In Judaism, a Midrash is a form of poetry, that mimics Biblical Styles, and uses it to interpret scripture. It goes deeper, and creatively uses the material, to form deeper understandings of the scripture. However, a Midrash is not scripture. It's rather, a Formative Thought, using the Bible's style and imagery to interpret it.

I have adopted the style for my own purposes, to study the Bible and form a Christian version of the form. As a result, I am pleased with it, as it has deepened my faith and understanding of all scripture.

A midrash, mimicking biblical poetry. As I often say, no work of mine is scripture. This is merely an interpretation of the Bible, and the authentic feelings I have. A midrash is a kind of interpretive form, created by the Jews, where a person creatively explores the concepts of the Bible, and considering I'm a Christian, I'm merging Old and New Testament prophecies together into a synthesis, using Old Testament Prophetic Language, with New Testament Themes.

Also, to explore how books like the Koran or Book of Mormon can explore similar language to that of the Bible, as an experienced writer can write like that. As Hemingway pointed out. "I can write like God, but I don't." A gifted writer can write like the passages of the Bible, so remember scripture isn't because of its tone, but because it is a witness, and can be proven to be so.





This Generation Seeks Me With their Lips

"This generation seeks me with their lips
"But not with their hearts
"They change the prophet's words in order to confound him
"And say, 'he will neither notice, nor take care.'
"Who, I ask you, Who brings the sun through its course?
"Who waters the lilies, and causes the wetlands to dry up?
"Who causes the rains to fall in one place
"Upon the forests, and yet they do not bear their leafs?
"I, the LORD your God."
I heard this and sat in wonder,
Seeing the almighty acts of the LORD
Who to this day was good to me
And has not filled my heart with sorrows.
The nations bray and burst into laughter
When they hear the awesome wonder of our God.
But, I say, it is they who are deceived.
Does not rain fall in one place
And not another?
Does not the warmth shine in one place
And not another?
Is there not cold in places where it is warm,
And warmth where it should be cold?
Do the nations truly deceive themselves
To consider that they truly understand this?
For it is the wrath of the LORD,
And no thing else
That causes my lands to dry up.
I watch, and am sore vexed
As pools of water fill the gullies
But where are the budding flowers?
Are they not in Shevat?
Why then do the nations say,
"Aha! Our idols have told us so!
"We are sore vexed, let us fix it by making the nations even more poor!"
Yet it is because of your idolatry,
And nothing else.
For your dishonoring the Sabbaths
And violating the workers' rights.
For, one man is deathly ill
And you provoke him to come in and do his task.
Another is healthy, but he does not come into work.
One man says, "I wish to have off on the Sabbath."
And the nation laughs him to scorn.
On your holidays, yes, even these,
All men go about their business
Buying and selling, and having no rest.
Therefore the land has no rest,
And it mourns.


Do the flowers bloom in Shevat?
Do they not sleep?
Do the little animals frolic in the winter?
Why then, do you wander to and fro
Looking for you food, and do not take wonder
At the strange thing the LORD has done?
For you wish to place Baal at every street corner.
Must I be like a diviner
And tell you what is not true?
Tell you strange enchantments to get you to listen?
Must I talk to the flowers
And pretend like they listen?
No, for the LORD has told me.
He is sore wroth at this generation
Who has not the rest of the LORD.
To and fro they go,
Therefore, the forests are become a desert.
And the deserts a forest.
The peoples who have not known His name
Shall know it, and the peoples who honor Him
With their lips shall stop taking the name of the LORD on them.
For they are deceitful.
Do not the nations know that the LORD is God?
Yes, they do know, but they stiffen their necks.
Who is it, I ask you, that brings the rains?
Who brings the circle of the earth to bear
And brings light in due season
And shuts up the light in due season?
Is it not the LORD Who created man and the earth?
Why then are you so mad?
Why do you drive your wagons to and fro
Going place to place
Roaring like a lion fed in the wildernesses?

This people dishonors their God
And they take the name of the LORD falsely
Upon their lips.
This prophet shall be at rest.
He shall eat, shall he not?
And even if it is not so,
He shall rest, knowing the wrath of the LORD
Is upon this nation, and he will sleep
And know that the LORD is God.
The evidence is all around you
Why do you not look?
Did you seek God?
Is this why you said, "I cannot see Him."
Is this why you offer incense to that shameful thing Baal?
"Come together, and let us reason,
"Though you sins were red as scarlet
"Yet will I make them white as snow."
Yet, men said to themselves,
"My sins are not scarlet
"They are mine, and mine to bear."
Therefore, you must bear them
Shameful nation of the Philistines.
Had not the LORD spoken
Yet the prophet sealed the vision?
It was sealed for your hardheartedness
Yet none speak the Words of the LORD
Which are loving-kindness to the generations that seek Him. Selah.

Therefore, repent, and throw from yourselves the idols you carry.
Throw them into the waters,
Like the priests of Rome.
For even they, whom the whole world scorns
Know the LORD is awesome and mighty.
They fear Him, whom Israel says, "These are sinners worse than us."
Are they Israel? Is not Judah suffering from an unrighteous king
And yet the priests perform the rituals, and they throw away the abominations?
They live poor, and they minister like workers to cleans the sinners?
What does Israel do, but call the police on the innocent man for a word?
What does Israel do, but band together and stiffen their necks against the prophets?
Yet, I say to you, greater woes come if there is no rest.
This prophet will return to his LORD with an ill report about this generation
Who had not liberated him,
But rather loved to have him poor.
"How have we not liberated him?"
By words accountable, you had not laid accusations
Against the government that did this.
Which professes "Freedom" when there is none.
For this, you band together with arms
Which is just what Satan wanted!
No, I say, repent, in dust and ashes.
You grow worse with every folly
And you grow more cold with every sin.
Rather, a man's work is to be eaten from
And where is this prophet's work?
It is spoiled by Jackals
And you all know just who they are.
Yet you say, "Let us fight!"
No... For then you will lose.
The Assyrian will be broken by the sword
And by the exorcise of laws.
Yet, my people would not have it.
Therefore, this prophet will rest.
What will you do?
Continue to go to and fro
Eating and drinking,
Marrying wives and blessing children.
Mixed wine is in your cups.
Therefore, the nations who have not known the LORD
They shall seek Him and they shall find Him.
Woe to the generation who rejected the LORD their God
Mighty to save and compassionate to a thousand generations.

Was not my command to you that you be charitable?
Yet, you say, "Charity is weak."
Is charity weak? Is it an abomination
To give to those less fortunate than you?
Must you, in your vanities
Perform the service of healing,
Yet heal it superficially?
The daughter was violated
Yet you say to her, "Be still, for it is of none affect."
The man was falsely accused,
Yet you say to him, "It will be alright. Be at peace."
Yet, with what little abundance they had
They gave to the poor, therefore they will be at rest.
What of you, nation of hypocrites?
Your offerings were to the priests
But what of the poor?
The poor you cast off your stoops.
The poor you called "Degenerate"
"Liar"
And "Lazy."
Must I prophesy to you?
Is Esdras in your holy scripture?
Is there not prophecy in it?
Is there not prophecies all around you
To testify the power of the LORD Almighty God?
Does not God show Himself through these things?
How you judge a prophet for a little error of wording
Yet you, by your great abundant hypocrisies
Speak foolishness to thousands?
You tell them, "God loves the powerful one."
You tell them, "God is with the one whose arm has brought him all things."
Yet, to the poor digging through your  garbage you say,
"Get away! Even our garbage is too sacred for you beggars."
When will this generation learn?
Did not the prophet set examples for you?
When to follow laws,
And when not to?
When to give, and what to give
And how did he give of his sustenance what he could afford?
You call him lazy, yet he works every day
Silently finding the truth, seeking his God
Finding wisdom, and telling it to you?
If he has one  fault
And LORD knows what it is,
What faults do you have?
If he has spoken falsehood
It shall fall upon his head,
Yet why do you listen to him
Secretly in his bedchambers?
Is this the light of God?
To spy upon the innocent
And lay to bear his every word
Like you yourselves were God?
Hypocrites!
For the nations are filled with wrath
And the poor man is still not fed.

Was there not one commandment given to you
Above the rest? Who clothed Christ? Who fed Christ?
Who visited Christ in Prison? Who healed Christ when he was sick?
Who had comforting words for Christ? Was it any of you?
Yet you call yourselves greater than this man who speaks to you,
Who did all these things.
You call him a liar for speaking words in utterance hastily.
While you bring it to pass.
Hypocrites. Idolaters. Thieves. Jackals. Serpents.
These words mean nothing to you
Therefore, a new generation will serve the Almighty
And you will altogether go to the pits.



Truth

The LORD destroys those who seek Him,
And established the wicked.
He gave grace to the prideful,
And the prize to those who made war.
He graced the wicked man, and made him ruler.
He gave His people over to the curse.
"Seek, Seek, Seek!"
I have sought, and I have found,
And the LORD has wounded me,
And has made my disease worse every day.
He has caused my kith and kin to hate me
And has taken away even what little I had.
God established the wicked, and gives grace to the sinner.
Those who wish to walk in his statutes are cursed.
Yet I said in my heart, "It is not so!"
Yet it is so, for I suffer and am made a prey.
The LORD lives, but He is mighty
And exalts the wicked and destroys those who seek Him.
He hid Himself from all, and made His face veiled by a dark cloud.
He allowed His adversaries to destroy His Law
And disgrace His Tabernacles.
He allowed the proof of His divine order to fade,
And has given witness that the wicked rule the Earth,
And He  has given them power over men, to rule for one hour.
Lament, oh Zion, pipe like a horn, and cry out o Daughter of my people!
What have we done? We sought you early, and have sought
And have made it our labor, and you gave it to the dogs to devour.
You caused witches to curse us to our faces
And have caused mages to soothsay before us continually.
Our minds have been destroyed, and there is no more proof of Your kindness.
Therefore, to the righteous of the Earth, shelter yourselves for a little while,
And it will pass. Hold fast your virtue, for things have not turned.
Satan has been given power for a little while.
Go into your closets, shut the doors, and be silent.
Hold fast to mercy, and peace, and truth, and righteousness, and wisdom,
And cry out to God, though He allow our adversary to prosper but a little while.
He shall be crushed, and soon we shall say, "Where is the wicked?"
For they shall be no more, who oppressed the Daughter of my People.



Oh My People

Do you not know, oh Daughter of my people,
That working does not save?
Yet you cry, "Then what about righteous deeds?"
Do you not know, oh Daughter of my people,
That your own works cannot save?
Yet you cry, "But I thirst for what's good."
Then listen oh Daughter of my people,
Christ is the Rootstock, and you are the Scion.
Let your wisdom flow from Him,
For the multitudes of arguments cannot win,
For the ungodly have no proof for reason.
Rather, let your Spirit flow with blessing,
And flow with the Father's light.
Be grafted into the Rootstock,
And let your sap be sweet
So you bear hearty fruit,
Choice on the vine,
And savory and sweet.



Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
I have caught your face at a glance.
Did you come to receive me,
And was I gone from my nest?
A little bird, would you gather me
Yet I was gone too long!
And Your word was trampled upon the street
And the heathen were enraged.
They sought my life, to destroy it,
And they put many into the furnace that day.
The smell was unusual,
And a great stink arose from the ashes.
Yet, we patiently await righteousness,
And do no work.
We lay off our burdens from our shoulders,
And we rest in You, and You alone, oh Christ.
For mercy was seeking for me,
And I saw her face, and it was beautiful among 10,000.
Peace, she comes close behind,
And wisdom closer still...
Be still in the LORD...
For He shall strengthen you.
Do not worry, or fret,
And do not put the fetter over your neck,
For His yoke is light, and His burden easy.
You do not have to do a thing...
Rather, ask the LORD to be grafted in the vine,
And await for His righteousness to rain down upon you.
And then rest... o fool! Until the LORD fulfills His covenant with Jacob.

A Midrash on Church Tradition, and the Deaths of the Apostles. As it is, none of my writing is scripture. This is drawn from Martyr's Mirror, and also from memory from the tens of thousands of Sermons I've listened to, with regard to these men and women. And also some other church tradition.

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene began her ministry in Jerusalem, with Peter. Where she studied under him, and then became partnered with a disciple named Maximus, who was one of the 70 whom Jesus sent out to minister by two. And Mary Magdalene ministered with him, and then began to be persecuted by the people of Jerusalem, where she fled on a boat, and became shipwrecked in France. There, she met a Roman General, and his family, and saved them through promising them they would conceive a child if they accepted Christ. To which, the general did conceive a child, and his wife went on a long journey with him, and she and the child died on their course. To which, the General kept the faith, and found Peter and learned from him, so through Mary's prayers, the woman and her child were revived, and reunited with the General when he returned to France. Mary then went to Ephesus, and remained with John Son of Thunder until she died. She did not, however, remain a hermit in France as the legends say, as God does not want hermits or recluses, but people who engage and evangelize, and He wants us to be in community with other men. And some records say Mary cursed this general, and used fear to persuade him, but such is not true. A saint does not curse. Rather, it was a humble thing, and the man found faith, even though God had wounded him severely, through Mary's prayers he was restored his wife and child.

James Son of Thunder

James Son of Thunder began his ministry in Judea and Samaria, and then unsuccessfully in Spain, where he met resistance. So he returned to Jerusalem, where he was opposed by a worthless sorcerer named Hermogenes. He lived until the fourth year of Claudius, when Agabus had predicted a great famine, because the church was being suppressed. And Herod Agrippa persecuted the church in Rome severely. So on a Passover Feast, Herod laid hands on James, and threw him into an awful prison. There, for a short time he remained, until James the Son of Thunder was sentenced to death. The sword beheaded James Son of Thunder, and thus his life ended, as the first of the Twelve to die a death. But, many miracles are witnessed of James, more than many other great men of God, so his time was very fruitful upon the Earth, and he made many converts that he could, more than many other apostles, though his life were shortest of them all. Also, upon execution, his executioner confessed he were Christian too, and asked James to forgive him, and James said "Peace be with thee," though after but a little deliberation. And the two were led to martyrdom together.

Philip

The LORD's second disciple to die, ministered first in Scythia, where he planted many churches. He also was Bishop of Syria and the upper parts of Asia. Philip then came to Phrygia, where none would listen to him. Woe to those who do not listen. These heretical Christians denied the divinity of Christ, and said of Him, He was only a gifted philosopher, or said of Him He was a Prophet only, and not of the Trinity. After ministering to the  Ethiopian, which means Burnt Skin,--thus the Gospel was ministered to the Darkest Skinned people first of all,--he found himself in Phrygia, where he was laid hands on, and his head was fastened to a pillar, like Sisera, but this were a holy death, and Sisera an abomination. Let your death be holy, and not due to being a sinner or because you are active in rebellion.

James the Son of Alphaeus

James was the first Bishop of Jerusalem, and one of the three pillars, along with John and Peter. For thirty years he administered this position faithfully, and made many converts. Not only through sound doctrine, but also through holiness did James convert many souls. He was the true author of The Wisdom Book of James, and also austere with food and drink, and was never given to any wine. Though he did not purge his food from the drought like a Roman, but ate modestly. He was brought before the Sanhedrin to force him to deny Christ, and convicted of Blasphemy, for confessing the LORD Jesus. These wolves took James to the very Temple--before Titus would burn it to the ground--and held him prisoner there like Zacharias, and did with him what they would, to force him to blaspheme, and violently treated him in the very hallows of the Sacred Temple. But it only emboldened him to confess more, so he wouldn't be subdued by their enchanting arts. Many saw this, for the wolves did it openly, and converted to Christianity, as James would never deny the LORD's name. They were frightened by this, those who persecuted James, for he might convert the entire city, so they took him and lay him in secret chambers. And there, in the pits of outer darkness, they cast stones upon James, until he die, and see the true light. For, he was not yet dead from the stoning, and many priests begged for his pardon--James' legs were broken, and he was on his knees, as they called James Camel Knees for praying so much, he caloused those knees--and a Pharisee took a rod and broke James' neck with it.

Simon Peter Cephas

Peter was able to convert 3,000 souls a sermon, and fed his sheep--bodily as well as spiritual nourishment, as Shepherds ought to do; first be kind to the sheep, and give them their balms and sheer their fleece, and trim their nails, but also to give them their food, and hold them close to their breast before the day they are slaughtered. He was fiercely threatened to stop preaching and writing, and led by chains to many councils where they would threaten him with death and confinement if he did not stop. Then Herod, a King of certain provinces, was wroth over the Christian doctrine--for what matter, no one knows as these were perverted men and perverted times. So, as it were, under Nero--who killed half a million sheep, where Rome would murder millions more over the next three centuries--he took Peter and placed him under chains, and would crucify him. But, Peter was not fearful of the death, only that some might worship him. So emboldened by the Spirit cried out to be crucified upside down like a woman--which was a shorter death, and by an act of some divine mercy, it was done, for these men know only cruelty and wouldn't do it unless coerced by a greater force. 

Paul

Paul, like many of the LORD's other apostles, ministered in many places, and planted many churches. As you can read about him in Luke's book of Acts. But, what is unknown, he fought wild beasts in arenas, but would not slay a man for spectacle. He was forsaken by friend and ally at the end of his life... and was lonely, and cold. And not joyful. But in mourning all day and night. Which is not unlawful, let no one deceive you, sufferers are not at fault for their sickness of heart. He was then brought before Nero at the end of his life, but joyfully ran faster than his captors, to the beheading. And with joy, and thankfulness, he was beheaded by Nero, for his life was one of torment and suffering, and he went to a better claim.

Andrew

Andrew was obedient unto death, and ministered in Pontus, Galatia, Bethynia, and Anthropophagus, also in both northern and southern countries. He even went so far as Byzantium, and Thracia, and Macedonia, and Thessalia, and Achaia. He preached Christ everywhere, and made loud noises of jubilation when extolling our LORD. What must be understood about some of these men, is they ministered over journeys of twenty thousand miles, publishing the Gospel everywhere they went. Over land and sea, and persecuted from city to city, planting churches wherever they went. Yet, when in Achaia, he converted a governess, which enraged the officials of that county. As is true, they hate the Gospel because it is meek, and they pride themselves on war and struggle, instead of community. They think the Gospel made Rome weak, and thus unable to defend itself. Which is not true, it expanded the empire globally. The Apostle was cheerful to die, and confessed the nearer to death he was, the nearer to the LORD's City he was. And he hung three days. As he hang on the cross, he confessed Jesus to everyone, and would not deny him. He ministered there, upon the instrument, to everyone who passed by. He was not nailed to the cross, but hung there, and some faithful wanted to take him down. For they thought him pitiful. But, he cried out to leave him up on the cross, and commit himself to death, which is the doorway to a better life.

Nathan Bartholomew

Bartholomew ministered in Lyconia, and Syria, and upper Asia, and also in India. He and Thomas left a Gospel of Matthew in India, and planted churches there, now called the Nasrani. He also ministered in Armenia, and Albana, and Albanopolis, and converted an Assyrian King's, King Astyages',  brother. And also his wife and children. He also delivered twelve cities in Assyria, from idolatry, the idolatry of the old Canaanite Pantheons. This caused a great stir, and the people to hate Bartholomew, so they told the king his ministry, and Bartholomew was apprehended. The king was unhappy with the new doctrine taught in his kingdom, and that his brother was taught it. So he threatened Bartholomew with death, unless he would stop talking about the Gospel. Bartholomew would not.  Bartholomew was tortured, crucified upside down, flayed alive, beaten with rods, and then beheaded with an axe. But he was only supposed to be flayed, and not beheaded, but preached the gospel as he was being flayed on the cross, so they beheaded him.

Thomas

Thomas was a man, who could only believe his eyes and hands. Yet, consider, Satan can even misdirect those, thus we need ears. He directed Jude Thaddeus to go to King Agbarus, after Christ had resurrected. To Parthia, India, Ethiopia, beyond the Roman Kingdom were his ministry, as many of the churches still there attest. The Apostles appeared as two witnesses, confirming the Testimony of our LORD in the regions beyond the Roman Empire, where Christ's fame was magnificent. He had persuasive arguments, because he saw God in the flesh, therefore knew Him with his full senses. Thus, no abstract argument could dissuade him, nor any reason, though Christ said better to believe and not see. And this, because seeing, you only have the choice between God or the Devil, and no third option of ignorance. In Calamina in the East Indies, he stopped many idols, by preaching the Word of God. For they had been sun worshippers. Yet, Thomas even commanded Satan himself, and destroyed the idolatry through evil--as evil is subordinate to the good, and must obey, thus, you cast out devils, and break down images even through evil itself. Thus, he was tormented by red hot irons, and skewered by the Oriental King, and thrown into a furnace, where he would not be consumed by the fire. And thus, while he was safely in the fire like Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego--to confirm his testimony--they pierced him through the side like the Centurion did Christ, where his hand had thrust through.

Matthew

Matthew wrote the Gospel in Hebrew, and the Portuguese through Rome's Ignorance burned them in India, where Thomas and Bartholomew went. Matthew was an Apostle in India, where the rivers were. This was his main domacery. His Gospel was also in India, beyond the rivers of Jordan bordering the Ganges, and he performed miracles there, and a great ministry. He would then preach in a city called Naddavar, in Asia, where he would be murdered. A king friendly to the Gospel, named Aeglippus had died, and the new king was unfriendly, and nailed Matthew to the ground, thus martyring him. That new king was Hytacus. First, however, it was through persecution, and then namely, they lay hands on him, and affix him to the ground like Sisera. And then they strike his head off. He preached in a church within the Tamil Borders, where he was apprehended. 

Simon the Zealot and Thaddaeus Judas Alphaeus Labeaus. 

Simon preached in many locations, moving around a lot because he was an adventurer. He went to Egypt, Cyrene, Africa, Mauritania, Libya, and was the first to minister to the Celts and Saxons. He then came down from England, into Persia--he was a great traveller--and in old age, he ministered there, where he found Jude. And the two ministered together, as a powerful force, being both brothers of the LORD. And he sealed his confession with blood. Jude had written his letter, authentically. Jude had travelled to Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabia, and as far as Edessa. Finally, going to Persia, and meeting his brother--the two had great love for one another--they both opposed the Persian idolatry, which was hard because it had good law, but only lacked Christ. And Jude and Simon were both beaten to death for offending the Pagan's Monotheism. 

Matthias

All eleven Apostles were scourged in the temple when they were young, and Matthias made up the twelfth, and Paul the half of Matthias, for the Half Tribes, though Paul was not scourged there, but would be many times. If you are counted worthy to suffer for the cross, rejoice. Though your heart fail, though Satan cause mourning to enter into your bones, though the pains of hell grab hold of you, know your reward is great. Matthias went into Ethiopia, deep, south of Egypt, and bordering the Blue Nile, and ministered where there were rivers, beyond Jordan. He ministered to a barbaric people--cannibal tribes, heathens of diverse religions that appear only for one or two hundred men at most. But Matthias, through his inner light, shined into the Heathen's darkness, and showed their religion were false. Not through argument or persuasion, but through love and the Holy Ghost. For this is what grabs the heathen, and not cunning artifice, is proof of the good. For all other things can pass, and be perverted by the princes of this world, one thing remains, and that is the Spirit, and proof through our unconditional love. Finally, Matthias travelled back to Samaria, Judea and Galilee, where he failed for reason of being a native. So, when Matthias would not sacrifice to Jove, and the Jews wanted him dead for charges of Blasphemy, he was crucified with nails, stoned, and when that wouldn't kill him, he was beheaded with an axe.

The Persecution of Nero

Of the seventy Apostles, many were martyred under Nero. And these were witnesses, who confirmed the Word of our LORD to Luke, and Mark was confirmed to Peter. And Matthew, being literate, wrote in Hebrew and these proto gospels were taken all over Persia. 

John

John was put in a vat of boiling oil, shipwrecked on Patmos, and hand wrote Revelation. The blessed Papias dictated his gospel from his mouth. Assuredly John's Gospel is a witness. It is claimed that he may still live. Perhaps. None know. He ministered to Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother of God, and did much work. But, he was also marooned many times, and companion to scorpions, and asps, and wild beasts. John was Bishop of Ephesus, and banished, and then came back to resume his role as bishop there again. He drank hemlock, but did not die. He was imprisoned for years. Tortured many times.

Lazarus

Lazarus was Bishop of Kition in Cyprus, and ministered in France with Mary Magdalene and was company in her Journey there. He was persecuted, and tormented many times. But, he remained steadfast. He lived long, and died of old age, like his sisters. Being one of Jesus' best friends, though not of the Disciples. For Lazarus was a poor man, and helpless, until the LORD unshackled him and gave him purpose, and then raised him to the office of Bishop, and the office of Evangelist of Peace.

Martha

Martha was companion to Mary and Lazarus, and went to France, to flee persecution in Jerusalem. She then established a community there, where she was Mother Superior, and was left behind by Mary when she returned to Ephesus. Martha was faithful, and suffered much for the cross, being Jesus' true friend. And a servant's heart, where she served all her life in France, converting both Kings and Barbarians. She was accountant for the church, and its offices. She managed the operations of the church there, in France; she ministered to her sheep's spiritual well being, and nurtured them with compassion and kindness. But, quickly disciplined the wicked and chastised them, so they would remain pure.

Because He delivered them across the Red Sea. So I am pleased that He will utterly destroy my captors. That's a joyful thought to me. And He will. And all the time spent waiting, is just evidence before their faces, that my God reigns. And He does. He's very real. It's one of my favorite stories, how God delivered His people. They were bitterly enslaved, but God showed great and mighty signs and wonders, and delivered them right before their enemies' faces. But, they sinned in the wilderness, after having witnessed God's deliverance. Which shows human ingratitude. Just like yours. But when that generation perished, the LORD delivered them into the Promised land by Joshua and Caleb, and sent great shakings of the land, great and fierce wasps, and delivered Israel Canaan as an inheritance. Yet, they did not destroy the inhabitants of the land, and the religion of Sin prospered, and the Jews forgot their God, and worshipped Sin, but the LORD had a few who were faithful, and did not bow the knee to Sin, and those the LORD will deliver, after when Babylon and Assyria came down, and destroyed Israel and Judah, Cyrus returned that remnant to their homes. For the righteous suffer long and endure trials too, when a nation is wicked. And through forbearance and patience, they persevere, and are awarded fruit from the Tree of Life.

Immortality is free—you choose where you wish to spend your immortality. Either in Paradise, with Jesus, or in hell, with Satan.

In heaven, there will be the Book of Life, where every man’s story is told who is saved, and you’ll get to read it with an imagination more vivid than anything you can conjure right now. There will be highways of gold, and mansions made out of gemstones. There will be garments softer than any silk, and more ornate too. There will be a plateau of gold that raises a height equal to the distance between the Earth and the moon. There will be increasing peace, love and joy in measures, surpassing any earthly understanding. You will be married to Jerusalem—a great mystery, indeed. There will be trees, that will clap for you. Your pets you loved will be there. There will be milk, honey, living waters, manna from heaven, and fruit of life, and every tree will bear twelve kinds of fruits for each of the twelve months. And you will be free like Jesus to roam this entire eternal abode, that extends to all directions for eternity, with a mind like His, a body like His, and an unquenchable Spirit. And you’ll be a judge in this kingdom—so a Governor—able to judge the souls of the damned. There will be rivers in all directions, flowing from God’s throne.

In hell, it will be sandstone caverns with worms and darkness and eternal pain and torment and unrest. You will have no knowledge, no activity, no device, and it will be fiery and cruel. The satyrs and dragons will have wicked and needley faces, and evil countenances.

So, you choose between the two, by accepting Christ or not. All who call upon the name of the LORD that day will be saved, and His name is Jesus Christ.

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"To the church, I say, “Why didn’t you teach me the right things? I was hungry for truth, and you fed me lies, and left me vulnerable to wolves. And those of you who did teach truth, had no mercy or compassion, and would leave me with the dogs. And those of you called “Prophets” cursed me with all my greatest fears, and caused yourselves to be a stumbling block before me. When the LORD has surely said none of those things. Instead, you increased my doubts, and made lies about my soul, and persecuted it, and caused me to stagger in all my ways. What should the LORD do unto you? I say give rest to your souls, but your sin is grievous toward me. So I show mercy, and you curse me to the very fiber of my being? And cannot even tell me your instruction on a second inquiry? Unlike Jeremiah, who could produce his entire prophecy? What did you say to me? ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’. You are the burden of the LORD, for He must shoulder your sin.

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“If Trump does not repent, to turn away from his sin, and avoid being involved in wars and rumors of wars, and if he does not stop oppressing the stranger and denying the poor their rights at the gate, or defrauding good men in their lawsuits, or giving gifts to judges, he shall be accursed. If he does not stop putting stumbling blocks on the nation, and using the LORD’s name falsely, and acquiring his shepherds to counsel the land to do impure things, then he will be abomination. And this shall be the sign. His enemies shall be at peace with him, and his whole plans shall prosper, except those which concern harming the souls of the elect. For he shall turn his enemies—those whom he hates—into allies, and be a further stumbling block to all peoples in all places. If he repents, then there shall be peace.

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“I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but hear my wisdom; it is Prophetic: Do not defraud men in the balance. Weigh a shekel for a proper measure of wheat and barley. And have proper instruments for weights and scales. Let men work, and let them be free to work, for their work is their pleasure on the earth, which gives them sustenance for their mouths and for their children, whom delight their souls. Put no stumbling block before them, and do not defraud them of any of their rights. And there shall be peace. And do not join field unto field, so there is no place for the laborer to make their shekel, and give them a real shekel, not one weighed in a false balance. Thus is the Wisdom of the LORD.”

Baruch… that’s the Apocrypha. Also the person whom Jeremiah dictated his book to. And Jeremiah told Baruch, not to seek for fame or glory, but his life would be his booty. And that because Babylon was sacking Jerusalem at the time, and was taking the city captive. And the whole country was being taken into Babylon. Where they’d return with Nehemiah and Ezra seventy years later, by decree of Cyrus, prophesied by Isaiah, and build the city walls, and Haggai would command them to rebuild the temple. To which, Herod would commission the temple be renovated, which probably angered God, and led to the city’s destruction in 70AD by Titus. Which scholars say is proof the Bible was written later, but actually, it proves Jesus was a prophet.

Adam and Eve are created, and they eat the Fruit of Knowledge and get cast out of paradise; God brings a Patriarchal line through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David; they found a kingdom that should purify the Earth; it sins and gets conquered by Assyria and a few hundred years later Babylon, so Israel’s people are seized and brought into captivity; then they return to the promised land, and their God comes to the Earth in human Flesh as Jesus Christ, and sets forth a plan to redeem all men through His suffering, not just those born of that lineage, through His Death, Burial, and Resurrection; and at the end, He will return in the form of an infant, born of the Virgin Daughter of Zion; she’ll be attacked by the Serpent Satan, and be given wings and fly away, and Her Son will be carried into heaven, and He’ll return with 144,000 Saints who never sinned, and slay all evil on Earth once and for all. And then Satan will return, and be defeated at the final battle of Gog and Magog, and the Earth will be renewed, and Heaven and Earth and all things will be brand new, and there will never be suffering ever again.

I think there’s a natural conscience in men. That’s what the second and third chapters of Genesis mean. It’s just, that conscience gets blurry when people start to try and justify sin. And that creates confusion, where people can’t understand right from wrong, which leads to corruption, violence, and even wars, plagues and famines as judgments from God.

So the 10 Commandments weren’t to say, “This is so because God said it.” God magnified His word above His name. His law is involuble, even by Himself. Like a King in Ancient Babylon or Persia, they didn’t go back on their decrees. God can’t contradict His law.

What is true, is that there were two covenants. One given to the Jews, through Moses, which was to largely condemn the world of its sin—it’s an indictment and judgment against the whole world, if you read it, which is why the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy have such cringy laws, that seem to support genocide and slavery, as those are the judgments of God measured out against all sin, against every nation. Which further gets described in the Prophets, the judgments they will suffer. Up to and including Israel, Judah and Ephraim. So, the Curse of the Law is judgment against all sin, and only Christ could Live according to that sinless, and thereby become Corban as our Sacrifice for sins, like Abrahm was promised at Jehovah-Jireh God would provide the Sacrifice in stead of Isaac.

The Second Covenant or New Covenant prophesied in Jeremiah and Isaiah and Ezekiel, is through Abraham’s seed, so it’s the Seed that blesses all the nations. It’s a new law, therefore a new priesthood, under the order of Melchizedek, therefore a Priesthood outside of Levi, and given to David’s sprout, as is prophesied by Zechariah, that Jesus would reign both Priest and King, which was unlawful when Uziah did it, while he was stricken with leprosy. And this New Covenant is extended to the Gentiles, and is a law of Natural Religion, and atonement in the sacrefice of Christ Jesus's blood. Not paid for oblations to God in empty ritual, but rather through moral adherence and charity toward one another. And as Ezekiel said, “I gave them statutes which were not good, and laws by which they could not live.” Those laws relating to War and the judgment of the nations, which Israel was tasked to do, but failed, therefore Judgment was forfeited from Israel and given to God’s Son.

You hear any “Yahuah” talk, you just don’t listen. That’s a cult. His name is Jesus. That’s the name handed to us, by the apostolic succession, including Paul and Barnabas. That’s the name. There is no other name.

The Sabbath was not lasting 1000 years. The Sabbath, the Millennial Kingdom, hasn’t begun yet. It will after Miggedo is fought, and all the nations surround Israel, conquer it, and then the LORD will return with 144,000 saints who’ve never sinned like Him, to conquer the armies of Satan, which will be the entire unbelieving world.

Then, after the Millennial Kingdom, Satan will be released, and the War of Gog and Magog will be fought. And that will be worse than the battle of Miggedo. And God will destroy Satan once and for all. And create a New Heavens and New Earth, where there will never be any tears, bloodshed or anger. It will be perfect in every way, and Zion will descend and there will be a world without end, where the saints will rest in Zion. And be comforted on all sides.

Believe on Jesus. There is no salvation in any other name. He’ll be born of the Virgin Daughter of Zion, and be attacked by Satan, but the Earth will stop Satan, and the Daughter will be carried away on Eagle’s wings to a safe place where she will find rest, and her son will be taken to heaven, where He’ll return and wage war against Satan and his armies.