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ISRAEL’S FIVE SUCCESSIONS OF PUNISHMENT-COURSE #1

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By Ken Blue

In a recent article I pointed out that Leviticus 26:14-39 gives a list of the five curses Israel would face if they did not obey God. The record shows that they failed miserably and that God kept His word. The first is in verses 14-17, and reads as follows. “But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.” Leviticus 26:14-17.

Not long after the death of Joshua Israel’s apostasy began. The first session continued from the time of the Judges to 1 Kings Chapter 12. The books that cover that terrible period are Judges, Ruth, 1& 2 Samuel and 1 Kings 1-12.

There are nine apostasies and seven servitudes in the book of Judges. Here is how it ends. “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25. Of course there was a King for Israel, but they said, is essence, “we will not have Him to reign over us.”

The famine and the sad condition of Israel’s first order of curses are also recorded in the book of Ruth. It was under these same conditions that Samuel the prophet, a judge in Israel, came on the scene.

In I Samuel we see Israel’s continued rebellion in demanding a king, so they could be like the other nations. They were given wicked Saul. The corruption of the priesthood is illustrated in Eli the priest. The Ark of the Covenant was taken by the Philistines. Saul dies a disgraceful failure. His death is recorded in chapter 31. David is anointed king by Samuel, but spends much of his life fleeing from Saul.

Second Samuel records David’s rise to power, and his fall. The rest of his life is plagued with family failures and civil strife. He begins his life fleeing from Saul and ends it fleeing from his son Absalom.

First Kings chronicles the last day of David and the reign of Solomon. Although the first years of Solomon are golden and a type of Israel’s coming kingdom under Christ, his reign ends with him bringing the nation into complete rebellion and idolatry. His death is recorded in Chapter 11.

This ends the first of the five sessions of Israel’s rebellion and God’s curse upon them. The record is easy to follow. Satan was at work 24/7 to ensure that the Kingdom of Heaven would not become a reality through the chosen people. If God’s plan succeeds, Satan will lose his kingdom, and he will be banished to hell. This is the first course of the battle of the ages.

EXCUSE ME WHILE I PUKE

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THE MARXIST DALI LAMA

marxistBy Ken Blue

This is the man who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the winter of 1989! Do you think our leaders were ignorant of his political position? Listen to what he says of himself: “I’m a Marxist’…”

From correspondents in New York From: AFP May 21, 2010 8:42 AM

TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he’s a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to China, the communist country that exiled him.

“Still I am a Marxist,” the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived today with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures.

“(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits,” the Dalai Lama, 74, said.

However, he credited China’s embrace of market economics for breaking communism’s grip over the world’s most populous country and forcing the ruling Communist Party to “represent all sorts of classes”. “(Capitalism) brought a lot of positive to China. Millions of people’s living standards improved,” he said.

Anti-war movements,… and the election of Barack Obama as the first black president in a once deeply racist US are “clear signs of human beings being more mature”, he said.

The Chinese Government, he said, seeks harmony, “but harmony must come out of the heart, not out of fear. So far, methods to bring harmony mostly rely on use of force.”

Asked why tickets to his lectures are selling for as much as hundreds of dollars, the Dalai Lama said none of the money went to him personally. “You should ask the organizer. I have no connection.” He said he was “always asking the organizer: tickets must be cheap. For myself, I’ve never accepted a single dollar like that.” Some of the money goes to charities, such as hunger relief, he said. (end).

Is this man a fool or a wolf in sheep’s clothing? I believe both are true. Do you really believe that “(Marxism has) moral ethics…”? You would have to be a liar or ignorant to talk about the “moral ethics” of Marxism.

It is impossible to calculate the number of men, women and children who were imprisoned, forced into slavery, and the millions murdered under the Marxist regime; and the Dalai Lama is a Marxist.

Don’t be fooled. Every Socialist, Marxist, and Communist leader aspires to become a Capitalist. The only difference is, they don’t work for their capital. They rob and steal it from those who have earned it. Of course the capital stolen from the people helped a percentage of people in China. Guess who those people are? Give up? They are the faithful members of the Communist Party. Their goal is to steal the wealth of others in the name of “sharing the wealth.”

Excuse me, I need to puke again.

SHOULD CHURCHES BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT

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CHURCH VS. GOVERNMENT

governmentBy Ken Blue

There is no way a person can be a Bible believer and remain neutral in matters brought up by politicians. There are issues that are nonnegotiable and must be defended or defeated. These issues cross all party lines because there are true believers in all parties. When the leaders of any party depart from the Constitution and Biblical teachings, that party, or its members must be rejected and voted out. I do not think it is always wise to vote a strait party line unless that party is in line with Scriptural principles.

Sodomy and marriages between the same sexes has always been a biblical issue. Politicians took the issue and made it political and then pretended that the church should remain separate from it. The same is true of religious freedom and freedom of speech. These were not given by government and are not up for discussion. God gave these rights to all men. Government can take them away, and that is their goal; but they are not theirs to give.

Regardless of how involved a church gets in politics, every American citizen should vote along biblical lines. “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34. “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalms 9:17. These two verses teach that you cannot separate God and righteousness from governments without disaster coming to that government. That is the goal of the anti-American and anti-God crowd in America.

If Christians do not vote for good men and good policies, wicked men and wicked women will capture the government and all freedoms will be lost. We are not far from that event. Those who love freedom must do what they can to take America back. “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17.

EDUCATED; AND A FOOL

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THE FOOL AND HIS ALCOHOL

By Ken Blue

“…when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.” Pro. 23:35

You would assume that most of the fools belong to the uneducated category. But, to my amazement, I have discovered that the bigger the belfry, the more room for the bats. You would think that the men or women with the most education would make the best and the wisest decisions. Sadly, the facts are against that logic.

You may be wondering where I am going with this. Well, wonder no more. It is beyond all that is rational that an educated person would put a bottle of alcohol to his lips. When we consider what Scripture says, the homes and lives that have been wrecked by it, and the number killed each day under its influence, a man, or woman would have to be a fool to peruse that path.

The first record of drunkenness ended in nakedness and a curse. “And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.” Genesis 9:20-23. Billy Sunday said, “When the wine goes in, the wit goes out.” It always follows, when the drinks go in, the clothes come off. That is why most men try to get girls drunk. Lot committed incest with both his daughters while he was drunk.

Proverbs has much to say on this subject, and this verse says the drunk is unwise. If you are not wise, what are you? “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Proverbs 20:1. God says to stay away from the drunkard. “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” Proverbs 23:20-21.

[perfectpullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]If you are a professing Christian, and you believe drunkenness is acceptable to God, you are either an ignorant fool or dishonest.[/perfectpullquote]

Look as verse 29-25 of this same chapter and then brag about the wisdom of the educated drunk. “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.” Proverbs 23:29-35.

Listen to the prophet on the subject of giving alcohol to others. “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!” Habakkuk 2:15.

If you are a professing Christian, and you believe drunkenness is acceptable to God, you are either an ignorant fool or dishonest. Read the following and argue with the Lord about it. “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21. If you scoff and make a joke of this matter, you are probably a lost fool, and need to be saved.

HOW MUCH FREEDOM DO I GET

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Freedom to get the job done.

By Ken Blue

Several years ago I was considering a young man for employment at our church. I called another pastor in Washington State whom I had much respect for. After a short conversation, he asked me a question I will never forget. He said, “Do you trust him?” The ball was now in my court and I needed to make the decision.

Did I trust this young man, or was I fearful of him? Happily, I concluded that he was trustworthy and I discovered that I was right. Since then I learned that there are certain management skills and tools that can relieve much of your anxiety about how much freedom to give those who work with you.

Employees must learn that there are only three acceptable areas of operation. As their skills increase, they will gain more freedom, and your anxiety level will go down. Your goal is to raise each employee to a level one.

If you are somewhat unsure about his judgment in an area, use level two. By using level three, you are still safe. The employee does all the skull work, and comes to you with his recommendations. Insist that he brings recommended actions to take. By following these three, you will always be safe.

Levels 4 and 5 are the basement of management. Do not allow any employee to live there. Those who operate there never use their brains, and they leave all the responsibility for decision making to you. Therefore, if it fails, it was your idea. Get the picture?

You may be wondering how employees can operate in levels 1-3. The answer is, a Job Description, staff meetings and training. It is work, but it is worth the effort. Your goal is to get each employee to level one. He will then be free to get the job done.