The Wise; Tricks and Schemes; Holy Spirit Teaches the Cosmos; Number Clarity

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the time period we live in. People see the word of God as a magic book that tells the future. Yet lack of discernment causes the Bible to look as if it is chaotic and some type of mystery that we can’t understand. We cannot pick and choose an event in our time and apply it to a similar event in a prophetic passage. We see our dimension as a line event that has no depth or width, or time, only length.  Yahweh is not a God of confusion or chaos, but people make His prophetic words into confusion and chaos when they pick and choose events as a line, not a multi dimensional book. We have enemies in the universe. Angels sinned. This is the condition that man was created into for the purpose of subduing the enemies of our Lord. Our enemies work behind the scenes to trick, fool, and mislead us.  

We regularly hear people (who love to inspire fear into others) claim that we are in the tribulation. We are not. There are far too many events that must take place before the tribulation occurs. There must be a temple in Jerusalem that is near completion. The two witnesses are not on the earth. The harpazo has not occurred. There is no ‘one world leader’. The beast and the false prophet have not showed up. The number of deaths worldwide have (thankfully) not occurred as the seals are opened, let alone the trumpets and bowls. For example, there are seven billion people on the earth today, one fourth die at the fourth seal and one third die at the sixth trumpet. Instead of decreasing the population in large numbers, (7 billion minus 1.75 billion minus 2.3 billion) we are steadily increasing. We have not seen our population drop to 5.25 billion people and again to 2.95 billion people. Our population is growing to almost 8 billion people. 

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2018/05/babylon-wild-beast-eighth-head-petra.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2013/03/benchmarks-for-end-two-witnesses.html

We must pay attention to ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers are listed for a reason. There is an order. Yahweh does everything in order, not out of order. Does Drakōn know what is written in the Bible? Does Satanas know what is written in the Bible? Therefore what is going on is best summed up in a slang expression that states “they’re jerking your chain”. 

Satanas is the prince of this world, also known as the god of this world. Is he stupid? No. He does like to make one dimensional Christians freak out. Have you noticed how Satanas’ people like to throw around the number 666? John did not write numbers he wrote Arabic. Those so called “numbers” were words. The numbers are not the mark of the beast, the words in Arabic are the mark of the beast. Every time someone discovers an evil person using these numbers they melt down. Stop. Satanas is laughing at you. Don’t panic over 666, instead focus on Jesus.  

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-book-of-revelation-overview.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-second-wild-beast-mark-spirit.html

We hear of concerts that are a designed as a sacrifice to Satanas. It seems that what has been done in the dark in secret is now being done in the light for shock value. There have been many eras when satanism came into the forefront of society and then retreated for a while. People don’t seem to be biting off bat heads any more. Realistically there are far more non-believers in Christ then there are Christians. There are 7.7 billion people in the world and 2.3 adherents to Christianity. We are the minority on earth. This tells us that we have some work to do. 

We watch movies with characters whose names are similar to lucifer and satan, which is actually funny because neither lucifer or satan are names, but things. The word lucifer means “evening vespers” and is Latin. The word satan means “adversary”. Satanas/Satanil is the name of the fallen incorporeal being who can transform into an angel of light. He is a fallen being, tricked by Drakōn, and is now spoken of as the god of this world (See End Notes).

We also have injectable chemical cocktails with an enzyme that is a called luciferase, which produces bioluminescence or a glow. There is a new “sickness” test that utilizes the acronym “SATiN”. Now think for a moment. Who would name an enzyme or a virus test after those names? People who worship evil fallen beings. People who want to scare you. People who want to rule the world. There are many Christians who have allowed this substance to be injected into their bodies. They simply have trusted governments instead of God. Do not panic. You can repent. You may glow under certain conditions, but you are not condemned to hell. Next time be wise.

Satanas is simply bombarding humans with “in your face” names and shows to push himself on us. No, he does not have the majority in the heavens, just on the earth. In fact, there are really no figures for how many people actually practice satanism in varying denominations. Some speculate that there are only twenty thousand adherents worldwide. They are the people who want to rule the world. The majority of those ruled by Satanas are simply non-Christians, either atheists or other non-Christ religions. Satanas will only have one third of the angels who will be thrown out of heaven to help him in the tribulation. Again we see how numbers give us a clearer picture. 

Now, if we are logical, we know that one person who has the Holy Spirit dwelling within is far more powerful than Satanas himself. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom, who is part of the God head, is far above Satanas in power and authority. This is why the believers in Christ can subdue the powers of the enemy if they know how. Jesus wants us to be wise, not foolish. He wants us to be as smart as Satanas.

The first group of people that Jesus sent to preach the Kingdom of Heaven were the twelve disciples. Jesus told them to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Jesus wanted to explain their position and how they should live by using examples from animals. There was no television or movies, so what people knew was the behavior of animals. Their (and our) enemies are wolves. Wolves are people who are demonically inspired.

Matthew 10:16 G2400 Behold, G1473 I G649 send G1473 you G5613 as G4263 sheep G1722 in G3319 the midst G3074 of wolves. G1096 Be G3767 then G5429 skilled G5613 as G3588 the G3789 serpents, G2532 and G185 unmixed G5613 as G3588 the G4058 doves! 

“Look I send forth you like as sheep in middle of wolves. Come into being therefore intelligent like as snakes (ophis) and unmixed like as the common pigeon”. 

Wolves work together with other wolves, they isolate and surround their prey. We are to be intelligent like snakes, there is a sharpness of vision, cunning, and wisdom, associated with the ophis. We are to be unmixed as pigeons, there is innocent and unsophistication associated with akeraios. Jesus is using these animals to tell us a story of the way that we will be treated and how to respond. Wolves give us the picture that they are out for blood. Sheep give us the picture that we are unaware of the danger in our future. Sheep need dogs to round them up and sheep gates to keep them safe; they are helpless on their own. Snakes feel the vibrations of the ground and know that there is trouble. If they are cornered, they strike hard and fast. Snakes sneak up on their prey, they also swallow their food whole. Pigeons coo and look for food, they are non-threatening, and they react quickly to danger. Pigeons seem friendly and look rather average. Pigeons are not focused on being glamorous. 

Is it possible that we have missed these ideas, instead becoming simple sheep, ready for the slaughter? Have we thought of ourselves as white doves looking beautiful instead of really understanding Jesus’ reference? If we are to have the intelligence of a snake we are to strike the enemies, our poison is truth and the word, logos or rhema, of God. Yet we are to be unassuming and gentle, until we are not. If we have to, we let our digestive juices break down our enemy. 

Jesus wants our intelligence level to be like the serpent as well. We are to increase our knowledge and wisdom so that we can spar and sport and be capable of holding our own. The serpent’s seed are asps, we are to be as intelligent as they are too. Jesus also wants us to be approachable and unassuming like a pigeon. When we see a pigeon we don’t think much of them. They don’t inspire us and we are not awed by them. Can you see the reason that we are to be so mild, modest, and innocent? Because we have the intelligence of the serpent and no one needs to know that until it’s time.

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2020/07/oppose-construct-peace-shock-treatment.html

Sheep among wolves gives us the impression that we are helpless, but we are not. Jesus also says to be wise as an ophis. The idea of being wise or skilled is what we want to understand. The word phronimos means “intelligent” or “in one’s right mind” or “sagacious”. Sagacious means a keen mental discernment and good judgment. It is important to have intelligence to be in one’s own right mind, but it is very very important to have mental discernment. 

Wisdom comes from the Spirit of Wisdom, the Holy Spirit, Sophia. Solomon wrote about her throughout proverbs and in his book The Wisdom of Solomon. Solomon writes to his sons and to his readers about the Spirit of Wisdom for our own benefit, not for His as king, and not for the benefit of the Holy Spirit.

Wis 6:22  As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.

Wis 6:23  Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.

Wis 6:24  But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.

Wis 6:25  Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.

The multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world. Welfare is health and happiness, not a state run program. The multitude of the wise people bring wellbeing to the world. Why? Because the wise are led by the Holy Spirit. If there is one who is a wise king or ruler, that king/ruler supports the people. A king/ruler who does not support the people is a foolish king/ruler, by comparison. Have we seen king/rulers who help the people to prosper? Have we seen king/rulers destroy their own country?

Wis 7:7  Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.

Wis 7:8  I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.

Solomon prayed for understanding and the Spirit of Wisdom came to him. We can do the same. Notice that Solomon didn’t really care for symbolic scepters and he didn’t really care for the position of the throne. He didn’t even care about riches. Solomon saw the value in the Spirit of Wisdom. Paul’s prayer for us is that the Father would give us the Spirit of Wisdom. 

Eph 1:17  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 

The Spirit of Wisdom does not encourage people to behave like Chicken Little. The Spirit of Wisdom will not enter a malicious soul or one who is vying for the attention from others. The chicken little’s that spread fear and anxiety because of their lack of wisdom and their need for attention will be judged before the Lord after Jesus’ coronation ceremony.

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-rostrum-bema-judging-angels-awards.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2019/06/rewards-megas-and-microns-fire.html

Wis 1:1  Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.

Wis 1:2  For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.

Wis 1:3  For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.

Wis 1:4  For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.

Wis 1:5  For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.

Wis 1:6  For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.

Wis 1:7  For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.

The Holy Spirit will flee deceit. This tells us that all the people who spread deceit to the Body of Christ are doing so apart from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom will not acquit someone who speaks irreverently about God or the words that the Holy Spirit gave us. (Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, 2 Peter 1:21). Our words matter. We will not be acquitted for using the Bible to mislead people. God is witness. 

Now we have to ask ourselves if we have knowledge of the Holy Spirits voice. Do we know what the Holy Spirit’s role in our lives is? Jesus said this.

John 14:26 G3588 But the G1161   G3875 comforter, G3588 the G4151 [²spirit G3588   G39 ¹holy], G3739 whom G3992 [³will send G3588 ¹the G3962 ²father] G1722 in G3588   G3686 my name, G1473   G1565 that one G1473 will teach you G1321   G3956 all things, G2532 and G5279 will remind G1473 you G3956 all things G3739 which G2036 I said G1473 to you.

3875 LSJ Gloss:παράκλητος called to one's aid

Dodson:παράκλητος an advocate, comforter, helper, Paraclete

(a) an advocate, intercessor, (b) a consoler, comforter, helper, (c) Paraclete.

TBESG:παράκλητος counsellor

G:N-M

παρά-κλητος, -ον

(< παρακαλεω), [in Aq., Th.: Job.16:2 * ;] 

called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most freq. as subst., ὁ π., an advocate, pleader, intercessor (Dem., al.; so in Rabbinic lit., פְּרַקְלִיטָא), "a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist sympathy in his favour" (Field, Notes, 102). In NT, specif., ὁ π., 

__(a) of Christ, 1Jn.2:1 (see ICC, Jo. Epp., 23 ff.); 

__(b) of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but see opp. with),

Refs

Jhn.14:16, 26 15:26 16:7

(cf. also Abbott, Essays, 86, 97; Deiss., LAE, 339 f.; MM, xviii; Westc., Jo., ii, 188

(AS)

Thayer:

1) summoned, called to one's side, esp. called to one's aid 

1a) one who pleads another's cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate 

1b) one who pleads another's cause with one, an intercessor 

1b1) of Christ in his exaltation at God's right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins 

1c) in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant 

1c1) of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom

παράκλητος 

paraklētos par-ak'-lay-tos An intercessor, consoler KJV Usage: advocate, comforter.

The word comforter is paraklētos, which means “intercessor”, “consoler”, “advocate”, “helper”, “someone to call to one’s aid”. We see that the Holy Spirit is more than someone who pats us on the shoulder when we are upset. Who does the sending? The Father, just like Paul said. The Holy Spirit will teach all and will remind us all of what Jesus said. But wait, there’s more. 

John 16:8 G2532 And G2064 having come, G1565 that one G1651 will reprove G3588 the G2889 world G4012 concerning G266 sin, G2532 and G4012 concerning G1343 righteousness, G2532 and G4012 concerning G2920 judgment.

The Holy Spirit isn’t here on the earth to just indwell believers. The Holy Spirit is sent into the cosmos for the benefit of the cosmos. The Holy Spirit convicts and exposes sin in the universe. Think about this, the exposing of sin is not just on the earth, but sin in the heavens among the fallen angels and the other sons of God. Remember, angels sinned. The Holy Spirit was  not sent for those who would believe only, but for those who do not believe, as well as for those who sinned in the heavens. 

The Holy Spirit is convicting and exposing the cosmos regarding dikaiosunē, “justice” or “equity”. The Holy Spirit is showing the divine righteousness of the Elohim to the angels, the other sons of God, the non-believers, and the Christians. This is what Jesus’ plan was for creating humans, to show his wisdom to the fallen principalities and powers through the church. Think about this, humanity has limitations in knowing the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The fallen sons of God know far more about the Elohim than we do. Yet they defected, leaving their own habitation. We are the remedy.  

The Holy Spirit is convicting and exposing the cosmos regarding judgment, krisis. The Holy Spirit is announcing to the cosmos the tribunal that will come at the end of the age for the fallen sons of God and the non-believers. We need to expand our thinking, the Holy Spirit is not only working with Christians, but the Holy Spirit is working in the entire cosmos to let everyone know that judgment is coming. 

John 16:9 G4012 Concerning G266 sin G3303 then, G3754 that G3756 they believe not G4100   G1519 in G1473 me.

Did the fallen angels believe Yahweh when he said that he would put hatred between the serpent and the woman and that the woman’s seed would guard over the serpents head and the serpent would guard over the women’s seeds heel? 

Genesis 3:15 G2532 And G2189 [²hatred G5087 ¹I will put] G303.1 between G1473 you G2532 and G303.1 between G3588 the G1135 woman; G2532 and G303.1 between G3588   G4690 your seed G1473   G2532 and G303.1 between G3588   G4690 her seed. G1473   G1473 He G1473 will give heed to your G5083   G2776 head, G2532 and G1473 you G5083 will give heed to G1473 his G4418 heel

5083 LSJ Gloss:τηρέωto watch over, protect, guard

Dodson:τηρέωI keep, guard, observe I keep, guard, observe, watch over.

Thayer:

1) to attend to carefully, take care of 

1a) to guard 

1b) metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is 

1c) to observe 

1d) to reserve: to undergo something

For Synonyms see entry G5874

τηρέω 

tēreō tay-reh'-o From τηρός teros (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), that is, to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried) KJV Usage: hold fast, keep (-er), (ob-, pre-, re) serve, watch.

The position here is that the women’s seed would keep, guard, watch over, the serpents head. Why wouldn’t some of the sons of God believe this? Instead some defected to earth. The position is that the women’s seed is above, looking down onto the head of the serpent. Isn’t that Jesus’ position now? The serpent is looking up to the heel of Jesus. This is something that should have been a warning for the angels. Both the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent are guarding and watching each other. One from the position of “above” and one from the position of “below”. Both are contending for rulership on earth, fighting among each other. 

John 16:10 G4012 [²concerning G1343 ³righteousness G1161 ¹And], G3754 that G4314 to G3588   G3962 my father G1473   G5217 I go away, G2532 and G3765 no longer G2334 you view G1473 me.

The Holy Spirit has always been on the earth, even before Jesus came to earth. The equity or justice of the Elohim was that by the shedding of Jesus’ sinless blood for our sin, we can now be redeemed by Him. Did the sons of God in the cosmos believe that Jesus would rise from the dead? Probably not. Otherwise Satanas would never have crucified Jesus. 

1 Corinthians 2:7 G235 But G2980 we speak G4678 wisdom G2316 of God G1722 in G3466 a mystery, G3588 the one G613 being concealed, G3739 which G4309 God predefined G3588   G2316   G4253 before G3588 the G165 eons G1519 for G1391 our glory; G1473  

  8 G3739 which G3762 not one G3588 of the G758 rulers G3588   G165 of this eon G3778   G1097 has known. G1487 For if G1063   G1097 they knew, G3756 [³not G302 ²would G3588 ⁵the G2962 ⁶Lord G3588   G1391 ⁷of glory G4717 ¹they ⁴have crucified].

The Holy Spirit knew that Jesus would rise up. The wisdom of the Elohim was a secret, a hidden mystery. Who is “they”? The rulers, archōn. They inspired the religious leaders to call for Jesus’ crucifixion. Now it is time for the fallen archōn of this age to know the righteousness of the Elohim. How?

John 16:11 G4012 And concerning G1161   G2920 judgment, G3754 for G3588 the G758 ruler G3588   G2889 of this world G3778   G2919 has been judged.

“The archōn the cosmos he krinō, condemned”

Satanas is condemned. The Holy Spirit is making known Satanas’ condemnation to the fallen sons of God, as well as to humans. Humans cannot understand the judgment and condemnation of Satanas if they do not know the Bible. The sons of God know and understand the judgment and condemnation of Satanas because they know Satanas.  

Jon 16:12 G2089 Still G4183 many things G2192 I have G3004 to say G1473 to you, G235 but G3756 you are not G1410 able G941 to bear them G737 just now.

  13 G3752 But whenever G1161   G2064 that one should come, G1565   G3588 the G4151 spirit G3588 of the G225 truth, G3594 he will guide G1473 you G1519 into G3956 all G3588 the G225 truth; G3756 [³not G1063 ¹for G2980 ²he shall] speak G575 from G1438 himself; G235 but G3745 as much as G302 whatever G191 he should hear, G2980 he shall speak; G2532 and G3588 the things G2064 coming G312 he shall announce G1473 to you.

Before Pentecost the Holy Spirit did not indwell men unless they were righteous. The Holy Spirit would leave men if they became unrighteous. But because of Jesus’ blood, shed on behalf of us, the Holy Spirit can now dwell within humans. Now the Holy Spirit can guide us in truth, the Holy Spirit will announce or report to us. 

John 16:14 G1565 That one G1473 [²me G1392 ¹will glorify]; G3754 for G1537 of G3588   G1699 mine G2983 he shall take, G2532 and G312 shall announce G1473 to you.

The Holy Spirit honors Jesus because from out of Jesus the Holy Spirit takes and reports to us, meaning that Jesus is involved in what the Holy Spirit tells us. If we understand these things, we will be wise. Now we have to understand our enemy. 

When Paul was recounting his experience to Agrippa on the road to Damascus and was meeting Jesus, he explained that he, Paul, went in authority to Damascus. Paul had the jurisdiction, exousia, of the religious leaders to kill Christians.   

Act 26:12  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

Act 26:13  At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

Act 26:14  And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Act 26:15  And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Act 26:16  But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Act 26:17  Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

Acts 26:18 G455 to open G3788 their eyes, G1473   G3588   G1994 to turn G575 from G4655 darkness G1519 unto G5457 light, G2532 and G3588 the G1849 authority G3588   G4567 of Satan G1909 unto G3588   G2316 God, G3588   G2983 for them to receive G1473   G859 a release G266 of sins, G2532 and G2819 a lot G1722 among G3588 the ones G37 having been sanctified G4102 by the belief G3588   G1519 in G1473 me.

Paul was told by Jesus that he was to open eyes. Satan blinds people. Paul was to turn them from darkness to light. Satan operates in the dark, hiding in the shadows, turn on the light. Paul was also to take people out from under the jurisdiction of Satanas and bring them under the jurisdiction of the Elohim. Satanas has jurisdiction because he stole jurisdiction from the adam. Once people’s jurisdiction changes to the Elohim, they have a release from sin and a portion in the ones made holy by belief in Jesus. Satanas keeps people bound in sin, which leads to eternal death. Jesus frees people to eternal life. 

2 Corinthians 2:11 G2443 that G3361 we should not be taken advantage of G4122   G5259 by G3588   G4567 Satan; G3756 [³not G1063 ¹for G1473 ⁵of his G3588   G3540 ⁶thoughts G50 ²we are ⁴ignorant].

“in order that not defrauded from under the Satanas for are not ignorant his evil purpose.”

Where is Satanas? Under our feet. We do not have to be ignorant of his evil purposes. If Satanas has evil purposes then he is playing them out on us. His purpose is to confuse us and cause us to lose faith. Therefore anyone who causes another to lose his/her faith is working for Satanas. Be careful, Jesus explained this well, and it is not a nice ending for the person who causes a little one who trusts in Jesus to stumble.

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2021/05/entrapping-children-eternal-fires-of.html

Matthew 18:6 G3739 And who G1161   G302 ever G4624 should cause to stumble G1520 one G3588   G3397 of these small ones G3778   G3588   G4100 trusting G1519 in G1473 me, G4851 it would be advantageous G1473 to him G2443 that G2910 [³should be hung G3458 ¹a millstone G3684 ²of a donkey] G1909 upon G3588   G5137 his neck, G1473   G2532 and G2670 he should be sunk G1722 in G3588 the G3989 open G3588   G2281 sea

Satanas has already been judged, but we haven’t. There is a judgment for those who cause people to lose their faith. Satanas also transforms into an angel of light. 

2 Corinthians 11:14 G2532 For G3756 it is not G2298 surprising G1473 [³himself G1063 ¹for G3588   G4567 ²Satan] G3345 to change appearance G1519 into G32 an angel G5457 of light.

Satanas is an incorporeal being. He is air, aether, fire, and light. He can transform into an angel of light, which he does to cause people to follow him instead of Jesus. Plenty of people have false visions. Plenty of people have false prophecies. Plenty of people believe that they are hearing from the Elohim but are really hearing from Satans. They cannot distinguish between Satanas, the Holy Spirit, or Yahweh. Become wise.

Satanas fell because he believed Drakōn’s lies. Drakōn is the father or generator of lies. 

John 8:44 G1473 You G1537 [²of G3588 ³the G3962 ⁴father G3588 ⁵of the G1228 ⁶devil G1510.2.5 ¹are], G2532 and G3588 the G1939 desires G3588   G3962 of your father G1473   G2309 you want G4160 to do. G1565 That one G443 [²a man-killer G1510.7.3 ¹was] G575 from G746 the beginning, G2532 and G1722 [³in G3588 ⁴the G225 ⁵truth G3756 ¹has not G2476 ²stood], G3754 for G3756 [²is not G1510.2.3   G225 ¹truth] G1722 in G1473 him. G3752 Whenever G2980 he should speak G3588 the G5579 lie, G1537 from out of G3588   G2398 his own G2980 he speaks; G3754 for G5583 he is a liar, G1510.2.3   G2532 and G3588 the G3962 father G1473 of it.

This is what Drakōn was formed to do, to sport with the angels. His purpose was to poke, prick, and push, the angels into defection. At some point, long before the creation of humanity, Drakōn pricked Satanas just enough to make him think that he could be judge over the sons of God. Truly there is no procreation among the sons of God, but by adoption, Drakōn is the father to the fallen sons of God. Satanas rules the world in an attempt to prove how silly humans can be and to prove how ignorant Christians are. We do give him plenty of fuel for his fire, which is why we are to be wise as the serpent. We can know his tricks and falsehoods. Ask the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom, for help. 

End Notes

Drakōn and Satanas:

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2019/01/sporting-with-devil-not-victims-but.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2019/07/unsuccessful-testing-trials-sport.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2021/03/hosts-of-heaven-stratia-lord-of.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2021/01/fallen-beings-drakon-satanas-partners.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-dragon-drakon-draco-equal-power.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2018/12/over-light-wicked-light-proud-rahab.html

https://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2021/01/angels-sinned-watchers-grigori-hybrid.html

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Paying the Taxman; God’s Laws First; Woke Hirelings; Our Lament

There are always years of discomfort and danger. Comparatively there are years of abundance and peace. We are living in a tumultuous time, but that does not mean that we are in the tribulation, we are not. It does mean that we have to rise up and push the powers of darkness back, because while we, the believers in Christ, are on the earth, we have authority. As we have talked about authority and our power to use curses as Yahweh intended, we also have another front to fight on. That is the infiltration of false teachings in the church. It is dangerous to tell the congregants to simply obey your government because ‘that is what Paul said to do’. We will explore this as it is not quite true. The woke church leads people down dangerous paths, wide and broad, but we are to be on the narrow path. There are hirelings in the pulpits who get paid to pacify the congregation. We will see that disciples of the Elohim followed the Elohim before following the laws of men. We will also note Jeremiah’s Lamentation, as it serves as a warning to us. 

In Romans 12 we see Paul explaining how we should behave. We should love on another, we should be constant in prayer. We should live in harmony with one another and not be snobby. We should not be overcome by evil, but we should instead overcome evil with good. We then come to chapter 13 and suddenly we forget the context. Remember that chapter divisions were not part of the original letter from Paul but were added later to make it easier to locate the writers ideas. Paul says that we are all under some type of authority. Most times those authorities are under the direction of the Elohim, but sometimes they are not. 

Romans 13:1 G3956 Every G5590 soul G1849 [²to authorities G5242 ³being superior G5293 ¹be submitted]! G3756 [³no G1063 ¹For G1510.2.3 ²there is] G1849 authority G1508 unless G575 from G2316 God; G3588 and the ones G1161   G1510.6 being G1849 authorities G5259 [²by G3588   G2316 ³God G5021 ¹are ordered]. G1510.2.6  

“All breath life subject authority higher for he not authority whether not from under the Elohim but being from under put in order they are the Elohim”

Are we to believe that those nations that murder Christians and will not allow Christianity into their countries are doing what the Elohim wants? Of course not. The Elohim wants people from every tribe to come to Jesus. What about authorities from non-Christian nations who infiltrate Christian nations and install vassals in the government in order to overtake the Christian nation? No, that is not from the Elohim, it is from the god of this world. However, if the sheep are asleep then eventually the sheep will wonder why they were overtaken by a foreign nation. Who wants the sheep to stay passive? 

We have to understand the context that Paul is speaking about, which comes a few verses later. Understand that the “authorities” of Rome were those who were working in government. They were the people who kept the peace, who offered services, and protected the nation.

Romans 13:2 G5620 So that G3588 the one G498 rebelling against G3588 the G1849 authority, G3588 [²in the G3588   G2316 ³disposition of God G1296   G436 ¹opposes]; G3588 and the ones G1161   G436 opposing, G1438 [³to themselves G2917 ²judgment G2983 ¹shall receive].

“As the resist the authority set against the the Elohim ordinance the but set against receive judgment himself” 

We all have to follow the laws of our country. Then we can live in peace. If someone violates the laws pertaining to drunk driving, they will disrupt the peace. These types of authorities are logical to follow and to submit to. However, we need to think this through. Has it ever been acceptable to the Elohim to erase Him from the universe? Is it the will of the Elohim for humans to enter eternal death? Who do you think might want the chaotic world to not know the Elohim? If this was the Elohim’s plan then he would have left us long ago. He would not have strung us along for six thousand years just to forsake us forever. 

Romans 13:3 G3588 For the G1063   G758 rulers G3756 are not G1510.2.6   G5401 a fear G3588 of the ones G18 of good G2041 works, G235 but G3588 of the ones G2556 of evils. G2309 [²you should ⁴want G1161 ¹But G3361 ³not] G5399 to be fearful of G3588 the G1849 authority; G3588 by the G18 [²good G4160 ¹doing] G2532 even G2192 you shall have G1868 high praise G1537 from G1473 it.

“For the rulers they are not frightening the good work contrariwise the bad but desire not fearful the authority the good manufacture and have commendation from out of them”

We don’t have to fear the rulers, instead we can befriend them, manufacturing good by bringing them the gospel message. Maybe we pray for them as Paul suggests to Timothy. If we are law abiding we will be respected when we speak to them. Paul is trying to get us to see them as potential Christians.

Romans 13:4 G2316 [³of God G1063 ¹For G1249 ²it is a servant] G1510.2.3   G1473 to you G1519 for G3588   G18 good. G1437 But if G1161   G3588   G2556 [²evil G4160 ¹you should do], G5399 fear! G3756 for it does not G1063   G1500 [⁴in vain G3588 ²the G3162 ³sword G5409 ¹wear]. G2316 [⁴of God G1063 ¹For G1249 ³a servant G1510.2.3 ²it is], G1558 punishing G1519 for G3709 wrath G3588 to the one G3588   G2556 [²evil G4238 ¹doing].

“For minister Elohim he to thee into the good but if the bad manufacture fear for not bear/carry the sword without reason for he minister Elohim avenging into anger the the habitually bad” 

We do not have to be in fear of the normal authorities unless we are doing something wrong. We can live in peace with the police because we are doing good. We can walk in love, and love others. It never turns out well for those who disobey authorities. And as we see, Satanas tries to make the lawbreakers who burn down cities into societal heroes. Satanas holds up criminals and claims the non-criminals are unjust. This is incorrect.  

Romans 13:5 G1352 Therefore G318 it is a necessity G5293 to be submitted, G3756 not G3440 only G1223 because of G3588 the G3709 wrath, G235 but G2532 also G1223 because of G3588 the G4893 conscience.

“Wherefore constraint subjected not merely by means of the anger otherwise and by means of the moral consciousness.”

We constrain ourselves and stay submitted because of our own moral conscious. We are not habitually evil, therefore we are not submitting out of anger but out of love. We can live within the bounds of reasonable laws. 

Would the Elohim expect you to obey orders in contradiction to the Elohim’s laws? How did that work out for Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, or Zeboim? Would the Elohim expect you to obey an order to kill babies? Is the Elohim pleased when killing babies is brought into the temple as an offering to a false god? Was the Elohim pleased when Israel defiled itself over and over? How did that seem to work out for Israel? Two captivities and two destroyed temples later, we see that following the Elohim’s laws are foremost. It is better to not behave like blind sheep. 

Conversely what happened to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah? They did not bow to the image of gold and they survived the burning fiery furnace. What about Daniel who prayed three times a day when the law said that no one could pray for thirty days? What happened to Paul and Silas when they were jailed for casting out a demon? Was casting out demons against Roman law? No. Christianity was not allowed by the Israelite religious leaders and the Romans, but somehow the religious laws were defied. Clearly Paul telling people to obey authorities that may contradict the Elohim is not what Paul is suggesting. Paul disobeyed his authorities. Here is the answer to the context of the chapter.

Romans 13:6 G1223 [²on account of G3778 ³this G1063 ¹For] G2532 also G5411 [² paying the tribute G5055 ¹fulfill]! G3011 [³ministers G1063 ¹for G2316 ⁴of God G1510.2.6 ²they are] G1519 in G1473 this same thing G3778   G4342 attending to constantly.

“For by means of that thing and complete tax for they are minister Elohim into they are into them that thing persist.”

Now we see the context. The context is the taxman. They are ministers of God, not because they are Christians but because they are providing the funding to keep order and peace. The tax collectors were authorities. One had to obey the taxman. If we pay our taxes we are able to have police, fire protection, and a host of other services. These services are provided for all the people. This is why Paul is suggesting that we do obey the laws of the tax collectors. 

Does paying taxes have a bad connotation? Yes. But we should change our attitude. In the first century people did not like the Roman tax collectors in Israel. They felt that the heathen Romans should not extract money from them. Albeit the Romans provided security to Israel from other nations. As Israel’s history bears witness, the Egyptians and the Babylonians forced Judah to pay taxes after the reign of Josiah. Many times the tax collectors bullied and abused the people. Matthew was a tax collector who had the right attitude. But we know that the tax collectors were in submission to the government authorities and they had to do their job. The Roman Christians did not like the tax collectors in their day and Paul is giving them advice on how to behave. 

Romans 13:7 G591 Render G3767 then G3956 to all G3588 the G3782 debts! G3588 to the one G3588 for the G5411 tribute -- G3588 the G5411 tribute; G3588 to the one G3588 for the G5056 tax -- G3588 the G5056 tax; G3588 to the one G3588   G5401 commanding fear -- G3588 the G5401 fear; G3588 to the one G3588   G5092 commanding honor -- G3588 the G5092 honor

“Give up all the debt, to the tax, the tax to the fulfillment, the fulfillment to the fear, the fear to the price, the price.”

Paul says to give up the debt, or don’t be in debt. Don’t run away from the tax collector. Finish paying what is owed. In fear make your payments. Pay a fair price. In other words do not try and cheat the government even if you don’t like the government. Or as the modern day woke crowd would chant ‘pay your fair share’. 

This is the context, it has always been the context, and it will always be the context. It will never be anything else. Therefore, the people who have taught this incorrectly stand ashamed. They are responsible for causing the wolves to attack the sheep, they are hirelings and wolves in sheep clothing. The hirelings disarmed the sheep, and Satanas sent in the wolves. If you find yourself living in a city or a nation in chaos, be reminded that some sheep have horns for a reason. Head butt the enemy out of town. 

Paul then goes on to once again talk about love. 

Romans 13:8 G3367 To no one G3367 owe anything, G3784   G1508 unless G3588 it be G25 loving G240 one another. G3588 For the one G1063   G25 loving G3588 the G2087 other G3551 [² the law G4137 ¹has fulfilled]

“And not one no one owe, whether not the one another love for the love the another different law fulfill.” 

Paul bookends verses 1-7 with do’s and don’ts. He is explaining how we should live. He is explaining to the Roman Christians that paying taxes is what is required, therefore do it. Anyone who has decided that this means to obey every government official is incorrect. We are to follow the Elohim’s laws first and foremost. While governing authorities have authority over us, it is not to the end that they supersede the Elohim’s laws. Walking in love alleviates many difficulties, and that is the Elohim’s way. However where the governing bodies deviate from Elohim’s ways, we are always to walk in His ways. 

What happened in Genesis with the mixing of DNA? What occurred to stop that? Is it a good idea to inject DNA from murdered humans, mice, monkeys, or dogs into humans? Probably not. Maybe the church didn’t know that this practice has gone on for fifty years. Doesn’t the church have a responsibility to teach that this is not a good idea?  Satanas has boundaries. He knows that he can not altar humans to the degree that he did before the flood, so he is attempting to alter humans a different way. Humans are nothing to Satanas. 

It is hard to believe that there are hirelings in the church, leading entire denominations, but there are. Many who pacify their people instead of raising them up to be warriors are hirelings. Hirelings are hired servants in the church. They get paid. Notice what Jesus said. 

John 10:10 G3588 The G2812 thief G3756 comes not, G2064   G1508 except G2443 that G2813 he should steal, G2532 and G2380 should sacrifice, G2532 and G622 should destroy; G1473 I G2064 came G2443 that G2222 [²life G2192 ¹one should have], G2532 and G4053 [²extra G2192 ¹should have].

“The thief not to come except in order that steal (kleptō) and sacrifice (by fire) and destroy utterly, I come in order that life to have and beyond the regular number to have.” 

The easiest way to destroy a nation is to pacify the church people; keep them calm and quiet, and encourage them not to rise up. When anyone gets upset, the hireling will say that it is their lack of faith that is the problem, not Satanas. We can wonder how many “hired servants” there are in the church who were hired by someone outside the church to be pacifiers. There are far too many. 

The word thief is kleptēs meaning “a stealer”. It is a derivative of kleptō. We know that a kleptō is what we call kleptomaniac, someone who has an urge to steal and hides what he/she steals. The satan is a kleptō, he has stolen and hidden the truth about Jesus and the gospel message. But there are many people who have an urge to steal. Sometimes when a person is in a position of power, they steal. We are speaking in context of the hireling, those who are hired servants/public servants. No one hired the satan except the devil, therefore he is not the hired servant in this story. 

The word sacrifice in that last verse is to “immolate” which is to “sacrifice by fire, or in general to kill”. It is the idea of offering up a sacrifice. This is huge. Sometimes hired servants intentionally allow things to take place because they are making a sacrifice. Think about riots, abortions, gender reassignments of children, fires, murders, and chaos. If we hire rulers, government officials, and pastors who agree with abortions, then they are in agreement with the sacrifice of babies. We will be oppressed as the laity. Some hired servants burn forests or allow forests to burn because they want something, but it is the laity that suffers. Some hired servants promote the mutilation of children so that they can change their gender, this too is a sacrifice. The satan has been at war with women and her seed since Genesis 3:15. Humans are life givers, while other sons of God are not. To prevent our children from living as God created them is a sacrifice to Moloch, Baal, and the satan. Again the laity suffers because of the hireling. 

The word destroy is the word apollumi which means to “abolish or declare that one must be put to death”. The idea here is “fully destroyed”. Sometimes what is destroyed is a church, sometimes it is people, families, cities, or nations. Who we hire can become a thief and sell out his/her position for money. In doing so the community is destroyed, which causes the laity to suffer. 

In contrast to the hireling who is a thief who steals, kills in sacrifice, and destroys, is Jesus who gives life in great measure. The comparison is that Jesus is the good shepherd. He gave life, and he gave his life for us, but the hired servant simply takes advantage of the laity. Is it for drugs and alcohol? Is it for money? Is it for position and power? A hireling can be bought. Now we can see why people teach this section of Romans 13 incorrectly. The hireling has been bought off to tell people to obey the government. 

As we know there are many disciples that did not obey laws regarding government, but instead followed the laws of the Elohim. 

In Israel, the government was different than today. Judaic laws were a societal law and a religious law, so that all their laws were the requirements of the nation. In Rome they had laws that were separate from their religions, which is why Jews could live amongst Pagans in Roman provinces, like the Apostle Paul did. When Peter and John healed a lame man (Acts 3) they were thrown into prison. Why? Because they healed the man in the name of Jesus. 

Acts 4:1 AND WHILE they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 

2 Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 

3 So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ac 4:1–3). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

In Jerusalem the High Priests, Roman Military Commander, and the Sadducees were the ruling authorities. Did Peter and John follow Israel’s law or did they follow the Elohim’s laws? 

Acts 4:15 But having ordered [the prisoners] to go aside out of the council [chamber], they conferred (debated) among themselves, 

16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 

17 But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name [or about this Person]. 

18 [So] they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus. 

19 But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge). 

20 But we [ourselves] cannot help telling what we have seen and heard. 

21 Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ac 4:15–21). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

When the ruling authorities realized that they could not secure a conviction, they told them not to use the name of Jesus, then they let Peter and John go. But Peter and John told the rulers and authorities that they would obey the Elohim. 

Acts 4:19 G3588   G1161 But G* Peter G2532 and G* John G611 answering G4314 to G1473 them G2036 said, G1487 If G1342 it is just G510.2.3   G1799 before G3588   G2316 God G1473 to hearken to you G191   G3123 rather G2228 than G3588   G2316 God, G2919 you judge!

“But the Peter and John answered towards them saying ‘Whether equitable it is just in the presence of the Elohim listen you rather or the Elohim, choose’.”

These are very bold words. Peter is not a pushover. The healed man was next to Peter and John and no one could deny that a man who was forty years old and lame from birth was standing. Is it right or just to listen to the Elohim or to listen to the men who were the rulers and authorities? Peter challenged them to choose. Choose who you listen to. Anyone who tells you that Romans 13 says you have to obey the government above the Elohim is wrong. Choose. 

In Philippi Paul and Silas met Lydia who was already a believer. She along with other women were by a river. This was a place of prayer. Paul spoke to the women at the river and then baptized Lydia. Paul and Silas then stayed at Lydia’s house. Paul and Silas went to the river again which was a place of prayer but something strange started happening. 

Acts 16:16 As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling. 

17 She kept following Paul and [the rest of] us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce to you the way of salvation! 

18 And she did this for many days. Then Paul, being sorely annoyed and worn out, turned and said to the spirit within her, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very moment. 

Paul was annoyed. He cast out the demon that was speaking through her. Now this caused her employers to make a citizens arrest. 

Acts 16:19 But when her owners discovered that their hope of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the forum (marketplace), [where trials are held]. 

20 And when they had brought them before the magistrates, they declared, These fellows are Jews and they are throwing our city into great confusion. 

21 They encourage the practice of customs which it is unlawful for us Romans to accept or observe! 

Philippi was a Roman province. The people were saying that casting out a demon is an unlawful practice. More people joined in the beatings and the rulers tore Paul and Silas’ clothes and called for more beatings. 

Acts 16:22 The crowd [also] joined in the attack upon them, and the rulers tore the clothes off of them and commanded that they be beaten with rods. 

23 And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. 

24 He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks. 

25 But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them, 

What? Praying and singing? Their feet were in stocks and they were praying and singing. All because Paul cast out a demon. 

Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s shackles were unfastened. 

27 When the jailer, startled out of his sleep, saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, because he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. 

28 But Paul shouted, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here! 

29 Then [the jailer] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling and terrified he fell down before Paul and Silas. 

30 And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved? 

31 And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him,  take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ac 16:16–31). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Paul and Silas got the jailer saved as well as his entire household. Then the magistrates sent police to the jailers house to let Paul and Silas go. Paul knew the law. He knew they were unlawfully imprisoned. He stood up against their unlawful beating and detention. 

Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent policemen, saying, Release those fellows and let them go. 

36 And the jailer repeated the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to release you and let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace. 

37 But Paul answered them, They have beaten us openly and publicly, without a trial and uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now thrust us out secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here themselves and conduct us out! 

38 The police reported this message to the magistrates, and they were frightened when they heard that the prisoners were Roman citizens; 

39 So they came themselves and [striving to appease them by entreaty] apologized to them. And they brought them out and asked them to leave the city. 

40 So [Paul and Silas] left the prison and went to Lydia’s house; and when they had seen the brethren, they warned and urged and consoled and encouraged them and departed. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ac 16:35–40). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The politicians/magistrates apologized after they found out Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. Remember the lady’s employers called them Jews, but they were also Romans. The magistrates were upset because they beat Roman citizens and technically the magistrates were supposed to be punished the same way that Paul and Silas had been. Paul knew the law. The idea that we are to blindly follow government authorities is nonsense. We may suffer for our stand, but eventually with singing and praying it will all work out.

Do we know the laws of our own nation? Do we know what our rights are? Peter knew the laws of Israel but he broke them in order to do the Elohim’s will.  

Acts 10:25 As Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet he made obeisance and paid worshipful reverence to him. 

26 But Peter raised him up, saying, Get up; I myself am also a man. 

27 And as [Peter] spoke with him, he entered the house and found a large group of persons assembled; 

28 And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ac 10:25–28). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Peter knew that he was breaking the law just to visit Cornelius’ house because Judaism is a law and a religion. It may not have been against the societal laws of the Romans, but Peter was also living under Judaic law. But ultimately Peter lived under the Elohim’s law. Notice how Peter relied on what God showed him and taught him rather than Judaic or Roman law. We see then that the Elohim’s laws can supersede our societal or religious laws. We see by Peter’s second example that we have the freedom to choose to follow the Elohim even in contradiction to society or religion. 

The word unlawful is the word athemitos meaning “illegal”, “illicit”, or “criminal”. Understanding that Peter was committing a criminal act by going to Cornelius’ house changes our thinking about what the Elohim thinks is right. The Elohim showed Peter in a vision to commit a criminal act. We cannot reconcile this to Romans 13 if we forget that the context of Romans 13 is paying taxes. 

Jeremiah was thrown into prison several times. Why? Because he prophesied. The vassal king did not like what Jeremiah said. Yet even when the priests and prophets tried to have him murdered for prophesying, Yahweh saved him over and over. 

Jeremiah 26:8 Now when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people seized him, saying, You shall surely die! 

9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh [after the ark of the Lord had been taken by our enemies] and this city [Jerusalem] shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered around Jeremiah in the [outer area of the] house of the Lord. 

10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord. 

11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, This man is deserving of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Je 26:8–11). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Jeremiah was imprisoned during Babylon’s siege during Zedekiah’s reign which was the second wave of captivity, Jeremiah 32-33. Babylon had already installed Zedekiah as a vassal and then as Babylon came into the second captivity they feared Egypt and backed off. Jeremiah was imprisoned again, Jeremiah 37. Yet while in prison Jeremiah still prophesied the words of Yahweh, even though those prophecies kept him in prison. Jeremiah then prophesies that those who go into Babylon will live. We know that they did, they were the marked people. Jeremiah also said that those who stayed in Judah would die by the sword, and they did, Jeremiah 38. This landed Jeremiah into a pit. Some speculate it was a dung pit, where they disposed of the contents of the chamber pots. They had to lower him down with ropes. After Jeremiah was taken out of the pit he was again imprisoned. By the time of the third captivity, Jeremiah was set free. 

Lamentations 3:53 They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. [Jer. 38.]

54 The waters ran down on my head; I said, I am gone. 

55 I called upon Your name, O Lord, out of the depths [of the mire] of the dungeon. [Jer. 38:6.]

56 You heard my voice [then]: [Oh] hide not Your ear [now] at my prayer for relief. 

57 You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, Fear not. [James 4:8.]

58 O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life! 

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (La 3:53–58). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

As we think about Jeremiah (who was constantly defying the vassal king Zedekiah by prophesying what Yahweh said rather than what the king wanted to hear), we see that as Judah was falling, the people were feeling the pains of this war. During the third captivity into Babylon we see Jeremiah’s lament. The first half of his lament regarding the condition of Judah is similar to where we are in our western nations today.

Lamentations 5:1  O LORD, [earnestly] remember what has come upon us! Look down and see our reproach (our national disgrace)! 

2 Our inheritance has fallen over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 

We see this happening in several countries where mass migration is changing the population and the demographics. Strangers or aliens are overtaking western countries for the benefits that those countries provide, but not in support of those countries laws. The aliens pay little to no taxes but the citizens do.  

Lamentations 5:3 We have become orphans and fatherless; our mothers are like widows. 

The lab created pandemic was an opportunity to put sickly people into nursing homes which multiplied the death count. Many people lost loved ones. 

Lamentations 5:4 We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us. 

We pay for water now but remember what happened a few years ago when a company put profits ahead of people and contaminated the peoples drinking water because they continued to use old lead pipes? We also have to pay for our heating. Instead of being energy independent we have become dependent on our enemies. 

Lamentations 5:5 Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest. 

Who is the enemy who wants to be a global superpower? Who is taxing us to give free services to people who are not citizens? This is not just happening in one nation but in several nations in western civilization. It seems coordinated. Our enemies, who are the greatest polluters the world has ever seen, put tax burdens on western nations so that they must use clean energy, yet they themselves refuse to comply.

Lamentations 5:6 We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger]. 

We are relying on the enemy nation for our own food, fertilizer, and fuel. How did the enemy orchestrate this? Who are the vassals in our governments? Who are those in our government that are working for our enemy?

Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities. [Isa. 65:7; Jer. 16:11–12; 31:29; Ezek. 18:2–4.]

The forefathers who were the leaders, rulers, and politicians, orchestrated this, and now this present generation in Judah is reaping their destruction. It was planned, however as Ezekiel tells us, we do not bear the sin of our Fathers. There is no longer a generational sin. However we suffer the consequences of our forefathers actions. While Yahweh does not hold us responsible for their sins, we suffer. The sin is held to each individual’s account, but the consequence of sin burdens everyone. 

Lamentations 5:8 Servants and slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hands. [Neh. 5:15.]

Non citizens are now our rulers. We work for their benefit. We supply non-citizens with food, housing, and medical benefits, while we pay for our own food, housing, and medical benefits. 

Lamentations 5:9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness [the wild Arabs, who may attack if we venture into the fields to reap our harvests].

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (La 5:1–9). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

 

On the horizon, those who will soon be considered “second class citizens” will not be able to shop for food or receive hospital services. Why? Because of the sins of our forefathers who sold us out to another nation. Our enemy nations have vast databases with our personal and biological information. They know who is a pacified sheep and who is a warrior. The western world has the same similarities spoken of in Lamentations 5:1-9. Jeremiah defied his rulers and religious officials and prophesied what Yahweh told him to. This is for our benefit because if we are smart we can rise up and turn things around in our day. We can break the yoke of those who intend to enslave us. 

If we look at numbers and benchmarks, we are nearing a world population of eight billion people. However the percentage of the number of Christians in each nation is relatively the same. Can the United States function with only one fourth of its population? Can the United Kingdom function with only fifty percent of it’s population? Satanas knows the Bible better than we do. This is why he wants us pacified by the hirelings that he installed to lead us. Satanas wants to oppress the church by using heathen nations so that we cannot hit the number required of Romans 11.

Romans 11:25 Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in,

 The Amplified Bible. (1987). (Ro 11:25). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

We do not have to stay silent. We do not have to follow mandates or laws that are contrary to the laws of the Elohim. We do have to know how to read in context and call out the hirelings who are paid to sell us to our enemy. Follow Elohim’s will and his laws, then follow societal laws that do not conflict with the Elohim’s laws. All our Biblical heroes were not silent, passive, and fearful, they were noisy, active, and bold.