A Table in Heaven

"What you need to understand is that Abraham is on earth what the Father is in heaven. The two share one son, completely Abraham's son and completely God's son. They share one destiny. They share one faith. They share one promise. They share one house. They share one thrown. They share one table. There is no competition. In covenant there is no competition. In covenant I exalted Abraham, I raised him. He humbled himself even as God humbled Himself, and I raised Him. I exalted Him. There's a table in heaven and at the head of the table is Abraham—I made it so. There is no competition in God. I covenantially brought Abraham into the mix. Why don't people consider that. They think they can teach and preach covenant. But they don't consider that. That Abraham was brought into covenant with Yahweh. One inferior and one Grand, and the Grand humbled Himself and the inferior was raised up so the two are one in covenant. One benefited. Why don't people consider that? (David replies, "Father this message is so huge. It messes with people's head, because they are so filled with such guilt for the betrayal in the Garden of Eden.) You got that right, boy. You got it right! It’s the guilt of betrayal. It's the stain upon humanity. The blood of Jesus broke the power of that. I don't want you to ever again live in that failure mindset. Israel David do not live there. Sheldon David do not live there. We got too much to do with one another, than to burden your selves with that bull. It just gets in the way. There were men and women I want to bring all the way into the Promise Land. But they couldn't go any further, like Tara. He couldn't go any further..."

"It takes people brave enough to listen to these words. It takes men and women enough to believe that God has filled them with all righteousness for you, and has condemned all condemnation for you. And has blotted out every stain on your record, and has set you completely free. It takes faith to believe that God has already taken care of it all. Men and women who revel sin are really reveling in their guilt and shame. We can sing songs all day and all night that I was a sinner and now I saved. Thank God. Praise God, I'm saved. You notice the focus is on you and your salvation, and on your freedom and on your old sinful nature. And it’s doing nothing for the Kingdom for God. I want something to be done about the Kingdom of God. I'm putting vision in your heart about the Kingdom of God, something beyond yourselves. Tara couldn't take is family to Promise Land, Oh, I called him there, but he couldn't do it. He was bound.

Someone told you, you were walking where no man gone before. And you decided to ignore the yellow tape, saying caution, caution. Do not enter. Do not pass this line. You said, forget that nonsense I'm going to do it anyway. And you follow God beyond the yellow safety tape, says the Lord. And you’re moving into reality and trailblazing into places that have not yet been seen. And oh boy, that pleases me. I must convince you, to not be their way. Don't let anyone try to convince you to be their way. Be convinced in your hearts, and that God adores you and that you're new creatures and creations in Christ. All things are pasted away and all things become new. All pasted away. All that past crap pasted way. Everything becomes new for you at this table… It's your place, says the Lord." 

(portion of a prophecy from Sheldon David on 4-1-2011)

Note: I'm glad I had already transcribed a number of  Sheldon prophecies to my blog drafts in order share more of God's heart with you. I didn't realize at the time when I did it that I would be trashing those Cd's later. However, I know in the long run it will be for my good. God is doing a work of grace in my life and it is important to remember that the past is the past. Satan continues to try to take our focus off the Prize by looking and thinking about other things, including looking back at the past and its mistakes and failures. However, God wants us to continue to remind ourselves of who we really are, and the awesome work that wait ahead of us for His Kingdom. The Father is also revealing more of His heart to me and I will share with others when the time is right. 

The Unforeseen Journey

Saul, the Pharisee of Pharisees, was on a journey to Damascus to arrest Christians. He had a letter of authority under his belt and was determination to make a name for himself, to make things right and to punish those who were wrong. Then all of a sudden, Saul was knocked off his donkey by a blinding light and his world was turned upside down. From then on things for him were different. His eyes were blinded by the Light and when they were opened he had a different view of the Lord Jesus Christ. He also had other visitations and teaching from the Lord that have influenced the church worldwide. Paul became the greatest missionary of all time and an inspiration for many others. That's how a revelation of Jesus Christ can affect people's lives.

When we study Saul's upbringing and training as a Pharisee, one would think God would surely have capitalized on that, just as we have seen other ministers do. But, God had a totally different plan for Saul. There was a change in plans. In fact God did just the opposite, instead of using him to win the Jews for Christ, God sent him to the Gentiles. It only goes to confirm that God's ways are different than mans. The scriptures says, "Many are the plans of men, but it is the Lord's will that prevails." (Proverbs 19:21) The same still holds true for us today. God has a way of changing our expectations into something better and grander than anything we could of planned, but we must be willing to let go of the past. He did it for Josephs, Moses, Esther, David, Mary, Peter and many others, including a Pharisee named Saul of Tarsus. The apostle Paul writes:

"For I would have you know, brethren, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the Church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when He who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son to me, in order that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus." (Galatians 1:11-17 RSV)

Paul, with all his vast knowledge of Jewish history and religious training, it did very little to help with the mission God had planned for him. In fact, Paul counted it all as "dung" compared to the knowledge and revelation of Jesus Christ. Saul even changed his Jewish name to a Roman one, Paul, thus forsaking his Jewish heritage in order to embrace the vision set before him. He tried to minister to the Jews, but it seemed useless and it also frustrated him, because they were not his mission field. Paul's calling was heading him into uncharted water, to minister to people who knew nothing of the God of Abraham. Something he had never envisioned of doing before. Now he was totally dependent upon the Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit. He also knew the Lord was with him, and that was the most important thing. We too will be frustrated in life or our ministry, if we are not in the perfect will of God.

I'm beginning to see some similarity between Paul's calling and my own. Yet, with just the opposite mission field from Paul's. He was called to the Gentiles and I, an American, have been called to the Nations of Israel. I was raised in the traditions of Christianity and studied four years their Bible Collage. Then I set out to make a name for myself as an artist. But at the age of forty, God knocked me off my "donkey" or should I say out of bed. When the Lord said to me, "It's now or never." From that time on I've been in training in a wilderness also, but it wasn't until recently that the Lord showed me my future, a bigger picture and the reason for my name change.

What will it take to change God's chosen people? I believe it will be the anointing of God on His sons and the power of the Holy Spirit, and most of all the right timing. I also expect to gain more revelation of the Father's heart on my journey in the coming days and years. This is truly what it will take to change the world and the Jewish Nations. The world needs to see the love and power of God, not more clever ideas, gifting or programs of men. When we seek the Lord, with all our heart, we will find that His plans for us are much bigger and different than what we expected. But one thing for sure, we will never be alone on our unforeseen journey.

Note: We should always keep an open mind to other possibilities for our future, else we might find ourselves knocked off our donkey and given a change of plans. Plans mush bigger and better than the ones we could of ever had. People try to build a bigger and better kingdom for themselves, but God wants His sons and daughters to rule the world.

Who's My Mother?

When God step on the scene things change, especially with family. Jesus said to His disciples, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be those of his own household." (Matthew 10:34).

Jesus continues with,“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his cross  and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.  (Matthew 10: 37-39)

Then one day Jesus' mother and brothers came looking for Him. And Jesus said to the crowd around Him, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" Then looking at those (disciples) sitting around Him, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."(Mark 3:33-34) Jesus wasn't trying to be mean, but to make specific point. Which is—in the Kingdom of God the spiritual family take preeminence over the natural family. This wasn't anything knew for Jesus, He saw His Father do the same thing. For example, in the Garden of Eden, God commanded Adam not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. But Adam chose to follow his wife into disobedience, rather than obey God's words. The next time, God told Noah to build an ark and he obeyed God. And another time, God asked Abram to leave his country and his family household. This man believed and obeyed God, and that is why Abraham is called the Father of our Faith. God also saw that Abraham was willing to obey even when he was asked to sacrifice his only son whom he loved. Throughout history man has often had to chose between the will of God and family. We are to love are family, but are mandate is to obey our Heavenly Father, rather than pleasing our family. 

There is a point of contention, compromise and capitulation in churches today. Many don't believe what God says or that He would really want us to leave everything (Luke 14:33) or even sacrifice our family for the sake of the Kingdom of God (Luke 18:29). And so the church is what it is—stagnate, weak and unfaithful. But that will change due to God's incredible love and grace.

Most of the prophets in the Bible where single men and for good reason. There lives at time were harsh and there was only one voice they were to obey. Those who were married sometimes had it harder, such as Moses and David. God also took Ezekiel's wife life to prove a point, and He told Hosea to marry a prostitute to be an example. And the prophet Jeremiah was told never to marry. All these examples go to show that God's will takes preeminence over everything and everyone, including family.

You may have noticed when reading the Bible that peoples emotions are rarely mentioned or go into detailed feelings. There's probably a good reason for it, because our focus it to be on the will of God and not on human emotions. Those emotions tend to get in the way of obeying God. We usually to struggle with them far more than we should, but God's grace is there just the same.

I've sometimes wondered how Ishmael and Hagar must of felt when Abraham send them away? Or even how Abraham himself felt? Then there was Barak, who sacrificed his daughter, because of a vow to God. Or Peter's wife when he left her to follow Jesus? We can only speculate on their feeling based on how we would probably feel if something like that had happened to us. It's still hard for many people to understand the ways of God. Can you imagine how young Issac must of felt as he laid there on the alter and his father was poised over him with a knife in his hand, yet Issac's life was spared. However, God was not willing to spare His own son in order to save the world. Yet, others may see these acts as total madness, and questioned the reality of God's love. This certainly doesn't look like love to them. The problem is human love is based solely to emotions, and even though those emotions are very strong, they can vary from day to day—just like the weather. The human side of us will still tries to understand and make sense of it all, regardless of are age or knowledge.

Some people would consider this a blind obedience. And to the natural eye it would be. But the spiritual man see things differently. Yet, we still have a choice. People who know God's heart and will are not really blind as those who are that claim to see or know better. The sons and daughters of God trust in the Father completely, and not in their feelings. God knows best and He sees the big picture of which we may only see a vary small part. Covenant and agape love trump human love every time.

No God fearing man or woman wants to see other people hurt or suffer especially their loved ones, children or even their spouse. Whether these people have a good relationship or not doesn't really matter, it seems there will always be the feeling of rejection or offense when the other persons leaves. Only God can bring healing in these areas—for the ones who are left behind, sent away, and those who chose to obey and follow Jesus Christ. There is a the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. We should seek the latter and let others chose what's right for them with no condemnation.

Note: God doesn't ask everyone to sell everything or leave their family, but He does expect us to be sold out to Him and willing to do whatever He tells us. 

One Man's Sin

When I woke up early this morning I was frustrated. As the morning continued I became angry in my soul. I realized what a mess this world had become. This wasn't a news flash. Everywhere we look there is chaos. Everything is out of order and people are suffering, even the ones who don't think they are. I see beautiful people who's lives are hurting or being destroyed by sickness, disease and unforgiveness. Everyday thousands of people die needlessly, all because of one man's sin.

There are people who hate, kill and abuse others, because of greed, pride and lust. Fear and doubt reek havoc on the minds of most people as the try to find answers to solve their problems. (I too have to deal with my own and those around me.) There are people starving, lonely, homeless and neglected. Children and babies whose lives have been cut short or born with deformity. Corruption abounds in government, business, and society as a whole. There are wars and disasters destroying homes, lives and families. People are being deceived and in the end most tend to look out for number one—themselves. Many feel trapped and others have sought religion as an answer to try and make sense of it all; only to become trapped in traditions, laws, and delusions of a false peace and hope. The feeling of being loved, wanted or needed is often just like a vapor. And people keep asking, where is God in all of this? All because of one man's sin, we became like him. That man was Adam. The Bible says, "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all have sinned." (Romans 5:12)

Is it possible for all this to change? Is there hope? The answer is, yes. The answer is Jesus Christ. He's always been the answer. And He came to set us free, totally free. Thank God. The Bible says;

"But God's free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man's falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God's grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many.

    ¹⁶Nor is the free gift at all to be compared to the effect of that one [man's] sin. For the sentence [following the trespass] of one [man] brought condemnation, whereas the free gift [following] many transgressions brings justification (an act of righteousness).

    ¹⁷For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). (Romans 5:15-17TAB)

Therefore, because God's great gift and the sacrifice of Jesus—one man made a difference. Today, one man can still make a difference, a multi member man. The sons of God, both men and women, who are one with Him and serve the Kingdom of God. All authority has been given to them. They have been given a rod. It's time to rule and reign and establish. Satan is under our feet and we have been given dominion over the earth. Angels will obey us as well as satan and his demons. "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 18:18) Wow! This powerful statement made by Jesus to His disciples and it hasn't changed. We will see it reenforced in this next visitation. The Heavenly Father will have His sons rule and establish Kingdom of God on earth. And they won't be afraid to exercise justice and mercy. We need to be declaring His promises, speaking words of faith and seek His presence. Start taking back by faith what the enemy has stolen.

We can change the sins of one man and its effect on the world, just as Jesus did, one day at a time. We have been chosen to be kings and priests, to proclaim the good news, to bring healing, deliverance and restoration to a lost and broken world. We can make a difference—starting today. And it all possible, because of one man's love, Jesus Christ, the Heavenly Father.