Author: Jacob Israel

RADICAL FAITH

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FAITH MAKES YOU WHOLE

The days we find ourselves in today are perhaps the most concerning to us all. Never before has there seemed to be so much on the line. Never before has there been so much uncertainty. Most importantly, never before has there been such a opportunity for us all to grow into the life we all have been purposed for. Truly, the days we find ourselves in today are perhaps the greatest days there have ever been.

A day when we see the Promise Land… no longer far off… but in our grasp.

I often use the example of giving birth to describe spiritual breakthrough. What better example is there for us? In fact even the scriptures teach us that we shall learn about spiritual things by those physical things surrounding us.

Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse

Your experiences and your surroundings are your greatest teachers. From the car you drive, where you live, to what is growing in your backyard, what kind of neighbors you have, how you dress, everything in your life, names, addresses, people, animals, everything you see and experience is a physical representation of what is going on within you spiritually. I know that sounds far out, but start looking for the road map within your life and you will be amazed. And what better allegory is there for us all to learn from, then giving birth?

Giving birth is indeed one of our greatest lessons to learn from. Why do you think we are told to be “born again”? Why does Paul speak about travailing in birth until Christ is formed in you?

Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you

The answer is simple, we are all PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITY! And d-day is here… delivery day that is. 🙂 But let’s look a bit more into the womb of scripture.

Have you ever questioned why there are so many “barren wombs” described in scripture? Have you ever wondered why one of the greatest miracles written about has to do with a “virgin birth”? This is all allegory for us to learn from. The child that is born, who has the government of the world on his shoulders is the child that is born WITHIN YOU! It is the true you! It is the Christ In You, as You. This is the hope of Glory, Christ In you! Until, as Paul writes, Christ is formed in you.

There is so much symbolism that revolves around “birth” that it is hard to avoid. 40 is the number of testing and trying many state. 40 years in the wilderness, 40 days of temptation, 40-year-old Kings, Kings ruling for 40 years… The number 40 is repeated again and again, and at the end of the 40 days, or 40 years, something great always happens. Israel enters the promise land, Jesus overcomes his time of temptation, etc, etc… And the physical application is as wonderful, for it takes 40 weeks for a typical pregnancy to come full term. We also see the trimester represented in the 3 day resurrection.

So why all of this emphasis on proving the significance of pregnancy? Why am I trying to show you that physical birth is a great lesson we should all pay close attention to? The reason is simple, we are all about to give birth.

And what happens right before we give birth? It hurts… It hurts real bad… to the point that you want it all to end. It hurts so bad you feel like you would rather die than give birth to the very thing you have waited for, for nine months. And yet, after that child is born, your suffering is not counted as worthy to be compared to the glory that you now have in your loving arms.

John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world

This is such a great lesson for us all. Because life has been so, so very hard for so many of us. We try so hard and we step out in faith and yet we still struggle, we still suffer, we still are condemned, attacked, and forced to face great hardship. For many, it can get so hard you just want to give up… just like that woman when her hour of delivery is come.

The woman we see here, is YOUR SOUL! Your sense of being, your understanding, your intellect, whatever you want to call it. The woman is ALL OF US… and right, for many reason, we find ourselves dealing with a good amount of sorrow and uncertainty. We have all gone through things before, but now it feels different. Now the stakes seem so much higher. This, mark me, is for good reason. The reason is, the stakes ARE HIGHER THAN BEFORE! BECAUSE OUR TIME HAS COME!

In addition, I promise you once that Child (The Second You, The Born Again You, The Hopeful you, The Faith-filled You, The ChristInYou)… once this new life of yours is born, you will have JOY UNSPEAKABLE! You will see that nothing shall be impossible to you with FAITH! And for once in your life, you will have the FAITH to back up the belief in faith.

Matthew 17:20
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Because if you are truly honest with yourself, you may say you have FAITH! But if you REALLY are honest with yourself, you will see you still suffer because your faith is not yet whole and complete.

It is truly one thing to say you have faith and another thing to actually see it at work in your day-to-day. A lack of faith is what has been the cause of our suffering. Because if we had faith and it was at work in us, regardless of what came our way, we would not doubt, we would have no fear, we would trust that everything is working together for our greater good. We all know tha scripture in Romans that teaches us, that “all things work together” but there is evidence of this throughout the scriptures.

Do you think Joseph when he was rejected, abused, cast into a pit to die, then sold off into slavery, only to rise above his station to then be accused of a crime he did not commit, be thrown into jail, only to rise against his station again and be beaten for his interpretation… Do you think Joseph had any real idea of what God had planned for him? Well, if truth be told… HE SURE DID! He dreamed about it, spoke about the sun, the moon, the stars, all bowing before him. His brothers knew he was predestined for greatness, his father knew Joseph was special which is why he gave him that wondrous coat of many colors (a pledge from God, a covenant, a covering)… So Joseph knew, others knew, but I guarantee like you and me, each time Joseph was cast down, each time things got harder and worse, I GUARANTEE Joseph worried and had fear, as we had fear and worry. But in the end, JOSEPH RULED EGYPT, and we too SHALL RULE our own personal EGYPTS! The very place we were once enslaved in, the very place we were accused, condemned, imprisoned, we shall RULE! And all those that did us wrong, we too will be given the change to FORGIVE and FEED THEM the truth that set us free and shall also set them free.

We, like Joseph have been storing up the treasure of wheat in our store house. And our barns are filled with understanding and truth so we are not going to suffer during this famine (of truth) we see in the land. We laid up this treasure as we have suffered through our lives, and now is the time when those who persecuted us, who turned their backs on us, will return to us seeking what we have had all along… FAITH and UNDERSTANDING.

Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal

A QUICK note on this scripture… The Treasure that we are laying up, is Wisdom, which is a tree of life, it is our salvation, our hope, and this Wisdom is stored in the Kingdom, which is within us, and it is our Righteousness, Peace and Joy, and POWER of the Holy Ghost, it is CHRIST! The thieves cannot break in and steal it away from us… Remember the Thieves according to scripture are those that do not know the gospel, the Thieves are those that try to get into the Kingdom other ways.

John 10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

We must enter the Sheepfold… the place where the Sheep enter to be sacrificed, we must DIE TO OUR EGO to be born again into the Life of Christ (power and wisdom of God). So it is impossible for a Thief (those who do not know the truth, and believe in lies and teach lies) to steal the treasure that we have stored.

Many of you believe yourselves to be poor, weak, insignificant. You say things like, who am I? I am fooling myself to believe I somehow have greater insight than others, look at my life, I am lost, I am hurting, HOW CAN I BE STORING ANYTHING UP… MUCH LESS TREASURE!

Well let me show you, how WHEAT (truth) is gathered and stored. For the WHEAT is who we are at heart! the children of the kingdom, and our glory is not known until we are picked, shaken, beat, ground, dried, and then set aside until an appointed time.

While we slept (a symbol of being ignorant of what is really going on) and enemy (our ego/works/man’s ways) planted tares (lies) along with the wheat. And our lives have been spent with both the truth of who we are, and the lie of who we think we are, growing up together within us. And it isn’t until the wheat is fully matured, filled with seeds in its head, that it can be known from the tares. And it is my firm belief, that this time of harvest is now.

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn

This process we have been through has been a painful one. The lies had to be burned away, but our wheat (our true nature) was never harmed. We have been through the storms, we have been through the winepress, ground under the wheat stone, we have been set aside for a time appointed, a time that we have doubted we would ever see. But now that time is here, nearer than ever before, and it is our faith that will bring us home.

Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Now is indeed the time for us to WAKE UP out of our slump, cast aside our fears and worries for tomorrow. How many times are we going to recite those scriptures that command us to “take no thought for tomorrow”, and then in the next breath we speak about our fears of what tomorrow may bring. It is time for us to have FAITH! To trust and fully believe that THERE IS A GOD! TO BE STILL AND KNOW GOD! To trust that God’s arm is not slack that it cannot save… To BELIEVE that God’s creation is finished in VICTORY! And we are that firststripe that the Master will pick from the vine to prove how holy the rest of creation will be.

We already know Salvation is not about being saved from what will happen after we physically die. We know Salvation is being delivered from our own fears, worries and lust our carnal ego demands. This is what we are being saved from. And the only way to do this, is with FAITH!

2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith

It is IMPOSSIBLE for us to be set free and to rule and reign without faith! It is IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH!

Really think about that for a second… If God is pleased, you are pleased, if God is at peace with you, you are at peace with God… Without Faith it is impossible for you to know joy!

Even though we have had seasons of pain and hardship, even though now it seems our troubles are as the sands of the sea, WE HAVE BEEN KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH UNTO SALVATION… which is ready to be revealed in our lives!

1 Peter 1:4-6
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations

Ask yourself, how are the sick in scripture healed?

FAITH!

How are the blind given sight? How are the deaf given sound? How do the lame walk? How do the dead raise? How did David kill Goliath? How did the walls of Jericho fall? How were kingdom’s overthrown and risen up? How were enemies defeated and children birthed from barren wombs? How is a man justified? How is a man saved? How is anything possible at all?

FAITH!

And what is FAITH?

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen

Faith is made from the very things we hope for, what we hope for is what makes up our faith… and our Faith is the evidence of these things. In other words, what we have hoped for, the peace and salvation we wish to have, we will have, and our FAITH is the evidence that this is true… In other words, we wouldn’t hope for it, if it was beyond our reach. BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONE WHO GAVE US THAT DESIRE TO BEGIN WITH!

So it is time that you put away your fears, and cut off the flow of negativity from your tongue. It is time to trust God, to know you are about to give birth, that you are about to be free. It is time to HAVE FAITH like never before! A faith in God so strong that it doesn’t matter who believes or doesn’t believe in you, it doesn’t matter how big your troubles seem to be!

Romans 3:3
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

We shall know the incredible joy of hope, we shall taste the perfection of peace and never let it go again. Because we have chosen FAITH!

Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

And if you believe your faith is weak, or you wish you could find faith in the midst of this final hour of travail… THEN ASK FOR IT! But when you ask, HAVE FAITH that your faith will be increased!

James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed

Our problem has always been our wavering, not really standing on that firm foundation of Faith. This is why we have suffered for so long, but now we have learned that our wavering has produced our pain and we are choosing a new path! One where FAITH is our breastplate… (The breastplate SHIELDS your HEART 🙂 ), one where we know we cannot faith! And by knowing this, we finally enjoy the moment!

“LORD” (which literally means, the existing one) INCREASE OUR FAITH!

Luke 17:5
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

And when our faith is increased, and when we stand solely on our faith, we will finally be whole!

Luke 17:19
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole

The day of your deliverance is here, you have permission to enter in, and all it takes is believing that you can… and you will regardless of what you believe or have believed, because THIS WORD WILL NOT RETURN VOID!

I re-shared this essay from years ago because now many can hear it, it also offered me the opportunity to share this simple video with all of you. I hope you love it. And please if any of this resonates with you… JOIN THE MOVEMENT… Become a PIONEER OF RADICAL FAITH AS WELL and share this sight with other, subscribe, comment, download the free Jacob Israel APP — I need your help and support to enter the land promised to me. I can only get there with you!

Much love, Jacob

Pioneer and Perfecter

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The Pioneer and Perfecter of Faith!

Idolatry, is the greatest of all sins. To put your faith in a lie, well nothing good can come of that. How could it? If you believed the moon was made of cheese and set out to land of the moon with that belief, you would most likely never land on the moon. We only accomplish building something truly on a foundation that is true.

Idolatry, is more than just believing in a false god, or believing a carved piece of wood or stone can save you, idolatry is living a lie and calling it truth.

So in fact, if you aren’t living to your full potential and you believe yourself to be something you are not, you my friend are an idolator and the truth of who you are you forgot.

And nothing good comes of that.

For example, if you believe you are miserable and depressed your belief hardens into fact. Because truly you are an infinite creative force capable of all things, if you are willing to receive all that.

If your faith is in such idols as depression and misery, then a miserable depressed person you will be. Because you are capable off creating everything, lack and abundance, curse and blessing.

Aren’t you exactly where you believe yourself to be? And if you say you are not capable today of being anywhere else, perhaps its time to take those idols off your shelf, to begin intentionally creating heaven instead of ignorantly creating hell.

Can’t you see you are under jealousy, hypocrisy, and idolatry’s spell? Killing, condemning, shaming, complaining, un naming and taming everyone and everything your idol of a God says is not well.

This is the reason every child of God fell.

People sacrifice much to idols today. They sacrifice their joy, their peace, and their loved ones many times they even throw away. People even sacrifice their own children I must say.

That is why, A pioneer am I, for the whole of the world today. My desire is to lead the way. To leave behind the waisted time, and to live a life of unimagined play. I am sad to see all of the idolatry in the land today.

Friendship sacrificed for jealousy, love for lust, profit preferred before family, and the such. Slaves to the chains and staves of idolatry’s touch.

The true danger of idolatry is, if you believe yourself to be someone who you really are you missed. Because you are the creator of both misery and bliss. Freedom is found in knowing this.

Now let me speak on one idol in particular. Jesus of Nazareth.

Who, by the way, would turn over in his grave, if he knew what religion about him had to say.

This is the great idol in the land. He is the blue eyed, long haired, crucified, bearded man, whose image can be seen in churches, parks, schools, and universities, in pictures, in paintings, and of course on tv.

You are taught that only believing on him can set you free. Even though a literal image of God there should never be. Not on heaven, on earth, above or beneath, not like a bird in the sky, corrupt man in the land, or like a fish in the sea.

God is not a man that he should lie, or the son of man that he should repent. And yet, this is the idolatrous message that the devil of an ego of yours sent.

Now they have said, that for our salvation he wound up dead, and that we would need do nothing but believe on his name, that he, and he alone accomplished something that none of us could ever attain. This was the lie that the liars knew could keep us deaf, dumb, blind and lame.

We were told we would have to hold unto the faith that one day we would be set free. That Jesus was something that we could never dream to be.

We were told that Jesus was the pioneer and finisher of our faith. But once again this idolatry is a disgrace, because the story was never about another man literally being murdered in our place.

The story is about a man who came to understand that there was a bigger plan who simply set the pace.

You see, Jesus was actually a pioneer in what I like to call Radical Faith.

And he perfected it and shared his life as a living sacrifice for the entire human race.

It has never been about what Jesus would do, it is about knowing religious lies from the truth, that as Jesus was and is in the world so are you. This is the faith it takes to understand at your command every mountain will move.

This is the faith that can erase any shame, past sin, or fear. The same kind of faith that motivated me to come on and share with you all here.

Like those ancients who were praised for the kingdoms they helped raise simply because of their faith.

All of whom had to rise from the tomb of all they had to endure. All of whom knowing what their hard times were for.

If not for the eventual discomfort of the eagles nest the chicks would never take flight and explore. This is why we need idols no more. This is why you will often hear me cry, you are more, you are more, you are more.

And so, I want you to know, into your faith you will always grow, whether that be idolatry or peace and harmony, the fruit of your life is always dependent on the seeds you sow.

So, after watching my latest short video please remember “You are more than you know”.

Jacob Israel
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IN THE NOW – Ep 1 & Ep 2

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IN THE NOW with JIM SWILLEY – Ep 1 & Ep 2

I am so very excited to share this with all of you. Recently, I was invited to be apart of the groundbreaking web-series “In The Now with Jim Swilley” and what came out of my appearance on about 12 of the 14 programs was nothing short of remarkable.

Now more than ever before the things myself and others share, which years ago was condemned, I now find being embraced as truth and expressed openly and freely. This year alone I have seen an explosion of growth. More people than ever before reaching out to me about the things that have been quickened within them.

This is incredibly exciting to me, as I know it must be for you. Because if you have found this site, and have gotten to know me personally, and what I share intimately, then you know the time is now indeed for us to be set free.

My sole purpose here is to not just to inspire you to dig deeper, to live for more, to love unconditionally, and to create as big as you dare to dream, but I am also here to be confirmation for many of you. Many of you, have felt so alone and didn’t know where to turn. Many of you have prayed to find others who saw what you saw, felt the way you felt, and who had known what you were coming to know yourself, and that is also why I am here. I am proof that you are not crazy, but that you are waking up to who YOU REALLY ARE WITHIN and what you are truly capable of.

Awakening, of course is a process like anything else. It starts in darkness but it ends with rest and so this website is here to help you with that. There are hundreds of essays, videos, poems, etc on various topics that will lead you into things you have desired to know. This is why I hope you subscribe, download the Jacob Israel APP, and share this free resource with the world.

With that all being said, the “In The Now with Jim Swilley” web series is a great place to start.

Below I have shared Episode one and Episode two, appropriately titled “I Can See Clearly Now”. Please do enjoy them, share them, and if hungry for more I do encourage you to watch my first ever speaking engagement on Metron, also found here under the “More Essay” section. (click on drop down menu). As you know I said this would be the year I began to speak publicly and I am so very proud of the work being done and of those who followed inspirations cue to allow me to do such. Please do enjoy and thank you all so very much for your encouragement and support. Without you I would not be who I was born to be. Now go and have the best week ever, I love you all dearly, Jacob

IN THE NOW with JIM SWILLEY – Season Two – Episode One

IN THE NOW with JIM SWILLEY – Season Two – Episode Two

JACOB SPEAKS LIVE AT METRON!

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JACOB SPEAKS LIVE AT METRON!

MY LIVE APPEARANCE on “METRON” is AVAILABLE NOW for FREE! However, that was not the miraculous part… How it came to be and what came out of it, was. You see, this was the very FIRST TIME I have even spoken publicly… But wait there is more… I also purposely prepared nothing ahead of time… I simply had faith that the heavens would be open and that the rains would come… And boy did they.

What happened after that microphone was placed in my hand is nothing short of a miracle, and I have been waiting five years for this moment. And I am so very happy to finally share it with all of you.

To go directly to the video, scroll down and watch on Youtube… I begin speaking around 38 minutes in. For more, information and the history of how this came to be… read on and then enjoy! Don’t forget to subscribe and share with the world. Love Jacob

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Six months ago, (symbolically appropriate) as you know I began telling readers, friends, co-workers, and family, that this would be the year people began inviting me to share publicly what I have shared on-line for years.

I made this point publicly, documenting my belief such an EVENT was possible, without me ever having ask anyone to allow me to do so. I documented what would happen, as I have other things, as a great proof of sorts.

I explained this wonderfully in an essay called “Inspiration Rules” which I shared right before the New Year speaking of what would come in 2015.

“Jesus once said, if you don’t believe me… believe the works. Sort of like saying, if I tell you something is going to happen and then it happens maybe it’s time you start thinking outside of the prison of a box you are in.”

My life is an epistle if you will… to be read of all men. Because I know the things I have come to understand are life… These words are LIFE… this IS FREEDOM… you are MORE THAN YOU KNOW and can do ALL THINGS WITH FAITH.

And if you don’t believe me, if you don’t believe my words… BELIEVE THE WORKS… and by clicking this link you will indeed BELIEVE and enter into the realm of infinite possibility…

BECAUSE YOU ARE MORE THAN YOU KNOW!

Please enjoy, and please do share this with others… I begin speaking at 38:00 minutes, but do encourage you to watch it all!

Special thanks to Jim Swilley, the Metron Community, and all those who were moved by the great spirit of love within them, that they paved the way for such a miracle to be performed. 🙂

Much love Jacob Israel

The Tithe Is Not Money!

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The Tithe Is Not Money!

I believe it is about time for the truth to set all of us free from the lie that we must give ten percent of our money to whatever church we attend. I also believe once you see what the TITHE really is, it will not only excite you but it may indeed inspire you to finally live your life right.

Now, if you go to any church, the word tithe is probably something you are familiar with.

It is explained by religious leaders as a tenth of all your earnings. The religious leaders will say, before you pay any bills, before you buy anything for yourself or your loved ones, you must PAY GOD. And by “Pay God” the religious leaders mean, PAY THEM.

Let’s reason together shall we… when you TITHE (the way the Religious declare) where is your money really going? Is your money going to God? Is your money going to further charitable deeds? … Or is your money going to further the religious leaders kingdom on earth?

Recently, NPR exposed a large Christian Television Network for fraudulent claims as to where “Church” tithes, offerings, and donations, were going. Despite the mountains of evidence that the only donations this Network made was to self-interest groups, people continue to buy the TITHE lie, that they must GIVE THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO GOD. Despite, the many stories we read about, or hear about, where pastors and evangelists are wearing ten thousand dollar suits, driving more than one expensive automobiles like Bentley’s and the like, flying around in multi-million dollar jets or helicopters that take off from their plush multi-million dollar estates, we must ask ourselves why are people so quick to part with their money? When it is clear this money, in most cases is used for filthy selfish greedy religious gain?

Well, I have an answer. It is called manipulation. For thousands of years ignorant people have been lied to by the so-called religious church. Convinced that they MUST give their money or be damned. Today, it is the spiritual lottery, they dangle the carrot of riches in front of the ignorant poor and say, YOU DON’T HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON’T GIVE… and then the people give to get more, and the only ones profiting are those who lied to them to begin with.

So, I would like to put an end to this TITHE LIE once and for all. I would like to show you the true beauty that waits for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear what the TITHE really is.

So, let us ask the question… What is the TITHE? Is it money? Or is it something else completely?

I would like to begin and end with this verse from Deut 14.

Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

We are meant to TITHE all the increase of our SEED… that the FIELD brings forth each year.

I want to begin here, because I need all of you to clearly see that the INCREASE OF OUR SEED is more than money.

Scripture tells us the SEED is the WORD OF GOD. Which scripture goes on to explain, “Your WORD oh Lord is TRUTH”

Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

AND AGAIN…

1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

And what is the INCREASE of this SEED (WORD OF GOD)? The ANSWER IS FRUIT!

Matthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth FRUIT, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

We will find out later that the TITHE is the FRUIT of the SEED indeed.

Let us look at that scripture again…

Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Understanding, the SEED is the TRUTH of God… we are meant to TITHE THE INCREASE of this TRUTH… to SHARE THE FRUIT that comes from understanding the truth of who we are and what we are capable of. And so we shall truly TITHE whatever comes out of the TRUTH that is revealed to us… which makes sense when you understand the “FIELD” mentioned is actually HEART OF MAN.

Matthew 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is WITHIN YOU! The SEED is the TRUTH within the HEART of MAN … when it is revealed, it will bring forth FRUIT… IT IS THIS FRUIT WE ARE MEANT TO TITHE.

But wait, there is much, much more…

To save time, I will say without a shadow of a doubt that “THE TITHE” is not money!

Honestly, what need does God have for money? The sacrifice, offering, and fast that God is said to want in scripture is to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke…

Rarely, if ever, do we find God stating… GIVE MONEY TO YOUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

Now, the reason religious leaders everywhere claim money is the tithe is so they can have your money. They will give you a list of reasons for the tithe, that it is for bills, to keep the lights on, outreach and more, but the truth is the TITHE that is written about in scripture has nothing to do with money at all.

The sad thing is many will twist the scriptures and sort of convince you that the reason you are NOT financially blessed is because you don’t tithe. They will use scriptures like the one found in Luke and liken it to giving lots of money and receiving lots of money in return.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

When all along this has to do with reaping and sowing your words, thoughts and deeds, and has nothing to do with money at all. This is why the prior verse has to do with how we deal with judgment.

It is truly sad how the scriptures are twisted for selfish gain.

Another example is the below scripture. They claim this scripture, and others like it, prove that if you give your money you will get MORE MONEY in return. As I stated early… it’s the spiritually lottery… You gotta be in it to win it.

Putting that aside, let us read this scripture below and dissect it to find out what this TITHE really is.

Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be MEAT in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

We are told we should bring ALL THE TITHES into the STOREHOUSE… Notice, the scripture does not say into the church bank account. Bring ALL THE TITHES into the storehouse, it states.

Now, a STOREHOUSE is usually where things like wheat, corn, etc is stored. It is where provisions are stored away for when they are needed.

Joseph’s claim to fame in the Old testament was storing up provision for the people of Egypt, and surrounding areas. He knew a famine was coming after interpreting the Pharaoh’s dream. Joseph knew there would be years of plenty followed by years of famine. In addition, Joseph knew the storehouses needed to be filled for what was to come. So… pay attention to this part… when PEOPLE WERE HUNGRY they had no other choice but to go to Joseph to be fed.

Jesus had people following him around to be FED as well. You will see that this is also an ALLEGORY for sharing the TRUTH, or FEEDING others the truth. Jesus told Peter FEED MY FLOCK.

1 Corinthians 3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able

The MILK here is not literal Milk… and neither is the MEAT. Which, by the way, is meant to be FOUND IN THE STOREHOUSE after you bring your tithe in. 😉 But more on that later.

Joseph’s beautiful story in the Old Testament, on one level speaks of wheat and literal provision, but spiritually it speaks of storing up the TRUTH OF GOD, gathering every bit of insight and revelation one can and STORING IT AWAY over the years so when people are HUNGRY they can COME AND EAT!

My website for example, this resource of over two hundred essays, videos, poetry, and more, is a STOREHOUSE OF SORTS.

Over the years, I have been storing the provision away, so when the RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD dry up, and they will dry up, people will have a place where they can be fed… without having to spend a dime.

You see, the TITHE is NOT about MONEY, it has NEVER been about money. It is about the thing that matters most… the FRUIT that increases when the TRUTH is revealed within a person’s heart.

Sure money is important in today’s world. However, it is not MONEY that sets a person free… IT IS THE TRUTH!

I do want to be clear however, this essay is NOT about convincing people they should not support their local churches, or about telling all of you that the OX IS NOT WORTHY OF HIS HIRE, or the Prophet is not without reward… we should support those that support us, and we should lift up those who sacrifice for us all… But NOT because we will get something out of it, NOT because we are afraid of what will happen if we don’t, but because IT IS GOOD to support something that matters to you and the world at large. So, please understand that if there is an organization that you want to support because it has value and because it is doing a great service for the world… SUPPORT IT!

This essay is not about making people feel better about NOT being charitable, it is about opening people’s eyes to what charity really is.

So let us look at the TITHE with new eyes. Let us allow scripture to interpret its meaning. Let us start with scriptures earliest definition of such.

TITHE= Tenth Part

The Tithe is the TENTH PART… This is where religious leaders have gotten their “Give Ten Percent” idea. But is that what the TENTH PART, or the TENTH really is?

A tenth is defined as = each of ten equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

Now why is a TENTH of something so important? We find the number TEN many times in scripture. Ten seems to be an important number for sure. TEN COMMANDMENTS, TEN PLAGUES, God said he would spare Sodom if TEN righteous were found, it is said TEN completes a cycle, TEN is the first number that needs separation 1 0 … Ten is said also to be symbolic of heaven, earth and creation… For Pythagoras, 10 was the symbol of the universe and it also expressed the whole of human knowledge… God wants a TENTH?

You may find it coincidental that the Brain is divided up into TEN MAJOR PARTS. But it is the TENTH we are after, right? So what would the TENTH part of the BRAIN be… if the TITHE of ALL you have is actually YOUR BRAIN (which ultimately is ALL you are within… your thoughts).

So what is the TENTH PART?

The TEN MAJOR PARTS of the BRAIN are as follows: Brain Stem, Medulla, Cerebellum, Limbic system, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Amygdala, Cerebral Cortex, Four Lobes, and the TENTH is almost always categorized as the RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERE.

Ironically, all but the Right and Left Hemisphere run almost completely on auto pilot… but the RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERE we actively engage. Isn’t that something?

Could the Right and Left Hemisphere be the TENTH of ALL we must give to God… OUR creativity, big picture ideas, faith (Right Side) as well as our academic, mathematical and logical side (Left Side)

I dare say, OUR THOUGHTS/HEART is the TENTH that we must give to GOD. And by God, I mean love, truth, unity, creativity, inspiration, spirit and all that God is and can be, in us, as us, through us, surrounding us, seen and unseen.)

Digging deeper into the physiology of the brain, we find the TENTH cranial nerve, the VAGUS nerve, ironically deals with your HEART and DIGESTIVE TRACT.. this just blooms with deeper meaning as it is a person’s heart and belly that the God of scripture is after.

Could it be that OUR THOUGHTS, DEEDS, AND ACTIONS are the TITHE we must present? I say yes.

The scriptures state that the LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL… And YET it seems like it is MONEY that makes every church go around.

The prophet Micah had some pretty strong words for those who used God’s name to get money.

Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money:

Yet, today that is all we see.

When Jesus was asked to give tribute he said… I DON’T HAVE TO GIVE ANYONE ANYTHING for the right to know God.

Matthew 17
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

So what is the TITHE? Well, let us look at that quote in Malachi again and see if MONEY lines up with what is being shared.

Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be MEAT in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Bring all the TITHES into the STORE HOUSE… THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MINE HOUSE…

It seems the STOREHOUSE and GOD’S HOUSE are one in the same.

Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the STOREHOUSE that there may be MEAT in MINE HOUSE…

Here it seems the TITHE is MEAT. And that the MEAT is to be brought INTO THE STOREHOUSE … which is GOD’S HOUSE … WHICH IS YOU!

Follow me now…

If you have ever read something of mine, then you know not everything that you find in scripture is meant to be taken literally. In fact, we are told that Jesus ONLY spoke in parable to those who did not know the truth.

Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

I point this out, because the STOREHOUSE is a symbol of YOU AND I… our HEARTS and SOULS if you will. And we are told in the above scripture that IF we BRING OUR TITHES (the tenth) into the STOREHOUSE, there will be MEAT.

And WHAT is the MEAT? YOU ASK? Is it roast beef? Or is there more to it? 😉

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My MEAT is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Jesus taught us that the MEAT for him… is to DO THE WILL OF GOD… and to FINISH THE WORK (salvation).

Here we can deduce that if we give the TITHE that God wants… that MEAT IS to DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER and NOT the will of your carnal ego.

REMEMBER the TENTH part — the Right and Left Hemisphere of the BRAIN — Our THOUGHTS are ALL THAT WE ARE… Our MIND IS our ALL…

The TITHE that GOD wants is the FRUIT of what comes when one lays down their egotistical life AFTER the TRUTH is revealed. This MEAT is to do the WILL OF THE FATHER.

Jesus said, Not MY will but Thine… I have said similar long ago… I understand that the TITHE I must bring into the STOREHOUSE (my identity) is my complete obedience to LOVE.

Let us once again read Malachi’s verse…

Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be MEAT in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Could it be that the TITHE has NOTHING to do with money, but everything to do with SACRIFICING our CARNAL EGO or ID/devil so that there may be MEAT in the FATHER’S HOUSE… which is US (Father’s House) and the MEAT which we now know is the desire to do the will of the Father.

The TITHES in the STOREHOUSE, so there is MEAT in the FATHER’S HOUSE — is actually a clever way of saying… Let the FRUIT OF TRUTH be brought into your HEART so the desire to do the will of God is present in your hearts.

And what is the WILL OF GOD?

It is GOD’S WILL THAT ALL BE SAVED! It is God’s will that we are sanctified. It is God’s will that we LOVE OTHERS, do unto others as we would like done to ourselves. It is God’s will that we do not condemn, cast out, but that we are patient, kind, compassionate, encouraging, and peaceful. It is God’s will that we put all enmity between each other out of our hearts. It is God’s will that every tear be wiped away from our eyes. It is God’s will that we LAY DOWN THE EGOTISTICAL LIFE we have been living and take up our cross into truth and a land of milk (understanding) and honey (enlightenment).

It is GOD’S WILL that we no longer live after the ways of the world, greed, lust, hate, prejudice, condemnation, fear, shame, etc… but that we follow after the SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND LOVE.

1 Peter 4:2
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the WILL OF GOD.

And what happens when we TITHE this “TENTH” part of ourselves? Well, according to Malachi the windows of heaven will open and blessings will be poured out upon us. And it is no coincidence that is exactly what happens when we also DO THE WILL OF GOD.

Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the WILL OF GOD, ye might RECEIVE THE PROMISE.

The PROMISE of God is to open up the windows of Heaven (right thinking, peace and joy) and I know that if you TITHE the TRUTH, if you STORE UP THIS TREASURE in HEAVEN as opposed to storing up literal treasure (money) on earth, YOU WILL INHERIT THE PROMISE of ETERNAL LIFE!

What is ETERNAL LIFE?

John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and… whom thou hast sent.

To have ETERNAL LIFE one must know God and the one God sent into the world… this is a mystery… Because the one God sent into the world is WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE… as Jesus said, As I am so are you in this world.

It is to know the truth, that you are more than a simple human being, that you are the offspring of the most high… who you think you are is simply the MASK that the “God of many faces” wears… while the incomprehensible truth of who and what God really is hides and waits to be manifested within us all.

But I digress…

The reason I chose this topic, or the reason this topic was chosen for me (whichever you prefer) was because recently I was on a radio broadcast and the host was expressing that the TITHE, which he believed was money, was meant for more than just the pastor, priest etc… Now, to him this was quite a revelation. I sadly, wished I could express to them adequately enough the bigger picture. That the TITHE has NOTHING to do with finance… which is something I hope by now you see for yourself.

The scripture he began with was from Deuteronomy.

DEUT 26
12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

It is easy for me to see here that the TITHE that must be given to the Levite, stranger, fatherless, and widow, is not MONEY, but it is LOVE, absolute love… which is why it is written, that in doing so (giving the tithe) the COMMANDMENTS (love others, love God) have not been transgressed. Not to MENTION if you love it is impossible to break one of the TEN commandments found in the law. The LAW OF LOVE trumps all.

And yes, if we Love, sometimes the way we show that love is by helping people out financially… but the TITHE that we are to GIVE is the FRUIT OF AN OBEDIENT HEART not ten percent of our check every two weeks.

THE TITHE is the FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT — And what is the first fruit of the spirit you ask?

Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

And look again at this next definition of the fruit of the spirit.

Ephesians 5:9
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

THIS IS THE TITHE — this is what is meant to be brought into the STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE/YOU — Goodness, Righteousness/Right thinking, Truth, peace, Joy, long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, temperance, and of course LOVE! — This is what we are meant to TITHE TO GOD, by TITHING it to others.

Don’t believe me yet?

Well let us look at Deut 26 – which clearly explains the TITHE and how we are to come by it. Read carefully, and remember to look deeper at what is being shared, because it may be an allegory of something beautiful you may have missed.

Deuteronomy 26
26 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

To TRULY TITHE we must first come to the “LAND” God gave us for an inheritance… and what would that LAND BE?

It is OURSELVES!

Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

We are MEANT TO INHERIT OURSELVES — Psalm 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

The EARTH is an allegory of the idea of who we are… our identity for example. The 1st MAN is of the EARTH — the first idea of who we are is very ignorant of the depths of where we came from and where we are going… but the 2nd man is from heaven above.

1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Think of the EARTH as Temporal AND Heaven as Spiritual. There is the NATURAL MAN (EARTH) and there is the SPIRIT MAN (Heaven)

Now, let us look at it like this… the SPIRIT OF GOD was placed into the HEART OF NATURAL MAN and NATURAL MAN was the land to be inherited. This means, the TWO MUST BECOME ONE… And to have this happen, God brings us into the LAND OF PROMISE which is also called the Kingdom of God. Which we know is Righteousness, Peace and Joy… We are meant to INHERIT eternal LIFE, to know the TRUTH and to be set free from the lies of the world.

We are to be set free to love and to live at peace with others in this world and the world to come.

And WHEN God brings us into this land, when the TRUTH is revealed to us and we begin to lay down our egotistical life for the WILL OF GOD then, and only then, are we meant to take the FIRST FRUIT (peace, joy, love, hope, etc) and GIVE THAT TO THE WORLD.

Yet, the religious will have you to believe it is the TENTH of your literal wages… Jesus clearly tore that idea down when he said…

Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

WOE UNTO YOU… FOR WHAT? Why did Jesus say, woe unto you scribes and Pharisees? Well, the reason was simple… that thought the tithe had to do with their wallets too… and like most Christians today, they tithe that temporal ten percent and LEAVE OUT the TITHE THAT MATTERS TRULY… judgment, mercy, and faith!

Notice Jesus said… THESE YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE AND NOT LEFT THEM UNDONE!

The TITHE IS NOT MONEY PEOPLE! In the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican praying… the Pharisee bragged about all his Tithes, and all the things he did… while the Publican gave GOD HIS HEART and all of it.

You tell me, which walked away justified and sanctified that day?

I hope this essay cleared somethings up for you. And I pray that you too bring all your TITHES into the storehouse, so the will of God, which is love, peace, and salvation for all can be found within your heart… so the WINDOWS OF HEAVEN will open up for you and pour blessings upon you.

Much love to you and yours,
Jacob Israel
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“What Can I Do?” a poem

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“What Can I Do”

As I sit and eat and look out at the world, from warfare, to welfare, to earthquakes, to riots, to the want and desire for peace.

There is within me a nagging, soul dragging possibility, or worrisome thought, that will not cease.

“What can I do?” this is the troubling thought, you see … I mean really… is saving everyone in this whole wide world really up to little old me? … Honestly? … How could something like that be?

After all, “What CAN I do?” … “What can I do?”… Really? … because I see within me the inability to erase the suffering in the world that I find…

“What can I do?” … “What can I do”… these are the only words bouncing around in my mind.

Small am I, not famous or even well-known. Tired am I, without finances or fortune enough for the trumpet I desire to blow. Despised am I, different, not well-fitting, not trusted because I refuse to follow greed’s bidding.

“What can I do? What can I do?” these are the words, every time.

If only my words mattered, if only they could captivate the world’s heart. I would type till my fingers bleed, as if each letter were a life-giving seed, if only my words when heard could change a single person’s heart… then perhaps from my head those worrisome words “What can I do” would part.

“What can I do?” … Well… I suppose this “desire” to help others I could share.

Perhaps, “What can I do?” is meant to be there.

Perhaps there is a reason, and although we are not yet in season, perhaps these words are a sign… a spark of the Divine… showing us that the desire to love alone is more than enough to save the world each and every time.

And so, my friends, “What Can I Do?” is something … I hope … you also find.

Jacob Israel​
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HEALING DROPSY

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jesus heals dropsy

There is something stirring within many of us today. It truly is a rare occurrence for me to be compelled to publish essay after essay in such a short amount of time. It is my sincere belief that there is a great reason behind it. Today, in an effort to keep to my promise of brevity I literally have all of one half an hour to write this. I believe it is enough time, seeing as this essay wants to explode out of me. It deals with the man Jesus healed who had dropsy. I won’t go into the details of how this essay was inspired, but I will say it was born out of a wonderful email correspondence that I have been having with a passionate believer, reader, and facebook friend of mine. In examining Luke chapter 14 my eyes were opened once again to yet another “sign of the times”, and what a sign it is. For we are entering a time of great healing and rest indeed.

To keep this short, once again I am going to simply take half of this chapter line by line and expand the deeper revelation of it. I hope you immediately are quickened to wisdom found within it, and I pray you see that humility is the key to a life of true peace and power.

Once again, please disregard any spelling, grammar, or punctuation mistakes… I simply don’t have time to edit and I believe you can fill in the blanks where need be. 🙂

SO LET US BEGIN…

Luke 14
1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

First of all let me point out that the phrase “It came to pass” is actually a poor translation of the original text. The true meaning of these words is much more powerful. “It came to pass” actually means “And what will become, what will come into existence, to become, to arise” – Now, this is important because with this information, as well as the tense of the words, we understand that this next story we are about to read is NOT just documenting some historical event, but DECLARING what will be.

Like everything in scripture, whether historically literal or not, there is a deeper spiritual meaning. And when it is opened up to you, it is quiet humbling and wonderful indeed.

This event is speaking of a time, when JESUS entered the HOUSE of the HIGHEST RELIGIOUS LEADER to break bread. But this means much more than that. For we know by now, Jesus is a SYMBOL of the LAST ADAM (mankind in it’s enlightened state), Jesus is SYMBOL of THE WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE that is revealed within the hearts of men everywhere. So it is of not coincidence that we find the WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE arising, coming into being, and revealing itself WITHIN the HOUSE of the HIGHEST RELIGIOUS MINDSET.

Now let me also point out that the word HOUSE in this scripture, literally translates as “The HOUSE OF GOD” and declares this house to also be the HUMAN BODY. Not to mention, that we understand WE ARE THE HOUSE OF GOD. But wait there is more… we understand that “it came to pass” means “what will become, what will happen, what will arise” but did you know that the next set of words … “as he went into the house” literally means MANIFESTATION.

The word “went” is defined as a metaphor – “to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence”

To FIND PLACE of INFLUENCE is my favorite translation. Because up until THIS DAY, there was the TRUTH HAD NO WHERE TO LAY IT’S HEAD (power, authority) because UP UNTIL THIS DAY, the Kingdom of God was taken by force.

Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

So with all of that being said… let us look at this first verse with new eyes.

Luke 14
1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

Translation:
And what WILL BECOME is the TRUTH, the WAY, and the LIFE, will ARISE and FIND IT’S PLACE OF INFLUENCE within the hearts of the MOST RELIGIOUS so the TRUTH can be completely consumed on the day when we are meant to CEASE from our carnal efforts and labor… And when this happens they will find….

NOW HANG UNTO TO YOUR HATS… because the LITERAL TRANSLATION of this last part “that they watched him” — DOES NOT mean what you think. In fact, the translation shocked me. Because it actually means when this happens, THE RELIGIOUS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE IN FACT HIM… And those that THINK THEY ARE HIM (Christ) will find that THE RELIGIOUS is who they were, and had been.

Here is the translation: “that” = AND … “they” = THE SAME … “watched” = “I was, Had been”

You see, when the TRUTH reveals itself to you… you, like me, will find that YOU (who you thought you were/ your ego ) was the enemy of God (truth, love)… You were the chief pharisees… but YOU also find… you are JESUS.

Now, “why is this important?” you ask… “We know Jacob, you shared this for years Jacob, why is this important now?” you ask.

Well, the reason is becoming clear to me… TODAY IS THE DAY! The beginning of CREATION is at hand, as I shared in my last article.

This is exciting because, with every harvest, there is a first fruit… When I garden, before all my wonderful tomatoes appear, a few appear before the others. And it is my understanding, that the HARVEST is now. It is my understanding that even the most religious are going to be humbled, so they too can be exalted.

The reason I used the word HUMBLED is because PRIDE COMES BEFORE THE FALL. Pride, arrogance, and the belief that a person knows it all, is all, and needs nothing, is the very thing the TRUTH is HEALING TODAY.

Within the hearts of man, the spirit of truth and love is working my friends. It is a wonderful and glorious thing.

The reason this scripture struck was before recently, I had not know what DROPSY was. I used to think it was another word for a LAME MAN. However, I was very wrong. You see, I found out that DROPSY is a disease where the BODY SWELLS. This is humbling for sure, especially since I have been suffering with a disease of inflammation known as Ankylosing Spondalitis… To which I say, point taken Lord LOL…

But seriously, DROPSY I now know is a SYMBOL of a PERSON AFFLICTED WITH PRIDE. And THIS IS WHAT THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE finds WITHIN the HOUSE OF THE CHIEF PHARISEES.

2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

We must all examine ourselves. We must all, especially today, HUMBLE OURSELVES before the Lord. For those who know me, think it no coincidence that a few days ago, I posted a scripture on this very topic.

Now, even time we see the words “a certain man” we know we are READING about OURSELVES. For we all have been, or are, the HOUSE of the Chief Pharisees, which on the outside look like we have it down, but on the INSIDE that is a SOUL AFFLICTED WITH DROPSY (PRIDE)

With that all being stated, I could ask you the same thing that JESUS asked… “Is it LAWFUL to HEAL this condition?”

3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Notice the response.

4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

THEY SAID NOTHING! The same way, one reading this ESSAY may say nothing. WHO WANTS TO ADMIT THEY HAVE DROPSY? … Who is willingly to say, HEAL ME LORD? Most people don’t have a clue as to how proud and ignorant they are. The Darkness (ignorant ego) hates the LIGHT (Truth of God). I can say by experience, I want that healing… I want it! I want to be filled with the peace, hope, joy, and the spirit of brotherly kindness and love. And I believe BECAUSE I am willing to SAY… “It IS lawful to heal!” Bring it Lord (existing one).

Now, interesting to NOTE the word “HEAL” literally translates into “SERVE” as well. You see, most people, especially those who dwell in the Chief Pharisees house love to walk around as if they are wiser, and more enlightened then everyone, they do not SERVE instead they LOVE TO HEAR themselves talk, and they LOVE the attention it brings. In fact, today, you will find the leader of religious faiths to be treated to be the ONE WHO ARE SERVED. They rarely, serve others. They have armor bearers, assistants, and hundreds that will flock to care for their properties and possessions. This sadly is the RELIGIOUS MINDSET today. THIS IS THE AFFLICTION of DROPSY the TRUTH is going to SERVE AND HEAL.

And do you why that is? … Read the next line.

5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

You see these Religious minded proud men and women we find today… are as ASSES themselves… The PIT that is documented here that the ASS falls into that the TRUTH will LIFT OUT… is the carnal lies and beliefs of religion.

Here is Psalms, the “Pit” we find so many falling into revealed.

Psalm 7:14-16
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

The next verse also states, that our ignorance will return upon us… our wicked deeds, or selfish greed, all of this will return to us. This is why the ASS must be lifted from the pit.

THIS IS WHY I AM WRITING THIS TODAY… Because IT IS THE DAY of REST, it is the DAY of HEALING, it is the DAY OF SERVICE… it is the day when the TRUTH begins to set those suffering with DROPSY (pride) free!

6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

And of course, once again, the RELIGIOUS MINDED could not answer THE TRUTH… Darkness hates the Light. But that DOESN’T STOP the TRUTH from SETTING THE AFFLICTED FREE.

Really read this parable and SEE the love within it. And ask yourself, DO YOU TAKE THE LOWEST SEAT?

7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.
8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

Now, why is this important? Well, for me, I have learned that I DO NOT NEED A TITLE OR NAME… For a long time, I tried to build one, but the harder I tried the more heartache I found. MY PRIDE, my DROPSY was being worked on before this day, for a long, long time… And this process, although painful at times, has now BROUGHT ME HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE.

For one to do the TRUE WORK set before them, IT MUST NOT BE ABOUT THEM… IT MUST BE ABOUT THE SERVICE!

Those that put themselves LAST are FIRST into the kingdom! I ignorantly, thought I was doing that for years… But then, I found a bit of fame, and I enjoyed it… and I wanted more of it… And then the very people that exalted me forsook me, cast me out, and began to despise me.

Now, you would think that after that happened one time, I would catch on… BUT NO, this has happened MANY, MANY TIMES, and it wasn’t until very recently, probably within the last year or so that I TRULY GAVE UP THAT GHOST! And said… FATHER INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT!

And so now, it is NOT about me, I don’t care what you think of me, I forgive those who reject me, I SEEEEEEEEEE! And I want all of you to SEE what I now see, but to DO THIS, you must TAKE THE LOWEST SEAT FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE! Put EVERYONE before yourself. Those that love you and those that hate you.

IF YOU WANT TO BE EXALTED YOU MUST FIRST BE HUMBLED… AND I MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN HUMBLED INDEED … THANKFULLY … and NOT OF MY OWN DOING!

10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

The SPIRIT OF TRUTH is speaking to you today! Once again, it is time to humble yourself. It is time to be set free! IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR BORN AGAIN LIFE!

Stop looking for IMPORTANT PEOPLE to honor and respect. STOP thinking someone with a NAME or FAME matters more than someone without. For those that exalt themselves you will find abased, and those that humble themselves exalted.

STOP WORRYING ABOUT HOW MANY LIKES YOU RECEIVE, HOW MANY COMMENTS YOU RECEIVE, HOW MANY HITS ON YOUR SITE, HOW MANY PEOPLE EMAIL YOU… STOP THE NONSENSE… AND SERVE!

And say, as I am learning to say… HERE I AM LORD!

11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Because today is the day when the “certain man with dropsy” is HEALED… and we need to rejoice in it. And if you EAT of this BREAD that is being served, if you make a feast for the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, if you release the ass from the pit, as I have been and as I now am a part of serving… THEN when you SIT AT THIS MEAT (DEEP REVELATION OF LOVE) you too will HEAR what it means to be BLESSED by RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY!

*******Now Watch This Video*******

Years ago, before people knew “Christ IN You” I began to share this great revelation. This video, I ironically stumbled upon today after a viewer reminded me of another. I watched and it brought tears to my eyes… For I could see then, what many are just now beginning to see… And sadly, I watch as many who have come out of religion have gone right back into it, under the name “Love” …. I pray more will refuse the choice seats and will instead put others before them so they can truly be called up higher. Enjoy

Much love to you and yours, Jacob

EMPTY TOMB

Jacob Israel13 Comments

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EMPTY TOMB

A day or two before Easter I began receiving emails from a handful of people, all of whom, without being aware of each other’s requests, were asking me the same thing… “What is the EMPTY TOMB all about?”, “What is the “Napkin” covering Jesus’ face being folded and separate symbolize?”

Email requests are quite normal for me. I have received hundreds of such emails from people who have a range of questions about the things of “God” who I almost always respond to. I believe it is important to be available to those who seek and I am one who finds great joy in such.

Now, even though I receive many requests for “spiritual clarity”, what happened recently was different.

You see, the fact that these handful of people were all asking the same thing struck me as important. This feeling, that I NEEDED to do an essay on this very subject was only compounded by the multiple coincidences that followed after such requests, regarding the “empty tomb”, and “linen” etc.

I knew I had to write a short paper on the topic, and by “short” I mean… most likely extremely long… wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Don’t worry, I promise this time to me brief. 😉 I hope. In any event, it wasn’t until this moment RIGHT NOW, as I began to dig into this article that the TRUTH of this story opened itself up to me. So much so, that I had to call a dear friend to share my excitement.

I digress, over a week ago I knew I should probably write something on the topic, the problem is with the pain I am usually in it is very hard for me to sit for extended periods of time to write… sooooo, I answered the people who emailed me with questions briefly and vaguely, with the thought in the back of my mind that if I was really meant to write this paper, I would. And that if I was meant to have my eyes opened to MORE OF WHAT IT ALL MEANS… that too would come in time.

And so yes… You guessed it… It CAME in time… Early this morning. Much like MARY coming to the EMPTY TOMB early in morning as well. And so here I am after yet another cosmic reminder presented itself to me this morning about the “napkin”, “the linen”, and “the tomb”. So I am now writing the short essay I knew I was meant to share.

I am going to TRY and be brief, but believe me when I say, you need to make time for this entire paper regardless… To do this I am going to try and not over explain things, as I usually do… I am only going to share the revelation as it comes to me and if that leads me in other directions so be it.

So please follow me… into the EMPTY TOMB! I believe it will be very eye opening for you. (As always, I do not have time to edit, so please forgive any spelling, or grammar errors, see to the spirit of this paper, not the letter and execution of it. ;))

LET’S BEGIN with John Chapter 20

John 20 KJV
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

There are seven days to creation people… Did you catch that? … Pay attention… This all takes place on the 1st day.

And what else happens on the 1st day? Anyone remember?

In the beginning God created the HEAVEN and the EARTH… The SPIRIT and the TEMPORAL… The CHRIST and the SOUL… The SPIRIT MAN and the NATURAL MAN… and THE EARTH… the NATURAL MAN was ignorant… UNTIL, the spirit of God moved upon their understanding.

On the 1ST DAY of the week… God said LET THERE BE LIGHT! … now pay attention… And the LIGHT according to JOHN 1 is the WORD OF GOD… Which, also happens to be THE TRUTH which SETS A PERSON FREE.

1st Day – Light = Word = TRUTH

John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: YOUR WORD is TRUTH.

So we find that the story of Christ’s RESURRECTION … is actually the STORY OF MAN’S TRUE BEGINNING. It is the story of MAN waking up from the tomb that has become of their life. The resurrection is FINALLY at hand. This is why I was meant to write this paper. To show you that the BOOK is no longer sealed.

Let’s refresh… Mary comes early to the TOMB on the first day of the week.

The 1st day is also found in Genesis 1.

Gen 1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT: and there was LIGHT.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the FIRST DAY.

Mary came to the TOMB on the 1st day early.

Mary in Greek literally means “rebellion, man’s rebellion”. This is why we also find the TRUTH (Jesus) as rebellion’s child.

This is a picture of US coming to the realization of who we ARE my friends. I am meant to write this paper to let those reading know, you have been born again… It is the 1st day of the week… the Books have been opened… TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY. It is the day when the TRUTH is finally CALLED GOOD. “he saw the light, that it was good” – and the day when we are to no longer walk in darkness but in the light.

Notice that when Mary first came to the TOMB it was not only early, which means WE ARE IN THE FIRSTFRUITS of this great change, but it was also STILL DARK…. And so, this also means for us that the Morning SUN (truth) hasn’t completely risen for all, as of yet… BUT IT WILL, IT IS, AND NOTHING CAN SNUFF IT OUT.

John 20 KJV
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

So let’s now discuss the TOMB… the SEPULCHER… You see, it is not a real TOMB, it is an allegory. The TOMB is actually the mindset of carnal man. It is the intellect of man. One could go so far as to say the TOMB is one’s identity. And within this identity are the Beliefs that formed it… Now for years man has made the mistake of saying that CHRIST is found within this TOMB… But in the 1st day we find, when the STONE is rolled away, that the LIVING Christ is not found within carnal mankind’s identity at all. But more on this later.

Now out of this Identity man speaks… And so this TOMB in affect is also analogous to the way carnal man thinks, it is how they speak… Their words and their thoughts… This the TOMB that was SEALED with the STONE.

Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips

Carnal religious leaders were also called white washed tombs … And yes, many of those looking for CHRIST, which is the power and wisdom of God have also gone to these TOMBS to find it.

And up until this point… There was no escape from this TOMB. It was SEALED up with a stone.

And what is the STONE that sealed the TOMB UP… What is the STONE that kept the TRUTH hidden away from OUR THOUGHTS, TONGUES, AND “THROATS”?

Well, it is the same STONE that people are said to be killed with. THE LAW OF MAN. THE LIES OF MAN. THE RELIGION OF MAN. This is the STONE that kept the TRUTH hidden from our hearts and minds.

Deuteronomy 27:8
And thou shalt write upon the STONES all the words of this LAW very plainly.

So, on the 1st day… the day when the TRUTH is finally revealed. (Christ rises from the dead) — which is speaking of our awakening into truth… That WE are CHRIST truly … Well, even though all of this is happening today, as told in the story with Mary arriving at the tomb early, we find mankind is still in darkness, ignorant of the truth, the TOMB (identity) that had kept the DEAD BODY — let me write that again… the TOMB that held the DEAD BODY no longer was SEALED BY THE STONE.

And, after finding the STONE had been rolled away… SO TOO, when the STONE is rolled away from our understanding we find, CHRIST is NOT found WITHiN the idea of who we are…

What I mean to say is, the TRUTH is nowhere to be found in who we think we are … The TRUTH we will soon see IS who we are… Period.

We are the BODY PEOPLE! We are the Body of Christ. The scripture’s explain this clearly.

1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

THE LIES OF MAN, the LAW OF MOSES, which kept the TRUTH buried away within us, has been rolled away… This was done, because THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS ON THE 1ST DAY… The LIGHT = word = truth is RESURRECTED within us again.

Now, after seeing this MARY quickly runs to PETER (upon which I will build my church) … AND THE other disciple WHOM JESUS LOVED.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

And the ONE JESUS LOVED arrives at the TOMB first.

This is important to note… Because their are two types of disciples on the first day… THOSE THAT DENY THE TRUTH and those THE TRUTH SIMPLY LOVES… note: the one Jesus loves has no name, no fame, and yet the ONE JESUS LOVES ARRIVES at the NOW OPENED TOMB first.

And who is the ONE who JESUS LOVES? … That’s right Lazarus… The ONE Jesus FIRST raised from the dead. Lazarus is a picture of the forerunners, those that were asleep and woke up.

John 11:5
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Those who ARRIVE at the TRUTH before anyone else. Those who kept their EARS close to Jesus’ heart.

John 13:23
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

The DISCIPLES that JESUS LOVES… the TOMB IS OPENED first for them. Their EYES are enlightened first. Those that DENY the TRUTH three times, arrive NEXT. However, ALL arrive on the FIRST DAY… some arrive at this understanding a bit later than the others.

An interesting side note: After talking with my dear friend Larry Leake about my findings he mentioned how Jesus and Lazarus were the ONLY ONES whose lives were in jeopardy. The religious lost wanted both Jesus (The Word of TRUTH) and Lazarus (Those who are raised with it) to be put to death… It is also interesting to note, that those who wanted more, also ONLY came to see Jesus (The TRUTH) and Lazarus (Those raised with it)

John 12:9
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

And I must say, here on the 1st day… WHICH IS ACTUALLY the DAY WE ARE IN… the 1st day NOT THE last, as I have believed in the past and many others declare. We are going to find MANY PEOPLE coming to find the TRUTH and those RAISED BY IT.

And so, there are two types of disciples indeed that come to the EMPTY TOMB. Both of great importance. Both with the revelation that something is going on within us all.

The disciples that do not deny the truth simply get to this revelation first. And those that ARRIVE at the TRUTH first, well, the very first thing they do is to STOOP DOWN… and this is important. Because the ONE WHO JESUS LOVED who arrived at the TOMB first HAD TO STOOP DOWN to then LOOK IN. Sort of like saying, a person must first HUMBLE themselves before knowing a thing. If a person believes they know it all, they cannot know a thing. The One who Jesus loves STOOPS DOWN first to look in, as we must also be humbled to look within NOW THAT the STONE HAS BEEN REMOVED.

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

Ironically, the word STOOP doesn’t mean DUCK.. it actually means to “BOW ONE’S HEAD” and “INSPECT CURIOUSLY AND SINCERELY”.

One must first humble oneself to be able to diligently LOOK WITHIN.

Now, I want to point out that the ONE WHO JESUS LOVED, the ONE THE TRUTH RESURRECTS FIRST, the FIRST FRUITS, after humbling themselves and LOOKING within… they do NOT GO WITHIN. Because, they SAW THE LINEN CLOTHES LYING!

If the SEPLUCHRE is our throat, if the TOMB is the way we think and the way we speak in our ignorance, what would the LINEN clothes be? Is it not ironic, that within the “THROAT” of Carnal Man we find LINENS (false beliefs) LYING? – which is why the ONE THE TRUTH RAISES does NOT GO WITHIN the TOMB at first.

And what are the LINEN CLOTHES symbolic of? The lies of mankind that we covered ourselves with because we felt naked (ashamed)

Exodus 28:42
And thou shalt make them LINENS clothes to COVER their NAKEDNESS

In Genesis we see them covering themselves with fig leaves and we easily see the symbolism there. Well, the same thing is happening here. LINEN, you will find, is the perfect material for the garment of death (ignorance).

Ironically, the “MAN clothed in LINEN”, is a big character in scripture, and very obviously an allegory of US. While, linen is very obviously symbolic of the LIES (BELIEFS) we clothe ourselves with to cover up our fear and shame.

DEAD BODIES almost always clothed in such a way. “To be carnally minded is DEATH”.

So, broaden your belief for a moment… LAZARUS, the ONE who Jesus Loved, the ONE who the TRUTH resurrected, the ONE who comes to the OPENED TOMB first is symbolic of people like you and me… Those who arrive first, who submit themselves and humble themselves (stoop down) to look within. And what is it that WE and the ONE THAT JESUS LOVES in scripture are LOOKING WITHIN? …. That is right, THE TOMB!

Notice, you will not find the TRUTH in the TOMB… No, it is WITHIN US… the ONES THE TRUTH RESURRECTED… There is NO TRUTH in the TOMB (throats of mankind) all that is found there are DISCARDED LINENS and NAPKIN. This all will start to make sense I promise you.

So, the ONE JESUS LOVES, who arrives at the tomb first, look withing the TOMB, which we now know is the THROAT, A SYMBOL of where OUR WORDS COME FROM… And he SAW THE LINEN LYING…

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

We now know the LINEN is symbolic of the BELIEFS people have covered themselves with. Note also in scripture, those clothed in LINEN are those DEAD, DYING and yes, the rich man who ultimately is tormented. LINEN = the false beliefs of religion and mankind.

And those who come to the knowledge of the truth first, look within the throats, mouths, and hearts of man as well, and ALL they see is the LINEN LYING.

You can’t find the LIVING among the DEAD — until LIFE enters the DEAD.

Today, I look around and see so, so many speaking from what they have been told as truth, and those beliefs LIE! And it took me awhile to ENTER THAT TOMB too… The first to the TOMB is also the LAST to enter in. There is a great revelation in that for those with eyes to see.

So, since all that was found was LINEN LYING, the ONE WHOM JESUS LOVED did NOT ENTER the TOMB.

Lazarus was already RAISED from that DEATH. He was already asleep and wrapped in lies. And what was the first thing that JESUS DEMANDED be taken off of LAZARUS when he awoke?

THAT’S RIGHT… THE GRAVE CLOTHES!

The LIES I myself have believed were taken away, and I myself have also LEFT MY LINEN CLOTHES in the GARDEN AND FLED NAKED AND UNASHAMED.

Mark 14:52
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

And so now, it is SIMON PETER’S TURN… which is why I am sharing this very powerful article with the world, because I know this insight is more then my own. What I mean to say is, for over a week I labored to understand this parable and could not find anything to share with those who had asked… and NOW TODAY… WHAMO! Like lightning from heaven, IT ALL FALLS INTO PLACE… and, I know it true.

This is not the work of my hands alone… And so now, symbolically it is SIMON PETERS turn… to SEE what “Lazarus” saw first. And by Lazarus I mean those that come to the empty tomb first… SIMON PETER also sees the LIES and FALSE beliefs within the IDENTITY or the THROAT of man. Now that the stone is rolled away it is easy. And that is what many DISCIPLES today are finding. They have arrived at the TOMB and realized there was NO TRUTH in it at all… Only the garments that cover it’s dead body, and kept true knowledge from us.

Within the INTELLECT of CARNAL MAN (tomb) we, like the ONE JESUS LOVES and SIMON PETER see nothing but the LIES of “LINEN” (false beliefs)

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

Notice, HOW SIMON PETER… the ONE who DENIES THE TRUTH… The one who BETRAYS THE TRUTH… DOES walk into the tomb however. Without stooping, mind you. Now at first when I sat to write this I saw this as a bad thing. But after pondering it, I realized YOU HAVE TO GO WITHIN the TOMB to REALLY know that YOU CANNOT FIND THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD… and more importantly… that the LIVING WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD.

Many of my dear friends, are SIMON Peter, if you will… and they are still to arrive at the tomb, but they will and when they do… They too, will see that within the Intellect of man is NO GOOD THING. And then together, we both will come to the revelation of the truth.

I hope those SIMON PETERS of the world also will find that LINEN LYING… And most importantly, that the NAPKIN that was used to cover the FACE is wrapped together in a place by itself.

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

Let me explain, The FACE is THE WISDOM OF ALL… In scripture to know someone face to face, was to intimately know them. It is easy to find the LINEN lying… but in a place all by itself, not only will you find that the lies have been taken away, you will find the “napkin” which was not FOUND LYING with the LINEN, wrapped together IN A PLACE BY ITSELF has ALSO BEEN REMOVED…

When the STONE is removed, on the 1st day of the week, early in the morning MARY (OUR ONCE REBELLIOUS SOUL) leads us to the discovery that the STONE is rolled away, and where we believed THE LORD WAS… THE LORD WASN’T. This at first is a sad thing… UNTIL the LORD OF LIGHT AND TRUTH is REVEALED WITHIN OUR TRUE HEART AND RISES WITHIN US AND BECOMES US…

For in point of fact, we were the ones that died, and we are the ones that RISE AGAIN. But to have this revelation, the stone needs to be rolled away, we need to GO WITHIN, to HUMBLE OURSELVES (STOOP) and see the LIES that have been stuck in our throats for too long. When we do this, we also know that THE DAY OF THE LORD IS FINALLY HERE. Because now that the STONE is rolled away, WE CAN BELIEVE!

This is the 1st day, it is the day of TRUTH… WE CAN KNOW GOD FACE TO FACE… which also means, we can know our TRUE SELVES.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he SAW, and BELIEVED.

ONCE YOU (see) UNDERSTAND all of this… YOU BELIEVE!

But until this day, you did not TRULY BELIEVE, neither did you truly enter in…

But I say unto you, the STONE has been rolled away… the beliefs (linen) found lying that once covered us in death are CAST OFF… the Napkin keeping the wisdom of all from our sight wrapped together in a place by itself.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

… because you did not know the scripture, that THE TRUTH MUST BE RISEN… AGAIN… AGAIN… AGAIN… AGAIN from the DEAD (CARNAL MANKIND). So now

And if JESUS RISE AGAIN… that means he has RISEN BEFORE… WHICH also means “he” has DIED before.

Now see if you can catch this?

“THE SAME… WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE WORD.” This ALL has happened before and NOW the TRUTH will RISE AGAIN in US!

THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN… around, and around, you go, where you stop nobody knows 😉

This has happened before and NOW people will believe that the TRUTH MUST RISE AGAIN… FROM THE “DEAD”.

And I have been telling you for years who the DEAD are that the TRUTH (CHRIST) rises from… US!

He that ascends is also he that first descends… He who rises is first he who falls.

And NOW, even though it is still dark early in the morning of the 1st day of our CREATION it is time for us all to RISE AGAIN!

And NOW, the saying becomes clear… You CANNOT FIND THE LIVING among the DEAD.

THE DOORS to where the disciples could be found were shut…. then the same day, being the 1st day of the week, when the DOORS WERE SHUT – the TRUTH STOOD AGAIN… saying…. PEACE BE UNTO YOU!

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Think it no coincidence that I change my Facebook Title Page to a picture of my wife and I resting on a cot, with the words BE AT PEACE written above us all… For today is the day, LAZARUS IS COMFORTED… Today, is the day, when the LIGHT WILL FINALLY SHINE… and everyone, everywhere, will say… “It is good!”

20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

The TRUTH showed the disciples that THEY IN FACT were the HANDS AND SIDE… Hands (power and authority) – Side (womb)

1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

THE HAND OF GOD are the DISCIPLES OF TRUTH to whom the TOMB has been opened, and to whom the STONE has been rolled away, linen lying left behind, and the ability to know God face to face… as it was before, as it will be again.

And finally the most important revelation of all… Not to simply be able to say, “If you have seen ME, you have seen Jesus”, but to KNOW IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART. “as he is in the world, so are we”

Now read this last line very carefully…

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

The Father SENT JESUS into the world to SAVE PEOPLE as GOD’S SON… and then God’s son revealed this to HIS DISCIPLES and they were sent into the world the same way… and so on and so on… all the way down to me.

“The same was in the beginning with God” – “There is nothing new under the sun”

And so, I say unto you… AGAIN… Be at peace… and I have been INSPIRED TO SHARE this with you, so too I pray to inspire you to do the same. For we are all one and the TOMB IS OPEN, the VEIL and STONE TAKEN AWAY, so help the ONES JESUS LOVES to take off those grave clothes… Because the DAY OF THE LORD IS HERE.

It is not the LAST DAY, as Martha had thought… but it is TODAY and we should be glad in it.

Jacob Israel
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HATE YOUR LIFE?

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HATE YOUR LIFE?

We are so scared in life. We allow our fear and our worry and our shame to dictate our lives. And the only hell greater than this is to know you should be living your life instead of watching it waste away.

Many can see all the good in their life and still find absolutely no way to enjoy it. This is hell. It is not some place of infinite torture, but a mindset of ignorance where suffering never seems ends. This HELL, which I pray by now you know is not a literal place (if not please do read my article on the Lake Of Fire, or Hell Revealed) is where unbelievers end up. This sad mindset, this hell, is actually our shame, our fear, and ignorant judgment, it IS correction of sorts… Because it is meant to drive us out of that stinking thinking. Sort of like a nightmare getting so bad you are forced to wake up to see it was all a lie. A life that becomes hell also shows us who we DON’T WANT TO BE, and hints at who we truly are within. Our ignorant suffering brings us to a point where we begin to hate our lives in this world. SOUND FAMILIAR?

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal

I HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF… Hating my life IN this world was exactly what I needed to find my LIFE AGAIN. You see, we have power over the GATES OF HELL.

Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

For a GATE to PREVAIL against the CHURCH (Those called out of lies) it would have to either keep one in hell, or keep one out. That is what A GATE is meant to do. Keep people out and Keep People In…

When you have POWER over the GATES… When YOU CAN PREVAIL against the GATES OF HELL… You can let yourself out of YOUR IGNORANT SUFFERING as quickly as you can LET YOURSELF IN.

Eventually, the hell in our lives, the LIE OF WHO WE THINK WE ARE, the LIE OF RELIGION, and all of our INSECURITY AND FEAR is cast into the ALL CONSUMING LAKE OF FIRE (Which is TRUTH AND LOVE)

Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone

This poetically seems scary, and I will tell you when silver is held over the hottest part of the flame to be purified it is no fun indeed. We are a stubborn ignorant bunch, and so THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD (righteousness/right thinking, peace and joy).

Many think that when they hate their lives that this is failure. But I am here to say to you if you hate your life it is all part of the program friends. And in fact you are closer to the Kingdom of God than ever before.

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal

We have thought this scripture meant that we should hate enjoyment. Vanity, vanity, all is vanity says the preacher man. You know there are monks that deny themselves the pleasures of regular daily life, there are priests that deny themselves the pleasure of having a wife and family.

Many believe that by denying a wife, or meat, or bread, or this or that, is going to somehow help them to live their life. Religion always twists the scriptures to control others. For example, many think that when Jesus taught us that we must DENY OURSELVES that he meant, we must DEPRIVE OURSELVES OF ENJOYMENT.

Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Through the eyes of religion the above scripture reads that we should SUFFER and be MISERABLE and one day, in the future, after we physically die we may know peace. HOWEVER, this scripture does not command DEPRIVING oneself, it command DENYING… Which literally means, REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE that who you THINK YOU ARE exists… This is a mystery. Because the YOU, you think you are, the one that is filled with fear and insecurity, greed, lust and hate, IS NOT YOU! That is the “life in this world” you must hate. It is the YOU you have been programmed to believe yourself to be. And so when you DENY YOURSELF, you are really saying, I AM MORE THAN MY SUFFERING, I AM MORE THAN I EVEN ALLOWED MYSELF TO BELIEVE, I am NOT this EGO CALLED JACOB… I am MORE!

Here is the literal translation of the words: “to deny” from strongs -“to affirm that one has no acquaintance or connection with someone”

It is no wonder so many are so very sad. In a world where getting ahead at the expense of others is the only way and then carrying the guilt of following that system is your payment for each day. Vanity, vanity all is vanity.

This world is a trap, a prison, a clever game. And it keeps us focused on the wrong things. So we fight, yell, get depressed, get fat, get skinny, put ourselves in debt, take ourselves out of debt, I could indeed go on.

“Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.”

Solomon saw all that was done under the sun, and he saw it was all pointless. He saw how lost humanity was. He saw how those that were given much had not the ability to enjoy what they were given, and those that had nothing desired more, and could not find more, and Solomon makes the startling revelation, that this too is vanity. Meaningless. To have, to have not, none of it matters.

So if THINGS aren’t the answer… what is? Why is life so hard? Why have we been so blind, deaf, lame, and dead in our lives, wrapped in the misery of the grave clothes of shame, fear, worry, and doubt?

Well I believe I have the reason. It is so we will HATE OUR LIVES IN THIS WORLD.

I have learned in life that our greatest enemies are our greatest teachers. And truly our greatest enemies are not outside of us, they are the thoughts in our heads.

Matthew 10:36
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

This is good news. Because our misery is leading us toward our life. It is getting us to say, NO MORE! It is pushing over the threshold of insignificance and into the Kingdom of light and joy. But to do this, every one of us, MUST FIRST HATE OUR LIVES IN THIS WORLD.

So the question I have for you is… “Are you ready to finally be free?”… Because you must first hate your life to move on. And if you do, THEN REJOICE because you are on your way.

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal

Now if you do not hate your life (in this world) than most likely you are not reading this essay. But if you are, a warning. Get ready… Buckle up… because just when you think your life is perfect and can’t worse… WHAMO, welcome to the rock that crushes that ego our yours.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape

You see, we are all birthing something. Before this great birth, there are labor pains… and the world as it is, is in great TRAVAIL. We will be delivered from the bondage of corruption — which is a poetic way of saying, we will be delivered from the corrupt way of thinking that has caused us so much pain.

Romans 8:21-23
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body

So if you are content with the way things are. If you have accepted your life to simply be a miserable one where you complain all day about how bad you have it… YOU WON’T FOR LONG. This corrupt way of thinking is going to be stolen from all of you. You will realize this stuff you have learned in your churches and temples that keeps you feeling superior to others is nothing but a bunch of dung! This is something Paul knew well.

Philippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ

THAT IS MAY WIN CHRIST — And I hope by now you know that CHRIST is the power and wisdom of God.

Paul saw all his religious schooling and doctrine as MEANINGLESS! It was all vanity, he hated his life. He screamed about it when he declared in Romans, The things he wants to do, he does not do, and the things he does not want to do he does… Paul wanted to live a perfect life but he couldn’t while operating out of the EGO. Been there and done that? How about you?

Romans 7:15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I

So what then Jacob? What is the way in? How do we find peace?

Well I am here to say you are already headed there. If you hate your life, prepare for the salvation of it! Because you cannot fail.

Everything around you, every circumstance, every trial, every joy, it is all there pushing you where you need to be. If you’re sad and hate your life, YOU MUST REJOICE!

Why you ask? Because a person doesn’t change if they are content they stay where they are. AND WE ARE NOT CONTENT ARE WE?

This is our hope… Christ, the power and wisdom of God, to finally LOVE AND LIVE! That is all that matters and without it we are MEN AND WOMEN MOST MISERABLE…

1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable

As they say, breakthrough is coming. It is coming the moment you say, NO MORE! The moment you pray TEACH ME THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT THE COST! The MOMENT YOU HATE YOUR LIFE AND ARE WILLING TO LOSE IT!

So rejoice, if you are going through a hard time… because you are about to be delivered from it. REJOICE if you are miserable… because it is our misery and our suffering that pushes us through the gate of ignorance into the power and wisdom of love and truth.

Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God

So what does this mean?

It means, that instead of praying that your miserable life will flee from you… PICK UP THAT CROSS AND CARRY IT, because you know where it is ultimately taking you.

Will you embrace your cross here? Will you bear it all without raising your voice? Will you forgive your enemy instead of curse them? Will you trust that the Lord (the existing one) indeed is your Shepherd?

DO YOU TRULY LOVE? For this is the ONLY WAY. All of your futile anger, hate, regret, shame, fear, insecurity, debate, ALL OF IT WILL PASS AWAY the moment you say NOT MY WILL BUT THINE… You see it is all working together for your good. ALL OF IT!

So if you hate your life right now… REJOICE because THE END is far greater than the beginning.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride

So be patient and pat yourself on the back. You are overcoming, whether you believe it or not, and you didn’t do a thing to get there… your life experience got you there. Now all you need to do is sit back, have faith and enjoy it!

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Jacob
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TURNING THE TABLES

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TURNING THE TABLES

Have you ever heard the expression… “I turned the tables on them.” This is what my wife Danielle would remind me, is called an IDIOM.

Now, why would I take the time to point that out?

Well, the reason is found in the definition of what an IDIOM is.

IDIOM: a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

That is sort of an educated way of saying… An Idiom is an expression used to describe something else, which cannot be understood literally. Like the expression, “its raining cats and dogs” — if you were to read this literally you would not understand that someone was simply expressing that it is RAINING HARD in a poetic way.

So, now that my English lesson is over, perhaps I should explain what this essay is about. An essay, mind you that I PROMISE to keep short. I have learned that people need short bursts of insight today and I hope to provide that to the ever-growing, ever-changing, multitasking generation of seekers that visit here and just don’t have the time to read a 20 page article.

So here it goes… This essay is about JESUS AND THE MONEY CHANGERS IN THE TEMPLE.

Let me briefly explain why I chose this topic.

For awhile now, for years, decades in fact, I have seen people condemn other people using the bible as not just ammunition but to justify their judgmental behavior. And one of the favorite stories in scripture used to explain away attacks on others is THE STORY OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.

It REALLY is so sad. Because these self-appointed judge, jury, and executioners that use such a story as ammunition to condemn, and tear down, others are MISSING THE MARK (sin) …. THAT’S RIGHT, I called them SINNERS. But not sinners the way you think. Because all “SIN” means really, is to MISS THE POINT, or to MISS THE TRUTH in regards to something.

Like thinking the EARTH IS FLAT — that would be A SIN. And the only way to be set free from this is the TRUTH. The TRUTH sets you free from the LIES you bought and sold in that temple of God, which is YOU.

In fact, proverbs states, “the thought of foolishness is sin” – yes, SIN is foolish thinking and nothing more.

THAT BEING SAID… it is down right sinful for people to shout the words love, unity, and freedom out of one side of their mouth while also tearing down people, gossiping, and condemning out of the other and using ALLEGORIES like Jesus and the Money Changers as excuse for their hate.

So, in this essay I am going to open your eyes to WHAT THE STORY REALLY MEANS… and how it is a PICTURE of an INTERNAL BEAUTIFUL WORK being done in us all, “as we speak” <- another idiom 🙂

So why did I TITLE this essay, TURNING THE TABLES? — well, you are about to find out.

If you want to understand what the expression "I turned the tables on them" has to do with Jesus and the money changers, then you will be happy to know that I believe it has EVERYTHING to do with that very biblical story. In fact, it is my belief that the TURNING OF THE MONEY CHANGERS TABLES in the TEMPLE is the birth place of the IDIOM "I turned the tables on them" itself.

Now just why is this important? you ask.

Well, look at the definition of the IDIOM: According the Oxford English Dictionary, if you “turn the tables” on someone, it is generally understood that you have reversed the fortunes in your favor to some capacity, so as to “reverse one’s position relative to someone else, especially by turning a position of disadvantage into one of advantage.”

"Reversed fortunes" could be explained in the allegory of the RICH and POOR man… when the TABLES are turned, the POOR man is taken care of and the RICH MAN is tormented. (of course this is not a story of a literal place called hell)

And so to "TURN THE TABLES" means you have reversed one's position, reversed one's direction, reversed one's decision, and of course reversed one's belief system. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL. The tables are turned on us. From DEATH to LIFE.

The TRUTH sets us free from the LIES we have believed. The TRUTH is revealed within us and it TURNS THE TABLES on us returning us to a place of peace, power, and perfection.

THUS, today with this essay I WILL TURN THE TABLES on those who have used this BEAUTIFUL STORY OF SALVATION as a story of condemnation, judgment, violence, and wrath… while also revealing some pretty cool insight about the Marriage in Cana of Galilee!

So, let us begin by reading the passage in John's gospel that started it all.

John 2
2 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Now that we have read all of that… please pay close attention to the verse below that follows this story excerpt above…

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES… which clearly means… THE BEGINNING… In other words….THIS IS HOW “IT” BEGINS…

And what is it that BEGINS, Jacob?

THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES… which ironically has nothing to do with what we know MIRACLES to be today. Seeing as the literal translation of MIRACLES in this passage means “a sign, mark, or token by which a PERSON is distinguished from others and is KNOWN.”

Miracle = shmeiÛon = a sign, mark, token that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and is known

And so the MARRIAGE is the BEGINNING of the SIGN that distinguishes the TRUTH from LIES and is REVEALED.

On the 3rd DAY (TRIMESTER) there was a marriage, and THE MOTHER of Jesus (the way, the truth and the life) was there.

Now, that is important because WHO IS JESUS’S MOTHER? – check out that article next. Well, the long and short of it is, ANYONE WHO HEARS THE TRUTH… and DOES THE WILL OF THE FATHER is Jesus’s MOTHER.

Mark 3:35
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and MOTHER.

I hope you are catching on that this is an ALLEGORY for us all to learn.

Let us break down the story for a moment, 1st there is a Marriage where everyone wants WINE (which is a SPIRIT that makes one joyful), no such joyful spirit/wine is found, all anyone can find is SIX WATER POTS of STONE used for ritual washing. (to get clean from sin)…These water pots contained NO WATER…

Let me unravel this for you… the fact that there are only SIX WATER POTS OF STONE is our first give away. Seeing as SIX SIX SIX is the number of MAN, that MAN was MADE on the sixth day… The next give away is that they were WATER POTS OF STONE.

Water pots of STONE is a mysterious way of describing man’s heart… STONE is what the LAW is written on. Tablets of Stone or one could say “TABLES of STONE”.

You see a STONE doesn’t bend, it is rough, callous, unforgiving, and this my friends was found at the marriage in Cana. And what was it that was being married?

Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new SPIRIT (thoughts of truth) will I put (reveal) WITHIN you: and I will take away the STONY HEART out of your FLESH, and I will give you an heart of flesh

SPIRIT AND SOUL/FLESH/IDENTITY is married — Just like that water being poured in, the TRUTH is poured into you… because FAITH COMES BY HEARING… and things change.

Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh

The TWO become ONE.

And when this happens, first MEN’S HEARTS are AS STONE … which is why the TABLES NEED TO BE TURNED… which is REALLY what this whole Chapter is about. Not a literal marriage, not a madman condemning religion, and not a bunch a people wanting to get drunk and Jesus changing literal water into literal wine. THIS IS AN INSIDE WORK. And the TABLES need to be turned. For men’s hearts are stone. And this is the way it is in the BEGINNING. But when the tables are turned, so DOES ONE’S POSITION IN LIFE return. If they be dead… they come alive again!

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me (believe in what I say), though he were dead (ignorant), yet shall he live:

AND if a man’s heart be stone the TRUTH will flip the script and breathe new life into them all.

2 Corinthians 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

This is what is revealed in the WATER being poured in first.

We see the SIX BARREN WATER POTS OF STONE (ignorant mankind – dead in Adam), and Jesus says, FILL THEM UP!

It is important to note, that he first states… “HIS HOUR IS NOT YET COME.” And why is that? Because this is ONLY THE BEGINNING, so HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS because you haven’t seen anything yet.

John 1:
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

And so Jesus says, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. Which is a picture of the moment our hearts are FILLED WITH THE WATER OF TRUTH… Once again, we are not talking about literal water. It is WISDOM.

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the WATER that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

AND AGAIN… the water is the WORD OF GOD which is TRUTH.

Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of WATER by the WORD

And so the TRUTH is poured into our BARREN, LIFELESS, STUBBORN, STONE HEARTS and it is TURNED TO INTO NEW WINE.

But remember, this is but the beginning. At the “marriage” which of course is an ALLEGORY OF the TWO BECOMING ONE FLESH.

Let that sink in… A MARRIAGE is where TWO BECOME ONE FLESH.

Ephesians 5:31
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

YES, THAT IS RIGHT! This whole story is about GOD and MAN becoming ONE.

This is what JESUS prayed for after all.

John 17:22
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

Jesus saying, “I am in the father and the Father is in me” would be a good way of describing this event. My latest article that compares the SUBCONSCIOUS MIND and the CONSCIOUS MIND with God and Jesus is another way of expressing it. At this MARRIAGE the SPIRIT OF TRUTH becomes ONE with WHO WE THINK WE ARE (our identity).

And so this ALLEGORICAL marriage party is expressing how this resurrection and union begins. It begins with us being filled to the BRIM with the TRUTH. Which in turn becomes a LIVING SPIRIT within us. And yes that is exciting, BUT this is ONLY THE BEGINNING!

The TRUTH in us, then has a job to do… IT FIRST BEGINS TO REVEAL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN from our eyes. Notice, verse 11.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

The TRUTH manifested (revealed) “his glory” – and it is the GLORY OF GOD to conceal a thing.

Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

In the beginning the TRUTH MANIFESTS what has been concealed (glory) before the marriage of SPIRIT (who you really are) and FLESH (who you think you are) and after that happens THOSE THAT FOLLOW THE TRUTH (disciples) BELIEVE!

And once you believe the TRUTH, it is TIME FOR THE LIES to be CAST OUT OF YOUR HEART! Which brings us to JESUS and those TABLES BEING TURNED. Not an event to justify grievous acts towards others, but a poetic mystery explaining our resurrection into the light of truth and life.

Let us continue…

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

It is interesting to note that CAPERNAUM literally means “VILLAGE OF COMFORT”.

You see we have been too comfortable in our ignorance. At the wedding the people LOVED JESUS (the truth) because it TURNED the WATER (THEIR DOCTRINE) into WINE (AN INTOXICATING SPIRIT)… But Jesus was honest… HIS TIME had NOT YET COME. Jesus still had work to do. THE TRUTH needs to TURN THE TABLES on us all! And this is EXACTLY what takes place when the TRUTH hits us in the heart to set us free.

It is important to note that THIS ALL TOOK PLACE when PASSOVER was at hand. Which is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the LIBERATION OF THE SLAVES from EGYPT.

13 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Which, of course is another wonderful allegory… as EGYPT is a person’s confusion, which is why GOD’S CHILDREN live as slaves and need to be delivered from it. In Galatians 3 and 4 we read that the HEIR differs nothing from a slave when he is immature/young even though HE IS LORD OF EVERYTHING.

This is so true, before the truth is raised up in our hearts we are men most miserable indeed. We all live a most pitiful life when we are as empty barren waterpots of stone… And after the beginning of miracles (the sign, the distinguishing mark that sets us apart from the word), we find the PASSOVER is near.

Yes my friends, we are indeed are about to be set free from our SHAME AND FEAR… just as the JEWS were set free from PHAROAH (shame) and EGYPT (confusion)

Isaiah 30:3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your SHAME, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your CONFUSION.

Passover was at hand… People were about to be delivered from their SHAME and CONFUSION. And for that to HAPPEN, the things that were polluting our hearts NEED to be driven out.

CAN YOU BEGIN TO SEE WHERE I AM GOING?

And so, the TRUTH (Jesus) goes down to Capernaum(place of COMFORTABLE IGNORANCE) and FINDS the TEMPLE OF GOD… (POINT TO YOUR TEMPLES, what is between them — YOUR MIND) – and within mankind’s thoughts were beasts of burden being bought, sold, and sacrificed.

14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

You see, in the Temple RELIGION has set up shop. And that doesn’t jive well with THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

If I have said this once, I have said this a thousand times… THE LETTER/LITERAL kills…. the SPIRIT gives life.

And so we have come full circle… because for years religious people have LITERALLY KILLED others in the name of their “god” using the following verses to back their actions up. That’s right, even today, I see people everywhere… Christians, Universalists, New Though, Oneness, and New Agers alike using these next verses to prove that they have EVERY RIGHT to JUDGE AND CONDEMN ANOTHER!

FOR SHAME…

15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

And so I want to put an end, for once and all, of the EGO in the religious man USING the story of Jesus turning over the money changers tables, and chasing those that SOLD sacrifices in the Temple with a whip, as an EXCUSE to be a real condemning jerk to all those they ignorantly believes knows less.

No, those who tear down others and use such an event as ammunition for their attack, are not only “NOT AN AUTHORITY” on such things BUT they are the farthest thing from the truth themselves. Instead, the CONDEMNERS are insecure people who want to trick themselves into feeling better about themselves by condemning, and ruling over others. And in using this story as an excuse to bash others, they in fact prove how far removed from God (love, truth, spirit, inspiration, existence) they really are.

For if you say you know God and do not completely love others the same is a liar and a thief.

1 John 4:20
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:

The story of Jesus clearing the Temple is not an excuse to attack others and force people to see things your way… God forbid… It is an ALLEGORY of BEING CLEANSED of all the LIES YOU HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD over the years.

Consider where the whole scene TAKES place… THE TEMPLE

1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

The TRUTH finds that within the TEMPLE is nothing but LIES… Sheep, Oxen, and Money (all symbolic of Beasts of Burden bought and sold for the only thing we put our faith in today….MONEY)

On one literal level we ironically see this in the natural as well… Step into the outer court/lobby of any Church or Temple and you will find books, oils, dvd’s, coffee, and other such MERCHANDISE sold for FILTHY MONEY. Let’s face THE GOD BUSINESS is BIG BUSINESS… and we have ALL been slaves to it… BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT.

After the MARRIAGE of SPIRIT AND FLESH, after the TWO BECOME ONE, after the HEARTS OF STONE are filled with LIFE, the TABLES ARE TURNED… and we rise from DEATH TO LIFE. And for this to take place, we must first SWEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN.

So I pray you are beginning to see that this isn’t a LITERAL STORY but an ALLEGORY. Here is the reason, if I were to go in like a madman and scream, “you have turned my Father’s house into a DEN OF THIEVES (which according to scripture, a thief is anyone who tries to enter the kingdom through ANY OTHER WAY THAN the straight gate (truth)) … I would be arrested.

And what is a DEN OF THIEVES… Well, a THIEF is anyone who doesn’t enter through that straight and narrow gate of TRUTH. A thief is someone who takes something that wasn’t theirs as well.

John 10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

The Thief in this case would be man’s EGO. And this THIEF comes to STEAL AND DESTROY…

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

An interesting side note here… who was JESUS crucified in between? DING DING DING… that is right, TWO THIEVES. The double minded man is unstable in all his ways. — And what kind of man would that be… well, a double minded man is one who sees things as GOOD and EVIL.

And yet, right there in between the duality of it all… IS CHRIST (the power and wisdom of God) driving the LIES out of our hearts.

Now let’s consider, if Jesus literally cleared house and that gives me the right to do such a thing… IF I did what JESUS supposedly, literally did in that temple I would most likely be arrested. I would be called a madman and tried as a criminal and rightly so. Because violence and breaking the laws of the land is a clear violation of the law of love (which is actually what this story is about)

THIS PARABLE IS NOT ABOUT JUSTIFYING YOUR WRATH ON THOSE WHO BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY! And how do we know this for sure? Well, the revelation comes in this final verse where Jesus answered and said unto them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19 KJV)

And goes onto to explain that the “Temple” that the TRUTH TURNED THE TABLES ON was… “HIS BODY” (All of us)

This whole allegory FROM WEDDING TO TABLE TURNING is a picture of what happens to us the moment our soul marries the spirit of life… (Who we think we are becomes one with Who we really are within)

After the lights go on within us, THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY LIVE YOUR LIFE (Christ) drives out all the lies, and destroys our faith in money and man-made tradition, and we realize that the FATHER’S HOUSE (who we think we are) is in fact meant to be a place of peace, prayer, encouragement, and joy… not a MARKETPLACE of DEN OF THIEVES

THE TABLES ARE TURNED on us all… They have indeed been turned on me.

And after our whole religious world is TURNED upside down, we realize that the OLD MAN (filled with fear, lies, and shame) needs to be torn down so the NEW MAN can rise in its stead… TEAR DOWN THIS TEMPLE AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP AGAIN.

All symbolic of being BORN AGAIN (a trimester) as the REAL YOU.

And why did the disciples remember the scripture that states, the ZEAL OF YOUR HOUSE has eaten me up?

17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

People have taught that it means JESUS WAS PASSIONATE and ANGRY at those who DID SUCH THINGS in the LITERAL TEMPLE… However, the reason the disciples remembered this is because THEY EXPERIENCED THIS…

They experienced THE REPROACHES OF OTHERS had fallen off them. REALLY READ the psalm they remembered and it should open your eyes to IRONY of it all. THE VERY STORY that people use to justify their DISAPPROVAL of others, is in fact, the story that SETS US FREE from SUCH REPROACH.

Look at what FALLS OFF THEM…

Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

When the LIES that we have bought and sold are cast out of our hearts. Then we are FREE INDEED! And when we are free, it doesn’t matter how many people attack us, or tear us down… you see, their REPROACH simply falls away.

So please don’t use the scriptures to condemn another, use them, as I have just used them to SET PEOPLE FREE FROM THE REPROACH AND LIES of the world. (lusts of flesh, lust of eyes, and pride of life)

Jacob Israel

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