WAIT - What does our Father Mean, when he uses this Word?

Have you ever used a word, and didn't really know what it meant? Sometimes when studying our Father's Word, we have to buckle ourselves down, put that old thinking cap on, and get to root of what is being said.


Man, will change the meaning of a word, whenever he/she sees fit. It's faster, it's not time consuming, and the conversation is spent reading between the lines.

Ever read a txt mgs, or been in a chatroom?
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But you know, in our Father's Word, you can't do that, when he uses a word, to teach you something, he means just what that word means.


WAIT

Let's take that word Wait back to the original language that it was written in: (Hebrew)

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In the book of Exodus 21:1, our Father gave Moses the judgements, he should use, concerning the crime, and the penalty.


Exodus 21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.


If you smite a man, and he dies, you are to be put to death, no questions asked.


13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.


If you did not lie behind a bush, a tent, a tree, a camel, hide out in the flock, or sit there, and wait for the man, and your God put you in the position, to do the right thing, I'm going to make sure you have a safe place to go, so you won't be killed.


(See Numbers 35)

Now let's go to the book of Numbers and see how our Father uses the word wait.


Numbers 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.


Their job was to handle all work that was wholly to God, concerning the tabernacle and the tent. The Levites, the first born, only, where to put it up, take it down, keep it wholly, inside and outside, and clean, no funny stuff, no false teachings, no junk! And check this out, don't give them any property, and no land, for themselves, because they belong to me! When they wait on the priest office, they are waiting on me!


Remember when In the book of Exodus 21:1, our Father gave Moses the judgements, he should use, concerning the crime, and the penalty.


Exodus 21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.


You know why? They were traveling. They were still trying to reach the land of Canaan, their inheritance. Let me ask you a question? Would you feel comfortable traveling with a murderer? Always looking over your shoulder, wondering who he's going to strike next! Our Father said; nip it! in the bud! right then!



Ok now, the children of Israel have reached the land of Canaan, and they are getting ready to go in, but before they do so our Father speaks to Moses in Numbers 35:1 in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. He's going to lay down some ground rules, because now they are actually going to be settled down on their land.



In Numbers 35:2 thru 10, The LORD spoke to Moses, and Commanded the children of Israel, (the11 tribes), to give a portion of their inheretance to the Levites .It would be cities for them to live in, and suburbs, to put their cattle on, so they could continue, to be about our Father's business.



Now after this was done, They were to make 6 cities, a city of refuge, 3 on this side of Jordan, and three in Canaan.


11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.



This is for anyone who, makes a mistake or inadvertent transgression, in error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly. They didn't mean to slay anyone, it was an accident.


12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.


So if the next of kin, (avenger) comes to kill the person, (slayer) who made the mistake in killing his loved one, the slayer can go there, and stay until he goes before the judge.


Put your thinking Caps on! Numbers 16 thru 18


If he Smite, (Hit, Strike), him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death, if he strike him with throwing a stone, and he dies, he is a murderer, if he strikes him with a hand weapon of wood, and he dies he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.



If he uses any kind of weapon, to kill, he shall be put to death. Why? because he meant to kill him!


19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.



Now pay attention! IF the revenger (the next of kin), just so happens to come across the murderer's path, or run into him randomly, or just happen to meet him, and the murderer, starts an argument, and they get into a fight, the revenger (next of kin) has a right to kill the murderer. Why? Because the murderer wants to kill him too!



20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.



If the revenger, has hatred in his heart, and he shoves the slayer with all his might, or if he strikes him with malice in his heart, he has waited and planned what he was going to.do If the slayer dies, then the (slayers) next of kin, has the right to slay the revenger, when he meet him.



In other words, what goes around, comes around.The Avenger became a Revenger because, he laid in wait.




Now let's take another look at the way our Father uses the word wait. In the book of Jeremiah, our Father is really upset.



Jeremiah 5: 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.



Are you sitting in the harlot's house (church) every sunday, or whatever day you go to church, and listen to them tell you lies, like you're going to be raptured up out of here! A Harlot, will tell you anything, and do anything, just to get your money.



They're not telling you that satan and his workers are going to be sitting in Jerusalem for five months, defacto, decieving, people and stealing peoples souls.



They're not telling God's children, that Satan is the one riding the FIRST White Horse in:

Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.



Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.



These preachers and so-called teachers are to catching you in a net, setting a trap, occupying your mind with junk. They stick together, they take wages by the day or year. They were hired Harlots. They are morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person, condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked MEN AND WOMEN, that do wrong. They are laying in wait!



Have you ever taken a pacify out of a babies mouth; when they are sucking on that thing real goood? Whew!! Are you being pacified, with false religions? Holding on to that Rapture Theory?



His children have forsaken him, they're not listening to him, ther're listening to the false teachers, preachers, false prophets, anyone who claims to be teaching the true word of God, and all they are doing is killing the souls of his people. They are murderers of the soul. They are leading his children straight to satan.



Our Father reminds us again, in The New Testament, by the teachings of Paul, when he was speaking to the Ephisians in:

4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;


12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:


13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:


14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;



Paul is telling us, don't be fooled by the instructions, doctrines, learnings, and teachings of, false apostles; false prophets; false evangelists; false pastors and false teachers.



So let's keep in mind, what David told us in the book of:



Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.



We need to bind together, gather together, patiently tarry, wait, be strong, be of good courage, hold fast, and behave ourself valiantly. We should be alert, physically and mentally. If you run into some rough things, Our Father will strengthen us, care for us, and give us wisdom and understanding, when we seek him through his word, not the traditions of mans words.



Let's wait for the rider of the SECOND white horse that. John saw in:


Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.


12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.


13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.


14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.


15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.


16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.


Enjoy your studies! alisicia

God's Assurance

Biblically illiterate Christians who know only a verse of the Bible here; and a verse there, have a problem when someone starts throwing darts at them concerning what will happen in the latter days. As Jesus would often say,"It is written, haven't you read?". The only way you may claim God's promises is to become familiar with those promises by studying His Word. God wants only what is best for those that love Him. That isn't to say He won't allow you to be tested at times. These tests are a means of proving that God can trust you and count on you when the going gets tough.

Let's begin our study in
I Corrinthians 10:11 Now these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

The things Paul is referring to are the facts that God brought Moses and Israel out of Egypt. God parted the Red Sea and made certain His children had water to drink and manna to eat. These things were examples for you in this generation. Trust in God.

10:12
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
If you are well-founded in God's Word, you will not fall when the adversary appears as antichrist. You will be prepared to boldly make a stand for Jesus Christ.

10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].

Those who make a stand for Jesus can count on this promise from Father. When you are tempted, don't stop thinking. What should you be thinking? Where does all wisdom come from? All wisdom comes from God. Some read this verse and think they are being promised a rose garden. That isn't what it says. The word tempted means proven. God wants to see what you are made of. Can He count on you?

Turn with me to II Timothy as we continue our study concerning God's assurance.
3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
Does that sound like a rose garden to you?

3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accuser, incontinent, firerce, despisers of those that are good,
3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, loavers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

The last days being described sound like trouble to me. The description fits this generation pretty well.

3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Many like to talk religion; however, they don't really believe in the power of Christianity. Don't play church.

3:6 For this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins,led away with divers lust, 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

This applies to silly men as well as silly women. They have attended church regularly for thirty years and know nothing of God's Word.

3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Jannes and Jambres were Pharaoh's magicians that tried to belittle Aaron's rod turning into a serpent with their own serpents. Aaron's serpent ate their serpents alive.

3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all { men }, as theirs also was. 3:10 But thou has fully known my doctrin, manner of life, purpose, faith longsuffering, charity, patience.

Paul is speaking of himself. How are you doing on patience?

3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions, I endured: but out of { them }all the Lord delivered me.
God provided Paul a way out. He will provide you a way out, if you believe and trust in God's assurance.

3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
The trouble is going to grow worse, before things get better. That is alright. God has promised you that He won't give you more than you can handle.

3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou has learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned { them };

God assures you through the Holy Spirit as you grow in His Word. You can count on God. He will always provide you with a way out of the troubles and persecution.

Let's turn to
II Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

The false preachers that lead their flocks right to the "spurious" messiah will have a lot to answer for. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes on judgment day.

2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

How do you know that you are following a false preacher straight to antichrist? Is your preacher teaching God's Word, or man's words?

2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
God keeps very good records in the book of life. He knows very well those preachers that do their homework in His Word before they start preaching. He also knows those preachers that teach with feigned, that is to say "fabricated words".

2:4 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;
2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

God destroyed the ungodly "nephillim", the fallen angels, and their offspring the "gibber", or giants.

2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

Lot was upset with what was happening in Sodom and Gomorrha. God was too! He destroyed them as an example to others that choose to live ungodly.

2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Just as God delivered Paul and Lot out of temptations, He will deliver you out of temptations, when you do things God's way. Please God, and trust in His assurance.

Many , especially today, believe that evildoers get ahead of the righteous and always win.

We are going to Psalms 37 which is an acrostic Psalm having four lines (a quatrain) assigned to each successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet except the fourth, the eleventh and the nineteenth which each have three lines (a triple) assigned to them. The letters having three lines assigned to them are equivalent to verses seven, twenty, and thirty-four.

So what does this mean? God wanted these verses to stick out like a sore toe. You might want to circle these verses in you Bible. Within this Psalm is a hidden message. Turn there when you begin to think the bad guys always win.

Psalms
37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.


God sends pastors to feed His sheep who love Him.

37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.


When you truly delight, trust in and commit to God the blessings from Him begin to flow.

37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Here comes the first of the "sore toe" verses. These are a special message from God to you.

37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
What is the message? Don't worry about those that prosper by doing evil. God keeps good records. Be wise enough that you don't allow wicked people to rip you off, though.

Skip to verse twenty.
Psalms
37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Picture a piece of burning fat falling onto live burning coals. The fat almost instantly becomes smoke forever and ever. So shall it be with the wicked in the lake of fire. Do you envy them?

Now, the final triplet verse.

Psalms
37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and you will be there to witness the destruction of the wicked.

What a powerful message! Isn't God 's assurance beautiful? You have nothing to fear. Your Father is in control! We have the victory in Him!

Enjoy your studies! alisicia