THE WORDS OF OUR FATHERS ARE THE WORDS OF WISDOM Volume 4 PREACHED ON SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 AT THE BRIDAL LODGE, NSUGBE ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN THE ELECT ONE
The Testaments of The Twelve Patriarchs Recovered & Explained By THE SON OF MAN “The Hidden Revealer”
Now, they have seen Him. They were witnesses. They sat down, ate and drank with Him. He commanded them to go out and preach this Message to others, and they went about declaring His Deity boldly, telling the whole
world that the Messiah is walking on two feet in our midst. You do not Preach something that is not clear to you. Amen. ……. He commanded us to go and publish the Good News that HE IS IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH (THE BRIDE) according to the prophets, according to Holy scriptures. ……. What I am trying to say is that what God did before, God is repeating again. They are seeing God again in human form so that He can live with human beings.
CHRIST IS REVEALED IN HUMAN FORM, NOT TO THE WORLD, BUT TO THE TRUE ELECTS; preached 26th August, 1999; Pg. 110 vs. 59, Pg. 116 vs. 14 & Pg. 120 vs. 26 – 27
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EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY
CHAPTER EIGHT [VIII]:— THE TESTAMENT OF NAPHTALI CONCERNING NATURAL GOODNESS.
2. 1The record of the testament of Naphtali, what things he ordained at the time of his death in the hundred and thirty-second year of his life.
3. When his sons were gathered together in the seventh month, the fourth day of the month, he, being yet in good health, made them a feast and good cheer.
4. 2And after he was awake in the morning, he said to them, I am dying; and they believed him not.
5. That is what Ikem will do. Ikem will say it, “Daddy, you are not going anywhere. Daddy, you will not die.” Even the mother will not believe. I know who will believe. The rest will not believe. Only one will believe that Daddy is not speaking in vain, “He is dying.”
6. The rest will say, “No! You are not going anywhere. Nothing will happen to you” when the man had announced his departure.
7. And he blessed the Lord; and affirmed that after yesterday’s feast he should die. He began then to say to his sons: Hear, my children; you sons of Naphtali, hear the words of your father.
8. A sure sign that he was healthy. Just like My father did. He organized a party for everybody. He finished his last money in buying food and drinks for them.
9. He commanded them to go to their houses while he would have a little rest. He laid down and died.
10. This is somebody whose ceremony was being prepared. A thanksgiving service. The following day, he died that Friday. As at that time of his death, there was no sickness again.
11. 3I was born from Bilhah; and because Rachel dealt craftily, and gave Bilhah in place of herself to Jacob, and she bore me upon Rachel’s lap, therefore was I called Naphtali.
12. 4And Rachel loved me because I was born upon her lap; and when I was of young and tender form, she was wont to kiss me, and say, Would that I might see a brother of yours from my own womb, like you: whence also Joseph was like me in all things, according to the prayers of Rachel.
13. 5Now my mother was Bilhah, daughter of Rotheus the brother of Deborah, Rebecca’s nurse, and she was born on one and the self-same day with Rachel.
14. You know who Rebecca was? The wife of Isaac. She had a nurse and name mentioned.
15. 6And Rotheus was of the family of Abraham, a Chaldean, fearing God, free-born and noble; and he was taken captive, and was bought by Laban; and he gave him Aena his handmaid to wife, and she bore a daughter, and called her Zilpah, after the name of the village in which he had been taken captive.
16. 7And next she bore Bilhah, saying, My daughter is eager after what is new, for immediately that she was born she was eager for the breast. And since I was swift on my feet like a deer, my father Jacob appointed me for all errands and messages, and as a deer did he give me his blessing.
17. Genesis 49:21 21Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. KJV
18. That child who is always in the service of his father, he is the one entrusted with errands. Do you send a stubborn fellow on errand?
19. He is the one the father will crown and reveal all the hidden things to him; and not the one who will be retorting and challenging the father to his face. Even if he is to run the errand for the father, he will do it so reluctantly.
20. But this one was running like a deer. He takes delight that the father is sending him on the errand.
21. I have three sons and they are seeing the characters of the twelve sons of Jacob, for them to pick their icons; and then, for them to trace their father’s genealogy; their Father’s descent, for I told you that I transcended from the most patient descent;
22. And that I am the Meekest Man on earth. The Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, most patient and Most Understanding that has appeared here on earth, compromising with the uncompromisable; absorbing all human weakness and imperfections, all with joy, for there unto I am sent.
23. I have not done My best in a man until I have tried My best. Neither will I declare anybody lost until I have exhausted My patience with that person.
24. 8For as the potter knows the vessel, what it contains, and brings clay thereto, so also does the Lord make the body in accordance with the spirit,… Sure!!! …and according to the capacity of the body does He implant the spirit,… Yes! …and the one is not deficient from the other by a third part of a hair; for by weight, and measure, and rule is every creature of the Most High.
25. 9And as the potter knows the use of each vessel, whereto it suffices, so also does the Lord know the body, how far it is capable for goodness, and when it begins in evil; for there is no created thing and no thought which the Lord knows not,… Sure!!! for He created every man after His own image.
26. 10As man’s strength, so also is his work; and as his mind, so also is his work; and as his purpose, so also is his doing; as his heart, so also is his mouth; as his eye, so also is his sleep; as his soul, so also is his word, either in the law of the Lord or in the law of Beliar. Sure!!!
27. You are either a giant in the LORD or a giant in the devil. You are a big man either in the LORD or in the devil. As is your stature, so is the stature of the Spirit of Christ in you or the spirit of the devil in you. Period!
28. 11And as there is a division between light and darkness, between seeing and hearing, so also is there a division between man and man, and between woman and woman; neither is it to be said that there is any superiority in anything, either of the face or of other like things.
29. 12For God made all things good in their order, the five senses in the head, and He joins on the neck to the head, the hair also for comeliness, the heart moreover for understanding, the belly for the dividing of the stomach, the calamus for health, the liver for wrath, the gall for bitterness.
30. 13The spleen for laughter, the reins for craftiness, the loins for power, the ribs for containing, the back for strength, and so forth. So then, my children, be orderly unto good things in the fear of God,... Amen!!! …and do nothing disorderly in scorn or out of its due season. For if you bid the eye to hear, it cannot; so neither in darkness can you do the works of light.
31. 14Be not therefore eager to corrupt your doings through excess, or with empty words to deceive your souls; because if you keep silence in purity of heart, you shall be able to hold fast the will of God, and to cast away the will of the devil.
32. 15Sun and moon and stars change not their order; so also you shall not change the law of God in the disorderliness of your doings. Amen! Nations went astray, and forsook the Lord, and changed their order, and followed stones and stocks, following after spirits of error.
33. 16But you shall not be so, my children, recognizing in the firmament, in the earth, and in the sea, and in all created things, the Lord who made them all, that you become not as Sodom, which changed the order of its nature, in like manner also the Watchers changed the order of their nature,… Pure truth! …whom also the Lord cursed at the flood, and for their sakes made desolate the earth, that it should be uninhabited and fruitless.
34. 17These things I say, my children, for I have read in the holy writing of Enoch… Enoch! Enoch! Enoch! …that you yourselves also will depart from the Lord, walking according to all wickedness of the Gentiles, and you will do according to all the iniquity of Sodom.
35. 18And the Lord will bring captivity upon you, and there shall you serve your enemies, and you shall be covered with all affliction and tribulation, until the Lord shall have consumed you all.
36. 19And after that you shall have been diminished and made few, you will return and acknowledge the Lord your God; and He will bring you back into your own land, according to His abundant mercy.
37. 20And it shall be, after that they shall come into the land of their fathers, they will again forget the LORD and deal wickedly; and the Lord shall scatter them upon the face of all the earth, UNTIL THE COMPASSION OF THE LORD SHALL COME, A MAN WORKING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SHOWING MERCY UNTO ALL THEM THAT ARE AFAR OFF, AND THEM THAT ARE NEAR.
38. 21For in the fortieth year of my life, I saw in a vision that the sun and the moon were standing still on the Mount of Olives, at the east of Jerusalem. And behold Isaac, the father of my father, says to us, Run and lay hold of them, each one according to his strength; and he that seizes them, his shall be the sun and the moon.
39. 22And we all of us ran together, and Levi laid hold of the sun, and Judah outstripped the others and seized the moon, and they were both of them lifted up with them.
40. 23And when Levi became as a sun, a certain young man gave to him twelve branches of palm; and Judah was bright as the moon, and under his feet were twelve rays. And Levi and Judah ran, and laid hold each of the other.
41. 24And, lo, a bull upon the earth, having two great horns, and an eagle’s wings upon his back; and we wished to seize him, but could not. For Joseph outstripped us, and took him, and ascended up with him on high.
42. 25And I saw, for I was there, and behold a holy writing appeared to us saying: Assyrians, Medes, Persians, Elamites, Gelachæans, Chaldeans, Syrians, shall possess in captivity the twelve tribes of Israel. And it fulfilled to the letter.
43. 26And again, after seven months, I saw our father Jacob standing by the sea of Jamnia, and we his sons were with him. And, behold, there came a ship sailing by, full of dried flesh, without sailors or pilot: and there was written upon the ship, Jacob.
44. 27And our father says to us, Let us embark on our ship. And when we had gone on board, there arose a vehement storm, and a tempest of mighty wind; and our father, who was holding the helm, flew away from us.
45. 28And we, being tost with the tempest, were borne along over the sea; and the ship was filled with water and beaten about with a mighty wave, so that it was nearly broken in pieces.
46. 29And Joseph fled away upon a little boat, and we all were divided upon twelve boards, and Levi and Judah were together. We therefore all were scattered even unto afar off.
47. 30Then Levi, girt about with sackcloth, prayed for us all unto the Lord. And when the storm ceased, immediately the ship reached the land, as though in peace. And, lo, Jacob our father came, and we rejoiced with one accord.
48. 31These two dreams I told to my father; and he said to me, These things must be fulfilled in their season, after that Israel has endured many things. Then my father says unto me, I believe that Joseph lives, for I see always that the Lord numbers him with you.
49. Although he was in Egypt o. They claimed that he died. But the man had seen the son. Each time the revelation came to him concerning his children, he saw Joseph being numbered among his sons.
50. The LORD is still numbering Joseph with you, yet you told me he died and that a lion devoured him. I am still seeing him in your midst, the LORD revealing to me that he is not dead. He is still alive. That you told me lies. You deceived me. I will not believe that my son died, for I am still seeing him numbered among you.
51. 32And he said, weeping, You live, Joseph, my child, and I behold you not, and you see not Jacob that begot you. And he caused us also to weep at these words of his,…
52. Can you imagine. The man started crying because the sons lied to him.
53. …and I burned in my heart to declare that he had been sold, but I feared my brethren.
54. 33Behold, my children, I have shown unto you the last times, that all shall come to pass in Israel. Therefore, charge also your children that they be united to Levi and to Judah.
55. 34For through Judah shall salvation arise unto Israel, and in Him shall Jacob be blessed. FOR THROUGH HIS TRIBE SHALL GOD BE SEEN DWELLING AMONG MEN ON THE EARTH,…
56. The Lion from the tribe of Judah. Through him shall God be seen dwelling among human beings here as a human being. Did it come to pass? He is alive forever more.
57. FOR THROUGH HIS TRIBE SHALL GOD BE SEEN DWELLING AMONG MEN ON THE EARTH, TO SAVE THE RACE OF ISRAEL, AND HE SHALL GATHER TOGETHER THE RIGHTEOUS FROM THE GENTILES. Alleluia! Let Me tell you. All My families on earth will go into revival today.
58. Who said THE SON OF MAN is deceiving him? Who is THE SON OF MAN deceiving? Who is THE SON OF MAN Himself? Who is THE SON OF MAN to you? Who do you say He is? How do you know Him? Brethren, can we say that our forefather did not see Him?
59. EVERYTHING HAPPENS ACCORDING TO PROPHECY, FOR EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY.
60. THE SON OF MAN is here by prophecy; according to prophecy; according to the Word; according to time [according to the hour]. And He is doing that which is assigned to Him.
61. What is really happening, Brethren? Nothing can be truer than the truth. “If I had known” will always come at last.
62. The Saints will be rejoicing, while the wicked will be sorrowing. Some to joy, while the rest will be weeping.
63. As I am talking to you now, many by this revelation, have traced their sources. They know their status. They know their standpoint. They will be saying, “Praise be to God Almighty that I never believed in vain.”
64. NOTHING GIVES JOY MORE THAN DISCOVERING THAT YOU ARE WALKING ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH, AND THAT YOU ARE NOT IN ERROR.
65. Can you now see how narrow the Kingdom is; how narrow the road is. The road is very narrow. Come go with Me. The road is very narrow. Come go with Me for you cannot walk alone. The road is very narrow, very dangerous and delicate. Without God, who can lead us on this road.
66. Follow the Cloud, for the Cloud is the one that leads you to God. we are having dealings with the Alpha and the Omega; the Beginning and the End. Nobody knows the path; the route except Him. Nobody!
67. You have never gone this way before. He said, “Do not ever turn to the right or to the left; or begin to bring your own opinions or suggestion.” Follow Him strictly. Obey all His words.
68. Fear and honour Him. Let the reverential fear of him ne in you. Argue not, and provoke Him not to anger, for He will never ever pardon your transgression, for He is the Sovereign Spirit dwelling among human beings in meekness as a mere man in their sight, not knowing that He is the very Elohim hidden in simplicity.
69. If man is commanded or wishes to go and look for God, he will not go and begin to search for God among human beings, which the least place a human being will ever go and search for God. They are having their eyes of the sky. Is it not true?
70. THE HINDU SAYS: “IF GOD WANTS TO HIDE, GOD WOULD CHOOSE MAN TO HIDE IN.” THAT IS THE LAST PLACE MAN WOULD LOOK FOR GOD. [India’s Gracious Gift to Mankind by Crystaqueous; Chapter 7; THE REALITY; Page 66, Paragraph 2]
71. This is due to false philosophy and theology. But you are on the Right Path, for the Real God is the One Who manifested among you. For so it pleased Him. It pleases Him that it should be so.
72. Can anybody envy Me or envy you, asking why must it be you? The LORD knoweth. The LORD knoweth. Why? Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.
73. It is not by accident. It is not by human design that we are numbered among the chosen ones; chosen for salvation and not for destruction; chosen for God to reveal Himself among us.
74. So, when you kneel down and raise your hands up, you do it by revelation. When He talks, you hear Him by revelation. When He speaks, you will know.
75. 35If you work that which is good, my children, both men and angels will bless you; and God will be glorified through you among the Gentiles, AND THE DEVIL WILL FLEE FROM YOU, and the wild beasts will fear you, and the angels will cleave to you.
76. 36For as if a man rear up a child well, he has a kindly remembrance thereof; so also for a good work there is a good remembrance with God. Sure!!!
77. But him who does not that which is good, men and angels shall curse and God will be dishonoured among the heathen through him,… Sure!!!
78. …and the devil makes him his own as his peculiar instrument, and every wild beast shall master him, and the Lord will hate him. Sure!!!
79. For man and God to hate you, you will know the level of provocation; and the level of work God had done in that person which he ignored and treated with contempt and impunity. And then became a hateful human being in the sight of the Almighty God like Cain.
80. 37For the commandments of the law are two-fold, and through prudence must they be fulfilled. For there is a season for a man to embrace his wife, and a season to abstain therefrom for his prayer. Is it not Scripture?
81. So then there are two commandments; and unless they be done in due order, they bring about sin. Amen!!!
82. 38So also is it with the other commandments. Be therefore wise in God, and prudent, understanding the order of the commandments, and the laws of every work,… Sure! …that the Lord may love you.
83. 39And when he had charged them with many such words, he exhorted them that they should remove his bones to Hebron, and should bury him with his fathers.
84. 40And when he had eaten and drunken with a merry heart,… Like My late father. he covered his face and died. Like My late father. And his sons did according to all things whatsoever Naphtali their father had charged them. Sure!!!
There is nobody that is upset by anything heavenly. The moment you fix your attention on things that are here on earth, you must be offended every minute of the day. ……. If you are a seed of God, you must come to the realization that the material wealth of this world belongs to the devil. You will also come to the realization that you are the children of the Most High God. The rest of the people that surround you, are instruments in the hand of the devil, the positions they occupy notwithstanding.
DO IT IN LOVE AND NOT BY EXPLOITATION; Preached on Sunday, 23rd August, 2015; Pg. 15 vs. 3 &
Pg. 16 vs. 6
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ANYTHING NOT DONE IN LOVE, IS DONE WITH HATE
CHAPTER NINE [IX]:— THE TESTAMENT OF GAD CONCERNING HATRED.
2. 1The record of the testament of Gad, what things he spoke unto his sons, in the hundred and twenty-seventh year of his life, saying: I was the seventh son born to Jacob, and I was valiant in keeping the flocks.
3. 2I guarded at night the flock; and whenever the lion came, or wolf, or leopard, or bear, or any wild beast against the fold, I pursued it, and with my hand seizing its foot, and whirling it round, I stunned it, and hurled it over two furlongs, and so killed it.
4. Brethren, gird up your loins. It is almost finished. The remaining three chapters are too short. Even they are not up to the Book of Joseph.
5. 3Now Joseph was feeding the flock with us for about thirty days, and being tender, he fell sick by reason of the heat. And he returned to Hebron to his father, who made him lie down near him, because he loved him.
6. 4And Joseph told our father that the sons of Zilpah and Bilhah were slaying the best of the beasts, and devouring them without the knowledge of Judah and Reuben.
7. For he saw that I delivered a lamb out of the mouth of the bear, and I put the bear to death; and the lamb I slew, being grieved concerning it that it could not live, and we ate it, and he told our father.
8. 5And I was angry with Joseph for that thing until the day that he was sold into Egypt. And the spirit of hatred was in me, and I wished not either to see Joseph or to hear him. And he rebuked us to our faces for having eaten of the flock without Judah. And whatsoever things he told our father, he believed him.
9. 6I confess now my sin, my children, that oftentimes I wished to kill him, because I hated him to the death, and there were in no wise in me bowels of mercy towards him.
10. Moreover, I hated him yet more because of his dreams;… Whoever that hateth his brother, is he not a murderer?
11. 7I would have devoured him out of the land of the living, even as a calf devours the grass from the earth. Therefore I and Judah sold him to the Ishmaelites for thirty pieces of gold, and ten of them we hid, and showed the twenty to our brethren: and so through my covetousness I was fully bent on his destruction.
12. Idolater! He had also stolen money. They sold Joseph for thirty pieces of gold and they kept ten of it. He is now your colleague in the office who received forty bags of rice, and he took ten bags for himself and declared thirty.
13. He took another extra five bags and still got a share from the remaining twenty-five bags. This thing happened in the office o.
14. He received forty bags of rise. He hid away ten bags for himself and then presented thirty bags. He connived with his director again and they took away ten bags and shared them among themselves. That way he got an extra five bags, making his own fifteen bags. And then, from the remaining twenty bags, he got his own share. A covetous person is never satisfied.
15. 8And the God of my fathers delivered him from my hands, that I should not work iniquity in Israel.
16. 9And now, my children, hearken to the words of truth to work righteousness, and all the law of the Most High, and not go astray through the spirit of hatred, for it is evil in all the doings of men.
17. 10Whatsoever a man does, that does the hater abhor: though he works the law of the Lord, he praises him not; though he fears the Lord, and takes pleasure in that which is righteous, he loves him not: he dispraises the truth, he envies him that orders his way aright, he delights in evil-speaking, he loves arrogance, for hatred has blinded his soul; even as I also looked on Joseph.
18. As it is between man and man, so it is between woman and woman. Do you believe it? Hatred has no gender. Hatred has no gender, lest the women or females among us might be thinking that God was admonishing men and that women are free.
19. Women are the worst. No woman loves her fellow woman. They betray their friends. They even scatter their homes. They mock and ridicule them.
20. No woman wishes a fellow woman good from the heart. They are the greatest hypocrites. Men are even more open than women to one another.
21. 11Take heed therefore, my children, of hatred; for it works iniquity against the Lord Himself: for it will not hear the words of His commandments concerning the loving of one’s neighbour, and it sins against God. Sure!!!
22. 12For if a brother stumble, immediately it wishes to proclaim it to all men, and is urgent that he should be judged for it, and be punished and slain.
23. They abound in our midst. If a brother or a Sister is afflicted by a calamity, the person will call for the head of the afflicted. He will spread and broadcast it to the whole Brethren using the phone. And the whole world will hear it in one second simply because of hate. This is especially for one who is not in good terms with him.
24. 13And if it be a servant, it accuses him to his master,… Sure!!! and with all affliction it devises against him,… So that he be removed from his presence instantly ….if it be possible to slay him. For hatred works in envy, and it ever sickens with envy against them that prosper in well-doing,… Amen! …when it sees or hears thereof.
25. 14For as love would even restore to life the dead, and would call back them that are condemned to die, so hatred would slay the living, and those that have offended in a small matter it would not suffer to live. Sure!Note what love does.
26. For the spirit of hatred works together with Satan through hastiness of spirit in all things unto men’s death: BUT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE LAW OF GOD IN LONG-SUFFERING UNTO THE SALVATION OF MEN.
27. Being patient unto the salvation of men. The long-suffering of God being exercised towards us all, not willing that we should perish, but that we should come to repentance and live.
28. That is why I told you that it is not in the mind of God to reject anybody or to destroy anybody, but our impertinent heart; impertinent hearts, unyielding spirit; unbending arrogance, stubbornness, obstinacy, despondency to the truth; that is what is destroying us.
29. Evil hearts of unbelief. Evil hearts of unbelief. That is why an unbeliever is the one excluding himself from the salvation plan of God; for when God rebukes often and often and corrects, a time comes when He will no longer chide; for He must have exhausted His long-suffering and patience.
30. What do you expect Him to do, if not to cast away this evil man, so that he will reap the full reward of his doing. But He [God] will, first of all, place his cards before him or her [the unbeliever].
31. 16Hatred is evil, because it continually abides with lying, speaking against the truth; and it makes small things to be great, and gives heed to darkness as to light,… That is truth.
32. …and calls the sweet bitter, and teaches slander, and war, and violence, and every excess of evil; and it fills the heart with devilish poison. Sure!!!
33. Hatred makes a mountain out of a small mound; a great mountain out of a small hill. It magnifies a light error into the biggest crime. Hate. Hatred.
34. Remember, it is a matter of the heart. It begins by hating the truth; hating God, hating correction. That is where it starts. Hating those that do good. Loving those that do evil, for hatred promotes evil and does not promote good. Is it not true?
35. Love promotes right living. If you love Me, obey My Words. And when you obey My Words because you love Me, you will also extend your love to your fellow human beings. Is it not true?
36. ANYTHING THAT IS NOT DONE IN LOVE IS DONE IN HATE. YOU CAN HATE SOMETHING AND STILL BE DOING IT. YES! IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMPELLING YOU. IS IT NOT TRUE?
37. IF YOU ARE COMPELLED TO DO GOOD, ARE YOU OBEYING IT? WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING, YOU ARE BEING COMPELLED AND PRESSURIZED INTO IT.
38. THAT GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING IT WITH YOUR HEART AS EVIDENCED IN THE RESULT, FOR WHATEVER THAT IS NOT DONE WITH A TRUE HEART, SURELY WILL YIELD BAD RESULT[S]. TRUE OR FALSE?
39. If it is work, it will be poor quality work. Poor output because it is not done with a true heart.
40. Anybody that wants to eat can eat, even Myself. But we are eating the true food, not avoiding this one. You eat with your mouth, and you listen with your ears. And believe with your heart.
41. That was how we took off in Amazu Oil. In Ugwumba [Street]. We were feeding our children; feeding ourselves and at the same time, listening to the Word.
42. Message will be going on and we will be sharing bread and sharing drinks to renew our strength, for we were listening to the Word from morning to morning for days. And it paid off. It enabled Me meet up. Today, no regrets.
43. If I never took pains and took My time to get all of you grounded by squeezing you beyond measure into the truth, you would not reach the height you have attained now, for it is a quick work.
44. No Ministry has ever raised people to such a magnitude you are now within the shortest period. It has never been done.
45. Look at Roman Catholic of AD 70. Look at Anglican. Look at other churches. Tell Me, if there be any
46. 17And these things I say to you from experience, my children, that you may flee hatred, and cleave to the love of the Lord. Righteousness casts out hatred, humility destroys hatred.
47. 18For he that is just and humble is ashamed to do wrong, being reproved not of another, but of his own heart, because the Lord views his intent: he speaks not against any man, because the fear of the Most High overcomes hatred.
48. 19For, fearing lest he should offend the Lord, he will not do any wrong to any man, no, not even in thought. Underline it!
49. The thought of doing evil does not even enter the person’s heart. He will not have any spirit suggesting anything out of ingenuity or diabolical or conspiracy even to harm anybody. That is one who wants to get saved. To his fellow human being.
50. But one who is a destroyer from the beginning will always be busy devising how to do harm. He can never be happy when the people around him are happy.
51. These things I learned at last, after that I had repented concerning Joseph.
52. FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AFTER A GODLY SORT DESTROYS UNBELIEF,… Is it the language of THE SON OF MAN?
53. 20FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AFTER A GODLY SORT DESTROYS UNBELIEF, AND DRIVES AWAY THE DARKNESS, AND ENLIGHTENS THE EYES, AND GIVES KNOWLEDGE TO THE SOUL, AND GUIDES THE MIND TO SALVATION;
54. Word for word! The Words of THE SON OF MAN “REPENTING AFTER A GODLY SORT; SORROWING AFTER A GODLY SORT WORKETH REPENTANCE.”
55. …AND THOSE THINGS WHICH IT HAS NOT LEARNED FROM MAN, IT KNOWS THROUGH REPENTANCE.
56. 21For God brought upon me a disease of the heart; and had not the prayers of Jacob my father intervened, it had hardly failed that my spirit had departed. For by what things a man transgresses, by the same also is he punished.
57. 22For in that my heart was set mercilessly against Joseph, in my heart too I suffered mercilessly, and was judged for eleven months, for so long a time as I had been envious against Joseph until he was sold.
58. 23And now, my children, love each one his brother, and put away hatred from your hearts, loving one another in deed, and in word, and in thought of the soul.
59. 24For in the presence of our father I spoke peaceably with Joseph; and when I had gone out, the spirit of hatred darkened my mind, and moved my soul to slay him.
60. Love therefore one another from your hearts; and if a mansin against you, tell him of it gently, and drive out the poison of hatred, and foster not guile in your soul. And if he confess and repent, forgive him; and if he deny it, strive not with him, lest he swear, and you sin doubly.
61. 26LET NOT A STRANGER HEAR YOUR SECRETS AMID YOUR STRIVING, LEST HE HATE AND BECOME YOUR ENEMY, AND WORK GREAT SIN AGAINST YOU;…
62. Must you strive at all? Washing your dirty linen in the public. When God said that such things should be limited to your bedroom for that is where they belong. Do not drag them to the parlour. Did you get the Message?
63. …for ofttimes he will talk guilefully with you, or evilly overreach you, taking his poison from himself.
64. 27Therefore, if he deny it, and is convicted and put to shame, and is silenced, do not tempt him on. For he who denies repents, so that he no more does wrong against you; yea also, he will honour you, and fear you, and be at peace with you.
65. 28But if he be shameless, and abides in his wrongdoing, even then forgive him from the heart, and give the vengeance to God.
66. 29If a man prospers more than you, be not grieved, but pray also for him, that he may have perfect prosperity. For perchance it is expedient for you thus; and if he be further exalted, be not envious, remembering that all flesh shall die: and offer praise to God, who gives things good and profitable to all men.
67. 30Seek out the judgments of the Lord, and so shall your mind rest and be at peace. And though a man become rich by evil means, even as Esau the brother of my father, be not jealous; but wait for the end of the Lord.
68. 31For either He takes His benefits away from the wicked, or leaves them still to the repentant, or to the unrepentant reserves punishment forever.
69. 32For the poor man who is free from envy, giving thanks to the Lord in all things, is rich among all men, because he has not evil jealousy of men. Amen! Put away, therefore, hatred from your souls, and love one another with uprightness of heart.
70. 33And tell these things also to your children, that they honour Judah and Levi, for from them shall the Lord raise up a Saviour to Israel.
71. 34For I know that at the last your children shall depart from them, and shall walk in all wickedness, and mischief, and corruption before the Lord.
72. 35And when he had rested for a little while, he said again to them, My children, obey your father, and bury me near to my fathers.
73. 36And he drew up his feet, and fell asleep in peace. And after five years they carried him up, and laid him in Hebron with his fathers.
That is why you can joke with anybody, but not with Satan. You can joke with anybody, but not with Satan. Satan does not mean well to anybody. The only person the devil can never grip firmly is the elect. But anybody God wants to bring into Paradise compassionately is in danger. You are in danger.
BEWARE OF SECOND SPIRITUAL CAPTIVITY VOLUME 3; [FAMILY ALTAR MESSAGE]; Preached on Thursday, 16th April 2020; Chapter 1 verse 27 through 28
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HATE WHATEVER GOD HATES
CHAPTER TEN [X]: — THE TESTAMENT OF ASHER CONCERNING TWO FACES OF VICE AND VIRTUE.
2. 1The record of the testament of Asher, what things he spoke to his sons in the hundred and twentieth year of his life. While he was still in health, he said to them: Hearken, you children of Asher, to your father, and I will declare to you all that is right in the sight of God.
3. 2TWO WAYS HAS GOD GIVEN TO THE SONS OF MEN, AND TWO MINDS, AND TWO DOINGS, AND TWO PLACES, AND TWO ENDS. THEREFORE ALL THINGS ARE BY TWOS, ONE CORRESPONDING TO THE OTHER.
4. 3There are two ways of good and evil, with which are the two minds in our breasts distinguishing them.
5. Therefore if the soul take pleasure in good, all its actions are in righteousness;… Sure!!! and though it sin, it straightway repents. For, having his mind set upon righteousness, and casting away maliciousness, he straightway overthrows the evil, and uproots the sin. Sure!!!
6. 4But if his mind turn aside in evil, all his doings are in maliciousness, and he drives away the good, and takes unto him the evil, and is ruled by Beliar; and even though he work what is good, he perverts it in evil. That is truth!
7. 5For whenever he begins as though to do good, he brings the end of his doing to work evil… Pure truth! …seeing that the treasure of the devil is filled with the poison of an evil spirit.
8. 6There is then, he says, a soul which speaks the good for the sake of the evil, and the end of the doing leads to mischief. There is a man who shows no compassion upon him who serves his turn in evil; and this thing has two aspects, but the whole is evil.
9. 7And there is a man that loves him that works evil; he likewise dwells in evil, because he chooses even to die in an evilcause for his sake: and concerning this it is clear that it has two aspects, but the whole is an evil work.
10. 8And though there is love, it is but wickedness concealing the evil, even as it bears a name that seems good, but the end of the doing tends unto evil.
11. 9Another steals, works unjustly, plunders, defrauds, and withal pities the poor: this, too, has a twofold aspect, but the whole is evil. Defrauding his neighbour he provokes God, and swears falsely against the Most High and yet pities the poor: the Lord who commands the law he sets at nought and provokes, and refreshes the poor; he defiles the soul, and makes gay the body; he kills many, and he pities a few: and this, too, has a twofold aspect.
12. 10Another commits adultery and fornication, and abstains from meats; yet in his fasting he works evil, and by his power and his wealth perverts many, and out of his excessive wickedness works the commandments: this, too, has a twofold aspect, but the whole is evil.
13. 11Such men are as swine or hares; for they are half clean, but in very deed are unclean. For God in the Heavenly Tablets has thus declared.
14. 12Therefore, my children, do not wear two faces like them, of goodness and of wickedness; but cleave unto goodness only, for in goodness does God rest, and men desire it. Amen!
15. 13From wickedness flee away destroying the devil by your good works; for they that are doubly-faced serve not God but their own lusts,… They are bats. You are neither celestial nor terrestrial. You are both good and bad. There is no behaviour or manifestation of anybody which God does not see.
16. Look! All these things were there before the world began. There is a reason why you are getting this knowledge. This is the last God promised He will show you. After this, you will not get any other thing.
17. …for they that are doubly-faced serve not God but their own lusts, so that they may please Beliar and men like themselves.
18. 14For good men, even they that are single of face, though they be thought by them that are double-faced to err, are just before God. For many in killing the wicked do two works, an evil by a good; but the whole is good, because he has uprooted and destroyed that which is evil.
19. 15One man hates him that shows mercy, and does wrong to the adulterer and the thief: this, too, is double-faced, but the whole work is good, because he follows the Lord’s example, in that he receives not that which seems good with that which is really bad.
20. 16Another desires not to see good days with them that riot, lest he defile his mouth and pollute his soul: this, too, is double-faced, but the whole is good, for such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in a wild condition they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in a zeal for God, and abstain from what God also hates and forbids by His commandments, and they ward off the evil from the good.
21. They hate whatever God hates.
22. 17You see therefore, my children, how that there are two in all things, one against the other, and the one is hidden by the other. Death succeeds to life, dishonour to glory, night to day, and darkness to light; and all things are under the day, and just things under life: wherefore also everlasting life awaits death.
23. 18Nor may it be said that truth is a lie, nor right wrong; for all truth is under the light, even as all things are under God.
24. All these things I proved in my life, and I wandered not from the truth of the Lord, and I searched out the commandments of the Most High, walking with singleness of face according to all my strength unto that which is good.
25. 19Take heed therefore ye also, my children, to the commandments of the Lord, following the truth with singleness of face, for they that are double-faced receive twofold punishment. Sure!!! Hate the spirits of error, which strive against men. Sure!!!
26. 20Keep the law of the Lord, and give not heed unto evil as unto good; but look unto the thing that is good indeed, and keep it in all commandments of the Lord, having your conversation unto Him, and resting in Him: for the ends at which men aim do show their righteousness, and know the angels of the Lord from the angels of Satan.
27. 21For if the soul depart troubled, it is tormented by the evil spirit which also it served in lusts and evil works; but if quietly and with joy it has known the angel of peace, it shall comfort him in life.
28. 22Become not, my children, as Sodom, which knew not the angels of the Lord, and perished forever. For I know that you will sin, and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies, and your land shall be made desolate, and you shall be scattered unto the four corners of the earth.
29. And you shall be set at nought in the Dispersion as useless water, UNTIL THE MOST HIGH SHALL VISIT THE EARTH; AND HE SHALL COME AS MAN, WITH MEN EATING AND DRINKING, AND IN PEACE BREAKING THE HEAD OF THE DRAGON THROUGH WATER.
30. 24HE SHALL SAVE ISRAEL AND ALL NATIONS, GOD SPEAKING IN THE PERSON OF MAN. Therefore tell these things to your children, that they disobey Him not. Whenever He will appear.
31. For I have read in the Heavenly Tablets that in very deed you will disobey Him, and act ungodly against Him, not giving heed to the law of God, but to the commandments of men.
32. 25Therefore shall you be scattered as Gad and as Dan my brethren, who shall know not their own lands, tribe, and tongue. But the Lord will gather you together in faith through the hope of His tender mercy, for the sake of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.
33. 26And when he had said these things unto them, he charged them, saying: Bury me in Hebron. And he fell into a peaceful sleep, and died; and after this his sons did as he had charged them, and they carried him up and buried him with his fathers.
34. Have you ever read of anywhere they gathered as sons to weep or to cry?
Why do people conceal their identities in their work places, in their business sites, in their yard, in their communities? It is because they are ashamed of confessing Christ before them. They do not want people to know that they are sons and daughters of god, lest people will begin to judge their characteristics and their manifestations. You can never conceal your identity without promoting the cause of the devil.
CONCEAL NOT YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST; Preached on Sunday, 14th June 2020; Chapter 2 verse 5 through 7
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DECLARE YOUR FAITH AND FREE YOURSELF
CHAPTER ELEVEN [XI]:— THE TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH CONCERNING SOBRIETY.
2. 1The record of the testament of Joseph. When he was about to die he called his sons and his brethren together, and said to them: My children and brethren, hearken to Joseph the beloved of Israel; give ear, my sons, unto your father.
3. 2I have seen in my life envy and death, and I wandered not in the truth of the Lord. These my brethren hated me, and the Lord loved me: they wished to slay me, and the God of my fathers guarded me: they let me down into a pit, and the Most High brought me up again: I was sold for a slave, and the Lord made me free:
4. 3I was taken into captivity, and His strong hand succoured me: I was kept in hunger, and the Lord Himself nourished me: I was alone, and God comforted me: I was sick, and the Most High visited me:
5. 4I was in prison, and the Saviour showed favour unto me; in bonds, and He released me; amid slanders, and He pleaded my cause; amid bitter words of the Egyptians, and He rescued me; amid envy and guile, and He exalted me.
6. 5And thus Potiphar the chief cook of Pharaoh entrusted to me his house, and I struggled against a shameless woman, urging me to transgress with her; but the God of Israel my father guarded me from the burning flame. I was cast into prison, I was beaten, I was mocked; and the Lord granted me to find pity in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
7. 6FOR HE WILL IN NO WISE FORSAKE THEM THAT FEAR HIM, neither in darkness, nor in bonds, nor in tribulations, nor in necessities.
8. For not as man is God ashamed, nor as the son of man is He afraid, nor as one that is earth-born is He weak, or can He be thrust aside;
9. but in all places is He at hand, and in various ways does He comfort, DEPARTING FOR A LITTLE TO TRY THE PURPOSE OF THE SOUL. Sure!!!
10. 7In ten temptations He showed me approved, and in all of them I endured; for endurance is a mighty charm, and patience gives many good things.
11. 8How often did the Egyptian threaten me with death? How often did she give me over to punishment, and then call me back, and threaten me when I would not company with her! And she said to me, You shall be lord of me, and all that is mine, if you will give yourself unto me, and you shall be as our master.
12. 9Therefore I remembered the words of the fathers of my father Jacob, and I entered into my chamber and prayed unto the Lord; and I fasted in those seven years, and I appeared to my master as one living delicately, for they that fast for God’s sake receive beauty of face.
13. 10And if one gave me wine, I drank it not; and I fasted for three days, and took my food and gave it to the poor and sick. And I sought the Lord early, and wept for the Egyptianwoman of Memphis, for very unceasingly did she trouble me, and at night she came to me under the pretence of visiting me; and at first, because she had no male child, she feigned to count me as a son.
14. 11And I prayed unto the Lord, and she bare a male child; therefore for a time she embraced me as a son, and I knew it not. Last of all, she sought to draw me into fornication.
15. 12And when I perceived it, I sorrowed even unto death; and when she had gone out I came to myself, and I lamented for her many days, because I saw her guile and her deceit. And I declared unto her the words of the Most High, if haply she would turn from her evillust.
16. OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND DECLARE YOUR FAITH, YOU FREE YOURSELF. CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND BE TAKEN TO CAPTIVITY.
17. 13How often has she fawned upon me with words as a holy man, with guile in her talk, praising my chastity before her husband, while desiring to destroy me when we were alone. She lauded me openly as chaste, and in secret she said to me, Fear not my husband; for he is persuaded concerning your chastity, so that even should one tell him concerning us he would in no wise believe.
18. All that was said about this woman is true.
19. 14For all these things I lay upon the ground in sackcloth, and I besought God that the Lord would deliver me from the Egyptian. And when she prevailed nothing, she came again to me under the plea of instruction, that she might know the word of the Lord.
20. 15And she said to me, If you will that I should leave my idols, be persuaded by me, and I will persuade my husband to depart from his idols, and we will walk in the law of your Lord.
21. 16And I said to her, The Lord wills not that those who reverence Him should be in uncleanness, nor does He take pleasure in them that commit adultery.
22. She is now tempting Joseph using his Faith, “I have believed in your God. I will help and my husband will repent.”
23. And she held her peace, longing to accomplish her evil desire.
24. 17And I gave myself yet more to fasting and prayer, that the LORD should, that the LORD should deliver me from her.
25. Note! Note! Note! He gave himself over to fasting and prayers. Regular prayers. Pray at all times that you enter not into temptation.
26. Do we have that teaching? [TEMPTATION – Trial of Your Faith – Monday night 18th May 2020] Pray always that you enter not into temptation.
27. 71The believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: THEY OBSERVE REGULAR PRAYERS, practice regular charity, and obey Allah and His Apostle. On them will Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise. [Surah 9: 70 – 80 Abdullah Yusuf Ali].
28. 26Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. [Matthew 26:41 KJV Also Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46]
29. 18And again at another time she said to me, If you will not commit adultery, I will kill my husband, and so will I lawfully take you to be my husband.
30. 19I therefore, when I heard this, rent my garment, and said, Woman, reverence the Lord, and do not this evil deed, lest you be utterly destroyed; for I will declare your ungodly thought unto all men.
31. She therefore, being afraid, besought that I would declare to no one her wickedness. And she departed, soothing me with gifts, and sending to me every delight of the sons of men.
32. 20And she sends to me food sprinkled with enchantments. It did not start today. She put something in his food. And when the eunuch who brought it came, I looked up and beheld a terrible man giving me with the dish a sword, and I perceived that her scheme was for the deception of my soul.
33. 21And when he had gone out I wept, nor did I taste that or any other of her food. So then after one day she came to me and observed the food, and said to me, What is this, that you have not eaten of the food?
34. 22And I said to her, It is because you filled it with death; and how did you say, I come not near to idols but to the Lord alone? Now therefore know that the God of my father has revealed unto me by an angel your wickedness, and I have kept it to convict you, if haply you may see it and repent.
35. 23BUT THAT YOU MAY LEARN THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF THE UNGODLY HAS NO POWER OVER THEM THAT REVERENCE GOD IN CHASTITY, I took it and ate it before her, saying, The God of my fathers and the Angel of Abraham shall be with me.
36. And she fell upon her face at my feet, and wept; and I raised her up and admonished her, and she promised to do this iniquity no more.
37. 25But because her heart was set upon me to commit lewdness, she sighed, and her countenance fell. And when her husband saw her, he said to her, Why is your countenance fallen? And she said, I have a pain at my heart, and the groanings of my spirit do oppress me; and so he comforted her who was not sick.
38. 26Then she rushed in to me while her husband was yet without, and said to me, I will hang myself, or cast myself into a well or over a cliff, if you will not consent unto me.
39. 27And when I saw the spirit of Beliar was troubling her, I prayed unto the Lord, and said to her, Why are you troubled and disturbed, blinded in sins? Remember that if you kill yourself, Sethon, the concubine of your husband, your rival, will beat your children, and will destroy your memorial from off the earth.
40. 28And she said to me, Lo then you love me; this alone is sufficient for me, that you care for my life and my children: I have expectation that I shall enjoy my desire. And she knew not that because of my God I spoke thus, and not because of her.
41. 29For if a man has fallen before the passion of a wicked desire, then by that has he become enslaved, even as also was she. And if he hear any good thing with regard to the passion whereby he is vanquished, he receives it unto his wicked desire.
42. 30I declare unto you, my children, that it was about the sixth hour when she departed from me; and I knelt before the Lord all that day, and continued all the night; and about dawn I rose up weeping, and praying for a release from the Egyptian.
43. 31At last, then, she laid hold of my garments, forcibly dragging me to have connection with her. When, therefore, I saw that in her madness she was forcibly holding my garments, I fled away naked.
44. 32And she falsely accused me to her husband, and the Egyptian cast me into the prison in his house; and on the morrow, having scourged me, the Egyptian sent me into the prison in his house. When, therefore, I was in fetters, the Egyptianwoman fell sick from her vexation, and listened to me how I sang praises unto the Lord while I was in the abode of darkness, and with glad voice rejoiced and glorified my God only because by a pretext I had been rid of the Egyptianwoman.
45. 33How often has she sent unto me, saying, Consent to fulfil my desire, and I will release you from your bonds, and I will free you from the darkness! And not even in thoughts did I incline unto her. FOR GOD LOVES HIM WHO IN A DEN OF DARKNESS FASTS WITH CHASTITY, RATHER THAN HIM WHO IN SECRET CHAMBERS LIVES DELICATELY WITHOUT RESTRAINT. Sure!!!
46. 34And whosoever lives in chastity, and desires also glory, and if the Most High knows that it is expedient for him, He bestows this also upon him, even as upon me. How often, though she were sick, did she come down to me at unlooked-for times, and listened to my voice as I prayed!
47. 35And when I heard her groanings I held my peace. For when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, that I might fall before her; for she was very beautiful, splendidly adorned for my deception. And the Lord guarded me from her devices.
48. 36You see therefore, my children, how great things patience works, and prayer with fasting. Amen!!! And if you therefore follow after sobriety and purity in patience and humility of heart, the Lord will dwell among you, because He loves sobriety.
49. 37And wheresoever the Most High dwells, even though a man fall into envy, or slavery, or slander, the Lord who dwells in him, for his sobriety’s sake not only delivers him from evil, but also exalts and glorifies him, even as me. For in every way the man is guarded, whether in deed, or in word, or in thought.
50. 38My brethren know how my father loved me, and I was not exalted in my heart; although I was a child, I had the fear of God in my thoughts.
51. 39For I knew that all things should pass away, and I kept myself within bounds, and I honoured my brethren; and through fear of them I held my peace when I was sold, and revealed not my family to the Ishmaelites, that I was the son of Jacob, a great man and a mighty.
52. 40Therefore, have also the fear of God in your works and honour your Brethren. For every one who works the law of the Lord shall be loved by Him.
53. 41And when I came to the Indocolpitæ with the Ishmaelites, they asked me, and I said that I was a slave from their house, that I might not put my brethren to shame. And the eldest of them said to me, You are not a slave, for even your appearance makes it manifest concerning you. And he threatened me even unto death.
54. 42But I said that I was their slave. Now when we came into Egypt, they strove concerning me, which of them should buy me and take me. Therefore it seemed good to all that I should remain in Egypt with a merchant of their trade, until they should return bringing merchandise.
55. 43And the Lord gave me favour in the eyes of the merchant, and he entrusted unto me his house. And the Lord blessed him by my means, and increased him in silver and gold, and I was with him three months and five days.
56. 44About that time the Memphian wife of Potiphar passed by with great pomp, and cast her eyes upon me, because her eunuchs told her concerning me.
57. 45And she told her husband concerning the merchant, that he had become rich by means of a young Hebrew, saying, And they say that men have indeed stolen him out of the land of Canaan.
58. 46Now therefore execute judgment with him, and take away the youth to be your steward; so shall the God of the Hebrews bless you, for grace from heaven is upon him.
59. 47And Potiphar was persuaded by her words, and commanded the merchant to be brought, and said to him, What is this that I hear, that you steal souls out of the land of the Hebrews, and sellest them for slaves? The merchant therefore fell upon his face, and besought him, saying, I beseech you, my lord, I know not what you say.
60. 48And he said, Whence then is your Hebrew servant? And he said, The Ishmaelites entrusted him to me until they should return. And he believed him not, but commanded him to be stripped and beaten. And when he persisted, Potiphar said, Let the youth be brought.
61. 49And when I was brought in, I did obeisance to the chief of the eunuchs — for he was third in rank with Pharaoh, being chief of all the eunuchs, and having wives and children and concubines. And he took me apart from him, and said to me, Are you a slave or free? And I said, A slave.
62. 50And he said to me, Whose slave are you? And I said to him, The Ishmaelites’. And again he said to me, How did you become their slave? And I said, They bought me out of the land of Canaan. And he believed me not, and said, You are lying: and he commanded me to be stripped and beaten.
63. 51Now the Memphian woman was looking through the window while I was beaten, and she sent unto her husband, saying. Your judgment is unjust: for you even punish a free man who has been stolen, as though he were a transgressor.
64. 52And when I gave no other answer though I was beaten, he commanded that we should be kept in guard, until, said he, the owners of the boy shall come.
65. 53And his wife said to him, Wherefore do you detain in captivity this noble child, who ought rather to be set at liberty, and wait upon you?
66. 54For she wished to see me in desire of sin, and I was ignorant concerning all these things. Then said he to his wife, It is not the custom of the Egyptians to take away that which belongs to others before proof is given. This he said concerning the merchant, and concerning me, that I must be imprisoned.
67. 55Now, after four and twenty days came the Ishmaelites; and having heard that Jacob my father was mourning because of me, they said to me, How is it that you said that you were a slave?
68. 56And lo, we have learned that you are the son of a mighty man in the land of Canaan, and your father grieves for you in sackcloth. And again I would have wept, but I restrained myself, that I should not put my brethren to shame.
69. 57And I said, I know not, I am a slave. Then they take counsel to sell me, that I should not be found in their hands. For they feared Jacob, lest he should work upon them a deadly vengeance.
70. 58For it had been heard that he was mighty with the Lord and with men. Then said the merchant unto them, Release me from the judgment of Potiphar. They therefore came and asked for me, saying, He was bought by us with money. And he sent us away.
71. 59Now the Memphian woman pointed me out to her husband, that he should buy me; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him. And she sent a eunuch to the Ishmaelites, and asked them to sell me; and since he was not willing to traffic with them, he returned.
72. 60So when the eunuch had made trial of them, he made known to his mistress that they asked a large price for their slave. And she sent another eunuch, saying, Even though they demand two minæ of gold, take heed not to spare the gold; only buy the boy, and bring him hither.
73. 61And he gave them eighty pieces of gold for me, and told his mistress that a hundred had been given for me. And when I saw it I held my peace, that the eunuch should not be punished.
74. 62You see, my children, what great things I endured that I should not put my brethren to shame. You should also love one another, and with long-suffering hide one another’s faults. FOR GOD DELIGHTS IN THE UNITY OF BRETHREN, and in the purpose of a heart approved unto love.
75. 63And when my brethren came into Egypt, and learned that I returned their money unto them, and upbraided them not, yea, that I even comforted them, and after the death of Jacob I loved them more abundantly, and all things whatsoever he commanded I did very abundantly, then they marvelled.
76. 64For I allowed them not to be afflicted even unto the smallest matter; and all that was in my hand I gave unto them. Their children were my children, and my children were as their servants; their life was my life, and all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity.
77. 65My land was their land, my counsel their counsel, and I exalted not myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly glory, but I was among them as one of the least.
78. 66If you also therefore walk in the commandments of the Lord, my children, He will exalt you there, and will bless you with good things for ever and ever. Amen!
79. And if any one seeks to do evil unto you, by well-doing pray for him, and you shall be redeemed of the Lord from all evil.
80. 67For, behold, you see that through long-suffering I took unto wife even the daughter of my master. And a hundred talents of gold were given me with her; for the Lord made them to serve me.
81. 68And He gave me also beauty as a flower above the beautiful ones of Israel; and He preserved me unto old age in strength and in beauty, because I was like in all things to Jacob.
82. 69Hear also, my children, the visions which I saw. There were twelve deer feeding, and the nine were divided and scattered in the land, likewise also the three.
83. 70And I saw that from Judah was born a virgin wearing a linen garment, and from her went forth a Lamb, without spot, and on His left hand there was as it were a lion; and all the beasts rushed against Him, and the lamb overcame them, and destroyed them, and trod them under foot.
84. 71And because of Him the angels rejoiced, and men, and all the earth. And these things shall take place in their season, in the last days.
85. Therefore, my children, observe the commandments of the Lord, and honour Judah and Levi; for from them shall arise unto you the Lamb of God, by grace saving all the Gentiles and Israel. For His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, which shall not be shaken; but my kingdom among you shall come to an end as a watcher’s hammock, which after the summer will not appear.
86. 73I know that after my death the Egyptians will afflict you, but God will undertake your cause, and will bring you into that which He promised to your fathers. But carry up my bones with you; for when my bones are taken up, the Lord will be with you in light, and Beliar shall be in darkness with the Egyptians.
87. 74And carry up Zilpah your mother, and lay her near Bilhah, by the hippodrome, by the side of Rachel. And when he had said these things, he stretched out his feet, and slept the long sleep. And all Israel bewailed him, and all Egypt, with a great lamentation.
88. 75For he felt even for the Egyptians even as his own members, and showed them kindness, aiding them in every work, and counsel, and matter.
89. The only one they lamented his exit.
If I should be a Leader among you, I should not rule you like the kings of the world, who exercise control and authority over everything and expect people to come and worship. I should worship you if it possible, because I am serving you. I am serving your interest. That is why I go beyond human imagination to make sure I put things right. I say, this is the reason why I go beyond human imagination – things you could not imagine God doing, you see Me doing it to make sure I restore the Love of God and restore Fellowship so that the blessings of God can reach you.
FORGIVENESS; Preached on Sunday 6th January 2008; Pg. 113 vs. 51
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IF YOUR WAY PLEASES THE LORD
CHAPTER TWELVE [XII]:— THE TESTAMENT OF BENJAMIN CONCERNING A PURE MIND.
2. 1The record of the words of Benjamin, which he set forth to his sons, after he had lived a hundred and twenty years. And he kissed them, and said: As Isaac was born to Abraham in his hundredth year, so also was I to Jacob. The junior brother of Joseph
3. 2Now since Rachel died in giving me birth, I had no milk; therefore I was suckled by Bilhah her handmaid. For Rachel remained barren for twelve years after that she had borne Joseph: And she prayed the LORD with fasting twelve days, and she conceived and bare me.
4. 3For our father loved Rachel dearly, and prayed that he might see two sons born from her: therefore was I called the son of days, which is Benjamin.
5. 4When therefore I went into Egypt, and Joseph my brother recognised me, he said to me, What did they tell my father in that they sold me? And I said to him, They dabbled your coat with blood and sent it, and said, Look if this is the coat of your son.
6. And he said to me, Even so, brother; for when the Ishmaelites took me, one of them stripped off my coat, and gave me a girdle, and scourged me, and bade me run.
7. And as he went away to hide my garment, a lion met him, and slew him; and so his fellows were afraid, and sold me to their companions.
8. 5Therefore, my children, love the Lord God of heaven, and keep His commandments, and be followers of the good and holy man Joseph; and let your mind be unto good, even as you know me. He that has his mind good sees all things rightly.
9. 6Fear the Lord, and love your neighbour; and even though the spirits of Beliar allure you into all troublous wickedness, yet shall no troublous wickedness have dominion over you,… Amen! even as it had not over Joseph my brother.
10. 7How many men wished to slay him, and God shielded him! For he that fears God and loves his neighbour cannot be smitten by Beliar’s spirit of the air, being shielded by the fear of God;… Amen! …nor can he be ruled over by the device of men or of beasts, for he is aided by the love of the Lord which he has towards his neighbour.
11. 8For he even besought our father Jacob that he would pray for our brethren, that the Lord would not impute to them the evil that they devised concerning Joseph. And thus Jacob cried out, My child Joseph, you have prevailed over the bowels of your father Jacob.
12. 9And he embraced him, and kissed him for two hours, saying, In you shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven concerning the Lamb of God, even the Saviour of the world, that spotless shall He be delivered up for transgressors, and sinless shall He be put to death for ungodly men in the blood of the covenant, for the salvation of the Gentiles and of Israel, shall destroy Beliar, and them that serve him.
13. 10My children, do you know the end of the good man? BE FOLLOWERS OF HIS COMPASSION IN A GOOD MIND,… Amen! …that you also may wear crowns of glory. The good man has not a dark eye; for he shows mercy to all men, even though they be sinners, even though they devise evil concerning him.
14. 11So he that does good overcomes the evil, being shielded by Him that is good; and he loves the righteous as his own soul. If any one is glorified, he envies him not; if anyone is enriched, he is not jealous; if anyone is valiant, he praises him; he trusts and lauds him that is sober-minded; he shows mercy to the poor; he is kindly disposed toward the weak; he sings the praises of God; as for him who has the fear of God, he protects him as with a shield; him that loves God he aids; him that rejects the Most High he admonishes and turns back; and him that has the grace of a good spirit, he loves even as his own soul.
15. 12If you have a good mind, my children, then will both wicked men be at peace with you,… If you way pleases the LORD, He will grant you the favours of your enemies.
16. .…and the profligate will reverence you and turn unto good; and the covetous shall not only cease from their inordinate desire, but shall even give the fruits of their covetousness to them that are afflicted.
17. 13If you do well, even the unclean spirits shall flee from you;… Amen! yea, the very beasts shall flee from you in dread. For where the reverence for good works is present unto the mind, darkness flees away from him. Sure!!!
18. 14For if anyone is injurious to a holy man, he repents; for the holy man shows pity on his reviler, and holds his peace. And if any one betray a righteous soul, and the righteous man, though praying, be humbled for a little while, yet not long after he appears far more glorious, even as was Joseph my brother.
19. 15The mind of the good man is not in the power of the deceit of the spirit of Beliar, for the angel of peace guides his soul. He gazes not passionately on corruptible things, nor gathers together riches unto desire of pleasure; he delights not in pleasure, he hurts not his neighbour, he pampers not himself with food, he errs not in the pride of his eyes, for the Lord is his portion.
20. 16The good mind admits not the glory and dishonour of men, neither knows it any guile or lie, fighting or reviling; for the Lord dwells in him and lights up his soul, and he rejoices towards all men at every time.
21. 17The good mind has not two tongues, of blessing and of cursing, of insult and of honour, of sorrow and of joy, of quietness and of trouble, of hypocrisy and of truth, of poverty and of wealth; but it has one disposition, pure and uncorrupt, concerning all men.
22. 18It has no double sight, nor double hearing; for in everything which he does, or speaks, or sees, he knows that the Lord watches his soul,… Sure!!! …and he cleanses his mind that he be not condemned by God and men. But of Beliar every work is twofold, and has no singleness.
23. 19Therefore, my children, flee the evil-doing of Beliar; for it gives a sword to them that obeys, and the sword is the mother of seven evils.
24. 20First the mind conceives through Beliar, and first there is envy; secondly, desperation; thirdly, tribulation; fourthly, captivity; fifthly, neediness; sixthly, trouble; seventhly, desolation.
25. 21Therefore also Cain is delivered over to seven vengeances by God,… That is pure truth! …for in every hundred years the Lord brought one plague upon him. Two hundred years he suffered, and in the nine hundredth year he was brought to desolation at the flood, for Abel his righteous brother’s sake.
26. 22In seven hundred years was Cain judged,… 700 years! …and Lamech in seventy times seven;… 490! Lamech, through Cain. …because forever those who are likened unto Cain in envy unto hatred of brethren shall be judged with the same punishment. Sure!!!
27. 23Therefore, my children, you should also flee ill-doing, envy, and hatred of brethren, and cleave to goodness and love. He that has a pure mind in love, looks not after a woman unto fornication; for he has no defilement in his heart, because the Spirit of God rests in him. For as the sun is not defiled by shining over dung and mire, but rather dries up both and drives away the bad smell: so also the pure mind, constrained among the defilements of the earth, rather edifies, and itself suffers no defilement.
28. 24Now I suppose, from the words of the righteous Enoch, that there will be also evil-doings among you: for you will commit fornication with the fornication of Sodom, and shall perish all SAVE A FEW,… Only a few shall be saved. …and will multiply inordinate lusts with women; and the kingdom of the Lord shall not be among you, for immediately He will take it away. Yes!
29. 25Nevertheless the temple of God shall be built in your portion, and shall be glorious among you. FOR HE SHALL TAKE IT, AND THE TWELVE TRIBES SHALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER THERE, AND ALL THE GENTILES, UNTIL THE MOST HIGH SHALL SEND FORTH HIS SALVATION IN THE VISITATION OF HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN ONE.
30. 26And He shall enter into the front of the temple, and there shall the Lord be treated with outrage, and He shall be lifted up upon a tree.
31. 27And the veil of the temple shall be rent, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD SHALL DESCEND UPON THE GENTILES AS FIRE POURED FORTH. This is because they [Jews] have been cut off. They have been cut off.
32. And He shall arise from the grave, and shall ascend from earth into heaven: and I know how lowly He shall be upon the earth, and how glorious in the heaven.
33. 28Now when Joseph was in Egypt, I longed to see his visage and the form of his countenance; and through the prayers of Jacob my father I saw him, while awake in the daytime, in his full and perfect shape.
34. 29Therefore, my children, know that I am dying. Work therefore truth and righteousness each one with his neighbour, and judgment unto faithful doing, and keep the law of the Lord and His commandments; for these things do I teach you instead of all inheritance.
35. 30You should also therefore give them to your children for an everlasting possession; for so did both Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. All these things they gave us for an inheritance, saying, Keep the commandments of God until the Lord shall reveal His salvation to all nations.
36. 31Then shall you see Enoch, Noah, and Shem, and Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, arising on the right hand in gladness. THEN SHALL WE ALSO ARISE, EACH ONE OVER OUR TRIBE, WORSHIPPING THE KING OF HEAVEN, WHO APPEARED UPON THE EARTH IN THE FORM OF A MAN OF HUMILITY.
37. 32And as many as believed on Him on the earth shall rejoice with Him;… Amen! …and then shall all men arise, some unto glory and some unto shame.
38. AND THE LORD SHALL JUDGE ISRAEL FIRST, EVEN FOR THE WRONG THEY DID UNTO HIM; FOR WHEN HE APPEARED AS A DELIVERER, GOD IN THE FLESH, THEY BELIEVED HIM NOT.
39. John chapter 1 verse 11. “He came to His own country, but His own people did not receive Him.” [GNB]
40. And then shall He judge all the Gentiles, as many as believed Him not when He appeared upon earth.
41. 34And he shall reprove Israel among the chosen ones of the Gentiles, even as He reproved Esau among the Midianites who deceived their brethren, so that they fell into fornication and idolatry; and they were alienated from God, and became as they that were no children in the portion of them that fear the Lord.
42. 35But if you walk in holiness in the presence of the Lord, you shall dwell in hope again in me, and all Israel shall be gathered unto the Lord.
43. 36And I shall no longer be called a ravening wolf on account of your ravages, but a worker of the Lord, distributing food to them that work what is good.
44. AND ONE SHALL RISE UP FROM MY SEED IN THE LATTER TIMES, BELOVED OF THE LORD, HEARING UPON THE EARTH HIS VOICE, ENLIGHTENING WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE ALL THE GENTILES, BURSTING IN UPON ISRAEL FOR SALVATION WITH THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE, AND TEARING IT AWAY FROM IT LIKE A WOLF, AND GIVING IT TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE GENTILES.
45. 37AND UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION OF THE AGES SHALL HE BE IN THE SYNAGOGUES OF THE GENTILES, AND AMONG THEIR RULERS, AS A STRAIN OF MUSIC IN THE MOUTH OF ALL; AND HE SHALL BE INSCRIBED IN THE HOLY BOOKS, BOTH HIS WORK AND HIS WORD, AND HE SHALL BE A CHOSEN ONE OF GOD FOR EVER; and because of him my father Jacob instructed me, saying, He shall fill up that which lacks of your tribe.
46. 38And when he finished his words, he said: I charge you, my children, carry up my bones out of Egypt, and bury me at Hebron, near my fathers. So Benjamin died a hundred and twenty-five years old, in a good old age, and they placed him in a coffin.
47. 39And in the ninety-first year of the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt, they and their brethren brought up the bones of their fathers secretly in a place which is called Canaan; and they buried them in Hebron, by the feet of their fathers.
48. 40And they returned from the land of Canaan, and dwelt in Egypt until the day of their departing from the land of Egypt.
49. About this page. Source: Translated by Robert Sinker. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 8. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0801.htm>.
CONCLUSION
PRAYER
Our Heavenly father, we lack words to express our joy, happiness and gratitude to You for preserving this Truth till this day. Indeed, You really preserved the truth that we should not perish.
2. Of all groups of people, we are the most favoured; that the Almighty God abides with us in Human form, helping us to get all these revelations, hidden since all the ages, not revealed to people anyhow.
3. There is nothing You are doing in our midst which is a common experience. They are all uncommon, very costly and very expensive. Father, we cherish all.
4. Like I said earlier, we lack words to express our gratitude. Only eternity will be enough for us to sing Your praise for saving us from this sinful world.
5. Father, we have heard much more than we expected. Give us the grace to medicate on the much we have heard; and in our private closets to collect these books as individuals and go through them again; build our jotters and build our lives.
6. Today, O God, You have sealed completely the Teaching that You exist as a Human Being. We are no longer in doubt as per Your existence, or as per Your appearing in these last days.
7. We can see the end of everything with us. Not that it is coming. It is now with us. We were singing that the end is near, but the end has come.
8. Help us O God the way You have been helping us to escape fully from your wrath and the wrath of men. Save all of us to the utmost which is the essence of giving us this Truth.
9. Wherever we have sinned in time past, forgive us. From now henceforth, O God help us to turn over to a new leaf as people that are being taught by You, for You said we must have you in Person for our Teacher. And that has come to pass.
10. May we never abuse this Teaching we have received. Bless all that will hear this Truth from us. From this Family, save souls. And do not exclude us. Save us first. And the rest, next.
11. Include our families in distant lands in the firstfruit for full and complete salvation. And those, O God that have that same belief in this Family that we are giving the whole world the truth.
12. We co-opted them into this Family as a part of this Family. Help them to have the same mind that is in us; the same spirit that is in us to do everything according to Thy will. Father, we thank You.
13. The rest of today, we hand over to Your care. This month is indeed a blissful month. It opened up in a very gracious way. A blissful way. Let it remain blissful till the end.
14. You have nourished our hearts; widened our understanding, expounded O God, everything in us. You have illuminated our sight physically and spiritually. Continue to uphold us. May nothing buffet us about anymore.
15. May we prefer obedience to this truth to living contrary; to thinking otherwise or to fooling ourselves. We have seen the end from the beginning, and we are no longer in doubt.
16. Thank You for all these souls You have used, Father in the ministration today. Strength has gone out of them. They are young people. Father, refill them with Thy strength. Refill them with Thy vigour, with energy, with vision and Thy sight; with zeal to render You service according to Thy will, their ages notwithstanding.
17. Stand behind them and help them O God to soar higher and higher and to be delighted in doing You a service, Father after Your will. May it bring them abundant joy. May Your blessings follow them.
18. Bestow them with wisdom, knowledge and understanding above their mates. May they never lack anything good. Help them to the utmost.
19. Father, we say THANK YOU for giving us this wonderful privilege to work for You and for ourselves and for humanity.
20. To Your Name alone, we give the Glory. Bless the Brother who searched out this manuscript and posted it to Me. Bless Him immensely.
21. Co-opt him into Your salvation plan which is about to be wrapped up so that he will not help in saving others and then get lost. Include him O LORD, if he is not included yet.
22. Father, we say THANK YOU for answering our prayers. For Your Name’s sake, we pray. Amen