Part II Revelation translated by Bible Symbols

Rev 8:1  And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 

This corresponds to the last of the 4 HORSEMEN, the pea green sick HORSE. The “beast” our angel, Michael rides out of Heaven is a horse. The move from the PURE CHURCH began by people calling those who followed Christ, Christian. THE RED HORSEMAN sits on his horse and watches His enemies kill his enemies, His Sword is the Holy Spirit. But when the JUDGMENT SITS IN HEAVEN, and God begins to judge the Church of Laodicea. The angel tells us to “Buy of gold tried in the fire”

In order for gold to be ‘cleaned” it has to be torched to high degree to remove the impurities, of “our character”. Tower in the Hebrew, means “assayer of metal.” It is understood the First Kingdom of Babylon, was purified, when the King of Babylon, had experienced 7 years of being tied to a tree, eating like cattle, and insane. It was then, the first KINGDOM BABYLON could be called the GOLDEN KINGDOM. The King of Babylon bowed down to the GOD OF DANIEL You can read the story of King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon in Daniel. And the King of Egypt would eventually figure out he was no match for the GREAT I AM.

Horse is beast, or Kingdom of Truth, we set our King to ride on. The Rider on the Green, sick, pea green horse, says to earth, Rev 3:16 “Since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth.” Maybe that is why He says, like an angel, from heaven: Rev 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you don’t participate in her sins and also suffer from her diseases.” (Revelation 18)

Revelation 8:7  The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 

Seven “Lights’ /stars/ messengers/ Angels in our picture of God’s Courtroom they are the “candles” or “light” above Gods Throne

Notice the “candles” painted by the artist, above the Head of God

The symbol of the Seven Angels/Seven Lights/ Seven Angels who “sound” like a Bugle boy, sending a message at night, called “TAPS” that is played at bedtime to say, ” All is well, good night. Time to rest.”

Image Gods Angels, with six wings, seraphims, the highest order of His Angels, also surrounding our earth, in clouds, ready and eager to help and warn us.

THE SYMBOLS HAIL, FIRE, BLOOD and THUNDER go together in the Story of Moses in Egypt with his brother Aaron, attempting to explain, they come in the name of the GREAT I AM GOD.

Let’s listen to the narrative between Moses speaking to Pharaoh in the book of EXODUS about the plague God is going to send with rain, hail, lightning that runs across the ground,] and burns up dry brush and it causes death, and blood.

In reality we have these storms growing more and more in dry places, where the lighting causes the fire and burns huge acres. It was true in the day of Pharaoh too.

Exo_9:18  Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

Exo_9:19  Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

Exo_9:22  And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

Exo_9:23  And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Exo_9:24  So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Exo_9:25  And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

Exo_9:26  Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. [There was no death in the camp of the Israel,  their cattle and children had been brought inside their houses, but Pharaoh ignored the WARNING]

“The children of Israel” got their name from Jacob, the son of Isaac who was the son of Abraham. The name signifies, Jacob has wrestled with someone, and asked for a blessing when the sun came up and he realized he was wrestling with a Holy Angel.

Jacob Wrestles with God and Jacob
Gen 32:22  And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 
Gen 32:23  And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 
Gen 32:24  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 
Gen 32:25  And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 
Gen 32:26  And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 
Gen 32:27  And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 
Gen 32:28  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 
Gen 32:29  And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

This has led us to understand the NAME of ISRAEL was given to Jacob and sons and daughters of Jacob, because he was blessed, “for as a Prince hast thou power with God and with men, and has prevailed.”

These stories that come out searching for Bible Symbols, reminds us that we too, are given power with God and men for “as a Prince” Jacob and we can too, prevail.

When we “wrestle” with our angel, our of fear, or in the moonless night like I did. I got up to study my Bible and find comfort in a family crisis. I was awakened from time to time about 3 a.m. in what I would call “a panic attack.” By reading my favorite book, THE DESIRE OF AGES the story of Jesus, I could usually go to sleep after reading one chapeter. But as I walked across floor, after turning on a light, I shook my fist at God and said, “GO TO HELL, THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR ME.”

IMMEDIATELY, the the one light I had turned on WENT OUT, and I found myself laughing, as I walked towards my Bible. He knew I was thinking, “I don’t want to live in spiritual darkness!” That night I opened my Bible and began to read, the exact message I needed to learn in Philippians 2 on how to agree with your enemy. I was to esteem them higher than myself. I was to look out after their best good. And that would mean I would have to “give” up my selfish interest, in the job we have found when we needed one because we had lost a million dollars, after my husband retired from dentistry at the age of 38.

1985 became a turning point in how we could trust GOD, and somehow work with with HIM, to help us get out of debt. And I found a job first, and my husband became Mr. Mom. That is another story. But we wrestled with GOD, and let Him win.

You too can wrestle with the unseen enemy and find you are in good hands, your angel is YOUR FRIEND.

Listen for the changes of VOICES in the writings of the POETS. Pharaoh, asks Moses to contact the LORD, for he has seen enough destruction of his own cattle and people, by hail, fire and death (blood).

Exo_9:28  Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Exo_9:29  And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’S.

Exo_9:33  And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.[AND FIRE]

Exo_9:34  And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

We could stop here and say, GOD SENt THE JUDGMENTS and Pharaoh did not take them seriously. They caused destruction, death associated with the loss of blood.

Simply HAIL, BLOOD, and FIRE judgments did not come to land of Goshen, where the name ISRAEL, means “wrestled with God”

Gen 32:24  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 
Gen 32:25  And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 
Gen 32:26  And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 
Gen 32:27  And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 
Gen 32:28  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 

This sounds more to me like an indian who “wrestles with his spirit within his heart.” And Jacob wanted to know his name. And the angel said, “Why do you want to know my name? I blessed you.

Gen 32:29  And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 

I am not a prophet, nor the daughter of prophet, the reason I had time to study, rather than worry, was given to me as a blessing. As the covid virus wears us down, the study of Bible Symbols and and wrestling with God, may be the very thing you need too. Having time, having trouble like Jacob did with Esau just shows us that there is nothing new under the sun.

GOD UNDERSTANDS AND CARES FOR YOU WHO WRESTLE WITH JACOB and the KINGS OF EARTH who wrestle with THE PROPHETS MOSES AND AARON, ABRAHAM AND ISAAC.

WHEN IT COMES YOUR TIMES TO FACE THE PROPHET, KNOW HE IS WILLING TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS, TO SET YOU FREE FROM SLAVERY TO THE DEVIL.

A Unique Method to Study Revelation Part I. Ask me the question, “Who is he?”

Rev 1:3  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Wikipedia Common File The Best impression of the LAMB OF GOD SLAIN FROM BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN

Studying prophecy by identifying words that are Bible Symbols is very unique and simple with a Bible Search Engine. Where words change Bible symbols remain the same. It is as if God knew we would be able to find computer entries to do Bible research which would boggle our minds, as we are taken into His Courtroom and are introduced to those who are there, including one very special symbol of you and I, the Sons and Daughters of God is there. Can you find that symbol in the picture of Gods Courtroom in Heaven? Can you find the “seven angels?” Can you image God bringing these ancient men with Him on a cloud at HIS SECOND COMING like an asteroid on fire? These are questions you can ask like who, what, when, why and how God shows HE CARES.

For Example in Revelation 8:1-2  “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

We have 10 words that are Bible Symbols or figures and the number seven is repeated three times, which is God’s way of emphasizing that particular number 777 which defines His Godhead in agreement like three with one purpose to glorify G-O-D.

1. he 2. opened 3. seventh 4. seal 5. silence in heaven half an hour 6. seven 7. angels 8. stood before God. 9. seven 10. trumpets. 

  The Scroll and the Lamb – There was “silence in heaven about the space of half an hour” but now we are prepared to hear the “loud voices” of seven Trumpets, but trumpets can’t talk, but they can send messages, like the Bugle Boy who wakes the army with “revelary.”

Rev 5:1  And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 

Rev 5:2  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 

Rev 5:3  And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 

Rev 5:4  And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 

Rev 5:5  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 

Rev 5:6  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 

Rev 5:7  And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 

Rev 5:8  And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. [Even the elders are holding our prayers in their hands]

Rev 5:9  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Rev 5:10  And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 

Rev 5:11  And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Rev 5:12  Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Rev 5:13  And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 

Rev 5:14  And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. 

Our first symbol was the word “he” but “he” has now become much more, because GOD’s Courtroom in Heaven has made the decision that All blessings and honor, and glory and power has been given to THE LAMB forever and ever!

The Great Controversy between of Michael the Archangel against Lucifer on an Archangel is over. “The King of Babylon” Lucifer has been exposed in Revelation 9:11 as “THE KING OF THE DESTROYERS.” who “thinks” to change the times and laws of Gods Government in Daniel 7:25

Prophets are poets, and you have to listen carefully to the“change” in “voices” and “who is talking.”  Are the “trumpets” talking? or have they woken up a new understanding for our day, the very last of the last days in the time of the end?

• 2. Opened: These prophecies were opened on 9-11-2001. They could not be understood, until the Lamb opened the final and last 7th Seal on the 7 sealed scroll. There was something yet to be “understood” in the very “last days of earth’s history.”
• 3. Seventh or Seven: 7^th seal, 7 angels, 7 trumpets 777 repeating is Gods way of teaching and pointing us back to the 6 days he created  our planet, sun, moon and stars, and rested on the evening of the 7^th day. 
• 4. Seal: A “seal” has been used in all the ages, as a “mark” of authority, or allegiance to an authority. King Nebuchadnezzar wanted a statue made of himself, and “he” asked his loyal subjects to bow down to his “image.” Today we might say, Do not take the “Mark of the Beast.” And when God puts His seal on His Government, He just dies to remind us, He has the keys to eternal life, “if” we believe, He died, rose again and that means He is Coming back to take more of us to Heaven, like he took Enoch, Moses and Elijah to Heaven.  God’s seal of authority is found in the Laws of Love to God and man, in His Commandments. No other Government can say, “I want to know who is “loyal” to me and who will take “the chip” to prove you will be “Loyal” to my government. Jeremiah “sealed” the two copies of “his” deeds to own a piece of property in Jerusalem, one was open to read, study and understand, the other was “sealed” until the men who “sealed” the deal, would be there to identify and break “their” seal. Copies had to be made before a computer was invented to scan and make copies. Jesus the Lamb of God is worthy to open the “sealed scroll” to announce He has left Heaven and He is coming in the clouds.
• What President would love to know, that each constituent in His Kingdom “worships him” voluntarily, out of love, dignity and respect for His Government and Justice within boundaries for all?
• 5 & 6 The “silence” in heaven for about half an hour explains why the heavenly beings, were in shock and awe, as the final vote came in for the “King of Babylon” to be exposed, and the antichrist revealed. In Daniel 7:25 we have an answer to who the “one” is behind “changing the times and laws” of God. Dan 7:25  And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 

Dan 7:26  But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. Dan 7:27  And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 

• 3. 7. & 10 are all about 777 The perfect number of God.
• 8. Angels: Exo 23:20  Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21  Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23:22  But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.  Angels are one of my favorite symbols. When I have an angel who will be an enemy to my enemy and adversary to my adversaries, I can try to feel “fearless.”
  • Here is my personal testimony because there were times when I worried, but it didn’t do any good. There were times I wondered if God would come through, because he never comes early and is never late on his time schedule. I did argue with God when family problems overwhelmed me. Why did our family seemed to be divided rather than united. We did choose to obey, rather than “sin” or get “revenge” we gave into the best path we could chose and it meant, being unselfish, and giving away “the job” we had and needed. The rest of the story is, it ended up with a divorce between my husband and I. However, he did the right thing and “gave away our job.” We tried to “smile” and be happy to be setting in church as a family, but “my smile” was misread and the one who helped us lose our job said, “Connie, hates me.” But she couldn’t read my mind and know that “being together” in church, was to me, a beginning of a new chapter in unity, not division. My brother and his family decided to drive to another church across town, rather than stay and work out the bumps in our relationship. This business of “judging” the “motives” gives GOD  the supreme credit for He alone can read our minds and he knows our motives.]
• 9 Stood Before God Judgement Day has come. We individually stand before God and before Moses, Elijah, Saints and Prophets. Jesus is our judge, He holds our prayers in His nail scarred hands. He stands before God and pleads our case. God can only see, the cost of pain and suffering as Jesus purchased our freedom to live within the boundaries of a very benevolent, unselfish, kind King.
• 10. Trumpets do not “talk” however the Bugle Boys “sound” the “taps” to remind us “It is time to go to sleep” and they “sound” revelary “It is time to wake up.” The trumpets sounded every day in Jerusalem when the morning and evening sacrifice was made. It made the children and Grandmas dance in the street to know, “their sins had been forgiven” and “when we pray ask God to forgive us” “He hears and answers our prayers for “peace of mind.” And if you don’t “feel” the “peace” go open your Bible and read, until you do.

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:  That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. (Mark 4:11-12).

According to Jesus, if his own disciples would teach His words, the blind would see, the dumb would hear, and at any time they would be converted and their sins would be forgiven.

To Face Death With the Courage of Daniel

Wall of Babylon where Daniel faced a death penalty under the rulership of King Nebuchadnezzar. The backed tile relief is now in the Berlin Museum.

“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known to me now the king’s matter.” Daniel 2:23

Our God is, and He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Daniel sought the Lord when the decree went forth to slay all the wise men of the kingdom of Babylon because they could not relate or interpret a dream which had gone from the king’s mind. Nebuchadnezzar demanded not only the interpretation of the dream, but the elation of the dream itself. . . .They declared that the request of the king was something unreasonable, and the test beyond that which had ever been required of any man. The king became furious, and acted like all men who have great power and uncontrollable passions. He decided that every one of them should be put to death, and as Daniel and his fellows were numbered with the wise men, they also were to share this fate. . . .

Daniel came before the king, and pleaded for time to bring this matter before the supreme court of the universe, from whose decision there could be no appeal. When his request was granted, Daniel laid the whole matter before his companions, who were united with him in worshiping the true God. The matter was fully considered, and on their bended knees they pleaded that God would give them the power and wisdom that would aone avail them in their great necessity. . .

“Then was the secret revealed to DA

niel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.” . . .I would impress upon the youth that Daniel’s God is their God, and whatever difficulty may arise, let them do as did Daniel, “desire mercies of the God of heaven.”

God will not fail His church in the hour of her greatest peril. He has promised deliverance.

To Lift the Standard High

Why such chaos and confusion about GODS LOVE AND LAWS for mankind?

Perplexities will increase; but let us , as believers in God, encourage one another. Let us not lower the standard, but keep it lifted high, looking to Him who is the Author and Finisher of our faith.

We all need greater Christian courage, that we my uplift the standards on which is inscribed the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. We are to make no compromise with the leaders of rebellion. . . . We must have a firm determination to do the Lord’s will at all times and in all places.

Let the truth for this time be cordially received and become the basis of character, and it will produce steadfastness of purpose, which the allurements of pleasure, the fickleness of custom, the contempt of the world-loving and the heart’s own clamors of self indulgence are powerless to influence. . . .We have marked illustrations of the sustaining power of firm, religious principle. Even the fear of death could not make the fainting David drink of the water of Bethlehem, to obtain which, valiant men had risked their lives. The gaping lions’ den could not keep Daniel from is daily prayers, nor could the fiery furnace induce Sharach and his companions to fall down before the idol which Nebuchadnezzar set up. Young men who have firm principles with hate pleasure, defy pain, and brave even the lions’ den and the heated fiery furnace rather than be found untrue to God.

Let it be written upon the conscience as with a pen of iron upon the rock, that real success, whether for this life or for the life to come, can be secured only by faithful adherence to the eternal principles of right.

These quote from the SONS and DAUGHTERS of GOD, by Ellen White both relax the muscles in my neck, but present a challenge and I want no regrets about the time I have living on this earth, knowing this is not my final destination.

Somehow the burden of accepting my desire to live by the right principles has become a reality with my conscience wanting to be right with God and mankind.

When my conscience does not bother me, I can sleep well at night. And when the thunder, lightening and hail threaten to bring down its destruction, I too can place my life in the hands of a creator who knows I love Him, because He first loved me.

The word Babylon means babble or confusion. We have been so blessed to have our national parks, mountains, steams and protected areas to help us realize what all GOD has done for us in creating the EVIDENCE of HIS LOVE. In each flower comes a flow of colors, shapes, designs that boggles my mind. And in “HIS ORDER” and in “HIS TIME” He has won me over to know, He can create and He can destroy those who destroy His creations.

What a senseless pack of wolves can destroy, in an effort to find food, at least seems to make nature eat only what it needs. But when men purposely “destroy” anything, they can get their hands on, what kind of WORLD would want to hire these kind of people?

I remember playing with Grandpas spray bottle of shaving cream. My sister and I wanted to make it throw a stream of cream. But when its caked tube broke loose it shot up into the air and stuck on the roof of the bathroom. . . . until the day I returned as a married mother, and looked up at the ceiling and there that childhood blunder continued to haunt me. Thankfully that prank was was only a stain most would not claim as done by two little girls. But it is a reminder of how our “mistakes” must be “forgiven” by the God of Heaven.

And when I get to heaven, I want to think a time will come when we sit around his “hot rocks” and wonder why “our angel” had to take us through “times of danger”, “times of learning”, “times of growing more mature” and “times of being able to laugh at our mistakes and FORGIVE GOD for giving us the RIGHT PLACE and RIGHT FRIENDS who allowed us to improve our character and still be FRIENDS.

To Call Sin by Its Right Name

“And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto Him; and tell me now what what thou hast done; hide it ot from me.” Joshua 7:19

The history of Achan teaches the solemn lesson that for one man’s sin the displeasure of God will rest upon a people or a nation, till the transgression is searched out and punished. Sin is corrupting in its nature. One man infected with its deadly leprosy may communicate the taint to thousands. . . . Many dare not condemn iniquity, lest they shall thereby sacrifice position or popularity. And by some it is considered uncharitable to rebuke sin. The servant of God . . . is under the most solemn obligation to present the Word of God, without fear or favor. He must call sin by its right name. . . .

The love of God will never lead to the belittling of sin; it will never cover or excuse an unconfessed wrong. Achan learned too late that God’s law, like its Author, is unchanging. It has to do with all our acts and thoughts and feelings. It follows us, and reaches every secret spring of action. By indulgence in sin, men are led to lightly regard the law of God. Many conceal their transgressions from their fellow men, and flatter themselves that God will not be strict to mark iniquity. But His law is the great standard of right, and with it every act of life must be compared in that day when God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or evil. Purity of heart will lead to purity of life. All excuses for sin are vain.

[vain:1. appearance or achievements : CONCEITED 2: marked by futility or ineffectualness : UNSUCCESSFUL, USELESS vain efforts to escape 3: having no real value : IDLE, WORTHLESS vain pretensions 4 archaic : FOOLISH, SILLY in vain1: to no end : without success or results efforts were in vain2: in an irreverent or blasphemous manner you shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain— Deuteronomy 5:11 (Revised Standard Version) ]

I could not find “vain” in the Wikipedia Dictionary I had to go to Websters Dictionary to find the word used in the Bible.

Who can plead for the sinner when God testifies against him?

The greatest want of the world is the want of men, -men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

This Ellen G. White quote by a “woman” on the day of July 26, 2020 was encourages us, to have the Courage of Our Convictions.

What can I say about my choice to follow the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? I would rather be thrown into the LIONS DEN then change the LAW OF LIBERTY for all men to be FREE from SLAVERY to the DEMANDS that try to SHAKE MY LOYALTY to MY CREATOR GOD. Give me liberty or give me death. I will NOT TAKE THE CHIP, to PROVE MY LOYALTY to a man, woman or child.

Never until to TODAY did I understand how a pure and Holy Man who healed more than he preached, who sought the comfort of his peers and found it not available. He was pursued by those who knew him not. He was afflicted for my sins. He comes to comfort us like a Mother Hen. And for those who do not know the Mother Hen, she must call her chicks out of the rain, because they will lift up their little heads to see what is happening and the drop of rain will get in their nose and drown them.

When my Grandma turned the eggs, on the hour, day and night, she incubated the eggs, like a Mother hen. If she did not turn the eggs on time, the little chick in the egg would get lopsided and stick to the side of egg and die. After purchasing so many eggs and having the incubator in her bedroom, it would be a financial disaster for her to miss just one turning of the eggs.

When my Mother and Father took us to the farm, to learn about the chickens, I ran out to pet them until I met the Rooster, who pecked me on the knee. Every morning the Rooster would greet the day with his voice calling from the neighbors house a quarter of a mile away and we all knew it was much louder at the farmers house. The call to “Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory, Glory of the Lord” was our dad’s call to get out of our “roost” and “get going” the “day had begun.”

The agrarian life, with farmers, cows, chicks, pigs, ducks, geese, birds who flock together, and the strutting of the male peacock with his finest colors and speckled “eyes” on his tail fan, still greets my eyes with wonder, when he finally lays his “feathers” down so he can continue to wander around.

I truly feel sorry for the city kid who has never seen a skunk. But I feel even more sorry for the city kid, who has not smelled the “mark” of a skunk. City kids might be a likely bunch to want to pet the little skunk bouncing like a jumping kangaroo after its hopping lunch of grasshoppers. I know I did want to have that little black and white kitten to play with, but by the time I saw one, I was old enough to know to keep my distance.

Road kill count: On the way to school that day, was one feathered black and white magpie, one creamed colored cat had not made the right choice of when to cross the city street. Then the remnant of cloth of a lions skin, could not be a possible TIGER, LION or CHEETAH in our neighborhood. But I could report the roadkill count. One bird, one cat, one lion. And that “fact” still makes me feel a bit “vain” or “proud” in finding the humor in the day, and trying hard to not feel the pain of the little critters who died that night.

I tend to error on the side of spelling, grammar and “ain’t education grand” was the quote I found in my sons photo page in the Walla Walla School directory. Forgive me getting an education and then forgetting HOW GRAND IT IS to parade MY MISTAKES…one after another, to an audience who thinks, I might be stealing their jokes at the coffee shop, where I tend to drink the V8, but it has too much sodium and “they caught me there.”

My county cousin was giving me “some bull” by reminding me of the heartaches I caused in “his day,” of observing me and my friend on the other side of the crick (creek). But after 63 years of being a penpal with this red headed kid, then his wife, and life, has never vanished our “freedom” to acknowledge our “mistakes” and to still sign a letter as “Friends Forever and a Day.” I guess that is a plus for those newsy Christmas Letters!

When we had “discussions” at the dinner table between Mom and Dad, I only observed what I thought was “a fight.” Come to find out one evening daddy reviewed the “case” of his choice to buy the old five story mansion down town, or Mother’s choice to build a new home in the neighbor, where a new school was coming and it would be a good choice to not live downtown.

That night daddy represented the $20,000.00 invested in the “new house” and the $20,000.00 that the owners of the old mansion downtown got for selling the antique furniture in the “old house.” That night, there was SILENCE at the table, but Mothers mind was going ablaze like Lucille her middle name and like the red head she was, like Lucille Ball, Mom had caught the mention of “antiques” and she was off to buy them cheap and have daddy buy the machine and make the leg of the little round piano stool, into its perfect price range again.

Man how he worked to please Mom. Her hair brained ideas did pan out when he pinned a plaque on the wooden pole holding up the beds in the loft at the cabin. It read, “I am the Captain of this Ship and I have my Wife’s permission to say so.” He even engraved his name, Manford Ordelheide on the brass. Their fun loving banter became their trade mark, and it was a laugh to see Mom holding the kitchen knife in her hand, threatening dad to behave, or she would not tell him where his golf ball went, after he Teed Off.

That first game of golf Mother, Dad, and little Roger riding on the pull cart, was a game to remember. Mom had taken golfing lessons and she knew she had to remember 14 things to make it work. She refused to be silent and continued to gab her way to the tee box. When he ball zipped through the sky, her assessment of her glee was shattered, and somehow she lost her grip and her club went sailing through the sky like some kind of loose ceiling fan on its own trip.

Part of daddy’s early day off, and rising early with the sun, was his way of letting her sleep in, and golf with men, was surely a way to a peaceful day. Normally he cut the lawn when we were small and “then” he was free to golfing with his brothers or friends. The sounds of lawnmower were our reminder the Rooster in the county was WORSE. At least the lawnmower got silent after a while, but that Rooster could make a sound that would wake up the whole neighborhood.

On a pillar the “cornace” or top part, had a carving of a rooster. But its place in the Three Arches Hotel, was only one of the many reminders of what GOD HAD DONE to the BUILDER of the Y.M.C.A. Jerusaelm International Hotel and active center for the daily parade of children being let off for the day school.

When I entered the old hotel, the first Arch you go through, was created by a man, who truly wished for the world to have a place to gather, under one roof, with dignity and justice for all. By placing these Bible reminders on the cornice of many pillars, in sets of 3, he confounded even me. And I must say, it was life changing to learn, THE FOUR FACES OF EZEKIEL’S VISION, were looking down at me.

I’ve gone this far by faith, but NOW I MUST MENTION THE CARVINGS ON THE FOUR PILLARS are THE LION, THE CALF, THE EAGLE, and ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, is holding His Bible, he is the precher or teacher, the one like the SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD.

THIS MEANS TO YOU AND ME, that “WE” are “THERE” in the COURTROOM of the HEAVENLY BEINGS, who VOTE FOR LUCIFER TO END HIS DESTRUCTION and for us to VOTE FOR MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL TO BE REWARDED with ETERNAL LIFE because when he came as the “only begotten son of the father,” he gave Mary our MESSIAH, with a count of his living chromosomes of 24.

We are given 23 chromosomes from our Father and our Mother making our living chromosome count 46. If one chromosome more is duplicated you have a Downs Syndrome, a child who is “happy” all the time, but lives much of his life as a child-like wonder.

In 1982 the one they call “The Amature Archeologist” found the dried blood of Jesus CHrist, that would lead him to the Ark of the Covenant in a cave near the Garden Tomb, near the PLACE OF THE SKULL on the Hill of Golgatha. Ron Wyatt was snubbed by those who thought in vain, that they could deride his humble find. And Ron Wyatt died knowing someday and some one would go back to bring out the TEN COMMANDMENTS GOD HAD WRITTEN AT MOUNT SINAI with HIS OWN FINGER.

The woman I met in Jerusalem in charge of giving permission for archeological digs, informed me there is not way the Ten Commandments can be duplicated. The signs of aging rock, cannot be duplicated. There is further evidence that “one” might find it and bring it out of hiding and this must happen before JESUS COMES.

The find of the Ten Commandments, that are now “outside” the “box” will be the convincing truth, that “man” has “thought” to change the “times and laws” of God.

Read the REST OF THE STORY, in DANIEL 12, that came true when Israel was surrounded by its enemies in Daniel 11.

The Preacher was leaving the Nursing Home, he looked up to see me and said, “It’s going to get worse.”

When we hear the words “It’s going to get worse” we hear the “negative” and we might “sense” a bit of “fear.” However: The Bible is full of both those living in truth with a “The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.” Psalms 111:10. And there is a peace in the middle of a hurricane, and there is “peace” in our hearts when we “draw warmth from the coldness of others.”

Talking from my own past experiences, it is in times of “fear” at the bedside of my father, going through open heart surgery, with the fa2mily bringing food to the hospital, and grouping around the table with stories of the many times we’ve needed each other. And we still do need a friend. And there are times when we must “walk” alone through the storms .of life.

And “in the time of trouble” Jacob was taking his family towards the home of Esau, and he feared his brother would bring an army to “destroy” him and his family. Instead of “meeting” his brother as an “enemy” he found himself “struggling” with a powerful “enemy” that turned out to be “HIS ANGEL.”

This true story of Jacob: the son of Isaac who was the son of Abraham begins in Genesis 25:19. The two twins would divide our world into two separate “religions” and Jacobs name would be changed to ISRAEL, after fighting with HIS ANGEL, and losing the fight with GODS ANGEL.

When you get to Genesis 32:22 Jacob wrestles with GOD. But don’t skip the 5 chapters, of how Esau “despised his birthright” and sold it to his brother for a pot of hot food. There is enough intrigue and suspense and deception with the help of his mother. This family squabble of “who is loved the most” in a family is worth reading.

Gen_32:28  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

THE NAME GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL comes after we have stuggled with GOD and with MEN and we have prevailed to become the prince and princess of GOD.

BY being adopted into the Family of God, we first must struggle to MEET OUR MAKER. And when we are “humbled” in the sight of our LORD, and know that we are NOT GOD, it ain’t so bad.

And when I find young men and women wishing to meet “their enemy” after they have fought with their angel, it gives me courage to know these “kids.” These children, these youth who wish to find the “peace of mind” as they “struggle” with their angel, their GOD, and they too become a prince and princess of GOD.

Noah, was asked to build a building that would float upon the seas that would cover the earth, and destroy a civilization that had become corrupt. But GOD said He would NEVER SEND ANOTHER FLOOD, and He would place in the sky THE RAINBOW to PROVE HIS TRUTH, and everlasting promise to never cover the earth again with a flood.

When NOAH survived the extinction of the human race and realized how many did not want to get inside GODS ARK, he found rotten grapes and got drunk.

We too are faced with an enormous task of bring a civilization to the knowledge of a GOD WHO CARES ENOUGH to do one spectacular EVENT ON EARTH, that will CONVINCE THE LIVING, that THEY: GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, and GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT in you and I loves everyone, like a brothers and sisters, who become the prince and princess, by adoption into the FAMILY OF GOD.

To those missionaries, who go out to tell the story of how they came from their “name” to be called sons and daughters of God is it because you have wrestled with God. And you know the “cost” of “freedom” is in dying to “self” and purchased by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ the lamb slain from before the World begin.

When we get to heaven and sit on the Mountain to hear our Masters speak of their times “INSIDE THE TENT” planning an event, embedded in the WORD OF GOD, since BEFORE THE EARTH WAS CREATED FROM A DROP OF WATER in Genesis, then we realize THE BOOK that ENDS

WITH A REVELATION FROM GOD, comes with it a HOLY SPIRIT to help us to evolve into a TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP with the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

This spirit within us to share the good news of the gospel is found in Revelation 8:8. Hidden in the words are the “symbols” of His great LOVE for ALL MANKIND, for ALL HE HAS CREATED, and there were no thorns, nothing to prick our fingers, no stingers on the bees, no stickers on the rose bush, no ants to bite, no mosquitoes to fear, no floods, NO DANGER.

And if we can get along in a perfect GARDEN OF EDEN, with perfect LAWN with no “weeds” we will find OUR CREATOR at the CENTER OF HIS KINGDOM, sitting on a rock, inviting us to “SIT DOWN HERE” beside me and Let’s talk.

THE REWARD for NOT DESTROYING GODS CREATION ON EARTH, and not destroying each other, is ETERNAL LIFE IN A PERFECT WORLD, with pure clean water, with THE TREE OF LIFE where food is free and we have friends we can trust with all our hearts and live there FOREVER AND A DAY.

TODAY: Do not be ashamed of what all GOD has to DO, to bring us to HIM, and FIGHT LIKE JACOB DID WITH HIS ANGEL, until GOD wins.

Praise the Lord for the YOUTH who will FINISH THE WORK, while they try to EXPLAIN the VISION OF GOD, to SAVE TO THE UTMOST all who call upon HIS NAME.

GODS LEFT HIS PROMISE, that THEY WOULD BE OUR SANCTUARY, that THEY WOULD SEND ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN TO OUR RESCUE, just like they could have taken Jesus off the cross.

BUT THE EXAMPLE OF HIS SUFFERING, means HE UNDERSTANDS OUR SUFFERING and HE LOVES HIS DISCIPLES because HE LOVED US FIRST and when we suffer enough to take HIS HAND and SHARE HIM WITH OTHERS, we become part of the FAMILY OF GOD.

Will it be you, who He sends to share the GOOD NEWS, we must suffer a bit, to understand, “we” are NOT GOD. . . .and THAT’S OK….HES GOT OUR BACK!

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PILGRIMS we are on a journey of our own

But only GOD can atone and take the “blame” for our sins against Him and His Kingdom.

Help us to never “destroy” whatever GOD has “MADE”

Help us to not fade into the background of what all is going on in the WORLD, to discourage us from taking up our CROSS and following HIM and HIS PLAN for our LIFE to become HIS DISCIPLE TOO.

“So send I you to help the broken hearted, to set the captive free, and bring HIS PEACE that reaches to ETERNITY into the hearts of those who are slaves . . .to other gods.

THE MARCH OF PEACE has a way to reach around the UNIVERSE, to graps the WORLDS who have only know the love and trust of THEIR CREATOR GOD. WHILE THEY WATCH this TEST OF THE TRUE GOD on our earth, they can now see HOW THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSE would be torn in shreds and their lives destroyed, their gardens invaded by pests, and they too would wonder WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP!

The inhabited WORLDS, planets, THIS SPECTACULAR CONTROVERSY between GODS ANGEL MICHAEL and GODS ANGEL LUCIFER once equal to IN POWER and POSITION in HEAVEN, were given the CHARGE to KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, the basis for GODS GOVERNMENT.

But, Lucifer thought that those IN POWER, should be able to CHANGE THE TIMES AND LAWS OF GOD, LUCIFER THOUGH HIS POSITION allowed him, to be above the laws.

And now those in position, who wish be ABOVE THE LAWS so those in POWER have the right to CHANGE THE TIMES AND LAWS OF GOD, find themselves FIGHTING AGAINST GRAVITY, and SCIENCE and the technology of G-O-D.

Yes, we will have all the powers of the Sons and Daughters of GOD, but we will NOT WISH TO CHANGE THE LAWS OF LOVE WRITTEN to show honor and glory to OUR CREATOR.

Though “movies” would you to “think” WE WORSHIP AN ANGRY GOD WHO WISHES TO DESTROY US: and throw a TIDAL WAVE OVER NEW YORK CITY, THIS IS A LIE, THIS IS NOT OUR GOD in fact: YOU MUST NOW KNOW THE TRUTH:

LISTEN TO THIS VERSE:

Rev 8:8  And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 
Rev 8:9  And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 

THIS NAUTICAL TALE OF NEW YORK CITY, and the attack on Washington D. C. by a “third world army” is the work of LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS, and those who “think” that DESTROYING OTHERS will bring us to WORSHIP LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS?

The devil wants YOU TO FEAR…FEAR

HE WANTS YOU THINK G_O_D WANTS TO DESTROY YOU…because LUcifer has LOST THE TEST CASE ON EARTH, when he helped men to CRUCIFY his best friend Michael the Archangel, who sided with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit to DEFEND THE LAWS THAT MAKE THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD, a choice. NOT A DEMAND.

And when you chose to follow Christ and His angels, you chose the right path to your safety IN HIS LOVE and we will FORGIVE HIM, for placing us IN HIS ARMY, to DEFEND THE FREEDOM HE GAVE US, to TRUST AND OBEY HIM, rather than to destroy.

THIS WORLD WIDE CHAOS AND CONFUSION happened in BABYLON, and GOD confused our languages, and small tribes began to group together around the ever expanding world, as CIVILIZATION grew and then the ISLAND OF AMERICAN came to be the LAST WORD in a place to expand, grow and LOVE LIBERTY.

WHEN USA become a place with powerful men with money, being used to CREATE CHAOS and CONFUSION and DESTRUCTION… we have become LIKE BABYLON and we NEED A SAVIOUR and GOD IS SHOWING US TODAY, what six thousands YEARS can DO TO A PLANT, that wishes to SELF-DESTRUCT.

WHY IS LUCIFER ANGRY? Because he took part in killing the SON OF GOD.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS IN PROPHECY:

The Time of the End
Dan 12:1  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 

YES, When you were born you were born into a sinful world. And when you become of age, you wish to be “born again” and you wish to repent of your “sins” to get rid of your “guilty feelings”. GOD gave you a CONSCIENCE and if you do not like what you have done, you can go to him in prayer and ask GOD to do the punishment on you, that you need to help yourself become HIS FRIEND.

Dan 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

THIS PROMISE WRITTEN BY DANIEL in BABYLON, looked forward to the LAST of the LAST DAYS. The days we are living in right now.

This is a PROMISE OF GOD, to make a SPECIAL RESURRECTION of those who helped Lucifer CRUCIFY JESUS CHRIST.

In the LAST DAYS LUCIFER will have to expose himself, as the one who wished to “THINK HE COULD CHANGE THE TIMES AND LAWS OF GOD.”

THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD IS BEING EXAMINED and why would folks want to know THE KING OF KING AND LORD OF LORDS and why we sing GREAT AND MARVELOUS IS OUR GOD, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,

JUST AND TRUE ARE HIS WAYS, THOU KING OF SAINTS.

WHO SHALL NOT FEAR THEE O LORD?

WHO SHALL NOT FEAR THEE O LORD?

WHO SHALL NOT FEAR THEE O LORD?

For Thy Righteousness HAD BEEN MADE KNOWN.

Why blame GOD for your problems?

Why not blame YOURSELF…for the problems you have brought upon YOURSELF?

And when you recognize YOUR SIN, YOU can turn to HIM….and when you see your JESUS as your sin-pardoning FRIEND, full of forgiveness and wishing to make you HIS FRIEND AGAIN…then you can understand why…we wish to be there with YOU in HEAVEN and return to the good old days, when we were KIDS AGAIN, bounding through the Rocky Mountains in the red jeep, pausing now and then to wander over the rocks and ruins of those heros.

They are gone those who made this legend, BUT THEIR SPIRIT REMAINS broken, rotted and weathered.

Can we come back to the SPIRIT of WORKING TOGETHER when we see those have been resurrected in the prophecy of DANIEL 12? Those Pioneers who brought us back TO THE BIBLE, BACK TO THE SAVIOUR, and BACK TO BE UNSELFISH, with our LOVE FOR GOD AND MANKIND?

There is more to say, more to study and more to be gained by making friends instead of enemies. There is more to FEAR ….THAN A GOD….who gives HIS LIFE for sinners who find HIM a FRIEND not an enemy.

GIVE THIS THOUGHT a rest….that destroying what all GOD HAS MADE TO BE A BLESSING, must COME TO AN END.

And I believe we KNOW, that rulers who rule by force, deserve to be treated as they have treated others. And Lucifer who moves MEN TO DESTROY will ultimately have to walk on this earth, that he and his angels have destroyed for a thousand years.

This is why the Second Coming of JESUS IN THE CLOUDS, comes to lift us off this EARTH, and TAKE US to the HOMES HE HAS MADE FOR US to grow YOUNG AGAIN, and feel LIFE AGAIN, and FEEL LOVE AS IT SHOULD BE….on earth, as it is in HEAVEN.

DON’T commit adultery against YOUR GOD, for JESUS CALLS HIMSELF THE BRIDEGROOM and YOU ARE HIS BRIDE, HIS CHURCH, and all who call upon the Name of JESUS, will be saved, in the LAST DAYS.

The cross is erected in our home. The members of the family become members of the royal family above, children of the heavenly King.

John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, “When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.”

I AM reluctant to share my desire to be accepted by God and man.

My Freedom to speak of my longing for THE WORLD to find its peace in becoming a kind of hero: who is willing to “hurt” and console “the hurting” without “receiving” a “reward on earth.” Makes me stand aside and watch the tide ebb and flow. Lonely people, standing on a rock, watching the water twirl and swirl below our feet. What is man that Thou art mindful of him or her?

In church school I learned more and more about a God, who lived with the people, in His Sanctuary, where the Holy Men could learn how to judge evil and bring a congregation to “hate” evil and “love” goodness.

The every changing “rules” of mankind, swirl like a pendulum from left to right, leaving a generation to decide “how” to “rule” and bring “peace” out of “strife.”

But Central to mankind is to be accepted, “just as I am.” With “me” being the “one” wanting to be accepted. The GREAT I AM GOD, gave Moses and Aaron permission to relieve those who were suffering from “SLAVERY” to live and exhibit “FREEDOM.”

The CALL TO COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE rings with the excitement, to not follow the “mindless” crowd, like lemmings heading over a cliff.

And my greatest desire was TO TEACH the SOURCE OF TRUTH found in a GOD, who SENT HIS SON into an imperfect world of men, who would be REJECTED and FOUND GUILTY of SIN, which is THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.

THE LAW that condemns “evil” brings the “curse” of DEATH.

BUT THE LAW GIVER seeks for us to understand the underlying cause of sin, is “thinking we can change the times and laws of God.”

THE LAW OF GOD is like the law of “gravity.” When we “sins” and walk away from THE TRUTH, THE WAY and THE LIFE we find ourselves deep in social, mental, physical and spiritual problems. AND IN THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING, we find ourselves SEEKING PEACE OF MIND.

And I tried to TEACH MY FRIENDS at church, the point, at which we “walk away from suffering” is in UNDERSTANDING “it takes time” to “grow”, “learn” and EXPERIENCE LIFE. LIVE AND LEARN.

Then it became apparent, the only one who truly understood “me” was My Creator, My Dad. His death ended the flow of his ability to help his erring family. His counsel was not taken or considered and he died a slow and painful death of bone cancer. For over three years he watched his family decay into factions, where before we had no divisions.

So, today as I watch my dear friend and husband go into HOSPICE and decline to know who or what is happening around him, my touch, “me” being there for “him” consoles him. And as caregiver, this ability for Terry to know he is loved, is about the best “thing” I can give him. For its is not in “riches” or “cars” or “houses” that I find this “gift” of “being needed” is fulfilled, in loving a man who has “given me” the “gift” of “being me.”

I don’t know how Terry came to be and have a sense of dry humor with his ability to “throw out” corny ideas, that makes me “decide” to take that “dusty road” rather than the paved highway. And the unmaintained roads have more interesting “sights” where the plums grow, and raccoon tracks are laid in mud. And I cannot keep myself from wandering into the unseen parts of our world of natural wonders, on earth and in the skies and seas.

NOW: more than ever, I feel the sense of dealing with a kind mind, who has no malice towards mankind. What Terry liked was sitting in the crowd and cheering for His Home Team. Go Cornhuskers, and be a team, be there without alcohol, cigarettes, and mind numbing junk, and hollar for the “team” to win, fair and square.

This “kind” man, had made me proud to be his wife. And his verbal praise I often hear, that brings music to my ears. He appreciates me and that is what I call love.

SWITZERLAND became a “home” for those who a desire to HIDE THEIR MONEY…and some appreciated the escape from financial obligations. But “hiding money” and “gold coins” will never bring the satisfaction of knowing “peace of mind.” It is not financial “wealth” that we want, it is the security of being loved and what GOD cannot love, who sacrificed HIS OWN SON.

There is a picture in France of CAIN walking away in “fear” of being “killed” because he “killed” his brother, Able. And it bothered me to think of being “On the run” or “Being labeled, evil.” But before Cain and Able were thrown out of Heaven, GOD came to “kill” their pet lamb, because the “blood sacrifice” meant “death” to come to earth. And what child would want to see their pet die, as I did, as the car speeding by ran over my pet dog.

The first contact with “death” was of my pet. And I cried. I had suffered from a “LOSS” of “MY BEST FRIEND.” And now again, I want to remember my best friend and his crazy jokes, and his desire to have me sit there with him, as he watches TV and cannot understand the words, but he has me there as his friend. I found a friend. And having “one friend” has never made me as happy as I am now. Terry gave me freedom to be me and I will miss him forever and a day. And maybe that’s why finding these kinds of friends…who give us FREEDOM to be who GOD created us to be, makes us individually responsible to LOVE EACH OTHER as HE HAS LOVED US.

FREEDOM to be me, within the boundaries of LOVE for GOD and mankind ain’t so bad once you get used to being humble like he was, even unto death. GOD LOVES ME, and no one can take HIS love away from me. Praise the Lord!

THE FOUR HORSES

WHITE, RED, BLACK and PEA GREEN

WHITE HORSE REPRESENTS THE PURE CHURCH established by JESUS CHRIST, the JEW, whose name was CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Photo by Helena Lopes on Pexels.com

RED HORSE depicts a church, that has a rider, whose robe is dipped in blood. This is the church our Messiah has chosen to SAVE TO THE UTMOST. He claims, we are saved by HIS BLOOD, as we put on the ROBE OF CHRISTS RIGHTEOUSNESS, in all humility, NONE are perfect. The Sword of the Holy Spirit seeks to employ TRUTH with LOVE and His Forgiveness .Photo by Vedran Miletiu0107 on Pexels.com

BLACK HORSE in PROPHECY is the MOTHER OF JUDGMENT, whose “child” are we? Will we bow down to man 666 or hold our loyalty to GOD 777? 7 being the reminder we have A CREATOR, who did create earth in 6 days, and rested the 7th. Any “man” who considers he can “think to change the times and laws of God, is ANTICHRIST” in Daniel 7: 25 Photo by Jan Laugesen on Pexels.com

Dan 7:25  And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [3.5 years].
Dan 7:26  But the [Heavenly} judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 

Dan 7:27  And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 

The Heavenly Courtroom holds both OLD and NEW Beings,

(Revelation 4:7)  And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
(Revelation 4:8)  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
(Revelation 4:9)  And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
(Revelation 4:10)  The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
(Revelation 4:11)  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

NOTICE: THE SYMBOLS of the FOUR BEASTS

1. LION like JESUS from the Tribe of JUDAH
2. CALF, like the “HORNS OF POWER.” of baby ox
3. FACE AS A MAN/WOMAN, sons and daughters of God/ also blessed like YOU AND ME, with HIS HOLY SPIRIT, in agreement with GOD to end this war between MICHAEL and LUCIFER that began in heaven before the earth was created.
4. FLYING EAGLE, the all-seeing EYE OF GOD, flying to give the LAST LOUD CRY….to NOT TAKE THE CHIP….which is THE MAKE of NATION, wishing to have CONTROL OF YOUR MIND, much like the King of Babylon who wanted HIS SUBJECTS to PROVE their LOYALTY, by bowing down to his statue.
5. JUDGMENT must come from the face of man and woman, for or against the GOVERNMENT OF GOD. His Ten Commandments are commands that show his great love, in purchasing OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, and FREEDOM OF RELIGION….which we are born with certain inalienable rights to THINK for OURSELVES, and SHOW DIGNITY AND RESPECT for each other and our “GOD” or “gods.
   
6. It’s not a matter of hating GOD or liking GOD…its coming to realize HE HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART….when you CONFESS your SINS TO HIM in prayer, you are confirming your freedom to obey or not obey his government. When you show respect and dignity to THE GOD, who allowed HIS SON, to die for you, you show respect to the FAMILY OF GOD, who also suffers as it watches in fear of how many souls do not care if they “are lost.”
7. THOSE WHO GRIEVE and SIGH over the obinations being done in our world, will find eternal life.
   

Horse is beast, or Kingdom of Truth, we set our King to ride on. The Rider on the Green, sick, pea green horse, says to earth, Rev 3:16 “Since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth.” Maybe that is why He says, like an angel, from heaven: Rev 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you don’t participate in her sins and also suffer from her diseases.” (Revelation 18)

We Need More Calebs and Joshuas = Messengers sent by God to earth

Angels surround Gods Throne, in particular, the 7 Angels, are represented by the “Light” of their Holy Spirit and are also called to be THE SEVEN MESSENGERS to the SEVEN CHURCHS in Revelation 2 & 3. There are also 3 MESSENGERS, HOLY GODS, in the GOD HEAD. The represent God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit .

Numbers 13:30  And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 

“The Third Angel is flying in the midst of heaven, heralding the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. This represents the work which is to be done in these last days. The message loses none of its power in its onward flight. John sees the work increasing in power till the whole earth is filled with the glory of God. The message, ” Fear God and keep his commandments; fo the hour of his judgment is come,” is to go with a loud voice. [Some would say a LOUD CRY] With intensified zeal and energy human beings are to carry forward the word of the Lord. In the home, in the school, and in the church men, women, and youth are to be prepared to give the message to the world. . . .Now, just now, we need Caleb’s and Joshua’s. We need strong, devoted, self-sacrificing young men and young women, who will press to the front.

Today we need men of thorough fidelity, men who follow the Lord fully, men who are not disposed to be silent when they ought to speak, who are as true as steel to principle, who do not seek to make a pretentious show, but who walk humbly with God, patient, kind, obliging, [Happy and ready to do favors for others] courteous men, who understand that the science of prayer is to exercise faith and show works that will tell to the glory of God and good of His people. . . . To follow Jesus requires wholehearted conversion at the start, and a repetition of this conversion every day.

It was Caleb’s faith in God that gave him courage, that kept him from the fear of man, and enabled him to stand boldly and unflinchingly in the defense of the right. Through reliance on the same power, the mighty General of the armies of heaven, every true soldier of the cross may receive strength and courage to over come the obstacles that seem insurmountable. ”

These daily quotes come from the Prophetess Ellen G. White in her book, SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. This little book has been my inspiration, and raising my sons, we read through this book at breakfast every morning before they left for school.

Today July 19, 2020 with a focus on the Third Angels Message represents her knowledge of the very LAST DAY EVENTS, which had been the LOUD VOICE OF GOD LIKE MANY WATERS.

Using a “Bible Search Engine” we have 14 references to “many waters”

Num_24:7  He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
2Sa_22:17  He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Psa_18:16  He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psa_29:3  The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
Psa_93:4  The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Son_8:7  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Isa_17:13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Jer_51:13  O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Eze_19:10  Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Eze_43:2  And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
Rev_1:15  And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Rev_14:2  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Rev_17:1  And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev_19:6  And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

HOWEVER: The writer of parables has left a clue to GODS ability to be omnipotent over WORDS THAT ARE BOTH LITERAL AND SYMBOLIC.

Rev 17:15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 
Rev 17:16  And the ten horns [signifies their powers] which thou sawest upon the beast [beast signifies kingdoms] these shall hate the whore,[whore false god] and shall make “her” the false god, to become desolate, naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 

Rev 17:17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 

Rev 17:18  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. 

When the United States of America begins to become divided and seeking to control our minds, because they wish to find out “WHO is LOYAL to a man, rather than to GOD” the fall of the United States of America, will be tempted to bow down to the “false kingdom” and persecute GODS PEOPLE, the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve, who were the first to be CREATED BY GOD. The GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the JEWS.

Can it be the rise of Islam predicted to rise out of the sands of the MIddle East, will fulfill PROPHECY? The sons of Hagar, the seed of Ishmael, have come to find their “fate” in the “hands of their god,” requires them to “punnished” those who dogmas turn the judgment of man into the hands of their angry god? There is a HEAVEN TO WIN AND HELL TO SHUN. You may not “fear” the fires of hell, but those I know who have dreamed of their feet being held over the fires of hell, wakened to wish for their own character change, and they found the Jewish Messiah is their Christ.

One would never think, we could be rejecting JESUS CHRIST, like the JEWS did. How did our MESSIAH come to be so misunderstood, by those He came to save?

Will we be just as guilty as the Jews, who tried to keep the law, and lost the HOLY SPIRIT OF HIS LIFE WHO HAS THE POWER TO RAISE US FROM THE GRAVE and take us HOME to HIS KINGDOM because we reveal HIS GLORY, not ours.

Courage and Power Are Needed Today

Exo 9:16  And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 

Christian life is more than many take it to be. It does not consist wholly in gentleness, patience, meekness, and kindliness. These graces are essential; but here is a need also of courage, force, energy, and perseverance. The path that Christ marks out is a narrow, self denying path. To enter that parth and press on through difficulties and discouragements, requires men/women who are more than weaklings.

Men of stamina are wanted, men who will not wait to have their way smoothed, and every obstacle removed, men who will inspire with fresh zeal the flagging efforts of dispirited workers, men whose hearts are warm with Christian love, and whose hands are strong to do their Master’s work.

Some who engage in missionary service are weak, nerveless, spiritless, easily discouraged. They lack push. They have not those positive traits of character that give power to do something,–that spirit and energy that kindle enthusiasm. Those who would win success must be courageous and hopeful. They should cultivate not only the passive but the active virtues. [virtues promote individual and collective goodness with moral values] While they are to give the soft answer that turns away wrath, they must possess the courage of a hero to resist evil. With the charity that endures all things, they need the force of character that will make their influence a positive power.

Some have no firmness of character. . . .This weakness, indecision,and inefficiency should be overcome. . . .Men and women of power are those who have been opposed, baffled, and thwarted. By calling their energies into action, the obstacles they meet prove to them positive blessings. They gain self-reliance. Conflict and perplexity call for the exercise of trust in God, and for that firmness which develops power.

I could only WISH to become the ONE who reaches this high standard. Then the “context” of this verse SHOCKED ME!

The Seventh Plague: Hail
Exo 9:13  And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 
Exo 9:14  For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 
Exo 9:15  For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 
Exo 9:16  And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 
Exo 9:17  As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 
Exo 9:18  Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 
Exo 9:19  Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 
Exo 9:20  He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 
Exo 9:21  And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. 
Exo 9:22  And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 
Exo 9:23  And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 
Exo 9:24  So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 
Exo 9:25  And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 
Exo 9:26  Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 

HAIL, FIRE, THUNDER is the final plague that God brings upon the earth. And the men and beasts and plants and trees were broken. But it took Pharaoh by surprise. Only in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

The last plague in Egypt was the death of the oldest son. Then and only then was the grieving Pharaoh willing to let the slaves go.

Will this be repeated? Surely it will.