THESE are ALL the LORD God’s ✡️📖✝️Words, written down THROUGH over 40 different biblical authors of HIS CHOOSING, from the time of Moses (~3400 yrs ago, 1400BC), up to John the Apostle (Gospel, letters, Revelation~90AD).
IF A PERSON STATES that they believe in the Father, the Son-the Lord Jesus Christ-and the Holy Spirit— they will be held accountable to BELIEVE IN, read, study, learn, and know the whole counsel of God’s ✡️📖✝️ Word (Acts 20:27), IN ORDER TO have an intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus.
ALSO, to have the Holy Spirit DWELL (Jn. 3:3,5,7) in them, leading, guiding, teaching, and CORRECTING them (Jn. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26-27; 16:13; Acts 2:38; Romans 8:9,11; Eph. 1:13-14), and remind them that they are the TEMPLE of the LIVING GOD (1Cor. 3:16; 6:19).
THOSE who have EARS TO HEAR (Eze. 3:27; Matt. 11:15; Mi. 4:23; Lk. 8:8; Rev. 2:7, 11; 3:6,13; 13:9) what the Holy Spirit SAYS, will be the ones that are the most obedient to Him, disciplined and discerning of all that is happening in this world concerning the End Times.
KEEP Watch, PRAY, have your lamps filled (Matt. 25:1-13), and BE READY(Matt. 24:44; Lk. 12:40; 2Tim. 4:2), for NO ONE knows that Day or Hour (Mk. 13:32-33; Matt. 25:13; 24:36, 42) when the Father will have the Son begin the Time of the AntiChrist, and the 21 Judgements of Revelation (see Rev. ch. 6-18).
The End of all things IS AT HAND (1Peter 4:7). Do NOT be fooled into thinking that the LORD will not return. Peter warned us about this (see 2Peter 3:3-4).
The Lord is patient (2Pet. 3:9), and He has allowed thousands of years to pass in order for many to come to repentance.
HOWEVER, as there was a Beginning (Genesis 1:1), there WILL be END (Rev. 20:10-15; 21:4-5, 8) of all things. The Lord Jesus MUST return (Acts 1:11;Rev. 1:7-8; 19:11), and JUDGE the Earth and its inhabitants AS IT IS WRITTEN (Acts 10:42; 17:31; Jn. 14:3; 2Tim. 4:8; 2 Cor. 5:10; Jude 1:14-15; Rev.22:12).
It may seem petty to some, that lies are going to be held against us-especially if they are what we call “little white lies”, but the LORD God does take everything that comes out of our mouths seriously.
In Matthew 12:36-37, there is a chilling statement made by the Lord Jesus Himself that should make us all think twice before speaking out whatever we want to say: “I tell you, on the Day of Judgment people will give account for EVERY careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
In Luke 6:-43-45, the Lord Jesus spoke on how we can know a person by their fruit-whether their character is good or evil; just like the tree that bears either good or bad fruit, so can the person’s intentions in their heart be known by what comes out of their mouth.
Jesus said in vs. 45, “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
If from time to time, we unfortunately ignorantly believed people who lied to us, and/or passed that lie onto others, we should always confess those sins as well, but instead of just giving the benefit of the doubt to people when they tell us something that should have been checked out further, we should “test all things” and be that Berean (Acts 17:11) the Scriptures tell us to be, so we can know the truth (Jn. 8:32) about certain questionable topics or situations.
One of the most important things that we as Christians can do, is make sure we are HEEDING the Voice of the Holy Spirit in our lives throughout the day, and for each and every situation we find ourselves in.
I know it may sound tedious to do, but then again, if the Lord Jesus Christ our Judge is telling us that we are going to be held accountable for all that we have said and done, and for what we have allowed to come into our lives— whether it be good or bad deeds, or good or bad words to influence us— we then should take it more seriously, and put those questionable comments, topics, situations, etc. to the test, before we believe it ourselves, and end up sharing it with others.
This parable of the Wheat and the Tares/Weeds has been on my mind for the past week or so. The Holy Spirit has been making me think about it, and I knew the time was coming to have to put a post up and discuss it.
After what happened this past week with both the young Ukrainian woman Iryna Zarutska—SAY her name and do NOT forget what happened to her—and Charlie Kirk—this parable sat heavy on my heart, its burden increasing daily in density and gravity because spiritually, I very well knew where the Lord was going with all of this.
I truly did not want to “go there”, but as Paul the Apostle stated in Philippians 1:23-24 how “I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed. But it is more necessary for you that I remain IN the body…”
I have felt the same way for so long; I want to go HOME to Heaven and be with my Creator, Lord, and other family members of the Body of Christ. I want to be at peace, and feel the true love, joy, and finally experience all the magnificent splendor and awe that His Word described that is waiting for all of us who love Him.
BUT—I also know, that the closer that Time gets, the closer to the HARVEST and JUDGMENT we all are. Ugh…
Hence the reason my heart is SO heavy for those who have been so deceived to think that there is no God, no Heaven, no judgment for all their evil words and actions, etc.
Worse yet, for those who seem to be “nice” and somewhat “Christian-like”—but their true colors are finally being seen by all; the Holy Spirit is allowing everything to play out right in front of us—in these LAST DAYS—the hidden things in a person being shown and revealed, and the evil being exposed in them (see Luke 8:17; 12:2).
The Time of the AntiChrist is SOON upon us. IF we are NOT aligned with the LORD JESUS and HIS WORD, Scripture plainly TELLS US that many people who were thought to be a believer in Christ, very well may be a part of that “falling away” (see 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12) and be deceived into following the AntiChrist (see Matthew 24:24; Daniel 7:24-27). As the Apostle John (who also wrote the Book of Revelation) stated in 1John 2:18-21, “…They went out from us, but there WERE NOT OF us; for IF they had been of us, THEY WOULD HAVE REMAINED with us…”
IF that doesn’t make you upset to the point of crying, you better ask the Holy Spirit to remove the spirits of indifference, apathy, callousness, and insensitivity from you. It very well should break all our hearts to know that MANY -billions, even- of human beings WILL be deceived into losing their faith, walking away from the Lord Jesus and His Word, and falling for the lies of the enemy and the one to be called AntiChrist during the Time of the Great Tribulation.
From “Charting the End Times” —Tim Lafayette and Thomas Ice
NOW you know why I have been so heavy-hearted, and crying almost daily, for I know That Day is approaching…
Hence, it is vitally important to understand this parable in Matthew 13:24-30 even more so in these ever-increasing evil days we are living.
The Lord Jesus had to once again this morning, help me understand through my many tears, how NECESSARY it was to have BOTH the good AND evil be brought up and dwell together—the spirits—the angels that sinned, the demonic entities that DO operate within and around the Earth; and the humans that continue to do rebel and defy Him and His Word—ALONG WITH those angels AND other benevolent spirits He created, as well as the humans who DO acknowledge the Triune Godhead and love and honor His ✡️📖✝️Word.
He cannot have one dwell without the other; not since what transpired even BEFORE the Fall of man, when some of His first creation rebelled —the angels-b’ney Elohim-those sons of God who were created to not only serve the Triune Godhead in different capacities, but to also serve and minister to the HUMANS He already planned to create.
EVERY creature the Lord created (even those He didn’t) had to make a choice to either OBEY or REBEL.
Those who OBEY, are the WHEAT. Those who REBEL, are the TARES/WEEDS.
The “reapers” are the ANGELS commanded to gather all those sinners = “TARES”/“WEEDS” who rebelled against the Most High God and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and never truly accepted Him as BOTH Savior AND Lord of their lives.
The “Harvest” is at the End of Days—the Time allotted by the Most High God to be the CONCLUSION of both mankind and the evil that perpetrated on the Earth by those evil entities that rebelled against Him so long ago.
The LINE has been drawn—several millennia ago. The Free will CHOICE is for every person to choose, whether they will do GOOD or do EVIL.
My tears that I cried this morning, were not because this was the first time hearing about this, nor finally understanding the passage; my tears HAVE been falling almost daily these past several years, BECAUSE I know that we are all running out of TIME, and the LORD God has appointed That Day. I fear for those (including my own flesh and blood family members and others loved ones, friends, and acquaintances that I have made over the years) who have NOT taken the LORD God or His Son Jesus seriously enough, to have their hearts convicted by the Holy Spirit, in order to REPENT in time, TO ESCAPE that dreadful JUDGMENT that is to come upon this Earth.
The TIME🕚 is running out; ⚖️JUDGMENT of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah-JESUS CHRIST-will begin SOON.
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN SOUL that has ever lived, WILL be righteously judged by the Lord Jesus (John 5:22) at the Appointed Time.
Once it begins, it WILL NOT STOP, until the WHEAT is gathered into His Barn, and the TARES/WEEDS are bound up, and BURNED (Rev. 20:11-15).
I REALIZE THIS IS A VERY LONG POST–BUT IT IS NECESSARY THAT I SHARE BOTH THINGS IN THE SAME POST–PLEASE, BELOVED–PLEASE TAKE THE TIME OUT TO READ ALL OF IT!🙏❤️✡️📖✝️
This is the second time I am writing this out; I happen to see this post at around 1:45am or so, when I woke up (as usual) and was looking at my phone. But as I was writing it out, it “disappeared”—just wiped off my phone. I was so upset, but the LORD said to me, “Jeannette, do not allow the evil ones to have you REACT—just put the phone down, deal with the post in the morning, and let your energy be used to RESPOND rather than REACT to their evil doings.”
SO—when they get me ticked off as they did early this morning—THIS POST is the RESULT of that, and I am taking what Abba told me to do, and put my energy into RESPONDING in a very long but VERY INFORMATIVE post, rather than reacting in anger to those vile pieces of demonic filth. What I basically said in the comments and now in this post on my page, is that what Pope Leo XIII experienced, was REAL. What he SAID—“demons that wander around the world at the expense of souls”—is close to what 1 Peter 5:8-9 stated—“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary (that is the definition of HaSatan-“the satan”—it is NOT his personal “name”) the devil PROWLS AROUND like a roaring lion, SEEKING someone to DEVOUR…”
WHAT I want to point out here is (and have stated this MANY times in my posts regarding Spiritual Warfare and the demonic realm and how they seek to “steal, kill, and destroy” [Jn. 10:10] us—HENCE the reason why Paul told us to DAILY put on the ARMOR of GOD [see Eph. 6:10-18]) that there are MANY REBELLIOUS supernatural beings-aka “sons of God” AND the spirits of those rebellious sons HAVE GONE OUT into this world (see Ps. 82:1,6; 89:6-7; Matt. 4:24; 8:31; 12:28, 43-45; Mark 1:39; 3:15; Luke 4:41; 10:17) that CONTINUE to seek out DESTRUCTION, mainly because we WERE MADE in the IMAGE of GOD (see Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7).
I have shared MANY TIMES over the past 3-4 years about just WHO these evil entities are; the SURPRISING thing I notice over and over again is—hardly ANYONE on my FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM (if it is allowed to be shared over there!) pays any ATTENTION to those type of posts!! YET—just HOW MANY ADDICTIONS, STRONGHOLDS, ISSUES, ETC. do you HAVE in your lives?? You seek out SOLUTIONS to these problems, and YET IGNORE the FACTS on WHO IS CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS in your lives!!
You pray and pray for answers, and when those answers SHOW UP on my page (or other servant of God’s pages) that the LORD HIMSELF has us take the TIME OUT to write up and SHARE with you all—MOST of you SCROLL PAST it, and ignore the very ANSWERS to your PROBLEMS!! HENCE the reason why you still HAVE those STRONGHOLDS in your lives, because you REFUSE to SEEK the TRUTH in WHAT and WHO are DECEIVING YOU into staying BOUND in those demonic strongholds (for example–OCD, ADDICTIONS, ANXIETIES, DEPRESSION, FEAR, PRIDE, ARROGANCE, etc.).
THIS POST about Pope Leo XIII IS VALIDATED by what I personally have experienced since having to deal with Spiritual Warfare, and learned MUCH MORE about the “WHAT” and “WHO” that are behind the evil that PLAGUES this entire WORLD.
REMEMBER that we, being made in the image of GOD, are primarily (and in THIS order) SPIRIT, SOUL (mind, will, intellect/personality), and are COVERED in a fleshly BODY (see 1 Thess. 5:23; Hebrews 12:9 and Ecclesiastes 12:7 for just a few verses about how we are primarily SPIRITS). GOD HIMSELF is a SPIRIT –Jn. 4:24; 2 Cor. 3:17. The HOLY SPIRIT ONLY DWELLS in those who have REPENTED and MADE JESUS the LORD and SAVIOR of their lives; otherwise, they have OTHER DEMONIC and UNCLEAN SPIRITS living within and around them, enticing them, deceiving them, and infiltrating them to the point of DEATH.
WE CHOOSE who we are going to SERVE (see Joshua 24:14-15), and WHAT SPIRITS we will allow to RULE WITHIN us—the HOLY SPIRIT of God, so we CAN have ANGELIC MINISTERS around us daily, while living out our lives for the Most High and His Son—OR—we are plagued with those demonic entities that WILL continue (at the LORD GOD’S allowance to TEST us and see where our ALLEGIANCE lies) to “roam about, seeking whom they may devour”—until the LORD JESUS returns…
I will CONTINUE to share much more on this topic, and I pray that YOU that proclaim to be CHRISTIANS (and even more so for you that are NOT!) realize that THERE IS A SPIRITUAL WAR happening between HEAVEN and EARTH, and it is CONTINUOUSLY going on, as it HAS BEEN, since the FIRST rebellious spirit being deceived Adam and Eve in the GARDEN of EDEN. THIS SPIRITUAL WARFARE will NOT STOP, until the LORD JESUS RETURNS, and in HIS WRATH, places those evil entities that plagued mankind for all these millennia, in the ETERNAL FIRES (see Revelation 20:10-15).
Do LOOK UP these verses for yourselves—DANIEL 10:13,21; 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev. 12:7—re: Michael the CHIEF PRINCE of Warrior angels; HE IS one of the original WATCHER angels that has stayed LOYAL to the Most High Triune Godhead. He IS the Chief Prince Angel that watches over ISRAEL, because ISRAEL (Jacob) IS the LORD GOD’s inheritance through ABRAHAM who HE chose Himself (Deut. 32:8-9). DANIEL 8:16; 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26—re: Gabriel—another original holy WATCHER, who is the Angel that is responsible for those that WERE in Paradise (now empty after the Lord Jesus’ resurrection and ascension into Heaven), the serpents (much research and study needs to be done for you to understand what THIS means), and the CHERUBIM—which is one of the hierarchal class of spiritual beings –they are NOT ALL ANGELS, nor do ALL angels have WINGS! ONLY the SERAPHIM and CHERUBIM (of which Lucifer/HaSatan/the “Nachash”-serpent-that was mentioned in the Garden of Eden and spoken about in Isaiah 14:12-14, AND Ezekiel 28:12-15—speaking specifically in vs. 13 that he WAS in the Garden of Eden, and in vs. 14—he was called, the “anointed GUARDIAN CHERUB.”
GO TO Genesis 3:24 and READ IT for yourselves—the LORD GOD placed CHERUBIM and a “FLAMING SWORD” (obviously had to REPLACE the Cherub mentioned IN Ezek. 28:12-15 that REBELLED against Him, and became the FIRST of THREE rebellion events (see also Genesis 6:1-4 and Genesis 11—the TOWER of Babel, combined with Deut. 32:8-9, and Psalm 82 and 89 that I already mentioned above) that happened within those supernatural spiritual “sons of God” that HE, the LORD GOD, created. HEBREWS 1:7, 14 TELLS us that the LORD GOD made some of those spiritual beings function as ANGELS—so that they COULD BE “ministering spirits sent out to SERVE for the sake of those who ARE to INHERIT salvation”.
BUT that does not mean ALL the spiritual beings ARE Angels—that is their FUNCTION; WHAT and WHO they are, are “RUACH” = SPIRIT. They DO HAVE certain STATUS/RANK as even PAUL has written about—for example—Powers, Principalities, Thrones, Dominions, etc. YOU can look up such verses as Psalm 148:2-5; Colossians 1:16, Nehemiah 9:6, and also JOB 38:4-7 (esp. verse 7) where those “sons of God”—b’ney Elohim AND the “morning stars” ALL joined together to REJOICE and SHOUT for joy when the LORD GOD created and laid down the foundations of the EARTH (see Job. 38:4-5).
I do realize that I wrote a LOT here, and most of it may “go over” your heads. BUT—the LORD God took a wretched sinner such as myself, who always KNEW that “something else” was going on around us, and “saw” the connections between the Heavens and Earth, and ALLOWED ME to have ALLthese supernatural experiences (angelic, demonic, and even seeing the Lord Jesus Himself, AND hearing the Voice of the LORD GOD my Father, and can now in the past several years, DISTINGUISH between all three of the Triune Godhead’s voices)—SO when I was SPIRITUALLY mature enough, I could confidently say that I can now SHARE and HELP THOSE who also want to know such things. With the recent theological studying and training I received in Seminary these past few years on top of ALL other things I’ve learned throughout my life, has prepared and enabled me to now better deal with and speak on the topics of the prophetic, and all that has to do with the spiritual realm, those in it, the Divine Council, and all that entails with Spiritual Warfare.
AGAIN–The WARFARE has been going on for millennia, and WILL continue to rage on, UNTIL the LORD returns on that Appointed “Day of the Lord” (and it isn’t just “one” day—it IS the Time of Great Tribulation and Judgment that IS to befall this Earth as it is written in Daniel, Joel, the Gospels, Revelation, etc.).
LASTLY—just so you are aware–you are NOT PRAYING to MICHAEL—but calling UPON the LORD GOD, and acknowledging that there ARE “MINISTERING SPIRITS” like Michael the PRINCE (and your own GUARDIAN ANGELS and others like them—see Ps. 91:11-12; 34:7; Heb. 1:14; Matt. 18:10), and many other passages where angels were called upon to help, like in Acts 12:7-11. TAKE ADVANTAGE, dear Christian brother and sister, of the HELP the LORD God has given us through the Heavenly Ministers that are HERE to aid us in our daily lives!!
THANKFULLY, Pope Leo XIII RESPONDED in the way the LORD God wanted him to, and told the world about how there IS a spiritual warfare going on, and how to START to combat the evil in our lives. Now at least some of the faithful know that there IS help through much PRAYER and confidence in God’s WORD, and can take advantage of the supernatural angelic HELP there is for us all. BUT—the FAITH and TRUST in God and His WORD is a MUST!
ONE DAY, the LORD Jesus WILL put those demonic and rebellious angelic and spiritual entities in their FINAL “resting” place—the LAKE of FIRE, for going against their Heavenly Father who created them, and His Son, who died NOT for them—for they SAW HIM, and LIVED with Him and KNEW of His GLORY and Majesty—even BEFORE the Lord Jesus became Man and dwelt on Earth–and YET—disobeyed and FELL AWAY, never again to be redeemed as we humans have had that MERCY and GRACE given to us THROUGH THE BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST. UNTIL THEN—USE the WORD, the POWER and the AUTHORITY given to us by the Lord Jesus, to wage spiritual warfare against those who SEEK our eternal DESTRUCTION—because THEY KNOW their time is short, and their DESTRUCTION is SOON to come! 🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖
FROM Pope Leo XIV and the CATHOLIC CHURCH on FB:
“In 1884, at the end of a mass, Pope Leo XIII suddenly raised his head, straight face and eyes fixed on something.
After a few minutes of ecstasy, the Pontifical Sovereign finally regained his senses and left the church. Half an hour later, he called the secretary of the congregation in charge of rites, handed him the prayer to St. Michael, which he had just written, and instructed him to distribute it to all the bishops. The prayer was officially initiated and recited at the end of each service by the celebrant and the entire congregation.
The sentence that the Pope uttered: “(demons) that wander around the world at the expense of souls”, has an explanation, told several times by his special secretary, Monsignor Rinaldo Angeli. Leo XIII actually really had a vision of the infernal spirits that were growing on the eternal city (Rome) and from that experience came the prayer that he wanted to have the whole Church recite.
Here is the text to this short but very important prayer… :
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle against the evil and the snares of the devil, be our help. Please plead: Lord have it in control! And you, Prince of the heavenly militias, with the power that comes from God, cast into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl about the world for the loss of souls. Amen. “
Pope Leo XIII wrote with his own hand a special exorcism contained in the Roman Ritual. (edition 1954) and recommended bishops and priests to recite these prayers often in their dioceseses and parishes.
Pope Leo XIII described his vision.
Initially as an exchange of two voices, that of God and that of Satan.
He then had a “terrible vision of hell” and, right at the end, Saint Michael the Archangel intervened after the increase of prayers aimed at him.
With the wide spread of his prayer to St. Michael and his institution at the end of each Mass, Pope Leo XIII wanted to communicate to all believers the urgency of praying fervently for the conversion of souls and for the victory of the army of the Lord against Satan, so active in the world.
I did not expect this post to be this long when I initially was sharing this video, but when the Holy Spirit has something to say–I don’t hinder Him from “speaking” through me via these posts, so here you go…
As the late great Dr. Michael Heiser stated, the early Church fathers knew the truth and TAUGHT it, yet somehow down through the centuries the traditions took over = the church leaders got sloppy with no longer properly exegeting biblical texts, in order to interpret them correctly according to CONTEXT.
FOR EXAMPLE, what is being spoken about in this very short video– The erroneous notion of fallen angels being the demons is widely known, taught, and accepted within many Christian sects of the Body of Christ.
BUT–it is WRONG. Just because they taught it to you, doesn’t mean you blindly accept it. YES–the church leaders (whatever title they fall under–rabbi, priest, pastor, bishop, etc.) ARE and WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for NOT properly teaching the Word 📖of God–the WHOLE✡️📖✝️WORD of God–from GENESIS through REVELATION!!
BUT we who PROFESS to be Christians, are ALSO held equally responsible for reading and studying God’s Word on our OWN! Some church leasers down through the millennia, have discouraged reading the Bible because of how one may wrongly interpret the passages; other leaders used it to control their congregations (let’s be honest!), and only taught them what they wanted them to know!
📖If one looks at such verses as Luke 12:12, John 14:26, 15:26, 16:13, and pretty much all of the book of ACTS, one will see just how much the HOLY 🕊️SPIRIT was saying, teaching, and doing WITHIN the BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS of the Church after Christ’s resurrection and ascension into Heaven. It was and IS, HE that continues to teach and guide the person who confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior (Rom. 3:10,23; 10:9-10, 13), became a child of God (Jn. 1:12) and who received the Holy Spirit (Jn 20:22; Acts 1:8; 2:4, 33,38) in order to become BORN AGAIN (Jn. 3:3,5,7) SPIRIT-FILLED believers of God.
OH–and as far as “interpretations” and “versions” of the Bible that many people use as excuses to either NOT read or study, or say it all lends to confusion and division of the Body of Christ–you’re partially correct–the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41), along with those demonic entities that “roam about, seeking whom they may devour” (1 Peter 5:8) know that if you do NOT resist him in your FAITH (1 Peter 5:9), wearing the armor of God daily (Eph. 6:10-18), and USE the authority given to you the believer by the Lord Jesus Christ to tread on those demonic serpents (like the one in Genesis 3!) and scorpions (see Luke 10:19), you WILL be deceived into thinking that there are errors and contradictions in Scripture, and will end up NOT taking God’s 📖Word as TRUTH (Jn. 17:17; see also Ps. 119:9-11, 105). REMEMBER–God’s Word is “firmly fixed in the heavens” (Ps. 119:89).
SO– humbly learn His Word via HIS HOLY🕊️ SPIRIT (even if there was no one to teach you, as I had no one in my family or anyone good enough in my parishes as a child–so 1 John 2:27 came into play for me, until I sat under good biblical teaching many years later), learning to “rightly divide the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15), because as the Apostle Paul wrote, “All Scripture is breathed out (pneuma/ruach) by God and profitable for teaching, for REPROOF, for correction, and for TRAINING in RIGHTEOUSNESS, that the man/woman of God may be COMPLETE (perfect), equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
BECAUSE–IF one is NOT fully surrendered and wholeheartedly following the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing Him as Savior AND Lord of their lives, living that faith life out, and filled with the HOLY 🕊️SPIRIT–it is guaranteed and confirmed via SCRIPTURE that OTHER evil spirits (which are 👿DEMONS who NEED a human BODY in order to carry out their evil works!) ARE or WILL be in a human being–whether that person is a baby, child, teenager, or adult. To the demons, IT DOESN’T MATTER who they are in–as long as they can “steal, kill, and DESTROY” (Jn. 10:10) human beings in order to spite the LORD GOD and what He allowed His Son to do for us on the Cross–which IS the ONLY WAY back to the Father (Jn. 14:6).
Don’t believe me? LOOK 📖up what the LORD JESUS said when referring to evil spirits needing a “home” (= host human body) in Matthew 12:43-45 and Luke 11:24-26. The FACT that both MATTHEW and LUKE recorded it in their Gospels should make you realize how serious this is. It’s also interesting how the Lord Jesus says at the end of that passage, “SO ALSO WILL IT BE WITH THIS EVIL GENERATION” (Matt. 12:45). OH how true that is TODAY!! But much is covered up by calling such demonic infestations, vexations, oppression, obsessions, and possessions, “mental or behavioural health” issues…🙄😣🙁 Thank God for the few good exorcists and deliverance workers that are out there, recognizing the demonic workings in people, and are hard at work setting these people free from their 👿strongholds!🙏❤️✝️
📖IF one looks closely at Genesis 6:1-4, and with proper reading of the ancient languages (Hebrew, in this case, and Greek in the Septuagint), studying each word and putting the pieces of the Scriptural 📖🧩puzzle together along with other passages that speak of the rebellious angels and their OFFSPRING, the Nephilim, and also the Rephaim (just to name a few: Num 13:32-33; Deut. 1:4; Genesis 11 paired with Deut. 32:8 and Daniel 10; 2Peter 2:4 along with Jude 1:6 and 1 Corinthians 10:20-22), AND coupled with reading the ENTIRE Bible–WITH the help and guidance of the Holy🕊️Spirit, a diligent Bible student can and WILL start to see a very SPIRITUAL picture form within what initially can seem and feel like, a very shocking and unnerving discovery of what REALLY is, and always has been, in God’s Word that has NOT been taught by most modern Judeo-Christian synagogue/church leaders.
Some churches ignore the majority of the Old Testament, and only preach what is in the New Testament. By doing that, the lay church member has NO CLUE on the HISTORY of ISRAEL, for example, and how the LORD God commanded Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to lead their people to the Promised Land that GOD HIMSELF gave them! That’s like telling God that half of what He had His people share with us down through the ages was JUNK!😱🫢
Many church leaders think that books like 1 and 2 Maccabees and 1 Enoch have no spiritual weight to them, and discourage their congregations from reading or studying such books. But if one were to go ahead and read those books, they would find a plethora of information on not only Israel’s history and leadership, especially dealing with the 400 years of “silence” between Malachi and Matthew, but also when it comes to the book of 1Enoch (NOTICE how I am mentioning 1 ENOCH–NOT 2nd or3rd), one would find passages in there VERBATIM to what was in Genesis 6!
And YET–the ignorance and shunning of such books continues throughout today’s modern, Western-thinking church services. Traditions of some churches have as the Lord Jesus put it, “You leave the commandments of God and hold to the TRADITIONS of men” (Mark 7:8). Elsewhere, answering the Pharisees again, Jesus stated, “…thus making VOID the Word📖of God by your tradition that YOU HANDED DOWN…”(Mk. 7:13).
Not all tradition is bad; some of it is very good. Paul tells us in such passages as 2 Thessalonians 3:6 to “keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and NOT IN ACCORD WITH THE TRADITION that you received from us.” What tradition is Paul talking about? The testimony he gave in 1 Corinthians 15, for example, how “Christ died for our sins IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCRIPTURES…” (1 Cor. 15:3).
KEEP asking the Holy 🕊️Spirit to OPEN your spiritual EYES, EARS, HEART and MIND, to learn and UNDERSTAND “what the Spirit is saying” (Rev. 2:7), by having “ears to hear” (Matthew 11:15) HIS VOICE over what man may be teaching or preaching in error. ASK for DISCERNMENT so that you can know the TRUTH, and avoid following the ERRORS that have been handed down to us.
THAT way, the Scriptures that seem like a daunting, billion-piece🧩🧩🧩 puzzle😖may then start to be put together piece by piece for you, with the help of the Holy Spirit leading and guiding you (Jn. 16:13) as you read and study God’s 📖Word–ALL of God’s Word.
THEN–one day, the Scriptures that seemed to be an enormous 🧩puzzle, no longer will be so confusing and intimidating to you, as you begin to RECOGNIZE the PICTURE😉that God painted on the tapestry of His Biblical LOVE Story that He longed to share with us. BUT–you MUST read ALL of it–OT and NT; you must learn to seek out WHICH apocryphal (like 1 and 2 Maccabees) and pseudepigraphal books (like 1Enoch) to read IN ADDITION to (and NOT substituting for) the entire Word ✡️📖✝️of God.
NOW go get your 📖Bible, pray up and ask the Holy 🕊️Spirit to lead and guide you in what you are about to read, and PUT more pieces of that🧩PUZZLE together! 😊🧩✡️📖✝️🕊️
Miriam/Mary—a young Jewish woman who was betrothed to Yussef/Joseph, technically married but had not yet consummated the marriage at this point, had every right to ask the angel Gabriel HOW this was to be done to her (Lk 1:34). After all, Mary KNEW what would be done to those women who had children out of wedlock…
BUT putting that fear aside, and TRUSTING in the MOST HIGH GOD El Elyon, who SHE ALREADY RECOGNIZED AS HER SAVIOR, Mary said, “YES” to her CALLING. “Let it be done to me ACCORDING TO THY WILL.”
Can WE act out in the same strength of FAITH and TRUST in God in whatever the Lord has called us to do in this life, that mother Mary that day showed(and later on, Joseph as well to go ahead and trust the Lord in all of this!)?
Can we that proclaim Christ as our Savior and Lord, put our very LIVES on the line, even if it meant certain DEATH?
Mary did. So did Joseph.
Let’s be like MARY, and say, “YES” when the LORD asks us in the VERY near future, to do very hard things—much harder than this world has ever seen.
🙏🏼❤️May we endure to the end as Mary and Joseph did, and who received the honor due them down the millennia of being CHOSEN as the parents of the Most High God’s Son—the Savior of the World, Who WILL RETURN…SOON.✡️📖✝️🕊️
These disgusting, vile evil 👿ones have but ONE job – to steal, kill, and destroy (Jn. 10:10) ANY human beings as possible, BEFORE the Time of the ⚖️Judgement.
They will deceive you 💥any which 💥way they can. They know you better than you know yourself. They know what “buttons” to push, they know what to put in 🫣front of you (😈Eyegates;😈EARgates) in order for you to get locked on and pulled in.
AS His Servant who is commissioned to INFORM and WARN as my brothers and sisters before me have done, I am not at liberty to tell you the entire reason why the Lord has allowed a certain “few” of these fallen angels and their offspring – the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim, otherwise known as the demons— to remain here on earth until the time of His ⚡️☄️💥🔥Wrath and ⚖️JUDGMENT(nor do I know all of those reasons); most of it you would not even want to believe; but I can tell you this much:
✨❤️We humans who were created out of PURE ✨❤️LOVE by Adonai Elohim Tseva’ot 📖(Gen. 1:26-27) have been caught up in the middle of a ✨spiritual 🛡️⚔️war 🗡️that began several millennia ago.
The ones who were (and still are) mainly involved, were the LORD God Most High and his FIRST set of creative beings, which were the ANGELS (also called “sons of God” and “morning stars” (Gen. 6:1-4; Job 38:7), who not only watched Him create everything and rejoiced over it, but were ALSO to be the “ministers of righteousness (2Cor. 11:15)” and “ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation “( Heb. 1:14).
THOSE SONS OF THE MOST HIGH WHO REBELLED, ARE (some of) THE ONES WHO already have been CHAINED UP in darkness UNTIL ⚖️the JUDGEMENT (2Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6), and again, SOME by the LORD’S wisdom and HIS purposes, have REMAINED HERE 🌎on EARTH, for our TESTING, to see just WHO HUMANITY would ✨CHOOSE ✨and follow after—
1). Either The MOST HIGH ✡️GOD-El Elyon, El Gibbor, HIS ✝️SON, the Lord Jesus Christ -Yeshua HaMashiach-Who would be their LORD, ✝️SAVIOR, MASTER, and 👑KING, and His ETERNAL 📖WORD, having the Ruach 🕊️HaKodesh DWELL✨ WITHIN ✨them, as adopted sons of the Most High (Jn. 1:12; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 3:26; Eph. 1:5;), giving them power, strength, wisdom, discernment and authority over ALL the evil (Lk. 10:19; Eph. 6:10-18); as it is written 📖, “FOR as many as are LEAD by the 🕊️SPIRIT 🕊️OF ✡️GOD✝️, they are the SONS of God”(Rom. 8:14).
Once we truly and WHOLEHEARTEDLY become ✡️the LORD God’s sons and daughters, and ✨live ✨daily by His 📖Word, being protected by the BLOOD 🩸 of the Lord ✝️Jesus, and having the Holy 🕊️Spirit dwell within us, the devil and his angels can try to still tempt us, but they can NEVER AGAIN steal, kill, or destroy our eternal souls!🙏❤️📖🕊️
OR—-
2). Those sons of God who rebelled, and turned themselves into ALL (and I do mean ALL!!) of the different gods of this 🌎world —to ENTICE those humans to fall and worship THEM,
Just like they tried to do to THE ✝️Son of God when even HE HIMSELF was tempted in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1-11);
🙏The LORD God the Father, hoping that those humans would follow in the footsteps of His Son, telling those evil ones, “Away from me, Satan! For it is 📖written, Worship the LORD your God and SERVE HIM ONLY”(Matt. 4:10).
📋The main rules of this ONGOING SPIRITUAL 🛡️⚔️WAR which humans should basically be made aware of, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1). If one is enticed by the evil, any way that the evil ones can trap them, and can convince them to STAY that way, no matter how much or little they agree to do of the evil—even if it’s just “dabbling” in it, and/or celebrating certain pagan festivals such as Samhain/Halloween, WITHOUT REPENTING for it before the end of their days on Earth—
the recompense of God will be that they lose their eternal soul at the end of their lives for CHOOSING TO REMAIN SINFUL AND NOT REPENTING of their sins, and at the ⚖️Judgment (Rev. 20:11-15), they will be placed into the same 🔥eternal 🔥fires that the ✡️MOST ✝️HIGH 🕊️GOD has prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41).
2). IF the person truly DOES WANT OUT OF THAT LIFESTYLE, no matter how much or how little they got themselves involved,
AND —that individual 😭🙏REPENTS for ALL that they said or did while engaging in those pagan and demonic practices that are clearly written in📖God’s Word to be an abomination to Him (Deut. 12:2-4, 29-32; 18:9-12; 22:5; Ex20:2-5; 1Ki. 11:10; Lev. 18:24-30; Rom. 1; 1 Cor.; Eph. 4:17-19; 1Pet. 4:3)
IF they REPENT and RECANT their allegiance to the satan and all other gods they have followed and/r paid homage to by celebrating such pagan and godless practices;
AND that individual CALLS UPON THE NE OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED (Joel 2:32;Rom. 10:9-10, 13), and DECLARES the Lord Jesus Christ to be their SAVIOR AND LORD of their lives, forsaking ALL OTHER GODS—
THEN, and ONLY then, will the HOLY 🕊️SPIRIT, Who is the THIRD PERSON of the ✡️Triune 📖✝️Godhead🕊️, come INTO THEM and DWELL with them (Jn. 3:3,5,7; 1Cor. 3:16; 6:19), to lead and guide that individual, and make them into a “holy temple” , conforming them “into the image of His Son” (Roman. 8:29), so that they WILL BE ABLE TO enter into the Celestial Kingdom of the MOST HIGH GOD and HIS SON, at the Time of the End of Days(Rev.20-22).
That person will THEN hear those words, “Well done” (Matt. 25:21,23; Lk. 19:17), instead of hearing those 😖awful words NO human 😭ever wants to hear—
“DEPART FROM ME, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41).
BUT—and this is a MUST!!!—-
💥The ✨CHOICE ✨MUST ✨BE UP TO THE HUMANS THEMSELVES. 💥
NO EVIL SPIRIT, FALLEN ANGEL, or DEMON can FORCE THEM to STAY;
NEITHER CAN THE LORD GOD HIMSELF FORCE ANYONE TO LOVE HIM AND HIS SON.
💥The individual MUST come WILLINGLY to EITHER SIDE—💥
And at the ✨End of 📖Days✨, the individual’s CHOICES 💥WILL DETERMINE💥 where they end up, as it is 📖written,
“BY YOUR WORDS you willl be JUSTIFIED, and BY YOUR WORDS you will be CONDEMNED” (Matt.12:37).
The LORD GOD MOST HIGH does NOT “put” anyone into those 🔥eternal 🔥fires;
THE HUMAN BEING CHOOSES TO GO TO 🌈EITHER ✨❤️ETERNAL ✨✝️DESTINATION 🔥THEMSELVES🔥—BY THE CHOICES THEY MAKE IN THIS LIFE.
🙏Once again, beloved—I BEG YOU, please, CHOOSE WISELY ✝️who 👿you SERVE in THIS life here 🌎on Earth, for it WILL determine WHERE you spend your ✝️✨🌈ETERNAL ☄️💥🔥LIFE.
While the woke part of the world may be celebrating the demonic “Transgender Visibility Day”(of course, of ALL DAYS-the evil elite choose TODAY to do that-no 😡coincidence!),
WE who are Christians celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord JESUS CHRIST-the SAVIOR of the world, and Who has defeated DEATH and HELL(Rev. 20:13-14)!🙌✝️🕊️
He made a way for us back to the ✡️Father-giving ALL of us another opportunity at Eternal Life. 🙏✨🌈
All a person has to do, is:
CALL upone the Name of the LORD to be saved (Joel 2:32; Ps. 124:8; Zeph. 3:9; Rom. 10:13)
REPENT of their sins ( Is. 44:22; 59:2; Matt. 3:2; Acts 2:38; 3:19; Rom. 3:10, 23),
humbly ASK for forgiveness (Mk. 11:25; Luke 17:3-4; 23:34; Ps. 51:10; Col. 3:13),
ACKNOWLEDGE the Lord Jesus as both SAVIOR and LORD of their lives (Rom. 6:23; 10:9-10; Jn. 3:16; Acts 16:31, Jn. 14:6)
WHOLEHEARTEDLY commit to being His child (Jn. 1:12) and invite the HOLY SPIRIT to DWELL IN you to lead, guide, teach, correct, strengthen, and comfort you (Ezekiel 36:26-27; Jn. 3:3,5,7; Acts 1:8; 2:38; Jn. 14:17, 26; 15:26; 16:13; 1Cor. 3:16; 6:19; Eph. 1:13-14; Titus 3:5; Rom. 5:5; 8:16, 26-27; Gal. 4:6; Mk. 4:9, 23; Luke 14:35; Rev. 2:7; 3:6, 13:9)—so make SURE you HEAR HIS VOICE speaking to you!!
🙏✡️📖✝️🕊️ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT, ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM= ONE GOD and FATHER OF ALL!!! (Eph. 4:4-6)🙌✨🌈
NOW more than ever, a true believer of the MOST HIGH GOD will be tested, because these days are evil (Eph. 5:16), and increasing in evil. (Ps. 14:1; Micah 7:2; Is. 5:20; Ps. 12:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-2; 2 Tim. 4:1-5).
STAND as a true servant and warrior of God (Eph. 6:10-18) WITH THE LORD JESUS, and He WILL rescue and 🙏deliver us from all the evil (Ps. 71:4; 140:1; Jer. 15:21; Matt. 6:13; Gal. 1:4; 2 Thess. 3:2; and the last one I will write out—(2Tim. 4:18): “The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to HIM be the glory FOREVER and EVER—Amen.”
When I did my Ancestry search back in May of 2018, mainly because I am ADOPTED, I was hoping to find some siblings and other family members. I always left this part of my life, in the Lord’s hands, and figure IF and WHEN He wanted me to know anything about my biological family members, it would happen as HE willed it. I received the DNA test kit as a Mother’s Day gift that year (2018), and I knew it was time to find out whatever there was for me to discover about my family-good, bad, or otherwise.
One of the (many) blessings was finding family members who were alive and well, and willing to converse with me, either after I reached out to THEM, or they first reached out to ME.
One of those siblings happened to be my brother Chris on my bio father’s side. We met, and after a few years when I finally had a bit of time between school and moving, I wanted to finally change my name back to my maiden (family) name. I thought of incorporating my biological father’s name of GEIST in there, because it IS my family name, and it suits me exactly to WHO I am in Christ—GEIST = “ghost/spirit” in German. Many people a century or two ago with the GEIST name, would have a dove representing the HOLY SPIRIT, somewhere in their house, because of the association with their family name.
Anyone who knows me, and who I am in Christ, and being the servant of God that I am for Him, can easily see how much that was a “God Wink” connection between me and my family name.
So with the approval and blessing from my brother Chris, I took the last name and incorporated it into what would become my official name: JEANNETTE -what my name was changed to (named after Jeannette DiCapua/DeMaio-my Nana), after I was officially adopted a year and a half after I was born, and was called:
My Godparents Bill and Helen (The “Elizabeth” name is cut out on the top)
ELIZABETH-my ORIGINAL birth name given to me by my biological mother Doris, before giving me up for adoption; so I took that name, and made it my MIDDLE name; taking that name of Elizabeth and using it as a middle name, allowed me to ❤️honor the woman who, despite many issues she had in her life, decided to give me life, and bless a family who could not have children, with a child. (McGRAW is my bio mom’s maiden family name) GEIST—my biological name of my father, Robert, who I found out by my brother (and I actually have another brother Robert, who was named after our father) Chris, that he was a great ☺️dad, and an awesome cook!😋 Chris loved the idea of me using the family name, and that made it possible to honor my biological father that way.
MARCELLI—Rose and Ralph Marcelli tried to have children, but after a time, decided that it was not God’s will, and became foster parents. I was their third foster child they took in by Mid-March of 1965, after spending a couple of weeks in the hospital as “little orphan Elizabeth”😏; they already had two boys that were with them almost a year at that time, and desperately wanted a girl. Ralph and Rose went through way too much red tape in this awful, demoncratic state (even way back then!) of NJ, to try and adopt me; they finally got the “green light” in September, 1966 to call me their own. After a year and a half of having to call me “Elizabeth/Lisa”, they finally changed my name to “Jeannette”. I was an official member of the Marcelli family, at least to them. The MARCELLI surname means the world to me; THESE are the people who took me into their home, gave me their love, disciplined me, raised me to be a decent human being, treated me like their own flesh and blood child. I sure didn’t appreciate it all back when I was in my younger years (they both died within six months of each other, when I was 25/26 yrs old), but I miss them terribly now. I honor them by KEEPING the MARCELLI name alive and well. I may not have been a flesh and blood “Marcelli”, but I DID find out (and my parents would be THRILLED 😄😁at this!) via Ancestry a few years ago, that I DO have Italian blood in me, and —another God Wink—my ancestors are from around the SAME AREA😃as the Marcelli’s were (Naples)! How’s that for a GOD-MATCHED, HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED adoption?😉😄😁😏
Ralph and Rose Marcelli’s Wedding-September 17, 1960
Some may wonder why, after being divorced, and able to go back to my maiden name, why I would go that extra step and take all FOUR names—JEANNETTE ELIZABETH GEIST-MARCELLI—yes, it’s a mouthful, but there is MEANING behind each name.
Jeannette (female name for JOHN)-YOHANNAN-“God is gracious”, from Yah-the shortened name of the LORD, and the verb “hanan”, to be gracious. Obviously, this name is found all over the Scriptures, such as John the Baptist, John the Apostle, the father of Simon and Andrew, etc.
Elizabeth-the Hebrew name ELISHEVA (Ex. 6:23; Luke 1:5). The name is made up of two parts-the first (Eli) is “my God” and the second (sheva) is the number of holy attributes: “seven”. Put it together, and you get, “My God of the Seventh” (sounds like “sabbath-which is a holy day to be recognized by the LORD God).
Another meaning for that name “sheva” is “swear”, which I’ve seen mostly as “My God is my Oath/Promise”; also, “(In) My God (I) swear”.
Elizabeth = Elisheva and John = Yohannan
So there you go. A bit of a long explanation why I took my original birth name, both first and last, and incorporated it into my adopted first and last name—to give both sets of parents the honor due THEM, and to also recognize what the LORD GOD was trying to tell ME (finally), when that spiritual 💡💡lightbulb finally switched “on” fully, to understand WHO I AM in HIM. I am His DAUGHTER, one of many, and His SERVANT, because I finally (back in 2016) said “YES” to wholeheartedly following Him, hence the “title” if you will, on the address label.
So when I send out a birthday, Christmas, or some other type of card, or have to pay a bill, or whatever other type of correspondence that I have to make, my NEW address labels state THIS (and some of you have actually received something from me with the label ON it):
Servant of the Most High God Jeannette Elizaabeth Geist-Marcelli
That is my WHOLE name; please use it, whenever you send correspondence to me. It means the world to me, because those who gave me LIFE, and those who RAISED me, meant the world to me, even though two of them, I never got to meet in this life. But I sure do appreciate what they did for me.
Thank you for reading this—I realize it was a longer post than usual.
Maybe you, the reader, should take the time and look up what the meaning of your names are; you may😉end up being quite surprised😄like I was!☺️
I cannot begin to tell you how much of a “Godwink” this is, to see this specific verse this morning in my daily morning devotional. It brought tears to my eyes, especially after the conversation that happened in the middle of the night.
Even us kids who study the Word of God all time, need reminders of certain commandments that Abba has given us. I was reminded of one very important one last night.
I have been struggling with not being able to obtain a good enough paying job, in order that ALL my bills are paid, not just some of them. I’m so tired-actually, exhausted- of living like a pauper for the last 5 years. I know I’m speaking to the choir about this–we’re all in the same boat, just on different levels, and going through different specific situations when it comes to finances.
I thought for sure that everything would turn around for me, once I graduated with my Bachelor’s, but I still could not find a decent (preferably remote at the time) paying job. And even AFTER writing four books and receiving hardly any royalties for them (very few people have purchased my books), I continued to live on either school or tax refunds, which had to pay for anything and everything I needed, and any and all bills that came in–now including rent. Talk about slicing the pie VERY thin–almost to the point of it being transparent!
One mystery that has yet to be solved–it was the LORD’s will for me to write those books–so why would I not make any money off of them? Was that all out of obedience, and nothing more?
BUT–it seemed more like that was the Lord’s will all along on this faith journey of mine, proving Himself faithful again recently, when I finally did get (albeit part-time and just above minimum pay) a job. It also proved to me, that what His will IS, will be, no matter whether His child likes and or approves of it, or not.
Now that I have a M.A., I thought that would open even MORE doors of opportunity to get a much higher-paying job, and something I can be proud of, paying all the bills, saving some money, tithing, etc. But that hasn’t happening either-at least not yet-no decent enough paying job has come my way. So I went to the LORD once again, grumbling and asking why He will not open up that door (Rev. 3:7), and pour out His financial blessing, enough that I can finally breathe and not feel like I’m suffocating anymore.
When I went to sleep last night, I was not in a good mood at all. He knew what was on my mind, and except for the normal prayer time, I said nothing more, and fell asleep.
As usual like every other night, I woke up a couple of hours later. The Holy Spirit wanted to “discuss” something with me–I could tell, because I was wide awake, and He had me look up something in the Hebrew Torah prior to “answering” my question of why I continue to struggle financially all this time.
The answer finally came. He reminded me of one of the promises I made IF I were to get a job–any job–and that was, I would start to pay my TITHES again.
Oh my gosh–tithing?! “You mean another 10% off the top (gross) every week–” Ugh…
YES–tithing. I haven’t done much of that, because of the very little paychecks I have received from this part-time job, ALTHOUGH I have managed to put aside 10% for my church back in 2018 when I worked a seasonal job (making $1 more an hour, but way less hours).
BUT–it IS His will; it always has been. That is how the priests were to survive and provide for their families, because the people would support them by giving a tenth of their income (Malachi 3:10; Num. 18:21,26; Deut. 16:17; 2 Cor. 9:7).
Lord knows my priest does not get any help from the hierarchy of the Church, especially when it comes to the TLM portion of the Masses; he survives on a stipend at least a couple of hundred dollars LESS than my total monthly income. But he has a small but faithful flock, who also purchase his delicious breads, soups (when in season) and pies throughout the year to also help him out financially.
But that is what my Father wanted to remind me of–to tithe, as I promised I would. I got so caught up in finally having a paycheck again (it was almost two years that I went without one) to pay some of my bills (and believe you me, I’m still about $800 in the hole with my car bill–it’s only the grace and mercy of God that they haven’t taken it away!), I seriously forgot to include that in my WEEKLY expenses (yes, even if I do not show up to church a certain week, I STILL am obligated He said, to put that money aside for the priest). “Give and it shall be given unto you”(Luke 6:38)–remember, Jeannette?” “Yes, Father”, I said, now feeling worse than I did before. All I could think of is what 📖Malachi stated in vs. 8–“Would man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me…” Ugh…
Nevertheless, He also reminded me of what it said in the latter part of 📖 verse 10–“And thereby put Me to the test, says the LORD of Hosts (Adonai Tze’vaot), if I will not OPEN the windows of Heaven for you and pour down a blessing until there is no more need.”
No matter what the specific situation in a believer’s life, if the LORD’s will needs to be done, DO IT. He is faithful, even when we are not (2 Timothy 2:13). He is forever merciful and gracious, and understanding of our needs, and will remain faithful to us (Lam. 3:22-23; Deut. 7:9), unto the end of our days. We should be faithful as well, and trusting in Him to see that, according to HIS WILL for our lives, make sure that we accomplish all that HE set us out to do. He in turn, will PROVIDE for all our needs (and a few of our wants as well!).
BUT–the LORD’s WILL comes FIRST–no matter what the circumstances are. As long as we honor Him and abide in Him, He will make sure to bless us in whatever way He seems fit to do it, and will strengthen us along the way to accomplish all His will He purposed for us, until the Day He calls us Home with Him.
Walking in the Dark with Faith 