Matthew Chapter 24 Discussion Page 13

The earliest memory of rejection I recall was when I was 10. I came to my parents for comfort. I was sad and didn't know why. I have had clinical depression. 20+ years barely responds to anything. I was afraid. They told me stop acting spoiled and punished me. I realized I had to deal with it on my own so I started cutting myself. They noticed it and got annoyed, (because I made them look bad.) I "ruined" Christmas that year. Don't come from that angle if you haven't been raised that way. I never, learned to trust. I never learned to. It must have been nice to be loved for who you are. To accept God's love so easily. I STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE to accept God's love into my heart because I had to defend myself when I was younger and had to build up a wall to keep myself safe. My father was an alcoholic and unpredictable and would lash out at times. My mother was a narcissist. I had to compete with my brother for love. We were loved based on how well we performed, in school, in public, what else did we do to make them look good. You couldn't be flawed it was unacceptable. You had to hide your problems. I am in recovery for addiction. So yes, I am working on things. I didn't even realize how many lies were told to me. I was told over and over you can't trust anyone. I was raised catholic. My father moved here from New Mexico because he was ashamed of his family history and thought he could run away from it. As soon as I started showing symptoms of mental illness from his side of the family he was trying to run away from, I was blamed for it. My father said I reminded of him of his mother and he hates her. I live with family in Minnesota. Hurt people hurt people. Both my parents were dysfunctional and should have never had children. My mother's mother was dying when she was pregnant with me. I was delivered via emergency c section. You don't know my history. I care about people. I could care a lot more if I didn't have all this emotional baggage. Ignore me if I offend you.

Dear Flossy,

People have been praying for you. I remember your posts from before and have a few questions. Out of all the loving support you received before and suggestions given, have you taken action on those suggestions that people took the time to lovingly share with you?

Secondly, have you questioned where your current thoughts/beliefs about yourself come from? Not all thoughts we have about ourselves are true and there are specific actions you can take immediately to resolve any false beliefs and assumptions about yourself. I believe these were shared before and I wonder what steps have you taken to progress in that?

For instance 'I don't belong here'- is that belief from you, God or satan? Is this just a temporary feeling or is this something you believe is actually true? What is the evidence for this belief? Can you prove this is true like in a court of law or to God? Is it always true or just sometimes? Is it true for others? Is it true for me? Do you think I don't belong either? Why? How can you prove that? What is the exact criteria for 'belonging' or not, and how can anyone know if it applies to them or not? What if this thought isn't true? What if this thought is a false assumption? What if you do belong and just don't realize it for some unknown reason? What if this thought came from a bad source, like an enemy lying to you? What positive truth can you replace it with? Have you prayed to God to ask Him if any of this is true or false? Have you been reading the Bible to fill your mind with God's truth? Link

This takes an active effort to rebuke falsehoods and negative thoughts that come from the enemy. Please reply and let me know what you're actively doing to fight against this? How do you know this isn't your gift of compassion and empathy God gave you in order to help others? What have you done to help others and help others feel welcome and that they belong?

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Note: SALVATION through JESUS remains the focus of GOD in this chapter, and JESUS the SAVOR (see John 3:16-21 and similar verses) relates to the Fig Tree as the example of how close it is to the day JESUS shall return to harvest all mankind for the DAY OF JUDGMENT, see Rev: 20: 11-15.

Note: The Fig Tree for 1000's of years has always warned mankind when Summer is near, and 1-31 above is liken to a Fig Tress, meaning global EVENTS of today /2020 are warning us (see 1-31 above again) that JESUS return is very very near.

Note: Though the alarm /Fig Tree is sounding most of us eyes /ears is sided-tracked by evil deceivers, or $$, stuff, or cares of this world, thereby we can not recognize the Warning by JESUS that HIS return is very very near and we should consider whether or not our name is recorded in THE LAMB BOOK OF LIFE (see John 3:16-21 or similar verses for SALVATION).

Note: At this point in life on earth no King, Queen, elected officials, ..., can protect / help me or you. JESUS is the only help available (see John 3:16-21 or similar verses for SALVATION).

I am so thankful that Jesus Himself said that there would be a rapture of His Church as in John Chapter 14:1-3 V3b I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am. Where Jesus will get His pride from and take it to where? It is from here on earth to heaven. God placed Noah and his family in the boat leaving the bads behind. The angels took Lot and his family out of Sodom and left the bad people behind. Israel was safe and Secure in Goshen while all Egyptians faced the all plagues. So here we come to Matthew.24:40-42, Two men working in the field, one will be taken away, the other will be left behind. Two women will be at a mill grinding meal, one will be taken away another will be left behind. Those people were working on the earth, At the time of blessed hope mentioned by apostle Paul, or rapture, all the believers will be caught up forcibly as fast as the twinkling of the eye to meet their Lord and Savior in the air . Then Jesus Christ took His Pride, the Church to be with Him until the time He will come with them to establish Thousand Years Kingdom.

I am sorry to read about your mom. I am praying for you and your family. May God protect you.

Psalm 62:8

"Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah."

Psalm 91

Make your request known to God and ask for help in resolving it. Talk to Him as if you were sitting together. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you pray. Then turn off all the media and just sit in His presence and listen.

If there's any unforgiveness anywhere; time to confess it and let God forgive you. Sometimes unresolved unforgiveness hinders our prayers.

Deuteronomy 20:3

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy 31:8

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

*** Keep your heart and mind on Jesus to lend skill to the doctors hands, to cure you completely. Note these scriptures in the back of your Bible. January is months away.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

The Good News: God comforts us in our darkest times, so we are able to have strength to give others help and strength during their worst times. We look to God as example on how to provide comfort and love during times of sorrow.

Matthew 5:4

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

The Good News: God will never abandon us during our times of grief - he will always provide us with love and hope.

Revelation 21:4

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

The Good News: In heaven, we will feel no pain, no sorrow, and there will be no death. All of our grief will fall away and we will only feel God's unending love.

May the peace of God keep your hearts and mind, at this time. Be lifted in the spirit of your mind. Be comforted that memories do not fade. Look forward to that future day when we will see our loved ones again.

Give love to each other freely and take love without reserve. Bless you dear children.

Mishael

Dear Lord,

I humble myself before you and confess my sin. I want to thank you for hearing my prayer and helping me return to you. Lately, I've been wanting things to go my own way. As you know, this hasn't been working out. I see where I've been going the wrong way-my own way. I've been placing my faith and trust in everyone and everything but you.

Dear Father, I return now to you, the Bible, and your Word. I pray for guidance as I listen for your voice. Let me return to what is most important-you. Help my attitude to change so that instead of focusing on others and events to meet my needs, I can turn to you and find the love, purpose, and direction I seek. Help me to seek you first. Let my relationship with you be the most important thing in my life.

Thank you, Jesus, for helping me, loving me, and showing me the way. Thank you for new mercies, for forgiving me. I rededicate myself to you wholly. I surrender my will to your will. I give you back control of my life.

You are the only one who gives freely, with love to anyone who asks.

I ask for the Holy Spirit to come alongside me and teach the Bible to me. I will not allow satan to distract me.

In the Name of Jesus, I pray.

Amen.

1 John 1:9, as needed. God bless you and hide you under His wings.

Come join us in the Questions Room. Ask anything that needs an answer. Someone will respond. Mishael

Blessings to you for caring. He's a tough guy but he has greatly come around to God. Pray for him and 2 sons too, please. They were separated by divorce for many years; but now building bridges between them.

Buddy, Morgan, Logan.

You can go back to this website entrance, to the SEARCH Box that is on top. Type in LUCIFER and hit the arrow. Copy those scriptures on paper. (See if Ezekiel 28 is in the list?)

Open up your Bible and look up those verses. IF your Bible pages have CENTER of the page, REFERENCE columns;

See the alphabet letters in the verses and enter those scriptures in your list from the Reference Column.

Now you can read along the event, pulling in the other references and it gives you a complete picture of what is what.

I did it. I remember that there were 3 archangels: Lucifer, Michael, Gabriel. Other religions have more in their doctrines; not Gods.

Lucifer was 4th in line but sin was found in him and he was ejected with his followers to earth. (1/3 of angels turned evil)

Only Michael and Gabriel remain. I don't want to hear about other archangels from googling.

He is in our prayers now.

Carleton

I sent that to a truck driver friend of mine.

(Ex Fire ems paramedic). He had a mini-stroke last week. Called me in Texas from Ohio, from the side of a road. I had to call police and Ems and a few others. He had driven home! Couldn't talk. Got mad cause ems found him & took him to the hospital. He's ok.

I hope he will be more serious about diet.

And about Being born again, from your letter.

:) Truck driver was maybe two years a born again Christian at the time of the vision.

No. I believe your vision is real. I've had them. So wonderful when they happen.

I had one as a new Christian that took me by surprise and caused fear. I found out that satan can use the Bible against us.

I heard an audible voice in the room. I did not feel the witness in my spirit; that it was from God.

It could've derailed me right there.

You will feel no fear from a vision of God. It will edify you and bless you. The memory will carry you over rough patches in life.

I had one where I was standing in clouds. I took a big breath. The air was so crisp and clean. I filled my lungs, over and over. I said " what is that!?" In my spirit I heard: the air in Heaven is faith....

Mishael - I'm curious why you say be careful with visions. They have a purpose: revelation, comfort, answer to a prayer. I do know satan is a liar and can trick but are you saying he can answer my prayers and comfort me.

Thank you for sharing that Shelley, your reply was very timely and reassuring to me.

It was some months ago I put the question in, the reason being I care for my mother whom is getting close to the end. She cannot talk now. As time is close the more I think deeply about what happeneds after. I pray and ask.

Your experience which you very kindly gave me was a confirmation of what I watched with my mum only last week. As she sat in bed in the morning I hesitated getting her up as I could see she looked so happy, she was chatting away to what seemed like a few people around her, but when she looked up in front of her face was beaming, her smile and in particular her eyes literally shone! I knew then she was experiencing something very very special. I can only describe it as awsome. I was witnessing Love in all it's beauty. what I watched a witnessed was pure Love - no doubt whatsoever.

I can only say my prayer requests have been answered and to be given a timely confirmation by you also a week later is something quite lovely - don't you think.

I don't see it saying that at all. It says you must take responsibility for laying with someone out of wedlock. It makes sense, since a pregnancy may occur and God is making provision for mother and baby to be taken care of. God does not condone sex outside of marriage, but is providing protection for the female if that happens.

Write it down and just keep it for a while. Ask: how did you feel towards it. What do you think. Words you heard.

Be careful. I've had visions. They usually have a purpose: revelation, comfort, answer to a prayer.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Hi,

I had a supernatural experience, I was sleeping with my husband one morning and I felt a heavy weight on my chest and as I was gasping for air I was trying to get my husbands attention and my soul was pulled out of my body. After that I was in this beautiful light that I cannot explain. I heard people whispering but I didn't see any faces but I've seen the images of spiritual beings that were there. More like glorified bodies. I always ask god how can he forgive me for all the things I've done but when I was standing in the midst of this light and he spoke to me, not with words that one can comprehend but external with opening up his mouth. He love is so powerful that it was shining through me.

Thank you very much. I had this question because someone told me about this verse and they said that's why they don't believe in the Bible and I really couldn't defend it. I still don't think I can defend it but thanks to your response I can explain the verse more than just seeing how it is.

Common sense: NO

That is Old Testament. They followed the expanded laws/customs at that time. You can find them in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Exodus 20, is the Ten Commandments. There were customs in force and this incident was one of those. If someone harmed a neighbor or his possessions; restitution was made to the victim(s).

You should read those books. We have 2 Commandments that Jesus gave to us.

Matthew 5, Jesus explains patiently, which of the Ten Commandments is still observed; but if you obey the 2 new commandments, we wouldn't have to have Jesus explain common sense to us.

2 Timothy 3 explains what people will be like in the "Last Days". Our time right now.

Notice 2 Timothy 3:13

Yes or eye of the needle. It was so narrow that a camel could not go through it. But a person could.

Hello, please note that the Bible covers a lot of history and world events in detail, especially in the old testament before Christ. If you read a history book that talked about Hitler killing 6 million people would that automatically mean the book endorses killing 6 million people? That would be a false assumption. Yet some think that way towards the Bible's documented history. They were flawed and imperfect people full of sin then just like today. The Israelites had many types of laws and customs that were only for them, like civil law and ceremonial law. They had a lot of weird laws and that don't sound fair the way its presented. I don't know if the woman at that time had a choice in the matter or not. Like many things it's possible there was more to it.

Hello someone mentioned to me that " Deuteronomy 22:28-29 KJV

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; [29] Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." Means that the Bible allows rape. Is this true or not?

Thank you!

Do we bow down to a person a title someone has or an object?

1 John 5:20-21

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given is an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Little Children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

It is a blessing to sing not a right. The Lord knows who is actually singing praises to Him from their heart under any condition and those making excuses that this particular condition limits our praises by song. In the 1500's people sang as they were being put to death often by torture by the Roman Church and the State because of not accepting infant baptism as salvation. Even young girls were buried alive vertically so that they had shovel full after shovel full of chances to recant. Instead of recanting some sang as Christian witnesses. Jesus knows!

I have to show this. Jesus is coming soon. Our freedoms are being stripped away. Guess we'll have to sing on the front lawn?

*****

The radical Left is desperately exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic to expand their extreme agenda. This is what we warned you about.

California used the pandemic as a pretext to ban singing in church. Telling churches how they can worship God is an unthinkable abuse of power.

We're working night and day to fight back. Last week, we filed a MAJOR lawsuit on behalf of multiple churches; and just hours ago, we filed a critical motion for a preliminary injunction to quickly block enforcement of the singing ban. (ALCJ) Our fight DOES NOT STOP.

But we face a significant challenge. We're taking on a formidable state government (California) and its vast resources. And this case could quickly head to the Supreme Court. Sign the Petition.