How should we be showing others who hate us the love and mercy Christ afforded all men? Some letters I receive are so vile and full of hatred, it is hard to stomach their hateful speech. Indeed, if words were fashioned after IED's many more victims would be lying on the streets dead from verbal assaults in our country. I'm not sure why I give some men with such vile approach an audience nor why I should include them on my mailing list when they request it. One letter I received recently, was so full of vile hatred and abusive words, I nearly deleted it. I think sometimes it is better to ignore the bully and pay him no attention in the hopes that he would go away than to give him the audience he desires. Being that as it may, I felt that God had something to say to him and so the following is my witness of Christ to such a man. I prayed that he give my letter the same respect I gave his in reading it through. Without first establishing some respect, there can be no fruitful discourse between opposing parties.

Understanding the need for a truthful reply using words seasoned with grace, I wrote, "You seem to lack a great deal of mercy and harbor deep resentment and hatred towards Christians in general. Who has caused you to blame God for all of man's fallen nature and inequities? Why do you look at fallen men in Government and Church and judge the incorruptible Word of God by their inability to obey and perform after the selfless example set by Christ Jesus? Is it God's fault that man fell from grace? Was it not man's inability to obey God in the first place that got him into such a quagmire of hypocrisy and rebellion in the first place? Who is there to blame but the very person you see reflected back at you in a mirror? Does man not still have a free will? Who has robbed you of your freedom oh son of man?"

It's a funny thing how truth actually works in a person's life. Unbelievers like this man are most ignorant - not because they are stupid - but because they lack faith. Without faith, man would not have progressed so far in such a short period of time. So, faith shows itself to be a powerful tool - with both believers in Christ and also non-believers. I said to him, "I take it that your faith is centered on self pursuing the selfish things of life rather than the selfless things that God desires of His children?"

His long diatribe showed me two things that become exposed in the light. One - was that he harbored the wrong kind of hatreds and desired to give offense without provocation. He came off sounding like a bully but was probably a coward. Two - what he thinks he sees in us (true followers of Christ) is not actually an image of us but a reflected image of the person he is. To the worldly, Christians are but a mirror that reflects back to the persons making insult a copied reflection of themselves. His problem was not with me nor was it with God the Father who sent His Son to die for his sins. His real issue is with the image of the person he sees reflected in a mirror. I told him this and said, "You can be happy in the same pants you got angry in."

I continued by asking many questions. I said, "What causes you so much grief? Are you upset and disappointed with the plethora of hypocrites represented in Christianity? So am I. Are you angry at professing Christians who do not live up to their own professed standards? I am but I don't let the sun set on my anger. Has clergy, lied to, cheated or abused perhaps mistreated you? To some degree, I have been but because man fails to understand Christ's better example of holiness - I don't harbor hatred or judgment against God for it. Have you been unable to forgive those who have transgressed you? If that is so - please listen, your inability to forgive others will eat at you like a cancer from the inside out. Do you not wish to be delivered from such torment? Is God responsible for man's mischievous behavior or is man to be held to account for all his selfish rebellion?"

I continued to inquire, "Do you believe as the majority of the world that love is a feeling that is here today and gone tomorrow or do you understand as I do that love is an unwavering commitment? Are you angry with Christians because you feel judged by them or are you jealous that we believe and you cannot? What causes your affliction? Why must you profane the name of my Lord? Is it because too many Christians are in disagreement with one another and somehow, your mind cannot understand how faith is what keeps us together in one body - not doctrines and precepts of man?"

In an attempt to keep the door open, I said, "I would really like to hear from you again if you can behave yourself and be sincere with your answers. I have nothing against you so why do you make an assault upon my brethren and me? Let go of that which is causing you this pain. Seek the truth and it will set you free." I'm still waiting to hear back from this man.

It came to me just now - that looking at or even trying to make sense of man's religious formulas, renders one powerless and puts him in a dangerous state of hopelessness. You will never be able to make sense of these conflicting arguments. There is no point in even trying because it will create confusion and become the root of frustration. If you are troubled by all these factious arguments keeping the house of God divided, then take your mind and eyes off all that divisive garbage and look upon Christ alone.

My best advice is to look only at scripture and let it judge all these things. There is a sure pattern seen in the scriptures and they not only define themselves but measure each and every precept with great accuracy. We should not allow ourselves to be troubled by all this divisive dogma but rather should embrace and accept fully what pattern of life and behavior Jesus authored for us while being human. You will not find a denomination out there that has it all right. Forget it - it doesn't exist. All these religious denominations are in the end empty selfish works motivated by the pride of man. We don't need temples or church buildings because we are the temples. We don't need organized religion because our faith in Christ is what saves and guides us. How many actually understand that faith is trust? Why do so many put there trust in their quaint little churches or clergy running them?

Faith and religion are two different categories. Religion is man-made and faith is God created. Man offers religion as a vehicle for salvation but God offered His Son as the vehicle and gave to each man a measure of faith. Now the question is - what should we be doing with the faith He apportioned us? Do we create our own version of heaven on earth by creating and building religious empires? Or recognizing the futility of such an endeavor, do we simply learn to live and love selflessly all our fellow men - even our accusers and oppressors - and await the day when Christ returns to recompense every man according to the deeds he has done? Because the Pope sits on a throne ruling a particular religious empire, he is apostate and his works produce enmity towards God. Unfortunately, instead of being truly separated, many Protestant denominations have followed the same Catholic patterns and are no better.

Though much of Christianity is confessing Jesus is Lord, few if any are actually modeling themselves after His pattern. If they were, man would build no more holy structures and idols. If man accepted God the Father and Christ Jesus as the supreme authority, there would be no need for democracy, socialism or Congress and Parliaments or Presidents and Prime Ministers or Kings and Queens. We have a King - if we accept His sovereign authority. But herein lies the problem... what is the interpretation of law? Moses and the tribes he led around in the wilderness had the same problem that men in power have today... how should the law be interpreted? The answer I give is so simple that a child can grasp it yet theologians are still choking on it. The simplest answer I can give is that the law was already interpreted by Jesus and demonstrated beautifully by how He lived and died. Selfless is the word that comes to mind but selfish is still a factor in the human condition.

Pride was to be abolished but man does not want to let it go. Until the pride of man is laid to rest, nothing can ever bring about peace on earth short of Christ's return. Fortunately for us who truly believe, we will be caught up in the clouds to meet Him before He brings His promised wrath upon earth. God said in the Old and New Testament that vengeance was His - He will repay and so we must be patient and wait it out being faithful and merciful towards all - even unto our deaths before the last enmity is put away forever. Our human nature is still in a hopeless and fallen state. Nothing can save it except for the selfless sacrifice that Jesus gave for us. That is the pattern and standard by which all men should be living in order to be truly "saved." Anything short of that is a futile attempt at survival. Sooner or later, death will catch up to us all (until it is put away) and so we should strive all the more to practice mercy and selfless love towards all so that we may in the end be accounted worthy of the salvation that Christ authored for us. "There is no other way to the Father but through Christ alone."

The sharp contrasts to Christ's pattern and teachings seen by men in power in the visible church and in human government are what set us in a militant mode. Hypocrisy is everywhere and rebellion is afoot in all the religious orders of man. We should not blame God for the chaos reigning supreme on our planet. It is not Christ's fault and His Word is not to blame. If we point the finger at anyone, we should start with ourselves and be righteous examples but think not that we can compete with God. Yet, that is what man is doing.

I like taking a different approach to what the mainstream Churches are doing. I exhort the strongest of my brethren to be the immortals we are called to be and rather than fearing death or suffering, embrace it and count it as a measure of gain and confirmation that you are on the right path. Instead of measuring yourself against others who are still in a fallen state, measure yourself against the pattern of Christ and His Apostles. Let His Word be your judge and measuring rod and submit to it now lest you loose your case in the final judgment. I pray the witness of Christ precedes you and you touch many lives inspiring others to do the same. The witness of Christ in flesh must live on but you must believe! Let the Word be your guide, judge and measuring rod. With it, you will always have the power to overcome. Without it, you may miss out on some of the glory promised all that follow Christ Jesus. We who follow Him will part-take and taste everything He experienced in flesh and because of that... we will be the ones of whom He spoke of in John 6:53-58 Then Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever."

That is what it means to eat of His flesh and drink of His blood. We must follow His implicit pattern of righteousness if we ever expect to live eternal with Him in the heavens. Be the sons of God that you are called to be and leave the hirelings alone because they being blind will fall into pits of darkness. It is not up to us to find or seek a good church. Government and patriotism is not the answer either. Religion is for the untamed and undisciplined masses. It is our duty and responsibility to be the true Church and continue bearing witness of His indwelling presence in our lives. By our obedient example - some may perhaps be truly saved and make a difference.

My Cross - My Burden

Last fall, I reconnected with an old acquaintance that I had not seen in almost 10 years. He used to work under my employ years ago when I was in my business management profession. I remember his flamboyant Christian character and how he was always such a kind and gentleperson. I saw him twice before going to Israel in October and had high hopes that I might be able to engage with a group of local pastors he ministers to. Of course, it was imperative he spend some time taking a deeper look into my ministry to determine potential and I encouraged him to use my site extensively so that he would get a better understanding of where I was at in my faith and how I was being used by God to minister the gospel of Christ crucified.

A great deal of time passed after my return from Israel and I grew concerned over his absence and failure to reply to my many email inquiries. I thought that at the very least he would be interested in hearing all about my trip to the Middle East. Months passed on until just recently when I received a disparaging letter from him. In his brief letter, he confessed my strong reproofs and stance against mainstream Christianity and the Government troubled him. He appealed to me to take my eyes off such things and focus only on what the will of God is. He further admonished me in saying that my many writings seemed void of the love we're supposed to practice between one another. The following was my response and it will show you the difficulty any Godfearing disciple has when trying to make inroads to bear witness of Christ's redeeming qualities to mainstreamers. I ask as you read this that you spend some time praying over such matters because we are commanded by God to keep on the lookout for all the saints and should be offering our prayers and supplications for the ministries which they are called to. To this day, I am still forced to ask, "Where is the support we are supposed to be receiving from the church?"

Does the Church today forget what our Lord said about the Scribes who become disciples? Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." Meaning, every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household bringing forth out of his treasure things new and old. I dare say brethren, God's appointed messengers are still not being allowed into the assemblies. We are the most disregarded of fellow servants and many deny our offices still exist. My letter follows…

Thank you for finally opening your door brother so that I may come in and dine with you. The content of your letter confirmed my concerns over why I have not heard from you in a long while. Now, you will see just how the Lord uses me to Minister Christ's pattern of love and righteousness. You could have written me about anything - even inquiring of my trip to Israel but instead you were compelled to express concern over my style and fashion of office. "A wise man love's rebuke" - most especially myself - but any rebuke or concern directed at me needs to be well grounded and patterned after Christ's perfect example before I will receive it in the love it was intended.

"Give him (his household) a greeting of peace..." this, I always do. But can you recognize the things, which God has done through Christ Jesus to make that peace possible? Surely, you know in part but do you understand the greater aspects that make up the whole? I know that you are a kind and gentleman and that is one of your finest attributes but you seem to overlook the obvious where I am concerned. This causes me further concern and I must admit that I was so very disappointed in reading your latent reply that I needed to remove myself from my office for a few days of prayerful reflection before I gave answer to your lacking-admonishment. Though you may not have intentionally done so, your words were directed at the servant I am and unfortunately was not well-grounded in proper context. At first, I took it personally and after God's answer to prayer, I understood that your ability to see clearly is shrouded by the same fog that covers most people's eyes in today's society. Please allow me to show you more deeply the love of God. I pray you are given discernment in the reading of this letter for at the current hour, I am still troubled by the apparent lack thereof.

The best we can hope for in these apostate times is that those who are truly called will recognize the real truth bearers and witnesses living today and each will do their part in helping to support one another (the saints called prophets, wise men and scribes). These called saints as well will demonstrate an unwavering obedience to Christ's pattern in everything possible and will be numbered among those not forsaking the gathering of the true assemblies. Though the visible church is lacking greatly in her duty to "support the saints" we must do so for one another. That means that birds of a feather will flock together and eventually, our numbers may increase but I caution that the true church will always be a minority in these troubled times we now live. "Though many are called, few are chosen." That's a verse that every Godfearing man must reckon himself to - whether or not he is called of God or some other fallen angel or spirit. Is the path a man walks broad and accompanied by many other travelers or is it narrow allowing only enough room for a brother or two to walk shoulder to shoulder? Is that much room even allowed?
Using more completely the scripture you cited - let's review it's entire context.

The best description of the battles we are currently engaged in are found in the words expressed by Paul to the Ephesians 6:10-18 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"

Therefore, if fear is our enemy then faith (trust) is our armor. Do you not understand brother that the love of God is incomplete within us unless we also embrace and accept His hatreds? Why are you so bothered by my strong delivery and warning to the mainstream churches when utter rebellion is at foot? You say a soft answer turns away wrath but do you attempt to muzzle the ox when he is threshing? Do you mute the trumpet (shofar) when it is blowing? Do you silence the messenger and tell him to "be quiet - people are sleeping around here?"

You say , "we must take our eyes off what man is doing and look to see what God is doing." I admonish your lack of understanding brother in the name of Christ Jesus and answer that two blind men who fell into a pit would not have fallen if one had his eyes open to see the path before him. Furthermore, one should look to see and follow what God has already done and patterned for us to mirror. You cannot walk through life safely without eyes to see and discernment to know the difference between what should be and what should not be. How will any avoid the traps and snares set by Satan if he is not paying attention and watching his pathway carefully? How, if one has eyes to see, will one avoid danger by looking the other way? If he cannot see it or is looking the other way will he too not fall into a pit? What you prescribed is what is taught in mainstream Christianity and all it ever accomplishes is weakness, blindness and ignorance. God does not want His children to be unaware my friend but in fact commands that we understand, accept and apply ourselves with the shrewdness of a snake yet while being gentle as doves. One does not "overcome" anything if he is looking the other way. Looking the other way is sticking one's head in the sand and ignoring that a problem exists. Here is understanding... the survival of the saints is in part made possible by achieving a wise understanding of your enemy's ways and knowing his manipulative schemes. Knowledge therefore is useful for countering the enemy's works.

You don't seem to favor my "gifted" approach to "educating" the Church so that Christians will awake from their long slumber and become aware of Satan's manipulative schemes. Whose "blood guilt" will be on my hands brother if I do not do the will of my Father in this current hour? You're familiar with the watchman's duty aren't you (Ezekiel 33)? You obviously did not understand all that I exhorted and warned when we last met? If anything, I am consistent in my unwavering application of delivering God's warning to the Church but it is not too pleasing or tickling to the ears. For that reason, I am concerned that this bothers you. Because I appear to be lacking in the love department (your opinion only), I and the message I am bearing, is not well received by you or perhaps others with whom you've shared it. What's the matter brother, is someone attempting to sway you another way by saying, "watch out, this man is dangerous?" Has someone close to you recently said, "This man lacks love. Where is his love for the brethren?"

Remember God's rebuke against all of Job's friends? Though their advice was well intentioned, they clearly did not know what the heck they were talking about in Job's case. Do you suppose to have a better path for me to follow or perhaps a better standard than the examples Jesus and His Apostles left for mankind?

My God man... Don't you understand that I've been crying aloud since the day of my appointment... To wake up the sleepers? I really believe that men like me are in desperate short supply and the condition of popular westernized Christianity is a solid indicator of that. Just how long should we carry on with this over baked lovey-dovey, forgive, forget and look the other way attitude? Brother, have you forgotten what I told you plainly - that LOVE is an unwavering commitment and FEEDING God's flock is in part satisfied by educating people with truth? Is this not how Peter was commanded three times by Jesus to "feed the sheep?" Do you also not understand that a crucial part of God's love is also defined by God's hatreds? Do we love what God hates? May it never be! Since when was accountability not part of your understanding God's love?

By refusing to address the problems in today's churches (organized man-made religious institutions) - one does nothing to help the REAL Church. Refusing to talk about it or do nothing about it is like an alcoholic denying he has a problem - so the problem continues to exist. By refusing to address the problems (cry out aloud) that many are so seduced into believing through man's divisive political alliance, one allows his drunk neighbors to drive the streets in a drunken state risking their own lives and other innocent people too. Do you let your beloved brother or neighbor walk right into harms way knowing that his direction will bring about harm to himself causing stain and reproach and also upon everyone with whom he fellowships?

Despite my strong words and bold position... I am not the militant Christian you think I am. Do you not see that Apostle Paul's strong words and the epistles of James and Peter were also very commanding and authoritative? Do you think that by trying to talk sweetly to the threshing bull in the stockyard you will alter what Christ said about taming the bull? "Do you muzzle the Ox when he is threshing?" Do you mute the trumpet when it is being sounded? Do you tell the watchman to be silent, people are trying to sleep around here? What gives man?

If we are to practice our love for the brethren the way that God loved each of us in our lives - who are you oh son of man to say that I am not fulfilling my role as an obedient disciple? Paul (Saul) was also forgiven but shown how much he must suffer for the gospel's sake. Am I any different in that respect? Paul and the other Apostles also taught about forgiveness through repentance. Is repentance anything less than turning away from and abstaining from the things, which bring about stain and reproach? I am commanded (as I told you I was) to "go now and seek my true brethren - keeping myself separate from mainstream apostasy" and when I did, I found myself outcast and left in the cold by those calling themselves "Christian." How is my experience any different than what Jesus indicated it would be? Those you would make excuses for have filled my life with rejection. My Father says, "Send them this warning son" and yet, you don't want to acknowledge the message I am commanded to give is from GOD.

I don't think you understand or truly appreciate what God has done in me nor what became of me in the process. I thought you did at first and was hopeful for open doors but now it appears that someone else has been influencing you to turn away from me. Do not try to hide it brother for I know the truth. I know all too well who sets man at enmity with God. YOU MUST OVERCOME this struggle brother!

Many Christians have the advantage of or at least the allusion of being supported by their church when undergoing great trial and adversity. Tell me brother, of all the men you know right now, how many overcame such great adversity and accomplished so much while being outcast by the common church? If you know others, how many of them produced the quality result I achieved with God's help in parenting three children single handedly while living in nothing larger than a walk-in closet? Do you really want me to love you differently than the way God loved me? Wouldn't that be rebellious on my part if I attempted to pattern myself differently than Christ or His anointed Apostles? Do you not recognize what hour is now upon us? Do you not acknowledge the dire need for conformity to Christ's pattern and ALL His teachings? Do you think that God will fulfill His remaining prophecies without using obedient Godfearing servants? Do you think that He was speaking nonsense in Matthew 23:34-36? Do you deny that certain offices still exist to purpose God's will and keep believers faithful?

Just what do you think that the role of the Church is supposed to be today? Who is the Church? Who is my brother? Is my brother not the one doing the will of my Father? If that is so then what is the will of my Father? Is the will of my Father not to surrender myself under Christ's lordship, listening and obeying all He has demonstrated? In whom will the Father of heaven be well pleased brother? Will the Father be pleased with forgiving men and forgetting or denying that transgression still exists among believers? Or, will he be more pleased with men upholding and demonstrating the actual pattern of Christ by forgiving and continuing to reprove, rebuke and admonish one another holding each accountable to the righteous standards set by Jesus and obediently applied by the Apostles? Which is the most correct application of Christ-likeness?

Of those whom Jesus said He would send in these "last days," who is a Prophet? Who is a Scribe? Who is a Wise man? Why are these three offices being ignored by the "so-called" Christian Churches? Why are these same "so-called" churches failing to support the messengers whom God has sent? Why is their message being ignored and tossed out as lunacy or potential heresy? How come no one wants to hear of the danger they are presently in this hour? Who will pay the ultimate price my brother when the intended recipients ignored the warnings the messengers brought forth? Do you get it? Do you understand what I am saying and more importantly, do you recognize the love and mercy I am exhibiting towards you and all who call themselves "Christian?"

Brother, it is not me who am lacking in godly love here. As God has loved me, so I also love you, my brother, my neighbor and my enemy. I love each the same and with the same degree of mercy that was apportioned me, so I also freely give unto others. It is for the sake of love that I do this and it is by the example shown me that I mirror to others. I mirror the same degree of accountability towards my fellow man and am not content with merely speaking of it but go out of my way to demonstrate it in my every day life. Not one moment on any given day in my life is absent of my consideration for how God wants me to love my fellow man.

If I ceased in my office and commission then I would be "shrinking back" and God's hates those who shrink back from their appointed duty. God doesn't care much for those who give away their inheritance either for God hated Essau! How narrow is the path I walk you must ask? So narrow that turning slightly to the left or right will either cause me to hit a rock wall or fall off a steep embankment. I desire to strictly adhere to the narrow path before me following in the same footsteps that Jesus and all His obedient disciples made while on their way to a glorious death. Strange but true, this path seems most often a lonely one as they're are few who travel it and the foot steps and imprints made upon the trail by others who came before me are marked with shed blood indicating the suffering they underwent while discipling after Christ Jesus. Though I am extremely disappointed by your judgment of my office and its relative importance to the broad diversity of Christians, I'm not surprised. My hopes were very high when we reconnected and once again, I've been let down and shown that no matter what - my life will not unfold any differently than what Jesus promised.

Sometimes feared, almost always persecuted and hated but rarely envied is the office I am assigned. Many, many wannabes out there think that they want to be or are a prophet or worse, a prophetess or Apostle. They usually introduce themselves as such without ever giving a prophetic sign or word of warning to others! That's how you will know if a prophet has been in your midst or not - "if what he has warned has come to pass."

Some I know are Scribes like me and we all are speaking in the same tongue and with the same measure of salt but each of us has been cast out of the congregations we once loved. Already forgotten are my oldest exhortations starting in 1998 that began warning the churches to repent now lest judgment befall them soon. We immediately saw a rise in church burnings across this nation and then scandals of various clergy being caught in compromising situations from Washington to Florida. One of the clearest warnings I gave included the sexual abuse by Catholic priests' three years before it became headline news. Already forgotten is the letter and warning I sent to President George Bush January 27, 2001 appealing for this country's national repentance for all its sins against humanity since its beginnings. So many things I wrote and proclaimed and published came to pass in 2001. September 11 was a day just like God described in my letter of warning to President Bush and in other Scrolls - "the ramparts are beginning to crumble and soon, the walls will give way. It will be like trees on a mountain slope laid waste when the mountain erupts."

Little did I know at the time that our own US Government and certain Elite men and their selfish interests were behind the whole 911 affair. Clearly, this was an inside job precipitating the largest cover-up ever in US history. Now the evidence is out and many still want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend it is not so. I have therefore come to the conclusion that many don't want to know because they can't handle the truth! Man does not want to let go of his selfish pride - it hurts too much. For those that are not humble in heart, humility is a foreign and uncomfortable feeling - Americans in particular avoid it.

Even more compelling is the promised adversity prolific in my earliest writings warning of increased meteorological and geological adversity upon the nations if they did not respond to God's warnings for repentance. Columbine is when it all really began for me, or at least the fulfillment of what God was uttering through my lips and under my quill. Since then and especially since 2001, tectonic activity has increased over 300 % on a global scale causing mass deaths and destruction everywhere. The Nisqually earthquake also marked the month I accepted my new assignment by God February 28, 2001 - one month after I sent my first warning to President Bush. But do you care? You likely won't believe it either because you were not there with me to witness it. But, there were others and these events have been long recorded on the Internet available for all to see. Some was published in my book, but does it matter? Does it matter that my hopes are yet again dashed by the unbelief of someone I care deeply about?

Regardless of what you think or say about the office I maintain, I will continue doing not my will but my Father's will just as the subject line of your email indicated. You may do as so many others and overlook the more important function of my office missing the relevancy and denying the credibility I've already established. That is your choice. But three things I won't do brother is look back - I won't nurse-maid or bottle feed - And lastly, I will not compromise what God is already doing through me.

Though it is painful for me to see what others don't recognize, I must not abandon the task I've been given. My Lord knows just how deep my love is and many will sadly regret the day they disregarded the message I brought. I am but one of God's little messengers, "the least of all," Paul would say. It is not I any man should fear or envy. But the two who will soon follow, now they will truly magnify the power of God and recompense the whole earth refining the faithful before the first resurrection takes place. If you think my office lacks the necessary love brother, measure that against what the two witnesses will do and then try to convince me that these acts somehow lack the love of God.

Let faith be your submission unto Christ's example alone and look for it in your true brethren. Let discernment be your magnifying glass so that you may see more clearly all the elements at play. May courage and humility remain your close friends. Seek knowledge and ask God and He will make wisdom your best friend. "Keep her close and she will guard you."

Yes brother, it is as you said - you better believe the Kingdom of God is at hand. It is inside you and all around you not in buildings made of wood and stone. God's lively messengers are walking the planet today and are about doing the Father's business. It doesn't look any different than it did 2000 years ago. A workman is worthy of his wages and I know that my inheritance is more than I deserve considering the wretch I was. But know this - there will be hell to pay for all them that withheld our support and hindered us from speaking to the assemblies in these last days. The judgment that awaits them is not pretty and will be similar to the judgment that awaits all the corrupted leaders of nations and their political scheming allies. Comparatively speaking, only a few will make it in the first resurrection. What happens to the rest of the dead in the second resurrection remains to be judged. It will be then that the works that follow him judges a man. Only Christ is worthy to open that book and judge all that were on the outside.
Wish you well and hope that one-day you will see as I do the imperative of a messenger's office.

After a long rebuke of Pharisaism, Jesus proclaimed and warned in Matthew 23:33-39 "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

And what is a Scribe who becomes a disciple? Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is instructed (becomes a disciple) unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder (head of household), which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." What is a messenger if not a prophet? What is a wise man if not Godfearing? What is a Christian if not a disciple? Who is my brother or sister if not they who are doing my Father's will?

Titus 2:15 "These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee."

We each have various gifts and those gifts are what determine our course, application and office, which we attend. As brothers and sisters in the same body, we don't always agree with one another though we probably should be as we are each a member of the same body - each having its particular function. I have no doubt that many of us will rejoice and share at the Lord's banquet table. You may notice in this Scroll the disappointment and grief I express over not being well received by the visible churches of man. Funny thing how God works - where man failed in the churches to let the sent messengers of God in to give their warning, Rita at Cephas Ministry obeyed and allowed for messengers like myself to cry out aloud from the roof-tops - from satellite to satellite reaching around the whole world. And that is how God will use some messengers until Christ takes His seat on earth to rule the in the New Millennium. Where one or some fail - others will take their place to fulfill the will of God and make ready for the final tests and trials soon coming upon us (the Church). Tribulation will be the final trials of the Church followed by the wrath, which is God's sentence against the world that opposed Him.

If Jesus did not reveal to us our sins - would we know our sinful state? If the watchmen did not sound the shofar and warn of the approaching enemy, would we have had time to flee? If the prophet had not spoken God's warning to the people, would they have found reason to repent? If the Wiseman did not wisely instruct the underlings, would wisdom have survived the centuries? Is not the whole of scripture to serve as our fair warning? Does the Word of God not reprove us and admonish our error? Is discipline then not for our good because the Father loves us?

We are but one small part of the whole and until the other parts of the body recognize our importance and relevancy, we are at risk of becoming infected or diseased like organs starved of the body's immunities. What will become of us? Will we continue to be surgically removed and discarded as unimportant parts of the body or will the surgeons repair other limbs in the body stopping the infection, which rapidly spreads to other organs? Jesus prescribed that we should only remove those parts of the body that cause one to stumble not the parts, which promote harmony and peaceful co-existence. The question to be answered then are people like myself accusers of the brethren or watchmen on the wall commanded to give warning?

I'm sure some of you will agree that there are many today deceived and wandering like blind men leading the blind. We know that both fall into pits. Here is where the real value of messenger's warning comes into play. He is given to expose and bring what was formerly hidden out into the light of day so that other travelers may be warned and avoid certain dangers lying ahead. Offices like mine and discernment ministries like Cephas are primarily educational ministries that function like highwaymen posting caution signs along a dangerous roadway. If the highways we travel are not well posted with warning signs, how many more people might meet untimely deaths or injury? Understanding the need for such postings along our highways also lends good reason for the necessity of discernment ministries and watchmen. Together, we ultimately help believers and Godfearing men like myself avoid being deceived or falling into pits. Awareness is key here to following along the given path safely. There are many dangers and traps set for us to make a fall. My roll is no less valid.

That is a truth that all the churches professing Jesus as the Christ and Lord must come to bear and acknowledge.

With all sincerity and love for the truth and our scattered brethren abroad,

Nicholas A. Stivers, a humbled God fearing man-disciple, scribe and messenger.
Author; Apostasy Revealed published 2003 by Mountainview Publishing ISBN: 1-928602-92-4
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