"Yes it was Delayed....but it did Manifest"

As I've stated at the very beginning of my blogging ministry, I shared with you that the LORD called me into this apostolic ministry to prepare the church/kingdom, in that we would advance into new levels and dimensions that would blow your mind.... Despite the perception that I would be ridiculed, mocked and taken so not seriously, I also shared that like Noah was instructed to build an ark because it was going to rain (and no one knew what rain was; remember prior to the flood there was the dew that came up out of the earth, but never water that came down out of the sky), I was instructed to build a spaceship and even now as before I must decree and declare that GOD is calling us beyond our fathers (and mothers) in ministry.

Today according to the Jewish Calendar, we are (still) in the month of Cheshvan (read my previous blog to learn more about Cheshvan).  Today is the 17th of Cheshvan in the Jewish Year of 5774, but in the Jewish Year of 1656 on this day (just seven days after the death of Methuselah), as Noah preached/prophesied,  the rain began to fall, flooding the earth, and waters rose beyond the highest mountains.... "Yes in fact, it was delayed, but it did Manifest."

The Bible declared in Genesis 6:1-7 (Contemporary English Version), "More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted. Then the LORD said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty-years." The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later. The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil. HE was very sorry that HE had made them, and HE said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."

I guess I done opened up a teaching moment here (that's what I do best - so I'll have at it), the "Great Flood" as we've termed it happened in what we call the "Antediluvian Dispensation" which extends from the "Fall" of man to the "Great Flood". This dispensation lasted for 1656 years, and was the Dispensation of "Conscious".  It shows what man will do when guided only by his conscious. Adam and Eve had no conscious before the "Fall". Conscious is a knowledge of good and evil, and this Adam and Eve did not have until they ate of the fruit of the forbidden tree. Conscious may produce fear and remorse, but it will not keep men from doing wrong as conscious imparts no power or ability in and of itself.

It is probable that the LORD explained to Adam the significance of making a blood sacrifice for sin but interesting that Adam is not mentioned as making such a sacrifice, but yet Abel did.  Now understand, before the "Fall" Adam and Eve had no children, they were created for purposes revealed by GOD in Genesis 1:8, "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." Uh - oh, "replenish" (now here I go again) in the words, "replenish the earth" we have unmistakable evidence that the earth had been populated before it was thrown into chaos (somewhere between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2, I have some interesting teachings on this time period). So before the earth was found without form and void (in Genesis 1:2), the earth had inhabitants that had been destroyed; it does not follow, however that those inhabitants were human as no human remains have been found antedating the creation account of Genesis; however there was evidence of human-like creatures called "neanderthals" and they've found evidence of "pre-historic" creatures (i.e., dinosaurs, etc.)

Hitting the Fast Forward Button....

Adam and Eve had children, two sons in particular at first Cain and Abel (I have more teachings on this but they are not in sync with the authorized writings found in the Torah (books of Law)). Cain as you know killed his brother, Abel's blood cried out; Cain was ordered by GOD to leave home and he found himself in the place of "wandering" a city called, "Nod" there he found and knew a wife - so if you're a biblical literalistic kind of person (which I am not) if there was only Adam, Eve - who gave birth to Abel and Cain, where did Cain's wife come from? 

So in this place of "wandering" this godless civilization, an interesting thing happened. In Genesis 6, it tells us that the "Sons of GOD" saw the "daughters of men".... okay okay okay, don't worry (in my daughter's voice)... The title "Sons of GOD" doesn't mean the same thing in the Old Testament as it does in the New. In the New Testament it applies to those who have become the Sons of GOD (by adoption) by a new birth experience; in the Old Testament it applies to the angels.  A "Son of GOD" denotes being brought into existence by a creative act of GOD. Such were the angels... Adam was created in the image and likeness of GOD, but his descendants were born in his likeness; we read in Genesis 5:3, that Adam begat a son in his own likeness, after his image. Therefore all men born of Adam are the "Sons of Men", and it is only by being "Born Again" (John 3:3-7), which is a "New Creation" so that they can become the "Sons of GOD" in a New Testament sense....

Luke 17:20-30, "Some Pharisees asked JESUS when GOD's kingdom would come. HE answered, "GOD's kingdom isn't something you can see.  There is no use saying, 'Look! Here it is' or 'Look! There it is.' GOD's kingdom is here with you."  JESUS said to HIS disciples: The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not. When people say to you, "Look there," or "Look here," don't go looking for HIM. The day of the Son of Man will be like lightning flashing across the sky.  But first HE must suffer terribly and be rejected by the people of today.  When the Son of Man comes, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.  People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day when Noah went into the big boat. Then the flood came and drowned everyone on earth.  When Lot lived, people were also eating and drinking. They were buying, selling, planting, and building. But on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed everyone. The same will happen on the day when the Son of Man appears."

Where, you say is the sin in doing these things (eating, drinking, marrying)? The sin is not in "doing" them, but doing them "Until the Flood Came". That is, they did nothing else. They forgot to worship the LORD. So today we're so consumed with everything and everyone  - we've neglected to secure reservations in our Father's house where there are many mansions.... Remember, the preacher in Noah preached it was gonna rain - no one heard him and even when it was supposed to happen it didn't; the death of Methuselah prompted the earth to grieve seven days - so the very act was delayed, but my GOD just seven days later, rain manifested...

I don't know what GOD has promised you on such and such a date by word of prophecy, if it doesn't happen then and you believe HIS WORD is true....then just say amen, because it's going to happen. Delay has never been a denial, but so many times we're so accustomed to the denial we don't comprehend the delays in our life....Not only am I suggesting that manifestation is coming but when it finally did begin to rain and flood, it lasted a full year. What GOD is preparing you for is not a one time deal, this time it will be done in an abundance, an overflow (if you will). Don't think for one moment that GOD has forgotten about you (that's contrary to HIS WORD and to HIS character - as HE knows the number of hairs on our heads). Just like GOD remembered Noah and everything that was with him in the ark, GOD is going to remember you and those people attached to you...so be careful that you're not hoodwinked in this season of walking into your prepared (but delayed) blessing, the very reason for your delay maybe GOD allowing you time to clean up your environment that when you walk into what HE has prepared for you - you'll be attached to the right people that can celebrate the blessings of GOD on your life....rather than them other people that hate it when GOD does something for you....

I was talking with a friend in the Gospel this morning who rehearsed in my hearing, that people get mad when I'm praying for ribs and you praying for hotdogs; that when my ribs manifest you get mad when your hotdog shows up....if you wanted ribs then you should have prayed for ribs....I'm no longer going for the "Anyway you bless me LORD, I'll be satisfied..." No, I'm learning in this season to pray with sincerity, pray specifically and pray with expectation that HE's going to do it.... text three people and just say, "HE's gonna do it..."

Talk to me Apostle Paul (I Corinthians 2:9), "....what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived, the things GOD has prepared for those who love HIM...."

Notice what Noah does as the storms cease - he sent a raven (a dirty bird) out of the ark to test the conditions around them, but the raven was uncooperative (I'm telling you GOD wants you to release the ravens of your life); afterwards in seven days, he sent out a dove (three times actually, yeah I'm like Deitrick Haddon, I know my Bible)....when the dove returned, Noah received a favorable indicator that it was time to walk into his new assignment...and GOD said, in Genesis 8:22, "As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat; winter and summer, day and night." 

I pray blessings upon your life and this ancient holy apostolic ministry. Now through the intercession of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, may the peace of GOD which is beyond all understanding, keep your heart and mind in the knowledge of GOD and of HIS SON, our LORD....

In Nomine DOMINI

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Where are We?

I know it's been such a long time since I've posted here; allow me to share what I've just posted on Facebook....don't know when I'll be back again, so let me help you today (in the here and now)....

I used to from time to time share as GOD would direct me as to where we are in regards or in contrast to the Hebraic calendar....There are so so many questions people I'm attached to are asking; what's going on? Where is GOD? Why is this and that happening???

Sometimes I get so caught up in technology, this morning I thumbed through the scriptures to answer an inbox someone sent me and found myself on Psalm 137, "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept....when we remembered Zion."

Where are we? Okay so we're in the Hebrew month, Cheshvan, (today is the 11th day of Cheshvan) which is referred to as Marcheshvan, the prefix of which is the word mar. In Hebrew, this word means “bitter.” Even Av, the month when we mourn the destruction of the two Holy Temples, is not referred to as “bitter,” because the sad days of the year offer us an opportunity for introspection, to contemplate where we have gone wrong. Thus, both the festive days and the negative days can be used to connect to spirituality. A month that is bereft (lacking) of any significant days, even sad days, is more bitter than anything, because there are no moments that arise to give us pause. 

This month of October is our 10th month; but Cheshvan is the Jewish 8th month (7 represents completion, 8 represents new beginnings - stay with me a minute)....

It is significant to note that the original name of this month was not Marcheshvan. This Babylonian name was adopted when the Jews went through the 70-year exile between the first and second temples. The original Hebrew name for the month was Bul, which denotes the idea of “drying up,” as the leaves begin to decay with the approach of Autumn. 

Clearly, the month of Marcheshvan, or Bul, as its name suggests, is a month of darkness and decay. Indeed, the biblical Book of Kings cites Bul as the month when King Solomon completed the construction of the first Temple – though the dedication did not take place until a year later, in the Hebrew month of Tishrei. What is the deeper significance of this, and what can we learn from it? 

Two Key Events:
If we search further, we find two other events that occurred in the month of Cheshvan. The first was the flood in the times of Noah. The flood began on the 17th of Cheshvan, and the waters receded by the following year on the 27th of Cheshvan, allowing Noah and the other inhabitants of the ark to disembark. Interestingly, one explanation of the name Bul is that it stems from this month as the beginning of the rainy season in Israel; it is thus connected to the word mabul, flood – an overabundance of rain. 

It is significant to note that the flood was originally intended to begin on the 11th of Cheshvan. However, Methuselah passed away, and thus the flood was delayed in deference to the seven-day period of mourning that followed his death. 

The second important event that occurred in Cheshvan seems unrelated at first glance. This was the death of Jacob's wife Rachel, on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 2208 from creation (1553 BCE), as well as the birth of Benjamin. It was precisely the same day as Methusaleh's death, the very day that flood had originally been slated to begin. As there are no coincidences in the Scriptures, we must ask: What is the connection between these two events, and what do they reveal about the essence of the month of Cheshvan? 

In thinking about what the matriarch Rachel and her son Benjamin stand for, respectively, we can see that Rachel represents the Jewish people in exile, and Benjamin represents the completed state of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. Rachel spent her entire life outside of Israel, and passed away just as Jacob and his family entered the holy land. 

In contrast, Benjamin is the last son of Jacob, the twelfth of the tribes, whose birth marks the completion of the people of Israel. He is also the only son of Jacob that is born in Israel, and thus represents the Jewish people's perfected state in the land of Israel. This is further underscored, by the fact that Saul, the first king of the Jewish people, came from the tribe of Benjamin. Furthermore, the miracle of Purim, which immediately preceded the return of the Jews to Israel and the building of the Second Temple, was brought about through the vehicle of Mordechai and Esther, who also came from the tribe of Benjamin. 

Exploring further, we see that the very death of Rachel resulted in the birth of Benjamin. This would correspond to the idea that the exile itself is that which births the redemption. The descent into darkness creates the potential for the future light. 

This theme can be seen in the flood, as well. Although the world in its previous state came to an end, at the same time, there was a new beginning which was being sown in the person of Noah. The very passing of Methusaleh opened the curtain for Noah to assume leadership of the next generation. The death of the previous order gave rise to a new potential for growth....

Now we can explain the essence of the month of Cheshvan, as brought to light by the events that occurred in this month. Cheshvan is a time that is “bitter,” for there seems to be no opportunities for growth and spiritual connection. It is a time of deterioration, as the leaves wither and the world enters a state of deep hibernation. And yet, it is also a time when the rains begin, when the potential for future growth is being sown. It is a time when spiritual darkness reigns, yet when spiritual growth begins deep beneath the surface. It is the moment when Rachel passes on, when all seems bleak, when the darkness of exile closes in; and it is the moment of the birth of Benjamin, the seed of the Jewish people's perfected state, which is sown in that very darkness. 

Cheshvan begins the extended time span between the last festival, Sukkot, and the next, Passover. In the meantime, the spiritual seeds planted during the Jewish month of Tishrei begin to take root – to be watered and to grow, finally appearing and bearing fruit in Nissan of next year. 

The message of Cheshvan is that despite the darkness, and even because of the darkness, there is future growth that awaits us. We have the opportunity to nurture that right at this moment. It is now that we gather the seeds from the holidays of the month of Tishrei, plant them, and carefully water them through the winter months. With GOD's help, we will soon marvel at the beautiful spring bounty that we merit to cultivate....as an Apostle of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, I'm urging you not to mourn the dead things in your life...but rather praise GOD for the beginning of something new (even in the midst of the darkness you and I may find ourselves today)....

I pray blessings upon your life and this ancient holy apostolic ministry. Now through the intercession of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, may the peace of GOD, which is beyond all understanding, keep your heart and mind in the knowledge and love of GOD and of HIS SON, our LORD.... 

In Nomine DOMINI
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