Narrow Way - Kingdom Path

Narrow Way – Kingdom Path

My journey in the book of Luke

On reading Luke this week I have been drawn very much to the way Jesus/Yeshua speaks to his disciples concerning entering the Kingdom.

We have been living so long with the contaminated traditions of the “churches” believing that their way would be acceptable to God.

Yet reading how Jesus/Yeshua makes it clear that it is a narrow way and few will find it.  Brings me to the question – How then can we get into the Kingdom.

Jesus/Yeshua said clearly in the scriptures that even if we were to raise the dead, heal the sick and perform other miracles in his name – if we do not obey His Commandments, His principles, and Keep Gods Holy days then we would not be accepted into the Kingdom.  We would infact be left outside with the unbelievers – nashing our teeth and wailing. 

Remember the story of the rich man who asked Jesus/Yeshua about how to get into the Kingdom of Heaven – in the book of Matthew and Luke he is mentioned.  Jesus/Yeshua made it very clear that we are to keep Gods Commandment.  These are Commandments and teachings and Holy days that were given to Moses and the Prophets at the start – Jesus/Yeshua most certainly not come to change or bring in a new religion but to actually restore us back to the original one that God gave Moses and as it is important enough for Jesus/Yeshua to keep reminding people of this fact throughout his ministry.  We are to keep and learn how to live according to Gods Holy ways in order that we may enter in to the rest and live in harmony with our fellow human being.  We are all created in His image.  We are all given the same rules and regulations to live by – this is bourne out by the fact that in the Exodus there were foreigners amongst the Israelites who were leaving with the Israelites who were given the opportunity to Follow the same God and keep His Holy ways.

For me, it is a blessing that God’s word never changes, His teachings always bring hope and encouragement and not to follow after the traditions of man.

As a young woman I began to question the validity of what was being taught in the “churches” against what was written in the Scriptures, the more I wanted to know what God had to say – How do we keep His Ways, that path that leads to peace and fulfilment.

Studying the Scriptures and learning more and more how they actually work to my advantage and I sought to apply them in my own life. Sitting at the feet of the Messiah on a daily basis and learning from the Word of God how to live the life that is worth living has been an incredible journey.

My studies have let me discover the difference between Trust and Belief – How to Trust God and not just believe in Him.

My choice of Bible also makes It clear the difference and I praise God for the Jews who take the time to share their understanding and time to translate for us to use today.

May I recommend that you try looking for a copy of the Complete Jewish Bible  and make the comparisons yourself   

TRUST AND BELIEF

Trust and Belief

Believe:                1. Regard as true or real.

                              2. to have faith.

Trust:                   1. Confidence

                              2. Firm Belief

                              3. Reliance

                              4. Rely on

                              5. Believe in

                              6. Consign to car

                              7. Expect- expectancy – Hope

When I read the Complete Jewish Bible it speaks of Trust in the Words of Yeshua, it speaks of Trust in God.  When we read the stories of the bible we can see how God can be trusted and relied upon to help us in our times of trouble.  When we call out to him we are hoping that he will hear us, in one thing we can really trust that he does hear us.  However we do not always trust that he is going to be there therefore our prayers go on unheard, because the Word does say you cannot be double minded about things when it comes to asking God for anything.  Whether it is help in your health, wealth or family – it is only when you truly start to TRUST GOD – not just believe.

His Word and Works have all been proved to be Trustworthy – for every prophecy that has been fore seen is in the process of unfolding before our very eyes.

Today’s world is very much like the times of Noah and the people are behaving in very  much the way they did in the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah.  Is it any wonder we are living through some crises times, yet it is going to get worse unless we do something about it, but what can we do – I hear you say – it is simple – confess your unbelief and lack of Trust in the almighty God – he is the only one that can turn things round.  It is only when we start to live His way and keep His Holy days and His commandments that we are really going to be able live in Peace and Happiness. 

Yeshua/Jesus said that unless we focus on him and follow his example and keep Gods Commandments and live accordingly then we shall be lost, destroyed.

The Bible is very clear on this matter – for in the Old Scriptures you can see that there were times when Isreal prospered when it was obedient to God’s teachings and commandments – yet when it choose to follow its own path away from God – spurning God and His teachings and following after the ways of the nations around, incorporating the teachings and traditions of the nations they went into severe decline and where in fact dispersed away from God – God cut them off until they were given a chance to Repent and Turn Back to the Father.

Yeshua/Jesus came to give us the opportunity to Come back to the Father’s ways to be given the hope of eternal life, to live our lives in peace with our neighbours by keeping the Commandments and following his example.

God gave us a plan to follow when he gave them to Moses and he gave Moses the plan of feast days which were to carried out by all mankind to the Glory of God – it was not just given to the Jews as people are so insistently saying because amongst the Jews also came foreigners out of Egypt and they were there with the Isrealites in the desert when Moses came down and they were givne a choice just as the Isrealites to follow them or be destroyed just as God said he would do in Deuteronomy – when we were given the choice to follow Gods ways and live and live abundantly lives or follow the way of man which is to reject God and his teachings and end up as the society is today – well I guess from looking around us today we can see where that has got us.

So, with Yeshua/Jesus we are given a chance to repent and return to Gods ways.  Yet because of the socalled “Christian” teachings we are blinded from the Truth of Gods word.  His ways are made clear with the Holy Spirit because He is the teacher who brings us back to the Fathers Holy Ways.

We all have a choice in this life – but we only have two choices – one leads to life and the other to death.

Following God’s way leads to Life and more abundantly

Not following Gods way leads to death and destruction and false teachings, false lives, sickness and disease, mental health issues on a magnitude that looking at history it has seriously got worse in this last century – the century that has chosen to reject God and His teachings.

We are very fortunate that there have been a people who have been seeking to keep the Commandments and the teachings and there area  few who are looking to bring Gods Truth to the people – not in standing of soap boxes in the middle of parks but in the quietness of living their lives according to God’s teachings.  Setting us examples for us to follow.  We are in need of real teachers of the Way of God – Teachers who can really give us the full picture and not just part.  Men and women who are inspired by the Holy Spirit and who have accepted the Messiah as their King and Lord.  These people we can have confidence in for it is these people who are being led back to teach us how to walk in the True Path of Righteousness – not just by saying it but by living the Way.  The Way that Yeshua taught His disciples and the people around him. 

For me, spending time in the Word of God – discovering the Way that the disciples and Yeshua/Jesus lived inspires me to live the same.  Forsaking all other teachings – just to come back to the basic principles that God gave Moses and the Prophets – the very same prophets that Yeshua/Jesus speaks about. 

These are people who walked with Yeshua/Jesus and ate with Jesus and prayed with Jesus – bearing in mind that Yeshua/Jesus was in the beginning with God and say Satan fall from the sky when he was thrown out of heaven because of his rebellion against the most high.

We need to come back to the Word of God and really ask the question How do we live like God wanted us to live in order for us to have abundant lives.  How can we really achieve the goals that Paul and Peter speaks of. 

Ecclesiastes – says it very clearly at the end of his teaching – Trust God and obey Gods commandments – this is the best we can do in order to achieve an abundant and fulfilled life.

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Gagging Laws

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Tomorrow, MPs vote on the gagging law for a second time. They’ll walk into the vote knowing that they’re under pressure. Together, 38 Degrees members have done a magnificent job of making the issue huge. We’ve sent over 46,000 personal, original emails to Chloe Smith, the minister responsible for the gagging law, and nearly 150,000 emails to our own MPs before and after the first vote. Nearly 2,000 of us called our MPs last Monday, and 77 MPs have been visited by 38 Degrees members in person. Thank you for everything you’ve done so far - but there's still lots more to do. On Friday, it seemed that the government had given ground. And there were media reports saying that “ministers have been forced into a U-turn”. [1] That’s not true. There’s a really long way to go before we’re safe to claim victory. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations said that parts of the gagging law are still “neither clear nor workable”, and that “... civil society may still be subject to ambiguous and damaging legislation”. [2] If we’re going to defeat the gagging law, we need to get the word out further. If everyone who’s ever joined a local campaign group or taken action with their favourite charity knew that they could be stopped from doing that again, the public outcry would explode. The good news is that there’s something we can do about this. Together, we number over 1.8 million people. That’s five times more than the circulation of the Guardian, the same as the circulation of the Daily Mail - and four times the population of Liverpool. [3] Simply put, we have quite a reach. So let’s use it. Can you help to get the word out by sharing this five minute video explaining the gagging law in simple terms? The more people who know what’s going on and what’s at risk, the more chance we have of making the outcry too big for the government to ignore. Here’s the link to the video. If everyone who gets this email sends it to just one person who hasn’t heard of the gagging law, we could make sure that millions of people across the UK know what the government’s planning. Could you share it with your friends and family now? https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/gagging-law-video Here’s a paragraph which you can include with the video, or you could just press forward on this email: You might have heard about the “gagging law” currently being voted on by MPs. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s really bad news. If it goes through, it will have a chilling effect on British democracy and on our right to speak up on the issues that matter to us. Basically, the law slashes the spending limits on campaigning for the year before any election. Campaigns that have impact don’t cost the earth, but they aren’t free. Community groups, charities and campaigning organisations would all be hit. Election time is when ordinary people have the most influence on our politicians. On the big issues of the day – whether or not to go to war, the future of our NHS, the environment, welfare, immigration, etc. – we'd all be gagged. The problem is that this law has come out of nowhere and not many people have heard what’s going on. If we’re going to defeat it, we need to get the word out further. If every single person who’s ever joined a local campaign group or taken action with their favourite charity knew that they could be stopped from doing that again, the outcry could explode. Here’s a simple five minute video you can watch for more information. Can you take a look, and then help get the word out by passing it on to your friends and family? https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/gagging-law-video Thanks for everything you do, Susannah, Becky, Blanche and the 38 Degrees team PS: The sooner we see the back of this damaging law, the sooner we can return to campaigning on the issues that matter to all of us. We’re committed to working together on the NHS, on MP pay, on fracking - and this week, there were developments in our legal aid and zero hours campaigns. There’s hundreds of other issues that we’ll act on together too. But first, we need to defeat the gagging law. Share the video with your friends and family now: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/gagging-law-video NOTES [1] The Guardian: Ministers make U-turn over ‘gagging’ anti-lobbying laws after public outcry: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/06/ministers-retreat-anti-lobbying-laws-charities [2] Here’s the full statement from National Council for Voluntary Organisations (http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/): ‘The government’s commitment to abandon the change to the test of what constitutes non-party campaigning is a significant step in the right direction. When the new wording is published we will take legal advice and also urgently seek the view of the Electoral Commission, to ensure the revised test meets the spirit and the letter of policy intent set out by government. The revised test should ensure that for charities operating within charity law, their activities should not be subject to registration with the Electoral Commission and therefore the regulation outlined in part two of the Bill. We remain concerned that other voluntary organisations in civil society may still be subject to ambiguous and damaging legislation. NCVO believes in a society where freedom of speech, the freedom to associate and the right to free and fair elections are all similarly inviolable. The proposed definition of controlled expenditure remains neither clear nor workable for non-charitable voluntary organisations. We remain similarly concerned that the expenditure thresholds proposed in the new bill will be damaging, particularly for small community groups that are not charities. These must be restored at current levels. The question of how to sensibly regulate groups working in coalition remains to be addressed. If a revised test of what constitutes non-party campaigning by charities, together with a clear definition of controlled expenditure and unchanged expenditure thresholds, cannot be achieved, we will continue to argue for the withdrawal of part two of the Bill. We will continue to work with the broad range of organisations expressing concerns, as well as with government and with the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, to ensure we get legislation that recognises and does not undermine the valuable role undertaken by charities' and community groups.’ [3] The Guardian: ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation March 2013: http://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2013/apr/12/abcs-national-newspapers Liverpool Council website: Population: http://liverpool.gov.uk/council/key-statistics-and-data/data/population/

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Understanding - Gods purpose for my lfie

Today, I was reflecting on Gods purpose for my life.

Firstly, let me tell you that when I was a young woman I asked God what did I need my hands for, and what was my purpose.

God gave me something specific in reply, He clearly indicated that he could use me best as a Wife, Mother and to be a comfort to the people.

In my life, I have not had success with regards to my husbands.  First one was a junkie - a herion addict - I did love him a great deal and longed for him to get rid of the nasty wife of a needle - however the needle won and I left.

Then I married a really lovely man who sadly decided that he was not going to wait to die, so he took his own life.

As you can see, not successful in my choices.  However, in keeping with the Word of God I am seeking Gods choice, as I am too young as a widow to be alone.

This morning I was just mulling over the reasons why God created woman in the first intance, and how does my way of thinking need to be changed with regard to receiving and being brought to his choice of man for my life.

In the end I was so sure that my mind is clear that when God does the choosing He gets it right.  We get in the way with our so called ideas of what we want and so on.  For me, I am happy to let God do the selecting from now on.

Also while I was considering what my role in life is I happened to open my magazine from Tomorrows World and was interested to read the entire magazine, here is a copy for you to mull over.

Give Him Praise and Glory

Lift Up the King

All Things In Common

 

 

In Acts of the Apostles we see a community of people who are committed to the Messiah and His teaching and His way of life.

They shared their lives, lifting one another up with encouragement and support.

We could all take another look at exactly what was happening in the lives of the people during those early days of the believers in the Messiah.

All had been given the scriptures growing up, knowing the teachings of God from Moses and the Prophets. They also would have had the wisdom of Solomon through the books of Proverbs. They also would have had historical data of the Israel on how it prospered and suffered depending on whether the ruler, priest, leaders and teachers were teaching the people to live with Gods Torah – teachings and laws, yet when the leaders failed to keep the commandments and Holy days and keeping their lives separated from the worlds (pagan) ways of life. We can see historically that Israel prospered when they obeyed God, Israel suffered defeat and loss and dispersion amongst the nations when they failed to obey.

So we see that when we come to the Messiah and our hearts and minds are seared by the Holy Spirit and as we are drawn to live Gods ways and keep his commandments, learning to understand how we can live together in peace and harmony.

We see the lives of the disciples are living unity of mind and purpose and supporting one another.

They lived together sharing one another’s lives, working together as a community helping one another enjoy each other company by being hospitable with one another.

Yet in today’s society it is so hard to be hospitable – people are afraid to share and invite people to their homes, sharing is hard when people do not trust each other – yet as fellow believers, building relationships within the community is highly important as we are called to be one body – each of us has their own role to play within each community to help build up the Kingdom of God here on earth. Inviting one another to break bread together, encouraging one another with words of comfort and psalms and hymns and always loving one another just as Yeshua loves us.

We really need to recognise we are all important to God, we all have a place in the Body of Christ – yet there are many times that we feel separated and cut off and out of the communities we are called to share in therefore it is incredibly important that we are honest and truthful to each other and sharing genuinely with one another.

This is the calling of God on our lives to Love One Another As He Loves Us.

The greatest gift we can give a fellow human being is Love and support. For without supporting one another we are in danger of being selfish and self centred and separated from God and His mercy and His Love and His generosity.

So next time you speak with your friend be genuinely interested in their lives, if you can encourage that person in some way do so. Lift each other up in prayer and love. Help one another find solutions to their troubles, listen to each other. Grow together. For without this support system the body falls to bits and nothing will remain. Yet when we start to be genuine with each other and start to really Love one another as God has called us to then we will start to see a difference in people lives.
 
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We as Women of God

How do you see yourself?

Making a solid decision – before we make the most important decision of our lives, sharing and being committed to one person.

It would be wise to just step back and really ask God for His advice regarding the relationship. We all have made life changing decisions but not always have we asked the Father for His advice; we constantly believe that we can make life decisions without him and wonder why we end up breaking up our relationships – because we did not ask Him First.

If we are honest before God we should recognise that we lean very much to our own understanding when don’t always make the right choice.

Here is Gods advice to us.

Proverbs 3 : 5-6
5. Trust in Adonai (God) with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding.
6. In all your ways acknowledge Him then he will level your path.
7. Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom; but fear Adonai (God).and turn from Evil.
8. This will bring Health to your body and gives strength to your bones.
9. Honour Adonai (God ) with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your income.
10. The your granaries will be filled and your vats over flow with new wine.

Sometimes we are compelled to go the same way as our parents – as the Word says teach a child the way it should go and it will do it for the rest of its life, unfortunately that is both in a positive and in a negative way. For instance if you were brought up in a violent home – sadly but true, we sometimes go for the same kind of people we have seen as we were growing up. Hence when the scriptures write what is good and wholesomewe strive for that but because we are by our very nature drawn to what we have always known – therefore it takes a miracle from God to break us out of our moulded past.
On reading Proverbs today I have been really discovering some great tips.
Here a few which I would like to share with you.
Proverbs 22: 24-25
24. Don’t associate with an angry man; make no hot-tempered man your companion.
25. If you do, you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap
How often we have read of tragic events of husbands killing their wives and wives killing their husbands. Even boyfriends killing girlfriends. It is a wicked waste of life, which is precious.

In Proverbs 29: 22
22. Angry people stir up strife; hot tempered people commit many crimes.
We see this all the time.
We as women should look again at the scriptures to see how we should be comporting ourselves.
So that we may be a blessing and a treasure well worth keeping and cherishing.

In Proverbs 31; 10-
10. Who can find a capable wife? Her value is far beyond that of pearls.
11. Her husband trusts her from his heart and she will prove a great asset to him.
12. She works to bring him good, not harm all the days of her life.
13. She procures a supply of wool and flax and works with willing hands.
14. She is like those merchant vessels, bringing her food from far away.
15. It’s still dark when she rises to give food t her household and orders to the young women serving her.
16. She considers a field, then buys it, and from her earnings she plants a vineyard
17. She gathers her strength around her and throws herself into her work
18. She sees that her business affairs go well, her lamp stays lit at night.
19. She puts her hands to the staff with the flax, her fingers hold the spinning rod.
20. She reaches out to embrace the poor and opens her arms to the needy.
21. When it snows, she has no fear for her household, since all of them are doubly clothed.
22. She makes her own quilts; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23. Her husband is known at the city gates when he sits with leaders of the land.
24. She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchants in sashes.
25. Clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come.
26. When she opens her mouth , she speaks wisely; on her tongue is loving instruction.
27 She watches how things go in her house, not eating the bread of idleness.
We can see that this demonstrates that we have a very full role in society as we are very much the creative and caring side of the relationship, nurturing the family and it does take time. It is no wander that today’s women don’t have the same level of interest in their homes. It is a real hard day for a women to complete all the tasks that are required to run a full family home. Most women today opt to farm out their kids, get cleaners if they can afford them to do the house work and do not even consider getting involved in business which is useful to the family home – all being done on a at home basis. She is not going out to work she is busy bringing all this work in and around the home. Even planting a field – that take time and it also takes labourers to achieve that therefore when we are truly walking in the full favour of God and in His right Order in our lives we too will be able to do this and more as in Deuteronomy it clearly states that He will bless us in our baskets and the fruit of our wombs, if we were to choose His ways over the ways of the world.

Yes we are to be active and creating a wealth for our independent needs to bring about more favour to the family home – but it is a part of the daily life. Going out to work at the expense of the home and family is not what it is about. When a woman is completely committed to her home and family it is amazing just how much can be accomplished.

However, sadly today we are faced with a tragic loss of work for the men as they strive to work for big companies – often not really looking to their own resources right on their own doorstep.
God called Adam to go cultivate the land and take care of it. There are many talents that people have and who do not look like they are talents yet when we look back at the 1930’s people were resourceful in their creating nice homes, by making their own furniture, developing their own pieces of land into productive areas for food for the family, and even were able to share with their neighbours their skills.

Today, people depend too much of what the State can give rather than Looking to the Father and see what He has already given to them as talents and skills.

It is not always about making money, it is about sharing the skills and abilities with those around you to achieve a harmonious life. Living in peace with our neighbours. Learning what we can do for one another.

For instance – here is a clear example of a lazy man and what can and does happen when man does not seek to fulfil his potential.

In proverbs 24: 30-34
30. I passed by the field of the lazy man and the vineyard of the man lacking sense.
31. There is was, overgrown with thistles, the ground was covered with nettles and its stone walls was broken down
32. I looked, and I thought about it. I saw and I learned this lesson.
33.. I’ll just like here at bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep
34. and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

We all perhaps have met men like the above – yet on the surface we have met men who appear to be charming, well dressed, and have an air of affluences and productivity only to discover too late that it was just a sham – a con to deceive you that they were more than they are.
I know because I have been caught out on that one myself.
Now I am not saying men are bad, just we women need to be more focused on what is right before God for us. As in the same way , man also has to be watchful that he does not just get a pleasure seeker who is unable to much more than be an ornamental piece on his arm with no other assets to show.

Because as in Proverbs 21:17
17. Pleasure lovers will suffer want; he/she who loves wine and oil won’t get rich.
It is by working together as a team for a common goal, with single purpose and mind. A oneness of thoughts and ideals is a must.

We should not be unevenly yoked as in 1 Corinthians 6: 14 clearly states
14 Do not yoke yourself together in a team with unbelievers, for how can righteousness and lawlessness be partners? What fellowship does light have to do with darkness.
I made the mistake of believing it would be fine to be united with someone who sort of believed yet did not really have any faith at all. To the tragic loss of both of us. Because he believed that it was ok to be agreeing to disagree about things that really mattered, therefore I am speaking from experience.
When you come together with a second human being entering into a live long commitment you need to have a secure knowledge that you are both are on the same page and singing from the same song sheet otherwise you are just going to be ending in a tragic mess.

Remember God hates Divorce and therefore before you enter into a marriage or even business with someone make sure you are both working to a common goal. It is a sad thing to work hard at something if God is not the builder – it will not last and it is going to be very painful – so right from the start my advice to you is FIRST, SEEK YOU FIRST THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, ASK GOD FOR ADVICE AND CHECK WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT A MATTER
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We are certainly heading for a catalyitis in life now, more and more events are coming to pass which were foreordained by God as way of waking human being up to his incredible power and desire for us to live in peace with one another and himself.

Through His Holy Word we can see that we are to live a life that is not brutal but a life of peace and generosity, a sharing caring society.  Yet we look around today at the amount of terror and horror and misery it is hard to imagine a life anyother way except the Way of God being the True and Safe way.

For me, Yeshua/Jesus is the only saviour who is able to save us from the terrible times ahead.  WE need to reprent from our sins and change our way of life or else we shall be destroyed.

Replacement Theology.

How far the Replacement Theology has gone. 
To deny the Word of God and His Truth is a dangerous thing to do.  God will have His Way with the Universe and with Human Kind. 

To try to change Gods Word to suit so called new thinking which has been around for centuries - dropping the Root in favour of Paganism.  Without realising it they have cut themselves off from God himself.

By breaking away from the Root -Israel - Judaism which is Gods Way of life is to cut ourselves from Life itself.  By trying to imply that God has finished with Israel is like saying God has given up on us as Human beings.  Israel will be saved, they will return to the Promised Land that God has ordained for all those who have joined themselves to Israel - by faith, works and word. 

Here is a real evidence on how far the church is away from the Root of God.- this is the very thing that was said would be said in the Word - that many would fall away and throw out the truth and the Ways of God, the Way of life that God has laid out clearly in the Scriptures in the Commandments and His teachings, decrees, statutes. 

Read this for yourself and see just how replacement theology has separated itself from God.  If you are supporting Israel in your prayers, tithes and offering you will be blessed.  Read the Jerusalem Covenant for yourself and pray and sign the petition.

I have been reading a book written by Derek C White - called Replacement Theology - Its Origin, History and Theology - you can get a copy from www.cfi.org.uk  Replacement Theology is still deeply entrenched in the Church in various forms, with disatrous consequences for the relationship of the Church with Israel.  Few are aware of the roots and development of this teaching.  Dereck C White.

You can even buy this book which will be a useful tool for you. 



Also if you are interested in finding out more about the complete effects that have happened and the works within the teachings you are receiving from your denomination.  Check their real concern for Israel - Whether they too consider that they have replaced Israel in the eyes of God.  What they consider is the Truth regarding the End Times, with Israel being drawn back to Israel and receiving a complete restoration from God. 

Restoration: Returning the Torah of God to the Disciples of Jesus

For me, discovering the way back to the basics of living according to Gods Ways - His commandments, and teachings has been a great joy and satisfaction of knowing that Gods Word never changes.  He will establish His Kingdom in Jerusalem - He will reign from Jerusalem.His Law will flow out of Jerusalem.  The whole of Humanity will be following God's Rules and Regulations - there is clear indication that God is preparing His People for His return. 

To live in His Kingdom - we will be required to Live by His Rules and Regulations, just as we have lived in the Countries of our lives here on the planet now.  Yet, the Whole of Mankind will be brought into subjection to His Ways.  It will be a time of blessing and peace, who would not want it.

The more I read the scriptures the MORE I am looking forward for all MANKIND to be touched by Gods Spirit to touch the lives of the people and open their eyes to see the TRUTH

Yeshua/Jesus did not come to change the commandments - yet through His Spirit living within us we are drawn to OBEY the Commandments of God.  To come back to the Father to Follow the Messiahs example.  That is what  we are called to do.

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Holy Cow, does God care what we eat

Holy Cow! Does God Care about What We Eat?

I have discovered while reading the scriptures just how much God does care about what eat and how we take care of ourselves and each other. The more I learn the more I realise that we are very much doing harm to ourselves by not taking notice of what He says in His precious Word. His Word never changes nor does it ever go out of fashion. Gods Word is the Rule in the Universe. Without His Word we would not even be here, I have said this before. Yet is seems that although we think we are wise in our own arrogance we are utterly foolish to consider we are better than our creator.

He made everything for a purpose and each and every animal and creature on this planet has a job to do.

We look at the insects and shell fish in the sea – can you imagine what our planet would be like if they were not doing their job of cleaning up after us Humans beings. We consider ourselves higher – yet in their servitude to this planet and their never ending loyalty to their own kind is incredible.

We fill this planet with waste and along comes a worm, ant, and beetles to do their stuff do we give them credit for their service to us – we barely acknowledge that this is their role on the planet – even the snake has his role too – they kill the populations of rats, mice and other vermin when their populations grow – without each being doing its job – it does not bear thinking about what this planet could look like – imagine the dead bodies which are in the graves if the worms and the beetles did not do their destroying and mastigating their way through our human waste.

We need to look more carefully as how we manage our waste products. Some of the items we in our present day using plastics and petroleum based products are causing harm which cannot be so easily remedied – it takes longer to get rid of. We throw our waste into pits, burn it and bury it – yet all the while God in His wisdom has given jobs to each little bug on the planet to do . We have been very well blessed with this amazing planet.

When we look at the birds we can see that there are those who are also chosen by God to be the clean up brigade of the countryside – making sure that the populations of small creatures does not get out of hand. The birds of prey that we are not to eat – is definitely for our benefit.

The idea of eating the contents of your vaccum cleaner I am sure would not appeal to you. Nor would the drinking of the waters we pollute each day – if the water was not cleansed by the fish in the sea – we would not be able drink the water we have today. Yes I know you will say we have water treatment plants, yes, however even they are limited in their ability to kill everything that is harmful to man. There are insects that eat other insects which could cause us trouble. There are things in the water microbes that have jobs to do to. Each creature God has created has been for a purpose.

We human beings need to take more notice of what is happening around us. There are many signs in earth and in the heavens that things are coming to a head. God is definitely not going to be slow to come and sort us out. For His Word never changes. He has a set time and place where He will gather the nations and a set time to test each persons heart and mind as to where they stand in respect of God and His teachings.

WHERE WILL YOU BE

ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT

IN THE PIT OF FIRE OR IN GRACE

WILL YOU BE OUTSIDE THE CAMP KNASHING YOUR TEETH AND SCREAMING HIDE US FROM HIM WHO IS COMING ON THE CLOUDS READY TO JUDGE THE WORLD.

It is true that there is a time and place for each man to be given the opportunity to receive the Word of God for Himself, there is a time in every person’s life when God is standing at the door and waiting to be asked in – will you ask him into your life – would you be ready for the King to come and reign in your heart and mind and be transformed ready to live according to His Ways and His Laws, and His Love. Standing at the cross looking up at our saviour and asking "did it hurt" can you imagine your hands hammered with nails, can you imagine what it must have felt like having a sword thrust into your side, can imagine what it was like to be treated like garbage spat upon, kicked and bruised for our sins, our iniquities, our behaviour – our lack of love, His Love is greatest – He gave it willingly for us to be given the opportunity to be restored to Himself.

Will you be one standing at the fire side not knowing whether you will be thrown in or not – because although you may have thought you were a good person – Yeshua Himself said that there is None Good except God – therefore we need to rethink about how we are behaving.

Consider everything we have done to one another and repent and be restored back to God.

REPENTANCE, SALVATION, RECONCILLIATION.

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Understanding God’s incredible creations

The Sixth Extinction: Biodiversity and Its Survival

Even though you may not agree with this book you will find it it astonishing in its research and study of the bio diversity of our incredible planet. God made an incredible place for us to live and we as human beings have systematically been destroying it ever since we set foot on the place, instead of nurturing it and making a really great place to be we have slowly killed off a wide range of creatures which were put here for us to take care of.

It is a real eye opener, I know it may not be totally up to date, yet it has some merit as a book that could be helping you to understand the need for us to take on the role as a Caretakers not murderers of other creatures In Genesis, Human beings were given the commandment to take care and maintain the planet in good order. Yet we have not done that, many parts of the planet are destroyed by so much greed, also there are many plagues on the earth which God said He would bring about because we have failed to obey His Commandments and His Ordinances.

Surely, we as Human beings owe to our selves to start to make sure we put things back in the correct order. God first then ourselves and family and neighbours. People to day are so quick to judge their fellow man, yet the Word of God judges us much more. By God;’s standards we do not deserve to live – yet because He saw fit to send us His precious Son Yeshua to become our mediator between God and Man and our Saviour and reconcile us back to the Father. We should take steps in our own lives to see that we are living in accordance to His Guidelines. These you will find to be really reassuring and you can trust God’s Word to bring about Hope and Peace into this incredible place we call home.

We need to be restored and transformed into His likeness and get to understand life as He ordained it to be. Not fighting over every scrap of land, oil, money, life itself. We need to recognise that we are all equal under God – He created us all. He created the animals too for our benefit, for eating and pleasure. Not all animals are to be eaten – those that God said would be good for us. He gave us good reasons why he said the others where not to be eaten – they are the cleaners of the planet both in the sea and of the air and land.


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TORAH REDISCOVERED

Human being, prophesy against the shepherds of Isra’el. Prophesy! Tell them, the shepherds, that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Isra’el who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

Book of Ezekiel

34 The word of Adonai came to me: ² “Human being, prophesy against the shepherds of Isra’el. Prophesy! Tell them, the shepherds, that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Isra’el who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep? ³ You eat the choice meat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the best of the herd; but you don’t feed the sheep! ⁴ You don’t strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bandage the broken, bring back the outcasts or seek the lost; on the contrary, you tyrannize them with crushing force. ⁵ So they were scattered, without a shepherd, and became food for every wild animal — they were scattered. ⁶ My sheep wandered around aimlessly on every mountain and hill; yes, my sheep were scattered all over the land, with no one to search for them or look after them.

⁷ “‘Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai: ⁸ “As I live,” Adonai Elohim swears, “because my sheep have become prey, my sheep have become food for every wild animal, since there was no shepherd, since my shepherds didn’t look for my sheep, and instead my shepherds fed themselves but not my sheep,” ⁹ therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai! ¹⁰ Adonai Elohim says, “I am against the shepherds. I demand that they hand my sheep back to me. I will not allow them to feed the sheep, and they won’t feed themselves either. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths; they will be food for them no longer.”
¹¹ “‘For here is what Adonai Elohim says: “I am taking over! I will search for my sheep and look after them, myself. ¹² Just as a shepherd looks after his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so I will look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. ¹³ I will bring them back from those peoples, gather them from those countries and return them to their own land. Then I will let them feed on the mountains of Isra’el, by the streams and in all the liveable places of the land. ¹⁴ I will have them feed in good pastures; their grazing ground will be on the high mountains of Isra’el. They will rest in good grazing grounds and feed in rich pastures on Isra’el’s mountains. ¹⁵ Yes, I will pasture my sheep; and I will let them rest” says Adonai Elohim. ¹⁶ “I will seek the lost, bring back the outcasts, bandage the broken, and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy — I will feed them with judgment.”
¹⁷ “‘As for you, my flock,’ Adonai Elohim says this: ‘I will judge between sheep and other sheep, between rams and billy-goats. ¹⁸ Wasn’t it enough for you to feed on the best pasture and drink from the clearest water? Did you have to trample the rest of the pasture and foul the remaining water with your feet? ¹⁹ So now my sheep eat what you have trampled with your feet and drink water fouled by your feet.’ ²⁰ Therefore here is what Adonai Elohim says to them: ‘I will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep. ²¹ Because you push them with your flanks and shoulders and butt all the weak ones with your horns, till you scatter them in every direction; ²² therefore I will save my flock; they will no longer be prey; and I will judge between sheep and other sheep.
²³ “‘I will raise up one shepherd to be in charge of them, and he will let them feed — my servant David. He will pasture them and be their shepherd. ²⁴ I, Adonai, will be their God; and my servant David will be prince among them. I, Adonai, have spoken. ²⁵ I will make a covenant of peace with them; I will rid the land of wild animals; and they will live securely in the desert and sleep in the forests. ²⁶ I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and I will cause the rain to fall when it should — there will be showers of blessing. ²⁷ The trees in the field will bear their fruit and the soil its produce, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Adonai, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who turned them into slaves. ²⁸ No longer will they be prey for the Goyim, nor will the wild animals devour them; but they will live securely, with no one to make them afraid. ²⁹ I will make the productivity of their crops famous, and they will no longer be consumed by hunger in the land or bear the shame of the Goyim any more. ³⁰ They will know that I, Adonai their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Isra’el, are my people,’ says Adonai Elohim. ³¹ ‘You, my sheep, the sheep in my pasture, are human beings; and I am your God,’ says Adonai Elohim.”

WE can praise God that he has risen up a shepherd whom we can trust  Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah.

We can trust the words of his testimony and life as he lived according to Gods Holy ways, and kept Gods Holy days, and was very much a man who walked and talked the way that God had ordained him to do.  Withouth his precious life and death and resuurection we would have not gateway back to the Father.

We have all been taught to follow the teaching of the various denominations and sects, whatever and wherever you are coming from I do not try to say follow me, I offer you my thoughts and my understanding of the scriptures.

When I first came to know the Lord when I was 21 I was a sceptic and unbeliever who although I did have some notion that there must be a supreme being who was in control of the whole universe as it did not make sense to me not have a Intelligence in control.  For me even before I got sick I was looking a life and wondering how was it all made possible.  There was so much in the scientific community that were discovering new things especially in archaeology and there was so much that was so incredible man could not duplicate no matter how much they have tried.

As a child I had some experiences which were hard to share – as I would probably have been classed as a nutter.  I can remember a time I was in the bath when as I lay there soaking in the water I noticed the window frame made the shape of the cross in the water as I pondered on this I was led on to see a beach scene with Jesus in white coming towards me – as I was watching I could see how lovely he was and how friendly he was and much pain he must have suffered.  I did not fully appreciate this gift I had been given till much later.

When I was dying at 21 with an illness brought on from stress and fear, chronic nervous indigestion – today people take gaviscon and other remedies to soothe the tension and relax the muscles – but it does not take away the underlying cause – anyway, I was seeing a doctor who had prescribed Aslione Suspension which was supposed to relax my stomach cramps and help with the pain I was undergoing.  However, it did not work for me, because it was not meant to as it was a way that God had used to bring me to my knees to reach out and touch the skirt of the Jew – to call upon Him for my help.  I was lying in bed suffering great weight on my chest as if my life was being pushed out of me, when I cried to God  - acknowledging my unbelief in Him.  Yet at the same time something in side of me was crying out to God for Help.  As I acknowledge my unbelief and asked for him to deliver me and help me the weight lifted off and I was able to sleep.  I needed God’s help I had no-one else to help me. I was alone with a young baby who needed me.  I was really scared I was going to die and she too would have died as there was no way anyone could have come in to help us.   I cried to God and He rescued me.  He can rescue you too.  

The only thing I can remember doing before this incredible event happened in my life – I had been reading Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in a bible I had had since I was a child. It was the only reading of any value in my home at the time.  I can remember reading it and thinking how could this amazing God possibly help me.  How does this relate to my life.

However since that time, I have been reading the scriptures and learning much about How God does care, How He does want to help us – yet because of our unbelief and actually denying he even exists and changing His word to suit our Ideas – the softening of the word for the flock has actually done people more harm.

For me the scriptures are a joy and a great way to get know the Heavenly Father.  Not only that as you read the scriptures you can see how throughout all of history Yeshua/Jesus was also very much in evidence.  Throughout the books of the prophets you can see that his coming is announced both the first and second coming.  For me the adventure of knowing Yeshua/Jesus as my lord and saviour has been an ever increasing source of joy and pleasure.  In all the scriptures I can see that without Gods ways we are doomed, by following in Gods ways and footsteps we can see that we would be blessed.  So when he says seek the Lord while he may be found, and seek you first the kingdom of heaven, we can see that he has a way of life that is different to the way we live our lives now.

For me seeking the Kingdom of Heaven – that has meant the discovery of how would we live in the kingdom of Heaven – under his teachings and His laws.  Learning from the scriptures exactly that has meant has been a real journey of joy and expectation.  I would that you too would open your Word and discover the great pleasure is in store for you.

For me starting in genesis and working my way through the Bible has been a real eye opener.  Reading about the times when the kings of Israel and Judah who kept Gods teachings and His ways, His feasts and His commandments they flourished and were living in peace with their neighbours.

However when the kings who chose to not obey, who lived their lives their own way and taught the people to do the same, following after the lusts of their own flesh and offering up their children to Molech and sacrificing their children in the fires to the pagan gods who were not gods at all. We can see that their kingdoms were shattered and full of battles and wars and slavery.  

Which would you choose.  Learn to live Gods way or keep living the way of the society is today. Making a choice to change is clearly in your own best interests.  For me, the scriptures and the words of Yeshua/Jesus are very clear.  Come back to the father, repent of our sins and unbelief and turn to him for him to teach us and lead us to life more abundantly.

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Rise and Fall of Humanity

From the beginning in the Garden of Eden all mankind was treated equally - God creator took care of all their needs, providing food and shelter - yet when mankind was led astray to question Gods provision in the from of betrayal  we see that they are no longer cared for and are in fact thrown out of Gods presence and provision.

We see a clear change from within the history of mankind - from the hunter-gathers - to the despotic of a self serving behaviour of the very early settlements of man.

While mankind worked together searching together to gather food and shelter equally there was no war amongst the tribes of man.

However when mankind were cast out as we see in the story of Adam and Eve - representative of Humankind.  The destruction that shortly follows with the death of Abel at the hands of Cain and then the consequential expulsion of Cain from the family to go and find his own way - having been told that he would suffer greatly for what he had done to his brother Able.  We see that in the history of Cain how he went to the land of Nod and established himself a city and began to rule his people.- as he had joined another tribe of man and married and had a family with them - we can now see the beginnings of despotic demanding leadership - a self serving power hunger regime developing.  Here we find the beginnings of Nimrod and his worshipping of his mother - as the queen of heaven - we see the beginnings of the mother and child - as Nimrod had a child with his own mother and it was venerated as holy - we see the beginnings of a false religion developing which eventually would encompass the world.

We see also the beginnings of a state run government where its officials are paid from the produce that people had been forced to bring to the chief - We know that we are to bring our tithes and offerings to God the father - however God does not bully us into doing it - we have a freewill to make the giving to him - however he does ask us to give to Him so that all may be cared for.  However the despotic regimes that developed were not that gracious - if the people did not bring their offerings to the chiefs their lives were forfeit - sometimes by mass murders - we can see this is happening even in our times - with the disappearances of the people from the various nations, people who challenge their governments with their ideas of unity and peace, or even offer a different opinion on matters regarding human rights.  Even the UK is not innocent in these matters - we recently in our history heard of a government officials who allegedly committed suicide - this is sometimes a cover for their murder.  We need ask ourselves are we also guilty of misrepresenting our King to the peoples.  God is our King and as our King Creator we should bring honour to his name not discord, nor disgrace by using his name in vain - for we will reap the rewards of our disobedience of Gods ways.

When we look to God for answers he is always there - whether you believe in or not it does not change the fact that He is in overall control of each and everyone's destiny - we may think we have the control but we do not.

We can look back in history - where are the nations that were powerful in ancient times - with their worshipping of the bull and other lesser deities - offering human sacrifices to their gods - God of heaven never demanded this - in fact it is abhorrent to him.   They are at the bottom of the sea or hidden under masses of jungle and rocks.

We are not immune to Gods wrath - just because we say we believe - there is so much more to it than we first realise - having a faith in God and trusting him to take care of you really does take a leap of faith.  I myself over the years have experienced this and have faced many difficult situations and decision - if we make the wrong choice - which we all do from time to time - we suffer the consequences of our actions - repent at leisure - however when we seek Gods counsel we find that the way is much clearer and the path is straight.

Mankind has chosen to walk a crooked path of unbelief and even down to anti- God.  We need to see whom do we serve.

Following the path of the world will lead to destruction - to come out of the worlds way of thinking is challenging - seeking to find the Kingdom of God is a path worth treading for in it you will find Peace and Unity in God himself.  He is able to hide you in his wings and cover you with his love and forever no matter what weapons are forged against you He will protect you - we cannot protect ourselves from God as His Will shall be done, even if we run and hide in the mountains away from him He will find you.

For Christ came into the World to reconcile us back to God in the hope of having a Godly nation who would be filled with the Holy Spirit to speak truth to their neighbours - not speaking evil or discussing their problems like gossips.  Helping one another to share one anothers burdens and loving one another - no matter what race, creed you follow - Jesus is the way to Salvation only - He is the Way back to the Father - only He can reconcile us back to God in order for us to have the Life God ordained for mankind in the first place.

Looking back through history - how many times there has been prophets and speakers for God who have challenged the way people think about how to serve the Living God.  How do we really make sure we can be certain of a continuing of our race - it is only by opening our hearts and minds to the Living God and accepting the sacrifice of his son Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ).  For without Him there is no redemption there is no future for mankind as God has made it very clear that the days will be made shorter and the times will be filled with horrors and their will be breakdown in societies - is that not what is happening today.  The Modern way of life is contrary to Gods way - the selfish desires, money grabbing, sacrificing our families on the alter of Mammon in order to get rich - struggling to keep a roof over our heads, struggling even to pay our way - surely there is a better way.

Christ came to save us from ourselves - God wants us to be reconciled back to himself so that he once again can be the father to all.


When the Messiah comes - there is going to a massive change in the governments and people hearts and minds.  There are going to be Gods laws and His precepts and His teachings that will brought to bear on all nations.  So now is a good time to discover how best we can change our own lives and start to live according to His statutes and His precepts.

Learning to live Gods way is the only way we are going survive. 

Take the hand of a Jew

We all claim to want to follow Jesus/Yeshua, yet when we look at how Jesus/yeshua lived his life we can see that we do not fit the criteria.  Even He himself read the books of Moses and the books of the prophets and was taught the commandments and lived by them.

The Bible speaks of us taking the "skirt of the Jew for we know that God is with him" - therefore we need to ask ourselves a very serious question - what does it mean to take the "skirt of the Jew and follow him" - Jesus/Yeshua being a Jew and always will be a Jew and He on his return to the earth will live according to the Teachings of God his father - He - Yeshua/Jesus being the word of God made flesh and dwelt amongst us.  He made it very clear on several occasions what it means to be a follower of Him.  He himself on one occasion when speaking to a rich young man about what it means to follow Him, he asked the young man if he obeyed the Commandments which Moses was given and whether he would be willing to give up all his riches to follow Yeshua/Jesus - the young man was not able to do this, so he went away - even though he had been obedient to the Commandments he was not able to follow Yeshua in his teachings.

Christ taught us to follow His example - his being a Jew and lived according to the teachings was also making it clear that these same teachings we are to follow as well.

Why do people find it so hard to understand that simple truth - Christ said He was/is the Way to the Truth to he Life - therefore we can conclude that this being the case then the Way - is the Way of God - and following His commandments - to live Gods way - The ten commandments are a clear and precise pattern of life - it does seem very strange to me that people would not want to walk according to them in order to be in peace with God and with his fellow man.

They consider Gods ways as antiquated yet - look around by not being obedient and just following our own desires and dreams and fantasies, what has it brought about in our societies world wide. - murder, rapes, drunkeness, violence, death, misery, poverty, miscarriage of justice, mutilation of our selves and fellow man.

Do not think that I choose to be a teacher, just someone voicing their thoughts on the matter of the times we live in.

So when we consider we are calling ourselves "Christians" - follows of Christ - yet we do not do what He commanded us.  He asked us to follow the teachings of Moses and the prophets as in them there is a way to live our lives.  God gave us the commission to live according to all the Words that He had spoken and to follow His direction and listen carefully to hear his voice - we can see from His teachings that by following His Word we would be able to live in peace with our neighbours and ourselves.  Because when you Love God first and see that He is the Creator of the Universe and Creator of all living things then you can see yourself as he sees you  - a creation of great beauty and design.

Then we are called to honour the Sabbath day as a day of rest - When we consider that God saw when He had completed His works that He had a day of rest to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his creation.  Why does man consider this not worth doing - as it eats into their precious time of running around like headless chickens wanting to do so much - yet at the end of the day they - every weekend they are worn out from their activities and are unable to really get going again during the week until about wednesday - I can remember those days when I would be out Friday, Saturday nights and even Sundays and then wonder why on Monday morning I found it hard to get to go to my work, or enjoy my work.  So when you look at how God planned the week, work for 6 days and on the seventh day rest - Sabbath is a Saturday and always has been in Gods calendar.

He created the way the days should be and even the months and times of harvest and planting and sowing so it stands to reason with His calendar and His teachings we would all be much happier people.

Not dealing treacherously with our neighbours or families. Consider this when you are running around doing your shopping, cleaning and taking the kids to football, basket ball, dancing classes.  Or whatever you do on the weekend.

For me when I turn off the computer this evening I shall be taking it easy reading Gods Word and reflecting on the mighty works He has done and is doing on a daily basis whether we see it or not - His hands are on all things that are happening - He has been trying to reach this generation of unbelievers and people who have completely rejected Gods Way for their own.

For me, to reach out to God on each day and ask for His wisdom and His clarity of Words to see where my life is going is definitely in His hands.  Whether I live or die is in his hands.  His future for me is His way and to live His Way is definitely the Way I want to go.

Have a great Sabbath and rest from your works and see just how God will bless you with a peaceful and loving life.

Historical Data

Have you ever read the Bible as a reference book, have you seen just how much interesting historical data is in this wonderful piece of work.

Today, I have been reading the 2nd book of Kings and am amazed at just how the different kings of Judah and Israel failed to keep Gods word and how they sacrificed their children in pagan rituals just like the nations before them which God drove out before Isreal and Judah moved into the areas they now share.

When I have been reading about the kings that actually did obey Gods teaching and his laws the nations prospered, and were given a peaceful time while the king who was being respectful to God and his teachings.  However, the kings who deliberately were pulling down Gods Temple and smashing up his altars and erecting standing stones, sacrificing on hills and going around like pagans with their totem poles to their various gods.  It is amazing that they were not completely wiped out.  Praise God that there is always someone around who is keen to follow God's teaching and his laws.  Realising that by keeping them and encouraging others to learn them and discover the joy of living in peace and prosperity is such a bonus.

God made a promise that those who would keep his teaching and his laws would prosper,
He also made the promise that those who would not and taught others not to follow Gods way of life there would be devastating consequences for their actions. Yet today in the society we live we can see the actual result of our drifting away from God of the Universe and seeking after lesser gods, and seeking alternative solutions.  Yet Here is the Loving God who created us is just waiting and willing to pick up your life and give you an abundant life if you will choose to let God be who he is.  He is the great I AM, YET Mankind has chosen to ignore him and wonders why it is in such a mess.

Broken marriages, broken bodies, tumours, heart failures, wars, floods, famines, wildfires, these are just a few things that God had made very clear in Deuteronomy would happen when people ignore God.

WE see each day in the newspapers more destruction - killing of innocents in schools with machine guns - we really need to look again at what we are teaching our children by these barbaric acts of violence against our young ones.

We see that in His Story, God shows mercy to those who will come to him for help and trust in him and obey him.  Is it not time for us to take another look at What God has to say in relation to our relationships with each other and our neighbour.  When Jesus was asked who is our neighbour our family - we are all related to each other because we all were created by the same God, the God of the Universe who spoke the word and it came to be.

Please take a good hard look at the scriptures and see for yourself the utter destruction that can come from our ignoring God.  He is able to wipe all the human race out in one fell swoop yet he has not done so because He loves us.  Hence he gave us His precious son to come and share in our lives and see just how fragile we are.  Yet even in our fragility we are monsters to each other.  We need to make a clear picture of who we are.  Animals do not treat each other the way we treat one another.

It is time to wake up and see that God will have His Way on this earth, His Kingdom shall come, His will shall be done, and His power will be seen and every knee and every tongue will confess that He is Lord indeed. 

It is up to us to make the first change - come to him in repentance for our lack of understanding, our lack of love, and our hatred for our fellow human beings.

Did we learn nothing from Germany and its genocide against Gods chosen people, not just the Jews but all those that did not fit into Hitlers guide for what the supreme race should be like..  Do you think the books of the prophets are just words with out meaning - you only have to look around you at the history to see the facts speak for themselves.  No civilisation has survived so long as Isreal and Egypt, they have an eternal history - yet all other nations are not so fortunate.  Many civilisations have come and gone, yet God has yet got Jerusalem set for where His Kingdom shall reign from.  Where the throne of Grace will be established, were the Law of God will then be sent out across the whole of the planet to all the nations.  All nations will come to God, all Nations will be called to come and worship Him in Jerusalem - yet we stupid human beings do not really believe that this will happen - yet EVERY WORD THAT GOD SPOKE CAME TO BE.

We need to wake up and see that there is a time coming where His Word will BE made Manifest and that His laws and teachings will once again be the way to live and if we choose not to obey we will suffer the consequence of our own actions.

What do you want from your life - God promised long life to those who would choose to obey and keep his ways. So for me, that is way forward, not to look back at the world and point the finger as if I had not had any part in it, rather I understand my weaknesses and I understand I need to make it clear to myself to come away from the worlds way of things and turn my attention to what has been written in Gods word and start to make a clear path for me to walk on because Gods path is the right path - there is no other path that leads to life and joy and peace.