judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from comfort and joy. Most of the prophets foretell the same final victory of the church of God over all that oppose it. To the wicked, it will be a terrible day, but to the righteous, it will be a joyful day. What cause have those who possess an interest in Yeshua, to glory in their Strength and their Redeemer! The acceptable year of the Lord, a day of such great favor to some, will be a day of remarkable vengeance to others: let every one that is out of Yeshua awake and flee from the wrath to come.” 

Recognize what the prophet Joel was describing in Joel 2:1-14 If the alarm of temporal judgments is given to offending nations, how much more should sinners be warned to seek deliverance from the wrath to come! Our business therefore on earth must especially be, to secure an interest in our Lord Yeshua. And we should seek to be weaned from objects which will soon be torn from all who now make idols of them. There must be outward expressions of sorrow and shame, fasting, weeping, and mourning; tears for trouble must be turned into tears for sin that caused it. There is no question but that if we truly repent of our sins, God will forgive them, but whether he will remove affliction is not promised, yet the probability of it should encourage us to repent. 

Thus the preparation for the receiving of the “Baptism of the Holy Ghost” as the final piece of Yeshua’s plan to send his modern-day disciples out to be available to bring his children back to His Father’s laws. And the re-establishment of His church. as prophesied in the book of Joel chapter 3: 18-21. There shall be abundant Divine influences, and the gospel will spread speedily into the remotest corners of the earth. These events are predicted under significant emblems.

Our walk has been a different one but special, and I have always maintained there would be significant rewards for those who continued in God’s call to return to following his laws.  

For those who claim they already have the Holy Spirit “yes” you do. And why you do is explained here by Matthew Henry (1662 -1774) “ Now that Yeshua was about to leave the Apostles and they, since he breathed on them and opened their understandings, were better able to receive the instructions he furnished his disciples with. 

 We acknowledge you must have the Holy Spirit to enact the miracles of God and confess Yeshua as the Lord, so without the Holy Spirit, (1Cor.12:7) There is no discernment. Like the Apostles, “before leaving them,” Yeshua breathed the Holy Spirit on them for them to understand and discern. As he blessed us with the Holy Spirit when we received Salvation, so we might discernment the scriptures and accept the teachings of the Holy Spirit to develop our personal relationship. The preparation for Spiritually receiving the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” is to further deepen our testimony of Yeshua’s Crucifixion and witness to his resurrection accompanied by God’s heavenly gifts bestowed upon those receiving the “Baptism of the Holy Ghost” as the Apostles of old did at Pentecost. “ARE YOU PREPARED FOR YOUR FUTURE”? 

SPECIAL NOTE: 

They were of one accord. We cannot forget how often, while the Master was with them. There were strifes among them, who should be the greatest. But now all these discords were at an end, we hear no more of them, What they had received already of the Holy Ghost, when Yeshua breathed on them, had in good measure rectified the mistakes upon which those contests were grounded, and had disposed them to holy love. They had prayed more together of late than usual (Acts 1:14) and this made them love one another better. By his grace he thus prepared them for the gift of the Holy Ghost for that blessed dove comes not where there are noise and clamor, but moves upon the face of the still waters, not the rugged ones. 

Let us be all of one accord, and notwithstanding the variety of sentiments and interests, as no doubt, there was among the disciples, let us agree to love one another for, where brethren dwell together in unity, there it is that the Lord commands his blessing. 

The Spirit descended upon our Saviour when he was praying, (Luke 3:21). Those are in the best frame to receive spiritual blessings that are in a praying structure. Yeshua had promised now shortly to send the Holy Ghost now this promise was not to supersede prayer but to quicken and encourage it. God will be enquired of for pledged mercies, and the nearer the performance seems to be the more earnest we should be in prayer for it. They did this in one accord. This intimates that they were together in holy love and that there was no quarrel nor discord among them and those who so keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace are best prepared to receive the comforts of the Holy Ghost. 

A rushing mighty wind came with great force. This was to signify the powerful influences and working of the Spirit of God upon the minds of men and thereby upon the world. Thus the convictions of the Spirit make way for his comforts, and the rough blasts of that blessed wind, prepare the soul for its soft and gentle gales. There was an appearance of something like flaming fire, lighting on every one of them, according to John Baptist’s saying concerning Yeshua. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. The Spirit, like fire, melts the heart, burns the dross, and kindles pious and devout affections in the soul. In which, as in the fire on the altar, the spiritual sacrifices are offered up. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, more than before. They were filled with the graces of the Spirit, and more than ever under his sanctifying influences; more weaned from this world, and better acquainted with the other.They were more filled with the comforts of the Spirit, rejoiced more than ever in the love of Yeshua and the hope of heaven. In it, all their griefs and fears were swallowed up. They were filled with the gifts of the Holy Ghost, they had miraculous powers for the furtherance of the gospel. They spake, not from previous thought or meditation, but as the Spirit gave them utterance.  

As prophesied in the book of Joel chapter 3: 18-21. There shall be abundant Divine influences, and the gospel will spread speedily into the remotest corners of the earth. These events are predicted under significant emblems; there is a day coming when everything amiss shall be amended. The fountain of this plenty is in the house of God, whence the streams take rise. Yeshua is the Fountain. His sufferings, merit, and grace cleanse, refresh, and make fruitful. Gospel grace flowing from Yeshua, shall reach to the Gentile world, to the most remote regions, and make them abound in fruits of righteousness. And from the house of the Lord above, from his heavenly temple, flows all good we daily taste, and hope to enjoy eternally.

 CLOSING PRAYER by Robert

 Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever, Amen.

Bless those Father who have followed your footsteps to the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and will now witness your gifts of Salvation and Grace as life unto eternity in your presence Amen. 

As the Watchman, I must sound the Trumpet that in this article not only is it giving information but is providing us with a spiritual warning through the prophet Joel of an upcoming catastrophe. Joel relates to those who would listen to how this calamity is going to unfold by using the cycle of the Locust. Armies of insects were coming upon the land to eat the fruits of it. It is expressed so as to apply also to the destruction of the country by a foreign enemy. God is Lord of hosts, has every creature at his command, and, when he pleases, can humble and mortify a proud, rebellious people, by the weakest and most contemptible creatures. It is just with God to take away the comforts which are abused to luxury and excess, and the more men place their happiness in the gratifications of sense, the more severe the temporal afflictions are upon them. The more earthly delights we make needful to satisfy us, the more we expose ourselves to trouble. 

Our nation (Canada) is under attack not physically but spiritually, and many are confused and do not understand how or why. This calamity is going to occur from within and unfold as follows. It is understood literally as armies of insects but in reality is an invasion of Nations, people, tongues, languages, potentates, and revenging kingdoms. These insects first eat up the fruits of the country, there will be four types each destroying what the other left behind. They initially appear as being vulnerable but grow in numbers and use their vast numbers to destroy everything in their path. Heed the sounding of the “Trumpet” be prepared for our nation to fall into utter destruction and ruin as our enemy is coming with fury and force. We must take note our enemy begins as a simple insect yet becomes a lion when they come armed with a divine commission. Take heed all in this great nation there is a fall about to take place prepare yourselves in the Lord. 

I again remind you these articles are the work of a humble servant merely passing on what the Holy Spirit reveals as a message. May God bless all who partake and share so others may drink from this well of living water. God bless and God’s Speed. 

Robert