EASTERN GATE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TEACHING AND PROPHETIC ARM – PART TEN
Saturday – May 2, 2020, Iyar 8, 5780
Greetings to our precious friends and partners and welcome back to this Saturday Bible Study which is focused on the call of this Ministry. If you are reading this on Facebook please take a moment to hit the “love” and “share” buttons to expand the reach of the good news. We have seen and are still experiencing the effects of a great pestilence, the Coronavirus. This is not the wrath of God but it is the result of a judgement of God made possible by the failure of the Church (corporately and individually) to judge itself, ourselves, and repent of any variance (sin, darkness, rebellion) from the Word of God. We also have failed to avoid judging others and have thereby became subject to judgement by the same measure. There is only one way that the curse comes into our jurisdiction, and that is by failure to judge ourselves and repent.
Deuteronomy 28:14-15 (KJV)
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Many Bible writers have referred, by the leadership of the Holy Spirit, to the fact that God’s people see but don’t see, and hear but don’t hear. Concerning this pestilence and the state of the Church today, we (the Church) did not get here overnight but have been in darkness for a very long time. The Lord reminded me that this is really nothing new. We are seeing but not seeing, hearing but not hearing. That is not a compliment, by the way.
Matthew 13:12-16 (KJV)
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
There is a rising remnant in and out of the Church, like the disciples with Jesus, who are seeing and hearing but the Church as a whole is neither hearing nor seeing, they are not perceiving nor understanding. One group, the rising remnant is described in the (a) portion of verse twelve and in verse sixteen. The Church today like in the time of Jesus for the most part is described in the (b) portion of verse twelve through verse fifteen. God’s people have repeatedly strayed far from the Word of God, the heart of God, and didn’t even know it for they hardened their hearts to the truth little by little. This is a sad, sad, situation. Let us cry out to our God with all sincerity that any veils we have placed, any darkness we have chosen, will be revealed and we can repent, shed them, move from darkness to light, and be freed from the captivity of Satan. Like the children of Israel of old we must cry out to God with all sincerity of heart that we have sinned, that we have forsaken our God, and have served Baal (Judges 10:10, 15). We, me, not them!
One of the things the Lord has repeatedly brought into my thinking for many years now is that at the time of the Rapture, the Resurrection, it will be much like the time of Jesus. In the time of Jesus, the Church, the organized religion (initiated by God) had become greatly perverted such that it was barely recognizable from the original intent of God. Yes, like today, they read from the Holy Scripture and expounded upon it but not according to the heart of God. Over time the traditions of men and the doctrines of demons proliferated and became accepted as the Truth when it was instead a lie. If you have carefully studied the Old Testament you will see a pattern of people serving God according to the pure Word of God and then over time turning away from the Truth to other gods, other words. Let’s once again review the following passage.
Deuteronomy 28:14-15 (KJV)
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
If the curse is present this is how it came about. God does not bring the curse and God is not teaching anybody anything with curses (pestilences like Coronavirus). God is not working out some mysterious plan in the creation at large or our individual lives using the curse. It is the devil, the thief, who steals, kills, and destroys! Our God is all about an abundant life. We choose!
John 10:10 (KJV)
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Back to the time of Jesus compared to the present age. In the time of Jesus there was an organized “Church” system of religion established from the Garden and codified (systematized) by Moses according to the instruction of God. Jesus was the Truth, He was “the Word” in eternity past and now. He came and they did not recognize Him although they had the Word, what we now call the Old Testament. He was a threat to their power, control, and flow of money. Not that a whole lot changed from that time to this time let’s fast forward to today. Down through the centuries there has always been the sparks of the True. But we have seen no Ministry like the Ministry of Jesus nor the Ministry of the early Church in the first century. As one reads the Book of Acts and the Epistles, we see a decaying gospel. Jesus disciples was a minority group compared to the organized Church yet they turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6). There is another remnant rising and it also will turn the world upside down and then the Lord shall call us home. This remnant will be hated and persecuted by the traditional Church and perceived as a threat just as Jesus and His disciples were seen as a threat.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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