11 April 2023
For those who are new to our message, let's review a few things.
Mankind is fallen. God placed us in the Garden of Eden in our eternal bodies to manage things for Him. We did so by His revelation. At some point, we were tempted and chose to trust in our own talents and capabilities. This placed us under a curse, and we were burdened with the same mortal form as the creatures in the Garden we were tending. We lost our management position and were kicked out of the Garden.
The only way back in is to restore our submission to His revelation, symbolized by the Flaming Sword. It's the S/Word; the first command is nailing the flesh to the Cross. We approach that Word wading through this fallen existence, having to drag our rebellious fleshly nature all the way back. The flesh is Satan's chief ally, and he has been appointed to rule over this world. Our real enemy is not the people around us, but our own fleshly natures. The only escape is that S/Word.
The Word is represented as a Flaming Sword for a reason: It represents our God's revealed image as the Glorious Warlord. We are His feudal servants. In accordance to the imagery of the Ancient Hebrew culture, we submit to Him as Master and are adopted into His family. While we live in this world, the only safety is to remain within the boundaries of His camp. His camp is defined by the Covenant, also called Biblical Law. Up until the time of Jesus, the Hebrew Scriptures used "law" and "covenant" as synonyms. Only later did "law" as a term become corrupted by referring to the Talmudic false law.
When the leaders of Israel corrupted their understanding of the Word by embracing Hellenistic philosophy (roughly 300 BC) we got Judaism. That religion is legalism, not at all like the mystical faith of Moses. Judaism today is nothing more than the Pharisaism Jesus condemned in His teaching. He called the people back to Covenant and the mystical viewpoint of Moses. This was to prepare the way for His vestment as the Messiah. That Covenant had to be fulfilled in the Messiah so that He could institute a new one.
His people had abandoned the Covenant and bore a false understanding of God. Those who insisted on staying with that false religion were excluded. The Old Covenant died on the Cross and He instituted a New Covenant in His blood.
Following Jesus still puts us under the Covenant. The word "Christian" means following Christ, and He was a Hebrew mystic.
The Covenant is not fulfilled by simply changing your mind about Jesus. It's not a matter of opinion, but conviction and total commitment. You are still obliged to submit to Him as feudal Master and stay within the boundaries of the Covenant. The Father does not recognize you as His family without the Covenant. If you are not consciously obeying His Son, you are not covered. You are outside the camp and under Satan's authority.
Every human government in this world today is under Satan's authority. Not one is under the Covenant. So God does not deal directly with any government, nor any human, until they submit to His Covenant in His Son. Jesus is the Covenant; He is the Living Law of God.
There is nothing to gain by attempting to shape human behavior through seeking to influence fallen human governments. You are foolish to try, playing into Satan's hands. Even if they were to obey laws we design for them, there is no blessing for them or us, until it is all placed under the Covenant. Activism is a dead end, a lie from Satan.
It won't matter what evil we can point out in any human government or other human agency; God has placed it in Satan's hands. The only actions we can take are described in the New Testament as teachings of how to obey the Covenant. In theory, you could, just barely, create a covenant community large enough to act as a local government in obedience to the Covenant. However, we have been warned repeatedly in the Word not to expect much in that direction.
Our whole purpose in life is to avoid any effort to try to fix this fallen world. Rather, we wade through it on our way back to Eden. Whatever Satan makes of this world is not our concern; it's his domain. We stay focused on the mystical otherworldly message of following Jesus to the Cross. We despair of any good thing in this life. Yes, we'll celebrate when God grants covenant blessings, but the real blessing is that He is preparing us to go Home to be with Him. Our lives here serve no other purpose but His glory while we are here.
Don't get entangled in this world. Don't respond according to human expectations, but always consider how the context can be exploited to boost the Father's reputation. Whatever price you must pay in this life, it is no great loss to suffer or die. This life is not precious.
The world is in turmoil as sin crescendos yet again. For now, nothing we see quite matches up to what God said would come with the End of Time. Instead, we are not approaching The End, but another Noah Event. The Father is currently stirring up our sun and the entire solar system is slowly plodding toward a vast solar catastrophe, a micro-nova. Most of the human population on this planet will die; that's how our God handles things when sin rises to such a level as it does now. That awful day appears to be coming within roughly 20 years (not much later than the mid-2040s), but maybe sooner.
The only useful response we have is to tighten our discipline, not by rules, but by our convictions, which are the voice of God in our hearts. We must rebuild the faith that once saw the earth tremble and the sky fall without solar disturbances. The Lord is opening up the treasury of blessings for those who come inside the Covenant.
Let's strive for His favor.
Comments
Derek R.
"The world is in turmoil as sin crescendos yet again. For now, nothing we see quite matches up to what God said would come with the End of Time. Instead, we are not approaching The End, but another Noah Event. [..] That awful day appears to be coming within roughly 20 years (not much later than the mid-2040s)"
I would not desire that you be caught unaware, and so I wrote a response (https://derekramsey.com/2023/04/11/lets-review-a-review/) to your post. I will summarize here:
First, Ben Davidson has stated that there is up to a ~25% of a solar micronova happening in by the end of the next solar cycle (2040). That's a large chance, but no sure thing.
Second, do not assume we are not in the end times. God warned us in his word so that we would be prepared. Don't turn that warning aside.
The seventh bowl judgment fits precisely with the solar micronova (both in content and timing). The seven seal judgments have been fulfilled. Six of the seven trumpets have been fulfilled. Five of the seven bowls have been fulfilled. Only the sixth and seventh bowls remain, to be followed by the seventh trumpet. The micronova cannot take place until the sixth bowl—which appears to be in the process—is fulfilled. More importantly, the sixth bowl appears to be the preparation for the seventh and final trumpet, before the time of war and the Day of Judgment when the dead are judged.
Prepare accordingly.
Catacomb Resident
I'm basing my contention this is not the End Times on the lack of direct persecution of faith itself. I'm convinced that's an essential element yet missing. What we have is broad persecution of political dissent, not a war on faith. Still, everyone should seek their own convictions on this matter.
Derek R.
Sure, I understand the disagreement. All I ask is that everyone pay attention for the fulfillment of the sixth bowl.
If and when you read the Euphrates has dried up and armies from East of Rome gather in the Middle East, near the Euphrates (perhaps to fight over water rights? Perhaps China?), then be warned that the solar micronova is likely imminent, within days, weeks, or months at the most.
Catacomb Resident
I suppose that depends on how literally you take that passage. I'm not dismissing it, but it's not the way I approach it. Again, we could all be wrong about these things. Let everyone seek the Lord themselves, not simply follow crackpots like me uncritically. That matters more than anything else.
Derek R.
Right, you don't have to agree with me, but it costs virtually nothing to be aware of the possibility and to watch for it.
Though I believe the sixth and seventh bowls and the seventh trumpet will happen in my lifetime, I'm also no prophet who can predict the future. I can only read the signs.
But I am looking for any advantage I can, because I need to know when I must move myself and my family away from the coastlines and into the high places. I don't know where you are physically, but your readers may also need this same advice. Since probability does not help us know when the micronova will happen, Bible prophecy may be of great assistance.
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