Enoch and Aliens Table of Contents

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ID#...Subject……………….page 300…Acknowledgments…… 301…Book Three……………. 302…Dedication, Guides….. 303…Intro, Enoch, Aliens… 304…Forward…………..……. 305…Ellen G. White………… 306…Book Intro……………… 307…Blessing of Enoch……. Chapter 1 – Enoch’s World 310… Intro: Pre-flood………. 311… Blessed Elect ………… 312… Rest of the LORD……. 313…Cyclic Calendar………. 314…Sabbath, Festivals…... 315…Rest and Feast..……... 316…Invaded by Aliens……. 317…Evil Expands ……..…. Chapter 2 –Family 320…The Call: Intro……..... 321…The Call……………….. 322…Covenant Sign……….. 323…Our Hearts ……..…..... 324…Our Spirits ……………. 325…Holy Spirit …………….. 326…Only Jesus…………….. 327…Families ………………. Chapter 3 – Tests 330… Intro All Tests Judged 331…Trust…………………….. 332…Watchers…………...….. 333,,,Penal Planet… ……….. 334…Community…………….. 335…Nations ..……………….. 336…Worlds …………………. 337…Universe……………….. ID#...Subject………………page– Chapter 4 - Idols 340… Intro: Idols…………………..

341…Children …………………..… 342…Greed…………………………. 343…Beauty……………………….. 344…Sex……………………………. 345…Jewelry………………………. 346…Pleasure…………………….. 347…Church……………………… Chapter 5.-.Safeguards 350…Intro: Safeguards………….. 351…Angels………………………… 352…Laws and Walls…………….. 353…Sleep for Mankind…………. 354…Prayer………………………… 355…Holy Spirit…………………… 356…Spiritual Gifts………………. 357…Jesus…………………………. Chapter 6 – Judgments 360…Intro Judges………………… 361…Two Ways……………………. 362…Order…………………………. 363…Pre-flood Choices………….. 364…Consummation…………….. 365…Worlds………………………... 366…Courts………………………… 367…Without the Camp…………. Chapter 7 – Birth Pangs 370…Intro. Birth…………………… 371…Pain Increases………………. 372…Rescue………………………… 373…Wicked Mankind……………. 374…City Attacked………………… 375…Judgment Variety…………… 376…One Hundred Years………… 377…The New Earth……………….

Conclusion. E. G. White, The End

Enoch, Aliens and Us Discoveries

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also,

the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,

Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

By J. L. Yeatts

300 Acknowledgments

Any texts from the book of Enoch Jubilees and Jasher are as copyrighted in 2012 by Derek A. Shaver. From the Editors notes: Enoch- is derived from the R. H. Charles translation of The Book of Enoch reprinted and published under that name in 1917 with reworked verse numbers (Usually at sentence beginnings) unique to the Apostles Bible for a more uniform pattern and more fluent reading experience.

301 Book Three – Enoch, Aliens and Us

Enoch, in preflood times wrote to us in these very last days. God knew critical information which we need for our spiritual survival and understanding in this evil world at the

beginning of the tribulation.

302 Dedication:

To all those who love ancient history and fossils.

303 To Receive the Greatest Blessing:

Pray for the presence of God and the leading of his Holy Spirit. Enter God’s rest by faith.

Actively set aside what you think you know. Select your favorite translation of the bible then; Compare with one or more different translations.

Choose a concordance and a dictionary. Select a word or subject.

Let the Bible reveal God’s truth. Check out what the text says and what it does not say.

Take Time to let seeming contradictions explain themselves. Praise God for new or expanding insights.

Trust Jesus With God’s Covenant Promises:

Everlasting Covenant, Isa. 55:3 Sabbath covenant, Ex. 31:13-17

Old Covenant, 2 Cor. 3:12-18 New Covenant. Heb. 10:14-17

304 Forward

This Book draws texts from the Books of Enoch, Jubilees and Jasher, as well as the Bible, in different translations. It may cut across some of our ideas, but seems in harmony with the

Bible. Jesus used these scriptures.

305 Enoch—The First Man Never to Die

From Eternity Past (1983) [Patriarchs and Prophets by Ellen G. White]

Chapter 6 When Men turned to God Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat a son. After that he walked with God three hundred years. He was one of the preservers of the true faith, the progenitors of the promised seed. From the lips of Adam he had learned the story of the fall and of God’s grace as seen in the promise, and he relied upon the Redeemer to come. { EP 46.3 } But after the birth of his first son, Enoch reached a higher experience. As he saw the child’s love for its father, its simple trust in his protection, as he felt the deep tenderness of his own heart for that firstborn son, he learned a precious lesson of the wonderful love of God in the gift of His Son. The unfathomable love of God through Christ became the subject of his meditations day and night, and he sought to reveal that love to the people among whom he dwelt. { EP 46.4 } Enoch’s walk with God was not in a trance or vision, but in all the duties of daily life. As a husband and father, a friend, a citizen, he was the unwavering servant of the Lord. { EP 47.1 } His heart was in harmony with God’s will; for “can two walk together except they be agreed?” Amos 3:3. And this holy walk continued for three hundred years. Enoch’s faith waxed stronger, his love more ardent, with the lapse of centuries. { EP 47.2 } Enoch was a man of extensive knowledge, honored with special revelations from God; yet he was one of the humblest of men. He waited before the Lord. To him prayer was as the breath of the soul; he lived in the very atmosphere of heaven. { EP 47.3 } Through holy angels God revealed to Enoch His purpose to destroy the world by a flood. He also opened more fully to him the plan of redemption and showed him the great events connected with the second coming of Christ and the end of the world. { EP 47.4 } Enoch had been troubled in regard to the dead. It had seemed to him that the righteous and the wicked would go to the dust together and that this would be their end. He could not see the life of the just beyond the grave. In prophetic vision he was instructed concerning the death of Christ and His coming in glory, attended by all the holy angels, to ransom His people from the grave. He also saw the corrupt state of the world when Christ should appear the second time—that there would be a boastful, self-willed generation trampling upon the law and despising the atonement. He saw the righteous crowned with glory and honor and the wicked destroyed by fire. { EP 47.5 }

Enoch became a preacher of righteousness, making known God’s messages to all who would hear. In the land where Cain had sought to flee from the divine presence, the prophet made known the wonderful scenes that had passed before his vision. “Behold,” he declared, “the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds.” Jude 14, 15. { EP 47.6 } While he preached the love of God in Christ, he rebuked the prevailing iniquity and warned that judgment would surely be visited upon the transgressor. It is not smooth things only that are spoken by holy men. God puts into the lips of His messengers truths that are keen and cutting as a two-edged sword. { EP 48.1 } Some gave heed to the warning, but the multitudes went on more boldly in their evil ways. So will the last generation make light of the warnings of the Lord’s messengers. { EP 48.2 } In the midst of a life of active labor, Enoch steadfastly maintained his communion with God. After remaining for a time among the people, he would spend a season in solitude, hungering and thirsting for divine knowledge. Communing with God, Enoch came more and more to reflect the divine image. His face was radiant with the light that shines in the face of Jesus. { EP 48.3 } As year after year passed, deeper and deeper grew the tide of human guilt, darker and darker gathered the clouds of divine judgment. Yet Enoch held on his way, warning, pleading, striving to turn back the tide of guilt. Though his warnings were disregarded by a sinful, pleasure-loving people, he had the testimony that God approved. He continued to battle against evil until God removed him from a world of sin to the pure joys of heaven. { EP 48.4 }

Enoch Is Translated to Heaven The men of that generation had mocked him who sought not to build up possessions here. But Enoch’s heart was upon eternal treasures. He had seen the King in His glory in the midst of Zion. His mind, his conversation, were in heaven. The greater the existing iniquity, the more earnest was his longing for the home of God. { EP 48.5 } For three hundred years Enoch had walked with God. Day by day he had longed for a closer union; nearer and nearer had grown the communion, until God took him to Himself. Now the walk with God, so long pursued on earth, continued, and he passed through the gates of the Holy City—the first from among men to enter there. { EP 49.1 } His loss was felt on earth. Some, both righteous and wicked, had witnessed his departure. Those who loved him made diligent search, but without avail. They reported that he “was not,” for God had taken him. { EP 49.2 } By the translation of Enoch the Lord designed to teach an important lesson. There was danger that men would yield to discouragement because of the fearful results of Adam’s sin. Many were ready to exclaim, “What profit is it that we have feared the Lord and have kept His ordinances, since a heavy curse is resting upon the race, and death is the portion of us all?” Satan was urging upon men the belief that there was no reward for the righteous or punishment of the wicked, and that it was impossible for men to obey the divine statutes. But in the case of Enoch, God shows what He will do for those who keep His commandments. Men were taught that it is possible to obey the law of God, that they were able by grace to resist temptation and become pure and holy. His translation was an evidence of the truth of his prophecy concerning the hereafter, with its award of immortal life to the obedient and of condemnation and death to the transgressor. { EP 49.3 } By faith Enoch “was translated that he should not see death, ... for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” Hebrews 11:5. The godly character of this prophet represents the state of holiness which must be attained by those who shall be “redeemed from the earth” ( Revelation 14:3) at Christ’s second advent. Then, as before the Flood, iniquity will prevail. Men will rebel against the authority of Heaven. But like Enoch, God’s people will seek for purity of heart and conformity to His will, until they shall reflect the likeness of Christ. Like Enoch they will warn the world of the Lord’s second coming and by their holy example will condemn the sins of the ungodly. As Enoch was translated to heaven, so the living righteous will be translated from the earth before its destruction by fire. See 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. { EP 49.4 }

306 Intro: The Books of Enoch, Jubilees, Jasher

. Living in the preflood world, Enoch is the one who can tell us what it was like “in the days of Noah”. When we compare the Book of Enoch with various translations of the Bible, we can tell that they were influenced by his writings.

The record of Enoch in our bible is brief and to the point. It is enough to affirm that he lived and was a faithful, honorable man, approved of God. We need to know who Enoch was addressing in this writing. The time frame appears to start at the tribulation and conclude when sin and sinners are no more. The Book of Jubilees, or the little Genesis, was written according to what the Lord told Moses on Sinai, so he wrote as the angel instructed him. There are two references to the Book of Jasher in the Bible: one in Joshua 10:13, and one is 1 Samuel1:18. His book begins at creation and closes with children of Israel settled in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 5:19. 21-22 (KJV) 19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:24 (KJV) 24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

2 Samuel 1:18 (KJV) (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

Hebrews 11:23-24 (KJV)

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

307 The Blessing of Enoch

Jesus is the elect, spoken of in Isaiah 42:1, Jesus’ followers are the “elect” in different times. These chosen ones are a special group who have decided to let Jesus’ spirit live in their hearts. By His power to change them and live in their hearts, they are in obedience with all His laws. Look at some of what the Bible prophesy has to say about Jesus and his people. Faith and law walk hand in hand.

.Enoch 1:1-3 1The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation. When all the wicked and Godless are to be removed. 2And he took up his parable and said; 3Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is to come.

Isaiah 42:1-3 (KJV) 1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Cyrus, of the Medes and Persians was chosen to serve Israel, who were God’s “elect” in Babylonian times.

Isaiah 45:4 (KJV) For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name (Cyrus): I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Before they can inherit the heavenly kingdom, they will go through a time of great tribulation.

Matthew 24:22, 31 (KJV) 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved. but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect rom the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

310 Chapter 1: Enoch’s World

Jesus said our world, just before the Day of the Lord, would be like the preflood world of Noah. No one is better qualified than Enoch to tell us about it.

Enoch’s world had giants; our world has the spirits of giants.

311 Enoch 1: Preflood World

Adam and Eve had been driven out of the garden of Eden, Cain had killed Abel and then left home and built the first city which he named after his first son, Enoch. The Enoch, who wrote the book that we will study, was born much later in seventh generation from Adam. Jared was his father. By sending our parents out of the garden of Eden, access was denied to the tree of life, God saved our ancestors and all their children untold agony.

Genesis 3:16-24 (KJV) 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Protected Book The Books written by Enoch were part of the scriptures available to Jesus, the Prophets and the Apostles. Only by studying books written in a pre-flood time can we understand

what that world was really like. Jesus speaks of what it was like in Noah’s time so we will know what to expect in the end time. It is understandable that Satan did not want Enoch’s Book included in the compilation that we call the “Bible” in our times. He does not want the history of evil to be exposed or that the knowledge of its recycling is possible in our time.

Matthew 24:36-39 (KJV) 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Revelation 1:1-3 (KJV) 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things

which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

2 Peter 1:19-21 (KJV) 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Joel 2:28 (KJV) And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

1 John 1:3-4 (KJV) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

312 Enoch 2: Promised Blessing

Jesus used parables so that different levels of perception could take different lessons to heart. If we use the nation of Israel as a parable of the universe, it may aid our understanding. Sequence is important. The love of God comes first, we respond with repentance. God saves us and we answer with love and obedience. We are His special treasure.

Exodus 19:5-6 (KJV) 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 24:10-12 (KJV) 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exodus 34:5-7 (KJV) 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,

longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation

Exodus 31:13 (KJV) 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

Hebrews 4:1-3 (KJV) 1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest:

The Rest of the LORD The rest, Sabbath, ordained by God has special purposes. First it honors God as Creator and we worship Him. During the hours we dedicate to our relationship with God, our minds are refreshed. That helps heal pathways in our brains caused by bad habits. Here are His appointed times of refreshing.

.Genesis 2:1-3 (KJV)

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Exodus 31:13 (KJV) 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

Acts 3:19-21 (KJV) 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Leviticus 23:1-4 (KJV) 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 23:4 (NLT) 4 “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.

Lev.23:5-8 (KJV) Passover, Unleavened Bread

Lev. 23:9-14 (KJV) First Fruits Lev. 23:15-22 (KJV) Pentecost Lev. 23:23-25 (KJV) Trumpets Lev. 23:26-32 (KJV) Atoneme Lev. 23:33-43 (KJV) Shelters

Leviticus 23:44 (NLT) 44 So Moses gave the Israelites these instructions regarding the annual festivals of the LORD.

313 Enoch 3: Cyclic Calendar

The seventh day sabbath was established for our rest in God. It is a sign that the LORD is the one who saves and makes us holy. In Jesus, the fullness of the Godhead came bodily to earth, lived and died for us. The sanctuary shows the steps of our individual salvation and the Feasts of the LORD, reveal the course of the church.

Exodus 31:13 (NLT) 13 “Tell the people of Israel: ‘Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

Hebrews 10:14-16 (KJV) 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Isaiah 58:12-14 (KJV) 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not

doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 66:23 (KJV) And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Mark 2:27-28 (KJV) 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Jubilees 50:9 Ye shall do no work whatever on the Sabbath day save that ye have prepared for yourselves on the sixth day, so as to eat and drink, and rest, and keep Sabbath from all work on that day, and to bless the Lord your God, who has given you a day of festival, and a holy day, and a day of the holy kingdom for all Israel is this day among their days forever.

Book of Jubilees Testify The whole family of the LORD unite in worship and praise on the day that He created for us. The Book of Jubilees, also called the little Genesis, tells us that the sabbath was in existence before this earth was created. The wording of Gen. 1:14 raises the possibility that

the moon and stars were made to fit a pre-existing pattern. Certainly, the naming of the constellations, tell the story of redemption

Jubilee 1:4, 10, 14-15 4And Moses was on the Mount forty days and forty nights, and God taught him the earlier and latter history of the division of all the days of the law and of the testimony. 10And many will perish and they will be taken captive, and will fall into the hands of the enemy, because they have forsaken My ordinances and My commandments, and the festivals of My covenant, and My covenant, and My holy place which I have hallowed for Myself in their midst, and My tabernacle, and My sanctuary, which I have hallowed for Myself in the midst of the land, that I should set My name upon it, and that it should dwell there.

14And they will forget all my law and all my commandments and all My judgments, and will go astray as to new moons, and sabbaths, and festivals, and jubilees and ordinances. 15And after this they will turn to Me from amongst the Gentiles with all their soul and with all their strength, and I will gather them from amongst all the Gentiles, and they will seek Me, so that I shall be found of them, when they

seek me with all their heart and with all their soul.

Jubilees 2:1, 8-9 1And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept the Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works. 8And on the fourth day He created the sun and the moon and the stars, and set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and the night, and divide the light from the darkness. 9And God appointed the sun to be a great sign on the earth for days and for sabbaths and for months and for feasts and for years and for sabbaths of years and for jubilees and for all seasons of the years.

Ezekiel 20:12 (KJV) Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

314 Enoch 4: Sabbath and Festivals

The sabbaths and festivals are kept in the whole universe. This world is just a “Johnny come lately” in the over all plan. Only our ego centered mind set thinks that we are first and best in everything that has ever been. Satan has been trying to subvert the whole plan of God, physically, mentally and spiritually, but he knows who is really in charge. The demons acknowledged Jesus power when he cast them out of humans!

Luke 4:34 (KJV) Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

Mark 4:37-41 (KJV) 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Jubilees 2:17-19

17And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days, but keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. 18And all the angels of the presence, and all angels of sanctification, these two great classes He hath bidden us to keep the Sabbath with Him in heaven and on earth. 19And he said unto us: “Behold, I will separate unto Myself people from among all the peoples, and these will keep the Sabbath day, and I will sanctify them unto Myself as My people, and will bless them; as I have sanctified the Sabbath day and do sanctify it unto myself, even so shall I bless them, and they will be my people and I shall be their God.

Jubilees 2:30 30And they shall not bring in or take out from house to house on that day’ for that day is more holy and blessed than any jubilee day of the jubilees: on this we kept the Sabbath in the heavens before it was known to keep Sabbath thereon on earth.

God’s People are the Israel of Faith If we have submitted to the Creator God, whether we are of the physical nation of Israel or not, we can be of spiritual Israel. God’s people are the children of the promise given to Abraham by faith. Through faith we are reborn into the Kingdom of God. So, Sabbath and Festivals are blessings for the faithful.

Romans 4:16 (KJV) Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Galatians 3:8 (KJV) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

John 3:5-8-9 (KJV) 8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Jubilees 2:1 And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the Lord saying: “Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept the Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.

Jubilees 2:20-21 20And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from amongst all that I have seen, and have written him down as My firstborn son, and have sanctified him unto Myself for ever and ever; and I will teach them the Sabbath day, that they may keep the Sabbath thereon from all work.” 21And thus He created therein a sign in accordance with which they should keep the Sabbath with us on the seventh day, to eat and drink, and to bless Him who hath created all things as He hath blessed and sanctified unto Himself a peculiar people above all peoples, and that they should keep Sabbath together with us. 22And He caused His commands to ascend as a sweet savour acceptable before Him all the days

Revelation 14:6-7 (KJV) 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters

315 Enoch 5: Rest and Feast

Sabbath and festivals promote unity for all segments of society: from our families to the universe. The sanctuary recognizes sabbaths and festivals as parts of the social systems and economy of Israel. All God’s appointed times point forward to a united universe where righteousness is the new normal. Remember, God’s Israel is His by faith alone, leading to life in harmony with all His laws and statutes, judgements, and decrees. They are to unite us.

Malachi 4:4-6 (KJV) 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Leviticus 23:2-4 (KJV) 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. 4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Passover and unleavened bread: Lev. 23:5-14. Festival of Harvest (Pentecost}: Lev. 23:15-22. Festival of Trumpets: Lev. 23:23-25.

Day of Atonement: Lev. 23:26-32. Festival of Shelters: Lev. 23:33-43.

Leviticus 23:44 (KJV) 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

1 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (KJV) 14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things

Nehemiah 8:12 (NLT) 12 So the people went away to eat and drink at a festive meal, to share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God’s words and understood them.

Why Feasts are Forgotten We are the reason, because of our wickedness. Evil is the reason for God’s anger in Bible times and it is no less true now. God does not share our pleasure in the table of demons

and evil spirits, no matter if they have “Christian” labels. We are destroying ourselves with our pagan holidays and traditions.

Isaiah 1:13-15 (KJV) 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Amos 5:20-22 (KJV) 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Zephaniah 1:9 (NLT) 9 Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit

Hosea 2:11-13 (KJV) 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

Hosea 9:5-6 (NLT) 5 What then will you do on festival days? How will you observe the LORD’s festivals? 6 Even if you escape destruction from Assyria, Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis will bury you Nettles will take over your treasures of silver; thistles will invade your ruined homes.

1 Corinthians 10:21 (NLT) You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.

316 Enoch 6: Invaded by Aliens

If anyone not originating on this world are aliens, then we have and are being invaded. Satan was the first to attempt a takeover and He succeeded. Jesus, the owner, contracted to live as a human, then pay the penalty for our treason against His love-centered laws and government. Based on that promise the battle was joined: love of others against love of self and hatred of God. The result of Satanic rule is open for the inspection of the universe. The second intrusion was from sons of God, who had been Watchers in the heavenly court. They wanted to have children with the daughters of men. Because they desired this, God enabled them. They abused this gift and great evil resulted. The book of Enoch expands on the Bible record.

Genesis 6:1-4 (KJV) 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Enoch 6:1-2, 6 1And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.

2And the angels, the children of heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children,’ 6And they were in all two hundred: who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon,

Enoch 7:1-4 1And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them. 2And they taught them charms, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with herbs. 3And they became pregnant, and they bore great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. 4And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind.

Evil Spirits

Without the Book of Enoch, we wouldn’t know the origin of the “unclean spirits” that inhabited the demoniac. These were the spirits of the offspring of the sons of God called “Watchers”, and the daughters of men. spoken of in the Bible and in the Book of Enoch.

In Jared’s time part of the observers of this world from the heavens, became enamored of the daughters of men and made a pact to stick together in their plan to marry them.

Genesis 6:4 (KJV) 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Enoch 7:5-6 5And they began to sin against birds, and beasts and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and drink the blood. 6Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.

Enoch 15:2-8 2Go say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent you to intercede for them: … 3Wherefore have ye left the high and holy eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and have taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants as your sons? 4And though ye were holy, spiritual living the eternal life, you have defiled

yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten children with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those do who die and perish. 5Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. 6But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of heaven, in heaven is their dwelling. 7And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on earth shall be their dwelling. 8Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.

317 Enoch 7: Evil Expands

There were far more aliens than the two hundred. How many we do not know, but Enoch 7:1 says “1And all the others together with them”, seeming to indicate a fairly large number. The children of the sons of God and daughters of men denuded the earth and ate each other and mankind. Genesis 6:4 (NLT) says “In those days and for sometime after” seeming to indicate that giants would be an ongoing problem.

Enoch 15:9-11 9As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on earth shall be their dwelling. 10And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. 11And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against women, because they have proceeded from them.

Matthew 24:37 (KJV) 37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Ephesians 6:10-12 (KJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Jude 1:6 (KJV) And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Mark 5 [Full Chapter] (KJV) And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

Development Arrested The first speed bump to glory happened when our first parents doubted the LORD. Then Cain killed Abel and refused any heartfelt repentance. The next huge event in the downward spiral came when heavenly beings, the “Watchers”, desired the daughters of men for wives.

God gave them what they wanted, but they introduced their wives to hidden evils. God refused them re-entry to heaven for damaging mankind. The sons of God seem to have held the office of Watchers in the court of heaven. Were they to keep track of how the sin problem played out on earth? In any event, they developed a desire to marry into the family of earth. In the last study we review from where evil spirits came. What happens to the evil spirits?

Matthew 12:43-45 (KJV) 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Enoch 16:1-5 1From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits have gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgment thus shall they

destroy until the day of the consummation. 2The great judgment in which the age shall be consummated, over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated.” 3And now as to the Watchers who have sent thee to intercede for them, who have been aforetime in heaven, say to them: 4”You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries have not been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women. And through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth.” 5Say to them therefore: “You have no peace.”’

Conclusion Chapter 1 Enoch’s World

Sin had entered a perfect world. Now that baleful influence was increased by the fallen ones from heaven. The children born to them were destroying the earth. Mankind were crying out

to heaven for help.

Chapter 2 Family God responds to mankind’s cry for relief. To stop the evil, He first hides the ones who chose Him, plus representatives of His breathing creation, in a huge boat. When they are safe, he

sends a world-wide flood to destroy evil.

320 Intro: Family - The Call

Anyone could have answered the call to come into the ark and be safe, but only one family, eight people, believed enough to respond. The rest of the population, even though depleted, wanted life, but they wanted it on their own terms, like Cain who killed his brother. Is it any different now?

Enoch 7:4-6 3And they became pregnant, and they bore great giants whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. 4And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind. 5And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and to drink the blood. 6Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.

Genesis 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that

every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Enoch 8:4 And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.

321 Family 1: The Call

The first part of the call was against the mayhem done by the offspring of the Watchers. The fallen angels had taught mankind to sin in a multitude of ways, each of them having a unique way in misuse of materials for self-service and for dishonoring God.

Enoch 8:1 1And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the art of working them, and the use of antimony, and beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all coloring tinctures.

2And there arose much Godlessness and they committed fornication. And many were led astray and became corrupt in all their ways.

3Semjaza taught enchantments, and cutting of roots. ‘Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal taught astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the Earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon.

4And as they perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.

Enoch 9:5-6 5Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all

things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. 6Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were kept in heaven, which men were striving to learn:

Enoch 10:1-3 1Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2’Go to Noah and tell him in my name “Hide thyself” and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. 3 And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.

Genesis 6:13 (KJV) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

World Wide Destruction The predicted deluge did come on the earth, destroying every thing that had breath outside the boat. Fossil evidence is abundant that a huge flood did sweep the earth, but science, so called, has been blinded by Satan’s desire to deny the Creator, the only source of life.

Genesis 6:14-22 (KJV) 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every

sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 7:1, 11-12 (KJV) 1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 8:13 (KJV) 13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry

322 Family 2: Covenant Sign

The Covenant sign, given to Noah for his family and all his descendants has been largely ignored by our world today. That was predicted by Peter as well as the coming destruction by fire. The Rain Bow is still there to witness that God keeps his promises.

Genesis 8:18-22 (KJV) 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Genesis 9:12-17 (KJV)

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Covenant Given to Abraham God created families to bless and educate His children. Then He chose Abraham’s family to be the vessel to bring salvation to earth. In that family’s line would come the Savior of the whole world. He would bless all nations.

Genesis 22:18 (KJV) And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou

hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 26:4 (KJV) …and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Galatians 3:7-8 (KJV) 7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Galatians 3:14 (KJV) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

John 3:13-17 (KJV) 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that

whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Acts 1:9-11 (KJV) 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Revelation 1:7-8 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

323 Family 3: Our Hearts

Of all our internal organs we chose “hearts” to symbolize our emotions. In the Bible, bowels or reins (kidneys?) are used as well. In our families, racism is causing a great deal of furor. Instead, it seems to me, we should be celebrating and embracing our differences as the creations of God. Each of us is different: consider our finger prints, ears, retina, and voice patterns! Our emotions affect our health, and God sees our innermost thoughts.

Psalm 24:3-5 (KJV) 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

John 14:27 (KJV) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

2 Timothy 2:22 (KJV)

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Proverbs 15:13-16 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith

Philippians 4:7 (KJV) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Psalm 19:14 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Deceitful Hearts We are our own worst enemy because we can fool ourselves. When you add to that the evil spirits and the minions of evil that surround us, it is a blueprint for disaster. Only in Jesus, the master builder, is there hope for us.

Constant prayer and dependence on the Spirit of Truth with consistent Bible study, do we have hope to avoid deception. Trust and humble dependence of all on Jesus for a teachable mind, will give us love and peace in our families.

Psalm 112:7 (KJV) He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD

2 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV) 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

Proverbs 12:20 (KJV) Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Deuteronomy 29:19 (KJV) And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Jeremiah 23:17 (KJV) They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his

own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jeremiah 9:8 (KJV) Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Zechariah 7:12 (KJV) Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Genesis 6:5-6 (KJV) 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

2 Chronicles 12:14 (KJV) And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD

Isaiah 57:1 (KJV) The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

324 Family 4: Our Spirits

As a word, “spirit”, calls up different pictures in our minds. They all have one thing in common: invisibility. To some it means breath or attitude. To others, spirit means angels: both good and evil. Then there are those who think of an essence with personality that lives within us; to others intelligence. The heavenly Father is spirit. There is the Holy Spirit, the great communicator. The Bible speaks about the Spirit of Christ speaking to the prophets. Enoch speaks of the Father of Spirits, who is also mentioned in the Bible. For this study, we will consider “spirit” as belonging to humans.

Zechariah 12:1 (KJV) The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

Hebrews 12:9 (KJV) Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live

Enoch 37:5-6 5Until the present day such wisdom has never been given by the Lord of Spirits as I have received according to my insight. 6According to the Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me.

Numbers 27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

John 3:5-8 (KJV) 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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

Job 32:8 (Elihu is speaking) But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 20 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Spirit Communication The Spirit of the LORD communicates with our spirit, but what if our spirit is damaged or dead? Spiritual rebirth is available through Jesus, but if we have had that rebirth and,

then repeatedly, damaged or killed it again, is there hope for us? If we kill our spirit, we open the way for evil spirits. In our families, we will be divided if, as individuals, our spirits differ.

Isaiah 66:2 (KJV) For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

John 4:24 (KJV) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Romans 8:6 (KJV) The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Galatians 4:6 (KJV) And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

1 Timothy 5:6 (NLT) But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.

Matthew 12 :43-45 (KJV) 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Proverbs 20:11 (KJV) The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 18:14 (KJV) The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

1 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

1 Peter 3:4 (KJV) But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Matthew 5:3 (KJV) Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

325 Family 5 The Holy Spirit

Since we cannot see the Holy Spirit, or any other spirit, we must recognize them by the things they do. Spirits may take a variety of forms, but whatever the shape, they will be known by their doings.

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

Romans 2:4 (KJV) 4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?

Psalm 51:11 (KJV) Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

John7:39 (KJV) (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

John 14:26 (KJV) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 20:21-23 (KJV)

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

1 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV) 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.

Ephesians 4:30 (KJV) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Matthew 12:31 (KJV) Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Matthew 28:19 (KJV) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

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Work of the Holy Ghost A Measure of the Holy Ghost is given to each of us. How we receive Him will determine which road we will follow. He is the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, and the Holy Spirit. The sin against Him is unforgivable, if persisted in. The problem is that as our

hearts become harder. we refuse to hear his still small voice. Because of this there will only remain fear and dread of the future.

Titus 3:4-6 (KJV) 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Hebrews 3:6-8 (KJV) 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Hebrews 2:3-5 (KJV) 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with

divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

Hebrews 6:4-6 (KJV) 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Hebrews 10:14-16 (KJV) 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

326 Family 6: Only Jesus

Jesus is the key to understanding spiritual life and growth. Learning about Him and the care He has for us has been the object of all the parables given by God. It began with the first lamb that was sacrificed pointing forward to the death of Jesus on our behalf. The love of the LORD designed the sanctuary and the festivals to illustrate personal and church growth. This growth, cyclical and escalating, describes our journey on the narrow way. The sanctuary concerns our personal spiritual journey. The festivals expand this concept to include the temple, church or corporate worship. If any of the education steps is missing, we will be out of balance like a thee legged stool with a missing leg. This is about the visible expression of the Creator God, becoming flesh, living a life of love on our behalf, and dying to pay the price for our sins. If there had been any other way the heavenly Father would have spared Him the cross.

John 3:12-13 (KJV) 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Genesis 28:12 (KJV) And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

John 1:50-51 (EXB)  51 And Jesus said to them, “·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly I say to you], you will all see heaven open and ‘angels of God going up and coming down’ [C a reference to Jacob’s dream in Gen. 28:12] on the Son of Man [C a title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14].”

Psalm 68:18 (KJV) Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

John 6:62-63 (KJV) 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 20:17 (KJV) Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Jesus Before Everything As the visible image of the invisible God, Jesus has existed for eternity. We have let our ideas human generational limitations apply to our spiritual God. Only by seeing how God uses the term can we begin to grasp how the family of God is altogether. To accept His words and let the spirit then reveal truth is very difficult for our hardened minds.

John 1:1-3 (KJV)  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:10-14 (KJV) 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 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.

1John 2:18, 21-24 (KJV) 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many

antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

1 John 4:3 (KJV) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2 John 1:7 (KJV) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Revelation 2:8 (KJV) 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

327 Family 7: Families

Family was given to us on the sixth day. From the rib that the LORD God took from Adam, He formed a woman. This happened in the second week of time after Adam had named the animals and realized that he, alone, was without a companion. The first marriage took place when God brought her to Adam.

Jesus was placed in a family when he came to earth.

Genesis 2:18-20 (KJV) 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Jubilees 3:1-2 (Angel of the presence is speaking. Ch, 2:1)

1And on the six days of the second week we brought, according to the word of God, unto Adam all the beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and everything that moveth on the earth, and everything that moveth in the water, according to their kinds, and according to their types: the beasts on the first day; the cattle on the second day; the birds on the third day; and all that moveth on the earth on the fourth day; and that which moveth in the water on the fifth day.

2And Adam named them all by their respective names, and as he called them, so was their name.

3And on these five days Adam saw all these male and female, according to every kind that was on the earth, but he was alone and found no helpmeet for him.

4And the Lord said unto us: “It is not good that man should be alone: let us make a helpmeet for him.”

Genesis 2:21-24 (KJV) 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Family Behavior The plan of God was for equality between man and woman, but when sin entered things changed. Parents were to teach their children; parents included their ancestors as well, and ultimately the Heavenly Father. The kingdom of God is love and service oriented, but the kingdom of the rebel is self-centered. Recovery from sin is only by faith in Jesus and the grace of God. However, there are results we must live with.

Genesis 3:16-19 (KJV) 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Malachi 4:4-6 (KJV) 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (KJV)  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Ephesians 5:22, 25 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself

Conclusion Chapter 2: Families

Families are the plan from the very beginning. This is true spiritually, too. Our Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus, with our brothers and sisters

will be able to enjoy eternity together.

Chapter 3: Tests Everyone that has ever lived is tested to see if they are loyal to the government of love for others. If self is on a pedestal, we won’t see the needs of others or our need of the LORD.

Judgment follows testing.

330 Tests: Everyone

The result of the first test will be seen in just two groups. People will be on one of two roads.: The Narrow road, entered through Jesus, is hard now but will lead to life, but the easy Broad road that leads to destruction. The choice is ours. In life we are constantly judging our own actions by whatever standard we have chosen. Whether we like it or not there is always an external law involved. Will it be God’s laws that care for all, or Satan’s laws that only care for self? Jesus reveals the perfect pattern.

Matthew 5:17-18 (KJV) 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 44:24 (KJV) And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

Hebrews 9:27 (KJV) And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Deuteronomy 32:4 (KJV) He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

2 Timothy 4:1 (KJV) I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

331 Tests 1: Trust

If our first parents had trusted God to provide for all their needs, no matter how good the fruit looked, our world would not have become the prison camp of the universe. We live on the earth to which Satan and his angels have been cast; where the fallen “sons of God” are restricted; and where rebellious groups of humanoids from other planets have been sent. Here they can try out the government they have chosen. Witness fossil remains and works. We are on the “outside the camp” of the universe just as the unclean and lawbreakers were removed from the camp of the Israelites. We are the generation for which Enoch, the seventh from Adam, wrote.

Jude 1:14-16 (KJV) 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage

Jude 1:5-7 (KJV) 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in

everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

2 Peter 2:4 (KJV) 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Enoch 14:4-5 (to fallen Watchers) 4I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgment has been finally been passed upon you: yea, your petition will not be granted unto you. 5And from henceforth you shall not ascend unto heaven to all eternity, and in the bonds of the earth the decree has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world.

Distrust Kills Death in the spiritual world seems to be invisible at first, but it is real, nevertheless. Adam and Eve were told that they would die if they ate of the beautiful. fragrant tree of knowledge. Physical beauty does not equal goodness. Things are not always what they

appear or as they are labeled. Beauty is tested by its behavior as seen in results of the fall. Beauty is only seen in God’s Words.

Enoch 32:3-7 3And from afar off, I saw, trees more numerous than these trees and two great trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom. 4That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are like the carob tree: and its fruit is like the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. 5Then I said: “How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is it’s look!” 6Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me, answered me and said: ‘This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father, old in years. And thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten. 7And they learned wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked

Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV) 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:

for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:8-13 (KJV) 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

By hiding in fear and each blaming someone else they gave evidence of spiritual death.

332 Tests 2: Watchers

There is a different kind of test for loyalty applied to each kind of being. The Watchers are sons of God. Job speaks of sons of God in connection with the courts of heaven. Not all of the Watchers fell into sin, It appears that they were already erring in heaven before they came to earth. Now the unfallen ones are watching their erstwhile friends bound on earth waiting for the final consummation of their judgment.

Enoch 13:10 And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to rebuke the heavenly Watchers.

Enoch 14:4 4I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgment has finally been passed upon you: yea your petition will not be granted unto you. 5And from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in the bonds of the earth the decree has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. 6And that previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by the sword. 7And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have written

Enoch 16:4-5 4”You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries had not been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth.” 5Say to them therefore: “You have no peace.

“Enoch 19:1-4 1And Uriel said to me: “Here shall stand the angels who have connected themselves to women. 2And their spirits assuming many different forms are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods. Here shall they stand, until the day of the great judgment in which they shall be judged until they are made an end of.

1 Corinthians 10:21 (KJV) Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

Sentencing Here is a brief review of some sentences pronounced: from the expulsion from Eden to the exclusion from heaven of the fallen Watchers and of Satan himself. The eviction of rebels, former members, from the heavenly courts shows how repugnant sin is to a holy God. The variety of fossil remains suggests many different worlds are represented by the Watchers. These Aliens continue to arrive on earth as suggested by scripture.

Revelation 12:9 (KJV) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Enoch 5:3-7 3And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments’. 4 But ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the LORD, 5But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words with your impure mouths against His greatness. 6Oh, ye hardhearted, ye shall find no peace. Therefore shall ye abhor your days and years of your life and perish. 7The years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal damnation and ye shall find no mercy.

Enoch 10:4-6 4And again the LORD said to Raphael; ‘Bind Azazel hand and

foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. 5And place on him rough and ragged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there forever, and cover his face that he may not see the light. 6And on the day of the great judgment he shall be cast into the fire. …

Enoch 10:12-13, 22 12And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, until the day of their judgment that is forever and ever is consummated. 13In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. 22And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

333 Tests 3: Penal Planet

Or could it be a penal solar system? In any event it seems we are the “without the camp” of the entire universe. The children of Israel sent all uncleanness and sin outside the camp. Jesus, who was bearing all our sins, was crucified outside Jerusalem. Since He died on this world, He was “outside the camp” of the rest of the universe, too. Sin will not rise up the second time. The Bible and the Book of Enoch are both clear about this.

Nahum 1:8-10 (KJV) 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Enoch 11:1-2 1And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. 2And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men.’

Revelation 21:3-7 (KJV) 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. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Isaiah 62:11 (KJV) 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is …

Universe Cleansed Here are word pictures of peace and safety, happiness and contentment. It is hard to think of a world without conflict and pain of all kinds. I look forward to no language barriers and joy in all God’s sabbaths and appointed times. This means we will be able to communicate with all the creation. We can talk with the animals and not be afraid anymore.

Isaiah 65:17-19 (KJV) 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Isaiah 65:23-25 (KJV) 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD

Zephaniah 3:9, 18-20 (NLT) “Then I will purify the speech of all people so that everyone can worship the LORD together.

Zephaniah 3:18-20 (NLT) 18 “I will gather you who mourn for the appointed festivals;

    you will be disgraced no more. 19 And I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you.

    I will save the weak and helpless ones; I will bring together

    those who were chased away.I will give glory and fame to my former exiles,

    wherever they have been mocked and shamed. 20 On that day I will gather you together

    and bring you home again. I will give you a good name, a name of distinction,

    among all the nations of the earth,as I restore your fortunes before their very eyes.

    I, the LORD, have spoken!”

334 Tests 4: Community

God created our world to be inhabited and He created it for His enjoyment. He loves to meet our needs and He wants to share that joy with our communities. For our greatest happiness He has given us families and love-based rules for relationships. When we miss the mark in any way, we bring grief to ourselves and others. The story of the widow Ruth who left her native Moab and went to the land of Israel with Naomi is an example. There in a new community, she found a new family in a community setting. After Ruth’s decision to go back home with her mother-in-law, she met and married a close relative of Naomi’s deceased husband. This close relative, called a family redeemer, married her to perpetuate the family name of her dead husband.

Ruth 1:16-18 (KJV) 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

Ruth 1:22 (KJV) 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth 3:1-2 (KJV) Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Ruth 4:13-17 (KJV) 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: …14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

A Family Destroyed In the family of Solomon and of Jeroboam, we see the curse that the evil of one person can bring destruction to a whole family, community or nation.

1 Kings 11:11 (KJV)

11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of

thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

1 Kings 12:26-33 (KJV) 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 14:14-16 (NLT) 14 “In addition, the LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This will happen today, even now!  15 Then the LORD will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the LORD with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.

 16 He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

335 Tests 5: Nations

Nations of this earth are judged on their corporate behavior. God has set the boundaries for each one. Only when each person has filled their cup of iniquity, will they be removed for the same reason as the preflood world. When their minds were evil continually, they were destroyed. Destruction came to Sodom and to the nation of the Amorites when their cup of iniquity was full.

Genesis 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21 (KJV) 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Genesis 18:32 (KJV) 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Genesis 19:28-29 (KJV) 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Genesis 15:16 (KJV) 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Deuteronomy 2:24 (KJV) Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

End Time Nations The prophet Daniel has explained to the King of Babylon the sequence of nations from his time to the end of the world. Assyria had given way to Babylon because of her extreme cruelty. They had responded to Jonah’s warning and then slipped back into sin. Now Babylon has her chance. Dan. 2 tells of four kingdoms succeeded by people who mixed state

and church. During this time the God of heaven sets up His kingdom which will endure forever.

Isaiah 13:19 (KJV) And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 4:19 (KJV) My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

2 Peter 3:3-7 (KJV) 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

Psalm 9:7-8 (NLT) 7 But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne. 8 He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.

Psalm 2:1-4, 10-11 (KJV) 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

336 Tests 6: Worlds

All the worlds will have been tested and adjudged before sin and sinners are no more. Judgment is not to be feared when you know you have already been cleared of wrongdoing. The problem comes if you only think you have been cleared. When we walk in God’s laws of love, we will be known of Him.

Matthew 7:21-23 (KJV) 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 25:32-40 (KJV) 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Nahum 1:7-9 (KJV) 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Tested Lawbreakers

In all the starry host there are worlds whose representatives comprise the court of

heaven. When Adam sinned, he gave up that position. Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam was much more acquainted the universe than are we. He writes this for us, his many times great grandchildren.

Matthew 25:41-46 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.44 Then shall they also answer him,

saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Psalm 104:35 (KJV) Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

Enoch 92:1-10 1The book written by Enoch; ’Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, which is praised of all men and a judge of all the earth for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. 2And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace. 3Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times for the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things. 4And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, He shall arise and walk in the paths of righteousness.

5And all his oaths and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and grace. 6He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal uprightness. 7And he will give him power so that he shall be endowed with goodness and righteousness. 8And he shall walk in eternal light. 9And sin shall perish in darkness forever. 10And shall no more be seen from that day forevermore.

337 Tests 7: Universe

We do not know when Lucifer fell. But it was the beginning of a long history of grief for all of us. A third of the angels fell for his smear campaign and attack on the character of the LORD. That included any and all of God’s laws. Love and service are the foundation of everything God does. What record do we have of how it all began? First, there was treason by Lucifer. then we have creation of mankind. Next fallen sons of God, representing different worlds in heaven, wanted human wives so they came to earth.

Genesis 1:1 (NLT) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[ Footnotes:1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .

Genesis 2:3-4 (KJV) 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Isaiah 14:12-13 (KJV) 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

Revelation 12:9 (KJV)

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him

Genesis 6:1-5 (KJV) 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Ongoing Creation Maintenance of the universe is an act of creation. Each baby born, each wound healed, each breath sustained, are just a tiny example of His moment by moment work. Every spirit formed in the newborn and every spiritual rebirth emphasizes the support of an ongoing invisible Creator. The development of variations within a kind was designed at creation in the instruction to multiply and replenish the earth. The LORD continues to maintain these boundaries in the created world.

Job 38:9-13 (KJV) 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

2 Samuel 22:16 (KJV) And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Job 34:13-15 (KJV) 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Isaiah 42:5 (KJV) Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Acts 17:24-26 (KJV) 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Conclusion Chapter 3: Tests

Tests reveal attitudes. There are two groups: Lust, hate, fear and selfishness come from the fallen Lucifer. In the second group, love, sound mind, care of others and unselfishness

come from the LORD.

Chapter 4: Idols Anything that comes between our hearts and the heart of God is an idol. In itself, it can be

good, but if takes God’s place in our hearts, it could ruin us for eternity. There is power with both groups.

340 Intro: Idols

How do idols invade our personal space? When we remember that an idol is anything that comes between our hearts and the heart of God, we can see that anything could become an idol even if they are good if used properly. Continual faith and trust in our LORD, combined with constant communication, is our hope. Temptations come in a certain way and the result, if allowed to run its course, can have only one end – death.

Jeremiah 17:8 (KJV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Zechariah 7:12 (KJV) Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

James 1:14-18 (KJV) 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

341 Idol 1: Children

We thank God for our children, but we must never forget who they really belong to. Abraham’s faith was tested and passed on this very point. No, we are not given this test in the same way, but it does point out that God must come first in our hearts.

Genesis 22:1-2, 6-12 (KJV) And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order,

and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Hebrews 11:17-19 (NLT) 17 It was by faith that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God was testing him. Abraham, who had received God’s promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac,  18 even though God had told him, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted. 19 Abraham reasoned that if Isaac died, God was able to bring him back to life again. And in a sense, Abraham did receive his son back from the dead.

The Watcher’s Children Here is the result of faithless parents and their beloved offspring. Enoch reports the result of combining the flesh of mankind with the spirit “sons of God”. The giant children of these unequal unions increased wickedness on the earth. Because of their nature and this corruption their spirits were not able sleep in death or ascend to heaven. The resulting evil spirits, in different forms, are still impacting our world today.

Enoch 15:7-11 7And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on earth shall be their dwelling. 8Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth and evil spirits shall they be called. 9As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on earth shall be their dwelling. 10And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. 11And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.

Enoch 16:1-2 1From the days of the slaughter and death of the giants, from the souls of

whose flesh the spirits have gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgment thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation. 2The great judgment in which the age shall be consummated, over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated.

Enoch 10:22 And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

Jude 14-15 (KJV) 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Revelation 22:12 (KJV) 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

342 Idol 2: Greed

Greed is inordinate desire for anything, but the first thing that comes to mind is money. Or more accurately, the love of money. There is no way that we can serve both God and mammon.

Matthew 6:24 (AMP) 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].

Exodus 20:17 (KJV) 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Proverbs 21:26 (KJV) He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Ephesians 4:18-19 (KJV) 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Ephesians 5:5 (NLT)

You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

Jude 1:11 (NLT) Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Numbers 31:16 (KJV) Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

2 Peter 2:15-16 (KJV) 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

Diligence is not Greed Here in Proverbs 31, is a picture of a woman of noble character whose heart is right with God. On the other hand, greed is usually accompanied by other sinful practices.

Proverbs 31:10-31 (KJV) 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. (warm cloths NLT)

22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

343 Idol 3: Beauty

By failing to give God glory for his perfect beauty and superior talents, Lucifer fell from his exalted position. Now he is accusing the Creator of being responsible for all his own actions, while at the same time claiming to be the good guy. The LORD is allowing the universe to see just what satanic government would be like. The King of Tyre is a symbol of Lucifer, Satan.

Isaiah 14:12 (KJV) 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Ezekiel 28:12-19 (KJV) 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

Destruction of Lucifer

Ezekiel 28:1-2, 6-8 (KJV) The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas;

yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

Isaiah 14:13-21 (KJV) 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Ezekiel 28:8-10 (KJV) 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

344 Idol 4: Sex

There is power in sex, and the less people understand, the more powerful it becomes. In paganism it becomes an attribute of their gods, the worship of which carries over into our holidays. This fascination certainly was a factor desired by the fallen heavenly sons of God before the flood.

Genesis 6:1-2, 4-5 (KJV)  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Romans 1:22, 24-32 (KJV) 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Lust is More than Sex If the things we want in our lives are for ourselves primarily, we should investigate our inner-most being. Or better yet, ask the LORD to do it for us. He is so kind, He won’t bring more to our minds than we can deal with; And even that is done by His grace!

Romans 7:7 (KJV) What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Mark 4:18-19 (KJV) 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

John 8:44 (KJV) Ye 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

Galatians 5:15-17 (KJV) 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 (KJV) 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Titus 2:11-13 (KJV) 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Titus 3:2 (KJV) 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

345 Idol 5: Jewelry

Lucifer and the fallen watchers seem to have used, or maybe misused jewelry, and taught mankind how to adorn themselves. This damaged people of the preflood world by increasing self-centeredness. If jewelry comes ahead of our relationship with God, we have a problem. Uses of jewelry have included signs of authority, ear rings to indicate submission to masters or idols, and rings to indicate relationships. It is only when jewelry comes ahead of the LORD that it becomes an idol.

Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV) 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Enoch 8:1-2 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and make known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures.

2And there arose much godlessness and they committed fornication. And many were led astray and became corrupt in all their ways.

Enoch 9:6 Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on

earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were kept in heaven, which men were striving to learn.

Genesis 35:1-4 (KJV) And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Abstaining from Jewelry Gold and jewelry and apparel has been a medium of exchange for a long time. It has honored royalty and brides. What we are considering is the misuse of jewelry for self-aggrandizement that spoils heart worship of God.

Abstaining from jewelry has been a symbol of repentance and humility for the children of Israel. In new Testament times, women were encouraged to use simple and uncomplicated apparel. Idols were adorned with, or made of, gold and silver and were worshiped. If we spend energy and resources on adornment and little on our LORD it has become an idol.

Exodus 33:5 (NLT) 3 Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.” 4 When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.  5For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”

Exodus 35:22 (KJV) And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

Numbers 31:49-50 (KJV) 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our

charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

1 Timothy 2:8-10 (NLT) 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

2 Timothy 2:22 (NLT) 22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.

346 Idols 6: Pleasure

In pre-flood times fallen angels trained mankind in ways to kill humans, spirits and embryo in the womb to make them disappear. Abortion is a big issue today. Humans had become so evil they needed to write things down to insure correct understanding. We go to courts today to clarify facts. We truly are living in days like those of Noah. The following text makes a distinction between angels and the “sons of God”.

Enoch 69:4-13 4And these are the chiefs of their angels and their names, and their chief ones over hundreds and over fifties and over tens. 5The name of the first Jeqon: that is the one who led astray all the sons of God, and brought them down to earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men. 6And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled their bodies with the daughters of men. 7And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed the weapons of death to the sons of men the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons of death to the children of men. 8And from his hand they have proceeded against who dwell on the earth from that day and forevermore. 9And the fourth was named Penemue: he taught the children of men the bitter and

the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. 10And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to eternity and until this day. 11For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation to their good faith with pen and ink. 12For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this knowledge they are perishing, and through this power it is consuming me. 13And the fifth was named Kasdeja: this is he who showed the children of men all wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo in the womb, that it may pass away, and the smitings of the soul the bites of the serpent, and the smitings which befall through the noontide heat, the son of the serpent named Taba’et.

Spiritual Death Abortions seem to have been common in the days of Noah, just as they are common today. The killing of a spirit is not so well recognized, but if the way spirits are killed now is the same as it was in the time of the apostle Paul, we have reason to believe there is a major spiritual die-off from excessive pleasuring. Self-serving pleasure, of all kinds, destroys our spirits.

1 Timothy 5:6 (NLT) 6 But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.

Matthew 8:22 (NLT) But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.”

Proverbs 21:16 (KJV) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 (KJV) I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Ester 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV) 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Luke 8:14 (KJV) And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Ezekiel 33:11 (KJV) Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Luke 12:32 (KJV) Godly Pleasure Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Isaiah 58:13 (KJV) 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it

347 Idol 7: Church

Can your church come between you and God? Church is a good thing, but like any good thing, it can become corrupted. Traditions are rarely formed by one individual or generation. Fathers inherit lies, then magnify and pass them on. Why is truth so much harder to embrace than lies? We have an enemy that seeks to destroy all that God loves. His church is able to hurt Him the most by willful disobedience. If we refuse to enter His rest and do not Sabbath with Him, we have robbed Him to the finest of His blessings for unity and sanctification.

Isaiah 28:12-14 (KJV) 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Jeramiah 16:19 (KJV) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Mark 7:8-9 (KJV)

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Colossians 2:8 (KJV) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV) 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

One Church This one church is a church that spans all denominations and no denominations at all. It is an invisible church of the heart, based in the faith of Jesus and trust in Him. His New Covenant promise is to write His law in our hearts and minds. The Sabbath covenant promises that He is the One who makes us holy when we become Spiritual Israel by His grace.

1 Corinthians 12:13-18 (KJV) 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 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? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Ephesians 2:19-21 (KJV) 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

Hebrews 10:14-16 (KJV) 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Exodus 31:13 (KJV)

13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

Jubilees 2:30-31 …on this we kept Sabbath in the heavens before it was made known to any flesh to keep Sabbath thereon on the earth. 31And the Creator of all things blessed it, but He did not sanctify all peoples and nations to keep Sabbath thereon, but Israel alone He permitted to eat and drink and to keep Sabbath thereon on the earth.

Conclusion Chapter 4: Idols

Only by letting Jesus be first and foremost in our hearts can we avoid the spiritual adultery of idol worship. This can only happen when we ask the Father for the Holy

Spirit, in Jesus name.

Chapter 5: Safeguards The kingdom of God is an invisible kingdom, one not of this world. Nothing can

happen to us that does not pass His inspection; however, we need to use the safeguards He has provided.

350 Intro: Safeguards

There are innumerable ways God protects us, but that does not block our freedom of choice. We are our own worst enemies. God gives us angel guardians and they work in plain view of the Father. His Holy Spirit hears the cry of our spirits and relays our innermost pleas to the Father of spirits even if we don’t know what to say. He has given us his laws of love to teach us how to see ourselves and how to relate to each other. Laws also show us how to serve Him and His creation.

Psalm 91:1-8 (KJV) He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:

his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

351 Safety 1: Angels

All of our protections are gifts from the LORD. The gift of Himself is the greatest treasure of all. Everything we are or will ever be comes from Him. How do we choose which of His safeguards to list first? He has been protecting the line of our ancestry since creation. Maybe angels could come first. They certainly cared for us before we knew anything about it!

Psalm 91: 8-16 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Matthew 18:10 (KJV)

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Daniel 6:22 (KJV) My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Acts 27:22-24 (KJV) 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Angel Messengers Communication is a serious part of the kingdom of God. There is a chain of communication used by the LORD which includes His Spirit, angels and mankind. Sometimes He even used animals such as Balaam’s donkey!

Revelation 1:1-3 (KJV) 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Hebrews 2:1-3 (KJV) 1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Luke 2:10 (KJV) 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Acts 10:2-6 (KJV) 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

Revelation 1:20 (KJV) The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

352 Safety 2: Laws and Walls

Walls are very much part of our world. Some walls we may not have considered as such. What about our skin? It has all the characteristics of a wall. It keeps things out and it protects that which is inside. If it is breached, we hurry to get it patched up! It certainly defines our physical being and we spend a lot of time on its condition and appearance. Now let’s use our skin as a parable of our spiritual being. Walls protect us as do all of the laws of the LORD.

Malachi 4:4 (KJV) 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Matthew 7:21-23 (NLT) 21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’

 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’

Isaiah 26:1 (KJV) In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Leviticus 25:18 (KJV) Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Ezekiel 42:20 (KJV) He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

Matthew 5:17-20 (KJV) 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

The Laws of the LORD The walls around the sanctuary courtyard represent all the laws of the LORD. All the laws ever given by our Creator are for our good, in all ways. We may not understand them, but we can accept them because they are His and He loves us. The rules for governing the animal sacrifices pointing to Jesus death have been removed from our hands and placed in

the hands of our Savior. They are still there for our education. Only by trust and faith in Jesus will our understanding increase.

2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (KJV) 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Psalm 19:7-14 (KJV) 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of

the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

353 Safety 5: Sleep for Mankind

What happens when we die? This depends on who we are. Are you a son of Adam or are you one of the Watchers or their offspring? Watchers are of the Sons of God that left their heavenly estate to cohabit with the daughters of men and from them begat giant children. The Book of Enoch tells what happens to them. Since the Watchers were immortal, they are not granted the blessing of sleep at death. Their offspring are called demons and devils. They will suffer forever until all evil is “consummated” in the lake of fire. For right now they are chained to this world and not allowed to return to heaven. Mankind, both the evil and the righteous, sleep until their separate resurrections.

Matthew 5:44-46 (KJV) 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; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Acts 24:14-16 (KJV) 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that

there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Revelation 20:4-6 (KJV) 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Saved from Stress No deceased Son of Adam, good or bad, is conscience right now. All are waiting, asleep, to wake up at their own resurrection. Judgment, based on the record books is conducted while they sleep. Executive judgment is future.

John 11:12-14 (KJV) 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Psalm 13:3 (KJV) Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Ecclesiastes 9:5-7 (KJV) 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Psalm 17:15 (KJV) As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Isaiah 26:19 (KJV) Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Luke 9:22 (KJV) Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

1 Corinthians 15:52 (KJV) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 1:10 (KJV) And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Daniel 12:2 (KJV) And many of them that Sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Psalm 146:4 (KJV) His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

354 Safety 4: Prayer

Prayer does change things; especially when the Holy Spirit prays on our behalf. Those prayers will be in harmony with the will of the Father. If we ask for His will to be done. He will answer for our eternal best interest. If we keep insisting on our own way, He may give it to us. Remember how He enabled the Watchers that wanted to have children with the daughters of men? God enabled them to produce children even though He knew what a disaster that would be. Be careful what you pray for.

John 6:29 (KJV) 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

John 16:24 (KJV) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Psalm 4:1 (KJV) Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 143:1(KJV) Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

James 5:16 (KJV) 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall

raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

2 Chronicles 6:39 (KJV) Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

Psalm 102:2 (KJV) Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

Mark 13:33 (KJV) Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Psalm 32:6 (KJV)  For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Evil Blocks Prayer When we harbor known sin, God will hide his face from us in mercy. To the penitent struggling sinner, God listens. Arrogance and feeling we have need of nothing will destroy communication with the LORD .

Micah 3:4 (KJV) Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Deuteronomy 31:18 (KJV) And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Jeremiah 11:14 (KJV) Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Psalm 109:6-8 (KJV 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Psalm 80: 3-4 (KJV) 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

1 Peter 3:12 (KJV) For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Galatians 4:8-9 (KJV) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

2 Chronicles 30:9 (KJV) For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

355 Safety 5: Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the great communicator. He links our spirit with the Father in the name of Jesus and shows us truth in the best way for our understanding. He is the Comforter and the Spirit of Truth. More than we can comprehend, He pervades the entire universe. We can just be thankful. The LORD: Father, Son and Holy Spirit or Ghost, were together at Creation, and are One throughout time and the universe.

Genesis 1:2 (KJV) 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.

Psalm 51:10-12 (KJV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Isaiah 63:10-11 (KJV) 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

Luke 4:1 (KJV) And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Luke 11:13 (KJV) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

John 7:39 (KJV) (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

1 Corinthians 2:13 (KJV) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

John 14:16-17 (KJV) 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Comforter and Spirit of Truth

The promise of the Comforter and the assurance of Truth was and is very precious to us. The Holy Ghost will be with us always.

Ephesians 1:12-14 (KJV) 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 3:4-5 (KJV) 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

John 14:18, 26 (KJV) 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Matthew 12:31-33 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Ephesians 4:30 (KJV) And grieve not the  Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Luke 5:10 (KJV) And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

Acts 1:8 (KJV) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

John 4:24 (KJV) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

356 Safety 6: Spiritual Gifts

Spiritual gifts equip us to serve each other in love, meeting needs as the Holy Spirit directs us. The first test to identify whether the gift is truly from the LORD is the acceptance of Jesus as Lord, without any denial. Is the gift selfless? The final test is based in charity, also called love.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (KJV) 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 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. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Corinthians 12:27-31 (KJV) 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV) 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Love is the Greatest Gift Jesus is the embodiment of the love of the Godhead. In Jesus all heaven was put at risk. If He had shown one tiny bit of selfishness or of doing things without the guidance of the Holy Spirit, He would have failed. But He did not fail and He is now seated on the right hand of the Father. In His Spirit we can love.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (KJV) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall

cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

John 14:5-7 (KJV) 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

357 Safety 7: Jesus

All the beauty, truth, ways and life, was poured out on our behalf when Jesus came as a babe to Bethlehem. He is the fulfillment of all the covenant promises: Everlasting, Sabbath, Old and New Covenants are assured in Him. In this extremely brief study, catch a glimpse of the eternal plan of the LORD.

2 Timothy2:19 (KJV) Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Hebrews 4:3 (KJV) For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Exodus31:13 (KJV) 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

Jubilees 2:1, 17-18, 30, 33 1And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all his works. 17And he gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six

days, but keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. 18And all the angels of the presence, and all angels of sanctification, these two great classes—He hath bidden us to keep the Sabbath with him in heaven and on earth. 30…for that day is more holy and blessed than any jubilee day of the jubilees: on this we kept Sabbath in the heavens before it was made known to any flesh to keep Sabbath thereon on the earth. 33This law and testimony was given to the children of Israel as a law for ever unto their generations.

Enoch 108:1 1And another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who will come after him, and keep the law in the last days. 2Ye who have done good shall wait for those days until an end is made of those who work evil; and an end of the might of the transgressors.

Matthew 12:8 (KJV) For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Son of Man in the Book of Enoch The Son of Man is mentioned in the Book of Enoch as being with the Head of Days and being the righteous one. John describes Him as the Word that is in the beginning with God. Colossians talks of the visible image and of the fulness of the godhead. Let’s look at these references.

Enoch 46:1-5 1And there I saw One who had a head of days and His head was white like wool. 2And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of graciousness, like unto the holy angels. 3And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me the hidden things, concerning that Son of Man, who he was, and whence he was, and why he went with the Head of Days?

4And he answered and said unto me: This is the Son of Man who hath righteousness, and who revealeth all the treasures of that which is hidden,

5Because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen him whose lot hath been preordained before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness for ever.

John 1:1-3, 10 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Colossians 1:15-19 (KJV) 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Enoch 47:12 For in his name they are saved and according to his good pleasure hath it been in regard to their life.

Conclusion Chapter 5: Safeguards

The abundant kindness or grace of the LORD has been shown to us in Jesus and the gifts He has given to us. We have no excuse to doubt His love or protection if we will accept it.

Chapter 6: Judgments How we view judgments is determined by the choices we have made. The pre-flood world

people illustrate how the LORD respects our decisions.

360 Intro. Judges

How we view judgments depends on the which side of an issue we are on. Satan, or the satans, are accusers of the LORD or His followers. We need to look at what their governments stand for. God’s kingdom serves others and rejects coercion. Satan’s kingdom rejects any rule that cuts across his major wish to do whatever he wants. God’s love for his enemies does not wish them to hurt themselves or each other, so there are regulations. All God’s laws are love based. Satan does things to hurt people and then blames God for his own actions. Switching labels is a Satanic ploy. Observe the source of truth and also of lies.

Isaiah 5:20 (KJV) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Jeremiah 16:19 (KJV) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit

John 8:44 (KJV)

Ye 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.

John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

361 Judges 1: Two Ways

We seem to have two pictures of judgment presented in the Bible. It reminds me of the two views of Jesus that the apostle Paul presents to the Corinthians. The down trodden and the natural world are portrayed as longing for Judgment. Is this something desirable that has been given a bad rap? This is a view that seems to depend on the choices we have made.

2 Corinthians 2:14-17 (KJV) 14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

Psalm 1:4-5 (KJV) 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:16 (KJV) It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Exodus 12:12 (KJV) For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 4:8 (KJV) 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?

Deuteronomy 10:18 (KJV) He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 24:17 (KJV) Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Deuteronomy 32:4 (KJV) He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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Judgment Blessings Blessings come to the righteous over and over in scripture, including in the Book of Enoch, Jubilees by Moses, and a book by Jasher. Treason against the Creator King of the Universe can never bring blessings. Sin always self-destructs and injures us if we cling to it. This is why God wants us to separate from sin.

2 Chronicles 19:6 (KJV) And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

Psalm 9:16 (KJV) 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Proverbs 2:8 (KJV) He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Isaiah 5:16 (KJV) But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Isaiah 28:17 (KJV) Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 56:1 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Revelation 16:7 (KJV) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Revelation 19:2 (KJV) For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

1Peter 4:17 (KJV) For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

362 Judges 2: Order

When Moses was settling problems for the camp of Israel his father in law gave him some sound advice on organization. There are some clues that this protocol was commonly used in Israel. Evidence from the book of Enoch indicates that “ten” was an organizational number used in heaven and before the flood . Exodus 18:24-26 (KJV)

24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the

people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Ruth 4:2 (KJV) And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Enoch 6:7 6And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon,… 7And these are the names of their leaders …These are the names of the chiefs of tens.

Psalm 147:4 (KJV) He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Exodus 9:29 (KJV) And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.

Jeremiah 31:35 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

Jeremiah 8:7 (KJV) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

Matthew 8:26-27 (KJV) 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Judicial System One would expect an orderly system from the Eternal One. I accept that He has always been because He says so, not because I can wrap my mind around it! What does his throne room look like? Here are some descriptions. Hebrew thought centers on function. Greek thinking looks at appearances.

Hebrews 4:16 (KJV) Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Revelation 4:2-6, 8 (KJV) 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Revelation 15:2-4 (KJV) 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

363 Judges 3: Preflood Choices

Two roads were available in pre-flood times “in the days of Noah”. It is critical that we understand just what various things Jesus was talking about or we will not be armed for these last days.

Matthew 24:37 (KJV)But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Enoch 1:10-11 And all that is upon the earth shall perish and there shall be a judgment upon all men. 11But with the righteous He will make peace and will protect the elect.

Jude 14-15 (KJV) 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Malachi 4:1-3 (KJV) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with

healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

2 Peter 3:3-7 (KJV) 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.

Watchers The spirits of the Watchers and their offspring were restricted to this earth and refused permission to return to heaven. They were to be kept in prison until the consummation of their judgment when all evil is destroyed. All evil has not been destroyed yet, so they must still be here

We have considered the forecast of coming fire to be for wicked mankind but, first, it could also be for any evil spirits impersonating or possessing humans. Evil spirits seem eager to take over human bodies. Jesus told a parable about this:

Matthew 12:43-45 (KJV) 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Enoch 15:7 7And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. 8Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on the earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.

9As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of earth which were born upon the earth, on earth shall be their dwelling. 10And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but are nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences.

11And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.

Enoch 16:1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgment thus they shall destroy until the day of the consummation.

364 Judges 4: Consummation

There will come a time when all evil will be terminated, all punishment will end, and the earth shall be cleansed. Enoch and the Bible, both foretell this, First, there is a restraining of evil ones. They will be bound until the sentence will be completed. The sentence is twofold: They will watch their beloved children kill each other, and their spirits will be ended in the lake of fire.

Revelation 20 [Full Chapter] (KJV) 1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 19:20 (KJV) 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.

Revelation 20:7-10 (KJV) 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather

them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Enoch 10:4, 13, 22 4And the Lord said to Raphael: ‘Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. 13 In those days They shall be led off to the abyss of fire, and to the torment and the prison in which they will confined forever. 22And the earth shall be cleansed of all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send upon it from generation to generation for ever.

Wisdom

Section 5 of the Book of Enoch contains exhortations and promised blessing for the righteous. We are all the children of Enoch and here is a promise of the end of sin and to gain

perpetual righteousness. The grace and goodness of the Lord are presented. Assurances are here from Enoch In the turbulence that will grow greater and greater, we appreciate that Enoch knew about grace and guardian angels. Understanding that there is a dimension of evil from the spirits of a hybrid race of giants, we can appreciate the promise of divine protection.

Enoch 100:11-20 11And the Most High will arise on that day of judgement 12To execute great judgement amongst sinners. 13And over all the righteous and holy He will appoint guardians from amongst the holy angels 14To guard them as the apple of an eye. 15Until He makes an end of all wickedness and sin, 16And though the righteous sleep a long sleep, they have naught to fear. 17And then the children of the earth shall see the wise in security, 18And shall understand all the words of this book. 19And recognize that their riches shall not be able to save them 20In the overthrow of their sins.

Deuteronomy 32:9-11 (KJV) 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

Psalm 17:7-8 (KJV) 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Proverbs 7:1-3 (KJV) 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

365 Judges 5: Worlds

Evidence suggests that we are not the only inhabited world. In this chapter we will explore possible worlds; from the world of our minds to other earths scattered through space. We need to be sure of what is happening in our minds, our hearts, the very core of our beings. We can’t assume that, just because there is a power working in our lives, that it is the power of God. Satan is very good at faking it. Remember, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had a good side, too. Satan can appear as Jesus or an angel of light. God gave Isaiah the test.

2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV) 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Isaiah 8:19-20 (KJV) 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all

truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

1 John 4:6 (KJV) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

John 14:15-17 (KJV) 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

How to Test Your Heart This is the most exciting part of all because, if you have accepted that your natural heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, you know you need help. Deep, constant prayer for the indwelling Spirit of Christ and for willingness to want Him to change the way you think will bring victory. He has an exact protocol as how that is to happen. The children of Israel missed that help.

Wine is a symbol of sin and wrong doctrine, idolatry and spiritual adultery and fornication. Without the rest ordained by God, truth can’t be found. Faith, belief and trust in the LORD will lead to complete obedience.

Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV) 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Isaiah 28:12-13 (KJV) 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Isaiah 29:13 (KJV) 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour

me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Hebrews 4:1-6 (KJV) 4 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief

366 Judges 6: Courts

A loving God who has always been is mind blowing. There is scriptural evidence that He didn’t waste that time and that He has a purpose for everything He does. That He knows everything all at once and still chose to create us is even more difficult to understand. It will take eternity to give us more of the expanding answers.

Isaiah 45:18 (KJV) For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Hebrews 1:2 (KJV) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Hebrews 11:3 (KJV) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Job 1:6-7 (KJV) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Job 2:1-2 (KJV) (Second Court) 1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Psalm 84:2 (KJV) My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Psalm 84:10 (KJV) For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Zechariah 3:7 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Community of the Universe The community of the people of Israel is a parable of the management of the entire universe. Both came under the attack of evil with its fake news, the accusations of hate, and denial of God’s laws. God’s kingdom of love and service is opposed by selfishness and hatred, especially of God and His laws.

Prophesies of Jesus say that He must be killed outside the camp. That was true of Jerusalem and could also be true of the universe.

Hebrews 13:10-18 (KJV) 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Leviticus 4:21 (KJV) And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as

he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

Leviticus 13:46 (KJV) All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

Leviticus 24:14 (KJV) Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Leviticus 14:39-41 (KJV) 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

367 Judges 7: Without the Camp

Sin and uncleanness was kept, or put out of. the camp of Israel. That would explain why Jesus, who was carrying our sin, needed to die outside of Jerusalem. This world with its sin must be “outside the camp” of the universe. Consider where Satan is chained. Angels, demons and devils or evil spirits were restricted to this world? There is fossil evidence that companies of “Aliens” appeared in various places after the flood. Were they banished from home?

Revelation 20:1-3  (KJV) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Jude 6, 14-15 (KJV) 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which

they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Luke 8:30-32 Expanded Bible 30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

He answered, “Legion,” because many demons ·were in [had entered] him [ a legion was about five thousand Roman soldiers; the sense here is “many”].

 31 The demons begged Jesus not to ·send them [L command them to depart] into ·eternal darkness [the bottomless pit; L the Abyss].

 32 A large herd of pigs [C considered ritually unclean by Jews] was feeding on a hill, and the demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So Jesus allowed them to do this.

Revelation 9:11 (EXB) The locusts had a king who was the ·angel [or messenger] of the ·bottomless pit [L Abyss; 9:1]. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon and in the Greek language is Apollyon [C both mean “Destroyer”; perhaps a reference to Satan].

Prison Camp

Timing is not given in many Bible texts or in the book of Enoch. We need to start with a text that does have timing to determine the sequence of events and what happens in earth time. The wicked have been sleeping during the examination of their records and the determination and writing of wages. We need to consider that at least a thousand years must pass before any of wicked humanity is raised to life. Questioning every angle of everything we read is not bad as long as we do not deny any scripture. Test every possible idea by all the other scriptures.

Revelation 20:5-6 (KJV) 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Jude 1:14-16, 6 (KJV) 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in

everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Luke 8:31 (CEV) They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.

Enoch 10:4-6 4And again the Lord said to Raphael: “Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. 5And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness: and let him abide there forever, and cover his face that he may not see the light. 6And on the day of the great judgment he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, …

Enoch 10:22 And the earth shall be cleaned of all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send it from generation to generation forever.

Conclusion Chapter 6 – Judges

Judgment is good or considered bad depending on the outcome you desire. It is horror of doom and death for those who are perishing. For the righteous it is release from suffering.

Now they have joy freedom.

Introduction Chapter 7: Birth Pangs

The whole creation is suffering from the blight of sin and the rage of the fallen ones. Evil wants to hurt God and they do this by hurting His beloved people and the work of his

hands, His creation.

370 Intro Chapter 1: Birth

To the expectant family, waiting seems to take forever Then the mother realizes the time is today. Maybe she waits a little while, checking her symptoms, then she can’t wait to tell her family. Through the day, progress is the first thing on their minds. Every pain, every detail is carefully monitored. There is joy and there is fear over anything that might not seem normal, then the time is right NOW. Jesus tells us what to expect in the birth of the new world.

Matthew 24:3-5 (KJV) 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Mark 13:8 (AMP) For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there

will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These things are the beginning of the birth pangs [the intolerable anguish and suffering]. Footnotes: Mark 13:8 The Jews used this phrase to describe the unprecedented trouble that would occur prior to Messiah’s advent (as recorded in the Talmud).

Matthew 24:10-13 (KJV) 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

371 Birth 1: Pain Increases

It is fortunate for the infant that they can’t remember the birth pains. For some, smiles come very soon. For our world, for us right now, we see evil increasing along with the pain it creates. How can God endure it? We know He is waiting because He doesn’t want anyone to be lost.

Matthew 24:9-11, 14-27 (KJV) 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Enoch Writes for this Time Enoch wrote for our times and God has preserved a record of preflood times for our instruction. The evils that afflicted his world are impacting our world. The spirits of the bastard offspring of sons of god and daughters of men are active in our experience. Purely mankind, are blessed with sleep in death, but spirits of the cross between immortal spirits

and flesh wait for the lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Then they will be obliterated.

Enoch 1:1, 3 1The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation. When all the wicked and godless are to be removed. 3 …but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.

Enoch 14:1, 4-5 1The book of the words of righteousness, and of the rebuke of the eternal Watchers in accordance with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision. 4I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgment has been finally passed upon you: yea, your petition will not be granted unto you. 5And from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world.

Enoch 10:12 (DAS)

12And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, until the day of their judgment and of their consummation, until the judgment that is forever and ever is consummated. 13 In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined forever.

Matthew 25:41(KJV) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Revelation 19:20 *KJV) 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.

372 Birth 2: Rescue

Jesus comes for his people after He has done every-thing He could to persuade them to accept His salvation. He had to cut short the suffering of His people or none of the elect would be alive. There is a group raised to see Him come for us in the clouds of heaven.

Daniel 12:1-2 (KJV) 1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Revelation 1:7 (KJV) 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:51-55 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

John 3:35-36 (KJV) 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 14:1-3 (KJV) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Living with Jesus The first eight days of living with Jesus are spent on the trip to heaven where we have a wonderful time getting reacquainted with old friends and family. We meet our angels and, best of all, Jesus our best friend.

Now we have a thousand years to answer all our questions about missing friends and participate with Jesus in the judgment and determining wages of the wicked. We will see how completely just and kind God is for all. There are two judgments in Daniel 7, the first, v.9-12 involved the selection of the righteous, the second judgment, v. 20-27, followed the resurrection of the righteous at the second coming of Jesus when they will be seated as judges. Daniel 7:20-27 (KJV)

20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear

out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Revelation 20:4-6 (KJV) 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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Birth 3: Wicked Mankind Mankind, both wicked and righteous, have slept until their special resurrections. When Jesus returns the third time, following the thousand years, evil humans will be raised to life. When His feet touch the mountain top, it splits making a great space for the New Jerusalem to settle. He prepares a new world to accommodate the lost people that He will raise to life. He will fill their needs for food and comfort. Is that what you expected? Remember, God loves his enemies, sending rain on the just and the unjust. When every knee bows, it will be for all the right reasons in spite of the wrong choices they still cling to.

Zechariah 14:1-5 (KJV) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea,

ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Revelation 20:5-6 (KJV) 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 21:1-3 (KJV) 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.

Satan Unchained Satan was chained at the beginning of the thousand years so he could no longer deceive the nations. The wicked human dead are sleeping, but remember, the spirits of the fallen Watchers (children of heaven or sons of God) and their giant children were not allowed the blessing of sleep or to return to heaven. They are called evil spirits and have been tormenting the earth and causing all sorts of damage. Now look at Isaiah.

Isaiah 14:9-12 (KJV) 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Enoch 15:4-11 4And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten children with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those do who die and perish. 5Therefore I have given them wives that they might impregnate them, and beget

children by them, that nothing might be wanting them on earth. 7And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on earth shall be their dwelling. 8Evil spirits have been produced from their bodies: because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. 9As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the earth which were born upon the earth, on earth shall be their dwelling. 10And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth ,and cause trouble: they take no food but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. 11And these spirits rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.

374 Birth 4: City Attacked

Satan, now released, and his angels, along with the fallen Watchers and their children see the magnificent Holy City coming down from God out of heaven. The wicked, who have had their wages recorded in the book of death. join them in desire for possession of its beauty and wealth. The City gates are shut as they come up around the City.

Revelation 20:7-8 (KJV) 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Psalm 2:1-9 (KJV) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Revelation 20:7-10 (KJV) 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

The Rest of the World Not everyone went up to the City of God. Now that Satan, his angels and devils have been thrown into the lake of fire prepared for them, including false prophets, the beast and any other evil organization, the rest of humanity will show what their hearts are really like. Scripture tells us that, too.

In Revelation 20, if we take events in order, we find destruction of the devil and his cohorts is followed by the great white throne judgment. This appears to take some time. Isaiah speaks of a hundred years that are different.

Isaiah 65:20 (KJV) 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Ezekiel 39:1-7 (KJV) Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Revelation 20:11-13 (KJV) 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

375 Judgment Variety

Death comes by different means. The devil, angels, fallen Watchers (see Enoch), and their offspring meet death in the fire prepared for them. All evil organizations, death and hades are thrown into the same fire. Physical death can be by the hands of fellow men or from mental anguish caused by their own evil. Before actual death they may be assigned cleanup duties of the bodies of sinners who have already died. All spirits end in the lake of fire. Jesus told men what to fear.

Matthew 10:28 (NLT) “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ezekiel 39:8-16 (NLT) 8 That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign LORD. Everything will happen just as I have declared it. 9 “Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! 10 They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD. 11 “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea.[a] It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. 12 It

will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land.

 13 Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD. 14 “After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again.

 15 Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.  16 (There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.

Amos 3:7 (KJV) 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

White Throne Judgment The wicked dead seem to be raised in time to see Satan gather the army to attack the city. After they see the last of Satan and all spiritual wickedness cast into the lake of fire, they must face the record of their own sins and hear the sentence written against them in the book of death. It could be as long as one hundred years before the last sinner dies. Study this out; you may find something I have missed.

Daniel 9:11 (KJV) Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

1 Corinthians 4:5-6(KJV) 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Jeremiah 25:13 (KJV) And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

Joel 3:2-3 (NLT) 2 I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat.There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession,for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land. 3 They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves.

Amos 4:11-13 (KJV)

11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Zephaniah 1:8-9 (NLT) “On that day of judgment,” says the LORD, “I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah and all those following pagan customs.9 Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Revelation 20:13-15 (KJV) 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

376 Birth 6: One Hundred Years

What happens and when during this dying time? Isaiah speaks of saints from the city walking by and viewing the bodies of the wicked dead being destroyed. The punishment of some lasts longer than for others. No one has anything happen then that we will not understand, but it will happen during the one hundred years. Other texts could shed some more understanding on it. Isaiah 65:20 (KJV)

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Isaiah 66:15-21 (NLT) 14 When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! Everyone will see the LORD’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies. 15 See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind. He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke. 16 The LORD will punish the world by fire and by his sword. He will judge the earth, and many will be killed by him.

17 “Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD.

18 “I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory. 19 I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans[a] and Lydians[ (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

Isaiah 66:23-24 (KJV) “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the LORD. 23 “All humanity will come to worship m from week to week and from month to month. 24 And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by will view them with utter horror.”

End of the One Hundred Years Now the Last sinner has been totally consumed in the consummation of the judgment. The last tear has been shed and the world is ready for the final recreation of the earth. When the last sinner was no more a whole new order was put into place. Each of us will have special joy in the place God has for us to fill and there will be perfect satisfaction in our hearts. Isaiah 66:21 (KJV) 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

Revelation 21:3-14 (KJV) 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. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire

and brimstone: which is the second death. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

377 Birth 7: The New Earth

All the “forever” concerning punishment ends at the end of the hundred years when all righteousness flourishes. Now all tears will have been wiped away and there will be no more pain for any one. Our questions will always have answers and our greatest joy will be in seeing the delight of others.

Enoch 10:20-21 20And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth, destroy from off the earth. 21And all the children of men shall become righteousness, and all nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me.

Zephaniah 3:9, 11-13 (NLT) 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither

shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie

down, and none shall make them afraid.

Isaiah 66:20 (NLT) 20 They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the LORD.

Enoch 10:22 22And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never send upon it from generation to generation and forever.

Revelation 22:3-5 (KJV) 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

No More Hurting Forever we will enjoy Sabbaths and festivals with the LORD, with the angels and each other. In Enoch’s time the angels expected to Sabbath with us. The Sabbath and the laws were given to Israel. If anyone chooses to join the Israel of faith and live in that kingdom of

God, they are part of the Israel of God. We can celebrate together in the new earth and in the New Jerusalem.

Jubilees 2:30-33 (Written by Moses at direction of an angel)

30And they shall not bring in or take out from house to house on that day; for that day is more holy and blessed than any jubilee day of the jubilees: on this we (the angels) kept Sabbath in the heavens before it was made known to any flesh to keep Sabbath thereon on the earth. 31And the Creator of all things blessed it, but he did not sanctify all peoples and nations to keep Sabbath thereon, but Israel alone He permitted to eat and drink and to keep Sabbath thereon on the earth. 32And the Creator of all things blessed this day which He had created for a blessing and a sanctification and a glory above all days. 33This law and testimony was given to the children of Israel as a law forever unto their generations.

Isaiah 61:10-11 (KJV) 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Isaiah 65:17-19 (KJV) 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Isaiah 66:22-23 (KJV) 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Conclusion Chapter 7: Birth

A perfect new world will be complete for the faithful children of the LORD. With expanded understanding we will then better appreciate the wonders God has prepared for His faithful

ones.

Something to Live For! From Heaven with Love

By Ellen G White

Because we know not the exact time of His coming, we are commanded to watch. See Luke 12:37. Those who watch for the Lord’s coming are not waiting

in idle expectancy. They are purifying their souls by obedience to the truth. With vigilant watching they combine earnest working. Their zeal is quickened

to cooperate with divine intelligences in working for the salvation of souls. They are declaring the truth that is now specially applicable. As Enoch, Noah,

Abraham, and Moses each declared the truth for his time, so will Christ’s servants now give the special warning for their generation. { HLv 426.2 }

Enoch, Aliens and Us

is only the beginning of a vast exploration. This universe is greater than we can imagine but we can begin to look ahead.

The End