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Challenge.

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Introduction

Peter was arguably the greatest ever imitator of Jeshua and Jeshua confirmed that Peter would be the rock on which His Church would be built - Matt 16:18.

In Acts 10:14, Peter declared that he had never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. There is no way that Jeshua ate, for example, pork. Why should I.


Before we go any further at all, if any of the following words cannot be interpreted as either "Love God" or "Love your neighbour", then I have failed to transfer that meaning or you have failed to understand my intended meaning.

I need to be set apart and holy.

I want to see the signs and wonders currently being experienced in Fiji and 800+ other places as documented by George Otis and the teams from the Sentinel Group.

My path back towards properly pleasing God involves short term compromise as I double check some years of misunderstanding the Bible.

So I'm noting my current responses to these instructions. Please contact me should you believe I'm missing a point. I will review and amend this assessment at least quarterly.

I'm noting all this publicly to make my progress accountable and to prompt discussion and challenge.

Excerpt from NIV, Matthew 22.

The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

 

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Genesis & Exodus

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
- - - -
63 Gen 1 : 28 You shall take a wife...be fruitful and multiply Obedience
17 Gen 17 : 9 - 10 You shall circumcise your male children... Baptism - Circumcision of the heart as argued by Paul in Romans 2 : 25 - 29
- Gen 32:32 You shall not eat the sinew... Obedience
165 Gen 32:33 Don't eat the thigh-vein which shrank Obedience
107 Ex 12:2 You shall determine the appointed times... Obedience. Get dates into diary at the beginning of each year
460 461 462 463 Ex 12:6 - 10 You shall slaughter the Pesach...eat the Pesach...roasted whole in fire...none to remain. Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
115 Ex 12:15 You shall remove all Chametz... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
116 117 118 119 Ex 12 : 16 Lev 23 : 7 - 8 Rest / no work on the 1st and 7th day of Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
120 121 122 Ex 12 : 18 - 20. Ex 13 : 3, 7 ...during Chag Matzah... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
402 464 465 466 467 468 Ex 12 : 43, 45, 46, 48. Ex 13 : 8 ...the Pesach... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
459 Ex 13:2 You shall sanctify the first born of man... Dedication of all children. Prayer at Harvest thanksgiving.
123 Ex 13:3 You shall sanctify the first born of man... Dedication of all children. Prayer at Harvest thanksgiving.
124 Ex 13:7 Chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite's home during Passover WIP. Obedience
125 Ex 13:8 Discuss the departure from Egypt on 1st night Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
- Ex 13:12 ...sacrifice a lamb... Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice.
368 369 370 Ex 13:13 Redeem the first born human male Too late. I can only apologise to Yahweh
108 Ex 16:29 ...not leave your home to work or for food on Sabbath WIP. My Sabbath is on Sunday - Sunbath. I'm trying to make my Sunday's special. No work. Don't look at email.
1 Ex 20:2 Know that Yahweh exists Obedience
2 Ex 20:2 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
312 318 319 Ex 20:4 - 5 No idols Obedience
204 Ex 20:7 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God Obedience
109 110 Ex 20:8, 10 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. On it you shall not do any work. Obedience but as above
59 Ex 20:12 Honour your father and your mother Obedience
278 279 Ex 20:13 You shall not murder. Obedience
282 Ex 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. Obedience
- Ex 20:15 You shall not steal. Obedience
241 Ex 20:13 & 16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. Obedience
- Ex 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. Obedience
313 Ex 20:20 Don't make any figures for ornament even if not worshipped Not sure - promise definitely not to worship them?
426 427 Ex 20:22 - 23 Don't build an altar of hewn stone. Don't climb the altar by steps Obedience
- Ex 20:23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. Obedience
- Ex 20:25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. Obedience
- Ex 20:26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed. Obedience
189 Ex 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. Obedience
196 197 198 Ex 21:8 - 9 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. Obedience
73 Ex 21:10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. Obedience
60 Ex 21:15 Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
298 Ex 21:16 Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper's possession. Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
61 Ex 21:17 Don't curse a father or mother. Obedience
299 Ex 21:18 - 19 If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed. Obedience
285 Ex 21:20 Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result. The Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
162 Ex 21:28 If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
233 Ex 21:33 If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange. Obedience
234 Ex 21:35 - 36 Judge cases of injuries caused by beasts Accept on behalf of Israelis. Obedience.
298 Ex 22:1 - 3 Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. Obedience
235 Ex 22:4 Adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle Accept on behalf of Israelis. Obedience.
236 Ex 22:5 Adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire Acknowledge on behalf of Israelis. Obedience.
- Ex 22:6 If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution. Obedience
237 Ex 22:7 If anyone gives a neighbour silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbour's house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. Obedience
238 Ex 22:8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person's property. Obedience
230 Ex 22:9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, 'This is mine, ' both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other. Obedience
231 Ex 22:14 If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbour and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss. Obedience
300 301 Ex 22:16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. Obedience
334 Ex 22:17 Don't allow any one practicing witchcraft to live Jeshua died so that I don't have to take another life. I can and do pray against those praying against Christians.
- Ex 22:18 Do not allow a sorceress to live. Obedience with the proviso that Jesus said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life. I can and do pray against those praying against Christians.
54 Ex 22:20 Do not wrong the stranger in speech Obedience
55 Ex 22:20 Do not wrong the stranger in buying or selling Obedience
- Ex 22:21 Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner Obedience
40 Ex 22:21 Don't afflict an orphan or a widow Obedience
- Ex 22:22 Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. Obedience
173 Ex 22:24 Don't take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them Obedience
174 175 Ex 22:24 Don't lend to a poor person nor demand repayment from a poor man Obedience
- Ex 22:25 If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. Obedience
3 239 403 581 Ex 22:27 - 28 Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people. Obedience
- Ex 22:29 Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. Obedience
155 Ex 22:30 Don't eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah or torn WIP. Obedience
- Ex 22:31 You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs. Obedience
243 245 Ex 23:1 Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. A transgressor shall not testify. Don't hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party Obedience. WIP as regards transgressor
248 249 250 Ex 23:2 Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit. Obedience
37 Ex 23:5 Relieve a neighbour of his burden and help to unload his beast Obedience
254 Ex 23:8 Don't accept a bribe Obedience
210 Ex 23:11 Lev 25:2 Let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year WIP. Obedience?
211 212 Ex 23:11 Lev 25:4 Don't till the land in the Sabbatical year Obedience?
111 Ex 23:12 Rest on the Sabbath Obedience albeit Sunbath
320 322 330 Ex 23:13 Don't prophesy in the name of an idol Obedience
112 471 Ex 23:14 - 15 Celebrate the festivals In diary. Pray
469 470 Ex 23:18 Don't slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home In diary. Pray
163 472 Ex 23:19 Don't boil meat with milk. Bring first fruits to Sanctuary Obedience. Tithe
354 Ex 23:23 Don't settle idolators in our land Obedience
22 Ex 23:35 Pray to Yahweh Obedience
428 Ex 25:8 Build the Sanctuary Obedience. Tithe
429 Ex 25:15 Don't remove the staves from the Ark Obedience
430 Ex 25:30 Set the showbread and frankincense before Yahweh every Shabbat Honour Sunbath
431 Ex 27:21 Kindle lights in the Sanctuary Tithe. Serve church community
372 Ex 28:2 Kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service Don't think this applies to me
432 Ex 28:28 Don't loosen the breastplate from the ephod Don't think this applies to me
373 Ex 28:32 Don't tear the High Kohein's robe Obedience
473 474 Ex 29:33 Eat the flesh of a sin offering and guilt offering. Don't eat the flesh of holy sacrifices if not of the seed of Aaron Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe
433 Ex 30:7 Offer up incense twice daily Start day with Bible and prayer. Pray without ceasing - WIP
434 Ex 30:9 Don't offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
404 Ex 30:13 Give half a shekel every year Tithe
435 Ex 30:19 Kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service Honour Sunbath. Pray without ceasing - WIP
436 Ex 30:31 Prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it Don't think this applies to me
437 438 Ex 30:32 - 33 Don't compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil. Don't anoint a stranger with the anointing oil Don't think this applies to me
439 Ex 30:37 Don't compound anything after the formula of the incense Don't think this applies to me
314 Ex 34:17 Don't make idols even for others Obedience
164 Ex 34:26 Don't eat flesh with milk Obedience
303 Ex 35:3 Don't inflict punishment on Shabbat Jeshua died for me so that I don't have to inflict punishments

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Leviticus

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
- - - -
475 Lev 1:1 -17 Burnt offering - sin Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
476 477 478 479 Lev 2:1 - 16 Grain offering - worship thru a gift Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, worship
- Lev 3:1 - 17 Peace offering - worship thru fellowship with Yahweh and other people Worship, community service
480 481 482 483 484 485 Lev 4:1 - 5:13 Sin offering (High Priest only for whole community?) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, Repentance
240 Lev 5:1 Whoever possesses evidence shall testify in Court Obedience
440 441 442 443 486 487 488 489 Lev 5:14 - 6:13 Guilt offering Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, Repentance
275 Lev 5:23 Restore that which one took by robbery Obedience
490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 Lev 6:8 - 7:38 Priestly and other regulations Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. As above
166 Lev 7:23 Don't eat the chelev or tallow-fat WIP. Obedience
167 Lev 7:26 Don't eat blood Obedience
444 445 446 447 500 Lev 8:1 - 10:20 Priesthood Baptism. As above
- Lev 11:1 - 15:33 Purity - Holy - Clean - Unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- - Holy -
- Profane. Blaspheme. - Hallow. Sanctify. Dedicate.
- - Clean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- Defile. Pollute. Corrupt. - Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- - Unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
143 Lev 11:2 Examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
144 Lev 11:4 Don't eat the flesh of unclean beasts Obedience. Forbidden. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
145 Lev 11:9 Examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
146 Lev 11:9 Don't eat unclean fish Obedience. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
148 Lev 11:13 Don't eat unclean fowl Obedience. Forbidden. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
149 Lev 11:21 Examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Obedience. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
561 Lev 11:29 - 30 Eight species of creeping things that defile by contact Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
562 Lev 11:34 Foods become defiled by contact with unclean things Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
563 Lev 11:39 Anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died by itself shall be unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. WIP. Obedience
150 Lev 11:41 Don't eat a worm found in fruit Obedience
151 Lev 11:41 - 42 Don't eat of things that creep upon the earth Obedience
152 Lev 11:44 Don't eat any vermin of the earth Obedience
153 Lev 11:43 and 46 Don't eat things that swarm in the water WIP. Obedience
501 564 Lev 12:2 - 6 A woman after childbirth shall bring an offering. Lying in woman is unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Dedicate children. WIP
565 566 567 568 577 Lev 13:2 - 49 A leper is unclean and defiles Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Prayer. Jeshua healed lepers
502 578 579 Lev 14:1 - 10 A leper shall bring a sacrifice once cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Praise Yahweh when healed of anything
503 569 570 571 Lev 15:1 - 16 If you experience a discharge, bring a sacrifice after being cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Prayer. Tithe
504 572 573 Lev 15:19 - 30 If you experience a discharge, bring a sacrifice after being cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Prayer. Tithe
505 Lev 16:1 - 34 Day of Atonement Atone for corporate sins of the community. Live the Torah as modified by New Testament personally as testimony to neighbours.
374 Lev 16:2 The kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) Don't think this applies to me
506 Lev 17:1 - 9 Inappropriate worship of Yahweh Only 1 God. Obedience.
168 Lev 17:10 - 16 Handling Blood No uncooked food
- Lev 18:1 - 30 Forbidden sexual practices Obedience
332 Lev 18:3 Don't adopt the institutions of idolators nor their customs Obedience
82 Lev 18:6 Don't act to encourage incest Obedience
83 84 85 90 Lev 18:7 - 8 Close relative. Mother. Father's wives. Obedience
86 Lev 18:9 Sister or half-sister. Granddaughter. Obedience
87 88 89 Lev 18:10 - 11 Stepsister. Aunt. Daughter-in-law. Obedience
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Lev 18:12 - 18 Sister-in-law. Woman and daughter. Sodomy Obedience
101 102 Lev 18:19 - 20 Menstrual period. Neighbour's wife. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
333 Lev 18:21 Don't pass a child through the fire to Molech Obedience
103 Lev 18:22 Sacrifice children. Homosexuality. Obedience
104 105 Lev 18:23 Animal. Obedience
- Lev 19:1 - 37 Holiness in personal conduct -
- - Respect Mother and Father. Obedience
- - 4. Observe the Sabbath. Sunbath. My Sabbath is on Sunday.
- - 2. No idols Obedience
- - 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
- - Look after neighbours Obedience
- - 8. Don't steal Obedience
- - 3. Don't blaspheme. Obedience
- - 9. Don't bear false witness. Obedience
- - ? 7. No adultery Obedience
- - 6. Don't murder Obedience
- - 10. Don't covet Obedience
62 Lev 19:3 Reverently fear father and mother Obedience
331 Lev 19:4 Don't pay attention to idolatry Obedience
507 Lev 19:8 Don't eat the flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over Obedience. Don't withhold tithe
41 Lev 19:9 Don't reap the entire field Obedience
42 Lev 19:9 Leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
43 Lev 19:9 Don't gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) Obedience. Tithe.
44 Lev 19:9 Leave the gleanings for the poor Obedience
45 Lev 19:10 Don't gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard Obedience
46 Lev 19:10 Leave the ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
47 Lev 19:10 Don't gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground Obedience
48 Lev 19:10 Leave the peret (single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
271 272 274 Lev 19:11 Don't swear falsely in denial of another's property rights. Don't steal personal property Obedience
205 Lev 19:12 Don't violate an oath or swear falsely Obedience
280 281 Lev 19:13 Don't rob or be violent Obedience
184 Lev 19:13 Don't delay payment of a hired ma's wages Obedience
34 Lev 19:14 Don't curse any other Israelite Obedience
35 Lev 19:14 Don't cause the simple minded to stumble (or anything that will cause another to sin) Obedience
251 252 253 256 Lev 19:15 Treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality. Don't render iniquitous decision Obedience
27 Lev 19:16 Don't stand idly by when a human life is in danger Obedience
29 Lev 19:16 Don't carry tales Obedience
30 Lev 19:17 Don't cherish hatred in one's heart Obedience
33 Lev 19:17 Don't put any Jew to shame Obedience
36 Lev 19:17 Rebuke the sinner Encourage with love - don't condemn
26 Lev 19:18 Love all human beings who are of the covenant Obedience
31 Lev 19:18 Don't take revenge Obedience
32 Lev 19:18 Don't bear a grudge Obedience. WIP.
358 359 Lev 19:19 Don't cross-breed cattle of different species. Nor sow different kinds of seeds together Obedience
360 Lev 19:23 Don't eat the fruit of a tree for 3 years from the time it was planted Obedience
361 Lev 19:24 The fruit of fruit bearing trees in the 4th year of planting shall be sacred like the 2nd tithe and eaten in Jerusalem Obedience?
335 336 Lev 19:26 Don't practice astrology Obedience
169 Lev 19:26 Deu 21:20 Don't eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard - don't rebel against father or mother Obedience
345 346 Lev 19:27 Don't remove the entire beard or try anything else to look like an idolator Obedience
347 348 Lev 19:28 Don't cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the idolaters. Don't tattoo the body like the idolaters Obedience
448 Lev 19:30 Revere the Sanctuary Obedience
337 338 Lev 19:31 Don't consult ghosts or wizards Obedience
11 Lev 19:32 Honour the old and the wise Obedience
181 Lev 19:35 Don't commit fraud in measuring Obedience
182 Lev 19:36 Ensure that scales and weights are correct Obedience
- Lev 20:1 - 27 Punishments for disobedience Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
286 Lev 20:10 The Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation. Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
287 Lev 20:14 The Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
- Lev 21:1 - 22:33 Instructions for Priests Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
375 376 Lev 21:1 - 3 The ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
377 Lev 21:6 That a kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
378 379 380 Lev 21:7 That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
381 Lev 21:8 To show honour to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy Obedience but only as long as Jeshua comes first
382 383 Lev 21:11 That a High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives Not sure it applies but. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
384 385 Lev 21:13 That a High Kohein shall marry a virgin. Not marry a widow Not sure it applies.
386 Lev 21:15 That the High Kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her Not sure it applies.
387 Lev 21:17 That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes
388 Lev 21:21 That a kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes. Not sure it applies to me
389 Lev 21:23 That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
390 405 Lev 22:2 - 4 That a kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) WIP. Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes
406 407 Lev 22:10 Only a kohein or wife or unmarried daughter shall eat trumah. Don't believe applies but. Obedience
408 Lev 22:15 Don't eat tevel Don't believe applies but. Obedience
508 509 510 511 512 Lev 22:20 - 22 Don't sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Don't withhold or reduce tithe
106 513 514 Lev 22:24 - 25 Don't castrate the male of any species. Sprinkle blood of blemished cattle. Offer up a beast from non-Israelites Obedience but Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
159 515 Lev 22:27 - 28 Don't slaughter an animal and its young on the same day Obedience
516 Lev 22:30 Don't leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning Obedience. Value Yahweh's provision
4 Lev 22:32 Hallow Yahweh's name Obedience
5 Lev 22:32 Don't profane Yahweh's name Obedience
127 128 129 130 131 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 517 518 519 520 521 522 Lev 23:1 - 44 Appointed Festivals Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Sabbath Sunbath
- - Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Unleavened bread Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - First Harvest Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Harvest - Pentecost - Shavuot Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Trumpets - Rosh Hashanah - New Year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
172 Lev 23:20 Don't borrow from an Israelite on interest Obedience
133 134 Lev 23:27 - 29 Atonement Only day of fasting
- - Shelters Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- Lev 24:1 - 9 Provide for Tabernacle Tithe.
3 Lev 24:10 - 23 Penalty for blasphemy Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
- Lev 25:1 - 55 Sabbath Year. Year of Jubilee. Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - - Apply restitution
213 Lev 25:4 Don't work on any trees in the Sabbatical year Obedience?
214 215 Lev 25:5 Don't reap the aftermath that grows nor gather fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is reaped in other years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
221 Lev 25:8 Count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
216 Lev 25:9 Sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
222 Lev 25:10 Keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow Acknowledge in diary. Pray
223 Lev 25:11 Don't cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees in the Jubilee year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
224 225 Lev 25:11 Don't reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself nor gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee year in the same way as in other years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
170 229 Lev 25:14 Don't wrong anyone in buying or selling Obedience
28 Lev 25:17 Don't wrong anyone in speech Obedience
267 Lev 25:23 Don't sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity Obedience
226 Lev 25:24 Grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
269 Lev 25:29 Houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year Obedience
268 Lev 25:34 Don't change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity but it may be redeemed at any time Obedience
171 Lev 25:37 Don't make a loan to an Israelite on interest Obedience
190 Lev 25:39 Don't compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave Obedience
191 Lev 25:42 Don't sell a Hebrew servant as a slave Obedience
192 Lev 25:43 Don't treat a Hebrew servant rigorously Obedience
199 Lev 25:46 Keep the Canaanite slave forever Obedience
193 Lev 25:53 Don't permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondsman sold to him Obedience
- Lev 26:1 - 46 Blessings and Curses Obedience. Repentance.
- - - Affects to what extent Yahweh is attracted to Earth
25 Lev 26:1 Don't lay down a stone for worship Obedience
409 410 411 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 Lev 27:1 - 34 Vows and Tithes Obedience. Repentance. Jeshua sacrifice

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Numbers

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
- - - -
391 392 Num 5:2 - 3 To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes
457 533 Num 5:6 - 7 Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged. Obedience
534 535 Num 5:15 Don't put olive oil or frankincense in the meal offering of a woman suspected of adultery Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to judge others
74 Num 5:30 That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to judge others
588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 Num 6:3 - 9 Nazarites shall not drink wine nor eat fresh grapes nor raisins. Shall not cut hair. Enter a building containing a corpse Prayer. Otherwise, don't think this applies to me
393 Num 6:23 That the kohanim shall bless Israel Not sure it applies but. Obedience
449 Num 7:9 When the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder Not sure it applies but. Obedience
450 451 452 453 Num 9:11 - 12 Observe the second Passover. Eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb Put in diary. Pray
454 Num 10:9 - 10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. Acknowledge in diary. Pray
394 Num 15:20 To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein Tithe
18 Num 15:38 Put tzitzit on the corners of your clothing As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
284 Num 15:39 Don't indulge in evil thoughts and sights Obedience
455 Num 18:2 Watch over the edifice continually Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Pray
395 Num 18:3 That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites Not sure it applies but. Obedience
396 456 Num 18:4 - 7 That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Not sure it applies but. Obedience
371 Num 18:17 Don't redeem the firstling of a clean beast Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
397 Num 18:23 That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary Not sure it applies but. Obedience
412 Num 18:26 That the Levite shall donate 10% Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Tithe
574 Num 19:9 Carry out the ordinance of the red heifer Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
575 Num 19:11 - 16 That a corpse defiles Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. WIP. Obedience. Prayer. Jeshua raised the dead to life
576 Num 19:19 - 22 Waters of separation defile on who is clean and cleanse the unclean after touching a corpse Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. WIP. Obedience. Prayer. Jeshua raised the dead to life
232 Num 27:8 - 11 Adjudicate cases of inheritance Not sure this applies to me. Obedience
536 537 538 539 Num 28:3 - 27 Offer up the daily and additional sacrifices Prayer. Tithe
132 540 541 542 543 Num 29:1 - 38 Hear the sound of shofar on Rosh Hashahah. Sacrifices. Sukkot Acknowledge in diary. Pray
206 Num 30:2 - 17 Decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah not sure this applies to me
207 Num 30:3 Don't break a vow Obedience
398 Num 35:2 Give the Levites cities to dwell in Tithe
260 Num 35:12 Don't execute one guilty of a capital offence before he has stood his tril Obedience but with the proviso that Jeshua died so that we don't have to take another life
293 Num 35:25 To exile one who committed accidental homicide WIP. Jeshua died so that I don't have to judge others?
242 Num 35:30 A witness who has testified in a capital case shall not lay down the law in that particular case Obedience
292 Num 35:31 Don't accept ransom from a murderer Obedience
295 Num 35:32 Don't accept ransom from an accidental homicide Obedience

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Deuteronomy

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
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228 255 Deu 1:17 Don't appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge. Don't be afraid of a bad man when trying a case Accept on behalf of Israelis. Obedience
598 Deu 3:22 Those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies Obedience. Pray
- Deu 4:16 - 31 No idols Obedience
- Deu 4:32 - 40 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
1 Deu 5:7 Know that Yahweh exists Obedience
2 Deu 5:7 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
- Deu 5:8 - 10 No idols Obedience
- Deu 5:11 3. Don't blaspheme. Obedience
- Deu 5:12 4. Observe the Sabbath. Sunbath
- Deu 5:16 5. Respect Mother and Father. Obedience
- Deu 5:17 6. Don't murder Obedience
283 Deu 5:18 7. No adultery Obedience
- Deu 5:19 8. Don't steal Obedience
- Deu 5:20 9. Don't bear false witness. Obedience
- Deu 5:21 10. Don't covet Obedience
7 Deu 6:5 Love Yahweh Obedience
12 Deu 6:7 Learn Torah and teach it Obedience
23 Deu 6:7 Read the Shema in the morning and at night Morning Devotions
19 Deu 6:8 Bind tefillin on the head As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
20 Deu 6:8 Bind tefillin on the arm As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
21 Deu 6:9 Affix mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
8 Deu 6 : 13 Deu 10 : 20 Fear Yahweh reverently Obedience
22 Deu 6:13 Pray to Yahweh Obedience
9 Deu 6:16 Don't put the word of Yahweh to the test Obedience
6 Deu 6:24 Yahweh is One, a complete Unity Obedience
352 353 Deu 7:2 Don't show favour to idolators. Nor make covenant with idolatrous nations Obedience? WIP regarding nations?
56 Deu 7:3 Do not intermarry with gentiles Obedience
315 Deu 7:25 Don't use the ornament for idolatrous worship Obedience
316 Deu 7:26 Don't make use of an idol, etc Obedience
24 Deu 8:10 Recite grace after meals Obedience
53 Deu 10:19 Love foreigners Obedience
13 Deu 10:20 Cleave to those who love Yahweh Obedience
208 Deu 10:20 Swear by His name truly Obedience
324 458 Deu 12:2 - 4 Destroy idolatry and its beliefs. Don't destroy anything of the Sanctuary Obedience. Prayer.
544 Deu 12:5 - 6 Bring all offerings as required Obedience. Tithe
545 546 Deu 12:13 - 14 Don't offer up sacrifices outside the Sanctuary Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience. Don't water down thanks to Yahweh
547 Deu 12:15 Redeem cattle that contract blemishes Obedience. Tithe
- Deu 12:16 Don't drink blood No uncooked food
413 414 415 548 549 550 551 552 Deu 12:17 Don't eat the 2nd tithe outside Jerusalem Don't think it applies but. Obedience
416 Deu 12:19 Don't forsake the Levites; but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival Tithe
157 Deu 12:21 Slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten WIP. Obedience
158 Deu 12:23 Don't eat a limb removed from a living beast WIP. Obedience
553 Deu 12:26 Bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside of Israel Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. WIP. Obedience. Tithe
14 Deu 13:1 Don't add to the commandments of Torah Obedience
15 Deu 13:1 Don't take away from the commandments of Torah Obedience
- Deu 13:1 - 18 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
321 Deu 13:4 Don't listen to anyone who prophesies in the name of an idol Obedience
325 326 327 328 329 Deu 13:9 Don't love the enticer to idolatry WIP. Obedience? Or did Jeshua die for me to be able to love everybody?
323 Deu 13:12 Don't entice an Israelite to idolatry Obedience
246 Deu 13:15 Examine witnesses thoroughly Obedience
355 356 Deu 13:16 - 17 Slay inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous Jeshua died so that we don't have to take another life
357 Deu 13:18 Don't make use of the property of a city that has been led astray Obedience
349 Deu 14:1 Don't cut yourself or shave your head in mourning Obedience
554 Deu 14:3 - 21 Dietary I continue to be surprised by how much pork ( for example) there is in so many different dishes. I am now looking far more closely at ingredients. If I am given forbidden foods, I fast for a day. I won't order forbidden foods for myself but, if I get it wrong, I fast for a day.
147 Deu 14:11 Examine the marks in fowl (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices..
154 Deu 14:19 Don't eat winged insects WIP. Obedience
156 Deu 14:21 Don't eat of the flesh of a beast that died of itself WIP. Obedience
417 418 Deu 14:22 - 29 Tithes Tithe
217 218 219 Deu 15:1 - 11 Cancel debts in the 7th year. Help the poor. Don't demand the return of a loan after the Sabbatical year Tithe. Community action.
57 Deu 15:3 Do not exact the debt of an alien Obedience
51 Deu 15:7 Don't refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs Obedience
52 Deu 15:11 Give charity according to one's means Obedience
194 195 Deu 15:12 - 18 Release servants Not sure what required yet?
555 556 Deu 15:19 - 23 Sacrifices Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe
126 557 Deu 16:1 - 8 Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Unleavened bread Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- Deu 16:9 - 12 First Harvest Acknowledge in diary. Pray
113 114 Deu 16:13 - 17 Appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel Not sure this applies to me. Obedience
227 Deu 16:18 Shelters Acknowledge in diary. Pray
350 Deu 16:21 Don't plant a tree for worship Obedience
351 Deu 16:22 Don't set up a pillar for worship Obedience
558 Deu 17:1 Don't offer up a beast with a temporary blemish Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience. Tithe
261 262 Deu 17:11 Accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel. Don't rebel against the orders of the Court Not sure this applies to me. Obediance.
273 582 583 584 585 586 587 Deu 17:15 - 18 Never settle in the land of Egypt. Appoint a king who is an Israelite. Not excessive number wives nor horses nor gold. Write 2 Torah scrolls Not sure this applies to me.
399 400 401 419 420 421 Deu 18:1 - 8 Look after priests Tithe. Support congregation
- Deu 18:9 - 14 Holy living Purity. Clean hands
339 340 341 342 343 344 Deu 18:10 - 11 Don't practice magic using herbs, stones and other objects. Don't cast spells. Don't enquire of a ghost Obedience
309 Deu 18:15 Heed the call of every prophet provided he neither adds to nor takes away from the Torah Obedience
310 Deu 18:20 Don't prophecy falsely Obedience
311 Deu 18:22 Don't refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor be in fear of him Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
294 Deu 19:3 Establish six cities of refuge Don't believe any necessity any longer as Jeshua is all of our refuge
306 Deu 19:13 Don't spare the offender in imposing the prescribed penalties Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
270 Deu 19:14 Don't remove landmarks / property boundaries Obedience
247 Deu 19:15 Don't decide a case on the evidence of a single witness Not sure it applies but. Obedience
307 Deu 19:19 Do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do to others Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
599 Deu 20:2 Appoint a special kohein to speak to soldiers in a war Don’t believe this applies to me
600 Deu 20:10 Observe the procedure prescribed in Torah during war Don’t believe this applies to me
601 602 Deu 20:16 - 17 Don't keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations Jeshua died so that I don't have to take another life
603 Deu 20:19 - 20 Don't wantonly destroy fruit trees during war don’t believe this applies to me
296 297 Deu 21:4 Decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to sacrifice. Tithe.
604 605 606 Deu 21:10 - 14 Deal with captives in war as prescribed in Torah Jeshua died for me so that I don't have to take or degrade another life
289 Deu 21:22 Hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life or seek retribution
290 291 Deu 21:23 The dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life or seek retribution
276 277 Deu 22:1 - 4 Help your neighbour. Return lost property Tithe. Community action
38 Deu 22:4 Assist in replacing the load upon a neighbour's beast Obedience
39 Deu 22:4 Don't leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided Obedience
365 366 Deu 22:5 Don't wear women's clothing Obedience
160 161 Deu 22:6 - 7 Look after young animals, sustainability Obedience
263 264 Deu 22:8 Railings to flat roofs Obedience
362 363 Deu 22:9 Don't sow grain or herbs in a vineyard. Don't eat produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard Obedience
364 Deu 22:10 Don't work with beasts of different species yoked together Obedience
367 Deu 22:11 Don't wear wool and linen WIP. Obedience
- Deu 22:12 Wear 4 tassels As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
- Deu 22:13 - 30 Sexual purity Obedience
75 Deu 22:19 One who defames his wife's honour (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime Obedience
76 Deu 22:19 A man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) Obedience
288 Deu 22:24 The Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
308 Deu 22:26 Don't punish anyone who has committed an offense under duress Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
301 302 Deu 22:28 - 29 The violator of an unbetrother virgin shall marry her WIP. Obedience
64 Deu 23:2 A eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel Obedience
65 Deu 23:3 A mamzer shall not marry a daughter of a Jew Obedience
66 Deu 23:4 An Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite Obedience
258 Deu 23:6 Don't pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfilment of commandments Obedience
259 607 Deu 23:7 Don't render a decision on one's personal opinion but only on the evidence of 2 witnesses who saw what actually happened. Wage war on Ammonites and Moabites Obedience. But. Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to take another life
67 Deu 23:8 - 9 Don't exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations Obedience
68 Deu 23:8 - 9 Don't exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations Obedience
608 Deu 23:11 Don't enter the camp of the Levites while unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
609 610 Deu 23:13 Have a place outside camp for sanitary purposes Obedience
200 Deu 23:16 Don't surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine Obedience
201 Deu 23:17 Don't wrong such a slave Obedience
69 559 Deu 23:18 - 19 There shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage. Don't offer sacrifice derived from hire of a harlot Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
58 Deu 23:21 Lend to an alien at interest Obedience
209 Deu 23:22 Don't delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
203 Deu 23:24 Fulfil whatever I utter Obedience
185 Deu 23:25 Permit the hired labourer to eat of the produce he is reaping Obedience
186 Deu 23:25 The hired labourer shall not take more than he can eat Obedience
187 Deu 23:26 The hired labourer shall not eat produce that isn't being harvested Obedience
70 Deu 24:1 Take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage Obedience to the sacrament of marriage
77 Deu 24:1 To divorce by a formal written document Obedience to the sacrament of marriage
78 Deu 24:4 One who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man Obedience to the sacrament of marriage
71 Deu 24:5 The newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife Obedience to the sacrament of marriage
72 Deu 24:5 A bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labour, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties Obedience to the sacrament of marriage
176 Deu 24:6 Don't take in pledge utensils used in preparing food Obedience
580 Deu 24:8 Don't pluck out the marks of leprosy Obedience. Prayer
177 Deu 24:10 Don't exact a pledge from a debtor by force Obedience
178 Deu 24:12 Don't keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it Obedience
179 Deu 24:13 Return a pledge to its owner Obedience
188 Deu 24:14 - 15 Don't take advantage of poor, pay labourers Obedience
244 Deu 24:16 The court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment WIP / Obedience
180 257 Deu 24:17 Don't take a pledge from a widow. Don't pervert the judgement of strangers or orphans Obedience
50 Deu 24:19 - 20 Leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor Obedience
49 Deu 24:20 Don't return to take a forgotten sheaf Obedience
304 305 Deu 25:2 - 3 Punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
202 Deu 25:4 Don't muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy Obedience
79 Deu 25:5 A widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother WIP - still working this one out
80 Deu 25:5 Marry the widow of a brother who has died childless WIP - still working this one out
81 Deu 25:7 - 9 The widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) WIP - still working this one out
265 266 Deu 25:12 Save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer WIP - still working this one out
183 Deu 25:13 - 14 Don't possess inaccurate measures and weights Obedience
611 612 613 Deu 25:17 - 19 Treatment of the Amalekites Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to take another life
560 Deu 26:5 - 10 Read the Instructions for bringing the first fruits WIP. Obedience?
422 423 424 425 Deu 26:13 - 14 Don't expend the proceeds of the 2nd tithe on anything but food and drink. Declare 2nd tithe Obedience
10 Deu 28:9 Imitate Yahweh good and upright ways Obedience
220 Deu 31:12 Assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the 7th year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
16 Deu 31:19 Every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself Obedience
317 Deu 32:38 Don't drink wine of idolaters Obedience

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Responses

Bible verses Comment My response
Jesus has done it all. Torah does not apply any more. When Jeshua was on the cross and said "It is finished", he hadn't risen and he is coming again. What was finished? I would suggest that he had finished living his perfect life as a human being. I need to continue trying to do the same with the blessed knowledge that Jeshua is our perfect sacrifice and I'm forgiven for errors as long as my heart is right and I repent of those errors.
Dietary rules don't apply any more. As a Christian, I need to imitate Jeshua. Jeshua is my Lord and, from my heart, Yahweh raised him from the dead. Romans 10:9. Peter was arguably the greatest ever imitator of Jeshua and Jeshua confirmed that Peter would be the rock on which His Church would be built - Matt 16:18. In Acts 10:14, Peter declared that he had never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. There is no way that Jeshua ate, for example, pork. Why should I.
One of my Christian sisters said that it didn't feel fair that she was treated differently simply because she was having her period. I'm not sure fairness applies but the Purity Rules were made obsolete by Jeshua's sacrifice of His body – Hebrews 10:10.
Matt 5 : 17 Torah doesn't apply any more "I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." Quite often used used as reason that Torah is no longer applicable. But why did Jeshua carry on in Matt 5 : 18 - 19 to say "18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Jesus fulfilled the Torah, the only human ever to do so. Torah still applies.
Matt 22 : 37 - 40 Torah doesn't apply any more as Jesus gave us 2 commandments I would ask about how we love the Lord our God as Matt 22 : 37. Is it not by trying to live using Yahweh's instructions.
Matt 15 : 1 to 20 Jesus says that all foods are clean. Jesus is more concerned about our hearts than ceremonial cleanliness. Hebrews confirms that there is no longer clean or unclean. There are foods which are forbidden.
Acts 10 : 1 to 11 : 18 Peter's vision means that all foods are clean. Yahweh prepared Peter to go into the homes of Gentiles. Yahweh was showing Peter that he was about to cleanse the hearts of people whom the Jews considered to be unclean. This wasn't according to Torah but oral torah or local tradition. Peter’s reaction shows that neither Jesus nor Peter ate forbidden foods.
Galations 3 : 19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. Seems that Torah doesn't apply any more? But v21 says "Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it." We aren't able to fully and properly obey Torah so Jesus died as the sacrifice for our sins so we are saved. This doesn't mean that sin has gone away. Torah still lists sins that need to be avoided and demand our repentance when we fail. Or - which of the Commendments do we think Yahweh has done away with? We're not saved by Torah but we can't ignore its listed sins either. This intention honours, and shows love for, Yahweh. Love Yahweh is still one of the two great Commandments as stated by Jesus.
Mark 7 : 19 Yeshua declares all animals clean. Hebrews confirms no longer need to be ceremonially clean to worship God. There are forbidden foods.
1 Tim 4 : 1 - 5 Paul tells Timothy he can eat all things? The Greek word used that is translated as "meats" in the King James Bible is "bróma" and it literally means: food, especially allowed or forbidden by Jewish Law (Strong's Concordance 1033). What this word actually refers to is food as it is defined under Mosaic/Levitical Law, which includes the instructions regarding what meats are clean and unclean. The false teachers were not commanding to abstain from unclean things, quite the contrary. They were actually teaching to abstain from eating all animals, including clean ones, and from marriage. This was a belief held by groups like the Gnostics and Montanists, not the followers of The Way.
Col 2 : 16 Don't judge what I eat. I won't but we all have to face eternal judgment.
Col 2 : 14 Torah was nailed to the Cross. Jeshua as the Word of Yahweh was nailed to the cross for my sins. I don't understand how anyone can think this verse means that Torah has died after Yeshua specifically said He came not to abolish The Law and that until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or punctuation mark would pass from The Law (Matthew 5:17-20). Hebrews 6:4-6 reminds us that if we sin after we know what The Law says we crucify AGAIN the Son of God and put him to an open shame. This passage also says it is impossible to be renewed again through repentance if you are openly sinning after having received the knowledge of the truth.
1 Cor 8 : 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. This verse is part of a chapter all about whether we should eat meat previously used as sacrifices to idols. Paul says he has no problem with this act but warns against such action if it causes someone to misunderstand what is sin and to go astray as a result.
1 Cor 10 : 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience. This verse is part of a chapter all about whether we should eat meat previously used as sacrifices to idols. Paul says he has no problem with this act but warns against such action if it causes someone to misunderstand what is sin and to go astray as a result.
Acts 15 : 19 - 21 19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. James accepts that I am a work in progress. Do not make that journey harder than necessary. Let me progress stage by stage. Difficult to see how this can be interpreted that Moses Law is no longer applicable as the suggested compromise is straight from Torah.
Acts 15 : 19 - 21 19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. The compromise is not the final solution. The key phrase is “Gentiles who are turning to God”. This is a compromise on the way to more fully understanding and obeying Yahweh's instructions.
What is Torah for in this day and age? Torah is holy and righteous. Torah cannot save us because it is impossible for us to obey all the instructions. Torah is a benchmark or plumbline for what is righteous and loving to Yahweh. Torah does tell us what is sin and hence tells us of what we need to repent so that we are more aligned with Yahweh. Jeshua is the only reason that Yahweh accepts our repentance.
Romans 14 : 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. Paul was making the same point he had made earlier to the Corinthians. Just because meat that was otherwise lawful to eat may have been associated with idol worship does not mean it is no longer fit for human consumption. As seen from the context, Paul was not discussing biblical dietary restrictions at all. But beware of leading others astray.

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Paul's Words for the Black Country retreat - 6th & 7th Dec 2012.

6th Dec 2012.

As I was thinking and praying this morning about the 24 hour retreat, Black Country leaders, I had an impression which is a fairly familiar one, but I felt it came afresh. It was either geese or birds flying in 'V' formation where, as you all know, the lead bird sometimes changes at different times.

And I felt the Lord was saying that He wanted Black Country leadership to come into order and formation. They were the 2 words: 'order' and 'formation' and that they, the leaders, weren't there yet; that was not actually the case. So the result was that the leaders were battered and quite weary because of the headwind that was coming against them. So even though the leaders were in the same vicinity of airspace they weren't actually yet in formation and order. And so

(1) they were battered but also

(2) they made little corporate headway because of the opposition that there was.

And I felt the Lord wanted to stress the value of the strip stream, that in the natural when you get cyclists riding in road races in the slip stream of other cyclists it conserves their energy and strength and in the same way birds flying in that same formation do and so on.

That in the Black Country the Lord was looking for a relational connectivity and regularity. I'll say those 2 words again, He was looking for a 'relational connectivity' and 'regularity' so there was a closeness, because the formation requires closeness in order for it to work etc.

And I just felt there was an invitation in these 24 hours into the Lord's formation. It was an interesting sense that I felt it wasn't just leaders coming into formation for the Lord, but I saw the Lord Jesus was in the formation too, it was His formation. But sometimes He took the lead but sometimes He took the tail and sometimes He was in different positions in the formation, so He had a certain hiddenness of Jesus in the formation, so it felt as if the Lord was saying I want you in formation with Me and not just in formation for Me.

So I think that was the general impact of the picture. so I wondered whether the Lord was looking for a much greater closeness and therefore a connectivity and regularity of being together which was necessary in order for that formation to work, for the slip stream effect to be maximised and for the corporate leadership to move forward much, much faster and cover some real territory.

7th Dec 2012

I had a picture this morning re Black Country Leaders.

I saw a postage stamp amongst a whole pile of stamps but this one was a Penny Black, which I think is one of the rarest and most valuable. Then I heard the Lord say, 'Not all stamps are of the same value.' Instantly, I understood that the Lord was not referring to stamps but to Christian activities especially to Leadership responsibilities!

Then I saw the Penny Black in the midst of the groups and the Lord calling Leadership to stand on THIS STAMP.

I believe the Lord has deposited something of great, inestimable value in the Black Country and does not want this to get lost in all the other things that are done but have lesser value.

It's a question of priority & worth.

All stamps have value, so Christian work has value, but not all Christian work is of equal value. The danger is to lose the Penny Black amid all the other stamps of lesser value.

My sense is that the Penny Black represents the 'order' and coming into 'formation' in the earlier word. This is a crucial priority for leadership.

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I have called you to intimacy. To hear my heart beat so you can beat my rhythm in the places I have called you to serve. I have called you by name. I have called you to follow ME! I will open doors for you and I will shut doors behind you for you know my name.

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7 Lessons from the World's Fastest-Growing Congregation

In 1995, God began to speak to a young leader in Hyderabad, India, named Satish Kumar, telling him that he would have a very large church, but nothing materialized for the next 10 years.

In 2005, he planted Calvary Temple, starting with 25 members. Now, in 2015, he has more than 130,000 members, adding 60,000 in the last three years alone.

Perhaps even more remarkably, the massive building that houses this congregation - seating 18,000, with additional overflow facilities - was built in just 52 days, despite significant government opposition along the way. (The building is also centrally air-conditioned, which is a tremendous plus in India, and everything surrounding the building, including the beautiful gardens, was completed in the 52-day period.)

1. Prayer and Fasting

The congregation always put a strong emphasis on prayer and fasting, but when they were about to embark on their building project, Pastor Satish called for 40 days of prayer and fasting, with believers fasting and joining together in corporate prayer as much as they were able to.

The problem was that he called for this during the rainy season, a time when it is unbearably hot and unbearably wet. Yet night after night crowds of thousands gathered on the empty property to join together for hours, sitting with their umbrellas up as Satish preached in the pouring rain (without an umbrella). It made for quite a sight.

When they came to the end of the 40-day period, he called for another 40 days of prayer and fasting, and when that ended, he called for 40 days more—so, 120 consecutive days of corporate prayer and fasting. It was then that he received the word to build the entire facility in 52 days.

The building miracle and the church growth miracle are directly related to prayer and fasting.

2. Preaching the Word

Despite conducting five services every Sunday (each service runs close to two hours in length); Satish preaches a full message in each service, averaging 60-70 minutes per se

3. Caring for the Flock

If they miss a service, they receive a phone call the next day from a staff member, asking them if they're OK and if they need prayer for anything. While this may seem overbearing for many Christians in the West, it is very meaningful to the Indian believers.

4. Supernatural Faith

Without being on the actual grounds to see for yourself, it's very difficult to understand how impossible it was to build their facility in 52 days. The air conditioning alone was supposed to take 90 days to install, and because of problems with building permits, most of the work had to be done at night, under lights.

But Pastor Satish had been reading Nehemiah during the 120 days of prayer and fasting, and when he read that the walls of Jerusalem were built in 52 days, he took this as a word from the Lord and announced to his congregation that they would do the same. And they did!

5. The Israel Connection

When I sat in Satish's office, I noticed that he had two small flags on his desk, the flag of India and the flag of Israel. And the operative word at Calvary Temple is "shalom." That's how everyone is greeted when they swipe their membership card upon entering the building.

6. A Strong Work Ethic

Indian pastors are hard workers (as are many Indians in general), and Pastor Satish regularly puts in 16-hour days - with joy - while many of his staff members gladly work 12 hours a day. Some of his staff has been with him for 20 years now.

Yet what struck me while we were together was that he did not seemed burned out in the least, even seeming relaxed as we talked. And his family members I met seemed excited and blessed as well.

7. Wise Use of Media

Through no effort or planning of his own, Pastor Satish's messages began to be broadcast on TV, and as he found more and more sponsors to support his show, the broadcasts began to increase.

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We began on our knees as a sign of humility

Turning from our wicked ways

Again the scripture was bought, that we seem to be hearing over and over. Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. 7Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

There may come a time where He may not be found.

Lord forgive us our ways, and show us yours. Change our minds, help us make right choices. We prayed Lord turn up the light, show us our wicked ways. Sometimes we don't comprehend what wicked is. How are we being wicked?

Ask for the ancient paths and walk in them Jeremiah 6.16 This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' Paul repeated this scripture twice, which means we should pay extra attention to it.

2 Chron 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

There has to be a turning!

Lenses

Paul had a picture of an Opticians where eye tests are carried out. The optician puts large glasses on you which allow him/her to add different lenses over each eye until whatever distortion of vision is corrected and you can see and read the Alphabetical/numbered screen in front of you easily.

But in this case the Optician was the Lord and there was a reversal of this procedure because we had come with glasses that we were already wearing onto which were attached a series of lenses over each eye. The screen in front of us carried the Lord's will and purpose but we could not read that purpose at all clearly because of the multiple lenses over our eyes.

Consequently, we needed lenses removing, not adding, until we could read clearly what was written.

There was question raised in the conversation after this picture was given as to who removed the various lenses. It became clear that this involved a joint process of the Lord removing them one by one as we co-operated with Him; He wouldn't do so without us and we certainly could not do so without Him!

????? shared an excellent experience she had had when she was younger of deliberately giving incorrect answers to the Optician on one occasion where her eyes were being tested. She did so because she thought glasses looked good and she wanted some. The parallel became clear that often the lenses we have added that obscure the purposes of God are added because we think they will make us look good! This became clear as we began to identify various lenses which distort our vision. In ?????'s case the result of this subterfuge was that her eyesight was impaired and now she does need glasses permanently to see clearly.

????? placed some sheets of paper onto the 'path' and the assembled brethren began to state some of the lenses which hindered and distorted our vision. He knelt down to do so but as he began to write down the various suggestions one of his own contact lenses fell out onto the floor? It was a very strange moment that seemed more than just coincidence; that as he wrote down the things which represented our distorting lenses his contact lens fell out! We sensed, once again, that the Lord was confirming His word to us in a practical and evident way.

As the 'words' went down on the paper Paul sensed that all of these represented 'idolatries' which were our substitutes for real Godly sight, and that these counterfeits arose from our 'unbelief'. We also renounced the 'spirit of deception' that lay behind all these distorted lenses.

We spent some time repenting of all these things in clear agreement together.

Later on, the story of Peter's confession of faith that Jesus was the Christ (Matt 16:15-17) came to mind. Jesus affirms that this revelation clearly came from His heavenly Father not from flesh & blood. However, a few verses later when Jesus declares He must go to Jerusalem where He would be killed, Peter raises a stern objection that this will never happen to Jesus! (Matt 16:21-22). Jesus' reply is a stark warning: But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Matt 16:23.

The reason this is confirmatory of the journey that we had been on this morning is because Peter was not just expressing his concern for his friend that Jesus should not die, though, of course, Peter did not want this to happen. Rather, it was an expression of the Jewish hope and expectation of the Messiah, whom Peter had just confessed to be Jesus. This expectation, based in Daniel Ch 7, was of 'one like the Son of Man' coming to reign as the awaited Christ who would deliver Israel from her enemies and rule in the earth over all nations: “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.” Dan 7:13-14.

This was the lens that Peter had in his eyes as he related to Jesus. Behind 'this lens' was all the theological weight and tradition of Israel's biblical expectation through the centuries. Peter was simply standing in that tradition, yet in doing so was opposing the very Messiah and His saving purpose at the cross; he didn't understand that the awaited Christ had firstly to come as the 'suffering servant' and only later, at His 2nd Coming as the Ruling King.

Jesus 'seeing clearly' and understanding what was at stake rebukes Satan whose inspiration was behind Peter's words.

In a corresponding way, it is often our own 'lens of expectation' of who God is, and the theological grid that undergirds this expectation, however biblically sound we believe it is, that can load our perception of His Ways and deceive us into opposing His will! We have to 'listen' to what He is saying! Not to what we think He ought to be saying!!!

There was an interesting aside at the end of the morning from ????? about 'rocket boosters' on the side of a Shuttle that once exhausted have no further use. I cannot remember all the details of this contribution but have asked the guy (name escapes me) to send it on and I will pass it to you. It echoed with a word we had over a year ago of 'rocket stages' needing to get us into orbit within a time frame before being discarded so that the core purpose God arrived in orbit and didn't fall back down to earth again. ????? wondered whether this morning was a delivery into another stage and something was falling away. I believe there is more light yet to come out of this picture.

Timeframe

????? also pointed out that the 'timeframe' was not just in terms of days and months but in terms of our 'preparedness' and 'readiness' for God to move. He gave the example of when Jesus when he turns water into wine, says my time has not come. But then it is time. We can't put us in a season he hasn't put us in, but we can accelerate the one we are in. With analogy of birth, we don't want things birthed prematurely they will be sick, or die. We often want to see things happen now. But we don't want to accelerate the birth of something at 24 weeks, but we can at 39 weeks. God doesn't work on our time scale/calendar but on state of our hearts, are our hearts ready? Interesting in that miracle she says 'do what he tells you to do'

Maypole Picture

'I saw a picture of what seemed like a maypole with different leaders/people gathered around it. Each of us was holding a uniqely coloured ribbon that was attached to the top of the pole in the centre. Each ribbon was a different colour on one side and had writing on it that expressed who we were, where we had come from and what we stood for. This was important to us so it faced outwards so all the people around could see and read it, but they weren't really interested, 'cos we all represented such different backgrounds, and it seemed to tell so many different stories. It was all a bit confusing people. There was a lot of music going on and we all attempted to dance to it as best we could but it was a bit of a shambles 'cos we were all doing our own thing and we kept bumping into each other. There was no order of one mind and heart as yet.

At this point the Lord turned up and He was not pleased with what He saw. I felt bad and wondered what He would say or do. Then I saw Him visit each one of us in turn and asked us to surrender our holding on to our end of the ribbon. This we did but it was not easy, and it took some time to do. Once we had done that I saw Him detatch from the top of the pole the other end of each of our ribbons. Suddenly a big Cross was revealed at the centre, it was not a pole after all! This Cross was now on show to all around and attracted people to it. It was no longer hidden. The Lord seemed very happy with this.

But He hadn't finished yet. Then I saw Him make a sash with each ribbon and wrap it round each of us, over our shoulder and cross our body to hang just below our waists at our sides, but they were all turned inside out! Every one of us was now showing the other side of our ribbons (now a sash) to all the people around. They were all blood red in colour with no writing on. We all reflected the same coloured ribbon now. The other side of our ribbons, which had writing on that reflected our own unique journey and therefore precious to each of us, was now hidden from view to all the onlookers. But the Lord knew and didn't discredit them, He just put everything in its proper place. Then I heard music again and watched as we all started to dance freely and in step with each other, to the same tune. His Tune. This music reflected the power of the blood of Jesus with the Cross clearly visible at the centre. This attracted more and more people. Now Jesus was pleased with what He saw.'

Some of our lenses....

PRIDE in our achievements, in 'OUR' , in fact God will use us again. In our theology. Denomination. Our optimism. Who we follow, I follow Paul etc.

Programmes. Trust in our programmes rather than him. Expect him to bless our programmes.

Fear. Of men, of missing out

Future. Thinking we have time, or fearing we haven't.

Power and control

Expectations of what God will or won't do.

Our zeal for God, his word etc, Jews had zeal for God. But missed him incarnated.

Mans wisdom. Thinking we know better, we have revelation of truth etc, trying to work it out.

Our skills, charisma, church buildings, new building, new teaching etc

Our self importance

Our self righteousness

Comfort and familiarity. Makes us feel our world is ok,

Busyness Our busy lives hide that things are not ok, cover things.

Relationships can hinder us

False optimism and positivity, we don't understand God can pull things down to build them up.

Prosperity/money

Security

Not letting go

Convenience. We don't like it when God asks us to do things that are inconvenient.

Time. Is precious to us all, and hard to give up.

Priorities

Asking forgiveness for our lenses

We followed this identification of our lenses by a time of corporate repentance.

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THE POWER OF ONE (thing)

'One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek... '

Hopefully most of you know how that continues - if you don't, read Psalm 27, it's essential reading! But I will carry on: ' ... that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, and to seek Him in His temple.' (Ps 27:4).

Most Christians know in our heads that this 'one thing' should be our first priority. We know that Jesus Himself underlined this when talking to busy Martha whilst Mary sat gazing into the face of the Lord, listening to Him: 'Martha ... only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her. ' (Luke 10:41-2). Thus Jesus implies that this is 'the pearl of great price'. We may be aware too, that in knowing this, we are in danger of serious deception because just thinking about something or knowing something is not enough. Jesus said another occasion said 'now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.' (John 13:17).

In Romans 7, Paul asks 'who will rescue us from this body of death' (sometimes not just my body, but Christ's body the church can feel like that!) - is it not 'Jesus Christ our Lord' (Romans 7:24-5)? So why not come and gaze on His face together? Having been divided for most of the last 2000 years, is it not time that we did what Jesus prayed for and moved into a place of 'being' together as one, which is God's gift of glory to us (John 17:22)? Surely if we do level out the mountains and valleys in this way, then very soon 'the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it' (Isaiah 40:4-5); and 'the Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest' (Psalm 85:12).

So 'let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.' (Hebrews 10:25).

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First of all I think we need to listen and hopefully you'll hear what I've been hearing.

In the light above the table, where the table normally would be over there, can you hear it, can you hear that buzzing? Can everyone hear that? OK, so that's important.

So this is what I feel the Lord is saying:

'Just like the fly, or wasp in the light over there is an annoyance that interrupts the quiet and the stillness in the room, for many, many in My Church today, My Word has become that annoyance. My Word interrupts the stillness, My Word interrupts the peace and My Word interrupts the life that you are living. My Word is meant to do that, it is meant to separate flesh and spirit, bone and marrow, it is sharper than any double edged sword, and it is alive and active. So it is a good thing that My Word annoys you. It is a good thing that My Word becomes an annoyance because it's exposing that you are not where you should be, that you are not living as you should be, that My Church is not playing the role that it should be playing, and I'm glad that My Word annoys you. I'm glad that it's an inconvenience to you because it shows that your eyes are being opened and that My Word is doing what it should.

So don't feel guilty if the Word annoys you, be grateful that I'm showing you where you should be and what I do want for you because I have incredible plans for My Church in this area, I have incredible plans for My Church in this area and it is My Word, My voice, My instruction that will show you what I want to do in you to achieve those plans.

So I’m glad that My Word is an annoyance, because it is opening your eyes, unblinding you, and allowing you to see what I want to achieve in and through My Body in this region.

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I had an impression of a heart that had around it a protective shell which was hard but quite shiny. It was sort of shiny and the light came but the shell reflected the light rather than allowing it in.

What came to mind was a Pharisee as they stood in front of Jesus, the Light of the World, and the light didn't penetrate because their hearts were hard. And I felt the Lord saying that there are some hammer blows needed to break the shell, and I saw the Lord hit the shell five or six times. Then it sort of cracked all round, and as it cracked the blows lessened, and then He picked the pieces off bit by bit so that the picking of the pieces off the shell, off the heart, was mercifully tender. He pulled it off and sometimes it had stuck to the inner heart, and there was a bit of a tear, and He was very gentle, but the hammer was quite ruthless. And I felt as if the Lord was saying 'to get to your hearts, to get to the heart of the church' (not just us here but to get to the heart) 'there are some hammer blows that are necessary because of the hardness of heart, because the light can't penetrate as I want it to because of the hardness. But as that shell begins to crack, then I, in mercy, will gently and progressively release the heart so that it can become vulnerable to My Light and My purposes and so on.'

It just felt as if scripture says about being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin; it's not the sin only, it's its deceitfulness that hardens the heart, and that was the picture.

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I felt we needed to put Jesus even into the place where the hammer hits the shell around the heart, even that it was mitigated through the crucifixion that Jesus was hammered for us. Every one of those hammer blows on the nails - so it's graced, it's still grace, it's still mercy, it's still the love of God. Jesus has put Himself in that very place and has been hammered for us. Thank you Father.

Prayer: So we come to the cross, the only place that we can come really, there's nowhere else to go but to the cross. We can't survive your hammer blows outside of the cross, we just come to the cross, Father, and identify with it Lord, and say, 'here we are Father'.

We thank you that Jesus was hammered for us, and though that needs to happen in us in a real way, we want it to happen because we're there, Father. We wouldn't be able to cope, to take it, sustain it, it wouldn't be redemptive otherwise. So we cling to the foot of the cross, Lord, and we remember Jesus, we see Jesus crucified, hammered for us, crucified for us, judged for us, scourged for us. Thank you Father.

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I see a picture of crystal castles, sort of shining, glistening glass, crystal spires shooting up; a whole array of them. I see they reflect light, and I see the Word of the Lord like a hammer coming, and just hitting the tops of these spires, and they instantly disintegrate and crumble, and they collapse to the ground, every one of them. And I think it's to do with the pride and kingdoms of man, and that man creates castles of prides and spires of ambition and all that. And they crumble completely into the ground, and in the ground it's like a season and then, suddenly, out of the ground start to grow trees, which are oaks of righteousness.

And I feel that the Lord again is declaring that He's bringing down the empires of man in order to raise up oaks of righteousness which grow out of the earth.

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When I turn the corner of the road at the bottom of the Birmingham/Wolverhampton road, there's the road works, and I turned the corner and I think they must be laying a new gas main or some big pipe, and instantly into my heart dropped to tomorrow and Wednesday and I could see pipes, not all in a big pile but almost lined up, you had one over here and a bit here, and a bit here, and so they weren't lined up. They were lined up in terms of 'not in a pile' but you got one, and then you got another one here and you got another one down here, and they needed to be brought into line and the scripture that came to my mind, and it's an obvious one I know, I don't apologise for that, the Holy Spirit doesn't need to apologise for bringing obvious scripture and I think it is Him, and it says 'See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.'

And I feel the Word of the Lord (I feel I wanted to walk round) to the Black Country, to you, at this time, because I'm walking round the outside of a pipe here, imagine it, and I feel the Word of the Lord to you is 'Line up! Line up! It is time to line up! To lose something of your individuality, to lose something of that for the greater purpose, to connect that which I am joining in the Black Country so that My life and My power can flow through you. It is not about you alone, it is about a joining together of My people so that My power can flow. Why for so long are you so centred upon individuality and fail to see the importance of joining up and lining up, so I say to you, this is a day, this is your day to line up, to line up so that My life can flow through that which I have prepared into the Black Country. My life flowing for My glory to reach My people, yes, those that you don't call My people, but I have earmarked them, My people, coming into My Kingdom. So awake, this is a day to line up, to be joined up so that My life can flow, My treasured life. I will not pour it out willy-nilly, I will not pour it out so that it just dissipates into the earth, but I will pour it out through vessels that come together and are lined up, joined up, so that it does that which I have purposed it to do in saving a multitude. Line up!'

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...I know we've talked about coming together, and in a way we are playing our own field, doing our own individual thing, very much the generational thing, I think that was really key. At home, we've just had an extension part put on the house, and it's like you have the old plumbing and the old system in place which is great, but to bring in a new building and new plumbing, it has to connect into what was so that it can flow freely between new building and the old building, and I sense that this is key in the next couple of days in regard to linking and connecting so that imagery linking and connecting generations. So it isn't so much even our individuality as congregations, it's our individuality as generations, and I think that is really, really key, and I don't know if we can pray into that somehow from a generational point of view, and I don't want to put this lady on the spot here - how old are you? She replies '13'. I think it's significant that you're here today because of maybe, whether you could represent some of the youth, because I think there's a generational issue here regarding young people, that's something that's been on ???'s heart a lot. But I think we've maybe got three generations, I'm looking at ???, I know ??? only looks 21, but I'm looking at generations, we've probably got it represented here, and I think there's something very, very key to what you've brought and especially linking into that Malachi scripture.

So I don't know how we do that but that's how I feel.

It's interesting the picture you used, you won't know, but the one word this weekend that's been in my thinking about family is the word 'extension', the difference between the nuclear and the extended family. Not to overuse metaphors and words, but the Lord wants to extend beyond...

...there's just something and the scripture that came to mind that I'll read to you is, again, an obvious one, so I'll read it to you: 'Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child, burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labour, because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband' says the Lord. 'This is the verse, isn't it, 'enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide and do not hold back. Lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes, for you will spread out to the right and to the left. Your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.' Isaiah 54 vs. 1-3

And there is just that sense that we're entering a time when the Lord's doing some stuff beyond our reason and capacity, beyond our imagination, something is afoot, and this season has seemed a hard/odd season but there's something where the Lord's showing His sovereignty.

...somehow we've got to accommodate.

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As I stood I sensed that my mouth was full of words to speak so I'll bring this tongue and I believe God will bring an interpretation, I think He's speaking right into the things that we are praying about.

Tongue

It seems like the Father's in a hurry!

I just feel the Lord gave me a picture and it was a picture of Him sat in a mail room and around Him He had many, many, many piles of letters, I mean like thousands upon thousands of them, the majority of which were unopened, this was the strange thing, I don't know why, so I was asking the Lord 'Why are all these letters unopened?' I could see them all piled up and many, many years of letter, so that the ones at the bottom had become discoloured, and the ones at the top were bright, as if they had just been posted, all had different stamps on them. Some of them, it's a strange thing, some of them had like they were watchman stamps, and all of these were, in a sense, I felt the Lord was saying 'these are requests that have come. I've no need to open them because I know the request, I don't need to read it, but there has been some costs attached to these requests because of these stamps, some with watchman stamps, come from watchmen and watchwomen'.

And then I saw another letter come, and the Lord took this letter, this is a letter He opened. All the letters around Him, I felt Him say, have got words on, but this didn't have any words on. This letter just had a picture of a heart and I felt the Lord saying 'I've been waiting for this letter, I've been waiting for this letter, I've been waiting for this letter, I've been waiting for this letter, and it's this letter that marks a new day' and the Lord says 'It marks a new day, a new day, a new day, a new day, a new day, a new day'.

And the Lord says 'I have to repeat this again because you don't believe me, it's a new day, it's a new day, it's a new day.

'And I need to repeat this again because you still don't believe me, it's a new day, it's a new day, it's a new day.

'I have to repeat this again because there is unbelief in your hearts, it's a new day, it's a new day.

'I have to repeat this again because you don't think you've done enough, it's a new day, it's a new day.

'I have to repeat this again because you still don't believe me, it's a new day, it's a new day, it's a new day, it's a new day, for the letter I've received is not a letter that you've written but that I have written, but that you have acknowledged. The heart of God, displayed in Christ. At last I've received the letter I am looking for. It is a new day' says the Lord.

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New Language - 07/12/15

A book, and then He opened the book, and I hadn't got a clue, I mean there was all sorts of writing but it was as if it was written in a way that was beyond my comprehension and clearly in a different language. I am sure we have all come across books, I think in certain parts of the World you start at the back, well we would call it the back, don't we, rather than the front, they would call it the front. I also know about other writing like Leonardo DaVinci was so ahead of his time in terms of his thinking and learned to write in mirror image so nobody else could read it and the only way to do so was to hold a mirror to his writing. You could then read his writing which was written in a mirror image upside down and back to front.

It was as if this book the Lord was opening was, a couple of things the Lord said, number one He wants to teach us a new language. The language we have isn't fit for purpose. I really feel the Lord saying that, that the language we have is not fit for purpose. But it's not just a different language, it is comprehension. It doesn't work how other languages have worked before, because it is a new language and it needs to be comprehended in a different way. I felt like I said '... that’s really unfair and very confusing ...'. It was as if the Lord was saying, 'Yes but ??? I don't work like you work, I don't speak like you speak, I don't comprehend like you comprehend'. The scripture in Isaiah came to mind that, '...My thoughts are higher than your thoughts, my ways than your ways...'.

I did feel the Lord saying I want to teach you a new language. A new language in many areas of your lives, a new language in prayer, a new prophetic language, a new waiting language. I want to teach you how to comprehend in a new way. But all of this requires that you commit yourself to learn a new language and you lay down your old methods of comprehension.

I feel the Lord does want to speak in a fresh and a new way, but we have to be prepared to lay down our existing ways of comprehending, reading and understanding. There is a sense in which many of us have a dictionary in our hands which we flick to when we are unsure about the meaning of something but it is our own dictionary with our own meanings. And the Lord says we have even got to lay down our dictionaries because you won't find the words that He wants to speak in the dictionaries. The memory bank that you have won't comprehend what He wants to do, so you have to lay down even your ability to, as it were, interpret or explain some of the words that He has spoken.

I think there's a sense that some of us have libraries full of explanations, books, and interpretations. The Lord wants to sweep the shelves clean. I can sort of see Him pushing books off shelves now.

In fact here's a strange thing I have just seen the Lord turn a page and I think this is what it is in the book, is a full stop that covers the whole of the page. I think that's what the Lord is saying, that it is a full stop. And why dedicate a whole page of a book to a full stop? But it is as if this whole page has one great big full stop on it. But I wonder if our interpretation of a full stop is not the interpretation that the Lord has, so in a sense we mustn't jump to a conclusion as to what that full stop means.

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Burning Coal - 30/11/15

The next question is 'are you ready?'. Are we going to say '... here we are Lord send us ...' . I just sense that is a challenge to each one of us that that burning coal, that burning coal off the altar, that Black Country altar. I just sense as that coal starts to touch our lips and we start to take those moments of time wherever they are and however but I think with whoever is really important. As God starts to touch our lips we will start to speak and though they will be small utterances and they might be in small situations to start with that we would perceive but God has pre-destined those moments and those occasions when each one of us will start to speak the word of the Lord.

Initially it may be two words or three words or a sentence but as it comes from Him then it will be just like a laser into peoples' lives. So as you are in the pub speaking to your neighbour and that live coal has touched your lips and you just say one sentence that person will just be absolutely amazed at what you are saying because it will be '... thus saith the Lord ...'.

So I just want to pray for us now. Lord I just pray, as we come before you that those live coals will burn us. The thought of a live coal actually Lord is quite frightening. I just pray that that live coal will burn right through us and that we will be willing to speak that word of the Lord. It may be falteringly to start with but that would start to flow and as that starts to join up between ones, and twos and three of us as we start to join together and elsewhere with others almost like a chain reaction that that word of the Lord would just start to flow and the chain reaction would just flow from this place and broader and broader. So Lord we come before you this morning and we say here we are send us in your name.

Amen.

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Gravity - 18/01/16

I had this picture of what I thought was somebody walking on their hands. It's quite clever walking on your hands so I thought 'that's amazing'. As I just held the picture before the Lord I looked a bit closer and this person appeared to be walking on their hands but weren't walking on their hands. Their feet were on something, they were walking on their feet but upside down. Does that make sense? And so, I could see one or two of these people, apparently walking on their hands in a big crowd, which looked really weird because you normally see heads and you don't you don't see heads and feet and it was as if the Lord saying 'I'm teaching you what it is to have your feet not on earth, but in Heaven, and this means that some of you find yourselves looking distinctive and different and awkward when you gather...and the Lord wants to give you a word of encouragement this morning that actually the place that you need your feet is in Heaven and your hands need to be on the earth.'

There is a temptation that I should right myself, to put myself the right way up, and that I should have my feet on earth, and my hands in Heaven, but the Lord says 'No, I don't want to lead you in that way, I want to lead you in a way where you are now, you have your feet in Heaven. The foundation on which you stand is not an earthly foundation but a Heavenly foundation, just as the scriptures have been read to you this morning. In many ways you will feel as if you are upside down, and yet as I have spoken to you before, what others perceive as upside down is actually the right way up.'

So what the Lord is doing is, that He is in the process of restoring a new way of walking, and the new way of walking is not walking according to the gravitational pull of the earth, according to the gravitational pull of the principles, ways and methods of the earth, but there is a new gravity that the Lord is trying to establish and that will draw some people's feet Heavenwards, and the Lord wants to encourage you because many of you are finding your feet being drawn Heavenwards and this turns you upside down. You say 'I feel disorientated, Lord, I feel as if I am the only one in the middle of this group that is the wrong way up, and I feel as if I'm the wrong way up' and the Lord says 'Do not allow the gravity of earth to pull your feet, do not allow the gravity, the principles of the world to pull your feet, but allow Heaven's principles, Heaven's ways, Heaven's calling, Heaven's methodologies to pull your feet into the correct place.'

The Lord says 'I am establishing a new gravity, and it's the gravity of Heaven'.

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Bob Dunnet - Word to Black Country

The Black Country:

From where you are at with these Black Country people, the words that keep springing to mind are words of John the Baptist, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord', because there is someone coming after Me who's greater than Me.

But the way has to be made straight! So you fill in the valleys, you knock down the hills and crooked ways are straightened out; this is a highway, so He can come.

I have a feeling about 'that Way' that this is where these Black Country people are - there is a calling there, 'Make ye straight the paths of the Lord'.

If you look at John the Baptist who did it, you get the interpretation of what that actually means - He is preaching repentance. He's preaching the need for clean hearts because the Lord wants to walk down this road in power. So the residual word that's left with me is, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His path straight.'

It's the highway of the King, so to prepare they filled the ditches in, they cut pathways through the hills, they straightened out the crooked and made it dead straight. I think that's where they are at!

'Prepare ye the way of the Lord - He is coming. There is somebody coming after me.' Prepare the way and that's all you can do.

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Jean Darnell Prophecy

During those weeks a vision came to me. It appeared three different times, during prayer, and it was the same vision each time. Now most of my revelation from the Lord is what I just 'know': He makes me know something, and I speak it forth. But now and then I have a vision, and when I do I have a pretty good one! Some people have a very garden-variety type of visions: they're getting them all the time, you know. But I just have them now and then. And it's usually a milestone: a turning point or very large directive in my life.

And what I saw was the British Isles, as in a bird's eye view. A kind of haze was over the whole, like a green fog. And then little pinpricks of light began to appear from the top of Scotland to Land's End. Then the Lord seemed to draw me closer to these lights, and I saw that they were fires that were burning. They were multiplying from the top of Scotland to Land's End. Then I saw lightening come and strike those fires, the brightest spots particularly, and there was a kind of explosion, and rivers of fire flowed down. Again, the sense of direction was from the top of Scotland to Land's End. But some of those rivers of fire didn't stop there. They went right across the Channel and didn't stop there. They went right across the Channel and spread out into the Continent.

The third time this vision appeared I figured the Lord was showing me or trying to tell me something. I was in Dorset by this time, at St Mary's (Church of England) with Rev Ken Prior, and I asked him if I could stay an extra day. You know, there's nothing quite so awkward as an evangelist the day after the meetings are over. But I said, 'Could I stay an extra day in the vicarage and pray? I need to find out what the Lord is trying to say to me.' Because up to that point I was really still on my way to Hong Kong. And the Lord spoke to me very clearly. It was a wonderful day. It certainly changed the path of my life.

When I say the Lord spoke to me, I don't mean that it was an audible voice. But it was a knowing. That strong knowing, like reading at the end of a book and knowing exactly what was going to happen. And you can't change it: it is written. And so it was written upon my heart, the meaning of this vision.

Phase One: The Glowing Fires

The Lord impressed it on my Heart that those fires I saw were groups of people whom He would make intensely hungry for New Testament Christianity. They would start reading their Bibles and saying, for instance, as they read the book of Acts, 'Well, where is this happy church? Where are these people so full of the power of the Holy Spirit? Where are these miracles? Where is this growth, this vitality, this courage, this boldness that these people had? Is that for today - can we have it today? Should the church be this way?'

And as these questions were being planted in their hearts, the Lord Jesus said He would make them very hungry for the Holy Spirit; He would fill them with the Holy Spirit, and out of those gifts would flow ministries that would enrich the Body of Christ. The whole concept of the Body of Christ would come alive, and barriers between denominations and different types of Christians would break down as people met each other. The Lord said He would move these people all over the country. After he had taught them gifts, he would move them to another place where they would carry that fire, and where they would meet others also who were being renewed by the Holy Spirit. He would put them in different situations from what they were used to, so that they would get to know people of other denominations, other cultures and other classes, and be able to communicate to them the blessings that the Lord had given them. And then He told me that during that time He would also test them. There would be great testing of faith, great waiting times. He would teach them spiritual warfare. He would show them the meaning of the power of the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Phase Two: The Coming of the Lightning

Then I asked the Lord, 'What does the lightning stand for?' And he said, 'Unlike the first part, in which I will be speaking to Christians and preparing My church and renewing it and reviving the saints, the lightning represents a second part of the vision, in which I will bring a spiritual awakening to the nation that will be a witness to the unsaved, to the un-churched, to the non-Christian.

Through these believers I will bring a witness to this land. They will be an army of witnesses. And I will begin to release their ministries so that when they give their testimonies there will be apostolic signs following and accompanying their testimonies. Where ears have been deaf and hearts have been hard and eyes have been blind, I will touch the people of this land and they will begin to hear the testimony of My people, they will begin to see the manifestations of My power, and their hearts will begin to believe. Thousands and thousands of people are going to come into my kingdom through this army of witnesses, through this people movement - not characterized by any particular evangelist or great organisation at the front, but just My people rising up, led by My spirit and beginning to move forward with a new faith for evangelism, a new zeal to share Jesus with others. And as they give their testimonies, I will release their ministries of healing and miracles, and there will be signs and wonders accompanying their ministries. So many people will be saved, in the villages as well as in the cities, in the schools, in the government, in media, in industry. It will affect the destiny of this nation; it will determine the course of the times.

Phase Three: Streams across the Channel

Then I said, 'Lord, what about these streams that go on across the Channel into Europe?' And He said, 'That represents people who will rise up in the midst of this people movement, this army of witnesses in Britain, whom I will make My communicators.' Now I hadn't used that word very much before in ministry I said, 'Lord, what do you mean by communicators?' And he said, 'They will not only be people endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, with strong faith, but they will also be people talented in the arts. They will be writers, musicians, singers and actors, and also technicians in television, radio and the mass media. I will call and send them and put them in strategic places. I will bless their natural talents with my Spirit, and they will be good: they will excel. They will be leaders in their fields. I will send them into Europe, where they will meet other people in the media, and through them I will release the word of God very fast in Europe. The result will be another wave of a spiritual awakening, with thousands coming to Christ throughout Europe.' Well, I got kind of excited after I'd heard all that from the Lord, and I said, 'Lord, why are you telling me this? I'm on my way to Hong Kong.' And He said, 'Oh, no you're not: you're going to stay right here, and I'm going to bring Elmer here.' And I said, 'What do you want us to do, Lord?' And He said, 'I want you to nourish the fires that I light.' So I'm not the firelighter. The Lord is the Firelighter.

A Time of Waiting

My husband was in Hong Kong another year before he got here. But when he came, several pastors asked him if he would start a school for leadership training for people who had been filled with the Spirit and had gift ministries. He said, 'Well, I'll set it up for a year, and then we'll go back to the United States.' We forgot that we didn't have anything to go back to - you know, we'd sold the house and given away everything. I had given the money to the poorest people I could find - young preachers just starting out in the ministry. So there was nothing to go back to. But we still had that mind-set. It took a little while for the Lord to make us realize that He had other plans.

That was twenty-one years ago. And during those twenty-one years I have ministered all over this country, as Pastor Black has mentioned. But I have never gone away up to the north of Scotland. Many times I've said to my husband, I'd just love to go up there and find the fires that God has been lighting.' And he has said, 'Well, why don't you go on? I don't mind, if you want to get ahead of the vision.' You know, it's very easy, when you get a revelation from God, to think you've got to go out and make it happen. That's very unwise - it doesn't bother God much but it sure can be embarrassing for you. You can fall flat on your face. I've tried that a couple of times, and I think I've learned my lesson on it. So I said, 'No, I don't want to do anything like that. I want to go when the Lord really calls me to go, if He needs me.'

A Brush with Death

Last August our college sponsored a conference with a wonderful man of God named Judson Cornwall. Just before he came, I collapsed in a church service with a near-fatal coronary. Graham Kendrick was standing beside me; I was so glad he was there because he prayed for me right away and I was wonderfully touched: instantly the pain subsided. It took me a little while, though, before I got home. I thought I had a bad case of indigestion! But the Lord did heal me, and I was able to attend the conference.

And a Revelation from Heaven

And one day, between lunch and the afternoon session, I said to our team, 'Let's just pray before we go upstairs.'

I was thinking about very matter-of-fact things like how long should the worship go on, and where would we take the offering and so on. I certainly wasn't thinking about the visions and lights and fires. And suddenly the Spirit of God came upon me. I don't know if you've ever had anything like that where God's power and presence comes on you so mightily that suddenly everything else is forgotten. It wasn't that I couldn't have stopped; but I didn't want to. I began to weep and weep, and strong crying came upon my heart, real, deep sobs. I knew that the Spirit of God had brought the Lord's burden upon me. And I said, 'Lord, what is happening to me?' The closest thing I could compare to the intensity of the anointing that was upon me at that moment was when the Lord called me into the ministry when I was only fifteen years old. And I said, Lord, what is this? It's something very important.'

One word He spoke to me: Scotland.

Phase Two at Hand

Scotland. I knew what it meant. I knew that He wanted me to come up here, and I knew that he wanted me to come up with a special message. That message is to say to as many people as I can, in as many places as I can, that the second part of that vision is right at hand. It's here, folks, that spiritual awakening: it's starting; the very first signs of it are already upon us. Your generation are going to see a harvest of souls in this land such as you have never seen before. And it's going to have a tremendous effect not only upon this nation and the British Isles, but upon many other nations.

The first sign: Men at Prayer

There are three things that the Lord has asked me to share about this vision everywhere I go: three signs of this awakening. The first is that the Lord is sending a strong call to prayer among men. Early Morning Prayer meetings will start all over the land as men desire to pray, and they will start asking their pastors and leaders, 'Can we meet together before work and pray?' In those prayer meetings there will come strong intercession and an increased faith and vision in these men's souls for the nation. They will not only pray in their own churches, but soon they will start combining together in other churches, with other church groups. And in some places these prayer meetings will grow too big for the building, and they will come out in the open and pray in the parks or in front of town halls.

Wouldn't that be nice, to have a prayer meeting right out here, of hundreds and hundreds of men lifting their voices in prayer for the nation? And it will be a sign in itself: these prayer meetings will be a witness to the nation, and many people will come to the Lord just by witnessing these prayer meetings, and hearing the prayers of these men.

The Second Sign: Christ Revealed to the Young.

The second thing is that the Lord is going to send a tremendous revelation of Himself to boys and girls in this country. Between the ages of nine and fifteen particularly, children will begin to have a revelation of Jesus. They will see Him, they will know Him, they will hear Him, He will speak to them. He will come to them in visions and dreams, He will reveal His word to them. They will be converted and filled with the Holy Spirit and gifted by Him. And they will start praying. They will be healed themselves, and they will start praying for each other; and there will be wonderful healings through these boys and girls.

They will not only be the children of Christian parents. The Lord is going to manifest Himself to those who are in non-Christian homes where there is no love nor real family unity, where there is no knowledge of the Lord at all: perhaps not only for one generation but for many generations no Christian person has been in that family. But Jesus is going to meet them and reveal His power and His presence to them and His love for them. When they start coming to our children and to our teachers and telling what they are seeing and hearing from the Lord, our duty will be to receive them and love them as they are- because they will be rough diamonds, and they will have rather unusual, un-churchy language. But their experiences will be real. Some of their experiences will be so unusual you may doubt them. At that point receive their testimonies at face value, give them the word of God, and teach them how to love: because these children will have ministries not only as children, but as leaders in their adult life, and they will bless your country and other countries. So receive these children, teach them. Those of you who teach Sunday school, those of you who have children in your home and neighbourhood whom you are concerned about, begin to ask the Lord to raise your level of expectation of what they can receive, because they are going to start hearing. And just like the adults, they will start hearing the word and receiving the Lord and being able to receive deep spiritual experiences in the Lord.

The Third Sign: Anointed Preachers

The third thing the Lord said He would do relates to the raising up of preachers. Although this awakening will not be characterised by great evangelists at the beginning, it will produce great preachers. You are going to hear evangelists with such fire, such powers of persuasion that they will touch thousands of people and win them to the Lord Jesus. God is giving these preachers not only to Scotland; He will send them to other parts of Britain, and many to other parts of the world, with an ever increasing ministry of winning many people to the Lord.

Beware of Jealousy and Criticism

When the Lord reveals something to you, then you pray into it, not to make it happen, but to pray that as many people as possible will be involved and touched, and hear. And when I pray for this particular part of the vision, for these preachers and evangelists, I just feel the sorrow of Jesus' heart, for He says to me that He has already given to this land in recent times good ministries, strong ministries, that He wished to increase, but they were cut off, and hindered, and narrowed in the dimensions of their greatness because of jealousy, criticism and envy. In my spiritual warfare I have been coming against that spirit of jealousy, envy and criticism - because I think that it will try to rise up again, even in the face of the tremendous anointing God will give these preachers. So I just ask you to be on guard, be alert to that, and if you feel those feelings and emotions rising up in you against some ministry that God is blessing, be generous in your heart, be quick to repent of it, and ask the Lord to take that away, so that you can contribute and nourish and support those ministries, rather than stand back from them with hostility and jealousy. The Lord is going to use them whether you like them or not. But it would be a lot better if you liked them and got right there beside them, because then you could share the joy of winning souls for the Lord Jesus - because that's what it's all about, folks. The Lord isn't sending us for fun and games, any more then He sent the charismatic renewal for us to have Holy huddles and exchange spiritual gifts like Christmas presents all the time. That isn't the purpose of the renewal. The purpose is evangelism. It's to get out there into that harvest that God is preparing. And you sons and daughters of Scotland will be part of a modern ministry movement that will bless the whole world, and Scotland will greatly contribute to this. So be part of it.

A Deluge of Power

You young people, you are going to see miracles and effective ministry such as our eyes have never seen, as the Lord pours out His Spirit, not only upon the Christians, but upon the unsaved, in these days. So be encouraged. Jesus said men ought always to pray and never give up - because this harvest is bound to include some of your friends, some of your neighbours, your families, who need the Lord. So have faith, have courage.

Take Courage

When I first came to England, Jeanne Harper met me, and drove us from Heathrow in a little Mini car, riding on the wrong side of the road, you know! My daughter and I had five pieces of luggage each - we thought we needed all of that - and so the car was heaped up inside and out with all this luggage. As Jeanne was driving furiously through the peak hour traffic, my heart was thumping, first because I was excited to be here, and secondly because of all the traffic and double-decker buses and everything.

I looked out over the tops of the cases and saw a great big red sign with gold letters saying, Courage! Take courage! And I said to her, 'Isn't it wonderful how your government has put up all these morale boosters!' She said, 'Oh, these are ale advertisements.' I said, 'Oh, well, I'll take it in the right spirit!'

So have courage, folks: take courage, and know that God is with us, and He has chosen to cause our eyes to see things that He has prepared for us in this age that are beyond anything we could ask or think. He will do it, according to the power that works mightily in us as His church. Praise the Lord.

Smith Wigglesworth's 1947 Prophecy

During the next few decades there will be two distinct moves of the Holy Spirit across the church in Great Britain. The first move will affect every church that is open to receive it, and will be characterised by the restoration of the baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

The second move of the Holy Spirit will result in people leaving historic churches and planting new churches. In the duration of each of these moves, the people who are involved will say, 'This is a great revival.' But the Lord says, 'No, neither is this the great revival but both are steps towards it.'

When the new church phase is on the wane, there will be evidence in the churches of something that has not been seen before: a coming together of those with an emphasis on the word and those with an emphasis on the Spirit.

When the word and the Spirit come together, there will be the biggest move of the Holy Spirit that the nations, and indeed, the world have ever seen. It will mark the beginning of a revival that will eclipse anything that has been witnessed within these shores, even the Wesleyan and Welsh revivals of former years.

The outpouring of God's Spirit will flow over from the United Kingdom to mainland Europe, and from there, will begin a missionary move to the ends of the earth.

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