American Purim
I suppose this to be an answer from God on my question ( in prayer ) as what made Balaam a false prophet when Balaam actually heard God and God spoke through him to bless Israel with a real blessing that will stand forever. ..besides the fact he gave Moab counsel that was a strategy to antagonize the people of Israel against God and make God angry against Israel.
Numbers 25:1-18 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab. And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
And behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brethren, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose up from among the assembly, and took a javelin in his hand, and he went after the man of Israel into the tent-chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. And the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace! And he shall have it, and his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. And the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, the prince of a father’s house of the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was tribal head of a father’s house in Midian. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Harass the Midianites, and smite them, for they have harassed you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor.
Balaam never prayed for actual mercy on anyone. He heard real truth from God but was at best a kind of tattle tale against Israel after they were caught in what he had himself seduced to them to.
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Esther 8:8-14 Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring. For a writing that is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, cannot be reversed. Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language. And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback riding on coursers, horses of blood reared in the breeding studs: stating that the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that might assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. The couriers mounted on coursers and horses of blood went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the fortress.
If God in His wisdom has set Satan against us, just as He did to Job against Israel and then Satan blames us before God for what Satan in fact has done and in order to make Satan fall by Satan’s devises grants Satan a few desires, God is just to grant us the petitions on our behalf that He Himself makes through us as our Word and Christ Jesus. Having demonstrated such in earthly government through Ahasuerus, Haman, Esther and Mordecai, how much more from heaven?
Esther 9:16 And the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),
For Job knew that he was being falsely accused both to his face and before God and spoke to God concerning that false accusation as Christ spoke for him through him:
Job 10:1-3 My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me. Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
The counsel of the wicked to our faces is that we as Americans, simply have an innate love of drugs, gambling, war, prostitution, pornography, false religion, murder, gluttony, greed, money, laziness, anti-Christ and every wickedness. Thus the wicked have obtained a decree from God to do what the wicked call “justice”.
But God in having granted Satan his wish, a decree which may not be reversed as it is His Word, just as He did through Ahasuerus, has granted us as well a decree which may not be reversed.
Luke 22:35-38 And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing. He said therefore to them, But now he that has a purse let him take it , in like manner also a scrip, and he that has none let him sell his garment and buy a sword; for I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned with the lawless: for also the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.
All the false prophets with their “judgment on America” themes have a certain sight. They hear real things. Yet they do not know God. Their pleasure is in merely parroting what they hear “interpreted” through non-creating speech/anti-Christ rather than pleading for the people of God before God as Jesus Christ does it through us. There is a difference between “telling on” your neighbors before God and praying for them, working for their understanding, grace and preservation in Christ Jesus.
God indeed is God of mercy that delights in mercy; something false prophets know nothing of in their own type of mercy that has nothing to do with justice yet which they say is “God’s will”. Yes it is God’s will. So is mercy.
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Isaiah 55:6 -13 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for which I send it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Ezekiel 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.
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Every true son of God in this time in history wants to be in America. It isn’t that the whole of the spiritual war is being fought here. It’s all over the world. But in America it’s a 24/7 no holds barred pitched battle from every angle both in sleep and in being awake, within and without. In Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America the demons and overt witchcraft are more obvious and Satan is much stronger with a very few ( but growing) pockets of resistance. In Russia and that region Satan pretty much rules. But here its a street fight all the day as all the evil from everywhere else seeks a foothold besides the homegrown type. If you’re a true new creature in Jesus Christ you gotta love it. It’s true God prays for the whole world through us in one spot, but if you want to get it on all day long you got to get here. Prayers saved in other parts of the world for a rare day of trouble are the everyday in America, even as we have a certain kind of peace as status quo they do not.
Romans 8:37-39 But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Life is pretty good here: we’re dying all the day for Christ and yet not overthrown; we’ve got trouble everywhere but God delivers us; the work of God as God wants it done is getting done ( though it seems slow in our eyes..) and we’ve got God in Jesus Christ as our exceeding great reward. Springs of living water well up in us and overflow out of us and we are beautiful to God though scourged all the day long to be received by Him. And God has delivered out of the deceptions that to some extent are still coming out of parents. God loves us even as He Says to us:
Jeremiah 45:4,5 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, what I have built do I overthrow, and what I have planted I pluck up, even this whole land. And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.
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Jeremiah 33:1-3 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the doer of it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it, Jehovah is his name: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.
….while the false prophets are war criminals in the war against the soul and spirit of Man no matter that every now and then they pronounce real decrees from God ..but in non-creating speech and for the side of wickedness.
Ecclesiates 3:10-15 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in. He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth. I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life; yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God. I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth it , that men should fear before him. That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. 2 Kings 18:25
Anti-Christ tried the lie that God had sent him to conqueor Jerusalem through the Assyrians. But God says to the worshipers of demons who hate Jesus Christ and Israel: "But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me." 2 Kings 19:27