Hidden Manna:A Biblical Perspective of Animals

28. June 2010 by admin.

　“A righteous man regards the life of the animal.” Proverbs 12:10

‘regards’, in Hebrew: yâda`, (used in a great variety of senses) meaning: to know, to become one with, to observe, to care for, to recognize, to instruct, to acknowledge, to be aware of, to comprehend, to consider, to discern, to discover, to befriend, to be a kinsman of, to perceive, to have respect for, to teach…(Strong’s Concordance)It is a commonly accepted belief in modern Christianity that animals are lesser beings from a singular scripture in Matthew where Jesus states “Do not fear therefore, you are of more value than sparrows.” Matt 10:31 Further God has given us “dominion” over the animals in Genesis and after the flood. The word “dominion” when translated means to “husband” those under the dominion. The word is usually used in reference to caring for land. To husband someone, one must follow the example of the Jesus who had dominion over all things and was equal with God, yet willingly took on the form of a servant becoming of no reputation and laying His Life down as a servant leader who lead by example, healing, helping, disciplining, teaching, nurturing and feeding His sheep. Although “husbanding” does involve guidance and often pruning as needed, the Lordship aspect of the dominion is only as effective as it imitates the “husbanding” love and leadership that Christ has demonstrated to us.Because of lack of knowledge and the deception of the enemy, many view their pets as possessions much like furniture or toys whereas in that regard, they are actually more like diamonds and gold certificates. The Divine Order displayed by the example of Jesus, shows us that when God entrusts anything to anyone, He expects them to care for, protect, maintain, nurture, train, feed, love it via the laying down of our lives as servant-leaders who patiently lead by example and bring all into fruitfulness and maturity. (Luke 6:44, Romans 1:13, 7:4, Phil 4:17, Heb 2:10)

Unfortunately, there are destructive heresies in the church as some even believe that certain animals are of the devil because people practicing the occult may use them for various purposes. However, through much prayer and divine revelation from the scriptures, I will share some exciting Truth on the subject that can enlighten and, perhaps, surprise you. If you are a student of the Word and love the Truth, this teaching will challenge you to view animals in a more accurate Biblical context. “Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind.So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind’; and it was so.And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.And God blessed them, saying ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.’Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Then God blessed them, and God said to them “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’

And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food“; and it was so.Then God saw  every thing that He had made, and indeed it was very good.“ Genesis 1: 20-26, 28-31The first blessing in the Bible is given to fish and birds. In theological study, the law of first mention in the Bible grants special preeminence and emphasis to the first mention of any subject or act of God. Stop and think about how important animals must be to God to make the very first blessing recorded in the Bible be upon animals. Also keep in mind that the book of Genesis is the foundation for the rest of the Bible. This foundational book introduces us to God and God’s wisdom as displayed throughout the scripture. In Genesis, the Holy Spirit introduces the seed-form of all foundational truths set forth in the rest of the scripture by “type” and “shadow”, as it were, metaphors, allegory, hidden meaning.In the first chapter of Genesis, God discusses animals for one-third of the chapter. In fact, when God was thinking about creating man He mentions that He is creating man after HIS OWN IMAGE which includes one very specific quality: to have dominion over the animals. This can only mean that it is like God to have dominion over animals. When God decided to make man like Him, man included the image-of-God characteristic of being in relationship with and in a leadership role over animals. In the first chapter of the Bible, God doesn’t mention any other characteristics about man, who was made in His image, except for that quality that pertains to having a stewardship relationship with animals! Selah (selah in Hebrew means, ‘pause and calmly think of that’). This must be very important to God. Animals must be very important to God. We know that God is love and is also called the Good Shepherd in the scripture as God exemplifies the ultimate example of loving, nurturing, and attentive servant-leadership. He teaches us that if we truly love, we will lay our lives down on behalf of the object of our love, just as Christ did. (2John 3:14-16) Loving leadership is the God-kind of leadership and so, we must expect that He expects us to imitate Him in this regard.”

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom… A wise man regards the life of the beast.” Proverbs 1:7, 12:10.We are called by God to be faithful with that which He has committed to us. A significant portion of the parables of Jesus were about stewardship, faithful and unfaithful. We are told that if we are faithful with a little, that God will entrust more to us. (Luke 19:17) We have the example of Christ as the Good Shepherd of Psalm 23 which exemplifies good stewardship over animals and we have been directed by God to shepherd, nurture, protect, care for and love animals from the very beginning of time. Therefore, this is something to be taken very seriously which has not been the case up until now.“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility (man’s leadership), not willingly, but because of Him who subjected in hope (that we would be faithful with it and exemplify the kingdom of God); because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. And not only they, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit…” Romans 8:18-23a

Here God shows that the creation, obviously which includes animals, has the earnest expectation (faith is the evidence of things hoped for) and eagerly (with knowledge and anticipation) waits for the Body of Christ to manifest the glory of God!! Not only that, but in the very next sentence it says that the creation shares in our inheritance of our deliverance from the “bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God”!So, if you hear what the Spirit is saying, animals are actually joint-partakers in the deliverance that God bestows on us, yet still they are under our authority, just as the Body of Christ is under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. How did Jesus exemplify leadership to the disciples: He washed their feet. Before we loved God He first loved us. He laid down his life for us. How then are we to treat animals over whom we have been given stewardship since they too will be delivered from “the bondage of corruption and become joint partakers in the glorious liberty of the children of God“? Selah.

Jesus commanded the disciples saying: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to EVERY CREATURE!” Mark 16:15.In the Greek/Aramaic that word creature means “original formation…building, creation, creature, ordinance.” Do you know anyone who ministers the good news to animals? I do and one of them historically was St. Francis of Assisi.”

But, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.” Matt 24:37. He did not say ‘days of Abraham’ or ‘days of Isaiah’, or ‘days of Enoch’. He said NOAH!!! What did Noah do with the bulk of his time: build a boat which primarily housed the animals. Hundreds of animals and only 8 people. After the Lord shut them into the ark, what did Noah do with the bulk of his time? Anyone who has ever lived on a farm knows that Noah was not practicing his short game: he was caring for and tending to animals!!! I have seen more of Jesus’ miracles occur on animals than people and I asked the Lord why. I believe He showed me that there is less resistance in animals (that have not been horrifically abused or neglected) than in people to the things of God. I have had sick animals come and find me for prayer, get healed and then, go back home! When I worship or pray in my house and the Spirit of the Lord fills the room, my cats come in to the room to get some of that glory of God! They love the presence of the Lord! But, people have a lot more resistance, but I digress.In the book of Isaiah the Kingdom of Heaven is described as:“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and bear shall graze; their young ones shall like down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy mountain. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.’ Isaiah 11: 6-9. ‘The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox.’ Isaiah 65:25.

What is interesting to note is that when the knowledge of the Lord covers the earth, humans and animals live together in perfect harmony. We know from other areas of the scripture that death and dying are abolished in the Kingdom of Heaven in both humanity and the animal kingdom as confirmed by this scripture that predators no longer take prey.Again and again in the scriptures, the sacred value of animals is reiterated and yet it is not taught in the church. Themes and concepts that fulfill the law of first mention and repeat themselves over and over in the scripture are of the utmost importance and deserve our closest attention and scrutiny! Thus, it becomes ever more obvious with prayerful consideration, that animals are very important to God, they are in the Kingdom of Heaven and accounts from those who have been to heaven include detailed accounts of animals being present there.The Apostle John described four ‘living creatures’ flying around the very throne of God without ceasing, crying “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” This is some very deep and some very high worship exemplified in these creatures, we should all aspire to be so accurate and reverential. And, interestingly as well is the fact that when Jesus made his entrance into earth, again, He was surrounded by animals even choosing an animal trough as His bed.‘The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man and fourth living creature was like a flying eagle… Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, Who lives for ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne…Revelation 5:7,9. The twenty-four elders follow the lead of four animal creatures in worshipping God in the throne room. Selah.

So, not only did animals get the first blessing recorded in the scripture, but they were included in the God’s second blessing with Adam and Eve as well! So, then animals were blessed with the first two blessings recorded in the scripture. And don’t forget, they were also created before humans were! Selah.Also, when God was looking for a companion for man, He first thought of giving him animals: ‘And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. Out of the ground, the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And, whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So, Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.’ Genesis 2:18-20.　God says here that He is looking for a helper for man. This is the God of the entire Universe who is all-knowing and His first idea for a helper for man are animals. That was God’s first choice and God is known for His good ideas, to say the least. But, after introducing them all to Adam as much as Adam loved the animals, Adam wanted something more like himself. Bottom line, Adam wanted to see bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh because when God makes Eve, that was the first thing that came out of his mouth. So, the human comparability thing was Adam’s priority issue, not necessarily God’s. The fact that God’s first choice for a wonderful companion was animals and that God has them flying around His throne worshipping continually speaks volumes as to the significance animals have before God. Imagine the love Adam had for the animals himself that he sat with each one of them and named them one by one. That took a lot of time, love, consideration and connectedness to complete this task and Adam, without sin at this time, exemplified God’s nature in his time investment of individualized loving care for all animals.In Genesis chapter three, man falls and it reads, “…Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin and clothed them.” Gen 3:21.

I encourage anyone reading this right now to ask the Holy Spirit if the animals offered their lives to cover the nakedness of man willingly or if the Lord sovereignly killed the animals to cover their nakedness. To me, as patterned in the scripture, I believe there is a very good chance that the animals offered their lives up willingly because there is no record that God killed anything, and we know that as a type and a shadow of what the rest of the scripture reveals, it would follow that the sacrifice to cover our nakedness was a free-will love offering, just as the Lamb that was slain before the foundations of the earth offered Himself up freely in love. Let God show you if this is true or not.In the fourth chapter of Genesis, after the fall, God begins to discuss Abel and Cain and the first recorded worship offering from humankind to God. There are two distinct differences between Abel and Cain’s offering to God. Cain brings plants and Abel brings an animal. God accepted Abel’s offering and rejected Cain’s, why? Well, first let’s get inside Abel’s head for a minute. Abel wants to worship God with His very best. He looks out over all of creation and finds the most precious and sacred thing that he can: the firstborn of his flocks. Holy Spirit showed me that when humanity was freshly fallen, they were closer to God and animals than people are today which is why God and Cain had open dialogue. When God rebuked Cain, he still spoke to him directly even though he had just committed murder. Do you have that kind of open communication with God? Selah.

Since we have already learned how important animals are to God and that Cain and Abel were very close to God, it is extremely significant that Abel chose the first born of his flocks as his gift to God. We know that it is a type and shadow of the only begotten Son of God, the Lamb for sinners slain of whom all the great prophets have foretold. I believe there is a good chance that Abel prophetically discerned the Messianic identity in the offering of the first born of his flock as well as the fact that he could find nothing more valuable or precious to him personally that he could offer to God. And, we also know that this choice pleased God. Knowing that it is God’s will that we give our best, we must conclude then, that the first born of his animals was the most valuable, most precious and highest offering Abel could give to God.Since the state of the Kingdom to come is one of man living in harmony with animals and that creation had only been fallen a few years, I imagine that Abel was very caring and concerned for his animals, exemplifying the love of the God which he knew and had experienced. And, I imagine, since there were no children recorded as being born, it was the closest thing Abel could find to his own child because his animals were under his nurture and care much like a dear family pet is to us today. The Holy Spirit gave me a glimpse into the heart of Abel and I can only say that his heart was broken by the death and sacrifice of his little, baby firstling to God, but he was willing to go through it for the Father.This is one of the reasons why his offering was so pleasing to the Father, because it cost him greatly. Have you ever had to put a dear family pet to sleep? For those who are animal lovers, it is a tortuous and painful experience. As David said, ‘Nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.’ 2Samuel 24:24.

Thus, to be the perfect type and shadow of Christ to come, Abel had to suffer pain, loss and anguish in offering his lamb to God and because his offering was his best and closest thing to his heart costing him more than anything else he possessed, his offering was pleasing to the Lord. Again, animals prove to be extremely significant in our relationship with God as they provided the first two blood-bridges to a covering and atonement for sin ever recorded in the scripture. Are you starting to see a mighty and holy pattern? Next in Genesis before the flood, God commands Noah to gather every kind of animal into the ark, not people, animals. The scripture calls righteous Noah a preacher, yet, he was not told to gather every kind of people into the ark, only food, every kind of animal and his family. The bulk of the passengers on the ark are animals, not humans and the bulk of the cargo was on behalf of the animals. Most Christians know that the ark is a type or shadow of Christ for, “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man” Matt 24:37 Selah. And, when God makes a covenant after the flood never to flood the earth again, He states that His covenant is with mankind AND animals FIVE TIMES:“And, as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants aafter you, AND WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE WITH YOU…this is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be , when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH; the waters shall never again become a flood to destory all flesh. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant which I have established between Me and ALL FLESH that is on the earth. And God said to Noah; ‘This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:9-17.

Are beginning to feel the heart of God for animals?Concerning animals that witches may use I would first like to note that witches are notorious for perverting the truth and going against the will of God by abusing things God has created for good. The very fact that they try to use cats and other animals for their cursed purposes is even more evidence that animals are blessed and chosen by God. There is a special assignment of the enemy against cats in particular because cats are very spiritually sensitive and they are the only animal across the board that I know of which gives humans gifts of food. In Old Testament times, breaking bread or sharing a meal with someone was a sacred covenant event. How sacred then is it when my little kitty brings me a mouse as a food offering. I know of no other animal that gives gifts like this. My kitties also know when there are angels or demons in the room. They hiss and yowl at the demons and sleep peacefully at the feet of angels. If someone with a bad spirit or bad energy tries to approach my cats, they will scratch and bite them. Otherwise, my kitties are the most affectionate, love muffins going. They do not hurt children.As Paul said: “I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers; anything to be unclean, TO HIM it is unclean.“ (Rom 14:14). Any teaching that promulgates that cats are of the devil is in direct contradiction to the scripture. First of all, can the devil create anything? Answer: no. Can demons possess animals and people? Yes. Does that make all people and all animals evil? No. The only time a demon will take control of a person or animal is if that person or animal has been abused and emotionally scarred and has an open spiritual wound except for the one time when Jesus allowed the legion of demons to go into a herd of pigs, a levitically unclean animal, as a typology of the unclean things where demons belong. The pigs, even though they are unclean were unselfish and smart enough to kill themselves rather than have those demons expressing themselves through them. Personally, I believe that because animals are such high level servants (just look at horses and the thousands of years they have willingly worn bits and bridles), that Jesus knew the pigs would serve the Kingdom to bring home an important lesson about demons. You will have to ask God about that yourself.Having an open spiritual wound does not make anyone or any animal inherently evil. Besides, I have seen animals give their lives in sacrifice for others on several occasions. How could anyone construe that as evil? How about the Rottweiler who recently took the phone off the cradle, speed dialed 911 and barked into the phone until the paramedics arrived to find the dog’s master inches away from death from a potentially fatal heart attack? I saw this on the news for myself. Reader’s Digest is full of endless tales of heroic rescues of drowning people, avalanche victims, seizure and companion dogs saving the lives of their owners and owner’s children. Why God even calls Himself the “Lion of the Tribe of Judah“! Would God call himself a cat if cats were of the devil? As I said, the enemy hates cats because they can see his demons and alert their owner to demonic people and presences. The teaching that cats are demonic and attract demons is not scripturally based and any Christian who believes that teaching is practicing witchcraft themselves and need very much to pray for deliverance from this false teaching. One of the reasons witches love to sacrifice cats is because of their spiritual abilities in the Kingdom of God.

Remember, false teachings in the last days almost fool the very elect. (Matt 24:24) Those who have told people to get rid of their cats because their cats are supposedly attracting evil spirits are, in fact, attracting evil spirits to themselves and the person they are telling this false teaching to. I have heard that “terrible things“ happened to people who would not get rid of their cat (when told to by a “prophet“ to do so) but that is because witchcraft was unleashed on their lives when they had fellowship with a false teacher and gave ear to their lies at all. The witchcraft they subjected themselves to through receiving this false word, the demons they gave legal entry into their lives by doing so and their own subconscious negative fear-faith bore the evil fruit, not the cat. Those who do abuse and abandon their family pet in obedience to this false teaching might as well go ahead and offer up a chicken head and stick some pins into some voodoo dolls as well. They will get the same results and reap the same benefits. Whom God has blessed, none can curse, the scripture reads, “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And, how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?“ (Num 23:8). Jesus was made a curse for us so that we could be translated OUT of the kingdom of darkness and be seated in heavenly places with Christ. “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.“ Galatians 3:13 All power and authority under heaven and earth was given to Jesus when He lead captivity captive, ascended on high and gave gifts unto men. If Jesus lives inside of you, how could your cat hurt you? If God be for you, who can be against you?“ If your cat is acting strange, it might be sick, pray over it. Or maybe the cat has a flea allergy. Are you feeding it grocery store cat food? That food is pure junk, the oils in it are rancid and toxic, the ash content ruins their kidneys and it is almost completely devoid of nutrition. Go to the pet store and get some Innova Evo®, Katzenflocken® or Felidae®, keep them in the refrigerator to preserve the oils and give the cat some purified water to drink for it’s urinary tract to clear out the elemental minerals that are completely indigestible: your cat will turn into a happy, purring, healthy animal. If you think it has a demon, cast it out! “And, these signs shall follow those who believe, in My name they shall cast out demons…” (Mark 16:17) Need I say more? You would be surprised to see what prayer, love, healthy-nutritious food, some flea medicine and clean water can do for a cat: it can completely change its personality. This holds true for dogs which can be fed the same brands except the latter two have a little bit of a different name for their canine line: Hundenfloken® and Canidae®. I have brought animals back from the brink of death with just these improvements.The Bible says, “For, there is no witchcraft/sorcery against Jacob. Nor is there any divination/enchantment against Israel.“ (Num 23:23)

Do not let people suck you into witchcraft in the name of getting rid of witchcraft. All we need to do to get rid of demons and witchcraft is to ask God to search our hearts, repent of any sin, get rid of any occult items, renounce association with any occult practices, break all curses off the family in prayer, stay under the shadow of God’s wings, stay prayed up, stay obedient to the scripture, resist the devil and he has to flee. End of story. The demons cannot legally cross over the blood–line of Jesus Christ. Demons do not naturally follow the rules. Their nature is pure rebellion and lawlessness. They will always try to sneak in undetected until they have a foothold even when they have no legal right to be there. But, as long as we, who have been given the charge to take the Kingdom by force and occupy the earth til He comes back and been given the spiritual authority over the kingdom of darkness, then it is our job to make sure the enforcement happens through prayer, holiness and a heart after God. Therefore, just cause the rules of the Kingdom state that the enemy and his minions have lost all of their power to harm us doesn’t mean we won’t be tested with trespassing spirits trying to slither into our lives. We are not ignorant of his devices.Still God promises that “No evil shall befall you“ Psa 91:10

“All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and Earth. go therefore and make disciples …“ Matthew 28:18, 19a

“Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over ALL the power of the enemy, and NOTHING BY ANY MEANS SHALL HARM YOU.” Luke 10:19Demons may try to make you think they can come in and oppress and attack your mind, body, finances, ministry and family and they may try and see if they can get away with it: a huge amount of them do because God’s people perish for lack of knowledge and don’t understand how to walk in their Kingdom authority in prayer. But, it is not God’s will for us to be living under this lie. So, as the Body of Jesus on the earth and we are His hands and His feet, it is up to us to enforce what Jesus accomplished with the authority vested in us by the Holy Spirit through the Blood of Jesus. I have found once we understand Who Christ is in us and our Kingdom mandates and authority, no enemy can stand before us.If you are having problems in your life, seek the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, don’t fall for superstitious animal abuse and ritualistic religiosity. “A wise man regards the life of the animal.“

Get God’s perspective on animals, not your phobia’s or the world’s. When God pronounced the blessing on Israel or anyone, for that matter, He blessed them and their flocks and their little ones, and so should we. (Deut 6,7,8) And, let us not forget that Jesus Christ is the very Word of God made flesh: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” John 1: 1, 14 And did you know that one of the only historical and scientific reasons we have any copies of the Bible today is ONLY because of the copies that were written and manuscripted on parchment which did not decay!!! All but a small few of the papyrus copies did not mold and disintegrate. And, did you know that parchment IS AN ANIMAL SKIN!!!! Again, the animals, like the Jews and early Christians themselves, laid down their lives to promulgate, reproduce and carry the Word of God Himself so that we could all be saved. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THIS SACRIFICE OF BECOMING THE PARCHMENT THAT CARRIED THE LIVING WORD HIMSELF, WE MIGHT HAVE NO COPIES OF THE WORD OF GOD AT ALL. Selah.If you are not in awe of the sacredness of animals in God’s Kingdom and filled with gratitude for their invaluable examples of selfless service and sacrificial death in order to bring the knowledge of the remission of sins through Jesus Christ to the world, it is time to repent. Have you made any sacrifices on the historical and spiritual level of that God’s loyal servants the animals? Are you loving, honoring, nurturing and protecting animals the way God is and has commanded us to do. Ask the Lord to open your eyes so that you may see animals the way He does and for forgiveness for harming his creation and the grace to fulfill the commission to have loving dominion over them for the glory of His name and the establishment of His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven. We must be pro-active in supporting all reputable organizations that advocate for animal rights: it is a command of God.“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.’ 1John 2:3

Here are some more scriptures to meditate upon in your quest to obey God in all things.“Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is like majestic mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Lord, You preserve man and beast.” Psalm 36:6.

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it” I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches,. Because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert..” Isaiah 43:18-20.

“Fear not, O Land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done marvelous things! Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; for the open pastures are springing up…Joel 2:22“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?’ And, no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it. So, I wept much because no one was worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals. And, I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain…”Worthy is the Lamb who was slain”…And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth an under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!” Rev 5:2b-6a, 12a, 13

“And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” Matt 25:40

“But, God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the thing which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are.” 1Cor 1:27-28“Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature“! Mark 16:15. (The word creature in the original language means “all of creation, that would mean animals too. Don’t get mad at me, I didn’t write it!)“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature (same word as above) which is under heaven…” Col 1:20-23.

“But many who are first will be last and the last shall be first” Mark 10:31

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The Danger of Always Wanting To Be Comfortable

13. November 2009 by admin.

This was sent to me from a dear brother in Africa and I thought it was so good, I had to post it.  Remember the “mantra” of the whore of Babylon is “I sit as a queen and shall see no sorrow”: “ The interesting thing about human beings is that we never value anything we have not struggled for. The precious love and secret of God is like Gold. We have to travel to remote and dangerous places to mine it and dig it out of the ground. After that we have to sift it from tonnes of soil before purifying it in hot fire. Only after enduring such labour do we get to see the true value of the Gold.

If gold was found as easily as soil, we would not value it. The same is true about everything in life. We have to struggle to get it for us to value it. Even lions have to chase their food and risk injury. Food has to be grown in risky conditions. Yet all these struggles are do not mean that God has abandoned us nor do they mean that we are under a curse or punishment. They are there to make us develop our character. We are not in a survival game or some kind of group warfare. We fight to develop our character.

My brethren, do not be surprised by any kind of struggles you go through. In fact, you should be surprised if you find that everything is ok and comfortable. Interestingly, the enemy of character is comfort. When the Israelites, David, Solomon and Noah got comfortable after fighting their wars, they relaxed and made regrettable errors, some of which changed the cause of history of the nation of Israel to what it is today.

It does not matter what kind of warfare we engage in. The real enemy is always right here with us. The greatest enemy is actually ourselves. We fight against our own selfishness. The moment we fight God in our minds, we start a war with everything around us. This is what Adam and Eve did. They fought God and soon nature was fighting them. God told the Israelites that if they abandn God, the land would reject them like the immune system rejecting a foreign organism.

The truth of the matter is that the world was not designed for comfort. It was designed for character development. The good thing about the world is that God has already provided everything we need. He has given us legs, hand, eyes, bodies etc. Think of it this way, even when people are fighting and killing each other in the bush, the birds and flowers are still singing. Sometimes I watch beautiful flowers growing on a rubbish pit with their petals facing the sky like children raising their hands to praise God. The flowers do not mind that they are growing on a heep of stinking and rejected rubbish. They just show of their beauty.

I keep telling myself that I should stop longing for a comfortable place because

1. comfort is the enemy of invention and innovation.
2. absence of struggle stops people from exploting their abilities

God created us with needs so that we can need and love each other. No man or woman is needless.

I think I have an idea of what you mean by high level cultists. I also get concerned and worried about the millions of people who are deceived around the world. I once asked God to help me understand why He would let people get deceived. I read exactly the scriptures on www.propheticwatch.org and I was surprised to discover that it is God who sends or allows deception of people. I wondered why God would do such as cruel thing and I realized that people get deceived not because they were unlucky to meet a liar but because they went around looking for a lie.

It is not easy to deceive someone who is looking for the truth. At least it is not possible to deceive him all his life. People get deceived because deep in their heart they have a dishonest intention which does not always show up.

When people reject God in their hearts, they set themselves for deception because to reject God is to welcome falsehood. All truths are about God. To reject the truth, even if it is the truth about a butterfly, is to welcome falsehoods and the lying spirits behind them. I see a lot of this naivety in Africa where people generally do not like truth, especially scientific truth. This is the reason why witchcraft and voodooism is widely practised by Africans.

People get deceived because they have rejected God. Fish live in water, yet their bodies are not salty. Camels live in desert yet their bodies have water. However much people get deceived, you should not worry or burden yourself with the thought that you have to fight and bring the light to everyone. I prefer to be sympathetic to the few people who are genuinely looking for the truth, and such people are not very common.

Jesus said, “My sheep know my voice”. Just like a penguin can identify the call of its mate among thousands of penguins, true believers will know the voice of God even when there are many false spirits whispering. Besides that, a Godly character will never lead a Godly man to participate in something evil.”

M. Kamunguna

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The Second Vital Step in the Pro-Life Movement

7. November 2009 by admin.

What a great thing to see abortion clinics closing across the country because of the concerted, peaceful efforts of godly people. However, one important ingredient must not be neglected. What is going to happen to all of the unwed mothers, pregnant teens and those who would normally seek a termination?Those who are pro-life must not fall short in answering this question or they will have to answer to God for botched back-door abortion deaths and unwanted children being born into horrific situations where they are going to grow up without love, without a godly upbringing, possibly, lose their conscience because of neglect, indifference and abuse and, in the long run, lose their eternal souls. As horrific and intolerable as abortion is, at least when a baby is aborted they go straight into the arms of Jesus. Where are the children who are born into abuse, neglect and unloving families going to go when they reach the age of accountability?

If Christians are doing their job, this will be a non-issue because as Matthew 25 so aptly displays “And He (God at the judgment) will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’” (Matt 25:33-36).

That’s right folks, the second step in the pro-life movement is being willing to actually take these unwed mothers and pregnant teens INTO OUR HOMES to disciple them, lead them to Christ and make sure these babies are loved and brought into the Kingdom of God!!!! After all, what are they going to do without our intervention? Think about it!!!

“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matt 28:18-20.

Jesus never said to make “converts”: He said to make disciples or, as it is translated from the Greek, “students”. And, the schools God is choosing for these unwanted pregnancies that have been saved from the abortion mill ARE OUR HOMES. If we are not willing to do this, not only are we NOT fulfilling the great commission and we are DIRECTLY DISOBEYING Jesus Christ, but we are possibly sending the spared lives of these unborn children TO HELL FOR ETERNITY!!!

Christians, it is time to put our lives where our mouth is and be willing to have a few less comforts, a few less vacations, a few less pleasures FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE ETERNAL SOULS OF THESE UNBORN CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS. To do anything less is to be hypocrites and twice the children of hell than the abortion doctors who only took their lives when we are possibly sending their eternal souls to hell!!!! Believe me, the satanists have a plan for these unwanted children, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT???

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Is Obama A Supporter of Terrorism?

22. September 2009 by admin.

You just spent $20,000,000 to move members/supporters of Hamas, a terrorist organization, to the United States; housing, food, the whole enchilada.

HB 1388 PASSED

Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to know….

Something happened…. H.R. 1388 was passed, behind our backs. You may want to read about it. It wasn’t mentioned on the news… just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN
screen.

Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA. This is the news that didn’t make the headlines…

By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in “migration assistance” to the Palestinian refugees and “conflict victims” in Gaza.

The “presidential determination”, which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States , was signed and appears in the Federal Register.

Few on Capitol Hill, or in the media, took note that the order provides a free ticket replete with housing and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006.

Let’s review….itemized list of some of Barack Obama ‘ s most recent actions since his inauguration:

His first call to any head of state, as president, was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory.

His first one-on-one television interview with any news organization was with Al Arabia television.

His first executive order was to fund/facilitate abortion(s) not just here within the U. S., but within the world, using U. S. tax payer funds.

He ordered Guantanamo Bay closed and all military trials of detainees halted.

He ordered overseas CIA interrogation centers closed.

He withdrew all charges against the masterminds behind the USS Cole and the “terror attack” on 9/11.

Now we learn that he is allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refuges to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense.

These important, and insightful, issues are being “lost” in the blinding bail-outs and “stimulation” packages.

Doubtful? To verify this for yourself: www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488

PLEASE PASS THIS ON… AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW

WE are losing this country at a rapid pace.

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Greetings Earthlings!

28. August 2009 by admin.

Shalom Children of God: we have not yet begun to blog, but for curiosity’s sake, you may want to return in a week or so and see what we have cookin’.  Grace and Peace, Ezriel

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