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GENESIS 2:21

[NKJV]
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

[ICB]
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While the man was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then God closed the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib.


*1* Have you ever experienced situation wherein you slept without any wound, but when you awoke you discovered a slight cut on your skin as if someone used razor or blade to tear your skin while you slept? Some people described such painful slight cut on one's skin as activities of witches or demonic blood sucking agents that operate on people's body while they sleep. However, I am not here to discuss about them, but show you from the Bible verse above that God was the first Person who began to create cut on a sleeping man and extracted or harvested a part or portion of the inwards of the sleeping man's body. So it's not only witches or demonic beings that create cuts on sleeping man's body, but even God did it and Doctors still do so in anesthesia during operations or procedures, and it could also be caused by insects. However, it's expected that God's cut on the sleeping man's body should not be left open but closedup and healed.


*2* Metaphorical representation of the Bible verse above using medical terminology, such as Anesthesia, Caesarean Section, Procedure and Incubation:

** "The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam": — This can be understood as the induction of anesthesia, where Adam was placed in a deep state of unconsciousness.

** "He slept": This refers to Adam being in a state of anesthesia, unaware of his surroundings and temporarily devoid of sensation.

** "He took one of his ribs": — This like a surgical procedure, similar to a Caesarean section CS, where a surgical incision is made to extract a specific anatomical structure.

** "Closed up the flesh in its place": — After removing a rib (considering a literal interpretation), the surgical site is closed up by suturing or using other methods to close the incision and restore the integrity of the surrounding tissues.

** Incubation,: — typically refers to the process of providing a controlled environment, such as an incubator, to support the growth and development of premature infants or the cultivation of microorganisms in a laboratory setting. Well, here it was the rib bone that was to be developed and transformed into Woman.

But I am not here to talk Medical things, but far more greater things that are spiritual things and eternal realities. Therefore, unlike the Anesthesia that meant the induced man is unaware, I will show how Adam was both in deep sleep and yet he's aware.


*3* The Sleep in the Bible verse above was the very first sleep all mankind slept, seeing all mankind were inside Adam when he slept, but all mankind were not inside Adam when he awoke from that sleep: some part of mankind continued sleeping inside the woman being made, even after those in Adam awoke. He was just the man when he slept, but when he awoke there was a man and there was another of him, a woman (taken out of man).

*4* It was a "Deep Sleep of Adam" bodily, but not a "Slumber of Adam" spiritually. That deep sleep God caused only knocked off the body sensation of Adam, but not his consciousness. This implies, though Adam was in a deep sleep, Adam was still aware.


*5* To understand point *5* better, I will separate three kinds of literal or bodily sleepness that God causes/induces men to fall in.

¹—A— Repose — This is Sleep of Rest, Sleep of Refreshing or Healing Sleep. For examples,

[Ecclesiastes 5:12 NKJV] — The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

[Psalms 127:2 ICB] — It is no use for you to get up early and stay up late, working for a living. The Lord gives sleep to those He loves.

²—B— Slumber (Stupor) — Whenever Sleep is associated with Slumber in the Bible, that sleep is not wise. As you can see, the first sleep I mentioned as repose is good or sweet, but when there's slumber then that sleep associated with slumber becomes a problem. The reason is because "Slumber" means "Closed or Blindfolded Eyes or Mind." A man sleeping is expected to close eyes to sleep, but when closing his eyes goes deeper into closing his mind or spiritual eyes (visions), that becomes "Slumber." E.g.

[Psalms 132:4] — I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

[Proverbs 6:4] — Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

[Proverbs 6:10-11] — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man.

[Isaiah 56:10-11] — "His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are pastors that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his headquarter."

[Nahum 3:18] — Your pastors slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people are scattered on the mountains, and no man gathers them.

[Romans 11:8] — According as it is written, 'God has given them the spirit of slumber (stupor), eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;' to this day.

³—C— Trance — This is the Sleep that's opposite of Slumber, because it surprisingly opens eyes of the sleeping man better rather than shutting his eyes, or it makes the sleeping man see or have vision better instead of making him blinder. Infact, Trance is more Visions or Consciousness of a sleeping man/woman. When a sleeping man or woman is even more aware and more sensitive while he/she is in a deep sleep like Adam in the top Bible verse above. Well not all Trance involves Sleeping, but some Trance do.

Is that not a paradox, when a man that's deeply sleeping is even more awake and more aware than another man who is not sleeping in the same environment? How can that be? It's like a man who is blind physically but sees through the Spirit of God; a reality wherein a blind man is more sensitive, sharper and more aware than a man who walks by physical sightings. Examples:

Adam was in deep sleep bodily, but he was very aware and awake as he beheld bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh taken out of him. We cannot say Adam was in "Repose" because his body was not resting in the sleep, for his body was suffering and losing the parts that became woman for him. And we cannot say Adam was in "Slumber" because he knew where the Woman was taken from and how one of his bones where taken, though was in deep sleep.

Abraham too experienced "Trance of Deep Sleep:" for Abraham was in a deep sleep bodily, but God began talking to the sleeping man and he was both hearing God, Hearing the Land Covenant and seeing the Fire that passed through the meat he kept beside him while he was in deep sleep [Genesis 15:12-21]

This woman too experienced "Trance of Sleep:" for though she was in sleep, her heart was awake, aware and sensitive to her Lover's voice knocking on her door in an out of sleep reality:

[Song of Songs 5:2 ICB] — I sleep, but my heart is awake. I hear my lover knocking. “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. My head is wet with dew. And my hair is wet with the dampness of the night.”

Daniel too experienced "Trance of Deep Sleep:" for Daniel was in a deep sleep bodily, but Angel kept talking to the sleeping man and he was hearing all the angel was saying though he was asleep

[Daniel 8:18] — "Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright."

Saints who have died and are buried in their graves are basically in "Trance of Deep Sleep;" for though they are dead they are sleeping and actively conscious in Trance or Entrance of realities/ consciousness: So are they until resurrection of their dead bodies.


*6* Essentially, the man failed to find a suitable helper for him among all the living creatures that came from outside him, but here was the time for the man to stop searching outside him but to search inside him, not with the eyes of flesh but by God in the spiritual.

*7* The Helper Suitable for the Man was already a helper inside the Man; the Companion for the Man was already a Component of the Man. She was not a new comer or stranger in the business of being with the man, helping the man or being companion of him. She had been doing those things for him and with him as "One of His Ribs (One of His Helpers-Ribs) protecting his heart. She was only taken out of the man and transformed to continue in greater scales and other dimensions what she's been doing inside him since the day the man came into being a living soul. Therefore, she as the suitable helper for the man has actually been one of the sisters (rib bones) of the man before she became his wife.

I am not saying you marry your sister (close kin), but saying you should be able to call whom you marry "My Sister" as Abraham could call Sarah or as Isaac could call Rebekah, or as Adam could call Eve, "Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh."

Did you see "Sisterhood" in her, or you just saw a girlfriend or girl you want to marry in her?

[Proverbs 7:4-5] — "Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman: That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words."

*8* There are four titles of truth you should be able to call a woman before you as a man should marry her as "Suitable Wife or Helper." These titles are 'My Sister' (She's Supportive and Protective as a Rib Bone), 'My Love' (my Darling or my Soulmate), 'My Dove' (She's harmless and gentle), and 'My Undefiled' (still a Virgin). Of all these four, is she ¼, ¾ or she completes the "4"?

[Song of Solomon 5:2] — I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”


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EZEKIEL 3:14

[NKJV]
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.



I usually cite two different Bible versions, but in this occasion I could not use another version apart from the family of KJV because of the use of the words "Bitterness" and "Heat" of Ezekiel's spirit: other Bible versions were using "Anger" as if Ezekiel's spirit was angry while the Spirit Himself bore him.

*1* Like Ezekiel in the Bible verse above, a man of God experienced standing before the Lord while your life is being reviewed or judged before His throne, and how the man found it both terribly inconvenient and yet very comfortable for him to stand before Him because though it's very bitter and painful, the Spirit of God was mightily doing His Work as "The Comforter."

*2* In the Bible verse above, Ezekiel went in bitterness and heat of his spirit, while the LORD Spirit carried Him; but the Hand of God was strongly upholding and supporting him. The Hand of God was me​lio​rating intense uncomfortable pressure Ezekiel felt while on board that flight that was supposed to be his most glorious.

*3* Why was Ezekiel flown but in bitterness and heat of his spirit? Is it always bitter or painful to be carried by the Spirit followed by the Rabim of Living Creatures and the Wheels? Was there something in the LORD Spirit or in Ezekiel's spirit that caused bitterness and heat against the small spirit of Ezekiel when the LORD Spirit held or pulled the spirit of Ezekiel?

*4* To answer such questions, let's look at other instances of other men of God who were taken, carried or caught up (raptured) by the LORD Spirit in flight but not of private Jets or aeroplanes:



— *A* — Adam was taken by the LORD from the ground and put into the Garden of Eden: No bitterness or painful heat felt.

— *B* — Enoch was taken by the LORD and none of him was found because God took all of him: No bitterness or heat felt.

— *C* — Elijah had a reputation of being taken by the LORD Spirit and taken to places where none of the prophets of God could tell he had gone to. Where God used to carry Elijah to used to be a mystery or hidden secret even to other prophets of God or men of God in his days (1 Kings 18:13). The only far they came to that was to tell when God was about to take Elijah away, but not where God was taking Elijah to (2 Kings 2).

Those were the only miracles of Elijah that Elisha never performed nor repeated with all the double portions of Elijah's spirit mantle (grace and anointing) upon him — He was not Getting carried by God or by the LORD Spirit as Elijah.

— *D* — Ezekiel (son of man): Atleast I should mention five different occasions and instances of the LORD SPIRIT carrying Ezekiel (son of man), showing destination where he was taken to:

— — 1 — — In the top Bible verse above, Ezekiel was carried or taken by the LORD Spirit, and the "Destination" for that flight was "Tel-Aviv." This was the one he went in bitterness and heat.

— — 2 — — In "Ezekiel 8:3," Ezekiel was carried or taken by the LORD Spirit, and the "Destination" for that flight was "Jerusalem."

— — 3 — — In "Ezekiel 11:24," Ezekiel was carried or taken by the LORD Spirit, and the "Destination" for that flight was like returning him back to "Babylon/Chaldea" among the captives.

— — 4 — — In "Ezekiel 37:1," Ezekiel was carried or taken by the LORD Spirit, and the "Destination" for that flight was "Valley of Dry Bones," where he prophesied to raise dry bones.

— — 5 — — In "Ezekiel 43:5," Ezekiel was carried or taken by the LORD Spirit, and the "Destination" for that flight was "Court of the House (Temple) of God" yet to come.

— *E* — Philips was taken by the LORD Spirit from the African or Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:39-40), who was first converted and baptized into Christ because Paul was converted and baptized.



*5* So here's why Ezekiel felt bitterness and heat in the top Bible verse above:

"The Reaction of the Scroll or Book he had eaten"

Remember that scroll or book contained writings of lamentation, mourning and woe; but when Ezekiel ate it the taste in his mouth was sweet as honey; and then the LORD told him to cauae his belly to eat it also. Ezekiel did not immediately began to sense the bitterness and heat pressure of what he had eaten, for he only felt the honey or sweetness of the Written Words of Scriptures he had digested. However, as soon as the LORD Spirit lifted him, his sensitivity increased and so were the bitterness or heat pressure.

The goal of the bitterness and heat pressure in his spirit was for him to vomit or speak those words he had eaten in preaching or prophesying. A man who ate something that aggitates inside his stomach will either have urge to defecate or pressure to vomit. In this spiritual case, spirits do not defecate, and so they tend to vomit out of the abundance of their heart by the mouth speaking.

Use this case of John eating a Scroll or Book by the Angel as E.g:

[Revelation 10:9-11] — "And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."

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DANIEL 2:30

But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. [NKJV]



After Daniel unveiled the reason the dream came to the King in the preceding verse, Daniel here unveiled the reason the secret of the same dream came to Daniel in this Bible verse above.

*1* According to the preceding verse, "Why did the dream came to the king?" — The dream came to the king to answer the thoughts that came into his mind asking what shall be after.

*2* According to this Bible verse above, "Why did the secret (revelation and interpretation) came to Daniel?" — The secret came to Daniel, not because Daniel was the wisest man on earth then but rather, because Daniel was called/chosen to lead all the other wise men to fulfill their "Sakes + Purpose."

*3* There was a place for Wisdom to acquire secrets to the wise; and Daniel's Wisdom indeed earned him knowledge of many secrets.

[Ezekiel 28:3] — "Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:"

But this secret was way above that which Daniel's Wisdom or the wisdom of any man else in the entire world could comprehend.

*4* It therefore means, the revelation of that secret needed something higher than Wisdom among men to come: What then is higher than Wisdom among men, that could bring the revelation of such deep mysteries or secrets of God?

*5* This what is greater than Wisdom among men, and could bring from God to men what wisdom of men could never bring: It is called "Purpose" (of God).

*6* According to this top Bible verse above, the Secret (Mystery or Knowledge) was not revealed to Daniel for any wisdom, but for collective purpose (sakes and task) of God to be accomplished.

*7* Have "Purpose" rather than "Possession," and build "Sake" rather than "Self." - Daniel received that grace on behalf (sakes) of the entire wise men, whom God would use to declare to the same king what was in king's heart thoughts.

*8* The king had the thoughts in his heart, and yet God wanted to declare the king's heart to him — Why is it even necessary for God to show a man his own heart? Why show me my heart that is within me?

*9* The judgment and conviction of God involves showing you your own heart, so that you can know what you have or had in your heart. I know Scientists say no man can physically and literally see his own heart or brain without reflection and still be alive. But God is in a business of showing everyman and everywoman his/her own heart. I tell you, many people are shocked when they see just a little of their heart in dream or vision, where they do things they never thought they could do.

[Jeremiah 17:9-10] — "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."

There's a reason the Lord Jesus could die for men, but could not commit Himself to men: He Loved men, but He not trust men. He entrusted His broken Body and Shed Blood to men in Holy Communion, but when it came to entrusting His last Spirit before death He did not commit that His Spirit to men but into the Hand of God the Father He committed or commended His last Spirit, though He was dying for men and not dying for God. So why love men so much but trust them so little?

[John 2:24-25] — "But Jesus did not entrust (commit) Himself to them, for He knew all men. He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man."

*10* I too confess like Daniel that the much I know in Christ I did not receive because of any wisdom or righteousness I have, but for the collective sakes of our generations and times, to fulfill purpose of God among men in our days and age when Knowledge shall increase in all ramifications, including His Revelations.

SUITABLE NAMES BUT NOT SUITABLE HELPERS


GENESIS 2:20

[NKJV]
So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

[BSB]
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.


This Bible verse above contains the concise story of Adam's early Success and Failure together, before any woman emerged into being. His Task towards all those living creatures succeeded, but his quest among all those living creatures failed. His Task towards the Living Creatures was "Designating/Nominating them;" while his Quest among them was "Searching/Seeking suitable helper for him or seeking suitable wife for himself among them."

Adam was like a man of God who successfully ministered to the congratulation God brought to him, but among the congregation he ministered, there was no suitable wife or helper for him; and more importantly Adam did not fraternize nor convert any of that congregation (living creatures) into suiting his personal needs. Adam did not say, "When the suitable (desirable) is not available, the available may become suitable (desirable);" Adam had no beastial instinct, and nothing like heaven help those who help themselves: Adam did not find suitable helper for him, even though Adam found helpers among the living creatures. To Adam, a helper must be suitable, perfect or comparable to him, and not just anything that has vagina/femininity.

*1* Not all who have suitable names to you are suitable helpers for you: They may bear your names on them, but they are not suitable helper for you. This summarized the verse above to Adam

*2* Designating: — This was the first everlasting Task Adam completed, for he both began and finished giving names to all domestic, avian and wide animals, God made and brought to him to name. Designating Living creatures that came to him was the task Adam both began and completed in the Garden of Eden, without any suitable helper with him or for him.

*3* Nominating: — At that level in paradise (Garden of Eden), Designating Living Creatures meant Nominating them: and Adam designated or nominated all of them. It's like the Lord Jesus Christ giving you a new/choice name in heaven, and its implication for you being named or nominated in the Book of Life.

*4* This reality dismisses the man-made philosophy that states "Behind every successful man, there's a woman:" No woman or helper for or with him when Adam accomplished nominating everlasting names for living creatures God brought into the first heaven (Garden of Eden) to Adam.

*5* The 'Helper' was suitable for Adam Carnally (Humanly), but spiritually the 'Helper' was not expedient for Adam to accomplish his spiritual or heavenly tasks in the Garden. There was nothing Adam had to do in that Spiritual Garden that required this 'helper' suitable for Adam to do: For Adam was already fully equipped with all Spiritual Helpers or Grace he needed for Spiritual Tasks.

*6* In the Bible verse above, Adam was like a man of God who faithfully ministered to all the needs of all the people God brought to him in the presence of God, but yet he himself was lacking or barren and in need of certain provision of God that was not humanly possible.

*7* Therefore, though Adam was experiencing trial or barrenness (lacking of wife/helper), Adam was the first man of God who accomplished the Ministry and Message though he found not what he was looking for or searching for. He fulfilled all that God assigned for him to do, and what remained was God meeting his.

[Luke 17:7‭-‬10 GNT]— “Suppose one of you has a servant who is plowing or looking after the sheep. When he comes in from the field, do you tell him to hurry along and eat his meal? Of course not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my supper ready, then put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may have your meal.’ The servant does not deserve thanks for obeying orders, does he? It is the same with you; when you have done all you have been told to do, say, ‘We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty.’”

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THE FIRST BOOK OF ADAM AND EVE

The second tempting of Adam and Eve: The devil takes on the form of a beguiling light


1 ADAM+EVE - CHAPTER 27

*1* WHEN Satan, the hater of all good, saw how they continued in prayer, and how God communed with them, and comforted them, and how He had accepted their offering--Satan made an apparition.

*2* He began with transforming his hosts; in his hands was a flashing fire, and they were in a great light.

*3* He then placed his throne near the mouth of the cave because he could not enter into it by reason of their prayers. And he shed light into the cave, until the cave glistened over Adam and Eve; while his hosts began to sing praises.

*4* And Satan did this, in order that when Adam saw the light, he should think within himself that it was a heavenly light, and that Satan's hosts were angels; and that God had sent them to watch at the cave, and to give him light in the darkness.

*5* So that when Adam came out of the cave and saw them, and Adam and Eve bowed to Satan, then he would overcome Adam thereby, and a second time humble him before God.

*6* When, therefore, Adam and Eve saw the light, fancying it was real, they strengthened their hearts; yet, as they were trembling, Adam said to Eve:--

*7* "Look at that great light, and at those many songs of praise, and at that host standing outside that do not come in to us, do not tell us what they say, or whence they come, or what is the meaning of this light; what those praises are; wherefore they have been sent hither, and why they do not come in.

*8* "If they were from God, they would come to us in the cave, and would tell us their errand"

*9* Then Adam stood up and prayed unto God with a fervent heart, and said:--

*10* "O Lord, is there in the world another god than Thou, who created angels and filled them with light, and sent them to keep us, who would come with them?

*11* "But, lo, we see these hosts that stand at the mouth of the cave; they are in a great light; they sing loud praises. If they are of some other god than Thou, tell me; and if they are sent by Thee, inform me of the reason for which Thou hast sent them."

*12* No sooner had Adam said this, than an angel from God appeared unto him in the cave, who said unto him, "O Adam, fear not. This is Satan and his hosts; he wishes to deceive you as he deceived you at first. For the first time, he was hidden in the serpent; but this time he is come to you in the similitude of an angel of light; in order that, when you worshipped him, he might enthrall you, in the very presence of God."

*13* Then the angel went from Adam, and seized Satan at the opening of the cave, and stripped him of the feint he had assumed, and brought him in his own hideous form to Adam and Eve; who were afraid of him when they saw him.

*14* And the angel said to Adam, "This hideous form has been his ever since God made him fall from heaven. He could not have come near you in it; therefore did he transform himself into an angel of light."

*15* Then the angel drove away Satan and his hosts from Adam and Eve, and said unto them, "Fear not; God who created you, will strengthen you."

*16* And the angel went from them.

*17* But Adam and Eve remained standing in the cave; no consolation came to them; they were divided in their thoughts.

*18* And when it was morning they prayed; and then went out to seek the garden. For their hearts were towards it, and they could get no consolation for having left it.


[1 Adam+Eve 27:1] - WHEN Satan, the hater of all good, saw how they continued in prayer, and how God communed with them, and comforted them, and how He had accepted their offering--Satan made an apparition.

*1* After witnessing their persistent prayer and witnessing God's communion and comfort towards them, as well as His acceptance of their offering, Satan (who envies or hates good things) decided to show up to cause another trouble; he manifested himself again.

*2* The Devil was not happy because God was reconciled with them, to the point of communion with them, making covenant with them and accepting their offering, after their sin.

*3* The envy Satan had towards them was related to the Cain's envy at Abel when God accepted Abel's offering but would not accept his.


[1 Adam+Eve 27:2] - He began with transforming his hosts; in his hands was a flashing fire, and they were in a great light.

*4* Satan initiated the process of changing his demons/angels into some 'ministers of light,' holding within his hands a blazing fire, which cast upon them a magnificent radiance.

*5* That there was the beginning of Satan's lying wonders or false miracles, which artificial and film-trick he crafted with the flashing fire that created tricking light or false appearance.


[1 Adam+Eve 27:3] - He then placed his throne near the mouth of the cave because he could not enter into it by reason of their prayers. And he shed light into the cave, until the cave glistened over Adam and Eve; while his hosts began to sing praises.

*6* Then, Satan moved his throne to a spot close to the cave's opening, for he was unable to enter due to the power of their prayers: for their fervent Prayers were too hot for the devils.

*7* However, Satan shed illuminating light into the cave, and he bathed Adam and Eve in a brilliant glow, causing the cave to sparkle.

*8* Meanwhile, Satan's angelic retinue commenced singing praises with joyful voices as Choir or Church choristers, in the open crusade; but that was just the first "Church of Satan."

[Revelation 2:9‭-‬10] — …I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a church of Satan. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.


[1 Adam+Eve 27:4] - And Satan did this, in order that when Adam saw the light, he should think within himself that it was a heavenly light, and that Satan's hosts were angels; and that God had sent them to watch at the cave, and to give him light in the darkness.

*9* With intentions cloaked in deceit, Satan orchestrated the deceptive plan: He manipulated the situation so that when Adam beheld the radiant brilliance, he would be led to believe it was a divine light radiating from celestial beings, whom he would perceive as God's angels.

*10* This cunning scheme created the illusion that these supposed angels had been dispatched to the cave specifically to illuminate the darkness, tricking Adam into false beliefs.

*11* The devil knew mankind needed light that moment, and while they were praying for light Satan offered them false light, to make it seem God was answering their prayers through them:

[2 Corinthians 11:13-15] — "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."


[1 Adam+Eve 27:5] - So that when Adam came out of the cave and saw them, and Adam and Eve bowed to Satan, then he would overcome Adam thereby, and a second time humble him before God.

*12* The purpose behind this was to ensure that when Adam emerged from the cave and laid eyes upon them, he would be influenced to worship Satan: By successfully manipulating Adam and Eve into submitting to him, Satan would seize an opportunity to overpower Adam and subsequently, humble him once again in front of God.

*13* Never you worship Mary or her apparitions, never worship any saint or man of God, never you worship any angel of God: Avoid "False Humility" especially that of calling a man, 'father in the Lord' 'father' or 'Daddy' whether Saints, Angels, or Men of God:

[Colossians 2:18 GNT] — Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be superior because of special visions (apparitions) and who insists on false humility and the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such people are all puffed up by their human way of thinking.

DANIEL 2:29

As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. [NKJV]


From this Bible verse:

*1* Daniel revealed both the indictment and the thoughts (imaginations) the king had before the dream he had.

*2* Revealed The Indictment: Daniel indicted the king because the king started the process that brought about the dream and revelation, for the king received thoughts in his mind and dwelt on those thoughts (imaginations) on his bed.

*3* Thoughts can beget actions, words or attract dreams/visions: the Lord God gave him the dream as an answer to his thoughts, without him expressing those thoughts in prayer.

*4* Such happens when your thinking (thoughts) are "Asking" (not doubting), just as prayers are "Asking" (not doubting): At the level of "Asking" both praying and thinking could be regarded as the same thing, and God may provide the answers. As it is written,

[Ephesians 3:20‭-‬21 NKJV] — Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

*5* Thus your thoughts could be praying, invoking or asking for things you are not aware of, and without knowing what those thoughts in your mind are triggering, invoking or provoking.

*6* Know this, your thoughts are more influential than your prayers, and it's easier for thoughts to affect prayers than for prayers to affect thoughts; which is why unbelief, doubts, unforgiving, lust, pride, motive, etc, affect prayers. Indictments.

*7* Revealed The Thoughts: Daniel declared the thoughts that another man had on his private bed, whether he was with a woman or not: revealing, not just what was happening inside his bedroom, but what was happening inside his bedroom mind.

*8* God did not only reveal the king's dream but also the king's thoughts: A man of God gifted with the word of knowledge finds it easier to tell a man's thoughts than to tell his dreams/visions. The wise men and Chaldeans could have used divination to tell the king's thoughts, but because it's the king's dream they couldn't.

*9* The king's thought (mind) was puzzled and limited in the information it sought to know, but the king's dream (heart) revealed what the king's thought (mind) knew not. God, through dreams, bypasses the limited and fallen minds of men to speak to their heart directly. God's dream is deeper than man mind's logic.

*10* Dreams may have to do with past things that happened in actions, in words or in thoughts, as well as future things to come. This Dream came to the king Nebuchadnezzar because of the past or present thoughts he had in his mind.

Let your thoughts, words, actions, attract better dreams/visions.

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GENESIS 2:19

[NKJV]
Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

[BSB]
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.


Though these were done in the beginning, learning from them still applies today. By the grace of the Spirit of God, I promise you five things to learn from this Bible verse above. Viz:

*1* The Name of the man, Adam

*2* The Will of the Man

*3* The Kingdom of the Man

*4* God-Sent Flock to the Man

*5* The Fellowship of God with Man

Well, restructuring my list according to how they appeared in the Bible verse above, I will now briefly substantiate them orderly.

GOD-SENT FLOCK TO THE MAN

I had difficulty in describing them as "God-Sent Messengers" to man, but I find it convenient to describe them as "God-Sent Flock" to man. This is because, though they are sent by God or brought by God to the man, they are not sent to give a message to the man but to receive messages or receive help from the man. They are not sent as helpers to help the man but sent as helpless in need of the man's help. And though they are not messengers like prophets, angels, apostles, or emissaries from God to the man, yet because God is the One who sent or brought them, rejecting them also carries the same weight as rejecting the messengers God sent. In fact, the goats in "Matthew 25" were those who did not receive nor minister to the least of the Lord's brethren, whom He sent or brought for the goats to minister or help them.

A man of God was held accountable by God for some wretched and poor persons whom God sent/brought to him to be discipled by that man of God or at least to be shepherded by him. But the man of God turned them away and did not help them, and as a result, the evil one recruited them, and God lost them because of the negligence or ignorance of the pastor rejecting/ignoring them.

But David did great in this regard. While he was hiding in the cave of Adullam from the king's death messengers after him. "And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men" [1 Samuel 22:2]

That was in David's occasion, but in Adam's occasion (being the first man before David to have done greatly well in this regard), those whom God brought to Adam were disconnected, nameless, lacking identity, or in need of the man's help, even when the man himself was in dire need of a helper. All the living creatures of the ground that God made and brought to Adam were to be disciples for him or to be helped by him, even though Adam needed help himself. It's like a man who is desperately in need of secondary needs, but people in need of primary needs, who are in a worse condition than him, came to him, not to solve his need but for him to meet their need.

So Adam was trusting God for a suitable helper or for a wife, which God promised, or David was trusting God for the kingdom, which his anointing promised. But instead of the promised wife (helper) or kingship coming immediately, God sent a flock, or the needy ones came to Adam and to David in a more pressing emergency or needs.

THE NAME OF THE MAN, ADAM

Many of us only see the top Bible verse above for Adam naming the animals, but hardly see the same Bible verse above as the first time the name or word "Adam" appeared in the Bible (though not all Bible translations picked up "Adam" for others continued to use "the man" instead of "Adam".

My point is, before God would have the man give names to others, God first gave the man a name, "Adam." You don't give what you don't have. Should the man who has no name be giving names to others in God's calling? So behold the man's naming with "Adam."

[Genesis 5:2 AMPC] — He created them male and female and blessed them and named them [both] Adam [Man] at the time they were created.

THE WILL OF THE MAN

In the top Bible verse above, God brought them to Adam (the man) to see what the man would call or name them. Why was God yet to see what the man would name them, when God has already seen or known everything past, present and future?

It was a clear occasion of God waiting or awaiting the "Will of Man" and not the usual occasion of man awaiting the Will of God to be done. God the Creator and Maker of those living creatures, brought them in subjection to the Will of Man, and God was curious "to see" not just "to hear" what the Will of the Man was in naming or assigning identities, references and numbers to His Creatures on earth. So both "Will of God" and "Will of the Man" were done in the establishment of the ground sourced creatures.

THE KINGDOM OF THE MAN

In the top Bible verse above, whatever the man called or named any living creature was its name permanently. God did not alter or disagree with "Whatever" the man's will called any of the earthly creatures God Himself made. This meant the man was King over the earthly creatures even in the Kingdom or Presence of God.

Usually, no man decrees a thing, and it comes to pass without God commanding it. And though there was no history of God upturning or overthrowing whatever the man (Adam) said or did before then, the man (who was never a son of man) did something that had eternal or everlasting durance.

When Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and God listened and made the sun stood still, it was recorded as uncommonly for God to listen to the voice of a man like in that day as it is written:

[Joshua 10:14] — "And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel."

Has God not been listening to the prayers of a man? What is the difference between God listening to a man's prayer and listening to a man's voice in that day or manner? The difference lies in the Will of God. When men pray according to the Will of God, God hears them because the man's will aligns with God's will. However, in the case of Joshua commanding the sun to stand still, it was not God's Will that endorsed the man's will, and yet God listened to the man without the protocol of God's Will or Ordinances being consulted.

Similarly, that was how it was when Adam named the living creatures according to his own will, and he had the final say or judgment over their names, while God, their Creator, simply observed or upheld the decisions made by Adam.

The FELLOWSHIP OF GOD WITH MAN

Essence of all these was for God to fulfill the fellowship of God with men, Immanuel. It's a Fellowship that seeks to have God doing all things through or with men, when God could have done all things without men. He can do all things without us, but for the fellowship or Immanuel He will do all things with us. In "Genesis 1" God did all things without man, but in "Genesis 2" God did all things with the man.

Is there any thing God did in "Genesis 2" that the man was not involved in contributing to or in what God did or made thereafter? After doing them, God either brought the man to them or brought them to the man — this was the basic summary of 'Genesis 2' in one sentence of 16 words. Fellowship is Sharing.
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EZEKIEL 3:12

[NKJV]
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!”

[BSB]
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His dwelling place!’



Ezekiel did not have private jet or aeroplane, even for evangelism; and yet Ezekiel the man of God was airlifted, not by private Jet, but by the Spirit of God. Should we call this "First Class Flight" seeing this was far greater than the man-made first class flights?

This was the Spirit Himself lifting the son of man, to where God sent him. Remember, the Rabim (Four Living Creatures) and the Wheels go wherever the Spirit goes, as Excorts or convoys: wherever the Spirit goes there they go. And Ezekiel was privileged to beyond being carried on the greatest Chariots or Greatest King's Ride, to been carried by the Spirit Himself. And as he was being carried, he heard the Siren sounding from the Wings of Living Creatures and the Wheels; and as the glorious Siren was sounding the thunderous speech heard was this: "Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place"

This meant the Siren or thunderous alarm was not praising the man the Spirit of God lifted up, but rather they were praising the Lord and glorifying Him from His Dwelling Place. If it were among men, and men see the man of God lifted up in ascending or descending by the Spirit or by Invisible Being but just seeing the man of God without parachute or machine ascending or descending, as Satan wanted the Lord Jesus as a Man to do from the pinnacle of the temple so that as God gives charge to angels to bear Him, people worshiping in the temple would see Him descending like a God or superhuman as the apostles saw Him ascending into heaven after His resurrection and worshipped Him: then those men who saw the Man of God descending or ascending would immediately worship Him, hail Him and praise Him. Already we are yet to recover from them calling their man of God, "Our Father in Lord;" and to see their man of God ascending, lifted up by the Spirit of God Himself in their sight as Elijah was before the eyes of the sons of the prophets, they would hail and may even worship that man of God, and besides calling him their father in the Lord, they may begin calling him their god in the Lord. Was that not one of the things that happened to the Roman Catholics, when some of them testified of seeing Assumption of Mary from the grave and her ascending into heaven? Don't we have Mary worshipers or "Mary-Honourers" among them? In Revelation 12, two men of God that were dead suddenly rose from the dead and ascended in the sight of the men of the world, and great fear fell upon them as they beheld those men of God both back to life and ascending without parachute, without aircraft carrier or machine.

But angels are more disciplined and higher in understanding than men, even more than the religious men. For angels do not just praise or hail any man just because God or the Spirit of God lifted that man up on high; rather they only do so when God tells them to do so or when God Himself is doing so to that man. When God brought His first Begotten Son, God was the One who told Angels to worship Him before they worshipped Him (Hebrews 1:6). And even when God has highly exalted the Lord Jesus and gave Him a Name above all names, those exaltation and awards alone did not make the angels to bow to Him as their Lord until God mandated or instructed that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Jesus Christ as the Lord to the glory of God the Father: that was when the Angels were instructed to take Him as the Lord, none else is the Lord but Jesus Christ, and doing so glorifies God the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor God the Father. That was expressly commanded, not that of Mary nor that of men of God with whom God did miracles or lifted up.

Again, in the top Bible verse above, "A man of God was being lifted up far above all aircrafts and witchcrafts, by the Spirit Himself, after whom the Living Creatures follow; and yet their Sirens or Voices were not praising the man God lifted up, but went beyond him to praise and bless the Lord who lifted the man up."

When Pharaoh made Joseph ride on his second best chariot, the king's escorts and their Sirens were praising the new Governor of Egypt, Joseph, whom the king just appointed. When the king of Shushan made Mordecai ride on his best horse, the king's most honorable prince was made the escort and his Siren was praising the man the king wishes to honor, Mordecai. But when the Spirit of God lifted Ezekiel, and the greatest Excorts (Cherubim/Rabim) with their Siren coming from behind, Ezekiel was not the center or focus of the announcements of their thunderous Siren/Speech.

However, it was still the greatest of them all and a glorious experience to have the Spirit Himself instead of sending an angel, a bird, or a cloud to carry you. As you are being conveyed, these glorious and thunderous escorts and sirens lift up the Lord who is lifting you up. Even so, let the praises and songs that lift God up also lift us up or inspire us together with Him without needing to name or mention us, but only Him in those songs or praises. For the joy of the Lord is our strength. The more He is lifted up together with us, the more we are lifted up with Him. For we have risen up with the Lord. As it is written,

[John 12:32] — "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”"

[Psalms 47:5-7] — "God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing you praises with understanding."

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[1 Enoch 24:8] — He answered me, saying, That mountain which thou beholdest, the extent of whose head resembles the seat of the Lord, will be the seat on which shall sit the holy and great Lord of glory, the everlasting King, when He shall come and descend to visit the earth with goodness.

Michael responded, stating that the mountain Enoch was seeing, with its large summit resembling the Lord's throne, will be where the holy and powerful Lord of glory, the eternal King, will sit when He comes to Earth with goodness.

This implies that the Mountain of Fire, the Seven Mountains, the fragrant Trees of Eden, and the Tree of Life, the Paradise, are all part of the Earth to come. We may not see these on the present earth, but there is another Earth that is one with heaven: so being there means one is both in heaven and on earth at the same time. This is when the Tabernacle of God and the dwelling of holy/righteous men are together and with each other.

What looks like the garden of Eden that Adam once knew, and greater than it, shall be restored again with the new earth. And the Throne of God, which Enoch beheld as the Magnificent Mountain of Precious Stones, will be sat upon by the Lord then.

Until then, know this: — There are thrones meant for the Lord and for kings and priests with Him that they have not yet sat on, although they are already worthy to do so. They are there in heaven, and have already been given the authority to sit on those thrones, but they have to wait for some time and seasons because their sitting on those thrones would mark the beginning of a new era or new things on earth. These three Bible references highlight when the sitting will commence, and that begins a new earthly calendar or timeline on earth.

[Daniel 7:9] — "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of His Head like the pure wool: His throne was like the fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire."

[Matthew 19:28] — "And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

[Zechariah 6:13] — "Even He shall build the temple of the LORD; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; and He shall be a Priest on His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

[Revelation 20:4] — "And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark on their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

Well, you can understand the revelations and prophecies better when you notice that thrones are usually seen before those who sit on them are seen. This indicates that the sitters on the thrones of the Kingdom were not always sitting on those thrones from the beginning. There were periods when no one sat on those thrones yet, including the Throne of God the Father or Ancient of Days in "Revelation 4:2-3" or "Daniel 7:9." It was revealed that the Throne was set or prepared in heaven in "Revelation 4:2" before He sat on it, and He was therefore referred to as "He who sat on the Throne."

It's like the "Mercy seat" in the old Tabernacle architecture by Moses. Though there was a Mercy seat and Cherubim were guardians for that seat, yet no one was sitting on the seat. Generally, empty or unoccupied thrones and important seats in the Kingdom of God mean that there are things yet to be withheld or delayed from happening or accomplishing, and some eras have not yet begun.


[1 Enoch 24:9] — And that tree of an agreeable smell, not one of carnal odour, there shall be no power to touch, until the period of the great judgment. When all shall be punished and consumed for ever, this shall be bestowed on the righteous and humble. The fruit of this tree shall be given to the elect. For towards the north life shall be planted in the holy place, towards the habitation of the everlasting King.

According to Michael the Prince or Archangel, the fragrant tree, unlike any earthly scent, will remain untouched until the time of the great judgment when all will be punished and destroyed. However, it will be bestowed upon the righteous and humble. The chosen ones will receive the fruit of this tree. Life will be planted in the sacred place to the north, where the everlasting King resides.

Accessing the Tree of Life will not be available to any person as long as there are still sinners or unrighteous individuals, or as long as there is a pending eternal and final judgment. The Tree of Life will only be touchable and available to humankind after the final judgment and destruction have taken place. This is referred to as the second death, which will consume both the first death and the first heaven/earth altogether. This means that hastening the final judgment and destruction may allow the Tree of Life to be available to humanity, but it will not favor the salvation of God to humankind. Salvation is more favored when God's long-suffering, forbearance, and patience suspend the final judgment and destruction.

However, let's observe the availability of the Tree of Life to humankind in the Bible. When Adam sinned, the Tree of Life became untouchable and unavailable to humans while there were sinners on the earth where the Tree of Life was planted. The Tree of Life should not even be planted in the same earth or planet where sinners or unrighteous individuals dwell. So, in the mentioned verse in Enoch, Michael stated that the Tree of Life will be planted in the sides of the North, where the Eternal King and the City of the Great King (Mount Zion) will be situated. This will not be in the present earth but in the new earth and new heaven. Thus, through the Bible, we see that the Tree of Life is once again made available and accessible to humankind and their nations, but only in the new earth and new heaven, where righteousness and the meek dwell.

Let's not forget what Michael said about the perfume or scent from the Tree of Life, which intrigued Enoch. He mentioned that the aroma or scent of the Tree of Life was neither of a carnal (earthly) odor nor like any earthly scent any person had perceived on earth.


[1 Enoch 24:10] — Then shall they greatly rejoice and exult in the Holy One. The sweet odour shall enter into their bones; and they shall live a long life on the earth, as thy forefathers have lived; neither in their days shall sorrow, distress, trouble, and punishment afflict them.

Those who overcome and are blessed to have access to the Tree in the midst of the Paradise of God and entering through the gate of the City, they shall be inhaling the scent or aroma from the tree of life, which will replace oxygen for the breath of life.

Come to think of it: Scientifically, plants are sources for the oxygen we breathe right? They breathe out oxygen for humans and animals to breathe in the oxygen. What if there's a special Plant, a Tree of Life, which does not just breathe out mere oxygen but much more powerful elixir of life and love with aroma or scent for the living creatures and living spirits to breathe in?

According to Micheal in the Enoch Verse above, "In that time, the righteous ones will experience great joy and elation in the presence of the Holy One. The sweet fragrance of the tree will permeate their very being, bringing them comfort and vitality. They shall enjoy a long and prosperous life on earth, just as their ancestors did. Sorrow, distress, trouble, and punishment shall not come upon them during their days."


[1 Enoch 24:11] — And I blessed the Lord of glory, the everlasting King, because He has prepared this tree for the saints, formed it, and declared that He would give it to them.

Have you read? Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him." [1 Corinthians 2:9]

But I tell you, one of the things God has prepared for them that love Him is the "Tree of Life," which is also the "Tree of Love."

Now, though eye has not seen, ear has now heard it because let him that has ear hear things which God has prepared for and gave to us who love Him, through His Holy Spirit.

But there's danger in knowing or tasting of such things God prepared for those who love Him and then later falling back to sin and to crucifying Him again.

[Hebrews 6:4‭-‬6 AMP] — For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come, and then have fallen away—it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace.

GENESIS 2:18

[AKJV]
"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."

[GNT]
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.”


In the Bible verse above, and coming immediately after God forbade the knowledge of good and evil for the man, God spoke a knowledge that identified being alone as "Not Good" for the man.

This meant when the man did not know what was good and evil for him, God was the One deciding what was good or "not good" or evil for the man. A baby of few months may not even know what is good or evil for itself, and that's why the child has parents who can tell what's needed, good, not good or evil, for the child that has no knowledge of good and evil yet. Even so, the man did not have to judge what's good or evil for him by the forbidden knowledge of the tree, but by the Spirit and Love of God.

Thus, when the eyes of man was not yet opened, the Eyes of God was seeing for man. The man was metaphorically blind to some physical realities/things around him, but leveraged on seeing better things through the Spirit of God. He saw better because God was the only source by which the man knew what he needed or judged what's good, or not good, for him. That changed when man ate the fruit of the forbidden knowledge, and their eyes became opened to know good and evil by themselves without God.

In other words, the Bible verse above illustrates the era when God was doing the reasoning or conscience judging for man's needs and choice of goods for him. But down the line, the knowledge of good and evil began to compete with God in that regards over man because that knowledge meant the man became civilized and independent to reason for himself what he needed or wanted.

Here are three distinctions between "When God was thinking for man" according to this Bible verse above and "When man was thinking for himself" according to the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil they ate.

*1* -A- God thinking for man here, identified "that the man being alone was not good," and God made the First Promise He made and fulfilled for man, which is the Promise of God will make for the man a Helper suitable for the man. This was both the first promise and the first gift of God to man, made specifically for him — that is, the woman. Other things God made before were not made specifically for man, although they were given to him after they were made. But the woman was made specifically for man, a promise or prophecy and a gift or possession intended or intended to be for him alone: something or someone that only man could fully have or possess (woman/wife). If any other man or angel possesses or has that gift/helper (woman meant for this man alone), that other man or angel would be transgressing or sinning (committing fornication, adultery, or covetousness) because that gift, grace, or possession belongs to one man. So to speak, the only thing (woman) that man could take with him if he were to be driven out of the Garden without taking anything else; because this was a helper or gift suitable or meant only for him in all of creation.

*1* -B- Man thinking for man or for himself, firstly identified "that the man being naked was not good," and man tried being innovative with leaves to meet their first need which they identified by their own self thoughts. Yet, God made the better clothing for them, which was also another gift suitable for them, which they could take away from the Garden when driven out.


*2* -A- In God's thinking for man, according to the Bible verse above, meeting the needs of man or providing help came not just as a solution, but as fulfillment. God was not just solving the problem or challenge for man, but He actually made a promise or bound Himself to the same thing challenging man, so that even if He was not to do it for man, He was bound to do it for Himself or His Word of Promise. Therefore, when it was eventually done, it became both a victory for man and a fulfillment of God's Word of Promise or Prophecy by making and presenting the woman to and for man.

*2* -B- In man's thinking for himself or when men think for themselves, meeting their own needs often results in temporary and unsatisfying solutions. Just like Adam and Eve who sewed fig leaves to cover themselves, their own inventions did not bring them true peace or satisfaction. They still felt naked and hid from God. Although their own thinking may have seemed wise or good in their own eyes, it actually led to future complications and problems.


*3* -A- In God's thinking for man, as mentioned in the Bible verse above, meeting the man's needs involved providing a helper who was "meet for," "suitable for," or "comparable to" the man. This means that what the man needed was all within himself, not something or someone outside to compared him to, but rather something that would complement him or centralize focus on treasures from within the man. The helper was meant to look up to the man as their "Lord" and desire to come or be like him, rather than the man desiring to be like something/someone else.

So all the animals and Woman, God subsequently made to be helper suitable or comparable to the man were basically lower to him by status quo. That meant the man was still in charge over God's idea of helper suitable, comparable and compactible to him.

*3* -B- In man's thinking for man according to the deception Introduced by the Serpent through the woman, meeting the needs of man or men was about comparing them with neighbors or to others who seem to be doing better or higher than them, wanting to be like others or do like others. The Serpent told the woman, you will be like the gods or like God, knowing good and evil when you eat the forbidden fruit. When the need is inspired by desire to be or do like others or comparing the helper you need to being like other patterns or kinds of people that are different to your calling/purpose, then knowledge of good and evil may inspire it.

NNTR:
Acts 19:19
Many of those who were involved in the occult gathered their books and burned them in front of everyone.
They added up the cost of these books and found that they were worth 50,000 silver coins.

The BoE (i.e. book of Enoch) was not written by the particular biblical Enoch, we all know featured, in scripture like Genesis 5:21-24, 1 Chronicles 1:3, Luke 3:37 and/or even Hebrews 11:5

Other questionable books aside this one here, the BoE, was written during The Intertestamental Period (i.e. the 400 years of silence between the OT and NT) and it is very clear that the BoE conflicts with Scripture in so many, many places.

The BoE is replete with generous supply of Jewish lore and exaggerated myth. For dramatic effect, the book focuses on angels' exploits and peddles the suggestion that the forceful character in BoE, conveniently called Enoch had secret meetings with from God and teachings obtained from them. This is very occultic

Whats occultic?
While occult means clandestine, hidden, secret et cetera, occultic, is any practice that leverages 'hidden' supernatural power or knowledge apart from Jesus Christ and/or His Story. Satan is the master deceiver. Need I say more

_{Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.}

I have heard your opinion about the Book of Enoch. Whether it was written by Enoch or not, I have decided to share the contents of the book. You may now rest because you've made your point pertaining the Book of Enoch.

Until or unless you find where the content in the Book of Enoch contradicts the Bible scriptures, your opinion does not matter here.

[1 Enoch 23:1]
From thence I went to another place, towards the west, unto the extremities of the earth.

Rephrased:
From there, I proceeded to another location, heading west, to the farthest reaches of the earth.

Enoch continued his journey from where he saw the collectors of souls and spirits of the deceased, or from where he witnessed Abel's voice that reached heaven, accusing the man who killed him. This time Enoch and his companions of angels traveled towards the west, in reference to the earth and beyond. I like to state the West here was not just "the West" in reference to where they last stopped, but more of "the West" from the Earth's reference. The things below this Chapter's verse are the things Enoch witnessed in the extreme west.


[1 Enoch 23:2]
Where I beheld a fire blazing and running along without cessation, which intermitted its course neither by day nor by right; but continued always the same.

Rephrased:
I witnessed a continuous and unceasing fire that burned and moved without pause, persisting both day and night, maintaining a constant course.

In Extreme West, where the Sun sets, Enoch saw running stream of fire, which flows like rapid or rushing water. The running stream fire never stopped or paused both night and day, yet maintaining the same velocity without needing acceleration or retardation. The direction of "The Running Fire" was constantly one way direction, and was not seen return its course to whence.


[1 Enoch 23:3]
l inquired, saying, What is this, which never ceases?

Rephrased:
I asked, "What is this thing that never stops?"

Enoch became curious to know what he saw as running blazing fire that never ceases. He saw it as fire, and yet he asked what it was, because he saw it never ceases nor stopped. Is it still fire I know? If it is, how is it running ceaselessly, day and night, and yet never ceases nor quenched.

I assure you, there are advance kinds of fire in higher realms like this, which are not yet discovered to the earthly realms. These kinds of Fire are characterized with these four basic things about them, and more than these four:

*1* Dynamic — Those kinds of Fire are always in motion or running, and are rarely seen being static. E.g. Lightning etc. They are not the fire of a lamp or a gas cooker that's relative in one place burning or flaming. Those kinds of Fire both blazing and running or traveling by nature.

*2* Incessant — Those kinds of Fire do not pause, stop/cease, owing to the fact they are by nature dynamic and always running.

*3* Self driven — Those kinds of Fire do not run or move by the forces of wind or gravity. Local fire expands or move with help of the wind that spreads it, but those kinds of Fire has no business with the winds as support. They are self driven and dynamic.

*4* Quick, Energetic and Self-sufficient — Those kinds of Fire do not depend on fuel or energy for any other source, but from themselves. Nothing charges them up, but they charge or recharge many things. Nothing powers or empowers them from outside them, but they are true powers themselves powering other lights, fire, electricity, stars and sun, etc.


[1 Enoch 23:4]
Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who were with me, answered,

Rephrased:
Raguel, one of the holy angels accompanying me, then provided a response.

Since Raguel was the one who replied Enoch's question here, among the company of Archangels (Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Gabriel, Saraqael), it safe to say Raguel is the Archangel in charge of Luminaries, Constellation or stars systems.


[1 Enoch 23:5]
And said, This blazing fire, which thou beholdest running towards the west, is that of all the luminaries of heaven.

Rephrased:
This fiery blaze you see moving toward the west is the combined light of all the celestial bodies in the sky.

According to Raguel's reply to Enoch's inquiry here, "This luminous inferno that you see moving swiftly towards the west represents the collective radiance emanating from all the celestial bodies in the firmament of heaven."

How?

I will refer you back to Chapter 17, verse 4. You may use the pages in my website, www.peterch.com, to see "1 Enoch 17:4" for the comments I made there. In Enoch 17:4, there was the first mentioning of the Running Fire in the West: and according to the verse, when the Sun sets or goes down in the evening by the West, the Sun enters into that Stream of Fire (its Chamber) and gets recharged or refreshed. Then the sun rises again from the East the next day.

But here we see it's not only the Sun, but infact the entire Stars and Luminaries set or settle into this Running Fire in the West. Actually the a Fire is the collective light of all the luminaries, stars and sun together, as in synergy.

As analogy, the rivers of earth run into the seas, and yet somehow they are back again from where they came from to return to the seas again in repeated cycling. As it is written:

[Ecclesiastes 1:5‭-‬7 NKJV] — The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.

EZEKIEL 3:11

And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.” [NKJV]

Then go to the people of your nation who are in exile and tell them what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to them, whether they pay attention to you or not.” [GNT]


Though sent to the house of Israel, Ezekiel was specifically sent to the children of Israel inside "Captivity." He is not the son of man we referred when we say, "He came to set the captives free." The Lord Jesus Christ was the Son of man who came to set the captives free, but Ezekiel was the son of man who came to tell the Captives, "Thus says the Lord," notwithstanding whether they hear or whether they refuse.

In the Bible verse above, God told Ezekiel, go to the captives, the children of Israel in exile, and tell them what the Lord is saying. As Moses was sent to the Israeli slaves in bondage of Egypt, Ezekiel was sent to Israeli slaves in captivity of Babylon. These men of God were sent to Israel, but not on the land of Israel because they were sent to bring the messages of God to Israel in foreign lands where they were slaves, prisoners, captives. And yet, even as slaves they were yet rebellious and may not hear what God was saying through His sent messengers to them.

Why was God seeking to show His opinion or saying to those who were in slavery, captivity, bondage or prison?

A prophet in US, Rick Joyner, shared his vision of being sent by the Lord through a door to seek out the endtimes apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. But as soon as he went through the door, he found himself beside a "Prison Yard" with tall and thick fence like some Chinese wall so that there were posts on the fence/wall. Within the prison were prisoners, slaves or captives, who were largely blind with short sightedness and could only see few meters far from themselves. Because they were blind, they did not even know they were Prisoners or in prison, but thought they were in church, grouped together in various groups that shared similar resemblance, but fighting those who were different from themselves, which made for frequent fightings and divisions among themselves along the divided lines of differences caused by doctrinal differences, tribal differences, gender differences, class differences, color differences, racial differences, etc, but they did not know they all were blind and were all prisoners/slaves, inside a gigantic prison yard. Many of them were also deaf apart from being blind, including the wardens or Prisons guards watching over them like some sort of overseers or pastors. They were indeed dressed like priests, clergy men or pastors, having their posts on the security posts on the prison walls. But even they themselves did not know they were Prison Guards, neither did they know those they were watching over were Prisoners; they sincerely thought they were in church offices, and those people were free members of their church. This was because they themselves were Blind Guides or Blind Guards. The Blind watching over or overseeing the blind.

As the prophet the Lord sent to the Captives of the house of Israel, I mean Captives of those church, came to the Captives to tell them, "Thus says the Lord," he discovered only few could hear him, for other had deafened ears or refused hearing. But they were basically blind and couldn't see afar, which was the reason they had no idea they were captives or prisoners. They thought they were walking in liberty, or Jesus had set them free.

[Ezekiel 3:11 ICB] — Go to the captives, your people. And speak to them, whether they listen or not. Tell them, ‘The Lord God says this.’”

[Isaiah 5:13-14] — "Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Therefore hell has enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoices, shall descend into it."

[Revelation 3:17-18] — "For you say, ‘I am rich, and I have grown rich, and I have need of nothing.’ And you do not realize that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold having been refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may be clothed and the shame your of unclothedness might not be made manifest, and eye-salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see."

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You type and express yourself just as a run off the mill christian typically will do.

2 Timothy 2:15
Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved,
a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed,
accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth

John 7:24
'Don't judge according to appearance,
but judge righteous judgment.'

The bible does not lie. The misunderstanding is coming from you not doing the 2 Timothy 2:15 and John 7:24 due diligence. This has caused many, not to correctly and rightly divide the word of truth about basic Bible 101 theology

I will not have you ignorant therefore I’ll judge you and the book by using your very own warped logic.

Mind you, has nothing to with '(your history)', whatever that means, but it is about History (i.e. His Story)

There is never an age in which worthless knowledge was more important than useful knowledge

The proof is in the pudding, and there is no better time than now, to test if there arent significant contradictions between those books and those in the Bible.

So, its time to put to test your '... I have not seen significant contradictions between those books and those in the Bible cannon' comment

OK, for every point, you bring forward as proof of the validity and authenticity of the Book of Enoch, I'll match with a conversely 5 other points that shows that the Book of Enoch, is of questionable and disputed origin, that its not credible and that it blatantly is not a genuine book, but is a book of contradictions, omissions, falsehoods and made-up story

_{Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.}

You still have not established meaningful points why you are black listing these Books of second Cannons. Please write convincingly, without the need for attacking either my personality or the personalities of the Books and those who uphold them as authentic.

History is not "His-Story." Or is History also scriptures?

Study to show yourself Approved to God, not approved to men. Therefore, do not limit your studying books to what men approved for you to study alone, but rather study to the approval of God.

EZEKIEL 3:10

Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. [NKJV]

Receive His Words into your Heart, and hear with your ears

This is a prayer song:

"Into my heart, into my heart; come into my heart, Lord Jesus; come in today, come in to stay; come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Amen"

It's through His Words and His Spirit that we receive Him into our heart and hear Him with our ears. In dealing with the unseen God, there's no faith without hearing Him, and there is no hearing Him without His Word spoken. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the Word of God (Romans 10:17).

But I saw where pastors reversed that, teaching their wards that faith comes by speaking the Word of God, confessing what the word said, keep saying it to believe it, keep speaking in tongues, etc. As a result, they bred people who's mouths draw closer to God but their hearts are far from God, because they worship God with just their lips/mouths, called, "Lips-Services."

In the Bible verse above, God told the son of man, even his own prophet/messenger, saying, "Receive into your heart, all My Words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears." This was after He had the same man of God eat the Holy Communion of the Handwritten Scroll/Book with his mouth and belly.

I tell you, many minister the word of God just from mouths as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance. But coming from their mouths is not the same as coming from their hearts. Are you still wondering why even some pastors do not practice what they preach? Don't ask how they were able to speak or preach these things without living by them in practical. For not every man of God who has the Words of God in his stomach has the Words of God in his heart.

But God trained Ezekiel well, teaching the son of man that already had the Words of God in his stomach to also receive all, not some nor selected few but all, the Words of God into his heart and hear with his ears. As it is written,

[Job 22:22] — "Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart."

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Its a given that, all scripture are God inspired. Make no mistake about this that, all 'many versions to a story' are not God inspired and this includes, all apocrypha and pseudepigrapha books. Now especially talking of BoE (i.e. the Book of Enoch,) it is for the same very strong reason, why it didn't make it into the 66 canon

Do not use what the History is saying to judge any book that speaks to Christian faith, rather use the Inspiration of the Bible Scriptures and the Spirit of God to judge such books. History, even Christian history, could be wrong. But I assure you, the same Holy Spirit and Bible Scriptures that were available when those group of Christians in history judged and condemned these Books you mentioned, the same Holy Spirit and Bible Scriptures are available with us today to judge those books again for ourselves.

I did not trust the Judgment of those who condemned the books of Enoch, Adam and Eve, and other Deterocanonical; neither do I go by what your history said about them. Therefore, I have decided to go through the contents and not judge the books by their cover (your history).

I assure you that so far I have gone, I have gain so much Inspiration from them, and more understanding of the Bible through the perspectives of those books you condemn.

Moreover, I have not seen significant contradictions between those books and those in the Bible cannon.

DANIEL 2:25

Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.” [NKJV]

At once Arioch took Daniel into King Nebuchadnezzar's presence and told the king, “I have found one of the Jewish exiles who can tell Your Majesty the meaning of your dream.” [GNT]


FALSE AUTHORSHIP AND HYPOCRISY SHALL NOT STAND BEFORE OUR KING AND LORD

It was found in the heart of Arioch that he too was cooperative, excited and zealous, to quickly end the killing of the wise men and to present before the king the solution to the king's wrath. Here's is an exception to what I taught about "Fulfilling better than Solving," when it comes to wrath or destruction "Solving is better than fulfilling."

Arioch took the credit to himself by saying, "I have found the man (Daniel) of the captives of Judah, who can reveal the knowledge of the king's dream." Whereas we read Daniel was he who came of his own accord and requested to be brought before the king. Just wondering how it may sound when one of the wanted suspects voluntarily submitted himself to the authority, but one of the top officers claiming he was the one who caught or arrested the suspect that came to him first, perhaps to claim bounty/reward.

You may be shocked at how much some people can take "False Authorship" over credit or works that should rather be glorifying God and true people that actually labored or did them. There are glories that may not reach God when shared by people who are not supposed to share in the glories, or when not involving those who are supposed to share in the glories. If Mr.A is giving glory to God, without appreciating Mr.B that should be part of the glory to God, someone/something is lacking in that glory to God, and that glory may not reach God. Same with offerings to God without paying those poor workers who worked for you but you wickedly refused paying them but you would give fat offerings to God; such offerings may not reach God because something is lacking in them. Leave the offerings and go be reconciled with the men you own debts of money or restitution first.

[Isaiah 66:5 Rephrase] — To God's true Servants: See, your brothers who hate you, backstabbed you and cast you down, are still the ones who are saying "Glory to be to God, Praise the Lord, Halleluyah;" but I tell you, I will come and disgrace them for your sake because they are hypocrites.

There are three ways false authorship could have been applied by men to what was in the Bible verse above, but Arioch only did one false authorship of the three without the rest 2. Here are the 3:

*1* False Authorship of claiming you found who/what actually found you, you won who/what actually won you, you sought for who/what actually sought for you, you happened to who/what actually happened to you.

You may think it's not a big deal, but it is in a matter between Subject and Object, Transitive and Intransitive, in determining "Authorship" in every performance. Why should a woman who never made the first move nor initiated the act of seeking, of finding or of winning/wooing a man; yet claims she found, caught or won, the man or claiming authorship in the relationship or conversation between she and the man?

[John 15:16 BLB] — "You did not chose Me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and you should bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, so that whatever you might ask the Father in My name, He may give you."

It's important among Christians to clarify these things, because I have seen where a Christian man chose to be attending a church; and after a while the pastor of that church began to introduce that man to other people as "My Son in Christ" or "My spiritual son" implying he first found him, whereas it was the Christian man who found and chose the pastor, unless he's claiming the pastor adopted him as his spiritual father, according to the follies and false-authorship going on among many Christian Churches.

*A* Between Arioch and Daniel, who first found each other? Perhaps Arioch was right afterall, if he first discovered Daniel in the slaves before all these current affairs started with the king.

*B* Between Andrew and Peter, who first found each other in Christ or to Christ? Peter happened to be closer to the Lord Jesus than Andrew, just as Arioch was closer to the king than Daniel; but it was Andrew who first found Peter and introduce the Lord Jesus Christ to Simon Peter. Now the name Peter has famousness, but the name Andrew is hardly heard, whereas both Andrew and Peter were brothers, with the same father called "Jonah;" not the Jonah that fish swallowed, but Jonah the father of Peter.

[John 1:40‭-‬42 NKJV] — One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).

*2* False Authorship of taking another person's ideas, secret strategies or personal information, and publishing them as one's own, or implementing them to the public without approval of the original bearer/initiator thereof.

What if Arioch had insisted that he must hear the dream and interpretation of the king's dream first in private to verify Daniel's claim before bringing him to the king; and then after Daniel must have disclosed the information to Arioch, he subtly turns down Daniel saying those information are not going to work; but later Arioch would go to the king and publish the same information he received from Daniel, which he negated before Daniel to turn him down, but he secretly use the same information and ideas to publish himself into relevance and honor before the king?

Arioch did not do that. But I tell you, I have heard people to whom such was done. Some where to bring great business proposals for the bank to sponsor if they find their business ideas or strategies viable and feasible. But later the Bank adopted those business ideas or strategies behind their back without involving the original proponents or after rejecting/turning down the wisdom in the ideas before the authors. Someone was said to have always been crying out that some of his co popular music stars stole his songs which he originally revealed to them yet unpublished, only for them to later publish those his songs as their own. Architects and other professionals have complained about some real estate developers that conduct job interviews for job seekers, and get designs ideas, costings/estimates, structural ideas, work ideas, from those job seekers during interviews, but they never hire any of them. Then they go and implement those ideas in their projects without paying those who were the original proponents or bearers

[Jeremiah 22:13] — "“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,"

[Habakkuk 2:9-14] — "Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and sinning against your soul. For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity! Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain? For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea."

*3* False Authorship of Nationalism, taking the good that belongs to a subset or oppressed nation/tribe to share for the overall federating nations/states in the coalition or amalgamation, without paying due credits, benefits to the resource region, nation or tribe, from which the other federating regions/nations benefit without contributing.

In the top Bible verse above, Arioch mentioned the region, the tribe, the nation or people, Daniel was coming from, especially mentioning them as the captives or slaves (meaning they were the oppressed, Judah) among the larger coalition of the Babylonian Country. By so doing, Arioch was already giving credit to Daniel's people or region, before the king. That was good.

But I tell you, there are political actors, who whenever something good or beneficial comes from a region/tribe/nation, that good and beneficial thing will be called "National Treasure" or "National Property" without giving special credits or benefits to that region, tribe or nation, from whence such good come to the rest of the federating states. That's false authorship of Nationalism, and is a kind of racism, discrimination or marginalization. If it was evil thing, insurgency, from there, they would isolate that region or those people from there from the rest of the federating states; but when it's good things, intellectual properties, inventions, oil and resources from there, they would use national terms or the whole federating states terms to claim such belong to the whole federating states. That's also plagiarism or false-authorship in nationalism.

If you are always isolating and discriminating against a region, a people, tribe or nation, among federating states, for the vices or evil things from there, you are bound to also do so when the good things or virtues come from them. The children of Israel had such bad reports and negative talks about a region among them, which they generally viewed as only evil things, thugs or bad people come from there. But to their shock, the greatest Savior and good came from the same region they never taught anything good can come from. That was a region called "Nazareth." As it is written,

[John 1:45-47] — "Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”"



** Transcendence of Cultural Boundaries:

The fact that Arioch, an officer of King Nebuchadnezzar, sought out a Jewish exile for the interpretation instead of relying solely on Babylonian resources and beliefs signifies the transcendent nature of spiritual wisdom. It suggests that spiritual insights can be found outside one's own cultural or religious boundaries and encourages openness to diverse perspectives in seeking spiritual truths.

You may get spiritual insight even from other religions, but you can only find the salvation, the truth and the life inside the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God.

[1 Adam+Eve 26:7]
Then God looked upon Adam and Eve and upon their great sorrow, and upon all they had done with a fervent heart, on account of all the trouble they were in, instead of their former well-being, and on account of all the misery that came upon them in a strange land.

Meaning, the great sorrow, heartwarming acts and attempts on account of the trouble and misery of Adam and Eve in a strange land (outside the Garden), "caught the attention of God."

I tell you, it's great achievement among angels to catch and have the attention of the most supreme and most important Being in all ramifications of existence. To be His focus, subject and matter, in His infinite Mind is worth all the troubles to get.

Congratulations to Adam and Eve, for they had the attention and concerns of God on account of what they went through and were going through. He might not have immediately changed their situation, remove or solve their troubles, but He's with them in the midst of their sorrows and troubles. Even so, do not waste your trials and troubles, for in them you may demonstrate the faith that pleases God, touches God deeply and earns God's attention, care and concerns, focussed on you.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:8]
Therefore God was not wroth with them; nor impatient with them; but He was longsuffering and forbearing towards them, as towards the children He had created.

The attention and concerns of God with them, removed the wrath, anger and impatience of God away from them, but brought His long-suffering, forbearance and compassion towards them. Our first parents were both children of God and children to God, who created them. Being children to God means they had not advanced from needing God to "Babysit" them by giving them such attention, compassion and overlooking their follies.

[Psalms 103:9‭-‬14 NKJV] — He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:9]
Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said unto him, "Adam, as for the sun, if I were to take it and bring it to thee, days, hours, years and months would all come to naught, and the covenant I have made with thee, would never be fulfilled.

Adam had wanted the sun to stand still over them forever, and never go down nor allow room for night or evening darkness. But here the word of God told them that to still the sun would mean to stop times and seasons, prevent days, hours, months and years, from coming to pass. And unless times and seasons come to pass, the covenant between God and man would never be fulfilled. Indeed God's covenant in Christ Jesus are calendar bound, and He must remain the God who changes times and seasons for Him to change the fallen state of mankind and to bring them into the redemption and restoration in the Lord Jesus Christ the Savior.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:10]
"But thou shouldest then be turned and left in a long plague, and no salvation would be left to thee for ever.

The same reason why God would not allow the man eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in his fallen nature of sin after eating the forbidden Tree. The same reason why God would not still the sun to cause eternity over the man, stopping time. Time is grace and mercy of God to men and sinners. If eternity steps in, and no more time, every nature of man's soul remains eternally as he was when he entered eternity, and there can be no way to add or remove from his nature, plagues or gifts, curses or Blessings, with that man forever in the realms of eternity. No repentance that changes the soul in the realms of eternity, but repentance is in times and seasons. Whoever was holy when he entered eternity shall be holy still eternally; Whoever was filthy when he entered eternity shall be filthy still eternally; Whoever was righteous when he entered eternity shall be righteous still eternally; Whoever was impious when he entered eternity shall be impious still eternally; Whoever was a liar when he entered eternity shall be liar still eternally; Whoever was anything in soul when he entered eternity shall be that thing in soul still eternally, etc.

Therefore, the tree of life was not made available to Adam so that he might die and be saved through death. The Death of Adam was the path to his salvation, not the lost of salvation. It's like saying the death of Jesus Christ is the path to our salvation. After Adam sinned in the Garden, the "Tree of Life" and the "Salvation of Adam (Mankind)" became two opposing forces because of the state of Adam. If God allowed Adam eat of the tree of life, Adam would live forever and never die; but that will also mean Adam will never be saved from sin nor attain salvation. So God driving Adam away from the tree of life, to make Adam die, was actually God bringing Adam into the path to Salvation. Death is the way both the first Adam and second Adam (Jesus Christ) procured Salvation.

Even so, changing times and seasons draw us nearer to our salvation. Behold the relationship between Salvation and Times:

[Romans 13:11‭-‬12 NKJV] — And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

[II Corinthians 6:2 NKJV] — For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

[1 Peter 1:5] — "We are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."

"Knowledge of Good and Evil" different from "Knowledge of Sin and Death"


GENESIS 2:17

[NKJV]
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

[GNT]
except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day.”



In the Bible verse above, two distinct items could be said to bring knowledge or enlightenment (opening man's eyes): They include:

*1* The Commandment of God:

[Psalms 19:8] — "...the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes."

In my comments under the preceding verse, I showed the Commandment of God bringing gifts to men, but here I show the Commandment of God opening men's eyes as in enlightenment.

*2* The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil:

[Genesis 3:5] — "For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

So agree that both the Commandment of God and the Forbidden Tree had ways of enlightening or opening man's eyes. But when the forbidden Tree opened men's eyes they knew good and evil, whereas when the Commandment of God opened the eyes of the man in the Bible verse above the man began to know sin and death.

By the Forbidden Tree came knowledge of good and evil, but by the Commandment (Law) of God came knowledge of sin and death.

As it is written,

[Romans 7:7‭-‬11 FBV] — So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn't have known what sin was unless the law defined it. I wouldn't have realized that wanting to have other people's things for myself was wrong without the law that says, “Don't desire for yourself what belongs to someone else.” But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead. I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died. I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead, because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!

It therefore means, God introduced the knowledge of sin and death to Adam when God commanded him against the knowledge of good and evil. The only lust or covetousness to avoid then was the lust to eat or take anything from the forbidden Tree.

That was the forbidden Tree, because it gives or reveals forbidden knowledge of certain mysteries; and they are the mysteries of evil and good. Mankind was commanded or forbidden from feeding on the revelations from such mysteries though they are also wisdom.

*1* Forbidden, but not Evil

The tree of knowledge of good and evil was also a tree of wisdom, but the tree of life that was a Tree of greater Wisdom with everlasting life. The fact that tree of knowledge of good and evil is referred to as forbidden Tree or forbidden fruit, does not imply it was an evil tree because it was actually a good but forbidden tree only to mankind. Every tree in the Garden of God was good, though this one was forbidden for the man in the Garden.

Actually, the Tree itself was not a "Forbidden Tree," but the fruits or knowledge from the Tree was the actual "Forbidden" or "Forbidden Knowledge." In the order of God, certain mysteries or sets of knowledge were forbidden to mankind, but not to angels. Angels may know them but must not reveal them to mortal men lest they be corrupted by such knowledge. These sets of knowledge included these knowledge of good and evil, which the Serpent was cursed forever for being the angel who got men to know it. There were other kinds of knowledge such as those the fallen angels revealed to daughters of men whom they married, including knowledge of witchcraft, sorcery, astrology, necromancy, warfare crafts, cosmetics artificials and superficial maskings and surgeries, white and black magics and enchantments, etc. Those angels too were cursed for disclosing such kinds of knowledge to mankind, by which they were corrupted even further, increasing fornication, evil and murders.

*2* Forbidden, but not Hidden

I say "Forbidden" but not "Hidden:" It was not a hidden tree to the man, but forbidden to the man. In the Bible verse above, God even mentioned the name or what the tree gives (knowledge of good and evil) to man while commanding him to never eat of it or for he must die in the day he eats of it. God was not acting like how some parents or adults would do concerning 'Sex Education' to children, feeling it's better to keep sex matters hidden than come clean to teach little children on time about Sex in order to forbid premarital sex. God was blunt, and it appears Adam knew the particular tree that bore the title, "Knowledge of good and evil" either that God pointed the tree to him or there was some form of label or descriptions to identify each tree in the Garden and what they do when eaten or used. Forbidden but not hidden.

Actually, it was after mankind ate of this forbidden Tree that hiding things among men became a thing. Before then, man and woman were naked, and everything was openly to them, for there was no need to hide anything from them. Even little babies without the corruption of the knowledge of good and evil have nothing to hide and no need to hide things from them. But as soon as that knowledge or wisdom of good and evil makes them aware, then hiding or covering becomes necessary.

*3* Forbidden, but not out of reach or accessible

Somehow, this forbidden Tree was more reachable than the Tree of Life. There wes no sword, flame or cherub, to barricade the way to the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. Infact, in this book of Genesis revealed to us, God seemed to had talked more about the forbidden Tree to the man than He talked about the Tree of Life.

Again, by the Commandment of God, the man knew both sin and knew this forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil. Unfortunately, Adam did not ask God to give him more information about the forbidden knowledge of good and evil.

GENESIS 2:16

[NKJV]
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

[BSB]
And the Lord God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,


Please understand that the communication of God to man in this Bible verse above was these three and more:

*1* Commandment of God to man,

*2* Gifting or feeding the man,

*3* Setting the man free or licensing the man.

More importantly, the man was gifted by the Commandment of God to "eat freely" of what he dressed and kept in the Garden. Being partaker of the fruits was not to destroy nor waste the fruits, but to unite the fruits with their keepers/lovers who have labored for them. This Commandment was only meant for or valid only in the Garden and not applicable without the Garden/temple.

We saw the gifts of God earlier came to mankind as "Blessings" and we are here seeing the gifts of God come to mankind as "Commandment of God." It's not just by blessing mankind that God gave gifts to men, but also by commanding or instructing mankind God endowed gifts to men. Therefore, there are gifts of God expressed as and in the Commandments of God to men.

Not only was the Commandment of God "gifting the man" in the Bible verse above, but the Commandment of God was also "Setting free the man." Please do not ask whether the man was in bondage before to have needed to be set free, like the Jews asked the Lord Jesus Christ why He said that they who were Abraham's descendants and we're never in bondage of any man needed to be set free (John 8:32-36).

Setting free someone is not just about resolving bondages among men, but about being free from sin or about no involvement of sin or offenses in any matter. Bondage/slavery considered was not just the past and present, but also futuristic bondage/slavery. If there will be sin in my doing that thing, it means I am not free to do that thing: It doesn't necessarily mean I am in bondage already though I am yet to do that thing, but means I will be in bondage in future when I do it because there will be sin in my act of doing that thing. Therefore, the first opposite of being a "Sinner" was being a "Free Being," not even being "Righteous Being." No one was talking about Adam being righteous, but for him to be free.

Freedom or Liberty of the Spirit of God in the Lord Jesus Christ is way more broader than Righteousness. Righteousness is about selecting the right choices only or doing the right things only, and "Right things" means "Chosen things." But freedom is about doing all things not caring whether they are right (chosen) or not, but only caring there's no sin or bondage in them. If God was seeking righteousness in the first Adam, God would have specified His Will or Choices of the trees for Adam to eat just the Will of God (Righteousness). You saw how it was for the second Adam, Jesus Christ, who was bound to choose only the Will of God the Father for Him and not His own will as Son of man - that was Man locked up to doing Righteousness. But the first Adam was having his own freewill or will to do aside the Will of God, because he was called to be free, not called to be righteous. He was called to keep God's Commandment, but not necessarily to keep God's Will.

Don't worry, the Second Adam was Himself God, and His doing the Will was He's doing His own Will basically: the Will of God is His.

EZEKIEL 3:8

Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. [NKJV]

Strong Face and Tough Forehead as Helmet for a Minister of Grace


There are animals that match each other by face against face, and do battle by locking horns against the opponent's horns. To them, the hardness of their foreheads, strength of their faces and toughness of their horns, determine the strength of the rest of their entire bodies, and the rankings of seniority, victory and power among them.

In the Bible verse above, God made Ezekiel's face strong against the faces of the people he was sent to preach, and made Ezekiel's forehead tough against their foreheads. But God did not make Ezekiel's heart hard against their hardened hearts.

This meant, God's equipping of Ezekiel against the hardness of the people's heart was not by making Ezekiel's heart hard too, but by making Ezekiel's forehead and face hard against their own. So Ezekiel was to confront those hard hearted people by possessing hard and tough face and forehead, but with gentle and soft heart.

In life, there are people that make others hardened by how they treated or cheated them; and thus, making things hard because people are hard and difficult. But I urge you, let only your face and forehead but tough enough, but do not harden your heart even when facing wicked and hard hearted people. Keep your heart with all diligence as delicate and soft, for out of it are the issues of life.

So your hard face and forehead help you overcome tough times and tough people but with a soft and harmless heart as dove. For mercy, compassion, virtues, understanding and grace, dwell in a soft heart.

For me to preach to sinners, my face and forehead have to be strong and hard against their own for the sake of telling them the truth boldly, but my heart must remain soft and harmless to them for the sake of doing so in love and grace towards them. Hence, "Grace and Truth" or "Truth Spoken in Love," not condemnation of the sinners.








EZEKIEL 3:9

Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.” [NKJV]

I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.” [BSB]

Toughness or Stoneness for Ministry


The Lord did not make His Messenger's forehead to be as hard as the rebellious people, but rather as hard as flint or diamond beyond the hardness or toughness of the rebellious and hard people. Don't expect to find it easy from their reactions when they are rebellious, stubborn and hard hearted, lest you compromise.

"Hard as flint" is a phrase used to describe someone or something that is extremely tough or resilient. It suggests a level of unyielding determination and strength.

"Toughness" or "Resilience" is needed in delivering our Ministry and Messages in a crooked world full of adultery and perverse generations. The Lord said, since the days of John the Baptist the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the Violent takes it by force. But I add, that even beyond the days of John the Baptist the ministry of heaven suffered rebellion and the Resilient ministered it by force without the victory of fear of men.

In the Bible verse above, God clarified both the extent and expectancy of making Ezekiel's forehead Tough or Hard:

*1* The Extent — Hard as flint, tough as Diamond

*2* The Expectancy — To not fear them, neither be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their presence/looks/appearance, even though they are rebellious.

I have seen ram with smaller horns being not afraid of the face of a man while a cow with bigger horns than those of a ram was afraid and feared. Hence better to be "Ram" than be "Cow-ard" when you are given horns or foreheads as hard as flint or diamond.

Diamond is not afraid of men falling on it, because they would be the ones broken and not the Diamond Stone. Even much more than these, the Lord Jesus Christ was the Son of man, better than Ezekiel in being the Toughest Stone in Ministry. As it is written,

[Luke 20:17‭-‬18 NKJV] — Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

The name "Peter" or "Cephas" means "Stone," but the toughness of the stone meant was not indicated in the name but will be determined in the toughness, resilience, boldness and endurance, in true ministering of the Living Word of God. Some do not bear the name Peter, but they are more Peter than some who are called Peter. Don't be a Peter when Peter was a Coward and even denying the Lord Jesus Christ before a little girl. Rather be a Peter when Peter was the boldest and toughest in ministering the grace and gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ amid rebellious people.

[2 Timothy 1:7-8] — "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner: but be you partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;"

EZEKIEL 3:7

But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. [NKJV]

But the people of Israel won't want to listen to you, because they don't want to listen to Me. All the Israelites are strong-minded and hard-hearted. [FBV]

How To Hear + How To Develop True Hearing/Ear


[John 15:20 NKJV] — Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

In any of the Bible verse above, the Lord recognized that there would be those who refused to listen to His words and consequently, they would also reject the words of His messengers. This would not be because of any fault in the message or the messengers, but rather because of the hardness of hearts and minds of the people themselves. And the Lord assured His messengers that those who kept His word would also keep theirs.

The degree to which people would listen to the Lord God, is to the degree they would listen to His Messengers whom the Lord sent to them, when the man's messages are the Lord God's messages and the man's doctrine His doctrine.

[Matthew 10:20] — "For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you."

The extent to which individuals will heed God is equivalent to the extent to which they will heed His Messengers. This connection relies on the fact that the messages conveyed by these Messengers are the Lord God's own messages, and the doctrines they teach are His doctrines.

[John 7:16-17] — "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me. If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself."

Why would the Israelites neither listen to God nor listen to the son of man, man of God, sent to them? Because they are hard-hearted and difficult minded people.

HOW TO DEVELOP HEARING

[Luke 8:18] — "Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”"

Many people do not know how to hear, even though they can hear. The children of Israel had almost every thing but their greatest problem was they don't know how to hear or how to listen. As a result, even the things they had were taken from them.

Faith comes by "Hearing" (Romans 10:17), and those who have "Hearing-Problem" usually fall into unbelief. When the writer mentioned "Faith comes by hearing," the writer was discussing about how Israel or Israelites fell into unbelief and failure of faith in them.

Unfortunately, many among the churches do not have "True Ear" but "Itching Ears."

*1* Having "Itching Ears" makes people to turn away from hearing the truth, into hearing fables, imaginations, false dreams, false hopes, sweet lies and myths, etc, because itching ears want to hear anything except the truth or true doctrine. As it is written,

[2 Timothy 4:3-4] — "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables."

*2* Having "True Ears" makes people to hear what the Spirit of Truth is saying. As it is written,

[Revelation 3:22] — "He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

How do you hear what the Spirit of God? How do you even hear? Look again at the top Bible verse above, and notice how "Hearing One" depended on "Hearing Another," and "Hearing Another" depended on "Softness of the Heart." See it this way:

*** The reason the Israelites will not hear Ezekiel the man of God, will be because they will not hear God Himself. And,

*** The reason the Israelites will not hear God Himself or the Spirit of God, will be because their hearts are hardened or hard.

God informed Moses that He would cause Pharaoh's heart to become hardened, resulting in his refusal to hear or pay attention to the message conveyed by Moses, who is regarded as a man of God. Similarly, the hardness or softness of an individual's heart determines their receptiveness to God and His Messengers.

The error of Israelites was that they had "hard hearts" towards what God or the Spirit of God in His Messengers was saying, unlike those who do not have "hard hearts" but have "itching ears" which are also inimical to hearing what the Spirit is Saying.

Taking heed how to hear? This is how to hear:

[Hebrews 3:7‭-‬11 NKJV] — Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

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Wetin concen me concern Daniel.

It will be true Wisdom if you have it.

DANIEL 2:24

Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.” [NKJV]



Then Daniel went to Arioch. King Nebuchadnezzar had chosen Arioch to put to death the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to Arioch, “Don’t put the wise men of Babylon to death. Take me to the king. I will tell him what his dream means.” [ICB]



Who are you to tell the king's captain not to carryout the king's executive order? Are you the Supreme Court that should stop the Executive or Order issued by a monarch or ruler? Some local law enforcement officers would put it this way, 'So you are trying to teach us our job?'

In the Bible verse above, behold the confidence and authority by which Daniel approached the Captain (Arioch) that was appointed or charged by the king to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and Daniel issuing a different and contrary order to the king's Captain (Arioch) to disregard the king's earlier appointment or order to him, but to rather bring him Daniel to the king and he would resolve the king's matter with him directly. God's revelations to Daniel gave him those boldness, authority, wisdom and grace.

Actually, here are three ways Daniel acted like a Court of Competent jurisdiction or Judiciary in the Bible verse above:

*1.* Like a Court, Daniel was issuing an "Injunction;" except that Daniel's doing so orally, unlike Court's Injunction usually come as "Writ" or in written form, and not just oral and verbal.

*2.* Like a Court, Daniel was issuing a "Summon;" except that Daniel's summon wanted him to be brought or taken as "Mobile Court" to the king where the proceeding will be determined in the king's court or presence, unlike immobile Court's Summon that usually invites or orders the party of the recipient to appear before it or come to the court instead of the court going to them.

*3.* Like a Court, Daniel was to give "Substance and Interpretation;" except that Daniel's was to give Substance and Interpretation of the "King's Dream," while other court's would just determine the Substance and Interpretation of Constitutions, Laws, Agreements, etc. Determining and interpreting the king's dream or visions of God was far more greater and more important than doing so over the laws, constitution or agreement/covenant, in the land/kingdom. For these are only over the kingdom, lands and people of Babylon by the people of Babylon; but the king's dream or vision was God's Revelation and Determination across all the kingdoms, nations, lands and governments, of the entire world both present then and those yet to come even till the end of all ages to the kingdoms of this world, when only the Kingdom of God and His Saints through the Lord Jesus Christ shall endure and establish forever.

Moreover, what Daniel did in the Bible verse above meant David both "Interceded/Intervened for" and "Saved/Delivered" the wise men of Babylon. Daniel could have just cared only about his tribal people or friends to save the wise men among them only, without caring what will happen to those in foreign tribes or the Chaldeans. He could have silently gone to the king and provided the answer for just him and his friends, without stopping the killings of the other wise men of Babylon, especially because those wise men may have advised the king in the days the king destroyed Jerusalem and the people of Daniel, seeing they are wise men of different religions or gods opposed to Daniel's faith.

The Lord Jesus would rejoice that God had hidden things from those wise men, but the Lord Jesus would not have rejoiced nor find pleasure if those wise men were killed or destroyed.

"Though true Wisdom saves/hides things from certain people, true Wisdom also saves/hides those people from certain things."

[Proverbs 16:14‭-‬16 BSB] — The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.