One Truth

Last night, I was at home working on our weekly newsletter and getting it ready for publishing when there was a knock on the door. When I opened it three people greeted me (two men and a woman) and they introduced themselves as being from one of the local churches. I get a few visitors of this sort every now and then as there are between 12 and 13 churches within a 5-mile radius of my house.

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2 Corinthians 4:6 "For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness" —He has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ."

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Matthew 16:2-3 He answered them: "When evening comes you say, 'It will be good weather because the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can't read the signs of the times.

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Those of mankind, who study and theorize where crop circles come from and what they mean, have taken no note of the writing nor those symbols within the circles. They cannot see the holy angel to the right because they are blinded to what is being revealed.

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I went on a road trip this weekend and to pass the time I brought along the CD collection given to me by my sisters in Christ of the Holman Christian Standard Bible. As I drove I reached over and slid in a CD marked Ecclesiastes to Isaiah and began to listen.

 

As the CD played it came to Ecclesiastes 1:18, where it is written “For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.”

 

This remained on my mind for some reason, mainly because I was trying to understand why wisdom and knowledge, things that are so cherished by mankind and all of creation, would bring sorrow and grief. After all, was wisdom not what Eve and Adam wished for and why they disobeyed Father to partake in the forbidden fruit?

 

Because I was not coming to any immediate understanding, I went to Father in prayer and asked that She please help me to discern the meaning of this scripture, rather than leaning on my own understanding.

 

Two days later I returned home and signed online and visited a blog-type site where I have posted some of the articles I’ve written for the newsletter. A comment had been posted by a reader on one of them and with that comment came a better understanding of why wisdom and knowledge bring sadness and grief.

 

That evening, while in prayer and meditation with Father, my thoughts turned back to this person and their comment and their lack of understanding. In my prayer, I told Father how sad I felt for this person. Sad because they were clearly lost in the darkness of this world – the world of Dawn Lucifer’s making.

 

Jeremiah 13:17 But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

 

Perhaps I began to see things through Father’s eyes because Father is wisdom and understanding. Even now as I write this article my throat constricts to keep at bay the tears that want to emerge from the depths of my heart. I feel Her suffering which must be much like the suffering of a parent who loses a child; only for Her it would be magnified a thousand times over because it’s not only one child but many, many children.

 

Psalm 10:14 But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands. The helpless entrusts himself to You; You are a helper of the fatherless.

Father is love. It cannot be an easy thing to watch those beloved children of your creation become trapped in the snares of your adversary. She is also long suffering, as She has seen trouble and grief. But as it is written in the above scripture, “seen” also means to have experienced it first hand. She saw it through the fall of her angelic children, through the sacrificial death of Her beloved son Christ Jesus, as well as through the loss of Her children of mankind. Furthermore there is the sorrow and grief that She must feel in knowing that Her wrath must soon come and more loss of physical life and eternal lives will follow.

Lamentations 3:48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people.

As Her servant I want to do more for Her because I love Her with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I want to bring Her children home to Her so that She does not have to experience this sorrow and grief. In the same way that She wants for my own happiness, I want for Hers because Her happiness is my own.

The nourishment via knowledge and wisdom that I have been blessed with via Her Holy Spirit have brought me happiness but they also bring me sorrow and grief because I now better understand that the truth by which I stand is a double-edged sword. The sword of truth can save a life but it can also take it away. And because She wants Her children to come to Her via their own free-will, neither She nor I can force anyone to recognize the truth for what it is. I can only follow Her commandments and pray that I serve as an example that allows Her light to shine through me as a beacon for the lost. My prayer is for them and it is also for the fulfillment of Her will and vindication of Her Holy name, so that one day soon these things will pass away. And in doing this, I have only done my duty

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will exist no longer; grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, because the previous things have passed away.

I found out today that in treating the nourishment we receive as “homework” so to speak - through following Christ’s instruction of getting out our dictionary and searching for correlation’s in the Word, truly helped me in focusing more and gaining a better understanding of what I was reading. It helped me to slow down and be more diligent in seeking the deeper meanings and listening for Father’s voice within my heart as I read what was written.

I was asked to share what I learned and I pray that what I have to share will open the eyes of those that read it. In Christ’s name, Amen.

Proverbs 8
Wisdom’s Appeal

In the same way that The Word/Christ Jesus is the embodiment of Father, Father is the personification of wisdom.

Definition of Wisdom
1. the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
2. Scholarly knowledge or learning
3. wise sayings or teachings; precepts.
4. a wise act or saying

Definition of Appeal
1. an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea
2. a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment etc.
3. Law
a. an application or proceeding for review by a higher tribunal
b. (in legislative body or assembly) a formal question as to the correctness of a ruling by a presiding officer.
c. Obsolete. A formal charge or accusation
4. the power or ability to attract, interest, amuse, or stimulate the mind or emotions
5. Obsolete. A summons or challenge
6. to ask for aid, support, mercy, sympathy, or the like; make an earnest entreaty
7. Law. To apply for review of a case or particular issue to a higher tribunal
8. to have need of or ask for proof, a decision, corroboration, etc.
9. to be especially attractive, pleasing, interesting or enjoyable
10. Law

The many meanings of the word appeal bring to mind the many meanings of each word within each verse of the scriptures.

Wisdom is appealing, in that it is nice to have wisdom, wisdom is attractive, interesting and enjoyable, but is that what the word is relating to us? Is it in fact that it is Father who calls out to Her children, appealing to us that we listen to Her voice? The voice of wisdom, knowledge and understanding?

1 Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

How can wisdom call out and why is wisdom capitalized, unless it’s referring not to the state of having wisdom, but Father as being wisdom Herself? The same goes for understanding, also being capitalized. She is both wisdom AND understanding. At the same time, Father wishes that Her children gain wisdom, so that we may also gain understanding - by which She offers Herself to us. It is via understanding - Her understanding and not our own - by which we are able to hear Her.

Correlation: Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is supreme – so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

2 At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

The word heights brings to mind Mount Zion, but also the fact that Father is above us all as our creator. In the scriptures She is also referred to as “most high” in that there is no one above Her as She is the giver of our realities.

Definition of Crossroad
1. a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads.
2. a by-road
3. often, a crossroads.
a. The place where roads intersect
b. A point at which a vital decision must be made.
c. A main center of activity.

The word crossroads is a visual one for me. When I think of the word I see a cross. When I think of a cross, I think of Christ Jesus. When I think of Christ Jesus, I think of the sacrifice he made for us and the decision that Father had to make in order for this to take place. At the same time, I see the cross as actually being a crossroads. A point in time in which a vital decision was made. I also think of the stand both Father and Michael/Christ Jesus took against evil.

3 Beside the gates at the entry to the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:

For those who discern that Father really has more female attributes than male, it is obvious that this verse speaks of Father. She is too holy to step foot outside of the gates so She stands by them, crying out to us. We have not gained entrance yet, but She is with us and beside us, showing us the way to the main entrance of the city. The holy city, the new city of Jerusalem where She resides. It is up to each of us individually to come to Her. To hear Her voice and to follow.

4 “People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.

Mankind is the human race.

Definition of Cry
1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
2. to weep, shed tears, with or without sound.
3. to call loudly; shout; yell
4. to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition

Father is long suffering. I feel that She both calls loudly to us via Her Holy Spirit/Active Force, and also sheds tears for us in what is to come when Her wrath is administered upon the earth and mankind.

5 Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.

Definition of Shrewd
1. astute or sharp in practical matters
2. keen; piercing

We are all inexperienced, in comparison to Father, Michael/Christ Jesus and the rest of Father’s creation and we must learn what is practical. What is practical are Father’s commands. Her wisdom. Her truth. We are, or have all been at one time, foolish. We must develop common sense. Spiritual common sense. Not common sense that is muddied by the physical world.

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