Rise In The Name of Jesus!

Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:19)

The title Rise In The Name of Jesus!, may be a bit “out there”; however, following are a few more scriptures that refer to rising from the dead involving Jesus Christ, who, Himself, rose from the dead as a backdrop to my experience last week:

• They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. ⁵⁴ But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” ⁵⁵ Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. (Luke 8:53-55)

• Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” (John 11:23)

• “…that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.” (Acts 26:23)
• In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. (Ephesians 2:21)
• This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:14)

It’s a long stretch by any means that anyone else could rise from the dead, other than Jesus Christ, whom Father God raised from the dead as the angels foretold when His body was not in the tomb:

• He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. (Matthew 28:6)

Before Jesus was crucified he laid hands on the sick and healed them:

• He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. (Mark 6:5)
• At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. (Luke 4:40)

But Jesus was crucified.  Before He ascended to Heaven, he left instructions:

• ³ After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. ⁴ On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. ⁵ For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 1:3-5)

Timothy speaks about fanning into flames the gift of God, which is in you through the laying of hands (by and through the power of the Holy Spirit):

• For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (2 Timothy 1;6)

There is one word of caution to the laying on of hands to heal the sick:

• Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

We have been given a tremendous gift of the laying on of hands to heal the sick, by and through the power of the Holy Spirit because Jesus Christ conquered death and the power over all evil.

Last Wednesday, after doing some shopping, I returned home exhausted.  I checked on all of my five pets (One labrador dog named Bella Bella, One mixed poodle named Heidie, Three  6 month old kittens: Grey, Stripes, and White).  All of these pets were abandoned and each came into my possession at various times.  I believe it’s because God has gifted me to take care of the abandoned and the lost.

Grey, the most mature of the three kittens, appeared a bit wimpy to me.  Everyone experiences an off day, so I thought she was having an off day.  I went about my business, chores, etc. However, when it was time to bed down the pets, I noticed she was really “out of it.”  She could barely walk.  When I held her, she was really hot.  I have little experience in raising kittens.  I’ve made many trips to the vet where dogs are concerned so I wasn’t sure what I was facing.

I laid hands and prayed over Grey, and claimed God’s promise of healing as His word promises.  I cradled Grey against my body, and I anointed her with oil, and I cried to the Lord.  I felt her life slipping away rapidly.  In His mercy He heard my cry.  I didn’t want to let her go.

He answered me in my spirit and stated “she will not die today, not tomorrow.”  (I’m honest, I asked the Lord if He meant here on earth, because surely I know she lives in Heaven forever.)

I stopped crying from the pain in my heart because He touched me.

I sent my sister a text requesting prayer for Grey with a possible trip to the vet the following day.

Exhausted, I laid Grey next to me in my bed with my hand over her all night Wednesday.  Intermittently I woke up automatically praying over her.  She lay quietly all night, never moving.

Grey didn’t improve the following day (Thursday).  She drank little water and ate no food.  But I trusted in the word of the Lord.  In fact, as I look back on the experience, I decided to trust God over the vet.  I felt the way circumstances appeared, the vet would have “put her down” in mercy.

All day Thursday, I went about the motions of everyday life.  I slipped on some chores and work and I “bugged” the Lord incessantly in prayer.

• During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. (Hebrews 5:7)

“God,” I thought to myself, “did I misunderstand Him?”  The deceiver loves to interfere when we are in the depth of despair so I had to battle the voice of doubt.

I made a choice to believe the Lord.  I anointed Grey so many times that the other pets would quietly come up to her and sniff at her.

I will say this for the other pets, not one hassled me to take them outside.  They were as quiet as a mouse, unsure of what was going on.  No one was sent outside Wednesday or Thursday as is customary.

Again, I placed Grey next to me Thursday night with my hand over her.  However, I slept a bit more this time.  I awoke Friday morning and noticed Grey was still alive but barely.

This time, resigned I just said “Ok, Lord, I don’t want her in pain, if you need to take her, take her.”

Suddenly, a vivid memory from the bible comes over me: the scene where the Lord is leaning over the dead little girl and He says “Rise!”

I leaned over Grey, hovered my left hand over her lifeless body and I simply said, with conviction, “Rise!” “Rise in the Name of Jesus!”

OMG!!! Grey flipped opened her small eyes, barely looking around and her body literally began to move upwards.  I didn’t stop hovering over her and I kept repeating myself, “Rise!” “Rise in the Name of Jesus!”   She sat down on the bed and literally started moving, limping along the bed!!

Friday was my birthday and this was His gift to me: my Grey!  She is well, getting stronger each day being fed country stew because of the broth. I noticed her siblings, Stripes and White, hovering over Grey all kissing each other as is their custom.

Yesterday, Saturday, all three kittens were laying next to each other with their paws encircling  around each other sleeping quietly (the storm had passed).

Today she was outside in the cool of the day enjoying God’s creation.  They play with the dry crisp leaves as their toys and they scamper around from one end of the yard to the other end out distancing each other.  God created them with  incredible agility and speed.

If  God can gift us with life in animals how much more do you think He would do for us as humans who He created in His image?

Thank You Lord for your wonderful blessings!

 No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus

(by Jimmy Swaggart)

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Controversial Mayan Calendar and the Year 2012

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14)

So now enters the subject of the Mayan Calendar ending or stopping rather on December 21, 2012. (Note: the Winter Solstice will have the Sun lining up with the center of the Milky Way  exactly at 11:11 on December 21, 2012–this last occured 26,000 years ago.)

Such an enormous amount of writings, unknown expectations, theory after theory that the world is ending.  Some say from an explosion of a comet entering the earth’s atmosphere, some say solar flares from the sun interfering with the earth’s electromagnetic atmosphere causing the interruption of  electrical fields affecting the satellites, down to the cell phones, tv’s, radios, possibly even shutting down the internet that operate wirelessly.

There’s so much controversy that I’ve spent the last few days trying to understand how the Mayan Calendar manages to create so much confusion.

• As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3)

• ⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains. (Matthew 24:4-8)

You will notice the question that is being asked is “the sign of the end of  the age.”  It’s not asking for the sign of the end of the world.  Jesus does describe some of the events that will take place and he ends saying “All these are the beginning of birth pains.”

What I kept reading over and over in some articles many were eluding to the world ending but I kept asking myself how that could be because Jesus hasn’t returned physically (with the exception of the Holy Spirit working in our spirits today) to rule and reign for 1,000 years.  For me this means the earth continues to still exist:

• The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. (Revelation 20:6).

What I found quite revealing is that the Mayan Calendar never claims that the earth will end:

• There are no specific markings or statements about the year 2012 on the archaeological artifacts at Izapa, but there are numerous images at Izapa that portray a rare celestial alignment that appears in the skies in the years around 2012. This galactic alignment marks the rebirth of the December Solstice…(article from EdgarCayce.org)
• Time Cycles:  Scholars have figured out how the Long Count Calendar correlates with our own Gregorian calendar (using a lot of arithmetic), so we know that the legendary time of the beginning of our present World Age – when all the values were set to zero – occurred on August 11, 3114 BC. And using a complex system of Mayan Baktuns (measurements of time), we can calculate when their calendar reaches a new zero point – basically, every 13 Baktuns (5,125 years), the Long Count resets to zero – the calculated time when our present World Age ends and a new cycle of time commences. (article EdgarCayce.org)

I’d like to make a note here that I am not a follower of Edgar Cayce; however, I am familiar with some of his points of view and his experiences.  I mention him because his site, too, speaks of the Mayan Calendar and the shift of the Time Cycles.

How stunning the Mayan culture was.  How did they get their advance knowledge of astronomy?  One monument that also illustrates their advance knowledge of 365 days as depicted  in their calendar are their renown pyramids.  Counting the steps leading to the top is 365 (the Solar Calendar).

The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its spectacular art, monumental architecture, and sophisticated mathematical and astronomical systems. Unfortunately, a public fascination with the morbid has meant that for many people in Europe and the Americas the ancient Mayans are perhaps best known for their use of their pyramids in public bloodletting rituals. (source: New World Encyclopedia)

Perry Stone, a foremost prophetic historian, pastor, author, and a deeply committed man of God confirms that what is going to happen is the end of the age and yes, there will be an alignment of the planets, causing solar flares affecting the electromagnetic field around the earth.

I asked myself some questions: do I prepare? Prepare for what? When? Finally, I was led to seven videos that Perry Stone taught where he mentions the Mayan Calendar and the year 2012.  Below, I excerpted only two of those videos because he can best explain what I believe, is the truth:

Perry Stone: Is December 2012-2015 The End of the Age? 2 of 7

Perry Stone: Is December 2012-2015 The End of the Age? 3 of 7

So do we know that Jesus is coming back this year? No, no one knows, just be ready:

• “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ” (Matthew 24:36)
• “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)

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A Living Sanctuary

“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.” (Exodus 25:8)

A sanctuary is also a temple–dedicated to the service of and a house of worship of a deity or deities and in this case worshiping the holy God in Heaven:

1. in Judaism:

	In the Old Testament
	a. the Israelite temple at Jerusalem, especially the holy of holies
	b. the tabernacle in which the Ark of the Covenant was enshrined during the wanderings of the Israelites

2. an especially holy place in a physical temple or church building.

3. the part of a church around the altar; the chancel.

4. a church or other sacred place where fugitives were formerly entitled to immunity from arrest.

The sanctuary is identified with sacredness/holy:

Sacred/holy (sin free):
Associated with God or with a deity, sacred.  Endowed with or invested in extreme purity or sublimity; devout, godly, virtuous
— adj
1.	exclusively devoted to a deity or to some religious ceremony or use; holy; consecrated
2.	worthy of or regarded with reverence, awe, or respect
3.	protected by superstition or piety from irreligious actions
4.	connected with or intended for religious use: sacred music
5.	dedicated to; in honor of
from Latin sacrāre  to set apart as holy, from sacer  holy

God sets the standards for living a holy, sacred life in His sanctuary:

• “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5)
• “I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.” (Leviticus 11:44)
• “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’ ” (Acts 7:33)

However, man, because of  his spiritual blindness and unbridled sin, breaks the relationship with God, by worshiping other gods: ie, practicing  abortion of  innocent children He created, the prophets becoming unprincipled, and marrying women who worship other gods:

• On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house (Ezekiel 23:29)
• Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law. (Zephaniah 3:4)
• Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.  (Malachi 2:11)
• They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name. (Amos 2:7)

The Lord God is not deaf; He hears and knows all that is taking place with man:

• ¹⁹ “The LORD looked down from His sanctuary on high  from heaven He viewed the earth ²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners  and release those condemned to death.” ²¹ So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem ²² when the people and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.  (Psalm 102:19-21)

As the sanctuary, the temple of the Lord was the physical church (the tent building) housing the Ark of the Covenant the holy of holies,  today, Jesus Christ is our spiritual sanctuary–our holy of holies:

• For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.  (Hebrews 9:24)

Lastly,  there is properly “no sanctuary” for God and the Lamb “are the sanctuary” (“temple”), hallowed by His Divine Presence:

•  ²² I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

Because the word of the Lord is truth, believe He did die for you at the cross to set you free from your sins; make Him your living sanctuary.

Worship the Lord, Jesus Christ.  Accept Him into your heart. Sanctify, dedicate yourself to the Lord Jesus. Decree and declare to yourself and to others that Jesus Christ died and rose again on that 3rd fateful day, to rule and reign forever in righteousness.

                  Lord Prepare Me To Be A Sanctuary

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Ancient of Days Still Reigning

Before the earth was created, heaven was created by Father God, the Ancient of Days.

Ancient of Days by William Blake 1794

He is described by the prophets of old in the Books of  Isaiah, Daniel, as well as by Jesus Christ, himself, when He walked on earth, and by the prophet, John, who had visions of the violent end times in the Book of Revelation:

• “Yes, and from ancient days I am He. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” (Isaiah 43:13)
• “As I looked, “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. (Daniel 7:9)
• “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, (Jesus Christ) coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. (Daniel 7:13)
• …until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom. (Daniel 7:22)
• And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, (Genesis 1:14)

“I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle” words spoken by Almighty Father God speaking of a time when trouble would affect mankind:

• …which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? (Job 38:23).

Father God foresaw events taking place on earth, after the fall of man through Adam and Eve’s disobedience to Him.  However, because of His lovingkindness and tender mercies,  He makes provision to save man by sacrificing His own Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us back to Him.

In the meantime, the season of time involving trouble (hunger and famine, pestilence–viruses, death, poverty, destruction) includes the worldwide collapse of the financial economy ushering in World War III, and introducing the Mark of the Beast.

• I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. ² The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. ³ One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. ⁴ People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” (Revelation 13: 1-4)
• ⁵ The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. ⁷ It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. ⁸ All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.  (Revelation 13:5-8)

“Going By the Book”  by Johnny Cash

Hope for the future come in the form of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  He said to his disciples:

• You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Matthew 24:6)
• “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. (Luke 17:22)

Timothy (The Book of Timothy) speaks of terrible times:

• But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. (2 Timothy 3:1).

Father God, Ancient of Days,  is still on His throne reigning, orchestrating events to once and for all destroy (yes, I said “destroy”), satan (aka: the dragon, the beast) revealed in the form  evil once and for all.

• In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty. (Psalm 37:19)

• “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,” (Joel 3:1)

Prophesied events are fulfilled in the Book of Revelation:

• These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of  God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. ² Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. ³ Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

Worship the Ancient of Days:

• Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (Psalm 95:6)
• It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” (Romans 14:11)
• …that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (Philipians 2:10)

Ancient of Days

by Ron Kenoly

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