The "Gods" Don't Do It For Us Anymore - We ARE HUMAN!!!

An attribute of human progress became glaringly obvious to me recently. Now think about this.

I mean - S T O P and T H I N K.

 

Ancient Aliens, Modern Marvels, History Channel, Military Channel. People wrote and said the Gods told them to Write This, Build This, Stay Here, Go There, and the people did. Each civilization recorded contact with Extraterrestrials/Gods/Advanced People from the Stars - Specific Stars.

 

Structures, Math, Architecture, Agriculture, Science, Government.

 

Our current (I'll skip the adjectives) Scientific and Government community denies what thousands of people have seen and recorded. They boldly claim to know everything about everything until they agree they really did not know. Their program is to educate everyone else that nothing and no one visited our Earth - E V E R. They also want us to believe absurd stories of how Easter Island, Egyptian Pyramids, Mayan Temples, etc. were built.

 

If I am understanding History, regarding Earth's environment, everyone took care of Earth until the Industrial Age. WE ARE SYSTEMATICALLY:

• Killing animals to distinction (so we can wear them),
• Killing our water, air, ground,
• Over populating AND populating every piece of ground available,
• Trashing Earth Orbits, the Moon, Mars, etc.
• Consuming every natural resource without replenishment.

What now, seems obvious, TO ME, is an Industrial Genus emerged approximately,3000 years ago that decided they no longer needed or wanted any God or Gods.


1 Samuel 10:17-19 (circa 1079 BC – 1007 BC)
King James Version (KJV)
17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Matthew 27:16-25
King James Version (KJV)
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.  19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Excerpts from The Industrial Revolution
SEE ALSO, Europe Transformed
Author:   Lewis Hackett  Date: 1992
Industrialization: The First Phase

• Most products people in the industrialized nations use today are turned out swiftly by the process of mass production, by people (and sometimes, robots) working on assembly lines using power-driven machines. People of ancient and medieval times had no such products. They had to spend long, tedious hours of hand labor even on simple objects. The energy, or power, they employed in work came almost wholly from their own and animals' muscles. The Industrial Revolution is the name given the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture.

The following excerpt has an interesting and tragic contradiction:

• It is almost impossible to imagine what the world would be like if the effects of the Industrial Revolution were swept away. Electric lights would go out. Automobiles and airplanes would vanish. Telephones, radios, and television would disappear Most of the abundant stocks on the shelves of department stores would be gone. The children of the poor would have little or no schooling and would work from dawn to dark on the farm or in the home. Before machines were invented, work by children as well as by adults was needed in order to provide enough food, clothing, and shelter for all.

The children of the poor in developing nations,

• still have little or no education,
• work abusive hours in abusive conditions to provide inexpensive goods for profit hungry Western nations,
• work by children and adults are still needed to survive.

Excerpts from Industrial Revolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to some time between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. It began in England and within a few decades had spread to Western Europe and the United States.
• The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. In particular, average income and population began to exhibit unprecedented sustained growth...
• …Economic historians are in agreement that the onset of the Industrial Revolution is the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants.

About 300 years ago The End of Earth began.

 

We have Front Row Seats!!

 

Well...My Thoughts Are About Me. Today.

Several decades ago, I became dependent on Alcohol as an emotional pain reliever. It helped my shyness by lessening inhibitions, eased emotional pain from abusive memories and diminished personal fears of failure. Since this dependency did not include healing, the need grew worse.

Of course, I embraced friends with the same needs and we validated each other. Often, during times of recall and reflection, I/we would wonder out loud about our conditions; Alcohol, drugs, obsessive or eccentric behavior, pathological work ethics, unreasonable demands for perfection.

We had responsible positions, security clearances, some had family, various levels of education and financial security. Each week included some degree of mental or physical incapacity, due to our addictions, while we worked, drove vehicles or flew aircraft.

Late in my twenties, I gave myself to God with the incumbent life changes. B.U.T. the pain remained. WAIT! I thought All things were new?? Approximately, thirty more years before emotional healing would be complete, eradicating the pain but leaving the memories. I replaced alcohol with prayer, incessant Bible study, fasting, volunteering for every good event or activity.

Occasionally, walking my life's path, a thought or answer would shift my paradigm. Diverse events stretched, pressed and wrung me physically, spiritually and emotionally and though the need for my previous pain reliever did not return, the fear of it remained. Retirement brought an unexpected benefit in the form of TIME. FINALLY...Time to Stop and Think, Meditate, Contemplate. A poor decision left me financially restricted aiding the TIME element. History records various people making time to rest, be alone, to meditate in a desert, by a lake, in a forest.

Advice given to others resurfaced and gradually put to rest most of those troubling memories. With the demise of those memories went the ache and FEAR of returning to destructive habits. I:

• Enjoy a glass of wine.
• Forgot about the half bottle of Jack Daniels my wife used for cooking and stored in the pantry, two years ago.
• Accepted and enjoyed a Fantasy Drink of Rum, boarding our cruise ship, without thinking about it again the remaining week.

Repentance, Remission of sins, Internal baptism of the Spirit of God is not a cure all, it is a rebirth. Children are often born with illnesses or deformities caused by improper activities of the parents. The birth of the child did not remove the issues, and neither does our Rebirth. The life change does begin our "regrowth" into new adult hood.

Connye and I began our New Lives as Husband and Wife, with previous histories, with the subsequent development incurred with any dramatic lifestyle alteration.

• Respect each other's rights and feelings -
• Permit mistakes, errors, misjudgments -
• Patient development -
• Love for each other confirmed frequently -
• Express Faith in each other -

Recently, I recalled our wedding vows and considered we had the option to reword the standard commitment verbiage. After all, we were not children starting our first run and we could have personalized our specific gifts to each other. I should have replaced the obeying and submitting stuff with the bulleted points above.

I am 67 and finally FEEL like a reasonably healthy, mature-with-purpose, adult prepared to live and enjoy the rest of our lives. We have great siblings, wonderful children with precious grandchildren and a loving God caring for us.

What more could we want?? Nothing!

I Feel The Joy, Already!!!

Psa 37:23  The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:

Psa 37:24  though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.

Psa 37:25  I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

Psa 37:34  Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it .

Psa 37:37  Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace;

Psa 37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psa 37:40  And Jehovah will help them and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them; for they trust in him.

I am 67 years old and have experienced extreme positive and negatives because of personal decisions and because life is like this. The previous scriptures were once just words in a book but gradually gained life and credibility as I experienced them.

During those times, I have had the “fortune” to listen to self-righteous insecure people proclaim their goodness and perfection as “others” attended the school of hard knocks. You may have experience this same “privilege” also. Occasionally, I have experienced the pleasure of seeing behind the scenes to hear and see the desperate struggles of those “privileged ones”.

My goal, here, is to encourage you to stay faithful to God, yourself, your family and friends and:

·       Eventually that rich fertile valley will be yours,

·       You will visit the resorts of mountain tops to see unparalleled beauty without limit,

·       You will enjoy the serenity of knowing you and your family are taken care of.

Faithful, good people have experienced darkness lasting decades before their dawn came but it did come. Always remind yourself, there is a rich fertile land after the desert, a bright morning after the night.

I thought I knew what the terms “faithful people” or “perfect life” meant but as I age, my understanding of those terms changed and truer definitions gained value with me. I know faithful people and a faithful God and, for me, this makes a perfect life.

The challenges and fears I am experiencing now will make great testimonies in my future as God restores my name and reputation. Ummmmm, I feel the joy already.

Bless your day and life, then enjoy both.

Often, I Need A Re-focus

The following excerpt is from a book written by Clarence Larkin and is a tool within my e-Sword Bible program. A few simple words written by Clarence Larkin (1850-1924) took the fuzziness away.  

Much of life's contents are a struggle for me, including using this PROGRAM!!
But as I press on, I usually accomplish my intent and am satisfied. The same principle works with Bible reading and understanding.

I Traded My Beloved 44 Mag For More Powerful Prayer

Hello My Fellow American Christians,
Criminals have declared war on us and are attacking with great boldness. They are committed to destroying our homes, businesses, churches and lives. We have weapons, given to us by God to defend and protect families, friends, neighbors, businesses, communities and ourselves.  

2 Corinthians 10:3-4

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Let us pull down their strongholds and leave them naked, bound and defenseless.

2 Kings 6:14-18

¹⁴ Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
¹⁵ And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
¹⁶ And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
¹⁸ And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

Jesus Forces an Evil Spirit out of a Man

²¹ Then they went to Capernaum. On the next day of worship, Yeshua went into the synagogue and began to teach. ²² The people were amazed at his teachings. Unlike their experts in Moses’ Teachings, he taught them with authority.
²³ At that time there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. He shouted, ²⁴ “What do you want with us, Yeshua from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
²⁵ Yeshua ordered the spirit, “Keep quiet, and come out of him!” ²⁶ The evil spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out of him with a loud shriek.

This same power works in the physical and spiritual realm.

Luke 17:5-7 (KJV)

⁵ And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
⁶ And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Luke 17:5-7 (NIV)

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Matthew 12:28-30

²⁸ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
²⁹ Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
³⁰ He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

Mark 3:26-27

²⁶ And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
²⁷ No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

Hebrews 11:32-34

³² And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
³³ Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
³⁴ Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Psalm 10, Psalm 30-38 are a few prayers put to God about this type of problem.

For over a year, I have been studying for a method of defense that does not put my life or community or the entire nation in jeopardy AND practicing those methods. Using methods that were used by Elisha, King David, Jesus, Apostle Paul and others, WORKS.

Yesterday, Connye and I were returning home about noon and noticed helicopters over our area. Two news copters and one police indicated an active police action and referring to the news discovered a bank robbery had recently happened. We immediately agreed, in prayer, the criminals would be quickly caught, without harm to the police.

The 6 o’clock news revealed the robbers left the bank, ditched their car, gun and money and hid in a nearby neighborhood. I thought about their action in relation to our, and many others, prayers and benefits for the police. The police were able to capture suspects that had disarmed themselves.

My request is simple.

Every time, you hear of a crime committed, in your area, agree with someone in prayer for the criminals to be captured quickly without harm to police or civilians. Search scriptures for specific types of prayer – Psalms are great source. King David was a warrior and knew how to pray against his foes. Jesus had some cool moves against his adversaries, as did Paul.

Jesus never was a pacifist concerning the protection and deliverance of people in need nor were his disciples.

Keep track of the event you two or three prayed about and the results. Get proficient at this activity and advance in its use. A grandmother and her grandbaby were brutally murdered today, in the Houston area. The police need assistance and protection finding and capturing the criminals. Prayer has no boundaries. Let’s focus together and send his Angels into our war zone.

Matthew 18:18-20

¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
¹⁹ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

John 3:22

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

John 5:15

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Mark 11:23

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Remember, keep a record of your prayer and the results. The Holy Ghost/Spirit of God will guide and teach each of us efficient and effective prayers. If the criminals decide to execute themselves or better to STOP before committing a crime, even better.

1 Corinthians 5:4-6  (KJV)

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Psalm 58  (KJV)

Thanks.

No Arguing, I am Gone

People – US – Humans – are dumb as rocks.

Dumb: lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
NO, Gary, not me, I AM…
Surrrrreeeee you are.  

You are wrong, Gary, look at our mighty inventions and the wonderful things we have done and do.
Umhmmmm.
·       Wax vax
·       Chemo treatment
·       Cordless drills and vacuum cleaners
·       Cars that get 34 mpg and have for 60 years

Well, let us move on. I was watching National Geo recently and thought “All creatures are subject to what we brilliant humans do to this Earth (their habitat).”

How SAD.

For sake of discussion, let’s consider that the Earth IS millions of years old, the non-humans are millions of years old and our specific human species is 6,000 years old. It appears all were doing well until “we” showed up.

Note: For you evolutionists, if we progressed from apes to our current state, I suggest those apes that decided NOT to evolve were more intelligent.

History records, we did fairly well respecting Earth and non-humans for about 6,500 years; discounting the destruction of entire populations during primitive wars.

Note: IF extraterrestrials have been visiting us to “improve” us, their programs are no better than what we already have.  

During this past 500 years, we have gone from mildly irresponsible to insanely destructive.

I am a Christian Pentecostal, husband, father, jack of trades and happy retired dreamer. I also listen and consider the words people say to me and believe they mean what they say. Uhhhh, many people don’t pay attention to what they are saying and definitely do not mean what they say.

You may relate to my other roles, but wonder what a Christian Pentecostal is compared to a Christian:
·       Baptist
·       Lutheran
·       Catholic
·       Etc.
One major physical difference is, we eat more but like other Christians we enjoy condemning other Christians for being wrong. Soooo, we are different and we are alike.

Jesus told his original group:
Joh 13:34  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

I think I can safely say over 90% of us have experienced some NON love from other Christians. I think I may also say none of us have experienced non love from God/Jesus Christ, yet I know many having been hurt by people turned their backs on God.

IF you choose to live a life worthy of remembering, you will probably be in the minority. If you choose to believe ALL the words written in ALL the Bibles and what the authors wrote, then most certainly, you will be in the 1%. What does this mean? You will be a person others want to follow and emulate.

Considering how completely and perfectly imperfect we are, I am confounded WHY a Perfect God did and does commit so much to us. Regularly, I read or hear of the way God responded to a person or family need.

Summary:
KJV
Ecc 12:13  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecc 12:14  For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Names of God Bible
¹³ After having heard it all, this is the conclusion: Fear Elohim, and keep his commands, because this applies to everyone. ¹⁴ Elohim will certainly judge everything that is done. This includes every secret thing, whether it is good or bad.
NIV
¹³ Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

¹⁴ For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

I also believe:

Acts 2:38
New International Version (NIV)
³⁸ Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 6:23
New International Version (NIV)
²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

KJV

Heb 12:14  Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Heb 12:15  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Hebrews 12:14-15

New International Version (NIV)
¹⁴ Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

1 Corinthians 12:31 and 13:13

New International Version (NIV)
³¹ Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

The process of living a righteous life and having permanent residence in Heaven is really quite simple.

It has been a great week for us and I hope for you also. Exercise is still challenging.

 

If The Law Will Not Help Me, What Can I/We Do?!?!

The following are accounts of God or his angels harming and killing individual people or destroying entire cities with their populations.

Blindness

Genesis 19

¹⁹ The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed with his face touching the ground. ² He said, “Please, gentlemen, why don’t you come to my home and spend the night? You can wash your feet there. Then early tomorrow morning you can continue your journey.” “No,” they answered, “we’d rather spend the night in the city square.”

³ But he insisted so strongly that they came with him and went into his home. He prepared a special dinner for them, baked some unleavened bread, and they ate. ⁴ Before they had gone to bed, all the young and old male citizens of Sodom surrounded the house. ⁵ They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
⁶ Then Lot went outside and shut the door behind him. ⁷ “Please, my friends, don’t be so wicked,” he said. ⁸ “Look, I have two daughters who have never had sex. Why don’t you let me bring them out to you? Do whatever you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, since I’m responsible for them.”
⁹ But the men yelled, “Get out of the way! This man came here to stay awhile. Now he wants to be our judge! We’re going to treat you worse than those men.” They pushed hard against Lot and lunged forward to break down the door. ¹⁰ The men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. ¹¹ Then they struck all the men who were in the doorway of the house, young and old alike, with blindness so that they gave up trying to find the door.

Cities destroyed

¹⁴ So Lot went out and spoke to the men engaged to his daughters. He said, “Hurry! Get out of this place, because Yahweh is going to destroy the city.” But they thought he was joking.

²¹ The angel said to him, “Alright, I will grant you this request too. I will not destroy the city you’re talking about. ²² Run there quickly, because I can’t do anything until you get there.” (The city is named Zoar [Small].)
²³ The sun had just risen over the land as Lot came to Zoar. ²⁴ Then Yahweh made burning sulfur and fire rain out of heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah. ²⁵ He destroyed those cities, the whole plain, all who lived in the cities, and whatever grew on the ground. ²⁶ Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a column of salt.
²⁹ When Elohim destroyed the cities on the plain, Elohim remembered Abraham. Lot was allowed to escape from the destruction that came to the cities where he was living.
Psalm 78
²⁹ They ate more than enough.
    He gave them what they wanted,
³⁰ but they still wanted more.
    While the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of Elohim flared up against them.
    He killed their strongest men
    and slaughtered the best young men in Israel.
³⁴ When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for El.
³⁵ They remembered that Elohim was their rock, that El Elyon was their Go’el.
⁴⁴ He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams.
⁴⁵ He sent a swarm of flies that bit them and frogs that ruined them.
⁴⁶ He gave their crops to grasshoppers and their produce to locusts.
⁴⁷ He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He let the hail strike their cattle and bolts of lightning strike their livestock.
⁴⁹ He sent his burning anger, rage, fury, and hostility against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them. He let the plague take their lives.
⁵¹ He slaughtered every firstborn in Egypt, the ones born in the tents of Ham when their fathers were young.

2 Kings 19:35 and Isaiah 37:35 

 It happened that night. Yahweh’s angel went out and killed 185,000 soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

God - Elohim - Yahweh has a mean side and WILL use it.

The following are accounts of God’s people using resources available to them to kill people.

2Ki 1:8 

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

⁹ Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

¹⁰ And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹¹ Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

¹² And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹³ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

¹⁴ Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

¹⁵ And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water

2 Kings 2:23

From there he went to Bethel. As he walked along the road, some boys came out of the city and mocked him. They said, “Go away, baldy! Go away!” Looking back, he saw them and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Two bears came out of the woods and tore 42 of these youths apart.  He left that place, went to Mount Carmel, and returned to Samaria.

Paul disciplines

1 Timothy 1:20

Among these people are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan in order to teach them not to dishonor God.

Regular People with God’s Power

Mark 9:38 and Luke 9:49

[ Using the Name of Jesus ] John said to Yeshua, “Teacher, we saw someone forcing demons out of a person by using the power and authority of your name. We tried to stop him because he was not one of us.”

Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13

So then, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Luke 9

People from a Samaritan Village Reject Jesus

⁵¹ The time was coming closer for Yeshua to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem. ⁵² He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay. ⁵³ But the people didn’t welcome him, because he was on his way to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?” ⁵⁵ But he turned and corrected them.^{[a] 56} So they went to another village.

NOTE: Luke 9:55 Some manuscripts and translations add “‘You don’t know the kind of spirit that is influencing you. The Son of Man didn’t come to destroy people’s lives but to save them,’ he said.”

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you imprison, God will imprison. And whatever you set free, God will set free.”

Matthew 16:19 

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:18  

I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you imprison, God will imprison. And whatever you set free, God will set free.

Matthew 18:18 

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:19 

 “I can guarantee again that if two of you agree on anything here on earth, my Father in heaven will accept it. ²⁰ Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.”

I could continue but am not writing a book. My point is to stir your minds, in this dangerous time we live, to know and understand what protection God has provided each of us.

·       I have to sleep sometime so weapons will not always provide a safe defense.

·       When weapons can be used, you may find yourself in jail because some states protect the criminal from their victims.

I came to the conclusion that using God’s resources will protect me and family from enemies/criminals/bullies IF I know how and when to use them.

Jesus rebuked James and John because of their improper attitude toward the crowd. What he DID NOT do was tell them they could not call down fire from Heaven, because they could. The REASON was not correct.

Meditate on this:

Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13

So then, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Any person on this planet may call on the name of the Lord (Jesus) and be saved from whatever! I have read and heard testimonies from adult men and women, youth, and children of being protected or saved from lethal situations.

I am not against using weapons for defense or offense BUT who can charge you with a crime if your attacker is injured or killed by an animal or lightning bolt. Hmmmmm?

Since God has and has used his Mean side, let's stay on his Good side and channel his bad side toward those that come against us.

Any person intending to use some form of weapon to defend themselves know they must train often to stay prepared. Studying God’s word and practicing scenarios using the words you would say is the same principle.

We are not Jedi’s, yet, going thru security at airports with certain supernatural abilities could make the venture an Adventure.

 

Have a wonderful life and stay safe.