(Here ye, hear ye!) This world is GOING TO FIND OUT REAL SOON who it is that "possesses the Winepress" and treads it, and also the express details of the reasons why? You see, it all begins with the "transgression of Jacob" and the "sin of Samaria", which is the idolatry of our people who have been lead astray from the Word of God where justice and truth abide and instead are taught in many of our churches, to follow after the traditions of men. This has resulted in a "famine" in our land which as brother Amos writes in his book concerning these last days, is a famine for the hearing of the Word of God, not a famine for bread nor a thirst for water... Amos 8:11 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:" --- Oh, don't misunderstand! --- We hear a lot in our churches about Jesus! --- It's just that His Word is not taught chapter by chapter, line by line and verse by verse, except by a few, and so we as a nation are void of the knowledge of His wisdom and have become, as such, a nation of Biblical illiterates. Needless to say, our Father is very saddened by the conditions He finds on the earth and in this nation at the time of harvest, when the fruit should be ripe and His own vineyard filled with sweet luscious clusters that can be eaten. But what a mess His vineyard is in. Here is what our Father has to say about it: ---- Micah 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. --- The "Woe is me" that begins this final chapter of Micah expresses the lamentation, the extreme disappointment and sadness our Father feels. He comes to His vineyard to reap a ripe plump cluster of grapes and instead finds that there are nothing but scattered grapegleanings left behind. Just about everything has been picked clean. ----- By the way, the vineyard is the true house of Israel, those so-called "lost 10 tribes" from the ancient house of Israel who migrated over the Caucasus Mountains after being carried off into Assyria. They settled in western Europe and the British Isles and later made the pilgrimage to the Americas. ----- [If you want to know more about where the true house of Israel is today, then contact Artisan Publishers at www.artisanpublishers.com and purchase the little booklet The Abrahamic Covenant, by E. Raymond Capt.) or log unto pamphlets #1064 and #1020 on this web site.] ----- Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and He looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. ----- "These two lines (judgment...oppression & righteousness...cry) may be Englished by "He looked for equity, but found inequity; for right, but behold might", as used in oppression and producing a 'cry'." (see Companion Bible, note on Isa. 5:7, pg 937.) ----- Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. ----- As we say today, "They are all out for blood!", for what they can get for self. ----- Their version of the Golden Rule is to "Do unto others before they do unto you!" ----- And do not forget about those who control the Four Hidden Dynasties, i.e. ride the four horses of the apocalypse (Rev. 6). Their version of the Golden Rule is that "The Guys with the Gold make the Rules". ----- [3] That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. ----- We can sure see where this is true of the overall legislative and judicial systems in our country where both sides of the isle and both the ideologically declared "right" and the "left" hands do evil earnestly, together, in a "true bi-partisan manner". [We do have some good people in our government, and this is not an all inclusive indictment, but the vision of our founding fathers where our leaders hold true to the concept of "One nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all!" has fallen short because there is too large a "separation of godly men and state", the church notwithstanding.] ----- Deals of compromise, plea bargaining, bribery, and all sorts of "flatteries" (chalaq* in Hebrew - see Dan. 11:32) have now become the norm. ----- What about "Right and Wrong"? [Who cares?] Certainly not the lovers (fornicators) who make their beds with the beast! chalaq, khaw-lak', Hebrew 2505; a primitive root; to besmooth (figurative); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate :- deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part (-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth (-er). ----- Note: Do you have the wisdom to count the number of the beast (Rev. 13:18), which is to use "smooth stones" in enumeration, i.e. to trace the mark of service of the kenites (sons of Cain) from the beginning in the garden to this very day and right up to the 6th Seal, the 6th Trump, and the 6th Vial? ----- Look up the word "count" in your Strong's Concordance ----- [4] The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. The "day of the watchman" means the day the watchmen foretold about, which is the time of calamity when perplexity, the confusion of right and wrong, and the inability and/or unwillingness to discern between the holy and the profane shall abound. Take a good look around and you should no longer have any doubts why our Father is angry and determined He shall come forth out of His place to tread upon the high places [churches] of the land (Micah 1:3)? The prophet Isaiah also declares the "troddening down" of His vineyard: Isaiah 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [6] And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Those briars and thorns are those we just read of in Micah 7:4. [7] For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. ----- So who are you going to put your trust in? Are you going to follow the rising swelling beast system and ultimately become a loyal world citizen under the protection (and control - captivity) of the New World Order? ---- You see, the days are coming when the abomination of desolation, the Assyrian (the false-christ), shall come upon the land and he shall tread and he shall exercise all the power of the first beast, the multi-headed, multi-national, one-world political, social, economic and religious system, i.e. the New World Order. ----- Micah 7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. ----- Our own people, our loved ones of our own household, shall become spiritual adversaries to us because of the zeal they have for Jesus, i.e. the one who shall come and convince them that he is the Messiah. Jesus Christ quoted these very words from the Book of Micah in Matthew chapter 10 letting us know that Micah was indeed speaking of the tribulation of the last days. Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. [36] And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. Yes, it is written that many loved ones shall betray (deliver up) one another to the spurious messiah christ (who they think is Jesus) and shall cause them to be put to death (as in spiritually slain). Mark 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. Knowing that they are in a blind stupor of ignorance (Rom. 11) caused by the famine of these end times, the words of Jesus Christ as He hung on the cross come to mind: Luke 23:34 "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." However, true Christians who know and keep God's commands will not take and eat the poison meat from king Nebuchadnezzar's (a type of false-christ) table when they are brought before him, nor will they drink the wine of fornication (i.e. which causes one to commit spiritual adultery) from the hand of the harlot (Rev. 18:3). As a result they shall be hated of all men for His name's sake but they shall wait upon their God and shall endure and hold fast to that which they have. Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. It is also written in this 13th chapter of Mark (vs. 11) that God's elect are not to premeditate about what they shall say when they are delivered up, for the Holy Spirit shall speak through them and they shall proclaim His Word's as they are instructed and given utterance by Him after the example set forth by the Holy Spirit on that first Pentecost Day following the resurrection. Who should you therefore put your trust in? Who should you look to during the time of perplexity and confusion among nations? It is written that Satan the "son of perdition" will stand in the holy place and claim to be God, Jesus Christ, the Messiah returned, and it is also written that he will perform great signs and wonders in the sight of men (2 Thes. 2:4-9), like calling fire (lightening) down from heaven (Rev. 13:13), to show forth his "supernatural credentials" and thereby deceive the whole world (except for God's elect). Most of our brothers and sisters will believe the true Jesus Christ has returned, though it will be Satan, the false messiah, and they will want you to believe in him too!----- So the pressure will be put on you, and the spiritual heat of the fiery furnace will be stoked seven times hotter than it is wont to be right now. Micah 7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. Use wisdom and prudence and trust only in the true Lord thy God and wait on Him. Trust not what a friend tells you, or a family member, or a church leader (pastor), or even your wife. Stay in His Word, the Bible, and keep His way! ----- Psalm 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. Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. -----[Are you one of God's elect?] ----- If so, what is it God will hear you say? ----- "Save me?" ----- No! ----- [Pay attention to the rest of this study because if you are one of His elect you love mercy and you SERVE HIM and you ask for and receive that which furthers that service (work), knowing that your salvation is sure in Him, the real Jesus!] ----- You see, to God's elect the salvation of their families, their brothers and sisters, is actually more important to them and weighs on their minds more heavily than saving their own necks.----- Have you ever read the Book of Jonah?----- By the way, those spiritual "walls" of that great city will come down after the same manner as the physical walls of Jericho came tumbling down. --- In other words, when the seven priests (God's 7,000 elect, the seven shepherds) march around the city and "blow the trumpets", if you understand the analogy. Joshua 6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; [but the reward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.] ----- [Now notice what happens at that day, the last day, at the sound of the 7th Trump:] --- Joshua 6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. ----- [[Joshua is the same as "Yeshua" in Hebrew and he was a type of the savior leading his people into the promised land just as Jesus leads us.]] Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall of Jericho fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. ----- I've got news for you! ----- Good News! ----- God's elect are busy right now "marching and blowing the trumpets" and we are soon taking over "Babylon the Great, that great city, Mystery Babylon, the Mother of Harlots (Rev. 17:5, 18)", for we are going to bring her walls down and the mountain of the house of Lord shall be established in her stead. Yes, at the sound of the last trump!--- Looks like the blowing of the trumpet by the priests, God's elect, does some good, doesn't it? --- Here is the shout at the last trump (i.e. the 7th trump just as it was in the time of Joshua) when Christ returns. ----- 1 Thes. 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ----- The Assyrian and his beastly friends are not going to like the shout of God's people, are they? ----- Let us return to Micah. Micah 7:12 In that day also he* shall come [read "come home"] even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. * This should read "they" as is "thine exiles". See the note on this verse in the Companion Bible. ----- This is the future gathering back of His people, those "exiles" (pro-claiming Christians who bowed a knee to Satan when he came as the spurious messiah) taken in the great captivity of the Assyrian (the false-christ) in these last days. They shall come out of the fortified cities, i.e. bondage also symbolized by Egypt, and gather unto Him, the real Christ. --- That is really good news!--- But first (which is what "notwithstanding" means in the next verse) the desolator, that death angel (of spiritual death), i.e. Satan, shall come upon the land and make it spiritually desolate. Do you remember "Why" from the very first chapter of this great Book of Micah? [13] Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. The fruit of their doings is all the injustice and perversion, etc., which we have read about in this book of Micah. It is the fruit, very bad fruit, which is produced by straying from the Word of God and following the traditions of men, which is the "Sin of Samaria", remember? Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? The corruption and profaning of the high places all stem from that "woman", the mother of harlots, which is that great city of Jerusalem. Rev. 17:18 "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." Knowing that the desolation must take place, Micah offers up the following prayer in the next verse. Dr. Bullinger notes that there is an Ellipsis (implied but missing word or words) to be supplied at the beginning of this verse, which is "Then Micah prayed, and said: O Yahveh..." Micah 7:14 ... Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. This prayer from Micah to the LORD is for Him to come feed (which means "shepherd") His people, the flock of His heritage, and lead them to "green pastures", which is symbolic of His truth, the Word of God.----- Then in vss. 15-17 below, the LORD answers this prayer and declares that He surely will, i.e. come again. ----- Also, it should be pointed out that the phrase "As in the days of old" documents that this verse speaks of a yet future time and does not refer to the days of Micah when Israel was in possession of Bashan and Gilead. ----- Micah now continues with more of the Good News, a promise from our heavenly Father: ---- Micah 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. Again, this is our Father's response to Micah's prayer and His remedy (redemption) to the captivity and calamity of His people in these last days. And if you think the "marvellous things" He performed when he brought our forefathers out of Egypt were something, you "ain't seen nothin' yet". This will really be something to behold when the Lord redeems His people Israel. ----- [16] The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. The nations SHALL SEE and they shall be "confounded", which means they will be utterly ashamed. Remember earlier, in chapter 5, we learned that it is God's elect, those Seven Shepherds (even "eight principal men" meaning plumb full of oil, whose "cups runneth over", i.e. anointed ones), whom He shall raise up to "take a stand" against Satan and "waste the land of Assyria with the sword (the Word of God)"? Micah 5:5 And this Man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. As we noted in our study of chapter five, this "Man" is Yeshua, the Great Shepherd, leading the seven shepherds, God's elect, to do His will, like blowing the trumpets! [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. ----- Perhaps now would be a good time to re-read the 23rd Psalm, the prayer of the elect, of those whose heads are anointed with "oil" so much so that their "cups runneth over" and who already feed in the luscious green pastures of His Word. ----- They are those who are already shepherded by the LORD, the Great Shepherd, (so they shall not want, i.e. "chacer" in Hebrew, which means to "fail" or "decrease" as in "make lower" or "back off") for they are those "principaled men" who shall take that stand against the Assyrian! You see, those "anointed ones" have no fear of evil (i.e. of the evil one, the Assyrian, nor of His fiery darts) as they walk through the shadow (the darkness) in this once plush valley where now lie the spiritually dry bones of His people who have been spiritually slain by the Assyrian. Goodness (spiritual richness and bountiful blessings) and mercy ("checed" in Hebrew meaning "favour", "good deeds/works", "loving kindness") shall follow them all the days of their (anointed) lives! ----- Why? ----- Because they will bring forth the Word of God, i.e. carry the Light forth in the darkness, and breathe (teach) His life giving Spirit (His Word) upon those dry bones in the valley of (spiritual) death and those famished, thirsty, dry bones made desolate by the evil one and his ways, shall come alive (spiritually) and return unto the Father (Ezk. 37)! ----- And so it is that God's elect, those dragon kickin", serpent stompin', Swordfighters, shall dwell forevermore in the house of the LORD which shall be established on Mount Zion (Micah 4)! -----Go bruisers! Go!----- And when that takes place, the nations who committed fornication with the great harlot shall lower themselves in humility and subjection to the King of kings and Lord of lords. Romans 14:11 "For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." Micah 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. "To lick the dust like a serpent" is a statement of degradation or debasement in Hebrew. Therefore as Micah states in verse one of this seventh chapter, they better not rejoice and gloat at the tribulation of His people during their time of trouble, for their day is soon coming! ----- What a great plan our Father has to bring His children back to Him with a mighty hand! --- Yes,there is a negative side to His plan but there is great purpose in the calamity, and that is so that when He delivers and brings forth His children ALL peoples and nations and tongues shall know that He alone, the great "I AM", is Lord over all the earth and there is NONE OTHER like unto Him! [18]Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will put a stop to the chastisement (in fact He has evened shortened the length of Satan's reign - Mat. 24:22) and He will redeem His people and restore to them the inheritance He promised to Abraham. Who is like unto Him? There is no one so just and merciful as He and there is none other who can forgive us of our transgressions. You see, our Father wants to be merciful to His children for it is His desire that ALL should come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9). [19] He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. He will "turn again" means He will "return" and He will fulfill ALL of His promises! ALL of them! [20] Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. Jesus Christ quoted from this great Book of Micah in Luke 12:53 and so did Dr. Luke in Luke 1:72-73 where he speaks of the horn of our salvation, Jesus Christ, who would come and redeem His people and fulfill all of the terms of His holy covenant which He made unconditionally to our father Abraham. Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, [69] And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; [70] As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: [71] That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; Jesus Christ is the Savior and the Light unto this world of darkness! These next verses are taken from the last verse in the great Book of Micah. [72] To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; [73] The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, ----- Are you familiar with the holy covenant which the Lord God "sware to our father Abraham"? ----- Luke sums it up for us: [74] That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, [75] In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. He promised us deliverance and eternal life, to inherit the land which He showed unto our fathers and to dwell safely in the House of the LORD for ever, i.e. all the days of our life. ----- Do you serve Him? ----- There is NONE "Who is like Yahveh". His Word is true and the Good News of His promises are as SURE as the sun rises in the east and settles in the west! Let Him be your Shepherd and you shall not "want"! ----- Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. --- AMEN  

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So why did God tell Hosea to go marry a whore?

"HOSEA" --- "What is a book titled "Salvation" doing in the Old Testament?" The answer is quite simple. Our Father placed it here for our understanding, to learn not only why salvation is necessary, but especially how He feels about His children who have gone astray (even from the first earth age), and to understand the tremendous love He has in that He would not only give His life but He would take back a wife who was once an unfaithful adulterous. --- To that end, this book of Hosea is written which contains very graphic and descriptive language presented in such a way that we might be able to form a PICTURE in our minds of the spiritual things our Father wants us to SEE! The Word of God is full of such imagery. In fact, all that is necessary for our spiritual understanding, including not only such things as salvation, but even all the prophecies written for this final generation, have been acted out in history and recorded for us in His Word. Paul documents this in 1 Cor. 10:11, "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." --- It is important to notice that Judah and Israel have separate kings. That is because the 12 Tribe Nation of Israel became TWO separate nations following the reign of king Solomon and HAVE BEEN SO EVER SINCE. The southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin became known as the House of Judah and the northern ten tribes became known as the House of Israel. (Most Bibles have maps in their appendixes which will clearly show these two nations as separate.) You see, without understanding who and where the House of Israel and the House of Judah are today, one cannot understand Bible prophecy. --- So why did God tell Hosea to go marry a whore? Hosea 1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. --- You must learn to read carefully if you desire to understand the simplicity of God's Word The priests were NOT the sons of Levi, i.e. priests ordained by God. Are the "Many" preachers who come in the name of Jesus and stand in the pulpits of the Beth-avens in this nation, and deceive "Many", {ordained of God or ordained of men?} They sure look like true Christian ministers, don't they? And if you are not familiar with God's Word you would say they sure sound like true Christian ministers, don't they? And those buildings sure look like Beth-els, don't they? The question is, "Does the preacher follow and teach God's commands from Genesis through Revelation or does he or she promote fictional fairy tales like "Left Behind"? You see, it is kenites of the house of Hemath, the direct descendents of Cain, who through their control and influence of the Four Hidden Dynasties shall afflict the House of Israel right up to the end of this flesh age. --- Did you know that these events which happened of old were actually "ensamples" for us today, which God brought to pass so that we could SEE and KNOW what would befall us in these last days "upon whom the end of the world are come"? 1 Cor. 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." Therefore, if we would like to know what is in store for America, we need to know what happened in the Valley of Achor and the exodus from Egypt, right? --- The Book of Hosea is divided into two sections. The first of which is the first three chapters gives us an overview as to the severity of the adultery/idolatry of God's people along with His plan of salvation (Hosea) to take back His estranged wife, Israel. The second section, from chapter 4 to the end, contains the details of Israel's transgressions and transgressors as our Father presents His legal case against her and lays the foundation for the judgment to come at the return of Christ. Tim. 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; --- The "quick" are those who are "spiritually alive", i.e. have eternal life. Their judgment shall be reward and their relief shall be eternal life whereby they are no longer subject to judgment or the second death (Rev. 20:6). --- The "dead" are the "spiritually dead" and they will be required by the Judge to go through the probationary period of the Millennium to await final judgment at the Great White Throne before they can receive eternal life. You see, the problem is that God's children have forgotten His Word and have once again gone astray. There is perversion and much corruption in our land. So perhaps it is timely that we as a nation currently find ourselves steeped in the midst of legal controversy and judgment, even involving the Supreme Court. --- Did you know that preachers are taught in seminaries not to teach those things which are controversial, lest they offend members of their congregations. --- You see, everyone knows that God told mother Eve not to eat the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which was in the midst of the garden, right? The only problem is that most people do NOT know what that "fruit" was that she was not supposed to eat nor do they know who the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was. Do you? Many question whether or not Adam participated in the seduction, the "affair", which took place in the fig grove. It is written that they both were deceived, i.e. ate of the bad fruit, Eve directly from the voice of Satan and Adam through the voice of the woman. [It is not written that they both "touched" the tree, though they will both discover their nakedness.} Obviously Eve did "naga" because she conceived Cain and the result was that her punishment was to be sorrow (labor pangs) in child bearing which follows conception.Genesis 3:16 "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." --- The preachers and ministers either cannot understand the simplicity of what happened in the garden of Eden or they won't teach it because it's controversial, lest they offend members of their congregations. ----- Ahh! The collection plate! ----- Here is another question: Have you ever read about the "grove worship" upon the tops of the mountains, i.e. the religious sexual orgies of Ashtoreth, also known as Ishtar, from whom we get the word "Easter"? Speaking of whoredoms, did you know that Ishtar (Easter) was a "sex goddess" and that Ishtar "eggs" and "quick-like-a-bunny rabbits" are symbols of sexual fertility? Better get yourself a good Bible Dictionary and do a little research. You might be eating some really bad fruit, or shall we say rotten eggs! You can go to church faithfully every week for decades, and you can call (Ishtar) Easter, and you can do many wonderful works and contribute to many wonderful charities, and you can say "Lord, Lord, Praise the Lord" a million times, but though you call yourself a Christian, if you allow yourself to be deceived by the MANY who claim to be his Ministers instead of DOING your Father's Will, His Word, you will stand naked in that day, without a wedding garment on (Mat. 22:11-14), and you shall not enter in! Thus saith the Lord God: Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. --- This is why it is so important to read and understand the Book of Hosea, the Book of Salvation. (God uses examples and analogies that people can see and feel and relate to in order to get them to SEE and understand the things which are spiritual.) The Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, has taken a far journey but He will soon be returning to take His virgin bride to wife! How do you think He will feel when He returns and discovers that His bride is pregnant or already a nursing a baby? Wouldn't you be angry? That is why Jesus gave the following warning to those who would be presentIN THOSE DAYS, the days just preceding His return, i.e. THESE DAYS in which we live! The following words of Jesus Christ are a spiritual analogy, which is easily understood by those who are familiar with the Book of Hosea. Luke 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. These are then 5 virgins that fall because of their adultery/idolatry! As it is written, they shall receive His WRATH. What about the other 5 virgins? Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. --- In the last days, our days, the servants of God will "see", as in understand, the visions of the prophets, i.e. the prophecies, the visions of the future they wrote concerning the return of Christ and the days just prior to His return. And they shall "prophesy", which means they shall teach the prophets. (Teach us what the prophets meant) Hosea was one of those prophets, so you should studyHosea.  

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