Tag: Prophetic message/End time/Rapture

1. "SKIN FOR SKIN” are fighting words from a formidable foe and we do well to be vigilant, “Be SOBER and VIGILANT; because YOUR ADVERSARY the DEVIL, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” [1 Peter 5:8] The battle was joined and lost through DISOBEDIENCE, “But of the TREE of the knowledge of GOOD and EVIL, thou SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: for IN THE DAY that THOU EATEST THEREOF THOU SHALT SURELY DIE” [Genesis 2:17] Adam and Eve “ATE OF IT” and in the same day “DIED”! When God said, “THOU SHALT SURELY DIE”, physical death was the least of the problem; man lost God’s GLORY by which he exercised dominion over the earth, “For ALL HAVE SNNED, and come SHORT OF THE GLORY” [Romans 3:23] “THOU SHALT SURELY DIE” also meant cruel BONDAGE to the one who “OVERCAME” with SIN with promises of “LIBERTY of gods” in Genesis 3:4-5, “... for of whom a MAN IS OVERCOME, of the same is he BROUGHT IN BONDAGE” [2 Peter 2:19] SKIN FOR SKIN is the mantra of the oppressor, a challenge, stating in clear terms the conditions of our deliverance, “And Satan answered the LORD, and said, SKIN FOR SKIN, yea, ALL THAT A MAN HATH HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE” [Job 2:4]

2. SKIN FOR SKIN is crystal clear; the ransom must be paid in like and it is ALL or nothing. Satan demanded a man that had no prior experience of SIN and willing to GIVE ALL including his life in full payment for SIN. Sadly, no man through the ages met his demands and those he felt came close; he afflicted viciously to prove their candidature. Satan took of Noah, “... Noah was a JUST MAN and PERFECT in his generations, and Noah WALKED WITH GOD” [Genesis 6:8-9] And moved quickly to expose his ineligibility and got him DRUNK, “And he drank of the wine, and was DRUNKEN; and he was uncovered within his tent” [Genesis 9:20-21] When God made mention of Job’s uprightness, he went after him, Job 1:13-19, and not satisfied, “... Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and SMOTE JOB WITH SORE BOILS from the sole of his foot unto his crown” [Job 2:7] In all his suffering, Job did not sin against God, Job 2:10, but he was not the candidate because of FEAR of losing ALL, “For the THING WHICH I GREATLY FEARED IS COME upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me” [Job 3:25] Abraham was so “GOOD”, God called him His friend; he was prepared to give ALL his possessions including his precious son Isaac, Genesis 22:2-16, yet he was not qualified because he was afraid to DIE, “... when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and THEY WILL KILL ME, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me ...” [Genesis 12:12-13]

3. SKIN FOR SKIN was the battle cry, God was more than prepared and said from onset, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and HER SEED; it shall BRUISE THY HEAD, and thou shalt bruise his heel” [Genesis 3:15] Again, the challenge was for a Man-Champion, in the place of Adam, who would duel with the adversary. The First Adam was the Son of God, necessitating a New Adam, who likewise must be the Son of God, “Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of ADAM, which was the SON OF GOD” [Luke 3:38] The New Adam was born of woman, “HER SEED”, making Him a man yet flawless and in every manner the SON of God in IMAGE and LIKENESS, “For IN HIM DWELLETH all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:9] Satan was blindsided by the WISDOM of God and of the MYSTERY which He had hidden even from His angels; how God became like us in Jesus Christ and through His DEATH on the Cross paid in full for our SIN and destroyed the power of DEATH , “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of FLESH and BLOOD, he also HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART of the same; that THROUGH DEATH he might DESTROY him that had the POWER OF DEATH, that is, the DEVIL; And DELIVER THEM who through FEAR OF DEATH were all their lifetime subject to bondage” [Hebrews 2:14-15] SKIN was given FOR SKIN on the Cross, Satan was defeated and we are more than conquerors in Jesus Christ, who loved and gave His LIFE for us [Romans 8:37]

4. SKIN FOR SKIN is the piper’s song of the defeated foe, to which many dance along to damnation, BLINDED to the GOOD NEWS of SALVATION in Jesus Christ, “But if our GOSPEL be hid, it is HID TO THEM THAT ARE LOST: In whom the god of this world hath BLINDED THE MINDS of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious GOSPEL OF CHRIST, who is the IMAGE OF GOD, should shine unto them” [2 Corinthians 4:3-4] Listen carefully, the enemy is defeated, only not yet VANQUISHED; present global distress and unprecedented instabilities are tantrums of a depraved adversary who knows he has a short time before he is put away for good, “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. WOE TO THE INHABITERS OF THE EARTH and of the sea! for the DEVIL IS COME down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that HE HATH BUT A SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] His “SHORT TIME” is fast running out; when you least expect, the Lord Jesus Christ shall appear in clouds of glory to receive His own, GREAT TRIBULATION follows and the MILLENIUM, afterwards the JUDGMENT, “Then shall he say also unto them on the LEFT HAND, DEPART FROM ME, ye CURSED, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL and HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41] Accept Jesus Christ today as your Lord and Saviour and join the army of SAINTS that shall be caught up to glory at His appearance, amen

1. PARABLE OF ONE TALENT, Matthew 25:13-30, settled the WATCHWORD for this age, “WATCH therefore, for YE KNOW NEITHER the DAY nor the HOUR wherein the SON OF MAN COMETH” [Matthew 25:13] In Luke 19:12-27, the same PARABLE with minor variation was recorded before Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The narrative covers the grounds between Christ’s ascension, empowerment of His “SERVANTS” and His return to reward them. The generation that heard Him speak were not so minded, utterly frustrated by present pains and sorrow of Roman subjugation, they longed for what was yet to come, “And as they heard these things, he added and spake a PARABLE, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because THEY THOUGH THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPEAR” [Luke 19:11] The times were grim, may be worse today and the PARABLE, with specific reference to TALENTS was to COMFORT them and more so this generation, to HOLD ON till His return, “And he called his TEN SERVANTS, and delivered them TEN POUNDS, and said unto them, OCCUPY TILL I COME” [Luke19:13] TALENTS or POUNDS, as the case may be illustrate GIFT of  GRACE through FAITH in the name of Jesus Christ to OCCUPY and remain standing in TRUTH till He shall return, “And of HIS FULNESS have all we RECEIVED, and GRACE FOR GRACE” [John 1:14-16]
2. GRACE is God personified in Jesus Christ to accomplish His GOOD PLEASURE, “For it is GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU both to WILL and to DO of HIS GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] The NOBLEMAN in Luke 19:12 and the MAN travelling to a far country in Matthew 25:14, signify Christ awarding His CAPABILITIES to His SERVANTS according to their “ABILITIES”, “And unto one he gave FIVE TALENTS, to another TWO, and to another ONE; to EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL ABILITY; and straightway took his journey” [Matthew 25:15] The Lord knows every man’s “ABILITY” and gives GRACE sufficient for each SERVANT’S capacity, with FREE WILL added to choose LIFE or PERDITION, “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE and blessing and cursing: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy seed may live” [Deuteronomy 30:19] Listen carefully, God did not predetermine any man to perdition and will not require any man beyond what he can deliver. The subject of the PARABLE got ONE TALENT, that was what he could handle but he thought differently and wanted more. He had a “better idea” of what he wanted to have and be, contrary to what God wanted him to have and be, “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY than he ought to think; but to think SOBERLY, according as GOD HATH DEALT TO EVERY MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH” [Romans 12:3]
3. Your TALENT is the measure of Christ in you, to replicate His GRACE in others, “And of HIS FULNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, and GRACE FOR GRACE” [John 1:16] In Luke’s account, one SERVANT working with ONE POUND got TEN POUNDS and another FIVE POUNDS, “And another came, saying, Lord, behold, HERE IS THY POUND, which I have KEPT IN A NAPKIN” [Luke 19:20] From covering his POUND in a napkin or burying His TALENT in the earth, as in Matthew 25:18, and the tone of his words, we see a SERVANT who had long forsaken his FIRST LOVE, “Then he which had received the ONE TALENT came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an HARD MAN, REAPING WHERE THOU HAST NOT SOWN, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:” [Matthew 25:24] He called Him Lord but in another breathe labelled Him a “HARD MAN”, indicating BITTERNESS arising from “REQUESTS” denied. The Lord does not grant selfish ambitions, which to those who will have their own way makes Him a “HARD MAN” and they sooner TURN AWAY, “And the TURNING AWAY OF THE SIMPLE SHALL SLAY THEM, and the PROSPERITY OF FOOLS DESTROY THEM. But whoso HEARKENETH unto me shall DWELL SAFELY, and shall be QUIET FROM FEAR of evil” [Proverbs 1;32-33] Compare the PEACE and QUIET of those who abide in the Lord to the terror of FEAR in the SERVANT who TURNED AWAY, “For I FEARED THEE, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow” [Luke 19:21]
4. PARABLE OF ONE TALENT is for such a time as ours, “Now all THESE THINGS HAPPENED UNTO THEM FOR ENSAMPLES: and they are WRITTEN FOR OUR ADMONITION, upon whom the ENDS OF THE WORLD ARE COME” [1 Corinthians 10:11] We are STEWARDS of GRACE, appointed to replicate the same GRACE in others, transforming the worst offender into the LIKENESS of Christ; the FIRSTBORN among many Brethren [Romans 8:29] In doing your WORK, avoid selfish aspirations; knowing what God wants you to be is the key to success, “… Take heed, and BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS: for a MAN’S LIFE CONSISTETH NOT IN THE ABUNBANCE of the things which HE POSSESSETH” [Luke 12:15] Beware of those who have their TALENTS wrapped in napkins or buried in the ground, who are turning  the household of God into a den of thieves; by their fruits you shall know them, “WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION, WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY, and whose glory is in their shame, WHO MIND EARTHLY THINGS” [Philippians 3:19] If any man has received the GIFT of GRACE, let him WORK  while there is yet time, the appearance of the Lord is ever so imminent and our REWARD so close, “And, behold, I COME QUICKLY and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to give EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK shall be” [Revelation 22:12] If you have not received your TALENT, have yours today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen

1. WHO ARE YOU? That was the critical QUESTION in Eden, “... Yea, HATH GOD SAID, YE SHALL NOT EAT of every tree of the garden?” [Genesis 3:1] It is the same QUESTION, through the ages, posed in diverse forms to deconstruct the WORD of God, with intent to DISABLE the IDENTITY of man in God. Eve took the bait and the adversary took advantage, “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and YE SHALL BE AS GODS, knowing good and evil” [Genesis 3:5] Weighty issues of this life come as QUESTIONS framed to test and expose your IDENTITY. Eve only needed to assert her IDENTITY; she was made in the IMAGE of the ONE TRUE GOD, far above the “GODS’.  Perhaps one of the most pitiable characters in the Bible was the PRODIGAL SON, pummelled by QUESTIONS into such extreme destitution as to forsake his human IDENTITY and desire the table of pigs [Luke 15:16] The ANSWER he sought with rabid desperation WITHOUT, his true IDENTITY, was WITHIN him, “And WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, he said, How many hired servants of MY FATHER’S have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to MY FATHER, and will say unto him, Father, I HAVE SINNED against heaven, and before thee” [Luke 15:17-18]
2. WHO ARE YOU? ANSWER is not your name or status, your real IDENTITY is in God, “According as he hath CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love” [Ephesians 1:4] We all have origination in God, who according to His predetermined design desired to make man according to His own specifications, “And God said, LET US MAN IN OUR IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: and let them have DOMINION .. upon the earth” [Genesis 1:26] As soon as God “WILLED” it, we were “BORN” in Him and He BLESSED us, such that SIN and consequences that came after would not derail our God-given IDENTITY [Genesis 1:28] However, we have earthly parents and are wont to emphasise the latter over the former; they deserve our respect but cannot ANSWER for us when the devil says, WHO ARE YOU? The seven sons of Sceva, a Chief Priest, tried to pull the wool over the enemy, “... saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And the evil spirit answered and said, JESUS I KNOW, and PAUL I KNOW; but WHO ARE YE?” [Acts 19:13-16] Listen carefully, challenges of this world are determined by “WORDS” in spiritual realms; if any man has no spiritual IDENTITY in God, whatever he SAYS or DOES will not matter where it matters most, “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the WORD of God, so that THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR” [Hebrews 11;3]
3. WHO ARE YOU? The choice is yours; what men say YOU ARE or who God says YOU ARE. Don’t you ever forget, you were BORN in God before your parents had you, “BEFORE I FORMED THEE IN THE BELLY I KNEW THEE; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ORDAINED THEE A PROPHET unto the nations” [Jeremiah 1:5] Jeremiah’s IDENTITY was settled before he was born and yours too. Whatever it is, it is not of perpetual distress or evil, “For I KNOW THE THOUGHTS I THINK TOWARDS YOU, saith the LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, and NOT OF EVIL, to give you an EXPECTED END” [Jeremiah 29:11] There is an EXPECTED END for you which was put to test when man fell into SIN in Eden, notwithstanding, God’s original “BLESSING” in Genesis 1:28 prevailed in our favour. God gave us a second chance, offering Himself in Jesus Christ to pay our DEBT of SIN and in Him restored as SONS, “But AS ANY AS RECEIVED HIM, to them GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME the SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name. Which were BORN, NOT OF BLOOD, nor of the will of the flesh, nor OF THE WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD” [John 1:12-13] As you may well know, the rich and powerful also cry; diverse afflictions of this world have no respect for what you call yourself or men call you. When push turns to shove, VICTORY is assured to those who are BORN of God, “For whatsoever is BORN OF GOD OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcometh the world, even our FAITH” [1 John 5:4]
4. WHO ARE YOU? The ANSWER boils down to God in you or not, “Know ye not that YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, and that the SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU? [1 Corinthians 3:16] If any man BELIEVES the GOSPEL preached in the name of Jesus Christ, God dwells in Him and his IDENTITY is as the SON of God; with all POWER and RESPONSIBILITIES, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that BELIEVETH ON ME, the works that I do shall he do also; and GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO; because I go unto my Father” [John 14:12] Our IDENTITY goes with responsibility of “GREATER WORKS”, that is, to continue the ministry of reconciling all men to God. We are enabled with unstoppable POWER to exercise DOMINION over all things on earth, “CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT to the OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST” [2 Corinthians 10:5] Beloved, the excellency of the POWER of God is in you, let no man stigmatize you as poor, sickly, disabled, disadvantaged, etc., remember “If we SUFFER, we shall also REIGN with him: IF WE DENY HIM, HE ALSO WILL DENY US” [2 Timothy 2:12] If you have not done so, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, Amen

How that by REVELATION he made known unto me the MYSTERY; …
Ephesians 3:3

1. HOLY GHOST is the “EARNEST” of our inheritance in God [Ephesians 1:14] the SPIRIT of God made compatible to our present Body, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. Now if any man have not the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, he is none of his” [Romans 8:9] [Please read TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY GHOST Part One @www.voice of lasttrumpets.com] HOLY GHOST is the COMFORTER, a FRIEND like no other [John 15:13-15] HOLY GHOST understands our weaknesses and pains, having the experience of Christ’s earthly sojourn; Jesus must indeed go for him to come, “... It is expedient for you that I GO AWAY: for if I go not away, the COMFORTER will not come unto you; but if I depart, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU” [John 16:7] As COMFORTER, He settles our fears and worries, empowering us to TESTIFY of Christ, “But when the COMFORTER is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, which proceedeth from the Father, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME” [John 15:26] HOLY GHOST has His assignment well cut out; He is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST in us REPROVING the world of SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS and JUDGMENT, “And when he is come, he will REPROVE the world of SIN, and of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and of JUDGMENT” [John 16:8]
2. HOLY GHOST in us REPROVES the world of SIN; CONVINCE, DISPROVE and REBUKE. To CONVINCE the identity of SIN must be exposed. SIN is primarily not what we do but who we are; SIN is the nature of Satan in man, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I DO WHAT I WOULD NOT, it is no more I that do it, but SIN DWELLETH IN ME” [Romans 7:9-10] The seed of primal SIN was sown among angels; in a conspiracy to DENY the TRUTH and venerate the LIE, “And again, when he bringeth in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN INTO THE WORLD, he saith, And LET ALL THE ANGELS of God WORSHIP HIM” [Hebrews 1:6] FIRSTBEGOTTEN is the TRUTH, CHRIST; by DENYING HIM, Satan and his cohorts became SIN. The story of how Satan deceived Man into SIN is well known and we remained under jackboots of SIN until Jesus came to DISPROVE SIN, “... All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt FALL DOWN and WORSHIP ME. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD thy God, and HIM ONLY shalt thou serve” [Matthew 4:9-10] Jesus not only denounced original SIN, He paid off the DEBT of our transgressions on the Cross [Mark 10:45] This is the TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY GHOST, henceforth no man may blame Satan for his SIN; SIN is redefined as DENIAL of the “Finished WORK” of Jesus Christ on the Cross, REPROVING the world, “Of SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ME” [John 16:8]
3. HOLY GHOST dwells in man to DISPROVE all standards of RIGHTEOUSNESS contrary to FAITH in Jesus Christ, “Even the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD which is BY FAITH of Jesus Christ UNTO ALL and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference” [Romans 3:22] His TESTIMONY is the same to Jews and Gentiles, no OFFERING or RITUAL is sufficient to take away SIN or confer RIGHTEOUSNESS, “For it is NOT POSSIBLE that the BLOOD OF BULLS and of goats SHOULD TAKE AWAY SINS” [Hebrews 10:4] HOLY GHOST bears WITNESS in all languages of the GIFT of RIGHTEOUSNESS which proceed from the Throne of GRACE where Christ is seated in heavenly places, “For if by ONE MAN’S OFFENCE death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of GRACE and of the GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)“ [Romans 5:17] Listen carefully, we are not RIGHTEOUS because we abstain from stealing, alcohol, fornication, etc., or give all our possession to religious organizations, all these are no doubt good; we are made RIGHTEOUS in Jesus Christ, “For as by ONE MAN’S DISOBEDIENCE many were made sinners, so by the OBEDIENCE OF ONE shall many be MADE RIGHTEOUS” [Roman 5:17-19] First Adam was DISOBEDIENT, the LAST ADAM, Jesus Christ, was OBEDIENT even to death on the Cross and ONLY by FAITH in His NAME are we accounted RIGHTEOUS. If any man will speak by the HOLY GHOST, let him CONVINCE the world of SIN and DISPROVE, “Of RIGHTEOUSNESS, because I go to my Father, and ye SEE ME NO MORE” [John 16:8-10]
4. HOLY GHOST works in us to REBUKE the world with JUDGMENT, “And when he is come, he will REPROVE the world of SIN, and of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and of JUDGMENT. ... Of JUDGMENT, because the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED” [John 16:11] HOLY GHOST is CHRIST in us, discerning SIN and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and with clarity JUDGES all things, “But he that is SPIRITUAL JUDGETH ALL THINGS, yet he himself is judged of no man” [1 Corinthians 2:15] You and I, the HOLY GHOST in us, are SPIRITUAL MEN enabled to exercise DOMINION over all dimensions of satanic “CAPTIVITY”; yokes of SIN are broken and prisoners of DEATH set free, “CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT to the OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST” [2 Corinthians 10:5] We are the VOICE of His unerring JUDGMENT of the seasons of DIVINE AGENDA that the ELECT be not unduly worried or DECEIVED, “For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE they shall DECEIVE the very ELECT” [Matthew 24:24] His JUDGMENT is CLEAR and TRUE; appearance of the Lord is so close, “He that hath an ear, let him HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES; ...” [Revelation 2:7] If any man thinks to be a SPIRITUAL MAN, let him speak according to the TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

1. The expression, HOLY GHOST, appear between ninety and ninety-nine times in the Bible, depending on your Bible Translation and HOLY SPIRIT, seven times. Whereas, there was no mention of HOLY GHOST in the Old Testament, HOLY SPIRIT occur three times in Old Testament and four times in New Testament. Arguments arising from this choice of words need not be, “And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD” [Mark 12:29] God is ONE, He is I AM THAT I AM, the ALMIGHTY [Exodus 3:14] It will help our UNDERSTANDING to remember how God revealed Himself in the beginning. First, in the FATHER, “In the BEGINNING GOD CREATED the HEAVEN and the EARTH” [Genesis 1:1] When it pleased Him, He showed up in SPIRIT, “... And the SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED upon the face of the waters” [Genesis 1:2] God brought Heaven and Earth out of Himself, spread His SPIRIT over Creation and for the perfection of His Work was manifest in the WORD, the SON, “And GOD SAID, Let there be LIGHT: and there was light” [Genesis 1:3] Be not deceived, it is not THREE equals ONE but the fulness of the GODHEAD revealed in the FATHER, SPIRIT and SON/Jesus Christ, as occasion demand “For IN HIM DWELLETH all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:9]
2. HOLY SPIRIT which seemingly was absent in Old Testament times, mentioned thrice, was ever present; “BROODING”, as in Genesis 1:2, over the PROMISE to make Man in God’s LIKENESS, “And God said, Let us make MAN IN OUR IMAGE, after OUR LIKENESS: and let them have DOMINION... God CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the image of God created he him; And God BLESSED them, ...”  [Genesis 1:26-28] God, foreknowing that corruption would come through SIN, created Man in His IMAGE and left His LIKENESS for a PROMISE. The HOLY SPIRIT watched over the PROMISE, as the EYES of the Lord over the earth, to FIND and HOLD the LINE [Luke 3:23-38] till Jesus Christ should come, “For the EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO and FRO throughout the whole EARTH, to SHEW HIMSELF STRONG in the behalf of them whose HEART IS PERFECT toward him, ...” [2 Chronicles, 16:9] HOLY SPIRIT, the very PRESENCE of God was WITH the Fathers but not in permanent residence because SIN was not yet overcome, “And he said, MY PRESENCE shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest” [Exodus33:14] All the Fathers of old, from Adam to Abraham and David down to John, the Baptist, had their squabbles with the HOLY SPIRIT because the yoke of SIN was not yet broken, “... Among them that are born of women there hath not risen A GREATER THAN JOHN the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is LEAST IN THE KINGDOM of heaven is GREATER THAN HE” [Matthew 11:11]
3. At the appointed time and in fulfilment of His PROMISE, God was made flesh in the SON, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners SPAKE in time past unto the FATHERS by the PROPHETS, Hath in these LAST DAYS SPOKEN unto us BY HIS SON, ... Who being the BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON ...” [Hebrews 1:1-3] Listen carefully, the SON is not superior or subordinate to the FATHER or HOLY SPIRIT and they are not CO-EQUALS as some imagine but the GODHEAD manifest in diverse ways according to Divine Agenda, “For the INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being UNDERSTOOD by the things that are made, even his ETERNAL POWER and GODHEAD; so that they are without excuse” [Romans 1:20] The SON, made like you and I, came to destroy SIN and bring to birth the NEW MAN, compatible for permanent residence of the HOLY SPIRIT; God became like us that we might be made in His LIKENESS, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH ...” [1 Timothy 3:16] The SON, Jesus Christ, received the HOLY SPIRIT on our behalf, the FIRSTBORN among many Brethren [John 1:32] By His death on the Cross, Jesus paid off our DEBT of SIN to make us conformable to Himself and compatible to the HOLY SPIRIT, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the IMAGE OF HIS SON, that he might be the FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN“ [Romans 8:29]
4. HOLY GHOST is the initial DEPOSIT of the PROMISE of the HOLY SPIRIT; it is impracticable to receive the fulness of the SPIRIT of God in this body, “... after that ye believed, ye were SEALED with that HOLY SPIRIT of PROMISE, Which is the EARNEST of our INHERITANCE until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory” [Ephesians 1:13-14] What we have is this body is the dimension of the HOLY SPIRIT tempered by Christ’s earthly sojourn, agreeable to our earthly body, enabled with POWER to continue and accomplish the Purpose of REDEMPTION, “But ye shall RECEIVE POWER, after that the HOLY GHOST IS COME upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES UNTO ME both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” [Acts 1:8] HOLY GHOST is also called the SPIRIT OF CHRIST because it is enriched with intricacies of Jesus’s experience on this side of eternity and in us is the irresistible POWER of God to TESTIFY of the GOSPEL preached in the name of Jesus Christ. Brethren, the evidence of God’s Presence in us is not our bank statement but the TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY GHOST, “For I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST: for it is the POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” [Romans 1:16] Make sure to read the conclusion in TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY GHOST Part Two

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Matthew 25:7

Not of WORKS, lest any man should BOAST
Ephesians 2:9

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Matthew 25:7

1. WHERE DID ENOCH GO, HEAVEN? Read carefully what Jesus Christ said, “And NO MAN HATH ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, but he that came down from heaven, even the SON OF MAN which is in heaven” [John 3:13] The little we know of Enoch in the Bible only add to the mystery surrounding the man; compared to the lengthy chronicle of Elijah’s translation in chariot’s of fire, we have a crisp note, “And Enoch WALKED with God: and HE WAS NOT; for GOD TOOK HIM” [Genesis 5:24] We have no DEATH CERTIFICATE for Enoch but a terse and coded “HE WAS NOT; in the case of Moses, the Bible made clear he DIED, “So MOSES the servant of the LORD DIED there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD” [Deuteronomy 34: 5] We know what happened to the BODY and SOUL of those who DIED before Christ, what shall we say of the man of who “WAS NOT” because “GOD TOOK HIM?” [Read ENOCH PLEASED GOD @www.voiceoflasttrumpets.com] WHERE DID ENOCH GO? For answer, we have not the luxury of searching outside the Bible, howbeit, we have a sure insight from the TRUTH Himself, that is Jesus Christ, “And NO MAN HATH ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven” [John 3:13] 

2. WHERE DID ENOCH GO? Popular answer is HEAVEN, so what is heaven? First step, we must demystify all intellectual perceptions of heaven and the Bible is our guide, “In the BEGINNING God CREATED the HEAVEN and the EARTH” [Genesis 1:1] “In the BEGINNING” symbolize commencement of TIME, meaning, the Heaven here mentioned had a beginning and must of necessity have an end, “And I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH: for the FIRST HEAVEN and the FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED AWAY; and there was no more sea” [Revelation 21:1] So, there are HEAVENS; present Earth has a transient Heaven, New Earth has a permanent Heaven and all answer to God, “Behold, the HEAVEN and the HEAVEN OF HEAVENS is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is” [Deuteronomy 10:14] Whereas we know little of other HEAVENS, the Bible offer us glimpses of HEAVEN of the present, “And there was WAR IN HEAVEN: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; ... Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was CAST OUT INTO THE EARTH, and his angels were cast out with him” [Revelation 12:7-9] Did ENOCH ascend to the HEAVEN from where Satan was ejected, I think not; it is the abode of Holy Angels. Satan was exiled to ‘EARTH” but where on earth? In the “AIR”, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the PRINCE of the POWER OF THE AIR, the SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of DISOBEDIENCE” [Ephesians 2:2]

 3. WHERE DID ENOCH GO? In Ephesians 2:2, we have a clue from a rather unlikely source, Satan. The fallen hosts regrouped in “heavenly domains” built in the “AIR”. Existence of ethereal kingdoms in the “AIR” brings to mind PARADISE and Garden of EDEN. PARADISE, for want of a better definition, is the celestial dominion God prepared to fellowship with those who “OVERCOME”, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To HIM THAT OVERCOMETH will I give to eat of the TREE OF LIFE, which is in the midst of the PARADISE of God” [Revelation 2:7] Garden of Eden was a portion of PARADISE “planted” on earth, complete with TREE OF LIFE in the midst, “And the LORD God PLANTED A GARDEN eastward in EDEN; and there he put the man whom he had formed. ... TREE OF LIFE also in the midst of the garden, and the TREE of knowledge of GOOD and EVIL” [Genesis 2:8-9] Man’s excursion in the Garden was short-lived because Adam and Eve dishonoured God with disobedience, “So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of EDEN CHERUBIMS, and a FLAMING SWORD which turned every way, to keep the way of the TREE OF LIFE” [Genesis 3:24] WHERE DID ENOCH GO, EDEN or PARADISE? Enoch had testimony that he WALKED with God and God was so “PLEASED” with the fellowship, He was translated to PARADISE; Jesus did similar to the Thief on the Cross, “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt THOU SHALT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE” [Luke 23:43]

4. WHERE DID ENOCH GO? PARADISE, and now we have the answer, we should rephrase the question; WHERE WILL YOU AND I GO? PARADISE is real, Apostle Paul testified, “How that he was CAUGHT UP INTO PARADISE, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter” [2 Corinthians 12:4] The only WAY to PARADISE is through Jesus Christ, who is God and alone determines who goes in, “For IN HIM DWELLETH all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:9] Listen carefully, there were two thieves crucified with Jesus Christ and only one made it to PARADISE; the other was within arm’s reach yet missed it, “... the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou FEAR GOD, ... for we RECEIVE DUE REWARD OF OUR DEED, ... And he said unto Jesus, LORD, REMEMBER ME when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt THOU SHALT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE” [Luke 23”39-43] Friend, if you will confess SIN and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, He will FORGIVE and confirm your place in PARADISE, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD unto himself, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] If you already done so, hold tight to your SALVATION, we shall soon be TRANSLATED as Enoch.

1. TELL NETANYAHU, God’s Eternal Purpose for Man is fused in Israel,“... Israel is the ROD OF HIS INHERITANCE: The LORD of hosts is his name” [Jeremiah 10:16] God set the template for His INHERITANCE in Abraham and kept His PROMISE alive through His Prophets, “And BY A PROPHET the LORD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT of Egypt, and BY A PROPHET was he PRESERVED” [Hosea 12:13] TELL NETANYAHU, God preserved Israel for His Purpose, sending Prophets to keep and lead them but they would not, “And the LORD HATH SENT unto you all his servants the PROPHETS, rising early and sending them; but YE HAVE NOT HEARKENED, nor inclined your ear to hear” [Jeremiah 25:4] He punished them for their intransigence  [Ezekiel 14:21] and restored in MERCY as a doting Father to His wayward children, that He might bring the “BLESSING” of Abraham on Gentiles, “That the BLESSING OF ABRAHAM might come ON THE GENTILES through Jesus CHRIST; that we might receive the PROMISE of the SPIRIT through FAITH” [Galatians 3:14] TELL NETANYAHU, those who govern Israel must not be BLIND to MYSTERIES of Divine Agenda, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be IGNORANT of this MYSTERY, lest ye should be WISE IN YOUR OWN CONCEITS that BLINDNESS in part is happened to Israel, until the FULNESS OF THE GENTILES BE COME” [Romans 11:25] 

2. TELL NETANYAHU, Israel shall be “SAVED” but not by armed soldiers, “And so ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the DELIVERER, and shall TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS from Jacob” [Romans 11:26] TELL NETANYAHU, the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, scattering of Israel and attendant sorrows were determined aforehand, that by Israel’s PAINS in UNBELIEF, God might show MERCY to all nations “Even so have these also now NOT BELIEVED, that through you MERCY they also may obtain mercy. For God hath CONCLUDED THEM ALL IN UNBELIEF, that he might have MERCY UPON ALL” [Romans 11:31-32] Israel STUMBLED when she rejected Jesus Christ on the Cross but her seeming helplessness and pains ever since were not in vain; millions were reconciled to God to provoke Israel to RETURN to her God, “... Have they STUMBLED that they should fall? God forbid: but rather THROUGH THEIR FALL SALVATION IS COME UNTO THE GENTILES, for to PROVOKE THEM TO JEALOUSY. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; HOW MUCH MORE THEIR FULNESS?“ [Romans 11:11-12] TELL NETANYAHU, FULNESS of Israel is so close but will not come until the people RETURN to their God, "For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; IN RETURNING AND REST SHALL YE BE SAVED; in QUIETNESS AND IN CONFIDENCE SHALL BE YOUR STRENGTH: and YE WOULD NOT" [Isaiah 30:15]

3. TELL NETANYAHU not to trust in war but in God, who in ONE DAY restored Israel after two millennia in exile, “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall A NATION BE BORN AT ONCE? ...” [Isaiah 66:8] TELL NETANYAHU, the present war will not bring enduring PEACE or REST but shall come to abrupt end on the table of MISCHIEF; the parties to the PEACE TREATY shall come to deceive "And both these kings' hearts shall be to do MISCHIEF, and they shall SPEAK LIES at one table; but IT SHALL NOT PROSPER: for yet the END SHALL BE AT THE TIME APPOINTED" [Daniel 11:27] [Watch ISRAEL WILL BE DECEIVED on Youtube @tegoadesulure2178] Israel would think she got all she wanted from the accord, the people shall get to work rebuilding the TEMPLE, then shall the snare be sprung. Hidden hands of the WICKED ONE are behind these hostilities and subsequent agreement shall serve his agenda, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for ONE WEEK: and in the midst of the week he shall CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, and for the overspreading of ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE, ..." (Daniel 9:27] TELL NETANYAHU, is it for nothing that this these things are written for Israel and Gentiles alike? “For the VISION IS YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because IT WILL SURELY COME, it will not tarry” [Habakkuk 2:3]

4. TELL NETANYAHU, the return of Israel to the Promised Land in 1948 was the cue for FULNESS of Time of Gentiles, “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be LED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ALL NATIONS: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED” [Luke 21:24] TELL NETANYAHU to call Israel to remembrance as in times of old; God is calling Israel to SEEK Him and forsake the counsel of the WICKED ONE. Alas, Israel is not listening, her leaders BLINDED by hatred and personal interest; they shall remain so till everything written concerning her be fulfilled. While the eyes of the world are on the spectacle in Israel the BRIDE shall be TRANSLATED. Afterwards the Lord shall send His two WITNESSES [Revelation 11:3-13] to turn Israel to her SAVIOUR, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to DESTROY ALL THE NATIONS THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the SPIRIT OF GRACE and of SUPPLICATIONS and they shall LOOK UPON HIM WHO THEY HAVE PIERCED, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his ONLY SON” [ Zechariah 2:9-10] Friend, be WISE, receive GRACE today while you may yet find it; accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Very soon GRACE shall turn to Jews and FOOLISH Gentiles shall shut out [Matthew 25:8-10]


 

… The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45

1. SIGNS in Bible lexicon are omens revealing where we stand in prophetic calendar and what follows in divine agenda. For example, Noah’s Ark was a SIGN illustrating END of antediluvian world, “And God said unto Noah, The END OF ALL FLESH IS COME before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them. ... MAKE THEE AN ARK of gopher wood; ...” [Genesis 6:13-14] The Ark signalled destruction to a wicked world but to Noah, sanctuary of SALVATION, “But with thee will I establish my covenant; and THOU SHALT COME INTO THE ARK, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee” [Genesis 6:18] There were SIGNS in every age which to those who BELIEVE were as candles in the dark and to those who BELIEVE NOT, tokens of condemnation. A generation that fails to  identify SIGNS OF THE TIME is blind and lost, “WE SEE NOT OUR SIGNS: there is NO MORE ANY PROPHET: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long” [Psalms 74:9] Thinking the END should come in their time, the Apostles desired the accompanying SIGN, “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the SIGN OF THY COMING, and of the END OF THE WORLD?” [Matthew 24:3]

 2. FEAR is the ominous SIGN to this generation; never in human history had there ever been so much DISTRESS and palpable FRIGHT turned a common denominator to rich and poor alike. FEAR is the aroma of DEATH and HELL synonymous with perdition in those who have not Christ; as the world descends into paroxysms of FEAR, the whole world stands in terror of the fourth Apocalyptic Horseman, “... behold a PALE HORSE: and his name that SAT ON HIM WAS DEATH, and HELL FOLLOWED with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill ..” [Revelation 6:8] The world is terrified of a rogue asteroid smashing into the earth, a pestilence without cure, nuclear war, collapse of money and the list is endless, “... SIGNS in the SUN, and in the MOON, and in the STARS; and upon the EARTH DISTRESS OF NATION, with PERPLEXITY; .... MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the POWERS OF HEAVEN shall be SHAKEN” [Luke 21:25-26] What lies ahead are evidently frightening, yet not unexpected; the WISE understand the creeping shadows of horror and confusion as beacons of HOPE of imminent redemption, , “And when THESE THINGS begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and lift up your heads; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28] Those who know “THESE THINGS” yet give room to sundry FEARS slowly drift into a confused state of hopelessness and at grave risk of missing the mark.

3. FEAR is the SIGN to the world, as gathering of TARES to the Church, “The ENEMY THAT SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL; the HARVEST is the END OF THE WORLD; and the REAPERS are the ANGELS. As therefore the TARES ARE GATHERED and BURNED in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world” [Matthew 13:39-40] TARES look so much like the real thing, having outward appearances of godliness but inwardly bereft of roots in TRUTH. As we see TARES coming together in BUNDLES, we know that the HARVEST of the earth is at hand, “... and in the time of HARVEST I will say to the reapers, GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, and BIND THEM IN BUNDLES to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn” [Matthew 13:30] TARES are coming out of their Church closets to reaffirm their roots in global inter-faith BUNDLES, giving proof to prophecy; the hour of the MAN OF SIN is here, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a FALLING AWAY FIRST, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition” [2 Thessalonians 2:3] The frenetic pace with which respected Christian leaders are reaching out across many divides in the name of peace and unity, tell us the “FALLING AWAY” is in motion. Again, FEAR is palpable but TARES may only be discerned, refuse to be deceived by TARES in priestly robes, “BEWARE lest any man SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY and VAIN DECEIT, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” [Colossians 2:8]

4. SIGNS are for those who are called according to the purpose of God, even as Moses, “...  if they will not believe also these TWO SIGNS, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the WATER which thou takest out of the river shall BECOME BLOOD ...” [Exodus 4:9] THREE SIGNS were given to Moses and THREE to this generation; FEAR, TARES and the GOSPEL. Watch the SIGNS and take heed, in particular, to the THIRD, “And this GOSPEL of the kingdom shall be PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS unto all nations; and then shall the END COME” [Matthew 24:14] Until recently it was impossible to preach the Gospel in all nations at the same time; satellite communication now makes it possible. Some indeed preach Christ for personal gain, others of contention and what have you, “What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether IN PRETENCE, OR IN TRUTH, CHRIST IS PREACHED; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice” [Philippians 1:18] All three SIGNS point to imminent appearance of Jesus Christ and END of the present world, “Seeing then that ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE DISSOLVED, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all HOLY CONVERSATION and GODLINESS” [2 Peter 3:11] Now, is the time to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and prepare to meet your God.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

1. Enoch never ceased to capture imagination of men, there are many fables but one thing is certain, “… before his translation HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY, that HE PLEASED GOD” [Hebrews 11:5b] By the time of his birth, the rot that culminated in the FLOOD in Noah’s time had set in; the revival in Genesis 4:26 did little to turn the tide, “And GOD saw that the WICKEDNESS OF MAN WAS GREAT IN THE EARTH, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” [Genesis 6:5] Some in his generation no doubt called upon the Name of the Lord, none “PLEASED GOD”, increasing the weight of the CURSE; this much Lamech confessed, “And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and TOIL OF OUR HANDS, because of the GROUND WHICH THE LORD HAD CURSED” [Genesis 5:29] Does this not sound familiar? Are we not weighted down by SIN in cesspools of toil and sorrows. Adam was 622 years old when Enoch was born and testified of the VOICE that WALKED in Eden as he did to all who came before him. When Enoch was sixty-five years old, took the first step to WALK with God, “And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AFTER HE BEGAT Methuselah …” [Genesis 5:21-22]

2. The template of God’s relationship with man is best illustrated with “WALKING”, “And they heard the VOICE of the LORD God WALKING in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden” [Genesis 3:8] The VOICE of the LORD is the ALMIGHTY reaching out in fellowship to deliver us from SIN and DEATH; the VOICE of the Shepherd calling His lost SHEEP, “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, and I know them, and THEY FOLLOW ME: And I give unto them ETERNAL LIFE; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand” [John 10:27-28] God’s Sheep are those who not only HEAR but turn around to FOLLOW Him; Enoch knew the story from his youth but not until he was sixty-five did he take the first step. The same God is calling you to WALK with Him, as he did Abraham, “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; WALK BEFORE ME, and BE THOU PERFECT” [Genesis 17:1] The GOSPEL preached in the name of Jesus Christ is the VOICE that WALKED in Eden calling you to REPENT and step in line with Him. As the joy of the Shepherd has no limitation for the lost Sheep that return, so is God PLEASED with those who REPENT, “I say unto you, that likewise JOY shall be in HEAVEN over one SINNER THAT REPENTETH, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance” [Luke 15:7]

3. WALKING with God is the spiritual odyssey of FAITH, “But WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD: for he that cometh to God must BELIEVE that HE IS, and that he is a REWARDER of them that diligently SEEK HIM” [Hebrews 11:6] The fathers, from Seth to Jared, no doubt had diverse measures of FAITH but not enough to maintain brisk WALK with God or PLEASE Him; FAITH without UNDERSTANDING is LITTLE FAITH and soon fizzles out; overwhelmed with WORRY [Luke 12:28] tormented with FEAR [Matthew 8:26] fraught with doubt [Matthew 14:31] We all get started with LIITLE FAITH even Enoch, GREAT FAITH is fashioned in deep communion in total submission to God, “The eyes of your UNDERSTANDING BEING ENLIGHTENED; that ye may know what is the HOPE of his calling, and what the riches of the GLORY of his INHERITANCE in the saints” [Ephesians 1:18] FAITH boosted with UNDERSTANDING of personal identity of God is delivered from concomitant disabilities of SELF, we are delivered from SELF and our FAITH firmly anchored in HOPE of the PROMISE not SEEN, “Now FAITH is the substance of things HOPED FOR, the evidence of things NOT SEEN” [Hebrews 12:1] When all else around Enoch had their FAITH submerged by WORK and TOIL of the CURSE [Genesis 5:29b] Enoch had his FAITH buoyed with HOPE in SALVATION that should come through Jesus Christ, “And ENOCH also, the seventh from Adam, PROPHESIED of these, saying, Behold, THE LORD COMETH with ten thousands of his saints” [Jude 1:14]

4. ENOCH PLEASED GOD not because he was blameless, “Even as Abraham BELIEVED GOD, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for RIGHTEOUSNESS” [Galatians 3:6] Enoch PLEASED God by what he SAW, Jude 1:14, and BELIEVED of Christ thousands of years ahead of time. He UNDERSTOOD by REVELATION that the LAMB on the throne was God, in Christ, “SLAIN” to grant us victory over DEATH [Revelation 13:8] Enoch’s FAITH was so strong DEATH could not have him and was God PLEASED, “BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED that he should NOT SEE DEATH; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that HE PLEASED GOD” [Hebrews 11:5] The same God is PLEASED when eyes of our UNDERSTANDING are enlightened to SEE the fulness of the FATHER in the SON, “… 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” [Revelation 5:6] We, as Enoch, shall be translated not because we are faultless but by evidence of diligent FAITH, “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all HOLY CONVERSATIONGODLINESS and GODLINESS, Looking for and hasting unto the COMING OF THE DAY OF GOD, …” [2 Peter 3:11-12]

1. Genesis 1:26 was a firm PROMISE to make Man in the IMAGE and LIKENESS of God, “So God CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the IMAGE OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; male and female created he them” [Genesis 1:27] We were created in God’s IMAGE, His LIKENESS was reserved that it might be the BLESSING of OBEDIENCE. In Abraham, the PROMISE was formalized with BLESSING when God said, “That in BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, ... And IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS of the earth be BLESSED because thou hast OBEYED MY VOICE” [Genesis 22:17-18] Fulfilment of the PROMISE was God manifest in Jesus Christ, the fulness of the Godhead and express IMAGE of His Person [Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 1:3] In Jesus Christ, God became like us that we might be like Him, “That the BLESSING OF ABRAHAM might come on the GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; that we might RECEIVE the PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH” [Galatians 3:14] LIFE of God is His SPIRT, the PROMISE was to replicate His SPIRIT in us, giving us ETERNAL LIFE by GRACE through FAITH in Jesus Christ, “And we know that the SON OF GOD IS COME, and hath given us an UNDERSTANDING, that we may know him that is true, and we are in HIM THAT IS TRUE, even in his Son JESUS CHRIST. This is the TRUE GOD, and ETERNAL LIFE” [1 John 5:20] 

2. Validity of a PROMISE is commensurate with willingness and ability of the PROMISOR; who is as God ALMIGHTY, able to fulfil His PROMISE? “Declaring the END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” [Isaiah 46:10] Nothing will stop God but ourselves, notwithstanding He is FAITHFUL to His PROMISE. Whereas we receive treasures of His PROMISE in this weak and beggarly bag of flesh and bones and in constant danger of losing it to present instabilities and hardships of this world, God is FAITHFUL to His WORD, “But we have this TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS, that the EXCELLENCY OF THE POWER MAY BE OF GOD, and not of us. We are TROUBLED on every side, yet not DISTRESSED; we are PERPLEXED, but NOT IN DESPAIR” [2 Corinthians 4:7] Well aware of our limitations, we have absolute TRUST in the EXCELLENCY of God’s POWER to make us tamperproof, “In whom YE ALSO TRUSTED, after that ye heard the WORD OF TRUTH, the GOSPEL of your SALVATION: in whom also after that YE BELIEVED, ye were SEALED with that HOLY SPIRIT of PROMISE” [Ephesians 1:13] The PROMISE comes with firm assurances of HOPE in the appearance of Jesus Christ by which we are SEALED till we shall be revealed in His LIKENESS, “Beloved, now are we the SONS OF GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but WE KNOW that, WHEN HE SHALL APPEARS, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2]

3. Permit me to illustrate with SARDINES SEALED in a can. The SARDINES once swam freely  until they were caught in the net and so once were we in the world, swimming in the ocean of SIN, “Again, the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A NET, that was cast into the sea, and GATHERED OF EVERY KING: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and GATHERED THE GOOD into vessels, but CAST THE BAD AWAY” [Matthew 13:47-48] The NET is the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ, bringing in many kinds including “SARDINES”; the catch is sorted and separated to be SEALED. Separation is according to HEARING; SARDINES are those who HEARED both MESSAGE and MESSENGER and can respectfully say to the Preacher, “... Now WE BELIEVE, not because of thy saying: for WE HAVE HEARD HIM OURSELVES, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD” [John 4:42] Expectedly, SARDINES to be SEALED are washed, fins and tails removed to fit into the can; so must we be washed and cut in the IMAGE of the Lord by His WORD for us to abide in Him and He in us, “Now ye are CLEAN THROUGH THE WORD which I have spoken unto you. ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. ...” [John 15:3-4] We are SEALED not because we go to Church but by PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP of Christ in YOU and you in HIM, “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM, and THEY FOLLOW ME: And I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand” [John 10:27-28]

4. We are SEALED BY PROMISE, “Now he which STABLISHETH US with you in Christ, and hath ANOINTED US, is God; Who hath also SEALED US, and given the EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT in our hearts” [2 Corinthians 1:21-22] Though we are in the world, we WALK not after the manner of the world but conduct ourselves in the WISDOM of God, as in James 3:17;  REDEEMING THE TIME, free of offences, “WALK IN WISDOM toward them that are without, REDEEMING THE TIME. Let your speech be ALWAY WITH GRACE, seasoned with salt, that ye may know HOW YE OUGT TO ANSWER EVERY MAN” [Colossians 4:5-6] As OIL preserve SARDINES in the can, we are preserved WITHIN by the OIL of UNDERSTANDING, our minds transformed both to KNOW and DO what is GOOD and PLEASING to God, “For it is GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO of HIS GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] The times are hard yet our FAITH is unshaken in God  to deliver on His PROMISE; we are in Him and He, working in us to PLEASE Him, as He did in Enoch, “BY FAITH Enoch was TRANSLATED that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this TESTIMONY, that HE PLEASED GOD” [Hebrews 11:5]

1. UNDERSTANDING is the EYE of the body, “ ... if therefore thine EYE BE SINGLE, thy whole body shall be FULL OF LIGHT. But if thine EYE BE EVIL, thy whole body shall be FULL OF DARKNESS. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” [Matthew 6:23] As our EYES need LIGHT to SEE, so do we require Spiritual LIGHT, the KNOWLEDGE of TRUTH in Jesus Christ to GET UNDERSTANDING “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT OF LIFE” [John 8:12] For those who have received Christ, WISDOM is indispensable; UNDERSTANDING is a life-long spiritual odyssey, WISDOM is the diet that keeps us in the WAY, that we should not make fools of ourselves, “Yea also, when he that is a FOOL WALKETH BY THE WAY, his WISDOM FAILETH HIM, and he saith to every one that HE IS A FOOL” [Ecclesiastics 10:3] By all means, let us desire and tenaciously ask God for WISDOM that our quest for UNDERSTANDING be not in vain “If any of YOU LACK WISDOM, let him ASK OF GOD, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” [James 1:5] WISDOM will keep you in the WAY, UNDERSTANDING will establish you in eternal RICHES and GLORY of God’s King, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore GET WISDOM: and WITH ALL THY GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING” [Proverbs 4:7]

2. UNDERSTANDING comes by REVELATION, the SON reveals the FATHER to you and in you, “... NO MAN KNOWETH who the SON is, but the FATHER; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the SON WILL REVEAL HIM” [ Luke 10:22] Revelation of the FATHER in the SON is beyond what a Mentor may pass to his Mentee, it is the MYSTERY of God manifest in flesh and blood to REDEEM us to Himself; He must indeed become like us that we might be like Him, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, ...” [1 Timothy 3:16] Only the SON may REVEAL the FATHER to you and in you, and He does to those who purge themselves of “OWN UNDERSTANDING” to GET His UNDERSTANDING [Proverbs 3:5] The proof of UNDERSTANDING is knowing who you are in Christ, in Him we are joined to God and made PERFECT IN ONE, “I IN THEM, and THOU IN ME, that they may be MADE PERFECT IN ONE; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me” [John 17:23] Eve was deceived because she lacked UNDERSTANDING of her IDENTITY; she had no reason to be like gods, she was made in the image of God [Genesis 3:5] In Jesus Christ we are SONS of God and Joint-Heirs with Jesus Christ, having this UNDERSTANDING let us live above the DECEITS and CORRUPTION of the present world, “Know ye not that ye are the TEMPLE OF GOD, and that the SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU?” [1 Corinthians 3:16] 

3. UNDERSTANDING is not a GIFT, you work to GET it, “... I Daniel UNDERSTOOD BY BOOKS the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish SEVENTY YEARS in the DESOLATIONS OF JERUSALEM” [Daniel 9:2] Daniel “UNDERSTOOD BY BOOKS” the timeline of DIVINE AGENDA but Jerusalem with her many Priests because she would not search the Scriptures for UNDERSTANDING and for which Jesus, “... wept over it, “Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the THINGS WHICH BELONG UNTO THY PEACE! but now they are HID FROM THINE EYES” [Luke 19: 41-44] Brethren, our HOPE and PEACE in present global instabilities and excruciating is not in protests or regime change but in the WORD of God. Let no man deceive you, everything God had DONE, is DOING and will yet do are established in the Bible and therein is our PEACE. Let us SEARCH and DIG DEEP into Holy Scriptures for UNDERSTANDING of our place in Prophecy, “STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH” [2 Timothy 2:15] You must not allow your UNDERSTANDING of extant worldwide disorders and fear Jesus Christ is at the door, “And when THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, then LOOK UP, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28]

4. UNDERSTANDING surpasses WISDOM as heaven is beyond earth, “The LORD by WISDOM hath founded the earth; BY UNDERSTANDING hath he ESTABLISHED THE HEAVENS” [Proverbs 3:19] UNDERSTANDING was the difference between WISE and FOOLISH VIRGINS in Matthew 25:1-12; the WISE UNDERSTOOD what needed to be DONE; they took OIL in their lamps, “They that were FOOLISH took their lamps, and TOOK NO OIL with them: But the WISE TOOK OIL in their vessels with their lamps” [Matthew 25:3-4] Beloved, now is the time to fill your VESSEL with OIL of Spiritual Maturity and be no more food for False Teachers, “That we henceforth be NO MORE CHILDREN, tossed to and fro, and CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE, by the sleight of men, and CUNNING CRAFTINESS, whereby they lie in wait to DECEIVE”[Ephesians 4:14] OIL of UNDERSTANDING cannot be sold or passed by impartation; it is pressed in the mill of HOLINESS and SEPARATION to God. I charge you therefore to, “... present your bodies a LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, acceptable unto God, ... And BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: but be ye transformed by the RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” [Romans 12:1-2] GET UNDERSTANDING while there is yet time. Night is coming when no man may work.

Having made known unto us the MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, … Ephesians 1:9