TRUMPETER'S CALL

PRE-AMBLE by Robert 

“The worldly churches told you, and you believed this was going to be a walk in the park enjoying the scenery.” This article has proven to be very challenging once I entered into the front line prepared to do battle, but more so being readied to share what I discerned and understand.

For example, old soldiers wore shoes of brass to defend their feet against the gall-traps (three-pronged metal pieces) and sharp sticks, which were to be laid privily in the way, to obstruct the marching of the enemy, those who fell upon them being unfit to march.

This is a preview of what is to be revealed, and not to be taken lightly as the enemy is going to tempt you, be prepared to be outfitted for battle. Please note the Holy Spirit has removed the kid gloves and is providing us with Warfare weaponry, Armory and how to use it. “Are you ready”? 

OPENING PRAYER by Robert

Heavenly Father in humility and awe I approach your throne and place this petition before you,  for all who have taken on the armour of light in preparation for our future battles in the spirit. I ask Father for the placing of courage in their hearts the removal of fear through your knowledge, compassion, and love for all your children. Place in them Father your desire to serve as faithful and obedient servants receiving the protection and weapons, you have made available, through the Holy Spirits guidance and teachings. This I pray in your name Yeshua, Amen, and Amen.

OPENING STATEMENT by Robert

The past articles have brought us to our current position, preparing or actually engaging in spiritual battles, preserving our salvation, or assisting others to find their footing in Salvation. We have received instructions from the Holy Spirit and the Apostles of what we must be doing and how we should be applying it.

I personally am questioning, how to recognize the tools and weapons to conduct those battles, as well as how to properly use them when engaged in combat. I prayed and here is what I believe the Holy Spirit is providing as answers for our assessment and eventual preparation. 

On a personal note: “all previous articles have caused changes in my walk through the convictions found in researching and posting of the articles, I pray they have done the same for those reading them. God’s Blessings are attached to them all and meant for those who learn to discern, understand each one and their purpose. Bring conviction and change to your lives and walk in the Spirit.” 

As a result of growing spiritually, I have as well recognized a deepening of my ability to discern, understand and know the subtle temptations the enemy is placing before me.

The frequency of his attempts and the deepening of their appearance and depth of allure as my understanding is broadened. What I am now recognizing is how many followers of Yeshua are going into battle with fervency but being unprepared and without knowledge of the Armor of God and are quickly disabled by the enemies “fiery darts and temptations.”   

The temptations are just the tip of his assaults on us as Beacons on there hills and Fisher’s of Men once we enter into battle we are immediately hit with “fiery darts” of the evil, and as unprepared warriors, suffer many casualties and multiple defeats, which should not happen.  

My question, “Why are Gods Warriors not being prepared for battle?” Are modern-day churches not teaching how to protect yourselves when you enter the battle?” We are asked to shed the covering of evil, bring our bodies into submission gaining control over them to walk in the light of God as warriors.

However, without the proper armament, you become a target in the spotlight, easy to hit easy to wound and easy to take out of the battle with “fiery darts,” and subtle temptations.  

There is a saying in the Martial Arts which defines the individual’s position as a participant and at what level he will perform as a combatant.

I believe this applies to all who would enter into spiritual battle “Recognize your enemy’s strengths and weaknesses.” “Recognize your strengths, weaknesses, and level of ability and how to apply them against your enemy.” I am paraphrasing these quotes from memory. However, I think their value will be understood and discerned.

What are these fiery darts? How can we recognize them or defeat them? I believe Jesse Penn Lewis (1861 – 1927) in her Unabridged book “War on The Saints” on pages 216 – 217 gives us a detailed description of how they are loosed against us and how we can recognize them.

“If the man becomes “spiritual” through the Baptism of the Spirit, and yet is ignorant of the laws of the spirit, especially the tactics of Satan, he is liable to yield to an onslaught of deceiving spirits. 

When the believer understands these direct assaults of wicked spirits, he becomes able to discern the condition of his soul, and to retain control over it, refusing all weights and pressure to drive it below the usual poise, in which it is capable of cooperation with the Spirit of God.”

In Ephesians 6: 10 – 18 Matthew Henry (1662 – 1774) comments on the Apostle Pauls’s instruction to all followers of Yeshua to participate in the following in order I believe, to be prepared to go into spiritual warfare armed and protected.

Keep this in mind this information is going to be of very particular importance. Even if you choose not to take on the mantle of a “Fisher of Men,” and just continue working out your own Salvation: Ephesians 6:10 – 18. 

            v10: “Finally, my brethren, be active in the Lord, and in the power of                His might.

v11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

v12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

v13: Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

v14: Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.

v15: And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

v16: Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

v17: And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

v18: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.  

Is not our life a warfare? It is so, for we struggle with the frequent calamities of human life. Is not our spiritual walks much more a warfare? It is, for we struggle with the opposition of the powers of darkness, and with many enemies who would keep us from God and heaven. Now it is requisite that a soldier is both stout-hearted and well-armed. As followers are spiritual soldiers of Yeshua entering into battle. 

They will recognize they are stout-hearted. This is prescribed here: “be strong in the Lord.” Those who have such battles to fight, and who on their way to heaven, must dispute every pass, with the dint of sword, have need of a great deal of courage.

Let a soldier be ever so well armed without, if he has not within a good heart, his armour will stand him in little stead. Note, spiritual strength and courage are essential for our spiritual warfare. Be strong in the Lord, either in his cause and for his sake or rather in his power. 

Jesse Penn Lewis (1861 – 1927) in her Unadulterated book “War on The Saints” on page 217 further describes the importance what Paul points out in Ephesians 6:12 who it is we really are battling with and how powerful and skilled they are as opponents.

We need to recognize we are no match for this enemy when we step away from the leading of the Holy Spirit and Yeshua (Jesus Christ).

I believe Ms. Penn Lewis in her description of the enemy shows our weaknesses against them, however as well how to defeat them using the armour of God.

This comes down to knowing your enemy as well as your limitations and working with both to obtain victory. 

” The influence on the human spirit by evil spirits counterfeiting the Divine workings, or even the workings of the man himself, because he is out of co-working with the Holy Spirit, needs to be understood and detected by the believer who seeks to walk with God.

He needs to know that because he is spiritual his “spirit” is open to two forces of the spiritual realm if he thinks that only the Holy Spirit can influence him in the spiritual sphere, he is sure to be misled. If it were so, he would become infallible, but he needs to watch and pray to seek to have his eyes of understanding enlightened to know the actual workings of God

Matthew Henry (1662 – 1774) re-enforces Ms. Lewis’s statements we have no power in ourselves “We have no sufficient strength of our own. Our natural courage is as perfect cowardice, and our natural strength as a perfect weakness but all our sufficiency is of God.

We must fetch in grace and help from heaven to enable us to do that which of ourselves we cannot do, in our Christian work and warfare. 

To further understand what both are talking about Jesse Penn Lewis (1861 – 1927) in her Unabridged book “War on The Saints” on page 218 ” gives us a description of some of our enemies tactics.

She first states “ Some of the laws governing the spiritual life may be summarized briefly as follows:

1). The believer must know what spirit, is and how to give heed to the demands of the spirit, and not quench it.

2). He should be able to read his spirit and know at once when it is out of cooperation with the HOLY SPIRIT, refusing all attacks which are drawing his spirit out of poise of fellowship with God.

3). He should know when his spirit is touched by the poison of the spirits of evil; by the injection, for instance, of sadness, soreness, complaint, grumbling, fault finding, touchiness, bitterness, feeling hurt, jealousy, etc. all direct from the enemy to the spirit.

He should resist all sadness, gloom and grumbling injected into his spirit, for the victory life of a freed spirit means joyfulness (Gal.5:22).

Believers think that sadness has to do with their disposition, and yield to it without a thought of resistance or reasoning out the cause.

If they are asked if a man with a strong disposition to steal should yield to it, they would at once answer “no,” yet they yield to other dispositions” less manifestly wrong, without question.

In the stress of conflict, when the believer finds that the enemy succeeds in reaching his spirit with any of these “fiery darts” he should know how to pray immediately against the attack asking God to destroy the cause of it.

Note: that this touching of the spirit by the various things just named is not the manifestation of the “works of the flesh.

When the believer is one who knows the life after the spirit; although they will quickly reach the sphere of the flesh if not recognized, and dealt with in sharp refusal and resistance.

4). He should know when his spirit is in the right position of dominance over soul and body, and yet not driven beyond due measure by the exigencies of conflict or environment.

There are three conditions of the spirit which the believer should be able to discern and deal with, i.e.,

1). The spirit depressed crushed or “down.”

2). the spirit in its right position in poise and calm control.

3). The spirit is drawn out beyond “poise,” or in “flight.”  When the man walks after the spirit and discerns it to be in either of these conditions. He knows how to “lift” it when it is depressed; and how to check the over-action by a quiet act of his volition, when it is drawn out of poise by over-eagerness, or drive of spiritual foes.  

We have just had the foundation of how important putting on the whole armour of God is and some insight of how the enemy is going to attack us and the effectiveness of the armour.

Also if you have the armour on and have your walk in the right place otherwise a fervent heart for Yeshua (Jesus Christ), you might as well not put it on.

So we need the whole outfit to withstand the wiles of the enemy and join the front line. Remember Jesse Penn Lewis advised we need to connect spiritually with Yeshua (Jesus Christ) in Heaven.

Well, Our enemies strive to prevent our spiritual ascent to heaven, to deprive us of those heavenly blessings and obstruct our communion with Yeshua.

As the archangel, Michael contended with the devil over the body of Moses (Jude 1:9). We must recognize and deepen our faith to partake in our Spiritual Warfare as we grapple with our spiritual enemies.

And have faith in our Christian work, because we have the spiritual strength to fetch in. To recognize our danger and through God’s grace not yield to Satan Resist him and he will flee. Yeshua (Jesus Christ) laid the template for us to use through His answers when facing the three temptations. John 4:1 – 13.

If in any way we distrust our cause or leader or the armour we give Satan the advantage. We must in all cases withstand his assaults stick it out to the end of the battle having done that as soldiers of Yeshua the warfare will be accomplished, and we shall be victorious.  (Ephesians 1:22-23).

To understand how to use the armour both offensive and defensive here is  Matthew Henry (1662 – 1774) giving a description piece by piece

“The military girdle or belt, the breastplate the greaves ( or soldiers shoes), the shield, the helmet, and the sword. There is none for the back if we turn our back upon the enemy, we lie exposed.

Truth or sincerity is our girdle (Ephesians 6:14). It was prophesied of Yeshua (Isaiah 11:5) that righteousness should be the girdle of his loins and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

That which Yeshua was girdled with all Christians must be girded with. God desires truth, that is, sincerity, in the inwards parts.

Righteousness must be our breast-plate. The breast-plate secures the vitals, shelters the heart. The righteousness of Yeshua imputed to us is our breastplate against the arrows of divine wrath.

It fortifies the heart against the attacks which Satan makes against us. The breastplate of faith and love include all Christian graces for by faith we are united to Yeshua and by love to our brethren. These will infer a diligent observance of our duty to God, and an honourable deportment towards men, in all the offices of justice, truth, and charity.  

The resolution must be the greaves to our legs. The preparation of the gospel of peace signifies a prepared and resolved frame of heart, to adhere to the doctrine and abide by it, which will enable us to walk with a steady pace in the way of religion, notwithstanding the difficulties and dangers that may be in it.

Faith must be our shield: above all, or chiefly taking the shield of faith (Eph 6:16). This more necessary than any of them. Faith is all in all to us in an hour of temptation.

The breast-plate secures the vitals, but with the shield, we turn every way. This is the victory over the world, even our faith.

We are to be fully persuaded of the truth of all God’s promises and threatenings, such as faith being of great use against temptations.

Faith, as receiving Yeshua and the benefits of redemption, so deriving grace from him, is like a shield, a sort of stellar defence. Violent temptations, by which the soul is set on fire of hell, are the darts which Satan shoots at us.

Faith is the shield with which we must quench these “fiery darts,” wherein we should receive them, and so render them ineffectual, that they may not hit us, or at least that they may not hurt us. Faith acted upon the word of God and applying that, acted upon the grace of Christ and improving that, quenches the darts of temptation. 

Salvation must be our helmet (Eph.6:17) that is, hope, which has salvation for its object so (1Thess.5:8). The helmet secures the head. A real hope of Salvation. Well-founded and well built, will both purify the soul and keep it from being defiled by Satan, and it will comfort the heart and keep it from being troubled and tormented by Satan. He would tempt us to despair, but real hope keeps us trusting in God, and rejoicing in Him.

The word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. The sword is a vital, and useful part of a soldier’s armament. The Word of God is essential, and of great use to the Christian, to his maintaining the spiritual warfare and succeeding in it.

It is called the sword of the Spirit because it is the Spirit’s inditing and he renders it efficacious and powerful and sharper than a two-edged sword.

Scripture arguments are the most persuasive arguments to repel temptation with. Christ himself resisted Satan’s temptations with, It is written, (Matt. 4:4,6,7,10). 

Prayer must buckle on all the other parts of our Christian armour, (Eph. 6:18) We must join prayer with all these graces, for our defence against these spiritual enemies, imploring help and assistance of God, as the cases require: and we must pray always.

CLOSING COMMENTS by Robert

Here, we have been shown how to take off the clothes of evil and replace them with the armour of God. These pieces of armour have come with very explicit instructions on how to wear them and how to use them once in place as well just how powerful they are. We also learned that if our hearts are not sincere, the armour is useless.

Please recognize there is no middle ground you cannot be lukewarm and remain on the narrow path to Life and Eternity. 

I realize there will be those who will read this either partway and fall into their own minds of believing the Worldly teachings God is Love and protects all of His children once they are born again and baptized.

One thing they forget we are instructed to work out our Salvation daily, and there are no exceptions not even Apostles were exempt.

Earlier I said there are many wounded and disabled Christians know this on your journey you will see them on the broad path waving their swords ineffectively but believing they are in the real battle.

I say “cast your nets in their direction in the hope they will see the pure light and true freedom as they are fallen comrades needing guidance, correction, and help.  

Jesse Penn-Lewis (1861 – 1927) brings this warning to all no matter the length of time we have walked with our Lord if we are just having our eyes opened to the real spiritual world and the battles lying ahead, please recognize this is your most dangerous time.

It is just here that the ignorance of the believer about

(1). The spiritual world now opened to him,

(2). The workings of evil powers in that realm, and

(3). The conditions upon which God works in and through him gives the enemy his opportunity. It is the time of greatest peril for every believer, unless he is instructed and prepared, as the disciples were for three whole years by the Lord. 

The danger lies along the lines of supernatural “guidance,” through not knowing the condition of cooperation with the Holy Spirit, and how to discern the will of God.

CLOSING PRAYER by Robert

Father, it is with humility I approach your throne with this prayer of thanksgiving and appreciation for your guidance and teachings through the Holy Spirit.

I thank you, Father, for the knowledge you have bestowed upon us and the lifting of the veils of darkness from our eyes so we are to discern the evil in our lives and who our real enemy is.

We thank you, Father,, for providing us with your armour to face our enemy with and the instructions of how to use those weapons to remain safe in your service.

We thank you, Father, for the very life we have and those things which enhance our walk reflecting your light into the darkness allowing us to remain to cast our nets as”Fisher’s of Men.” This I pray in the name of Yeshua. Amen and Amen.

Remember, I am just a humble servant bringing this to you as a messenger of Yeshua. God’s blessings

All rights reserved – Oleg Magni ©. 

Robert 

The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me” (Luke 10:16).   

OPENING COMMENTARY by Robert   Researching has a funny way of influencing us, as we find more and more truths about our spiritual beliefs. For years I have walked with Yeshua, pondering this question.”Was man ever spiritually connected  to GOD?” Today I believe I found some answers to my question, which I now desire to share. 

I believe history gave us a look at what has shaped our Christian world. And influenced what we have become in our spiritual walk towards life and eternity. As well as how, why, when, and what that influence has shaped our beliefs to become.

Sometimes the answers are not pleasant because of the nature of why, who, and what we find history exposing. I started my objective was to see what those who transcribed history in the scriptures might have omitted. Or merely missed (and failed to recognize) or were influenced by prejudice to exclude.

What does this have to do with our walk, and why do we need this type of data? I believe from this information, we can gather an accurate understanding of what connection there was between God and Man (Adam and Eve) before the fall. It will identify and give us a better understanding of who we are in the spirit and not just as flesh. 

Considering the Christian belief, Yeshua was born to Jewish parents, came from the lineage of David a Jewish King (Matthew 1:1-17) and taught to the world, which consisted of Jews, Christians and Gentiles (Matthew 4:17) as it does today. His teachings that He is the only way to “Life and Eternity” with Yahweh his Father, I believe, is a clue we once were connected Spiritually, and Yeshua is the only way to reconnect.  

I have found where Jewish Scribes and Leaders are possibly misinterpreting the Prophecy, possibly with personal prejudices that exist today and are preached. Remember, I am seeking to find the errors in what we have been taught in the past and will expose it, to find the true path to a very personal relationship with Yeshua. “The Jewish Scribes state Yeshua was not the descendant of David. “Many prophetic passages speak of a descendant of King David who will rule Israel during the age of perfection. (Isaiah 11:1-9; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 30:7-10, 33:14-16; Ezekiel 34:11-31, 37:21-28; Hosea 3:4-5).“

“The Messiah must be descended on his father’s side from King David (see Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:17; Ezekiel 34:23-24). According to the Christian claim, Jesus was the product of a virgin birth, he had no father – and thus could not have possibly fulfilled the messianic requirement of being descended on his father’s side from King David.”

Further research into this claim took me to Isaiah 7:1-14. To qualify what transpired then and I believe it is happening today in Judaism is described in the following commentary by Matthew Henry (1662- 1774). “Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him, and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reproved Ahaz and his court, for the little value they had for Divine revelation. Nothing is more grievous to God than distrust, but the unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of no effect; the Lord himself shall give a sign. How great soever your distress and danger, of you the Messiah is to be born, and you cannot be destroyed while that blessing is in you. It shall be brought to pass gloriously, and the strongest consolations in time of trouble are derived from Christ, our relation to him, our interest in him, our expectations of him and from him.” Then Isaiah goes on to prophesy. I took this verse from the “Tanakh Bible,” Isaiah 7:14 because it is the verse most referred to, to deny the virgin birth, please note they use a young woman in place of a virgin. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” which the Jewish Scribes use as Old Testament proof the virgin birth did not happen, which they stand on to disprove Yeshua’s Deity. The Christian interpretations of the KJV bible read, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.“ 

So here we need to research the meaning of the Hebrew word ‘almah (5959). Spiros Zodhiates’ Th.D. (1922 – 2009) “It has become commonplace to suggest that ‘almah does not mean virgin, and that in fact, had Isaiah said “virgin,” he would have used the Hebrew word bethulah (1330). The facts of languages are otherwise. ‘Almah is the most precise word Isaiah could have chosen to convey the idea of virginity. There is no appearance of ‘almah in the OT where the meaning “virgin” cannot be used. Bethulah, on the other hand, often needs a qualification to clarify whether or not “virgin” is intended (e,g. Gen.24:16, where Rebekah is described as a “virgin (bethulah) neither had any man known her.” “Note that ‘almah, which occurs later in the same context (Gen.24:43), needs no such qualification.” The qualification is doubtless needed because bethulah, unlike ‘almah, can sometimes refer to a married woman (Deut. 22:24, Joel 1:8). It is evident that ‘almah ought indeed to be translated “virgin” from Hebrew usage. But this is not the extent of the argument. The Greeks, who translated the OT into their language hundreds of years before Yeshua, had no question; they translated Isaiah 7:14, in the Septuagint with the Greek word parthenos, the word for “virgin.”

OPENING PRAYER by Robert  

Heavenly Father, we come before your throne Lord not as any denomination, sect or belief, but as followers of your teachings and laws. We ask Lord you would fill us with your discernment and understanding to recognize our personal relationship with Yeshua based on your love, compassion and forgiveness. Teach us, Father, how we, in the spirit of who we are in You, will live together in your love compassion and the light of forgiveness eternally. That we might become your disciples sharing your love and mercy in this dark world of lost souls. Strengthen our nets that we may shine as Fisher’s of Men brightly attracting the lost who are in the world. We pray this in your name Yeshua Amen and Amen. 

OPENING STATEMENT by Robert 

Behold I send you forth as sheep amid wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16) 

Why the earlier rendition of the virgin birth? How does that play into what we are sharing today as disciples? Think about the above scripture we are going into the den of wolves. Who do you think those wolves are and what they know of God? We are told to be as wise as serpents and gentle as doves.  

Our Father knows what is in store for those of us whom He is sending forward to do His work as modern-day disciples “Fishers of Men.” In Matthew 10:16-42 The disciples of Christ are hated and persecuted as serpents, and their ruin is sought, and they need the serpent’s wisdom. Be ye harmless as doves. Not only do nobody any hurt, but bear nobody any ill-will. Prudent care there must be, but not an anxious, perplexing thought; let this concern be cast upon God. The disciples of Christ must think more about how to do well than how to speak well. In case of significant peril, the disciples of Christ may go out of the way of danger, though they must not go out of the way of duty.

No sinful, unlawful means may be used to escape; for then, it is not a door of God’s opening. The fear of man brings a snare, a perplexing snare, that disturbs our peace, an entangling snare, by which we are drawn into sin; and, therefore, it must be striven and prayed against. Tribulation, distress, and persecution cannot take away God’s love to them or theirs to him. Fear Him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. They must deliver their message publicly, for all are deeply concerned in the doctrine of the gospel. The whole counsel of God must be made known, Acts 20:27. Christ shows them why they should be of good cheer. Their sufferings witnessed against those who oppose his gospel. When God calls us to speak for him, we may depend on him to teach us what to say. 

Yeshua is describing what we are to expect from those in the “den of wolves,”  We are to avoid all things which give an advantage to our enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of evil or selfishness, and all underhand measures. Yeshua forewarns troubles, not only that the difficulties might not be a surprise, but that they might confirm our faith. He tells us what we should suffer, and from whom. Thus Yeshua has dealt fairly and faithfully with us in showing us the worst we can meet with in his service, and he would have us deal so with ourselves, in sitting down and counting the cost. Persecutors are worse than beasts in that they prey upon those of their own kind. The most durable bonds of love and duty, have often been broken through from enmity against Yeshua. Sufferings from friends and relations are very grievous; nothing cuts more. It appears plainly that all who will live godly in Yeshua (Christ Jesus) must suffer persecution, and we must expect to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations. With these predictions of trouble are counsels and comforts for a time of trial. 

 Many who will be encountered will not accept the “virgin birth” and attempt discrediting it in your mind. Our Lord is sending us out into all the world to teach all nations first the Jews as God has a tender concern for the house of Israel they were beloved for the Father’s sake (Romans 11:28). He looks upon them as lost sheep, whom he as their shepherd is to gather out of the path of sin and error, which they have gone astray, and if not brought back, will wander endlessly see (Jeremiah 2:6). Like the Apostle Paul, we must also recognize the Gentiles are lost sheep (1Peter 2:25) and precious in the eyes of Yeshua as well. Knowing God has another task for both converted Jew (Messianic) and Gentile and Christian is now only revealing what that mission is to be. 

However, before God is going to reveal that task, I believe there is a message for all to hear, which is meant to define the image of those in God’s flock of modern-day disciples and how he perceives us personally. When we think of how God visualizes us, is it as the spirit or the flesh? I believe He sees us in our temples (body). But recognizes us as the spirit in our temple, as we were when He breathed life into created man. (As the Divine Being is infinite, he is neither limited by parts nor definable by passions; therefore, He can have no corporeal image of which He made the body of a man.) And acknowledges the wisdom He gave us in the soul (God is the fountain whence this soul issued. Hence the stream must resemble the spring which produced it. God is Holy, just, wise, good, and perfect; so must the soul be that sprang from Him. There could be in it nothing impure, unjust, ignorant, evil, low, base, mean, or vile). It was created in the image of God, and that image, Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4:24, Colossians 3:10 tells us, consisted of righteousness, true holiness and righteous in actions. The text tells us he (man) was the work of (Yahewa) to show he was the masterpiece of God’s creation, having all the Godheads represented as united in counsel and effort to produce this astonishing creature.

Our Father, I believe in revealing to us how He Yahewa visualizes us in the spirit, does not see Religions, Sects, or denominations. So with that in mind, I am now sharing what the Holy Spirit has revealed while I was researching this article Scripturally. It came to me as a group of questions; “Why are my children, my flock, so separated? Am I not the God of all those I have created? Do not my laws apply to all those within creation? Do my children not understand my statutes are eternal? And finally, did I not call all to come back to my Laws? My mind was racing; my heart was pounding, and then the Holy Spirit showed me to not be concerned as he was going to lead me to the answers I will be sharing, so we all understand what our Father is asking and looking for.

In my opening statement. I spoke about the virgin birth and the non-acceptance of the Jewish believers and briefly touched on how that may have been misinterpreted. I must qualify here that what I am writing is what I was shown in the scriptures to show. God wants to have His children worshipping Him as followers of His Words and Laws in unity not as Jews or Christians but as His children in the form He created us in, spiritually, with one heart. You see, the Holy Spirit reminded me there is no gender in the spirit. We are just that a spirit who will live eternally some with God some apart from God. “Ok, stop” take a deep breathe since we all know “all” have knowledge of God all of us, there are no exceptions because we were created in His image spiritually. When the downfall occurred, we were separated spiritually from God. The separation some will accept and acknowledge the truth and develop a relationship with God, re-attaching themselves spiritually with the Father through the son Yeshua’s Grace and Salvation. 

We are to inform people the “kingdom of the Messiah,” who is the Lord in heaven, is now being set up according to the scriptures. That mankind should repent of their sins and forsake them so they too might be admitted to the privileges of that kingdom. Matthew Henry (1662 – 1774) comments. They went out (Mark6:12) and preached that men should repent, which was the proper use and application of this doctrine concerning the approach of the kingdom of heaven. They must, therefore, expect to hear more of this long looked for Messiah shortly. And must be ready to receive his doctrine, to believe in him, and to submit to his yoke. The preaching of this was like the morning light, to give notice of the approach of the rising sun.  People need to have ethical truths preached again and again upon them, and if they are taught and heard with new affections, they are as if they were fresh to us. Yeshua, in the gospel, is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Now once the Spirit is poured out and the Church body has formed, we must continue speaking of the “kingdom of the Messiah” it must be the subject of our preaching. We must tell the people it has happened, that it has come to them and must lay before them the precepts and privileges of it and the glory of the kingdom yet to come. 

When the Lord is instructing us to be wise as serpents, he is cautioning us to use our Spiritual gifts those heavenly secrets revealed through the Holy Spirit. The blessings, knowledge, discernment, courage, strength, determination, and faith. Not to “remove mountains” or “fetch fire from heaven.” We are to pray for the healing of the sick,  and intimate to the world that love and goodness are the spirit and genius of our gospel we preach. And it is our job to teach the Ekklesia about the  “Kingdom of the Messiah” as his lost sheep, not as Jews or as Christians or Messianic Jews but as lost sheep or as children of God gone astray.  

Matthew Henry (1662 -1774) reveals the description of some he believes we will encounter as we go forward doing God’s work. Proverbs 20:6 “ It is easy to find those that will pretend to be kind and liberal. Many a man will call himself a man of mercy, will boast what good he has done and what good he designs to do, or, at least, what an affection he has to well-doing. Most men will talk a great deal about their charity, generosity, hospitality, and piety will sound a trumpet to themselves, like the Pharisees. And what little good they have will proclaim it and make a mighty matter of it. But it is hard to find those that really are kind and liberal, that have done and will do more than either they speak of or care to hear spoken of. That will be real friends in a strait, such a one as one may trust to is like a black swan.” 

Proverbs 20:5 “Mans wisdom is here said to be of use to him for the pumping of other people, and diving into them, to get the knowledge of them. Though men’s counsels and designs are ever so carefully concealed by them so that they are as deep water which one cannot fathom. Yet there are those who by sly insinuations, and questions that seem foreign, will get out of them both what they have done and what they intend to do. Those, therefore, who would keep counsel, must not only put on a resolution but stand upon their guard. To get knowledge from them. Some are very able and fit to give counsel, having an excellent faculty of cleaving a hair, hitting the joint of difficulty, and advising pertinently. Still, they are modest and reserved and not communicative. They have a great deal in them, but it is loth to come out. In such a case, a man of understanding will draw it out as wine out of a vessel. We lose the benefit we might have by the conversation of wise men for want of the art of being inquisitive.   

CLOSING PRAYER by Robert 

Heavenly Father, bring us before your throne Lord fill us with your wisdom. That we might recognize evil in all of its forms. Loose unto us discernment so we will know the spirit of those we are encountering in your name Lord. Fill us with your words and courage to share with all we meet during our journey. Gentle our hearts Lord that we may be the dove’s you have called us to be. We pray for your courage to be upon us to be silent and brave when threatened. This we pray in your name Yeshua. Amen and Amen

CLOSING COMMENTS by Robert 

In my opening statement, I spoke about finding various items through research that influence us as we journey through this world. The answer I discovered through this article is quite simple, yet it carries such a significant impact on our various religious communities. For Centuries it has placed one sector or another under persecution and subjected them even to this day a profound culture of hatred towards the teachings of our Lord and those who follow it. 

Yet what I see is something we as humans possibly forget to acknowledge and accept as a significant factor. That we are housed in a body shaped, formed and brought to life by God when he breathed a part of His Spirit into it (Gen. 2:7). Shared His knowledge with our Soul and provided us with Eden (Gen.2:8,15).  As well at that time, He poured His love into our lives, and we were spiritually connected to Him. Remember, we all are descendants of Adam and Eve, who I speak of from here forward because, through them, we at one time were spiritually connected to the Father, the creator of all mankind. 

Here is where our current walk being separated from God’s Spirit begins because we through Adam and Eve partook of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Up to this point, we were still Spiritually connected directly to God in our newly created bodies, which housed a share of God’s Spirit. We at that time had heavenly bodies that were in the form of a spirit ( Gen.2:25, naked) but did not know sin. But once we knew we were naked (knowledge of sin Gen.3:7), we were separated from God spiritually, and our spiritual housing became Fleshly (Human), and we now have experience of death (Gen.3:19). So, now, our journey back to being connected to God Eternally was at a beginning, and we were soon going to find out another Spirit (the fallen Angel Satan) was fighting for our soul because he caused our initial separation from God our true spiritual Father. 

What is my point, we already know all of this? My point is, at this particular time, we stopped seeing ourselves as an eternal spirit due to being separated from God spiritually? Our knowledge of once being attached to God is with each person now born into this world of death. As well as the understanding of what Eden was to us is shared with those born into this world.

Here is where those who chose to be Fishers of Men with their knowledge of who our real Father is and how we were separated from Him. Can teach how to become re-attached spiritually to Him. They can use Yeshua’s teachings and messages from the Holy Spirit how we (now Humans) as that eternal spirit God our Father breathed into the created man. Can walk that narrow path re-attached to God, through His Son Yeshua back to Life and Eternity, which we once knew in our memories as the garden of Eden and now call Heaven.

Personally, when I meet or come upon or have the Lord lead a fellow human into my journey, do not only see the body. I look for the spirit of the person within the  temple, eye contact, the saying is ‘true,'”Eyes are the gateway to the Spirit and Soul of the person.” Knowing there is no gender as a spirit and believing this is how Yeshua recognizes and deals with me “as a spirit,” then why would I look at others as flesh only. I acknowledge their body as a housing that is dying but deals with them as a spirit within that temple. The meat is not what I’m attempting to rescue anyways. It becomes much more straightforward to deal with all the different situations presented because now I can appeal to the soul of the person. Where the memory and knowledge of God are genuinely housed either to be awakened or nurtured, depending on where the individual is in their Spiritual journey. Please note: I am sure you already know this, but just in case you may have forgotten, not all want the Father in their lives. The dog returning to his vomit and sow wallowing in the mire (2Peter 2:22), you will know them quickly. Their eyes are dead, a pool of darkness. 

As a guide, the Holy Spirit lead me to Proverbs 20:9 Matthew Henry’s (1662 – 1774) comments shine a light on who we are really dealing with: “This question is not only a challenge to any man in the world to prove himself sinless, whatever he pretends. But a lamentation of the corruption of mankind, even that which remains in the best, Alas! Who can say, “I am, sinless?” Who the persons are that are excluded from these pretensions-all, one as well as another. Here, in this imperfect state, no person whatsoever can pretend to be without sin. Adam could say so in innocency, and saints can say so in heaven, but none in this life. Those that think themselves as good as they should be cannot, nay, and those that are really good will dare not, say this. What the pretension is that is excluded. We cannot say we have made our hearts clean. though we can say, through grace, “we are cleaner than we have been,” yet we cannot say, “We are clean and pure from all remainders of sin.” We cannot say we made our own hearts clean.” It was the work of the Spirit. Or, though we are pure from the sins of many others, yet we cannot say, “We are pure from our sin, the sin that easily besets us, the body of death which Paul complained of” (Romans 7:24). 

God’s blessings to all who have taken on the mantle of a “Fisher of Men” go in peace strength and knowledge you are reconnected Spiritually to God and will journey on the narrow path to “Life and Eternity. 

PRE-AMBLE by Robert  

We have witnessed through the Scriptures and testimonies of the Apostles the resurrection and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and now the working of the Holy Spirit following Pentecost of Peter’s sermon where 3000 were converted.

Here and now, the enemy is already at work bringing forward material, which is worldly candy to the human mind and flesh acting as a distraction for many. I wrote the following article in January 2017 and now believe it is most appropriate to describe how Satan will attempt to distract those who have the word and are about to receive the word.

https://romboughrobert.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/the-ultimate-distraction-is-it-worth-it/

We have witnessed the truth in action how God used evil to complete his plan of bringing salvation into the world through his son Yeshua’s wrongful crucifixion.

We are now about to see how wickedness will attempt to stop God’s army of modern-day disciples from spreading the truth with distractions, lies and even, in some cases, physical violence.

To preface this statement, I went to Romans 1:21-23 citing Paul’s warning and am quoting commentary from Matthew Henry (1662-1774) v.21 Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. v.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools V.23 and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

Matthew Henry (1662-1774) What discoveries they had: That which may be known of God is manifest, en autois–among them, that is, some even among them that had the knowledge of God, were convinced of the existence of one supreme Numen. The philosophy of Pythagoras, Plato, and the Stoics discovered a great deal of God’s knowledge, as appears by an abundance of testimonies. That which may be known implies that there is a great deal that may not be known. 

This is a warning for those who might think they are enhancing their personal knowledge-seeking information from a movement known as “Gaia,” which will realize it falls right into these scriptures and commentary if you preview their movement.

However, we have a free will to choose our path to eternity, but sometimes some temptations will cause us to deviate from our path by what I call “brain candy.” 

Which are distractions and are described in the above scripture and commentary. Make your choices wisely as they will affect your eternity and which path you will follow.

Remember, Satan uses our curiosity to cause us to stumble.  I’m placing a huge sign saying major sinkhole ahead take care. Your choice to heed or go around and proceed note you have been warned. The Trumpet has sounded “Amen.”

I say to all, Joel’s warning is a genuine warning for us today and is being put in place by Satan’s minions appearing as worldly-wise individuals. Bringing you mundane questions and false teachings to fill your minds with gratifying bits of information.

Sort of like an appetizer teasing you into desiring more worldly wonders and knowledge. Ultimately drawing you away from God’s truth, love and protection, you need to ask, is it worth it?

The book of Joel, “The prophet Joel” describes how an attack will take place. First, as a palmerworm, the locust, then cankerworm and finally the caterpillar. Each will destroy what the first had left behind. He says For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

But in reality, what he was warning about was a human invasion. Followers of Yeshua, we are in a spiritual war that has actively manifested into a physical conflict. I am here asking all who read this to note what occurred in Europe in 2015 the mass invasion of so-called immigrants Joel predicted, no one heeded, and they were eagerly welcomed by nieve citizens.

We see the results now of how Europe is being devastated, their culture and identity being destroyed internally. These were the palmerworm.

Individual countries have lost control of their government and police forces.  There is more devastation to come as the next wave is to appear from within and destroy these countries’ infrastructure by changing the laws by which each country is governed by. 

The enemy knows he cannot continue this influx to the western continent, so they conduct a different buildup in Canada through its deluded leader  Justin Trudeau is seen here in a mosque praying to Allah as a Muslim. 

What does this have to do with our spiritual journey forward? Are God’s people not protected as we proceed in our missions?

Yes, we are if we remain walking within God’s laws and draw closer to Yeshua and his teachings through the Holy Spirit. What I am warning about has two sides to it first. The enemy is going to distract then destroy the lifestyle many have become accustomed too.

If you recall, Joel warned us in Joel 1:8-13, Matthew Henry commented as follows: All who labour for the meat which perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. 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 continued dependence upon God and his providence. See what ruinous work sin makes. As far as poverty occasions, the decay of piety’s deity, 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 other is a warning to all who walk in peace not to become complacent in that walk as we are being shown severe turmoil and in some cases, destruction just lies ahead without warning, so we need to be aware and prepared for it.  The “Trumpet” has been sounded. It is now your choice which path you follow.” 

Remember, my position with Yeshua is that of a “Watchmen,” and it is my calling to bring warnings of future events that might put Yeshua’s children in peril. This is my anointing From Ezekiel 33:1-7 v.1 Again, the word of the Lord came upon me, saying v2. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people and say unto them. When I bring the sword upon a land, if the nation’s people take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman. v3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blows the Trumpet and warns the people; v.4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning. If the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. v.5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and received not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 

So, in conclusion to my pre-amble, what it boils down to is the “Trumpet” has been sounded and the warning of future events given. Whether you believe and act on, it is up to you. However, this notice is given to all to hear; however, it also has some very pertinent information for the modern-day disciples. 

In a prolonged meditation this morning, the Holy Spirit leads me to Proverbs 22:1-5 A GOOD name is preferable to be chosen than great riches and loving favour rather than silver and gold. v2.the rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. v3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. v4. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour and life. v5.Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. v6. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. v7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is a servant to the lender.

Take heed to remember your choice of which path you follow is in your hands now. Once you go forward, when you’re looking back at the events as they have unfolded, check your thoughts as it was your decision based on the information you had at the time—God’s blessings.

OPENING PRAYER by Robert

Heavenly Father, we thank thee for all the assistance you have provided as well as the warning of events to come. We ask for all to be strengthened and protected according to your word. Thank you, Father, for your patience and the lead time you have given all plus the wisdom to your disciples in preparation to go forward. We ask Father for you to strengthen them and protect them from any and all forms of evil. Lord, we know many will rebuke your soldiers and their word, and there will be those who will try to deceive them. We ask you to fill their hearts and minds with your wisdom to discern those who are deceivers. We pray for their interior mirrors to be polished so your light will penetrate the dark shroud, which covers this world today. Give them the words Father to draw those still deceived and lost to break down their barriers. This we pray in the name of Yeshua. Amen 

OPENING STATEMENT by Robert

In my preamble, I stated my position, which I have sounded the Trumpet as a warning. I ask all to check the facts shown. I pray you will discern what the prophet Joel warned the Israelites about, which came true and is being repeated today to warn Yeshua’s current followers who will find it already in action worldwide.

The following is for Yeshua’s brethren receiving his teachings through the Holy Spirit. I am going to relate commentary from the KJV bible authors unknown. We will hear the Apostle Paul’s instructions in Romans 14:19-23 Many wish for peace, and talk loudly for it, who do not follow the things that make for peace. Meekness, humility, self-denial, and love make for peace. We cannot edify one another while quarrelling and contending. Many for meat and drink, destroy the work of God in themselves. Nothing more destroys the soul than pampering and pleasing the flesh, and fulfilling the lusts of it.

So others are hurt by a wilful offence given.  Lawful things may be done unlawfully, by giving offence to brethren. This takes in all indifferent things, whereby a brother is drawn into sin or trouble, or have his graces, his comforts, or his resolutions weakened. Hast thou faith? It is meant of knowledge and clearness as to our Christian liberty. Enjoy the comfort of it, but do not trouble others by the wrong use of it. 

I was then lead to 2Peter 1:1-4 and shown to share these exhortations v2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Yeshua, our Lord. v3. According to his divine power hath given unto us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. v4 Whereby is given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world through lust.

We find further information coming from Matthew Henry (1662-1774) as he describes who the people are Peter’s epistle is written to. They are described in the former epistle as elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, and here as having obtained precious faith in our Lord Yeshua. 

For the faith here mentioned is vastly different from the false faith of the heretic, and the feigned faith of the hypocrite, and the fruitless faith of the formal professor, how orthodox soever he is. It is the faith of God’s elect (Titus 1:1), wrought by the Spirit of God in effectual calling. True faith is very excellent and of very high use and advantage to those who have it. 

The Just lives by faith, a truly divine spiritual life; faith procures all the necessary supports and comforts of this excellent life; faith goes to Yeshua and buys the wine and milk (Isaiah 55:1), which are the proper nourishment of the new creature. Faith acquires and brings home the tried gold, the heavenly treasure that enriches. Faith takes and puts on the white raiment, the royal robes that clothe and adorn (Rev.2:18) 

Faith is alike precious in the private believer and in the apostle. It produces the same precious effects in the one and in the other. Faith unites the weak believer to Yeshua as really as it does the strong one and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another. And every sincere believer is by faith-justified in the sight of God, and that from all sins (Acts 13:39). 

Faith, in whomsoever it exists, takes hold of the same precious Saviour and applies the same precious promises. This precious faith is obtained from God. Faith is the gift of God, wrought by the Spirit, who raised up Yeshua from the dead. 

The preciousness of faith, as well as our obtaining it, is through the righteousness of Yeshua. The satisfactory meritorious righteousness and obedience of Yeshua give faith all its value and preciousness. And the righteousness of such a person cannot but be of infinite value to those who by faith receive it. 

So we have been given the answer to the warning Joel spoke about coveting the worldly pleasures we have become accustomed to. Raise your faith to learn how precious it is to you,  know where it is coming from, know that it will sustain you through troubled times. Let go of your worldly beliefs that Silver and Gold will comfort and provide for you during the turmoil ahead, it won’t you can’t spend what you don’t have. Remember, all will be stripped, including our comforts and that which we trust was going to comfort us.  And finally, the Caterpillar. 

CLOSING STATEMENT by Robert 

We have been forwarned and given time to get our spiritual house to assess our walk, but more than anything, time to make a choice, which is more precious than anything. God has seen fit to demonstrate His patience, allow us time to gather information, discern it and use it to make a choice that will affect our walk as we approach passing into eternal life. Brothers and sisters, I believe we should not take any of this for granted and think we have tons of time because we don’t be wise to gather your info, discern and move forward.
Begin practicing living with faith experience. It becomes familiar with it, make it your walk. Truly and consciously letting go of what you believe is essential to your worldly and material comfort let go of the thoughts the things we think are essential to us, know in your heart if it goes, it was only on loan anyway, a momentary gift from God.

I am not suggesting to sell everything or jettison material things which bring us comfort and ease of life. What I am saying consciously become aware that our real comfort comes from our faith and who provided us with that faith. Know in your heart you will not grieve the loss of material nor fight to keep it, as it is just material. When this loss occurs, know you will see a follower and true believer having precious faith be provided for more than abundantly as promised. 

The preciousness of faith, as well as our obtaining it, is through the righteousness of Yeshua. The satisfactory meritorious righteousness and obedience of Yeshua give faith all its value and preciousness. And the righteousness of such a person cannot but be of infinite value to those who by faith receive it. Again I say be very careful of your choice knowing the truth as there will be many who will try to deceive you.  

CLOSING PRAYER By Robert

The Holy Spirit lead me to Psalm 16:1-8 Preserve me O God: for in thee do I put my trust. V2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord my goodness extendeth not to thee. v3. But to saints in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all delight. v4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. v5. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou maintainest my lot. v6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a goodly heritage. v7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. V8. I have always set the Lord before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. This we pray in the name of Yeshua Amen.

Those who believe they are alone in life know this if you walk with our Father, he is with you all the time. You are never alone; you just need to call out to him and listen for his voice through the Holy Spirit. 

Take a moment to put life on pause to hear what is around you on a spiritual level. We are more than our fleshly body, remember we were formed in His likeness in the Spirit as he is, and learn to connect with God in the spirit you are. The flesh is just a vessel housing our spirit while we journey through this life. Be at peace, brothers and sisters in Yeshua.
God’s speed on a beautiful day that our Lord has blessed us with.
Remember, I am just the messenger bringing what is provided by the Holy Spirit. What you do with it is up to you. May our Lord keep you in peace and His love. 

Robert