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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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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

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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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If the Devil isn’t real, is God?

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IF THE DEVIL ISN’T REAL, IS GOD?

A Reader of mine sent me an email with such a great question… It basically read, “If the Devil does not exist, then does God?”

Wow, that is the question, isn’t it?

Well, I briefly answered him and then after doing so I felt the tug of inspiration again. “That would make a great essay,” inspiration said within me. I realized at that moment, that I was going to write this essay today. It was as if all of what was to follow was some clever orchestrated plan that I was not completely “CONSCIOUSLY” aware of.

I want to highlight that word “CONSCIOUSLY” for you. Because that word is going to be a cornerstone for this essay.

It was as if I was simply an instrument for something else, something greater, that needed to express something through me. And that excited me. Because I WANTED to immediately participate in such an event. I didn’t know where it would go, or what would come out of it, BUT I KNEW I HAD TO WRITE! And it was “INSPIRATION” that created it all. My part is simple moving my fingers and allowing the words to flow through me. It is almost as if it is a collaborative effort.

Sort of like, “I can do nothing of myself, all that I can do is what I am inspired to do.”

This is the way I have written all of my essays and poetry in the past. Probably the reason I am so successful in everything I put my hand too. Because deep down, I know I am being DONE… I am not DOING THE DOING, I am simply ALLOWING SUCH to he done. It feels like a collaborative effort, even though I am not consciously aware of such.

Now, I know a lot of people my say, YOU SOUND POSSESSED,” but I ASSURE YOU I am simply sold out to be inspired.

Every time I write a poem, tape a video, give someone money to help them, help someone with something too difficult for them alone, feed the hungry, encourage the sick, answer emails, and more.. it is because I am inspired to do so. And when that happens, when I hear the thoughts directing me to carry out what I am inspired to do, I get excited. In addition, nine times out of ten those I was inspired to “break bread with” tell me that the timing seems supernaturally perfect.

Inspiration works in mysterious ways and I have learned over the years to submit myself to it. And when I do, I feel as though there is not just more to me than I consciously know, but more to us all.

This is the way, I feel at times. That I am merely an expression of what is within me. As if I am a HOST, if you will.

In fact, this is another name for God… THE LORD OF HOSTS

Psalm 84:1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

I would like to point out that the word “LORD” means “the existing one”, “one who exists”… and a HOST of course means something that the LORD inhabits and creates from. All things are created for the SON after all. In the Father and the father is in me. I know that this is a complicated thing to wrap your mind around, but this essay will explain it in a way you will from here on out tangibly understand.

So let me explain this feeling I get right before, and all the while, I am writing one of these essays.

It is as if I am an INSTRUMENT through which the LORD (ONE WHO EXISTS) creates from. In fact the WORD HOST in Hebrew is literally translated as “that which goes forth, service”. It is like I am a trumpet that has no other choice than to sound when inspiration blows my horn.

I know that sounds very alien to many people. However, consider that your physical body is a Host for your consciousness. The Heavens and the Earth host for your physical body. The Universe host to the heavens and the earth.

And so, instead of using the word “God” to explain the “feeling” I have, I use the word INSPIRATION.

Inspiration is “within” me. And so, when inspiration hit this morning and I realized I would soon be sitting here and typing this essay for all of you, I KNEW that I was simply a HOST being used to express what was expressed first to me, and then through me to you all.

Of course, I wasn’t completely consciously aware of it. Much like you are not aware of the thousands upon thousands of dust mites that your flesh is HOST too right now. 😉 – Gross right?

Of course, I am joking, but what I feel I have to express to you right now is that “who you think you are” is HOST to something far greater than who you think you are. – As evidenced in the fact that I wrote it and you read it.

This, ultimately ties in directly to my readers question. “If the Devil isn’t real, is God?” Because this very same INSPIRATION, is going to help me further explain my concept of what “God” really is.

First of all, I would like to share something that many of you may know already, as I have shared this wisdom in other essays, as well as videos. And that is, that the words I AM THAT I AM (the name of God used when Moses said, who should I tell Pharaoh is in charge) actually translates into the words, “I will be whatever I will be”.

The very name the CREATOR used to express himself is a definition of THE CREATIVE PROCESS ITSELF.

Moses I am sure dealt with this question when INSPIRATION rung his bell and expressed to Moses the desire to free his people. Just as when inspiration hits I think to myself, “what is the best way to tell everyone else without them calling me crazy.”

Exodus 3
14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Sort of like, if someone said, “Jacob who on earth told you such things”… I would say, “inspiration”, or “the creative process”, instead of simply using the word “GOD”. Because the word “GOD” means different things to different people.

Moses, said, I AM sent me. I say, Inspiration. But we are all doing the same. We are all projecting, MANIFESTING what we first heard at the BURNING BUSH which is OUR BRAIN… And by no coincidence also looks very much like a burning bush when our neural pathways are FIRING with INSPIRATION! 😉

That is the BURNING BUSH the God inhabits and speaks to us from.

burning bush

Now we aren’t consciously aware of all that we are being “INSPIRED” to do. And according to the bible, sometimes we are inspired by God and other times the devil.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do

We can be inspired by love and by hate, by compassion and greed. But that is NOT the point. The point is understanding that WE ARE ALL PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAT UNITES US ALL. And collectively, we are ALL working together to bring something within us to pass.

Which brings me to why I wrote this essay. I felt as though there was “more to this question and more to my answer” than simply being a question and answer. In addition, I can only say INSPIRATION sent me, I have no other evidence to the contrary. It is up to you, to conclude whether or not these words be true.

I have nothing but the feeling that there is more to the “doing” than I am aware of. And while, some might say, “God told me to tell you,” or some may answer as if “they” have all the answers and refuse to ever claim that they really don’t know anything for sure, I AM NOT LIKE THAT.

You see, I am a man who knows there is more, but I only have the faith and the experience of such. I can ONLY KNOW what I KNOW and be brave enough to say… “Even though my heart/inspiration tells me so, I could be completely wrong”.

I believe that is why, inspiration continues to feed me. The scriptures state that the proud will be humbled and the humbled will be exalted. And while I will always leave the possibility open to the idea that I could be wrong, I KNOW I am not. And I know that what I am sharing is the only path there can be. For it is a path that is filled with forgiveness, humility, submission, peace, power and purpose. And it is a path that everyone MUST travel, because WIDE is the way to destruction… Meaning, your false identity will be destroyed so you can enter in. Because out of all that are meant to be saved from lies, not one is lost.

So even though I say, “I could be wrong” I truly doubt that statement. In fact I believe I am expressing a greater truth than many were “allowed” to receive before, and many perhaps still cannot. Because this path is a path where people MUST put others before themselves.

Now, I am used to receiving some flack over the things I share. When I first wrote about universal salvation, that hell was only ignorant suffering, that heaven is only right thinking, peace and joy, that we only need to be saved from our fear and more, I was criticized quite often. Seeing as I had been sharing these essays and thoughts for almost decade publicly I have had my share of criticism. Lost jobs, homes, possessions, family, friends and more to be able to explore inspirations door.

Believe it or not, today, I find I am criticized even by those who once stated they loved me, and loved the things I share. Much like, the time people praised Jesus for what he shared, only to turn on him when he would no longer feed their bellies. Which is of course an allegory of feeding what a person’s ego thinks it wants.

There was a time where the self-proclaimed voices of the “new thought” movement loved me. Just as there was a time when they hated me for what I share and back again. Yes, even these “enlightened” individuals who shout freedom from religion once had a problem with me saying things that I wrote like “we are Jesus, Jesus is an allegory for all of us, that the devil is the ID or carnal Ego or man, that we should think of Jesus as a bigger brother, a pattern, etc, was blasphemy… They didn’t like that back then. Then awhile later, THEY DID. These very same people soon left their belief in a savior named Jesus, embraced much of what they have gleaned here from me, even though most would not admit it I know it is true for I watched the progression. I watched it spread. And there was a time I took great pleasure in it.

And yet, today some of them, who have positioned themselves as “authorities” on the subject of God and Love have begun to not just think that I am somehow less “enlightened” because I refuse to say that I AM GOD, they have publicly criticized me of such… These people of course who once had problems with me, and then loved me, and then after getting their bellies filled hated me again, don’t realize that this is what they are doing… because the Devil(ID) disguises itself as an angel of light….

What I mean to say is, the reason you won’t see any of them saying, “they could be wrong” when they share their insights is because they are too proud to really know, that they don’t know a thing. And in so doing, while many proclaim LOVE as the nature of who they really are, LOVE is something they show the least.

Now, why would this be?

The answer, I believe is found over this very question that was presented to me… “Does God exist?” and “What does God mean?”

When I first began doing videos and writing essays, I shared things as inspiration permitted. I knew people weren’t really ready for the things I had come to understand. So I did things in a clever way. Like writing my novel. Releasing videos in stages. Sharing little by little leading up to the MORE that I had come to understand.

And yes, sadly, I have found that many of the people who were once avid readers of mine, friends of mine, listeners of mine, who ONCE exalted me and loved me for what I shared have now abandoned me. I want to point out, it isn’t the other way around. Just as what I shared repelled many of them until they decided to embrace it, now what they embraced which really was a misinterpretation of what I was trying to share all along, has repelled them again. Because after watching more and more people embrace this position of “absolute authority” condemning and mocking anyone who wouldn’t see things their way, or pat them on the back for what they shared, I realized I should elaborate my understanding of what and who God is.

I wrote a simple post which laid it out. I hadn’t changed my views. I hadn’t changed my understanding. I simply realized I needed to further explain my position because it seemed that so many had taken what I had shared to mean something I never wanted it to mean.

I never wanted anyone to think that I was teaching that I JACOB AM GOD AND GOD ALONE… God forbid. But I wanted to express what I know “GOD” to be, and how I am he and he is me. Yes, yes I see how easy it is to misinterpret such. Back then, I just didn’t have the proper way of expressing these ideas. And so I watched the same people shouting DOWN WITH RELIGION and RELIGIOUS CONDEMNATION become Religious Condemners themselves, of a new God called Love… that they claimed themselves to be.

Many of them were my friends. I tried to clarify my point, without telling them that they were wrong, but I knew in doing so they would see this and perhaps take issue with it. I had hoped a discussion would follow. Instead, I found leaders of this “new thought Love group” talking in private about how lost I am, how religious, how bound, how full of crap, etc…. You can understand the betrayal I felt.

This feeling I had is pictured perfectly in the allegory of Judas, Jesus and the SOP. Where Jesus said, one of you who eats with me, will betray me… Jesus understood the lure of power and authority, as did I. Jesus warned some of the disciples about what they were going to do, he knew it. He also knew, as I knew, that he would be betrayed by a KISS. Just as today, many have done the same to me.

And why did Judas do this? Well, it is simple really… Judas was tempted by RELIGION again, and the silver it provided. After all Judas carried the money bag. And so we find many today looking to turn what they learned into a business of sorts. A way to get rich and powerful, either monetarily or emotionally.

Judas, was once religious then he embraced Jesus until his belly was filled and then turned on Jesus for gain. Trying to discredit Jesus in the process. Sadly, I see this happening today more than I would like. Which, makes me pause and reflect on what I can do to bridge the gap. As I am sure Jesus did.

After being hurt and getting away from the people who hurt me for a while, hoping they would come back, I returned with open arms.

This is what we must all do. To love means you return and are willing to show them the wounds you received in your friend’s house without rubbing it in their face. And yet, some of those I loved the most refused to answer these emails, some that once were like brothers now take pleasure is taking swipes at me or what I share, they take pleasure in tearing apart things I put forward.

They say, I am religious, and bound, and that I have been changed by fear. And yet, I have not changed at all. And what I sharing today I truly hope sheds a new light on what and who God is and what and who I am and you are, so together people will melt down their swords and turn them into plow shares.

Now, let me get this essay back on track… And so I was inspired to write this after responding to this question emailed to me. I had felt that there was more to this simple email than I was CONSCIOUSLY aware of.

David was inspired to write me that question so I would in turn answer it. And, in so doing I began to see the greater purpose for it all. So, I would in turn share it with all of you. And while doing so, express things that need to be said and heard today, without having prior knowledge or conscious forethought.

That sounds a bit heavy-handed I know, but I promise you, this is how this whole experience for me feels. I am in control, but there are times when I feel like I have no control over any of it. That I simply MUST give in and do what inspiration is telling me.

And so, here is my next article. One I did not plan to write, just like every other article here… the moment hits and I hit the keyboard and enjoy the ride. And as you can see, there are many twists and turns along the way.

This is a gift from “God” for lack of a better explanation right now… stay tuned and it will all make sense. Because I am going to explain this feeling with all of you in terms you can understand. I am going to make tangible the intangible and point out a great “evil/lie” in the land.

And so I started to add to my response to this reader, and then felt compelled to share it on Facebook where I hoped people would also weigh in. Because, as you know by now, there is such division over the concept of God.

It seems the more people I come across, the more sure they are of their beliefs. And THEY ARE MORE THEN WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEM.

Years ago, I rarely saw this as I shared my articles and poetry with the world. However, today, thanks to the advent of the internet, everyone has a platform. In addition, it seems like everyone is fighting to be number one.

You don’t have to go far to find someone telling someone else that their ‘revelation’ of God is incorrect. I have been guilty of this myself in the past, when I was a bit more immature. I indeed tried to put people in their place when I saw them claiming things that I knew wasn’t true. That being said, I also paid the price for it. I AM proud to say I NEVER resorted to name calling, threats, or mockery, I would simply keep it professional like a debate. Which I believed if more people did we would have seen less division personally and more unity socially. The sharing of ideas is a beautiful thing, so long as one person’s idea doesn’t have to be better than another’s.

And yet, here I am being given the opportunity to share what I know to be true with another. And yes, I believe it with all my heart, but yet, also can admit that there is much I cannot truly explain and don’t fully understand.

However, today I think I have a way of expressing the concept of God and Mankind, and how the two are actually one without Man ALSO being God.

So, I will share with you all some of what I shared with the reader who asked the question, “If the Devil isn’t real, Is God?”.

“Hi Friend,

I want to be clear, there IS and IS NOT a Devil. However, the Devil is not some horned creature, it is simply what FREUD called the ID (in Latin it means “It”) — For more info, search my articles for all essays about satan and lucifer, etc… “IT/the devil” is not a literal being but a “spiritual one” — that is of course if you understand SPIRIT is another word for THOUGHT…. Jesus said, “my words are spirit and truth”… Things needs to be “spiritually” discerned… Thoughts need to be tried and tested to see if they be TRUTH or not. Because some are simply not true at all.

The DEVIL is called the father of all Lies. It is said there is NO TRUTH in the Devil. Which means the DEVIL is the OPPOSITE of TRUTH… A LIE, A LIAR… And yet, the Devil is… but IS NOT…. So how can this be?

Well, let me explain it this way… The “Devil/ID” … “IT” is not a literal being but a mental construct much like a computer program.

Think of our brains like a lap top wiped clean… however you program it, it will run according to those perimeters. Think of a blank slate, we come into this world pure energy, not yet corrupted, without knowing an earthly thing. As ADAM was formed in the dust of the Earth so are we formed by the “Dust/Ideas” of others. As we grow we begin eating of that TREE OF KNOWLEDGE… “Don’t do this, don’t do that”… You see, we all are programmed by our parents, friends, family, the media, religion, government and the rest of society as a whole to have this “devil” inside our heads… (see my article: the Garden Of Eden revealed, double minded mankind)

This operating system becomes AN IDENTITY of sorts…. Meaning, when you BELIEVE something YOU CAN BECOME what you BELIEVE. “Whatever a person believes in their heart, that person becomes”. This is why the scripture warn of the power of the tongue, which the power of life and death resides in.

Think of it like this, when you eat a piece of literal fruit, that fruit literally becomes YOU… You and the fruit become ONE… And SO the tree that had the snake in it, that we ate from, BECAME OUR IDENTITY.

Now, that is NOT A BAD thing, unless you are looking at it through the eyes of the knowledge of good and evil.

This operating system if you will, is of great importance, even though it is a complete LIE and doesn’t really exist outside of the fact that you believe it does….

Yes, there is a reason for even this “operating system of condemnation and opposite polarity” called the DEVIL….

In the scriptures, we see this IT or SATAN (which literally means ADVERSARY) used to TEST and TRY the hearts of people everywhere… There is a scripture that states, “turn one over to SATAN for the destruction of their flesh so their SPIRIT MAY BE SAVED”… yes, even the DEVIL saves…

Like anything in life, without resistance there is no growth and so we learn from what we endure. So there IS and IS NOT a real Devil if you catch my meaning.

Now to answer your question… Does God exist?

Well, in regards to GOD, if you EXIST, that is PROOF that “GOD” (name for that which really can’t be explained) EXISTS and always has. Life can only come from LIFE. Order can only come from Order.

Now, I personally see “God” as something that is entirely me, but something that I (my conscious mind) is far less than, and would never proclaim to be… Newsflash everyone, this is how Jesus saw the “Father” too.

So let me explain this in terms you may be able to comprehend. I have used this example in the past but believe it needs to be highlighted again.

My Subconscious mind is in charge of everything that IS my conscious mind. My conscious mind does not regulate my breathing, my heart beat, my conscious mind does not send white blood cells to attack a virus, or build bone or muscle, and it doesn’t filter out the infinite amount of stimuli that I come in contact with everyday, my SUBCONSCIOUS mind does that.

My subconscious mind after filtering out the things my conscious mind does not need to be aware tells my conscious mind what to pay attention too… Like the email this morning. I KNEW I had to write, but did not know where that would take me. I just knew that I could do NOTHING but follow after this inspiration. As if I was somehow simply a host for something far greater than I can consciously comprehend.

You see, my conscious mind is subject to my subconscious mind. For the conscious mind there is no getting away from the commands of the subconscious mind. In terms you can understand, the CONSCIOUS MIND is far smaller in comparison.

Jesus said, I go to my FATHER for he is greater than me…. Just as my subconscious mind is greater than my conscious mind.

Let me give you an example… when I dream at night, my subconscious mind creates worlds, and also allows my conscious mind to experience the dream… When I am conscious… I cannot create such, I can only experience what is created.

My subconscious mind can create worlds while I sleep, but I cannot do ANYTHING OF MYSELF (conscious mind).

Here is another way to wrap your mind around this… Jesus said, I am in the Father and the Father is in me… I could say, my “conscious mind” is IN my “subconscious mind” and my “subconscious mind” is IN my “conscious mind”…

Jesus said, I and my Father are ONE… and also said that claiming that he was the FATHER was something that was not to be grasped… Meaning, NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND the infinite divine spirit that is all that is and is not.

Jesus made it clear on multiple occasions, that no one knows the entirety of a thing. No one has SEEN God at anytime, just as no one has SEEN (truly entirely understood) the subconscious mind… As the SUBCONSCIOUS MIND is far too vast for the CONSCIOUS MIND to grasp.

This is why, I find it hard to understand how anyone could say, unequivocally, that there is some God in the sky… or dare say that THEY ARE GOD themselves… OR, that God doesn’t exist… Or that GOD is simply love… Who can truly prove such a thing, who can really grasp such a thing?

People make these claims to feel good about themselves. You will see people everywhere telling others how wrong the others are while also pointing out how right they are. You will see people condemn, tear down, attack, mock, and even kill those that refuse to SEE THIS “GOD”, or lack of a God, the way they do.

You see, every single one of them is acting out of their own insecurity and fear. Because deep down they know, that THEY KNOW NOTHING AT ALL.

Jesus was not scared to admit that only the FATHER had all the answers. He prayed, “if it be your will let this cup pass from me… NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE”. Jesus had peace because he understood, “of myself I can do nothing.” Just as our conscious mind can do nothing of its own, it merely REVEALS the SUBCONSCIOUS MINDS intentions… both GOOD and BAD… Because ultimately, “IT ALL IS WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD”.

And so to answer your question, YES GOD EXISTS… and you and He are ONE… But YOU are NOT GOD ALONE. There is a SPIRIT that EXISTS which allowed you (who you think you are) to come into being.

Theoretically and Unequivocally there IS a God of sorts… But NOT the sort of God with the long beard that is separate from you. A LIFE GIVING SPIRIT that IS ALL THAT IS AND IS NOT.

Think of yourself as a drop of OCEAN WATER… You are the OCEAN AS WELL… However, you are moved with the EBB AND FLOW of the ENTIRETY OF THE OCEAN ITSELF… You don’t even have a choice to be wet or not. You simply exist because the Ocean that is God exists and thought that it was not good for man to be alone… The conscious mind is an expression of the subconscious mind, not the other way around.

The trick is lining up your true nature with RIDING EACH BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING WAVE with the peace that comes with knowing ALL THAT IS IN YOUR CONTROL… IS YOUR EXPERIENCE.

So, do what I do… allow inspiration to rule and realize kicking against the pricks is always going to break your heart… Instead, LOVE THE, 😉

Hope that helps, Jacob Israel​

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LET THINE EYE BE SINGLE

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LET THINE EYE BE SINGLE

I want to share something quite profound with all of you. I really want you all to hear what the spirit (inspiration) is saying here, because it could be the very thing that helps you to finally live a fulfilled and wondrous life. This will be a much shorter essay, as I felt I needed to keep this brief for those who are not yet hungry enough to invest a great deal of time.

Today, I kept hearing two scriptures again and again in my head. “Faith comes by hearing” was the first. Followed by, “with Faith all things are possible.” Now, some of you may have caught that already. But for those that are just coming to the morning light that is being shined abroad let me expound on this for you because it truly is a remarkable and extremely important revelation for such a time as this.

So let’s begin with the first part, how our faith is formed.

Romans 10:17
So then FAITH comes by HEARING…

Simply stated, we BELIEVE the things we HEAR again and again.

For example, if we are told black is white and white is black… that becomes our reality. Even though ultimately, black or white are simply words we attach to our experience. There is neither in reality. But that is for another day.

FAITH COMES BY HEARING… why is this important? some may ask.

The reason is, our lives are being shaped by our faith, and our FAITH is formed by what we FIRST HEAR. Not just auditory hearing of course, as we can HEAR our thoughts within.

A rudimentary example of this is to understand why children believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. It is because they first HEARD SUCH. FAITH comes by hearing. The same can be said for those who believe in demons and devils… Not because they ever experienced such, but because they first heard of such and then had faith in such, and so a world where spooky evil lurks becomes their experience.

However, this concept goes much deeper. YOU ARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOURSELF. In addition, WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU HAVE FIRST HEARD. (whether from the lips of others, your own, or the thoughts swimming in your head) Whichever words YOU HEAR (focus your attention on) forms the FAITH that what you “hear” is your reality… and so YOUR REALITY BECOMES.

As a child if you are told that you are no good again and again. You will begin to have FAITH that YOU ARE NO GOOD. This is why people must understand that SHAME and FEAR are not good teachers. If you don’t want children who misbehave, STOP TELLING YOUR CHILDREN THEY MISBEHAVE!

Now the opposite is also true… If a child hears again and again that he or she is loved and highly favored, that child will have FAITH that he, or she, is loved and highly favored… and “works” shall follow.

What we hear, BECOMES… FAITH COMES BY HEARING.

This is why it is so important to bridle our tongues. The tongue seems to be the smallest muscle but it is quite powerful. So much so, that the scriptures state, “the power of life and death is in the tongue.”

NOW, WHY IS THAT? Why, is the power of life and death in the tongue?

Well, my friends, the answer is simple… because FAITH COMES BY HEARING… and with FAITH ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE… so, whatever you hear again and again you WILL BEGIN TO PUT FAITH IN… which in turn has the POWER TO MANIFEST THAT IN YOUR WORLD… and all of that starts with the TONGUE (either spoken words, or written words, or thoughts)

Faith comes by hearing… With Faith all things are possible.

This is why, I SAY again and again what will be… and again and again IT BECOMES. This is why I SPEAK the desire of my heart, so I can HEAR what is being said, so I can then believe such a thing is not only possible, but REALITY…. and since “with Faith ALL THINGS are possible” – whatever it is I have focused on BECOMES!

I am not a psychic, I don’t hear from some far away God who speaks to me, I hear what inspiration within me has to say… and what it is saying I THEN REPEAT… OUT LOUD… FOR EVERYONE… INCLUDING MYSELF to HEAR!

And when I hear the words that I speak, somewhere along the line, regardless of how seemingly impossible such a feat sounds to be, I begin to believe it. I begin to put my FAITH in it. And with FAITH ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Which is why, the things I say will happen… HAPPEN!

I would be lying if I SAID I HAVE SEEN ONLY the good manifested in my life. You see, I ignorantly have created some terrible and awful experiences for myself, and for others. And during those times, I did not see that I WAS THE ONE to blame. I would tell everyone how terrible things were, and why wouldn’t I, because (I believed) that was my experience. Instead, of seeing that it was only because I BELIEVED such terrible things that it BECAME MY EXPERIENCE.

Thankfully, I also spoke LIFE from this faucet that at times would spout DEATH. And soon, I learned to SPEAK AND THINK ONLY ON THE GOOD! Because that is a KEY TO HEAVEN ITSELF.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And soon the WORDS OF DEATH I once ignorantly spoke were swallowed up in the WORDS OF LIFE that I HEARD and HAD FAITH IN, which in turn created the LIFE I am sharing with you today.

We, like God… CREATE BOTH LIFE AND DEATH… BOTH GOOD AND EVIL… We create it all… LIKE GOD.

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

Side note: the word “Lord” means “the one who exists”

So, it can also be said … I form the light (life, joy, peace, wisdom), and the darkness (death, fear, chaos, ignorance) – I MAKE PEACE AND CREATE EVIL… because FAITH COMES BY HEARING, and what we hear and begin to believe becomes… because with FAITH ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

Now, with all of that being said. I want to get to the cross (point) of this article.

WE NEED TO LET OUR EYE BE SINGLE!

This whole essay began with as a simple Facebook post. As I wrote more, and my fingers frantically typed away as if inspired by something higher and greater than myself, this essay you are reading now took shape.

So let me continue by taking you to Matthew 6:22 which states, ” The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”

There is a huge KEY hidden in this verse. It is the key to a peaceful and fulfilled life. This great truth hidden right there under our noses.

I sure hope the “spirit” of what I share, opens your EYE to the LIFE within us all…. Please pay attention to this next line.

The LIGHT of the BODY is the EYE!

Please grab hold of us, by connecting the two below.

The LIGHT of the BODY is the EYE. The EYE is the LIGHT OF THE BODY.

LIGHT=EYE=YOU (lights of the world)

You are LIGHTS in this world… And that LIGHT comes from the EYE… But the EYE is not the LITERAL EYE as you have been told. It is not the PINEAL gland as some might say. It is not the THIRD EYE as some might say. THE EYE is the LIGHT of the BODY. And it is much more than what you are using to read these words.

The EYE very clearly is an allegory for a PERSON’S PERCEPTION

However, don’t take my word for it. Let us go to the literal translation of the word ‘EYE” in this passage. Here is the literal translation below.

EYE: o)fqalmo/v — metaphor. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing

So, clearly, the EYE is the faculty of KNOWING. And what you KNOW is what you PERCEIVE/understand/judge things to be.

Here is an accurate definition of “Perception” – Perception is the way we interpret information

… PERCEPTION IS WHAT WE KNOW = EYE

How you PERCEIVE things determines whether or not that LIGHT (which YOU really are, which is YOUR LIFE) SHINES or NOT.

Only when you understand why “your eye should be SINGLE”, and what “YOUR EYE BEING SINGLE” really means… will you begin to see the more beautiful picture.

The word “SINGLE”: a(plou=v – literally translates into “WHOLE, COMPLETE, FULFILLING IT’S OFFICE, SOUND in UNDERSTANDING”

So we find a more excellent understanding of this misunderstood passage of scripture.

NOW LET’S PUT IT TOGETHER AND LEARN SHALL WE…

– I will share the scripture and then reveal the “spirit” behind the words if you will. And IF you put to practice what you learn here… IF you being to see your life through a different EYE, a SINGLE eye, an EYE that sees one’s life as perfect, complete and lacking nothing… then you will have LIFE INDEED.

And to do this first we must understand, that WHERE OUR TREASURE is there our HEART (mind) is also.

Matthew 6
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

THE physical HEART sustains our PHYSICAL LIFE. So metaphorically, as it pertains to our SPIRITUAL LIFE, the HEART is in this instance is OUR MIND.

Whatever we value (treasure) reveals our heart (mind/what we think).

Let me explain this further… whatever we give the most attention to (our treasure) becomes what sustains the life of that “treasure” in our lives. Meaning, what we believe becomes our experience. What we focus our attention on is our treasure. What we value the most and focus on the most is soon manifested in the world. Good or bad.

So, whatever OUR EYE be on, whether that be LIGHT or DARK, becomes our LIFE EXPERIENCE.

Because the LIGHT/LIFE of the BODY is the EYE (OUR PERCEPTION)

So, where our treasure is… whatever we VALUE… whatever we pay the most attention too… BECOMES (because it is then revealed to the world AS OUR LIFE (whether dark or light, wrong or right, filled or lacking, peaceful or chaotic)

Now, treasure is NOT just what you WANT FROM LIFE as you have been told….

Treasure, is what you VALUE the most in each and every moment, of each and every day.

So, you see, TREASURE does not have to be a good thing. You can TREASURE THE ROSE PEDALS or the THORNS. And what you treasure you will speak about, and hear again and again, and what you hear will turn into faith, and your faith can create anything and everything YOU TREASURE.

GET IT?

Many ignorantly “treasure” their misery.

And when you tell the SUFFERER that they VALUE and TREASURE their SUFFERING and then get angry and tell you, “go to hell!” remember, THEY CANNOT SEE THIS… because THEY ARE IN DARKNESS, great darkness. And DARKNESS is ignorance.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

It is impossible for anyone to see that they value their misery, IF THEY ARE MISERABLE… because that is what they TREASURE at that moment.

In addition, until their EYE BE SINGLE… until they begin to SEE that THEIR LIFE is FULL, PERFECT, LACKING NOTHING, and that WHERE THEIR HEART IS defines their LIFE EXPERIENCE they cannot feel fulfilled, perfect or whole.

If their EYE… If their PERCEPTION is that their LIFE is LACKING… this is what they will experience… BECAUSE THEY VALUE IT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE GOING ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT IT.

FAITH COMES BY HEARING…. remember?

So, you see, there is a much-needed word within these simple passages for us all to lay hold of.

In closing, in what, is perhaps my shortest essay to date, which I know is not that short after all… I would like to break down these three verse so you too can allow your EYE to be SINGLE WITH ME.

Matthew 6:21-23
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(What ever you FOCUS ON, whatever you VALUE enough to THINK about and SPEAK about is your treasure. And where your treasure is, there your heart will be.

WHAT EVER YOU FOCUS ON and THINK ABOUT BECOMES YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE.

Because….

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Your LIFE is YOUR PERCEPTION.

Your PERCEPTION is YOUR LIFE.

If you PERCEIVE your LIFE (EYE) to be FULFILLED, WHOLE AND COMPLETE and LACKING NOTHING, then you have LIFE indeed.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

HOWEVER, if your PERCEPTION is that your LIFE is NOT COMPLETE, NOT FULFILLED and LACKING then you will become IGNORANT of the fact THAT IT IS NOT!

If you only dwell on (value/treasure) misfortune then misfortune becomes the life you live, and you will be blind to the fact that IT NEVER HAS BEEN.

Just as if you VALUE (treasure) LIFE, PEACE, JOY, UNITY, LOVE, and HAPPINESS then that is the LIFE you WILL BEGIN TO PERCEIVE AS REALITY… and what you PERCEIVE…. IS… THE LIFE YOU LIVE INDEED!

In closing, I simply ask… to LET YOUR EYE BE SINGLE… and see what happens next.

PERCEIVE YOUR LIFE as FULFILLED, COMPLETE, AND LACKING NOTHING and you will enter the kingdom of heaven before those with their eye on evil all the time.

FAITH COMES BY HEARING… so speak life!

LET YOUR EYE BE SINGLE… PERCEIVE YOUR WORLD AS PERFECT, PEACEFUL, AND LACKING NOTHING… and it WILL BE… I PROMISE!

Peace to you and yours, please do subscribe and share this wonderful message with others. Begin telling the world and yourself WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT WILL BE… and let us change the world together!

Jacob Israel​

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SERVANT OF ALL

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SERVANT OF ALL

Recently, a new Facebook friend of mine who I believe has some interesting insight has been testing me, to see if I knew what he knew. The test revolved around the woman caught in the act of adultery. The questions were as follows, who was the woman, who was the man that she was caught with, why did they not bring the man to condemn him, who were those prepared to stone the adulterous woman, what did Jesus write in the ground, and what did Jesus use to write these words… I know, that’s a tall order. And yet, I always try to give every man an answer. We are instructed to be in, and out of, season always when it comes to the “word of truth”. Now, just to be clear that doesn’t mean that you have to use scripture to answer a person. Because the TRUTH is written already in the hearts of those who have woken up. However, some people believe that if you cannot answer them using scripture you don’t know the “Lord”. I learned many years ago that I would have to be a bridge of sorts. And so, as the disciples were called to minister to certain groups of people, it could be said I am here for those who have been raised on the scriptures. So when someone tests me about the scriptures I must be ready to use those scriptures to lead them to the truth that is within us all.

Luke 6:30 – Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Over the years I have had many pastors, bishops, priests, evangelists, gurus, and religious leaders in about every denomination and school of thought possible cross my path. Some of them, I have grown quiet fond of and still fellowship with to this very day. And then there are others who offer nothing but complaint, ridicule, threats, tests, demands and the like. Now, this new friend is not like the latter but it would have been easy for me to judge him as such and cast him, and possibly what he had to offer, away with a click of a mouse. However, I am patient and it takes a whole lot to provocation to move me away from those engaging me.

I have learned not to be upset by those who tear down what they don’t yet understand. The reason is, most who get angry at the things I share are operating out of a place of insecurity. The TRUTH cannot be offended, and it doesn’t need to be defended. So when people get upset and angry and go into attack mode when they see something I share they disagree with, it is usually because the truth within my words has stirred something inside them that their ego does not want revealed.

John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

So I am not easily offended or put off when people cross my path with questions or tests. Instead, I continue on in a cordial fashion even after they turn their words to cursing and ridicule, because I know good things can come out of such back and forth… eventually.

Our words have power and if our words be truth when we share them, even with those who cannot yet hear them, they will begin to grow inside and produce the very same revelation within.

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

With that being said, I want everyone to know that I continue to seek the TRUTH. I do not believe I have somehow arrived and that there is nothing left to learn. I also know that one day I may see that what I know to be true today may not be true tomorrow. We must be open minded and allow the spirit of truth to lead us. We cannot build our own kingdom in this world on a belief system that was never meant to stand forever. In other words, just as we evolve physically, we also evolve spiritually, so we must not become too prideful thinking WE KNOW BEST. We must instead continue to seek the word of truth and TEST THE SPIRITS to see whether they be of God or not.

The instant we say, I KNOW IT ALL… is the beginning of OUR FALL!

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

We see people killing in the name of God all the time. Not here in the states, but in far away countries who have different laws. Don’t think people in this country would not do the same, if the law of the land weren’t to keep them from doing so.

I truly believe that if we did not have the laws we have in place right now, it would be like the wild west all over again. People will KILL and DESTROY anything that threatens their precious “Carnal Ego”. It was done years ago and it would happen again if things were different. People would cut off another’s head in the name of “Jesus” just as quickly as some we have seen doing this in the name of “Mohammed”.

If you don’t believe me look up the crusades, the KKK, Hitler, and many other Carnal Ego possessed “Christians” who have done horrifying things in the name of God.

Let’s take that a step farther, when any country goes to war, they state “God” is on their side and to this day many religious leaders will lead a nation in prayer about winning this war…. My point with all of this is, is there is not a huge leap that needs to be taken from threats, condemnation, judgment and debate in the name of God, to killing in the name of God….

EVERY WAR BEGINS WITH ONE SAYING “I AM RIGHT AND YOU ARE WRONG.”

And this my friends, is why I think it is appropriate for me to share the answers I gave to this precious man who tested me awhile ago.

The story of the adulterous woman indeed shows how the power of love, truth, and faith can overcome the blood thirsty lust of those who simply WANT TO BE RIGHT.

Let me remind you, the moment we shut the door to the possibility that there is more for us to learn we lose much more than what we pridefully thought we knew to begin with.

The one who says their cup is filled and needs no more, is the one that will never has a cup that is overflowing.

Now we are called to be both MASTER and SERVANT. But not a wicked Master, who rules treacherously and demands service, money, and attention from those he rules over. But a MASTER SERVANT.

In scripture, the GREATEST OF ALL IS THE SERVANT OF ALL! That my friends is THE MASTER in this world. One who lays down their life (their desires) for those they serve.

In fact scripture declares this.

Philippians 2:5-7
5 LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, which was also in Christ Jesus….
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, and took upon him the FORM OF A SERVANT, and was made in the likeness of men:

Many today claim to “further the gospel”… and yet all they seem to do is go about it by making a REPUTATION for themselves. The EGO of man wants attention, fame, fortune, influence… YET, this is NOT the mind of a true servant.

A servant does not care who knows his name. A servant does not desire to have others bow down before him or her. A SERVANT FINDS JOY IN SERVICE ALONE.

Many skip over the part in the above passage where it states, Jesus “MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION”

Many times after Jesus healed someone, or performed a miracle he also instructed… “GO NOW AND TELL NO ONE OF WHAT I HAVE DONE” — Of course, this is not what would happen, as those he healed would immediately go and tell everyone. However, it does not take away from the lesson that is found here. A great miracle is performed, and Jesus says…

Matthew 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou TELL NO MAN; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

A SERVANT does not desire fame or fortune. A servant desires to SERVE. The more the servant is allowed to serve, the greater the joy this servant receives.

Matthew 10:44,45
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came NOT to be ministered unto, BUT TO MINISTER, and to give his life a ransom for many.

A servant doesn’t need people to make them feel like a King or Queen, a servant makes himself or herself of no reputation. GIVING THEIR LIVES AS A RANSOM FOR ALL THEY SERVE.

NOW, there is a revelation for you waiting in that word “RANSOM”

That word RANSOM literally translates from the word origin “To loose from bonds” – and translates into English as “to liberate many from misery” — and isn’t that what the true SERVANT OF GOD (Love, Truth, Power, Spirit, Life) does?

Now this doesn’t mean to be a servant you cannot also have a position of authority, or name, or even fame… The true Kings and Judges of God in the Old testament were also called Servants. Servants, HOWEVER, do not follow after selfish gain, servants instead follow after peace, compassion, love.

Everyone of God’s chosen were called his SERVANTS! “O ye seed of Abraham his servant” – “But thou, Israel, art my servant”, – He called David his servant, – AND YES JESUS TOO

Matthew 12:18
BEHOLD MY SERVANT, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

And SERVANTS as meant to SERVE. Servants are meant to pick up the work given to them and accomplish their task, without complaint, without fear, and without anger. Michael never brought a railing accusation against Satan. Job never cursed God. David prayed out of the belly of hell. Joseph always kept his eye on the prize and never let his circumstances dictate his mood. The disciples sang praises in jail. And I don’t even have time to write about ever other servant of God who faced hardship before accomplishing the task at hand.

We are the children of the Kingdom, but more importantly we are SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH (the spirit of love and truth, the inspiration and creator of all that is and is not). And servants are meant to serve.

We are instructed to think THIS WAY… To not think higher of ourselves than others. To make ourselves of no reputation and to be in the FORM and FUNCTION of a SERVANT.

And a servant SERVES people, they don’t complain or tear down those they are serving.

Philippians 2:5-7
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

A good parent is a great example of a good servant. A parent would lay down their life for their CHILD’S life. And so will the SERVANTS in the land.

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And again… WE KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD by LAYING DOWN OUR LIVES FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

1 John 3:16
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

This means, we don’t need to hear the words “I’m sorry”. We don’t need others to suffer after they spitefully use us. We forgive. And to forgive means WE LET IT ALL GO AND RELEASE OUR ACCUSERS AND condemners OF ANY DEBT THEIR ACTIONS COULD HAVE CAUSED US.

tHIS IS A HARD SAYING INDEED… and one, I myself continue to strive for. As must we all.

SADLY, today, the expression… Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. is well-practiced in the land.

For who can say truly that they LOVE THEIR ENEMY?

It is common practice today to KILL YOUR ENEMY with war, or words. This war rages everywhere, in the battlefield, in the governments, in the media, in society, and yes SOCIAL NETWORKS as well… Many religious people, who declare themselves far from religion will quickly take up arms to defend or attack anyone who disagrees with them.

This my friends is the very cause of all the great suffering in the land.

SERVANTS ARE MEANT TO LOVE, LOVE, LOVE even those that hate them.

Matthew 5:44
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you

If we would only practice what we preached, this world would change before our very eyes. If we would only show the light of truth and love to those lost in the darkness of pride and ego the STONES would be released from their grips and NO ONE WOULD BE LEFT TO CONDEMN THEM.

In closing, I would like to simply reveal a deeper meaning found in the story of the woman caught in the act of adultery.

You all have heard the story, Jesus was writing in the ground beneath him, when the religious leaders came to him to tempt him. They brought a woman who was caught in the act of adultery, of course they didn’t bring the “man” to stone him (but there is a lesson in that as well)… They brought up the Mosaic law and said, what should we do? To tempt him.

Please re-read these verses to familiarize yourself with the story before continuing.

John Chapter 8
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Let me break down the meaning for you line by line, to see the beauty that is hidden within this ALLEGORY

Verse 2, we find it is EARLY IN THE MORNING… this means the SUN (truth) HAS JUST RISEN… an allegory of the truth just beginning to shine it’s light in the hearts of men and women everywhere. Notice the scripture states ALL people came to him…

Now when the TRUTH is revealed, we begin to understand that we must NOT JUDGE OTHERS, or condemn others. Many people don’t like this. So they look high and low for reasons to still tear down others and condemn others (to feel better about themselves).

This is exactly what the scribes and Pharisees were doing by bringing the “woman taken in adultery” to Jesus’ feet to condemn.

BUT WHO WAS THIS WOMAN? WHO WAS THE MAN WHO COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH?

The answer is YOU, YOU, YOU, AND YOU… You are every character in this story, and every character is you.

Many don’t see the whole story, this WOMAN is a symbol of our SOUL (sense of being). I want to first point out that the WOMAN WAS NOT CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF ADULTERY… the scripture states… she was TAKEN — brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; –

The literal meaning of the word TAKEN here means “to lay hold off” “to lay hold of to lay hold of so as to make one’s own, to obtain,”

This is important to understand, because we ALL were TAKEN by religion. We were tricked into becoming it’s adulterous woman if you will. In addition, adultery has less to do with having relations with a man or woman outside of a person’s marriage and more to do with “cheating on the truth with lies”

Let me briefly explain further, ADULTERY is a symbol of “CHEATING ON THE TRUTH” — meaning, you have MISSED THE MARK… adultery is leaving your TRUE SPOUSE (GOD, TRUTH, LOVE, INSPIRATION, PEACE, UNITY) for another.

Scripture reveals that those who commit adultery “LACK UNDERSTANDING” and destroy their OWN SOUL.

Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

We find in many places in scripture that to commit adultery really has nothing to do with cheating on a husband or wife, but has to do with following after, and worshiping IDOLS (lies)

Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

We begin to see the allegory played out in the lives of literal marriages… Just as it is devastating to cheat on a true relationship, it is more so to cheat of THE TRUTH…

Ezekiel 23:37
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery

Now, with that being said, isn’t it interesting that the WOMAN TAKEN with adultery… was ACTUALLY “in the midst” of the PHARISEES? Her fate was in their hands, they condemned her, abused her, used her, and wanted to STONE HER!

This is our story too people… When the SUN (light of truth) began to rise, we were brought before the truth, ashamed of who we were, abused by those who said “they know better” … in their eyes, leaving their religion would also be an act of adultery and for this she was condemned to die.

The STONES they were going to use, are more than LITERAL STONES… The law was written on STONE… And yet, the TRUTH could get those stones to sing if need be, and that is exactly what Jesus did here. People today love to pick up their stones and stone others that they say are incorrect.

But Jesus, pretended not to hear their request… he continued to write in the GROUND with his FINGER —

This too is very symbolic, love DOESN’T listen to such nonsense.

The FINGER is a symbol of much more, as is the ground he wrote upon…

Ironically, God wrote into the STONES with his finger once before… and now Jesus writes in the ground.

Luke 11:20
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

The FINGER OF GOD is the REVELATION of the KINGDOM OF GOD — which is RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, JOY, AND POWER IN THE HOLY GHOST.

When ONCE the finger of GOD wrote on TABLETS of STONE… now we see a picture of JESUS writing with his finger in THE GROUND. (hearts of man)

Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

The GROUND that JESUS was writing in was the GOOD GROUND — the HEARTS of those with ears to HEAR!

Luke 8:15
But that on the good GROUND are they, which in an HONEST AND GOOD HEART, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Notice, how after JESUS wrote in the ground, he immediately ROSE UP and spoke to them… 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Immediately, after he stooped back down and continued WRITING IN THE GROUND… 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

It was then that HIS WORDS WERE HEARD… Not just by the woman, but by the religious elite as well. In that moment, the TRUTH of love hit them smack dab in the middle of their heart, and they realized they could no longer condemn the woman, or anyone else for that matter. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

The WOMAN was delivered from RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION as we have been delivered.

The story begins with the adulterous woman standing in the midst of the Pharisees… 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, and the story ends with the WOMAN no longer called an adulterous, no longer condemned STANDING IN THE MIDST OF JESUS… and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

AND THEN THE PRECIOUS WORDS ARE HEARD… 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

When we are delivered from religion, we realize NO ONE IS LEFT TO CONDEMN US! So there is no need for us to SIN (THINK FOOLISHLY) ANYMORE!

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

And now we come full circle and realize that when the LIGHT OF THE WORLD RISES IN OUR HEART… Life and peace waits for us all!

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Ironically, this was the answer I had given to the man who challenged me… he told me that I DID NOT GET IT… that God had not revealed the truth to me yet… The irony is, when I finally got his answer, which was a beautiful answer indeed… mine and his were not mutually exclusive, as they both dealt with the power of love.

There are many sides to TRUTH my friends, don’t get stuck on your side, evolve to, and explore every side and you will be counted rich in spirit indeed.

Jacob

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INSPIRATION RULES!

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INSPIRATION

INSPIRATION RULES!

I might as well come out and say it… there is more to me, and what I share over the internet, than many of you know. That being said, I might as well also add… there is MORE to you as well.

You see, I know where I am going in life. I have known for a long time. And if I told you truly who I know, and believe myself to be, and where I am going and what I will do… you might call me crazy. Of course, it is easy for the world to explain away such a beautiful IDEA as crazy, a pipe dream, a delusion, or even mental illness…. Well, I simply refuse to reject the IDEA within me. For if I rejected the INSPIRATION than the INSPIRATION would reject me.

Jesus said, if you reject me, you reject “he” that sent me… he understood it wasn’t about HIM but the TRUTH, the SPIRIT OF LIFE, the EXISTENCE and INSPIRATION within him. It told him who he was from the inside, which was a big departure from what the world said.

Jesus said, he was the SAVIOR of the world… the world said, YOU ARE A CARPENTER’S SON… This illustrates how the world reacts when people express the truth within them. If they can’t hear it, they will try and strike it down.

No one wants to be told that the power is actually within them to change and truly live their live, and that to do this they must LOVE OTHERS and put OTHERS before themselves… That makes no sense in a selfish world.

However, I, my friends, am not one of those people. The truth that was put to death at the place of my skull (Golgatha) when I was brainwashed by the lies of the world has risen in my heart… And while, when I was younger I may have doubted the inspiration within me, that time is gone… and now it is all too clear… THIS IS REAL!

(Before you read on, please let me first apologize for my many spelling and grammatical errors, I write this in one sitting and I usually don’t go back to edit until I can find time… so please remember I put this out as quickly as it comes and I pray you won’t be distracted by any mistakes or oversights… thank you, Jacob)

This voice within me has proven time and time again to be true. I refuse to reject and explain away the DESIRE of my heart as something that cannot be attained. And I will not longer hide the “greater things than these” from you all. I will walk above the water of unbelief and I will raise those that have been living as the dead and set them back in their right mind, as Jesus did with “legion”.

In other words… THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN WHAT YOU KNOW AND IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP.

I know deep down, you too may have that feeling…. A feeling like there is more. Perhaps, you have believed that you too were meant for great things, and perhaps you allowed the lies of this world to steal that seed in your heart before it ever began to grow.

Well, I am here to plant that SEED OF AN IDEA again.

(I·DE·A) – literally means “To SEE” and “Follow a Pattern” – PURPOSE.

Did you catch that? An IDEA gives you PURPOSE. Why do you think they are called “BRIGHT IDEAS”? Because inspiration is illumination. And yet the world had seen fit to brainwash everyone into thinking their ideas, their dreams, their desires, are foolish… And to believe that your ideas are foolish is the beginning of living a life of death.

Proverbs 29:18 – Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

So when I told people I was Jacob Israel, I had to hide under the guise of a clever pen name, all the while knowing from deep within that I AM THAT I AM — meaning literally “I will be whatever I will be” – and I knew I was no longer the man the world tried to trick into believing I was. I knew deep within, I was Jacob Israel, and that IDEA WITHIN said that name will be shouted from the rooftops… I too, had met “God” within… I too rested my head on rock and dreamed of that ladder where thoughts from above came down to be shared below…. “he that ascends in the heavens is he that first descended into the depths of ignorance”… I too wrestled with the TRUTH within me… and it took until the day break to finally give up the fight after being blessed.

Yet, if that were my dream from childhood. If that were my IDEA of who I really was all along, and I shared it with all of you years ago… Well, let’s just say it wouldn’t go so well. You see, the world has gone so far to discredit VISION and INSIGHT and REVELATION and INSPIRATION and IDEAS as to make their very meaning another definition for FOOLISHNESS (Which by the way is SIN: to miss the mark of who you are and what you are capable of.)

When something goes wrong, the comedic expression has become “Got any other “bright ideas”?!”

Well I am here to say that all comes to an end now.

Proverbs 29:18 – Where there is no vision, the people perish: BUT HE THAT KEEPS THE LAW IS HAPPY!

Once again, the world has twisted the word LAW into becoming a word that expresses control, dominance, etc… And yet, a LAW is something that simply is TRUTH. The LAW of gravity. The LAW of Thermal Dynamics. The LAW of REAPING AND SOWING.

The LAW OF ALL THINGS… is simply the TRUTH OF ALL THINGS.

If you refuse to believe that you are more than what the world tells you, you are a person most miserable indeed. If you refuse to accept the TRUTH within you than you have trespassed against what is truth and have begun to live a lie…. The end result of living a lie is a hell of sorts.

We see how devastating it is for those who deny their orientation because the world says it is wrong because they don’t understand it. Magnify that pain with the pain of living an uninspired, truly boring, and seemingly meaningless life. When you ignore the TRUTH of who you are there is no joy. There is no happiness in a lie, there is only fear, regret, and pain. This is why the TRUTH sets us free.

So in fact, THE LAW OF SOMETHING is simply the TRUTH OF WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS. To transgress that law results in the death of a life indeed. But that is coming to its end because who you truly are can’t be hidden and trapped forever. After all the TRUTH is all there is. Every nightmare comes to an end and when you wake up you realize you never had to be scared at all.

So, HAPPY indeed is THE ONE WHO KEEPS THE LAW… Happy are they who submit themselves to the TRUTH of who they are and what they are meant to be and do. So what is this LAW? What is this TRUTH that we must submit too? Is it a list of do this and do that’s?

OF COURSE NOT! No, the LAW is just simply how things are and until you get back in line with THE REALITY hidden within the DELUSION you call reality there is no freedom. The Law is not a check list, it is THE LIFE WITHIN.

The scriptures state that GOD WROTE his LAWS on your heart, this means… the IDEA within us that the world has tried to HIDE AWAY, that thought within you that make you question, “Is there more?” is the TRUTH whispering that question in your ears so you will explore it.

The question is, who are those “sheep” that hear this voice, who will enter that sheep gate and become the Shepherd of sheep themselves? Who are they that KNOW THERE IS MORE? Who are those that are starting to REALLY BELIEVE that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE when you live the life of a servant and when you trust that LOVE is the only path to peace. Who is going to follow after that DESIRE and bring it to pass? WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?

The scriptures speak of TALENTS given to those in charge of the Master’s estate… When that MASTER returns, he will ask “what did you do with the TALENT I gave you?” Did you sow that seed in the world without fear? Did you bring increase? Or did you go and bury it deep within your heart, locking it away to live a miserable life of fear… that even the TALENT I gave could be lost?

Matthew 25:24 – Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth:

I am sad to say, most in this world can be like that slothful servant who buries the talent… The reason is the world has tricked us into believing that the desire of our heart is a crazy idea, a pipe dream, a fantasy nothing more. And so people sadly trade their passion for a hum drum uninspired living. What a miserable life it is when one does not follow their passion. A good example, are those who dream of being a famous actor and yet never fulfill their dream because they really don’t believe it’s possible and so they give up trying, and sadly still tell everyone about that TALENT they got buried in their back yard.

It is so sad, because people don’t know that to ignore the IDEAS and INSPIRATION within is to IGNORE the TRUTH OF WHO THAT PERSON IS AT HEART. BUT HAPPY IS THE ONE WHO FOLLOWS THE TRUTH WITHIN!

The days of our ignorance and slumber are coming to an end. It is time for you to SUBMIT YOURSELF to the INSPIRATION OF LOVE AND TRUTH and to bring what is within… WITHOUT. It’s time to submit yourself to that VOICE WITHIN YOU. It’s time to let go of the reigns and become one with your destiny. I KNOW I AM.

To SUBMIT doesn’t mean what you think. Submission, as the world has twisted it, expresses a kind of weakness, or so we have been told. And yet, “In our WEAKNESS God’s STRENGTH is perfected.”

When you submit, what you are doing is not weakness, it is WISDOM. Because to SUBMIT means you have GIVEN UP THE FIGHT and CHOSE REST.

The scriptures teach this divine lesson in the scriptures, wives submit yourself to your husbands, this is a mystery. The world has perverted it’s meaning and twisted it to mean CONTROL, POWER, DOMINANCE… For example, they teach that wives MUST DO WHAT THEIR HUSBAND’S SAY… Hogwash! “God made man, MALE AND FEMALE made he them and called them ADAM.” – Adam means mankind as a whole… So it is not about Men dominating women, it is about MARRIAGE, two becoming ONE.

The Idea and The Dreamer Unite and a child is born and upon its shoulders is the world. The word “submit” means to join, become one, become like-minded, be united, to allow to have its will… But this scripture is teaching a greater lesson, about CHRIST.

Ephesians 5:22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

The “wife” is the IDEA of who you are, the IMAGE. The idea of who you are needs to submit to the VOICE within, to become one with it, to unite with it, as a husband would a wife, which results in the creation of a new life… And if truth be told, just as I don’t have a choice as to where I would go, or what I would do… neither do you.

And when you get that, when you take a breath and relax into the idea of who you are truly, and who you are truly meant to be, you will know joy unspeakable.

You must not only embrace the IDEA/INSPIRATION/TRUTH you must also TAKE JOY IN IT!

Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Don’t be ashamed of sharing your dreams, your desires, your hopes with others. Declare it, believe it, be it… You are whatever you believe yourself to be. Embrace inspiration when it comes, today is the day to do so.

Which is why I am writing you now. This morning I was inspired as I sat at my computer… I began to type as opposed to talking my inspiration away. I chose to submit myself to this inspiration as opposed to saying, “no one will care”,”no one will believe”,”they will call you crazy”, etc, and etc… I didn’t allow the enemy of my FAITH, which is my carnal ego to talk me out of it. I laid down MY EGOTISTICAL LIFE for the LIFE WITHIN and began to type… And here we are a couple of hours later and an essay has taken shape. Appeared from seemingly nowhere. And as I wrote, insights continued to pop up along the way… Yes, my talent was put to good use and increase was found.

You see, I follow this IN-SIGHT and I submit myself to this voice within, this idea or inspiration, knowing there is no goal too lofty, no dream too far, no desire that is NOT DIVINE AND ORDAINED, and no action that is without PERFECT PURPOSE.

You see, in Christ (the power and wisdom of God/Inspiration), in the unity of the spirit (when the idea of who you are submits to the spirit of truth and life within you) NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE and EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD.

This impromptu essay is just the first-fruit of what all of that means. And although in the past, I have tip toed around some issues, the time is coming when I will speak clearly to you. I won’t hold back for fear of what you might think, or because I worry you aren’t ready to hear such a thing, the time is coming when I will speak clearly and no more in parable. 😉

John 16:25 – These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

And since there is nothing like the present, because there is never anything BUT the present, I share what once again I am inspired to share. SUBMISSION.

It’s time to take up that cross and lay your life down.

You see, this world, as it is, is a nothing more than story page that we can turn. Death, destruction, hate, all of these things are simply temporary distractions keeping us from the truth of who we are. The IMAGE of God, which is the EGO or SOUL of man was allowed to take the wheel for a while so the pure brilliance of who we all are within (gods) could SHINE IN THAT DARKNESS.

I AM HERE TO SAY, the darkness is coming to its end.

I know this of course, because I am a part of it. I have known for years. Many close to me will swear to that. Even though, I don’t believe they themselves really believe I THINK such a thing is TRUE… What I mean to say is, some that I share this great and noble truth with try to explain it away as I am “messing with them” or that “I am a bit loony”. That makes people feel more comfortable. People are conditioned to flinch anytime someone says, HEY I’M SPECIAL… I’M SOMEBODY… Isn’t that sad?

Yet, after years of witnessing the many things I declare come true, those close to me began to think… “IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE? CAN I BE WHAT JACOB SAYS I AM”, “Is there more to this than I once thought before?”… Many of my friends and readers have said this IDEA has brought them where they never thought they could go… However, they aren’t ready to truly understand, or even grasp, what that means.

We are slaved to our self effort and sensual lives, but that too will take second seat to the TRUTH within.

Before recently, I would have never been so bold as to say… Hey everyone, I’m Jacob Israel, a man who is meant to clear a way for others to see that there is more to life than they once believed. Not only that, but one day all of the world will know me as Jacob, and just one more thing, I am set up to be a great spiritual leader in this world, as are my children…  You see, if I said that… you would all turn on me.

That my friends is the enemy. The Ego trying to say, YOU CANNOT DREAM OF DOING GOOD FOR OTHERS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOTHING.

So, I can see why making bold statements like that would turn people off…. And yet, those close to me hear me say these things again and again and again… It’s the desire of my heart, much like one dreams of being a surgeon, astronaut, etc… To believe you are important in this world, to believe you matter in this world, to believe you have great purpose in this world is FROWNED UPON. IT IS TABOO! And I will tell you why, because to proclaim the TRUTH in a land of LIES is a scary thing to the liars and those who believe the lies are true.

All earth shakers followed their inspiration and shared it with the world REGARDLESS of consequence… As you know, many of them were killed SIMPLY FOR SHARING THE VERY TRUTH THAT WOULD SET OTHERS FREE. The story of Jesus being most telling of all.

So I can understand how if I wrote, I am meant to change the world with words given to me from the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, LIFE AND LOVE WITHIN, the reader might say… that’s nuts. However, is it not more insane to believe that you are destined to be miserable, bitter, and unfulfilled cog in a meaningless wheel going nowhere and benefiting no one?

And I also want to point out that you are as much a part of this global change of thinking as I am… You wouldn’t be here reading this, if you TOO didn’t have that deep down voice calling you to action… CALLING YOU TO ARISE! The difference is, many are just dipping their toes in right now… that voice within is calling and they are answering, but a seed takes time to grow. This is why I am happy to welcome the harvest in today with this very inspired essay.

I have submitted myself to this IDEA and I know that what I know is true.

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.

Many close to me would agree that over the years I have declared things would happen in my life that beyond explanation BECAME things in my life. From plays off Broadway, to movies, big time tv, to christian tv, novelist, blogger, radio host, and all of it working together for my good.

And yet with all of that proof, years of saying things would happen and then watching it come true, instead of believing what I say is true and submitting themselves to that inspiration within, that make up excuses to try to explain away the unexplained… They instead say I am driven and my hard work pays off, nothing more… They give me, my self effort the credit… AND I KNOW IT IS NOT ME!

Jesus, said to the man, “why do you call ME good?” It’s not about ME, it’s about THE WHOLE, the EXISTING ONE, GOD AND MAN as one in the GARDEN AGAIN…

Many today are stating they are God… and many still claim I have said the same, and in a round about way, I suppose I have… for there only is GOD, there only is this SPIRIT within us all and within everything that connects us, but we, the image of this SPIRIT OF TRUTH have become disconnected in our UNBELIEF! It’s time to believe again.

The reason my friends can’t believe that when we submit to the SPIRIT OF TRUTH within all things are possible. They don’t believe that they are special because they can’t believe. However, that time is coming to an end.  Not yet, but soon. I can feel that in my spirit. I have been telling those I work with, those around me, that soon, very soon everything is going to change for me and in a very big way, and when it does it will be PROOF of sorts. So those who don’t know me personally will be able to believe by the WORK’S SAKE.

And when a person believes… ALL THINGS BECOME POSSIBLE FOR THEM AS WELL.

This is how it works… whatever I knew in my heart could come true, I declared, and within time it became. Every part of my life, up till this point, has become because I submitted myself first to the idea of it.

Deep within me I knew what I was meant to do in this world. As the scriptures state, “God (the existing one) gives you the desires of your heart.” – meaning that inspiration to do a thing and the ability to do it, are both out of the ego of man’s control. And this inspiration, or revelation within me told me I am more. So over the years I have learned that instead of ignoring this voice within, it is better to explore, test this spirit to see if it be truth, and then finally SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.

I spoke those things that are not as if they were and they became! Romans 4:17

I usually write essays that are quite long and despite many of my readers requests for shorter ones, at times, like today, now three hours into this essay, I find that is hard to do.

You see, when inspiration hits I can do nothing but submit myself to it. I believe this is the same feeling artists have when a creation from deep within calls to them and inspires them to share that call with the deep in those around the world.

Psalm 42:7 – DEEP calleth unto DEEP at the noise of thy WATERSPOUTS: all thy WAVES and thy BILLOWS are gone over me.

The waterspouts of the Lord of course are our mouths. The word Lord, as you know literally means “the Existing One”.

So like the author of the above Psalm states, when the waves and billows of INSPIRATION come over me, I can only write what, for lack of a better explanation, I am INSPIRED/TOLD to write.

Jesus said, “of myself I can do nothing”… He said, the “father was greater than he”…. Jesus understood that within him was something bigger than who he was in this world AND Jesus understood that he was SENT INTO THIS WORLD to share this!

John 3:17- For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

And what was it that he was meant to share? THE TRUTH! For it is the TRUTH that sets a person free! People need to be set free from the LIES they ignorantly believe.

The truth of who you are and what you are capable of is what Jesus shared… He told Martha, the RESURRECTION is NOW… The HE was the resurrection and the life, that if people believed the things that he said (believed on him) then even though they were “dead” they would LIVE AGAIN.

But the TRUTH is not always embraced at first… which is why I follow inspiration and only share what I feel led to share. And sometimes, even though I would like to share more, I don’t always have the words.

When Jesus said…  You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not…  He was saying, who people believed themselves to be is a a lie… if they were the OFFSPRING (spiritually/in thought, word, and deed) of the FATHER OF ALL LIES.

Jesus was trying to get people to understand that who they thought they were in this world, was simply a character created by other characters in this world… meaning, WE ARE MORE than we have been conditioned to believe.

The reason we suffer, the reason we lack, the reason we are ill, the reason we are at war, the reason for every sad and terrible thing is A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTH, which results in the death of faith.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee…

This above scripture does not mean there is an angry God outside of you rejecting you… it means that if you don’t believe the TRUTH that “you can do all things”, “the power of life and death is in your tongue”,”forgive and it will be forgiven”, “give and it will be given”, “a person reaps what they sow”, “as a man thinks so he is”, IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE LAW which is TRUTH than you don’t have access to WHO YOU REALLY ARE and that is death.

So, when inspiration comes I embrace it. And in so doing I have found that I am more than I ever dreamed I could be,when I was trapped in the false idea of me. I didn’t reject the VOICE within me that told me ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE with faith. I submitted myself to this VOICE, this TRUTH, this LOVE, this HOPE, and IT SET ME FREE!

John 8:32 – And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

MY INSPIRATION told me who I was to be in this world. At first, I rejected it. Yet, the TRUTH of who we are cannot forever be ignored. You see, eventually, as the scripture states, “all will come to the knowledge of the truth and the stature of the perfect man”, but this is not by the will or might of the false images (carnal ego) in this world… it is by God, THE ONE WHO TRULY EXISTS alone.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

There is more WITHIN me, and you, and everyone in this world than we now know.

Jesus knew this “kingdom of God” was also within every single person on this planet. He knew salvation for everyone was laid at the feet of submission. Laying down his carnal ego driven life, for the true life within. This is why Jesus told many to DENY the idea of who they were.

Carnal mankind desperately wants to be God in this world, yet the soul of man is simply the image of the ONLY ONE WHO TRULY EXISTS…. The existing one… God, for lack of a better word.

Submitting to the true voice within you is salvation indeed. In that moment, you become the mouthpiece of the Lord. You and “he/she” become One. Just as Jesus said, “I am in the Father and The Father is In Me”, The things my father says I say, I can only do as I am meant to do… and yes, “IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER”

Jesus understood, that when he submitted himself to the VOICE OF TRUTH within him, as Paul said (after doing the same) “It is NO LONGER I (paul) that LIVE but CHRIST (the power and wisdom of God) within me.

GREATER IS THE ONE WITHIN YOU than THE ONE YOU THINK YOU ARE IN THIS WORLD.   

And so it is my hope, that you too will submit yourself to the inspiration within. That you will invite possibility in to dine with you once again. I ask you to do as I do, simply disconnect with the fearful, doubtful person you think yourself to be and simply allow a greater force to be YOU!

John 3:8 – The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Jacob Israel

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