The God of Jacob is Our God

 “ Though it may seem elementary or self-evident to state it, to be a Christian means to be in conscious covenant relationship with Israel’s God.  An abstract “belief in God” is far removed from faith in the God of the Bible; He is not to be relegated to man’s concept of Him.  He identifies Himself as the “God of Jacob.”  It is only in this God-specified concreteness that He can function as God for the Gentiles.  To reject that particularity is in fact to reject God and  forfeit the benefit of that relationship. “. Art Katz 

We, gentile believers are grafted into THEIR vine, made a part of THEIR commonwealth, blessed to be included in THEIR covenant and promises.

THE GOD OF JACOB IS GOD MOST HIGH!  By the grace of God He is our God. As the times of the end approach we gentiles will be given more and more opportunities to show our appreciation to a people who will be targeted for and by the wrath of the anti christ more and more. Our association with them will make us targets! Disassociating from them will be the cowards way out and will invoke the ultimate wrath of God, “DEPART FROM ME I NEVER KNEW YOU!”

Trauma Bond

 Stranger Things (the TV series) had a good emphasis on trauma bonding among the young people.

I just finished the series so it is fresh in my mind. 

Art Katz has another great message to listen to. "Israel the Suffering Servant".  Listening to it and thinking about trauma bonding.  

We have that with the Messiah of Israel when we are going through persecution because of living a life that reflects His nature and character.  Israel and Jews will have that with us as we walk through the tribulation together.  Israel will have it with their Messiah when as Zechariah prophecies they see HIM who they have pierced.

Amen, maranatha.

http://artkatzministries.org/audio-messages/k-325-israel-the-suffering-servant/

Bringing His Presence

 Delay is not failure.  The Messiah of Israel will be the Savior of Israel, saving them from their enemies.  Delay is not failure.

Obedience - believing loyalty - Absolute surrender to God - will make way for the presence of God.  Calling for His presence,

Singing for His presence, 

without the conditions He has put down in writing, is a train going nowhere.

ELEVEN

 In 1974 the federal government, defense department division, ran terrifying experiments on children. Read that again!

America was never great!

Manifest Destiny is a horrible lie made up to justify killing, raping, lying to the people who had already settled in this land.

Greed, Consumerism, lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life, the principalities assigned to this region are obvious and very evil. 

One day they will be destroyed by the rock of GOD’s Kingdom, meanwhile those who cry out for true justice, know that their cry WILL NOT BE ANSWERED IN THIS EVIL AGE, so they cry , Maranatha!

Facts

 Facts; followers of the Messiah of Israel live in this evil age as strangers and pilgrims; we recognize the depraved evil so prevalent in this world and do what we can to be His light and His righteousness in a wicked generation; there will be no,make anything great again, in this evil age; we are on the fast track to true justice and true peace but on the way there (in the next 8-10 years) there will be an abundance of false peace and false “messiahs” and if all you want is “your best life now” you will fall for it like a house of cards; the pre-trib rapture is the first lie you have to crucify; Paul, the Apostles and all the martyrs throughout history and this past week scream very loudly the followers of the crucified Messiah stay faithful till the end no matter the cost!!

REALITY

 This was meant to be an honest, open look into my life. 

My wife is going through the “fire swamp” quick sand, random fire releases, rodents of unusual size, (“Princess Bride” reference) and she needs a loving man by her side, instead she has me.  Self-centered, whiny, and just an absolute amateur at being supportive. I FAIL HER!

My kids have had a dad who listened to wrong voices and over-disciplined them, to the point of being an asshole.  In many ways they are still recovering.

My co-workers have seen an irritable, cussing, slow-moving dude.

I grumble and complain more than any human I know. 

My fellow “church goers” have seen a manic driven boisterous, cursing, life-of-the-party, comedian, speaking out of turn.

Pray for me, I’ll pray for you.

Stranger Things

 I know I am very late to the party on this one.

Stranger Things is a Netflix TV show that ran for 6 seasons and ended this year.

The beauty that I see in it is these teen-agers,(a made up category in Western civilizations, that is actually historically, a young adult) NOW have a True and Deep and Powerful PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES.

I have seen a great change in my own teen-age son as God revealed to him HIS purpose for my son's life.

I believe this is the absolute key!  We must be able to communicate to the teens that God has an amazing, life and death purpose for their lives as part of the gospel.

Let's Go!