(07/15/2020) It's Not Rocket Science

Today, reply is to a question on divine delay and the amount of time mankind has been waiting for GOD to complete the plan of salvation. As sinners who lack the imparted substance from GOD that grants us new life in Christ Jesus we are unable to meet divine demands such as those for atonement, commitment, faith, forgiveness, repentance, unselfish service, and speaking the truth in love. All who continue under the influence of academic studies, material objects, politics, and secular knowledge will also continue to regard the operation of GOD as simple, and no different than the way men take action to bring about change, or maintain a status quo. Properly understood, divinity is completing multiple operations to eliminate sin, fulfill sacred judgment, restore the dominion of mankind over the earth, transform humanity to exist as immortal, and to configure the earth as the residence for both divinity and mankind. It is written: Revelation 21: 1-4, King James Version (KJV): 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who uses the ID “ringostarr” (Level 4 with 3,756 points) posted the following:

Why does God have to wait so to bring us to heaven?

Cmon he made that promise about 2000 years ago... For how much longer will he wait? Aren't things bad enough already? They have been bad enough for centuries now. Maybe he really is sadistic after all?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8: 5-9, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: According To Divine Schedules (07/07/2020); Living Your Best Life? (07/05/2020); The Outcomes Of Judgment (06/28/2020); Divine Process and Substance (06/24/2020); Acknowledging And Confessing Sin (06/21/2020); The Return of Yeshua (05/21/2020); Testing That Nourishes Growth (04/21/2020)

“ringostarr”, it’s not rocket science, rather it’s that we are dealing with divine process and sacred substance. While the present process of divinity expresses judgment, there also are commitment and preservation. Establishment of a permanent relationship for mankind with immortal, incorruptible, invisible divinity that would permit humanity to exist having their own deposits of divine process and substance can not be created relying only on the finite tools of human emotions, intellect, logic, and rocket science. The frameworks of time and space must be transcended allowing operations of sacred law, divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign will of GOD. Inseparable aspects of the divine fullness (we also say, divinity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit) must exchange and interact unrestricted by the fixed patterns and immutable regulation of mechanical process and natural law. Simply identifying the many points of damage caused by the transgression of Adam to the full divine Creation that continue to require correction and restoration is no simple task that may be completed in days. Rightly understood, there must be eons. Multiple examinations of the details that appear within the divine law must occur, and there must be specific responses to the facets of Incarnation. Even so, consider again the following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from the music ministry of John Michael Talbot:

(1.) John 3: 6-8, King James Version (KJV): 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 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.

(2.) John 1: 11-14, KJV: 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

(3.) 2^nd Peter 3: 2-9, KJV: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lySXt0piHY.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(07/14/2015) Fulfilling Divine Law?

Avoiding spiritual confusion when using the words “abolish”, “fulfill”, “law” and “slave” as they appear within the holy writings are the focus, today.  The fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Daz” (Level 1 with 46 points, a member since January 07, 2015) posted the following:


If Jesus came to "fulfill" the OT Bible laws, rather than abolish them...?

...does that make him a Slave Overseer, in connection to Leviticus 25:46?

"You can bequeath them [slaves] to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly."


THE GOLDEN ARROW:  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.  Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.  (Romans 7:  12-13, KJV)


THE DOUBLE DAGGER:  An Eternal Plan and Process (07/05/2015); The Law is Not Grievous (06/26/2015); Gentiles and the Law? (09/19/2013); According to This Word (09/20/2013); Law, Slavery and Redemption (09/13/2013); Only One GOD (09/14/2013); The Slave to Law and Sin Made Free (11/16/2012); Lawful Divorce (11/17/2012)


“Daz”, new Christian believers do not immediately recognize that there are many different usages for the word “law”.  In addition to a branch of sacred knowledge (i.e., the law and the prophets), “law” specifically refers to the 10 commandments spoken by GOD (we say, the Decalogue); the covenant agreement through Moses; findings and judicial decisions that resolve disputes; legislative rules stated as ordinances and statutes; policies and standard procedures for donations, gifts, offerings, sacrifices, and tithes; the liturgy for worship; and such controlling inward influences as compulsion, delusion, impulse, and obsession.

In the holy writings, “to fulfill” is to bring to pass, carryout to completion, or perform required duties and tasks as aspects of eternal purpose.  Often (yet not always) when focusing upon “law”, it is more correct to talk in terms of disobedience and obedience than to speak of “fulfillment”.  “To fulfill” is applied to expectation (we say, hope), plans, proclamations, promises, and prophecies.

Slavery among the Hebrews was never the atrocity practiced in America and Europe as the dehumanization of Africans to a status of chattel (i.e., leases upon land (we say, real property), merchandise, movable property).  In sacred practice, slaves were those offered to GOD, who would not be destroyed upon the holy altar once a redemption price was paid.  Nonetheless, those who were  redeemed belonged to GOD as dedicated and devoted.  Often they would serve the tabernacle or temple as living sacrifices, and servants to GOD whose status was lower than that of the Levites. 

There is far more that should be said, correctly understood, and spiritually taken into account.  (For example, the covenants of Abraham, Moses, and David were temporal, and could all be improved upon and surpassed.  Because divine law is to be understood as the expressed will of GOD, sacred law must be regarded as spirit in its duration (we say, eternal, everlasting, immutable, permanent), in its nature (divinity rather than flesh), and in its substance (consecrated breath, life essence, word.) )  Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.  Be it unto you according to your faith.

THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC

(06/28/2015) Justified for Attacking The Bible?

Blasphemy, grace, divine prerogative, presumption, and the sin of self-justification to annul divine judgment are in view, today.  One of the fighters at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Anonymous” and seeking distinction as “an unknown soldier,” posted the following:


How can mortal man speak out against the Bible and feel justified in doing so?


THE GOLDEN ARROW:  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other:  for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.  (Luke 18:  9-14, KJV)


THE DOUBLE DAGGER:  Correct in Only Your Mind? (05/04/2015); Justifying GOD? (03/15/2015); Bible and Spirit (04/26/2014); Personality? (04/27/2014); Words Spoken By GOD? (06/05/2013); Teachings on Judgment (06/06/2013); Wanting To Have Our Way (03/09/2013)


“Anonymous”, created beings and living creatures persist in error and sin that oppose the continued existence of divine law, divine order, and sacred knowledge on the basis of affiliation (e.g., family; fornication through sexual joining; peer pressure; the influence of significant others; strength in numbers); arrogance; ignorance; exaggerated pride; and lack of their own divine content (we say, new life by rebirth; sanctification; the imparted Spirit of GOD).  Only the Creator has provided justification for the entities, operations, and purposes emanated from Deity.  Included are such manifestations as atonement, confession, forgiveness, Incarnation, love, mercy, repentance, resurrection, sacrifice, salvation, wisdom, and wrath against sin.  Consider again:

(1.)  Psalms 119:  9-12, King James Version (KJV):  9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.  10 With my whole heart have I sought thee:  O let me not wander from thy commandments.  11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.  12 Blessed art thou, O LORD:  teach me thy statutes.

(2.)  Psalms 119:  98-104, KJV:  98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:  for they are ever with me.  99 I have more understanding than all my teachers:  for thy testimonies are my meditation.  100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.  101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.  102 I have not departed from thy judgments:  for thou hast taught me.  103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!  104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:  therefore I hate every false way.

(3.)  1st Timothy 6:  3-5, KJV:  3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;  4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,  5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:  from such withdraw thyself.

(4.)   Matthew 12:  36-37, KJV:  36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

(5.)  1st Corinthians 12:  3, KJV:  3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed:  and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

(6.)  2nd Timothy 2: 14-16, KJV:  14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.  15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  16 But shun profane and vain babblings:  for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

Even though we are given stern admonitions, we are correct to acknowledge, there is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually taken into account.  (For example, (7.)  Romans 8:  28-30, KJV:  28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.  29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.  30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:  and whom he called, them he also justified:  and whom he justified, them he also glorified.)  Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.  Be it unto you according to your faith, sacred knowledge, and spiritual maturity.

THE BLACK PHOENIX
 Washington, DC

(12/02/2014) Faith not Politics?

Religion as a tool of advertising, human history, government, and politics are in view, today.  The fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “prayasmangurung” (Level 2 with 552 points, a member since September 18, 2014) posted the following:


Isnt religion/Christianity just a political tool?

Religion has always been used as a means of control and building Empire, which is obvious through History, but people think more of it. Right wing religious conservatives are using religion every day to influence politics in the United States & to take on a Christian visage in order to woo thep voters. Indeed they managed to get a right wing religious conservative into the White House for 8 terrible years, using religion to control the masses and of claiming a divine mandate for their actions


THE GOLDEN ARROW:  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.  2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.  3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice:  and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.  4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him:  for they know his voice.  5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him:  for they know not the voice of strangers.  6 This parable spake Jesus unto them:  but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.  7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:  but the sheep did not hear them.  9 I am the door:  by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  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.  (John 10:  1-10, KJV)


THE DOUBLE DAGGER:  A Kingdom Now and One To Come? (09/05/2014); Comfort? (09/06/2014); Separation of Church and State (07/04/2014); The Point of Wisdom? (07/05/2014); Doing GOD’s Plan? (02/20/2014); “Prayer Death”? (02/21/2014); My Brother’s Keeper (04/05/2013); Issues for Children’s Church? (04/06/2013); My Sheep Hear My Voice (03/08/2013); Wanting To Have Our Way (03/09/2013)


“prayasmangurung”, here are a few points you should not overlook:

(1.)  In the same way your family and friends are more to you than just personal property (we say, chattel, slaves), puppets or statistics that you manipulate and use for your own pleasure, spiritual relationships, values and understandings are to have place within a believer as their own life purpose, and standard to generate and recognize meaning.

(2.)  In the same way we see advertisements on television that use images in our shared experience that come from family, football, and even sexual intimacy, there are those that use imagery and language associated with spiritual beliefs.  That there are those who use familiar ideas and themes to exploit or take advantage of us should not condemn family, football, or sexual intimacy.

(3.)  Christianity is a very rich and sophisticated belief system that requires acceptance of totally new definitions and orientations to life experience that go beyond ones carnal, material and social reality.  Concepts and principles that exist as “spirit” must be internalized, relied upon, and continually given expression.  Inseparable aspects of divine makeup must be realized as they appear within oneself and others.  Included are faith, holiness, joy, longsuffering, love, truthfulness, wisdom, and wrath against sin.

There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended.  (For example, (4.)  As surely as we routinely dismiss out-and-out lies, insults, and extraneous ideas that are irrelevant when we are seeking to learn and acquire correct information whereby we gain and have spiritual benefit, most critics of religion and spiritual truth should be ignored, because they are “outsiders” and non-believers lacking mature spiritual experience and insight.)  Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.  Be it unto you according to your faith.

THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC

(07/04/2014) Separation of Church and State

A few points are shared on America as “one nation under GOD,” today, July 4, 2014.  Without fully realizing it, many Americans are celebrating an error:  They believe America is a unification of Church and State within a system of democratic governance.  However, by its principles insisting upon separation of secular and divine power, America has been a peculiar champion for the purity of genuine Christian belief.  Once again, citizens throughout the Nation are re-affirming the principles for life that have been developed through centuries of worship as well as human political struggle.  However, most correctly understood, America is a human accomplishment that serves GOD as a setting for the jewel of otherwise invisible divinity.


THE GOLDEN ARROW:  Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.  Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.  For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?  And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?  Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life:  but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;  (Deuteronomy 4:  5-9, KJV)


THE DOUBLE DAGGER:  God Bless America? (09/12/2013); Law, Slavery and Redemption (09/13/2013); Numberless (08/28/2013); The Return in Glory? (07/04/2013); GOD Hiding in Plain Sight (03/26/2013); A Godly Take on Guns  (01/18/2013); It Is Finished (01/19/2013); Hellfire and Brimstone Preaching? (12/27/2012); The Dove (12/28/2012); The Crux of the Matter (10/26/2012); Women Ordained to Minister? (10/27/2012)


(1.)  The Earth Created by GOD, the World by Mankind.  The earth is a material creation of divinity that serves as a sphere of existence for mankind, and for a broad array of other created beings and living creatures.  The earth is also used to make known and visible the active presence of divinity (we say, the revelation of GOD).  The World is a major belief system that also determines meaning and value for behavior, conduct, ideas, and self-expression both in competition with and in opposition to Christian belief.  Thus the World promotes its own standards for what is godly/ungodly, good/bad, true/false, logical/illogical, real/imaginary, right/wrong, scientific/unscientific, wise and foolish.  Aspects of the World system appear as culture, currency, customs, government, history, social organizations, language, broadcast media, science, and tradition.

(2.)  Sovereignty and Jurisdiction.  A State is a self-perpetuating feature within the World system, and a man-made device to continue and promote material and social aspects of human existence such as common goals and interests; discovery, distribution, increase or storage of limited resources (including tools and weapons); gathering and producing food; ownership of property; safety and security as well as prosperity and survival for humankind.  In such matters as commerce, trade, treaties, and the making of war, the State must have the cooperation and submission of its population that registers as uninterrupted access to information, full authority over shared property, and unobstructed transit through all its sovereign territory.  The State may establish and maintain order, resolve disagreements, and settle a broad range of conflicts including regulation of public agencies, violations of contracts, and cases that enter the public forum as disputes over child custody and the dissolution of marriage (i.e., divorce).

(3.)  Religious Liberty.  It is a significant human accomplishment when a State acknowledges its limitations with regard to matters of conscience, and provides legislation to protect the right for all its citizens to determine for themselves the forms for their acknowledgment, reverence to, and worship of divinity.  Additionally, any obstacles to lawful behavior expressing and pursuing religious liberty will be banned as well as every official action that may support intolerance, oppression and persecution of religious believers.  Freedom to participate as full members of the State can be granted, along with access and opportunity within the Commonwealth.  However, the State can not cleanse, purify and set apart believers for divine service (we say, sanctify); eliminate and remove sin, or equip believers to resist corruption with all its consequences; exempt or protect any from divine judgment; guarantee forgiveness, or restoration of divine relationship and trust; establish and maintain eternal life.

(4.)  America is Not the Kingdom of GOD.  All the nations of the earth are challenged to demonstrate and embody the principles that comprise the kingdom of GOD.  However, the kingdom of GOD is not a geographical region or territory within the measurable frameworks of space and time.  The divine kingdom is the totality of created beings and living creatures (thus, men, angels, and the sacred beasts of heaven) who respectfully acknowledge the sovereign rule of GOD over their own existence and over all that is.  The kingdom is not a nation, product of political consciousness, or State.  The kingdom is a peculiar pattern in awareness and self-will that allows the living to operate having shared relationship with divinity, and a unified spiritual condition.  America, other nations, and the World, are not the kingdom of GOD; yet, by close contact and continual interaction with those having part within the kingdom, America and all others may have benefit (we say, blessing) from GOD.

There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended.  For example, (5.)   Christian Belief is Only By Divine Spirit.  While America has been built up through some of the highest and noblest expressions of humanity such as courage, duty, industry, patriotism, and unselfishness; Christianity is only built up from aspects of the makeup of Almighty GOD such as faith, holiness, joy, love, longsuffering, truthfulness, wisdom, and wrath against sin.  The illusion of sameness for the Church and the State results from their use of the same language and words communicating to their participants, however, the intent and meaning conveyed is often totally different.  Christian believers appear as material beings and products made up from flesh (we say, incarnate) through operations that result by the active presence of GOD in his form as an imparted Spirit.  Because Christianity and the Church exist to accomplish the revelation of divinity, and resistance to a nonmaterial, non-spirit influence (we say, sin) their origins, operations, process and purposes must be known through discernment, and ones own endowment of divine substance.  Finite human tools such as emotion, intellect, logic, mathematics, reason, and science can no more generate the imparted Spirit than they can eliminate and remove sin.  Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.  Be it unto you according to your faith.

THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC