May you all have peace and may you all know a little something: I am not here to convince you of anything. You can believe as you wish you are a free moral agent. And you can be angry at whomever you wish, for whatever reason for however long. That is your perogative. MY business is only this: you have wrongly accused someone, someone that I know and is dear to me and I know to be innocent and if no one else will stand as a witness against the false accusation I will. Just as I would for any one of you, were you wrongly accused even if the circumstances APPEARED otherwise. Why? I dunno thats just the type of person I am. And even if everyone else thought me mad YOU would be grateful that at least ONE person deigned to stand up and say they knew you and that you could not be guilty of whatever crime youve been falsely accused of. I mean, if one person had stood up for my Lord ONE but, ah well, such is earthling man.
Danny, dear one, peace to you and please know that JAH is a man, too, as well as Christ, Michael, Gabriel, Satan, etc. They are all men. They are, however, not EARTHLING men, as they hail from a different realm. And please know that if youve grown tired of waiting for something to happen, that is quite understandable. Since our days are limited, it is actually to be expected. It doesnt HAVE to occur, but it is quite normal when it does. I have not yet grown tired only because I know the person of whom we are speaking. Were it my fleshly father, and I knew him to be innocent no matter what anyone else believed I would not grow tired then, either.
Saint if you will condescend to reread what I have been writing here Death did not kill Adam nor Eve. Both died as a result of their actions, which actions let Death IN to take all others. Death is indeed a person the Destroyer and yes, JAH commands him as well (Death, where is your sting? And Death and Hades were hurled into the Lake of Fire.) Death is the King of the Abyss, Abaddon. Since JAH is the Most High, even Death is subject to Him, so that Deaths High Priest, Satan, must still subject himself to the Holy One of Israel. And yes, Death IS used by JAH (think Egypt; think Assyria). But it is at JAHs will, for HIS purpose. Death, however, will also be done away with and be no more so that his appetite will no longer plague creation. Since you wish to quote the Bible, I exhort you to READ it before you dispute that which you do not know or understand.
Regarding your quotes about JAH causing evil I would ask you to check the original language, for the word YOU state as evil is mistranslated. The accurate word is calamity, meaning that He can bring about a blessing (peace), as well as a malediction (calamity). And why would He not have this power? What Sovereign wouldnt? Certainly, if wicked spirits can bring about suffering (think Job), the Holy One of Israel can, too! Otherwise, how can He be called the MOST High? And if a parent has no right and no power to punish an unruly child WHEN WARNINGS AND DISCIPLINE ARE IGNORED then folks really ought to stop having children. Because we already see the results, dont we? My Fathers covenant with Israel was for PEACE and since they couldnt figure out to walk in peace with Him on their OWN He gave them laws to SHOW them how. Which laws they accepted and rejected but not without FULL disclosure of what would occur if they did.
But heres the thing that puzzles me most, I guess, the thing I find most illogical: One argument is that God does not exist yet, He is blamed. Can you blame something/someone that does not exist? Another argument is that God does exist, but deserves to be tried for what He does and/or allows. Ignoring that fact that it is with Israel that JAH has a legal case (because, after all, a CONTRACT was made and broken!), versus earthling man having one with HIM, my question would be two part: IF He is the Most High Sovereign, can He not do/allow whatever He wishes and if He possesses such power and such a hard heart so as to use it willy-nilly is accusing Him rightly OR wrongly prudent? Personally, neither makes much sense to me; thankfully, however, although it is what many of you assert, none of it is true.
When I read His actions upon Israel and others, I also read WHAT LED UP TO SUCH ACTIONS so as to at least have a correct foundation for formulating my argument. Otherwise, it is no different than saying Bush is looking to have Bin Ladens head for no reason and the WTC was bombed for no reason. I marvel that even some minds here that claim to think scientifically have completely surpassed the event of cause and effect.
Yes, God and Christ knew good and bad. Life and Death. God is Life, so that He knows Himself, and Death is an individual that is greatly known by God. And the latter, Death, is what God did NOT want Adam and Eve or their progeny to know. But they chose differently and so, as a result we ALL now know Death, dont we, in some form or another? But we could have been spared that. It was NOT your Father, JAH, whose chose Death for you it was your father Adam.
As for the perceived cessation of miraculous acts it has absolutely nothing to do with my Lord fulfilling them. It was the Law he fulfilled not miracles (and it is only we, flesh with its blood, who perceive such things AS miracles to spirits they are common, everyday. It is we who are enslaved by our flesh and not they and things like walking on water has no limitation on them and since spirit beings dont have flesh with its blood, they dont experience sickness, aging, pain or death). And that which is known to us as miracles have not ceased at all, at least not completely. They have ceased PARTIALLY because those of us who possess gifts can only USE them partially. They will again be COMPLETE when that which is COMPLETE the one grants US such gifts my Lord arrives.
The reason that my Father has left off serving earthling man, in general (though not completely, I promise you!) is quite simple: He attempted to come Himself; He was rejected and the people sent Moses instead. So, He used Moses, but the people rebelled, against the very one they themselves appointed to speak for them. So, He sent others but they beat and imprisoned those. So He sent His Son who came voluntarily, saying that we were WORTH it and he was killed. Methinks that if my own Household treated ME that way I would wash my hands of them, too. However, the Holy One of Israel has NOT washed His hands, but just the opposite. By means of His Son, He has opened the Door to ALL who wish to come in, and not just Abrahams seed. There is only one catch: this time, He wont come to US; we must go to Him! And there is only ONE WAY to do so.
Again, I bid all of you peace. I do not condemn you for your lack of faith; indeed, I quite understand it. Being human and suffering the plagues of the physical world, as well as seeing others suffer them, including my parents and at one time my son, I can understand where one can lose hope. I have not lost hope, however, nor have I been deceived into believing that God IS, in fact, a liar, as well as a murderer, as Satan has accused and as many here believe.
I have lived here on this earth 43 years, and EVERY bad thing that has occurred has been a result of decisions made by earthling man, including my parents and myself as well as religious leaders who told me to follow them, for they had the way, government officials who decided that skin color was a basis for running things, men who needed to believe they were superior to a so-called inferior gender because otherwise they had nothing else to believe in, and on many occasions just mean, spiteful people. And please dont think my life rosy by no stretch of the imagination. But, it would be MUCH easier for me to blame God than to blame those who put their own desires above the benefit of others, or who were short-sighted in their decisions. I have chosen not to do that, blames others as well, at least for MY life. I have accepted my life (and no, not such as it is), for in comparison to some, to many, MY life is rich and full even with the detriments it has experienced. But thats LIFE.
I must also confess, however, that EVERYTHING I have asked God for good or (ultimately) bad (for me) I have received. Not one thing Ive asked for has not been given me. I can look back and say, Well, why did this happen or that happen? and in TRUTH, I know I asked for it. And no, I am not saying that everything good or bad that has happened to me has been from God. But I am saying that everything I have asked for I have received. And the GREATEST of these was the gift of knowing my Lord and knowing God and being able to see and hear that which, obviously, many cannot. It has opened my eyes to what is REALLY going on, what is REALLY occurring, who is REALLY in existence and what is not etc., etc.
If you are angry at God because you have not received such a gift, I would say to you, then, put your anger aside, give Him the benefit of the doubt and ASK. Problem is and Ive learned this quite well most of you wont. You wont put aside your anger. Why? Because it is your anger that feeds you it is what sustains you. You are not mad at God, but at being DECEIVED by those you now know dont even have half the intelligence you have. How could that have HAPPENED? No, you are a fairly intelligent creature and those who deceived you obviously are not (look at what they believe), so it COULDNT have been you or them. Youre too intelligent and theyre too stupid. So it must have been God.
Seeing our own selves, though, dear ones, and not even with our worse flaws is THE hardest thing in this world to do. Truly. You cannot admit to yourselves that you were deceived, that someone COULD deceive you or that you would allow it. You MUST, then, blame God and find fault with Him. But dont worry Adam and Eve did it, too! And because of them, it is now our nature to blame everyone but ourselves, including God. But if we can rise ABOVE that nature step OUT of it we will see what we did not before.
And I have also learned that you wont ask. Why? Because you fear you might be deceived AGAIN? Partly. But mainly because to receive anything you would have to get rid of your ANGER, and it is your anger that is serving you right now. Your woobie, your protection NO ONE will EVER do that to me again! You wont ask because you are AFRAID that its true, that God DOES exist that you WILL hear and see things and that you will have to TELL and speak about what you see and hear and people will think you mad all over again (just as they thought you crazy for being a JW) and you aint going THERE again! No, its safer just as you are now for you cant be misled, nor will you be thought unstable. Nor will you run the risk to arguing with others for things you believe are true because some men TOLD you they were only to find out that you were misled.
How do I know this? Because I went through all of that, too! The ONLY difference between me and you is that I put God to the test. I tested Him out as He invites ALL of us to do!
I do not seek the glory of men, dear ones, for mans glory has no place for one such as me. Surely, youy can see that. As it didnt for my Lord. So, again, it is not my business to convince you or my concern as to what you believe. My business is that you like Satan have falsely accused my Father. And I cannot remain silent in light of that. I cannot. I will not. And since that is the case, I know what I am subject to and welcome it. I did, in fact, count the cost before I took my gift on. My eyes are wide open.
Again, I bid you all peace.
YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,
SJ
P.S. If you TRULY want understanding... then you can TRY to get it by reading the Bible, perhaps entirely. OR... you could just do what it says at Revelation 3:17, 18; John 5:39, 40; and James 1:5-8. But you MUST truly hear and understand what it is saying to do there... and not just lean upon your OWN understanding. Just those few verses/scriptures... can show you how... IF you are truly 'thirsting'. Peace to you!
