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The Lord placed profound anxiety into King Nebuchadnezzar’s spirit, so much that he agonized over the dream and was desperate to quieten his tormented soul (Daniel 3:1).
Adonai set the king up for an “aha” moment, and this is a point in the king’s life when he recognizes the real power of the true God, the God of Daniel, the Lord God Almighty.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](New Living Translation Study Bible Text,)
25 He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.
26 “But then the court will pass judgment, and all his power will be taken away and completely destroyed.
Daniel 7:25-26[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Holy Spirit told Daniel to write down this prophecy and warn the saints that we are to be in full-fledged combat-mode. The beast in Daniel spoke from the past to let today’s church know that he is coming to suppress you and your purpose.
Satan is attempting to deceive the community of faith into thinking that the grace, mercy, and love of God can replace His requirement of faithfulness and obedience.
Instead of being smug in just knowing that God loves us; we should love others as God loves us. Instead of walking away from a divine assignment when times get rough, let us die to our discomfort and cause healing of someone else’s pain. Instead of only rejoicing in our victories, let us make someone else successful in life. Instead of always wanting to be accepted, let us be more open toward those individuals who are considered to be scum and forgive their atrocities. Instead of looking down from judgment upon others, let us remember that we, ourselves living within our pampered accommodations, are barely pleasing Christ.
(NLT Study Bible )
Freed from the Power of Sin to Serve the Kingdom of Righteousness
15 Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! 16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
Romans 6:15-18[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](New Living Translation Study Bible Text,)
Made Alive with Christ and Given a Choice of who you will Serve
1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
Ephesians 2:1-3
(Message Bible)
20 Well and good. But they were pruned because they were deadwood, no longer connected by belief and commitment to the root. The only reason you’re on the tree is because your graft “took” when you believed, and because you’re connected to that belief-nurturing root. So don’t get cocky and strut your branch. Be humbly mindful of the root that keeps you lithe and green.
21 If God didn’t think twice about taking pruning shears to the natural branches, why would he hesitate over you? He wouldn’t give it a second thought. 22 Make sure you stay alert to these qualities of gentle
kindness and ruthless severity that exist side by side in God—ruthless with the deadwood, gentle with the grafted shoot. But don’t presume on this gentleness. The moment you become deadwood, you’re out of there.
23 And don’t get to feeling superior to those pruned branches down on the ground. If they don’t persist in remaining deadwood, they could very well get grafted back in. God can do that. He can perform miracle grafts.
Romans 11:20-23[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10121″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Spiritual Pollution” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:23|text_align:center|color:%23822a14″][vc_column_text]When we read a story of such consequence that takes up a considerable portion of the Bible, it’s time to find out why the Lord is giving us these specifics and what does it mean? In both, the Book of Revelations and the Book of Daniel there is a clear warning of “spiritual pollution.”
Unfortunately, as people receive combined messages, they tend to follow the instructions easiest to obey in a human-centered manner. Jesus never made His followers think that following Him would be easy, but rather, it would be a journey of worship with our crosses hanging over our shoulders.
Double Mindedness (CWSB Dictionary)
H5588. סֵעֵף sē‘ēp̱: A masculine noun indicating double-mindedness, vanity of thought. It indicates a person who engages in doublethink, a process of illogical thought, perverse thinking that distorts and reverses the truth (Ps. 119:113).
Within our human nature, there is an insufficiency to serve God. That is why without faith it is impossible to please God.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7674″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Biblical application of the Greek πίστις pístis “Faith“” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_column_text]( Complete Word Study Bible Dictionary )
4102. πίστις pístis; gen. písteōs, fem. noun from peíthō (G3982), to win over, persuade. Faith. Subjectively meaning firm persuasion, conviction, belief in the truth, veracity, reality or faithfulness (though rare). Objectively meaning that which is believed, doctrine, the received articles of faith.
(I) In the common Gr. usage:
(A) Particularly and generally (Acts 17:31, having given to all the ability to believe [cf. Rom. 3:23ff.]).
(B) In Rom. 14:22, “hast thou faith” means persuasion about what God wants you to do (see Rom. 14:23).
(C) In Heb. 11:1, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” means that persuasion is not the outcome of imagination but is based on fact, such as the reality of the resurrection of Christ (1 Cor. 15), and as such it becomes the basis of realistic hope.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Subtly, the adversary has influenced the church to create a human-made Gospel that matches the lifestyle of individuals with divided loyalties; a lifestyle dependent on a God who unconditionally loves the uncommitted, rather than committed believers who are seeking God’s heart and His provision for the redemption of eternal souls.
(CWSB Dictionary)
1374. δίψυχος dípsuchos; gen. dipsúchou, masc.-fem., neut. dípsuchon, adj. from dís (G1364), twice, and psuchḗ (G5590), soul, mind. Double-minded, doubtful. In James 1:8, referring to the doubter or waverer which corresponds to diakrínō (G1252); in the pl., in a general sense as an unstable person (James 4:8). Such a person suffers from divided loyalties. On the one hand, he wishes to maintain a religious confession and desires the presence of God in his life; on the other hand, he loves the ways of the world and prefers to live according to its mores and ethics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10126″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]The Image of Nebuchadnezzar, the Ancient Obelisk
To some, having the symbol of the Babylonian “Obelisk,” in our nation’s Capital is anti-Christian. These archaeological artifacts do have images of the enemy of Adonai. And the secret of the ancient serpent is to lead people away from the God of their worship and to do so, by not letting them know that they are misled. In other words, the enemy gives them another story, that is similar to the original and is close to the truth.
The Obelisk
(CWSB)
1 Nebuchadnezzar, the king, made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar’s image of gold was 90 feet tall and only 9 feet from front to back. The sounds like a ritual of the consecration of an “Obelisk,” which is used in hallowing an event, a person, or a place. To some, this means freemasons have dedicated the sovereign land to a secret society or gnostic religion. So, by the Free Mason code, every house of worship is to display its “Obelisk,” or Chruch Steeple signifying the continuity of the Book of Daniel’s beast influence over the religion in America. No person, who attends Chruch is worshipping Nebuchadnezzar Image, only early American’s Freemasonry designed houses of worship with Steeples.
However, Satan strategy was to influence members of the secret society (Pastors) to set-up the Pagan feast in Adonai’s house of worship.
They worshipped feast with the names of pagan deities “Easter.”
The decorated egg came from ancient Babylon.
The worship of trees shaped like the Obelisk where families set-up altars in their homes also came from ancient Babylon.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10128″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Archaeological Study Bible)
This explains the prohibition against the planting of trees near the altar of the Lord (v. 21; Jdg 6:25, 28, 31). See “The Kuntillet Ajrûd Inscriptions: The Lord’s Asherah?” and “Trees of Ancient Israel”.
17:2–5
Deuteronomy 16:21 – 17:2
Nebuchadnezzar II, meaning “O god Nabu, preserve/defend my firstborn son” was king of Babylon c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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