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Common Number Use and Meaning in the Bible

There are a handful of numbers that commonly reoccur throughout the entire Bible, while other
numbers generally do not occur at all. Their usage and grouping is far to ordered and to consistent
throughout the Bible to be considered irrelevant or incidental. Following is what is considered to be
their common meaning.

Topics

1 Oneness, One God, one family, one Relationship

2 Witness, Two Establishes the event as Fact
3 Fellowship, Triune (Trinity) Nature of God
4 Earth, the Physical realm, Earth and the things of it
5 Grace, (Individuality) Overcoming Obstacles in Life
6 Incomplete, Man's Number, Man without God is Incomplete
7 Complete, God (1) + (6) Man = Completeness
8 Newness, New Beginnings, New Day, New Outlook, Jesus' Number
9 Ordained, Fullness of God's Ordained Plan (3) x (3) = 9
10 Trials, Temporary, a temporary affliction
12 Family, the family - tribe as defined by God
13 Evil, man attempting to be equal with God, Satan's number
40 Permanent, Life Change, a permanent new way of life
70 Administration, Government a functioning, shared and dispersed authority
1000 Blessing, a multitude of blessings and opportunities provided by God

Examples of Bible Types

Bronze - Brass, Sin is present and needs to be judged and removed

Gold, God's Presence & Glory is now visible after sins removal
Nets - Snares, an Entanglement, a Trap, a restriction on our good intentions
Silver, Redemption Blood - the price and sacrifice of redemption
Wood - Trees, Man, the works and abilities of Man apart from God
 One

One: Oneness, One God revealed to us as the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, one
relationship with God, one life, also the oneness and the commitment of the Husband and Wife
relationship.

Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one (Church) body, and one (Holy) Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of
your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you (Christians) all.

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is,
God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God;
and there is none other but He:

Romans 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision
through faith.

1st Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto
idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and
they shall be one flesh.

Two

Two: Witness, Biblically it is required by the Jews to have two people witness an event before it is
established as fact particularly in Biblical or Legal matters. Peter and John both went to the tomb to
"witness" and establish the fact of the vacant tomb and of the Resurrection of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any
sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter
be established.

John 20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple (John) did outrun Peter, and came first to
the sepulchre. .. John 20:8 Then went in also that other disciple (John), which came first to the
sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

Revelation 11:3-4 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
 Three

Three: Fellowship, the three measures of fellowship and hospitality, embodied in the triune 3 in 1
relationship of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is confirmed by the Holy Angels who
proclaim "Holy, Holy, Holy" designating that each the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are each
receiving Praise, Honor and Worship.

Genesis 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready (for fellowship)
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Luke 13:20,21 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which
a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Here the hidden leaven is a type of sin and is interfering with the pure fellowship of the kingdom of
God.

Isaiah 6:3 And one (Angel) cried unto another (Angel), and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts:
the whole earth is full of His glory.

Revelation 4:8 And the four beasts (Angel - Spirit beings) 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.

Angels in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are recorded as saying, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is
the LORD" this is in reference to God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Four

Four: This physical world, the earth, and the things of it i.e. the four corners (quadrants) of the earth.
An Earthly (worldly) focus vs. the Heavenly focus we are supposed to have. In the garden of Eden four
rivers go out throughout the whole earth, likewise four winds and the four directions of North, South,
East, and West.

Genesis 2:10-14 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the
fourth river is Euphrates.

God is still gathering together His people unto Himself and out of this world and it’s worldly system.

Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.

Five

Five: Grace (Individuality). King David picks up five stones and uses one to slay Goliath the giant with.
God provides the grace for us to overcome the giants in our life.

1st Samuel 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the
brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:
and he drew near to the Philistine.

2nd Chronicles 5:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to
wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was
for the priests to wash in.

Matthew 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves,
and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his
disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matthew 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Matthew 25:15 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.

Six

Six: Incomplete, the current state of man as man is incomplete without God. Man was created on the
sixth day. The Temple lamp is composed of six branches and the one vine depicting man's
dependence on God. The antichrist has the number 666 associated with him as he is totally
incomplete, a "trinity" of incompleteness, the Antichrist is totally without God. Interestingly the Bible
has 66 books, the Bible is complete in knowledge of salvation for mankind but it is incomplete in
recording on paper all that God has done in the lives or every single person who has ever lived, that
information still remains with God.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them. .. Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Exodus 25:31,32 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick
be made: his shaft [vine], and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one
side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Jesus declares for us that He is the Vine and we are the Branches. Man (6) + {attached to} (1) God =
(7) completeness.

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Ruth 3:17,18 And she (Ruth) said, These six measures of barley gave he (Boaz) me; for he said to me,
Go not empty unto thy mother in law. Then said she (Naomi), Sit still, my daughter, until thou know
how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

When Boaz gave Ruth the six Measures of grain it was a symbol to Naomi that the reunion was not
yet completed.

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred (600) Threescore (60) and Six (6) = (666).

2nd Chronicles 8:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was Six hundred (600)
and Three score (60) and Six (6) = (666) talents of gold;

King Solomon in the Old Testament is also associated with the number 666 as he is in part a "Type" or
"Foreshadow" of the coming Antichrist. The Bible explains that Only Jesus is the rightful Ruler of the
Universe and that those who claimed the title before Jesus were Trespassers and that those who
claim the title after Jesus came are of the Antichrist. The first King of Israel was a man named Saul, his
name means (Asked For) asked for by the people, and Saul as king was unfaithful and as unfaithful he
is a type of Satan. The second King of Israel is the King who God chose King David and his name means
(Beloved). David is beloved of God, he remained faithful and is therefore a type of Jesus. After King
David came King Solomon (Peaceful) he is a type of the Antichrist as the Antichrist will come claiming
to bring peace. If you want to study the Antichrist and his coming worldly kingdom with worldly
knowledge and a false peace it is necessary to study King Solomon and likewise a study of Jesus
requires studying King David while a study of King Saul is helpful in studying of Satan.

Seven

Seven: Completeness. Seven depicts a complete event but it does not depict Holiness. The
Dragon/Satan is depicted as having seven heads this is the complete Government system of Satan
there is no more to come but definitely this not a holy system. Man (6) + (1) God = (7) Complete or
"perfect" as the Bible says "Be ye perfect" (complete). The Feast of unleavened bread last for seven
days symbolizing the complete removal of sin.

Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Exodus 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven
out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that
soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Matthew 18:21,22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until seventy times seven.

Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him
which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

Revelation 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.

Revelation 8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven
trumpets.

Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the
seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Eight

Eight: Jesus, New beginnings. Seven is complete then the 8th is the new one. Seven days is the
completed week the eight day is the new week. Jesus resurrected on the eight day (Sunday) of the
week to reveal the New relationship with man. The Hebrew male children are circumcised the eight
day for a new (old-covenant) relationship with God. The disciple Thomas didn't believe the first day of
the Resurrection of Jesus but on the 8th day it was a new day for the new belief of Thomas in the
resurrected Jesus.

1st Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

Luke 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was
called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luke 9:28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and
James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came
Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
 Nine

Nine: The Ordained, fullness of God's plan.

Nehemiah 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots,
to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

It is God's Ordained Plan that everyone would have a home in the Promise Land.

Luke 17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

It is God's Ordained Plan that everyone is healed, of sin (leprosy), and that everyone Returns and gives
thanks to God.

It's interesting that man does have the freewill to override the Ordained Plan of God and that this is a
Trial (10) for God as Ten Lepers were cured yet only one gave thanks at that time and that the land is
divided into Ten parts, yet many chose not to live in their inheritance in the promise land.

Acts 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the
Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the
people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an
angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a
memorial before God.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness,
Faith, Meekness, Temperance: against such there is no law.

There are nine fruits of the Holy Spirit listed in the book of Galatians 5:22-23. These are not the only
fruits of the Holy Spirit other fruit is listed elsewhere in the Bible but this is a group of nine reminding
us of God's Divine Ordained plan for each of us to bring forth His fruit in the ability and power of the
Holy Spirit.

Ten

Ten: Trials, temporary difficulty that is to be overcome. Laban changed Jacob's wages "these 10
times" the Saints of Revelation are to be tested Ten days, yet in the end they will each get the victory.
In a trial a person is considered to have a double portion of God's Grace as Grace (5) x 2 = (10)
"Trials".

Genesis 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered
him not to hurt me.

Genesis 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the
least ten; after that she shall go.
Daniel 1:14,15 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of
ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the
portion of the king's meat.

Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Psalms 33:1,2 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Praise the
LORD with harp: Sing unto Him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Could it be that when we Rejoice and Praise the Lord during our times of difficulty and trials that it is
counted as music to the ears of God.

Twelve

Twelve: Family, Mankind/Humanity (6) x (2) = (12) Family; the families and tribes of humanity are
represented by their 12 leaders. Jacob's family had 12 men/leaders/Patriarchs, so did Ishmael's
family, Likewise we the Family of the Church have our 12 Disciple Apostle leaders.

Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them,
and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their
castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Luke 6:13 And when it was day, He called unto Him his disciples: and of them He chose twelve, whom
also He named apostles;

Thirteen

Thirteen: Evil, man including himself as equal with God by bringing God down in stature and nature.
Human Family (12) + (1) God = 13. Man is in the family of man which is separate and distinct from
God. This would be evident in including Jesus in with the (12) Apostles. Jesus is never counted or
numbered among the apostles or disciples, as Jesus is always separate from them being their Master -
Rabbi (teacher). The only group of humans Jesus is numbered with temporarily is the transgressors
including the two who were crucified along with Jesus, but Jesus being righteous was separated from
them in His death.

John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve [daylight] hours in the day? If any man walk in the
day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

The thirteenth hour is an hour of darkness.

Genesis 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Ester 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to
cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples
[Jesus is never numbered among the disciples], He departed thence to teach and to preach in their
cities.

Isaiah 53:9 And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had
done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.

Note: It is occult mathematics to add Jesus into the count with humans. Jesus is Devine He is separate and distinct from humans. For
instance - occult numerologist would claim that 2/3rds (.6667) of the three people crucified on that day received redemption (Jesus
and one of the two thieves) however Jesus offered and gave to mankind of His Redemption. Jesus did not redeem Himself on the
cross, Jesus did not need redeeming, it is mankind that needs the redemption (righteousness) that Jesus is offering to all sinners. The
correct Biblical numbers at the crucifixion are 50% - 50% [.50] and not the occult 2/3 (.6667) there was (one) Jesus and (two) sinners.
One sinner chose Jesus and repentance while the other sinner continued to rejected Jesus. Two people representing two distinct
directions and destinations [heaven] salvation in Jesus or [hell] condemnation by rejecting Jesus.

Jesus since the begging of time has always been Devine, Lord, God, King and Savior. Jesus did not bow down to Satan and Jesus did
not receive anything from Satan (John 14:30) not any knowledge, not any kingdom not anything. The use of Satanic (occult)
numerology is completely inaccurate and irrelevant in referencing Jesus Christ.

Forty

Forty: Permanent change, where 10 is a temporary trial 40 is a permanent life changing event. Jesus
appeared to the disciples for 40 days after His resurrection this is a permanent life change for the
Christian as we always have Jesus with us. There are many uses in the Bible for 40 and generally it is in
a new and continued relationship with God. Like eating the Manna, Fasting, Praying, Resisting the
Devil, and Seeing the Resurrected Jesus. Also 40 days of resurrected life change plus 10 days of
resisting trials and tribulation equals Pentecost (50) and the pouring out of Gods' spirit upon the
believer.

Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights;
and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited;
they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Exodus 34:28 And he (Moses) was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat
bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten
commandments.

Mark 1:13 And He (Jesus) was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the
wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him.

Acts 1:3 To whom also He (Jesus) shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
 Seventy

Seventy is a number for Government and administration. A responsible government that is not a
dictatorship but is a power sharing, empowering, building up, system of representation.

Exodus 24:1 And He said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

Numbers 11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that
was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested
upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two
before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us
through thy name.

One Thousand

One Thousand: represents Blessings a multitude of blessings and opportunities provided by God. The
coming Kingdom reign of Jesus here on earth is going to be highlighted as a time period of
unprecedented blessings as God pours out His blessings upon the people.

Deuteronomy 1:11 The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye
are, and bless you, as He hath promised you!

Psalms 105:8 He hath remembered His covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a
thousand generations.

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior
Jesus Christ;

Revelation 20:2-3 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal
upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and
after that he must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I
saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5-6 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This
is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a
thousand years.
 Examples of Bible Types

Like Numbers in the Bible, people, places, colors and substances can also have a prescribed meaning
and are designated as types for us. Types are like the parables that Jesus told and are intended to
help explain and define for us in the physical realm the things of the Heavenly and spiritual realms
including the things that are yet future, things that we cannot currently physically perceive.

Brass - Bronze

Brass/Bronze - Sin: Were there is bronze it identifies that sin is present and needs to be judged -
removed. Bronze is a material that is capable of lasting in a fire it is a platform used where the sin is
burnt and consumed in the judgment of fire.

Revelation 1:14-15 His (Jesus’) head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes
were as a flame of fire; And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice
as the sound of many waters.

Here Jesus is seen by His beloved disciple John and it is depicted to us as Jesus is in the process of
Judging the world regarding sin with both the fire and the brass in appearance in the eyes and the
feet of Jesus, additionally Jesus has the voice sounding "of many waters” likely referencing that Jesus
speaks to people in every language.

Exodus 27:1-6 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad;
the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the
horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with
brass. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his
fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for
it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners
thereof. And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the
midst of the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with brass...

The Tabernacle and the Temple are both constructed with outer courts of Bronze where sin is dealt
with and then passing into the inner rooms Gold is present signifying the visible presence of God. The
two materials, bronze and gold, are not mixed together nor are they even together in the same room,
signifying that man is either in a relationship with God or man is in sin there is not a middle condition
of someone being both unjust and justified at the same time.

1st Samuel 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of
Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he
was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he
had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. And the staff of his
spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one
bearing a shield went before him.

Goliath the giant that David faced and defeated, was a giant encompassed from head to toe with
sin/brass.
 Gold

Gold - God’s Presence/Glory: Where there is gold the sin has been dealt with and removed and now
the Glory of God (Gold) is present and visible.

Revelation 21:21-23 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and
the street of the city (Heaven) was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple
therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof.

The streets of Heaven are paved with pure gold, how often we have heard about that. It is wonderful
to know that Heaven is actually paved with the visible Presence of God.

Exodus 25:8-13 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all
that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof,
even so shall ye make it. And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be
the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt
make upon it a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them
in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side
of it. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length
thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of
beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and
arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Daniel 5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of
gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in
the kingdom.

Since Gold represents God it is also used in the Bible by the enemies of God as a substitute and
counterfeit for the real God.

Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

It is gold that represents God, and not the other way around of gold being God.
 Nets

Nets - Snare, an Entanglement, a Trap: Nets are a trap they catch us and hinder us from the intended
way we wanted to walk. Interestingly we do not have to be inside of the net to be caught in one. We
can be just as tangled and caught in a net from the outside. Jesus was calling to the disciples James
and Peter to let go of their nets and to follow Him. The disciples each had both of their hands in the
nets as they worked, they were entangled in nets even though they were on the outside of the net it
still restricted and controlled their life.

Matthew 4:19-22 And He (Jesus) saith unto them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. And
they straightway left their nets, and followed Him. And going on from thence, He saw other two
brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and He called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and
followed Him.

Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside;
they have set gins for me. Selah.

Silver

Silver - Redemption Blood: Silver is used as a substitute and as a symbol of redemption blood.

1st Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood
of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

The Church is redeemed (purchased) by the blood of Jesus and this is not to be confused with the Old
Testament type of silver and gold of redemption. In other words paying tithes or any other fee does
nothing to redeem our soul to God.

Exodus 30:11-13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, When thou takest the sum of the children
of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when
thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This they
shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the
sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

The “shekel of the sanctuary” is a Silver coin

Exodus 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under
another board.

The Tabernacle is constructed and rests upon a layer of Silver - Redemption blood.

Psalms 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered
with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Trees - Wood

Trees/Wood - Man, works and the abilities of Man: Wood is a temporary item and will not last forever
and it definitely will not last in the fiery judgment of God. There are two types of trees good fruitful
trees and bad unfruitful trees.

With man being represented by God in the Bible as a Tree and as Wood it is interesting that God
Himself is represented as a Carpenter a shaper & molder of wood/Man (people) and that Jesus like
His Father is also a Carpenter. The Occupation and skill of God (Father, Son (Jesus), Holy Spirit) is that
of shaping and molding in the life of each and every individual person.

Mark 6:3 Is not this the Carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and
Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.

Matthew 13:55 Is not this the Carpenter's Son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James,
and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

These two above verses are also referencing some of the family members of Mary and Joseph and as
family they are a ½ brother to Jesus. The ½ brother James is the first Christian Church leader, and he is
the writer of the Bible’s “Book of James” while the brother Jude (Judas) is the author of the Bible’s
“Book of Jude.”

1st Corinthians 3:11-15 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire;
and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he
himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

It is the wood, hay and stubble of man’s work that burn up and are removed while the gold, silver and
precious stones of God’s work remain forever.

Deuteronomy 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to
death, and thou hang him on a tree:

A person who committed a sin worthy of death was to be displayed on a tree as an example of how
not to conduct your life. This command is not a crucifixion as it is instead a person that was stoned to
death first and then hung on a tree. At the time that this command was given it was at least 4,000
years before the cross of Jesus and crucifixion had only been invented and came into practice about
200 years before the cross of Jesus. But from God’s perspective this is definitely another of the Bible’s
foreshadowing of the coming cross of Jesus.
Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God
exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins.

The rejection and crucifixion of Jesus is a work of man, and not work of God, this is symbolized by the
crucifixion taking place on a wooden cross.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is
written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Sin and the curse of it are confined and kept in the physical body that is why Jesus Resurrected into a
new Spiritual body and it is why we physically die and our spirit and soul depart the physical body to
be given a new Spiritual body from God.

1st Corinthians 15:42-45 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It (flesh/body) is sown in corruption; it
is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised
in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a
spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam (Jesus)
was made a quickening (life giving) Spirit.

Daniel 4:20-22 The tree that thou (king Nebuchadnezzar) sawest (in a dream), which grew, and was
strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; Whose leaves
were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field
dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: It is thou, O king, that
art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy
dominion to the end of the earth.

Daniel 4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

Mark 8:23-24 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had
spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and
said, I see men as trees, walking.

Haggai 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it,
and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

The Bible's consistent structure throughout its 66 books encompassing both the Old and the New
Testaments is substantiating conformation that God is indeed the Author of the Bible and not man.
The individual human authors could in no way maintain the consistent references in Number usage,
Symbols and Types throughout the many years, lives, times and customs of the Bible's compilation.

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 It will be a short question and answer document regarding the three areas of -- Church Governing Practices: i.e. tithing,
financial accountability, personal accountability, nepotism policies, leadership qualifications, ministry openness, etc. --
Church Fellowship Practices: i.e. are there Apostles in the fellowship today?, are there Prophets in the fellowship today?,
does the pastor or leadership think that they are a Jesus figure or a Moses figure presiding over the Church fellowship? is
the Church leadership considered extra anointed?, what Gifts of the Holy Spirit are to be exercised publically?, does the
Church fellowship provide for hospital visits?, What resources are freely available?, etc. -- Biblical Church Doctrines: i.e.
what is the Church?, when did the Church start?, how does the Church end?, where is the real Mt. Sinai?, is Mormonism
Christian?, what is the best and most accurate Bible translation?, etc.

 By sampling the practices and beliefs of your Church pastors, staff and leadership to understand their managerial intentions
and Biblical knowledge of Christianity, it is intended that the average Church attendee can have a clearer and more concise
picture as to if that particular fellowship is really in line with their own personal desire to practice their faith while growing
and maturing as a Christian.

 Much of the information for the coming 2012 Church Challenge can be found in the current document "Wiki - Basic
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Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

As Christians we have the awesome privilege to participate (Philippians 2:12) in our own salvation (maturity) process and
likewise we also have the equally awesome responsibility to oversee that the temporal, corporate assembly [Church
fellowship] portion of our Spiritual sanctification process is done Biblically, sufficiently and correctly.

Use the time between now and this Fall to download the Wiki - Basic Christian material, study it and get a small group from
your Church fellowship together to get acquainted with the material, especially include anyone who is a large financial
donor to the Church. Also use the time to try to determine the financial stability of the Church fellowship i.e. what assets
and land does it own, how many years of financial reserves does the fellowship maintain and what loans and legal financial
obligations does it have if any. Begin to present the material along with your input or the group’s input to the Church
pastors, leaders and staff. This will give Church attendees a good initial indication of just what the fellowship consist of and
where it needs to improve, if anywhere. It will also go a long way in assisting to prepare the Church fellowship for any
personal changes or pastoral changes that could occur within the fellowship so that if any changes do occur the fellowship
body can be more readily prepared for change in a positive direction and not as susceptible to the current emergent types
of changes that are taking advantage of uniformed fellowships and are deliberately changing and hindering the character,
content and commitment of the true Christian Church.

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 Sabbath Rest and Trust 2012
Entering into the finished and completed Eternal works of Jesus Christ
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens (sky) and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His
work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His [six days of] work which He had made. And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all His work which God created and made.

Isaiah 11:10 And in that day [Day of Salvation] there shall be a root [offspring] of Jesse [King David's father], which shall stand for an
ensign [leadership flag] of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious.

Isaiah 56:4-8 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep My Sabbaths [complete, spiritual, emotional rest by trust in God],
and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My [New] Covenant; Even unto them will I give in Mine House and within My
walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an Everlasting Name, that shall not be cut off. Also
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD [Jesus], to serve Him, and to love the Name of the LORD, to be His
servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it (Hebrews 3:12), and taketh hold of My covenant (Hebrews 4:1); Even
them will I bring to My Holy Mountain, and make them joyful in My House of Prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar (1 Peter 2:9); for Mine House shall be called an House of Prayer for all people. The Lord GOD which
gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others [Christians] to Him, beside those [Jews] that are gathered unto Him.

Matthew 11:27-30 All things are delivered unto Me [Jesus] of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son [preexistent in Heaven], but
the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him. **Come unto Me
[Jesus], all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and *learn of Me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest **unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

Hebrews 4:3 For we [Christians] which have believed do enter into rest, as He said, As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter
into My rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

BasicChristian.org: Article Introduction - The 7 physical and spiritual dimensions as unfolded in the 7 Days of the Genesis creation
model {the 8th dimension being God's realm of unrestricted eternity}
Humans exist in and are limited to the first three physical dimensions (length, height, width) and also the fourth dimension
(restriction) of time. The spiritual realm of demons, angels and in part the coming Antichrist exists in the less restricted 5th and 6th
dimensions. In fact the coming Antichrist is going to bring down or "contact" the 5th and 6th dimensions and infuse 4th dimensional
human beings with 5th dimensional demons [Nephilim spirits] and 6th dimensional fallen [Satanic] angelic spirit beings consequently
orchestrating 5th and 6th dimensional miracles and signs and wonders in order to deceive mankind. Note: So who is Melchizedek?
Melchizedek is the manifestation [into our human realms] of the infinite dimensional (infinite dimensions - no restrictions -
unrestricted) God in Person. Melchizedek is God the Holy Spirit in Person. Melchizedek is the Order of the Holy Spirit Priesthood. --
Also Note: In the Basic Christian article "Who is Melchizedek?" the 8 dimensions (restrictions) are listed in conjunction with the
original creation week (Genesis 1:1-2:4) and are categorized as follows: 1. Length [Day one creation - light separated [Judgment]
(length) from darkness] 2. Height [Day two creation - divided the waters above from the waters below] 3. Width [Day three creation
- dry land and plants] 4. Time [Day four creation - sun, moon, stars for times and seasons] 5. Demonic [Nephilim spirits] - demons
[Day five creation - fish from the waters below, birds from the waters above] 6. Angelic - Holy Angels and also Satan with all of his
fallen angels [Day six creation - land animals and humans (pre-fall) - humans the highest part of creation created separate and above
the animals and equal to the angels but with sin mankind fell from the 6th dimension to the 4th dimension, in fact with the sin of
mankind all of creation also fell from its original creation status] 7. Human Salvation redeemed by the blood, death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ [Day seven creation - Rest] 8. Unrestricted [outside of creation] - The only Unrestricted, Eternal, Wise, ∞ Infinite,
Almighty God consisting of God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. -- "Genesis 2:4 These are the generations
[dimensions] of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the
heavens ..." [article link]

Basic Christian: Spiritual Warfare - Introduction 1 of 5

The teaching of the Basic Christian ministry is that according to the Bible's Genesis Creation model [Genesis chapters 1 and 2] there
are 8 dimensions total 7 of the dimensions are represented in God's 7 days of creation [six days of creation and the 7th Day of Rest
(Genesis 2:2)]. Accordingly mankind [Adam - Eve] were originally created about equal (Hebrews 2:6,7) to the angels and functioned
in a higher 6th dimension [mankind created on the 6th day (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:31)]. Through sin mankind was reduced to the
lower 4th dimension [height, width, length and time] restrictions that we now physically inhabit (Genesis 3:9,10). It is the further
teaching of the Basic Christian ministry that both holy and fallen angels still inhabit the less restricted 6th dimension while according
to Genesis Chapter 6 fallen angels [6th dimensional beings] mated with fallen humans [4th dimensional beings] producing 5th
dimensional beings commonly referred to as demons. [article link]

Basic Christian: Spiritual Warfare - The Doctrines of Demons 2 of 5

The demonic 5th dimension seems to be a realm of doom and destruction purposefully visited upon the human realm via the
guidance of the fallen angel Satan aka Lucifer. The 5th dimension often attempts to trap mankind into a hopelessness and despair.
The primary teaching of the Doctrines of Demons (1 Timothy 4:1) is that hell [and legalism] is real and is an inescapable reality that
mankind cannot avoid having a 'hellish' existence either on earth in this life or in the life to come. -- Many people are successfully
able to identify, reject and for the most part avoid the false Doctrines of Demons and their destructive teachings and the
accompanying dangerous, addictive, lifestyle results. However many of the same people who successfully recognize [even secular
people] and avoid the dangers of the demonic 5th dimension are themselves unaware of the even more deceptive and destructive
6th dimension and the Doctrines of Fallen Angels. [article link]

Basic Christian: Spiritual Warfare - The Doctrines of Fallen Angels 3 of 5

After successfully navigating the battering of the demonic 5th dimension a person is often presented with the 6th dimension and the
even more clever and deceptive Doctrines of Fallen Angels (2 Corinthians 11:14). Doctrines that seemingly reject the brutalities of
the Demonic 5th realm but present an even greater deception in that the 6th realm is offering a false peace, false hope, false love
and a false security all absent the very real human predicaments of our own fallen sinful nature and of our individual need for
Redemption and Salvation only by and through the finished works of Jesus Christ. -- Isn't it interesting that Satan and the other fallen
angels would be most interested in having a Doctrine where hell is not a part of reality. "Matthew 25:41 Then shall He [Jesus] say
also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, **prepared [originally] for the devil and his
angels:" [article link]

Basic Christian: Spiritual Warfare - The Doctrine of Jesus Christ 4 of 5

Instead of the 5th dimension Doctrines of Demons and the 6th dimension Doctrines of Fallen Angels there is another Doctrine it is
the True and reliable 7th dimension Doctrine of Jesus Christ (Matthew 11:28). Jesus said that He is Life made available for all of
mankind. Those who wisely want to reject the destructive Doctrines of Demons and avoid the false and misleading Doctrines of
Fallen Angels have real hope and real life in the very real Doctrine of Jesus Christ. The simple, pure, loving, truthful Doctrine of God
in the person Jesus Christ having come to mankind with truth and reality to provide a way out of our sins and into the everlasting
hope and glory of Jesus Christ! -- "Matthew 11:28 Come unto Me (Jesus), all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I (Jesus) will
give you rest." [article link]

Basic Christian: Spiritual Warfare - Conclusion 5 of 5

Conclusion: The (7th dimension) restoration [Luke 5:37-39] of mankind is at a higher level (dimension) than even the original Genesis
(6th dimension) creation of mankind. God has the ability and the desire to not only overcome the fall and sin of mankind but to
make the restored version (realm) of mankind an even higher, better realm than the original glorious 6th dimension creation of
mankind. -- "John 5:24 Verily, verily, I (Jesus) say unto you, he that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him [Father] that sent Me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." - "John 6:63 It is the Spirit that
quickeneth [makes alive]; the flesh [physical] profiteth nothing: **the Words that I (Jesus) speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they
are [eternal] life." - "John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way (8th dimension) [for humans into the 7th dimension], the Truth,
and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father [Heaven - both a different dimension and a different (non-physical) realm], but by Me."
[article link]

Bible Verse: Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord (Jesus) hath made ruler over His household
[fellowship], to give them meat [sound doctrine Bible study] in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He cometh
shall find so doing. {The complete Bible is available at ChristianFaithDownloads.com}
Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord (Jesus) hath made ruler over His household, to give them
meat [sound doctrine Bible study] in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing. Verily I
say unto you, That He shall make him [faithful servant] ruler over all His goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My
Lord delayeth His coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The Lord of that
servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- Matthew 13:41-43 The Son of Man
(Jesus) shall send forth His [Holy] Angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the Kingdom of their Father. Who hath [Spiritual] ears to hear, let him hear. -- Holy Bible [article link]
 blog Bible Study: Deuteronomy 5-6 - In giving the people a perspective of God's abilities Moses exhorted the people to
Hear, Learn, Observe and Act in regards to the commands, statutes and promises of God -- 'Deuteronomy 6:3-6 Hear
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God
of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one
LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these
words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:'
Remember that thou wast a servant: We are admonished to keep a perspective of our past life of sin and bondage.
Remember that at one time we were a servant to sin. The bondage and cruelty of sin is something that we have been
delivered from and it was only in the love of God and by the capabilities of God that He delivered us, we did not deliver
ourselves. If we forget that sin actually deceived us and took advantage of us we might be tempted to go back to some of
our old ways however those old ways were not God's ways and they are no longer our ways either. - 'Deuteronomy 5:15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a
mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath (rest) day [rest
in the accomplished works of God not in the abilities of yourself or of other people].'

 blog Bible Study: Psalms 92 - A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath [Rest] Day -- 'Psalms 92:1-4 A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath
Day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto Thy Name, O most High: To shew forth Thy
lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night, Upon an instrument of ten strings [during trials and
tribulations], and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through Thy
work: I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.'
Psalms 92:5-15 O LORD, how great are Thy works! and Thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither
doth a fool understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that
they shall be destroyed forever: But thou, LORD, art Most High for evermore. For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine
enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I
shall be anointed with fresh oil. Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of
the wicked that rise up against me. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the House of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old
age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the LORD is upright: He is my Rock, and **there is no unrighteousness in
Him. - Note: The Biblical desire [both Old and New Testaments] is that all mankind will Repent and come into the Salvation
of God (1 Timothy 2:4). In the Psalms enemies are often referring to the Demonic and fallen Angelic realm and that is what
the Christian is battling against not against our fellow mankind but against spiritual deception and wickedness in high places
(Ephesians 6:12).

 blog Bible Study: Isaiah 56-57 - After the cross of Jesus Christ and now our ability to live an earthly "Kingdom of God"
[Matthew 6:33] existence and also the necessity for us to also at the same time live a Heavenly "Kingdom of Heaven"
[Matthew 7:21] existence -- 'Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for My Salvation is near to
come, and My Righteousness to be revealed [the Millennial reign on earth of Jesus Christ].'
Isaiah 56:1-8 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for My salvation is near to come, and My
righteousness to be revealed. *Blessed is the man that doeth this, *and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth
the Sabbath [rest in God] from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Neither let the son of the stranger,
that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak [despairingly], saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people:
neither let the eunuch say [despairingly], Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep My
Sabbaths, and choose the [Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven] things that please Me, and take hold of My Covenant;
Even unto them [no one is excluded by God from the Kingdoms of God] will I give in mine house and within my walls a place
and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them [childless] an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
*Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, and to love the Name of the LORD, to be His
servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; Even them will I bring to
My Holy Mountain [Government], and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their [outsiders who accept Jesus] burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine [Melchizedek] altar; for Mine House (Temple) shall be called an
House of Prayer for all people. The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, *Yet will I gather others [Gentiles]
to Him, beside those [Hebrews] that are gathered unto Him. - The Kingdoms of God are given from God to be accessible to
mankind all of mankind.
 blog Bible Study: Ezekiel 19-20 - God has done a miraculous work and will continue His extraordinary work in and through
the Nation of Israel "for My Name's sake" -- 'Ezekiel 20:19-22 I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes [ways], and keep
My judgments, and do them; And hallow [holy] My sabbaths [rest]; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye
may know that I am the LORD your God. Notwithstanding the children rebelled against Me: they walked not in My statutes,
neither kept My judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted My sabbaths [rest]:
*then I said, I would pour out My fury upon them, to accomplish My anger against them [Israel] in the wilderness.
*Nevertheless I withdrew Mine hand, and wrought [Deliverers, Judges, Priests, Kings, Prophets in Israel] for My Name's
sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen [unholy], in whose sight I brought them forth.'
Ezekiel 20:33-44 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm [on the cross], and
with fury poured out, will I rule over you: And I will bring you out from the [Gentile] people, and will gather you out of the
countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm [on the cross - the cross of Jesus
Christ saved Israel], and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead
with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith
the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod [to be numbered in servitude], and I will bring you into the bond
of the [New] Covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against Me: I will bring
them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I
am the LORD. As for you, O House of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also,
if ye will not hearken unto Me: but pollute ye My Holy Name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. For in Mine Holy
Mountain, in the Mountain [Temple Mount] of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the House of Israel, all
of them in the land, serve Me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your
oblations, with all your holy things. **I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and
gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered [70 A.D. Diaspora]; and I will be sanctified in you before the
heathen. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country [May 14,
1948] for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your
doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have
committed. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought [created, worked] with you for My Name's sake,
not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye House of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. - God
has begun to bring the Nation of Israel back into the land of Israel. "I [God] will accept you with your sweet savour, when I
bring you out from the people" is also a commitment and a promise that is made by God to the Christian Church. - 2
Corinthians 6:17-18 Wherefore come out from among them [unsaved], and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty.

 blog Bible Study: 1 Chronicles 13-16 - King David the Zadok Priesthood and the people of Israel all assist one another in
order to bring the Ark of God, the Presence of God into Jerusalem -- '1 Chronicles 13:1-5 And David consulted with the
captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem
good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the
land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather
themselves unto us: And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. And all the
congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. So David gathered all Israel
together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim (Samuel 7:1).'
- Note: The Ark of the Covenant entered into Jerusalem on the Sabbath Day - the same day that Jesus would later enter into
Jerusalem in on His triumphal entry.

1 Chronicles 16:37-43 So he [King David] left there before the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD *Asaph [Psalms 50 and 73-
83] and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: And Obed- edom with their
brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: And **Zadok the Priest
[Zadok also dedicated the Temple for King Solomon (1 Chronicles 29:22)], *and his brethren the Priests, before the
Tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the
burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which He
commanded Israel; And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to
give thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endureth for ever; And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and
cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
And all the people departed {being (Saturday) the close of the Sabbath Day} every man to his house: and David returned to
bless his house. - Note: With God's presence in Jerusalem, with King David on the Throne in Jerusalem and Zadok officiating
 as one of the Priests of Israel the transition from Saul and Eli had been completed and the transition from the
Tabernacle/Temple Ministry of animal blood sacrifice to the Ministry of the Holy Word of God, later confirmed, established
and completed in the birth, cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ for all mankind was well under way.

 blog Bible Study: Matthew 21 - Jesus and His Disciples are now near Jerusalem - Jesus sends two of His Disciples to a
Donkey with its young offspring - The Disciples bring the Lord [ultimate owner] His Donkey [the guy probably didn't redeem
His donkey according to the law (Exodus 13:13) and as a first born colt it did belong to God] - Jesus then enters into
Jerusalem riding upon an untamed colt [untamed to man but tame to God] -- 'Psalm 118:23-29 This is the LORD'S doing; it is
marvelous in our eyes. This is the day [Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem] which the LORD hath made; we (Kingdom Disciples)
will rejoice and be glad in it. Save [Salvation] now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity
[healing]. Blessed be He (Jesus) that cometh in the Name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the House [Temple
worship] of the LORD. *God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice [Jesus] with cords, even unto the
horns of the altar. Thou art My God, and I will praise thee [while Jesus is enduring His suffering He will praise His Father in
Heaven]: thou art My God {My Father}, I will exalt [honor] thee. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: for His mercy
endureth for ever.' {Note: The 70 Weeks of Daniel are counting the days of Gentile Kingdoms starting at "the
commandment [by king Artaxerxes to Nehemiah to rebuild the Jerusalem wall about 445 B.C. (source:
http://www.bereanwatchmen.com/j.r.lawendowski/daniels-70-weeks.html) - following the earlier King Cyrus 538 B.C.
command for the Jews to return back to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity - both commands were given during the
Gentile Persian empire of the 4th Global Gentile Kingdom] to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah" -- The 69th
Week concluded on Saturday [not Sunday but (Palm Saturday)] the day of the [Jewish] Triumphal Entry [fulfillment of the
Feast of Sabbath] of Jesus into Jerusalem [ending Global Gentile Kingdom reign (the beginning of the end of 1 Nation
Gentile Global Reign until the 7th Kingdom, the Global Kingdom of Antichrist)]. Also Note: The 70th and final week of
Daniels' 70 Weeks is in the Book of Revelation during the Gentile Antichrist Global Reign while the time period between the
Triumphal Entry of Jesus (completed in Resurrection Sunday) is the Christian Church Age (Acts 15:14-18) until the
empowerment of the 1 Antichrist Global Kingdom.}
A Day foretold by the Prophets and the Scriptures: The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem was foretold throughout the
Hebrew Old Testament. The Psalms particularly Psalm 118, the Prophets Daniel and Ezekiel and in fact all of Heaven and all
of creation desired to see the Day that the LORD had made the day that God came and established His Holy, just and
righteous Kingdom among all mankind. - 'Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass [donkey], and upon a colt
the foal [baby donkey] of an ass.' - 'Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass [donkey], and upon a colt
the foal [baby donkey] of an ass.' - **'Daniel 9:24-27 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people [Jews] and upon thy
Holy City [Jerusalem], to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to
bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision [Law] and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy (Jesus). Know
therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah (Jesus) the Prince shall be seven weeks [seven Jewish decades 49 years - these weeks were the Jewish decade of
seven years the Levitical decade seventh year of release], and threescore and two weeks [62 Jewish decades 434 years]: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks [the 434 years] shall
Messiah be cut off [crucifixion], but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and
the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And He
[Antichrist] shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [the 70th and final week regarding Jerusalem]: and in the
midst of the week at [3½ years] he [Antichrist] shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation [in the rebuilt 3rd Temple] to cease,
and for the overspreading [saturation] of abominations [evil] he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation [end
of the Book of Revelation], and that determined shall be poured [bowl judgments of Revelation 16:1] upon the desolate.'
 Church Accountability 2011 - Leadership, Financially and Churchwide
No more enabling, perpetuating and furthering the very serious and real problems of
Predatory Preaching (exercising spiritual authority over others) and
Predatory Tithing (receiving finances from others for personal lifestyle uses)
and the many other compromising and Emergent/New Age spirituality problems
that are now creeping up within the true Christian Church!

 Bible Verse: Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord (Jesus) hath made ruler
over His household [fellowship], to give them meat [sound doctrine Bible study] in due season? Blessed is that
servant, whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing. {The complete Bible is available at
ChristianFaithDownloads.com}
Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord (Jesus) hath made ruler over His
household, to give them meat [sound doctrine Bible study] in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That He shall make him [faithful servant] ruler
over all His goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; And shall
begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The Lord of that servant shall come
in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- Matthew 13:41-
43 The Son of Man (Jesus) shall send forth His [Holy] Angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all
things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.
Who hath [Spiritual] ears to hear, let him hear. -- Holy Bible [article link]

 The New Testament concept of Fellowship financial openness and accountability -- "John 15:14-16 Ye are My
friends, if ye do whatsoever I (Jesus) command you. **Henceforth I call you not servants (lit. slaves); for the
servant (slave) knoweth not what his Lord doeth: ***but I have called you friends (lit. brotherly love); for all
things that I have heard of My Father I have made known [openness] unto you. ... that [with brotherly love
and openness] whatsoever ye shall ask [i.e. Moses in the Tabernacle (Tent) of the Congregation speaking to
God - Numbers 7:89] of the Father in My name, He may give it you."
John 15:11-27 These things have I (Jesus) spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy
might be full. This is My Commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, *if ye do whatsoever I command
you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen Me, but
***I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain: that [with brotherly love and openness] whatsoever ye shall ask [i.e. Moses in the Tabernacle (Tent)
of the Congregation speaking to God - Numbers 7:89] of the Father in My name, He may give it you. These
things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you,
The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have
kept My saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake,
because they know not Him (Father) that sent Me (Jesus). If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had
not had sin: but now they have no cloke [covering] for their sin. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also. If I
had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin [of open rebellion]: but
now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this cometh to pass, that the Word might be
fulfilled that is written in their law, They [sinners] hated Me without a cause. But when the Comforter (Holy
Spirit) is come [Pentecost], whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, He (Holy Spirit) shall testify of Me (Jesus): And ye (Apostles) also shall bear
witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning. [article link]
 The Old Testament concept of Congregation financial openness and accountability - Moses publically reported
the gifting, finances and tithes given and offered to his congregation --"Numbers 7:89 **And [after public
openness and accountability] when Moses was gone into the Tabernacle [Tent] of the Congregation to speak
with Him [God], then he heard the voice of One speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the
Ark of Testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto Him."
Example: Numbers 7:10-89 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed,
even the princes offered their offering before the altar. And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their
offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. And he that offered his offering the first day
was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: And his offering was one silver charger [a serving
tray], the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: One spoon of
ten shekels of gold, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering: One kid of the goats for a sin offering: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. On the second
day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: He offered for his offering one silver charger [a
serving tray], the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: One spoon of
gold of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering: One kid of the goats for a sin offering: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. On the third day ...
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he
goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
**And [after public openness and accountability] when Moses was gone into the Tabernacle [Tent] of the
Congregation to speak with Him [God], then he heard the voice of One speaking unto him from off the mercy
seat that was upon the Ark of Testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto Him.
[article link]

 FBCJaxWatchDog: Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (ECFA) Webinar - "Unleash a Generosity

Surge at Your Church" - This webinar will encourage generosity in your church as we review the results from
the State of the Plate and the View from the Pew surveys {Note: We as Christians can't do much about the
level of greed, abuse and corruption at the U.N. but we can certainly still do something about it in our local
Churches. If the Church is not 100% Transparent with their financial statements [readily assessable legal - tax
documents] then don't donate or donate only a minimal amount. We all have to take part in reducing the
greed and corruption within the current Christian Church system, it is at the point that if we don't take a stand
against it we are becoming a part of the problem! - Also Note: the ECFA is seemingly a very unaccountable and
suspect [red flag] organization itself. The ECFA though pretending to provide financial oversight for Churches
and Ministries refuses to make their own financial statements publically available. Any Church or organization
that is ECFA affiliated should be immediately removed from being considered a good, accountable,
responsible, viable or safe place for our hard earned donations. - It's not too much to ask any Church or
fellowship to display their financial [tax filings] documents and statements, in fact, it's a minimum that an
honest and open Church or Ministry must do!}
The same group that Senator Grassley is hoping will encourage churches to be more financially transparent
and thus avoid federal legislation in the area of religious organization fund raising - is actually hosting a
webinar to help churches squeeze more money out of their people. And their logo has a pastor's head overlay-
ed on top of a pile of money. I'm sure Grassley is going to love that! It would have been better to have him
with a fist full of cash in his hand! Who has ECFA hired for their webinar? Why none other than "bestselling
generosity author" Brian Kluth, also described as "one of the world's leading authorities on charitable giving
and generosity". Experts in generosity? Can't we just call it what it is: "fund raiser". We've had people for
decades know how to "raise funds", but in the church that wouldn't go over well, so we call them "generosity
consultants". Click here to see Brian Kluth's "Maximum Generosity" website where churches can buy his
resources on how to get your people to be more generous. Can't be too much longer and we'll see
informercials on this. If we have "generosity experts" marketing their wares to pastors, how long before the
SBC seminaries start pumping out PhD's in "generosity"? Shouldn't every mega church have a PhD in
"generosity", aka "fund raising"? Look below at the blurbs from the ECFA website and blast email - while the
speaker isn't using Alec Baldwin's "AIDA" approach, it is awfully close: the five I's: Instruct, Inspire, Influence,
Involve, and Ignite! And of course, he'll explain three things you can do, pastor, to increase giving 10% in the
next 12 months. -- Here's a strategy: how about preach the gospel, convert the lost, and then just let the Holy
Spirit grow your church and let them give according to New Testament standards? Nope, the gospel and Jesus
 aren't good enough anymore. We need more. We need to pay generosity consultants to tell our pastors how
to tell us how to give more money and stop being stingy. -- Preach Jesus, love people, teach people to love
Jesus, and see what happens. [article link]

 Looming [U.N.] Financial Crisis Forces U.N. to Mull Less-Than-Radical Cutbacks - The government of Britain
was the first to deliver that message last month, when its ministry for international development announced it
would cut off four minor U.N. organizations entirely from funding at the end of next year, and put others on
warning that they would face the same fate if they did not improve performance - Other generous U.N.
funders, like Norway, have started financial reviews that could lead to similar results
One country that has not yet taken the austerity approach is the U.S., which provides at least $6.4 billion for
the U.N., according to U.S. government compilations. What most of the suggestions sent to the Nairobi
meeting reveal is that despite years of a widely-touted effort to "deliver as one" united organization in its
humanitarian and other efforts, the U.N. is still a widely disparate array of uncoordinated bureaucracies,
ranging from such giants as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Food Program,
to such relative backwaters as the International Labor Organization and the International Maritime
Organization. ... They also call for "intensification of audits of operations at country, regional and global level,"
which would reinforce "the sense of fiscal discipline, responsibility and cost consciousness." The suggestion
does not note, though another systemwide U.N. study does, that U.N. auditors are already over-stretched,
under-qualified for their work, and often impeded and ignored by their bosses. None of the ideas presented to
the Nairobi meeting included a drastic change in the ramshackle way the U.N. system itself has grown in the
past six decades. Notably, nothing in the suggestions addresses the inefficiency of having 28 international
funds, agencies, programs, regulatory agencies and other major global bureaucracies in the first place, many
with overlapping and competing mandates for their activities, especially in such rapidly expanding areas as
environmentalism. Changes in that overall bureaucratic challenge likely are beyond the pay-grades of even the
top-most U.N. executives -- not to mention, perhaps that the changes might not be in their personal or
bureaucratic interest. [article link]

 CNN: NATO takes command in Libya - U.S. officials, opposition warn Libya could get bloodier - CIA operatives
have been in Libya working with [Al-Qaeda backed?] rebel leaders to try to reverse gains by loyalist forces, a
U.S. intelligence source said {Note: these stunning Middle-East developments and the UN response and
involvement could be no less than the disintegration of the UN as a viable organization. Only days before the
Libya crisis began England was in the process of reducing their funding commitment to the UN. The UN
response to Libya has been disastrous, when Libya a UN member Nation asked for impartial observers the UN
responded with one of the most outrageous military assaults in modern history by delivering untold death and
destruction upon the tiny UN Nation of Libya. Biased UN decisions and actions that can only ultimately in all
likelihood result in the withdrawal of reasonable (UN) member Nations particularly the Middle-East Nations.}
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- From the halls of Congress to the shell-pocked streets of Libyan cities, intertwined
themes rang clear Thursday: Leader Moammar Gadhafi is determined to prevail, and the opposition needs
more training and allied airstrikes to have a chance. ... The United States, insisting it is now fulfilling more of a
support role in the coalition, shifted in that direction as NATO took sole command of air operations in Libya.
The ferocity of this month's fighting and Gadhafi's advantage in firepower was clearly evident in Misrata,
which has seen snipers, significant casualties and destruction. ... The CIA has had a presence in Libya for some
time, a U.S. official told CNN earlier this month. "The intelligence community is aggressively pursuing
information on the ground," the official said. The CIA sent additional personnel to Libya to augment officers
on the ground after the anti-government protests erupted, the official said, without giving details. ... NATO
emphasized Thursday that the U.N. resolution authorizing action in Libya precludes "occupation forces." NATO
Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, indicated that the presence of foreign
intelligence personnel does not violate U.N. Security Council 1973, which authorized action in Libya. The term
"occupation forces" has "a quite clear meaning," he said at a news conference in Brussels, adding that NATO
receives and uses intelligence from allies and does not judge the sources. The NATO mission, called Operation
Unified Protector, includes an arms embargo, a no-fly zone, and "actions to protect civilians and civilian
centers," NATO said Thursday. It follows U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, allowing member states to
take all necessary measures -- "while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form" -- to protect civilians
under the threat of attack in Libya. [article link]
 Heartlight.org: The Authority of Reality "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you" (James 4:8) - from
My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers
It is essential to give people a chance of acting on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the
individual, you cannot act for him, it must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message ought always
to lead a man to act. The paralysis of refusing to act leaves a man exactly where he was before; when once he
acts, he is never the same. It is the foolishness of it that stands in the way of hundreds who have been
convicted by the Spirit of God. Immediately I precipitate myself over into an act, that second I live; all the rest
is existence. The moments when I truly live are the moments when I act with my whole will. Never allow a
truth of God that is brought home to your soul to pass without acting on it, not necessarily physically, but in
will. ... We have to go clean over on some word of our redeeming Lord and transact business with Him. His
word "come" means "transact." "Come unto Me." The last thing we do is to come; but everyone who does
come knows that that second the supernatural rush of the life of God invades him instantly. The dominating
power of the world, the flesh and the devil is paralysed, not by your act, but because your act has linked you
on to God and His redemptive power.

 Minister or Sinister? Pimppreacher via Apostasywatch: How to know when your Church has become a cult -
Everything is about CONTROL - The main tools used to control members are INTIMIDATION and
MANIPULATION - *The intimidation and manipulation are very subtle and disguised with a false sense of love
and concern - It's all a strategic COURTSHIP
RUNNING GAME The Cult [suspect Church] will have a team of people (we will call them the GAMERS) who are
assigned to COURT you (THE PROSPECT) [for their gain - power, prestige, finances, etc]. The courtship begins
with COMMUNICATION. Good communication starts with paying attention to what is said. The Gamer will ask
strategic questions about the PROSPECT, their family and their life. Once they hear something they can
identify with the prospect (YOU) they will begin telling the prospect how wonderful the church is (disclaimer:
they will always say "we're not a perfect church, but we love God and our Pastor loves the people of God, we
are a loving church"). -- The Gamer will tell a story about how they were so lost, broke down, and hurt BUT
because of this ministry they were able to get their lives together and they don't know where they would be
without this ministry (*not GOD, but the ministry) this will of course include many examples of how the Cult
Pastor is very sincere and loving. This call will conclude with an invitation (FIRST DATE). This first date may be
an invitation to come to the midweek service, a fellowship, or next Sunday's service and the prospect is told to
ask for the Gamer as soon as they come through the door so the two of them can sit together. The members
are moved by what they HEAR they are compelled to say YES TO THE FIRST DATE. ... PROPHET OR PROFIT? In
treating the members as children they are taught to NEVER speak against the leader. If fact, any questioning
of the ministry teachings, any criticism, any independent thinking is considered a form of rebellion. "Touch not
my anointed and do my prophet no harm" I Chron. 16:22. There will be a strong emphasis on authority,
unquestioning obedience and submission. Members become afraid to say anything, even if they know
something is wrong because speaking against what they KNOW to be wrong is speaking against the "Pastor"
and it's a SIN. They are convinced that if the Pastor is wrong - God will get him and when the "wrong' is
continued they assume the Pastor was right. And if anyone is ever so bold to speak against the leader they are
ostracized by the entire church. Yes, this "loving" church will turn their back on you. -- SiGNS TO LOOK FOR: 1.
LOST OF IDIVIDUALITY. You are no longer a creative, independent thinking individual. Everyone must speak
the SAME thing.say what the leader says at all times.any other opinion is going against God. 2. LOST OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS. Relationship with friends, relatives, and children - ANY NON-MEMBER is
severed. - RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON MEMBERSHIP 3. EXCESSIVE GIVING. Extreme pressure to give all you
have. Several offerings, large sums, public announcement of your amount resulting in guilt and intimidation. 4.
ISOLATION. Isolation from anything and anyone not directly affiliated with the church. 5. CONTROL OF TIME.
6. LOSS OF FREE WILL. Members cannot make any independent decisions concerning personal life. Cannot
question leadership.
 Fbcjaxwatchdog: (Predatory Tithing) Ed Young's Tithing Sermon: Show Me the Money! - The video of Ed Young
posted here on Sunday has gotten quite a bit of play around the blogosphere It has even moved over to
YouTube - Christians and non-Christians alike are flabbergasted that a pastor from the pulpit is trying to get
people to commit to give 10% of their income to his church through automatic withdrawal {Note: the
Corporation Churches [501(c)3] need to own up to their public accountability and financial obligations in
reporting and accounting for every single dime that they collect in offerings [so called tithes, offerings, gifts].
The Basic Christian Ministry is going to designate 2011 as a year of Church accountability [actually starting
now!!] - No public disclosure of legal financial statements provided by the church and staff then no money
provided by the congregation it's that simple!! - Also Note: The people that are blindly donating to demanding
and offensive personalities are the very people that are enabling, perpetuating and furthering this very serious
[*Predatory Tithing] problem within the Church. It's important that everyone within the congregation accept
responsibility and withhold financial support from any Church or organization that is not 100% transparent
with its organizational structure, affiliations or income disbursements.} (YouTube)
He tells them they are cursed if they don't tithe. He wonders why they come to church if they don't bring the
tithe, tells them to stay home or play golf, to quit wasting Ed's and God's time. He says to watch your wallet if
you're sitting next to a non-tither. He brags that "blessings track him down" for his 29 years of faithfulness. He
even declares multiple times that the blessings of the Christian life are "all about the money". Ed even says
"Show me the money" - which I take to mean "show me your bank account and routing number". He says that
if you don't tithe, your marriage, your job, your kids, will all suffer because you're under God's curse. I hope
that someone in Ed's circle of friends - maybe John Cross, or maybe Ed's father - someone, will help Ed see
that he is abusing his congregation. Comments: Anonymous said... 80% of Ed young's church membership
need to leave the church now. Those people should choose a place to meet and have a great time in
fellowship. choose a God fearing man as a teacher while giving him some living standards. No jet. And learn
the truth of the [B]ible.

 Basic Christian: Note: Only informed responsible giving (tithing) is cheerful giving - Previous year 501c3 non-
profit tax form filings should be open and publically available (in Church offices) and on the internet for
anyone and everyone to look at and only then is a person capable of making an informed decision about
personally donating to charitable 'Churches' and causes i.e. a Harvest Crusade type of event -- "2 Corinthians
9:7 Every man according as he purposeth [responsibly] in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth a cheerful [responsible] giver."
Only informed responsible giving (tithing) is cheerful giving! Not the ignorance is bliss, dutiful giving that the
modern Church now wants us to participate in. -- "Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is a defense [refuge], and
money [opportunity, power, influence, prestige] is a defense: but [more important than money] the
excellency of [Biblical] knowledge [accurate, reliable Biblical doctrine] is, that wisdom giveth [eternal] life to
them that have it."

 Donor Bill of Rights: PHILANTHROPY (Charitable Donations) is based on voluntary action for the common good
- It is a tradition [and religious requirement] of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life - To
assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective
donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we
declare that all donors have these rights: I. To be informed of the organization's mission, of the way the
organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their
intended purposes - II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization's governing board,
and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities - III. **To have access
to the organization's most recent financial statements - IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the
purposes for which they were given
I. To be informed of the organization's mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources,
and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes. II. To be informed of the identity
of those serving on the organization's governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment
in its stewardship responsibilities. III. To have access to the organization's most recent financial statements. IV.
To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given. V. To receive appropriate
acknowledgement and recognition. VI. To be assured that information about their donations is handled with
respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law. VII. To expect that all relationships with
individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature. VIII. To be
informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.
IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to
share. X To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright
 answers.

 Questions: Ask a Nonprofit (Church - Crusade - Conference - etc.) *Before Investing in [or contributing to] it -
3. What are your annual goals, needs, and results? How do they compare to similar organizations in your
community? - 6. How well have you utilized your funding? Describe how efficiently you have fulfilled your
goals of recent years in relationship to the amount of funds you have raised
Thinking of donating to a nonprofit? Here are some suggested questions to ask nonprofit organizations before
investing in them. The answers can help you determine which charities to give to and evaluate the
performance of the philanthropies you already support. 1. How are you collaborating with similar
organizations on a local, regional, or national level? 2. What are the main obstacles that inhibit the fulfillment
of your mission? How are you planning to overcome them? 3. What are your annual goals, needs, and results?
How do they compare to similar organizations in your community? 4. How much turnover have you
experienced of employees and board members in the last two years {and how many related family members
are employed and in what places within the organization}? 5. To what degree have you attracted new people
{non-family members} and new ideas to your organization and board? 6. *How well have you utilized your
funding? Describe how efficiently you have fulfilled your goals of recent years in relationship to the amount of
funds you have raised. 7. Most for-profit organizations have recently restructured themselves in recent years
to become more efficient and productive. How, if at all, are you considering (or have you implemented) some
version of this approach? 8. How efficiently is your organization run? To what degree have you assigned day-
to-day management responsibilities to a tightly run executive committee instead of relying upon your full
board? 9. Who are your main competitors and how do your results in recent years compare to theirs?

 Tips for Choosing a Charity: A Donor's 9-Step Guide to Giving Wisely - Avoid charities that won't share
information or pressure you - Reputable nonprofits: Will discuss their programs and finances - [they] Don't use
pressure tactics - Are willing to send you literature about their work or direct you to a Web site - Will take "no"
for an answer - Trust your instincts: If you still have doubts about a charity, don't contribute to it - Instead,
find another nonprofit that does the same kind of work and with which you feel comfortable, then make your
donation
Tips for Choosing a Charity: A Donor's 9-Step Guide to Giving Wisely - Here are GuideStar's tips for donors who
want to give with their heads as well as their hearts. Researching Charities Clarify your values. Do this before
you open your checkbook, volunteer your time, or look at that letter from a charity. Identify your preferences.
Ask yourself: "What is important to me?" The environment? Education? Hunger? Animal welfare? Helping sick
children? Where should the charity do its work-in your neighborhood, region, the nation, or internationally?
Ask yourself if you want to support a large or small charity, a new or an old one. Search the GuideStar
database to find charities that meet your criteria. Focus on the mission. Look at each charity's description in
the GuideStar search results, on its Web site, or in its literature. Find the nonprofits that fit best with your
values. Eliminate organizations that don't meet your criteria. Now you're ready to look more closely at these
organizations. Evaluating Charities Get the cold, hard facts. A reputable organization will: Define its mission
and programs clearly. Have measurable goals. Use concrete criteria to describe its achievements. Compare
apples to apples. Be sure to compare charities that do the same kind of work, especially if you're looking at
their finances. The type of work a charity does can affect its operating costs dramatically. Avoid charities that
won't share information or pressure you. Reputable nonprofits: Will discuss their programs and finances.
Don't use pressure tactics. Are willing to send you literature about their work or direct you to a Web site. Will
take "no" for an answer. Trust your instincts. If you still have doubts about a charity, don't contribute to it.
Instead, find another nonprofit that does the same kind of work and with which you feel comfortable, then
make your donation.

 Fbcjaxwatchdog: Update: Predatory Preaching - Why So Much Angst About Anonymous Critics? {Note: I was
listening to this [terrible outburst] again this morning [and again I'm very disheartened to have to listen to it -
such an obvious wolf in sheep's clothing speaking from behind the pulpit]. I was left wondering why does this
pastor only rail against anonymous criticism, if he were to be consistent wouldn't he be equally offended by
anonymous donors as well. If the modern church leadership [and I use that term lightly] is going to take such a
self-imposed righteous stand against anonymous criticism then equally they need to reject all anonymous
donations as being equally "pathetic" and from "narcissistic zeros" and for the record, whoever made that
anonymous comment, he or she was very smart to make it anonymously. It seems that some leaders- pastors
want info in order to use it [seriously] in [Satanic] curse rituals against the person that is trying to help the
Church move forward in a godly way. So yes, be very careful about letting your name, as a helpful person or as
a critic get in the hands of some of these pastors where once they have an identity they can go to work behind
 the scenes [demonically casting spells and socially casting dispersions] making life very difficult for anyone
they desire to do harm to.} (Audio)
I recently came across the audio excerpt below from Matt Chandler, where he absolutely blasts people who
would dare send him anonymous, critical emails. He angrily calls them several choice names like "pathetic"
and "narcissistic zeros". I came across this audio clip at Dr. Alvin Reid's blog site, as he included Chandler's clip
with his blog post here entitled "Dealing with Critics". You really have to listen to this. It gives I think a glimpse
into just how much disdain there is for anonymous emailers and bloggers critical of the Southern Baptist
power structure. It is my view, based on my experience as a formerly anonymous blogger, that Chandler's
disdain for anonymous critics is shared by many of our Southern Baptist leaders. After all, Alvin Reid posts it
for his readers (many of whom are our future pastors!), presumably as an example of how to view those who
dare to criticize anonymously.

 Emerging Church DVD: Extremely Important Viewing!!! Part 8 - Dialectic Deception - [To Download Click the
Share Button] (Online Video)
Emerging Church DVD (Online) This two hour and forty-five minute DVD takes a hard look into the beliefs and
practices of what has become one of the most dangerous deceptions assaulting God's people today - The
Emergent Church. - Part 8: Sandy Simpson speaks on: Methods used by false teachers to deceive God's
people.

Calvary Chapel Abuse blog "Those (pastors) who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take
warning" (1 Timothy 5) - Is Roger Oakland right about Calvary Chapel? - Roger Oakland
[UnderstandTheTimes.org] has been an outspoken critic, as has Deborah Dombrowski of Lighthouse Trails
Research [LighthouseTrailsResearch.com/blog] and many others regarding End Times Apostasy and
Ecumenicism of Calvary Chapel
Comments: #11
* The pastor has real accountability that doesn't require his [approval] to submit to it while he's in sin.
* Elders would actually be able to hold the pastor accountable, without his being able to fire them first.
* Elders would not be chosen by the pastor, so he can "stack the deck" and/or choose "yes" men.
* Same goes for the financial board.
* The financial books are [to be] open for people to look at and ask questions without any retribution or
removal ... oh, and they actually get real answers.
* The Moses Model [Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa] leadership [model] would be removed.
* Actual pastoring of the flock, i.e. visit the sick, help the orphans & widows, model servant leadership.
* Not overworking leadership (6 1/2 days per week @ 50 to 80 hours).
* Pastor doesn't underpay leaders with the excuse, "Where God guides, he provides."
* Pastor doesn't overpay himself, comparing to a CEO's pay. (Pay includes: ALL the perks, wife's pay, vacations,
meals, gas, cars, housing, clothing allowance, gym memberships, etc….)
* Pastors & leaders understand that Matthew 18 applies to them, too.
* Pastor understands that he is not more anointed than the attenders, not more special, and doesn't have
God's ear more than the rest of the Christians.
* Pastor is not a narcissist.
* The leaders surrounding the Pastor are not "yes" men.
* The church [voters] would have membership, ensuring accountability for the pastor and [oversight in the]
use of money.
* Pastors/elders/leaders actually biblically qualify to be in the position.
* Pastors/elders/leaders are actually removed when they no longer qualify.
Show me a CC church [any Church/Fellowship] that has any of these and I'm interested to know more.
[article link]
Breaking News!! Calvary Chapel Abuse blog - "You can't handle the Truth!" Another peak behind the Curtain -
My "meeting" with [Pastor] Chuck Smith - {Note: as the Calvary Chapel denomination enters disintegration
mode right before our very eyes [Pastor Chuck Smith has apparently just divested himself of all authority and
oversight among ALL Affiliated Calvary Chapels associated with Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa] -- any current
Calvary Chapel or any Church or Fellowship can use the Basic Christian Ministry Material (BasicChristian.org).
Instead of calling your Church a Calvary Chapel avoid the turmoil that is happening there and be prepared to
preach a peaceful Gospel of Jesus Christ. Disassociate with CCCM and drop the vaguely pseudo CC Dove and
instead while you decide what you want to do put a B in front of your CC and become a "Basic Christian
Church" BCC or a "Basic Christian Chapel" BCC instead of a Calvary Chapel CC and use the Three Cross Logo of
Basic Christian as a new Church/Chapel Logo. Welcome! Now move on to being a BCC and preaching a trusted
Gospel to the world.}
I'm obviously disappointed that I didn't hear from Chuck Smith or his attorney, Janet Carter, yesterday
regarding the Bob Grenier situation (though I emailed and left a message asking what the verdict was). ... The
meeting quickly turns to "what do you mean you can't yank Bob's dove [Calvary Chapel Affiliation]?" We then
argue about Affiliation. Chuck takes the position that he "can't" yank doves or Dis-Affiliate anyone and that
**he doesn't even know there is "Affiliation" or an "Affiliation Agreement." I tell him I have a copy of one. He
says he'd like to see it, that he has no knowledge of one, etc. I ask Dave Rolph the same thing. Dave says he
has no idea what I'm talking about, this [Calvary Chapel] "Affiliation" thing. I tell them they're both lying
through their teeth, but I get it, we're going to play the Lawyer Game. ... During the course of the "Affiliation"
argument, I brought up the fact that Calvary Chapel owns the licensing rights to the Dove Logo and name
Calvary Chapel. This was denied flatly. I then argued from the Absurd to make a point. I asked Chuck and his
attorney if I could open up a Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa II right across the street and use the same Dove Logo
and if they'd have a problem with that. They said, "No." Basically, they said the only thing that could or would
stop me was the State of California if it infringed on DBA/corporate name entity stuff, that basically, Calvary
Chapel doesn't have any licensing or enforcement of licensing. ... It was now crystal clear that this was a Hill
Chuck would die on. He doesn't want to hand over Agency and/or Implied Agency to Kosnoff and lose the
lawsuit he's in. He'll lie or spin (and justify it, I believe he sincerely thinks he's righteous in doing so to protect
"the Lord's Work" at CCCM) to not lay down in that suit and potentially others. Chuck is very intelligent and his
lawyers are very intelligent. Chuck should've listened to Jeff Dorman many years ago when he was warned
about going half-way with this pseudo-Denomination Light "Affiliation" and now "Fellowship" thingy, but
again, it is what it is. Chuck did take the warning, though, to change it from "Affiliation" to "Fellowship" as
"Affiliation" has a legal connotation that screams Agency…so at least he did that some years back (though
many Calvary Chapel Pastors still claim they are "Affiliated", etc). ... My position was that Bob Grenier called
Chuck "his Pastor"…from the pulpit, on his website, in his book. Chuck said clearly that he "wasn't" Bob's
pastor. I said, "Well, that would be news to Bob." I told Chuck, whether he liked it or not, he was Bob Grenier's
"pastor" and had a Scriptural obligation to deal with him per 1 Timothy 5:19-22. -- Comments: #2 I have a
profound disagreement with Chuck and CC that he has zero responsibility or obligation in these matters (and
many other matters) and my position is that the CC church-goer at large is being misinformed (some would
call it lied to) or given the wrong impresseion etc about what the Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, CCOF, Calvary
Chapel and "Affiliation" and/or "Fellowship" situation really is. [article link]

Alpha & Omega Ministries Apologetics Blog - I have been downright encouraged to note the response that has
appeared to the amazing statements of James McDonald of "Vertical Church" wherein he basically throws
Nicene orthodoxy under the proverbial bus - Now I know that "emergent" folks have an odd relationship with
history---they love to drag stuff out of history, without its attendant context, as if it is "new" but when it
comes to accepting that [we] stand on the shoulders of giants and that there are things that have simply been
settled in the past, they rebel and want to put everything "back on the table" -- {Note: The Jerusalem Creed
[1st Church Council about 49 A.D. in Jerusalem] has 4 Cornerstones the fourth one being not to offend
traditional Jews. The Church Creeds [Jerusalem, Nicene, etc.] are important and relevant to all of Christianity.
Since one of the Cornerstones of the 1st Church Council is to support Jews and Traditional Judaism it is an
original and longstanding tenant that true Christianity acknowledges its debt and emergence from (God
ordained) Mosaic Judaism. "Acts 1:20-21 [The Jerusalem Creed - 1st Church Council about 49 A.D. in
Jerusalem] But that we [Apostles] write unto them [Gentile Christians], (1.) that they abstain from [occult]
pollutions of idols, (2.) and from [immorality] fornication, (3.) and from things [cruelty] strangled, (4.) and
from [Levitical] blood. **For Moses of old time hath [traditional Jews] in every city them that preach him
(Moses), being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day."}
But even more importantly than the tweaking of Modalism so that it gets a place at the table is the attitude
McDonald has displayed toward the Nicene definition. He says he does not trace his beliefs to credal
statements. Really? If by that he means creeds are always subject to the higher authority of Scripture, of
course. But this is where you fall off the other side of the narrow path and rather than believing in sola
scriptura, you end up with something much less, and in fact, much different. Nicea's authority comes from its
fidelity to Scripture. It does not stand alone as a new revelation, and it survived simply because it is, despite all
the arguments to the contrary, the consistent, harmonious testimony of divine writ. To throw its authority
into the dustbin of history in the service of some kind of "emergent" attitude is not only to display an
astoundingly arrogant hubris, it is to show deep disrespect to those who fought, and some who died, in
defense of its truth. And for what? For some kind of post-modern feel-goodism that cannot even recognize
modalism when it is standing right in front of you. A truly educational example of just how far the emergent
movement is willing to go in pursuit of its ultimately destructive goals. -- Recently Jamin Hubner has raised
issues relating to a simple question: is the modern secular state of Israel religiously and theologically
significant? Is it "Israel" as in the Israel of Scripture, or Romans 11? And if it is not, is it open to criticism? He is
concerned about the strength of the movement, mainly amongst American evangelicals, that has granted to
Israel not only a theological position it does not actually hold, but which precludes even the slightest mention
of criticism of a secular state. Now, I am not going to re-hash everything here, but he has even been accused
of being a "shill for Hamas" due to sources he has cited and issues he has raised (which seems to me to
provide strong evidence of the need to raise such issues and challenge the knee-jerk reactions of many in the
Evangelical community as a whole). While he has sought fair and non-emotional responses to questions he
has raised, his requests have, in the main, fallen upon deaf ears, for I see no evidence that his critics really
want to have a give-and-take. [article link]

Comming Soon!! Common Christian Community CCC CommonChristianCommunity.com and Common

Christian Faith CCF CommonChristianFaith.com - Fellowship and Resources for a Common Christian
Community - Church, Chapel, Campus -- Epistle of Jude v3 "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto
you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." ~ God bless everyone, David Anson Brown
Coming Soon: A Resource, Information and Fellowship for Christians with a Common Salvation!! [article link]
 Revival 2010 - Personally and Churchwide
Spiritual Revival and fellowship with God both personally and throughout the Church

 Christ Life Ministries - (Mp3s)

Committed to providing messages, materials, and ministries that will further revival, both personally and
corporately in the local church.

 Revival Hymn - (Mp3s - Video Downloads)

Revival Hymn - Few people have ever lived through the experience of God working in revival power - One of
the few exceptions in modern times took place in the Scottish Isle of Lewis between 1949 and 1952 - At Barvas
Parish Church the Hebridean revival began [while a man 'young man' in the (Friday night), weekly Church
prayer meeting (held in a barn) was praying the 24th Psalm and asked "God are my hands clean, God is my
heart pure"] - It is also called "Revival Fire" at some locations on the internet. The transcript has been added
to help with the clarity of the spoken word. - The speakers included in this message are Ian Paisley, Leonard
Ravenhill, Paris Reidhead, Duncan Campbell, A.W. Tozer and T. Austin Sparks. May it light a "revival fire" in
you as it has in me!

 Revival on The Isle of Lewis by Duncan Campbell - (Mp3s)

Listen to this first-hand account of the Lewis Revival during the early 1950s. Duncan Campbell was God's
instrument in this extraordinary awakening. In this tape Campbell recounts point-by-point this three-year
movement of the Holy Spirit over the Hebrides Islands. Thousands were converted, conviction overwhelmed
villages, outward sin disappeared, and prayer meetings were packed! Your heart will be thrilled as you listen
to this tape about this heaven-sent revival in Lewis. {Note: Duncan Campbell differentiates between Revival
and Church Evangelism (modern Church growth efforts). Modern Church growth "is not revival" only personal
growth is Revival "God are my hands clean, God is my heart pure." The modern Rick Warren type of Churches
are attempting to grow their own membership primarily in order to grow their finances and to increase their
influence only within other modern socially driven Christian churches but not Biblically within society itself.
The result is a compromised modern influence that is greatly based on biblical and doctoral error and
therefore it is a worldly false influence and primarily being a false influence the revival and a personal
fellowship growth with God is greatly diminished not being "gripped with eternity" even though the larger
numbers of people in attendance might indicate revival and a worldly success modern church growth is more
of an exercise in human manipulation than a Divine, eternal, personal revival move of God.}

 Pray The Scriptures - The Names of God

The Names of God 1: Paul Cox of Aslan's Place sent this incredible list to subscribers of his newsletter. When I
looked through it, the hair stood up on the back of my neck. The Names of God just incite you to prayer! In
fact, I just got a Names of God category going on the blog. What a prayer resource! There are enough names
with Scripture references to provide you with daily study for a year. In fact, there are so many names that I
plan to make them available in three or four installments. When I first printed the list for myself, it took thirty
pages. So here is the first installment. The second installment is here: Names of God II. {Group prayer should
primarily consist of different people prayerfully reading out loud and commenting on a Psalm or a scripture
selection [each person reading in turn about 3-5 verses (only if they want to) then the person that read the
verses can comment first on them then in order everyone can comment on the verses read and when ready
the next person can read the next 3-5 verses (anyone can pass on their turn to either comment or read out
loud)]. Then at one point or at several points in between the readings and the comments people can present
personal prayer requests to the group but the group gathering itself should begin with God, focus primarily on
God and end with God. - Also Note: It is up to the maturity of the prayer group to keep the focus on God and
away from rumor and gossip and also it is the maturity of the group to be able to navigate through theological
topics that might arise as discussions [not letting one person dictate theology - everyone is entitle to an equal
comment]. Intend to focus the individual comments primarily on personal devotions and what the verse
means in the life of each individual.}
 Prayer Tips: George Müller
2. Müller's Discovery Was That After Meditating On Scripture He Was More Able to Experience a Meaningful
Prayertime. "Reading [the Bible] without meditation is unfruitful; **meditation [and praying] without reading
[the Bible] is hurtful [emotional wandering (i.e. emotion based New Age practices and highly emotional books
like The Shack) - quickly leads to spiritual deception - especially in prayer groups if all people do is pray their
emotions and their personal problems and the group does not focus on the Truth of God through the Bible it
can open up a very big door to spiritual deception for everyone involved in the prayer group]; to meditate and
to read without prayer upon both is without blessing." ~ William Bridge, Puritan Writer Christian meditation
(thinking deeply on Scripture) is "the missing link between Bible intake and prayer." If there was a "secret" to
George Müller's prayer life, it was his discovery of the connection between meditation and prayer. Müller's
discovery was that after [*actually during] meditating on Scripture he was more able to experience a
meaningful prayertime. ~ Donald S. Whitney, "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" (partial quote and
partial paraphrase). -- [ Mueller read the Bible through over 200 times, half of these times on his knees. He
said he knew of some 50,000 specific answers to prayer...requests to God alone! - source:
www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=177] {Note: George Müller prayed as he read through the Bible - he
didn't separate prayer and Bible devotions. His prayers and intercession to God where primarily during his
daily Bible devotional readings and were based on what he was reading in the Bible at that moment.}

 Prayer Meeting Tips

Always Begin Prayer Meetings with a Worshipful Tone, ala the ACTS method. This will pre-focus the attention
of all, on God Himself, and thus brings all which we would pray about, into the proper perspective. It helps
remind us that nothing is impossible for God, thus encouraging us to start believing, and confidently asking
Him for the impossible. It reminds us that God loves us, is for us, and wants His best for us. Sometimes, it
helps to start with a 1-5 minute period of silence, during which each is encouraged to thoroughly focus on God
Himself. [2 Cor 10:5] Another idea, is to invite a worship leader, from your local church, to lead the prayer
group in two or three worship songs [or use a CD], before prayer begins. Like I said on the Key Elements page,
if we first get our eyes on our BIG God, our problems suddenly don't look as hard, for, we've engendered the
faith that God, for whom nothing is impossible, will face these problems for us. {Note: Generally and
historically personal prayer and prayer meetings are for Praying thorough scriptures in the Bible. Praying
personal needs is important but praying [prayerfully reading and also commenting] on the Psalms, Proverbs
the N.T. and other sections of scriptures while focusing on who God is by removing our focus from ourselves
and our needs is really what is intended in prayer.}

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