The Lion King pt 4 - (a living dog is better than a dead lion)

Ecclesiastes 9:4  "For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion."

The real story in the Garden of Eden isn't about some talking snake deceiving newly weds into eating sinful apples.  That wouldn't be a reality but a fable.  Faith has absolutely nothing to do with believing in fables.  Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The Life.  He never promoted the systems of men or their doctrines.  The precepts of men keep people in bondage but the Truth makes you free.  It's utter nonsense to cling onto fables, and clearly shows the extreme level of indoctrination, occurring in mainstream Christianity.  It's the belief of the systems of men and their traditions and fables over GOD's WORD.  Most Christians who buy into to the doctrines of men, and devils, are caught up in the ways and wisdom of this world.  They never see past the illusions and hypocrisies within their own minds, rendering themselves neutral and lukewarm as soldiers in the battlefield.  They respect persons in judgment and judge by the appearance, judging not righteous judgment, but hypocritical judgment.  All of the leaders that they accept, choose or vote into religious, political, financial and educational offices will be the wrong leaders and shepherds.  Moffatt translates 2 Timothy 4:3-4 as:

2 Timothy 4:3  "For the time will come when people will decline to be taught sound doctrine and will accumulate teachers to suit themselves and tickle their own fancies;"

2 Timothy 4:4  "They will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths."

myths = G3454. muthos (moo'-thos) - Perhaps from the same as G3453 (through the idea of tuition); a tale, that is, fiction (“myth”): - fable.

G3453. mueō (moo-eh'-o) - From the base of G3466; to initiate, that is, (by implication) to teach: - instruct.

G3466. mustērion (moos-tay'-ree-on) - From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites): - mystery.

Those under the spirit of slumber will turn to fiction and become initiated, or indoctrinated, into satan's counterfeit religion, which is another gospel, another jesus.  The indoctrinated will praise the new world order and it's leaders, and call them saviors.  It's the backwards world that we live in, where money, recognition and status equate worthiness.  The masses will give up all of their freedoms for the illusion of unity, equality, financial stability and protection from terrorism.  The double-mindedness and hypocrisy of religious men will lead to the great apostasy in the end times.  Restoring a state of Israel, one that is geographic and physical, and spiritually demonic, is not a Christian but an antichrist cause.  If you're a Christian, yet you align yourself with Christ-hating people, does that make you single-minded or double-minded?

People perish spiritually due to lack of knowledge in our FATHER's Word.  The belief of one myth allows more through the doors of the mind, even seven more wicked than the original, and the last state of that man is worse than the first.  Without knowing that Cain was a result of the sexual union between satan and Eve, a Christian will easily turn to myths.  If you've been taught error for most of your life in church, you're malnourished, but it doesn't mean you're not a Christian.  Feeling discomfort or cognitive dissonance is due to the unstableness in your mind from the doctrines of devils.  Swallow your pride, experience humility, and come into the Kingdom of GOD as a little child, for a child's mind is open, an indoctrinated mind is closed.  Get into the meat of the Word.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.  It might also be better to be a living heathen than a carnal, spiritually asleep, so-called religious Christian, who doesn't know up from down.  Truth be told, many Christians lack spiritual discernment, good ol' common sense and critical thinking skills.  They don't know when to view something literally or when to understand it figuratively.  From years of indoctrination and conditioning, they've mixed man's word, science fiction and fables into their understanding of the Holy Scriptures.  And a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

"It may be asked, “How are we to know, then, when words are to be taken in their simple, original form (i.e., literally), and when they are to be taken in some other and peculiar form (i.e., as a Figure)?” The answer is that, whenever and wherever it is possible, the words of Scripture are to be understood literally, but when a statement appears to be contrary to our experience, or to known fact, or revealed truth; or seems to be at variance with the general teaching of the Scriptures, then we may reasonably expect that some figure is employed. And as it is employed only to call our attention to some specially designed emphasis, we are at once bound to diligently examine the figure for the purpose of discovering and learning the truth that is thus emphasized."

"From non-attention to these Figures, translators have made blunders as serious as they are foolish. Sometimes they have translated the figure literally, totally ignoring its existence; sometimes they have taken it fully into account, and have translated, not according to the letter, but according to the spirit; sometimes they have taken literal words and translated them figuratively. Commentators and interpreters, from inattention to the figures, have been led astray from the real meaning of many important passages of God’s Word; while ignorance of them has been the fruitful parent of error and false doctrine. It may be truly said that most of the gigantic errors of Rome, as well as the erroneous and conflicting views of the Lord’s People, have their root and source, either in figuratively explaining away passages which should be taken literally, or in taking literally what has been thrown into a peculiar form or Figure of language: thus, not only falling into error, but losing the express teaching, and missing the special emphasis which the particular Figure was designed to impart to them."

"This is an additional reason for using greater exactitude and care when we are dealing with the words of God. Man’s words are scarcely worthy of such study. Man uses figures, but often at random and often in ignorance or in error. But “the words of the Lord are pure words.” All His works are perfect, and when the Holy Spirit takes up and uses human words, He does so, we may be sure, with unerring accuracy, infinite wisdom, and perfect beauty. We may well, therefore, give all our attention to “the words which the Holy Ghost teacheth” (Bullinger).

Mainstream Christianity refers to many of the real truths in GOD's Word as false doctrines.  They often takes what's figurative in the Word as literal and what's literal as figurative.  They look at Adam and Eve as mythical creatures who committed mythical sins.  It's truly a reflection of their own self-righteousness and pride that they cannot come to terms with the fact that Adam and Eve fell committing the same sins as common men.  They'd rather turn their itchy ears to disney style fairy tales.

Many Christians put the media, education and the precepts of men before GOD's Word.  So arrogant in their own conceit and self-righteousness, they fail to realize that they're preaching to a world of heathens about all of mankind descending from one man, the Earth being only thousands of years old, and that Adam and Eve brought sin into the world by eating "forbidden" fruit.  Seriously, how much does such a so-called Christian really know or understand?  It's a sad truth that the majority of Christians are superficial believers that go through the motions of a "Christian" life.  It's hypocrisy for folks to believe that we have a loving GOD that punished Adam and Eve for being deceived by a literal, slithering snake to eat off a fruit tree.  

Indoctrinate means to teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.  In the term "critical thinking", the word critical, (Grk. κριτικός = kritikos = "critic") derives from the word critic, and identifies the intellectual capacity and the means "for judging" and of being "able to discern".  Accepting a set of beliefs uncritically is accepting them without discernment.  The problem intensifies when the beliefs held are contrary to one another, producing double-mindedness, holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously. 

If you know something is wrong and you do it anyway, that's not a compromise.  Thoughts, words and actions are intimately connected, so you really don't compromise within yourself knowing good and doing the opposite of it.  Because you understood something wasn't right to do, and yet, you did the opposite.  It requires the second belief or decision for the action to take place.  Living a double life or by double standards are also forms of double-mindedness.  Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced when a person is double-minded, or performs an action contrary to his beliefs, ideas or values, or when confronted with truth that conflicts with his existing beliefs, ideas or values.

Indoctrinated minds lack critical thinking skills.  Critical reading and critical thinking work together.  When Christians cannot understand what's meant to be taken literally and figuratively in the Word of GOD, they're not being critical thinkers or readers.  Indoctrination is also passed down from one generation to the next by the traditions of men.

Mark 16:17  "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My name [Jesus Christ] shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;"

Mark 16:18  "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

Some Christians go so far as to intepret speaking "new tongues" as meaning speaking gibberish, which no man can understand.  They think it's an angelic tongue from the Holy Spirit, when all they're doing is entertaining evil spirits and spreading confusion.  The word "tongues" in this verse simply means languages or a naturally unacquired one, like learning a second language, or with the use of interpreters.  The Word would eventually be spread throughout the world, and the Gospel would be shared in multiple languages by different kindreds and races.  When the Holy Spirit speaks through a person (as on the day of Pentecost), it's in a cloven tongue, meaning everyone listening will understand it in their own mother tongue, or native language, down to the dialect and even accent.  No interpreter is necessary; it is not gibberish like some churches teach.

Other so-called Christians play with venomous snakes and drink different poisons, as if they're tempting GOD.  They take what's meant to be understood figuratively as literally.  Unless you're a professional snake handler, toying with a venomous snake will likely lead to premature death.  Drinking poison leads to the same outcome.  The real poison is the malicious lies, slander and gossip which people will say against you.  The poison and wickedness used against you will not harm you when you're doing the will of GOD and teaching His real Truth.  You'll be rejected and persecuted by other Christian brothers and sisters, because they're indoctrinated and only know the "feel good" messages and fables of organized religion.  

The Lion King - pt 5 (the lion and adder) 
The Lion King - pt 6 (thorn tree)
The Lion King - pt 7 (Garden of Eden)
The Lion King - pt 8 (sweeter than honey)
The Lion King - pt 9 (false lion of Judah)


To be continued...

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,

Spread-the-Truth

Mr baptist.

The Lion King - pt 3 (ligers, trunks and the blink of an eye)

We now have a better understanding, from The Lion King I and II, about lions and lionesses, as well as their different roles and responsibilities in the pride.  GOD made his plants and animals just the way He likes them.  We don't mess around with His creation.

A liger is a hybrid cat, a cross between a male lion and a female tiger.  The liger's parents both belong to the genus panthera, but they are separate species.  The liger is a huge feline and can grow over 10 feet long and weigh nearly 1,000 pounds.  Ligers are intentionally bred by men, and in the wild, they occur only in legends.

Genesis 6:2  "That the sons of God [fallen watchers/angels] saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose." 

Genesis 6:4  "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."  [first and second influx; after their destruction by the flood, as well as before it]

The subject of ligers should bring to mind the Nephilim.  The giant offspring from the sexual union between the fallen watchers and women are known as the Nephilim.  Like the Nephilim, ligers are giants, too.  Unnatural mixing causes problems and produces unnatural results, so does pollution caused by man.  Hybrid offspring end up with genetic problems, defects, deformities and just all around strangeness, such as oversized offspring with extra fingers and toes. 

Tigresses suffer while giving birth to oversized liger cubs.  So you can imagine what women went through giving birth to giant Nephilim babies.  The fallen watchers taught men "the smitings of the embryo in the womb", meaning abortion, and likely c-sections, when it came to the birthing of giant offspring.

The world has been obsessed with fallen stars (e.g. Greek false idol gods, hollywood stars, fictional heroes), since the "men of renown", or "sons of God", in the days of Noah.  The original fallen stars were the fallen angels that seduced the daughters of Adam, including two failed attempts to utterly pollute the seedline from which CHRIST would be born.  The Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians as well as other civilizations worshipped the fallen watchers, or their offspring, as their (false) gods. 

The perversions started by the fallen watchers and Nephilim continued amongst men and a second influx of watchers, though smaller in size, occurred later after the flood.  The events from the first influx of the fallen ones brought about Noah's flood.  GOD would destroy the Nephilim, or demonic hybrids, with one devastating flood.  Satan's plan to pollute the Adamic seedline from which CHRIST, the SAVIOR, would come through would not succeed.

Enoch 6:1-2  "And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven [fallen watchers/angels], saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children."

The sons of GOD, or fallen ones, lusted after the daughters of Adam.  So too, did their leader, because satan (the serpent) lusted after and wholly seduced Eve, the first Adamic woman, in the Garden of Eden.  An evil leader is never less evil than his followers, or he won't last as their leader for long.  If the fallen watchers, the followers of satan, seduced their victims into sexual perversions, the same also applies to the works of their leader.

Sirach 10:2  "As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein." 

If Sodom and Gomorrah were filled with homosexual, child molesting perverts, you can bet that the rulers were the same.  It's completely erroneous to believe that satan's mission in the Garden of Eden was to deceive Eve and Adam into eating some kind of forbidden fruit, such as an apple.  The first time that the word "apple" appears in the Bible is in the Book of Deuteronomy (32:10), where it states that the LORD will guard His people as the apple, or pupil, of His eye.  The second time apple is mentioned is in Psalms (17:8), where David asks the LORD to keep him as the apple of the eye.  The third appearance is in Proverbs (7:2) which states, "Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye."   

Song of Solomon 2:3  "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."

The fourth time the word "apple" shows up is in the Song of Solomon.  Here the girl, representing the bride of Christ, is comparing her love, the Shepherd, symbolic of Jesus Christ, to a great apple tree.  Think about it.  Jesus, the Living Word, is sweet to your spiritual stomach, or mind.  When you take of the truth of His Word, it fills you and you want all of it, and you also want to share it because it's so nourishing and good.

Genesis 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

tree = H6086. ‛êts (ates) - From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks): carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

H6095. âtsâh (Haw-tsaw') - A primitive root; properly to fasten (or make firm), that is, to close (the eyes): - shut.

H6096. ‛âtseh (aw-tseh') - From H6095; the spine (as giving firmness to the body): - back bone.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, in Eden, was satan.  The knowledge of good and evil means carnal knowledge, false duality, "two" minded or two-spirited, and hypocrisy.  There was no literal eating of "forbidden" apples.  Jesus Christ, the Tree of Life, or as the Shepherd, an apple tree, is not a literal tree.  Satan was not a literal tree, either.

The trees are symbolic of people, hence "I see men as trees, walking" in Mark 8:24.  In the Strong's Concordance, the word "tree" is "ets" in Hebrew, and it comes from "atsah", a primative root meaning to "fasten" or "to close" or "shut" the eyes.  The word "atsah" comes from the word "atseh", meaning the "spine" or "back bone".  So what we have is a torso, which we still refer today as the "trunk" of the body.  The trunk houses the spinal cord that connect to the brain.  The nervous system of the body consists of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs and all of the nerves connecting the organs with the rest of the body.  Together, these organs have responsibility over controlling the body and communication amongst its many parts.  The brain and spinal cord form the central nervous system, or CNS, where decisions are made.  

And how does your body guard the pupil of your eye?  With lots of care!  Your brain guards your pupils so well, that you can't even not blink for mere seconds.  It's why we even have a blinking contest.  The brain has a "blinking center" that controls the automatic nerve action of blinking.  In Hebrew, the literal translation for "apple of the eye" is "little man of the eye" in Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalms 17:8 and Proverbs 7:2, as referenced above.  So what do you see in the reflection of another person's pupils?  A tiny version of yourself.  And if you abide in Christ, He abides in you!  You can see the love of Jesus Christ in the eyes of another Christian.

So how do you eat an "apple" or "forbidden fruit" off a tree that's not a tree, but satan himself?  You can't.  It's a different kind of fruit and a different kind of seed.  It's also impossible for all the races of mankind to come from one man.  And if you didn't notice, all of the races, then being hunters and gatherers, were created on the Sixth Day.  If you believe that all men came from Adam, you're not making sense.  In Genesis 2:5-8, after the Seventh Day, the Word states that there was not a man to till the ground, so the LORD GOD, as the Potter, formed "the man Adam" of the dust of the earth and breathed life into his nostrils, and Adam became a living soul.  GOD placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to be the first farmer, husbandman, and man priest.

The first Adam was tempted by satan in the Garden of Eden.  Adam and Eve were both seduced by the serpent, satan, who even spoke of himself, in the third person, as one of the "trees" in the Garden.  Satan seduced Eve and basically told her that if she sleeps with him, she can attain enlightenment and become a goddess, to be worshipped and adored.  She saw that the "tree", satan, was "pleasant to the eyes", meaning "lust of the flesh".  We'll get into the verse by verse explanations of the Book of Genesis in later studies.

The following words can be found in Genesis, starting from the end of Ch 2 and onto Ch 3: man; woman; wife; "they were both naked"; "were not ashamed"; "ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die"; "your eyes shall be opened"; "ye shall be as gods"; "pleasant to the eyes"; "a tree to be desired to make one wise"; "gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat"; "eyes of both of them were opened"; "knew that they were naked"; "she gave me of the tree, and I did eat"; "the serpent beguiled me and I did eat"; "thy seed and her seed"; conception; children.  Only innocent souls, such as children, can run around naked in a garden, completely unashamed.  In the Garden of Eden, this didn't last very long.  The "liger" from the sexual union of the serpent and Eve was Cain.  Obviously, Cain was not a literal "liger", or "tigon" (a hybrid cross between a male tiger and female lion), or tree, but you get the point now. 

The Lion King - pt 4 (a living dog is better than a dead lion) 
The Lion King - pt 5 (the lion and adder) 
The Lion King - pt 6 (thorn tree)
The Lion King - pt 7 (Garden of Eden)
The Lion King - pt 8 (sweeter than honey)
The Lion King - pt 9 (false lion of Judah)

To be continued...

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,

Spread-the-Truth

Mr baptist.

The Lion King - pt 2

John 15:13  "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:14  "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you."

When the greatest enemies come around, the male lion is there to protect the pride.  Protection of territory and the pride involves continuous fighting from life to death. 

Jesus Christ is the Lion of Judah.  He is the King; He protects His bride.  Just like the male lion lays down his life for the pride, Jesus, the perfect sacrifice, layed down His life for you.  "GOD with us", in the flesh, was Jesus Christ, born of a virgin woman.  The Savior was a perfect man.  It was a perfect man that laid down his life for your sins.  Jesus is the Lion of Judah, the Root of David, who never loses. 

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

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

Christ is the KING of Kings, LORD of lords, and the Key Master, who holds the Key of David.  The master key openeth all doors to truth, because Jesus is the truth.  He withstood and rebuked satan's temptation in the wilderness.  Jesus lived a perfect life in every way.  He conquered death and came out of the tomb.  Jesus Christ is the only one that can open your mind to the Scriptures.

Psalm 22:13  "They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion."

Psalm 22:16  "For dogs have compassed me: The congregation of the breakers up have inclosed me: As a lion they break up my hands and my feet."

Psalm 22:21  "Save me from the lion's mouth: Yea Thou hast answered me [and delivered me] from the horns of the bulls."

Psalm 22 was written one thousand years before the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ.  It is the Psalm of crucifixion.  Jesus taught this entire chapter as He hung on the cross before His death, burial and resurrection.  Are you now beginning to understand how important the Scriptures should be to you? 

Christ is the Lion of GOD, or Ariel (also a symbolic name for Jerusalem), and He defeated death.  The enemy lions and satan lost.  Through death, Christ destroyed him that had the power of death, that is, satan.  Jesus had to go to the cross to redeem us from death.  At Jesus' death and resurrection, the entire world, meaning all peoples, had the opportunity to repent, to be forgiven of their sins, and to receive salvation for their souls.  Jesus laid down His life for all those who believe, and repent, so His blood opened salvation to all.

When trouble comes your way, your wife might run the other direction, and you'd accept that.  But it doesn't go the other way around.  A husband is always ready to lay down his life for his wife, and the husband and wife for the children.  There is a natural order of things as set by ALMIGHTY GOD.  Never try to change that.  Everything makes sense when you follow Christ's way.  Turn things upside down, and you have the law of reversal, which is satan's doctrine.  Get it? 

Wars throughout history have been fought by men.  In the U.S., women have always been exempt from the draft.  Up until now, you've never heard of feminists wanting to be drafted into war.  You also don't hear them ask for the exact same physical tests and standards, as men, to qualify for positions in law enforcement or the military.

Feminists don't complain about the disproportionate number of men, over women, that hold dangerous jobs in construction; fisheries; heavy equipment operation; electrical power installation; steelworks; garbage disposal; and logging.  Why?  Because women are generally risk-averse.  Of course, there will always be some exceptions and that can be a positive thing.  War is high risk and so is business.  There aren't as many female CEOs and bosses, only because women generally don't like high risk work. 

Most women still want men to open doors for them.  They also prefer male bosses over female ones.  Just ask around, of course, don't do it at your workplace.  Try asking your friends and family.  Most women prefer to watch all-male sports and nobody wants to have an all-female military fighting against an enemy nation, at least not anyone in their right mind.

Both men and women have shed blood for the freedoms of this nation, as well as the history of all nations, but it's mostly men.  The next time that you find yourself losing respect for your man, over trivial things, look into his eyes and know that he'd lay down his life for you, even on a day when you might not deserve it.  So, the male lion remains king and protector of the pride.

Ephesians 5:20  "Giving thanks always for all things unto GOD and the FATHER in the name of our Lord Jesus CHRIST;"

Ephesians 5:21  "Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of GOD."

Ephesians 5:22  "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord."

Ephesians 5:23  "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as CHRIST is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body."

Ephesians 5:24  "Therefore as the church is subject unto CHRIST, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."

Ephesians 5:25  "Husbands, love your wives, even as CHRIST also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;"

Men aren't gods, neither are women.  It's not about who's better, because men and women are different, having different roles and responsibilities.  We all have different and unique gifts.  Remember, Jesus said the greatest among you shall be the least.  If you spend your entire life comparing physical traits or roles, measuring all things by carnal measurements and worldly standards, you'll never be living in the Spirit.

You can be equally gifted, yet unequaled, possessing different gifts and traits.  All of the races, both men and women, created by GOD, are equally gifted, yet they are all unique.  Equality doesn't mean everything has to be the same; that would be a clone.  GOD created the races, of all colors, both male and female, in His image and the angels.  GOD said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" in the Book of Genesis.  And He saw everything that He made and said it was very good!


To be continued...

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,
Spread-the-Truth
Mr baptist.

The Lion King - pt 1

Hosea 11:10  "They shall walk after the LORD: He shall roar like a lion: when He shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west."

Numbers 24:9  "He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up?..."

The male lion's roar is strong, deep and loud.  The sound of his roar travels far and can be heard from miles away.  A lion's presence and roar will scare even the boldest of men.  Being the king of beasts, you would think the male lion is all about his business and working for most of the day and night.  Interestingly enough, the king of beasts spends a lot of time just laying around and kicking back.  He spends much of his time resting and can be relatively inactive up to 20 hours a day.

Female lions, or lionesses, are the busy ones in a group of lions, also known as a pride.  Lionesses bear and raise cubs, do most of the work in the family, including hunting.  So you might wonder how is that fair?  Why are the lionesses doing all of the work, while the male lions lounge around all day?

So where does all of their stress come from?  All the males have to do is eat, sleep and pass seed onto the next generation, through procreation, right?  If you think his responsibilities are light, since he spends most of his time sleeping and grooming, think again. 

It isn't easy being the king.  The leader of the pride must be intelligent and tough.  He must exercise his authority and demonstrate his ability, consistently, over all of the lions in his pride.  To remove potential threats to his throne, he will kick out male cubs, even kill the cubs of former pride leaders.  Generally, male lions don't live very long, anywhere from 10 - 14 years.  Males face being cut off, or evicted, from their pride, throughout life.  They have to fight off rival males and have the task of taking down larger, more dangerous game for the pride.  It's a hard life for male lions. 

A life of continuous fighting and danger just around the corner adds constant stress and greatly reduces longevity. Being killed during a hunt or over a pride takeover attempt is part of being a male lion.  Even the leader grows old, or can get sick, or injured.  No lion can be king for long.

Females do most of the hunting for the pride.  The male lion will babysit the cubs, until the females return from the hunt.  But when it comes to intruders, rival males, and the protection of territory, the male lion must assert his leadership and take on the higher risk activities.  He's the leader, and more powerful, and that's just the way it goes.

Lionesses are tight-knit and clannish, often spending their entire lives in their mothers', or sisters', pride.  They don't tolerate outside females.  The females have more stability in their lives, leave the highest risk work to the males, and generally live longer.

Females benefit from cooperative hunting, employing sophisticated strategies to encircle and ambush prey.  They are also swifter than males and can chase down fast-moving game.  Males are stronger, but slower, and are known to hunt solo, utilizing ambush style attacks.  Male lions will spend nights working patrol and marking out their territory, to ward off rival males.

Male and female lions have different traits, abilities and skills, so they benefit from each other.  No one is truly superior to another.  Lions and lionesses have different responsibilities and roles to play in the pride, but they are equally important.  Working together as a coordinated group increases hunting success and survival for the entire pride.  Members of the pride perform the same specialized roles, over and over again, because practice makes perfect and repetition is a mother of learning, even for animals.  At times, the male lion babysits for the lionesses, but his position as leader of the pride is never challenged by the females.  The lionesses are busy with their own challenges and daily work.  That's life in a pride.


To be continued...

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,
Spread-the-Truth
Mr baptist.

Ye are My friends - pt 1

If everyone could read everyone else's thoughts and know all of their sins, nobody would be friends with anyone.  That right there should tell you about the real climate and condition in this fabricated world, because there's a lot of fakery and self-righteousness in the air. 

Everyone needs Jesus.  No man walking this earth is clean, pure and sinless.  Only Jesus was, is and will be perfect from everlasting to everlasting.  If all of your thoughts and sins were revealed to men, you'd be alone in this world.  And if you think the greatest sinners are sitting behind bars, think again. 

The kenite pharisees, in Jesus time, were murderers and responsible for the death of Christ.  They weren't doing time in prison, neither were the corrupt politicians, publicans and money changers.  How's it any different today?  Except, the wicked have become more clever and now control most of the world, through globalization and ongoing plans for a one world government.  The masses in advanced nations have gained literacy, but have lost the ability to think for themselves, and to discern between good and evil.  That's not much of a trade off.  Don't put your strength and trust in the arms and hands of men, or in their precepts and systems.  They will fail you.  Put your full confidence and faith in the Rock, our LORD. 

John 15:12  "This is My commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."

John 15:13  "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:14  "Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you."

John 15:15  "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."

It all comes down to believing and accepting Jesus Christ as GOD's Son and Savior, and asking Him for forgiveness of your sins.  Because without Him, you are indeed alone and you will die alone.  Why not have an awesome relationship, with the SON of GOD, Jesus Christ, as your best friend and Savior?  Let Him be your everything, because He deserves first place in your heart, soul and mind.  There's no greater love than the only begotten, perfect, Son of GOD laying down His life on the cross for you.  If you love Christ, then obey His commandments, and love one another, by placing His Word in the minds of men.

Romans 5:6  "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."

Romans 5:7  "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die."

Romans 5:8  "But GOD commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Jesus didn't die for the self-righteous, He died for sinners.  The self-righteous wear Christianity like it's a luxury brand article of clothing.  They look to themselves for salvation and interpret the Word through indoctrinated eyes.  You'll probably better off amongst heathen acquaintances and friends.  At least, you can plant more seeds with non-believers, because new cloth (truth) cannot be sewn onto an old garment, neither new wine (truth) put into old bottles (Mar 2:21-22).  Garments comprised of traditions cannot be patched with new cloth of truth. 

When GOD forgives you, sin no more and move forward with your relationship in Christ.  The condition to be a representative of Jesus, even a friend, is to be a doer of His WORD.  So how does a friend of Jesus know all things from the FATHER?  By studying His WORD.  Search the scriptures daily and study to show thyself approved unto GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth" (2 Tim 2:15).

1 Peter 3:8  "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:"

1 Peter 3:9  "Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing."

1 Peter 3:10  "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"

1 Peter 3:11  "Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it."

Have compassion and mercy towards others.  Gossip and tearing others down are not fruits of the Holy Spirit, but of the heathen and wicked.  Seek peace and the ways of the LORD.  Treat others how you want to be treated and never fight evil with evil. 

1 Peter 3:16  "Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ."

1 Peter 3:17  "For it is better, if the will of GOD be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing."

1 Peter 3:18  "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:"

Jesus Christ came through the matrix, or womb, born of a virgin, so that you don't have to suffer destruction and the lake of fire.  By your faith and belief in Him as Lord and Savior, who died on the cross for your sins, and through your repentance to the FATHER, in Jesus name, you can be saved.  You receive forgiveness and your soul receives eternal life.

Christ defeated death, which is to say, satan.  Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have the victory over the enemy.  When the silver cord is loosed, or the fragile jar, or golden bowl, is broken (meaning death of the physical body), your soul departs from the flesh life and returns unto GOD, who made it.  The flesh body is done away with and returns back to dust, the earth, from whence it came, but your soul goes on to live eternally in His kingdom.

The WORD was made flesh and dwelt among us.  He came to offer His own body as the perfect sacrifice, to atone for the sins of His people.  He healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, controlled the winds and waves of the sea, walked on water, and turned water into wine.  Why wouldn't you want forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and a relationship which exceeds all others, from the SON of GOD?  Jesus, full of grace and truth, can be with you through everything in life and He will never leave nor forsake you.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.  

You'll never find a perfect friend in this world, neither will you ever be a perfect friend to others.  Back in the 1980s and early 90s, the media dynasty heavily promoted songs and movies about love and friendships.  The hidden agenda was to promote the worship of relationships, such as lovers and best friends.  GOD was intentionally left out of the equation and true love was based on human relationships, instead of Christ.  People bought into the idea of searching for the perfect mate or friends, turning marriage and relationships, between people, into a religion.  A spouse, or the search for one, should not become an idol or person of worship.  You don't need a spouse to make your life complete, you need Jesus.  When you put any relationship, whether with a person or thing, before your relationship with GOD, you'll create a host of problems in your life.  Only Jesus is perfect and it requires a perfect person to fit the role of a perfect friend.  And if you're blessed with a spouse, don't expect your mate to be perfect, because you certainly aren't yourself.

Christ's love and care for you is as close as any man, or woman, who cares for their spouse.  Often times, a person's spouse is also considered a soul mate or best friend.  The LORD JESUS CHRIST loves and protects His bride.  You'll receive that constant protection, if you are part of the many-membered body of Christ.  Believe it because it's His Promise.

John 13:1  "Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the FATHER, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end."

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,

Spread-the-Truth

Mr baptist. 

Feed your Hunger with the Living WORD - pt 2

Isaiah 58:9  "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;" 

Exercise your mind and strengthen your health in the WORD of GOD.  Ask our FATHER to give you your daily bread, morning by morning, to hear as the learned.  Vain religion is empty of the WORD of GOD and in the midst of the congregation.  A vain man is empty on Truth and speaketh vanity.  He's an empty vessel sitting inside an empty church. 

Stop being a judgmental hypocrite.  Take a good, honest look at your own shortcomings and work on improving yourself.  Eat the WORD, fill your vessel, and share the surplus when your cup runneth over with truth.  Unyoke yourself from the traditions of men and yoke yourself with the Living WORD. 

When you pray, you expect GOD to hear what you have to say, don't you?  So when do you make time to hear His response, as well as other important things that He wants for you to know?  He wrote you a letter and it's called the Holy Bible.

If you possess literacy, there are no excuses for not studying GOD's Letter to You.  If Christians in our modern society would put at least half the effort into studying GOD's WORD as they do towards educational degrees and certificates, their lives would improve greatly.  More folks would be able to discern between high levels of good and evil and discontinue their praise for men and their traditions. 

Job 15:31  "Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence."

The lukewarm Christians measure all improvements via gain, worldly standards and carnal measurements, which makes them carnal and not much different than non-believers.  If you live by vanity and vain words, you'll die by them.  Live the agenda cain way of life, on false security and worldly gain, and you'll die in that illusion.  Everyone gets what's coming to them. 

Isaiah 58:10  "And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:"

Isaiah 58:11  "And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."

Preach to the dead bones, the spiritually dead, and the LORD will satisfy and fill your soul, making fat your bones.  The Living Water, Jesus Christ, will nourish your spirit unto good health and bring your mind out of darkness.

You get to know our FATHER and Jesus CHRIST by studying His Letter to you, verse by verse, with understanding from the Holy Spirit.  Satan knows that you cannot physically see or hear GOD, so he has fabricated substitutes, to deceive people into turning to the wrong pastors and feeding troughs.  Stick with GOD's WORD and not the precepts of men or their organized religions.  Stop basing spirituality purely on emotions, because dogs and cats have emotions, too.  As a Christian, you can give a thousand excuses on why you won't study.  But in the end, it's all on you.  The precepts and fables of men will lead you astray and keep the Four Hidden Dynasties concealed to your eyes.  

2 Timothy 2:15  "Study to shew thyself approved unto GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth."

Deuteronomy 11:18  "Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes."

You lay up the WORD in your heart.  You must build up the spiritual library in your mind.  You engrave into your being.  It is the spiritual discipline to change the default, or carnal, setting within you.  Do not reference to the carnal mindset, but the WORD of GOD.

Just like with learning a new skill, you must do it over and over again, until it's part of your reflex, your instant reaction.  The spiritually meek and hungry will be fed with the WORD and gainsayers will be shamed.  Spiritual exercise and meditation... Jesus showed us time and time again how it's done.  That's why we are to meditate on His WORD daily.

GOD brings wisdom and understanding to past, in your mind, once you apply the WORD in your thoughts, words and actions.  You can memorize the entire Bible or read everything there is to learn about a subject such as swimming.  But you'll never become a real Christian, or swimmer, until you've actually applied what you've learned and put it into practice.  Sit on a pew and hear sermons all you want, but it means very little if you never put in the effort and work.  Only when you immerse yourself into a body of water, will you know if you'll sink or swim.

There are no gray areas in the WORD.  Gray is lukewarm.  You either have faith or you don't.  You became successful either by the doing things according to ways of men or of GOD.  There is no righteousness or true success without Him.  If you think that you obtained your success with your own hands, you've allowed yourself to be deceived.  The path that you took required that you put someone or something else before GOD.  That something else that you turned into an idol, became satan's bargain for you.  All things carnal, satan can offer, and none of them go with you when you die.

If the Word of GOD is not in your thoughts and words, then they will not transfer into your actions and works.  Someone who receives instruction on how to swim will not be able to swim until he puts it into practice and work.  Many folks are hearers only, but they rarely do the work or apply the Word in their lives.  Wisdom can be heard, but you must apply it before GOD's wisdom will bring to pass understanding in your heart and mind.

Peace in CHRIST JESUS,
Spread-the-Truth
Mr baptist.

Parable of the Wheat and Tares

subchapter from "Another Jesus, Another Gospel"...

Matthew 13:24  "Another parable put He (Christ) forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:"

Matthew 13:25  "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."

Matthew 13:26  "But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also."

Matthew 13:27  "So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

seed = G4690. σπέρμα - sperma (sper'-mah). From G4687; somethng sown, that is, seed (including the male “sperm”); by implication offspring; specifically a remnant (figuratively as if kept over for planting): - issue, seed.

The subject in Christ's explanation of the parable is the King and His dominion.  The greek word for "tares" is "zizania", or zizanion, and not darnel.  When zizania is growing, it resembles wheat.  But when full-grown, the grains are dark, poisonous and unfit for consumption.  You shall discern between good and evil by their fruits.  Someone may resemble wheat to you, by appearance or act, and it can serve as disguise for their dark and evil ways.  Baby wheat and tares look the same, but after they mature, their true colors are revealed.  Golden ripe wheat brings nourishment, but the tares will make you sick.

On a macro level, the "field" is the world.  He that soweth the good seed is Jesus Christ and the good seed are His followers.  The good seed also represents the lineage through which Messiah would be born.  When we understand it on the micro level, we know that Adam was a man with a field, in the Garden of Eden, given to him by GOD.  The "seed" in these verses are not "sporos", but "sperma", meaning sperm and implying offspring.  The Word is very specific, so in this parable, we're referring to the origination of the wheat and tares.  There are three different types of seeds: seeds of truth (or deception); seeds in nature; and seed from procreation.  Sperma deals with procreation.  The servants of GOD asked, "Didn't you sow the good seed, Adam, from which the Messiah would come?  From whence came the tares, or kenites?"  The original wheat and tare grew up together as twins, Abel and Cain.  They brought their offerings to GOD at the same time, being born at the same time, but the genealogies of Adam and Cain are listed separately, in the Book of Genesis.  Abel died, so therefore, had no progeny.  Adam's genealogy is listed below; You can find Cain's in Genesis, Ch 4.

Genesis 5:1  "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that GOD created man, in the likeness of GOD made He him;

Genesis 5:2  Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."

Genesis 5:3  "And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:"

Genesis 5:4  "And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:"

Genesis 5:5  "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."

Genesis 5:6  "And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:" 

No person indoctrinated by the precepts of men can logically explain why the genealogies of Adam and Cain are listed separately.  Genealogies are important in the WORD of GOD.  It's a fact and there's no going around it.  There's no way a teacher of fables, and the traditions of men, can incorporate the real explanation of the two separate genealogies into their teachings, because it would collapse the entire foundation of their doctrines.

In the LORD our GOD's Own Words:

Genesis 3:15  "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy [Satan's] seed and her Seed; Christ shall bruise thy head [vital part], and thou shalt bruise His heel [lower part]."

 
Have you ever heard of twins having different fathers?  It can happen when two male partners (in this case, Adam and satan) have sexual intercourse with the same female partner (Eve).  One man’s sperm fertilize one of the woman's eggs, while the other man's sperm fertilize another one of her eggs.

Enoch 22:7  "And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men."

1 John 3:12  "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one [serpent; satan; the devil], and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."

In Jesus's Own Words:

John 8:43  "Why do ye not understand My speech? even because ye cannot hear My Word."

John 8:44  "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

John 8:45  "And because I tell you the truth, ye believe Me not."

In the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul describes adultery using the example in the Garden of Eden. 

2 Corinthians 11:3  "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."

beguiled = G1818. ἐξαπατάω - exapataō (ex-ap-at-ah'-o). From G1537 and G538; to seduce wholly: - beguile, deceive.

The serpent, which is satan, beguiled Eve, means that satan "wholly seduced" (in Greek, "exapatao") Eve in the Garden of Eden.  Now what else other than sexual intercourse can "wholly seduce" mean?  A carnal preacher will try and sell you a fable about sinful fruit and a talking snake.  This is the initial bait and induction to false doctrines that is spread by organized religion.  The pure WORD is passed on by GOD's remnant from generation to generation.  It has never stopped because GOD is in control and His will always comes to past. 

You are what you eat applies on physical, mental/spiritual and genetic levels.  There's physical food, mental/spiritual food as well as genetic food.  Natural foods are what you feed your physical body.  Mental foods are the things that you absorb into your mind.  The best example of eating spiritual food is feeding your spirit with the WORD of GOD.  They all involve eating, absorbing and digesting.  The last, but not least, is genetic food.  This relates to your DNA and offspring.  The "eating" that is done concerning genetic food is for procreating.  So foods can be good or bad for you, just like seeds, and even seedlines (example: cain).

If you understand the Sixth day creation of all of the races, you'll understand that the men rested, meaning there was more than one man and woman on Earth, when Adam and Eve were created.  If you remember, Cain went to Nod and married a woman from the Sixth day creation.  Now how could that happen if Adam and Eve were the first and only couple on the planet, at that time?

While men rested, the enemy, satan, came and planted his own seed in the field with Eve.  Adam and Eve tried to cover their shame, by covering the parts involved in their sin, using fig leaves.  That's a key word, "fig".  If they sinned from eating fruit with their mouths, then they would have covered their mouths instead.

The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried, or refined, in a furnace of earth, purified seven times (Psa 12:6).  You must go to the source and stick with GOD's Letter to you, verse by verse.  A child's mind is open; an indoctrinated mind is closed.  The precepts of men water down truth, but what you want is pure truth, the very meat of truth, and not runny, liquid mini-truths.

Everyone worships.  Man's heart was made for worship.  The atheist worships more idols than all religions combined.  It comes down to who or what you worship.  Do you understand the simplicity of this truth?  Jesus Christ is the Truth and a real lover and follower of Him will seek Him everyday.  He will seek Truth daily through His WORD.  If you are literate and have been a Christian for more than a few sunrises and sunsets, you have no excuse for not seeking Truth.  GOD is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  The number of days that your physical body can go without food and water is basically how long your spirit can survive without the Living WORD.  The traditions of men and false doctrines will only lead you to another jesus, and not the real WORD.

How do love and worship someone that you don't know?  You get to know our FATHER and Jesus CHRIST by studying His Letter to you, verse by verse.  Satan knows that you cannot physically see or hear GOD, so he has fabricated substitutes, to deceive people into the wrong feeding trough.  Do you see the subtlety in the devil's lies, deception and trickery?  Stick with GOD's WORD and not the traditions of men or their organized religions.

Matthew 13:31 "Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:"

Matthew 13:32 "Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."

In the Greek language, it says, "so that the birds of the heaven come and roost in its boughs".  This refers to the fallen angels that came down to Earth to seduce the daughters of Adam, in order to pollute the lineage from which would come the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Here's another clue.  Notice how trees represent people?  Now go back to The Beginning, the Origin, to the Book of Genesis, after studying the verses below.

Mark 8:22  "And He [Christ] cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him."

Mark 8:23  "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."

Mark 8:24  "And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking."

Jesus took the blind man (mind) away from town, away from the others to see the miracle, but for you to see.  He's teaching you a lesson here.  You take "I see men as trees" and apply it to the story in the Garden of Eden.  Remember, it's a true story and not a fable, so it should not be treated as one.

Mark 8:25  After that He put His hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly."

Now, this man had full vision of "understanding" and could see "clearly".  His mind (eyes) were no longer blind.


Peace in CHRIST JESUS,
Spread-the-Truth
Mr baptist.