THE GRACE OF GOD VERSES THE FALSE GRACE OF THE DEVIL

THE GRACE OF GOD VERSES THE FALSE GRACE OF THE DEVIL

Ephesians 2:8–9 (NKJV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Please notice that grace precedes faith! We receive the grace of the Lord Jesus by believing in faith. So when a “sinner” hears the voice of God by the preaching of the Word of God by the Spirit of God in a man/preacher/prophet the Holy Spirit convicts the sinner by grace by “pricking” the heart and by Spiritual enlightenment faith and belief can enter the heart and mind! A true born again spirit filled preacher/prophet who walks in the spirit speaks under the unction and power of the Holy Spirit has, speaks, carries and reveals/manifests all the virtues and attributes of the Lord Jesus at the same time. Jesus is NOT DIVIDED, it’s all or nothing! The spirit of righteousness brings conviction, the spirit of mercy and love brings reconciliation and grace is given unto repentance. As grace precedes faith and belief.

Romans 1:16 (NKJV)

The Just Live by Faith

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Any person WITHOUT the anointing of the Holy Spirit can still preach the Word or even distort, manipulate and deceive the Word of God because they are not inspired by the Holy Spirit or preach their own belief and NOT SPIRIT and TRUTH. The Holy Spirit is ALL TRUTH, no darkness so no lies, deceptions or manipulation of the Word of God.

Satan has his own version of grace so that you would believe his lies, deceit, twisting and manipulations of the True Word of the Living God Christ Jesus. We know this to be true both by the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. Satan’s grace is witchcraft! Just as the Holy Spirit brings “enlightenment” which is Spirit and Truth, Satan uses witchcraft to ONLY bring enlightenment NO TRUTH! I was once in a church the Lord sent me to. I did not initially know why I was sent. I sat through the first service and within minutes of the sermon starting the Lord revealed the pastor’s heart to me. The Holy Spirit spoke to me: “Freemason, adultery, fornication and deception”.

As usual most pastors will great new attendees trying to get them as sheep in the pews. So the pastor came up to great me. He acknowledged us being new as I had brought a 73 year old widow with me as the Lord placed her in my care. She too had a witness that we were supposed to go to this church. When the pastor finished his greeting to us. I said the Lord has given me prophetic word for you, would you like to hear it. He said yes. I said this is the Word of the Lord for you. Thus says the Lord, my Word is Holy, unadulterated, pure and to be reverenced. Many confess the name of the Lord but their hearts are far from Him.

The pastor stood for a moment then continued on speaking with others. He came back to me as I approached the exit and said to me I’d like to meet with you for breakfast tomorrow at the local dinner. The Holy Spirit said to me go. So I said yes. At our meeting at breakfast the pastor asked me who discipled you and taught you. I said no man has taught me but the Lord Jesus has taught me. I quoted 1 John 2:27. He said that he would like to disciple me and mentor me. I said I was not in the need of that. He was trying to get me to surrender Spirit and Truth! When I got home after breakfast I was home about an hour and the Holy Spirit told me that the pastor would call me as I gave him my number at breakfast. I said to widow I care for the Lord just told me that the pastor is going to call and want to visit us and the Lord said no. Two hours later my phone rang and the pastor said he and his wife wanted to visit. I said we were unable to visit at that time.

I went to the next Sunday sermon as the Lord instructed with the 73 year old widow I cared for. We were standing as the worship had begun. The Holy Spirit said to me “cover her with my blood” so I reached over to the 73 year old widow and placed my hand upon her and whispered in prayer in the name of Jesus I cover you in the blood of Jesus against the attacks of all unrighteousness and ungodliness in Jesus name. Within a few moments a high ranking Freemason entered the church with their book/bible with the compass and square on it! It was a battle for the pastors heart/soul and a decision only the pastor could make. Quite a few members commented to us and asked if we saw this. The 73 year old widow who was with me did not see it, she was covered by the Blood of Jesus.

The Lord then told me the following Wednesday to go to the evening service and I went alone leaving the widow behind. During his sermon the pastor spoke and said: Illumination is Revelation! Immediately the Holy Spirit spoke in my Spirit. LIGHT AND TRUTH! Illumination without TRUTH is not Revelation! It is deception! That was my last time at that church. This confirmed the pastor would not repent and turn to Jesus. False grace is Illumination/Light WITHOUT SPIRITUAL TRUTH. Only The Holy Spirit and Truth of the Holy Spirit can give true revelations of light and truth. The devils grace is witchcraft.

2 Corinthians 11:4–8 (NKJV)

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Paul and False Apostles

For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.

2 Corinthians 11:10–15 (NKJV)

10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!

12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

There is a large misconception that grace is a “corporate” presence rather than an “individual” presence. A false belief is that being in a church building you are corporately “covered” by grace and you are NOT. The pastor is NOT your covering! Only Jesus is your covering!

This is what really deceives people with alleged “revivals” that everyone had a “come to Jesus moment”. That is utter nonsense and deception. I tell you that most of the revivals are the rising of the spirit of Antichrist! Just look at the condition of the world and tell me otherwise. I won’t expound on that at this time but just look around and see for yourselves.

Let us reflect on the serpent and Eve back in the garden. Eve had already known the truth of the Word of God about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent used FALSE GRACE which is witchcraft to attack the mind and thoughts of Eve to attack the Spirit of Truth. There was a false grace of witchcraft presented to Eve to bring confusion to her mind thus creating doubt and unbelief! Unbelief is the “original sin”. Once unbelief of the Fahter’s Word was created a “false truth” was established! That was the fall of Eve!

2 Corinthians 10:3–6 (NKJV)

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Adam was “asleep” not protecting his wife! When Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane He asked the disciples to “stand guard” and pray. They fell asleep! THREE TIMES! I will just put an excerpt of scripture as you can go read that event.

Matthew 26:40–41 (NKJV)

40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

All you need to do is look at the Old Testament. Why the Old Testament, that is because grace was not corporate. It was the prophets who received grace of revelations of the Lord to speak the oracles of God. If grace was corporate everyone that heard the prophets would have received grace to adhere to the oracles of God. Today we have sons/daughters of the devil in church assemblies and in the pulpits. Notice I said sons/daughters not lost people of the world who have not heard the gospel of salvation. These sons/daughters of the devil want to hear what is being preached but not from the Spirit of the Lord. They once desired Spirit and Truth but allowed the false grace of witchcraft by the devil to do to them what the serpent did to Eve! They are partakers in the “house/synagogue of Satan” believing they are in the house of the Lord. So all the songs they sing are not worshiping Jesus they are worshiping Satan! All the time believing they will never loose their salvation because they believe Once Saved Always Saved!

Tell me what is the difference in meaning between “surely you will not die” and “once saved always saved”? Different vernacular but same meaning!

1 Peter 4:1–11 (ESV)

Stewards of God’s Grace

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

What people do not understand completely is they do not believe that judgment has already come for the house of the Lord. They think and confuse it with the “last day”. If you read my blog post on Jesus verses the Pharisees you would see the face to face judgment of the Pharisees who “represented the house of the Lord”. Jesus said that He did not come to bring peace but judgment! The foundation of the church in the New Testament is established by the Apostles and Prophets who were killed for trying to restore the foundation of Christ Jesus in the house of the Lord. The lies of the devil have told people that there are no more Apostles and Prophets. The foundation of Spirit and Truth has been removed and Ichabod is written upon the church and the people who assemble in that church.

Here is an Old Testament example:

1 Samuel 15:16–31 (NKJV)

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

And he said to him, “Speak on.”

17 So Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? 18 Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”

20 And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

22 So Samuel said:

Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,

As in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to heed than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,

And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

He also has rejected you from being king.”

Let’s comment on what has transpired this far. Saul actually said that he obeyed the voice of the Lord but Saul was “bewitched” by the people/brethren and desired to please the people/brethren/church assembly. Notice Samuel equates stubbornness with idolatry OF SELF. That is why the Apostle Peter said, should we please men or please God! Saul was anointed to be king, the people were not! Grace was given to Saul not to the people! The people were under a different spirit! Jesus would have said to the people, GET BEHIND ME SATAN! A different grace from a different spirit. The devil will give power to those that are deceived as well as those who are not deceived and serve the devil in personal choice. Remember the example of the pastor I mentioned. He was given a choice to repent and turn back to the Lord but when the high ranking Freemason showed up “his bread and butter” of financial gain and earthly recognition were what he chose. That is why the devil does signs and wonders by a different and false grace and spirit of empowerment! Let’s continue.

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”

26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

27 And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”

30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

Ichabod. Name given to Phineas’ son (Eli’s grandson) to commemorate the glory that had departed from Israel, after the ark of God was taken by the Philistines (1 Sm 4:19–2214:3).

Phineas was killed in the battle of Aphek, at the same time the Philistines had captured the ark. When Phineas’ wife heard of the tragedy, she went immediately into labor, and when the child was born she named him Ichabod (meaning “no glory”) to sum up her despair.

No glory is NO LIGHT and TRUTH!

When Saul from Tarsus was on the road to Damascus why weren’t the others that were with Saul “saved” or “convicted” by the Lord? Surely there they were assisting Paul in rounding up Christians so that would have made them brethren. Grace was individually received NOT corporately received. So there is great deception within the assembly of a “church building” that everyone in their assembly/brethren and that the pastor/prophet must be from the Lord and this is deception! People blindly follow a pastor/prophet that went to seminary, bible college, has degrees in divinity, theology but MAY NEVER BE BORN AGAIN! That was Saul from Tarsus! Saul had the written approval of the Pharisees to round up Christians and bring them to the Pharisee High Priest to be stoned. This is happening in the modern church who has already been judged. The Word says that when the number of martyrs is complete the Lord will return. Jesus is not referring to being killed or beheaded physically. Jesus is talking spiritually. The saints who were true to the Lord that have passed are NOT dead spiritually! Jesus is referring to the “second death”. When a new Christian (babe in Christ) receives the Lord by the Holy Spirit and sits in this body/church structure they will deteriorate spiritually because they partake of the body/blood of another Jesus! This is why it is imperative to seek the Lord yourself in Spirit and Truth and to grow in spiritual love with Jesus. Most people do not understand that the church is the “testing ground” to see if you truly love the Lord with all of your heart. If you do you will come out of Mystery Babylon the Harlot Church. I am not attempting to “bash” all churches but the majority are not of the Lord or have fallen from the Lord.

Matthew 23:15 (NKJV)

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

Read my blog post: https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

In 1 Peter 4 line 8 it says above all love one another earnestly as love covers a multitude of sins. So how do you truly love someone when you remove VIRTUES & ATTRIBUTES of Christ Jesus. A false grace is not of the Lord Jesus so there is NO love of Jesus in false grace. True grace has all of the virtues and attributes of Jesus!

Romans 14:17 (ESV)

17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 8:1–13 (ESV)

Food Offered to Idols

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

The food Paul is talking about is TURE spiritual food which is nourishment for our souls edifying our Spirit. Paul is telling us to be careful of food/seeds/words that represent the false grace which is a falling away from Spirit and Truth. The church/pastor/prophet is offering food/words/seeds from idols and worship of other gods. When you repeat these false teachings to others you are potentially condemning their souls. Even if you put all denominations together you would still NOT HAVE SPIRIT AND TRUTH as each denomination falls short of the fullness of Spirit and Truth. Ecumenism is not of the Lord Jesus, you can’t have a diversity of beliefs/spirits and gods and call it of the Lord Jesus. A kingdom is NOT divided.

2 Corinthians 11:1–4 (NKJV)

Concern for Their Faithfulness

11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

We also have a false demonic grace in the New Testament which Paul exposes to the Galatians. Paul asks the Galatians “who has bewitched you” that you have fallen from grace! If they fell from the grace of Jesus what grace did they fall into?

Ephesians 4:14–24 (NKJV)

14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

The New Man

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Galatians 3 (NKJV)

Justification by Faith

3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The Law Brings a Curse

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”

13 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”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Changeless Promise

15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sons and Heirs

26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

As I stated in the beginning it is grace before faith that we believe in Jesus and the gospel of reconciliation. The devil brings his version of grace which is witchcraft which brings confusion, doubt and unbelief! “Did god really say”. Surely god has not said. This is being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine that Paul is warning us about. There is a spiritual force behind the “false demonic grace” of the devil.

Look at King Saul and his progression to even having a witch conjure up the spirit of Samuel! Saul could no longer hear the voice of God himself and Samuel was no longer alive. Necromancy is of the devil! Not that Samuel was dead spiritually but the spirit of necromancy is of the devil!

Deuteronomy 18:1–22 (NKJV)

The Portion of the Priests and Levites

18The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion. 2 Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.

“And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord chooses, then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord. They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.

Avoid Wicked Customs

When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you.

A New Prophet Like Moses

15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, 16 according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

17 “And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’—22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

In line 9 above the Word of God warns us about when we enter another land we should not follow the abominations of that land. This would also apply to a “church” or assembly of people. We know that Moses was speaking of the birth of Jesus as the prophet to come who would be the Incarnate Living Word of God. I hope you are beginning to see how there is the Grace of God from the Lord Jesus and the false grace of Satan which is witchcraft that is used to make the lies and deceit appear as truth. This is often cause by a “spirit of confusion” which is witchcraft. It gets you to question your own belief and personal knowledge of Jesus. Remember Adam and Eve walked in the Garden with the Father so they knew the Father! Witchcraft will accuse you of “misinterpretation, misunderstanding, confusion”, etc. That is why the terminology of what is commonly spoken this days is “that’s your interpretation”! Truth is not an interpretation Truth is the Spirit of God, Christ Jesus! There is no interpretation as Truth stands above the wisdom/foolishness of humanity.

Jezebel is the master of getting you to question your belief, interpretation and understanding by using witchcraft! You can reach the point where you question what once was ROCK SOLID in your beliefs. That is the false grace I am referring to as it is a spirit of witchcraft getting you to deny your belief to follow another belief. That is what happened to Eve. She “entertained” the serpent rather than standing firm on Word of God spoken and revealed to her. There is NO POLITICS or DEBATING Spirit and Truth. For iron to sharpen iron there must be “oil” applied or the blade goes dull no matter how hard you try to sharpen the blade. THE OIL IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HUMILITY! A spirit pride will not be able to be sharpened in Spirit and Truth! That is why the Israelite’s spent 40 years in the wilderness and yet they still could NOT get Egypt out of their hearts! Moses reminded them of the great “I AM” that delivered them but they were making golden calves.

I have seen this witchcraft and have helped people only to be mocked, ridiculed and forced out of churches as my belief of Spirit and Truth was totally different than the deceptions they called truth.

I hope this posting has helped some of you to recognize the “false spiritual grace” which is witchcraft from the devil. In Revelation 2 that is why Jezebel is mentioned about teaching and fornication as it is lies, deception, witchcraft and false prophecy! You end up worshiping Baal just as Jezebel brought Baal worship to Israel through COVENANT MARRIAGE to Ahab! You end up in covenant to Jezebel because every single word spoken has spirit attached to it. Life and death is in the power of the tongue.

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Remember the prophets of God always exposed the false prophets of Jezebel and Baal! Today there are churches/assemblies/brethren which are in the house of Jezebel and Baal.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

I pray this post has blessed you. There are times you truly need to come out of the “spiritual atmosphere” of witchcraft to hear clearly from the Lord. That is why Elijah ran, remember Elijah had already defeated and killed 850 prophets who served Jezebel. There is a huge difference between a servant and a “master”. Jezebel had the empowerment of her gods behind her and empowering her. That is what came at Elijah, you would run also! He was SENT so he was empowered! He was not afraid the way people think. Jezebel is not merely a spirit it is a principality! Jezebel got her power from the principalities just like the Prince of Persia in the book of Daniel! Daniel did not receive the Word of God until the Prince (principality) of Persia was defeated by the Lord’s angels.

I know what it is to get spiritually hit by a principality as it has happened numerous times to me. Sometimes resulting in severe sickness and hospitalization as Jezebel tried/tries to kill me physically because she couldn’t kill me spiritually. Jezebel is behind people committing suicide! I know this also. I was suicidal since the age of 5 and battled it until I was 49 constantly attached by Jezebel. I might not have been born again but that spirit of Jezebel was trying to kill me to keep the call of God from coming to me. Just as Jesus was in Mary’s womb and Joseph had to move her out of the area because the life of Jesus was threatened.

1 Kings 19:2–4 (NKJV)

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Jezebel will make you question your calling, self worth as a Christian, your spiritual belief in Christ Jesus and even doubt if your journey with Jesus is real! I am talking severe witchcraft! I was subjected to this by a well know international ministry the Lord SENT me to. I have had the Jezebel spirit speak to me without anyone around. Simply because the Lord exposed Jezebel through me as a servant of the Lord. That Jezebel spirit said to me you have 1 month to live. I heard it several times for about a full day. The Holy Spirit rose in me as I raise my hands to heaven and said. Spirit of death, I will never die as I have eternal life in Christ Jesus. In the name of Jesus spirit of death leave now! I never heard that voice again.

May you be blessed by this post. May you be blessed with revelations of Christ Jesus and be free in the Spirit of the Lord! Do not let anyone bewitch you! If you have been blessed lift up the Lord!

THE TWO WITNESSES OF REVELATIONS 11

THE TWO WITNESSES OF REVELATIONS 11

As with any of my postings I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

Revelation 11:1–14 (NKJV)

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

In line one it is referring to PEOPLE of Israel at the time of the incarnate Christ Jesus. Jesus said that He had come to judge and this is in reference to measuring the people that would follow Him or deny Him at that time. That was a part of Jesus ministry and we know that because people would not pick up their cross and follow Jesus. Secondly Jesus passed final judgment to the Pharisees at that time and told them they were of the devil. You need to read my blog post: https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

In line two we read the reference to the gentiles was not measured or judged because they had not received the Gospel at that time. Paul would become the Apostle to the gentiles.

In line three the two witnesses will prophesy 3 ½ years clothed in sackcloth. Jesus prophesied for 3 ½ years and told the Pharisees that He was the prophet Moses spoke of as the Pharisees “followed Moses”. Here we have our first and Primary Witness of the Kingdom of Heaven who is Jesus!

Now Jesus said that John the Baptist was the greatest of prophets. It was John the Baptist that witnessed Jesus and his ministry was of repentance! Let’s look at scripture to see this clearly.

Matthew 14:1–2 (NKJV)

Present Response to Jesus

Mark 6:14–16; Luke 9:7–9

14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

Matthew 14:3–5 (NKJV)

Recount of the Murder of John the Baptist

Mark 6:17–29

For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

John 1:33–34 (NKJV)

33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

I need to make a critical point here. When John the Baptist says “I did not know Him” he was referring to the SON OF MAN. We know that John new Jesus by the spirit as the story of Elizabeth and Mary tell us.

Luke 1:41–43 (NKJV)

41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

So I have just established that John the Baptist was the first witness. Now lets look at the Words of Jesus.

John 5:31–35 (NKJV)

Witness of John the Baptist

31 If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

In line 32 Jesus is implying that the Father bears witness to the Son. Line 33 confirms John the Baptist bore witness to the truth. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

John 14:6–7 (NKJV)

Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

So we have established the two witnesses from Revelations 11. So why are people waiting for a sign and wonder to come again when it has already been fulfilled. Satan has deceived people of the finished work of Christ as a living witness of the Kingdom and the Father. Both John the baptist had the same gospel of REPENTANCE. Jesus had not chosen His disciples yet. Here we have divine order established without the Holy Spirit you can not make disciples. This is why Pentecost is vital and a genuine “born again” new creation is essential. NO MAN can build a true disciple only Jesus by the Grace and Power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.

1 John 2:27 (NKJV)

27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

Many false converts will use this out of context because they are prideful. If they won’t receive correction from the Word of Truth by the Holy Spirit they are prideful. Pride reveals NO HOLY SPIRIT. Pride comes before the fall! They have fallen or never received the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 6:1–5 (NKJV)

Bear and Share the Burdens

6 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.

REVELATION 11 CONTINUED

The Witnesses Killed

When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Let me see if I can break this down for you. The beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them and kill them. Now hear me out. How did Satan enter Judas if Satan was bound in chains? It was not just a seducing spirit, deceitful spirit, prideful spirit that entered Judas. It was the fullness of Satan that is why Judas was called the son of perdition. Satan was no longer bound up. I will write another blog post about this soon.

The Witnesses Resurrected

11 Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. 13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

In line 12 we must remember that the Holy Spirit departed and Jesus surrendered His Spirit to the Father on the cross just before His death.

Luke 23:46 (NKJV)

46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.

Revelation 22:17 (NKJV)

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Matthew 27:51–53 (NKJV)

Signs Accompanying Jesus’ Death

Mark 15:38–41; Luke 23:45, 47–49

51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Let us read John 14 as Jesus again reveals/witnessed to the disciples the Father who bears witness of Jesus.

John 14:1–31 (NKJV)

Christ Comforts His Disciples

14 Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.

Christ Answers Thomas

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

Christ Answers Philip

Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

Notice the “words I speak I do not speak on my OWN authority. Here a distinguishing foundation of true verses false prophets in the pulpits. They are of their own authority under the authority of Satan, there are many Antichrists.

12 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

Here is the foundational problem. False prophets, false witnesses, false disciples false brethren use the name of Jesus. What is in the name of Jesus. How would you know without the Holy Spirit and GROWING in the Spirit by loving the Lord in Spirit and Truth.

15 If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever1the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

You must pay attention to DIVINE ORDER! THE LAW OF FIRST MENTION APPLIES.

First is the love of the commandments/WORD of GOD, Then comes the HELPER/HOLY SPIRIT

which is the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees HIM OR KNOWS HIM CHRIST JESUS. The Holy Spirit dwells within you. Jesus is also is stating judgment AT THAT TIME AND FOREVER MORE. The Pharisees denied the incarnate Christ Jesus and were turned over to their wicked hearts with NO POSSIBILITY OF SALVATION. Read my blog post on Jesus versed The Pharisees. https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

1I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

19 A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

When I first got saved I read the book of John as suggested but AFTER reading John I was IMMEDIATELY DRAWN WITH FASCINATION OF PAUL’S EPISTLES! I HAD ENCOUNTERED THE RESURRECTION WHEN I GOT SAVED JUST AS PAUL DID. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD WANTED TO KILL MYSELF AND LOOKED UP AND CALLED ON THE LORD TO ANSWER ME A QUESTION. I said Lord I have loved everyone the best of my ability so if you are real answer me these question. I have always believed in you BUT NEVER REALLY KNEW YOU. Going to church is NOT knowing Jesus personally. I said Lord please tell my why I am unworthy to be loved. My mother said she wished she never had me since I was 3 years old. My father left me when I was 3 years old. I was a punching bag for my siblings anger as they would take their pain and verbally and physically put that on me. My wife has committed adultery and turned my children against me I have no one. Why am I unworthy of love. I had an encounter immediately in that Field with Jesus. He spoke to me, I have loved you before the foundation of the world, it is my love you need and none other! I fell to my knees in tears as the Holy Spirit entered me and began to “comfort” me with love. Just as Jesus said he would do for HIS disciples that He would manifest Himself to them. POST RESURRECTION Jesus appeared to everyone that was HIS. Why are professing Christians not encountering Jesus or at the least falling in love with Jesus by HIS SPIRIT. You can be saved/born again without seeing the Resurrected Christ Jesus but the HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU IS THE RESURRECTED CHRIST. Jesus told His disciples it was better that He went so the comforter would come and bring ALL OF HIS TEACHINGS BACK TO THEIR REMEMBRANCE AND EVEN THEN HE WISHED TO TELL THEM MORE BUT THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO RECEIVE IT AT THAT TIME.

John 20:29 (NKJV)

29 Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Blessed are those who believe the Written Word OF GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, THEY ARE BLESSED.

John 16:7–15 (NKJV)

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Judgment from UNBELIEF is equivalent to THE RULER OF THIS WORLD. Unbelief is sin. That was the original sin of EVE she did not believe the Word of God about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve talked with the Lord each day which meant they were filled with Word each day! Yet unbelief KILLED the Word within them. JESUS IS THE WORD. This is why you can quote scripture and believe you are saved and you are not. When people tell you that you need to read the word each day that is a form of truth and error combined. IT IS NO proof of salvation and being born again! Satan used scriptures against Jesus in the wilderness and your false prophets/pastors do the same thing but manipulate scriptures just as Satan did to Jesus. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DISCERNS ALL THING OF TRUTH it is much more than word/seeds.

12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Christ Answers Judas

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

25 These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

29 And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

Many people including myself were taught that there would be to witnesses coming such as two prophets that had gone to be with the Lord. Some believe the choices to be Moses, Elijah, Enoch or perhaps others. There will not be this event happening in the future because it already has happened.  Let us look at scripture.

 

Matthew 17:1–13 (NKJV)

The Transfiguration

Mark 9:2–13; Luke 9:28–36; 2 Pet. 1:17, 18

17 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.” When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.”

10 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

11 Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things. 12 But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.

So the false doctrines of the two witnesses that ARE YET TO COME is of the devil and lies and deceit! It has a foolish and idolatrous generation looking for a “sign and wonder”.

So I pray you bear witness by the Holy Spirit that the two witnesses came over 2000 years ago. There are no two witnesses to come today as the false prophets speak in vein. They are still seeking a “sign and wonder” and not seeking or preaching the true gospel. Please read my post about a false witness/false convert/ another Jesus. https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/26/accepting-jesus-into-your-heart-false-witnessing-false-convert/

CLOSING SCRIPTURES

John 5:39–47 (NKJV)

Witness of the Scriptures

39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

41 I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

I would like to tell you that while writing this article I was under great spiritual attack and the powers of a principality hit me so hard the other day that I barely new my first name. I have spent 6 days writing and rewriting struggling to convey what the Lord put on my heart under constant spiritual opposition. I got to the point the Word of God got so confusing that I left my property and drove off to meditate. When I reached the town line my confusion lifted and the Lord spoke I am not the author of confusion and the scriptures I was wanting to write came back to me as I became aware of the witchcraft creating the confusion. The lack of sleep likely contributed as I have averaged 12 or more hours of writing for each post and numerous hours of meditating on Scriptures. I have only been getting 1.5 – 2 hours sleep per night and the Lord has kept me alert during the process of sleep deprivation. I know the lack of sleep is the Lord keeping me from the darkness that is attacking me. The Holy Spirit does not sleep and it is the Holy Spirit that is keeping me awake. Somehow by the grace of the Lord I am not physically tired the way I should be with such lack of sleep.

With only a few hours to do daily chores I meditate while doing my chores and receive more to write. As I proof read the Lord give me more to write and I add it as He speaks to me so I it is fresh in the Spirit and immediately write it on the post. This post might not flow as smoothly as I desire but the principles and thoughts are provided. May the Holy Spirit bear witness what the Lord desires you to receive and may you walk in increased revelations of Christ Jesus in Spirit and Truth. My computer kept freezing up, my mind and thoughts were under attack so I had to leave to get out from under the spiritual attack. There will be many times you may not think as clearly as you like even though your heart is set on the Lord. This is an attack. Unlike Daniel who was fasting the Lord did not call me to a fast when I started so I may have been more susceptible to an attack. This is not the first time I have been attacked by principalities as I have been hospitalized from many of them. Job went through the same thing and other saints also. I have left many demonic places that I was sent and had to fast to break off the attacks through prayer and fasting. I have written and rewritten this post about 6 times so I am going to publish this knowing the enemy of my soul did not want this to be published. The victory is the Lord’s. So those things being said I gave it my best and the rest is in the Lord’s hands.

Now let’s begin with the spot on the bridal gown.

Ephesians 5:26–27 (NKJV)

26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

You have to go back to the Garden of Eden to understand what the Lord said about the woman as Adam was a man, and Eve was the woman that would produce the Children of God! Every single word has to be taken exactly as it is written as the “I AM” spoke it for all of creation.

Adam was created in the image and likeness of the Father! Adam was a Son of God! Jesus came as the “second Adam” a Son of God! Adam being in the image and likeness was true representation of the Father in the fullness of Spirit and Truth!

An angel is a messenger or carrier of the WORD OF GOD. Lucifer was a messenger that was “Above the Fiery Stones of God” which were the thoughts and words of the Father to be released by Lucifer in heaven. So it was Lucifer who was a “high ranking angel” that spoke on behalf of God the Father throughout heaven relaying the thoughts/word of God!

So when you or an angel is believing the “messenger” that once spoke truth and now speaks a lie you easily believe it as truth! A lie becomes your truth because of the messenger! You did not question the source of truth you believed the messenger! Before Lucifer fell the angels were of their original state/abode as they were created by spirit. When Lucifer fell Lucifer “started his political campaign/conspiracy” to over through the Father’s government of divine order. So when Lucifer ran for his political carrier to over take and rule the government of the Father he spoke lies of deception to the angels in heaven. Now you know the origin of politics and why truth today is called conspiracy theory. Lucifer could not establish his rule in heaven wanting be as god the Father decided that if he ruled the son Adam he could establish his governing authority anyhow and create his kingdom on the earth. Some of the angels who believed Lucifer’s lies because of Lucifer’s “CALLING”/ Position. Lucifer was created and called/appointed! Jesus told us many are called but few are chosen! So it is upon the earth! Many are called to be TRUE messengers of Jesus but there are false prophets speaking with “forked tongues” which are not sanctified tongues but speaking a mixture of lies and truth to deceive! We know that true testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy as it is written in Revelations. Let us see how the Prophet Isaiah had his ministry established.

Revelation 19:10 (NKJV)

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Isaiah 6:1–13 (NKJV)

Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet

6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;

The whole earth is full of His glory!”

And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

So I said:

Woe is me, for I am undone!

Because I am a man of unclean lips,

And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;

For my eyes have seen the King,

The Lord of hosts.”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said:

Behold, this has touched your lips;

Your iniquity is taken away,

And your sin purged.”

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

Whom shall I send,

And who will go for Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

Keep on hearing, but do not understand;

Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

10 “Make the heart of this people dull,

And their ears heavy,

And shut their eyes;

Lest they see with their eyes,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart,

And return and be healed.”

11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”

And He answered:

Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,

The houses are without a man,

The land is utterly desolate,

12 The Lord has removed men far away,

And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13 But yet a tenth will be in it,

And will return and be for consuming,

As a terebinth tree or as an oak,

Whose stump remains when it is cut down.

So the holy seed shall be its stump.”

Here we see the gospel way back here in Elijah as repentance came first and his sin was purged, I am a man of unclean lips among a people of unclean lips. This is before the incarnate Christ Jesus so the heavens opened and the he saw Lord/Jesus on the Throne! Isaiah then tells us about the house was shaken and filled with smoke! That is the foundation of the house Isaiah was in and a new foundation established in Christ Jesus.

Who establishes the foundation of the new church built upon the Chief Cornerstone Christ Jesus, the Apostles and the Prophets! The house which is a place of worship was shaken and sanctified and establish on the foundation of the Lord! The house is supposed to be today’s assembly of the saints with sanctified lips of holiness, spirit and truth on the foundation of Christ Jesus. The whole house was filled with smoke! The smoke is the anger of the Lord as a prophetic judgment.

Notice the command to go. Go to the people who are not established in the house because the house is only for those who are established in the fullness of spirit and truth! It is not designed to be a “hospital for the sick, weary, broken people of the earth. The church is for the equipping of the saints! To be a saint you must be born again. It’s very clearly written saints are the body of Christ. If you are not of the body you should not be in the church assembly. I am sharing what is written. The great commission was to go out into the world and the church has brought the world into the church! Totally backwards and the saints are not being matured because no on can discern the spirits that are in the church! The church has brought leaven into the church along with people in spiritual bondage and demons into the church who like to play “leap frog or piggy back” on the saints! The “church temple” is not holy in righteousness as it should be. Spiritual adultery is happening unaware within the church assembly. Not everyone there is your brethren! In the Old Testament these people brought into the sanctuary/holy place would have been destroyed! Let the dead bury the dead! It might sound cruel but those words are of the Lord.

Matthew 8:21–22 (NKJV)

21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jude (NKJV)

Jude

Greeting to the Called

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,

To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Contend for the Faith

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Old and New Apostates

But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, (note: real spiritual authority) and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Apostates Predicted

16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

Maintain Your Life with God

20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction; 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

Glory to God

24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,

And to present you faultless

Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

25 To God our Savior,

Who alone is wise,

Be glory and majesty,

Dominion and power,

Both now and forever.

Amen.

Ephesians 4:11–16 (NKJV)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

If it were so why would would we need to be a living witness to the world? The sanctuary is supposed to represent a holy place set apart not a spiritual buffet of spirits! If the love of the world is in you the love of the father is not. THE TRUE CHURCH IS TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD REVEALING CHRIST NOT THE WORLD ASSEMBLED IN THE CHURCH!

Isaiah was sent to the people of Israel to blind their eyes, deafen their ears, dull their hearts, etc. We no longer need to go out and do this because it is assembled among the congregation! It also says only a tenth of Israel would be a remnant. This states that Spiritual Israel is the redeemed and not the nation or state of Israel. Notice the tree being cut down but leaving a stump which would be for growth of the people of the 10th that would be the remnant.

Isaiah had to go through sanctification to be a man of clean lips which means only the Word of God was spoken and manifest among the people of Israel by the prophet Isaiah. This is how Isaiah could make such a bold proclamation because HE knew the will and Word of God! YES we are called to know both the WILL AND FULLNESS OF HIS WORD. How did Isaiah do this, by the Spirit of the Living God!

Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV)

11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

It shall not return to Me void,

But it shall accomplish what I please,

And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Notice the word “My” is upper case which reflects the Lord. Isaiah is stating COMPLETE faith of what he hears from the Lord and total trust and belief in fulfillment of the Word of God spoken to him AND through him! You can not call down fire without hearing, discerning and believing what the Lord is speaking and doing with unbelief? Here is another misconception no man can commission you as you must be sent by the Lord. Isaiah was sent to go and come against the prophets of Baal of Jezebel and Ahab.

This is what the wrinkle in the garment is stating. You have not gone through the fullness of the refiners fire and you have a wrinkle. The sanctification process is not complete and it is because of a lack of true heart desire as all thing are possible for those who believe!

If you do not believe every single Word of God the mustard seed has not grown into maturity because the sanctification process was not completed.

This is why having ENCOUNTERED the Lord as the heaven opened is so profound! One of the most profound and disturbing thoughts is how can people call themselves a Christian without KNOWING the resurrection! Jesus revealed himself to everyone that was His after His resurrection. Paul who was not there with the original 12 disciples to witness the Lord’s resurrection yet encountered the resurrection! Why are professing Christians not encountering the resurrection like Paul? Paul is a living example of a life in Christ post resurrection who came out of the Harlot church of the Pharisees and never went back after his encounter with the Lord. How is Paul continued to receive revelations and today the only testimony most people have is the day they allegedly got saved? If you are not growing in Christ then you are not born again. I’ve had people rebuke me and tell me they have been a Christian for 40 years and I tell them I am glad they are impressed with them self and remind them there is no age discrimination, race discrimination or ethnicity discrimination in heaven and I walk away.

Where is the true living witness of the church experiences of encounters with the resurrected Christ Jesus as Paul encountered Jesus? Surely the Lord is the same yesterday today and forever more. Why is this? Why is there last testimony that they got saved years ago if they indeed got born again? What is the Lord doing today? When you have to watch the false prophets, sit under false prophets you are not building your own testimony of continued growth. You are living under a false testimony of others. The church has become a system of “welfare” not an independent life in Christ solely dependent and reliant on Christ Jesus as like the great commission was stated. They say you need a “relationship” but deny true relationship by false doctrine and false belief! Judas had a relationship but Judas did not want Lordship submitted to Jesus. Jesus had more direct talks with demons that people proclaiming to be saints have today. Why are people not hearing the voice of God directly from the Holy Spirit?

Matthew 23:13 (NKJV)

Jesus Condemns the Pharisees

13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Read my article on Jesus vs. The Pharisees: https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

Genesis 3:15–19 (NKJV)

15 And I will put enmity

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her Seed;

He shall bruise your head,

And you shall bruise His heel.”

Let me just make a quick point on the characteristics of a serpent. The bible tells us about cunning nature of allurement and deception but it does not mention physiology! Adam new physiology as Adam named all the creatures of the Earth. When a serpent/snake consumes it food it swallows it whole head first. Who is the head of the church and Lord of the saints? Who is the head of the woman a man? That means it attacks the Holy Spirit as the devils version of a mustard seed is planted within you! That is the spot on your wedding gown. Once the seed of the serpent has been digested you start to allow it to strip away the Holy Spirit. Don’t try to quote 1 John 4:1 that will not work because you can’t apply it when you are deceived and willfully took the seed of the serpent. When you partake of lies and deception is sows seeds of unbelief and attacks your “spirit man” the Holy Spirit and just as a mustard seed the Lord gives so does the devil! The seed/word(s) of the devil is enmity with the seed/words of the woman/church/bride NOT EVE. Yes it is written woman NOT EVE. This means that all of their offspring that was called to be the church as the body of Christ is call “woman”. The church/woman/bride which should be the true saints of the Lord is being devoured by the enemy of our souls even after being born again! You can loose your salvation! You have allowed the same seed from the garden to take root that was of the serpent which lies and deceit of false prophets!

You are damning you souls from unbelief of the truth of the Word of God by believing the lies/seeds being sown into you. You trade truth for error and the mustard seed of the devil grows and the mustard seed of the Lord diminishes. We know that one lie is built upon more lies. So just how bad has the devil got you deceived. The devil even has a phony version of spirit that masquerades as the Holy Spirit and people do not discern the difference. Lies infers the Antichrist spirit is within a person who lies. There is no such thing as that is your understanding or interpretation it is either TRUTH OR A LIE. If you catch one lie by discernment there likely more that you have already believed and more to come. This is what is meant by the wrinkle as you have not been completely sanctified by the Word of God.

If you take your own soul for granted you place NO value on the souls of others! Paul preached the Gospel with tongues because it was the voice of God through Paul! Remember Isaiah with the HOT COAL TO HIS TONGUE, this is what Paul was referring about speaking in tongues! THE TRUTH OF GOD SPOKEN THROUGH HIM A SANCTIFIED TEMPLE OF TRUTH AND POWER. There are two types of tongues one is forked and of the devil which speaks a mixture of lies and truth for deception and unbelief. The Holy Spirit knows the difference.

Hypocrisy is asking God to be faithful and true to HIS word when you yourself are NOT. If you are a hypocrite which means “of the devil” then you are about to be a reprobate mind. If you continue to mock the Lord he turns people over to a reprobate mind. I have had to deliver that word to someone in person and I hope I never have to do it again. Believing lies about Jesus is not faithfulness or reverence towards Jesus it is making a mockery of the blood of Jesus! Why do I say that is because you have no seriousness of your own soul the price paid to redeem your soul and don’t don’t value other people’s souls. is why “you must be born again”.

When you were a new born you depended on your parents for everything. Then you crawled on the floor until you could stand. Once you stood you learned to walk. It is the same once you get born again. You need to grow in you journey with the Lord to completion.

A disciple just means a follower. What you follow and who you follow is your Lord! Only Jesus can disciple anyone just as Jesus did on the earth so it is with the Holy Spirit. Do you see why no man can disciple you! You must receive divine revelations of Truth by the Holy Spirit. When you listen to men you may well be listening to truth mixed with error. So dependency on seminary, church, brethren, TV prophets, other books, etc. is the pathway to deception! Unverified gossip received as UNTESTED and VERIFIED TRUTH. If there is ONLY one name by which all men shall be saved then there is only one name that can teach/disciple you.

Psalm 12:1–8 (ESV)

1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;

with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,

the tongue that makes great boasts,

4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,

I will now arise,” says the LORD;

I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

6 The words of the LORD are pure words,

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

purified seven times.

7 You, O LORD, will keep them;

you will guard us from this generation forever.

8 On every side the wicked prowl,

as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Romans 3:4 (NKJV)

Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words,

And may overcome when You are judged.”

Galatians 2:20–21 (NKJV)

20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”

What is the evidence of being crucified with Christ and what is the end results. Paul reveals this in Galatians 6.

Galatians 6:14–15 (NKJV)

14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

When I mentioned earlier that the “church” was for only the saints I gave you several scriptures backing that claim. The great commission was go out into the world and NOT bring the world into the church. Well there you have it in Galatians 6. How will the saints be edified and strengthened with fellowship with the world siting in the sanctuary? I know there are some “hot heads” about what I am writing but your pastor will receive his measure of judgment for every soul he leads astray and so will you for spreading Gossip which is unverified truth by the Holy Spirit. I say the Holy Spirit because it comes directly from Jesus and NOT your interpretation of scriptures!

Paul is telling us how to become Sons of God restored back to the image and likeness of the Son of God who is Christ Jesus as the Second Adam! If the world is crucified to you, the god of this world is crucified unto you. You will be the fullness of Son’s of God once you get your new heavenly body! Not before this, so you are still subjected to all of the evil of this world until you get your heavenly body. This is the completion of what Jesus died for. You see the Apostle Paul said that he prayed he would be considered worthy to partake of the resurrection that implies until you get your heavenly body you need to contend for the faith as Jude warns us.

The closer you walk with the Lord the more of a “target” you are by false brethren as well as Satan and his cohorts. You are also a target of slander, mockery, persecution and abandonment from people you love and care about. Truth is not to be debated it is to be preached! Eve debated truth and the longer you debate truth the more lies you will hear! Do you know that people repeat curses they have over you? Do you not know this is possible? Probably not because it only discerned spiritually. I was on a fast interceding for a church in Florida during my travels. I stopped and Jezebel and Ahab were in the front row of the church and Jezebel was manifesting to appear spiritual. So I fasted and prayed to see what the Lord wanted me to do. Toward the end of my fast my cousin was talking on the phone when I walked into the kitchen. I immediately said MUTE THE PHONE and she looked at me like I was nuts! I said louder MUTE THE PHONE so she did. I said that woman on the telephone is repeating curses over you that were assigned to her! She is repeating every assignment over you by telling you about what she is going through and that is a “probing spirit” looking for access to your soul. If you have experienced any of these things and have bitterness or un-forgiveness you will be hooked spiritually. I could not hear the actual conversation but I felt it in the spirit. Spirits create “atmosphere” that is why ungodly people that want to appear spiritual will attempt to get close enough under the “umbrella” covering of the anointed one! You must discern these matters. This is a two way street the devil tries this also. Even worse lays hands on you by one of his own.

Galatians 6:1 (NKJV)

Bear and Share the Burdens

6 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Jesus is the WORD and the fullness of the WORD! That is what Paul is telling us. Paul was filled with the Word and Spirit of God! The fullness of Spirit and Truth was in Paul there was NO UNBELIEF in Paul. I wrote about Saul from Tarsus on my website. Feel free to read it. https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/02/saul-from-tarsus-and-the-harlot-church-of-revelations/

With unbelief you can not even be born again! It is impossible to please the Lord with unbelief. Jesus said when he “returned” would he find the faith which is the fullness of Truth of God’s Word established rooted and grounded in a people! If Jesus had not shortened the days no man would be alive. The carnal man and intellect believes this is “physical/natural” death but it is a “spiritual” death falling away from the Father!

Your tunic/skin was never meant to be of you as it is the representation of the serpent! If you read my post on what really happened in the garden you would understand this better. How do you kill the serpent by manifesting the fullness of Jesus within you! The glory comes from within you lighting up your body which passes through your skin as a light unto the world. The works of the flesh have been crucified by the fullness of Christ Jesus manifested in you. Jesus demonstrated that on the Mount of Transfiguration and told Peter not to tell anyone until after His resurrection! We need to submit and allow the Holy Spirit to complete that “work of sanctification” within us by the grace of God! Where sin abounds grace abounds MORE! I am NOT stating sin is okay, I am merely stating the same grace for salvation is all sufficient unto sanctification and holiness. If you need more grace and your heart motive is right call on the Lord for increased grace! Jesus desires all of you in His image and likeness. YOU MUST believe His grace is sufficient or you have unbelief!

What is the true Sabbath, it is Jesus as in Matthew 11:28-29. which is Christ Jesus. It is not a day of the week it is the full restoration of Christ Jesus in you living and dwelling in his SPIRIT AND TRUTH! Galatians 5 talks about the works of the flesh and the works of the Spirit! You find rest in Jesus and only in Jesus he is our Sabbath. In our lives real rest comes with the crucifixion in us is completed. That is when Jesus said IT IS FINISHED was when the price was paid in full for the wages of sin. So it is for us, true rest comes when the flesh/soul has been crucified with Christ and the fullness of Christ lives in you. You have no will of your own and have the mind of Christ which Paul preached. As long as there is a spot or wrinkle there is work to be done! We must seek, desire and submit to the inner working of the Holy Spirit. Worshiping Saturday is fine and not a problem until you make it legalistic and a requirement. I have actually been condemned by people who say I am not born again because I do not acknowledge Saturday as the Sabbath. Jesus is my Sabbath.

Romans 14:5–6 (NKJV)

One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

Matthew 11:28–30 (NKJV)

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

So the “seed” of unbelief of the serpent is the “spot” on the bridal gown. You still have unbelief of the fullness of Truth which CAN ONLY COME FROM JESUS! NOT A FALSE PROPHET!

The bridal gown is the representation of the “chaste” virgin Paul was diligently trying so hard to create within us so that we would be without spot or wrinkle. On the mount of transfiguration Jesus revealed and displayed what the first Adam was. Pure light in the image of the Father.

16 To the woman He said:

I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;

In pain you shall bring forth children;

Your desire shall be for your husband,

And he shall rule over you.”

Again ever word is very specific and if you change one word you remove the power of god from the Word of God! The devil knows this and the devil changes the words thus stripping the Spirit and power of restoration to becoming a fully developed and restored Son of God. The woman mentioned above is NOT EVE! The woman represents the church and is NOT gender specific! Every true child of God will experience great sorrow, pain and tribulation on earth. The conception is being BORN AGAIN! So the born again person will suffer for the Lord this is not your best life now! Paul bared the marks of Christ!

Matthew 22:30 (NKJV)

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

Cursed is the ground for your sake;

In toil you shall eat of it

All the days of your life.

Notice once again the Father did not say EVE he said wife! A wife is someone you have consummated relationship with. The two become ONE! Adam and EVE in their original state were not corrupted by unbelief from deceit and lies of the serpent. Holiness was joined with Holiness! Adam committed spiritual adultery when he partook of the “seed” of the serpent. Adam was of the spirit of God and Eve was no longer of the spirit of God. They became “kindred spirits” this is also method of discernment “who hangs out with who”.

So what fellowship has light with darkness. If light fellowships with darkness you have spiritual adultery with another god. I have news for you there are many false gods! Lucifer is the head of these other gods knows as princes of principalities! Daniel with the prince of Persia.

18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,

And you shall eat the herb of the field.

19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread

Till you return to the ground,

For out of it you were taken;

For dust you are,

And to dust you shall return.”

This is why the world is full of false prophets! Satan masquerades as an angel of light and HIS preachers/ministers masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Have you ever wondered why the term minister is even used?

Hebrews 1:14 (NKJV)

14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

You must discern which are of the kingdom of heaven or of the devil! Do not be deceived was the words Jesus spoke in Matthew 24.

I think we have covered enough about the spot on the wedding garment. Now lets move on to the wrinkle.

THE WRINKLE

The wrinkle is in reference to sanctification and holiness. It is the uncompleted work of sanctification within us. It is a process that we must submit to! Jesus will not go against free will I don’t care what the false prophets want to preach about “predestination” as they have NO CLUE! If a man with a legion of demons can run towards Jesus for deliverance then there is free will. Jesus did not run to the man! The demons did not inspire the man to run to Jesus in fact they did not want to come out! Calvinism is mixed with truth and deception but to the glory of God it is by your faith unto salvation and hopefully the Holy Spirit will witness to you truth vs error.  I don’t endorse any denomination because I follow the Lord not a religious structure.  So I am not attacking Calvinism but I wonder as with any denomination how someone can preach for decades with spiritual conviction that there is a mixture of truth and error.  We are all human and must see the Lord for ourselves.  I don’t claim to have all the answers but I do believe it takes faith and predestination was the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world so that all men/people would be saved.  A true preacher with a heart after the Lord and submitted to the Lord would not continue in preaching falseness for decades! A heart that truly desires spirit and truth Jesus would NOT ALLOW continued deception to have dominion over your soul! This is what the wrinkle is all about! You have not allowed the Lord to sanctify in fullness of HIS WORD so you still have lies within you. You are not completely sanctified by the Word unto holiness. Without holiness no man shall see God. When you get the gospel of salvation wrong you have another gospel, another spirit, another Jesus. That is what Paul told us.

If you do not understand the fall of Adam your whole gospel of salvation will be wrong. You can’t be redeemed from what you do not know!

Adam fell because he “looked” upon Eve with lust! Why do I say this because Jesus said it! Whoever looks upon a woman with lust has already committed adultery! This is why I wrote that love is the most perverted virtue of God! Whenever you lust you are turning away from divine love! God is love! Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life!

The most perverted virtue of the Lord: https://abidingbread.com/2025/04/12/the-greatest-perverted-virtue-of-christ-jesus/

That is why the “spirit of loneliness” opens the door to lust masquerading as love! Adam demonstrated all three of these attributes, the lust of the eyes was towards Eve, the lust of the flesh was sensual love of Eve and not the fullness of spiritual LOVE OF GOD. The pride of life was disobeying the Father and the truth of God’s Word. Adam knew the truth but choose what he believed was best for him in essence becoming a god unto himself. That is why you have “your best life now” and prosperity preachers! Your best life is a spiritual life in Christ Jesus. That is why you so many professing television stations and shows put the false prophets on their shows because the TRUE GOSPEL will not make you wealthy. That is why you have so many denominations of religious beliefs. A different gospel a different Jesus, a different spirit. Adam choose Eve over God because it was not good for man to be alone!

Galatians 1:8 (NKJV)

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

Genesis 2:18 (NKJV)

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

It is a “spirit of loneliness” that opens the door to lust and creates all three attributes of the fallen nature! The “spirit of loneliness” is behind divorce, pornography, sex trafficking, prostitution, alcoholism, drug addition, suicide, lust, fornication, etc. The “spirit of loneliness” is what brought upon the “spirit of lust”! The “spirit of lust” brought on the of “spirit pride of life” by choosing what Adam desired what he thought was best for himself which was denying the Father and choosing his wife Eve. Adam loved Eve more than the Father and had unbelief of what death was! Death had never been witnessed to Adam at all as Adam was the “first fruit”. So what is death when death is not revealed?

False prophets preach lies and deception by several ways! Some are truly ambassador’s of Satan. Some preach what has not been revealed to them which is Gossip which the Lord hates! Some are deliberately seeking to damn your soul intentionally. Like I said a humble pastor or prophet would say that mystery has not been revealed to them at this time. Why would a humble man do this. Daniel “sealed the book” for an appropriate time and was troubled because no one had understanding even Daniel who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The scrolls in heaven are opening so more of the books written are being revealed now. The mysteries are being revealed to a “remnant”. Just the word “remnant” means many have fallen away! You put your leftovers in the refrigerator, those are remnants of food. The Word of God is food for our souls! You preserve the “remnant” you keep them for the future events to come.

Loneliness gets into your thoughts and mind which renders a sense of abandonment or isolation. When loneliness starts you need to increase time and intimacy with the Lord. You need to do this alone one on one with the Lord. Intimacy is between two. Start with worship as the Lord inhabits the hearts of those who praise him. GET out of the atmosphere you are in, walk by a stream where it is quiet talking to the Lord. It was about 16 months after my salvation I had deep loneliness as I had not Christian fellowship or church. I did a search on spiritual loneliness and found A.W Tozer the saint must walk alone. It really resonated. If you are seeking the deeper things of the Lord you will be very lonely at times as you can’t share the deeper things of the Lord with “babes” in Christ as they would not understand. So your loneliness is to build you not destroy you as your fellowship becomes deeper with the lover of your soul, Christ Jesus. You get to know the Person of Christ and not just the Written Word. It’s like the Garden of Eden all over again! The narrow path is very lonely that is why very few find it. Do not be discouraged keep walking towards the arms of Jesus and rest your head upon His bosom like John! No one will understand as I have even had one friend tell me that no man should be an island to himself. I said you don’t understand and John wrote the book of Revelations from an island I am perfectly well being an Island if that is the Lord call upon my life. I have been an island for over a decade. I will not compromise my salvation, spirit and truth by sitting in houses of wolves and venom. I didn’t leave them they left Christ. That is why I wrote about there are two types of Prodigals the one in sin and the one after holiness that the church kicks out, mocks and scorns. You reach the point of peace and revelations of Christ that are not preached or taught and find contentment and fullness in Jesus. You no longer grieve over your condition you intercede for those who abandoned you as they have abandoned the Lord. Just as David spent days caring for the sheep and his own father did not consider him worthy to be king the Lord exalted the humble shepherd and anointing as King of Israel. Keep going forward and do not look back you have much work for the kingdom and be at peace Jesus has not forsaken you. It was “a people” who had forsaken Jesus.

You have come out of the Harlot Church and are separated to the Lord. Just as the prophets of old you walk alone in revelations of Christ Jesus with a heavy heart of burden for the church to return to their first love.

This is the process of sanctification that needs to be completed our you wedding garment will have wrinkles. Even if there is only one wrinkle it needs to be address. Humility is the foundation of submission.

John 15:1–14 (NKJV)

The Relationship of Believers to Christ

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

The Relationship of Believers to Each Other

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

I believe the false ministry of “works” has damned so many souls into believing they are saved by deception just as the serpent deceived Eve in the Garden. I remember when the Lord was revealing his gifting he had placed within me as a “new born” in the Lord. I was so on fire for the Lord and wanted everyone to come to the Lord. I would sit at McDonald’s with a coffee to get words of knowledge for people thinking I needed to give them words of knowledge to witness to them. IT works but it is not the right thing to do. I am so thankful the Lord corrected me very early on. I was witnessing but I was “performance based thinking or of works” thinking without even realizing it. You might say to yourself people were hearing the Word/Gospel. I wasn’t perverting the Gospel I was becoming a perverted/twisted messenger of the gospel! You must walk in the spirit and submit all things to the Spirit even what you hear. Have you ever thought to pray over your natural senses for sanctification? If the five senses are your natural “warning tools” they were designed for your “spiritual warning tools”. How do you filter all the lies and deceit by hearing and bearing witness in the Holy Spirit. Okay, moving on.

While sitting having coffee and observing the people looking to see if the Lord would speak or give me a word of knowledge I could approach them. The holy Spirit spoke to me and said: “I only do what my Father is doing, I only speak what my Father is speaking”. Immediately by the grace of God I felt like I had been born again all over! It was the second best liberating feeling ever. The Lord exposed the “snare and trap” the devil was trying to get me into. “Surely if you are the son of God turn this rock into bread”! Came to my spirit and I understood. What the Lord showed me was let the Lord prepare the hearts to receive and secondly a true prophetic utterance must hold back until the prompting of the Spirit which gives true life and restoration. Knowledge without Spirit has no life! Does this sound like Saul from Tarsus with knowledge but not the Holy Spirit. You end up going before the Lord rather than with the Lord and that subjects you into the clutches of the devil. So I was blessed that the Lord revealed this trap the devil was trying to get me to operate from the flesh and not the Spirit. It was so freeing, my heart motive was right but my method was wrong.

It is the presence of the Holy Spirit in you that ministers, not us as carriers of His Spirit. So when I would receive words of knowledge without the unction to go and speak I would pray for that person as I was given the word of knowledge from my seat. Secondly you offer the Word of the Lord you do not force it upon them. There is the power of agreement when you ask if you can pray or give them a prophetic word. When they agree they are open to receive. Jesus asked people what do you want, what can I do for you. This is the form of a “servant”. This is the foundation of ministry that is talked about but not applied correctly. How so, you go to minister in your knowledge and understanding making you as God! That was the snare the Lord revealed to me. Your first thought should be Lord what would you like to do for this person. What is your desire! What is my part in this matter? That is how you minister and set captives free! That is how people get healed. You are not praying what they think is the problem you are getting to the root of the problem because you are a servant of the Lord and listen and follow the Lord by the Spirit of God. The symptoms of affliction is not the root of affliction. The woman with the blood issue for 12 years had exhausted all methods and monies to get well but when she went to Jesus and touched the hem of his robe she was healed. Notice the number 12 which is the government of God. She was not healed by the wisdom of men or modern medicine of her time. So we must seek the Lord on what He wants to do. That is how demons get cast out! When you receive the revelation you get the empowerment of the Spirit of Revelation MAKE SURE you are prompted to cast it out if not do not cast out the demon. You may think this is foolishness of thought but that person was not attempting to harm you personally because you belong to Jesus or infiltrate the body of Christ. If you cast out a demon in a person with an unrepentant heart they will come back 7 fold! You have made that person worse off! You know that you know. That is what the demons see, they are exposed! That is what walking in the spirit is like. I only do what I see the Father doing, I only speak what I hear the Father speak. I don’t do it because I can!

Let me expose another perversion that is spoken out of ignorance and yet it is deceitful. God loves you unconditionally. God loves the soul of a man/woman but not the demons or things of a fallen man. So it gets perverted even more, love the person and not the sin. These are statements often from sinners themselves! As a man thinks so HE IS! When you walk in the spirit you will often feel as others feel that seek healing and ministry. You see you need the level of anointing and mercy to have true compassion. The Father felt everything His Son endured. Sometimes it is mercy and compassion that brake the yoke of bondage, other times is authority that casts out the demons. You need to walk in all the virtues of Christ Jesus. Authority and power are not the same. The translations do no real justice in interpretation. Authority comes by intimacy and relationship with Jesus and power comes from the Spirit. Paul I know Jesus I know but who are you? That is the authority! The power is for restoration. Only one leper went back and was made complete. The authority cast out the spirit and the power rendered restoration caused such as regrowing lost digits/members such as ears or a nose of a leper.

Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)

7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Eat and drink!” he says to you,

But his heart is not with you.

So you have a false converts making more false converts. That is the ministry of a Pharisee making twice the child of the devil! I am exposing hypocrites leading people to hell in the name of Jesus.

If you are walking in the power of God the Holy Spirit convicts them and loves them at the same time. The combination does not imply unconditional love. confess Jesus is Lord and that is what they do not want to do so they get up and leave or take another seat.

The approach you take when you witness matters and it is not a prayer card or a rehearsed prayer. It is by following the Holy Spirit and doing what the Holy Spirit says to do.

Really, why should they repent if god loves them unconditionally. If the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin would the Holy Spirit say hay man, you are awesome and god really loves you. That is totally opposite of what Jesus did, he exposed the heart! Instead of seeking the Lord and asking the Lord what He would like to do for that person! A woman came to me at a revival for prayer and I was called by the pastor so I told the woman I would return in a moment. When I returned I stood a moment a distance off and sought the Lord in prayer. The Lord revealed she had been beaten and raped. You don’t pray for healing in the beginning without know what and how to do it. So the lead me to minister. I said would you both come out from the crowd so I can minister privately. They did, so asked the woman if I could whisper in her ear. She said yes. Her boyfriend did not know this had happened it was personal that is why the Lord had me whisper it was not up to me to tell the boyfriend and he would have heard if I just blurted it out. I whispered tell about the time you were beaten and raped. She immediately collapsed into my arms in tears saying I have never told anyone but the Lord about this. This revelation to her was that the Lord wanted to heal her. Do you realize that light entered and overpowered the darkness within you with TRUTH. I said this is the Word of the Lord for you. The Lord sees your heart pure, unadulterated before Him. You did not deserve this even though the pain is real. You suffered ungodly actions by an ungodly person and that does NOT make you ungodly! I laid hand and she got set free as Spirit and Truth was manifest. So when a pastor says only the Lord knows the heart that is a lie, it is a partial truth and a partial truth is a lie. The Lord reveals the heart to his faithful and loyal servants to set the captives free. Many pastors despise this type of ministry because when Jesus sets you free you follow Jesus not a man.

Every single spoken or written word has spirit behind it. Life and death are in the tongue! This is what troubles me when people use the name of Jesus out of true spiritual meaning and revelation. They use a name without the virtues of that name and thus without authority of that name and people turn away from Christianity as it appears to be reduced to a religion rather than the power of God unto salvation. What did Paul say about taking/partaking of the body and blood? A man ought to examine himself before partaking if you do it wrongly you bring sickness and “sleep”/death upon yourself! Do you see if you use the name of Jesus wrongly you are putting judgment upon yourself as you misrepresent Jesus! You are representing yourself in the name of Jesus! Do you see why I want to vomit! You are representing a Jesus that is not the true Living God making a mockery of Jesus.

1 Corinthians 11:28–32 (NKJV)

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

Use great caution with allowing anyone to lay hands on you as you may receive other spirits and sins. Think Old Testament “escape goat” when sacrifices were made two lambs were used on “without spot or wrinkle” and one that had “spot and wrinkle”. One was for atonment of sin and the other was sent out with sin! What are we cleansed with, the blood of the lamb. What “blood” is laying hands on you. The power is in the blood! I have been in churches where I know in the spirit people doing/performing things because they want to be seen by people as being from the Lord! They lay hands looking to be of the Lord and they are imparting spirits into the one they pray for. When you are sick you are most vunerable as you want to get well. If you need a heart surgery you don’t go to a proctologist.

1 Timothy 5:22–25 (NKJV)

22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

24 Some men’s sins are clearly evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of some men follow later. 25 Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.

The laying on of hands is the transference of sin/sharing in other people’s sins! In the old testament oil was used to anoint people. Make sure you know who is laying hands on you. We need not fear when people touch us from friendship because your mind and heart were not “set” on receiving anything other. In other words your thought and motive was not seeking. I hope you understand. That is why Jesus told Mary in the tomb do not touch me I have not ascended and been glorified yet! We do not have our heavenly bodies so when ungodly people touch us by the laying on of hands in a ministry perspective you might be partaking of their sins. They are sending their body to yours. It is a form of spiritual adultery just as Adam did with Eve by partaking of the sins of Eve! The apple represents the womb of a woman where the two became one! They both partook of the same sin of unbelief believing they would become as God.

When you read the Old Testament it was a cry of loneliness that the prophets cried out! The cry was where are the true people of God was their cry out! This is the cry today by the true mature Son’s of God, where are the true Sons of God! Why does the “whole earth” moan for the return of the Son’s of God?

LONELINESS CRIES OUT! Adam was not alone because God the Father was still there but only walked with Adam in the cool of the day. There the cry was for “his kind”.

This is why scripture can get twisted so easily. Do not forsake the assembly is taken totally out of context. It is referring to those who have already come out of MYSTERY BABYLON which is the leaven of the Pharisees! You may very well be sitting in Mystery Babylon and need to come out. What Paul was saying indirectly is “Don’t let the true saints get lonely like Adam was!” I am paraphrasing. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TODAYS ASSEMBLING AS YOU READ IN JUDE EARLIER.

Another scripture manipulated is Faith comes by hearing the Word of God and you need a preacher so you can hear the Word of God. I recently corrected a man about this who admitted he needed to surrender his “filter of old school teachings”. I said how was the Word Written, it was God breathed! So are you hearing God speak to you directly! My sheep hear my voice and follow me and I know them. Faith comes by hearing the voice of God directly. He who has ears to hear, he who has eyes to see!

This is why when you feel lonely you MUST seek the LORD IN FELLOWSHIP or lust will attempt to open the door to your heart! I could give many testimonies. How did Jezebel present herself to Jehu? She adorned herself in sensuality appealing to a man! Jehu came in the Spirit of God and not as a man! How did Sampson fall! How did Adam fall? It is not a woman’s fault as that is the natural attraction of a man to a woman. The devil knows this and uses it against us just as he does the Word of God by twisting and manipulating Spirit and Truth. The problem is false conversion in the assembly of the saints as well as the falling away of the saints who believe the lies of the false prophets they listen to. I have seen woman in church that could be women of the street. They say it has nothing to do with their appearance it is the fault of the man reacting out of immaturity but it is them doing what they accuse the men of doing and tempting men into sin. Why “bait the hook” if you are not trying to catch fish! There are evil spirits, lust, pride to name a few.

Okay one quick testimony. When I was in Montana ministering for the Lord somewhere nearby they were going to have a NUDE bike ride. A professing Christian said to me that it did not bother him either way. So I gave him a parable the Lord had me speak. I said there 3 IDENTICAL female triplets in bikinis and on a scale of 1-10 of beauty they are 15. You look at the first one with not thoughts, you look at the second one and no thoughts but when you set eyes on the third you mind/thoughts are what I wouldn’t do to be in bed for 30 minutes with her. Tell me are the first two ugly? What is making you desire the third identical triplet? It is a spirit of lust in the woman. Men can have the spirit of lust also. It is not gender specific as a lustful charismatic preacher has a lustful spirit in his teaching of false doctrine. When a man looks at these women dress as a woman of the street the devil is temping the NATURAL AFFECTIONS of a man! So this also applies to the natural affections of a woman lusting after a man.

Adam was troubled being alone because he was the “first of his kind” and the Lord had fellowship with Adam in the cool of the day. Notice not all day. So Adam was alone in that sense of understanding of being lonely. That is my cry to the Lord, where are the Son’s of God the true believers! Jesus was the “first fruit”, the first of His kind for us! Jesus came to fellowship with us by reconciling us with the Father! Jesus is one with the Father and if you are in Christ you are one with the Father and the Son. I have absolutely no fellowship and no church for the past 10 years! I am a spiritual prodigal son being persecuted by the false church and false brethren. Read: https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/16/two-types-of-prodigal-sons/

Here is the evidence of free will I mentioned earlier about the false doctrine of demons of Calvinism that states there is no free will involved in salvation. They also totally eliminate Abraham as the Father of Faith! You are not the “seed” of Abraham without faith! They say faith is imputed when you are saved then have the audacity to say people were never saved to begin with. So they preach no faith of Abraham and you were never saved to begin with so once saved always saved is what they preach. They eliminate the Great Apostasy. My bible says who ever adds to the word of God “book” the plagues written in that book will be added to them and whoever subtracts from the Word/book their lives are blotted out of the “book of life”. This doctrine of demons is sending people to hell! Strong word because we are at the end hours.

Mark 5:1–9 (NKJV)

Demons are Cast into Swine

Matt. 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39

5 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

Just a quick note why would he cut himself. He was trying to let the demons out from within him as he wanted to be free! How many people of the world go into a church to be set free only to leave the same way or worse spiritually! That is how a spirit of religion is created/birthed. A false witness will not render true conversion it renders hopelessness or even worse believing you have salvation and redemption but you do not! That creates the spirit of religion and atheism. The church has become a market place that Jesus brought a whip and turned over the tables which symbolizes the LAST SUPPER. They were not serving/offering Jesus! A form of godliness but denying the power unto godliness! I have witnessed this time and again! Ichabod is written over the church building as the glory of the Lord has departed!

When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.”

The man ran toward Jesus BUT the demons cried out because they did not want to come out! The demons knew their “eternal” fate! The man running implies free will even though under demonic influences and possession. The gates of hell shall not prevail against ANYONE WHO SEEKS JESUS! Tell that to the people that believe Calvinism and the global ministries of Calvinism the doctrine of demons! This is what people do not see just as Adam fell without demonic possession by his own FREE WILL even those in demonic possession or influence can have free will to come to the Lord.

What was the precursor Jesus did so this man could truly worship Jesus, CAST OUT DEMONS! You can’t dwell in the “HOUSE OR TEMPLE” WITH SATAN AND WORSHIP JESUS. Many churches have been turned over to their idol worship because that is the desire of their “itchy” ears and a wicked heart. I said turned over and if you are turned over there is no return.

For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” Then He asked him, “What is your name?”

And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.

Hebrews 6:4–6 (NKJV)

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

That is why only the High Priest was allowed to enter the Holy Place of the Sanctuary! The modern day church is filled with Antichrist spirits trying and believing they are worshiping Jesus but thy are singing songs of worship to the BEAST! There are many people that have an outward appearance of being free that internally in their hearts do not want to be free they just need fellowship from loneliness! Much of the assemblies have been reduced to a demonic “county club of paid membership” when the gospel is to be free to receive! These are false converts who have a form of godliness but not the power thereof! Their signs and wonders are as Pharaoh and his magicians. They are in the pulpits and pews! The spirit of Antichrist is still in them they are not born again or have fallen completely away from Spirit and Truth.

What people refuse to believe is that just as we are called to grow in faith and love, both faith and love are tested. You may be in a church assembly that is masquerading as light and truth and being tested. You may have been given over to it by not coming out from among them.

Deuteronomy Chapter 13 was given to me after leaving an international ministry school as I spoke to the Lord the third day of attendance and said to the Lord why have you brought me here as YOU CALLED/SENT ME HERE it IS not my desire to worship their false gods! I said Lord they do not know you or worship you they worship other gods. I won’t go through all the details but in fasting and prayer as I was in intercession I told the Lord I would NOT leave the battlefield until the Lord spoke because I did not know the souls number of souls that he had sent me there for. I said Lord speak to me when I may go. I received my instructions by visitation. I was free to go. Two weeks later the Lord spoke to me while meditating on the Lord. Deuteronomy 13 chapter 1. You should read it for yourself. If you want the deeper things of the Lord your heart and faith will be tested at high levels of testing you must submit to the testing to grow in Jesus. Many are being tested by sitting in synagogues of Satan believing they are serving and seeking the Lord in Spirit and Truth.

If you are not seeking Jesus from a pure heart, you are there for just fellowship with one another and not meeting in “one accord” of spirit and truth in Christ Jesus. People are deceived and being led astray tossed to and fro by false prophets working for the devil. Why do I make such a bold statement they are not born again, or have fallen away, light and darkness do not fellowship together. Light and truth exposes the darkness it does not fellowship or sit in darkness! They would have come OUT FROM MYSTERY BABYLON THE HARLOT CHURCH. You must be lovers of Truth! Lovers of Jesus.

John 5:43–44 (NKJV)

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?

Believing in Calvinism you eliminate faith and the father of faith! Without faith you have unbelief! You are relying on human intellect not spiritual revelation in Spirit and Truth. Now think about what I said about Adam. Adam had free will to choose Eve if there was no free will Adam would not have fallen! Adam had to have faith! Ask yourself these questions as if you were Adam in the Garden or in the days of Noah. Adam: what is death were death never existed or was witnessed? What is death where death did not exist? How could Adam know what death was as he had never “witnessed” death. Adam needed faith in what the Father told him! Now take that same analogy and apply it to NOAH and the flood where there was no rain! Noah was saved by faith in believing. The Father was protecting Adam and Eve while testing their faith! Why do so many refuse the process of having their faith tested so they can grow in maturity in Spirit and Word.

Unbelief is the original sin in the Garden of Eden. When you believe the lies, deceptions false teaching of a man or woman (not a woman preacher) you are damning your soul and putting spots on your wedding gown and wrinkles of incomplete sanctification. Abraham went through great measures of testing to demonstrate faith, love and trust in the Lord and those who belong to the Lord will go through great testing also. Submit to the process no matter the cost because the glory that awaits you is much more than you can comprehend.

Abraham believed in what the Father told him to do and the revelation was not given until Abraham was actually going to complete the offering of his son. It was a 3 day journey to perform the sacrifice and Jesus was in the tomb 3 days. Paul fasted and prayed 3 days before getting his eye site and the Holy Spirit. We are all called to die to “self”. Jesus death for 3 days represents the “Trinity” the fullness of God. Only when you go through your 3 days will you be resurrected in the fullness of God. Paul died daily until Paul finally wrote Galatians 2:20 & 6:14. Abraham said to Isaac while ready to complete the sacrifice, the Lord will provide the sacrifice! The angel stopped Abraham from sacrificing Isaac. So the wrinkle represents the INCOMPLETENESS of sanctification which is dying to yourself which is your mind, heart and soul being totally in the image and likeness of Jesus sanctified by the TRUTH of Word & Spirit. Your mustard seed has NOT fully developed in FULL AND COMPLETENESS OF THE WORD OF GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH being established in you. You must walk by faith with the Lord through the process of brokenness it takes to be completely full of the Spirit IN Word and Truth.

Now that all of that was explained it was necessary so you would better understand the wrinkle. The wrinkle represents the IN-COMPLETION of sanctification. We must be fully sanctified in the Word by the Spirit. Stop trying to beat the Word of God into you and love the Lord and the Word will be established in you. It’s all about abiding in Jesus.

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV)

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

John 17:17–19 (NKJV)

17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

2 Corinthians 6:17–7:1 (NKJV)

17 Therefore

Come out from among them

And be separate, says the Lord.

Do not touch what is unclean,

And I will receive you.”

18  “I will be a Father to you,

and you shall be My sons and daughters,

says the Lord Almighty.”

7 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Matthew 6:23 (NKJV)

23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

John 15:7–8 (NKJV)

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

Hebrews 8:10–12 (NKJV)

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

A house is not a state, nation or physical land mark. This house will be the Son’s of God!

It is up to the bride to prepare herself for the Bridegroom in fullness and completion of Spirit and Truth without spot or wrinkle.

DAVID VERSES GOLIATH – KING SAUL – THE TWELVE SPIES OF MOSES

DAVID VERSES GOLIATH – KING SAUL – THE TWELVE SPIES OF MOSES

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

Let’s start out with the Written Word of David verses Goliath. I am expounding from my original post and building upon it. Just so you know I spend a minimum of about 20 hours a day for the past several weeks writing as it takes me nearly 10-12 hours to write but I spend much more time meditating spending time with the Lord so that I may receive more and write more. I have been averaging only 2-3 hours sleep per day for several weeks.

Please first read my post so you will better understand this one as I am building upon my first post. I tried to do an online bible study where comments were welcome so the brethren could share and be edified but I do not get any comments.

Read this post first: https://abidingbread.com/2025/12/02/david-vs-goliath-the-mark-of-the-beast/

OK, let us start with the Word of God. I am beginning with the actual events of David verses Goliath but you must realize David was anointed as the NEW KING in chapter 16 which is before this event! I am not going to repeat from what was in my previous blog post but I will expound on the additional things the Lord has revealed. So while all of the chapter is written for you to read I will only be commenting on what is in bold type.

1 Samuel 17:1–58 (NKJV)

David and Goliath

17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

First point of mention is that a mountain or “high place” is a place where gods dwell so this is direct reference to the gods they served were NOT the same god!

And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.” 10 And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” 11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

Am I not a Philistine is the same principle of my blog post about what happened in the Garden of Eden. What you see here is the “Philistine” known as Goliath is NOT REPRESENTING the Philistines he is representing the god they serve! Remember that each nation was on a mountain or “HIGH PLACE” think of where gods dwell and how that relates to the principalities of Galatians 6.

The god/spirit in Goliath recognized that servants of Saul had fallen from the Lord just as Saul himself had fallen! We know this by the new testament with Paul when the demon spoke Paul I know, Jesus I know but who are you! This is why Paul tells us to know no one by the flesh! The battle was not man against man but against one god verses the True Living God! KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM!

In line 9 is the same principle of the prophet Elijah against the prophets of Baal and calling down fire on the sacrifice of the Lord then killing 850 false prophets. Prophets represent their King or their God! That is what Goliath was, a prophet of HIS god! The words Goliath spoke were prophetic with REAL SPIRIT from his god! Sitting under false prophets is fellowship with other gods! Paul address this another Jesus, another spirit and another gospel!

When Saul and all of Israel heard the words of Goliath they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Does this sound familiar?

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul. 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. 15 But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

16 And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.

The reference of Goliath and the 40 days is no different than Jesus after being baptized and going into the wilderness. How do I make this conclusion? By what this chapter represents and the fact that Goliath was seeking the Israelites for 40 days just as Satan in the wilderness with Jesus! So now we know it was god against God, this is symbolic of JESUS in the wilderness! It will come to light in a few moments!

17 Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. 18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.” 19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

20 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”

26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

27 And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”

28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

Some of the highlighted text will be combined in my comments. What I want to point out here is a base line so let me just say that you must remember all of Saul’s army was in fear, corporately in representation as NO MAN would step forward! This is symbolic of your pastor/leader of the flock when you sit corporately together under wolves and false prophets. That is why the Lord says come out from among them! Now they accused David of having pride in His heart! Keep all of this in mind as we continue!

29 And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.

31 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. 32 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”

There is a lot above to expound on. When they accused David of pride who’s voice/spirit were they speaking? We know live and death are in the power of the tongue and the devil is the accuser of the brethren! Keep this in mind about the accuser as it will come together shortly. So what is David actually speaking to Saul in the passage above? I will show you!

Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

David was giving HIS TESTIMONY OF FAITH! DAVID WAS PROPHESYING OF THE ONE WHO WILL DEFEAT GOLIATH! WE OVERCOME THROUGH JESUS. HALLELUJAH!

And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”

38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. 39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.

Now this will conclude my portion of followup from my previous post but I will show you how this applies to the 12 spies Moses sent out also. When a Christian is born again he is clothed in a robe/garment of righteousness in Christ Jesus BY FAITH! We are given a robe of righteousness! David was already anointed King unaware to Saul why did the Lord do this before this battle! What did Saul’s armor represent in the spirit as Saul would not battle against Goliath! When you loose faith you loose the righteousness of Christ Jesus thus you are of your previous state, FALLEN! When you are not willing to die for your Lord you do not represent the Lord as stated in Revelation 12:11 so when SAUL put his armor on David it was the Lord telling David to take it off! Very important that David did not put it on , Saul tried to put it on David! There is great significance in the spirit regarding this. This is why light has no fellowship with darkness! The armor of Saul had fallen and had no effect or protection because Saul fell from the righteousness of Christ Jesus as Saul had no faith that the Lord would bring victory! There was no protection of the Living God in that armor! David went back and stood on HIS TESTIMONY of God’s faithfulness of his prior deliverance’s while protecting the SHEEP! All of Israel was called to be of the “HOUSE OF THE LORD”! So you see all of Saul’s army was unprotected because the lost faith in Jesus! The enemy knew this by the god he served! That is why Goliath called them men as they now represented themselves as men and not of the God of Israel! You are only saved by faith!

Now here is the punchline and oh how the HOLY SPIRIT IS STRONG! David was anointed KING already and what bloodline was Jesus born of, the blood line of David!

IT WAS NOT DAVID IN THE FLESH THAT WENT TO BATTLE IT WAS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH! IT WAS JESUS IN DAVID! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD! JUST AS JESUS WAS SLAIN BEFORE BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD SO IT WAS WITH DAVID! I KNEW YOU BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB! HOW MANY ISRAELITES WERE IN THE ACTUAL CONFRONTATION/BATTLE ONLY ONE THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. BY DAVID PROPHESYING THE NAME OF THE LORD. ONCE AGAIN THE LORD WAS TRYING TO SHOW ISRAEL THAT HE WAS THERE GOD AND SAVIOR AND THAT THEIR SALVATION WAS ONLY THROUGH THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, CHRIST JESUS.

Proverbs 14:34–35 (NKJV)

34 Righteousness exalts a nation,

But sin is a reproach to any people.

35 The king’s favor is toward a wise servant,

But his wrath is against him who causes shame.

David was fulfilling scripture that wasn’t even written yet! This is the armor David walked in! Paul tells us. Remember I said Goliath represented the god he served and Paul says we do not wrestle against flesh and blood!

Ephesians 6:10–20 (NKJV)

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Revelation 2:10–11 (NKJV)

10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

11 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’

What is every born again believer called to be “KINGS AND PRIESTS” . David was walking out his calling that had not even been declared public throughout Israel. David was wearing the crown of life spiritually! What did Saul try to do, kill the Anointed King. However David merely touch Saul’s garment but spared Saul’s life. Who is it that can spare our lives but the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!

40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. 41 So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. 43 So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.

And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 52 Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. 53 Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.

55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?”

And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

56 So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.”

57 Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?”

So David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

So when you reflect on the 12 spies that Moses sent out you see the very same principles! They lost their faith so they lost their robes of righteousness falling from the Living God. You must believe, follow and do as the Lord says! You must believe the Lord is able, and be willing to die for your faith and testimony of Christ Jesus!

Only 2 of the 12 believed so by faith just as Abraham righteousness was accounted to only 2 of them! Look at all of the battles of Abraham contending and standing in Faith! If you read my posting of the Garden of Eden and what really happened you will understand the magnitude of what happened.

https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/15/what-really-happened-in-the-garden-of-eden/

TWO TYPES OF PRODIGAL SONS

TWO TYPES OF PRODIGAL SONS

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

We all know the story of the prodigal son which was each of us in some way before coming to the Lord in repentance and receiving the mercy, love and grace of salvation through faith. The prodigal son “wanted his best life now” (many false prophets preach this) and asked his father for his inheritance now and not having to wait for his father’s death. The son wanted to “live high on the hog” a metaphor for living luxurious or in prestige.

What transpired was the complete opposite as the inheritance was wasted foolishly and the son ended up being the hog with no real life!

Luke 15:11–32 (NKJV)

Parable of the Lost Son

11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. 1But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’

20 And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

25 Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’

28 “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’

31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

THE SON’S OF GOD BECOME PRODIGALS OF THE CHURCH

When a born again Christian desires and seeks the deeper things of Christ and has a hunger for the fullness of Christ that person is excommunicated, ridiculed, slandered, mocked and forced to remove themselves from the brethren that rejects him/her. You see being “born again” is the indwelling Holy Spirit which is the call to be the fullness Christ becoming a “Son of God” just as Christ Jesus is the Father’s Son.

There are very very few that have the commitment, desire and hunger for righteousness because of the suffering involved and persecution involved which is the refiners fire! Many want the power and “fire of Jesus” but not the refiners fire which burns out the dross of impurities! They want “spiritual milk” and want to “suckle like a new born” and never desire to grow in spiritual maturity. These same people wonder why they don’t hear the voice of God or grow in revelations of Christ Jesus. So they become just as it’s written in the Word of God and persecute those who desire the complete and fullness of being a “SON OF GOD” and not just a “babe who still suckles”. The bible says a grown man leaves his home to marry! Thus those who seek to be true Son’s of God must leave their home/brethren to grow in Christ Jesus. This however is exactly what is needed! When Saul became Paul he left the Pharisees and never returned to the Pharisees yet wished they would come to Christ also. Every single disciple was taught by the Spirit of God. Far to many people believe it was the Son of Man who taught but it was not! This is why so many sit under false prophets today and embrace doctrines of demons.

Well if we are the “bride” we must often leave the “church” to become one with our Bridegroom. Oh how they preach do not forsake the assembly but it is the assembly forsakes Christ that abandons the call of the “bride” to make herself ready for the Bridegroom!

After all, are you getting married to the brethren or the Bridegroom? So they take scripture and twist it to appear to be godly and holy and they are wicked and poor just as Revelations tell us. They think highly of themselves and look down on you mocking the work of Christ in you! Jealousy is a murdering spirit and that is the attempt to get you to conform to them in sleep and false rest. So the Son’s of God are spiritual prodigals of the church they once attended. Mediocrity, apathy and sleep are the natural things of the church you once were a part of as they lull themselves to sleep. Your faith is your own and that is by design because your salvation is between you that the one who is divine, Christ Jesus!

So you see the paradox of the prodigals which one is the lost son who is spiritually dead and the other that is a mature Son of God seeking the image and likeness of his Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. The church you once adored has become a cross themselves in hopes to quench your desire for the fullness of Christ Jesus. They do not know and do not understand what it is to be a spiritual man! Do not be dismayed as this is the will of God for you. So in the loneliness of no fellowship among the brethren you turn to your best friend, Christ Jesus finding greater love than the brethren ever dreamed of. In your loneliness the Lord has allowed you draw closer to Him as Jesus walks with you in the “garden” of your heart.

This is he same tale told in the Word of God and a testimony of the patriarchs that walked before you that rejected the ones who the Lord desired to send them to deliver and restore yet they denied Christ the one you adore. You are being built and conformed to the image of Christ and walking the path of His sufferings that Jesus has called you to grow in. So let it be known that you have true revelations of Jesus and love that endures which is stamped in your heart that those around chose to depart. You know your Savior intimately and true yet you are humble and very secure! Your faith and love grew stronger same as your revelations of truth. Your faith is now unwaivering not tossed to and fro your on the solid rock many have thrown.

So there you have it simple and true your redeemer now dwells richly in you! The pearl of great price is no longer seen as a cost for you wouldn’t have changed the process to get where you are! So greater love has sustained you and faith has endured, while others forsake you the Lord is all yours!

To the prodigals of “Son ship” few that they are, where would the world be if there were non at all! You have spiritually within you the mirror of God do not dim the reflection just keep moving on. The days are upon us that the true light must shine where Moses once hid the glory your must be revealed. The testimony of the Son of Glory will be revealed through as you bear witness to the God above all. You will witness to Satan that you are not his by revealing you are of the God above all! The journey was not easy but test and tried your race is completed in the presence of the Divine! Now enter in my faithful servant and find rest and pure peace for all of this you see is your through Me says the Lord. As it is written so it shall be that is the Son’s of God displayed in the end of all time revealing the victory that was written before time.

There are truly Son’s of God who have become prodigals sons of the church they once adored. Just as Paul wrote from prison the feelings the same the desire to be there has not changed but spiritual hindrance is NOT A GAME!

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

We tend to only embrace the thought of “sin” but we do not completely understand what really took place. How do we get better understanding? We use ALL of the Word of God as the New Testament testifies to the Old Testament and visa versa!

So let’s examine and expound on scripture. I will place my comments between lines of scripture so it’s easier for you to see what is going on here in the Spirit realm. I am sure there is much more than I will reveal but what I am going to focus on is just how subtle and cunning the serpent really was.

Genesis 3:1–24 (NKJV)

The Temptation and Fall of Man

3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

The very first thing which is not stated is that even Adam and Eve needed faith to believe what they did not totally understand. How do we know this? Well what is death where there never was death before? Adam and Eve had NO first hand witness, personal knowledge or experience of what death was! This statement about death was something they had no knowledge of but that is what the serpent was presenting them! So the serpent attacked them from lack of knowledge. Please reflect on the once saved always saved as that is what the serpent implied by surely you will not die! The Lord tells us that His people perish because of lack of knowledge! This is why the Lord has me to tell people “have you asked the Lord”. With all of the false preaching saying that the Lord only speaks through the Written Word is a lie. How do we know that, the Word was God Breathed! It came from the mouth of God, all of creation was spoken into existence! Our Lord Jesus is ALIVE NOT DEAD and still speaks today! God is the same yesterday, today and forever more.

What was the flood where there was no rain or waters coming up from the ground? You see without faith it is impossible to please the Lord. Notice that is New Testament scripture. Now what is not obvious because of the cunning nature and forked tongue of the serpent deception was easy to be portrayed. What the serpent did was represent himself as God without them even knowing! You see who does Satan desire to be? Satan wants to be God and Satan was representing “self” that is why Jesus tells us to pick up our cross and die to “self” as Satan was representing himself and not the TRUE LIVING GOD. What eyes is the serpent speaking about? Surely Adam and Eve were not blind. The serpent was referring to the “eyes of your heart” as Paul states may the eyes of your heart be enlightened. That statement by Paul is referring to restoration of the TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS. These eyes are spititual! This means the knowledge of the True Living God was removed from Adam and Eve! Thus Satan has blinded the whole earth, new Testament Scripture! Okay, let’s continue. Notice the statement knowing good and evil! Why is good presented first? It is a lie masquerading and disguised as truth. We know from the scriptures that Satan calls good evil and evil good. So by presenting it as good it was actually evil! In addition the Lord Jesus tells us that a good tree can not bare bad fruit and a bad tree can not bare good fruit! Jesus is telling about what happened in the garden! When Jesus was up on the cross and the Father put all the sins of the world upon Jesus what did the cross represent? The cross represented the works from “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”! Jesus was on that tree destroying the power of that tree! Holiness and righeousness overcame sin as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represented the “likeness and image” of Satan! That is why Jesus said without holiness it is impossible to see the Lord. The power of that “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” was overpowered rendered ineffective to the Spirit of the Living God! That is why the Holy Spirit departed before the death of Jesus on the cross. Death did not have a hold or power over us any more! A born again child of God can only overcome by the COMPLETION of sanctification by the power of the Holy Spirit. What happened on that tree was absolutely incredible!

Acts 5:30 (NKJV)

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.

Hebrews 12:14 (NKJV)

14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

Matthew 7:17–20 (NKJV)

17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Now when you partake of “the tree” you partake in the “image and likeness” of that tree! So that is why Jesus came to restore us into HIS “image and likeness”. You are either a tree of righteousness or a tree of the image and likeness of the devil! That is why Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden so they could not touch the tree of life. That is also why Jesus told Mary do not touch me I have not ascended.

John 20:17 (NKJV)

17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”

1 Timothy 5:22 (NKJV)

22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

How do we appear before the Lord according to the New Testament without being born again? In line 7 above it says their eyes were open means their hearts were opened and full of darkness rendering no SPIRITUAL knowledge of the TRUE LIVING GOD CHRIST JESUS. This is why Paul says may the eyes of your heart be enlightened meaning let the light and knowledge of Jesus into your heart. God is a spirit!

Ephesians 1:18 (ESV)

18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Hebrews 4:13 (NKJV)

13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Genesis 3:7 (KJV 1900)

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

I purposely added Genesis 3:7 KJV to make a vital point but I will not be expanding on that now. Why do Freemasons wear aprons! They worship Lucifer and the fallen nature of humanity! Why do I hear Christians say it is okay to be a Freemason and a Christian! What fellowship does a Christian have with the unfruitful works of darkness. Some of today’s worldwide ministries are Freemason’s claiming to be Christian organizations! They use outward works to appear fruitful by providing housing/shelter, food and emergency relief. Jesus revealed to the Pharisees that they cleaned the outside of the cup but NOT the inside of the cup! What do we know about a cup? How about the cup of sin, wrath, etc. These false Christians that are Freemason ministries even call for corporate prayer for global peace and repentance. The Lord laughs at this as they mock the Living God as the Lord closes His ears to their prayers! They are not in righteous standing with the Lord! If you are not in right standing with the Lord your prayers will not be answered. It is all a HEART MATTER WHICH IS NOT PREACHED!

Luke 18:9–14 (NKJV)

Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Isaiah 59:1–2 (ESV)

Evil and Oppression

59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,

or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

but your iniquities have made a separation

between you and your God,

and your sins have hidden his face from you

so that he does not hear.

How does Isaiah 59 apply to today’s church! It must apply in significance as we do not truly see much power in the church today. Do not confuse signs and wonders performed by demonic spirits as true manifestations of the Lord Jesus. Pharaoh’s magicians performed signs and wonders.

James 5:16 (KJV 1900)

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

BACK TO GENESIS

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Light penetrates darkness and people do not come to the light.

John 3:19–21 (NKJV)

19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

BACK TO GENESIS

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

You are not naked if you are clothed in robes of righteousness, but those are only provided and given by the Lord Jesus! The prodigal son story in Luke.

Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)

13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Luke 15:21–22 (NKJV)

21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

Isaiah 61 (NKJV)

The Good News of Salvation

61The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,

Because the Lord has anointed Me

To preach good tidings to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all who mourn,

3 To console those who mourn in Zion,

To give them beauty for ashes,

The oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they may be called trees of righteousness,

The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins,

They shall raise up the former desolations,

And they shall repair the ruined cities,

The desolations of many generations.

5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,

And the sons of the foreigner

Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,

They shall call you the servants of our God.

You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

And in their glory you shall boast.

7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,

And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.

Therefore in their land they shall possess double;

Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;

I hate robbery for burnt offering;

I will direct their work in truth,

And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,

And their offspring among the people.

All who see them shall acknowledge them,

That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,

As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,

So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

GENESIS CONTINUED

12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

What do people do these days? They hold others accountable for their own faults, problems and hardships. There is no repentance in blaming others! There is no denying your own wickedness! There is no excuse for sin!

GENESIS CONTINUED

13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

You will not be able to blame your pastor or anyone else for your own rebellion and itchy ears!

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,

You are cursed more than all cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you shall go,

And you shall eat dust

All the days of your life.

Notice Satan shall eat the dust of the earth. Did you know the devil is a spiritual carnivore? Adam was created from the dust of the earth and Satan shall eat the dust of the earth! How does Satan “feed” off from us and get power? He “feeds” and gets empowerment by the works of the flesh as in Galatians 5.

Galatians 5:16–26 (NKJV)

Walking in the Spirit

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Now when we walk in the Spirit, the Spirit is our Sabbath living in Christ Jesus and the works of the flesh have ceased! The Sabbath is not a day of the week under the New Covenant! Jesus is our Sabbath when we live and walk in the Spirit! “Go and sin no more”!

Matthew 12:1–8 (NKJV)

Controversy Over Sabbath-Labor

Mark 2:23–28; Luke 6:1–5

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

GENESIS CONTINUED

15 And I will put enmity

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her Seed;

He shall bruise your head,

And you shall bruise His heel.”

Enmity means warfare!

enmity

noun (plural enmities) the state of being an enemy; hostility.

GENESIS CONTINUED

16 To the woman He said:

I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;

In pain you shall bring forth children;

Your desire shall be for your husband,

And he shall rule over you.”

1 Corinthians 11:3 (NKJV)

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Ephesians 5:22–25 (NKJV)

Marriage—Christ and the Church

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

1 Timothy 2:12–15 (NKJV)

12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

GENESIS CONTINUED

17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

Cursed is the ground for your sake;

In toil you shall eat of it

All the days of your life.

18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,

And you shall eat the herb of the field.

19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread

Till you return to the ground,

For out of it you were taken;

For dust you are,

And to dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

We read in line 19 that Adam was created from the dust and to the dust he would return. This is the results of the forbidden fruit. This has nothing to do with a natural death it is referring to a spiritual death. The spirit of the Lord had departed from dwelling within Adam and Eve. Hence the name Ichabod, the glory departed. Ichabod is the modern day church void of the true SPIRITUAL representation of Jesus! In line 17 the ground was cursed. I once saw a post of a “money exchanger” in Israel marketing a tour of Israel on YouTube and he pointed and said there is where David walked in the valley of the shadow of death. I rebuke him in his comments and I said you have no revelation of truth. That is not the valley of the shadow of death, the whole earth is the valley of the shadow of death! The whole earth was under the curse not just the land of Israel. A saint is surrounded by people who are physically alive but spiritually DEAD TO CHRIST JESUS, THEY MUST BE BORN AGAIN! So what is happening NOT only in the modern church as well across the whole earth all this evil is manifesting and calling itself good! That is a combination of the Great Apostasy with those who were never born again to begin with! Once saved always saved is from the pit of hell! Please read my three postings on the lies of the pre-tribulation rapture. It is from the Devil and the Babylonian doctrine of “I WILL ASCEND” which is of Lucifer!

1 Samuel 4:21–22 (NKJV)

21 Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”

Here is scripture that not only describes Adam spiritual state when he partook of the forbidden fruit being as Ichabod but it also refers to a “CHILD” and the glory has departed from Israel! In Isaiah 9:6 a child was born! I believe by referring to Israel as a child it is in direct correlation with either you as a PERSON are of Jesus redeemed by His blood and resurrected by His indwelling Holy Spirit or you are not of Jesus as the glory of God is not within you!

Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV)

6 For unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called

Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Ephesians 3:14–21 (NKJV)

Appreciation of the Mystery

14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV)

18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

These scriptures tell us the real Israel is not a physical land or state but a redeemed people in Christ Jesus who are born again! As I have written in my Jesus vs The Pharisees post Jesus turned the Pharisees over to the wickedness of their own hearts by calling them hypocrites seven times. Seven is the number of completion. Please read that post as Jesus told the Pharisees they would search out for one proselyte (convert) and make that convert twice a son of hell! You see there is a great commission for the devil! Then there is the commission of Apostles! There were two active commissions working at the same time in the state/nation of Israel when the incarnate Christ Jesus was in Israel. That is why even then there were many Antichrists. A moment ago we confirmed that Israel was a “child” and that “child” was Christ Jesus incarnation/birth so Israel is human and not a land, state, nation or province! What is a born again Christian called, A CHILD OF GOD! What is the world battling over now? The United States is a “kindred spirit” with the nation of Israel. Ask yourself and seek the Lord which “great commission” the USA is in allegiance with and if the USA is in allegiance with the commission of the Pharisees. What spirit is operating in our government and nation! We are NOT one nation under the true living God Christ Jesus. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE AGAINST THE “ANOINTED ONE” CHRIST JESUS.

Matthew 23:15 (NKJV)

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

Hypocriteone who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not; a dissembler in religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16). “The hypocrite’s hope shall perish” (Job 8:13). The Hebrew word here rendered “hypocrite” rather means the “godless” or “profane,” as it is rendered in Jer. 23:11, i.e., polluted with crimes.1

Psalm 2:1–8 (NKJV)

The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom

1 Why do the nations rage,

And the people plot a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves,

And the rulers take counsel together,

Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,

3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces

And cast away Their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;

The Lord shall hold them in derision.

5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,

And distress them in His deep displeasure:

6 “Yet I have set My King

On My holy hill of Zion.”

7 “I will declare the decree:

The Lord has said to Me,

You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.

8 Ask of Me, and I will give You

The nations for Your inheritance,

And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF CHRIST JESUS

THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF CHRIST JESUS

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

I just want to make a point that “rebellion” and “delusion” overlooks righteous judgment because of either “the falling away” apostasy from Spirit and Truth or outright denial of Spirit and Truth which is rebellion.

There are many false prophets, wolves in sheep clothing and hirelings in the pulpits and Christian circles, world known ministries, Christian radio and Christian television! These facts as they are indicate the condition of your heart for those who sit under these people as EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON EARTH will have had at one time or another heard the TRUE GOSPEL OF CHRIST JESUS FOR SALVATION! Having heard the TRUE GOSPEL IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH denying the Spirit of Truth will render righteous judgment from the Judgment Seat of the Lord Jesus.

So when you knowingly sit under these false prophets, wolves in sheep clothing and hirelings in the pulpit you are may very well condemning your soul like the parable of the frog in the pan of water being heated up slowly.

When you discern these wolves and hireling you should immediately seek the Lord in prayer for HIS will for you to be there. The Lord will always bring light and truth where there is darkness, lies and deception! That is why you must seek the Lord in prayer on what He wants you to do in this matter. Are you there to reach a few souls as many will not embrace Spirit and Truth or where you NOT SENT THERE BY THE LORD TO BEGIN WITH! After all it is the Lord who orders the steps of a righteous man.

Perhaps you are being tested which IS NOT PREACHED. How is faith, loyalty, devotion, long-suffering displayed and how do these virtues of Christ Jesus in you grow in maturity? How was Abraham’s faith test so why shouldn’t your faith be tested? How did Job bear witness and glorify the Lord by his sufferings and testimony, “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away blessed be the Lord.” Is the Lord Jesus himself displaying and revealing the hearts of those who have rejected the Lord Jesus. YOUR HEART is being OPENLY DISPLAYED NAKED BEFORE THE LORD. If the Lord asks you will you be humble and attempt to bring leaders or saints to Spirit and Truth. Or will you remain in fellowship subjected to doctrines of demons and deceitful workers of iniquity? If you do, you partake in the judgment of the house you sit in, this is a fact many do not want to accept.

Matthew 10:14–15 (NKJV)

14 And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

Did not Lot and his family have to depart Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot’s wife turn into a pillar of salt! Will you partake in the judgment upon them by continuing to sit and fellowship with evil?

The Lord will give you the desires of your heart even if the Lord is not your desire! Read my post Jesus vs. The Pharisees: https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

Make no mistake, you are being tested! This will be more prevalent as we continue with a testing I went through and I share as a teaching. Remember the Lord Jesus wished no one would perish and that all would come to saving grace in Christ Jesus.

Acts 7:51–60 (NKJV)

Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

Stephen the Martyr

54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Read my blog post about Saul from Tarsus being of the Harlot Church of Revelations: https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/02/saul-from-tarsus-and-the-harlot-church-of-revelations/

2 Thessalonians 2:3–12 (NKJV)

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

What we just confirmed is that these people were not only once followers of Christ (disciples means followers but NOT born again followers). The disciples DID NOT BECOME APOSTLES UNTIL PENTECOST WHICH IS BEING BORN AGAIN! By the wisdom of God our Father no one can be disciples without the Holy Spirit because it was Jesus by the Spirit of The Lord that taught the disciples. Today’s church has lost this truthful foundation. That is what is meant by if the Lord does not build the house they labor in vein! So the doctrines of men and doctrines of demons will not render Spirit and Truth or holiness. Only Jesus can do that by the indwelling Holy Spirit! This is why people worship the Son of Man and NOT the Son of God! They follow the teachings of men not the Lord!

1 Corinthians 2:10–16 (NKJV)

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Notice the spirit of a man is the spirit of this world which is the god of this world Lucifer the Devil! Doctrines of men is doctrines of demons!

Now what I about to share for the first time publicly is not being boastful, prideful or from a nature or spirit of being superior. I believe the Lord is having me share this because we are truly in the last hours NOT DAYS and we all know whether born again or not that the world is growing more wicked every day. We are little seeing prophecy of the Book of Revelations being manifested and fulfilled before our eyes. So by the will of the Lord Jesus I share this testimony about Jezebel as Jezebel is in the book of Revelations.

The Lord sent me as I did not chose to go to TWO world wide seminaries/ministry schools in immediate succession where the whole teaching administration’s teaching was twisted and manipulation of scriptures which was doctrines of demons. I discerned by the Spirit of the Living God that these people worshiped other gods! On the third day of the first school/seminary I went back to the parking lot mid evening when the facility was vacant and had a real stern discussion with the Lord while looking up at the stars similar to Abraham.

I said Lord, why did you bring me here and ask me to give away all of my household possessions, sell my home and travel for you. These people do not know you or worship you, they serve other gods. My desire is for more of you and you alone Lord. Why would you subject me to this constant spiritual warfare and evil. Remember I had only been there three days!

Right there in the parking lot I had a Moses moment as the Lord replied to me. I brought you here to reveal me and testify of me! I said Lord “who am I that I should be considered worthy to represent you”. This statement not only reflects Moses it also reflects the virgin Mary being considered worthy.

After four months of constant spiritual warfare not only from leadership but from students many who were deceived I cried myself to sleep as I was fasting and praying to the Lord.

Just a quick note, you should read my post about the damnation of spiritual gossip: https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/03/the-spiritual-damnation-of-religious-gossip/ The reason I mention that is because the Jezebel spirit spreads gossip getting other to pray for you! What they are really doing is putting curses upon you! Remember witches operate in covens! What my Jezebel leader said to my class behind my back was Glen doesn’t know Jesus or hear from Jesus so we must pray for him! READ MY BLOG POST! LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE!

In my fasting and praying myself to sleep I said to the Lord. Lord if I have offended you by the constant subjection of the Holy Spirit to this constant spiritual warfare I ask for your forgiveness. I do not want to subject you Lord to this warfare as I love you Lord and anyone I love I desire to protect. Lord if I have been deceived in any way, shape or form and knowing or unknowingly come into agreement I declare right now that I have been redeemed, reconciled, washed in your blood, bought and paid for by your blood and atonement. Lord Jesus you are mine and I am yours! Lord I will NOT leave this battlefield until you speak to me to leave for I do not know the souls you will place before me to be a living witness and testimony! I will endure this suffering for your namesake but I do NOT desire to partake in what this place represents or in the gods they serve!

I fell asleep crying in my prayers as the anguish of spiritual attacks was wearing down my flesh’s ability to see, read the Word and other bodily functions yet my heart, mind and soul were steadfast on the Lord Jesus. At three in the morning I was immediately awoken to the Lord standing before me! It was glorious and powerful. I could see the outline of a man in complete body of light, pure light. Jesus spoke to me spirit to spirit no audible voice as I rented room in a home with other men who attended the same ministry school.

Jesus spoke to me. My son you have not grieved the Holy Spirit by these constant attacks. Your spiritual battle has been against the spirit of Jezebel as that principality is running this ministry school. You are free to go the choice is yours. At 6 am I went out to the kitchen to get a coffee and one of the students that attended the same ministry school ask how I was doing. I said I am well by the grace of God as Jesus was in my room at 3 am and answered my prayers of intercession. He replied with excitement and said I could feel a presence in the house and I kept speaking I wanted more but did not receive more. I said the Lord told me I am free to go now and leave school. Here is a point I want to make. If you think of the house layout I was at the far end. The man I rented from was in the middle who was a graduate of this ministry school and the third man I spoke with at 6 am was at the far end. The man I rent from who graduated NEVER FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Unfortunately I was called a fool by both men for leaving the school.

Now let me point out there were 1400 students in first year! How many of them became disciples of Jezebel! This is an international school across the globe!

When I left the school and was driving from the west coast all the way to the east coast the Lord told me to fast and pray to break off any spirits that would attempt to follow or continue to attack. What I was doing in prayer is what the Lord does for us. Spiritually I was closing a door that NO man could open because it was Jesus who closed the door! Think of Noah and the Lord closing Noah inside the Arc which by the way was symbolic of the Arc of the Covenant! How do we know this? Did not Noah release the Dove from within the Arc! Why was it even called an ARC? You see that is the same thing that happened when Jesus got into the boat with the disciples during the raging waters! The LIVING NEW COVENANT CHRIST JESUS GOT IN THE BOAT. WHAT WAS THE NEW COVENANT INTENTIONS, SALVATION! THEY WERE SAVED FROM THE STORMS OF LIFE ON EARTH! WHICH ARE TRIALS, TRIBULATION, ETC.

About one month later I spoke to the Lord in prayer. I said Lord you came to me and spoke to me that it was Jezebel so Lord it is my desire to know more about Jezebel so that I may have your wisdom. I said Lord do NOT allow me to be consumed by evil spirits through my studying of Jezebel but make it known to me the methods, whiles and schemes of the devil.

I would like to give testimony about Jezebel and testing the spirits. When the Lord told me I was free to go I submitted my withdraw papers to leave at the end of the quarter which was just about 2 weeks remaining before the Christmas break. The pastor that was my instructor was a female who was also a Jezebel and my primary attacker. Having revelation from the Lord’s encounter and constant spiritual battles. While in class this same woman pastor (Jezebel) came to my class in an attempt to ridicule me. She walked in and interrupted the class and spoke over the class directly to me and said you have a meeting with me tomorrow at 1 pm in a very confrontational manner which everyone knew was a form of discipline. When I went to see her in a one on one meeting she was attempting to review my classwork in disguise but it was a confrontation of submission to her demonic authority. So I “tested the spirit”. I said where should a person be spiritually by the end of their first year of attendance in school. Where do you see me know and what do I need to improve on to complete my first year. I was “baiting the hook”. This is the reply I received as she spoke. “Can I be perfectly honest with you”. I said certainly. “She said a person should have a close relationship with the Lord and be growing in the Lord”. “She continued: You need to work on your pride, arrogance and obedience developing humility”. I smiled, laughed and said you really ought to get to know me as I am a good person.

I could see in her eyes the spirits of hatred and murder! She was so mad and trying so hard to control her manifestations. I walked out. She scheduled a meeting with the dean of the school for all three of us. When I attended the meeting the dean said well I have read your student application and it would appear that you may have a calling but you will never be established in ministry without this school as we are able to establish you! Immediately my spirit was taken to the encounter with Jesus and Satan in the wilderness and I received divine revelation. I responded to both of them. I see what is going on here as you call me arrogant and prideful but what I have is confidence in Christ Jesus and I do not need your school as I have all sufficiency in Christ Jesus which I had prior to coming here. I had everything I needed before coming here!

You see Satan will accuse you of WHAT IS IN HIM! Satan is the accuser of the brethren and they were trying to get me to bow to Satan! ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS IF YOU BOW BEFORE ME! That is exactly what Satan spoke to Jesus. Also did Jesus ever ask if he could be truthful? You have to be kidding me! In my private meeting with Jezebel when I tested the spirit her first reply was “Can I be perfectly honest”. Which in the Holy Spirit I received and heard “Can I speak lies that you will believe”! Why would a Christian filled with the Holy Spirit not be honest already! There is no darkness in Christ Jesus so why the lies of accusation towards me! We are called to speak in Spirit and Truth because Spirit and Truth dwells within us! I needed to share this testimony before concluding my posting. So as I conclude I want you to read what the Lord spoke to me a couple weeks after leaving that international ministry school.

The Lord by the unction of the Holy Spirit spoke to me as I meditated on my experiences of the Lord while at that ministry school and the Lord spoke Deuteronomy chapter 13. I want to give you one last suggestion. Whatever you go through all things work out for the pleasure of the Lord so any experiences like this are meant to grow you not to destroy you. So reflect, meditate and seek the Lord on every experience. What is the Lord showing, revealing, strengthening you of, delivering you from, etc. so you can get revelation not head knowledge. Head knowledge dissipates in time when you do not perform or those actions or thoughts in a reoccurring timely manner. Revelations of Christ are eternal forever a part of your spiritual growth. That is exactly what Jesus told the disciples that the Comforter must come to bring all of His teaching back to their remembrance and to give them greater revelations they were not ready to receive. Without continual spiritual revelations of Truth you are not growing Spiritually. That is why I write from my heart and that is why I say everything that is written in the Word of God is actual living experiences and we will in our journey experience everything contained in the Word of God whether in the physical and/or spiritual.

I was not at the scourging post of Christ in the natural but I was taken there in the spiritual to get a great revelation of the Grace of God! This happened in one of my meditation times with the Lord as I was meditating on my life in Christ Jesus thanking Jesus for His grace. How many of us could endure in the physical what Jesus sustained torture Jesus endured without the Father POURING out HIS GRACE! Without grace I would have had enough before the cross and wanted to die! It was by the FATHERS GRACE THAT THE SON ENDURED THE CROSS! It is by the grace of Jesus that the cross of Christ Jesus may do a work within us rendering a pure and holy image and likeness of Christ Jesus.

The Lord replied in the spirit Deuteronomy chapter 13. So in closing I will share what the Lord spoke with Deuteronomy 13.

Deuteronomy 13:1–18 (NKJV)

Punishment of Apostates

13 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.

If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, of the gods of the people which are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth, you shall not consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him; but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 And you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 So all Israel shall hear and fear, and not again do such wickedness as this among you.

12 “If you hear someone in one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you to dwell in, saying, 13 Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” ’—which you have not known—14 then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you, 15 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock—with the edge of the sword. 16 And you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, for the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. 17 So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers, 18 because you have listened to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

I want you to realize that I had only been saved 8 months when I registered for ministry school and I had numerous encounters with the Lord prior to registering for ministry school. Some encounters I was taken to the third heaven and some encounters while on earth. I even had one close Christian friend witness and outer body experience I was having who later turned against me. If you desire Christ and earnestly seek the Lord you will experience your own Patmos Island as you will have Christ and Christ alone.

When you reach a point in your spiritual journey you will understand there are two types of prodical sons. One is your personal turning away from God the other is the Church you attend denying Christ in you! So you end up on a spiritual island of Patmos! So when a Christian says the Lord will never leave you or forsake you they speak it as a punchline and not true Spiritual revelation of being forsaken by the Leodicean Church! A true man of God walks alone with God because all who forsake the Living God will forsake the true man of God. This is a very harsh reality but spiritual truth. That is why the apostles and prophets were martyred preaching the GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. Imagine killing messengers of good! What do we see today with all of the killing everywhere. Here is the testimony of my friend witnessing my outer body experience when I was caught up to the third heaven to be with the Lord. Remember there is a difference between praise and true worship! That is why many do not have these experiences as they do not comprehend the difference! What did Jesus tell the woman at the well!

John 4:23–24 (NKJV)

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

My friend and I both loved the fall scenery and in northern New England the fall foliage is really pretty. We had gone out into the woods to a nice stream. My friend likes to take pictures as he was (past tense as he walked away as a friend) a photography buff. I love to worship the Lord so I had my Apple Ipod and earbuds and worshiped the Lord. During my worship I was taken to the third heaven with the Lord in the Spirit. During my time with the Lord unknown to me there was a women a distance off walking and approaching on the path to my direction. My friend unknowing to me was watching me from a similar distance and was observing me. I IMMEDIATELY CAME OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND WAS BACK IN MY PHYSICAL BODY AND TURNED LOOKING DOWN THE PATH AT THE WOMAN APPROACHING. When we got in the car to leave he said the Lord revealed something to him about me. I said feel free to share. He said when I looked at you it was if your body was there as I could see your body but it’s like you yourself were not there. I said you are correct I was with the Lord in the third heaven. He then asked how did you know that woman was approaching. I said very easily. Intimacy is between two not a multitude! So she was NOT ALLOWED to enter my intimacy with the Lord! That is why I came back to my physical body! In the Spirit even though I was in the third heaven with Jesus I was aware of my surroundings by the Spirit!

While you may question this there are numerous scriptures to back this up. One is the woman who touch Jesus robe. She did not touch Jesus and Jesus said “who drew from me”. You see virtue was released! How is it Paul had his encounter on the road to Damasus and the others did not see Jesus? How is it Phillip was translated to minister to the Etheopian? How is even our prayers as individual saints are each unique and distinguished as individuals in the nostrils or the Lord Jesus? Do not be deceived by corporate worship trying to get you in the presence of God as each of us is an individual. When you partake of corporate worship too often it is sensual. In one instance as I was worshiping in corporate worship at a church I had a Jezebel come stand next to me as I was in the end of the row on the isle side. Jezebel kept stamping her feet like a bull attempting to get me out of the presence of the Lord!

I share this NOT from pride but from revelations that most Christians do not understand. The incarnate Christ was both human and divine. Thus being a new creation in Christ by being born again we too occupy two realms simultaneously. We occupy the earth physically but spiritually we dwell with Christ seated at the right hand of the Father! This is how we know what the Father is doing, by the Spirit. This is how we learn to walk in the Spirit!

So this leads me to the pre-trib rapture lie! When I was at a bible study which two pastors were going through the book of Revelations one pastor spoke and said we need to tell people about events in the book of Revelations so they will be saved and won’t go through these things written in Revelations and be taken in the pre-trib rapture. I spoke so all of the people could hear. That is not the gospel of salvation! I said preaching the pre-trib rapture is a lie as I have already been raptured! I got the deaf and dumb looks towards me in doubt so I said I am seated in heavenly placed through Christ Jesus and I am at the right hand of the Father in Christ Jesus. I have already been raptured because I am in this world but not of this world!

That is why I debunked and wrote about the lies of the Babylonian doctrine of demons regarding the pre-trib rapture. People that believe and embrace the pre-trib rapture are very likely not born again, deceived or have fallen away in the apostasy. The whole concept of the Babylonian tower was to ascend to heaven making yourself as god! Is that not the spirit of Antichrist and the profession of statement Lucifer spoke. I WILL ASCEND! The reason for the pre-trib rapture is because they DO NOT HAVE A LIVING TESTIMONY OF CHRIST JESUS WHICH IS REQUIRED AT THE END OF THE AGE! THEY WILL DENY CHRIST SO THEIR HEARTS ARE ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS AGE! YOU DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH YOUR ENEMIES SO THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE IS THEIR FRIEND. A true Christian has a friend that is closer than a brother!

John 15:13–15 (NKJV)

13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

In all of my writings and postings you will observe this one simple principle if you pay close attention. I could just post a scripture online but I normally tell you from my heart what that scripture has done for me personally or how it affects a saint personally! The devil knows the Word of God but the devil will not expound or reveal truth about the scripture as he presents it manipulated, twisted and out of context. The devil will appear to speak in Spirit and Truth by reading the word but the devil can NEVER BECOME THE LIVING WORD which is what the devil wants! The true distinction is are they writing/reciting from the heart or head knowledge! If they do not write from the heart then it is likely they only know what is written and NOT THE PERSON OF CHRIST JESUS. If there only/last testimony is there salvation where is the working of the Holy Spirit within their heart as they have NO new revelation of the PERSON OF CHRIST JESUS. So while I may only intend to write one chapter in my postings I end up with a sermon and a longer post because when you are in the Spirit the Lord is limitless! All things pertaining to a life in Christ are eternal they have no END! The heart is the witness of true conversion and not merely the words someone speaks, reads or writes!

When I first got saved there was a man from India who was a Christian. He would put postings online that I would read and reply openly on his postings. After about a week of doing this he messaged me privately. His name was Thampi Joseph. I believe that was it or it was Joseph Thampi. Either way he messaged me and said to me brother Glen I truly appreciate your replies to my posting that edify my followers. I replied brother Thampi I meditate on what you post and write what it means in my heart and then write from my heart what it means on your postings. He replied a week later and said brother the Lord has His hands upon you. I will send people to you online through messenger to minister too. I sent monies to him for bibles as he led people to the Lord. You see “what is the evidence from your heart” not merely what you speak! You will know them by their fruit. What is the parable of the sowing of seed!

I will close for now but once again I must say this. I am not bragging or boasting as my desire is to reveal Christ and NOTHING OF ME. That is exactly what Jesus said to Satan in the wilderness. That is the same prayer I prayed when I got saved in 2010years. Lord I want to be able to say to Satan: YOU HAVE NOTHING IN ME! I would then pray John 1:1 Lord your Spirit dwells within me and the Word became flesh Lord be it in me as it was in you! Consume this flesh so I may reveal you! If you do not know Jesus in the Spirit you do not know Jesus at all because Jesus is no longer of the flesh Himself.

2 Corinthians 5:16 (NKJV)

16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

Romans 8:14–17 (NKJV)

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Hebrews 6:1–8 (NKJV)

The Peril of Not Progressing

6 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

I pray that you might be encourage by this post to pursue the fullness of what Christ Jesus has called you to and may the fullness of Christ dwell richly within you. Do NOT become the Laodicean Church! Stay on fire for the Lord!

THE PROGRESSION OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AND GROWTH

THE PROGRESSION OF A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF GROWTH FROM HEBREWS 4:12 TO EPHESIANS 6:10-20

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

The very first point of mention is that even though a sword is mentioned in both scriptures the spiritual implications of those scriptures above is completely different. You can read my posting of David vs. Goliath to get better understanding. https://abidingbread.com/2025/12/02/david-vs-goliath-the-mark-of-the-beast/

Too many Christians directly equate Hebrews 4:12 with the armor of God and they are completely different applications and one precedes the other in being equipped for battle. We know that a kingdom divided can not stand as well as when we are born again we receive imputed righteousness from Christ Jesus. This imputed righteous by the indwelling Holy Spirit still needs to do a work within us BEFORE we take the battle field in the Spirit realm.

Just because you received the Holy Spirit does NOT mean you are totally filled with light! We know this by the parable of the 10 virgins! So we still have darkness within us that the Holy Spirit wishes and desires to “cut away” from within us. That is the double edge sword. Too many also it is symbolic of the brethren as “iron sharpening iron” but that is just scratching the surface because when you sharpen any knife, sword or iron you need “honing oil” which is the Holy Spirit because we are talking about spiritual growth unto complete sanctification and holiness! Think Galatians 2:20 & 6:14.

The Word of God in Hebrews 4:12 is the living God not just the Written Word. It is the Lord by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit that crucifies our old nature and gets us to the Garden of Gethsemane. What sorrowed the Lord is that the disciples fell asleep which means the same application process of what Jesus went through was not a living witness to them. They were called to die to “self” just as when they partook of the last supper! When you take communion you are actively committing to dying to “self” as whoever does not partake of the Body and Blood is not worthy to follow Jesus.

Hebrews 4:12–13 (NKJV)

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Notice heart, mind and soul! These represent the first commandment Jesus spoke that we must love Jesus with all of our mind, heart and soul! This is not possible when you deny the Holy Spirit access to these areas of our very being! Also notice the saints will give an account of denying the process of sanctification and pruning!

John 15:1–11 (NKJV)

The Relationship of Believers to Christ

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

This is of vital importance as in the New Testament I can not reflect on even one single Apostle given unto a sinful nature! So this false metaphor Christians repeat that no one is without sin is TOTALLY VOID of the life, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus! You deny the gospel and the power of God by this statement! You deny the double edge sword which is the person of Christ Jesus! I say PERSON of Christ Jesus for a reason which I will expound on as we proceed. When you deny the double edge sword you deny THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST JESUS.

Romans 6:1–14 (NKJV)

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Have you allowed the Cross of Christ Jesus to work within you? I am not talking about stumbling as we live in a fallen world and the influences of darkness as no saint is exempt from spiritual attacks of Satan. I am talking about the same sin being repetitive. I realize that many forms of bondage are not easy but are you calling on the Lord to crucify that sin, asking for HIS power and GRACE to overcome? Why is the mindset stronghold of being saved your final destination. Why are the churches sending out newly saved people telling them they are ready to minister? They have a testimony but are not yet ready for ministry. There is no real discipleship from the Holy Spirit. I keep saying this over and over you are to reflect, represent and reveal Christ Jesus. This means you do not represent your pastor, church, denomination, your own beliefs which may be false but you preach and speak IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. When you speak with a mixture of flesh and spirit I guess you could say you speak with a forked tongue. I am not saying this out of cruelty. I have witnessed by the Holy Spirit when someone speaks starting out in the Spirit and then adds their own interpretation of expounds with their own intellect rather than revelations of Spirit and Truth. Hey, we are human and all being refined. This is why prophet utterance is only speaking by the power and unction of the Holy Spirit. Just as Jesus said the words I speak are not my own but of my Father. I only do what I see my Father doing! We must all develop this in our own walk with the Lord. Today the church has people say a prayer, dunk them in water and sends them out. How come it took three and a half years for discipleship when JESUS TAUGHT THEM and even then without the Holy Spirit they would not remember what they had been taught. In addition there were things Jesus said He could NOT teach them until the Holy Spirit dwelt within them. That is why in my previous post I said all of the Apostles had the same Gospel but each grew in continued revelations of Christ. Paul preached on Grace because it was a personal revelation by the Thorn in the flesh. Paul knew this was also a spiritual attack and wrote Ephesians six. John wrote the Book of Revelations. All of the Epistles were their testimonies of continue Revelations of Christ Jesus. It is the Apostles and Prophets that lay the foundation of Christ Jesus but not only the denial of the five fold ministry but also the false people in the five fold ministry corrupt the Word of God. The five fold ministry is the fullness of Jesus as five is the biblical number of GRACE! A true Apostle walks in the total of the five fold ministry or how could you “BUILD THE CHURCH”. Today we only have a pastor who eliminates the five fold ministry and he alone represents an all in one presence. Is the pastor prophetic? Let’s put it this way which office of the five fold ministry in the bible battles Jezebel? What office of the five fold ministry took on principalities? Which office took on Kings of other nations? When the church does not have the five fold ministry the saints suffer in edification. There again just as there are false pastors/prophets there will be false in all five offices. That does not mean those offices do not exist. It’s so sad today that the saints can’t distinguish between prophecy and the office of a prophet! When Paul said above all the gifts he wish all would prophesy he was referring to being living witnesses/testimonies of Christ Jesus. The spirit of prophecy is testimony of Jesus. Anyone that speaks/proclaims/preaches is prophesying but that does NOT make them a prophet! So preaching is a testimony of Jesus Christ. Many have another Jesus that they preach and thus a different Spirit.

I get many excuses when I bring up these points when people say Moses wasn’t perfect and yet Moses was commissioned. They do not see the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament! Visitation is NOT habitation, why do you think they brought the Arc of the Covenant?

Exodus 33:15 (NKJV)

15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

It is important to understand when the Lord went with them did the Lord only go in part or in fullness? Is the fullness of the Holy Spirit been developed and established within you? Is there still any darkness that you have within you? If so, the fullness of Christ is NOT going with you or within you!

Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Covenant! Those born again do not live under the Old Covenant. To understand the New Covenant the Old Covenant is needed and visa versa. To understand the fullness of the Old Covenant the New Covenant is needed. That is why the full counsel of God’s Word is vital and essential!

Matthew 5:48 (NKJV)

48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Philippians 1:6 (NKJV)

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 12:14 (NKJV)

14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

Matthew 6:21–23 (NKJV)

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22  “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Now let us look at how by allowing the fulfillment of Hebrews 4:12 which is the Person of Christ Jesus to work within you unto complete sanctification and holiness you can not fulfill Ephesians 6:10-20.

Ephesians 6:10–20 (NKJV)

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

If you do not put on which means submit to Hebrews 4:12 you are unable to put on the power of His might or the completed armor. Thus you are not truly equipped for the battlefield! Are you sanctified by His Word? Has all of HIS WORD which is the LIVING WORD CHRIST JESUS FORMED WITHIN YOU. ARE YOU ESTABLISHED IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS. I know this is contrary to the preaching of today but this is critical in the hour we live!

John 17:18–23 (NKJV)

18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Christ Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

Now let us try to wrap this up. As you seen in John 17 we are sanctified by truth. Is your church preaching in Spirit and Truth? Truth is established ONLY by The Holy Spirit. So are you allowing Hebrews 4:12-13 to be fulfilled in you? Christ Jesus was not glorified until after His death and resurrection and if Mary had touched Jesus before Jesus ascended that would have changed the outcome. You see human hands can not create the dwelling place of the Lord so a church structure or place of congregation is NOT the church. If Jesus had not ascended into glory before anyone touched Jesus the fallen nature would have been a contamination of the resurrection. You may ask how do we know this. Paul tells us and this is also why the modern day church is in the condition that it is and why false doctrines have created people influenced and inhabited by demons who call themselves Christians.

1 Timothy 5:22 (NKJV)

22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

I hope you have found this informative and that you received this in Spirit and Truth. I once had a woman come to a prayer group with several sicknesses. I was instructed by church leaders not to pray directly but to give any revelations to the leadership of the prayer group so they could pray. This is in total opposition to the Spirit of God! The one who receives revelation is the one empowered by that revelation because it was received from the Lord by the Holy Spirit. So the revelation empowers the prayer. The two leaders prayed with no healing. I said all that they have prayed is not your problem. I said the Lord revealed that your thyroid is the problem which is creating these illnesses and sickness. I asked if I could gently lay my hand on her throat and she said yes. As I prayed she began to cry as the Holy Spirit was manifesting. Her cry was not of hurt but of revelation of the prayer. When I finished my prayer she stated the revelation to me. She said she had been to a church for the “laying on of hands” for spiritual impartation and she feared she received a different spirit! There you go, the laying on of hands imparts spirits! I asked if I could pray again and she said yes. So I said greater is the Lord in her and greater is the Lord in me. In the name of Jesus come out now! She was delivered right there and set free! I was told this type of prayer was not allowed because the church had a SOZO deliverance ministry which is psychotherapy masquerading as spiritual deliverance! I know because the Lord allowed me to attend a few class session and even under a session. I was not blinded spiritually so I was unaffected by this process but it allowed me to discern and witness first hand this demonic false deliverance ministry. It is done by “probing spirits” as I have discussed in other postings. The Lord is not a probing Spirit He reveals to us by divine revelation as I mentioned a few sentences ago. The reason for probing spirits is to put a spiritual hook in you to create ungodly soul ties of bondage. You then are subject to repetitive sessions of SOZO or falsely believe you are set free. It’s of the devil! Impartation is the laying on of hands for the transference of spiritual gifts bu tit is the impartation of the spirit of those gifts which 99.9 percent of the time is transference of demonic spirits! You are receiving spirits! Paul approached this much differently with Timothy as the calling and gifting is from the Lord only! Notice the gift of God was already within Timothy!

2 Timothy 1:6 (NKJV)

Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Acts 19:1–6 (NKJV)

Paul at Ephesus

19 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

THE UNBELIEF OF THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE

THE UNBELIEF OF THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

Hebrews 11 (NKJV)

By Faith We Understand

11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Faith at the Dawn of History

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.

By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Faithful Abraham

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

The Faith of the Patriarchs

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

The Faith of Moses

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.

24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

By Faith They Overcame

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again.

Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

What people are not truly understanding is that the mark of the beast is the same as the “forbidden fruit” from the Garden of Eden. If you take the mark you shall surely die and be forever separate from the Lord Jesus. The mark of the beast will become your life as the Antichrist because you will be disconnected from the TREE OF LIFE, CHRIST JESUS. Hence you are of your father the devil.

John 14:6 (NKJV)

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

You will NOT get to the Father by partaking in the forbidden fruit or the mark of the beast but the mark of the beast will allow you physical life while it renders spiritual death. So here is the point of the “unbelief of the pre-tribulation rapture”. You believe the lie of the pre-tribulation rapture because you do not have total faith and belief in the TREE OF LIFE. The pre-tribulation is presented as the essence of life by the false doctrine of demons just as the “apple” was presented by the Serpent in the Garden.

Is your saving faith in the truth of God’s Word and your life sustained by the TREE OF LIFE or will you deny faith believing the apple had no impact or consequences. You might as well say that and Adam and Eve never fell from the TREE OF LIFE. The pre-tribulation rapture is evil presented as good!

Isaiah 5:20–21 (NKJV)

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;

Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,

And prudent in their own sight!

So what the Serpent presented in the garden to Eve will be presented once again as the Mark of the Beast! It will look and be presented as life which in reality represents death! The pre-tribulation rapture is the denial of true and TOTAL saving faith not being totally rooted and grounded in faith and partaken in the TREE OF LIFE, CHRIST JESUS. Let’s put it this way. In your home if something was found to be toxic or deadly to the life of your household you would REMOVE the toxin to safeguard the lives of your loved ones.

Now with this in mind when the Lord opens or closes a door no man can change that door to life in Christ or the will of Christ Jesus. One thing I have noticed why there is so little true growth of faith is because faith is always being tested to be truly strengthened. The process of which too many deny because it is not pleasing, sensual, palatable, or render worldly provisions. The Lord doesn’t present things as the Serpent presents things that is why it is not pleasing to the fallen nature of humanity.

Mark 8:36–9:1 (NKJV)

36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

The Transfiguration

Matt. 16:28–17:3; Luke 9:27–36

9 And He said to them, Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.”

So it is truly unbelief that preaches the pre-tribulation rapture and not saving faith and belief in Christ Jesus. Once again as I have written this in previous postings. What we will experience is similar to the three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace. They had saving faith and full devotion and belief in Christ Jesus! What did the fiery furnace represent? Why was it turned up seven times hotter? It is because when a house is swept clean the demonic spirit roams around for a home and returns to the previous owner that spirit brings seven more spirits making this person seven times worse. With the fiery furnace turned up seven times it is the number of completion/perfection which is symbolic of an eternal state in hell!

Matthew 12:43–45 (NKJV)

43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

2 Peter 2:20–22 (NKJV)

20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

Upon salvation we receive a “measure of faith” and a measure is not fullness of faith! The pre-tribulation rapture is not fullness of faith! Think of the twelve scouts that Moses sent out and the answers he received. Only two of the twelve had true faith that the Lord promised them this land and that they would overcome the giants of the land! This is the same end of the age faith that is required. A pre-tribulation rapture is refusal to stand for Christ Jesus in Spirit and Truth through thick and thin, trials and tribulations. How can this be a “true” witness of Christ Jesus with unbelief! If you have any unbelief you have LITTLE TO NO SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY against darkness and evil. This is the widespread condition of the church today! Unbelief masquerading as belief just and an outward appearance of godliness but denying the power of God.

Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Matthew 17:19–21 (NKJV)

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

20 So Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Prayer and fasting is what crucifies unbelief! What did Saul from Tarsus do immediately after his encounter with Jesus? He fasted and prayed for three days! He was a person who did not believe in Christ Jesus before his encounter.

In one of my previous post I posed these thoughts to people to think about the MAGNITUDE of what faith is. When the Lord Jesus told Adam not to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which the forbidden fruit represented. Ask yourself, I mean seriously stand in the garden in personal representation as Adam. Now ask yourself, what is death where death has never been before? Similarly, what is a flood where there is no rain or water? You see that is why FAITH is required and essential for a life in Christ Jesus and why the pre-tribulation rapture is of the devil! A similar analysis would be telling your young child not to touch the stove top because it is hot and when you turn your back they touch the stove top and get burned. Did they have faith in what you spoke to them? Are not these actions of the fallen nature as that is where unbelief is rooted when Eve partook of the forbidden fruit! Real belief is in the one whom you follow not merely speak about! Adam chose EVE not the fruit as Adam did not partake prior to the creation of Eve. Could this be similar to a modern day metaphor, a happy wife is a happy life sacrificing your personal beliefs and morals for your wife to sustain a sense of peace. I am just putting that out there. Adam was attacked by the lust of the flesh. We each need to learn for ourselves by Spirit and Truth what the Written and Living Word of God speaks to us as individuals not as a “corporate assembled body” of people. What is the Lord telling and speaking to you not what someone else is saying too you. This would include from the pulpit! My blog post address this: https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/03/the-spiritual-damnation-of-religious-gossip/

With the pre-tribulation rapture you do not need to have the “fullness of faith, trust” or even divine Agape love of Christ Jesus. This is why Peter was restored in love by Jesus after denying Jesus three times. Your love for Christ Jesus should be above and greater than the love for anyone else. This is why Jesus told us about the two great commandments and the first was to love the Lord with all of your heart, soul and mind.

Matthew 22:37–40 (NKJV)

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

The pre-tribulation rapture is a lie from the pit of hell! So let’s look at it another way or perspective. When Christ was on the Cross of Calvary did they not shout if you are the King of the Jews remove yourself from this cross! The pre-tribulation is the same thing! I hope you are seeing how if you believe in the pre-tribulation rapture and your preacher is preaching this you are listening to the devil masquerading as an angel of light! Wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are not spiritually building you up they are leading you to destruction! So if Jesus removed Himself from the cross then they woul have believed? Had not Jesus already performed many miracles and they still did not believe in Jesus! If you truly need to witness a pre-tribulation rapture as your sign or belief to know the separation of the redeemed from the unsaved then you admit you have no spiritual discernment now! You don’t need a sign and wonder to know good from evil or holiness from darkness you need personal revelation from the Holy Spirit by walking in the Spirit not carnal knowledge!

Matthew 13:30 (NKJV)

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ 

Notice what happens first! The tares are dealt with not the saints! Noah and his family were not taken up but the “tares” were removed by the flood!

When you embrace the pre-tribulation which is rooted in unbelief you deny the miraculous power of Jesus to bear witness to the world! Noah’ Arc was not just mere wood it was the covenant of Christ Jesus!

Matthew 13:57–58 (NKJV)

57 So they were offended at Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” 58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

This is why people are so focused on signs and wonders! When it was spoke to Jesus on the Cross about removing Himself they had already denied Jesus but yet still wanted a sign and wonder! Christ Jesus is our SIGN AND WONDER! Jesus had already performed numerous signs and wonders!

Matthew 12:39–41 (NKJV)

39 But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

The Serpent is using the pre-tribulation rapture as a sign and wonder and if you need a sign and wonder to repent you do not have complete unwavering faith in Christ Jesus! This is exactly what was spoken to Jesus on the Cross of Calvary “IF” you are the King of the Jews remove yourself from that cross! “IF” requires the “sign and wonder” as it is unbelief masquerading as belief! Many have the illusion of faith believing they have faith just as many believe they are born again and are NOT! This is also why the devil performs signs and wonders to deceive people into following him.

Matthew 7:22–23 (NKJV)

22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

John 5:39–47 (NKJV)

Witness of the Scriptures

39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

41 “I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Do you believe in ALL OF THE WORD OF GOD?

The Lord just reminded me of this scripture to add. You see so much of the scripture is taken out of context for substantiating lies and deceit just as the Serpent did in the garden. The book of Thessalonians is not speaking of a pre-tribulation rapture it is about the second coming of Christ Jesus. When you add to the Word of God about a pre-tribulation rapture you are adding the plagues and pestilence upon yourself! The devil has tricked you into actually submitting to the plagues he himself initiates! This is like partaking in the forbidden fruit from the garden.

Revelation 22:18–19 (NKJV)

A Warning

18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

I was not intending to originally make this statement but it needs to be spoken as the Lord brought this to me at this time to share. There is a “false mimicking spirit” which masquerades as the Holy Spirit which is “sensual” not HOLY! It is prevalent in all of the church body of the undiscerning and sits withing the pews and leadership. It will arouse the “flesh” masquerading as “spiritual” and you see it in much of the foolishness of today’s worship! They are not bringing the Spirit of Holiness they are bringing a “sensual demonic” spirit that masquerades as the Holy Spirit. Crucified flesh or a person that walks in the Spirit of God will know what I am talking about! It makes me want to puke just as Jesus said He would vomit us out of His mouth!

Well while I love to share what the Lord puts on my heart I will close for now before I go off on another topic. I hope you see now that the pre-tribulation is actually unbelief and the mark of the beast is the devils tree of life. I pray the Lord reveal to you in His Spirit of Truth what you have just read.

LEGALISM MASQUERADING AS FAITH

LEGALISM MASQUERADING AS FAITH

As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you.

I have been witnessing far to many professing Christians for many years project legalism upon the saints/body of Christ for provisions which is MISPLACED AND FALSE FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS. It was the Lord who sent the prophet to the widow for food. It was an angel that delivered food to the prophet. It was the Ravens that feed Elijah! Misplaced faith which is NOT in Christ Jesus will not sustain you in the days we are living. This is why so many false prophets are thriving through works of natural provisions but do not preach true spiritual food of Christ Jesus. Don’t confuse a form of godliness by earthly provisions as of the Lord Jesus. That is what the beast system is using against the SAINTS OF CHRIST JESUS. You would be surprised how many global ministries of provisions are of the antichrist masquerading as angels of light. All of your faith, trust and devotion MUST be in Christ Jesus alone! IT WAS JESUS THAT FED THE MULTITUDES NOT THE DISCIPLES. THE DISCIPLES DISTRIBUTED THE FOOD THEY DID NOT PROVIDE THE FOOD. PUT ALL OF YOU FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS!

Luke 18:8 NKJV

[8] I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

It would be wise to remember the five foolish virgins and the five wise virgins. Notice what the wise virgins told the foolish virgins and where they were to get their oil. The oil which is symbolic of the Holy Spirit can not be purchased from this world!

Matthew 25:1–13 (NKJV)

Parable of the Ten Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Notice line nine: Go to those who sell and buy for yourselves! When the beast system which is already established is imposed upon the saints will you be able to “buy or sell”? Will you bow to the devil or boldly proclaim Christ which is what the three Hebrews did regarding the fiery furnace! I marvel at believers who do not think they will live through the events written in the Word of God. Everything that is written in the Word of God is to become personal experience of KNOWING as reality and not just a belief! When Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount he told those who followed Him would suffer for his namesake. Read Matthew five!