The THORNY issues

Isaiah 10:1

King James Version

10 Woe unto them 

that decree unrighteous decrees, 

and that write grievousness 

which they have prescribed;

Just when the families of the hostages started rejoicing.

Again, Hamas makes new "demands".

They know they have the upper hand.

They know Israel will bend to their will.

All because they've got the hostages.

And all as president-elect Trump's inauguration draws near.

The pressure is on, for Israel, and America.

Hamas knows the eyes of the world are upon them.

And milks it for all its unsavory worth.

They know biased media love controversies.

Terrorists thrive upon propaganda.

And depend on deluded supporters' money.

They all feed upon each other.

Like very hungry demons.

In the meantime, Israel suffers.

Fighting on seven fronts.

Even an eight, from within.

Not knowing how many hostages are still alive.

No one loves her, but GOD.

And a few, true born again.

Who understand Scripture, and prophecy.

Everyone's gone their own, crooked way.

According to their own agenda.

But she must bear it all.

JESUS declared:

Matthew 24:13

King James Version

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, 

the same shall be saved.

It is, indeed, a thorny problem.

How everyone has ganged up against Israel, and Trump.

Sabotaging all efforts at peace.

Every conceivable stumbling block thrown their way.

But the LORD gave me a telling verse today.

2 Samuel 23:6-7

King James Version

6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them 

as thorns thrust away, 

because they cannot be taken with hands:

7 But the man that shall touch them 

must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; 

and they shall be utterly burned with fire 

in the same place.

Striking words, these:

"they cannot be taken with hands:

7 But the man that shall touch them 

must be fenced with iron 

and the staff of a spear;"

You know how thorns prick your skin.

First instinct is to throw it away.

To keep it away from you.

To keep others away from it.

And to have nothing to do with it.

Terrorists are "thorns".

They will always cause pain, harm, and discomfort.

They will NEVER wish you well.

You can NEVER negotiate with them.

They will NEVER be fair, just, or compassionate.

They will ALWAYS look for your "weak" spot.

They will WANT your complete humiliation, subjection, and annihilation.

ESPECIALLY if Satan, their prince, knows you're of GOD.

Thorns "ambush" you.

They draw blood.

They don't warn you fast enough.

You get "pricked", and that's it.

That's when you realize a thorn exists.

Keep away from them.

Which you should.

And I think to myself, what does SPIRIT and Scripture say?

How shall the hostage situation be resolved?

What solution does GOD have about "terrorists"?

How shall this conflict end?

Here's where SPIRIT led me:

Numbers 33:55

King James Version

55 But if ye will not drive out 

the inhabitants of the land from before you; 

then it shall come to pass, 

that those which ye let remain of them 

shall be pricks in your eyes, 

and thorns in your sides, 

and shall vex you in the land 

wherein ye dwell.

The Bible also says:

1 John 5:4-5

King James Version

4 For whatsoever is born of God 

overcometh the world: 

and this is the victory 

that overcometh the world, 

even our faith.

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, 

but he that believeth 

that Jesus is the Son of God?

Thing is, Israel hasn't acknowledged JESUS at all. 

They have not acknowledged He is the Son of God.

Much less that JESUS is the MESSIAH.

The LORD knows it.

That's why He said:

Matthew 23:39

King James Version

39 For I say unto you, 

Ye shall not see me henceforth, 

till ye shall say, 

Blessed is he that cometh 

in the name of the Lord.

This is the simple reason for Israel's suffering.

She has not acknowledged JESUS.

Satan makes sure of that.

That she remain deaf, dumb, and blind.

And yet, he has no idea GOD's real plan.

There is a MASTER plan for salvation.

For both Jew, and Gentile, alike.

There is nothing as intricate as GOD's mind.

Further, nothing the enemy does can ever take away Israel's birthright.

Israel will wake up.

On a day known only to the LORD.

When the time is "ripe", in His eyes.

And in this prescribed manner:

Romans 11:25

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25 For I would not, brethren, 

that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 

lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; 

that blindness in part is happened to Israel, 

until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Romans 11:11

King James Version

11 I say then, 

Have they stumbled that they should fall? 

God forbid: 

but rather through their fall 

salvation is come unto the Gentiles, 

for to provoke them to jealousy.

Terrorists think they've won the day.

They think they've held Israel, and America, hostage.

But America has already woken up.

Like an awakened eagle, she is spreading her wings.

GOD appointed Trump for the job.

Biden and Kamala are no more.

The woke and left are no more.

California has fallen.

All Satan's strongholds.

Bear it out, Israel.

You are forever loved!

GOD will NEVER abandon you.

BEWARE all who persecute Israel.

BEST you send back her hostages now.

BEST you abandon oppressing Israel.

NEVER hurt her again.

GOD loves her.

Genesis 12:3

King James Version

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 

and curse him that curseth thee: 

and in thee shall all families of the earth 

be blessed.

Psalm 105:15

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15 Saying, 

Touch not mine anointed, 

and do my prophets no harm.

Zechariah 2:8 

King James Version

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; 

After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations 

which spoiled you: 

for he that toucheth you 

toucheth the apple of his eye.

Romans 11:28 

King James Version

28 As concerning the gospel, 

they are enemies for your sakes: 

but as touching the election, 

they are beloved for the father's sakes.

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When GOD withholds

Psalm 84:11

King James Version

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: 

the Lord will give grace and glory: 

no good thing will he withhold 

from them that walk uprightly.

When does GOD hold back?

What makes Him hold back?

When does He withhold "grace" and "glory"?

SPIRIT led me to TWO distinct examples in the Bible.

In fact, GOD woke me up really early this morning.

Imprinting upon my mind a particular GENESIS chapter.

So, I got up, checked the significance of it, and found this.

Which formed the framework for this article.

FIRST, the Genesis chapter:

Genesis 11:1-5

King James Version

11 And the whole earth was of one language, 

and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, 

as they journeyed from the east, 

that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; 

and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, 

Go to, let us make brick, 

and burn them thoroughly. 

And they had brick for stone, 

and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said,

 Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, 

whose top may reach unto heaven; 

and let us make us a name, 

lest we be scattered abroad 

upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the Lord came down 

to see the city and the tower, 

which the children of men builded.

What were GOD's thoughts?

Genesis 11:6

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6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

What did GOD do?

Genesis 11:7-9

King James Version

7 Go to, let us go down, 

and there confound their language, 

that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad 

from thence upon the face of all the earth: 

and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 

because the Lord did there confound 

the language of all the earth: 

and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad 

upon the face of all the earth.

After pondering on why GOD led me particularly to Genesis 11, I remembered the FIRST instance where GOD withheld His grace.

FIRST, the context:

Genesis 2:16-17

King James Version

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

What did man do?

Genesis 3:1-7

King James Version

3 Now the serpent was more subtil 

than any beast of the field 

which the Lord God had made. 

And he said unto the woman, 

Yea, hath God said, 

Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, 

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree 

which is in the midst of the garden, 

God hath said, 

Ye shall not eat of it, 

neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 

Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, 

then your eyes shall be opened, 

and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw 

that the tree was good for food, 

and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 

and a tree to be desired to make one wise, 

she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, 

and gave also unto her husband with her; 

and he did eat.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, 

and they knew that they were naked; 

and they sewed fig leaves together, 

and made themselves aprons.

What were GOD's thoughts?

Genesis 3:22

King James Version

22 And the Lord God said, 

Behold, the man is become as one of us, 

to know good and evil: 

and now, lest he put forth his hand, 

and take also of the tree of life, 

and eat, and live for ever:

What did GOD do?

Genesis 3:23-24

King James Version

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 

from the garden of Eden, 

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; 

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 

Cherubims, 

and a flaming sword which turned every way, 

to keep the way of the tree of life.

These two are powerful examples of CAUSE, and EFFECT.

Not to mention the GREAT sins man has committed.

In the "tower of Babel" example, it was the sin of "pride".

In the "tree of life" example, it was the sin of "greed" and "disobedience".

Thus, all our resulting hardships.

Now, there are many languages.

As well as constant hardships.

When will man ever learn?

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Why Kamala LOST

 

Matthew 5:19

King James Version

19 Whosoever therefore shall break 

one of these least commandments, 

and shall teach men so, 

he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: 

but whosoever shall do and teach them, 

the same shall be called great 

in the kingdom of heaven.

What went wrong?

Why did Kamala lose?

What did she really lose?

Was it part of GOD's plan?

Was it GOD's will?

For what purpose?

What plan did GOD have for Kamala?

What message was GOD imparting to her?

Today, we noticed Kamala hasn't "gotten" it yet.

The pride is still there.

The defiance remains.

She still want to continue fighting for "reproductive freedom".

She continues to use GOD's Name in vain.

That's PRECISELY why she and her team lost.

GOD doesn't want them touching His innocents.

Neither does He want them using Him, for their convenience.

Pride, and disobedience, are always an abomination to Him.

If that seems harsh, wait till we experience GOD's WRATH.

That also means the battle is not yet over.

Not her battle against Trump, and his government.

But a far greater, and graver battle Kamala is in.

A battle raging within her.

She is fighting against GOD.

She took on the enemy's banner.

And maybe doesn't even realize it.

Well, Scripture is here to wake her up.

This is a battle for her soul.

GOD does not want to see her destroyed.

Thus, the "humbling".

Kamala's downfall was caused by her fighting for the wrong camp.

And refusing to fight for the "unborn".

She wants them dead, 

before they're even born.

We challenged her, and all who stand for it, two days ago:

"If we don't get this RIGHT, we get EVERYTHING wrong"

As BORN AGAIN workman, I was tasked to write, watch, warn, wake people up, and worship GOD.

As WARRIOR of the SPIRIT, I was tasked to alert you to the enemy's ways, and devices, meant to capture our soul, and mock GOD.

As CHILD of GOD, I was tasked to live by the Bible.

And recently, GOD put Kamala on my "plate".

He wanted me to write about her wrongs.

ONLY GOD can "RIGHT" her wrongs.

But He tasked me to "write" about it.

And to back it up with Scripture.

Many will take offense, thinking they're right.

Many will ask what authority I have.

Only Scripture has.

GOD offers His "NONNEGOTIABLE gospel".

2 Timothy 3:16-17

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 

and is profitable for doctrine, 

for reproof, 

for correction, 

for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

His WORD is "LAW".

Isaiah 55:8-9

King James Version

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 

neither are your ways my ways, 

saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 

so are my ways higher than your ways, 

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

His WORD is the ONLY THING that will "REMAIN".

Isaiah 40:8 

King James Version

8 The grass withereth, 

the flower fadeth: 

but the word of our God 

shall stand for ever.

The HOLY SPIRIT alerted me to the things Kamala did.

And swears to continue doing.

Still in defiance of GOD's LAWS.

Let's have a look at these things.

According to when the events happened:

1. She promoted pro-choice.

2. She promoted "woke" culture.

3. She turned away JESUS at a rally.

4. She "uses" GOD, when it is convenient for her.

5. She wants to "usurp" man's authority.

When you do these things, you obviously have no fear of GOD.

Either that, or you're simply not aware.

Well, it's time to make you aware, according to Scripture.

It's time to see her errors for what it is, for these could very well be our errors, too:

When you encourage others to reproductive freedom, you cause your sisters to stumble.

When you espouse your "woke" agenda, you cause others to sin, more than they already have.

When you promote hatred, and call a former president, "fascist", you forget he cared for Israel, and the Jews, as you never did.

When you can't bear to stand alongside Israel's leader, you show you have no love for Israel, GOD's chosen nation.

When you turn away GOD's children at a rally, then start spouting Scripture at another rally, GOD knows your hypocrisy.

When you say you concede to the newly-voted president, but don't concede on you pro-choice agenda, you haven't really conceded, and you mock GOD and His president.

When you turned away JESUS at your rally, and you claim to have allegiance to GOD, when you "accepted" your defeat, you speak from two sides of your mouth.

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Haven't you gotten it yet, Kamala?

PRIDE is an abomination to GOD:

Proverbs 16:5

King James Version

5 Every one that is proud in heart 

is an abomination to the Lord: 

though hand join in hand, 

he shall not be unpunished.

HYPOCRISY is an abomination to JESUS:

Matthew 23:27-28

King James Version

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 

for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, 

which indeed appear beautiful outward, 

but are within full of dead men's bones, 

and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear 

righteous unto men, 

but within ye are full of hypocrisy 

and iniquity.

What will it take for dear Kamala to turn to the LORD?

What would it take for her to give her whole heart to the LORD?

She's got beauty, talent, power, wealth, and intelligence.

And surely, she's got heart, that's why she fights for others.

But what if she's aligned herself with the wrong cause?

What is the purpose, and end, to all our fight when it's for the wrong cause?

Mark 8:36

King James Version

36 For what shall it profit a man, 

if he shall gain the whole world, 

and lose his own soul?

I call upon Kamala, to turn to the LORD now.

He cares for each one of us.

And He especially has His eye on her:

Luke 15:4

King James Version

4 What man of you, 

having an hundred sheep, 

if he lose one of them, 

doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 

and go after that which is lost, 

until he find it?

I have tears in my eyes for dear Kamala.

If only she knew what the GOOD LORD has for her!

Her tears of loss, can be tears of joy.

Her "joy cometh in the morning" came off as mockery.

It didn't please GOD at all, and it made me cringe.

We knew she didn't love Him.

Unbelievers cannot use HOLY Scripture for their own end.

He cannot have unbelievers speak for Him.

Well, GOD ended all that.

Have we no idea His power?

If only Kamala would humble herself before the LORD.

What is He trying to tell her?

Will she stop a moment, and find out?

Isn't that the same as what He told others He humbled?

I was not immune to the LORD's humbling.

I, too, have had my fair share of that.

Proud, and ignorant fool that I was.

But JESUS saved me on time.

And I'm here to tell you without JESUS, we cannot do anything.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

Our salvation lies in JESUS alone.

John 4:22

King James Version

22 Ye worship ye know not what: 

we know what we worship: 

for salvation is of the Jews.

Many people have told Trump that GOD spared his life for a "reason".

Otherwise, he'd have perished from those two attempts on his life.

He felt GOD wanted him to "save our country" and to "restore America to greatness".

Obviously, for he won.

In those two articles, we revealed why he was going to win.

SPIRIT gave us the EXACT verse, too.

We also knew why Kamala was going to lose.

She didn't stand for GOD's laws.

She mocked it, as she mocked Him.

She turned herself to the enemy.

She stood at their camp.

She let herself to fight their fight.

Would a just GOD stand for that?

When the world is already in GREAT upheaval?

The last thing anyone needed was for more chaos, and confusion.

And from a vengeful woman yet.

Why did Kamala turn JESUS away at one of her rallies?

Why did she tell His young people they were at the "wrong rally"?

Why did she say, they should be at the "smaller rally" down the street?

That was her BIGGEST mistake.

Signaling the downward spiral she found herself in.

Didn't SPIRIT warn us that GOD will "not be mocked"?

Galatians 6:7

King James Version

7 Be not deceived; 

God is not mocked: 

for whatsoever a man soweth, 

that shall he also reap.

Didn't SPIRIT tell us what happens to wicked people?

Psalm 37:15-40

King James Version

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 

and their bows shall be broken.

Didn't SPIRIT warn us about pride?

Proverbs 16:18

King James Version

18 Pride goeth before destruction, 

and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Didn't SPIRIT reveal to Kamala her many errors?

Proverbs 6:16-19

King James Version

16 These six things doth the Lord hate: 

yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

17 A proud look, 

a lying tongue, 

and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, 

feet that be swift in running to mischief,

19 A false witness that speaketh lies, 

and he that soweth discord among brethren.

What would it take for Kamala to listen to the LORD?

What would it take for her followers to wake up, too?

What would it take for them to be born again?

What would it take for them to be repentant?

Why would she deny the LORD JESUS CHRIST?

JESUS died for all of our sins.

He was resurrected, giving us the promise of the same.

He loved us, before we even loved Him.

Romans 5:6

King James Version

6 For when we were yet without strength, 

in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:8

King James Version

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, 

in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:19

King James Version

19 We love him, 

because he first loved us.

It's time to wake up, Kamala!

Time to wake up from the delusion of self.

Time to wake up from the stranglehold of Satan.

2 Corinthians 4:4 

King James Version

4 In whom the god of this world 

hath blinded the minds of them 

which believe not, 

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, 

who is the image of God, 

should shine unto them.

If we are going to be leaders, we cannot lead others to destruction.

GOD will never allow that.

He predestined each one of us for something.

We have no right to curtail other people's lives.

More so with unborn children's lives.

That was her SECOND biggest mistake.

Turn to JESUS now.

GOD will be ALL.

And self will be least.

That's what it means to be of CHRIST.

It's the only way you can truly serve others.

Lastly?

VICTORY belongs to JESUS alone.

And ALL GLORY to GOD alone.

1 Timothy 1:17

King James Version

17 Now unto the King eternal, 

immortal, invisible, the only wise God, 

be honour and glory for ever and ever. 

Amen.

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Sin of NUMBERING

 

Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The words of the Preacher, 

the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, 

vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

The world is in great sin.

This sin of pride, and vanity.

Wanting to know how many likers, followers, members.

This addiction to fans, and fame.

As if strength comes in numbers.

King David became susceptible to that, too.

Causing great wrath to come upon him, and Israel.

Here's the story:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

21 And Satan* stood up against Israel, 

and provoked David to number Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, 

Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; 

and bring the number of them to me, 

that I may know it.

The captain of hosts reaction:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

3 And Joab answered, 

The Lord make his people an hundred times 

so many more as they be: 

but, my lord the king, 

are they not all my lord's servants? 

why then doth my lord require this thing? 

why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

But David's word prevailed:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed 

against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, 

and went throughout all Israel, 

and came to Jerusalem.

The number given:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

5 And Joab gave the sum 

of the number of the people unto David. 

And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand 

and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: 

and Judah was four hundred threescore 

and ten thousand men that drew sword.

For Israel, that's 1,570,000 men fit for "military service".

For Judah, it's 470,000.

That must have pleased the king.

Still, Joab was not about to defy the LORD GOD:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: 

for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

GOD's reaction to David?

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

7 And God was displeased with this thing; 

therefore he smote Israel.

David realizes his error.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

8 And David said unto God, 

I have sinned greatly, 

because I have done this thing: 

but now, I beseech thee, 

do away the iniquity of thy servant; 

for I have done very foolishly.

GOD's response:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, 

David's seer, saying,

10 Go and tell David, saying, 

Thus saith the Lord, 

I offer thee three things: 

choose thee one of them, 

that I may do it unto thee.

The punishment:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, 

Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

12 Either three years' famine; 

or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, 

while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; 

or else three days the sword of the Lord, 

even the pestilence, in the land, 

and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout 

all the coasts of Israel. 

Now therefore advise thyself what word 

I shall bring again to him that sent me.

What would you have chosen?

David's choice:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

13 And David said unto Gad, 

I am in a great strait: 

let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; 

for very great are his mercies: 

but let me not fall into the hand of man.

The results:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: 

and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: 

and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, 

and he repented him of the evil, 

and said to the angel that destroyed, 

It is enough, 

stay now thine hand. 

And the angel of the Lord stood by 

the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David repents:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

16 And David lifted up his eyes, 

and saw the angel of the Lord stand 

between the earth and the heaven, 

having a drawn sword in his hand 

stretched out over Jerusalem. 

Then David and the elders of Israel, 

who were clothed in sackcloth, 

fell upon their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

17 And David said unto God, 

Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? 

even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; 

but as for these sheep, what have they done? 

let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, 

and on my father's house; 

but not on thy people, 

that they should be plagued.

The angel speaks to the prophet:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

18 Then the angel of the Lord 

commanded Gad to say to David, 

that David should go up, 

and set up an altar unto the Lord 

in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, 

which he spake in the name of the Lord.

The angel must have looked frightening, and yet magnificent:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; 

and his four sons with him hid themselves. 

Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

David makes arrangements with Ornan:

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

21 And as David came to Ornan, 

Ornan looked and saw David, 

and went out of the threshingfloor, 

and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, 

Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, 

that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: 

thou shalt grant it me for the full price: 

that the plague may be stayed from the people.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

23 And Ornan said unto David, 

Take it to thee, and let my lord the king 

do that which is good in his eyes: 

lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, 

and the threshing instruments for wood, 

and the wheat for the meat offering; 

I give it all.

24 And king David said to Ornan, 

Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: 

for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, 

nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

25 So David gave to Ornan for the place 

six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

David builds an altar.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, 

and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, 

and called upon the Lord; 

and he answered him from heaven 

by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

Peace reigns.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

27 And the Lord commanded the angel; 

and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

1 Chronicles 21:1-30

King James Version

28 At that time when David saw 

that the Lord had answered him 

in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, 

then he sacrificed there.

29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, 

which Moses made in the wilderness, 

and the altar of the burnt offering, 

were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: 

for he was afraid 

because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

Many have no idea GOD's POWER.

But look what He can have ONE of His angels do:

2 Kings 19:35

King James Version

35 And it came to pass that night, 

that the angel of the Lord went out, 

and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 

an hundred fourscore and five thousand: 

and when they arose early in the morning, 

behold, they were all dead corpses.

That's 185,000 that perished in a night.

And that's from only ONE angel the LORD commands.

GOD is no respecter of persons.

He takes no favorites.

King, or commoner, we're all subject to GOD's laws.

May we refrain from this sin of pride, and vanity.

Especially of numbering.

The only thing JESUS cares to number are these:

Luke 12:7

King James Version

7 But even the very hairs of your head 

are all numbered. 

Fear not therefore: 

ye are of more value 

than many sparrows.

Luke 15:3-7

King James Version

3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, 

if he lose one of them, 

doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 

and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

5 And when he hath found it, 

he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And when he cometh home, 

he calleth together his friends and neighbours, 

saying unto them, 

Rejoice with me; 

for I have found my sheep which was lost.

7 I say unto you, 

that likewise joy shall be in heaven 

over one sinner that repenteth, 

more than over ninety and nine just persons, 

which need no repentance.

Apart from that?

It's all vanity.

*NOTE:

The "Chronicles" book cited here says it was Satan who "provoked" David to number Israel.

The "Samuel" book says the LORD "moved" David to do so.

2 Samuel 24:1

King James Version

24 And again the anger of the Lord 

was kindled against Israel, 

and he moved David against them to say, 

Go, number Israel and Judah.

Which one do we follow?

That's the beauty of the Bible for a born again.

SPIRIT invites us to look deeper.

Which we already have an idea of.

But it will have to be for a future post.

Related material: 

On ANGELS

Sin AWARENESS

GOD's WRATH

GOD's numbers

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