May you all have peace!
First, there must be some confusion here, because dear Inkie NEVER said God spoke to him. So those who are having that particular problem, I implore you to reread his post. Second, I cannot respond for dear Inkie in this (but I have not doubt that at some point he will respond for himself - it is the weekend, after all), and I cannot respond for the Most Holy One of Israel... or His Son (who I believe dear Inkie was referring to, and who is NOT God). For who put their faith in the Bible, and claim to put it in God and/or Christ, please be assured that both God AND Christ, speak... God THROUGH Christ... and NOT through some book. The "book" (Bible) itself states this: John 10:1-15, 27; Hebrews 12:25; Matthew 17:5. If you don't believe dear Inkie, or others of us like him, then at LEAST believe the "thing" you claim to put YOUR faith in.
I can respond to the questions that ask why God doesn't/isn't/hasn't do/doing/done anything about "problems" going on in the world... and do so with three words: the New Covenant.
What does that mean? It means, as I have posted here MANY times... that the Most Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies, did not and has not obligated Himself to care for any but His own. With fleshly Israel first (Psalm 147:19, 20) and after those rejected the King HE established for that nation, with spiritual Israel, both fleshly and those that go with them... by hanging onto to the skirt of a man who was a Jew (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zechariah 8:23; Ephesians 3:12-24), even now. He made a covenant with Israel that IF they walked in His ways He WOULD care for them, indeed prosper them (Exodus 19:5, 6). He even called out to them through the Prophets, particularly Isaiah, saying that if they would stop doing what pleased THEM... "and speaking a word"... but remember HIS sabbath and "keep it holy"... that then He would be BOUND to care for them (Isaiah 58:6-14). Bound... by the COVENANT He made WITH them. That was the PURPOSE of the Covenant.
It is the same today: the Most Holy One of Israel does not have a covenant with the world. They, the world, are left to the gods THEY serve (if they indeed serve any; if not, well, then, they have no one TO call upon, and if they do, well, we see how that's working out). His obligation is to HIS house (Ephesians 2:19-21)... those who are joined to Christ by means of a union with that One... and them only. They are the ONLY ones He OBLIGATED Himself to:
"Look! There are days coming,” is the utterance of JaHVeH, “and I will conclude with the house of Israel and with the house of Judaha new covenant; not one like the covenant that I concluded with their forefathers in the day of my taking hold of their hand to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt, ‘which covenant of mine they themselves broke, although I myself had husbandly ownership of them,’ is the utterance of JaHVeH. For this is the covenant that I shall conclude with the house of Israel after those days,” is the utterance of JaHVeH. I will put my law within them, and in theirheart I shall write it. And I will become their God, and they themselves will become my people. And they will no more teach each one his companion and each one his brother, saying, ‘K NOW JaHVeH!’ for they will all of them know me, from the least one of them even to the greatest one of them,” is the utterance of JaHVeH. “For I shall forgive their error, and their sin I shall remember no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34
Just as in the days of Noah, it was the ARK... that preserved that household alive. During the days of the tabernacle and temple at Jerusalem, it was the presence of the ARK... of the Covenant... with Israel that preserved Israel alive. The Most Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies, has NOT changed: it is STILL the Ark... of the NEW Covenant... that serves as a protection for [spiritual] Israel... and those who go with THEM.
Some will say, "Yeah, well, "christians" suffer and die and get sick and hurt just like everyone else." I offer to you that that is not correct: so-called christians, those who call themselves such because they claim to "follow Christ" (which is a disciple, but NOT a christian!)... or because they've joined a church or religion that calls itself "christian"... are not those who are in the New Covenant. The ONLY way to be in the New Covenant is to be in union with Christ... by means of a ratification... on YOUR part by partaking of his flesh and blood, which is the DEMONSTRATION of YOUR "yes"... and the "splashing of blood" on YOUR "doorpost... and on HIS part... by pouring out upon you holy spirit. THAT is what brings you into the NEW Covenant... and thus OBLIGATES the Most Holy One of Israel to care for, protect, and prosper you.
It is also what allows you to KNOW God, by KNOWING Christ... and so HOW God speaks to you... THROUGH Christ... by means of your ANOINTING... so that you do not need the Bible, some other book, or some other PERSON teaching you. Because the features of that NEW Covenant are:
And HOW does such ones come to know the Most Holy One of Israel, JaHVeh? Christ, the one who MEDIATES that Covenant, is recorded to have said:
"I publicly praise you, Father Yes, O Father, because to do thus came to be the way approved by you. All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son but the Father,neither does anyone fully know the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.Come to me Take For my yoke is kindly and my load is light.” my yoke upon YOU andlearn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and YOU will find refreshment for YOUR souls., all YOU who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh YOU ., Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to babes.
NOWHERE did my Lord... or the Father say... listen to... or learn from... the BIBLE. Both said that Christ is whom we are to listen to... and learn from. HE is the One who speaks to us (John 10:27) ... to leads us into ALL truth (1 John 2:27), including the truth about the Most Holy One of Israel... and into the New Covenant, which is the ONLY "agreement" that man can have with God... to be cared for.
Now, I can see where some will go in their hearts: "Well, if He doesn't care about me, then I don't care about Him." Well, okay, so be it. It's entirely YOUR choice, though, because He has SAID what you need to do to BE in such covenant... and thus have Him obligated to care you... and your entire household: be in union with His Son. And if YOU don't wish to bother with that one, very small, item... who really is to blame? I offer the following:
You live in Wisconsin and are a man who takes good care of your household. You love your wife and children greatly and tenderly, protect them, and do all you can to make them happy. A man who lives in Bangladesh beats his wife and kids. HIS neighbor, however, wants to know why YOU aren't doing something about it. Yet, neither is he... and he lives right next door! How, then, can he shake his fist at you???
It is the New Covenant that obligates God to care for one... and one's family... and not the world, except to the extend the "world" comes to HIM, through Christ. Otherwise, one is really on one's own... or at the mercy of one's OWN "god," whoever or whatever that "god" may be... including money... and including NO god. Yet, JAH is merciful... and there are times when HIS love and compassion result in a benefit even to those of the world. But, for the most part, the world is on its own. As my Lord's kingdom... is NO PART of this world.
I bid you peace... and ears to hear and get the SENSE of this truth.
A slave of Christ,
SA, who has SEEN, through Christ... that God is indeed good... without exception...
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