Lion of Judah:
God is made up of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, three in one, inseparable from each other. (Please note when I speak of God I refer to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit)
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Rev 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (prophesied in Isaiah 44:6 where the Lord calls himself he first and the last, again Jesus confirms this in Rev 1:11, 17))
God is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, without a beginning and without and end.
Satan and his demons(fallen angels) are opposed to God, and one of the ways they oppose God is by leading people into unrighteousness and eventually down the gates of hell. Legally Satan was defeated at the cross, but is free to rome the earth like a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour, coming to kill, steal and destroy and if given a finger will take your whole hand. Stripped of his power, but re-empowered by the rebelliousness/wickedness of mankind. e.g you own a second house, left unguarded, squatters move in and take over, legally they don't have the right, but because u did'nt guard it, they took advantage and took over, and will now require u to evict them with force with police/lawers etc explaining the great commission of our legal right to take dominion in this world(all area's, law/corporates/politics/schools etc) with spiritual force(righteousness/non violent/unbiased diploamcy with prayer and fasting and spreading the gospel with Church services/outreaches/hospital visitations/movies/music/debates etc. Satan will never ever again have the keys of death and hades as he was stripped by Jesus of these keys, but he was not killed, and is still allowed to roam the earth and is described by the disciples as like a raoring lion trying to bring destruction. God even warns us of the major threat of satanic forces in the end times in Rev 6 and rev 12 and how he'll persecute the church and focus his attack on us. we are now in the end times !!!! Also the disciples were under constant attack long after the resurection and pentecost, always warning us to becareful of that serpent of old, the devil, don't under estimate him.
The goodnews is:
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved (after Jesus was crucified, on the third day God raised him from the dead) . For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Rom 10:9-10
Those that receive Jesus Christ into their lives and bear the fruit thereof have there sins washed away and receive the gift of eternal life and as an inheritance the Holy Spirit comes into your life and helps you renew your mind and transform your ways.(2 Cor 1:22)
We should proclaim the gospel to the Jew first and also to the greek, the entire world,but at the same time show no partiality to any tongue or tribe wether it be black or white , Arab or Jew in our dealings with the different tribes i.t.o land, war etc, the Lord calls us to live the principles of sacrifice and teach the principles of sacrifice. We can negotiate as best we can, but if all fails,we are to resort to non violent, unbiased diplomacy with prayer, holiness and fasting under the blood and been prepared to sacrifice all to uphold the Word of God and to bring Gods power to help us be fair and kind with one another.
All those that receive Christ into their lives should be attending church on a regular basis.
Prayer must be daily and fasting must be done on a regular basis. Prayer can be silent, but alos nees to be accomapanied by you speaking your prayer out once u know what u beed to pray about. God conceived the world then spoke what he conceived into existance.
Praying in tongues should be used when you know u need to pray but aren't sure what, then pray in tongues, also silent prayer can be used, both should be used, praying in tongues doesn't have to be a supernatural experience where you suddenly pray a foreign language(can be, but doesn't have to be), can also be used as a form of prayer to open your spirit to God to hear what he has to say, fasting is essential for hearing from God timeously and for spiritual battle and for keeping your lamp well oiled, see the page on prayer and fasting for on this.
Praise and worship should be a part of the church services. In terms of praise and worship, the Bible teaches that we should worship God in truth and in spirit. We do this by believing the truth that Jesus Christ is the son of God, one with God and God, and that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again on the third day, so that whoever believes in their heart and confesses with their mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord shall have the gift of eternal life. We worship God in spirit by walking according to the spirit and putting to death the lusts of the flesh.
So that when we sing songs of praise and worship to God, it is done in truth and in spirit and not merely lip service.
Our life styles should also reflect a life of praise and worship.
Not all songs need to be praise and worship songs, songs for the commercial market however should expose sin in a negative way and shine the light for righteousness and living according to God's Word as the right way.
Believers should also practice tithing of time, finances & resources. Giving to God is giving to churches, charities, paying for someones school/university/technichon fees whose parents can't afford it etc(Deut 26:12-14), should be of a sacrificial nature as God purposes on your heart. We should all be giving 10%(salary earners 10% on gross, companies should work on the appropriate bottom line figure ito pfts/timing differences etc), i.e we should be living a lifestyle that does not stop us from giving 10% to God sacrificially as explained above as God purposes on your heart. If the world was all doing this, when the tough times come, because you haven't pushed your finances to the max living above your means etc, you'll still be comfortable in difficult times and still be able to give. If its going to be a long term adjustment,one should readjust living costs to be able to get back to giving 10% again sacrificially. Offerings is what we give over and above the tithe. Also please note, there are too many christians trusting God for a miracoulas hand out, if you don't work you don't eat, live within your means and you won't need to be a burden to other people telling them how you are trusting God for a miracoulous hand out, this word is for those who are earning enough, but are not tithing because they are stretching their finances to the max to afford cars, houses etc that are too expensive for them, be humble and live below your means so you can tithe, so that when a storms hits you, there is sufficient funds absorb the hit and after the storm get back to tithing. There are however those that are geniunely below the poverty line or are going through a tough time not for lack of prudence that should not be overlooked by us, then use the principle explained above with prayer as to which direction you tithe.
For those in full time ministry, the tithes & offerings received must be used to further the cause of the gospel and not for selfish gain.
God's love is unconditional, but is protection is not unconditional, please see next page for an explanation of this principle i.e go back to the list of main pages and click on the page calles "How God's protection works incl Holocaust & Genocide"
Sacraments,
Breaking of bread with wine, in remberence and recognition of the death, burial and victorious resurrection of Jesus Christ
Water Baptism, unashamed public confession of your passed sins been washed away by the blood of Christ and your enterence to a Holy Spirit filled repentant life, babies should be baptised or dedicated(same as water baptism) for the purpose of breaking generational curses, the parents along with the priest/pastor intercede on behalf of the child, this is important that it gets done before operations on the baby if there are health complications. When the child is older, the child will decide to accept Jesus or not.
Below are the prophecies per Old Testament of the coming Messiah and their fulfiiment through Jesus Christ.
Prophecies of the Messiah and their fulfillment by Jesus Christ
He would be born of a Virgin and this baby would be God with us Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35
He would come lowly and riding a donkey Zechariah 9:9; Matt. 21:6–9
He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver Zechariah 11:12-13; Matt. 26:14–15
He would suffer torture and was whipped for our healing Isaiah 53:5; Matt. 27:26
Savior is both man and God Zech 12:10; John 10:30
He would be rejected Zech 12:10; John 1:11
He would die for our sins Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:46
His body would be pierced Zech 12:10; John 19:34–37
(just as Moses and the Israelites had to mark their homes with the blood of a lamb to avoid the Angel of death taking their 1st born, this was symbolic of Jesus who was going to be the sacrificial lamb who would be slain that his blood may be used to wash our sins away that we no longer need to experience death but gain eternal life, and just as the Israelites had to take that step of faith and obey God to use the blood of the lamb to keep death away, so we have to take that step of faith and believe that Christ was the Messiah(Emmanuel) and have death removed from our lives)
He would rise again and conquer death Hosea 13:14; Cor. 15:55–57
(just as God provided water out of an rock to Moses and the Israelites during the Exodus so they wouldn’t die of thirst, So Jesus is the rock of our salvation who provides us with water and those that drink the water he offers will never thirst again, but that water they drink from him will become a fountain springing up into everlasting life, John 4:14)
Scriptures confirming the Trinity Theology
2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son
Psalm 2
I will declare the decree:
The LORD has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
12 Kiss the Son,[b] lest He[c] be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
Psalm 19
10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
Psalm 110
–A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
more scriptures
Heb 1:9 Psalm 45:6, 7
Heb 1:12Psalm 102:25–27
Hebrews 2, Psalm 8:4-6
Isaiah 9:6
Sciptures about the Spirit of God
Isaiah 44:3
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
other scriptures
Genesis 1:2, 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Ps 2:7-12
Nu 24:2-3, 2 And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
Nu 27:18, 18 And the LORD said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him
Acts 2:17, Joel 2, 28 “ And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
Covenant Teachings (Unsaved and Spiritually born again beleivers)
There are blessings that come on your life from obeying God’s word (Deut 26, 27, 28), living Holy, helping the poor or oppressed regardless of their tribe & tongue, not showing partiality to any tongue or tribe etc.
Their are curses that operate in your life from living in disobediance to God’s Word (Deut 26, 27, 28), not only does sin bring curses into your life, it removes the shield of God’s protection on your life, that Satan takes full advantage of. See page on “How God’s protection works, incl Holocaust & Genecide” for more details of this.
When one comes to Christ and bears the fruit of repenance the curses are broken, but its a continual walk with the Lord, when you do something wrong a curse operates in your life again, Revelation 2:22-24 Jesus warns John those that enetertain sin will be cast into a sickbed, those that are repentant in heart and lifestyle will be clothed in white and not have their names blotted out Rev 3:4-5 and vice versa Rev 3:16 or i'll vomit you out , rev 2 don't loose your first love or your lamp will be removed,an example you must ask Jesus for forgiveness and go and apologise to that person and sort things out and learn from these mistakes and improve and the curse is broken, its a continual process of transformation and growing in the blessings of God and you can't give up, only those that endure to the very end shall maintain their white garments and receive the crown of life Rev 2:10, Rev 3:4-5 Rev 3:11 Rev 3:21
The only time there'll be no more curse, is apon Christ's return(for more on his return see "Endtime prophecies") when he restores all things, then and only then will there be no more curse, Rev 22:3
For a unsaved person, when they repent, the power of the curse is broken according to God's judgement, but their sin's are not washed away, i.e only the blood of Christ can cleanse you and give you the Holy Spirit and eternal life.
curses along with satanic attack manifest with negative effects on your health, emotional well being, finances, family including experiencing humiliation, attacks from animals/bees etc, injuries, weird unlucky things happening, the key is to discern with the help of the Holy Spirit is it a hard time for God to make me stronger, or a curse or attack, the Holy Spirit will show you, the page on "protection" has more.
There are however special blessings that come on your life when you bless people that are in covenant relationship with God and vice versa for curses. Gen 12 & 17
Gen 12, God makes a covenant with Abraham and his descendants, to dwell in the the land of Canaan, and he'll bless those that those that bless them, and curse those who curse them, also in his seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. Appears to be unconditional
Gen 17, the exact same covenant is repeated, but expanded, where God tells Abraham, that all male children are to be circumsised in the flesh of their foreskins,if they are not they will be cut-off.i.e no longer in Covenant relationship with God (circumsion of the foreskin is symbolic of the circumsision of the heart, therefore not unconditional.
Lev 26:40-42 " If they humble their uncircumsised hearts and accept their guilt, I will remember my covenant, and the land.
Deaut 10:16, Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.
So the people of today that are circumsised in their heart are those in covenant relationship with God today.
Gal 3, says a jew is one who is circumsised of the heart not one who is a jew outwardly i.e irrelevant wether blood descendants of Abraham or not. its about the heart)
Romans 2:29, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
Ez 37 confirms that because of the jewish people’s rebellion against God, they are spiritually dead. Ezekial see’s the Jewish people as nothing but a valley of dead bones i.e spiritually dead.
Jesus makes it very clear, that in order to be a in a covenant relationship with God today, you must be born again( John 3) i.e accept Jesus Christ death, burial & resurrection as the price for your sins and bear the fruit of repentance, and then the Holy Spirit will come into your life and live inside you and make you spiritually alive, to help you transform your ways and renew your mind. 2 Cor 1:22
So the covenant of Gen12/17 is applicable to born again spirit filled believers in Jesus Christ bearing the fruit of repentance. God will bless those that bless those in covenant realtionship with God i.e born again spirit filled believers in Jesus Christ, not Muslims, Jews, or backslidden Christians, God will however always bless those who strive to help the poor, oppressed, orphans, sick etc, but don't think for one minute God is going to bless you for blessing Jews of Israel that are in favour of helping themselves to Palestinian land by force(Israeli settlement activity is bringing injustice fuelling violent exremism, e.g if you sponsored the old aparteid goverment of South Africa, don't think that would've brought God's blessing on you), in fact he'll curse you. Joel 1, 2, 3 - those that bring injustice/inequality will be cursed. If you stand against injustice he'll bless you, but you'll come under heavy attack as you opposing Satan's agenda's, but its the right thing to do! (standing against injustice)
Gal 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
There is no such thing as a unconditional covenant with God wrt been in covenant relaltionship & enjoying the different promises of blessings God makes with you (Just as God made a covenant with Abraham, he'll do the same with you if you please him), its a two way partnership, even Salvation, when you receive Jesus Christ as your saviour, its a free gift as a act of grace by God and faith on your part, but if you are saved you are expected to bear the fruit of repentance, or you'll stand before the Lord one day on judgement and he'll send you away, saying I never knew you.
Through the seed of Abraham came Jesus Christ in whom all the nations of the earth are blessed.
You enter the promised land and experience the blessings of God when you accept Jesus Christ as saviour and live according to the Word of God and vise versa.
Another question, if this covenant is unconditional, why did God pronounce judgement on Israel for choosing to worship foreign Gods, and this judgement would be that they would be driven from the land- which came to pass 587BC(approx 600BC), if the covenant was unconditional, God would'nt have allowed them to be driven out in the first place.
The God we serve is a God who does things fairly and honestly who under the new covenant doesn't condone military warfare(see page on prayer and fasting), so in returning the actual biological descendents of Abraham(known to the world as Jewish people, but see above who is theoretically speaking a Jew of today) to the land in Israel, will he not do it dealing fair and honestly with the people inhabiting the land, buy stirring the Jewish people to buy the land from the Palestinians at the prices been asked, and if not for sale, to leave it alone and patiently wait until it is for sale, or must the Jewish people just forcefully take land in a unfair manner, definately not the Jesus Christ of the New Covenant, see page "Israel Palestine" for more on this.
Read the follwing scriptures
Covenant Scriptures
Gen 12, 17, 28 Zach 4
Ex 19-24
Lev 26 (been hostile to God)
Deut 4: 40 When u Israel enter the land and observe my statutes your days in the land(Canaan) will be prolonged and it will go well with you, and 4:27, when you don't observe my statutes and become wicked, corrupt & idolotrous you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
Deut 5:33, 8:19
Deut 26, 27, 28 (universal principles of blessings and curses applicable to everyone)
End Time Prophecies
There are two options for mankind including Israel, 1st option, that we repent and put our faith in God with spiritual warfare, or stay unrepentant and keep our faith in military warfare for protection which will lead to death and destruction on a scale never seen before. see the "End time prophecies" page for more on this
if you want to grow in annointing and power :
- your conduct must live up to a high standard ito integrity/honesty/been fair/doing whats right inspite of the wrongs experienced/non violent/unbiased i.e HOLY, even in trying times
- fasting is essential
- you must be kingdom focused, forget about selfish ambition/personal glory/recognition etc
-If married, you need to make sure your spouse is not left in the dark, e.g If your spouse is a gifted teacher, she should be going out on outreaches developing the gift and taking on responsibilities to the point she can share rotation from behind the pulpit with you
- don't be over ambitious/zealous to the point you are anxious which can lead you to compromise on your holiness of which Satan will take full advantage. Be determined but not over zealous leading to anxiousness
e.g if you've seen the movie Gladiator with Russel Crowe, Ceasar approaches Maximus and informs him he wants to hand full power to him, Maximus's response" i'm not interested " Ceasars response " that's why its got to be you "
people covet power/glory etc to prove themselves to those around them, you must get beyond that to truelly become powerfull with annointing, be patient, patientlly persue the call on your life and when the time is right, it'll come!!!!
Another very important point, is that you must have a genuine concern for the people, and back it up by deeds, i/e getting involved in selfless work to help your youth/community etc, and especially helping the poor, orphans, etc, this is very important, unless you are getting involved in outreaches in one way or the other to make a positive difference financially and in other ways, you are not backing up your words with actions, and this will hinder the anointing and your prayer life.
Church membership should be open to all, from true born again believers to sinners, but not leadership, leadership must only be available to those in right standing with God under the Blood of Christ, if a believer falls into sin, they must be responsible and step down from their position of leadership and be a normal member and must also confess their sin to the appropriate elder, and should not be cast out, but merely step down, or the lives of those that leader is responisble for will be endangered as the shield will be broken allowing demonic forces in and then the false teachings that will come or attack on marriages/relationships/lives etc each believer has their own protection who they are responsible for, but there is also a collective protection for gatherings that starts at the top and filters down and alot of damage can get done.
Choose your company who you fellowship with carefully, but membership should be open to all.
