The verses
and topics are ones found in the Bible but little time is spent
discussing them or teaching them. I thought it would be fun to
document them for us.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE SATAN'S THRONE IS ON EARTH?
[Rev 2:12-17] "And to the angel
of the church in (1)Pergamos write,
'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 "I
know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne
is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My
faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful
martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there
those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put
a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things
sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 15 Thus
you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans,
which thing I hate. 16 Repent, or else I will come to you
quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My
mouth.
17 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the
hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on
the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who
receives it."' NKJV
In August
2008, between August 3-5, 2008, God told me that satan, after
setting himself up as King and a FALSE God, will demand
that communion be taken with him and in honor of him.
Begin now to take Communion in the presence of your Father in
honor of all Jesus has and continues to do for you. It
marks your home/body as a MEMBER in Him who is the ONE BODY
and CHURCH!
(1)
PERGAMOS: "[PURR
guh mos] (citadel) - the chief city of Mysia, near the
Caicus River in northwest Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and
the site of one of the seven churches of Asia (Rev 1:11;
2:12-17; Pergamum, RSV, NIV, NEB, NASB). The city,
situated opposite the island of Lesbos, was about 24
kilometers (15 miles) from the Aegean Sea.
In its early history Pergamos became a city-state, then
a powerful nation after Attalus I (241 BC - 197 BC)
defeated the Gauls (Galatians). It stood as a symbol of
Greek superiority over the barbarians. Great buildings
were erected and a library containing over 200,000 items
was established. The Egyptians, concerned with this
library which rivaled their own at ALEXANDRIA, refused
to ship papyrus to Pergamos. As a result, a new form of
writing material, Pergamena charta, or parchment, was
developed.
In the days of Roman dominance throughout Asia Minor,
Pergamos became the capital of the Roman province of
Asia. In a gesture of friendship, Mark Antony gave
Pergamos' library to Cleopatra; its volumes were moved
to Alexandria.
Not only was Pergamos a government center with three
imperial temples, but it was also the site of the
temple of Asklepios (the Greco-Roman god of medicine and
healing), and the medical center where the
physician Galen worked (about A.D. 160). Here also was a
temple to Athena and a temple to Zeus with an altar
showing Zeus defeating snake-like giants. In the Book of
Revelation, John spoke of Pergamos as the place
"where Satan's throne is" (Rev 2:13). This could be a
reference to the cult of (1a)EMPEROR
WORSHIP, because Pergamos was a center where this form
of loyalty was pledged to the emperor of the Roman
Empire.
(1a)
EMPEROR WORSHIP: A pagan custom of ancient times in which a
ruler claimed for himself the qualities of a god
and was so treated by those whom he ruled.
Many nations of the ancient world followed the
custom of worshiping their rulers. The Egyptians,
for example, claimed their Pharaohs had descended
from the sun gods. The Greek conqueror ALEXANDER
the Great, established a cult of such worship in
Alexandria. The rulers of Syria and Egypt followed
this tradition, calling themselves gods who ruled
on earth.
Dan 3 records an actual instance of emperor
worship. King Nebuchadnezzar had a statue made.
Then he ordered everyone to bow down to it. Those
who refused were thrown into a fiery furnace.
Later, the prophet Daniel was thrown to the lions
for his refusal to pray to the Persian King Darius
(Dan 6)
When the Roman Empire conquered these ancient
nations, the worship of the Roman state naturally
replaced these pagan forms of worship. The
conquered people began to worship outstanding
Roman leaders, such as Mark Anthony and Julius
Caesar.
Under Augustus Caesar as
emperor of Rome emperor worship grew in intensity.
In the various Roman provinces, the subjects
worshiped the Roman state and the emperor as a
sign of their loyalty to Rome. Throughout the
empire, Roman subjects incorporated emperor
worship into their local religions. Leading
citizens became priests in the emperor worship
cult as evidence of their loyalty to the Roman
Empire.
The New Testament never speaks
of emperor worship as such, but it was practiced
during that time. Secular history records
that the Roman emperor Caligula ( A.D. 37-41)
proclaimed himself as a god, built temples for
himself, and required his subjects to worship him.
In A.D. 40, some Jews destroyed a statue that had
been erected to him. Caligula retaliated by
threatening to place a statue in the Jewish
Temple, but the plan was never carried out because
of Jewish opposition.
Open conflict between Christians and the
Roman Empire over emperor worship came long after
the close of the New Testament. Under Emperor
Trajan, Christians who would not renounce their
allegiance to Christ and pledge their worship of
the emperor often were executed.
Emperor worship continued as the official religion
of the Roman Empire unti1 Christianity was
recognized under the Emperor Constantine"
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
The following verses concern God's end-time
witnesses/prophets. They will prophesy God's Word as He
speaks through them, and they will be of one mind with Christ.
Notice, that just as Christ was crucified in a SPIRITUAL CITY
called Sodom and Egypt, both God's enemies representing satan,
will be:
Rev 11:7-10 When they finish their
testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit
will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. 8
And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great
city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt , where also
our Lord was crucified. 9 Then those from the peoples,
tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies
three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be
put into graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will
rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the
earth. NKJV
The only other place these two names
are mentioned together is in:
Gen 13:10-13 And Lot lifted his eyes
and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well
watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land
of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose
for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed
east. And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt
in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of
the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful
against the LORD. NKJV
** The following scripture is very interesting.
Notice, Jesus asked the man if he saw anything the first time
He laid hands on the man. Jesus then, when the man
didn't see clearly, proceeded to "put
His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was
restored and saw everyone clearly."
[Mark 8:22-25] Then He came to
Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him
to touch him. 23 So 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 on him, He asked him if he saw anything. 24
And he looked up and said, "I see men like trees , walking. 25
Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look
up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly."
NKJV
** In Hebrews
11:27-29, below, the Apostle Paul is talking about Moses after
Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. Paul mentions Passover
which is a Hebrew Feast that all males were required to attend
at the Tabernacle; and after the temple was built, the Temple.
When they crucified Christ He was in Jerusalem in recognition
and obedience to this Law, which His Father had given Israel
through Moses. In fact, Jesus was eating the Unleavened Bread
Feast (part of the Passover Feast Celebrations), or His "Last
Supper", when He taught all Christians how to take Communion
in Matthew 26:26-29: "And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it
to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat ; this is My body. 27
Then He took the cup, and gave thanks,
and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of
you. 28 For this is My blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the
vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you
in My Father's kingdom." NKJV
Please notice, in Matthew 26:26-29,above,
Jesus asked God His Father to bless the bread, or as the
scripture tells us "he blessed" the bread before he broke it.
We are then told that He "gave thanks" for the cup of blood.
When my sister and I were in Israel in
2003, we were out to eat one night. We prayed over our supper
food, but failed to pray over the cookies we later purchased
in a separate bakery and took back to our hotel room. We ate
the cookies in our bedroom that night and, though we had eaten
some of these same cookies from the same bakery the night
before, they made us nauseous that night. God was quick to
correct and teach us, saying that from that point forward we
were to ask for His blessing over, and on, all that we put in
your mouths to eat. My sister and I had never thought about
blessing our dessert or snacks, for example, before that
night.
After my husband and sister passed away in
2006, God told me to begin taking Communion daily again. God
had taught me to do this daily as a young Christian when I had
a sever drinking problem. I took Communion in my own living
room daily alone with Christ Jesus for about a year and a half
and was set free from the alcohol. After the year and a half,
my husband began to take it with me and he was almost
immediately set free from tobacco.
I/We took Communion with Christ daily for
many years. After many years of doing this I/we continued to
take communion several times a week, but not always daily.
Though I/we thanked Jesus for His sacrifice, I can not
remember asking our Father to bless the Communion bread and
blood as Jesus Himself shows us to in the above scripture. As
I learned last February, we want to thank our Father for
allowing us back into His presence when we take Communion.
This is the main reason Jesus was sacrificed. He takes away
our sin so that we can enter behind the veil and go into the
presence of our Father again!
After my families death in 2006, I was
immediately told by God to begin taking His Communion daily
again. He said that I was not to fail taking it. He said
"it will protect you", and
showed me the image of the lamb's blood on the Israelites’
homes when the death angels "passed over" their homes. As
God's angels came to the unmarked homes of the Egyptians they
killed the firstborn males. Though it was God's angels who
passed over the homes of the Israelites in Egypt, I understood
God's instructions to me to mean that He is protecting me from
His enemy satan by putting me in Christ's blood and His, God
our Father's, presence and blessing. {See
Vision, February 4, 2006 "Christ Our
Bread Of Presence"}
Today is January 27, 2008, and for the last few weeks I
have been asking God if I should ask a blessing over His
Communion bread and blood. This is something I have never
thought to do or ask in the past, and know it is God’s Holy
Spirit prompting me to ask God our Father. God has
continuously said, "Did Jesus bless the Communion?" Today I
looked it up in the Bible and the answer to God’s question is
"yes He did". From now on, when I take Communion I will ask
our Father to bless it just as I have been instructed to do
with all food I eat.
Read Hebrews 11:27-28: "By faith he {Moses} forsook Egypt,
not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing
Him {our Father} who is invisible <Jn 4:24>. By faith he
kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood {Communion},
lest he who destroyed {to spoil; slay} the
firstborn <Rom 8:29-30; Col 1:15-18> should
touch them. [Heb 11:27-28; NKJV]
The "firstborn" refers to the firstborn Egyptian male in
every Egyptian home. However, the "firstborn" also refers to
Jesus in the New Testament <Rom 8:29-30; Col 1:15-18>. Who is
"he who destroyed the firstborn" at the first Passover? God.
Who is it that attempted to destroy God’s "firstborn" Jesus
Christ? Satan.
There are two things God is showing me in the Hebrews
11:27-28. First: we are to be in "faith" when we take
Communion, or celebrate the Christian Passover during which
Jesus was killed for us and resurrected. It is not "symbolic"
as some teach today.
Second: I do not want satan "touching me", and thus
"destroying " me. Because of Christ’s sacrifice and
resurrection we are now allowed back into the presence of our
Father who is the Spirit. I am protected and given everything
needed within God’s blood covenant with me through Jesus’
blood. I too will mark my home, my physical and spiritual
body, in the blood of Christ, so that all within the spiritual
realm know that I am God’s child and protected by Him. I will
take Communion with Jesus Christ in the presence of my Father
in His Spirit daily, and receive His protection and blessings
continuously. I do this with the understanding that my
protection and all blessings are within Christ’s sacrifice and
resurrection.
When I go "Home" to God I will lay down my life as the
Apostles and Christ did. Satan will not take it from me. This
is God's Will for all His children, Amen Amen and again Amen.
I pray that all God's children begin to ask our Father's
blessing on His DAILY Communion bread and blood, and eat it
and drink it in "faith": the same "faith" Christ Himself did
and does.
Please read "** One
of the GREATEST lessons to be learned concerning Communion",
directly below this:
** One of the GREATEST lessons
to be learned concerning Communion:
God
teaches us in 1 Corinthians 11:29-32 "For he who eats
and drinks {the body and blood of Christ} in an unworthy manner
eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we
are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be
condemned with the world. NKJV
Notice many of God's people are
weak, or sickly, and dying because we are not discerning Christ's
ONE Body correctly as we take communion. This whole
site could be devoted to this one subject and still there would be
things left to say, but I will keep it short. God
tells us that we are to judge our SELVES, and not our brothers and
sisters, or the other members in Christ's ONE Body. This does not
mean just before we put the bread and grape juice/wine to our mouths
as we partake in communion. It means daily you "Do not judge,
or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others
{without unconditional, non-judgmental love and compassion}, you
will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to
you." Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your
brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How
can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your
eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You
hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you
will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. [Matt
7:1-5; NIV]
God has put a spiritual law into effect:
"YOU JUDGE AND YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD", but we are the ones that
activate this law with our minds and hearts. We have been
given the mind of Christ, but we must listen to His correction.
Within God's HOLY Spirit we have been given God's own heart, but we
share this ONE heart with all our brothers and sisters who walk and
worship in God's Spirit. This is the testimony of Christ in
us. Even the angels of God carry Christ's Testimony within themselves
<Rev. 19:9-10>.
Remember, Christ was {and is} this "unconditional, non-judgmental love" for
mankind when He sacrificed Himself for our sin.
James instructs us, "...If anyone does
not stumble in Word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the
whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey
us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they
are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a
very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is
a little member and boasts (makes wild claims {brags about}) great
things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue
is a fire {needing the "Fire" Baptism}, a world of iniquity. The tongue
is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body {ours and
Christ's ONE Body on earth}, and sets on fire the ‘course of
nature’; and it is set on fire by hell. [James 3:2-4:3]
It is our tongue and heart that "defiles
our whole body". Prior to our spiritual re-birth through the Holy
Spirit our tongue is a "fire, a world of iniquity", "set on fire by
hell", leading us down the world’s path or way of thinking, speaking
and doing. If there is no transformation and correction within
the believer, Christ's sacrifice has not become their reality and
they still exist in their own "self" righteousness as opposed to
Christ's. These "judge" their brothers and sisters in His one
Body, and "fail to discern {see} the Lord's Body" in His mind,
nature and love.
** Did you
know that on the day of
Jesus' crucifixion, when
the veil in the Temple was split into two pieces through Christ's
death, dead human beings rose from the ground and walked into town.
The Bible tells us that they were seen by many. This
"veil" was located between the Holy of Holies where Jehovah/Yahweh dwelt, and
the place the Hebrew congregation sat. Prior to Christ's death
only the High Priest could enter into the Holy of Holies, or the
presence of Yahweh our Father. Through Christ's death this
dividing veil was removed and all who confessed that Christ as their
Lord and the Son of God can/could stand in our Father's presence.
Praise God! Praise God!
What an impact this sacrifice had on God's
Spiritual life! For the first time all of mankind had an
opportunity to be cleansed in Christ's blood, walk through this split veil
and stand before our Father.
[Matt 27:51-53] "Then, behold, the veil
of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth
quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and
coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the
holy city and appeared to many. NKJV
**
Right now,
2007, we have many visions and prophecies discussing God's Beings
and children as trees. Below we see two amazing scriptures that God
showed me years ago. I believe He did this so that I would
better understand what happened in Heaven when satan rebelled
against God, and took 1/3 of God's angels with him. This
rebellion thus separated these fallen angels from the presence of God.
[Judg 9:7-15] "Listen to me, you
men of Shechem, that God may listen to you! The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And
they said to the olive tree {anointing, Holy Spirit}, 'Reign
over us!' But the olive tree said to them,
'Should I cease giving my oil, with which they honor God and men,
and go to sway over trees {humans}?' [Notice, this tree
says He/She serves both God and men]
Then the trees said to the fig
tree
{Israel?},
you come and reign over us!'
But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I cease my
sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over trees {humans}?'
[Notice, this tree DOES
NOT SAY He/She serves God, only men]
Then the trees said to the vine {Christ}, 'You come and reign
over us!' But the vine said to them, 'Should I
cease my new wine, Which cheers both God and men, and go to sway
over trees {humans}?'
[Notice, this tree says He/She
serves both God and men]
Then all the trees said to the bramble {satan, devil}, 'You come and
reign over us!' And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you
anoint me as king over you, then come and take shelter in my shade;
but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the
cedars of Lebanon {God's people: SS 3:9, 4:8, 4:15, 5:15; Is
2:13, 14:8, 60:13...}!' NKJV
[This tree is completely different from the others. He does
not serve God or man. He is completely "self" orientated, and
says that if the "trees" do not want him as their king then "let
fire come out of the bramble and devour" them, the "cedars of
Lebanon {white mountain, God's mountain}"
TO BE READ ALONG WITH:
[Ezek 31:2-18] "Whom are you like in your greatness? Indeed Assyria {God's enemy
throughout the Bible as is Egypt; symbolizes satan in this parable} was a cedar in Lebanon
{white mountain}, with fine branches that
shaded the forest, and of high stature; and its top was among the
thick boughs. The waters made it grow; underground waters gave it
height, with their rivers running around the place where it was
planted, and sent out rivulets to all the trees of the field.
Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field; its boughs were multiplied,
and its branches became long
because of the abundance of water, as it sent them out. All the
birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; under its
branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; and
in its shadow all great nations made their home.
Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
because its roots reached to abundant waters. The cedars
in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like
its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; no tree
in the garden of God was like it in beauty. I made it beautiful
with a multitude of branches, so that all the trees of Eden envied
it, that were in the garden of God.'
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have increased in
height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was
lifted up in its height, therefore I will deliver it into the
hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with
it; I have driven it out for its wickedness. And aliens, the most
terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches
have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie
broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the
earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.
On its ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens,
and all the
beasts of the field will come to its branches — So that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves
for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no
tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them. For they have all been delivered to death,
to the depths of the
earth, among the children of men who go down to the Pit.
Thus says the Lord GOD: 'In the day when it went down to hell, I
caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its
rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to
mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.
I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it
down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all
the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink
water, were comforted in the depths of the earth. They also went
down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who
were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations. To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory
and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden
to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the
uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and
all his multitude,' says the Lord GOD."
NKJV
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