As I listened in to the conversation
between the Jesus and the Sadducees,
I started to get nauseous
and felt my stomach grow sick.

Just when I thought
there was nothing worse
than a Pharisee,
and his self-righteousness,
I learned about a hollow man
who was held up
by an external cast
of total falsehood!

The Sadducees had to be
the most repulsive kind
of human beings!

They lived in the Temple
and worshipped God
through false testimony
and unrighteous lies.
Their favorite way to worship
was by making sacrifice,
offering innocent animals,
but not their own hearts.
Laying down their life
on the Altar of God,
would never have even
entered their minds.

Their religion was so thick
that it coated their cold hearts,
and their swollen minds
created thoughts of a mucousy kind.

The Sadducees only adhered
to the written form of law -
they did not believe
in the living Breathe of God!
They did not accept that a soul
would live after death,
and they did not believe
in angels, spirits
or the resurrection from the dead.

It makes me wonder
if they even read
the written Word of God
that they so adamantly stood on.

It’s not even possible
to wholeheartedly believe
that you can have intimacy with God
if you’ve never truly experienced
the full presence of Him.

It is true, Holy Spirit
can be witnessed by everyone,
and anyone, because He is found
in all of creation.

Holy Spirit is alive and well -
He is the writer of the Old
and the New Testament.
And He is the author
of most of my poems,
although there are times
when I some of my thoughts
come from myself.
In fact, He helped to write
“The Spirit of God,” -
a short poem I had written
on April 14 of 2020.
The Spirit showed me
that He has existed
from the very beginning of time.
He hovered over
the waters of the earth.
Holy Spirit has always been with us,
because He is the breath of all creation!
 
He has the power
to resurrect the dead,
and He has the power
to do as He says.

And while He lived
in the Temple at that time,
He clearly did not descend
upon the men who said
that they served Him.

I mean how is it possible
not to believe in angels,
when Daniel says
that the angel Gabriel
came to visit Him?
And what about the angels
that came to Father Abraham
right before the evil men
tried to rape them
in the town of Sodom
where Lot lived?

These Sadducees were definitely
evil men!
Their false theology even makes
the Pharisees look good!

If we think our Supreme Court is bad,
can you imagine
what the Sanhedrin must have been?
The judging seats of the Israelites
were comprised of 70
Pharisees and Sadducees,
not like our nine
that sit on the Supreme Court.

The corruption
must have been devastating!
God certainly has perfect timing.
He picked exactly
the right time to intervene.
If the temple had not been destroyed.
If Jesus has not come when He did,
I can only imagine where we would be.

Political and socio-economic power
invaded the Temple of God,
through marketplace men
who were driven by worldly intent.

Instead of the love of God
being delivered to others through them; 
to the widows and the orphans,
and the poor and oppressed;
these religious men
put nails of despair 
right through them.

Isn’t that what we see today,
Wicked men
falling into the hands of lobbyists -
who bribe the people’s representatives
with their own self-interests.

Instead of living under
“In God we trust” -
the God haters
want to take our God
out of the Supreme Court! 
I knew it was only matter of time,
since He has already been removed
from the public schools.

What then?
What do you think will happen
if we remove God from our halls?
What kind of government
do you think we will have?

If we walk away from God,
He will abandon us to do as we will!
Read Romans 1 -
it will give you a good look
of what is to come!

There is no man on earth
worthy to take the seat of Jesus!
There is no man righteous enough
to deliver justice for all of us!

The body of Christ is called
to take care of the poor,
the government was never meant
to do that at all!

The body of Christ is called
to put an end to racial oppression!
We aren’t called to sit back
and let this happen!

We are supposed to be
an example to men;
we are to set the tone
for what is accepted!

Instead we turn our back on sin,
and we use the word "love"
to accept what is wrong!

We allow division
based on the color of skin,
or what side of town we live in!
Yet we permit abortion,
domestic violence and
the dissolution of marriage!
We say yes to changing one’s sex
and no to teaching
the an identity based in God!

The Church is being wrung out!

God is not pleased
with what we have done!

Yet,
He is giving us another shot -
the stem must stand up!

If we do not stand up and speak out,
He will abandon us, and we will rot!

Think about the amount
of religious men,
who walked inside the Temple Mount.
The men who went to offer sacrifice
but didn’t allow
the lame man to come in.

He sat on the steps of the Beautiful Gate,
where he was placed to beg for treats,
but not once was he invited in
to be healed from his illness.

It wasn’t until the disciples came
and offered Him
the only thing they had
that he found freedom.

Peter said,
“Silver and gold I do not have,
but what I do have I give you:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
rise up and walk.”
And he took him by the right hand
and lifted him up,
and immediately his feet
and ankle bones received strength.”
Acts 3:6-7

Luke 20: 27 to 40 says,
“There came to him some Sadducees,
those who deny
that there is a resurrection,
and they asked him a question,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us
that if a man’s brother dies,
having a wife but no children,
the man must take the widow
and raise up offspring for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers.
The first took a wife,
and died without children.
and the third took her,
and likewise all seven
left no children and died.
In the resurrection, therefore,
whose wife will the woman be?
For the seven had her as wife.”
And Jesus said to them,
“The sons of this age marry
and are given in marriage,
but those who are considered worthy
to attain to that age
and to the resurrection from the dead
neither marry nor are given
in marriage,
for they cannot die anymore,
because they are equal to angels
and are sons of God,
being sons of the resurrection.
But that the dead are raised,
even Moses showed,
in the passage about the bush,
where he calls the Lord
the God of Abraham
and the God of Isaac
and the God of Jacob.
Now he is not God of the dead,
but of the living, for all live to him.”

I love this!
Jesus responded to their question
with proof of the resurrection
of the dead!
And then He tops it off
with referring to resurrected men
as equal to angels, as sons of God!
And then He ties it all back
to the the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob!

Some of the scribes answered,
“Teacher, you have spoken well.”

Ha!
They no longer dared
to ask him any question.
They saw that He had just shut them down
by refuting the very things they believed in.

Then Jesus presented them with a question,
“Why is it that they say
that the Messiah is David’s son?
For David himself says
in the Book of Psalms,
“The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies
your footstool.”
David thus calls him Lord,
so how is he his son?”

Of course none of them
could answer Him!
If David's dead son rose again,
then there would have to be
a resurrection!
And what did they call the Sons of God?
They are angels, are they not?

Their minds were closed to who God is -
this is why they could not answer Him.
There was no room for revelation!

Then with the crowded listening,
He said to his disciples,
“Beware of the scribes,
who like to walk around in long robes,
and love greetings in the marketplaces
and the best seats in the synagogues
and the places of honor at feasts,
who devour widows’ houses
and for a pretense make long prayers.
They will be severely punished.”
Luke 20:46-47

So in the end
what I have learned
is that Sadducees
were even worse
than Pharisees!

And all of them
are self-righteous, religious men
have no idea who Jesus is!

Jesus warned His disciples
not to listen to them,
but instead to follow Him!
He warned them of
their shamelessness;
and told them to be sober-minded.

In this hour, we have to be careful.
The witching hour has begun.
Watch diligently
for wolves in sheep’s clothing!
Do not mingle words with the dead,
because it will only lead to
sticky entanglement.
Be careful of religious falsehood,
instead look to the Spirit of Truth.
 
October will bring
many tricks and treats;
be careful what your spirit eats.

Submission of hearts
in the Lord our God 
is the only way
to stay away from it.

Do not turn your head
from side to side.
Do not pay attention to all the lies.
Do not grow weary when "all else fails,"
because the Lord's justice will prevail.

In God We Trust
MUST be written into your hearts;
society may take Him off of our walls;
society may take Him out of our halls;
society may take Him out of our schools;
but the Lord knows
what is written in your hearts.
And that, my friend, is what counts.

God administers a just justice,
and in the end
everyone will stand before Him.
Decide for yourself who you will serve.

Satan is the price of this world
and his primary objective
is tempt the flesh to do as it wants.

But when Jesus enters
a pliable heart,
the Temple of God is made within.

Holy Spirit 
is the only One
who can transform us
from the inside out.
He is the One who helps us
with temptation.
So in this witching hour,
I stand on the Word of God,
Jesus Christ himself,
who makes intercession for men -
and I ask Him
to wrap his covering of protection
around His beautiful bride,
​the remnant who is being wrung out.

For a minute I was confused -
You see, when I first read the verse,
“The scribes and the chief priests
sought to lay hands on Jesus"
I initially thought
they had his best interest at heart,
and they desired to lay hands on 
and pray over him.

But then I quickly remembered
that was not what happened!

That was not the kind of
laying on of hands they meant.

Instead, their desire was to hurt Jesus
because He did not think or act like them.

Apparently they wanted others 
to be just like them; 
to honor and obey them,
instead of following the Word of God.

Their position of power
had gone to their heads,
and they truly believed
they were the best.
Lord, help us with our haughtiness -
it's the worst kind of log there is!

Nonetheless,
​Jesus spoke the truth in love
despite the pressure they put on him.
“they perceived that he had
told this parable against them,” -
Well, you got to give them that,
at least that perception was right!
Jesus was definitely
giving them an opportunity
to look in the mirror
and change their minds.

But what the scribes and chief priests
did not understand,
is that the Parable contained
an opportunity to humble themselves,
and repent.

If only they had taken
a longer time to look,
perhaps they could have seen
the log in their eye -
they may have gained
a better understanding
of who God is
by the revelation of what He says.

The Parables offer a great opportunity 
for Holy Spirit to reveal himself to thee -
but it takes dedication and great humility
for the unveiling of Christ to be seen.

The more the Word of God is digested,
the hungrier you get
for his unfailing love and faithfulness.

There is a never-ending supply
of God’s amazing love,
and it runs through the deep ocean
of the Old and New Testament.

But these Pharisees hardened their hearts,
they thought they already knew
everything about God.
So much so
that they lost respect for Him,
and told themselves
they didn't have to fear His wrath. 

Their pride and self-centered thoughts
was all it took to harden their hearts.
The sad part of all of this,
is they had no idea Jesus would ever say,
"Depart from me,
because I never knew you at all."

And since their hearts were hard,
and pride filled their lofty heads,
they took what Jesus said as an offense.

It's amazing how quickly
people get offended,
when another person has a different opinion.
Instead of showing love,
they want to tear the person apart,
thus the scripture says,
“The scribes and the chief priests
sought to lay hands on Jesus."

But
“because they feared the people,
they watched him and sent out spies,
who pretended to be sincere,
that they might catch him
in something he said,
so as to deliver him up to the authority
and jurisdiction of the governor.”
Luke 20:20

It’s amazing how God is able
to see the intent of the heart,
even when a person’s actions
show genuine kindness.

These men and their servants
had nothing but evil intent -
they were definitely what scripture calls
"wolves in sheep’s clothing!"

On the outside
they showed lots of charm,
acting as if they were extending
peace into the world.
But on the inside,
their scorn was being unfurled.

They asked Jesus, 
“Teacher, we know that you speak
and teach rightly,
and show no partiality,
but truly teach the way of God.
Is it lawful for us 
to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”
Luke 20:22

Now that the Lord has given me
a spirit of discernment,
I can clearly see
the manipulation behind it.

I also find it interesting 
that their attempt 
to catch him in a crime,
is to try
to pit his faith
in a worldly authority 
against his faith in God.

Isn't that how it is today?
The ones who say
they trust and believe,
are the first to condemn
and submit to the popular culture
of the world. 

As always,
you may be able to fool a man,
but you certainly can not fool God!

Jesus perceived their craftiness,
and said to them,
“Show me a denarius.
Whose likeness and inscription
does it have?”
They said, “Caesar’s.”
He said to them,
“Then render to Caesar
the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s.”

“And they were not able
in the presence of the people
to catch him in what he said,
but marveling at his answer
they became silent.”
Luke 20:26

God is so good.
His wisdom is abounding!
Instead of answering the question
the way they intended it for him,
He turned it back around
and showed them the mirror again!

There are two types of Kingdoms -
the World is where Satan resides
and he tempts us into eternal death;
and the Kingdom of God,
is where Heaven exists
and we find eternal life
through Jesus Christ.

Give unto Caesar that which is his,
such is the value
we put on our coins -
which is a symbol for temporary value
of our world.

Give unto God that which is His,
such is the value
we put on our hearts -
which is a symbol for the eternal life
found within God's servants' hearts.

This is a message
to the Beautifully Broken.
Give ear, and hear my voice;
give attention, and hear my speech.

The Lord is wringing out his remnant
because there is a harvest,
right here in America,
to be picked.

The fat valley is about to be skimmed. 
The cheap wine is filled to the brim!
The drunkards of Ephraim
will lose their crown,
because the Lord is about
to slam His gavel down.

Do you think
it was a coincidence
that He took Satan out
of the earthly court
on the first day
of the Feast of Trumpets?

The Feast of Trumpets
sent the alarm -
that the hammer of God
is coming down!

The Lord says,
“I’ve had enough innocent blood shed!”

I feel the Lord's heart racing,
as Holy Spirit grows angry,
“How dare you sing about abortion
as if you have any glory!
You are a hindrance to humanity,
and you are a disgrace to Me.
You pervert my justice
and love to flick my plumb line;
you're a rebellious nation
who is drunk with satanic wine!
You have lost your identity
and become your own kind.
You make up new ways of doing evil,
and are coated in pride!”

"My Beautifully Broken,
do not throw your pearls to swine.
Their minds are sick,
and their hearts are worse;
they feed off pride and bitterness."

Isaiah 28 and Luke 20
have much to say to scoffers
and a fattened humanity.
They usher in demons who proclaim
“Death to America -
We are coming for you!"
They have made an agreement
with Marxist theology
and they make excuses for not following Me.
Like the drunkards of Ephraim,
"they have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood have taken shelter,"
therefore says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one
who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
a stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone,
of a sure foundation:
Whoever believes will not be in haste.
And I will make justice the line,
and righteousness the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.
Then your covenant with death
will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol
will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge
passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.
As often as it passes through
it will take you;
for morning by morning
it will pass through,
by day and by night;
and it will be sheer terror
to understand the message.
For the bed is too short
to stretch oneself on,
and the covering too narrow
to wrap oneself in.
For the Lord will rise up
as on Mount Perazim;
as in the Valley of Gibeon
he will be roused;
to do his deed -
strange is his deed!
and to work his work - 
alien is his work!
Now therefore do not scoff,
lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard a decree
of destruction from the Lord God of hosts
against the whole land."
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭28:14-23‬

Jesus is the cornerstone
that the builders rejected.
"Everyone who falls on that stone
will be broken to pieces,
and when it falls on anyone,
it will crush him.”
Luke 20:18

If you need more, read this Parable,
Jesus said it so that we would have revelation;
“A man planted a vineyard
and let it out to tenants
and went into another country
for a long while.
When the time came,
he sent a servant to the tenants,
so that they would give him
some of the fruit of the vineyard.
But the tenants beat him
and sent him away empty-handed.
And he sent another servant.
But they also beat
and treated him shamefully,
and sent him away empty-handed.
And he sent yet a third.
This one also they wounded
and cast out.
Then the owner of the vineyard said,
‘What shall I do?
I will send my beloved son;
perhaps they will respect him.’
But when the tenants saw him,
they said to themselves,
‘This is the heir. Let us kill him,
so that the inheritance may be ours.’
And they threw him out
of the vineyard and killed him.
What then will the owner
of the vineyard do to them?
He will come and destroy
those tenants
and give the vineyard to others.”
When they heard this, they said,
“Surely not!” But he looked
directly at them and said, 
​“What then is this that is written:
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’?
Everyone who falls on that stone
will be broken to pieces,
and when it falls on anyone,
it will crush him.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:9-18‬ ‭

Luke 19 ended with the people hanging on...
to
every
word
that
Jesus
said!

So its no surprise
that Satan stepped in
to cut the umbilical cord!

Right at the beginning
of Luke Chapter 20,
we see the leading priests,
the elders and the Pharisees
questioning Jesus’s authority!

Isn’t it like Satan
to try to cut the rope, 
the Word of God -
our only hope!

This reminds me of what happened,
in Luke Chapter 4, 
when the Holy Spirit led Jesus
out into the wilderness -
to be tempted by Satan!

Satan began
by questioning Jesus’s identity,
and then he offered
Jesus an opportunity
that all of humanity
could never resist -
the authority to be a king - 
to have a worldly kingdom,
and all the riches and glory
that go with it!

Jesus addressed two
of the three temptations
that Satan presented
by declaring, "It is written."

Honestly,
"temptation" is really just
manipulated appeals
to the desires of the human flesh
which can be triggered by us, or Satan.

The tit for tat,
the one for one -
the "tempting option" vs. the "Word of God" 
was finally broken
when Jesus stood on
the sovereignty of God.

Jesus said,
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test”  
and this, my friend,
is when the tempting stopped.

This is when Satan left,
and this is when
the angels came in to minister to Him,
with encouraging acts of healing and love.

​The Word of God
is our rope of hope,
it truly is
the Highway that leads to Heaven.

The Word of God
is our refuge, our strong tower
and our salvation; and His citizens 
are protected under His badge of honor.

The Word of God
is the sword
that divides the spirit from the soul,
and the joints from the marrow!

The Word of God
is the river of life,
He makes streams appear,
when there are none.

The Word of God
is the anointing oil
that we put into our lamps, 
and it shines so bright
that it lights up our paths,
and it should never be placed
under a basket.

The Word of God
is sovereign.
 
And to those who believe
that Jesus came
to be their living sacrifice;
to lay upon the Altar of God
and have his flesh ripped open, 
to pour out His blood
so that we could live
in the afterlife -
you have the authority
to declare that you are blessed,
despite the earthly circumstances
that you are dealing with.

Do not let Satan win!
Do not question
the sovereign God!
Do not stand against Him!
If you do,
I promise you this -
you will lose your grip!

The Rope of Hope
is the umbilical cord to God -
and if you do not stay attached to it,
you will lose your nourishment
and experience death.

They prideful leaders said,
“By what authority do you get to preach?”
“Who gave you the right to teach these men?”

Oh My God,
I don’t even know how Jesus could stand them!

This should be the place
where Jesus says,
“I will spit you out of my mouth!”

Instead of answering them,
Jesus said,
“Did John’s authority
to baptize men
come from heaven, 
or was it merely human?”

What a great response!
Let their hearts figure it out!

After some consideration
the men realized
they were damned no matter what!

They spoke amongst themselves and said,
“If we say it was from heaven,
he will ask why we didn’t believe John,
and if we say it was human
the people will stone us
because they are convinced
John was a prophet.”

So they chose to say,
“We don’t know.”
Their faith in God was lukewarm.

Jesus responded,
“Then I won’t tell you
by what authority I do these things,”
and he proceeded ministering
to the people who would listen to Him.

My hope is that you have decided,
for yourself,
to choose a side - hot or cold!
Because the Lord has endured
a terrible baptism,
and He is dividing His wheat from the chaff.

I tell you this,
get ready for war,
because it is coming!

I have heard the Roar,
the Lion of Judah is ready to move,
but His Father is holding him back.

“Not Yet”
is what I hear,
“There are still hearts repenting;
there are still hearts turning back.”

Go back and read my poem,
“Faith, Can You Hear Me?”
It’s on my blog,
“Breaking Strongholds.”

The Lord says,
“Do not let go of
My rope!
Hold on tight to
My Word!
Strengthen your wrists,
wrap your fingers around My Hand!
The Gavel of Justice is coming down!

“The blood you have poured out
from your children, 
and among your brethren
through all kinds of human oppression
is crying out from the land!”

“How dare you think
this is democrat or republican!
Those are labels created by man.
There is only one Sovereign God,
and His Name is “I AM”

It is time to decide. 
Do you trust in yourself,
or do you trust in God?

The Lord says,
“Do not lay down your garments,
I do not care for them.
I walk across them, and trample them!
I am looking for hearts who are rooted in love,
not of the world, but in who I am.
These are the ones that I call MY sons.

Luke 19 has been a mixed bag
of emotion, knowledge and revelation.
Just when I think I’m done,
God shows me there is more to come.

It’s an ebb and flow of ups and downs,
where oath and betrayal come and go.

It starts with mustard seed faith
leading to songs of praise,
and ends with fake faith
leading to bleeding eyes
and an act of rage.

In the beginning Luke magnifies
a chief tax collector,
named Zacchaeus,
going through a needle’s eye;

It’s an impossible act
that is only accomplished
through mustard seed faith.

And then there’s the Parable
of the Servants
who manage the money
of the nobleman;
some of the servants invest wisely,
and they represent the faithful witnesses,
the Bankers of Heaven,
all because they believe
the promise that was made
by the nobleman who said
he is coming back as their King.

And then we see the King,
calling the ones
who did not believe him,
his enemies;
and then ordering their execution
immediately.

And to the ones
who did not invest wisely,
the King ordered that their money
be given to the one who had much.

Then the next thing we see
is Jesus rising
over the Mount of Olives,
like a glorious Sonrise getting ready
to pour out his blood.

And before he descends
he asks two of his disciples
to untie a colt,
a virgin donkey who has never
been ridden before.

And if the owner asks
“Why are you untying it?”,
they were instructed to say,
because “The Lord has need of it.”

We see the triumphant entry,
where the donkey carries Jesus
over people’s garments,
but we quickly realize
that they never rendered their hearts.

Their songs of praise fills up the air,
like puffed of chests of pride,
but their faith quickly dissipates
when the leaders declare
that Jesus is not the true heir.

The crowd was never rooted in love,
because they never took the time
to develop a personal relationship with him.  

So, in summary,
we see the Son rising
on the East side of Jerusalem,
riding on the back of
a virgin donkey as if on a cloud
descending from Heaven.

And while crowds are gathered,
only his true disciples declare,
“Blessed be the Name of the Lord.”
And then we hear the teachers
of the Torah accusing the hearts
of the ones who love Him,
pointing their fingers
and viciously commanding
that Jesus rebuke them.

It sounds much like Satan,
the accuser of the brethren,
doesn’t it?

Instead Jesus turns it around,
and rebukes them instead-
for not knowing the date of his visitation.

Luke wrote that Jesus said,
“Would that you, even you,
had known on this day
the things that make for peace!
But now they are hidden
from your eyes.
For the days will come upon you,
when your enemies
will set up a barricade
around you and surround you
and hem you in on every side
and tear you down to the ground,
you and your children within you.
And they will not leave one stone
upon another in you,
because you did not know
the time of your visitation.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭19:42-44‬ ‭

It is true!
The Lord had given Daniel the date
of the arrival of the Anointed One.
And Isaiah had said
the Messiah would come
not in royal robes, 
but as a suffering servant!

Joel had declared that people
would lay down their garments,
but they would not render their hearts!

And Ezekiel saw dry bones,
in the valley of the shadow of death,
grow flesh and come back to life!

My God!
It’s no wonder why
Jesus was so angry
at the Pharisees!
The teachers of the Law,
the chosen children of God,
the Jews,
who studied the inspired Word of God
should have been the ones
following Him!

But the logs of pride,
in their own eyes,
kept them from recognizing him!

And all of them,
the fake Followers and the Pharisees,
accused Jesus of blasphemy
and convicted him
to the most inhumane death
a person could ever have!
It makes me sick just to think about it!

My God, thank you
for giving me eyes to see!
I can not believe it!
Daniel 9 contains the timeline
for the birth and death of Jesus!

Daniel said,
“While I was speaking and praying,
confessing my sin
and the sin of my people Israel
and making my request to the Lord
my God for his holy hill
while I was still in prayer,
Gabriel, the man I had seen
in the earlier vision,
came to me
in swift flight about the time
of the evening sacrifice.
He instructed me and said to me,
“Daniel, I have now come
to give you insight and understanding.
As soon as you began to pray,
a word went out,
which I have come to tell you,
for you are highly esteemed.
Therefore, consider the word
and understand the vision:
“Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed
for your people and your holy city
to finish transgression,
to put an end to sin,
to atone for wickedness,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy
and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Know and understand this:
From the time the word goes out
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
until the Anointed One,
the ruler, comes,
there will be seven ‘sevens,’
and sixty-two ‘sevens.’
It will be rebuilt with streets
and a trench,
but in times of trouble.
After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’
the Anointed One
will be put to death
and will have nothing”
Daniel 9:20-26

The date was set
for the coming
of the Anointed One,
and yet,
the teachers of the law
did not see it!

Through eyes of blood,
in the garden of pressing,
Jesus accepted his fate,
and submitted his Spirit
to his father,
saying, “not my will, but yours be done.”
“And when he drew near
and saw the city of Jerusalem,
he wept over it,”
knowing full well that his blood
would soon pour all over it.
And as he entered the temple,
he began to drive out
those who sold,
saying to them,
“It is written,
‘My house shall be
a house of prayer,’
but you have made it
a den of thieves.”

They sold him out!
They traded eternal life 
for temporary gain.
There was no honor -
no glory emanating 
from this building,
the temple was permanently stained,
thus, it would soon be torn down!

Luke 19 ends
with us hanging on
to God’s Word!

Let me ask you,
what is so different today?
Isn’t it the very same?

The Word of God
is what you are
receiving right now!
Because like Peter,
I am a fisher of Men, 
and I am casting out hope,
that can only found
through God's Word,
and His desire is to to catch you
and reel you in.

God will continue throwing a line,
to all of mankind,
for Jesus came
​so that no one would perish.
 
“And he was teaching
daily in the temple.
The chief priests
and the scribes
and the principal men of the people
were seeking to destroy him,
but they did not find anything
they could do,
for all the people were hanging
on his words.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭19:37-48‬

The Lord's timing is perfect.
Nothing is left by chance!
Luke 19 is about Jesus
getting into position
to be pressed and wrung out.

The amazing thing is
this is happening right now.
Not with Jesus,
but with us,
the bride of Christ,
also known as church.

I can’t help but feel
his Second Coming is near,
because in 2019 I heard God say,
“I am wringing out my remnant
for one drop of my blood
covers a multitude of sin.”
And now we see his body
being wrung out
from a watered-down gospel,
and getting into position to welcome
the Coming of the King.

In Luke 19,
we see Jesus siting on a colt,
peacefully descending
the Olivet Mount.
We see people laying down garments,
and worshipping Him 
with beautiful songs of praises.

And don’t we see the same thing today.
Many Followers of the Way,
coming into the streets
to worship and to pray.
We hear “Blessed Be Thy Name”
proclaimed from microphones,
and we hear thunderous sounds
coming from guitars and from drums.

The scene is a serene, and joyous one,
and then out of nowhere -
I see Jesus's eyes turn to blood.

I see the whites of his eyes turn into red,
and I see droplets of blood
drop from him like sweat.

I see Jesus sitting alone,
anxious and afraid,
as he falls to his knees
and begins to pray -
“Father, if you are willing,
remove this cup from me.
Nevertheless, not my will,
but yours, be done.”
(Luke 22:42)

This is what happened
the night before he died,
right before he was betrayed.
Everything inside me, totally believes,
that the Body of Christ
is being prepared to endure a pressing.
And not only pressed
but totally wrung out,
because the workers are few
but the harvest is ripe.

“Remove this cup” -
this is what Jesus said;
the cup symbolizes the vessel
that holds Jesus's blood.

As for his body,
don't you know that is us,
the church is the vessel
that carries the seed of Jesus Christ.  
And as the virgin bride,
we become impregnated by His Word.
We are the faithful ones,
who render not our garments
but our hearts.
Our hearts are to stay rooted
in the love of God.
The olive grove where Jesus wept,
offers an abundance of oil
to light up the virgins' lamps.
 And although many say
they are faithful to Christ,
only half will prepare the oil
to light up their lamps.

The Lord says,
“The songs of praise that people sing,
and the dancing that happens,
in the streets,
is more for them than for me.
Only some are like my servant David
who had the joy of the Lord
despite his circumstances.
I can see him playing the tambourine,
and the strumming through the harp;
and I can see him dancing in front of My Ark.
David was a man after my own heart,
He ushered My presence into Jerusalem.”

The cup of Christ contains
suffering and sacrifice;
and it is only his blood 
that contains the seed
of the Tree of Life.

Every garden where God walked 
has great significance.
The Garden of Eden
is where we were placed
to tend to,
and to multiply
and bring forth new life.
And now the Garden of Eden,
is in heaven with Him,
and this is where the tree of eternal life is.

But the Garden of Gethsemane
is the earthly place 
where God came as a man
to suffer in anguish,
as he prepared his heart
to endure the final sacrifice
that would redeem us to Him.

It's at the base of the Olivet Mount
that we see the Son of God,
filled with anguish,
on his knees and crying
to Father God,
to ask that this cup
​be taken from him.

As the suffering servant,
Jesus knew that his body
was about to be opened up
so there could be an outpouring
of his blood onto the earth's crust.
And while he didn't want to
endure a physical death,
He knew that he had to
complete the will of his father,
to be the blessing
that reversed eternal death.

I ask you this,

Where did the shepherds go,
after visiting baby Jesus
and witnessing the angels sing?

Where did the three wise men go,
after traveling a long distance
to bring the baby king
gifts of gold, myrrh,
and frankincense?

And where did the followers go,
when Jesus was convicted of blasphemy?

How is it possible to experience Him,
and then turn and walk away?
How can you get so close,
and then be so far away?

But today,
the Spirit of God
has helped me to see
what is happening.
And I can’t seem to stop myself
from feeling unrelenting grief.

The church is being squeezed,
and put into position for harvesting,
and this can only be done through trials,
what Jesus calls "great opportunities."
(Luke 21:13)

We must tie ourselves to Jesus,
and take his yoke upon us.
We are to read his Word and learn from it.
We are to believe that he is gentle,
and lowly in heart;
and that he will protect us
and give us rest for our souls.
(Matthew 11:29)

Luke 19:29-34 says,
“It was when Jesus drew near
to Bethphage and Bethany,
at the mount that is called Olivet,
he sent two of the disciples, saying,
“Go into the village in front of you,
where on entering you will find a colt tied,
on which no one has ever yet sat.
Untie it and bring it here.
If anyone asks you, 
‘Why are you untying it?’
you shall say this:
‘The Lord has need of it.’

So those who were sent
went away and found it
just as he had told them.

And as they were untying the colt,
its owners said to them,
“Why are you untying the colt?”
And they said,
“The Lord has need of it.”

I love the answer to the question,
nothing more, nothing less,
only, "The Lord has need of it."
This should be the answer
that we all should give,
when someone asks us
why we are working for him.

So to the remnant who is being persecuted,
I encourage you with this.

The Lord needs you
because the workers are few
but the harvest is ripe.

You have an eternity to live,
but if someone does not know Jesus personally,
then they are still the walking dead.

Go and make disciples of men.
This is the great commission 
we have all been given.

Go to the people,
and speak the truth in love.
Share the gospel of the Good News.
Tell everyone who Jesus is,
testify your life back to him.
 
Do not manipulate men
by only showing human love,
for this can be done
through pretty much anyone.
Instead, "share MY WORD,"
and show them
why Jesus wants them to follow Him.

Do not let lukewarm
become a taste that you can live with,
and do not tolerate the Jezebel spirit.
Walk upright
and stand firm in your faith,
do not be swayed
by the shifting of sands,
or strong, stormy winds.

Do not let culture
cancel Jesus out,
and do not lose sight
of 'In God We Trust.'

Remember
it's only the blood of Christ
that saves us;
'And I give this at the perfect time,
for the Trumpet of Feasts has begun.'

The two trumpets have been blown,
The Lord is giving warning
to the assembly
to prepare to move.
He says,
'My Spirit is among you,
now watch for the clouds,
and make yourself ready
because I am coming home.'

There is something to be said
about a location.
East of Jerusalem
is what was given
to the Palestinians
in the peace treaty recently signed
by President Trump.
It’s an act of wisdom
that had to be directed
by God himself,
because anything East of Eden
is not of God,
in fact it is the Land of Nod,
where murderous Cain was sent.

The interesting thing is
that this is also the location
where the Coming King
made his first triumphant entry
into Jerusalem,
where he ascended into Heaven
and where he said he was coming again.
This is also the scene
of the Great Exodus 
when God leads Joshua
to lead His people
across the River Jordan,
and into the Promised Land.

Let me just say
to those who do not know the Word of God,
who is Jesus himself,
then the words that I state
must sound like Jibberish to you.
But to those who carry
God’s Holy Spirit
you’re spiritual ears will already be perked,
because you know there is no way
I could come up with this on own.
Your are the Ark of the Covenant,
the Body of Christ,
and you contain God’s very essence.
This message is for all who have ears to hear,
get ready
because God is also giving you eyes to see.
"In the last days,
I will pour out my Spirit
on all people.
Your sons and daughters
will prophesy,
your young men
will see visions,
your old men
will dream dreams.”
This was written by the poet Joel
who could see a long time ago,
the Day of the Lord.

He spoke about repentance
and the appearance of horses,
which was totally weird
because I just wrote in a recent poem
that I heard the hooves of a stampede of horses.

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
“Return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping,
and with mourning;
and rend your hearts
and not your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, 
and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents over disaster.
Who knows whether
he will not turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?”
‭‭Joel‬ ‭2:4-5, 12-14‬ ‭

Back then a swarm of locusts
descended upon the land,
but today I tell you
we also have a bug problem.
It was given to me in a dream
in the Summer of 2020 -
I saw was a cockroach infestation.
And they continue to come in the dark,
through the small cracks of spiritual houses.
They smell the sugar, 
and love to eat decaying food;
They feed off the malnourished -
fake white bread soaked in fake juice.
At first it’s one
and then it’s a ton,
they come out of nowhere
and there are too many
to handle all on your own.

Before I release any more words,
the Spirit of God is telling me to stop.
I’ve been giving way too much
at a time.
The bride needs to realize
how much God loves them,
and this can only be done
by speaking the truth in love.

Give them this, and let them digest it.
"East of Jerusalem has great significance
to the Coming of My Kingdom.
Nothing happens without My say so!
Prepare oil for you lamps,
because I AM Coming Home!"

On Tuesday, September 15th
​“Turn about”
is what I saw and heard
while I was walking
on the treadmill
listening to a podcast
by Michael Brown.
I saw the dream
I had back in June of 2016
when an army of
walking blind humans
came through the iron gates
of the peaceful marketplace,
and an evil lion
lorded behind them.
I heard a roar
proclaim “AWAKE”
and then I saw
the blind gain sight.
In that instance
the marching stopped
and the walking dead
turned about.
The Lion of Judah
is coming back
and he is wringing out
his remnant!
What the enemy
had planned for evil,
the Lord has turned
into good!
Repentance means
to turn about
and the Lord is calling you
to start right now!
Do not wait,
for it might be too late
the Day of Judgement
is coming soon!
It’s time to pray
for our nation!
The Lord is shaking
his foundation!
Prosperity will fall
through the cracks
if we do not repent
and turn back!

Today I had an epiphany
when I looked back at a magazine
that I used to read.
It’s called, “Teaching Tolerance”
and I used to read it faithfully.

Originally,
I was committed to it’s beliefs.
But now that God
has changed my heart,
through the revelation of His Word
and the transformation of my mind,
I’m seeing how misleading it really was.

Holy Spirit,
Are you speaking
the truth in love, to me,
through the “Teaching Tolerance” magazine?
Father, am I really a member
of the church of Thyatira?

“I know your works,
your love
and faith and service
and patient endurance,
and that your latter works
exceed the first.
But I have this against you,
that you TOLERATE
that woman Jezebel,
who calls herself a prophetess
and is teaching and seducing my servants
to practice sexual immorality
and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
I gave her time to repent,
but she refuses to repent
of her sexual immorality.
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed,
and those who commit adultery with her
I will throw into great tribulation,
unless they repent of her works,
and I will strike her children dead.
And all the churches will know
that I am he who searches mind and heart,
and I will give to each of you
according to your works.
But to the rest of you in Thyatira,
who do not hold this teaching,
who have not learned
what some call
the deep things of Satan,
to you I say,
I do not lay on you any other burden.
Only hold fast
what you have
until I come.
The one who conquers
and who keeps my works
until the end,
to him
I will give authority over the nations,
and he will rule them
with a rod of iron,
as when earthen pots
are broken in pieces,
even as I myself
have received
authority from my Father.
And I will give him the morning star.
He who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the churches."
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:19-29

Father,
I repent at once.
I got it wrong again!
Help me to navigate
this thing that I call the Jezebel cake!

Help all of us Lord!
The Jezebel cake has been baked,
and America has been eating
every piece of it.

We swing between
two political extremes,
and forget about the letters
that you had written to the Church.

Republican and Democrat does not exist
in the Kingdom of Heaven,
nor does Conservative or Liberalism!

There is no division of class or race,
and there certainly is no man
or woman raising a fist.
There is no talk about
left or right,
or right or wrong -
there is only the following
of Your Holy Word.

Human abuse through
domestic violence, homicide,
human trafficking, poverty,
and any kind of police brutality,
defiant profanity, or oppressive system
is absolutely condemned,
and this type of heart
will NEVER enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

But this is only one side
of the human pendulum
that slices through the Jezebel cake
that you have made known to me
as the self-centered heart.

The other side
of the self-centered heart
represents a false form of love.
This is deception at its worst!
People don’t even realize
this kind of evil -
what looks like love to us
can be an abomination to God. 
If He is not Master of your universe,
than no matter how morally good you are, 
you are still operating under the curse.

This is the Land of Balaam
where idols prevail -
and we all get to be the god
of our own world.

This is the world of morally good,
where people focus on
human forms of love.

TOLERANCE
of Jezebel
is
squeezed
through
 the
tiny
little
dark
cracks
of
selfishness,
like
that
of
a
cockroach.

There is no truth in love,
because in the Land of Balaam
there is no one true god. 
Without the Word,
also known as
the Son of God, 
there is no such thing as pure love.
Everything in humanity,
is conditioned by evil intent,
and that is why
we have to understand
God's mercy!
You can love all you want,
but if you don't believe in Jesus Christ,
then the Word of God says
that you are going to hell.

In an effort to fight human oppression,
we have swung to the other side
of the pendulum -
non-authoritarianism; 
where liberal ideas
get injected into society
and before you know it, 
everything is tolerated,
and the only one persecuted
is the Christian who believes
in the Word of God.

God, how patient you are!
How do you even deal with us?
You have such compassion,
and faithful endurance
to put up with us.
We are truly a mess
on our own!

I am so thankful
for the testimony of John.
Thank you God
for this revelation.
Help me to pay better attention,
and help to gain
Holy Spirit strength and wisdom.

Its feels like judgment is coming soon.
It feels like I’m a foreigner
living in this world.
It’s feels like America 
is about to be attacked
because we have digested
all of the Jezebel cake.

Lead me not into temptation
and help me NOT to adopt
the theology of Ephesus,
which seems to be the opposite theology
that was held by the church of Thyatira.

“I know all the things you do.
I have seen your hard work
and your patient endurance.
I know you don’t tolerate evil people.
You have examined the claims
of those who say
they are apostles
but are not.
You have discovered
they are liars.
You have patiently suffered for me
without quitting.
But I have this complaint against you.
You don’t love me or each other
as you did at first!
Look how far you have fallen!
Turn back to me
and do the works you did at first.
If you don’t repent,
I will come and
remove your lamp stand
from its place among the churches.
But this is in your favor:
You hate the evil deeds
of the Nicolaitans, just as I do."

Father, I hear you.
I have ears to hear your Spirit
and I understand what you are saying
to the churches.
Help me to be victorious
and give me the fruit
from the tree of life
that is rooted in your paradise.”

Instead, I pray for humility.
Help me to be like the church in Smyrna.
“I know about your suffering
and your poverty but you are rich!
I know the blasphemy
of those opposing you.
They say they are Jews,
but they are not,
because their synagogue
belongs to Satan.
Don’t be afraid
of what you are about to suffer.
The devil will throw some of you
into prison to test you.
You will suffer for ten days.
But if you remain faithful
even when facing death,
I will give you the crown of life.”

Father, I have ears to hear
and I will listen to your words, 
reverentially.
I will seek to see your face
and I believe that I won’t be harmed
by the second death.
Only your Spirit can deflate 
the Jezebel cake,
and take all of the puffiness out of it!
Father, I lift up America,
and I stand in the gap
and hold the cake up to you.
Remove the yeast that perpetrates our hearts,
and bring us back into relationship with you.​