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GODS PLAN FOR MANKIND
WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED!
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God had passed leadership from Moses to Joshua. The children of Israel, under Joshua's leadership had,
for the most part resisted the worship of the pagan gods of the gentile peoples and gave their elegance and
worship to the true God of Israel.
But now that Joshua was gone there were no strong leaders to guide them into the righteousness of
Yahweh. His ways didn't at all appeal to their inner-carnal appetites, not like the worship of the great Diana with
her temple prostitutes, women prostitutes as well as those for perverted men!
Yahweh had promised them such blessings if they would only worship Him and keep His
commandments. They couldn't recognize that this loving God that was introduced to them at Mt. Sinai was
teaching them these righteous ways not to necessarily benefit Himself but He was teaching them how to have
joy and peace and abundance for themselves and their children.
He was a God of love and was passing that love to them, teaching them how to love one another through
His code of conduct. He gave them the right conduct toward their neighbor's, He was their Creator and He
wanted to give them every blessing!
God had lead them into this promised land that was flowing with milk and honey and He had given them
the command that would lead them into abundant blessings, but He had also warned them of the consequences
of disobedience and the curses that they would bring upon themselves.
God had warned them not to forget where their blessing came from, that when they begin to think they
themselves had accomplished these things and turn to other gods His blessings would pass from them, but they
didn't listen and they turned to the gentile gods and the evil priests of those gods even had them sacrifice their
children in the fire to Baal and Moloch.
“When the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and displace
them and dwell in their land. Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are
destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods saying how did these nations serve their
gods? I also will do likewise. You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to
the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to
their gods” (Deuteronomy 12:29-31).
Human nature has an innate desire to worship what can be seen, but God demands that we worship Him
whom we cannot see. God expounds to Israel; “Take heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord
spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image
in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast that is on the earth or the
likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you
see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them,
which the Lord your God has given to all the people under the whole heaven as a heritage” (Deuteronomy
4:15-19).
We all know the history of God’s called out physical nation Israel. It had its beginning with righteous
Abraham, who was the father of the faithful. We know the stories of Isaac and Jacob and Jacobs sons who
formed the great nation of Israel. Their commission was to set a right example for all nations on earth. We also
know how they failed to do so and because of their sins they went into captivity. We also know from scripture
that God isn't finished with them yet! He will bring them back!
God’s Church today is blessed with the knowledge of the identity of the United Stated of American being
the offspring of Joseph, his son Manasseh, and given the wonderful blessing that we have experienced because
of the promise God gave to righteous Abraham. We know we all love this nation and it's difficult to see what
is happening to it.
The contrast between ancient Israel and our nation today is sobering to say the least! Events are
happening so rapidly, it's hard to keep up with the downward trend of debauchery. The apostle Paul tells us, “For
it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret” ( Ephesians 5:12).
Now these shameful things are not just done in secret! But they are even accepted by many in our society
today, given acceptance by our governing authorities. Israel, in tune with the pagan ways walked their children
through the fires of the pagan gods and now our nation legalizes the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of
innocent babes and sells their parts for profits. How evil can our societies come before God says, "That's
enough"?! God tells us to sigh and cry for the abominations that are committed, as we well should, and do!
God tell us through the apostle Paul how to live in such a society. “But all things that are exposed are
made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light, Therefore He say: "Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light!. “See that you walk circumspectly, (which can be translated,
vigilantly or watchfully) not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (The New Living
Translation says, “Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days). “Therefore do not be unwise, but
understand what the will of the Lord is, and do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be fill with
the spirit. Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord. Giving thanks always in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the
fear of God” ( Ephesians 5: 13-21 ).
Also God gives us these encouraging instructions; “Finally, my Brethren, be strong in the Lord and in
the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 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. Stand therefore, having girded your
waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation
of the gospel of peace; Above all, take the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”
( Ephesians 6:10 -17).
The apostle Paul admonished us to Live in the spirit and walk in the spirit, to possess those fruits that
can only come through our submission to Jesus Christ; they are “love, joy, peace longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control” (Galatians 5:22).
This nation is going down as God's people Israel did. Why? Because we are systematically turning away
from God, kicking God out of our schools, our government buildings, etc. But God will in the end save His
nation Israel as He will America!
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved. For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will
make a short work upon the earth. Unless the Lord of Sabbath had left us a Seed, we would have become as
Sodom and we would have been made like Gomorrah” (Romans 9:27-29).
Without Christ and His Church there would be no hope for humanity. Humanity would go down the
spiraling road to utter destruction and meet their doom as did Sodom and Gomorrah.
But there is hope for humanity, there is hope for Israel, Gods plan will be accomplished, He will bring
Israel back and He will save them! “For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries,
and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you; and you shall be clean; I will cleanse
you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My
statues, and you will keep My judgments and do them. I will call for the grain and multiply it and bring no
famine upon you ... then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good and you will
loathe yourselves in your own sight. I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt.
The desolate lands shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all those who pass by. So they will say;
this land that was desolate had become like the Garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are
now fortified and inhabited.”(Exerts from Ezek. 36:24-35).
“I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the
Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him
as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. And the land shall mourn;
every family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of
the house of Nathan by itself (which was Mary's father). This is many generations, many times over) and their
wives by themselves, the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves. All the families
that remain, every family by itself and their wives by themselves” (Zechariah 12:10-14).
The context here is right after Christ return. “In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David
and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. (Of course this fountain represents God’s Spirit
for the healing of the nations.) It will be in that day, says the Lord of hosts that I will cut off the names of the
idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit
to depart form the land” (Zechariah 13:1-2).
God will bring Israel back and He will restore them as He has promised. When this time comes there will
be abundant peace and prosperity. The earth will be restored until it will be like that ancient Garden of Eden,
the desert will bloom like the rose, and the plow man will meet the reaper, families will dwell together in
harmony. This is our hope, this is our hope and our vision! ☜
Carlos & Louise McGuire
AMBASSADORS MUST BE
EXERCISED IN LOVE!
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have
the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not
love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own,
is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes
all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will
fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know
in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be
done away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I
became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I
know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but
the greatest of these is love”. ☜
1 Cor 13:1-13 NKJV