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Demetrics and Pauline Roscoe
At the beginning of time, records note that the war between ADONAI versus Satan still rages on today. Ancient writings of the Book of Deuteronomy, warnings crossing centuries, up to the hands of Apostle John, the Bible writer, describes the earliest records of Heavenly hostilities amidst ADONAI and the Fallen Angel, Satan.
Queens of Heaven
Editor; Val Gunter
ADONAI spoke through the Prophets about the territories and boundary takeovers between the two Kingdoms. Families who served ADONAI took on the LORD’S spirit. Creating a community for worship was more important than their social status, or what they wore. It was all beneath the call to worship. The church lost a lot of territories when we became the “message” rather than establishing a community carrying their “Crosses.”
Luke 14:27
(AMP)
27 Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.
“Cross” σταυρός staurós
4716. σταυρός staurós; gen. stauroú, masc. noun from hístēmi (G2476), to stand. A cross, a stake, often with a cross-piece, on which criminals were nailed for execution. The cross was an instrument of most dreadful and agonizing torture. This mode of punishment was known to the Persians (Ezra 6:11; Esth. 7:10); and the Carthaginians. However, it was most common among the Romans for slaves and criminals, and was introduced among the Jews by the Romans. It was not abolished until the time of Constantine who did so out of regard for Christianity.
The LORD blessed and prospered those who had a heart for GOD. However, those blessings were much more than material things, they were endowed with a grace to persevere through the hardest times.
Philippians 3:10
(CWSB)
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.
Colossians 1:11-14
(AMP)
11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
12 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.
13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.
When we create a habitation for Yeshua, (YESHUA HA MASHIACH), Jesus the Messiah, He will drive out Pagan spirits from our cities, then the nations. But if we intertwine with the Pagan culture, the demigods will come where they feel accepted. All the things that astonish us today about the world is because the church never engaged the ungodly Kingdom, we preached good messages while the Kingdom of Darkness set up camp in our backyards.
Deuteronomy 7:23-26
(AMP)
23 But the Lord your God will give them over to you and will confuse them with a mighty panic until they are destroyed.
24 And He will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the heavens; there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 Neither shall you bring an abomination (an idol) into your house, lest you become an accursed thing like it; but you shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.
Luke 4:3-4 (AMP)
3 Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.”
4 Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.”
Unlike Adam and Eve, Yeshua answered Satan with words that proceeded out of His Father’s mouth. Here is a prophetic moment, where He used a passage from the ancient Jewish Tanach”
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 (AMP)
2 And you shall [earnestly] remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
3 And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you recognize and personally know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
We need to be careful of the things that impress us because our flesh is still connected to the Old Man. We trust the SPIRIT of GOD and we want to be lead by GOD. Satan uses things that humans place great value on. There is nothing wrong with having aspirations, as long as our ambitions are GOD lead. Some church people still have dreams of fortune, fame and “prominence (the state of being important or famous). Sometimes people want to be a part of something just for the rush of how it makes them look or feel. Again, there is nothing wrong with hope and aspirations, however, we need to take caution with our ambitions so that our goals and achievements flow with where Yeshua is taking us.
Zechariah 13:9
(AMP)
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
(AMP)
13 The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.
14 If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward.
15 But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire.
Galatians 6:4 (AMP)
4 But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor.
Yeshua, (Jesus Christ of Nazareth), demonstrated a life of discipline and humility and how open doors give place to the Tempter. The main difference between the adversary and Christ is that Jesus is trying to give you the heart of a servant, and the devil is trying to give you the heart of a cocky winner who is always on top.
The Queen of Heaven is depicted as someone beautiful or ‘eye candy’ to seduce men into sin. She might even appear to be harmless by giving sweets to children. Someone might believe that this was ancient years ago, however the seductress is still active. Even in the Church, she craftily woos believers to either ‘test’ God, as Satan did when he told Jesus to change the stones into bread because He was hungry or jump off the roof to prove He was the Son of God. (Matt. 4:3-5). Another strategy of the temptress is that she dangles materialistic things that appeal to the fleshly pleasures of men. Men and women who are not sold out to Jesus Christ can easily be deceived into thinking they will be famous, wealthy, or enormously successful. The hidden agenda or small print in the contract is that the believer would have to sacrifice his or her morals and values while being totally unaware that they are blinded by the prince of darkness.
The Warfare Over the Believer’s Heart.
While the boundaries of the believer’s home are essential, the most strategic barriers should be who wins our hearts.
2 John 1:10-12 (AMP)
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine [is disloyal to what Jesus Christ taught], do not receive him [do not accept him, do not welcome or admit him] into [your] house or bid him Godspeed or give him any encouragement.
11 For he who wishes him success [who encourages him, wishing him Godspeed] is a partaker in his evil doings.
12 I have many things to write to you, but I prefer not to do so with paper (papyrus) and black (ink); but I hope to come to you and speak with you face to face, so that your joy may be complete.
Deuteronomy 7:20-26
(CWSB)
20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send — the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be frightened at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
22 And the LORD thy God will put out — those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy — their name from under Heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed — them.
25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
“Queen of Heaven” was a title given to a number of ancient sky goddesses that were worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and Near East during ancient times. Goddesses known to have been referred to by this title include: Inanna, Anat, Isis, Ishtar, Astarte, Astghik and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah ). Jul 6 2019
Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(antiquity)
Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex, war, justice, and political power. She was originally worshipped in Sumer under the name “Inanna”, and was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians under the name Ishtar.
She was known as the “Queen of Heaven” and was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, which was her main cult center. She was associated with the planet Venus and her most prominent symbols included the lion and the eight-pointed star. Her husband was the god Dumuzid and her sukkal, or personal attendant, was the goddess Ninshubur.
Anat, Anatu, classically Anath, is a major northwest Semitic goddess. Her attributes vary widely among different cultures and over time, even within particular myths.
Isis
Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus. She was believed to have helped the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris.
Ishtar is the East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. She is the counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and is the cognate for the Northwest Semitic Aramean goddess Astarte.
Astarte is the Hellenized form of the Middle Eastern goddess Astoreth (Northwest Semitic), a form of Ishtar (East Semitic), worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity. The name is particularly associated with her worship in the ancient Levant among the Canaanites and Phoenicians. She was also celebrated in Egypt following the importation of Levantine cults there. The name Astarte is sometimes also applied to her cults in Mesopotamian cultures like Assyria and Babylonia.
In the earliest prehistoric period Astłik, had been worshipped as the Armenian deity of fertility and love. Later, the skylight had been considered her personification, and she had been the consort of Vahagn. In the later Heathen Period, she became the Goddess of Love, maidenly beauty, and water sources and springs.
This ancient battle between the Creator of the Universe against the fallen, rebellious Prince of the Air, along with the Queen of Heaven, is ongoing today.
Does the church realize if the Kingdom of Christ isn’t preached, then the Kingdom of Darkness will influence that country’s people with resistance?
The realization of GOD’S plan is more evident when our desire converges with HIS WORD. Are we deceiving ourselves to think that we have the liberty to separate the parts of the Bible message where we are obedient? The believing heart makes room for the good news of the Messiah and the child of GOD knows he or she is a servant who is under the authority of the Messiah. When one wants to remain in the King’s house, they must accept and submit to the King’s rules.
Judah’s Persistent Idolatry
Jeremiah 7:16-19 (NLT)
16 “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don’t beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.
17 Don’t you see what they are doing throughout the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!
19 Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the LORD. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”
Jeremiah 44:11-14 (NLT)
11 “Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to destroy every one of you!
12 I will take this remnant of Judah—those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt—and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.
13 I will punish them in Egypt just as I punished them in Jerusalem, by war, famine, and disease.
14 Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”
Jeremiah 44:15-19 (NLT)
15 Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols- a great crowd of all the Judeans living in northern Egypt and southern Egypt—answered Jeremiah,
16 “We will not listen to your messages from the LORD!
17 We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
18 But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”
19 “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”
Revelation 18:4-10 (NLT)
4 Then I heard another voice calling from Heaven, “Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.
5 For her sins are piled as high as Heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.
6 Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her.
7 She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, ‘I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
8 Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day— death and mourning and famine. She will be completely consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”
9 And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
10 They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.”
Ephesians 2:1-3 (CWSB)
Salvation From Sin
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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