The Journey – A Poem/Video

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THE JOURNEY – A POEM

I wrote this short poem years ago for my children. It reminds us all how we need to take the time to smell the roses, to enjoy our lives, to revel in the wonder of it all. Too many people are worried about the future, or focused on the past instead of truly living their lives in the now. I thought putting it to music and some art I found on the internet would make it more enjoyable. Please do subscribe to my blog, it is completely free and will keep you posted on all the new things I write and share here… Also, as with all of the other hundreds of essays found here feel free to share as you see fit. Have the best life ever, Jacob

PROLOGUE for SECOND EDITION “The Calling”

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SNEAK PEEK at THE CALLING – SECOND EDITION.

The second edition will contain some mind blowing material that I have never shared with the world. The second edition was always the plan, to first release the allegory and then use the allegory to reveal things to people that was hidden within the novel, but never possibly saw. This is the new prologue for the second edition, it reveals the first chapter in “The Book Of Thomas James”, which is the book that the lead character in “The Calling” writes in the future, that changes the world, and also condemns him to die. I sure hope you love it. Also, signed first editions are still available at my website until the second edition release. Thank you for your support and for spreading the news about this novel. Please do subscribe to this blog and find hundreds of critical and eye opening essays under the “More Essays” category menu on the right side of this page.
Much love Jacob

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Dear friends,

I am writing you because I believe we face an even greater threat today than ever before. The world, as you know, is quickly changing. I applaud each of you for keeping your tongues until the time appointed. We have taken upon ourselves the great and terrible task of sharing so great a truth, that if we were to reveal ourselves to the world too soon it would most surely be our end. I am filled with sorrow that I had to keep, until now, the deepest and most powerful message of them all from your ears. I had to do so for your own good, and for the good of our brothers and sisters in bonds.

To the point of these words, my messenger has delivered to each of you pages that I have labored to write for many years. This work, which may seem to the world mere fantasy, hides the key to unlocking the very secrets of creation. To those who are without, these pages will seem an idle tale meant to entertain, or the ravings of a delusional man. However, I assure you, one day these too will join our ranks to glory of the existing one.
It is of the upmost importance that you do not keep these chapters to yourself, they are now meant to be shared with other. We do this with the hope that by these words the blind may be given their sight again.

I want you all to know how deep my love grows toward each of you. I know of your many sacrifices and I have heard of your many trials, for which my heart breaks. We have been scattered as so much straw in the wind, but I long for the day that we are reunited. I ache for the moment our purpose is fulfilled and the darkness that has held mankind in the chains of ignorance will fall away and we will stand together as one people, united with one single cause, love.

I have not abandoned you. It was for your good that I went away, but know this, I have never left you and I am always with you. The good work that has begun within you will continue until my revealing again.
We have fought the good fight within and now that fight begins without. Now the truth will be shouted from the rooftops and what a day that will be.

Your life is not what it appears to be. What will happen when the truth is poured out on a world that is deceived? To that question I have but one answer, change.

We must stand firm and play the parts we are meant to play so we can be that change for those who cannot see. I
have told you in days past how you will be hated for my namesake, how you will be despised and rejected because of the words I have spoken, the very same words that were birthed in your heart.

Be of good cheer my friends, we cannot fail. We will overcome this world with good, evil will not overcome us. Regardless of bonds, persecutions, distress, famine, or war, we will always be free, liberated, at peace, full and never wanting. We have within us so great a treasure that the truth of who we all truly are cannot be hid for much longer.

Soon, very soon, you will understand that where you are, is where you are meant to be and it will be as nothing compared to what you will find when your purpose is complete.

Keep these pages safe. Keep these pages close, you will do as you are meant to with them. Never question, never regret, and never fear that you have been a failure. For every single instant of every single moment was of absolute necessity to bring you to right here and right now.

The past does not exist. The future does not exist. The moment is all you ever have. The moment is a treasure. This is why it is called, “The Present”. Blessed are those that do not condemn themselves in what they have done. Blessed are those that do not fear what may be. Fear is the root of all suffering. Fear is the father of all lies and pain. For which this truth will cast out.

The desire of your heart has been for this moment, the declaration of liberty is at hand. Let love be your guide. Let patience rule your heart. Let joy heal you in your time of trouble. Follow the path set before you even though it may seem a grievous thing. It will be your devotion to share what you find in these pages that brings you the purpose you so desperately seek.

For it will be your words and your actions that ignite this world once again, in what is most certainly humanities greatest and most terrifying hour.

Do not try and find me. Do not believe that the messenger is greater than the message. Do not think higher of yourselves than others, for blindness in part has happened to your brothers and sisters in bonds, so you could play your role in setting them free.

For now, know how close you are to my heart. You may not see me, but I keep my eyes firmly planted on you, you are never alone, for we are one.

As for this note, my messenger will see fit to release it to the world when the time is right. In such a way, that it will cause no alarm among the masses until after the truth is known.

Trust your heart, trust each other, and know that when those who read these pages are gathered together, so will begin mankind’s ascent out of this grave called life.

Keep vigil, keep the faith, keep to yourself, and keep watch for the hour is fast approaching.

Yours in the faith,
Thomas James

ELYSIUM NOW

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ELYSIUM NOW

Today I took my son to see the movie Elyisium. I couldn’t help but see the writer’s ambition to show the world as sad as it is today and warn us of where it may be tomorrow. The earth in Elyisium was a place most miserable, which is very much like the lives most people are living today. The miserable on Earth turned to violence, drugs, and theft to finally make their way to Elysium, who of course is ruled by the wealthy, who only dangle that carrot of paradise to keep the poor earthlings at bay.

Isn’t this the way we are all living now? Like slaves? What if I told you the way out of your suffering is not electing the right leader, waiting for the government to make things right. Nor is freedom found at the end of a gun or revolution.

What if I told you, you hold the key to paradise within? Would you listen?

Enjoy this thought provoking video and please do subscribe, it is completely free and will keep you updated with all new essays and videos placed here. Thank you for visiting today and thank you for sharing this website with others. Jacob

TRUTH SETS YOU FREE

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TRUTH SETS YOU FREE

Below, is a short poem and video I did recently that can open your eyes to who you really are, and help you to realize you can do more, be more, and live for more than ever before.

I have written many articles over the years documenting my many findings within the pages of the world’s holy books. I live my life to try and share this great message with all of you in many different ways. Whether it is daily poetry on my facebook page, critical essays on scripture, videos, radio, or even my novel, I live for one thing and one thing only and that is to make life better for everyone around me by sharing what I know to be true.

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

It is the TRUTH that sets us free. Everytime we see Jesus laying hands on someone, or healing someone, it is the LIES they believed that they were being set free from.

Scripture is an allegory. Sight is a symbol of understanding, hearing is the same. These are those Jesus “healed”, those that couldn’t see or hear the truth, those that couldn’t stretch their hands to help another, those that couldn’t walk upright in the world, those possesed by devils (LIES).

Devils, demons, these are all tormenting “SPIRITS/THOUGHTS” because they are LIES.

Satan is called the FATHER OF ALL LIES… meaning anything SATAN creates is a LIE. (Check out my article “man’s ego is the devil)… a messenger of SATAN is someone spreading LIES… Because there is NO TRUTH is SATAN (WHICH is also another allegory of man’s ignorant ego).

Jesus called himself “The TRUTH, the LIGHT, the WAY” — Jesus is yet another allegory of all of us in our risen (enlightened) state… Jesus is a symbol of how the TRUTH within man, sets man free from the prison of LIES we have all found ourselves in.

I have done many papers and videos on this topic, “garden of eden revealed”, “who am I”, “Christ’s resurrection now”, etc etc… I have written so many essays over the years it will keep you reading for the next year or so, which is what I hope you do. I hope you find the true revelation of who you are, I hope you find the TRUE MYSTERY that has been hiding within the pages of our holy books.

Because, I have found the truth is hidden within them all, told with slight variations, but the TRUTH is IN everyone of them. Now, since most of audience understands the bible, I use the bible to show these messages of truth that are hidden within the allegories found there.

For example, we know LIGHT is a symbol of Enlightenment, DARK is a symbol of ignorance. Once you understand this basic principle of scripture the truth becomes clear. Jesus clearly told his disciples, “Unto you it is given to know the MYSTERIES of the Kingdom of God”, which means, the things of God are a mystery, and the revelation of this mystery is only revealed from within, because it is given within… The next thing Jesus states is, “…Unto those without this understanding ALL THINGS ARE DONE IN PARABLE.” However, Jesus is not the only quoted as saying these things, the scriptures state, “God opens his mouth in parable, in dark sayings”. The literal (letter) interpretation of these scripture kills (makes us ignorant of the truth/life) yet, the SPIRIT of the PARABLE gives us life. It is the SPIRIT of the story, ANOTHER WORD for that is the MESSAGE of the STORY, or the THOUGHTS that are birthed within you after hearing/reading the story… In fact SPIRIT is THOUGHT. Jesus said, “My words are SPIRIT AND TRUTH”. In this life we will find both TRUTH and LIES! The question is which are swimming around in your head?

This website is filled with hundreds of essays and videos that I have done over the years which reveal the mystery hidden in plain sight. It is my hope these essays will encourage you and help you to find the TRUTH hidden within Eternity! For it is the TRUTH that sets you free from the lies you have believed about the world and yourself.

Please enjoy this short poem then please watch a short video that will encourage you.
Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and support! Jacob


“The MESSAGE of ETERNITY”
If you listen to the poetry of scripture you will see eternity.
For in these verses, you’ll find blessings or curses, but it is always the allegory that sets you free.
The letter kills, the thrills, that can be found when reading with eyes that can see.
For example, eyes and ears are symbols of those who understand and perceive the truth of who we are intimately.
The religious, will miss, the miracle of bliss, sets before their eyes.
For it is the spirit that gives life that they ignorantly despise.
The Kingdom,which is the rule of heaven is not a place, that can be erased, but it is the space, within us called righteousness, peace and harmony.
It comes without observation, it isn’t a literal place, that you can point and say, this is how the end will come some day, because all along, this beautiful song, is a throne upon which we create and play along.
It is this space within you and me separated by a great chasm called inability. Separating us from who we really are and who we seem to be. It is the depth, of unending ignorance, it is this hell that keeps us from living free.
It is the trick that has licked us all, causing mankind’s greatest fall, which was eating from the wrong tree for far too long.
When all along it is wisdom, which is the tree of life, which scripture says is more than nice, that is the creator of all.
It is wisdom that we let our souls forget and forced us to always want more.
There was a time, when for no reason or rhyme, we would smile and laugh instead of whine and cry, because we knew the truth that’s been hidden inside.
We knew purpose was the glue that held us together, regardless of whether or not we believed that we could receive whatever dream created with you and me.
There was a time when to fly was nothing more than a high thought placing air beneath our feet.
A time when there was no crime there was only possibility.
This is the story within the story that you need to see.
You are a god trapped in the belief of mortality.
This is why I written the rhyme of hidden eternity!
-Jacob Israel

DRIVE

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“DRIVE”

“DRIVE”
What is salvation, the choir sings, what is it that the future will bring?
Will it be gates of pearl, will it be great wisdom making sense of the pain in the world?
Will there be streets of gold, or treasures untold, will life’s mystery unfold before our once uninterested eyes?
When the cold ground settles and dries, and time has forgotten the tears once cried, over the grave that swallowed what you once called life.
What will it be for you and me? Will we finally be free? Or will be wish we had a chance to do it all over again?
Asking for forgiveness from a dear old friend, connecting with a relative before the end, giving to help those living with struggle and pain, forgetting what it means to blame, complain, or to remain in the sad cycle of should of, could of, would of.
Will we wish someone had dished about the secrets to this here thing called life? Wouldn’t that be nice? Waking up in the morning and no longer longing for things to finally go your way, to simply wake up and be excited to say, “This is going to be a most excellent day!”
That sounds like salvation to me, declared the choir director ignorantly while directing the congregation to the wrong tree so when they leave they’ll forget to see what is in front entirely.
The rear view mirror has never been clearer but it’s an illusion that does not exist anymore. This is what mirrors are for, to keep us looking on what is behind until we become so blind we can no longer find the hunger and passion that we’ve convinced ourself to ignore, even though it put us in the driver seat to explore.
Perhaps, when we’ve come to the end, and this sad choir is our only friend, we’ll see we were always free even though we behaved as comatose slaves who prayed for a savior delayed eternally.
It will be then, our hand will extend, to grab hold of the steering wheel of life all over again, loving ourselves, enemies and friends, living for the moment and forgetting the past while still creating memories that last.
Finally in the driver seat driving and having a blast!
-Jacob Israel

I sure hope you enjoyed this poem and video. Please do subscribe, share with others, and thank you for your support! It is my greatest pleasure to have the ability to share my thoughts with you. I love you all so dearly, Jacob

THE GENESIS OF YOU

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THE GENESIS OF YOU

“Who Am I?” this is a question many ask. The reason people everywhere ask this question is because deep down they know they are more than they have believed themselves to be. Deep down they know they have unlimited potential. Deep down they feel as if there is something very important to learn, deep down they feel like they are missing something. This is why so many people flock to the religious organizations of the world, they are looking for answers. However, the problem is, the answers are only found within.

“Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All.” The Gospel of Thomas

This video presents the story of Genesis and the Crucifixion in a way you have never heard. You are more than you know. You have forgotten who you really are. You have forgotten that you have untapped, unlimited potential and that you can create for yourself anything in this world.


Matthew 17:20
Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

The parables in the Bible are stories about you. You birth, your life, your death, and yes, your Resurrection. The bible is truly a book that is inspired, but for many years the words of the bible were nothing more than ink on a page.

The Letter/Literal interpretation of scripture has killed the SPIRT/LIFE of it.


2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

This TRUTH is a great TREASURE hidden WITHIN you.

Colossians 1:27
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

And now it is time to FIND IT! This video is my way of showing you, there is a GREAT TRUTH hidden within these scriptures, but most importantly, WITHIN YOU!

I hope you enjoy this short video I put together. I sure hope you subscribe to this blog, and share this video with those who would enjoy it. Have the best day ever! Jacob

CLICK THE VIDEO AND FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE!

The End Of Suffering?

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The End of Suffering?

When I began this blog years ago I did so because I wanted to find a way to reach more people than I had been able to before. I wanted to share the things I had learned over my many years of study and trial and error. The truth is I love to write and nothing brings me more joy than being able to share this with all of you.

For me, there is no greater gift a person can give me than to take the time to read, watch, listen, share, and comment on something I took the time to write or say. This is the reason I always ask those who enjoy these works to share them with others.

There is a scripture that states, and I am paraphrasing, my word (truth/logic) will not return void but it will accomplish what it was sent into the world to do. I believe we have the power to change our lives for the better by knowing who we truly are and understanding the power of love. My novel, “The Calling” is a story about a boy who was born to change the world by writing a single book. This of course is my hope with everything I do.

It is my desire to bring peace to troubled hearts, healing to broken spirits, and hope to those who only believe in defeat. This is why I am so happy that my wife encouraged me to begin my “Voice In The Dead Woods Radio” show again. This is the reason I am writing to all of you today. I want to make you aware of this weekly program and to ask you to subscribe to it as you have subscribed to this blog. It is completely free and it will inform you of every up coming episode in the future. I also hope that you will share this, as well as this website, http://www.JacobIsrael.com, with others.

So instead of writing an article on today’s topic, “The End Of Suffering” I wanted to share the link to my latest radio broadcast. I believe it will be an encouragement to many of you, or at least, that is my sincere hope. Click on this link below to listen and please do subscribe.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jacob-israel/2013/06/04/the-end-of-suffering

I am always looking for ways to reach out to people whether it is through my essays here, emails to readers, youtube videos, daily posts on facebook, my novel, poetry, and now it is my radio show, which I hope will take what I have learned farther than ever before.

Now many have asked how I make a living doing all of this… well the simple answer is, I don’t make a living doing this, I of course have a day job. However, doing this does indeed bring life to the life I am living.

Sharing what I have learned brings me so much joy and in so doing I always learn more about myself and the things I share. It would be wonderful to simply devote all of my time to doing this alone, but until that day arrives I am grateful for the job I have and the time I find to share.

I also am so very thankful for those people who do reach out to support what I am doing, words cannot express how grateful I am to you. I sure hope that the things I write continue to be a source of encouragement and hope to all of you. The only thing I ask is that you also share what you have found here with those you believe will benefit from it. So thank you for making my world a brighter place, giving me purpose, and bringing joy into my heart by reading, watching, listening, subscribing, commenting, and sharing with others. I love you all and I so look forward to hearing from you all. Please do enjoy the radio show and I hope this “word” continues to accomplish what it is sent into the world to do. Jacob

PAUL’S CONVERSION REVEALED

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PAUL’S CONVERSION REVEALED

Apostle Paul once thought he knew it all. He was on his ways, with the full support of the religious elite behind him, to persecute those who claimed to know the truth. The Apostle Paul once thought himself to be a religious leader of religious leaders, skilled in the art of judgment and condemnation. His name was SAUL then. Like another Saul we knew in the Old testament who also was King, this Saul also trusted in his self effort and was ruled by his arrogance, and religious egotistical pride. This is why he could stand by and watch another human being (Stephen) be stoned to death for simply bearing witness of the truth.

Well, as we are well aware, those in darkness hate the light… because it shows them how wicked and wrong they are.

So Saul was on his way, set in his ways, to go KILL the movement of Christ. Then, all of a sudden, a great LIGHT knocked him down a notch or two. In fact, this light totally humbled him. This LIGHT put him face down in the dirt.

AND WHAT WAS THIS LIGHT?

John 3:21
But he that doeth TRUTH has come to the LIGHT. (The Light is the TRUTH)

Once the TRUTH was revealed to the Apostle Paul he realized that LOVE does not PERSECUTE OTHERS. It was then the Apostle Paul was stricken BLIND.

To be Blind is a symbol of not “seeing the TRUTH”… to be blind in scripture means to be ignorant of the TRUTH.

Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant.

So once the TRUTH appeared to Paul he realized he was ignorant of the TRUTH. It was then he was SET STRAIGHT.

Acts 9:11
And the Lord said unto him (Paul), Arise, and go into the street which is called STRAIGHT…

Psalm 5:8
Lead me, O Lord (TRUTH)… make thy way (the truth) STRAIGHT (apparent, easily understood) before my face.

So a Blinded PAUL (ignorant of the TRUTH) began his journey toward that “straight and narrow gate” of WISDOM.

Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the GATE (way of wisdom).

His EYES (understanding) were covered by SCALES which is why he could not SEE (Understand the TRUTH).

Ephesians 1:18
The EYES of your UNDERSTANDING…

It wasn’t until the SCALES fell from his EYES that he could SEE.

So what is it that COVERS our UNDERSTANDING that keeps us from THE TRUTH?

The answer is our foolish PRIDE. (Thinking we know it all. This was Paul’s problem. Pictured by him riding his high horse and believing it was his job to correct and punish others.) – The SCALES that kept him BLIND was his IGNORANT PRIDE.

Job 41:15
His SCALES are his PRIDE, shut up together as with a close SEAL.

IGNORANT PRIDE is pictured in scripture as SCALES and a SEAL. Both of which keep the TRUTH locked away from our understanding.

Revelation 5:2
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book (THE TRUTH), and to loose the SEALS (MANKIND’S IGNORANT PRIDE) thereof?

However, once the SCALES (Paul’s PRIDE) fell from his EYES (understanding)… Once his pride was taken out of the equation… PAUL COULD SEE (he understood the truth and had received wisdom (which is a tree of life).

WISDOM is the TREE OF LIFE we all must regain. It is SEALED up by our foolish pride.

Proverbs 3:18
WISDOM is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

So SAUL, a name which literally means “desire” became PAUL, which literally means “small” or humbled… No longer did PAUL see himself as greater or smarter than others.

The SELF exalted SAUL was knocked off his high horse, realized he was blind to the TRUTH. He was SET STRAIGHT and when the SCALES (his pride) fell from his EYES (understanding) he FINALLY SAW THE LIGHT (TRUTH).

The book (TRUTH) was no longer sealed up. The TRUTH set him free!

The moral of this story is we may think we know it all. But when the TRUTH is revealed to us, it will knock us off our high horse, change our nature (name), humble us, set us straight, and finally allow us to SEE!

This is what many refer to as being BORN AGAIN. Or the great day of the Lord (revealing of the existing one)

Isaiah 29:18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the BOOK (Truth), and the eyes of the blind (Ignorant) shall see (become WISE) out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

The scriptures are an allegory, they are also a mystery. The Letter (literal interpretations) kills (make you ignorant) but the SPIRIT of these STORIES give you LIFE INDEED.

DIG DEEPER AND YOU WILL FIND THAT TREASURE THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN YOUR FIELD (your mind).

Hope you enjoyed this short paper, please do tell others about http://www.jacobisrael.com, please do subscribe if you haven’t already, and please LIVE FOR MORE AND SEEK AND FIND!
Jacob
(Don’t forget to check out my novel, The Calling… at http://www.jacobisrael.org. It is one story that will stay with you and help you see that we are all much more than we have been told.)

My Kingdom Is Not Of This World

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My Kingdom Is Not Of This World

This plans to be a very short and eye-opening essay on a simple scripture that seemed to open itself up to me within seconds of me hearing it. Tonight I had just come back from a business trip and yes it was on Easter. All morning I had been troubled because I really wanted to write something. There were so many taking to social media and making such passionate and bold statements about what they believe. I was hard to ignore all of the posts where people wrote, “He has risen” and so on and so on. I also hungered to share something, but I see the resurrection of Christ very differently. I have written extensively about this so I don’t want to weigh this paper down with more of what I have already shared.

However, I will state that there was a time when I would have also written something similar. Of course, there was a time I believed all sorts of things that I not KNOW were never true to begin with. Even so, these false beliefs were stepping-stones for me. With each step put before me I would take it. Soon I would find another step to take, and then another until I had finally matured and reached the pinnacle where I could finally understand what these things truly meant to begin with. I have written often about the allegory of scripture. How we are told in black and white that God opens his mouth in parable.

Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

We are told how the Glory of God (the existing one or one who exists) is to conceal a thing. Which means, the glory of the one who truly exists is revealed when that which has been hidden is uncovered….

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

The scriptures are very clear that the things of the “kingdom of God” are not easily understood… that they are in fact a mystery. A hidden truth. After all it is the Glory of God to conceal a thing and the honor of Kings to SEEK after what has been hidden.

Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables

You see the mystery of the Kingdom of God has been HIDDEN within us all. So these stories we read about, whether they be literal events or not are NOT what we need concern ourselves with. It is the SPIRIT of the story that gives life… not the literal which keeps us all in darkness.

2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

And the SPIRIT of the story is the truth that bubbles into wisdom after you realize what something you have read and misunderstood in the scriptures finally means. This revelation or revealing of the truth does indeed give us LIFE… And this TREE of LIFE is the WISDOM of the TRUTH, which finally sets us free.

Proverbs 3:18
(Wisdom) She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

So not everything that you believe or have been taught is necessarily true. Even if the whole world agreed that the Earth was flat their belief and agreement doesn’t make the statement true. I do understand that many people want to feel accepted, they want people to back up what they say or claim to know. No one wants to feel alone. But I will say that the path to truth, which is found by understanding the spirit of these stories can be a lonely one at first. The reason for this is we have all been conditioned from birth to embrace greed, lust, fear, hate, judgement, status, power, wealth, fame, and so on and so on… We are fed a constant diet of how we must behave.

“It’s a dog eat dog world”
“Only the strong survive”
“Nice guys finish last”

This is why we see so many suffering. This is why there is war and prejudice and hate and every ungodly thing. Now to rail against this, one must realize it is not an easy or celebrated road. Because once you begin to see the truth that sets you free from the egotistical fear that has ruled you for too long a sense of hope and peace comes over you. You begin to see the world through different eyes. You no longer want to repay anger with anger, you want to forgive, you have hope instead of fear, when you lose something you tell the world it is all part of a greater good. You become a light in a world of darkness and the darkness doesn’t like this light very much.

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

Once the truth if revealed to you, you glow, you stand out, you influence others, and your new-found life (For this is the resurrected life that many should celebrate), your new-found life is more precious than anything in this world.

You begin to do great and wonderful things for others and people will hate you for it. They will judge you, put words in your mouth, lie about you and try their best to extinguish that light that is burning them so bright.

John 10:32
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

And why did they want to stone him? Not because he did bad things, they admitted he did good works… they wanted him dead because he told them the truth of who he really was and they were not ready to accept who they really were in return. You see they were not children of the TRUTH, they were children of LIES. Children of this world… products of the lies in this world that formed us all…

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

Man’s ignorant ego is an adversary indeed. The creator of all sorts of lies, because the EGO that you have convinced yourself is who you are is a lie to begin with (There is NO TRUTH in “him”)

The devil/ego 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.

Now this DEVIL (Ego of ours) can also come as an angel of light… We see this in almost every church service… Lies are passed off as godly truth. Yet, these lies perpetuate prejudice towards those who are different, judgement against those who don’t believe the way they are told to believe, fear in what could come, pride in the fact that you are somehow better than others… and so on and so on… Yet we know those who are of the LIGHT by how they love, and those who are yet in darkness by how they hate.

1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

When your eyes are opened you begin to see that ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD is dangerous. And you realize that you may be IN THE WORLD but you are no longer a product of the WORLD….

Which brings me to the point of this essay. Before Jesus was to be put to death, he said something which for hundreds of years people have misunderstood… Myself being one of them…

Jesus said…

John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Now we read this and believe that Jesus has said that HIS KINGDOM is in another dimension and if the nonsense the religious had done to Jesus had been done in HIS KINGDOM there would be hell to pay! Oh yeah.. we believed Jesus said, in my Kingdom if you dared do this to me, my servant would fight you and kill you dead!

But that doesn’t really line up with Jesus’ message now does it?

You know why? Because what you think he said and what he REALLY said are two different things. Let’s look at that scripture again…

John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Jesus was asked if he believed he was King of this world and he said… MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD… meaning, his kingdom doesn’t operate the say way the WORLD’S kingdom acts…

To truly understand this, you must first understand what the “world” is that Jesus is speaking and what the word “Kingdom” means…

The word KINGDOM literally translates into “RULE, AUTHORITY… not of a literal Kingdom but the power and rule and authority a person is under when ruled by a King”… The word KINGDOM translates into WHAT RULES YOU!

No the world… well according to scripture. All that is IN the world is the Lust of the Flesh, Eyes, and pride of Life.

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And who is the KING of this world… THE father of lies (your ego) himself.

The KINGDOM of THE WORLD Jesus said he was NOT A PART OF would send servants to fight and kill on a leaders behalf… BUT NOT THIS IS NOT WHAT RULES THE AWAKENED ONES HEART!

Revenge and murder and greed and power were NOT THINGS that motivated/ruled Jesus… BECAUSE he was ruled by something very different indeed… LOVE!

So Jesus never said that in his Kingdom people would fight and kill and make war to set him free… NOOOOO! Jesus was saying the opposite… Please read the passage again WITH DIFFERENT EYES.

John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Jesus answered… I am NOT ruled by the terrible things that motivate men trapped in darkness… I am NOT ruled by hate, greed, fear, or pride… which is why no one is coming to save me or fight for me… Because MY KINGDOM is NOT of this world… I am ruled by love, peace, forgiveness, mercy, compassion, patience and wisdom… So no, My Kingdom is NOT of this world… IF IT WAS then you would see people killing in my name, or on my behalf… Because that is the way those ruled by the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life behave… My KINGDOM is not from such a place of darkness.

This KINGDOM is WITHIN YOU! The RULE of GOD is to be RULED BY LOVE AND TRUTH! Which is why the more you see love and truth in all things, the easier it is to know the truth and love that was hiding there to begin with.

We have been taught so many things the wrong way. It is time for us to seek the truth no matter what the cost. To never give up on a life that is truly worth living… Because whether you believe it or not YOUR KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD as well… You may just not know it yet.

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The Desire To Live

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THE DESIRE TO LIVE

We have been conditioned in life to believe that to be happy and to find peace we need to have more, to do more, and we need to be more. Every day we are flooded with images and ideas to keep us slaves to the belief that what we have and who we are just isn’t good enough. Sadly, this belief that most people have put their faith in is the very thing that keeps their freedom, peace and joy far from them. Like a carrot dangled before the mule, this promise of peace and joy through attaining more is a promise that will never come to pass. However, there is hope for the hopeless, there is joy for those who has lost their desire to live, and it is closer than you think. It is the truth that changes you and your change is coming! (Please do subscribe, it’s free and you will be updated with all new posts and videos… also share this site with your friends. Thank you so much for any and all of your support! Jacob)