After reading this ‘off the beaten track’ website, for the first time in your life, the Bible and Christianity make sense to you.
What happened?
Am I super spiritual? Super moral?
No.
I repent, was baptized, pray, fast, and seek my place.
But I did something specific that made this website the best condensed Christian teaching on the internet.
I had good works – proper good works from the Holy Spirit ahead of me.
And I wanted to go forward, as I could see the path.
But I did something very specific that rocketed the revelation of this website to an immeasurable level.
What did I do? I stopped. I simply stopped.
What did I do with the good works and gifts that God gave to me? I gave them all back.
2 Chronicles 18:21
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
The perfect Law of Moses outlawed men having sexual relations with men.
And men or women having sex with animals was also forbidden. Leviticus 18:22-23
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Rules regarding men having sexual relations with women are a bit more complex under The Law.
Leviticus 18:6 acts an introduction. Men are not to ‘uncover the nakedness’ of kin (that is, have sexual relations with near family). Leviticus 18:6
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 18 goes on to specify. Leviticus 18:7-18
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
The list is rather long and specifies quite a few items.
Interestingly, a man having sexual relations with his daughter is not mentioned as being wrong.
Why would this be?
But, we have an example of sexual intercourse between a father and his daughters (albeit before giving of The Law).
Although no sin is mentioned for the daughters (or Lot), the implication in the story is that this sex is not ideal. Genesis 19:30-35
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
But, Lot was noted as a righteous man. 2 Peter 2:7-8
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
And, the prophet Nathan’s parable to King David likened a man’s daughter to a wife.
2 Samuel 12:1-10
And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Given the above, the father-daughter relationship at least warrants some further Biblical examination.
Women and mothers should teach young women. Titus 2:3-5
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
But men and fathers are ultimately responsible to lead the family. 1 Timothy 3:4-5
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him…
1 Timothy 2:12-14
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Even though Eve ate of the forbidden fruit first, Adam was ultimately responsible, as he should have maintained authority over her. Romans 5:12-14
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.)
What is a father to do with his daughter?
Paul indicates that one can do great things for the Lord if not distracted by a spouse. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
A man or a woman might not marry for a short time or a long time.
(Paul likely would have been a widower.) 1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But the reality for the overwhelming majority is that they should marry – to avoid sin. 1 Corinthians 7:2,9
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
…But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Timothy 5:11-15
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
1 Timothy 2:15
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Mark 10:7
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Given that a father bears the responsibility of raising his daughter to be married (most likely), how is he to raise her?
She is raised to be beautiful, hot.
It’s a long process. Esther 2:12
…after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Preparation: Revelation 21:2
…prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Job did well. Job 42:15
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job
These hotties are not loud and rebellious. Ephesians 5:24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
In our modern world, nowadays, mothers and women do teach young women.
And dads and men do teach, care for and prepare girls.
They all make sure that girls are educated, catered to, given preferential treatment, given jobs, and have their issues at the forefront.
Status of women, violence against women, and healthcare for women are always urgent issues.
Everyday people practice ‘chivalry’ or ‘white knighting’.
We don’t want to see women suffer.
And, our society wants girls to grow up to be scientists, politicians, and heroes (heroines) of the world.
Nope, these are not hot girls.
What happened? We lost focus on what women and girls should be.
Adam’s sin wasn’t being deceived. 1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Adam’s sin was following Eve’s desire, rather than listening to what God said.
Adam said to Eve: ‘Yes dear, you can be anything you want to be. Be a scientist or whatever you want. Follow your dreams. I support you.’ Genesis 3:6
…she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Eve lost focus on Adam – the image of the Lord, and Adam lost focus on the Lord. (They looked downwards rather than upwards in the heirarchy.)
This looking towards the world (rather than the things of the Lord) is the danger of marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
This loss of focus is a huge issue, as most of us need to be married.
But what should our focus be?
Any reasonable Christian knows: tits and ass.
On the one hand, we can be of the world, and make sure that those we want to care for, the women, are self-sufficient, have their own income, their own security.
Or we can take a walk on the water in faith (not the world’s security), let them go, and rely on that they will be cared for by their husbands.
If we are to marry off our daughters (rather than follow the ways of the world – and gender-bend women into men), we will have to prepare daughters for men’s preferences.
That means we would (with the father bearing the responsibility) raise girls to be hot, sexy, beautiful.
So, one day a father sees his daughter who has developed those curves at puberty (and he has raised her well – to be a hottie), and thinks "she is beautiful – wow – she is good to wife.”
The perfect Law of Moses does not exclude the sexual relationship of father to daughter.
Why?
1) Paramount is the fathers’ preparation of proper daughters (hotties) to be married off.
If it’s impossible for Dad to be attracted to his daughter, then he hasn’t done his job of creating a beautiful woman.
2) The most important concept in the Bible: letting go.
We marry off daughters so that men (in the image of God) can have glory.
Glory:
In a real and practical sense, Christianity is about results.
If you’re not winning, there’s no point. Revelation 2:7
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Psalm 18:37-38,47
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. …It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Who are the winners? You will recognize them by their fruits. Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Recognize those who wash in the Word: Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Meekness is strength under control.)
When we bear proper fruit, God is glorified. Philippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
John 15:8
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Men are a crown of glory to God. Isaiah 62:3
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Zechariah 9:16
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
What is men’s glory?
It is not pride. Pride is a beauty that fades. Isaiah 28:1-5
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people
Men’s glory is the beauty that is woman. Isaiah 62:5
…as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
A prepared hottie: Revelation 19:7
…for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
How can we judge a man by his fruits? We look at the condition of his wife.
Is she loud, rebellious, and trash? Or is she beautiful, hot, and obedient? 1 Corinthians 11:7-9
…he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Have you seen men with big houses, expensive vacations, and nice cars – but with fat, boisterous wives?
What’s the point? Proverbs 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
If fathers (and mothers and society) don’t prepare girls to be beauties to be married off, we rob men of their glory. Men cannot grow proper fruit unto their glory and the glory of God.
Micah 2:9
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Amos 2:7
…and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name
The perfect Law of Moses gives an exception. It allows sexual relations between fathers and daughters.
Why?
To allow the MOST important lesson in whole Bible.
Letting go.
Abraham longed for an heir. But he and his wife were childless. Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless…
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
But that one thing that Abraham wanted (and did receive with the birth of Isaac) is exactly what God wanted Abraham to give up.
With 100% obedience, Abraham rose up early in the morning to do this. Genesis 22:2-3
Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
The central lesson of the Bible is about letting go – giving up.
Our chief failing is not some sin like stealing, or envy, or fornication.
It’s that we never ran the blade.
We never found our place and our role in life. We held onto our present life, and did not give it up. Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity (rebellion) of us all.
God has blessed that man with a daughter, but that father who now has a very attractive, sexy daughter (if he has done his job) – that father has to give her up.
Just like God gave Abraham his son Isaac, and wanted Abraham to give Isaac back… fathers have to let go… give her up… for another man's glory.
In contrast, today’s professing Christian fathers raise gender bending girls who take men’s roles, dress like men, and get fat (losing feminine beauty).
Today’s professing Christian fathers fend off suitors for their daughters, rather than marry them off.
Today’s professing Christian fathers do not have to deal with the thorny issue of being sexually attracted to their daughters, as they raise loud fatties.
Repentance is letting go of your old life to follow Christ – which is becoming a Christian.
But, to grow as a Christian, you also have to let go of what God has given you.
If you keep what you have in your hand, it will stay what it is and continue its natural course of corruption (like decaying fruit), but if you let go, only with its death can it can grow with unlimited potential. 1 Corinthians 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not made alive, except it die
John 12:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, unless a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Many of you might be wondering about the origins of this ‘off the beaten track’ website.
After reading this website, for the first time in your life, the Bible and Christianity make sense to you.
What does the man who uploaded these pages have?
Is he super spiritual? Incredibly moral?
No.
I pray, fast, repent was baptized, seek my place…
…but I did something very specific that caused this website to explode with revelation.
Did I preach around the world? Work hard? Knock on doors?
No.
What I did is an incredibly important object lesson for Christians, especially preachers (online or otherwise).
What did I do?
I stopped. I simply stopped.
I could see the good works (proper good works) prepared for me from the Holy Spirit. But I gave them all back.
When I got into Christianity in 2011, I eventually ended up on social media promoting others’ short videos on the dangers of Yoga, Reiki, Transcendental Meditation, Halloween, and other demonic issues.
And I would be happy to do that for the rest of my days.
But I started this website just to anger all these professing Christians who might not agree on much, but they agree that women’s bodies must be covered up. Modesty, you know.
I didn’t give much thought to this website, as I intended it for the short term.
(And I didn’t give much thought to the name: ‘Christian Ministries’.)
But then the sermons I listened to (Derek Prince mostly, but also some others like Dave Hunt) inspired another webpage, and then another, and then another. And this website grew.
However, a Derek Prince sermon I listened to in February 2016 spoke about the importance of stopping preaching.
Most ministries shouldn’t continue forever, as they have done their job.
If they continue, they will continue to grow fruit (but it will be corrupt fruit – due to personal ambition of the preachers).
Matthew 7:17-18
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
If God wants them to re-start, he’ll let them know. He’ll bring them back.
(12 minutes, 33 seconds in length)
After listening to this, I thought that it was time to end adding webpages.
I was still a praying, fasting Christian, but this website’s additions and any preaching on Twitter (and other social media) were finished.
My last tweet was dated February 19th, 2016.
But, I was back on March 12th, 2016… sort of.
I had read about Boleskine House burning in December 2015, but only realized in early March 2016 that I had been part of it.
The scripture that I had prayed for Boleskine indicated ‘let it be known’.
I thought that God wanted me to ‘let it be known.’
So, I went on Twitter and tweeted this. (The tweet reads a bit self-serving – but I was new at this.)
1 Kings 18:36-38
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
But by March 25th, 2016, I was back.
A Muslim wanted to know why Isaac was to be sacrificed by Abraham, and I had just learned why via a Derek Prince sermon (which is why I stopped).
I explained the covenant nature of the intended sacrifice.
And, I was bursting.
Those Derek Prince sermons assembled, in three parts, a new webpage: dog, which would become, perhaps, the signature webpage of this site. Dog was the quickest page I ever typed out. And more pages kept coming.
Whenever I upload new webpages, I believe that this ministry will conclude.
But then I end up typing out new pages.
(However, on God’s time, new webpages for this site will end… perhaps soon.)
Men who do God’s work cannot be ‘loose cannons' – that is, independent from God.
God has to trust his men not only to go where and when he wants, but also to stop when he wants. Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
God’s timing for plans are critical. Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
To redeem them that were under the law…
And our preaching isn’t for everyone.
Mark 4:12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Especially with the internet, the world has too many preachers.
A new Christian who tries to learn is bombarded and confused by so many false teachings. 1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion...
So many professing Christians, who never were called to preach, or have fallen to personal ambition, create sermons after sermons after sermons which have no inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
With no fear of the Lord, these people promote any feel-good ideology with a few Christian lines mixed in.
Really, don’t be a teacher unless you are specifically called. James 3:1
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
In a world where that which is morally correct is considered wrong, and that which is wrong is considered correct – are you willing to be unpopular with the world/fallen Church?
Can God trust you to speak on his behalf? Jeremiah 7:3
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel…
When God put his words in Jeremiah’s mouth, they had exactly the same authority and power as if God directly spoke them. Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
But Jeremiah never edited God’s message.
If you receive a message, revelation – can God trust you to pass on the true message?
Or will you edit it, put your own stamp on it, hold back the politically incorrect parts?
Are you concerned about your popularity, your reputation, or can God trust you to be brave?
Those who retreat from the true message of God end up in perdition. Hebrews 10:38-39
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
King Ahab received a ‘nice’ message from his 400 false prophets. 1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
But even Ahab knew that the difficult message would be the true message from God. 1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
Micaiah, being sarcastic (as a contemporary of the mocking Elijah), first parroted Ahab’s false prophets. 1 Kings 22:15
And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
But, acerbic Micaiah was committed to the full, true message. 1 Kings 22:14,17
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
…And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
No air-conditioned church for Micaiah: 1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Prison for Jeremiah too: Jeremiah 37:15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Micaiah and Jeremiah chose affliction now and glory later with God.
But, for comfort and popularity with the world, you might insist on your own personal editing of God’s message – like King Saul.
King Saul heard the word of God from Samuel. 1 Samuel 15:1-3
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. But Saul had to get his own personal stamp on God’s message.
Saul had to be ‘nice.’ 1 Samuel 15:7-9
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
Saul had to be popular. 1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
John 12:43
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Do you want to ’water down’, edit, insert your personal bias on the message of the Lord?
Then you’ll end up like Saul. 1 Samuel 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15:22-23
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
For me, obedience was to pray to hold the Bitcoin down.
But, as time wore on… I knew that for me to continue with this hold indefinitely would have been disobedience. Initially, I felt bad. I thought that holding back the Bitcoin was my domain. Malachi 4:6
…lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
But I knew it was over.
I had to give it back. I stopped praying Job 38:11
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
God gave it to me (like he gave Isaac to Abraham). But I had to give it back. And I did.
And, eventually, I felt good that God would spread the blessings, and that someone else would be responsible for the Mark of the Beast – and for Job 38:11.
But, because I gave it back, God returned it to me, like an Isaac.
At that point, I didn’t believe that it was for me.
I told God to “Give it to Holden. He’s good.”
But God said that he needed me to return to my past and revisit the issue of digital currencies/666. He needed the old Blade Runner.
If you are a preacher or if you believe that God has given you something special to do, perhaps now is the time to give it back. Perhaps now is the time to stop.
If God wants you back, he’ll let you know and return your Isaac.
Just like the father has a legal right to have at his daughter, under the perfect Law of Moses – give her up for another’s glory. Matthew 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
If you hold on to that seed, it will stay what it is and continue its natural course of corruption (decay in the natural world). But if you let go and let it die, it can spring fruit that is immeasurable – unlimited potential, just like the beauty of a daughter – potentially unlimited beauty which is indistinguishable from righteousness. But you first have to let the seed go.
Luke 13:18-19
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Psalm 107:35-37
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
God had Abraham look at the innumerable stars, and said that Abraham’s seed – Abraham’s children, would number such. Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
But for that seed to grow, Abraham first had to let it go.
Only when Abraham let go of what God presented him, and gave back his Isaac, could that seed grow to immeasurable levels. Genesis 22:16-18
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
