Dear James,
I have to say, the letter you sent gave me
much to think about. There are a lot of things I’d like to respond to and I
hope I can address them all. First, it is clear to me that, by your own
admission, you do not know Yahweh. Be assured, friend, that he does want you
to. He is our everlasting Father. By my own testimony I can declare faithfully
that He is the father I never had. I won’t go into my whole life story but I’ve
had some experiences in life that have made me question whether God even cares.
Looking back now I can see that He was always there, even in my iniquity,
nudging me back towards the right track. Through all the indecision I had about
Him in my life I have come to find that He is pouring His Spirit out on ALL
flesh James. It is up to us to receive Him and to continue receiving Him. He
has given us that choice. He didn’t have to do that. If He were a tyrant He
would have created everything perfect and not given us a choice. We are the
ones who walk away from Him and because of that He turns us over to our own
wickedly deceived hearts, allowing Satan to sift us as wheat so-to-speak, like
Peter, who denied Christ 3 times before His crucifixion.
One of the mysteries of Yahweh is that He
does in fact hate what mankind has become. He doesn’t hate us, His children. He
hates what we think and what we do – that we worship the creation over the Creator.
We have taken advantage of His gift to us. We have demanded our inheritance and
squandered it away, like the parable of the prodigal son. Humans live for the
flesh first, not for Him.
Let me make something clear: Yahweh does not
want rote, mechanical praise. He wants us to love Him as He loves us but there
is a barrier between us and Him, a barrier that was broken by Christ Yahshua,
His salvation – His provision and propitiation for reconciliation. Fear of the
LORD is the BEGINNING of wisdom. So then, what is the end result of wisdom?
LOVE. God is love. Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). His Spirit is
truth. These two, His indwelling love and truth, agree as One and give us witness to His greatness. The only
way to Him is by the narrow path He has provided, the Way of the cross. I know
this seems cruel to most humans who love the flesh and seek to eliminate all
unpleasurable things in life but it is the unpleasurable things that often help
us to grow. I’m not advocating unnecessary suffering but just trying to communicate
that suffering is a part of being reconciled to God, not by His will but by the
nature of being a human in a fallen state. It is painful to see just how wicked
we really are but once we get though that BY HIS POWER, there is freedom
and peace in knowing Him, no matter the circumstances. Let us not impose our
own humanitarian sense of fairness on this present age. There is an age to come
where He will rule implicitly in all of our hearts, not as a dictator but as
our Father, Friend and Advocate. This is His promise to those who show they truly
desire Him. The prodigal son must come back on his knees as a servant but the
Father welcomes him as a son.
His children, if they abide in Him, may ask
whatever they want of Him and it will be done here in this age and in the age
to come. We have an inheritance prepared for us in the age to come that is pure
and truly beyond anything we can possibly comprehend in this flesh. Let us not
discount what it is like to be allowed in God’s holy presence. Do you think any
pleasure of this flesh could compare to that whether art, sex, marriage? Yah is
the great artist and if He is the author of our ways we can experience something
far greater than a mere parable of Him within His creation. We can experience
HIM!
I understand your position. I have felt that
way, like there was no proof of God’s existence, that every Christian I met was
a hypocrite (and believe me I held it against them hypocritically), that I
couldn’t do anything to help save someone else because I couldn’t save myself.
I learned that I was saved THROUGH saving someone else by sacrifice and
service, for there is no greater love than this: that one would lay down his
life for his friends. The fruits of a true disciple’s labor are joy, peace,
longsuffering, patience and self-control. By these virtues we are the lights
for others to be guided into the truth. The truth is a two-edged sword because
it divides between the soul and the spirit. It’s not comfortable but it is
ultimately liberating. The lights who dwell in this dark world will not be
snuffed out but as the battle rages and things get worse and worse towards the
end of this age, the lights that do remain will shine brighter and brighter. The
church is experiencing birth pangs my friend. She is laboring to bring forth
the Christ child that lives IN us. Yes, most of the church has fallen into
apostasy but I have found that this is no reason to condemn her nor divide
myself from her. God Himself will bring us out of her through the painful
process of labor as He works His purpose in us and purifies us by the fire of
His Holy Spirit, as silver is purified and as gold is tried. This is the mystery
of the curse placed on Eve in the garden. Just as there is a second Adam of the
Spirit so too there is a second Eve and she will bring forth the true fruit of
Yahweh, that is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
If I might, please let me call out some more
academic topics addressed in your letter. There are some facts I would like to
set straight using Scripture and historical evidence. I’ll try to go in order
as I read through your letter again. There is no solid evidence the council of
Nicea declared canonical Scriptures. Constantine did gather all available manuscripts
and have them compiled into 50 Bibles but my research has revealed that there
was no declaration of canonicity. Since about 50 years later we see the first
declaration of Catholic canonical authority there is speculation these two events may be related. I do not
believe there was a conspiracy to make the Bible 66 books for any numerological
reason, although the number 6 is very important in Luciferian doctrine. I could
talk about the occult significance of that number at length if you desire.
I noticed as symbol you drew in the word “fallacies”
in your letter. It looks like this:
I was wondering why you drew it. It looks a
lot like the symbol for air in 5 element magick, perhaps mixed with an arrow
pointing downward towards the earth. It made me think of the esoteric philosophy
of “as above, so below.” Needless to say I found it odd, perhaps even evidence
of demonic influence in your life. I would be on guard and in prayer if I were
you. Then again, maybe you put it on the word “fallacies” as a way to make a
statement about this sort of philosophy. I’m not quite sure.
In response to your statement about people
attaching a disclaimer as reverse psychology to discourage people from challenging
their works I can tell you this is not the case with me. I say this because it
is not only Scriptural but my hopes and intentions are for you to do your due
diligence in seeking out the matter for yourself, like the Bereans, whom the
apostle Paul honored for searching the Scriptures daily to see if these things
were true. The Bible says you needn’t anyone to teach you if you have the
Spirit. Sometimes we all need encouragement and none of us are perfect, so it
is natural for me to want to encourage you to do as I and countless others have
done – to seek the truth of God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength in
patient prayer.
You said that you have never heard the voice
of Yahweh or Satan audibly. I have heard Yahweh on a couple of occasions but if I hadn’t
prayed and listened for an answer I wouldn’t have known He answered. Most of
the time He doesn’t answer in voice. For me it was a voice in my head – yeah, now
the crazy police will start beating down my door for sure. Most of the time I
pray and He divinely orders my steps. I suppose in prison it might seem like
God isn’t really present. I assure you He can manifest in any way He wants in
His creation and He has declared His glory in all creation for all to see, in
parables or images of Him, so that none are with excuse to deny Him. I think it
is not a good thing to call Yah “it” in the manner you have because He has
chosen to identify Himself in the male for a reason. “It” is in line with gnostic
and New Age thinking, like God is some impersonal force to be tapped into. No,
He is intimately involved with every aspect of life in His creation as a loving
Father, whether we choose to see Him or not. Satan wants your eyes off of Him.
Don’t give him that ground in your life. Resist the devil with all the goodness
that God will give you if you only ask for it.
James, no matter what you’ve done He is
faithful to forgive and receive you. I think you know that but you just won’t
forgive yourself. Let Him be our judge and let us trust in His blood to cleanse
us from evil conscience. Let our consciences be ruled by His mercy and grace.
Never forget His mercy and grace and always remember to keep the blood of
Christ applied to your life, that is the symbol of self denial and submission
to what is greater than us: His perfect goodness, which we can all experience
in our hearts here and now and into the age to come in greater ways than our
minds can even comprehend. If you have denied Him, He will deny you, but if you
declare Him and keep His words, He will declare you and stand by you before our
Father at the great throne of judgment.
You stated that you do not know how to pray
or even feel unworthy for God to even hear your prayers. I think that God hears
us more when we have grown closer to Him. It is a two way street, but just as
the prodigal son came slumping down the road to his father’s house after
squandering away his inheritance the father came running to him.
I would like to give you a bit of a view of
the promised inheritance for the saints who overcome this world of flesh and
sin. The overcomers will rule and reign with Christ on His throne. They will teach
the world His Way which is the only good way, not by human perception but by the
truth and love of the One True God Almighty. There will be a New Heaven and a
New Earth in the age to come, which means new heavenly hosts. Who do you think
will be the heavenly hosts? Paul says, “Do you not know that we will judge
angels?” I don’t think of angels as heavenly zombies, as you wrote, but as
beings who experience the bliss of higher states of consciousness because they
are very close to Yah. Doing His will is not duty. Does it feel like service if
you enjoy it?
Our Father does not want us to have blind
faith. That is why we were given Scriptures, but we must be dedicated to
understanding them, not just as words but as a spiritual message meant to
transform us inside now glory by glory until our full redemption. The good news
is that Christ Yahshua came into the world to save sinners so that we can be
reconciled to Yahweh.
You mentioned that it has been almost 2000
years since Christ promised to return and we have seen nothing of the sort. I
would challenge you to consider carefully the following passages of Scripture:
Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out
from Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they crossed over. So it was, after three days, that the officers went
through the camp; and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark
of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it,
then you shall set out from your place and go after it. Yet there shall be a
space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the
way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.” And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord
will do wonders among you.” Then
Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross
over before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went
before the people. And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt
you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you. You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan,
you shall stand in the Jordan.’ ” So Joshua said to the children of Israel,
“Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.” And Joshua said, “By this
you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail
drive out from before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and
the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites: Behold,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before
you into the Jordan. Now therefore, take for yourselves twelve men from the
tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe. And it shall come to pass, as soon
as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord
of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of
the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they
shall stand as a heap.” So it was, when the people set out from their camp to
cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before
the people, and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of
the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan
overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest), that the waters which came down from upstream
stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside
Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,
failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. Then
the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry
ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground,
until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan. Joshua 3
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are
reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as
a day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand
slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone
to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:7-9
"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn
us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will
revive us after two days; He
will raise us up on the third day,
that we may live before Him. So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD.
His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the
rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." Hosea 6:1-3
What do you think these prophesies are
declaring? Moreover, HOW do you think Christ is returning? WHERE do you think
He is returning? If you can answer that you will KNOW Yahweh’s plan of salvation.
...when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired
among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. 2 Thes
1:10
And He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.’ Is
49:3
For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. Deu
32:9
Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who
shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” Mat 16:28
I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out
from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been
scattered; and I will be hallowed in
you before the Gentiles. Ezek 20:41
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in
Christ, and through us diffuses the
fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of
Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 2 Cor
2:12
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are
sons of God. Rom 8:14
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest
expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him
who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of
God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs
together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the
adoption, the redemption of our body. Rom 8:18-23
James, I want you to know that your letters
are an encouragement to me in ways you can’t know. Maybe one day I’ll explain
that. Yah is making good use of you whether you know it or not. I hope this
message has been an encouragement. May the love of Yahweh shine true on your
heart today and always. Reach out to me any time you need but more importantly,
seek Yah with all your heart. I’ll leave you with the following Scripture:
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas,
and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods. And
after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered
the jailer to guard them securely. On receiving this order, he placed them in
the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight, Paul and
Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were
listening to them. Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the
prison. At once all the doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. When
the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was
about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul
called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!” Calling
for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. Then
he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16
Sincerely,
George
