​WHERE IS THE YEAR OF JUBILEE

            Most people would feel that we’re in an economic crisis within our culture today. I laugh at such an accusation. Why give a life raft to someone who denies their drowning. The fact is we, as a society, seek for answers however are not wise enough to apply simple instructions. Over 5,000 years ago the Good Lord set rules, decrees and mathematical strategies to influence and maintain our economy. Yet, we as a species refuse to listen. God established the Year of Jubilee for our benefit.
            (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) Leviticus 25:8-18- “Count off seven sabbath years- seven times seven years- so that the seven sabbath year amount to a period of forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields. In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property. If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take of each other. You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the jubilee. And they are to sell to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvests crops. When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few you are to decrease the price because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God. ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat you will fill and live in safety.”
These decrees plus many others have been lay down and not followed for hundreds of generations. They mainly have not been followed because the financially rich humans’ mentality was too stubborn, greedy and selfish to let go of their power to forgive their debtors. Their hearts were cold as stone.
            There is a recycle process throughout nature. The waters gather through gravity creating clouds, purifying the air, coming down as rain and nurturing and replenish the Earth for seeds to grow, plants to flourish and fruits and harvest to come. We were meant to be the creation within God’s creation to work the land. (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: Genesis 3:23) We hear financial advisors give instructions at seminars and workshops. We hear words such as “Be disciplined.” “Stay strong”.” Never give up.” We are taught how to work then lead to believe we must work harder to be successful. We learn to work but then we complain saying we don’t even know how to rest and when we try to rest, we feel guilty for wasting time. We are reinvented to become self-made soldiers of labor & servitude for a human-made economic system. Human are designed to live through cycles of life. There is proper season and proper environment for every stage of humanity.
            (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) Ecclesiastes 3:2-8- “a time to be born and  time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to men, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”
An individual person should have proper nutrition, sleep, meditation and balance between faith and spirit. However, proper rest and nutrition is considered a luxury upon humanity. We don’t live in a generation whereby the reality of food, shelter and rest is a human right for all citizens. We see homelessness, poor & poverty. Then we develop a middle-class. We see this because of the rich mentality continues to salvage their luxury of freedom of travail. Why cry a plea for serenity when the culture does not surrender the largess of its harvest. We look for answers to a matrix which is so simply dissolved within humans’ nature.

​BAWLING TO A DEAF EAR

            Somehow the whole thrill in communicating with God is simply just that; talking with the creator of the universe. This is epic. The idea of the fact that the will and force which formed the stars, created the sun, designed waterfalls, mountains & canyons, developed wildlife, architects the seasons, clouds and tornados, lightning, plus thunder talks to our being- mono-to-mono (one-on-one). The belief that God audibly communicate to us within our own language is subnormal. In fact, it can be considered a form of a mental illness. However, God does speak to His creation. He communicates with the animals, the doves, the fawns, the kittens, and the swans. He hosts the sensory of Mother Nature. God answers prayers. God hears our words; knows our thoughts, is aware of our feelings of joy, happiness, gratitude as well as our pain, suffering, anxiety, worries, doubts and tears.
            “God whispers to us in our pleasures, but He shouts to us in our pain.”
                                                                                                                        C. S. Lewis
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) I Kings 19:11-13-“The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’”
            The prophets recognized the voice of God when He spoke to them. It was this awareness which made their relationship with humanity so unique.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) John 10:14-16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. The wolf attacks the flock and shatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father- and I lay down my life foe the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.”
Jesus who reflects and reveals the image of God hears His disciples’ words in prayer and those who are His sheep recognize his voice as a shepherd. The moral of hearing God and God listening to us is the entire ego system of the communication waves of the universe. Why pray to a God who is not there to listening? Why try to worship a being who does not care is you are servitude to His existence? 

​THE BEGINNING AND THE END

 
(READ) “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”- John 14:27
            Jesus is the balance of truth & peace. When what you understand to be true in your mind agrees with what you feel or know is true in your heart, it produces inner peace. Real peace is not man-made, or man driven. We, as humans, cannot obtain it without submission to the Spirit’s authority. The Spirit we need to submit to is the Universal Spirit which is the harmony and balance of the order of the movement and course of the stars; Mother Nature nurturing spirit of the wildlife, animals & trees, the ecosystem of water, air, and earth, the Sprit which predestine human life, birth, death and health of humanity: thus, Chi. This spirit was known with a common awareness in the beginning of creation.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) “Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be your food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground- everything that move along the ground- everything that has breath of life in it- I give everything green plant for food.’ And it was so. And God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning- the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had doing so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”
                                                                                                Genisis Chaper 1:29- Chapter 2:3
The harmony of peace is planned to be established at end of humanity through final judgement.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear a crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of this sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.”
“The Sprit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let throne who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the tree gift of the water of life.”
                                                                                                Revelations 2:1-5 & 17
As hard as it is to imagine the reality of goodness and peace set forth through all cultures within the land one must focus their faith to believe it for it is ordain in God’s Word. Such a day is not possible through governments, military, politics, and/or economics. It is not something measured or handled by the hands of humans. However, the universal system of Heaven will set forth the day, decree, and statues for humans to live. This submission to this authority will establish such habitation.
“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.             - James 3:17 & 18     
Can your faith be ensconced in the mind of God to witness Him fulfill His Word?
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all goodness and dignity. This good, and it pleases God, our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself- a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time”
                                                                                                                        -I Timothy 2:1-6

​THE FIRE OF CONDEMNATION

 
            Anger is a force in human nature. It can be used to productively change morals and establish justice. It is also a characteristic in God. However, anger can also be misguided and cause great chaos, destruction and confusion. Much as the chemical difference of H20 and H3O there is a lite shift of reasoning when responding in improper anger.
            The wise approach for anyone who finds themselves in an emotional rage is to pause.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: “Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end”
                                                                                                                        Proverbs 29:11”)
            God is patience with His anger. This is easily witnessed by the grace we see within humanity. We all know that by nature our species is both good & evil. We see the wicked get blessed, forgiven and saved on the regular basis. We also notice that the innocent is harmed and are victims. This causes us to hate injustice. What do we do when someone sin upon us and we have done no harm or nothing wrong to be victimized? Jesus experiences this reality while he was upon this Earth. He is our intercessor for the atonement of sin for all humanity. When we pray to Jesus we should pray, “Lord help us to see you in the brokenness of this world.” Our brokenness transforms to God’s fingerprint of work in our lives.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me. ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest upon me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults. In hardship, in persecutions in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - II Corinthians 12 8-10
The Great Apostle Paul who considered himself the least of all the apostles boldly approaches the matter of injustice. In his suffering, pain, and frustration he experiences gratitude through the grace of God. Godly sorrow produces repentance (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: II Corinthians 7:10) This is what we should seek when we search for answers to our inner problems. The world says, “change your behavior”, Jesus says, “change your heart”. This solution can only be done by the Hands of Christ himself. Let him work within your inner being to prove good spiritual fruit within your life.

​Guilt remains; blindness is rooted

 
            The Catholic denomination is famous for their congregation to confess their sins to the priest. We see in doctrine that the moral of confessing sin is important in the walk of Christian faith (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: Romans 10: 9&10- “If you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”. Nevertheless, we see within society that not all Christians are Catholic. How can this important aspect of Christian doctrine be done on the regular bases for those who don’t go to a denomination church whereby there is a priest to confess one’s sins too?
            “On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover. The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their relatives the priest and for themselves. So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel. For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the Lord had filled then with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel”-Ezra 6:19-22
            “If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible. If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty-if they unwittily touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt, or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt; or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but hen they learn of it and realize their guilt- when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.-             Leviticus 5:1-6
Within my church’s fellowship we have a mindset of disciple-partners. We fellowship as a body. We also take the time to build one-on-one close relationships with specific members whom we may “click” with natural; single sisters seek out to other single sisters, married couples reach out to sibling married couples, older brothers plus college single & campus brothers intentionally gel with like-lifestyles members who also fits in the same social demographics. These relationships within our church divides into sectors of ministries, plus they usually reflect and appear as click- friendships kinship. We do this all with the mindset of building strong, spiritual relationships whereby our walk with Jesus can be sharpen.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: Proverbs 27:17- “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”)
This also gives us a safe environment to confess our sins when it’s necessary to do so. There is a difference between a public environment and a private environment; both mentally & morally. In Jesus/ days a man was not welcome in a private environment of a woman unless they were intimately related, a priest would die in the face of the Lord if he entered a holy sacred environment unclean. In the public today, we have counselors, psychiatrists who have a profession in assisting a person to align their mental & psychic make-up to what is normal, true, acceptable and good within the eyes of society. Is the morality of confessing one’s sin based on a person looking healthy in society? For the most part, more people are against the concept of coming face-to-face with their sin, nor do they appreciate the idea of it being publicly broadcast. A balance of personal space, plus deep intimate friendships are important to the dynamics of confessing sin. All Christians needs to find a way to effectively master this lifestyle in order to be successful in walking along side Jesus as His disciple.

​FAITH PERPLEX REALITY

            My son is on the spectrum with autism. I have the most fascinating conversations with him. I’ve never seen (nor do I totally understand) anyone analyze scenarios or situations like he does. What he considers interesting and how he processes a subject brings me to a new horizon on worldviews. Our faith shapes our reality. If you can’t see yourself out of a tunnel the darkness which you are entering brings you into a state of inertia. The light at the end seems further in miles than the distance you’re able to travel. What is the nature of a problem? It has different dynamics for different people. These dynamics are not only shaped by reality, it is also shaped by our faith within that reality. What may seem to be a large obstacle to climb may be actually a hill to an ant farm for someone else. Someone may find it difficult to play the flute while another person could practice that instrument easily yet have problems with the drums. Consider the wisdom of these two scriptures:
            “He replied, ’Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you’’ - Mathew 17: 20 & 21
            “He told them another parable; ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
                                                                                                                        Mathew 13: 31 & 32
Why would Jesus use the analogy of a “mustard seed”? What is the concept of what it can produce? Faith is a diamond rock reflecting the facets of light in reality. I said before, “religion is not a relationship”. Jesus marriage to the church is not of a domestic abusive, dictatorship marriage. The aspect of how one views faith and uses faith is relative to the perspective of using one’s knowledge, talents, and gifts in this world. The music artist Sting was recorded making this quote, “Romantic love is actually frictional or philosophical. The love of a woman is actually the love of God.” In the ministry of Jesus, we see the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. Read these scriptures and meditate on them:
            “Now he had to go through Samaria, So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his sone Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?’ (His disciplines had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman Said to him. ‘You are Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he and would have given and living water.’ ‘Sir.’ the woman said, ‘you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?’ Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life’ The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water’ He told her, ‘Go call your husband and come back.’ I have no husband.’ She replied. Jesus said to her, ‘You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husband, What you have just said is quite true.’ ‘Sir,’ the woman said, I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem’ Woman.’ Jesus replied, ‘believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’ The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us’ Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you- I am he'”                                                                                                               John 4: 4-26
This woman walked away mystified in “awe” of the presence of Jesus because she saw the multitudes of possibilities of truth about this man whom she just me could now make if he influenced her life. People come to financial seminars to hear about different types of business systems. Rather it is through real estate, network marketing or capital investment, the moral of the pitch for the event is for the audience to walk away perplexed within their original believe system based on how their lifestyle being changed because of the revenue they will possess by following that particular new business system. This morality of faith is known as the “why” factor. If the prospect does not develop a deep enough “why” for wanting to accept their opportunity, they will never put forth the work it takes to become successful with their business system. Christ gave us the morality of counting the cost whereby we die to ourselves and pick up our cross daily. This is the bare minimum effort in order to walk with Him as His disciple. Consider His view in how He sees the importance of His own ministry. Consider His view on how He sees you.

​THE BALANCE OF GRACE & TRUTH

            Much as history of creation or evolution, there is history behind our psychic make-up or worldview as humans. There are three main periods of philosophical era within our society’s history- Premodern, Modern & Postmodern. It is hard for the experts to decide the name of the exact era we’re at today. I call the name of this presence era Revelations. The reason I choose this title is because it still holds true to this day from 2000 years earlier the teachings and philosophy of Jesus Christ. When we look at our previous stages based on it’s source of knowledge and over all bases of sources of truth first, we have, Premodern which source of knowledge comes from God or gods (Greek mythology and Balaam) and the morality of truth is based on observation, common sense and authority. We see the relics of this period in pyramids and sundials. Then we have the Modern era which is based on observation but interprets personal experience and strategies to collect resources of sound reasoning. Whereby spirit and physical balance in a state of reasoning measured by biology and a mental state of logic. Then we have Postmodern which combines observation and personal experience but takes a humbler state of believing by saying “We don’t know all truth at all”. This era in history completes itself with many philosophical debates and arguments based on the previous knowledge of the past (thus; the Renaissance period). Now we come to this day and age. Since no human has ever been successful in challenging the reality of living a life here on Earth after death, Jesus’ testimony and teaching challenges the modern time; Revelations. Using the source of observation, experimental combined with all three previous periods, plus a modern sense of spirituality and consciousness; we are able to judge today’s worldview accurately with a central source of truth, the Bible to grasp understanding.
            Now with today’s modern movement of human civil rights within the areas of religion, race, gender, social status, mental health, physical disabilities, we have come to an awareness of equal rights and equality. All humans should be treated fairly with a central theme of love & respect. This is what one human with common sense considers right. A morality of justice is called to order (at least attempted here in the U.S.A.) within the court system and political satire. There is a cause to reason, a conscience state of balance between grace and justice. Now along with the residue of humanity coming from the Postmodern era of philosophy; humans may understand that only God can establish a solid balance of grace and justice, As I said before, there is a source of truth and reasoning to establish a base foundation to grow upon for all belief systems (much as the foundation to establish the U.S. Constitution) we see a clear horizon upon today worldview and era of reasoning. Considering the Bible as a source of objective truth. Then we have clear focus. What is objective truth? Objective truth is as color. Green is a specific wavelength. No one can decide rather they agree, like or dislike this wavelength and address it as something else besides green. This is based on truth which is mathematically established. Everyone knows that what makes something green is that it has a certain measure of light wavelength in the color spectrum. Now there is another form of truth called subjective truth. Subjective truth is based around one’s opinion, beliefs system, likes and/or dislikes. It is subjective to an understanding point of view from a specific perspective. When I consider God’s Word and perspective upon humanity, I consider our culture the LGBD-Q as an example of what God would call a subjective truth. Whereby His word directly addresses the manner or behavior of their sinful act; His heart can love and does love the sinner behind the sin.
            If you choose to enter the scriptures with a clear conscience, God’s Word about homosexuality is clear. Moses in the 13 century writes:
            “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable”
                                                                                                                        Leviticus 18:22
            “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own hands”
                                                                                                                        Leviticus 20:13
For those who feel that these scriptures only apply to God’s people in that day in age (the Israelites) we see Paul teaching only 2000 years ago.
            “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lust. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural sexual with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”- Romans 1:26 & 27
It is just around 60 years since the concept of homosexuality was actually accepted in any mentality of Christian doctrine. In the 1960’s Tom Perry open the very firs Gay Theology Christian Church. This open the doors for Christianity to embrace homosexuality without questioning our psychic make-up of what is right and wrong as well as what is true in doctrine. Does the presence of God in one life equal the approval of God? We see clearly in the scriptures Paul writing:
            “Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men”                                                                                                                      I Corithians 6:9-10
People may argue the truth behand Christian doctrine, nevertheless, what is clear and obvious stands through life, death and eternity. People question the reality of the Holy Trinity simple because it does not quote such a thing in the Bible. However, one does not argue logic as precisely as mathematics. The morality off God=Son=Spirit as one is as if understanding the difference of 1+1+1=3 to the moral of 1x1x1=1. Following this mathematics logically leads one to understanding faith. One may know and see facts as- God is love = truth, God loves all people = truth, God loves gay people = true so A=B and B=C so A=C. Thus, God loves homosexuality = false. The logic to follow this though process needs a leap of faith to balance God’s moral and truth.
            “It’s only the mysterious equation of love that is the truth behind logic and reason can be fact.”- John Nash
            Religion is not a relationship. Now when you read I Corinthians 6: 9-11; If you have no moral issues with these things. If you embrace these things with no conscience but open your mind to enter into the mindset and the lifestyle; you cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Learn to be in place of a deep relationship, not in a state of right and wrong, opinions or beliefs. What is justice- a fair balance of judgement between consequences and sin. Jesus Christ is the only true balance between grace and truth.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ‘If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him”                                    John 14: 6 & 7)
Life is not fair. We find ourselves searching for emotional comfort over moral lawfulness. God is a just God. What He balance as truth and reason has the quality of being right mathematically and compassionate with grace. Our state of humanity is intertwining between logic and emotions.

​IS OUR MARRIAGE SACRED

                Marriages are formed to build a personal history together between the two spouses. When a couple gets married their minds become one and they form a unity of faith. Through this one cell (body) God builds families. Families with children grow to understand a relationship with the Spirit through worldviews, personal household stories, and community childhood memories. It takes a village to raise a child. We all come from this process. God is continuously redesigning the profile of human history; with all composition rooted in the framework of truth- Jesus reflects this truth in a family dynamic. We as His heirs and siblings of the firstborn of the dead. Jesus united Himself with the church in marriage as a bride.
                “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”                                                                                                                                  John 14:6
Marriages have their seasons. Much as philodendron maturing and developing through growth with the seasons of Mother Nature; we have a honeymoon phase, career orientated stage, expansion with children, family genre, golden years, plus, inner sexuality and romance progression throughout the relationship. If you read through the Book of Malachi in the Bible God is addressing His people as a husband would address His spouse in a marriage relationship. He is speaking as opening a dialogue like: Where are we in this marriage now?” Or as a husband may ask, “How are feeling about our relationship?”
Read through the Scriptures of the Book of Malachi. Listen to your subconscious through the author’s voice.
“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?’ says the Lord Almighty.”
                                                                                                                                                Malachi 1:6
“Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marring women who worship foreign god. As for man who does this, whoever he may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob- even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty,”
 Malachi 2:11 & 12
                “Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.”                                                                                                 Malachi 2:15
                “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you’ says the Lord Almighty.”     Malachi 3: 6 & 7
                “On the day when I act, says the Lord Almighty, ‘they be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”
                                                                                                                                                                Malachi 3:17
                “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like doer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire.’ Says the Lord Almighty’ ‘Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.”
                                                                                                                                                                Malachi 4:1-3
Consider a marriage, a sacred marriage; we have abusive relationships, unfaithful relationships, dictator relationships, addictive relationships, obsessive relationships… and good relationships. God reflects a husband of a good marriage. Marriage is a two-way correlation. Religion is not a relationship. What God ask for in theology does not reflect a dictatorship marriage whereby the dominate, spouse bullies the recessive mate. God demonstrates a true, faithful, unconditional, forgiving, and compassionate Father towards His offsprings. This is what a husband recklessly does out of passion relentlessly, revealing Himself upon His Bride and then dying as He lavishly expresses His heart as forever releasing love eternally. You would think as the receptor we would show a little gratitude. 

​GODS REFLECTION

            God hardened Pharaoh’s heart and retrieved the people’s heart who were under Pharoah’s power. God used Pharoah as a tool for His work.
            “So Moses and Aarron said to all the Israelites. ‘In the evening you will know it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning, you will see the glory of the Lord, because he was heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us? Moses also said, You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.’,”
                                                                                                                        Exodus: 16:6-8
And then He established His relationship among His people (who were the Israelites) while they were young in the dessert without an institute government, culture or nation. There never was a point in history whereby we could not see or question the clear will of the Lord. Even when His people rejected Him; God advisors soften God’s heart and God responded with grace. Never were people able to look at their fate, destiny, punishment, curse or their consequences in confusion of God’s Will. It is clear what God’s heart reflects for His people to the end of His name. It was not God’s desire for His people to be established in a manner which they have chosen. It was obvious that God wanted the original generation of the Israelites to enter into the promise land. It was understood that God did not want the Tribes of Israel as a nation to be divided. It is revealed in the history of humanity that God did not want the last Tribe of Israel, Judah, to be desolated. Yet, because humans are granted freewill, God’s people chose an alternate path for their fate. Their rebellion, stiff-necked and hard hearts brought the outcome we all can witness within humanity today.
            “I have seen these people, ‘the Lord said to Moses, ‘and they are stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.’”                                                                      Exodus 32: 9&10
It is clear in history God’s heart.
As a loving father disciplines his child it is clear that it is done out of love for the good of the child.
            “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.”                                   Proverbs 23:13&14
            “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.’”                                                                                Proverbs 13:24
            “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delight you desire.’”                                                                                                            Proverbs 29:17
When we see dark, hard and difficult circumstances enter the fate of our lives, it shall never leave a scar of an unloving, uncaring, not understanding Lord. He is forever presence in radiating love for both the innocent and the wicked revealing mercy and grace for the world to view for His own name’s sake.

​TRANSPARANRENT REASONING

            Consider this truth, Shakespeare play are classical, timeless, masterpieces because the psychology for human never change. What human think is true, good, real, and thought worthy never change in the reality of the world. Thus; the reality of the sun does not change from generation to generation.
God never changes. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”- Malachi 3:6
            “In the beginning you laid, the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change they and they will be discarded. But you remain the same, and your years will never end. The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”- Psalms 102:25-28
            Why do I bring up this point? The Pharisees and religious leaders’ sect were just as wrong in the era of thinking whereby the truth still remains presence in reality today. (The way I wrote that might sound a little confusing.) When I walked in my early days as a Christian, I had a thought-provoking question that I always felt would shake the logic of Christianity’s world vision in today’s generation as well as stands for the cornerstone of reality of the cross in Jesus’ days. That question was… “Did the Pharisees wrongfully create legal charges against an innocent man, Jesus Christ, and open consciously put Him through a brutal, cruel, burlesque death believing they were doing the right thing in the eyes of God, or did they know they were wrong? Consider the dynamics of the difference between these two truths. If they were morally confused but innocent in error of judgement the guilt was destiny of continuous rebellious attitude and heart towards an all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful God. However, if they were just wicked by nature then the guilt was predestinate. Either way they share the same fate. This morally is why just at the right time in humanity history our all-knowing, all-loving and sacred Lord sent His one and only son down to Earth to die for the sins of humanity.
            Fate determines the destiny for all humanity. Nevertheless, how powerless are we to determines our own destiny. (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.- Proverbs 16:9) What we see as wrong and measure as bad is relevant to our own perspective of world views. God talks about different attitude and behavior from generation to generations, however, our Heavenly Father unconditional love forever remains the same.
            “Brother and sister, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly- mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly, For since here is jealousy and quarreling among are you not worldly? Are you acting like mere humans?- I Corinthians 3:1-3
Spiritual maturity is expected from our creator. He doesn’t expect us to remain ignorant forever. Why sacrifice so much for something destine to fail? Do you feel God has a destiny for humanity based on final condemnation and total revenge or perhaps He awaits for the maturity within His children to realize that He is the one and only true God.

​NOW I SEE YOU… Lord

            What happen when Jesus died; being crucified then resurrected overcoming death, sin and eternal damnation? Why is this implication necessary to remove sin? In order to wrap your mind around this moral consider the reality of Mount Everest blocking one’s vision to seeing pass it onto the horizon. Image being blocked by something that massive to be unable to see pass it’s point. Look into human history. Witness 500 years of war between China & Japan, 200 years of slavery on American soil, the massive truth of the Holocaust, the Dark Ages, the Crucifixion itself. What does it mean to have darkness so thick that you can feel it touch your flesh as damp, moist dew.
            “It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. And Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.”- Luke 23: 44-46
Consider what it is to have an eclipse blocking you from seeing the physical chemistry of sin. Now imagine such a blockage being removed and the vision path is clear to see, walk through and gorge.
            Consider this analogy: you place a person and blindfold them in a large room with obstacles such as furniture within a difficult pathway to walk. Then you instruct the person how to pass through and walk through the room. You give them a spoken, written instruction to hear. The instructions are even written as a map and recorded to orally read so they are continuously played, and spoken, and heard by the person wearing the blindfold walking through the room. There will be a level of difficulty. Now consider the same dilemma with the blindfold being removed. It’s one thing to instruct a blind man where to walk, it’s another thing to give them sight and establish higher level of comprehension.
            “The man answered, ‘Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.’ To this they replied, ‘You were steeped in at birth; how dare you lecture us!’ And they threw him out.
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found he, he said’ Do you believe in the Son of Man?’
‘Who is he, sir?’ the man asked,’ Tell me so that I may believe in him.’
Jesus said, ‘You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.’
Then the ma said, ’Lord, I believe.’ and he worshiped him.
Jesus said, ‘For judgement I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’
Some Pharisee, who were with him, heard him say this and asked, ‘What? Are we blind too?’
Jesus said, ‘If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, you guilt remains.’”- John 9:30-41
When Jesus removed spiritual obstacle of sin, He gave us a whole new playing field to battle the enemy. We gain an advantage over Satan which we as a species never had in our primate era. B.C. illustrates a harsh loving God. A.D. reflects a more compassionate, intimate, forgiving God. Consider the battle plan God was dealing with, He had an enemy that not only wanted Him dead but would blow out the fire of light within all His loving children. It was war and no rules were fair. Life and death were reality of natural selection. Are we dealing with a different creator between B.C. & A.D. or have the veal been removed to see our lover (loving God) more clearly whom has always been there to see?
            “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”- Colossians 3: 12-17
What if B.C.’s harsh God was actually a reckless, Father lavishly reaching out to gather His lost children?

​DAYLIGHT UPON OUR EYES

            All humans have a brain. All humans have a mind. Where are these matters separated? What distinct the differences between the two? Is there a difference between a brain and a mind? Or are they one-in-the-same as eating and tasting food. According to the history of psychology the distinction of the mind and brain became common knowledge around the late 1800’s century. Before then when society related to mental illness or defective behavior, it was associated with a spiritual possession or demonic influence. The sense of feeling is what connected the spiritual realms with the physical reality. Our awareness of this bond developed our mental strength, plus conscious insight. Wisdom (or Biblical knowledge) was seen as a gift from God.
            “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”- Proverbs 1:7
Wisdom is still a gift from God. Nevertheless, I question why one uses one’s brain or why one is aware of their mind. I consider the brain the physical part of our anatomy causing us to connect with our muscles & nervous system. It gives our body the ability to keep our hearts beating, blood flowing and air coming through our lungs. All our physical elements are controlled and monitored by our brain. However, our minds give us a window to our soul and connect our insight & vision to the eyes of our hearts. The concept works much as the ability to hear within one’s skills to listen. What we know as our mind and our brain is the doorway to open our conscience and intimacy among the human race. One would know that it would be bad to feed another human being to a wild animal such as a tiger on purpose. Nevertheless, one then becomes aware of the level of human deficiency to actually do it. A healthy way of thinking is to know that the Holocaust is terribly wrong. Yet, our awareness of society and morality of racism in America; thus, slavery is not so many generations old in history. Its one thing to see right and wrong, its another thing to understand sin.
            When Jesus walked this Earth, He understood, forgave, healed and removed sin.
            “Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, ‘Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sin but God alone?’ Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them. ’Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man. ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say. ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. ‘So he said to the man. ‘I tell you get up, take your mat and go home.’ He got up. Took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying ‘We have never seen anything like this!’” – Mark 2:6- 12
Somehow, Jesus connected the spiritual, demonic, blockage of sin to the spiritual chemistry and healing of eternal life. People’s physical dilemma was healed by His words. Jesus’ conscience awareness combined the morality function of the brain to the fleshless of the mind’s reality. Jesus was able to connect the spiritual & the physical in real time. There is harmony between the distinction of the mind & the brain as real the color blue in the sky and the color of the surface of the ocean. Our feelings testify to this reality. Humanity is young within their intimacy within the human race. Our vision of moral reasoning is keen and naïve. We need the grace of our God to reveal daylight upon our eyes to see.

​WE ARE THE BLACK RACE

            At what point in time did the Jews become a race? Father Abraham represented the seed of faith the Lord used to establish the religion which would reflect His name. The nation of Isreal was known as God chosen people when He led the nation out of slavery from Egypt. The Jewish religion was the culture representing the lifestyle of the Isreal nation.
            “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ’when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?’
            ‘Jesus answered: ‘Watch out that no one deceives you, For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
                                                                                                            Mathew 24:3- 8
The Greek word used in Mathew 24:7 for nation is “ethnos” which does not reflect a political structure based around a geographic boundary. However, the word refers to a ethic group. God has been working His Hands through the culture of the world to form one unified race between the Jews & Gentiles to represent one race which know Him thoroughly and will bring Him honor. The language, cuisine, music, literature & lifestyle of the culture reflected in Jesus’ church within the Book of Revelation is the cultivating race emerging from the seven churches which existed during His days on Earth written in Chapter 2 & 3. If we look deeply at the people when Christ transition the Jewish religion to the Christian sect across the globe, we can witness how God’s people become one race. Satan was not blind when He left his signature upon the Jewish nation during the Holocaust. What we witness as evil is only a shadow of what wickedness has been since the dawn of time. We as a species seem to be waiting for darker days representing judgment upon Earth reflecting Jesus’ testimony. This view upon humanity is not God’s view. It only establishes a morality of condemnation which is the exact image Satan wants to create. The Lord is the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
            “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End”
                                                                                                                        Revelation 22:13
Don’t lose focus of the purpose of the cross by being led blindly to an illusion of darkness.

​HOME SWEET HOME

            I preach from a Biblical philosophy of a present generation’s awareness of a resurrected living God. My God comes from an open, empty grave. Revelation, the final book in the Bible, reflects scriptures of a marriage between Christ and the Church. The union of these two entities is real today. I am not a license preacher. My creditability comes from the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I qualify as a level of any common man in today’s early 21st century generation. Any human can do what I am doing. I’ve developed a mental understanding of this concept called “the Force of Nature” This philosophy comes from a long obedient walk with the Holy Spirit based on a central understanding of Christian’s doctrine. I reflect the reality that Jesus has returned.
            “How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your alter, Lord Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage, As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rain also cover it pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.”
                                                                                                                                    Psalms 84:1-7
Emmanuel is the living God within the species of humanity. God has spoke the truth about Himself finding rest within the Kingdom of Heaven unified with Earth. Humans are creatures of intense energy and light. Our lives radiate a constant flow of eternal electric force. God first identified Himself in the physical realms of humans by dwelling with men in an arc. Now through the victory of His son, He rests in a dwelling place of home within the hearts of followers of His son’s believer; humans who love Him. He said that He would write His law upon our hearts.
            “Then the word of the Lord came to me. This is what the Lord, the god of Isreal says: ’Like these good figs, I regard as the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. – Jeremiah 24: 4-7
            “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time.’ declare the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another. ‘Know the Lord, because they will all know me.’ from the least of them to the greatest,’ declares the Lord.”
                                                                                                                        Jeremiah 31:33-35
            “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” – Revelation 22: 12 & 13
            “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”
                                                                                                                        Revelation 22: 17
This is a inviting covenant relationship with the creator of the universe. The Spirit welcomes us to join Him and He then will rest forever within our existence as a home. Our hearts reflect a ray of light that shines as evidence of a living God. We dwell among the living as an image of the first born of the dead who forever washes away our sins and establishes a forgiving relationship with God.
            “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross”  -Colossians 1:15-20
As far as east is from west God holds no grudge against us. Do we hold a grudge against Him?
            “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repays us according so our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us, As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust, The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children- with those who keep his covenant with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts"
                                                                                                                        Psalms 103: 8-18
Do we feel the warmth of His welcome in our hearts? Do we desire to have our creator as the God of Abrham, Moses, King David, the nation of Isreal, father of Jesus; do we want Him to be our Lord forever? Are we accepting of these terms and conditions? 

​RELICS

                        The temple of the Lord was the “Ark of God”. Now the temple of God is revealed in our body. Our inner appearance is outshining in the spirituality of humanity. We see the truth of our spirit cultivating into a soul. God dwells in this longevity. Emmanuel habituate on Earth. When one lives within this dimension (Earth) it leaves a residue as it transcends into the next realms of life. This is natural. One cannot create or destroy matter or energy. It simply transforms its existence into another form. We see memories of our loved ones. We feel the presence of our ancestors. We are family among a culture of the church, the Body of Christ. Jesus has relics in this ontology. We who are Christians serve a living God.
            Why did David so deeply wanted to build his God an alter to dwell and live? We see Jesus’ words “birds and foxes find nest and dens to rest, yet the Son of Man has no place to rest his head.” (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: Mathew 8:20) What is it to be homeless; a spirit wondering aimlessly without a destination or a resting place. Heaven is home. Do we see this reality? Can we feel this residence of Jesus’ presence. Do we give Christ a home? Are we aware of Emmanuel living among humans? This could be a simple matter; This is definitely a good predicament. We should desire such a reality with all our hearts. Do we?

JESUS CRIES TOO…

 “’Be quiet’, Jesus said sternly. ‘Come out of him!’ Then the demon threw the man down before them all and come out without injuring him.
All the people were amazed and said to each other, ‘What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!’ And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area,
Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-n-law was suffering high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. So he bent over her and rebuked the fever and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness and laying his hands on each, he healed them. Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, ‘You are the sone of God!’ But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Mesiah.” – Luke 4: 35-41
            Yes, Jesus cares…let’s make this statement clearer, “Or course, Jesus cares!” Not only does He care, but He fills in the fibers within the boundaries of humanity among an all-loving, all-knowing & all-powerful God. Yet, the question remains, “Why do we live in a world with much pain and suffering?”, when our creator is an all-loving, all- knowing, and all- powerful? This question is not a concept of a “new wave” of philosophical insight. It is not something which breaks trends in today’s modern generation. We are dealing with the same God of yesterday, presence tense, and future unchanging. The sun radiates the same reality upon our era of time as any other chronometry of humanity. This is a noteworthy point to take into consideration. The matrix at first establishes a God of compassion, & grace who cares deeply about our trauma and suffering.
            “Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples. ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest therefore to send out workers into his harvest field
. – Mathew 9: 35- 38
Jesus had thoughts and a focus, mentality about how he felt about society. He cared about them.
            “When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowd followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. – Mathew 14: 13 & 1 on4
Jesus was not blind to the suffering He witness within His own environment.
            “As Jesus and his disciples were leaving, Jericho, a large crowd followed him. Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’
Jesus stopped and called them. ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ he asked.
‘Lord’, they answered, ‘we want our sight.’ Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him” – Mathew 20: 29- 34
 
Jesus eyes were open to see what was immediately in front of Him. I know people may feel they have this concept understood, Yes, one may think to themselves, I know Jesus cares… but… I want you to focus on the vocabulary used in this particular scripture:
            “A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees. ‘If you are willing, you can make me clean.’
Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing.’ He said, ‘Be clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him and he was clean.” – Mark 1” 40 & 41
In the NIV version of the Bible, the words read, Jesus was “indignant”; thus, he was moved in a repulsive manner which emotionally affected His chemistry.
Now let’s put this moral in our mindset based on one of the most famous scripture passages within the Bible:
            “’Lord.’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.’  
Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life, The one who believes in me will live, even though they die, and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?’
‘Yes, Lord’ she replied, ‘I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who come into the world.’
After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. ‘The Teacher is here.’ She said, ‘and is asking for you,’ When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her supposing she was going to tomb to mourn there.
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said. ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with here also weeping he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked
‘Come and see, Lord’, they replied
Jesus wept.
Then the Jews said, ’See how he loved them him!’” – John 11:21- 36
I cut through the story midstream. My focus in this article is not the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus, however, the focus is Jesus’ heart. Whereby even though He knew that He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead and He was fully aware of the outcome of the situation. He still had room within His heart to pause and consider the pain and suffering Martha & Mary were going through within their present moment… and cried. Yes, Jesus cries too.
This reasoning within humanity is often overlooked or even missed when the times of trials and tribulations and calamity is existing. C.S. Lewis was quoted saying, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, but He shouts to us in our pain.” C.S. Lewis noticed this significance within spirituality. The moral of this fate is a radiating force within Christianity doctrine. When we align our thinking towards Jesus´ teaching we align we align our love with the currency of fate. Jesus says in the scriptures’
            ¨Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.¨ - Mathew 11 28’30
Why is Jeus yolk lite? Because, as the parable of poem ‘Footprints in the Sand’, reveals that Jesus carried us through our darkest moments. Lyrics to a church hymn makes this concept very clear-
And Jesus said, Come to the water stand by my side
I know you are thirsty. You won’t be denied.
I felt every tear drop when in darkness you cried.
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died,
 
            Song Title- FOR THOSE TEARS, I DIED
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​PEACE WHERE THERE IS NO PEACE

            I have a confession to make to all who are witnesses. I am biased on my worldviews. I read the times and judge humanity from a Biblical perspective. I am not “a judge” or “thee judge” who has the power to condemn, or save, or restore. I cannot establish the boundaries of truth, and I am subject to live & submit into the same measurements of reality and every average human being. Nevertheless, my opinions weigh on biblical reasoning of morality. Salvation is an individual issue. I do not have the right to create or destroy the fate and/or outcome of any fellow heir, neighbor, friend, loved one, family or even stranger or enemy. I cannot raise a human being to understand and embrace salvation on the simple level of creation or human existence. I don’t create doctrine for theology to govern our thoughts. However, I live a lifestyle based on Christianity doctrine & theology whereby I am opinionated based on this belief system. These are the standards which I govern within my home.
            What does the word bias mean? A bias is a preference for or against something. This can be made consciously or unconsciously. The important aspect of this confession is everybody has unconscious bias. Conscious bias or “explicit” bias causes one to make a decision leaning in a particular way, thus; “I will preach to people who are incarcerated or homeless because they are more likely to be hungry for the Word”. Unconscious bias or “implicit” bias causes one to develop an attitude or belief system which reflects within their behavior, thus; “This neighborhood (based on the exterior scenery such as landscape, type of cars in the driveways & habitat appearance) tends to have a certain type of residences who are within a specific social class”. A political believe system based around a bias concept is to say, “when you don’t have a middle class you have a third world country!”
            The point to this moral is honestly all humans are biased at the very least unconsciously biased. We all have our demographic, social background, family origin and personal story to contribute to this pool of appearance and environmental reality. Microaggression is a term used to address when one may attest or say something crude to another human being either directly or purposefully because of an implicit manner of thinking. The scriptures read:
            “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” – Hebrews 12:14
I make this confession not to sound noble. I am human; both good and evil I possess within myself. I am not all holy to cast perfect judgement. Nevertheless, I do feel respectfully that I hold knowledge that would be noteworthy to share… therefore I write.
Where is peace between nature and society? May we cultivate why Mother Earth gave us land to build our lives upon. May I be a good feature within the soil of humanity to help this creation grow.

NAMELESS

The man who observes the death of Jesus Christ during His lifetime. He watched the crowd roar and become enticed and horrified to see such a sight; much as a mob rush upon the respectable White House. The wind changes the course of history. He sees the women crying and screaming at the same time. It’s early in the morning; twilight hour of the day…why are the children still awake? Should such young eyes witness such a horrific event?  Would this cause them to embrace their own innocence? He watches the man who God called His son, who human praised, and shout out to, “Hosanna, Hosanna! Our Messiah we can see you’re the chosen one!” He witnesses this man’s physical death.
Nameless, were the women who beseech children as brides of the sons who were the fathers of the earlier generation; thus, these are the tribes of Israel. Women who sung the song of the lullabies; women who nursed the warriors with their breast milk, washed the garments of the youth, plus, were the labor force before the unions were formed. They fed the masses food from kitchens with wood & fire, married the marinade of taste, smell and atmosphere of cuisine and culture.
Nameless are the children we see in school before graduation and their established career of poverty and poor. Every homeless person has a childhood. Every violent assassin has a story; something which brought them passion in their life; as the wind moves among the trees, given knowledge to humans, their calling in life. Whom are we meant to be- a fireman, a race car driver, a fisherman, a fashion designer… who else walks their path of destiny and dance to the music within their fate? Every child has a dream. Every poor, homeless person of poverty has a goal; to one day walk in a room which they may call home. Nameless are the tombstones- soldiers, veterans- why a Memorial Day, why a Veteran Day, why was there a 9/11? Who guarded the elevator in the Twin Towers on that day? We see the travelers. We see the businesspeople. We give memories to the soldiers, the pirates and the barbarians, humans who laid their life down as prey; laugh loudly, drunken by the smoke of fire which they breath in as it smelled like body stench. These people are our ancestors, Our great, great, great, great, great, Great-grandmas & Great- granddads.
Oh how, we celebrate together on Christmas morning… oh how the children sing and dance as they open the gifts of Mom & Dad transcending from Grandma & Granddad.
The dogs sigh and howl in the background; candle-wax lights leaves a reminisce of fragrance of the silent night before…earlier twilight dawn, we as a nation enter another season- Winter months which cycles in hot chocolate, sleigh rides, beautiful lights, red & green lights shine on Earth as stars on trees in unison of the leaves which fall then are given back in rebirth during the Spring months, during the return of Seasons. During the Springtime there is a refreshing garden smell of Mother Nature; during the resurrection of the body, corpse souls of humans… during our last days of age the dawning of the dead. Revelation.

​OUR STATUE OF LIBERTY

            God is a God of justice. What is justice? Justice is when your army destroys another army within their minds as they fight against themselves. The same army of men who decided to fight against God’s army in the first place. Justice is when an entire wall made of stone collapses because of the soundwaves made by trumpets. The very same instruments used by God’s army as they march for victory and unity to attack. Justice is the prophets & sorcerers and wise leaders of the land watch wild animals become tamed by the presence of Godly righteous man. A man who they secretly plotted against to have killed for his faith in the living true God. Then the righteous man watches the lion eat the wicked men who plan the plot against him.
            People fear the morality of a no true living God. We are of a finite mindset. Our existence lack meaning… I mean we are drifting on a spinning globe aimlessly in deep dark space… I mean this is true, right? Our lives have no meaning?
            “Because they lead my people astray, saying, ‘Peace’, when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Raim will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurling down, and violent wind will burst forth.”- Ezekiel 13:10 & 11
            “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrite! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside, you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”- Mathew 23: 27 & 28
            “Then one of the elders asked me, ‘These in white robes- who are they, and where did they come from?’ I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’ And he said, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, - ‘they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”- Revelation 7: 13-17
            God is the God of justice. He will bring lawfulness, balance, hope, reasoning into a confused dark world. Society is consumed in lies. Morality in our culture is as much as hypocrisy such as celebrities creating leadership upon the government, nations and land. The common father is forced to lead a household independently of a flag to secure their allegiance towards Christ. God’s Word gives the common human courage, plus, the ability to stand on solid faith when moral reasoning within their environment appears so shallow.
            “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”- Joshua 1:9
What does it mean to be a child of God? Who do we turn to for an answer to dismay? Why question the very Word within our existence?
            “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”- Isaiah 41:10
            God will not leave your life unfaithfully.

​AND WHERE IS THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH?

            Read this scripture:
                        “So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic. I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place,”
                                                                                                                        Isaiah 28: 16 & 17
            We are building God’s church in the presence based on the foundation God established leading to Jesus; birth, testimony/ministry, crucifixion and resurrection. One does not build an architecture without a foundation. One does not build a home without a foundation of knowledge and understanding.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION- Proverbs 24: 3 & 4: “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”)
Jesus fulfilled the morals of humanity; thus, an innocent man, baring no sins, died as all humans died based on reality of sin entering humanity. Jesus represents this very point of God’s ordain Word to humans.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION- Ephesian 2: 19-22: “Consequently, you are no longer foreigner and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”)
The details and measurements used for a structure is carefully considered to establish a repository exposed to civilization (such as the Leaning Tower, the Empire State Building, the Twin Towers and the pyramids)
            The foundation God built His church upon is a relationship with Him.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION- I Corinthians 3: 11-13: “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay of straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.”
The way to God is not a path made in the woods based on the erosion of land, It is a carefully, thought-out passage. The truth about life is not a formality based on theology, doctrine and facts. The truth is a person (“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him have seen him.”- John 14: 6 & 7) Christianity is not an arrangement of beliefs, mental arguments and principle. It is a relationship. Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of that relationship with God. (“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trust in him will never be put to shame.”- I Peter 2: 6). What we recognized as B.C. on the calendar is the foundation of God’s Word for humankind. What we see revealed as the Book of Revelation is the testimony of knowing the reality of the true God. Revelation is the relationship between the church and the creator, the Body as the Bride of God, humanity and Heaven. We are here today to witness the disclosure of the new covenant with the Lord and humans. May our eyes become aware of the conciseness of His presence.

​THE BIBLE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

 
Read Ezekiel Chapter 20
                        There are some concepts in the Bible which totally explain the entire view of life. Well least from a human perspective. Scriptures such as:
            PROVERBS 3: 5&6- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path straight.”
            PROVERBS 4:23- “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”
            PSALMS 32: 1&2- “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit”
            JOHN 1: 1-5- “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
            JOHN 14:7- “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
            JOHN 3:16- “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
            The Bible is written to be the blueprint for humanity. Our salvation: how our world became saved from self-destruction, the origin of creation, the destiny of fate for all humanity, all these facts are found in the Bible. The truth is not because you believe in it; the truth is intentional because it is real, much as gravity. Nevertheless, I’m not trying to preach why the Bible is an oracle of truth. I’m pointing out the reality that if you focus on the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 20, you can understand from a point of depth why God judges the world and feels about humanity as He does today. Ezekiel 20:3 reads:
            “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them. ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Consider a faithful lover forgiving an adulterous wife. God physically illustrates this morality with the story and life of Hosea the prophet (a book also in the Bible). Here in Ezekiel, Chapter 20 we witness God given a full account of the original generations of Israel and how there were continuously unfaithful to Him. Yet and still, they show the audacity to come to Him with tempt to request favor of His good nature as they never even shown shame to blush. We then see God’s response and promise to outreach His mighty right hand to reconcile His people back into a nation of obedience. We see in verse 22 of Chapter 20 God’s intentional plan to restore His everlasting covenant through the offsprings off King David’s lineage through nations scattered all across the globe.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) EZEKIEL 20:22- “But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.”
Thousand of years in time we see the tender words of Jesus address the churches for the outcome of judgement (Armageddon) The seven churches were: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia & Laodicea. In these scriptures we read the message of a lover who may address his concubine. At that time the nation of Israel attempts to attest the Lord by addressing to talking to Him. (REFLECTION: Chapter 20:31)
Now we know of a promise wedding among the Son of God and the church to be the destiny of all humanity (the Book of Revelation). What does it take for a faithful husband to forgive and reconcile, reestablish then fulfill an everlasting promise of marriage based on the basis of a honorable and justified courtship? This answer is found in the mystery of humanity salvation. This is the meaning of life.

​DANCE WITH THE FIRE OF LIFE
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            Knowing the truth will set one free- what does this mean?
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’”-  John 14: 6
            The truth is something contingent upon itself. A fruit tree is true to the fruits it bears. Gravity is real because it exists based on the laws of nature. You can not disproof gravity or establish a moral to stop it. Likewise, one cannot create or destroy energy. It is an existence matter within itself. My son (who is 12 yrs. at this moment in my life) mocks me when he says, “Dad, you can believe it all you want, but it does not make it true.”
            The truth is not an acknowledgement of laws and facts. It is a concept based on relationship with reality; knowing God does not mean we know why He exist and can proof it with our faith. Nevertheless, our walk in life reflects the awareness of His present that no one who witness it can testify otherwise. Our relationship with Jesus is what makes our salvation real. Jesus makes the statement, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – JOHN 8:32. Those who believe in Him witness His truth daily. Christianity is not a doctrine of laws with history of theology. It is a present tense relationship with the creator of all humanity. What we live for is what we die to testify as our lives. Our tombstones answers to the words we belief follow and worship. Who we evolve to eternal destiny of truth, fate & essence. Mother Nature dance with death daily. We kiss our lover as our tongue speaks our salvation (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: The hearts of the wise makes their mouths prudent and their lips promote instruction”- Proverbs 16: 23) Our lifestyle gives our attestation to what we desire to be true. Rather we live for the right reason or dies for a false god, we understand the reason we gave our lives promenade.

​PRAYERS

Come… let us commune; let us kiss & embrace the tongue of languages of the nations.
For we speak in unison. We are one in mind, our beliefs, philosophies and faith address the same nature.
We both follow the same characteristics of likeness and similarities in traits; same and somewhat as one member of the same family- lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit and sweet tangerines- we all taste from the same fragrance. We blossom among the community in proper season- Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall.
We dance together in festival, fellowship hall.
We eat. We embrace. We pray.
Come… Let see what our Good Lord has done… over the hills, through the generations, within the churches. His Great name blossom over nations as daisies over the land, roses, tulips and gardenia smell of fragrance in the morning through the environment into the afternoon of Tuesday & Thursday and days like that.
We talk among cultures, order and political empires about the things of the East and the problems in the South and the worries of the economy. We as people are concerned of our well-being, our safety, our inhabitants and homes for we only see today in our eyes are glancing upon the stars as the distance carries us too far from our conscience and healthy state of minds.
We share our cuisines, hugs our lovers as we pray.
Come… for I will tell you of great mysteries of knowledge and deep waters for I know. Yes, I know, but how am I to understand the voice of deep space which speaks beyond gravity, sunlight & planets.
Who can whisper in the antennas of insects, among the leaves of our daily philodendrons. They lay their eggs among animals; the dog’s high sense of smell and sound touches the wavelength beyond the human measures. The wolves, the bears, coyotes, foxes prance with the deer, giraffe, elks and hyenas who’s the enemy. Who’s the prey? Who hunts? What’s the meal of the day? Why concern ourselves with their blood, the innocence and festive for isn’t this not the ways of nature… kill, death, hunger, domination.
Who feed on meals of kings? Whose maiden dance with the slaves? Who cry, who morns, who prays?
For I came… I saw and I know.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION Isaiah 11: 6-9)
“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”
And yes, the angels rest like new dawn snow, white and pure upon acres and landscape of the field and mountains. They lay wet and moist with the blood of the lamb to reflect the fire of eternal life. This is true; I tell you!
Not just because of the harvest moon in the daylight leaving no night nor signs of our changes of seasons given the wind new direction to the north, south, east and no west. Not just for the fawn or doves or cubs who embrace their reality with the California Kings or Bold Eagles for nations has rest and taste the good news within the harmony of languages. In English, the native from Greek or Latin nor does the colors blend in Spanish dialect, the distance of French and Hassian and let’s not forget the Italian words… oh, no let us not forget the history, the stories, the times yet lost so buried in books, burned in libraries reflections of fire upon acres. Let us not forget the slaves, the Indians, the domestic sex of maiden and housemaids of all colors, creed and nationalities. Let us not forget we taste the sweet, good taste of the original forbidden fruit.
No. Let us eat in the morning with a character of food of sweet honey; the wisdom among the nature who dance with the fire among tribes, the classy waltz and romantic tango. Let us pray in unison for we all who are found here as one in unison at the foot of the cross.
Let us pray in one tongue… Amen.

​THE JOY AND SADNESS OF HUMANITY

 
            You ever suddenly feel sad for no reason? Is this normal? We see our finite lives with limited lens, sometimes it overwhelms us; the reality is that sufferings we witness in this world will at a minimum remain real for our lifetime. Some days this verity depresses our spirit. Depression is a reality within Christianity. It’s the only thing which makes sense. Rape, war, abuse, molestation, robbery, murder, lying, deceit, foul language, idolatry, prostitution, addiction, fear, worries, doubts, pain, suffering… meaningless, ridiculous ever-growing sin, much as weeds within a beautiful garden; these meaningless acts of disobedience from the very beginning. The acts of rebellion upon dawn of creation. Did it stop our existence? No. Is the truth about this fact good? Yes. It reflects grace beyond understanding leading our being towards eternal peace which those who seek and gain salvation shall inherit. God saw it still fit to intercede and safe us within this creation of destruction which we brought upon ourselves. This simple merit of truth gives life all it’s meaning of beauty. Yet, some days we are witnessing the repugnant of human nature and see that it is sad… good, but sad.
            The prophet Elijaha set out to proof the existence of God. He was a hero among the men of faith who set out to remove all doubt of rather or not he did in fact serve the one and only true God. The testimony of his story revealing fire coming out from above in the skies through the very gates of Heaven itself. His story can be found in the Bible in I Kings Chapter 17- II Kings Chapter 2. Read the scriptures if you are curious about this prophet and history of our world according to the Word of God. I want to focus on the scripture at this point in I Kings 19: 11-13 and point out a moral.
            “The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by’. Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Here we see God revealing His true nature. Forever calm as daylight. He still embraces the comfort of life as a river of freshwater flowing through the currents. In the gentleness of the wind, we hear God voice. Here Elijah connects with the ever-true God existence who understands his dilemma at that very moment and came to him in reassurance. God his creator was at that moment God his friend. Jesus our redeemer and Messiah is also Jesus our friend in dark times of trouble, despair, sorrow and pain.
            The prophet Elijah established the existence of the living, true God and Queen Jezebel despised him still and hated his ministry and testimony of the true Lord and wanted him dead. Is this any different from the Pharoah of Egypt who took himself and his entire army to drawn to death in the Red Sea? This was done after he witness ten different plagues from the true God after the testimony of Moses’s name came to him for the freedom of God’s people from slavery. Is this hardening of the heart any different from King Ceaser who stood as a man representing the law which assist Pilate the governor who stand as authority and washes his hands from the innocent blood of Jesus Christ then watches him be put to a brutal death by crucifixion under the laws of the Jews. Why would this hardening of the hearts be even different; thus, the blindness of spiritual eyes and coldness within human nature which reflect pure hatred. Humans witness the history of millions of lives of the Jewish faith at the Holocaust as well as innocent blood of black slavery through generations within U.S.A. soil. We witness a deep dark evil which remains in this world since the dawning of time, beginning of humanity, deceitful crafty language of a serpent, why would this nature change or be different today. Jesus is still here. The Holy Spirit still resurrects being and washes away sin. The gate of Heaven still open doors of eternity for those who are able to accept the grace from the cross and waltzes into everlasting redemption. Salvation still exists. And the unnecessary wickedness is still here on Earth, and it is still sad.

​Who is the man in the mirror?

            I remember distinctively within the first 90 days after I married my wife that I actually sat in a chair across from her and respectfully asked if she had considered the reality that we would be within each other’s lives everyday for all the days eternally within our lives here on Earth? She looked at me with her honest eyes and answered, “Yes.”
            I had not thought that far ahead. Sure, I loved her. And today, almost 20 yrs. into our marriage, I am still in love with her. Nevertheless, the thought of time; the idea that this one being will be forever present… did I want to escape… did I feel trapped? What does it mean for us to be in an eternal presence of a single living being outside of ourselves; outside our range of consciousness for all eternity?
            This is the reality of dying and knowing God for ever in Heaven. Does one feel alone as if it’s just them and this eternal being? Sure, they will be angels & Saints there, and we may see and become aware of ancestors whom we did not know, plus Mom & Dad and siblings… I hope, or I think I hope my friends and loved ones, celebrities which I’ve witnessed here while here on Earth, historical people such as Abrahm Lincoln or Martin Luther King. I will see Jesus. He will be a separate entity from God, the Father…right… sitting at the right hand of His throne. This reveals an environment of a community of a heavenly family, a culture, a home. Could I live alone here on Earth with my pet dog? I have a cat. The house seems actually quiet and empty when it’s just me and the cat, at home. When my wife and son are not here in the house, I am aware that I am alone. It’s just myself and God. And that’s okay. But I’m not dead. I mean I can turn on the television of listen to the music; if I want to hear other people, although they won’t be real or in my immediate presence environment. I often read when I’m alone, or color, or draw, sometimes I write. Will I still be writing in Heaven. What does it mean to be consciously aware of one external being for all eternity; whom I’m aware of in a creation within my living senses of feel, smell, taste, hear and see? I hope that being loves me.