COMMING WORLD EVENTS

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  Beloved of Jesus and Me,    John 3:16

COMING WORLD EVENTS    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/1/21     From Ken Smith<>< 


Matt. 24   Christ Jesus gives us a prophesy concerning this end time.  Also Mark 13 & Luke 21

Matt.24:3: “ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age?”
Matt:24:4-14:   Jesus taught a short over view covering the remaining 3,000. years till the end.
Matt.24:21-15-20:   Jesus taught to quickly leave Jerusalem at the coming of the Roman Army.
    This came to pass in 70 AD and most Christians fled Jerusalem and were safe.
Matt.24:21-36: Jesus covers again the events more in detail for the same 3,000 years till the end.
Matt.24:37-51: Jesus goes back into the prophesy to teach about the Rapture or removal of HIS CHURCH.  We are already 2,000 yrs. into this prophesy almost to the Rapture & the Great Tribulation.

We seem now to seriously be entering the period of the “Birth Pains” in verse 6 of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes and false teachings that deceive many, Which also result in major persecutions like in N. Korea, China and Islamic Africa today which all start the count down.  Also Israel returning to the land is included as a sign.   So what ever we plan to do to honor and obey Christ Jesus we should be doing.   And the darkness is going to get darker but the Light is going to get brighter.  The last church of Laodicea, Rev.3:14 is now headed into the dust bin of time but those who overcome are to be with Jesus, verse 3:21.  Notice that Jesus is not in that last church, HE is outside knocking to get in.  That church has it’s own traditions and is naked, blind, poor and without the Holy Spirit.  So the True Church of Christ Jesus will be drawn together in Power as per John 17 as the Laodicean Church is rejected and judged.  And also during this time there will be a great revival as many in the world will fall in love with Jesus through experiencing HIS real Church of Love,  humility, obedience & power that looks like HIM.

So we can expect world conditions to get worse and should prepare ourselves and others during this time.  As the last soul finds it’s way into the Body of Christ, the door will slam shut and the Church will be snatched away to meet the Lord in the air.   It will be during a time when all feel safely in a false peace.  No one will suspect the timing of this event.  Read Matt.25.  There is much in Holy Scripture to read on this subject that is in process of being fulfilled as the Jews returning to Israel in 1948…  The only nation in the world to be destroyed and then to be restored with the same religion.

At this time, earthquakes are increasing, as are famines, major persecutions. Atheistic Socialism is expanding, We are going through a deadly world pandemic.  And many wars and future wars are expected and in the making.   We are not yet into Rev.6 and the white horse of the antichrist but we are certainly into Matt.24.

EMP
“In general, the strong electromagnetic pulse generated from nuclear bomb explosions between 30 kilometers and 100 kilometers [18.6 miles and 62 miles] above the ground can severely impair electronic devices, electric machines, and electromagnetic grids, or destroy electric cables and safety devices,” said the article authored by Kim Songwon, dean of Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang. North Korea.    “The discovery of the electromagnetic pulse as a source of high yield in the high-altitude nuclear explosion test process has given it recognition as an important strike method,” he stated.    The official discussion by North Korea of plans to conduct EMP strikes will likely fuel debate over the threat. Former CIA Director James Woolsey has said North Korea is capable of orbiting an EMP nuclear weapon in a satellite.

ALSO the UK government warns Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun flare explosion.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event)  We must get ready for either a solar or terrorist EMP event that could obliterate everything electrical and bring life as we know it to a screeching halt. That’s why we at Self-Reliance Central are constantly reminding you how to make Faraday cages, or use your microwave to protect phones and laptops, and how to use non-computer and off-the-grid communications devices for staying in touch with people and whatever services you might need. Now, we must also worry about nation-state cyber attacks and as the UK Government points out, a built in disruption of electronics.   

Also just look around you. In the Middle East the shameful Iranian nuclear deal has come to pass leaving that fundamentalist state all set to launch nuclear warheads. Once they go live, expect other nations to crank up their centrifuges. The US and Russia are embarking upon a new nuclear arms race. North Korea is run by a nut job who really could push his red button and launch an attack on South Korea or worse, the west coast of the USA. In another war, one with a level playing field where no amount of military hardware can help the United States is losing. We are arguably the most vulnerable nation on the planet to cyber- attack.  We have an immensely target-rich nation, filled with decades old critical infrastructure woefully ill-equipped to defend against our enemies. A few well placed viruses and as the hacking on the formidable NSA this week demonstrates, the nation could grind to a halt.   And in this document from the UK government you’ll see that there is also a big threat from nature. They anticipate that we are massively unprepared to deal with a naturally occurring solar flare, which would have the same effects as nuclear powers detonating an EMP in low earth orbit. They warn that we would have just 12 hours warning of a naturally occurring event.

So is your security based in TRUTH or FICTION?  50 to a 100 years from now, then what, are you sure?  How do you know for sure?  Most folks I talk to have built their own sense of security around their feelings as to what is truth.  But can you trust your feelings?  How do you know for sure.  For me, for 66 years, Christ Jesus has been my security.  He is the only one to come back from the other side to tell us about it and with many many witnesses for over 40 days.  Might want to check it out?

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org

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There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD,
all who trust, love, honor and obey HIM as LORD are eternal members.

LIFE

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LIFE
WHY ARE WE HERE
WHERE DID WE COME FROM
WHERE ARE WE GOING

Many believe we are here by accident, there is no Intelligent Design and when it is over there is nothing else.  If you follow that logic then you become subjective in what is good or bad, constructive or destructive and self centered in all that you do.  If it feels good, do it.  There really is no moral ethic about life only the effort to avoid any pain or reciprocity by society.   And with the Socialist forms of government there are no limitations as to how the control of the masses.

But if you elect to believe in Intelligent Design then what does the Creator want from the creation?  Especially if freewill is involve as with man.  

So there are many roads of many different kinds of god roads to consider now on planet earth.  And each once says very clearly, they are the true path regardless of inconsistencies, hypocrisy and unethical behavior.  Even with those who follow Gautama Buddha, Christ Jesus or Islam there are great divisions.   So which is the most likely to be true.

In my life study of all of this, I have concluded that there is Intelligent Design and that which would be most pure would be devoid of ego, pride and self contentedness.   It would come out of an objective form of love which would be for the highest good for others regardless of cost to self.  Objective Love could be the key to opening the door to the vast amount of Truth that is sought. It would be people sitting at table together and serving each other rather than seeking to hoard all of the food for themselves.  It would basic be to “do no harm to others.”  Which would include all aspects of life and in evaluating objectively.

Like in Marriage a man and woman have a better chance of success in the marriage if they are virgins.   As to having a solid marriage in all aspects of the union of spirit, soul and body with husband and wife.  And as family is the core health of any successful community this would cause respect and protection for both men and women.  And even if not a virgin that the community would know that each sexual experience prior to marriage weakens the glue that binds that marriage together.   The community would enforce rules against both fornication and adultery.  Moral Values and Ethics would be the basic issues for the health of any community or government.  I see this deeply embedded in the words of Jesus and have gone with HIM.

Due to the lack of understanding of these basic principals the fabric of the U.S.A. is falling apart.  Our nation is seeking freedom from any restraints and committing suicide in the process.  This self contentedness is now destroying 400 years of understanding.   Without moral and ethical excellence the Constitutional Republic of the United States is doomed to failure..  In my school years beginning in 1937-8 going to public school was sort of like going to church.  10 commandments by the light switch and door to the classroom.  30 kids being led in prayer, Bible reading, singing of songs including hymns, Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner included before the classes began.   Our conscience was trained to know there was a loving God that we would one day answer to for our deeds done in the flesh. Today’s schools are totally teaching the reverse and we wonder why there are drive by shootings for no reason at all except just pure hate and anger.  And this basically due to no home or ethical and moral values being taught.

So for those of us who believe that there is a Creator to whom we will need to answer to it is up to us to help those who are confused in our world, if they will accept the help.  The Creator has given us a FreeWill so we can choose either the light or the darkness.   And we can help others to find either the darkness or the light.   The self centered fiction of lust or the selfless support of creative LOVE.   Are we headed into the light of the Creator or are we headed into the darkness away from the Creator and taking others with us?  Are we headed upstream to the clean water or downstream into the swamp.  You are on your way, one way or the other.   That is why we have only a limited time on earth in which to decide.  But the decision will be for eternity.

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

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There were times that Yeshua (Jesus) separated himself from the multitudes — and there are times when we need to separate ourselves from our lives and ministry, and spend some time with our Lord.   I love how Yeshua climbed a mountain. It made me think of an interesting analogy. Picture the shape of a mountain. It starts out wide at the bottom — the higher we climb, the narrower it becomes — and the more we must stay close to the center. As we go even higher yet, there’s less room to move to the left or the right — and there’s less and less ground that can be compromised — the more focused we need to be and the less we can afford to be distracted. The higher we go, the less room we have to fool around!  Whatever you may be dealing with, you may just need to separate yourself and climb up to spend time with the Lord — get centered on Him and focused on what He’s calling you to.  Trinity Fellowship Int., God wants us to learn to climb to the top and focus all of our lives on His will! Let’s take out some time this weekend to try it!

WORLD NEWS BRIEF:   Many Afghan military units surrender to the Islamist militant Taliban group as American troops withdraw, a report said Thursday.    Gaza’s Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar claimed on Wednesday that Hamas has 500 km. of tunnels in the Gaza Strip and that only five percent of the tunnels had been damaged in recent clashes.   Terrified residents have fled areas in northern Burkina Faso after suspected Islamist militants killed 15 Christian converts at a baptism service, authorities and Christians say.      More than 10,000 vaccine breakthrough infections have been reported in the U.S. in individuals who had already been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   A new survey from evangelical pollster George Barna shows that only 6% of Americans have a distinctly “biblical worldview,” the Christian Post reports. The 2021 survey was conducted together with the Family Research Council (FRC), a Christian conservative group that Barna recently joined as a senior fellow.   President Biden is set to propose a budget totaling $6 trillion in the coming days, The New York Times reported early Thursday, about a third higher than pre-pandemic spending levels.   (About twice the tax collections so about 3 trillion from printing Monoply $ and a lot more to our 30 trillion debt.  We need a balanced budget amendment badly and term limits.  Bogus Printed money causes inflation.)

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Jesus, Son of Man

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The Word of God speak for itself:
Concerning the complete and total Humanity of Christ Jesus as the “Son of Man”

Isa.53:2-3″ “For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.  3 He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.”   “Isa.61. “ The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;  Matt.17:9, “And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned and commanded them, Do not mention to anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.   Luke 22:42, “ Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”   Acts 2:22, “You men of Israel, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and shown forth and commended and attested to you by God by the mighty works and [the power of performing] wonders and signs which God worked through Him [right] in your midst, as you yourselves know.”  Heb.2:17-18: “So it is evident that it was essential that He be made like His brethren in every respect, in order that He might become a merciful (sympathetic) and faithful High Priest in the things related to God, to make atonement and propitiation for the people’s sins.  18 For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] [c]to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].”  “ For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Heb.2:16, “ “Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. “    Heb. 12:2.  “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.    Rev.3:21, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Rev.3:21.”   

It is the humanity of Christ Jesus as the Son of Man that gives me the faith that through the Loving Grace of God and indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and my LORD’S victory that I too can enjoy the victory of Jesus as the Son of Man. The power of the Holy Spirit came upon him at John’s baptism.  That is inspiring and full of faith for me that the same can happen to us.

Jesus was totally the Son of Abraham, David and Man while on earth, Heb.10: 9-12.  In the God dimension Jesus was always the Word of God and HIS victory was seen in God’s absolute foreknowledge from the beginning of time.  But it was incomplete until walked out in our dimension of time as the Son of Man and then Jesus gained the position as the Son of God, the Word of God, made flesh.  So our Creator God validated HIS right to Rule by totally limiting Jesus to becoming the Son of Man to prove to all that it could be done.  As we make Jesus LORD and become the Children of God, we also need to, by God’s Grace, learn to walk out our lives in Righteousness and Sanctification..   Our Creator God is Creating a Holy Family of Righteousness to govern the universe as HIS “Rod of Iron.”    Ken Smith, 5/30/21, Kealia, HI

GOD AT WORK

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,    “Worth Considering”   5/26/21   From Ken Smith

We are living now in a fast changing world into hypocrisy and atheism where the lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes and pride of life is becoming god for many.  Many are making up their own theology that is in total contradiction to the Word of God.   There are so very few in the world today that really reflect the Holy Spirit in their lives a clear example of GOD at WORK.

1 John 5,  AMP.  Everyone who believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring).  By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we love God and obey His commands (orders, charges)—[when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching].  3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).  4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.  Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?  6 This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [[a]His birth and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)—not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth.  7 So there are three witnesses [b]in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One;  8 and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water (body), and the blood (soul); and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides].  9 If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.  10 He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son.  11 And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  12 He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.  13 I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in [c]the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, [d]yes, eternal life.

Weill informed read by Francis Chan,
https://www.charismanews.com/us/85542-in-wake-of-leaders-leaving-the-faith-francis-chan-calls-churches-to-sacredness?utm_source=Charisma%20News%20Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:1158391&utm_campaign=CNO%20daily%20-%202021-05-26

Christianity is NOT
Knowing cute Hillsong Lyrics
Having a bible verse in your IG bio.
Following the World & Chasing Worldly Possessions
Following Jesus only when you fell like it
Being Holy during lint or Holy Week then back to your dirty ways after “Good Friday.”

Christianity IS
Denying yourself and dying to yourself
Being Doers of the Word, not just Hearers
Living for God 24/7 & worshiping HIM no matter how hard life gets.
Pleasing Jesus rather than people, even if it costs you to lose relationships.

Really don’t know who put this together but felt to pass it along.

Our little farmstead is coming along,  more garden growing beds in this week.   New water lines.   Almost ahead of the weeds.  We are working towards being self supporting.  Today we might be ready for a few chickens.   Planting leaks.  Tomorrow the bees and rabbits.  Grew up on a farm as a boy in Kentucky,  nice to get some dirt under my nails once in a while.   Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org

HUMAN CREATION

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HUMAN CREATION,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   Ken Smith, 5/22/21  Gen. 1:26

The 7000 years that God has given man in time started with Adam in his creation as the first living soul in the Image and likeness of God with being the first species with freewill.    Humanity is nearing the 6,000 year mark down that time line and we are now into the Jesus prophesy of Matt.24, Mark 13 and Luke 21….  Be teaching about this prophesy on Tues. evening 5/25  (shared pot-blessing meal at 5:30,   Study about 6.)    The 7, 000 year time line is all a matter of prophesy in which the 6,000 year have been very accurate.   So, personally I expect the last 1000 years to be right on as well.  2 Pet.3:8.
So we are living in a temporary time dimension of one week of our 1,000 yr. days.  We are here to learn how to use our free will for righteousness and how to walk by faith as so does our Creator.

In Gen.1:26 the statement is made “Let us (God is a trinity) make man in our image and likeness.”   Of course we run off with thinking that was an immediate action and not seeing the process that would need to happen to accomplish that vision.  It took 4,000 years for God to bring to pass the 1st to accomplish that vision in Christ Jesus as a human being born of the blood of Abraham and David,  fulfilling that vision exactly in the Old Testament.   And in the New Testament,  2 Peter 3

So lets spend just a little time getting to know who we are and what we are in this process of perfection.  1 John 3-9:3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).   4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.   5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?  6 This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [[a]His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)—not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth.  7 So there are three witnesses [b]in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One;  8 many coincides].  and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their test9 If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.  1 John 5:5-9    “For the life (the animal soul) is in the blood, and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life [which it represents].”  Lev. 17:11.   5 Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [[a]even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.  6 What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.  John 3:5-6.

Jesus teaches that humanity is born spiritually dead and needs to not only have a physical (water) birth as human but also must have a (spiritual) birth for the soul to have eternal access to the Kingdom of God.  The is found not in good works but by having a spiritual birth and relationship in Christ Jesus as LORD and to keep HIS commandments.

Isa. 28:9-20 is also a good read on the subject along with John 3.

Body = water =  Word of God
Soul = blood =   Holy Spirit
Spirit = spirit =   Heavenly Father
Gen.1:26,   God began the process of making man in HIS Image & Likeness.   as per the star of David used in the flag of Israel….  Jesus is the first to fulfill that vision.   In HIM we have the same potential, if we are up for it?

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Nature of Man - doctrine.orgSo how you doing in training your soul to love God and to seek for HIS Righteousness?  If we don’t learn humility (To have ears) and obedience.   Do you really expect God to replace your temporary body with another eternal body in which to make his universe like the planet earth?

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MONEY AND RESURRECTION

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MONEY AND THE RESURRECTION,     WORTH CONSIDERING,    5/20/21
THE RETURN OF THE KING    Dr. Larry L. Goldman “Chrislam”
•What is the timeline of current events leading to the appearing of the Antichrist?
•What are the Abraham Accords and how does it play into the End Times?
•What role does the Roman Catholic Church play in the End Times?
•Why should we be concerned about the rise of Chrislam?

•How are evangelicals committing spiritual fornication?
•How can we know when the Lord is returning?
•Where are we right now in the timeframe?
•Why is Satan loosed after 1,000 years?

•What is the purpose of the Tribulation?
•What happens before the Tribulation?
•Who are the Tribulation saints?
•What is the covenant of death?

•Who is the False Prophet?
•Who is the Antichrist?

COMMERCE or CHRIST?  By Gerald Chester   -SOURCE: www.strategieswork.com
In his gospel record, the first-century physician Luke quoted Jesus: “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money” Luke 16:13 (NIV). Hence the worship of God and money are mutually exclusive. Please note that I did not say that God and money are mutually exclusive, but rather the worship of God and money are mutually exclusive.   Most of us do not consider ourselves to be worshipers of money.   Instead we claim to be worshipers of God. But if Amy Domini is correct and the signs and symbols of the culture reveal what people really value and therefore worship, do the signs confirm that we are worshipers of money?  Consider the following signs:  Sign #1: Success is denominated in terms of money. When the label “successful” is applied to a person, we are commonly referring to his or her financial success. Unless the person is an outright criminal like Bernie Madoff, the level of success that one enjoys is directly proportional to one’s financial fortune.

Sign #2: Americans live as consumers not stewards. This is so obvious to the workplace that business pundits have labeled Americans as “consumers.” Furthermore, our economy is built on consumption; hence, when personal consumption drops, so does the economy.  Sign #3: An entitlement mentality has emerged in America regarding the right to a certain standard of living, disaster aide, health care, and financial safety. Most people expect the government to care for them if something goes wrong and when they get old. There is no compelling reason to responsibly save money or to help each other.  Sign #4: Almost everyone chooses their work based on money. People, as a general rule, accept jobs and leave jobs to make more money. Any other factors that might be considered are secondary.

Sign #5: Money, for the most part, dictates where people choose to live. Most people determine the largest mortgage they qualify for and shop for a home that will match that mortgage. Because of this, many people live “house poor,” meaning that they cannot adequately furnish, decorate and/or maintain their homes. Further-more, because people live on the edge financially, when economic stress comes they often lose their homes through foreclosure.

As I consider these signs, I am persuaded that money is very important to people-far more important than God. Having been active in Christianity for more than fifty years, my anecdotal observation is that God is important to people for a few hours each week on Sunday, but the rest of the time most people focus on money. Money defines who we are-how we view and use money, our social standing, our public policy, where we work, and how we live. Where is God in all of this?

As noted above, one of the rules of God’s universe is that people cannot worship both God and money-a choice has to be made. Sadly, few seem to understand this reality-many professing Christians display the signs noted above, which means that they are trying to worship God and money.  Let us be clear: when we break God’s rules, there will be consequences. Note the words of the apostle Paul in Galatians 6:7: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” [NIV]. It is deception to think that we can sow seeds of rebellion by violating God’s laws and not have consequences. Yet,  this is what we are doing. We think that we can worship God and money, but God has said that we can’t…

The popular paradigm of present day Christianity focuses on getting people to make a decision for Christ, as if one decision is all that we need to make. This implies that all other decisions can be made without Christ. When you read the New Testament, it is abundantly clear the apostle Paul viewed Christ and his teachings as the basis for making all decisions (e.g., Colossians 2).   About a year ago, I heard a speaker say that he was not trying to get people to make a decision for Christ, rather he was trying to get them to make every decision for Christ. This is the biblical perspective.    I think the signs of the times are clear. The professing Christian  community, particularly in North America, has abandoned the worship of Christ and chosen to worship commerce (i.e., money). This choice will have undesirable consequences. Perhaps the current economic calamity is part of the consequences.     Hosea 13:2 reads: “Now they [the Israelites] sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen . . .” (NIV). Note that the craftsmen (i.e., the workplace) simply accommodated the wishes of the people. The real driver in a culture is the worldview of the people. The workplace and public policy of a culture merely reflect the people’s worldview. If the people choose to worship God, then the workplace and public policy will worship God. And if the people choose to worship money, the workplace and public policy will also worship money.   Choosing to worship money instead of God will lead to judgment (see Deuteronomy 28). But if people repent and worship the one true God, then there will be blessings. So the choice is      ours,   commerce (i.e., money) or Christ-what will it be?  Know this: because of the sin of man, the default answer is commerce. So if you want to change, truly change, you have to proactively engage in rejecting the worship of money and choose Christ…

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

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FAITH & RAPTURE

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FAITH & RAPTURE,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/18/21,    From Ken<><

To be included, everything in the Kingdom of God, is a matter of faith.   Without faith it is impossible to please GOD.  If we don’t have faith to make Christ Jesus LORD, we remain lost.   If we don’t have faith to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit we remain powerless.   If we don’t have the faith to get out of the boat,  we will never learn to walk on water.  Faith is the Substance and Evidence of things hoped for and not seen.

Why did I have to wait 13 years to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit?    It was due to my false doctrine and lack of faith that needed to be corrected.   Above all things, God honors our freewill but only in faith & truth.  “Be it unto you according to your faith.”  Matt. 9:28-30.    If you are set on going through part of the Great Tribulation,  that is your faith?   There is but one Rapture, not 2 or 3.  Frankly I feel I will be with Jesus booting lucifer and his minions out of the Kingdom of God from the beginning to the middle of the Great Tribulation.   The time of the Rapture (Rev.12:11 is still with God and will come as a thief in the night.   We need to be on a constant watch for it.  Matt.24:42-44  Jesus tells us that we will not know until in the instant that it happens.  And only those with oil and bright lamps of faith will get to go.

In Essentials, Unity.   In all else Love. 
Essentials:
The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1, John 20:28, Heb. 1:8 9), the Creator God Himself (Col. 1:16. Compare Gen. 1:1). Who “laid the foundation of the earth” (Heb. 1:10 12. Compare Psalms 102:24 27).
The Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14, Mt. 1:23, Luke 1:27).
The Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28, Rom. 3:25, Rom. 5:9, Eph. 1:7).
The Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36 46, 1 Cor. 15:1 4, 1 Cor. 15:14 15).
The Second Advent of Christ Jesus to set up His Kingdom on Earth and in Eternity (Isa. 9:6,7)
The inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures themselves (Psalms 12:6 7, Rom. 15:4, 2Tim. 3:16 17, 2Pet. 1:20). This is a reference to people who claim to have revelations apart from the Holy Scriptures and which can not be supported by Holy Scripture.

An expanded confession of faith:
I confess that Jesus Christ is my Lord, Master, and Savior. By faith in Christ Jesus, I am forgiven, cleansed, healed and made a citizen of His eternal kingdom. Jesus Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law of sin, sickness, weakness and eternal death through His death on the cross for me. I believe in the Trinity of one God: Almighty Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Creator made flesh, The Word of God who was begotten as the second Adam. He was born of a virgin, died for my sins, rose for my justification and is coming again soon, in great glory, to establish His Kingdom on earth. I believe in the new birth from above, the baptism in water, and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. I confess that the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed me from all my sin and I am now made the righteousness of God in and through Christ Jesus. I confess that I can do all things through Christ who is my strength as I abide in Him. I confess that this world is not my home. I confess that I am a pilgrim in a foreign land and I look for that certain return of my Lord Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. I confess that there is but one holy universal and apostolic Church of Jesus Christ and all those who are born from above are brethren and citizens of His kingdom. I believe that the Church of Jesus Christ is being perfected by the Holy Spirit through the Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers and other ministries of His Church until all the faithful come into the unity of the faith and the bond of peace and are changed into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ, (Eph. 4:1 16).

Our present world.   Prophesy of the last days Church by Apostle Paul: 2 Tim. 3:1    

But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].  2 For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane.  3 [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good.  4 [They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God.  5 For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].

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A new poll by Rasmussen shows that around two-thirds of American voters consider the current migrant situation at the US-Mexico border to be a “crisis,” and half believe the Biden administration is to blame for it, Fox 28 reports. The survey of 1,000 likely US was conducted on 9-10 May 2021.     China’s Communist authorities have launched a digital revolution against Christianity, according to Christians familiar with the situation.      Islamist militants killed and injured numerous Christians in a church and towns in central and northern Nigeria, Christians confirmed Thursday.   An open letter by Retired Military leaders who have served in recent administrations blasted the Biden administration, his mental fitness, and stated the election was rigged in their open letter published this week. Some highlights:      The letter questioned the integrity of the U.S. election     Questions Biden’s Mental Fitness       Stated that the Biden Administration is launching a full-blown assault on our Constitutional rights in a dictatorial manner The loss of Freedom of Speech,   Blasts the Iran deal,   ‘Anarchy’ cannot be tolerated
‘Illegals are flooding our country’   Conservative lawmakers in over thirty US states have introduced legislation to prohibit transgender youth from competing in female sports, the American Family Association reports.    The Biden administration said in a court filing last week it may reverse a 21-year-old restriction on the abortion pill and allow it to be distributed by mail, even after the pandemic ends.  Row verses Wade to be reconsidered by the Supreme Court.

TODAY’S WORLD
U.S. Customs and Border Protection just released the official count of border apprehensions from April, and the numbers unsurprisingly SURPASSED March’s record high apprehension numbers:      More than 178,000 migrants in total ILLEGALLY crossed the Southern Border in the month of April ALONE     Over 17,000 of those migrants were unaccompanied children.   This is the HIGHEST one-month total of illegal crossings in the past 20 years. And more are coming…  This is unconstitutional as it violates national laws to protect our nations boarders.

Be Blessed in your day,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Saturday, Relax and Enjoy…..

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Aloha Saint, Family and Friends, Beloved of Jesus & Me
What a lovely Saturday Morning here in Kealia,   a good friend sent me some very lovely sounds to start my my day. (The first one, IS Amazing) Don’t tell me that there is no Intelligent Design.  The building of the piano, the composer, the gifting of the child all as a gift to us all in this moment of time.  So I also found and enjoyed the rest of the attached over a cup of tea.   So take some time off, hang 10 and relax a bit in your quest for the good life from our Creator.
Yours, in HIS great love & Wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

AUTHORITY

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

Authority   Worth Considering    5/11/21    Trinity Fellowship at Kealia,    Ken Smith<><

Definition of Authority by Merriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com
AUTHORITY
English Language Learners Definition of authority : the power to give orders or make decisions : the power or right to direct or control someone or something. : the confident quality of someone who knows a lot about something or who is respected or obeyed by other people.

So, let us start in our quest for understanding here with the first abuse of authority.

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:  14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.  Isaiah 14:12-14

Ezek. 28:13-18″ “13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.  14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.   15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.   16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.   17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.  18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

So in the beginning, before Adam, GOD created a spiritual world that also allowed for freewill.  It appears that lucifer was created to cover the works of God in our solar system including earth.  So in this event 2/3rds of the Angles stayed submitted and 1/3 of the angles left became demons.  God Gained Michael and Gabrael and lost lucifer.  But now the angels that are with God are there because they want to be there and want to serve GOD.   So there is both freewill and righteousness without manipulation of any kind.

It appears that lucifer misjudged GOD’S loving peaceful humility as to being soft and weak and decided to reign on earth.  But in the absolute foreknowledge of GOD, this decision of pride and rebellion was also known as also the ultimate destruction of lucifer.  And all was used by God in the creation of Adam as the first species in the image and likeness of God to perfect the use of freewill to grow into righteousness.  So only one NO tree in the Garden of Eden was allowed to still belong to lucifer and to help Adam grow in learning how to use freewill.   All of the other trees were all yes and to enjoy.  But GOD already knew that Adam would fail but that the second Adam (Jesus) would prevail four centuries later.

So we are born into a world where most of the trees of choice cause death but where there is still the one tree of Christ Jesus to bring life.   And it is up to us to gather around that Tree of Life or not.

Let’s look at the 3 temptations of Eve that caused the spiritual death to both Adam & Eve.   First off Eve was created to help Adam, not to take charge of Adam.   Adam needed a wife, not a mother.  So then at the temptation why is Eve in the conversation at all.  And why is Adam just standing by her and listening.  And then lets look at the temptations,  every day we get the same 3 temptations.  Can you pick them out from the lies and ½ truths ?

Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?  2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,  3 Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.  4 But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,  5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.  6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.  7 Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apron like girdles.

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].  1 John 2:16    And these are the same 3 temptations that lucifer used on Jesus.  Matt.4:2-10,    Notice here that Jesus only used the words of Moses as the authority to defeat lucifer.

We often pray the Prayer, “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done on Earth as in Heaven.  Our Heavenly Father has set up an authority structure on Earth to help us get ready to live with HIM in Heaven.  He is total authority but wants to live in a peaceful loving gentle family of humility and righteousness.   We are now in a temporary earthly time dimension to learn how to do just that.  If we are going to see the Glory of Jesus then there must be Loving Authority and Unity. And if we would rather not, there is nothing outside of GOD but void.  The order of authority training goes simple like this: Children, Women,  Mother, Men, Father, Deacons, Elders, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Heavenly Father.  And it is loving authority by choice and not be manipulation. 

Jesus prayed this prayer:   “20 Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,  21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.  22 I have given to them the glory (power) and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: John 17:20-22,    Heb.13:17.  We are in school learning how to use our freewill and become obedient in humility or we are in the world walking in pride and rebellion.

Yours, in HIS great Love & Wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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