Author: B. K. Neifert

Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

The Law as A Means of Finding God, not God as a Means of Finding Law

I’d honestly say the person who doesn’t believe in God knows the same morals as the one who does. God’s not there to define right from wrong—as if He were, then there’d be no such thing as right from wrong.

Inherently, a way is going to be the best way, that gives everyone a shot at life, gives everyone satisfaction, and gives everyone a pathway to a better life. What way is that? The Ten Commandments. The first five are spiritual laws, giving reverence to the Judge and our stewards, and also telling us to forgive debts and rest. The last five are telling us how to treat our neighbor, so as not to take from them or deprive from them things that make people happy.

And when you know that, you start to see the beauty of the Scripture, in all that it says. The Prophets are the Heaven and Hell you get from obeying or disobeying the Law of Christ, the New Testament is the New Law of Conscience, and the Means by which God has forgiven us. The Old Testament—the Torah and History—is man’s failure to accomplish salvation for the Earth, and also the Law that condemns the world for its iniquity.

Understanding that, you start to see God is very fair, giving you an out as the world was too hard for us to do it on our own. We needed God’s help from the beginning, so therefore, God gave us His only Begotten Son, and He died on a Roman Cross in Crucifixion, was Buried in the tomb, raised on the third day, and then ascended into heaven after bodily manifesting to thousands of people, of which those people who sometimes knew Him as intimately as a Brother or Best friend, died believing this.

So, yes… Genesis is hard to understand. Yes, we’re not going to have all the answers, but even Genesis has important laws that make sense. The first chapter, tells us all things had a beginning, and God was that beginning, and He created the world, through whatever means He did, LORD Jehovah-Jireh Jesus Christ is the God of All Creation. Adam and Eve are a parable about the age of accountability, and how we need to be tender toward the youth and their sins, and not punish them with the full weight of their sins. As they don’t become accountable for their crimes, until they have knowledge of it, and full knowledge of it. That’s also why we’re a little laxed toward people in the 14 - 23 year category, as they’re not fully developed yet, either, though they receive less scrutiny than someone who is a full grown adult. The flood teaches us that Man has a bad streak, and their thoughts are evil, and God was sorry for making us because humanity was just so wicked and cruel—and He says He’ll never destroy the Earth again, which you have to think maybe it’s man and his sin nature that will destroy it, and that’s actually the book of Revelation and what it’s about.

And that’s the whole of it… scripture has a lot of important things to say about life, and what’s required of us. Like Cain and Abel, Cain is a gardener, and tries to please God through his sweat, while Abel pleases God through the activity of Love and Shepherding His flock, and nurturing them. As Abel’s sacrifice is better, because it comes from genuine love, and not from will wishing, or self willed motives. And also we understand why Jesus says “Judge not lest you be judged,” because it’s the knowledge of Good and Evil—judgment—that man attained from eating the fruit, and why we inherited destruction. Or Sodom and Gomorrah, tells us about licentious cities where every crime exists, and their judgment. The Tower of Babel tells us about how people have different philosophies, languages and narratives, that makes them unable to understand each other, and also Pentacost teaches us, that being Christians, we can have access to all knowledge, language and truth and be able to bridge the gaps through truth. Abraham’s story is about faith, and teaching us that God does not demand Human Sacrifice, as He’ll provide a sacrifice, Jacob’s story teaches us that you don’t have to be remarkable to be loved by God, and can actually live a very passive life. Isaac too. Joseph teaches us about the victim, being badly treated for nothing he did wrong, and how women can have absolute power over a man in this way, to destroy him utterly, but God will raise him up above his enemies. It also teaches us to be wary of women who lie about rape.

There’s a ton of stuff in the story of Exodus, too… How God will deliver the oppressed and set them free, even when they don’t deserve it. As God says to Israel, “It’s not for your righteousness I give you these lands, but for the nations dwelling among it, and their sin.” Of which, you can read about their sins, that the nations practiced all lying abomination, and that’s why God delivered it into the hands of Israel. The parable of Babylon sacking Jerusalem, is about a nation favored by God, losing its favor, and being punished for its crimes as it no longer has equity, and dishonors its sabbaths by making everyone work to the bone and have no rest, as that’s the only way they have an economy. That and also rampant sexual perversion and they sin by giving their good freely to the surrounding nations, which they gave their property and money and trade to the other nations for nothing, and this made them poor and susceptiable to Babylonian Rule. Something the US is doing, too, which it shouldn’t be.
God {} only wants to love you, and be in relationship with you, and heal you. He wants you to feel good about yourself, and have love and trust for other people.

I think [most people are] confused on who the bad guy is.

Paradise Lost talks about all these things, how Satan’s rebellion was based solely around his free will, and that he could fall in the first place. But, the fact remains, that God, foreknowing the fall of man, set forth immediately to redeem us. And that’s through His Son Christ Jesus.

Maybe God knew He made the world a little too broken, and wanted to take it upon Himself?

Prelude of My Life

Prelude of My Life: 
 
I

If I were to overcome the monster,
It is you, o Death, my Doppelganger.

If my life were a rags to riches tale
It would be I proved my LORD God Valid.

My life is a quest, and I seek Heaven,
More desiresome than a comely maid.

If my life were a voyage, it'd be to
Come to our current land, and see its rules.

If my life were a comedy, it'd be
That I am a bumbling love bug, too.

If my life were a tragedy, it'd be
That I will not be deceitful, so lose.

If my life were about Rebirth, it'd be
That, once wrong, I yet desire goodness.

My plot amour is love.
 
 
 
 
 








 II 

First, my call to adventure is falling in love with love.
Second, I receive wisdom of what love truly is.
Third, I meet Jorgia, the Maiden of my Dreams.
Fourth, I begin to find truth, and wisdom, and love.
Fifth, I meet my friend along the way, and he teaches me the ways of the world.
Sixth, he bombards me with Nietzsche, and Greene while I encounter many Atheists.
Seventh, I confess my life's sins, every epistle loosed from my soul.
Eighth, I learn I am not a great man, while encountered with a True Faith Preacher.
Ninth, I spend five months in jail, and two years on probation, and ten years in a shameful state.
Tenth, I find the proof of God's existence.
Eleventh, I do not know. Will I meet love, and accomplish the crux of my wisdom? Or will I perish in tragedy?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 










III 

The characters in my life, are as follows. 
The explorer, who seeks the adventurous war and cause.
The outlaw, who scorns me.
The magician, who enchants everyone around me to be my enemy.
The hero, who is Christ--not I.
The lover, where is she yet? Only in my fantasies? Or will she come?
The jester, who made my life light and free, but who teases me.
The everyman, who supped and dined with me.
The caregiver, who I would never have accomplished a thing without.
The ruler, who will neither praise nor condemn me.
The creator, who is I, the writer of this poem.
The innocent, who is brother to me.
The sage, who is my best friend.

American Diction

They call sensible speech "Word Salad"
Because it is not in a fourth grade syntax.
Words used are made five years ago
In place of better words that are ancient.
Words also don't mean anything useful
For they must mutate their definitions
To utter exactitude and nothing more.
"Autism" reigns supreme, for none want
To understand poetry... moral truth
And context clues don't exist for all
Must rightly stand on minutia upon minutia
Line upon line, here a little there a little.

Brighter Futures

Oh, keep telling yourself,
“The best is yet to come.”
I do not believe it, I do not.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

There is no way to will yourself into power
There is no way to get the best for yourself,
No will to power, fool… only existential awakening.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

Work hard, and exorcise your inner demons,
Fight hard with them within your soul
And take your armor and weaponry, and slay.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

Perhaps the best is to come, if you slay doubts
Or if you slay your sins through Christ’s word…
Slay them, in bloody combat. And win.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

I do not know, what will happen, or what beast
Will come upon me, in the meadows and the grains
And what leopard lurks in the shadows, what iron jowled beast.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

But it shall not touch me, for I am hidden in the LORD’s hand
And I know the best is to come in His kingdom, and not this one.
For this one is fallen, and controlled by a Wandering Lion.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

I work every day, to bring the truth to many souls
And want my reward to be the pavement of Heaven’s golden roads
And the gems littered on the sidewalks and Hephzibah’s Land.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Work hard, and work fair, and do and accomplish...
Go upon the golden roads, and work hard to accomplish.
Do not sway yourself to doubts, and do not work idly.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

It is no Babylonian Magic, but the seed of hard work
Sown into soils, and sprouted into lush fruittrees
Of good works sown in a heart of gold, and truth.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Understand, it is all relative to your work, and nothing more.
All success is bred through work, and not passive wills
And do, and accomplish, and work freely and with joy.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

The best is yet to come in Heaven's store,
And the King has granted your request, for everlasting life.
Christ Jesus is His name, and no other.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Worship on golden shores, and living waters
And milk and honey, and twelve thousand furlong plateaus,
And walk in Zion's Beulah Land, and be married for eternity.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.

There is no other treasure, so reap what you sow upon the earth.
If evil, you reap evil, if good, you reap good.
All things come, and whether success or failure, there is an eternal kingdom.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Eat from the trees, with twelve fruits bearing their months
Eat the meaty fungi and lichen, and give life;
Sweet, savory foods shall be given to us there, which we do not know.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

And then arrive, at the river of Ezekiel, and arrive
Through Christ's blood and water and spirit,
And live! Arrive, with a life of right conduct, and love and truth and mercy.
“I have arrived!” you'll say on that day, if you keep calling on one Name alone.

Will Worship

In will worship, I do my fast and observe my rites
And do the things I ought not do, for they are unkind.
I pour my drink down the drain, I burn my incense
I abstain from the pork and shellfish and to the very second
End my fast. For, I am self willed, and do it for myself
Not for others. Therefore, worship through your treatment
Of other human beings and creations, and not what
You do only for God, for that is just for yourself.