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↝ SLEEPING DURING MESSAGE OR SERMON ↜

[Daniel 10:9 MKJV] — "Yet I heard the voice of his words. And when I heard the voice of his words, then I was in a deep sleep on my face, and my face [was] toward the ground."
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[Daniel 10:9 ICB] — Then I heard the man in the vision speaking. As I listened, I fell into a deep sleep. My face was on the ground.
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[Daniel 10:9 GWN] — "I heard the man speak, and as I listened to his words, I fainted facedown on the ground."

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You are fallen if your face and your body is lying on the ground, especially if you've fallen asleep from that ground or lost some consciousness or strength. It's called fainting: — Daniel fainted facedown on the ground or Daniel fell to the ground deeply asleep.

Twice such things happened in Daniel: — In this bible verse in red and in “Daniel 8:18.”

[Proverbs 19:15 AFV] — "Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”

However, it was not laziness that threw Daniel into deep sleep here or there, neither was it of demonic influence that makes some people to fall into sleep as soon as the preaching, message or word of God begins or ongoing in church or fellowship: — Here and there, Daniel fell asleep when the messengers of God began to speak to him, not because of demonic influence or laziness but, because of the disfiguration that drained his strength. I felt the feelings of the man who collapsed and fainted in a banking hall while standing on a queue-line to customer service; and when he was successfully revived, he was given meat-pie and soft drink, for he hadn't eaten fine that day but took Coca-Cola drink that morning in almost empty belly, which reacted and drained him into collapsing and fainting by falling asleep before falling aground from standing.

THE NATURE OF THE SLEEP

Daniel was still in place of receiving vision and revelation when he fell into a deep sleep. Nothing was said about night, breeze or sleep falling upon him to cause him to sleep. It was not sleep that fell upon him, but he fell into it.

Therefore, the nature of this sleep was not like the sleep Peter, James and John, slept in when the Lord Jesus was talking with Moses and Elijah, in glory and visions on the mountain of transfiguration.

Though in both cases, these sons of men were sleeping instead of being awake to fully receive or record the things which the heavenly, glorious and holy Ones were saying in the visions or experiences. Yet, Daniel's deep sleep here was more like Adam’s deep sleep in the garden of Eden, when the Lord God took a rib out of his body to form the woman for him.

The sensitivity or awareness of Daniel or Adam to what was happening to his body even while in the deep sleep corroborates this. Thus, the nature of this sleep is different from other kind of sleep because though it's is a deep sleep, the sleeping man was aware of what's happening on his body and who's speaking to him or touching him at which part of his body, yet he cannot just awake from that deep sleep on his own power though he's fully awake and aware in the spirit.

This sleep is deep, not for unconsciousness or subconsciousness, but for mere fact that the sleeper has to be awoken by a helper as he's fainted.

So, was Adam aware while he was in the deep sleep? Yes, he knew the woman was bone of his bones, and flesh of his flesh, and called her woman - taken from man.

Was Daniel aware while he was in the deep sleep? Yes, he knew exactly how his face was directly pinned to the ground while in deep sleep. Meaning, he knew which direction his face was looking or pointing while he was in a deep sleep. Not everyone knows when he turns his face or what direction he's face is looking while in deep sleep. Moreover, Daniel knew when the angel touched him even while in deep sleep. Some persons have been drugged and touched while in deep sleep, but they were unaware of what, who touched them and where. Not forgetting to add that though Daniel was in deep sleep, he knew the angel was still speaking. Such was the nature of the sleep.

DANIEL HEARD THE VOICE OF THE PRINCIPALITY SPEAKING WHILE DANIEL ADVANCED IN DEEP SLEEP

Same powerful and great voice that was the voice of multitude, which could be heard by the dead, was heard by he who was in a deep sleep but could not prevent the man from falling into the deep sleep. Those sleeping inside church during messages may even do so while the speakers and shouts are very loud, but yet cannot prevent them from sleeping right in the midst. Upon all the noises of the storm and agitation, Jonah was fast asleep in the midst of the unsteading and quaking ship. Yes, even the Lord Jesus slept in a boat while His disciples engaged in effort of futility to control the storm or impacts thereof.

At this point of Daniel sleeping, he was hearing the voice (sound) of the speaker's word, but not hearing the speaker's words. He's under the sound of the speaker's voice, but not understanding or hearing the utterances. It's like being under the sound of the voice of a man who is speaking in tongues (unknown tongues): hearing both his voice and sound, but understanding neither his utterance nor his saying. Let's just describe what it's like using these verses:

[Isaiah 29:10-12 AFV] — "For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; He has covered the prophets and your rulers, and the seers. And the vision of all has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one who is learned saying, “Please read this,” and he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” And the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, “Please read this,” and he says, “I am not learned.””

To keep the vision and revelation from those around Daniel, a great fear fell upon them; but to keep the perception from Daniel he fell into a deep sleep, hearing but not perceiving. Technically, this was when or where the initial watching or watchfulness of Daniel was defeated by him falling into deep sleep. He had been mourning, waiting and watching by the great river Hiddekel, and had achieved significant milestones in this quest and fulfilled days of mourning, and even seen the surface anatomy of a Principality of heaven face to face in his own realm or reality: but when it was time for the Principality to reveal to him what was currently in his mind, message, attention or attendance, the battery that powered watching or watchfulness to these things was drained, and Daniel fell. He did not fall from grace, but he fell from standing in watchmanship. Perhaps what he missed out here from what the Principality said under this bible verse in red would have given us clues to identify the Principality by name or other important details. Well, the Principality spoke in this bible verse in red, but there's no saying or record of what he said by the sleeping witness

[1 John 3:2-3 GWN] — "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”

[Matthew 17:1-3] — Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James up on a high mountain. They were all alone there. While they watched, Jesus was transfigured (changed for the better). His face became bright like the sun. And His clothes became white as light. Then two men were there, talking with Him. The men were Moses and Elijah.

↝ DISFIGURATION, INSTEAD OF TRANSFIGURATION ↜

[Daniel 10:8 AKJV] — "Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength."
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[Daniel 10:8 GNT] — I was left there alone, watching this amazing vision. I had no strength left, and my face was so changed that no one could have recognized me.
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[Daniel 10:8 NEB] — and I was left alone gazing at this great vision. But my strength left me; I became a sorry figure of a man, and retained no strength.

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When either Divinity or Principality manifests (appears) in its full glory and with the same intense appearance it has in the heavens, but physically to a man or seer on earth that has never seen such degree of glory or intensity before, that man seeing such degree of glory revealed to him physically for the first time will get either transfigured or disfigured depending on the Lord's grace by him.

THOSE TEMPORARILY DISFIGURED BY SUCH REVELATIONS OR VISIONS INCLUDE:

■1■ — Daniel: — In this bible verse in red, Daniel was disfigured by seeing this great figure of Principality from the heavens. His Disfiguration included:— Draining of his strength and energy (stamina) on one hand, and the turning of his comeliness (beauty or fairness) into corruption or deterioration; later in subsequent verses we were told that Daniel also became dumb or mute by seeing this vision physically at such degrees. Thus, marred or for better word, disfigured physically by seeing the manifest vision.

■2■ — Paul: — Like Daniel in this red bible verse, Paul too was isolated from those around or with him on his way to Damascus to see and hear the manifest revelation or vision of the Lord Jesus Christ physically alone; and was also disfigured by seeing Divinity: His Disfiguration included:— Physical Blindness (Acts 9:3-9).

■3■ — Zechariah: — Like Daniel in this red verse, Zechariah a chief priest and father of John the Baptist, was alone inside and saw Gabriel manifestly: but he was struck dumb — and as it was customary to the people, they knew he had seen a vision judging by the disfiguration he had. His Disfiguration included: Dumbness.

[Luke 1:22 LBP] — "When Zacharias came out, he could not speak with them; and they understood that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them with his eyes, but remained dumb.”

Do not forget such Disfiguration or Transfiguration as the case maybe if it comes, usually happened when that manifest vision happens to be the very first physical apparition or appearance of such Principality or Divinity to the man affected in the physical realms. So, in Daniel’s case in the bible verse in red, this manifest vision of this Principality from the heavens to Daniel was actually Daniel’s first encounter or experience of seeing the supernatural physically. Even though we saw in precedent chapters that Daniel had seen Gabriel twice, and seen other Principalities and Divinity in visions and dreams: — This Principality Daniel saw in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia became Daniel’s first encounter, before the other Principality (Gabriel) Daniel saw in the first year of Darius king of Persia. These two visions were physical, and involved those Principalities entering into Daniel’s (physical) realms to appear and touch Daniel physically, and not Daniel entering into their own spiritual realms to see or encounter them.

So, all the written visions of Daniel during the era of Persia (Cyrus and Darius as kings of Persia) were physical and involved Principality entering into physical realms to appear to Daniel, including Daniel’s vision in the lions den involving an angel shutting up the mouths of the lions or making them dumb (mute) by just appearing to the lions. — On the other hand, all the written visions of Daniel during the era of Babylonia (Belshazzar's first year and third year as king of Babylon) were not physical but were spiritual and figurative, involving animations or beasts such as the lion alike beast, the bear alike beast, the leopard alike beast, the non-alike beast with horns, and then later the Ram and the He-goat, the Horn, the Ancient of Days, and the Son of Man — were visions Daniel received during Belshazzar and Babylonia era, and those visions were not physical but spiritual and figurative, and they involved Daniel entering into different realms to see them just the way John the beloved entered different realms in spirit to receive the revelations or visions in the book of Revelation. Here, they did not come into his realms (physically), but instead he was taken into their realms in trance or soul travel.

There have been other physical manifestations of the Divinity or Principality with glory and intensity, which neither disfigured nor transfigured the seers: — In this case, one of these applied:

°A° — The Divinity or Principality manifests in or with Clouds as covering: E.g. Manifest in the Pillar of Clouds

°B° — The Divinity or Principality manifests in or with Fire as covering: E.g. Manifest in the Pillar of Fire

°C° — The Divinity or Principality manifests in or with thick darkness and or smoke-effects as covering: E.g. Manifest in the Darkness and Smoke-effects on Mount Sinai to Israelites during the issuance of the Ten Commandments.

°D° — The Divinity or Principality manifests in or with physical flesh as covering: E.g. Three Men that appeared to Abraham as heading to Sodom, to whom Abraham gave meat and milk to eat and drink in Genesis 18. The Man that wrestled with Jacob. The Captain of the Hosts that appeared to Joshua. The Lord God Himself born of a virgin, and dwelt or walked among men in flesh and blood as the Son of man - Jesus Christ.

THOSE TRANSFIGURED BY SUCH REVELATIONS OR VISIONS INCLUDE:

[Matthew 17:1-3] — Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James up on a high mountain. They were all alone there. While they watched, Jesus was transfigured (changed for the better). His face became bright like the sun. And His clothes became white as light. Then two men were there, talking with Him. The men were Moses and Elijah.

Not about the six days later, but the six men involved: — Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James and John.

All these six men were transfigured at different ways: I show you how and when each of them became transfigured:

■1■ — The Lord Jesus — The transfiguration of the Lord Jesus was unique from those of anyone else: — the reason being that others are transfigured or changed by beholding (seeing) the higher degrees or intensity of glorious figures of Divinity or Principality manifest, but in the case of the Lord Jesus Christ it was not Divinity or Principality that transfigured or changed Him but rather He was changed while He was praying or beholding He that was unseen or unmanifest — that is, His Father and His Glory. It was after He was transfigured that Moses and Elijah appeared to Him or with Him, indicating it was not their glory that caused the change in His transfiguration. Moreover, they were neither Principality nor Divinity: they were not angels but men of God that were looking up to the Lord Jesus, not the Lord Jesus looking up to them.

■2■ — Peter, John and James — The transfiguration of the Lord Jesus was also the transfiguration of these three — Peter, John and James, while they slept and awoke. However, their transfiguration was mental at the consciousness or awareness level, not anatomic. These were the signs of their transfiguration or transformation of their minds: — As soon as they woke up from sleep, they suddenly knew Moses and Elijah, whom they had never met before. Can a spirit being appear to you when you just wake up from sleep, and without introduction of who that spirit is you will know exactly whether he or she is perhaps Enock, Adam, Ruth, Elizabeth, etc, even without anyone telling you who that person who lived and died thousands of years before you were born was? That cognition was of supernatural and of the word of knowledge, understanding or perception due to the transfiguration of the Lord also happening in their heart and mind because they too have seen or been with the Lord Jesus in glory and were changed into the same Image inwardly.

[Acts 4:13 NLV] — They were surprised and wondered how easy it was for Peter and John to speak. They could tell they were men who had not gone to school. But they knew they had been with Jesus.

Before then, these men were among the rest of the disciples that saw the Lord Jesus walking on the waters of the sea and couldn't discern it was the Lord Jesus in “Matthew 14.” But now they know Him when they see Him, even know Him in the spirit after His resurrection that also transfigured or changed Him in appearance from how He used to look before He died.

[John 21:12 BBE] — "“Come and eat some breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples was brave enough to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew It was the Lord.”

■3■ — Elijah — The transfiguration of Elijah happened as soon as he was caught up with the chariot of fire, horses and the angels taking Elijah into heaven. Like it happened to Enock, this very kind of transfiguration is called “Translation” — when translated, the man would not die even when he enters into places or things that kill mortal people. Example, the fire of the chariot and horses would have burnt up Elisha, but being transfigured the fire could not harm Elijah or the mantle that fell off him as he transfigured.

■4■ — Moses — The transfiguration of Moses happened on the Mount Sinai when he saw the manifest Lord God of Israel passed by him physically in His glory and intensity. That transfiguration made and kept his face shining and bright as star forever: it also corrected Moses’ impediment in speech so that Moses was no longer a stammerer, but became eloquent in speech. The songs of Moses were songs of he who was once slow of speech and who stammered, but now sings with sweet smooth voice of eloquence. Moreover, his natural force remained unabated and his eyes never dimmed, all thanks to the transfiguration on beholding the Lord.

Do not get disfigured but transfigured by seeing the Lord in glory:

[1 John 3:2-3 GWN] — "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”

Many today are “near” the Lord but don’t know Him personally. They are in His presence or proximity, but are not in His perception. They are those with Daniel in this red bible verse.

↝ SEEING THE VISION OTHERS BESIDE YOU DON’T SEE ↜

[Daniel 10:7 AKJV] — "And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, so that they fled to hide themselves."
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[Daniel 10:7 NIV] — I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it, but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves.
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[Daniel 10:7 GWN] — "I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision. The men with me didn't see the vision. Yet, they started to tremble violently, and they quickly hid themselves."

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You may already know that once light comes in, darkness flees; or devil's flee once the Lord steps in: — Behold, even unworthy people flee when the presence of a Principality of the Heavens manifests as in this bible verse in red. The 4 points to learning:

■•■1. Divine Encounters And Revelations Are Selective —

The heavens’ give revelations or experiences to selected individuals, and not necessarily to everyone around them. E.g. to Daniel, and not to those around Daniel, it was given to see, hear and encounter the spiritual vision and revelation. Do not expect everyone to see or understand what is revealed to you.

[Luke 8:10 NCB] — "He said, “To you has been granted knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but for others they are made known in parables, so that ‘looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’”

Trust that divine experiences are personal and may not be shared by even those nearby. Understand that your spiritual journey and experiences might be unique to you.

■•■2. Divine Revelations and Encounters Are Isolative —

Since they are Selective, they are therefore Isolative. Powerful encounters with God can create temporary isolation from others. Their presence parts or isolates in between those present, like the way the angels of the chariot of fire and horses from heaven parted to the dividing asunder or separation of Elijah from Elisha, before taking Elijah away, or the way the pillar of fire and clouds separated the children of Israel from the Egyptians. Here, we are looking at how their presence parted or separated to the isolation of Daniel from the other people with him.

[Luke 17:34-36 NLV] — "I tell you, on that night there will be two men in the same bed. One of them will be taken. The other will be left. Two women will be grinding grain together. One of them will be taken. The other will be left. *Two men will be working in a field. One will be taken. The other will be left."”

In the bible verse in red, Daniel was left alone because the revelation, encounter and manifestation, isolated him from among his friends or neighbours, chasing them away from him but locking him up to be alone in solitude.

Don’t be discouraged by solitude—God may be preparing you for deeper revelation, experience or encounter. You may be losing friends or have them forsake you, keeping their distance away from you because the Lord is separating them from you, that He may have you left alone for Him to approach you.

[Genesis 32:24 AFV] — "And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day.”

If you feel isolated, trust that God may be leading you to focus more deeply on what He’s revealing or walking with Him.

■•■3. Proximity Does not Equal Perception —

This also means that to those isolated or left in the dark, Being presently near to a divine encounter or heavenly presence does not guarantee you’ll receive or perceive it. Like in this bible verse in red, others may sense God’s presence (fear, awe) but miss the message. Many today are “near” the Lord but don’t know Him personally. They are in His presence or proximity, but are not in His perception. They are those with Daniel in this red bible verse.

[Luke 13:26-30 AFV] — "And you shall begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You have taught in our streets.’ And He shall say, ‘I tell you, I do not know you or where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.’ There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are cast out. Then they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And behold, there are the last who shall be first, and the first who shall be last.””

Cultivate spiritual sensitivity—being in the right place is not enough. Environment is not Enough to guarantee such Encounter: For just because you’re in a spiritual environment doesn’t mean you will encounter God the same way.

■•■4. The Unseen Is More influential Than the Seen —

The same vision they could not see did so much emotional and physical disturbances and displacement on them. It was a reality that was unseen by their sight yet undeniable by their emotions.

The unseen spiritual realm has stronger impact and influence on the physical world than the visible. Fear of the unsen fell upon people around with quaking, and they hid themselves, more the fear of the seen had done to them before. Somethings do not have to be seen for them to drive you, control you or shake you heavily. Know significance of unseen spiritual forces at work in your life.

[Ezekiel 28:18 BSB] — "By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.”

↝ SURFACE ANATOMY OF A TYPICAL ANGEL'S BODY ↜

[Daniel 10:6 AKJV] — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
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[Daniel 10:6 GNT] — His body shone like a jewel. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning, and his eyes blazed like fire. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze, and his voice sounded like the roar of a great crowd.
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[Daniel 10:6 ESV] — His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

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This angel, as case study for other angels like him, is a living and walking pack of glorious treasures and ornaments. No artificial intelligence, no pack of robots and no man-made machines, come close to the values, excellence and treasures of having just this one Prince angel:

■⅕■ His Entire Body is basically Jewel or Precious-Gem as the Beryl, Topaz or Jasper:

To have this angel is to have indescribable wealth and riches in precious gems that are of his body parts. Every part of his body is precious and rare gem that is not of this world, but compared to beryl, topaz or jasper in appearance.

Our earthly body of flesh is made of clay or dust of the ground, but his body is made of heavenly precious stones and glorious gems that endures eternity.

You thought the cherub in “Ezekiel 28:13” whom people refer to as Lucifer before he fell, was perfect in beauty: but I tell you, this Prince and Warrior Angel in this bible verse in red is even greater than the so called Lucifer in “Ezekiel 28:13.” Let me cite it out:

[Ezekiel 28:13-14] — "You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.”

You see what I mean? — The treasures or precious gems used for making the so called Lucifer were not Lucifer's body but Lucifer's Covering. He was made to be the anointed Cherub that covers, and so he was himself having those precious gems as Covering and not as “Anatomy.” Let's compare between this Prince Angel and that former Lucifer (Anointed Cherub that covers)

[A] ——— Lucifer (the anointed Cherub that covers) had every precious Stone as his Covering, but not his body: These included the sardius, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, emerald, carbuncle and gold. This means he was wearing them as clothing or covering, the way a woman may be wearing artificial body parts or garments that make her glorious but they aren’t parts of her body or they are detachable from her body. So was the cherub in Ezekiel 28:13-14 anointed as a covering under those coverings. ——— On the other hand, this Prince with golden waist belt had his entire body basically Precious Gems by default, while he covers his body with linen. His Body is not flesh or meat, but Gem.

[B] ——— Lucifer (the anointed Cherub that covers) had a workmanship of tablet and workmanship of pipe prepared inside him in the day he was created: This make his voice sound like music or melody when he spoke. ——— On the other hand, this Prince with golden waist belt has his voice sound like multitude of people or many waters, not with melody but with majesty: roaring not just as thunder, but as the voice of multitude. If he speaks, multitude speak: and if he has spoken, multitude have spoken. These are not just of tabrets or pipes, but of vocal cords or voices.

[C] ——— Lucifer (the anointed Cherub that covers) had nothing of fire coming out of him, but walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire in that bible reference of Ezekiel 28. Nothing fire proceeds from him, even when he was depicted as a great dragon in the book of Revelation, he was a dragon that could not spew out fire but only water or flood against that woman in Revelation 12. Now you understand why his walking up and down the midst of the stones of fire then was his thing; and even now he likes walking to and fro, up and down, the earth as Satan: he doesn't stay one place or goes to one place with purpose, but up and down and to warm him hell fire, since he no longer walks up and down in the middle of the stones of fire on the holy mountain of God as he did before.

My point is this, the day fire will come out from within him will be his day of destruction of himself, for he cannot afford fire from within him or inside him because inside him there no precious gems but only as covering outside him the way tortoise or snail has no protection within except the covering of its shell as covering. So, those precious gems or stones on Lucifer covers his unclothedness or vulnerability within: He can withstand fire outside him thanks to those precious stones that cover him, but cannot withstand fire within or inside him. To destroy him, fire was brought within him. As it is written,

[Ezekiel 28:18 BSB] — "By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.”

He is burnable or can be reduced to ashes, as mortal man to dust.

——— On the other hand, this Prince with golden waist belt is basically flaming fire. Within his eyes were lamps of burning fire, and his face is basically as lightning (electricity) called “Thunder Fire/Flames” to show you fire burns and emanate from within him as the sun radiates fire from with.

■⅖■ his face as the appearance of lightning:

To have this “Angel's Face” is to have a reliable face and source of Lightning and generating Electricity with high voltage.

■⅗■ his eyes as lamps of fire, like flaming torches:

To have this “Angel's Face” is to have constant Lights, Fire, Lamps or Laser Beams, that basically are also cameras and watchers. You know how torch lenses are when lit, or spotlights or a car's headlamps in brilliance, so you may know how the eyes of this angelic Prince are. Human eyes may come with black, blue, green, or gray lenses; but the lenses of this Angel come, not just as white all through, but as torches with beams of inner circumferences and those of outer circumstances or radii.

■⅘■ his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, like polished bronze:

To have this ‘Angel's Limbs’ is to have the Limbs (hands and Legs) that can fight or can retain strength greater than trained muscles. Those Limbs are not afraid of any weapons of war. Your answer to this question:

[Job 6:12 BSB] — "Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?”

Would be, “Yes.” Therefore, this would apply to you:

[Deuteronomy 33:25 MKJV] — "Your shoes [shall be] iron and bronze. And as your days, so shall your strength be.”

■⅘■ and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude:

To have this ‘Angel's Voice is to have the voice that can command a host of angels or army of heaven, as well as a voice that can command thunder, and command even the dead anywhere Whether it is in heaven, or earth or underneath any.

The Lord Jesus will come or return such voice, called the “Voice of an Archangel” - the voice of His command.

[1Thessalonian 4:16 AFV] —"Because the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;”

[Psalms 103:20] — "Bless the LORD, you His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His command.”

Therefore, the shout of the King is among that voice of multitude.

[Revelation 15:6 BBE] — "And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.”

↝ ANGEL WITH THE GOLDEN WAIST BELT ↜

[Daniel 10:5 NKJV] — I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz!
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[Daniel 10:5 ICB] — While standing there, I looked up. And I saw a man dressed in linen clothes. A belt made of fine gold was wrapped around his waist.
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[Daniel 10:5 BBE] — "And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold:"

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Those who know wrestling sports today understand what “Golden Belts” or “Belts of Gold” mean to the wrestlers, those who karate understand “Black Belts” to warriors. But in this bible verse in red, we will know what “Golden Belts” or “Belts of Gold” mean to angels of heaven. “ANGEL WITH THE GOLDEN WAIST BELT.”

In this bible verse in red:

☆⅓☆ — Daniel lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw:

☆⅔☆ — Daniel saw a certain man dressed in linen clothes and adorned with gold belt or gold band around him:

☆3☆ — The position of gold belt or girdle was around his waist, and the quality or value of the gold was of the best gold, compared only to the gold of Uphaz:

Now understand these things under each of the subverses in red:

☆⅓☆ — Daniel lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw:

Mourning is a way to humble yourself, but watching is a way to exalt or lift up your eyes. Humble yourself, but lift up your eyes to to see. You need both humility and uplifting of your eyes to see. To lift up your eyes without humility or to humble yourself without lifting up your eyes, both are incomplete. Look up, lift up your eyes without lifting up your heart.

☆⅔☆ — Daniel saw a certain man dressed in linen clothes and adorned with gold belt or gold band around him:

Daniel was certain he saw a man, and even saw him so well that he could tell he was dressed in linen and ornamented with waist band (belt) made of fine gold of Uphaz. Therefore, the man Daniel saw was not in mourning attire though Daniel was mourning and would not anoint himself. Appearance of the man neither conformed to the mourning mood of Daniel nor conformed to the warfare message the man was bringing.

This man was the first angel in the bible, and the only angel in old testament that appeared to any man in Scriptures with ornament of gold round his linen clothing. This places the angel among the Princes among angels.

No, the angel was not the Lord Jesus. But there are similarities to the appearance of the Lord Jesus in the appearance of this angel. This includes the roles and responsibilities he has and commands in the Warfare and in the determination of the times and seasons of endtime events and programs.

In “Daniel 12” other angels basically asked him when or what time limit, if he was the one to determine the times, and he swore to God in determining the length of time to be appointed or allowed for certain events to be concluded. He was also standing on the great river Hiddekel (Tigris) the way the Lord Jesus stood waiting for Peter to come to Him walking on the waters of the sea. This was similar to the angel clothed with the clouds in Revelation 10.

☆3☆ — The position of gold belt or girdle was around his waist, and the quality or value of the gold was of the best gold, compared only to the gold of Uphaz:

This angel or prince is the only angel mentioned in the bible with gold belt around his waist. But there are seven other angels with gold belts or girdles around their chest: even the Lord Jesus Christ had the gold girdle around His Chest, instead of His Waist.

[Revelation 1:13 WB] — "In the center of the seven candlesticks [there was one] like the Son of Man, having on a robe reaching His Feet, and a gold band around His Chest.”

[Revelation 15:6 BBE] — "And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.”

You should notice these angels with the gold belts around their chest were connected to the House of God or Churches for priests are more likely to tie their bands or belts around their chest as breastplate, than to tie them around their waist. Even the Lord Jesus in the midst of the seven candle sticks or seven lamps representing the seven Churches had His gold tied around His Chest, not Waist.

But the angel or prince in the bible verse in red had his gold tied around his waist, since he was in any priestly duties but warfare or warrior Prince like Michael too.

Here are keypoints:

● A — Angels of heaven do not come with crowns on their heads no matter their ranks. Crowns are for the sons of men, not angels.

● B — Instead of Crowns, angels that are Princes or Rulers are dressed with linen and ornamented with gold sashes or Gold Belts either around their chest (as ministers and Princes over church and priestly duties) or around their waist (as ministers and Princes in political, geographical or governmental duties).

● C — Angels with Linen clothes but without Gold ornaments are also highly ranked, but not among the Princes. Recall the man or angel clothed with linen clothes in Ezekiel 9 and 10, compared to the Rabim ( the 4 cherubim) by the throne of God, and to other angels without linen.

[Psalms 5:3 BBE] — My voice will come to You in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to You, and keep watch.

[Matthew 26:37-38 BSB] — He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

↝ DANIEL'S WATCH ↜

[Daniel 10:4 AMPC] — On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris],
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[Daniel 10:4 GNBDC] — On the 24th day of the first month of the year, I was standing on the bank of the mighty River Tigris.
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[Daniel 10:4 NCB] — On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I stood on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,[color=#990000][/color]

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This bible verse in red provides more details to the date and place in connection with the three weeks mourning period of Daniel in that third year of Cyrus king of Persia. According to this bible verse in red:

■⅓■ — It was in the First Month of the year — First month of the third year of Cyrus king of Persia. It's like saying, new year in January as the first month of the new year. However, their calendar was different from our calendar: — Their first month was month of “Nisan” also called month of “Abib;” which falls or fluctuates between March and April in our calendar; while we take our first month as “January.” If we had maintained the use of their more accurate calendar, then the month of “September” which by name means “Seventh Month” would not be in the ninth month while bearing the name seventh month or September. Neither October which means “Eight Month” be found as “Tenth Month,” nor November which means “Ninth Month” be what we call “Eleventh Month,” and certainly we will not call December the twelfth month when the name December means “Tenth Month.” So, the numbering and naming of our monthly cycle has some lies or falsehood in our current calendar: but theirs was accurate as their first month was appointed by the Lord God Himself: written:

[Exodus 12:1-2] — "And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”

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■⅔■ — It was the 24th day of the First Month of the year — This detail gives more credence to the “Mourning of Daniel:” — He had fulfilled three weeks of mourning, without eating pleasant food, without eating meat or drinking wine, and without anointing himself with oil. To do that in any other month is already great enough to show one is mourning, how much more to do that during and over the first month of the year that had most of the major feasts and celebrations of the entire year. To understand it, it is like Christian mourning during Christmas, New Year and Easter feasts or celebration periods, when people around are throwing fireworks, celebrating (but the Christian is mourning), dishing out pleasant food even as free gifts (but the Christian would not eat any Pleasant food), with Lots of meats sharing or gifting coming (but no meat would come in to the Christian’s mouth), and lots of wine for celebration (but the Christian would drink no wine), and people are dressed up everywhere with their celebration best attires (but the Christian won't even anoint self).

So, let us learn the feasts of the Jews in that first month (Nisan or Abib) of the year, during the period Daniel was mourning three full weeks until this date - 24th day of that month: 4 Major Feasts:

♤1♤ — Nisan 10 (10th day of the first month) — Feast or Celebration of the Selection of the Passover Lamb — Each household chooses a lamb without blemish. Daniel was mourning.

♤2♤ — Nisan 14 (14th day of the first month) — Feast or Celebration of the Passover (Pesach) — Commemorates God's deliverance from Egypt. Daniel was mourning.

♤3♤ — Nisan 15–21 (15th - 21st day of the first month) — Feast or celebration of Unleavened Bread — 7 days without leaven; a memorial of the Exodus. Daniel was mourning.

♤4♤ — Nisan 16 (16th day of the first month) — Feast or celebration of Firstfruits (Omer Offering) — Beginning of the barley harvest; offering of first sheaf. Daniel was mourning.

So, it was during these major feasts or celebration periods that Daniel had to fulfil three weeks or 21 days of mourning as earlier described. It was also during the feasting or celebration periods that the Prince of Persia opposed and detained the Prince or Angel. Let's also add, it was during period of such feasts that the Lord and Messiah Himself was arrested, arraigned, accused and assassinated on the cross, but He rose again from the dead. The first month fluctuates between March & April in our calendar.

■3■ — Daniel was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris], — After praying, some men of God in the bible went to separate place to observe or watch for any sign or answer from God. Daniel in this bible verse in red was by the bank of the great river Hiddekel (Tigris), which was one of the four heads of Rivers with one stream or one source in the Garden of Eden. Following the opposite flow direction to that great River Hiddekel (Tigris) would lead one closer to the location of the Garden of Eden.

Now that is what is called, “Watch and Pray” or “Pray and Watch” — Instead of spending the whole time praying, you put a break for walking away from where you pray to another place to watch or observe any sign, response or reaction, and if none then come back to continue praying and repeat the process again and again until you are satisfied or saw a sign. And instead of prayer partner to pray with you, you rather look for watchmen to watch with you.

◇A◇ The Lord Jesus while praying in the garden on the night of His agony took breaks to walk to another place to watch, observe or sense, but return again to pray again and repeated again. During His watchmanship in midst of His prayermanship, He found His three core disciples sleeping instead of watching with Him while He was praying. Peter was supposed to watch with Him, but Peter left Him to do both the work of praying and watching all alone. [Matthew 26:37-46]. Their job then was not even to pray, but to watch with Me (the Lord Jesus) that night.

[Matthew 26:37-38 BSB] — He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

The same set of disciples were supposed to watch with Him while He prayed on the mount of transfiguration, but they also slept.

◇B◇ Speaking of a helper to watch with the man of God praying, Elijah’s servant was doing for Elijah what Peter failed to do with the Lord Jesus for one hour during that night of praying. Elijah while praying, sent the servant to go and look towards the sea and observe as Elijah’s watchman: he repeated this about seven times:

[1 Kiings 18:42-44 FBV] — "So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went to the top of Carmel. There he bent down to the ground, putting his face between his knees. “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. The man went and looked. “There's nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah told him, “Go and look again.” The seventh time the servant came back and said, “I saw a small cloud the size of a man's hand coming up from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Run to Ahab and tell him, ‘Get your chariot ready and go down before the rain stops you.’””

But there was a time Elijah dropped that servant, or fired his own disciple or sendoff his disciple because he was fleeing for his own life and would not want his disciple perish for him or with him. He came to mount Horeb or mount Sinai, praying at the base of the Mountain while he also needed a watchman to watch with him on the top of the mountain. He did not have that his disciple to watch with him, and so Elijah alone was going to and fro, up and down, the mountain doing both the praying and watching all by himself: — he would pray at the base but climb up to watch or observe the Lord passing by, including the fire, wind, earthquake and the still-small voice, and then Elijah would come down and do the prayer interview again.

◇C◇ Moses had Joshua as his watchman at lower bases or lower levels of the mountain, while Moses himself was on the top of the mountain praying and talking with the Lord for forty days. But Joshua as a watchman is warfare biased or conspiracy theorist that would always read war signs or war sounds into unusual vibrations as one always on edge against enemies attack or plans. So, Joshua being watchful wasn't seeing corruption or falling away among the people because he was prejudicially reading warfare or enemies attacking into what he was hearing as Moses’ watchman.

[Exodus 32:17-18 FBV] — "When Joshua heard all the shouting from the camp, he said to Moses, “It sounds like fighting in the camp!” But Moses replied, “These are not the shouts of victory or of defeat. What I'm hearing is people partying!””

Joshua here sounded like a little child who observed its parents having sexual intercourse, but came to report that Daddy and Mummy are fighting, Daddy is beating Mummy on the bed.

◇D◇ Jonah, after praying, went very far to keep watch or observe both the result of his prayer and of his preaching or prophesying.

[Jonah 4:5 FBV] — "Jonah left the city and sat down to the east of it. There he made himself a shelter so he could sit in the shade and watch what would happen to the city.”

◇E◇ Daniel, after mourning three weeks, went to the bank of the great river Hiddekel (Tigris) to watch. Later we will notice there were other men with him there watching with him, but there were things they couldn't see only him could see.

Meanwhile, that period, 24th day of the first month, equivalent to about April 23 or its neighbours, is usually the period of rising of the great river Hiddekel (Tigris) to overflowing its banks due to the rainy season and the melting down of snow into the river. So standing by the banks of such rivers during such time of the month, one must becare because what used to be the bank of the river during dry season may become part of the river basin or bed in such first month of the year or in rainy season.

Do not fear. The Lord Jesus Christ just finished praying on the mountain and was on the bank of the sea to watch by the fourth watch of the night before He began walking on the water to go save His disciples.

[Matthew 14:23-25] — "And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, He was there alone. But the ship was now in the middle of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.”

When you've prayed to God, look or keep watch:

[Psalms 5:3 BBE] — My voice will come to You in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to You, and keep watch.

[James 4:9-10 BSB] — "Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.”

[Revelation 1:7 BSB] — "Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him— even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.”

↝ DANIEL AND WAYS OF MOURNING ↜

[Daniel 10:3 NKJV] — I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
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[Daniel 10:3 BSB] — "I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed."
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[Daniel 10:3 NCB] — "I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed."

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Daniel was an example of a man who was able to handle both his full-time secular job duties to the states and his full-time spiritual duties, ministry or services or business to God and to the course. None suffered for the other. He was faultless even as civil servant or employee, and yet he was fully active in fellowship and service with God. Not many people could do both efficiently without fault or negligence to one or both. Daniel demonstrated that one can be a very serious or top student in college or university and still be a top or faithful minister of God or faithful Christian who would not defile himself and would walk in the ministry and gifts of prophet. And Daniel, after schooling, still demonstrated that one can also be diligent and faithful in stewardship among men in business or government services, and still have the time and the zeal to seek God so deeply more than can be said of many pastors or christians in this generation. It was not a public holiday, yet Daniel marked and fulfilled three weeks of mourning as in this bible verse in red.

Not a three weeks fasting, but a three weeks mourning. There are slight differences between “Fasting” and “Mourning” under this bible verse in red: — Although, Fasting belongs to Mourning. Those Fasting are Mourning, but not those Mourning are Fasting.

To be Mourning is to be bereaved: You don't mourn because you want something valuable, rather you mourn for you lose or lost something valuable. Fasting may go for wanting something valuable, but Mourning basically go for losing something of value.

Therefore, those who fast well shall be rewarded, but those who mourn are already blessed, and they shall be both comforted and rewarded. It is not blessed are those who fast, rather it is blessed are those who mourn. As it is written,

[Matthew 5:4] — "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”

Let us learn to convert our fasting into mourning. Here are factors:

□1□ Fasting requires secrecy, but mourning has no restrictions in secrecy or publicity.

[Matthew 6:16-18 FBV] — "When you fast, don't be like the hypocrites who put on sad faces and make themselves look terrible so that everyone can see they're fasting. I tell you the truth, they already have their reward. Instead, when you fast, wash your face and look smart, so that people won't see you're fasting, and your unseen Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.”

But when you mourn like Daniel in this bible verse in red, unlike anointing yourself during fasting, you should not anoint yourself during mourning and you may have to show or let people know that you are mourning especially because your mourning should fight against celebrations, rejoicing, partying, joy, dancing, comfort or laughter, silencing all those by mourning, weeping or lamenting

So, when the preacher said, let your garment be always white and your head lack no oil or anointing always, that instruction covers fasting periods also, but do not apply during mourning period. Following this next bible reference below, I show you what fasting or mourning admits, permits or not:

[Ecclesiastes 9:7-8] — "Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works. Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.”

Fasting do not permit eating bread or drinking wine, but permits joy and merry heart: which means, fasting requires garments being white (not necesserily white as in colour, but white as in celebration or brightness) and your head lack no oil of gladness.

Mourning on the other hand permits eating bread but no wine (considering wine makes merry or gladness of heart — Psalms 104:15); unless bread and wine of sorrow like the holy communion, which is a form of mourning to show the Lord's death. Basically, no joy, no merry heart, no garments being white but rather black garments for mourning or sack clothes, and no anointing or oil during mourning, as was not on Daniel mourning.

□2□ Fasting is for gaining something, but mourning is for losing something. Fasting is directed by sense of achievement, but mourning is directed by sense of bereavement.

The Lord Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights, but He did not make His disciples to fast because His 40 days fasting was enough to also cover for His disciples also beside Him. Therefore, His disciples did not fast while He was with them, until He was gone:

[Mark 2:18-20 BSB] — "Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?” Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

So, while the Lord Jesus was with them physically, they did not have to fast; but they still had to mourn while the Lord was with them. Fasting for them, No: but Mourning for them, Yes. They did not fast because the Lord Jesus fasted, but they mourned because the Lord Jesus mourned, wept, groaned or suffered; and was taken from them. They were mourning in the resurrection morning:

[Mark 16:10 BSB] — "She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping.”

Yes, He died for them, but they mourned because of Him: He died for us, but we must mourn because of Him: —

[Revelation 1:7 BSB] — "Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him— even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.”

Wait! I did not say, “Mourn for Him,” rather I said, “Mourn because of Him.” — Do not Mourn for Him, but Mourn because of Him.

[Luke 23:27-29 BSB] — "A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.” — "Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’"

Speaking of mourning or weeping for children, here was Rachel mourning and weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted:

[Matthew 2:17-18 BSB] — "Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.””

What about the men, shouldn't they also mourn for their children? To the men, this call for mourning was written or proclaimed:

[Micah 1:16 BSB] — "Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.”

Will mourning for the children help in recovering the children?

[Jeremiah 31:15-17 BSB] — "This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.”

In the bible verse in red, Daniel fulfilled three weeks of mourning without any pleasant food, without eating meat, without drinking wine and without anointing his body. Therefore Daniel fulfilled a purpose by fulfilling the time set for the purpose: The purpose he fulfilled here by fulfilling the time (3 weeks) set for the purpose, was the purpose of Mourning through the time (3 weeks) set to it.

[Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 BSB] — "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: … a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,”

So, seek humility by mourning, or humble yourself by mourning:

[James 4:9-10 BSB] — "Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.”

↝ WHEN DANIEL WAS MOURNING ↜

[Daniel 10:2 NLT] — When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks.
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[Daniel 10:2 AMPC] — In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks.
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[Daniel 10:2 FBV] — "When this happened, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three full weeks."

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It was supposed to be in that day, but it became in those days. Instead of one day, it became three weeks — 21 days. The reason was because of the delay due to the detention of the great Prince, who was accosted by the Prince of Persia for 21 days.

Basically, both Daniel and the Principal Angel bearing the answer to Daniel’s prayer were all suffering during those days (3 weeks) in that third year of Cyrus king of Persia. Daniel was not aware of the matter in the spirit realms by then, but he too shared in the suffering and pains in solidarity to fighting the good fight, though unawares of the fight.

We've known the heavens feel what we feel, but we also know that we should also feel what the heavens feel in some degrees. As we mature, we move from asking angels to fight for us to come to the maturity of angels fighting with us and us with them. At our matured state, we may have to mourn for or with Angels during the good warfare or good fight. We may also have to go without comfort, without pleasures, without sleep, without good foods, or without ceasing to pray, to boost the chances of our principal angels to conquer any huddles, challenges or oppositions. This is not to pray for angels, but to watch and to fight with the angels.

Mt 26:40-41 AFV — Then He came to His disciples and found them sleeping. And He said to Peter, “What! Were you not able to watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

In the bible verse in red, Daniel returned to “I Daniel, “ from “he Daniel” or “him Daniel.” And he called himself, Daniel, not by that alias, “Belteshazzar” by which people then called him. For now it was “I” not “he” or “him,” and thus it is Daniel not Belteshazzar. I Daniel was mourning three full weeks: He was both Daniel and Mourning in those 3 weeks. Therefore, he also fought in that fight.

[Timothy 6:11-12] — "But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

↝ REVELATION OF THE GREAT WAR OF ANGELS ↜

[Daniel 10:1 AKJV] — "In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision."
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[Daniel 10:1 BSB] — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
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[Daniel 10:1 GW] — In Cyrus’ third year as king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (who had been renamed Belteshazzar). The message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message because he was given insight during the vision.

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¼ ⁂A thing was revealed to Daniel in the third year of Cyrus as king of Persia,

½ ⁂To Daniel was it revealed, though Daniel’s name was called Belteshazzar.

¾ ⁂And the thing was true, (it was about a great war or great conflict), but the time appointed was long:

4 ⁂ And he (Daniel) understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision: — the understanding of the message was given to him in the vision.

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— ⅓ ⁂■⁂ A thing was revealed to Daniel in the third year of Cyrus as king of Persia,

It was in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia Daniel received the revelation, but that third year of Cyrus as king of Persia became the last year of the Prince of Persia in having the kingdom before the war to oust him began, for what the Prince of Persia had done in detaining a great Prince (sent from heaven to Daniel) 3 weeks.

The title “King of Persia” (referring to Cyrus in the bible verse in red) is different from the title “Prince of Persia” (which came up somewhere down this story of Daniel 10).
●●● The King of Persia refered to Cyrus in this chapter, but
●●● The Persia of Persia refered to a Principality and spirit entity that was ruler over Persia in the spirit realms in this chapter.

These are in reversal to how “Ezekiel 28” applied the use of king and prince: — the Prince of Tyre was a man ruler, but the King of Tyre was the Principality and entity popular refered to as Lucifer.

These event and revelation came to Daniel in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia: Thus, the detention or delay period still falls in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia. Even though the message or revelation was true and for long time appointed to come, it was about great conflict or warfare, which was the reason for conflict of the Prince of Persia in the very year or period the revelation came: —that is, in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia.

— ½ ⁂To Daniel was it revealed, though Daniel’s name was called Belteshazzar.

The name in which he received the revelations and messages from the heavens was the name “Daniel;” but the name in which he is famous or popular among men of his generation those days was “Belteshazzar.” Scriptures recognise “The Book or Prophecies of Daniel,” but no Scriptures recognise “The Book or Prophecies of Belteshazzar.”

Know which of your names performs better among men of your generation and among those of the heavens. The Lord's name is “Yahoshua” among men of His generation in those days, but now in this current generation He is popular with the name, Jesus.

In this bible verse in red, Daniel referred to himself as to a third person pronoun, for he used “He” or “Him” instead of using “I” or “Me.” Then, in subsequent verses, Daniel changed to referring to himself as to a first person pronoun using “I” or “Me.” He gave his name as Daniel, but added his nickname or alias among men.

— ¾ ⁂And the thing was true, (it was about a great war or great conflict), but the time appointed was long:

The revelation and message was true, and was about a great war or conflict that will eventually be won at Armageddon: but the time appointed was still very far or long apart from the time he received the revelation in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia.

Nevertheless, we saw hint of it by what played out between the Prince of Persia and the Prince sent to deliver that revelation to Daniel. There was conflict and war, following the three weeks interception and detention of the Prince sent from heaven to Daniel, who was accosted by the Prince of Persia until Michael another Prince of Israel helped the messenger Prince against the Prince of Persia. These wars, confrontations or hostilities, among angels became revealed following the this Revelation to Daniel.

Daniel in the bible verse in red testified the thing or message is true, even though it was for a long time appointed to come and was about a great warfare or conflict. In other words, Daniel affirmed, “This is a faithful (true) revelation.” As was in Daniel here, so was in Paul, Peter or John, when he received revelation as the only man to witness it but wrote with assurance that what he saw, heard or witnessed, was true and faithful — even when no other man testifies or bears witness of the same things to make it at the mouth of two or three witnesses, the matter is established.

Something or Someone can be faithful and true, while involving or engaging in this warfare, conflict or great controversy: It is not a fight or strife in which a man loses his faithfulness, virtues, truth, gentleness, ethics or professionalism, just by fighting such fights. Rather this fight on the contrary proves men and angels to be faithful, true, gentle, righteous, virtuous, etc., when they fight this “Good Fight of Faith.” — Therefore, “Fight the Good Fight of Faith — for you to be faithful and true”

[Timothy 6:11-12] — "But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

[2 Timothy 4:7] — "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

Those who do not fight this good fight do not keep the faith, and they are neither faithful nor true. Such ones are fake or false because they are not fighting or warring here, but are avoiding the good fight and trying to maintain peace and friendship with the world instead of fighting the good fight of faith and truth. To be faithful and true, fight: the Lord Jesus is called Faithful and True, not because He's gentle, lowly, less judgemental, or nice, but rather because He judges and wages war or He fights and kills as a Fighter in righteousness.

[Revelation 19:11 BSB] — "Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.”

— 4 ⁂ And he (Daniel) understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision: — the understanding of the message was given to him in the vision.

The goal was achieved — Daniel understood both the revelation and the vision — inspite of the Prince of Persia's attempt at preventing Daniel from understanding or knowing these things.

You may have read or heard about the Prince of Persia blocking answers to prayers, but have you cared to know what that prayer request or point was? It was not a prayer for prosperity, neither was it a prayer for death of enemies or many of the carnal prayer points that fill the thoughts and waves of churches and Christians today — No Principality would leave more important things to go prevent such carnal prayers.

Rather the prayer point of Daniel, against which the Prince of Persia (Principality) opposed, was spiritual and wise: — just as Solomon's wise prayer requesting for wisdom and understanding, Daniel’s prayer was requesting for “understanding” and according to this bible verse in red, Daniel understood the revelation and vision. Man began to become aware of wars between the angels of God in righteousness and the angels of darkness in evil, because of Daniel here. Before this time, did we ever know or hear of angels warring or fighting amongst themselves before? The Prince of Persia tried to prevent us from knowing about the Warfare or Conflicts among angels, by keeping the sent Prince from going to answer Daniel or give him the knowledge or understanding Daniel was praying for.

↝ THE NOSE-RING, EARRINGS AND CROWN FROM THE LORD ON JERUSALEM ↜

[Ezekiel 16:12 BSB] — "I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head."
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[Ezekiel 16:12 AMPC] — And I put a ring on your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown upon your head!
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[Ezekiel 16:12 ICB] — I also put a ring in your nose and earrings in your ears. And I put a beautiful crown on your head.

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“You” or “Your” here refers to Jerusalem:

⅓■⅓ — I put a ring (nose-ring) in your nose (nostrils):

Nose-ring of the Lord in your nose will do the opposite of hook or briddle (bit) in your nose. The former serves for ornamentation, but the latter serves for slavery or captivity.

Example of putting hook or bit into nostrils or mouth of men or animal:

[Isaiah 37:29 BSB] — "Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’”

[Job 41:1-3 WEB] — "“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?”

Thus is how hook in the nose operates, but nose-ring from the Lord in the nose operates differently as ornament or object of beauty and glory.

The Lord putting nose-ring in your nose is basically putting ornanents or objects of beauty, and power in your nostrils that you use to sniff or perceive more hidden or distant things through your nostrils, and ability to turn the breath of your nostrils into fireworks or smoke-effects like dragon: It will basically mean uncommon powers, abilities and glory in your nose breath and nostrils.

⅔■⅔ — I put earrings on your ears:

Earrings of the Lord on your ears will do the opposite of earhole mark on earlobes of slaves by their masters. The former serve for ornamentation, but the latter serve for slavery or captivity.

Example of putting earhole mark on servants or slaves using awl perforation or sharp hole drilling object by slave owners:

[Exodus 21:5-6 GWN] — "But if he makes this statement: 'I hereby declare my love for my master, my wife, and my children. I don't want to leave as a free man,' then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to the door or the doorframe and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his slave for life.”

Thus is how man-made earhole marks on earlobes of slaves or captives operate, but earrings from the Lord on the ears operates differently as ornament or objects of beauty and glory.

The Lord putting earrings on your ears is basically putting ornanents or objects of beauty, and power on your ears that you may use to hear or perceive more hidden or distant voices, sounds and movements through your ears, and ability to have more control over what goes into your ears and what gets filtered out or shutting somethings from entering into your hearing. But more importantly, those earrings will serve as your special “Earpieces” as in how it operates with phones, and those Earrings will keep you in constant communication, whispering and counselling, from the Wise Ones or directly from the Lord:

[Proverbs 25:12 LG] — "In an earring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.”

3■3 — I put a beautiful crown upon your head.

Crown of Beauty of the Lord on your head will do the opposite of Crown of Thorns on slaves or captives. The former serves for ornamentation, but the latter serves for slavery or captivity.

The Lord putting crown of beauty on your head is basically putting ornanent or object of beauty, grace, majesty, authority and power on your head that you should be king or queen and to reign with Him in His Kingdom.

Such crown of beauty is beyond that which Chidimma Vanessa had as Queen of Oceania or next to Miss World beauty queen. Infact, if the bible reference below is talking about Lucifer, then Lucifer had a similar “Crown of Beauty” that once made him perfect in beauty:

[Ezekiel 28:12 LBP] — "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the LORD God: You were the seal of wisdom and the crown of beauty.”

↝ THE ADORNMENT, BRACELETS AND NECKLACE FROM THE LORD ON JERUSALEM ↜

[Ezekiel 16:11 AFV] — And I adorned you with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands and a chain on your neck.
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[Ezekiel 16:11 NET] — I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.
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[Ezekiel 16:11 NLV] — I put on you objects of beauty. I put beautiful objects on your arms and around your neck.

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Three terms used by these three different bible translations to refer to the same things in this bible verse in red:
♡1♡ “Ornaments” — as one refered to them;
♡2♡ “Jewelry ” — as another refered to them;
♡3♡ “Objects of Beauty” — as the other refered to them.

They all are speaking of the same items, for ornaments or jewelries are objects of beauty, treasures that improve both glory and beauty of things, or pendants that beautify.

Nevertheless, each of the treasures called ornaments or jewelries has its own specific or special place, part or living creature it is meant for, to maximise its elegance, excellence, glory and beauty on that creature. For examples, the jewelry that is meant for the face may not do well if placed on any other part of the body that is not the face; and vice versa. You don't place a necklace on somewhere that is not the neck, or a bracelet on somewhere that is not an arm or hand. Necklace has to be around the neck, and bracelets on the arms or hands, even as the Lord God Himself designated them to be in the bible verse in red.

And talking about creatures, these ornaments or treasures of beautification may perform well on some creatures, but become dysfunctional on some other creatures or persons. It's like when you see a pig (swine) wearing jewelries while wallowing in the dirt or mud, or like when you see a very beautiful woman but she has no good character or virtue of the fear of God in her. In this case, her beauty, which basically is ornamentation of charms and favor, became vain or useless just as the ornamentation of pigs that would go into dirty mud is vain or useless. As it is written,
[Proverbs 11:22 BBE] — "Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense."

Don't ornament pig (swine) with any jewelry or treasure, and don't allow dogs come to anything that is holy. As it is written,
[Matthew 7:6 BBE] — "Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.”

And don't ornament a woman who has no fear of God
[Proverbs 31:30 BES] — "Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear of the Lord.”

Now let's focus on the bible verse in red:

⅓■⅓ — And I adorned you with ornaments (jewelries):

This bible verse in red shows the beginning of the adornment of Jerusalem as the Lord's Bride, after clothing and covering her. Here is understanding:
After clothing her, came covering her; and after covering her, came adorning or ornamenting her.

The reason why she has to be adorned or beautified after the clothing and covering is because the clothing and the covering veiled (covered) her hidden or private beauties that are there under her covering: — Therefore, justice requires that exposable beauties, ornaments or treasures of beautification be added to her for the hidden beauties or treasures within her that cannot be seen. What I mean is this:

Supposing a girl has and carries an egg worth $1000, but that egg is not meant to be exposed or seen by men as a special egg that thrives or performs good and great works in secret or obscurity. She's required to cover that egg and keep it hidden even though she always carries that hidden egg everywhere and everytime, and keeps the incubation or warmt that makes the egg bear fruits or do goodworks among men but unseen by men. Then the Lord who sees and knows all these things would ornament or adorn her with another egg that worth either equal or greater than the $1000, which the first egg worths: — but this second, unlike the first egg, will be exposable, seeable, seen by men, meant to her for glory and beauty as reward for the hidden egg that she still carries but cannot let men see, under the clothing or covering. When such is done, then she has one egg under her covering that is extremely beautiful and powerful but by default meant to remain hidden; and then later she will be given another egg that is equally or more beautiful and powerful but exposable (placed over or on her covering), and meant to adorn her that men may adore her that is adorned.

That hidden egg here represents the mystified or covered ornaments (beauties) of her naked body and soul, which are clothed or covered because it's forbidden for her to let men see them even if those men would praise, desire or favor her more just by them seeing what she carries under those clothing and covering. Then the exposable egg later rewarded to her here represents the ornaments of precious gems, gold and great treasures, that cannot be hidden and should not be hidden but meant for glory and beauty, so that men would honor, adore or praise her through the second egg as compensation for them not adoring or praising her through the first (hidden) egg.

This is a purpose for the Lord to adorn someone with things that can be seen, after the Lord had built inside the person the things that cannot or should not be seen. Such adornment is justified by, or justice for, the hidden ornaments or virtues.

You see why we frown at outward beauties or ornaments that are not justified by the hidden character, virtue or value? It's hypocrisy or deception for the outwards to be adorned, but the inwards or hidden ones are vain, worthless or ugly.

⅔■⅔ — I put bracelets upon your hands:

Bracelets of the Lord on your hands will do the opposite of handcuffs or bands on your hands. The former serve for ornamentation, but the latter serve for slavery or bondage.

The Lord putting bracelets on your hands is basically putting ornanents or objects of beauty to hold your hands even when your hands do not hold these objects. Such bracelets are on your hands, but not necessarily inside your hands. The idea here is that your hands do not have to hold the bracelets, for they are made to hold your hands as when the beautiful and the glorious ones hold your hands in adding beauty, elegance and authority to those hands. With the Lord's bracelets on your hands, you will not need men like Aaron and Hur to holdup your hands like they held up the hands of Moses in the day of Joshua's first warfare battle in exodus from Egypt.

Bracelets of the Lord do more to your arms or hands than whatever Aaron and Hur did for the arms or hands of Moses in authority and power, added to beauty. Judah lost his bracelets together with his signet ring and staff to Tamar, but recovered them at the deliverance and justification of Tamar. Nonetheless, Zara her son, who had bracelet of thread tied on his arm withdrew his hand with the bracelet back into her womb, and failed to come out as the firstborn to Pharez.

Behold, some of the greatest Bracelets are the Love of the Lord set as Seals on Arms of His Lovers or Beloved:

[Song 8:6-7 GWN] — "Wear me as a signet ring on your heart, as a ring on your hand. Love is as overpowering as death. Devotion is as unyielding as the grave. Love's flames are flames of fire, flames that come from the LORD. Raging water cannot extinguish love, and rivers will never wash it away. If a man exchanged all his family's wealth for love, people would utterly despise him.”

3■3 — I put a chain (necklace) on your neck:

Necklace of the Lord on your neck will do the opposite of yoke or burden on your neck. The former serves for ornamentation, but the latter serves for slavery or bondage.

The Lord putting necklace on your neck is basically putting ornanents or objects of beauty, seal of glory and authority on your neck. With the Lord's necklace on your neck, you are second or third in rank to the one with the Lord's crown on the head. So, necklace is next in ranks to crown, even as the necklace (chain) of Pharaoh on Joseph’s neck ranked him next in command after Pharaoh, or even as the necklace (chain) of the emperor Belshazzar on Daniel’s neck ranked him third in command or third ruler after the emperor of Babylon then.

[Genesis 41:42-43 BBE] — "Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck; And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.”

[Daniel 5:29 BSB] — Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

[Proverbs 1:9 BBE] — "For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.”

↝ DRESSING UP JERUSALEM WITH GODLY ATTIRE ↜

[Ezekiel 16:10 KJV] — I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
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[Ezekiel 16:10 ESV] — I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
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[Ezekiel 16:10 BBE] — And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

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Putting on her new set of clothing as described in the bible verse in red became necessary, after washing her with water and anointing her without her clothing on. The necessity was not just for the need to clothe the naked, but beyond the need to clothe the naked was the also the need to change old clothing with the new ones because of the washing and the anointing.

Usually, such kind of bathing, washing and anointing, do not permit for the receiver to still put on his or her old clothes; rather the receiver must also receive new set of clothing also to go with the new anointing after washing off old things. Aaron, after being washed by Moses did not put on again his old clothing, but rather Moses that washed him and poured oil on him also provided the set of new clothing and put them on him to go with the anointing. But here, and in the case of this woman, Jerusalem, she had no clothing before and was naked: But this new anointing on her demands that she put on new clothing to go with the anointing so that the anointing will not just be on her, but also be in her. We have the anointing in us, for we are not naked: and we have the anointing on us, for we are washed, sanctified and chosen.

Look into this bible verse in red: notice how the Lord dressed her like the way the traditional African women, especially from southern Nigeria, do dress. You may get a hint from the way the current Director-General of World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi, (2025) sometimes dresses in style of her African native attire: - This include a Blouse or Gown from her shoulders down, then a Wrapper round her waist down to her legs, and then a pair of shoes or sanders, and lastly headband or scarf.

The difference between her and the way the Lord dressed Jerusalem in the bible verse in red include:

⁂1⁂ THE BLOUSE – The blouse (shirt or top) was embroidered work but of Linen Material, the Lord clothed Jerusalem with. Embroidered work here means sewn with decorations, designs or craftsmanship of a skillful fashion designer. It was not a plain shirt or blouse, but one with that has a great investment of works of embroidery, fashion, decorations or designs, invested on it.

The Lord wants His woman to wear such complex, crafty and skillfully design embroidered clothing on her, because such embroidery are also ornaments befitting a queen or royalty. No need to start telling you how God put wisdom in those He used to design Aaron’s priestly garments and the tabernacle. But there’s need to tell you that the Lord wants His Queen to come before Him wearing such embroidered garments interwoven with ornaments or jewelries of gold and precious shiny stones. As it is written,

[Psalms 45:14-15 TLV] — All glorious is the king’s daughter within the palace—her gown is interwoven with gold. She will be led to the king in embroidered garments. Her virgins, her companions following her, are coming in to You.

⁂2⁂ THE WRAPPER (SKIRT) – The wrapper, which forms the skirt when wrapping her but can be loosed or unwrapped into a wrapper, was Fine Linen the Lord used as wrapper or skirt and wrapped Jerusalem with. Wrappers are not worn from the head downwards like shirts or blouses, neither are they worn from the feet upwards like skirts or trousers (pants): Rather wrappers are worn from the sides, winding or binding round the body like towels used in the bathrooms are. So, the Lord used “Fine Linen” as wrapper to wrap her after clothing her with embroidered blouse.

⁂3⁂ THE SHODDING (FOOTWEARS) – The shodding, in which the Lord shod Jerusalem here, was made of skins or leather. If you leave it as skins, some will make interpret it that God killed a lamb or ram, and took the skins to make shoes for her like the way they interpreted the skins God used in making suits or coats for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. So I will not just leave it as skins, but call it what “KJV” called it, “Badgers’ skin.” Well, Badger is still an animal with a thick or tough skin.

Well, linen was good for her clothing (blouse) or wrapping (wrapper/skirt), but not good for her shodding: When it came to shodding her feet with sandals or shoes, skin or leather was used: Behold, her feet are beautiful in those shodding sandals or shoes. As it is written,

[Song of Solomon 7:1 ERV] — Princess, your feet are beautiful in those sandals. The curves of your thighs are like jewelry made by an artist.

[Jeremiah 2:25 AFV] — Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'There is no hope; no; for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.'

[Ephesians 6:15 AFV] — And having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

⁂4⁂ THE COVERING (VEILING) – How do you explain this? – “A woman can be fully clothed, well wrapped and well shod, but yet she is uncovered.” When a man is clothed and shod, that is all; but when a woman is clothed and shod, she still has to be covered with an extra over all those.

Those used to the western culture and civilization of nowadays may not understand, especially those of them who are athletes, sportswomen or female wrestlers, who do not mind wearing only short pants and bras while doing such activities. But behold the little extra women have on them, after they are fully clothed – It is called covering or veiling. Some call it “Hijab” but we do not call it that, especially because they do so with Islamic injunctions and masking.

In this bible verse in red, the Lord covered Jerusalem with Silk. It was not just a Headband or Scarf like that of the DG of WTO mentioned earlier, but a covering or veiling; and more importantly, it was Silk.

To some bible translations, that was the first time the word or material “Silk” appeared in the bible under this bible verse in red; but to other bible translations like the “KJVs” there was one appearance of the word “Silk” earlier in “Proverbs 31:22” before this one. In fact, in the entire bible, Silk appeared four times, and all the times or places Silk appeared in the scriptures, the talk was about a Woman: Here are they:

*1* Silk mentioned about the Virtuous Woman:
[Proverbs 31:22 AFV] — She makes herself coverings; her clothing is silk and purple.

*2* Silk mentioned about Jerusalem in the bible verse in red:
[Ezekiel 16:10 GNB] — I dressed you in embroidered gowns and gave you shoes of the best leather, a linen headband, and a silk cloak.

*3* Silk mentioned about Jerusalem in the bible chapter in red:
[Ezekiel 16:13 GNB] — You had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen.

*4* Silk mentioned about mystery Babylon in Revelation: [Revelation 18:12 GNB]

Well, all reference of Silk for clothing or covering refers to women dressing. I like Silk, but silk is considered as feminine clothing, meant for women only. Infact, in Islam or religion of Muslims followers of Muhammad, it is a “Haram” or “Forbidden” for any man among them to either put on Silk or even sleep under a covering of silk that is not mixed with any other fabric material. For to the Muslims, only their women can wear Silk clothing or covering. Nevertheless, we have no such law among us.

Behold, the Lord dressed up Jerusalem with matching Linen top embroidered work Blouse, matching her Linen Wrapper or Foldable Skirt, with skin shoes, all under a covering of Pure Silk.

References are important, as part of the context and message. Do search them out.

What are your contributions, comments or Queries?

↝ HE WASHED, BATHED HIS WIFE, ANOINTED HER ↜

[Ezekiel 16:9 AFV] — And I washed you with water; I washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
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[Ezekiel 16:9 ESV] — Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.
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[Ezekiel 16:9 NET] — ‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

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Wow! Just as in the book, “The Princess and the Tree of Life,” when the Prince bathed or washed the Princess after He kissed her in marriage, and then anointed with oil, dressed her and ornamented her: Her eyes became far more opened and powerful to see through hidden things and see things she could see before.

Well, in this bible verse in red, the Lord Himself bathed His Bride with water, washed off her blood from her and anointed her with oil. It was not just dirt or uncleanness that He washed away from her, but her blood was washed away from her. Instead of having your blood on you, rather let’s have My oil on you: Become a Woman with anointing, not a woman with the issue of blood. Her blood represents her nativity or old things: but this event in the bible verse in red represents her “New Birth” wherein old things are passed or washed away, behold all things are become new by the washing of the water and the anointing Oil or Spirit. Not only that, I add this also, telling you that this even in the bible verse in red also represents her “Priesthood” consecration: Thus, Jerusalem as the Bride of the Lord God, became the first “High Priestess” or the first “Female High Priest” – called “Sanctuary” or “Tabernacle” of God.

Now, let me elaborate these two points of the event in the bible verse in red, beginning with the last point first:

⁂⁜1⁜⁂ — HER ORDINATION INTO PRIESTHOOD

Washing her with water and anointing her here was her ordination into Priesthood. To be the Bride of Christ the Lord, she must become a Royal Priesthood herself because the Lord Himself being her Groom is the High Priest.

One of the difference between anointing someone to become a “High Priest” and anointing someone to become a “King” is one requires “washing or bathing before the anointing” while the other does not require or involve washing or bathing before the anointing. To anointing a king to be, like Samuel anointed David, just pour the oil on the chosen by God to become king. But to anoint a high priest to be, like Moses anointed Aaron, you must bathe the man and wash him with water first before anointing him, just as Moses bathed or washed Aaron and his sons before anointing Aaron and dressing Aaron himself, putting on Aaron all the priestly robes, clothing and ornaments himself. [Exodus 29:4-8] or [Exodus 40:12-16]

Now, spiritually and ceremonially, there is great difference between “you bathing yourself, washing yourself or dressing yourself” and “a Higher Authority greater than you bathing, washing or dressing you.” Somehow, in military, during a promotion, a higher authority dresses the lower ranking officer that is getting a promotion or a new rank: It does not involve bathing or washing, but only dressing. But I speak of spiritual cases in which bathing or washing is also involved like in the bible verse in red: - do not make the mistake of Peter, asking why should the Lord wash your feet or wash you when you can wash yourself, bathe yourself or dress yourself – don’t make that mistake of refusing to washed or dressed by the higher person.

[John 13:8-9 MKJV] — Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me. Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head.

Jerusalem did not refuse the Lord or her Husband from washing her with water, washing away her blood and anointing her; and furthermore in subsequent verses, dressing her as well. Notice that He could have told her to go wash herself and do all those, but for the spiritual and ordinance significances of those things, He had to do all those things to her by Himself and as the Lord over her. Otherwise, if He, (the Lord), did not wash her Himself, she could not have had or become who she was called to be with Him.

So, this Husband washing or bathing His Bride in the bible verse in red, was not just a Romantic event or honeymoon stuff, but was an ordination of her into Royal Priesthood. You see Moses bathing and dressing fellow men in similar ceremonial event, and therefore see the Honor, not the romance, in this ritual: As it is written:

[b][Leviticus 8:5-13 NET] — Then Moses said to the congregation: “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.” So Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band. He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece. Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses. Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the washbasin and its stand to consecrate them. He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him. Moses also brought forward Aaron’s sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Notice in this bible reference that Moses first anointed the tabernacle her vessels to consecrate them first before anointing Aaron as the high priest with the remaining anointing oil. I did not see him anointing the rest of Aaron’s sons.

So, the tabernacle, which represented Jerusalem journeying with them, was first anointed before Aaron the high priest was anointed from the left over of the anointing oil after her. The Heavenly Jerusalem or New Jerusalem is also mobile, and not like the old that was carried by men while journey through the wilderness: She will descend from heaven as the Bride of Christ without being carried by anyone but she caring or being the Tabernacle of God with men.

[Revelation 21:2-3 MKJV] — And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband. And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.

⁂⁜2⁜⁂ — HER NEW BIRTH

When she was born, she was not washed from her blood, but in this bible verse in red Jerusalem was washed from her blood with the washing of the water of the Lord, and she was anointed – therefore, she was experiencing new birth.

New Birth or born again here refers to “Washing away the blood, the nativity or the nature of the old birth or the old man” one had, to walk in newness of life, newness of spirit or newness of nature. First of all, the Lord gave her new life when she was a baby in the pool of her blood, and told her, “Live;” meaning her life was no longer in her blood or by her blood, but by the Word of life she lives. Now and here, her blood was washed away from her, for she lives without her blood. Again, her blood represented her nativity or old things, which are now passed or washed away from her here.

To be born again is to be born of water and of the Spirit: - This is not just baptism, but greater than baptism is the Washing of Water and renewing of the Spirit. The essence of John’s baptism was for the remission of sins: Remission of sins here means the washing away of sins by water in John’s baptism by immersion, just as Naaman the leper washed or dipped himself in the same river Jordan before John, and Naaman’s leprosy was cleansed and his body born again like that a new born baby’s skin.

But this new birth’s washing is not just the washing or remission of sins, but greater than the remission of sins is the washing away of all old nature including old things, old blood and unclean things. Hence, new birth essentially. John’s baptism could not give new birth but only gave remission of sins. The word “remission” means reduction or decreasing: So the baptism of John the Baptist for the remission of sins simply reduced sins, but neither took away the sin of the world nor did it come with regeneration (new birth) and sanctification. But the baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ washed away sins, and not just doing remission of sins: That was part of what Ananias taught Paul as a new convert, saying to Paul:

[Acts 22:16 NET] — And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Behold the true “New Birth” or “Washing of Water” that comes with Regeneration and Sanctification that completely removes sins and old things, bringing forth newness or renewing of all things in these bible references below:

[Titus 3:4-5 NET] — But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, He saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of His mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

You just read that God did not save us by works of righteousness that we have done, but on the basis of His mercy that works through washing of the “New Birth” or “Regeneration” (some other bible translations) and the “Renewing” of the Holy Spirit. – Hence, Born of Water (Washing) and of the Spirit (Renewing) – Born again. You are not born again by the works of righteousness that you have done, rather you are born again by the “Washing” or “Bathing” of the New Birth (Regeneration) and the Renewing of the Holy Spirit. This is both past and present continuous: It is both “Washed” and “Washing.” So, I teach you how to recognize another way of saying you are born again without mentioning born or birth – That is by use of the word “Wash” or “Washed” or “Washing” with you or anyone. Imagine a dirty cloth, then imagine you washed that cloth thoroughly and it became clean and pure in whiteness: That cloth just became born again or renewed in purity by the washing of it – the new birth simply came by the bathe it had to its renewal.

⁙A⁙ You are washed (already) as in:
[1 Corinthians 6:11 NET] — Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Let’s rephrase this reference, replacing “washed” with “born again:”

[1 Corinthians 6:11 NET] — Some of you once lived this way. But you were born again, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Others include:

[Hebrews 10:22 NET] — Let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

[Revelation 7:14 NET] — So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

⁙B⁙ By washing you (present continuous) as in:

[Ephesians 5:25-27 NET] — Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that He may present the church to Himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

[Titus 3:3-6 NET] — For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another. But “when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of His mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

[1 Peter 3:21 NET] — And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you – not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

[1 John 1:9 NET] — But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

↝ WHEN AND HOW THE LORD MARRIED JERUSALEM ↜

[Ezekiel 16:8 AFV] — And I passed by you and looked on you, and, behold, your time was the time of love. And I spread My skirt over you and covered your unclothedness. And I swore to you and entered into a covenant with you," says the Lord GOD. "And you became Mine."

[Ezekiel 16:8 GW] — ‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread My robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became Mine, declares the Almighty LORD.

[Ezekiel 16:8 NET] — “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread My cloak over you and covered your unclothedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

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The Lord passed by her the second time: The first time the Lord passed by her and saw her, He was like Good Samaritan, a Maker, a Helper and a Builder to her; but this time the Lord passed by her and noticed her, He became her Lover and her Husband.

Through connecting the dots between this bible verse in red and the preceding or previous verse to this one, you should understand that it was not when the Lord saw that her breasts were formed and her hair grown that He married her; rather it was when the Lord saw that her time was the time of love that He married her. So, the drive for Him to marry her was not just her bodily features or figures such as hair on her head, abdomen or private parts, or beautiful breasts (including the breasts that produce milk on, that is, her chest; and the breasts that forms couch or cushion, that is, her buttocks: Both breasts in front and back, top and bottom), or her excellent ornament or beauties etc. These forms, figures and charms of this naked but fair (beautiful) woman may have contributed to the Lord’s desire for her, but this bible verse in red clearly shows that it was when He noticed and saw her “Time of Love” (not Lust for those things) that He engaged and married her. Therefore, True Love, not Lust (desire for her endowments, treasures or beauties); Yes, Love and Time of her Love joined these Lovers together.

The Book of Songs of Solomon in the bible is a book of Love between the Lord and this Woman, Jerusalem, expressing their Love, Crushing and Admiration for one another: Though in that book, they also admired and loved those figures, forms, features and ornaments of one another’s body parts, yet they were in love doing so and not lust or carnality for those things. You may want to read the book of Songs of Solomon with your eyes opened, and realize that “Many waters cannot quench Love” and that “Love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as hell” – Infact, true love is stronger than life and death.

Oh, see how the Lord reminiscent or recalls the days when this woman, Jerusalem, loved Him as her first love with passion, especially when she was young and her love was pure and passionate because it was her time of love and the Lord was her first Love and Crush. Please see how the Lord recalls the love Jerusalem had for Him in her early or young days and time of love:

[Jeremiah 2:1-2 BBE] — And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became My bride; how you went after Me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.

Well, the Lord met and experienced her when she was young and capable of loving; for I know many men who met their women when those women have become incapable of love but just comfort and convenience and seemly wiser, in the relationship for what they will gain or get. Some will bluntly say love is dead, and they are in for the money, the opportunities, the comforts or the pleasures. As we just read, the Lord was missing the days when the Jerusalem that is older now was much younger, passionate, loving, kindhearted and was following Him blindly even into dangerous terrains and waste lands without fear for any evil because He (the Lord) was with her and comforts her: Her greatest satisfaction was in companionship, fellowship and union with Him irrespective of how uncomfortable the land, the dwelling place or the house they lived was, as she followed Him wherever He went, for better or for worse, in sickness or in health. Well, even though she had such great love for Him, yet she still left her First Love as she grew older; and things changed between the couple, for women do change, but the Lord does not change.

Proceeding through the Bible verse in red:

Then the Lord spread His Skirt or Robe over her, and covered her unclothedness. This was when He covered her unclothedness, when He loved her and would marry her. He did not cover her unclothedness when He pitied her, but covered her unclothedness when He loved her. It was a covering of love, not of compassion or pity. Love covers both unclothedness and multitude of sins.

The act of covering her with His own skirt first before or even though He could have afforded or made clothing for her, reveals the kind of Love He was thinking towards her was that of marriage. Leaving her naked all those while was not cruelty, but patience so that the first covering or clothing she ever had would be the same covering or clothing the Lord and her Husband had, to share one clothing with Him. This is better than having all the clothing in the world, for this is two lovers clothed with one robe. Not like other people’s wedding attires, which the groom would be in suit and perhaps different color, while the bride is on wedding gown and perhaps white: Not only is the bride and groom putting on different fabrics or materials, but also different colors, different designs or patterns, while joining together as one. In that case, they are heterogeneous in dressing, not homogeneous and not even in same uniform, while they be joined together as husband and wife. Behold, I showed you that the same wedding dressing the Lord will be putting on as the Groom will be the same wedding dress His Bride will be putting on during the Marriage – And that wedding dress is “White Linen” for both the Groom and Bride.

Behold this particular wedding or marriage, the Bride, Jerusalem was naked and the Lord spread His own Skirt over her to cover her unclothedness, and I add, to make her to be clothed as He is during the wedding. If the Groom was naked like Adam was, then the Bride will be naked also as Eve was; but if the Groom was clothed as the Lord was, then the Bride will also be clothed as Jerusalem was made here.

Where is Moses? Let Moses come now and interpret “Deuteronomy 22:5” which says, “It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God. [Deuteronomy 22:5 BBE] — and tell us how it applies to this bible verse in red. The Lord Himself put on the Woman His own Clothing or Skirt, and they wedded. Therefore, I tell you, the first clothing the Woman Jerusalem was dressed in was not a woman’s clothing but a man’s clothing. Even as I tell you, the first clothing Eve put on was not a woman’s clothing, but a man’s suit or coat made of skins. There is neither male nor female in Christ the Lord, for all, both men and women are to put on Christ. Yes, the adornment of a Woman is to put on the New Man on her as a Garment (Ephesians 4:24) and the Hidden Man inside her as hidden treasure of the heart (1 Peter 3:4). All men in Christ are figuratively in the Body of a Woman called “Jerusalem” or “Bride of Christ” irrespective of the gender male or female.

As the Lord spread His Skirt or Robe to cover Jerusalem, which was how He proposed marriage to her; so did Boaz spread his skirt or robe to cover Ruth when he proposed marriage to her. Their method of proposing marriage to spouses was not like the western civilization, in which a man will kneel to the ground and offer a finger ring to the woman, and pop up a question, “Will you marry?” or plead, “Please marry me;” and then it’s either the woman says “Yes” or “No.” That is western culture or civilization, not spiritual and not biblical: Spiritually, the Man does not go on his kneels to beg or propose to a woman, rather the Man goes to acquire the right or authority to marry the woman either by winning a tournament, winning a contest, working for the right to marry the woman, paying the price to marry her, purchasing her with a price, betrothing to himself as his property even if she still allowed to continue living with her parents, or any way of making sure she is his own property or goods, which no any other man can covet or have because she already belongs to that man.

The kindness of Ruth that exceeded her previous kindness was that she recognized that the Right of possessing her now rest with Boaz the nearest kinsman, after one man who refuses to take her as wife, following the death of her husband. She could have done like the other daughter in law, and said she’s now a widow and free from the first right that owned her now that her husband is dead, and walk away free. But instead, she sought for the next man to own her, and next man she would serve as his property and she even willing went to the man and proposed to him to cover her with his skirt, meaning a woman proposing to a man.

[Ruth 3:8-11 GW] — At midnight the man was shivering. When he turned over, he was surprised to see a woman lying at his feet. “Who are you?” he asked. She answered, “I am Ruth. Spread the corner of your garment over me because you are a close relative who can take care of me.” Boaz replied, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. This last kindness—that you didn’t go after the younger men, whether rich or poor—is better than the first. Don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do whatever you say. The whole town knows that you are a woman who has strength of character.

Did you also noticed that even though Ruth threw herself to him on his bed, asking him to marry her, yet the man vowed or made promises to her? Why did he still have to vow, make such promises to, that he will do whatever she says when she has practically offered herself as servant for him to possess?

To answer this question is to show you faithfulness of a husband, a man or a groom, even as we look at the latter part of the bible verse in red, where the LORD made vows, covenant and promises still to the woman He had successfully covered with His Skirt or wrapped as His Possession. The people of the world use promises to woo ladies and to propose to them, making them offers that will be too hard for them to reject. And usually, after they have gotten all they want from the women, they either do not bother wooing her or making promises to those women again, after all they already captured those women as a fisherman who used baits (promises) to capture the fishes and do not care giving baits or feeds any more to those fishes they already captured.

But I show you the faithfulness the Lord and the faithful husbands like Boaz: They do not have to use baits or promises to woo or capture their women, but rather they acquire or procure their women with rights and righteousness: This is bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh – to assert she is my property or possession bought with his resources in lawful transaction. But when they already captured, possessed or acquired the woman or wives, then they make promises, covenant, vows, etc to her. So a pastor officiating the wedding should ask whether the Groom has paid the Bride’s Price or whether the parents of the Bride has officially handed the Bride to the Groom first, before he makes them take the Marriage Vows. My point is this, the marriage vows comes after the acquisition, not before the acquisition.

The essence is this: - The world teaches their own to “Marry whom they love,” but we the Church do not teach “Marry whom you love;” rather we teach “Love whom you marry.” Husband love your wife is a commandment. Your test of love for her begins when you already acquired, captured or had her. That son of David that raped his sister and disvirgined or violated her, and after having his way with her hated her, did more terrible sin by hating and divorcing her than the sin of raping her. That son of David shall forever burnt in hell. I told one idiot that was bragging of how he deflowered or disvirgined many girls, that he must marry them, love them and never divorce them for the rest of his life; and the idiot was arguing.

Listen, you don’t joke with the Commandment or Judgment that requires “Love your wife.” Jacob did not love Leah and never wanted to marry her, but only loved her younger sister and wanted to marry Rachel. But Jacob had Leah, slept with Leah; and he also had two other women also that he did not love before he had or slept with them: Therefore, Jacob must love them forever after he had them, otherwise he would sin a terrible sin if he divorces or hates them provided none of them commits adultery. So while it may or may not be important to marry whom you love, it is very important and instructive to love whom you married or had acquired, even as Christ loves the Church. You may not have wanted or asked for the child you bore, but you must parent the child whether the child came by mistake or was unsolicited for. How terrible is shall be for those who abort children in the excuse of unwanted or unready.

So, after you have acquired her, possessed her, still make vows and promises to her and covenant with her – That is the Wedding - That was how the Lord God and Jerusalem Wedded: No wedding invitations sent, not hall rented, not marriage counseling classes to the couple, wedding ceremony, etc. just acquired her, spread and share your covering over her and make marriage vows recognized between you two and the Lord Himself – I tell you, “You are certified Married.” Don’t wait until one pastor, priest, court or government, pronounce you husband and wife. See how Adam and Eve got married in “Genesis 2.”

↝ HANDLING TREASURES OF THE NAKED WOMAN ↜

[Ezekiel 16:7 TLV] — I made you grow as myriads, like a branch of the field. You grew up, got tall and came to full adornment. Your breasts were formed, your hair sprouted. Yet you were naked and bare.

[Ezekiel 16:7 NKJV] — I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

[Ezekiel 16:7 WEB] — "I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare."

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You may find some hint on how the Lord God made Eve for Adam through this Bible verse in red that reveals how the same Lord made this Woman, Jerusalem, for Himself.

■1■ Both Eve and Jerusalem were made by the Lord to grow fast like a fast growing plant, covering great upgrades with tremendous speed of bodily growth, maturity and development, within a very short time.

■2■ Both Eve and Jerusalem were made by the Lord God to grow into becoming “Ornament” themselves. This is not even referring to them wearing Ornament or Adornment, but they became Ornament, Jewelry or Adornment. The word “Ornament” applied here means “Beautiful.” To be beautiful is to be adorned with ornament of excellence in grace, in virtues, in fashion and in charms (attractions).

■3■ Both Eve and Jerusalem had their breasts formed with excellent fashion, and their hair grown in lengths and healthy weights.

■4■ Nevertheless, both Eve and Jerusalem were still naked after all these growths, maturities and bodily developments the Lord God endowed them with. The Lord God knew they were naked, and was rather edifying or building them up first, instead clothing their naked and beautiful bodies of perfect and attractive epitome of Womanhood.

They were naked, but were neither nude nor ashamed:

♧A♧ — The reason why I say they were not nude even though they were naked is because only their Husbands or their Lord saw them naked when they were fully endowed and fashioned with those kinds of ornaments that are meant to be hidden or unseen by the eyes of strangers except by the eyes of the husband or wife alone, as one flesh. Yes, there are ornaments, endowments or beauties, that are ment to be kept in the dark, obscurity or hidden, from the eyes men or women, just as there are stars and treasures of darkness that remain hidden or mystery for them to retain their essence in glory and virtues. In human bodies, they are called private parts, as in part of treasures meant to be hidden or kept in the dark, not a secret to be exposed or revealed strangers. Nudity is when private parts are exposed to strangers. Spiritually, you must discern the hidden treasures or secrets you should never reveal even to a fellow brother or sister, much less to stranger or enemy like a devil. Though they're extremely beautiful, charming, powerful, yet should hide them. Keeping them secret or hidden keeps you faithful and trustworthy. Keep even your good deeds secret or unseen by men, but only seen by the Lord God who sees all.

♧B♧ — The reason why I say they were not ashamed even though they were naked is because their unclothedness did not go abroad or exposed (leaked). No angel, no beast, not serpent or no any other creature knew or saw Adam and Eve naked until they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; and were told they were naked, and hence the shame of unclothedness haunted them. When their eyes were opened to realize they were naked, the eyes of everyone became able to also see them naked; and when the forbidden tree told or signaled them they were naked, the voice or signal also went abroad and reached the sensitive creatures. The forbidden tree was a tree of knowledge of good and evil: — that tree was the greatest Gossiper and Betrayer of knowledge and secrets, for the tree would reveal all your secrets to others and reveal the secrets of others to you. This was why it gives knowledge of both good and evil in both good ways and evil ways: Gossipers or Betrayers are like that tree, carrying others information to you (good) and carrying your information to others (evil) for it is in their nature to expose, and not retain, secrets.

In the heavens, honesty and openness is required for you to walk in transparency in the sight of all. Nevertheless, there are still hidden treasures no one can see or know what or how exactly they are or how they work, even though you walk in the light of transparency, honesty or openness to all. They will know you have those treasures and honor or respect you for possessing them, but yet those hidden treasures will remain mysteries to them. This is just as you can tell men have joysticks or women have vaginas or breasts, but yet you cannot tell or see them in fashion or in operation to know their pleasures or basics.

Now, let's focus on the Bible verse in red:

As grown, matured, and developed as she became, she was still in her birthday suit (naked) and she was still unwashed as she was in the day she was born. In this Bible verse in red, the Lord God described the wonderful works and miracles including prosperity, increase, growth and maturity, He had performed or done both in her and for her: but one thing spoilt her appearance, and that was her unclothedness or unclothedness. You see, spiritually, being rightfully clothed is more important than being very rich, beautiful or prosperous. No matter how much treasure, ornament or prosperity one possesses, if the person is naked they will all amount to shame. Adam and Eve were in the very garden of Eden, in paradise of prosperity, until they realized they were naked and knew even riches or prosperity are burden or shame to spiritually naked person. The riches, prosperity, possessions, only exposes one's unclothedness even more because they make the person more of a celebrity or famous person who's unclothedness went abroad to the person's shame.

Spiritual thieves or robbers do not steal earthly prosperity, do not steal money or earthly treasure, but only steal or take people's spiritual Garments when those people are not watching or caring about those Garments. The same Lord Jesus, who told you not to worry about what to eat and what clothes to wear when you seek first the kingdom of God considering how God feeds birds and clothes flowers, that same Lord Jesus later warn you to care and watch for your spiritual and eternal Garments in white lest you go naked, because there and then one do not just get clothed as the grasses. As it is written,

[Revelation 16:15 BSV] — "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”

↝ THE LORD SPOKE TO A DYING GIRL: — I CAME BY THAT YOU MAY LIVE AND HAVE LIFE ↜

[Ezekiel 16:6 AKJV] — "And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live."

[Ezekiel 16:6 LG] — "‘And I passed by to you, and saw you polluted in your blood; and I said to you, “Let there be life out of your blood;"

[Ezekiel 16:6 WEB] — "“‘“When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’"

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Lord, where, when or how did You first meet the woman You later married, and what was the first thing You said to her?

Before she was created, the Lord knew her already and had been seeing her before and after she was formed. But the day He came out to approach her, He acted as if He was passing by her or arranged for their paths to meet on the way in order to talk to her by the passage. He met her alone, helpless, rejected, abandoned, sickly, dying, grossly polluted or stinky in pool of her own blood, exposed to diseases or germs and as one who's unclothedness was exposed, leaked or seen by many yet she's still a virgin: Thus, she polluted in her blood, but undefiled in her body.

Therefore, He did not meet her as a princess, or a wealthy, beautiful, clean, attractive and pretty girl: she wasn't in any state of comeliness that would suggest or incite this potential Suitor to desire possessing her. Instead her state or appearance repelled all men away from her, but because the Lord had something deep within Him which all the other men lacked, He alone deliberately passed by her, wasn't too hasty or too preoccupied with focusing on where He was going that He bypassed her or missed the chances with her, so He came closer to her inspite of her stinks and ugliness: He spoke to she that was dying.

This was the first thing the Lord said to Jerusalem in their first talk: He said to her in her own blood, “Live.” Even if she wanted to commit suicide or wanted to die, now that she heard this Lover wanted her to Live for Him, she now has Whom to live for and live by.

[Psalms 118:17] — "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”

I said she should “Live for Him,” not live for herself because she lives by Him or lives through Him. As it is written,

[2 Corinthians 5:14-15 BSB] — "For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.”

That was His first Word to her, but was also His first Bride Price for her — “Live” meaning He gave her Life and Living — was His Bride Price. Adam’s Bride Price for Eve was his bone and flesh given to make her, but the Lord's Bride Price for Jerusalem was His Word of Life that gave her Life and Salvation from death and destruction. Behold His first Word to her was Gospel of Life He preached and declared to her.

James wrote in a general epistle that saying or preaching the gospel to the poor and needy sister or brother without sharing your substance with that poor and needy is basically “Faith without Work,” and is dead:

[James 2:14-17 LBP] — "Though a man say he has faith, what profit is it, my brethren, if he does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and lacking of daily food, And one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled; yet you do not give to them those things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Even so faith, without works, is dead, by itself.”

But we see the Lord Himself only spoke one Word to this poor, hungry, needy and dying girl without giving her clothes, food, or provisions she needed for her bodily needs, atleast He did not provide those items for her until she had grown up, became attractive, and until He had married her. So, the Lord only spoke the Word to her, and that was enough to make her live without dying: The Word of God is Substance and is not faith without works by default, because the Word is Spirit, the Word is Life and the Word profits.

[John 6:63] - "It is the spirit that vivifies; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

True Word of God spoken as gospel to the poor, naked, dying, etc, without giving extra gifts, food, money, clothes, etc, to them is still grace, spirit and life far beyond philanthropy or palliatives of sharing items to them. Let's not raise the poor, needy to be expectant of material gifts or having faith for mundane necessary provisions. Peter spoke to the lame man by the beautiful gate, look at us; and the man began to expect or have faith for receiving money from Peter and John because he was taught Alms giving or Alms receiving as religious or faith thing, but was not used to receiving the Gospel Word of Grace without physical donations. It's just as even pastors today do not believe in faith alone without physical tithes, offerings, donations or seeds that are all physical gifts and transactions.

Let's focus on the Bible verse in red:

The Lord spoke this word to the Baby Girl (Jerusalem) in the pool of her blood: — “Live.” This was different from what the Lord spoke to the dead girl He said was sleeping, to whom He said: — “Talitha Koum” [Greek words for, Little Girl, I say to you, Arise]. He did not use “Talitha Koum when He first talked to the Baby girl in the pool of her blood, rather He said to her “ḥîyî” [Hebrew word for, Live].

The title is:

The LORD spoke to a Dying Girl: — I came-by that you may live and have life

↝ BORN WITHOUT ADOPTION: — STATE OF UNWANTED AND ABANDONED BABY GIRL↜

[Ezekiel 16:5 NKJV] — No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were loathed on the day you were born.

[Ezekiel 16:5 GWN] — "No one who saw you felt sorry enough for you to do any of these things. But you were thrown into an open field. You were rejected when you were born."

[Ezekiel 16:5 NIV] — No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

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According to this Bible verse in red, the day Jerusalem was born was the day she was rejected, unloved, neglected, and discarded. No Nurse nursed her, and no mother loved her. Here, we learn Jerusalem was a newborn child abandoned at birth by her own mother and everyone else. Jerusalem was an unwanted pregnancy that was not aborted but in the day she was born she was thrown away like trash by even her mother who was a Hittite.

However, understand the Bible in red, that the secondary reason for the rejection or abandonment of this baby Jerusalem resulted from she having the things that should have been removed from her and she not having the things that should have been added to her, in the day she was born. — Under the preceding or previous verse in red, I mentioned two things that should have been removed from her in that day she was born but weren't removed from her — (These were her uncut umbilical cord and the dirt/uncleanness of the womb and uterus on her); — and I also mentioned two things that should have been added to her in the day she was born but weren't added to her — (These were salting her and clothing her). So, there were “Primary Reason” and “Secondary Reason” for her rejection and abandonment.

■1■ The secondary reason she was abandoned was because — “No one did any of these things to her in the day she was born:” — No one detached her off the umbilical Cord, no one cleaned her up, no one salted her, and no one wrapped or clothed her with grace or glory to cover her.

■2■ And the primary reason no one did any of those to her was because — “No one pitied her or no one had compassion on her, in the first place” — No care, no feelings, no sympathy, no love and no favor, for her was found in any man or woman that saw her that day. Jerusalem was unlike Moses when both were born, for the parents of Moses saw he was a proper, extraordinary and specially favored baby and that gave them faith and courage to never abandon the baby; while it was different for the baby Jerusalem, of whom no one saw anything good, special, favorable or pitiful for her to even care for her.

Jerusalem here was like the wounded and robbed man lying half-dead in the parable of the good Samaritan, for whom the priest and levite had no pity or compassion to nurse or anoint his wounds with Oil and Wine until the Samaritan came having the compassion or pity to pick him up, cleanse him, pour “Oil and Wine” into his injuries to anoint them, and clothed his injuries by binding them up, and then took him to an inn and to a nurse, to whom he paid to nurse the man, as Pharaoh's daughter paid the mother of Moses to nurse the baby Moses she drew out of a river. [Luke 10:30-37].

However, in this case of Jerusalem as abandoned newborn baby girl, the Priest and Levite whom we thought should have been the best to have compassion for the dying, poor and wounded man, but they turned out to be the least or wrong persons to expect such virtues or kindness were like the mother, father and close relations, of the baby Jerusalem that we thought should have been the best to have compassion and care for her been in helpless and poor condition, but they turned out to be the least or wrong persons to expect such virtues, kindness or helpership from.

The Good Samaritan, in Jerusalem’s case was the Lord Himself, Who did far more for her than the good Samaritan did for the victim robbed. To accomplish these either for Jerusalem lying in that state or for that robbed and injured man lying half-dead in the parable of the good Samaritan, is to possess the Compassion that produces “Adoption” or “Neighborliness.” Either such compassion makes you to adopt such fatherless, motherless, homeless, lovedless one, or the compassion makes you neighbor such helpless, dying poor victim on the streets.

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↝ NEWLY BORN BUT NOT DONE ↜

[Ezekiel 16:4 NKJV] — As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

[Ezekiel 16:4 LBP] — "And as for the one who bore you, in the day you were born she did not cut your navel, neither did she wash you with water nor did she salt your body with salt nor wrap you in swaddling clothes at all."

[Ezekiel 16:4 NET] — "As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets."

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Here, we learn of one who's “Newly Born,” but yet “Undone:” — Born but Undone. Isaiah [6:5] saw woe on himself for he was undone. When a newborn baby emerges into the world, it has to undergo some separations or disconnections from its mother at different stages of life.

●1● The baby has to be separated from its mother's womb and uterus: — When this happened, that baby is said to be “Born.”

●2● The baby has to be disconnected from its mother's umbilical cord (its mother's placenta): — When this happened, that baby is said to be "Detached." That baby is no more “Semi-detached” but fully “Detached:” This refers to the baby being disconnected from the umbilical cord, signifying a step toward independence from the mother’s placenta. In this Bible verse in red, the baby, Jerusalem was still semi-detached, and was not detached from her mother's placenta.

●3● The baby has to be separated from the fluid, dirt, or sticky enzymes of its mother's womb and uterus: — When this happens, that baby is said to be “Cleansed, Washed or Purified.” This refers to the process of cleaning the newborn after birth, removing amniotic fluid, blood, and vernix (the white, waxy coating). In this Bible verse in red, Jerusalem was not washed, cleansed or purified from her mother's dirt or uncleanness of the womb and uterus.

●4● The baby has to be connected to its mother's breasts as replacement for disconnected umbilical cord, but after some months the baby gets disconnected from its mother's breasts feeding milk: — When this happens, that baby is said to be “Weaned.”

These are 4 major ones, but to include other 5, here is an elaborate:

Baby’s nursery or nursing disconnections from the mother, showing key transitions in early development:

| 1 | Separated from the womb | Baby exits the mother’s body—*Born*
| 2 | Disconnected from umbilical cord |mother’s placenta-*Detached*
| 3 | Cleaned or washed of womb fluids and substances—*Cleansed*
| 4 | Stops breastfeeding from mother’s breast — *Weaned*
| 5 | No longer needs to be rocked or held to sleep| Baby falls asleep on its own — *Self-soothing* / *Sleep-trained*
| 6 | Moves from sleeping in the parents' room to own room | Baby sleeps independently — *Transitioned*
| 7 | Baby stops using diapers | uses the toilet - *Potty/Toilet trained*
| 8 | Starts walking independently | No longer relies on being carried — *Walking*/*Mobile*
| 9 | Switches from feeding bottle to cup | Baby drinks independently without a bottle — *Weaned from feeding bottle*
| 10 | Plays without constant parental attention | Baby explores and entertains self — *Independent*/*Self-engaging*

Now let's focus on the Bible verse in red:

♧A♧ Two things should have been removed from Jerusalem in the day she was born, but that birthday of Jerusalem went away without her being circumcised or detached from those two things that should have been removed from her in that day she was born: These were Jerusalem’s excess navel (umbilical cord) and Jerusalem’s uncleanness from her nativity or from her mother's womb and uterus.

♧B♧ Two things should have been added to Jerusalem in the day she was born, but that birthday of Jerusalem went away without her being supplemented with those two things that should have been added to her in that day she was born: These were supposed to have been “Anointing Jerusalem with Salt” for she was vulnerable and “Wrapping Jerusalem with Swaddling cloths” for she was naked.

Now, we the Churches and Christians walking in the New-Birth must remove two things from us and have two things in us as should been the case with Jerusalem here.

Two things we should detached from now that we are in New Birth:

♤1♤ The Old Man — Put off the old man and his old nature or nativity [Romans 6:6, Ephesians 4:22, Colossians 3:9] — [2 Corinthians 5:17] — "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

[2 Corinthians 7:1] — "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

♤2♤ Darkness — Put off Darkness and its works [1 Thessalonians 5:4-5, Romans 13:12, 2-Corinthians 6:14] — [Ephesians 5:8-14 BSB] — "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Test and prove what pleases the Lord. Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself. So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.””

Two things we should supplement or add now that we ‘re in New Birth:

♤1♤ Salt — Be salted and retain our saltiness. — [Mark 9:49-50] — "For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltiness, with which will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.” — [Matthew 5:13-14] — "You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”

♤2♤ White Garments or Robe of Righteousness — [Revelation 16:15] — "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”

QuinQ:
So why did God want them to separate themselves from the Canaanites, and not intermarry with them, etc?

It was the same reason we were warned, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." It was not about their ethnicity, but about their faith or religion. So, such instructions from God to not marry daughters of certain nations or ethnicity usually had exceptions when there's a true conversion first from their idols or religion into the faith or covenant relationship with God.

Solomon married many strange women from those ethnicity that God warned them against marrying from, lest they corrupt or turn the Israeli away from the faith into idolatry (their religion or abominable practices). The point of them being called "Strange Women" though wives of Solomon, was because they were not converted into the faith and discipline of the Lord God of Israel as inductee first into God's family before Solomon joined himself with them. So, they were married to Solomon, but they still worshiped their own idols or strange religions, doing their own abominable practices, and they became the ones who converted Solomon into their own religion instead of vice versa.

Here is the point: To marry from such people, they must be converted into the faith, covenant or beliefs of the Lord God:

It wasn’t about ethnicity—non-Israelites like Ruth (a Moabite) and Rahab (a Canaanite) became part of Israel because they embraced the God of Israel. Then they were married after they were converted.

This principle continues in the New Testament in a spiritual sense: Christians are warned not to be “unequally yoked” with unbelievers (2 Corinthians 6:14), emphasizing the need for unity in faith, not ethnicity.