INTERNET & TRUTH

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INTERNET & TRUTH    “Worth Considering” 8/26/21      By Ken Smith <><

The Internet can be either good or bad as per the person sitting at the computer.  punch 2 or 3 keys and into Worship & Praise of God or watch harm, pain, danger and death to other human beings.  So many ways to destroy God’s epitome of HIS creation, man.    It is like any thing else you become what you eat.  Same with the soul, it can be blessed or corrupted by what you feed it and the world is a very messy place.  In fact the Word of God warns us in 1 John 2:14-17: “ Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.,    And as I was telling someone on the phone today, A real New Testament Church is also a messy place in the Holy Spirit.  In the Early Church there was no liturgy, only the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor.14:26-31:   “ What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation (disclosure of special knowledge), a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be constructive and edifying and done for the good of all the church. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be limited to two or at the most three, and each one speaking in turn, and one must interpret [what is said]. 28 But if there is no one to interpret, the one [who wishes to speak in a tongue] must keep silent in church; let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak [as inspired by the Holy Spirit], while the rest pay attention and weigh carefully what is said. 30 But if an inspired revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one must be silent. 31 For [in this way] you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may be instructed and everyone may be encouraged; 32 for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking]; 33 for God [who is the source of their prophesying] is not a God of confusion and disorder but of peace and order.”     And as the Holy Spirit would guide so would the Elders and leaders follow.   Actually church was supposed to be more like pop corn on a hot grill, as church was heated up in the Holy Spirit it would pop open and become a new form and you really never knew where it was going to land.  In the Bible we find the words, “If any person be found in Christ, they are a new creation.   Old things are passing away and all things are becoming new.  That the birthing into the Kingdom of God a new soul already had a calling and gifting to accomplish what our loving Creator designed them to be and do.  But the normal tendency is to box them up in a little box so they can not embarrass any one nor do anything stupid.  And of course when the hormone storms go off at puberty, many are lost to the world due to the lack of truth and valid knowledge. 

DREAM of UNHARVESTED FIELDS   by Cathy Asher
We have been too long inside the four walls and in our own little groups. Many are dying and not finding out about salvation and the love of Jesus and how He died for us…      I will share briefly a vision the Lord gave me several weeks ago.  It started with me seeing a vision of a very tall man in overalls and he was a farmer.  I asked him who he was and he stated he was the planter of the Word.  I have to admit at first it frightened me and I prayed and said, Lord if this is not of you, make it go away.  When I opened my eyes, he was still there and he was smiling at me.  I asked him again who he was and he replied, I am the Planter of the Word.  I asked him what did he want and he stated that He was preparing the Bride for the harvest.  I started to ask him more, but he was gone.  I prayed for several days about this and then I knew there was more so I asked Holy Spirit to let me know what it meant.    That night I dreamed the following dream.  I was in a church service and in the dream the Lord came to me and said, come here I want to show you something.    It was as if I were zoomed away and he then told me to look down.  I looked down and there was a wheat field and it was all bent over and as I looked I saw that the stems were mildewed I asked the Lord, what is this.  He stated, there were not enough laborers for the harvest.  I felt so sad and began to cry.    He then showed me another field.  In this field, the wheat was about 12 inches tall but there were lots of sticker weeds in it. I asked the Lord what is this.  He stated this is the fruits of not having enough laborers in the first field.  I was really devastated by then.     He then said, come here and look.  I looked down and there was the Planter of the Word and He was plowing and planting seeds.  I asked the Lord, what are you showing me?  He stated to me that He was planting a field and in this field He was planting seed for His Bride.  Never again, would there be a field like the first one, for His Bride could be trusted.  He was preparing Her even now for the great harvest to come.  I felt a sense of excitement.  When I woke up, I prayed and asked our Lord to forgive me and not ever let me be one who was not ready for the harvest.

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8/26/21   Reads like right out of Biblical Prophesy,   Only a few of the highlights.  Better to read the whole file….

Tehran is two months away from nuclear weapons capacity, warned Defense Minister Benny Gantz as he called for the international community to create a new prevention plan that did not involve reviving the 2015 Iran deal.  Israel’s military is working hard to develop plans to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, the IDF Chief of Staff revealed on Wednesday, as Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made his way to Washington to discuss the Islamic Republic’s nuclear capabilities with U.S. President Joe Biden.      Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday ordered all U.S. service members be vaccinated immediately for COVID-19.     China’s communist authorities have jailed four Christian businessmen for selling audio Bibles amid a government crackdown on Christians engaged in “illegal” faith-related activities, trial observers told Worthy News.       The heavily persecuted house church Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu, China was raided by government authorities again on August 22, and 28 members were taken away during a worship service, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.      Following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban on August 15, Afghan Christians began fleeing to the mountains to escape the Islamist rulers, who reportedly have a hit-list of believers to kill and who are going door-to-door taking women and children, Fair Mission (FAI) reported.        It’s the 800-pound gorilla in the pandemic. The debate over forced vaccination with an ever-waning vaccine is cresting right around the time when the debate should be moot for a lot of people. Among the most fraudulent messages of the CDC’s campaign of deceit is to force the vaccine on those with prior infection, who have a greater degree of protection against all versions of the virus than those with any of the vaccines. It’s time to set the record straight once and for all that natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is broader, more durable, and longer-lasting than any of the shots on the market today.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org

MARRIAGE & DIVORCE 2

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MARRIAGE & DIVORCE 2 “WORTH CONSIDERING” 8/23/21 From Ken Smith<><

Most people get married believing a myth that marriage is a beautiful box full of all the things they have longed for; Companionship, intimacy, friendship etc… The truth is that marriage at the start, is an empty box – you must put something in before you can take anything out. There is no love in marriage, love is in people, and people put love in marriage. There is no romance in marriage, you have to infuse it into your marriage. A couple must learn the art, and form the habit of giving, loving, serving, praising, of keeping the box full. If you take out more than you put in, the box will be empty.  Unknown

I hope you gave the last notes on marriage some attention as to what a Biblical Marriage is supposed to be from the Bible.  I have observed that a lot of so-called Biblical scholars who write many books that women tend to read, to me, have seemed to move the markers.   Before I became a Christian in 1955 I had a wonderful “Cosmic Glue Theology” what was totally reasonable.  Unfortunately it was totally a fantasy that I was living and  It reminds me of a scripture that not only refers to men but to women as well: 2 Tim. 3, Whole chapter but (4-7) especially.  Of course the core truth of a Christian Marriage is found in Eph. 5:23-25.   “23 For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body.  24 As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. (Jesus always primary.)  25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,”   Don’t believe it then ALSO read 1 Pet.3, whole chapter.     As of this time according to Pew Research, those who are identified as Christian are having 51% of the present divorces in the U. S.   And it is no wonder as the so call churches  today are teaching very little concerning humility, authority and loving obedience.   And really the Whole Church of Christ Jesus deeply needs that schooling from the top down.  Obey alone has 114 verses in the Bible including Heb.13:17 on which few have heard anyone preach upon except in the flesh for self elevation.  Or 1 Samuel 15:22.  Concerning divorce, it is not an unpardonable sin but it does destroy families and damage children without parents roll modeling godly lives.  And they have a tough time growing up to be holy people if saved at all.  My parents divorced long before the paper work was done in the court when I graduated high school.  It was a supernatural event that I was even saved at 22.  So there are three Biblical marriage breakers,   death, Matt.22:30,  adultery Matt.5:32 & abandonment 1 Cor.6:15.  But the only sin that can not be forgiven is to call the darkness light and the light darkness.  Divorce is not an unpardonable sin.  It does have sowing and reaping attached with pain as does everything we do that is sin.  But Jesus came to forgive, cleanse and heal us from our sin.   I have known of good men of God that were divorced, did not seem to be at fault and yet were benched for the rest of their lives by their church and not the Lord…  I have also seen pastor’s dump their wives for another lady in their church, cause a lot of pain for everyone.  But as the smoke cleared they went back to preaching again.  I am sure that the their reaping was very painful.  But perhaps they learned to become humble, loving and obedient to the Holy Spirit, that is what being forgiven is all about.  Jesus came to save us from our sin.   Matt. 24:18 tells us what to do about sin in the church but if there is true repentance then Jesus would like us to help the person up to try again and again and again, as HE said to His disciples, 70 x 7 for the same offence.  Our Judgment is to help, not to destroy.  We are called in 1 Cor. 6 to help the church with our Judgment to be better.  The judgment to destroy is reserved to GOD alone.   So If we have the wisdom and loving grace to help someone get back up if they want to get back up, we are to help them get back up.  We all need this support from time to time, none of us are like Jesus, yet.

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John 21:14-15, 22   After Yeshua’s resurrection, He showed himself to the apostles several times. Once, as they were fishing, Yeshua met them on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Peter was there, back at his craft, but swirling with inward negative emotions. The anguish of his recent denial, three times, exactly as Yeshua had predicted, mixed with the amazement and perplexity at the empty tomb, and finally the astounding relief and joy witnessing the risen Lord. Peter was on an emotional roller coaster for days, but the issue of his denial remained unresolved.

The Lord’s encounter with Peter on the Sea of Galilee was to fully restore him. Three times Yeshua probes His beloved disciple “Do you love me?” But this is more than just a quantitative restoration. The Lord is penetrating the apostle’s heart in this amazing conversation, because He really knows how much Peter loves Him and He wants Peter to know that He trusts him completely even after his awful failure. So Yeshua gives Peter his lifelong commission– “Feed my lambs!”; “Feed my sheep.” Yeshua knew that He could entrust Peter with this responsibility, and He told him so. And Peter was restored.    Yet Peter still wobbles, even as he receives his restoration, when he asks about his fellow apostle, John. Yeshua’s response, “what is that to you, you follow me!” settles the matter. The Lord is saying, “stop the competition, Peter. Those days are over, yet you’re still comparing…I have work for you; I have a life for you; live it!”

The enemy would love to dig up your past, thrust it in your face, and leave you comparing yourself with others for the rest of your life – but the Lord has a life for you and He wants you to live it. Your life, not someone else’s. He loves you and He trusts you to be who He made you to be. So don’t allow your past failures or your present jealousies to prevent you from the life you’re called to live for Him!   Your family in the Lord with much agape love,  George Baltimore,

Around the World:   President Biden Under Pressure As Taliban Hunts Girls, Journalists And U.S. Allies Taliban fighters ruling Afghanistan have begun hunting for Afghan girls to marry while seeking to kill journalists, Christians, Hazara men, and people who worked for the U.S.-led military, several sources say.      Western allies of the United States struggle to respond to the Islamist Taliban group’s return to power in Afghanistan amid reports of killings and thousands fleeing the country. They also expressed concerns about the situation at a just-concluded virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the NATO military alliance.    At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.    (Seems Matt.24, Mark 13 & Luke 21 is happening all around us now….  Ken<><)

Seems a professional position concerning the vaccines:    “Dr Mike Yeadon former Pfizer chief scientist” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz7k7kXskaQ

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MARRIAGE

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MARRIAGE     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   8/21/21     By Ken Smith<><

A long time ago, I ask the LORD what was HIS definition of Marriage?  The reply to my heart was, “Marriage, is a life time commitment of a man & women to become one.   Apostle Paul equates the union as an example of Christ and HIS Church, Eph.5:22-32.   While Apostle Peter tell us that prayers will not be even considered without that unity, 1 Peter 3:7.  And further that God created sex to be enjoyed, a helpful safe bonding glue and to help make a family.  Heb. 13:4      But obviously as the bodies designs are very different the responsibilities are very different.

Originally in Genesis 2:20 we find Eve created for Adam as a helper/companion.  (In my book God’s very best work, with  a most exquisite attention to detail.)   “And the man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper [that was] suitable (a companion) for him.”  After the Rebellion and Fall the position was altered as found in Gen.3:16, “To the woman He said,  “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth;  In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband,  And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”   Here is about the time that most woman start to fade away….  But I did not write the Book, and this truth is in context with all of the other 66 writings….  So if you have an issue, it is with the Holy Spirit who kept this understanding for us over 6,000 years.

As with Adam he was asked originally to a fruit tester and animal lover and to make lots of babies with a one tree exception.  A no tree to help Adam learn humility, obedience and grow a strong free will.  Of course we all know what happened in Gen.3 while Adam & Eve were over pondering the forbidden fruit????   Yes, Adam was standing there with Eve, verse 6.  But Eve took the authority of fielding the 3 lies. #1, are you sure God really said that? #2.  God’s really holding out on you.   #3.  Do you really believe God will kill you for eating some fruit???   Jesus went through the same 3 temptations and we go through them every day.  The present Church is one big mess because we tend to manipulate the Truth of God to fit our own weaknesses and flesh desires.   That way we can do what we want to and still believe we are OK to be with God in heaven.  That we will somehow get in just as we are rather than allow the Holy Spirit to change us to be like GOD.  Rom.8:6-14.

So today we have a lot of “vain traditions” that we have allowed to roost in our humanity as being from GOD when they are not.   So I am going to keep out of trouble and just give you some verses to look up if you are interested:

Men:        1 Tim.  3:2,   1Tim.5:8,  1 Thess. 3:10-11,  Titus 1:7, Titus 2:15
Woman:   1 Tim.2: 8-15,   1 Pet. 3,   1 Cor.14:34-36,  Proverbs 31:10-31
 
And there is no precedent in the New Testament where the Holy Spirit chose a woman Elder in the Early Church to rule over men.  It takes a Godly Man to teach a young man how to be a godly man.

We are all in a chain of authority from our Heavenly Father, Jesus (Word of God made flesh), Holy Spirit, Elders, Deacons, Steward, Husbands, Wives, Children,   so that all are protected in God’s Loving Truth.   We are writing here concerning the ideal, not what we see in action today.   But in time if we will have learned to enjoy humility, obedience, loving unity and the power of God will really be free.  And those of us who graduate into the Kingdom of God to light speed will be so very happy that they did.
 
1 Cor. 15:24: “ Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Note to me on FaceBook.   “I just got over the covid and I am UN-vaccinated, I hate to see people suffer but I can say from experience  I was treated with hydroxychloroquine, zinc and vitamins. I had a low grade fever and cold like symptoms and was thru in 5 days. Do what you think is right for you but no you do not know if you were UN-vaccinated that it would be much worse because I was and it was not that bad.”   ( I tend to think this is the best way to go, Natural immunity, but all the chips are not in.   It looks dangerous either way, so need to pray about it, seriously.   I called the V.A. about it,  they were not set up for the above treatment?  Even with the Trump success.)

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.    William Wilberforce led a campaign against the British Parliament to abolish slavery in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. During the course of his intense efforts, Wilberforce came to a desperate place of discouragement, feeling he had absolutely no more strength to continue. In this condition, he was about to give up, when his elderly friend, John Wesley, lying on his deathbed, was informed of his friend William’s distress. Wesley requested pen and paper, and with a quivering hand, wrote these words,    “Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them stronger than God? Oh be not weary of well-doing! Go on, in the name of God and in the power of his might, till even American slavery shall vanish away before it.”   John Wesley died six days later, but William Wilberforce fought for forty-five more years, and in 1833, three days before his own death, witnessed the abolition of slavery in Britain.     So, do not grow weary in well-doing, for we can still triumph! It’s exactly when everything looks hopeless that our God has the opportunity to display His awesome power. Even the great men that changed history needed a word of encouragement now and then – so be encouraged, and be an encourager! You never know when you may enable another saint to continue pressing on, or how that may change the world!   Your family in the Lord with much agape love,    George  Baltimore, Maryland     Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;

More GREAT QUOTES:  “If you never take risks, you’ll never accomplish great things.
Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.”  -C. S. Lewis    “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature,  nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”  – Helen Keller.     “Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.”-C. S. Lewis     “They who navigate little streams and shallow creeks, know but little of the God of tempests; but they who “Do business in great waters,” these see his “wonders in the deep.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon.     Your Bible:   Just don´t read it; do it!”-Unknown  “To risk reputation and affection for the truth’s sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle that only the Spirit of God can work in you. Do not turn your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow boldly in your Master’s steps, for He has made this rough journey before you.”  – Alistair Begg

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Listening to:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAw1bb6r0eU   Bringing tears as I write…….   “You are my hiding place….” 1: 06:10   Had to go back and listen to it again…….

ARMAGEDDON

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Armageddon,    (Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo ?”),    8/5/21   From Ken Smith<><

 In the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history. Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible only once, in the Revelation to John, or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16).  (Prophesy given to John by Jesus.)     The Palestinian city of Megiddo, located on a pass commanding a road connecting Egypt and Syria, was probably chosen as a symbol for such a battle, because it had been the scene of many military encounters owing to its strategic location. (Megiddo was also the site of a crucial battle in 1918 during the First World War and lent its name to the victor: Lord Allenby of Megiddo.) The term Armageddon has often been used by Protestant fundamentalists to refer to an impending cataclysmic struggle between the forces of good and evil. (See apocalyptic literature.) It has also been used figuratively, often by peace activists, to describe a possible nuclear world war.   by Robert E. Lerner.

Isaiah 5:30:   Armageddon?   And in that day they [the army from afar] shall roar against [the Jews] like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; and the light [itself] will be darkened by the clouds of it.     ( Seems like this is in the news now just about every day,  so looks like things Biblically are moving ahead.   15 prophetic events were to happen prior to the countdown and all 15 are happening now.

Prior to the confrontation of Armageddon as shared in Rev. 16:16 there are several events to happen.   Next on the prophetic list is a great harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God and a time of false peace and then to everyone’s great surprise,  Jesus comes and removes His Church from earth.  (Some call it the Rapture.)    We tend to think of church as a building when it is really individual people in the unity of John 17 & Eph.4:11-16,  (please read).   After this will come a time of horror and WRATH of 7 years known as the Great Tribulation which starts as world peace and ends in world slavery.  So if you are part of the LORD’S Church you will miss out on that time of the Great Wrath of God.  At the end of that 7 years comes Armageddon where Jesus destroys the armies of the world and enforces a true world peace for 1,000 years.   So I have taken this time to share about the snatching away of the Church or so called,  “The Rapture” as it will be a time resurrection,  rewards, victory and a true union with our Creator.  And it may be soon,  you really don’t want to miss it.  Jesus taught that the Rapture would be a big surprise for all.  Matt. 24:37 & 25.   I know of no Old Testament scripture concerning the Rapture but many concerning HIS 2nd Advent as KING of KINGS….   Ezekiel 34:12 comes close:   “As a shepherd seeks out his sheep in the day that he is among his flock that are scattered, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will rescue them out of all places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.”  Daniel 7:13 is interesting:   “I saw in the night visions, and behold, on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.”   (For me:  clouds = darkness or lucifer who still has access and the Son of man, Jesus presented Himself to the Heavenly Father and was able to start the process of redemption and the removal of the darkness from the Heavens as in Rev. 12:11…. and the removal of the darkness from the earth as in Rev. 19….  It was the Glory of God that was set before Jesus that gave HIM the faith to endure the death of the cross.  HE knew by the Holy Scriptures exactly what HE was asked to do and HE did it gladly in love for us.   Now the darkness of the clouds can no longer hold the creation of GOD because of Jesus,  so we are free,  if we want it.  In the New Creation there will no longer be any clouds of darkness.  Ezek.28:18  And the dark clouds can no longer stop us from victory.      Matt. 24:37,  Mark 13:35-37,  Luke 21:36 (Jesus tells us,  ” To watch so as to be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass,  and to stand before the Son of man.”)  He tells about the great tribulation and then how to escape.)   Can you see that?  The portion in Matt. 24:37 and on…   Is the first clear mention of the Rapture in the Bible that I am aware of?  Picked up again in Acts:1:9-11  that the taking up of Jesus into the clouds is the same way that HE will return for the Church.   Clouds mentioned 50 times in the AMP   The Rapture is for the saved.   1 Thess. 4:17:   “Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord!

This is the fist thing that John learns about as he is recording the words of Jesus for The Revelation. Jesus shares as though the resurrection has already happened and HIS second advent is about to happen.   Jesus shares HIS blessings for the Church in Rev. 1:1-6.  The Church is already with Him and at home with the LORD and verse 6 ends with an Amen  

BUT then in the next verse  Rev. 1:7. is judgment.   “Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).    In verse 7.    Jesus shares about judgment. and crying, also ends with an Amen. 

Also He is in the clouds come in the same way at Armageddon in Judgment of the damned.   So we see 2 different events listed as important in the first seven verses of The Revelation..  The Revelation is not chronological, it is full of rabbit trails which must be matched to a time line as in Chapters 6 & 12.  Covers church age 2,000 yrs. Tribulation 7 yrs,  the Millennium Kingdom of Christ Jesus of 1,000 yrs and the new heavens and the new earth for eternity.

 More GREAT QUOTES
“The average man is not going to be impressed by our publicity, our posters or our programs, but let there be a demonstration of the supernatural in the realm of religion, and at once man is arrested.”- Duncan Campbell    “When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God”  – Henry Blackaby    “A true revival means nothing less than a revolution, casting out the spirit of worldliness and selfishness, and making God and His love triumph in the heart and life.”- Andrew Murray    “When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.” – B. Sunday    “It’s true that (many) are praying for a worldwide revival. But it would be more timely, and more scriptural, for prayer to be made to the Lord of the harvest, that He would raise up and thrust forth laborers who would fearlessly and faithfully preach those truths which are calculated to bring about a revival.”- A. W. Pink.    “I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.”  – Billy Sunday

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HOLY SPIRIT

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HOLY SPIRIT,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    8/7/21   From Ken Smith<><

Some Names for the Holy Spirit:    Holy Spirit,  Spirit of God,  Spirit of Yahweh,  Spirit of Grace,  Spirit of Knowledge,  Spirit of Truth,  Spirit of Understanding,  Spirit of Wisdom,  Spirit of Life, Spirit of the Living God,  Spirit of Prophecy,  Spirit of Revelation,  Spirit of the Father, Spirit of the Fear of the Lord,  Spirit of the Lord,  Spirit of the Son,   Spirit,  Breath of the Almighty,  Helper,  Spirit of Counsel,  Eternal Spirit,  Generous Spirit,  God,  Good Spirit,  Lord,  Power of the Highest,  Spirit of Might,  Spirit of Adoption,  Spirit of Burning,  Spirit of Judgment / Spirit of Justice,  Spirit of Christ,  Spirit of Glory.  

Notice what Jesus teaches in Luke’s Gospel 11:11.  “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!”  Notice that the Holy Spirit is here given to a SON.  So to receive the power of the Holy Spirit one must first become a child of God, Romans 10’9-10….  A major factor in being empowered by the Holy Spirit after salvation is obedience.  Acts 5:32,   “And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.”  In the Church,  obedience is no longer taught from God’s point of view anymore as in Hebrews 5:9, “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” The so called church today is more concerned about membership than helping the flock to know and obey the Words of Jesus.   So the outcome is permissiveness, greasy grace and sloppy agape.  We tend to make up our own rules concerning what God wants so we can stay within our own comfort zones.  Being our savior, is wonderful but really, really become like our LORD where we find HIS commandments and keep them is really too much to ask. But consider,  Rom.8:4-11 “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.  9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.  10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

So Jesus came to save us, seal us and to empower us.   1n 1955 I was saved and sealed ok but the little box church I went do did not understand the empowering part.  So I bumped along as a pretty much carnal Christian for about 13 years.  Then I heard about the empowering of the Holy Spirit and gave a lot of time to the scriptures to get the rest of the package the Jesus died to give me.  It was during the wonderful move of God in 1968 and it was wonderful to come into the land of God’s power and freedom.  There was so much faith during those days that everything became supernaturally natural.  People were getting their needs met all around me, it was amazing.   As the power of God became real like Acts 5:16 it became normal church.  Personally I long for that to happen again in this generation.  In Matt. 3:11, John the Baptist taught about this: “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:  12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”   So here, the greatest of the Old Testament Prophets clearly puts it together for us.  Either get baptized with the Holy Ghost (Spirit) and become good seeds and reproduce good fruit or be pruned and cast into the fire.  John was saying the wheat (Church) will be gathered (Raptured) and what is left will be tossed into the fire. (at the 2nd resurrection.)  And of course there is the “Fruit” of the Spirit, the “Gifts” of the Spirit and the “Ministries” of the Spirit that need to be considered and understood to have faith for.  Nothing works in God’s Kingdom without FAITH….

More GREAT QUOTES    From:   REVIVAL List <prophetic@revivalschool.com&gt;
“Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.”  -Charles Spurgeon      “The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.”  J. I. Packer.   “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.”  -Corrie Ten Boom.    “I don’t want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.”  -Aiden Wilson Tozer.   “What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.”  -John Stott.    “Jesus gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit, yet when the Spirit comes, He is loaded with packages! He desires to release much more in us and through us than we could ever imagine. These gifts are given for delivery, not for accumulation. We receive them to pass them on to others.”-Jack W. Hayford.    “Religion can reform a person´s life, but it can never transform him. Only the Holy Spirit can transform!”  -Aiden Wilson Tozer

WORTHY BRIEF – August 6,2021 George Baltimore,  <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;
COVID: 90% of patients treated with new Israeli drug discharged in 5 days.    Some 93% of 90 coronavirus serious patients treated in several Greek hospitals with a new drug developed by a team at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center as part of the Phase II trial of the treatment were discharged in five days or fewer.   More Than 1,000 Earthquakes Rocked Yellowstone National Park in July: USGS  The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shared its monthly report on earthquake activity Monday. It says seismologists reported more than 1,000 minor quakes around the Yellowstone National Park last month.  US Trade Deficit Hits All-Time Record The United States trade deficit has increased by a record amount, as data released by the Department of Commerce on Thursday showed.   Study Finds Greater Antibody Response in Recovered Covid Patients than Vaccinated Ones

There is but one CHURCH of Christ Jesus as LORD;  all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.

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CHILDREN

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends, beloved of Jesus and me,   8/6/21     From Ken Smith<><
CHILDREN,   Feeling a big political today,
Sort of considering our children.  The Bible teaches that they are arrows in the quiver of a mighty man.  We are enjoying 2 Japanese girls, 18, now giving us a hand at TruVine from upstate New York.  They came to us as Wwoofers  from upscale professional families with perfect finger nails, now removing weeds from our back stone wall.  And are having great fun and enjoying this new adventure, so far.  They are still like children in many ways but trying to learn to live in our morally bombed out world.   Please be in prayer for them.   Yours in HIS great love, Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Amazing…..  “Worth Considering” (Potential of children.)

M. Glinka / Balakirev – Lark / Hannah Yun-Ying Vang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JuUpAibdxU
Pablo de Sarasate Gypsy Tunes 1878 violin Teo Gertler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9pv4j00Dk
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 20 in C – Sharp Minor Agafia Korzun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNWaru9aoCc
A 10 year-old autistic and blind boy singing. Christopher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjYeUN2zWqI

A PASTOR’s WIFE’s LETTER  -Trish Woelk
Since the early days of my Christianity, I have been praying for revival.    Coming into the Kingdom at the end of the Charismatic Movement in l975, I went to Aglow and Full Gospel meetings, but the glory had departed and religion, politics and factions were moving in.  My longing for the presence of the Lord was fed by writings and biographies of revivalists.    Studying Evans and Finney made my heart ache for the church. She was being overtaken by her enemies, the gods of this world. Ten years ago, while studying the 33rd chapter of Exodus, the Lord began showing me the state of the church.    Exodus 33:3- “Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst…”    I saw the church. No cloud. No pillar of fire. No Presence.  No manifestation. No miracles, signs, or wonders. He was not with us.

We were wandering around in the desert, being over- taken by our enemies. There was a terrible shallowness everywhere. We said things about Jesus that were blasphemous: “Just ask Him into your heart and you will be saved”. Unbelief was common: “Can you really know if you are saved?” The most simple teachings of the Bible –  repentance, holiness, sacrifice, faith, love, were ignored or misunderstood. Almost the entire church followed denominational hierarchies who used sheep, rather than caring for them.     Propagation was rare, something we studied, like math. Righteousness, peace, and joy? Testimonies? Baptisms? He was not with us.
“…lest I consume you on the way for you are a stiff- necked people.”One who is stiff-necked is one whose vision is restricted. Eventually, left untreated, the stiff-necked person´s head will not be able to turn.    Stubbornly holding to a form, the Institutional Church refuses to admit His glory has departed. Stiff-necked,  she insists on carrying an ark that does not give evidence of His presence. Declaring she is a place of covering and protection, she is being overrun by her enemy.    Insisting she is the place of nurture, she is using hungry baby lambs to feed herself. Declaring herself a place of freedom, she uses the Bible to bind sheep to herself.  She is led by a board of elders rather than a pillar of fire, and she is ruled by a pastor, rather than a King. “Bring them in so they can be saved!” she cries, while her sheep trudge through the desert full of unbelief, fear and timidity, unforgiveness and bitterness, ambition, vanity and sexual impurity, strife. Stiffly, with no more passion than the building she so proudly meets in, she drives her congregation through the motions of sustaining “church life”, which generally consists of a schedule (somehow thought to be hallowed) of weekly meetings…    Tragically, her differentiation from the world is not always discernible. She is stiff-necked, refusing to admit what everyone knows but her – her strength is in her numbers and her money, not her God.   Mike & Trish Woelk pastored for years in Pentecostal churches. They are still very active for God and are still recognized leaders among-st the Christians .   Rev. 3:12-22

Natural infection vs vaccination: Which gives more protection?  July 30, 2021       With a total of 835,792 Israelis known to have recovered from the virus, the 72 instances of reinfection amount to 0.0086% of people who were already infected with COVID.      By contrast, Israelis who were vaccinated were 6.72 times more likely to get infected after the shot than after natural infection, with over 3,000 of the 5,193,499, or 0.0578%, of Israelis who were vaccinated getting infected in the latest wave. Source: Arutz Sheva

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;   8/4/21     Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dead Zone’ Larger Than Predicted, According to New NOAA Study  NOAA-supported scientists on Tuesday reported that this year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than originally predicted, at more than 16,000-square kilometers, or about the surface area of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie combined.     Dozens Of Canada Churches Destroyed Amid Rising Anti-Christian Sentiments Police in Canada are concerned about growing anti-Christian sentiments after dozens of churches were attacked, with at least ten churches destroyed by fires.  Church in Maine asks US Supreme Court to block church restrictions once and for all.    An evangelical church in Maine is asking the United States Supreme Court to prohibit the state from ever placing COVID-19 restrictions on worship gatherings again, the Washington Times reports. While Maine removed all restrictions on gatherings in May, Calvary Chapel Bangor is appealing to the Supreme Court for fear the Delta variant may cause lockdowns and restrictions to be reinstated.    Http://worthy.watch/media-hiding-vaccine-failure-in-israel-uk-scotland    Outbreak of Virus in Hawaii is now larger than anytime in the Pandemic.  The D varient is 1,000 times more effective in spreading than the A & B varients.  Hospitals are filling up with 95% of those who are unvacinated.  But even 5% were still hospitalized.   Very Nasty stuff from China.

TRADITIONS

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16

TRADITIONS,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   8/2/21      Ken Smith <><

We are on a space dock hustling through space in a temporary dimension of time with two transport star ships on the dock open for business.  One looks like Los Vegas and the other looks like the peaceful farm where I was born in Kentucky.   We are on the dock but In our lifetime we will be boarding one or the other.   But you can not be on both at the same time.   One Ship is named Adam,   the other, Jesus.       John 3

Jesus taught us to be aware of vain traditions:   Mark 7:6-8:   6 He (Jesus) replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture], ‘These people honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.” 7 ‘They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense], Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].’ 8 You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”

And there are also good traditions:   2 Thess. 2:14-16:   “It was to this end that He called you through our gospel [the good news of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection], so that you may obtain and share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, [a] brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.  16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting comfort and encouragement and the good [well-founded] hope [of salvation] by His grace.”  So we need to take time to figure out which work and which don’t.  The good ones help us to be like Jesus.

Revelation 1:5-6 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Story in my e-mail….
One day a passerby saw a homeless man on the roadside. He stopped for a moment to hand him some loose change and casually said “God bless you, my friend”.   “I thank God,” said the homeless man, “I am never unhappy.”  “What do you mean?” the passerby asked.   “Well,” he said, “when the sun is out, I thank God — when it rains, I thank God. When I am full, I thank God and when I am hungry, I thank God. And, since God’s will is my will, and whatever pleases Him pleases me, why should I say I am unhappy when I am not?”  The man looked at him in astonishment and asked, “Who are you?”  “I am a King,” said he.  “Where, then, is your Kingdom?” asked the man.  “In my heart.” The homeless man replied.     Yes, we can have nothing, yet have it all. So often, we focus on what we have and forget who we are! The two are not related at all — what we have (or don’t have) has nothing to do with who we are! The Word says that we are ambassadors,  kings and priests and so it is!   Let’s give all our concerns to the Lord and see ourselves as He does — as part of His Royal Family! Thank God in every circumstance and there, we will find our victory.”

Ken’s notes:
So what do we have as traditions that get in the way of God’s will for us.  I grew up in my early faith with pride that I belonged to the biggest church in town.   That was my church and I sang in the choir and eventually taught Adult Sunday School.   And that pride very nicely keep me from a Biblical position of humility, obedience & Biblical Truth.   I got so bored in listening to Salvation messages that I would go to sleep in front of 1500 people in the top middle of the choir loft behind the minister giving the sermon.  My ribs were hurting each Sunday from the guys on both sides poking me to try to keep me awake.   And when awake,  I would try to find the most lovely face in the congregation.  Also as a General Contractor I would buy stuff for the church like carpeting and roofs and things needed as though serving GOD, but getting the pats on the back all the same.   And then later I found out that the Early Church had an evangelistic outreach on Saturday mornings in the Temple or where ever and then met in homes in the evening for a walk through the Tabernacle, Acts 2:39-43.   Each of the 7 steps was represented prophetically by the furnishings in the Tabernacle of Moses.   The church built no building and no tithes were collected.   They collected gifts and offerings for evangelism and for the poor.  Paul even made tents so not to use collected funds.  It was a totally new wine skin with a brand new wine and with powerful signs and wonders.  So what happened to that?   We traditionalized it into our own comfort zone which makes us lukewarm as per the Last Church Leodocian, Rev.3:14-22/ Note that Jesus is outside this church, knocking to try to get in.

So we have, over the centuries, made religious traditions that make the church look good but is mostly powerless.   Paul taught us to leave that kind of foolishness and find some place else that truly makes Jesus LORD and allow the HOLY SPIRIT to guide and show us the Truth and the Power of HIS KINGDOM.

One tradition is you are OK, I am OK.   As if we don’t really have to agree or believe in the same things but we are still OK.  We can agree to disagree and this is OK with GOD, but it is not.  The only recorded prayer of Jesus that was heard by John is concerning true unity,  John 17.  All through the scriptures we are challenged to have the Unity of the Faith in the Bond of Peace.   Unity in God’s truth is the only channel in which the power of the Holy Spirit can flow.   Today the so called church is fractured into so many pieces that it is taught that the Book of Acts is only a history and not good for doctrine.   But until we find obedience in LOVE & RIGHTEOUSNESS, to join together in GOD’s TRUTH there will ALWAYS BE  little or no  power to help those in need.

We have the tradition of looking good on the outside and not really being much concerned about the inside nor the power of God to fix things.   Our Creator is intent on creating a powerful family in loving righteousness.   We find it difficult to have any form of unity, anywhere, especially in our homes, marriages, churches and govt.

We have a tradition of loving our leadership when they look good and trashing them when they are exposed and are like the rest of us.  As though it was them we were to receive help from rather than that the glory belongs to GOD and it simply flowed through them.   We elevate them to a place of pride where they can not succeed nor survive.

We have a lot of “TRADITIONS” that keep us from seeing Jesus and all of HIS GLORY that brings folks to HIM.   Might study, Eph. 4:11-16, 1 Cor. 14:23-40 for a view of the Early Church.   And Paul’s prophesy of today’s church in 2 Tim. 3:1-9.   But the church does end up victorious without spot, wrinkle or blemish before she goes home.  And in Rev. 12:11 boots lucifer out of the Heavens.   So hang on tight, we are getting ready for a real Holy Spirit bath and some deep pruning from the LORD..

If in Kona, and interested, we have OhanaChurch.Life at 5:30 Tuesday Evenings, PotBlessing.   Write Ken for directions:   ken@trinity-aloha.org

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org
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There is but one Holy Church of Christ Jesus as LORD and all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.

ATHEISM

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ATHEISM        “WORTH CONSIDERING” 7/27/21 Now the religion of our school systems.

But tonight our our TrueVine Fellowship, we will be discussing Heaven & Eternity.  Our gathering is at 5:30 on Tuesday evenings till about 7:30 and a shared meal, Pot-Blessing.”

YES !!!, FAITH,  is a really big personal decision.  Once I felt solid in1954 that there must be Intelligent Design for many solid reasons.   Then I started a deep study of most of the world’s religions and focused on the pride factor.  Obviously the difference between man and animal is freewill.  As only with freewill is love really valid.  And if love is the heart beat of our Creator then it is HIS prime directive  to help us learn to love HIM, ourselves and each other with our freewill without manipulation.    And in my pride study,  Christianity was the most effective in dealing with pride and supporting freewill to have a righteous freedom to learn about love.  I was an Earth Science Major in College and an atheist prior to becoming a Christian.  And I also agree that there are a lot of Bible Thump-ers, and some so called Christians that are not at all following in the steps of Jesus.  But that does not make HIS help for us to learn about love any less effective.   The only tenable space for an atheist at this point to have the humility to say “I really don’t know.”  There is no way logically for anyone to prove that GOD does not exist.  And if you really get honest, the creation speaks very loudly to confirm intelligent design.  Then logically to find the baby (truth) and toss the bath water.  We have been given a good head for this.   And a lot of our so called Christian Traditions are really only bath water and totally ineffective for finding out about the creation or why we are here as a soul living in a house of water & dirt.  And many seriously get in the way of finding the Truth  And I am sure there are many good reasons for anyone to be antagonistic to Christianity.   But they are all man made and not of the Creator that I know and love.  He never manipulates our freewill as that would invalidate our ability to learn to love.  May your search for the TRUTH continue in faith and love.  And in humility learn to seek, knock and ask and so to will find your eternal destiny.  Your soul has been created eternal, it is only left for you to decide the placement.                Ken<><  www.trinity-aloha.org

America is a force for good in the world. We should STAND for the national anthem. Police officers keep us safe. Marriage is a holy covenant before God. An unborn child is a child. Children do best when raised by a mother and a father. And there is a difference between boys and girls.  Even just five years ago, no one would have blinked at these words.   They were completely unobjectionable truths.  But today, saying just one of those statements in America — where we are guaranteed our right to freedom of speech in the Constitution — can get you fired from work or disciplined at school.  This isn’t the future you and I want for our country!  Ted Cruz

Destructive political forces have found unity in their agenda to make America a Socialist State.   Those of us who are against this must wake up soon and find unity or we will end up as slaves OF THAT STATE.

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;
Israel says Pfizer Covid vaccine is just 39% effective as delta spreads, but still prevents severe illness.   Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant is the dominant strain, but still provides strong protection against severe illness and hospitalization, according to a new report from the country’s Health Ministry.

BAPTISM WITH/IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

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BAPTISM, FILLED/WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT,  “WORTH CONSIDERING”  7/23/21  Ken<><

Baptism = to Immerse, Whelm, Saturate.   Need context to know what is immersed in what?     We will be covering this topic on our Tuesday evening Bible Fellowship from 5:30 till about 7:30 with a “Pot-Blessing.”   Some come if you can?  85-4554 Mamalahoa Hwy.   So. Captain Cook,  HI 96704  (Kealia)

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.  14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:  15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up  trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;  Heb. 12:13-15

Matt. 3:10-12, “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear::he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire  12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.   ( Also fits for the pre-tribulation Rapture.)

So when did GOD’S Salvation become effective for HIS CHURCH?   
John 20:15-23,   “ Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.  20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.  21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.  22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:  23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
 
Acts 1:4-5, “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.  5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.” 

Acts 1:8,  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.   Luke 11:11-13, “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?  12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?  13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

 Acts 2:4, “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”    Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”   The Real Church: 1 Cor. 14:26-33, Eph.4:11.

There are two ministries of the Holy Spirit among many that are very important to us:   The Breath of Life for our salvation and in our obedience the Power of God to do HIS will.

So where in the New Testament do we see the example of this?  First in Samaria with Philip in Acts 8:12,   “But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.  Acts 8:14-17, “Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:  15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:  16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)  17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

And with Paul the same thing.   Acts 8:4, “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?  5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.  6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?   (So Saul became Paul here and was saved, Rom.10:9-10.   And then 3 days later: Acts 8:17, “And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

And again with the disciples of Apollos, Acts 19:2, “He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost…4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.  5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.  6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

GREAT QUOTES on Holiness: (“Without which, no man shall see the LORD.”
“You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness.”
-Leonard Ravenhill      “Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.”-Oswald Chambers
 “True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.”   -Mark Hart
“Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.” -Adrian Rogers     “God has one destined end for mankind – holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing- machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He  came to save men because He had created them to be holy.” -Oswald Chambers    “If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.”-Charles Spurgeon     “Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.”-Elisabeth Elliot     “Many Christians have what we might call a ‘cultural holiness.’ They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them… But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.”  -Jerry Bridges    “Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.”  -Joel Beeke     prophetic@revivalschool.com

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SIGNS, RAPTURE, WRATH & KINGDOM

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  Beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16    These are my notes for Tuesday evening HouseChurch,   www.OhanaChurch.Life.   Tomorrow evening we will be getting together at about 5:30 PM for a Pot-Blessing and some sharing time together like in 1 Cor. 14:20-33   If in the area:
85-4554 Mamalahoa Hwy.   Captain Cook,  Hawaii  96704   ken@trinity-aloha.org

SIGNS, RAPTURE, WRATH & KINGDOM,    7/20/21 TrueVine HouseChurch    Ken<><
THIRTEEN SIGNS concerning Jesus Christ returning for HIS Church to take them home.  (Leave any out?)

1.      Falling away, 2 Thess. 2:3, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,                     except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2.    Many coming in the name of Jesus but not teaching what HE taught.  Matt. 24:5
3.    Wars & Rumors of wars, Matt. 24:6
4.    Famines, Matt.24:7
5.    Pestilence (Pandemic), Matt. 24:7
6.    Earthquakes, in many places.   Matt. 24:;7
7.    Persecutions.  Matt.24:9-10
8.    False prophets.  Matt.24:11
9.    Sin to increase and many returning back into the world.  Matt.24:12
       We need to remember:   “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
10.    Matt.24:14    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the  end come…..33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.  34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.  35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away…..42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come….50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,  51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 Thess. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:   17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

11.    1 Pet. 4:17,   “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

12.     Dan.12:4, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

13.    The Jews have returned home and again have a language and nation.   Lk.21:24, Isa. 66:8,  Zech.12:3
          Jer. 16:14-15,  Isaiah 11:11-12,  Matt.23:39….

WE ARE JUST ABOUT HERE AT THE PRESENT TIME:

Then comes the DAY of WRATH for the rejection of GOD’S salvation for 7 years on the Earth.   In Heaven at the same time there is victory, rejoicing and the union of Christ and HIS Church.

With the beginning of the Great Tribulation GOD allows the antichrist to FINALLY gain control, which he has always wanted,  and this begins the downward spiral of pain to judgment and Armageddon.  This whole 7 years will be extremely painful to all those left behind.  But,   Ezek. 28:18…..  It is the beginning of the final judgment of lucifer being thrown into the lake of fire.

Rom.2:5    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of         wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Rom. 5:9    Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood,             [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
Rom. 9:22    What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has         tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?

Daniel 9:24    “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.   (There has been sixty nine weeks of years from Daniel to Jesus. ”    There is still 7 years remaining to complete this prophesy.  Many feel, as I do, that the remaining 7 years refers to the Great Tribulation still  under the LAW:   “to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity and bring in everlasting righteousness.”  So the Great Tribulation is 7 years long as in Rev. 12.   Without the presence and Power of the Holy Spirit who came at Pentecost  and will leave with the Church.   This will be a deadly 7 years on earth, going from very bad to much much worse.

Rev.12:6      And the woman (Israel) fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.  (3 ½ years of major persecution from the beginning of the Great Tribulation under the antichrist without obstruction.)

Rev. 12:11    And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.  (The, They, here is the Church in heaven and boots lucifer out off the heavens ½ way through the Great Tribulation.)

Rev. 12:14     And to the woman (Israel) were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.  (another 3 ½ more years of even greater persecution for the Jews.)
Rev.4:1 And then there is  John as caught up after the Church Age on earth like the Rapture to see the rest of The Revelation from a heavenly perspective.

Rev. 12:5, Like the Man Child (Jesus) is also caught up with the “Rod of Iron” into heaven.  the serious persecution of the Jews is noted.     The Rod of Iron is the Church:   (Psalm 2:9,  Rev. 2:27,  Rev. 12:5,  Rev. 19:15 )  With which the Lord (The Head ) will rule the nations in HIS 1,000 year KINGDOM of Righteousness and for eternity.   The “Rod of Iron” (Church) is caught up with Jesus as the head in the eternal perspective of God as per Cor. 12,  Eph. 4:14, Eph. 5: 23, Acts 4:11, Col. 1:18, 2:19.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><