PROFANING THE COVENANT The objective of this lesson is to reveal the spiritual and practical consequences of profaning God’s covenant by rejecting His Word, His fatherhood, and the godly traditions handed down through the fathers. It seeks to show how rebellion against God’s covenant inevitably leads to moral corruption, societal decay, and divine judgment, while also encouraging believers to remain faithful to the covenant for the blessings of God’s mercy and protection. PROFANING THE COVENANT Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: The objective of this lesson is to reveal the spiritual and practical consequences of profaning God’s covenant by rejecting His Word, His fatherhood, and the godly traditions handed down through the fathers. It seeks to show how rebellion against God’s covenant inevitably leads to moral corruption, societal decay, and divine judgment, while also encouraging believers to remain faithful to the covenant for the blessings of God’s mercy and protection. Synopsis: In Profaning the Covenant, Pastor Marcos examines Malachi 2:10 as a prophetic warning against turning away from God and His covenant. The study begins with the foundational truth that God is a God of covenant, upholding creation through His divine order. Unlike inanimate objects and animals, humans—made in His image—possess the ability to reason and thus bear responsibility for obedience or disobedience to His covenant. Tracing back to Adam’s transgression in Eden, Pastor Marcos highlights how covenant violations are rooted in believing lies over God’s Word. Rejection of God’s Word equates to rejecting His fatherhood, His role as Creator, and His holy commands that govern human relationships. This rebellion, seen in idolatry and in the corruption of marriage, reflects a predictable downward spiral: first denying God, then redefining or profaning His holy institutions. Pastor Marcos applies these truths to modern culture, showing how evolutionary theories and humanistic ideologies serve as covers for rebellion against God. This rejection escalates into moral relativism, where society calls evil good and questions God’s justice. Yet, Scripture warns that God’s judgment will come with certainty, burning away the wicked like stubble. Despite the severity of judgment, the message ends with hope. To those who remain faithful, the “Sun of Righteousness” will arise with healing and restoration. God promises to turn the hearts of fathers to children and children to fathers, preserving those who cling to covenant faithfulness. Ultimately, this teaching urges believers not to fall for lies that lure them away from godly traditions. Instead, they must honor the covenant, live under God’s fatherhood, and walk in His Word to avoid the curse of rebellion and to partake in His promised blessings. Inspired Teaching: Malachi 2:10 “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another by profaning the covenant of the fathers?” In this lesson we are going to explore what the consequences are of turning our backs on God and the godly traditions that were handed down to us by the fathers. In our opening text we see an immediate progression of what happens when we reject God’s covenant. God is a God of covenant, He is in covenant with all the creation, both animate and inanimate, everything functions because of His covenant that He keeps with His creation. Inanimate objects just follow the laws of nature to which they are subject to. Animate creatures like animals just follow the laws that they are subject to by their natural instincts. However, we human creatures were created in the image of God with the ability to reason out intelligently the very laws (covenant) to which we are subject to, and thereby, we have the ability to understand the benefits and the consequences that our obedience or disobedience to those laws will bring upon us. Hosea 6:7 “But like men (literally, Adam) they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.” The first violation of God’s covenant was committed by Adam the first man, and the nature of the violation had to do with him believing the words of Satan, who told him that he was naked and therefore he was no good to God, over the words of God, who had told Adam that he was good even though he was naked: Genesis 1:31 “Then God saw everything that He had made (including Adam and Eve who were both naked), and indeed was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Genesis 2:25 “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed (until Satan told them that they were both naked).” So that in their nature, all covenant violations have as their roots rebellion against the Word of God! We see that in our opening text, where the prophet has to ask out loud: Have we not all one Father? Rejection of His Word is in essence a rejection of His Fatherhood over us, which in turn leads men to deny that they were created by Him in the first place, that is why the prophet asks secondly: Has not one God created us? And of course, if we reject God’s Word as stated in His covenant that governs the interactions of men (love thy neighbor), then we end up with the: Why do we deal treacherously with one another. Hello! Because we are profaning God’s covenant with the fathers, that is why we are in the mess we are in. The teaching of evolution is in essence a cover for those who do not want to be under the rules of God’s covenant with the fathers. In order to deny the existence of God as our Father and Creator they needed to replace God’s Word with a myth, in order to dupe the less informed into thinking that they are not really in rebellion to the governing covenant of God’s law when they deny their Creator. That ruse worked only for a little while by having so called scientists teach that such a myth was scientifically possible, until DNA proved them all wrong, but that hasn’t stopped them, proving to all that it was never truth that they were after, it was unadulterated rebellion against God and His covenant all along that drove them. Malachi 2:11 “Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah has profaned the Lord’s holy institution which He loves: he has married the daughter of a foreign god.” The prophet Malachi is dealing with two separate issues that have relevance to one another, he is first dealing with a spiritual issue, and secondly, with a physical one. The spiritual issue is their idolatry, and the physical issue is their violation of the institution of marriage. Violation of God’s covenant which is spiritual adultery in nature, is always followed by the violation of God’s laws that govern the physical interactions of mankind. We see that in our culture today, first comes the rejection of God as our Father and Creator, which is then followed by the rejection of the Lord’s holy institutions, such as that of marriage being between a man and a woman. The profaning of God’s covenant always follows a natural and predictable progression that is fraught with evil consequences. But wait it gets worse! Malachi 2:12 “May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, being awake and aware, yet who brings an offering to the Lord of Hosts!” The evolution of their rebellion is now very clear. There is now proof available to the nations of the world, scientific proof, that God is not only our Father and Creator, but that He is coming back soon to establish His kingdom here on earth, and yet their rebellion is breathtaking, to the point that they think that God will have to accept their redefinition of God’s holy institutions which they have perverted. Malachi 2:17 “You have wearied the Lord with your words; yet you say, ‘In what way have we wearied Him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’” Once their cover was blown and were finally out of excuses about God’s true existence, they resorted to redefining the terms of God’s covenant by saying: Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, after all, they say, God is love, and then they comfort themselves by saying: Where is the God of justice? In other words, we have been getting away with it all these many years, why judge us now? Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, that will leave them neither root nor branch.” God’s wheels of justice may seem to move slowly to the wicked, but when they finally come there will be no compromise, for the Lord’s covenant is unbreakable, immutable, and unchangeable. The only protection afforded to us is to stay connected to the roots of the covenant which God handed down to us through the fathers, by keeping the godly traditions and acknowledging Him who created us and who sustains us. Malachi 4:2-3 “But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this, says the Lord.” It pays to stay faithful to the covenant, for after all, our God is a merciful God who loves us, but if we disown Him, He will disown us and have no choice other than to reject those who reject Him. Malachi 4:6 “And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” Let us strive to make sure that our hearts are towards the godly traditions that the fathers have handed down to us, let us remain faithful to them, do not fall for the persuading lies of the devil that prompt you to break away from tradition, for if you do, your feet are not swift enough to deliver you from the strike of the curse upon the earth that follows such treacherous rebellion. Previous Next Home

PSALM 90 The objective of this lesson is to reveal the hidden prophetic depth within Psalm 90, showing how Moses encoded an overview of human history, time, and eternity. The study emphasizes the brevity of life, the inevitability of trials, and the hope of eternal glory for those who walk in faith. It aims to teach believers how to view time from God’s perspective, to number their days with wisdom, and to live passionately for God while leaving behind a legacy of faith and righteousness. PSALM 90 Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: The objective of this lesson is to reveal the hidden prophetic depth within Psalm 90, showing how Moses encoded an overview of human history, time, and eternity. The study emphasizes the brevity of life, the inevitability of trials, and the hope of eternal glory for those who walk in faith. It aims to teach believers how to view time from God’s perspective, to number their days with wisdom, and to live passionately for God while leaving behind a legacy of faith and righteousness. Synopsis: In Psalm 90, Moses offers a sweeping vision of God’s eternal nature contrasted with man’s fleeting existence. The psalm begins by affirming the Lord as humanity’s dwelling place throughout all generations, pointing to a timeline of 144 generations culminating in the last days. Moses reveals that life is a cycle of turning and returning, where death precedes new life, and mortality is transformed into immortality through Christ. Verses 2–4 expand on the vastness of God’s eternity—time flowing from “everlasting to everlasting.” Human existence, by contrast, is fragile, like grass that flourishes in the morning but withers by evening. Yet within this frailty lies the promise of transcendence, where trials and afflictions are not meaningless but part of God’s refining work. The psalm underscores life’s brevity—seventy or eighty years—and the reality that without faith, it is filled only with labor and sorrow. But for the believer, life points to a glorious destiny: the rapture, resurrection, and eternal dwelling with Christ. Passion for God, rooted in reverence and dependence on His mercy, becomes the key to wisdom. The prayer of the psalmist becomes ours: to live joyfully under God’s mercy, to endure affliction knowing it brings greater glory, and to pass on faith to the next generation. The psalm closes with a plea for God to establish the work of our hands. True legacy is not found in earthly achievements but in works anchored in God, which He alone sustains into eternity. Thus, Psalm 90 teaches us to measure time not by fleeting days, but by eternal impact, living with heaven as our final home. Inspired Teaching: Psalm 90:1 "Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations." Moses wrote twelve psalms, songs that the children of Israel were to memorize and recall, in pretty much the same manner that we remember the lyrics of songs today that we learned in days past. Except that in the songs that Moses wrote he encoded messages that would reveal to those living in the end times the events that would befall them. Psalm 90 to 100 record eleven songs and Deuteronomy chapter thirty two records the other one. This is what Moses said about the songs that he wrote: Deuteronomy 32:46-47 "...Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. For it is not a futile thing for you, (memorizing the words) because it is (the story of) your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess." Notice that Psalm 90 begins with the words our dwelling place in all generations, meaning that within this Psalm we should find encoded an abbreviated history of the human race from our first generation to the last one. Generations: A revolution of time, an age. From a root word that means; to gyrate (move in a circle). Strong's # 1755 & 1752 I believe that there are 144 generations from Adam and Eve to the last generation, out of which some will be rapture out of this world before that last generation comes to an end, and the rest, those who are left behind, will go through God's refining fire before their time for entering into God's Day of Rest comes to pass for all those who are qualified to enter it after going through His Day of Wrath. Psalm 90:2 "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God." Everlasting to everlasting speaks of the time that existed before our present time began which I call Infinity Time, which is also the time place that we will be going to after our present time which I call Eternity Time ends. So that our present existence came out from infinity and it will return back to infinity, after the completion of a gyration of time which is measured as 144 generations. Everlasting: Concealed, the vanishing point, time out of mind (past or future). From a root word that means; terminus, (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity. Strong's # 5769 & 5703 So that once our present time and space which I call Eternity Time reaches the vanishing point, all the present creation will be done away with by fervent heat, and a new heaven and a new earth will be created and advanced into Infinity Time for perpetuity, with all those humans who passed the test elevated into a new existence as jewels for the crown of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, the son of man, the firstborn over all creation. Those human jewels being formed out of the trials of faith from of all seven dispensations. Psalm 90:3 "You turn man to destruction, and say, 'Return, O children of men.'" Verse three deals with the process of turning and returning. Before something can be constructed it first has to be destructed. Before man can be clothed in infinity he first has to experience the nakedness of death; one cannot ascend unless one first descends, that's the principle of creation. A seed cannot germinate unless it dies to self first, then and only then it can transcend. That is the duality of all the creation. So that within the first three verses of Psalm 90 we see the hidden mystery of time before and time after, the revolutions of time and the product of time. One hundred and forty four generations in seven dispensations of time turning and returning: 144 + 7 + 2 = 153. John 21:11 "Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken." The number one hundred and fifty-three symbolizes the final tally of all the souls that transcend from their mortality into life everlasting: out of every generation and out of every dispensation they were marked for destruction, the destruction of their mortality, into the immortality of their deliverer, the One who conquered death, hell and the grave. The One who has been given a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess that He is Lord to the glory of God our Father. Psalm 90:4 "For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night." In verse four we see the propagation of time from the spiritual vantage point. To us time is set because we are confined to the present, we live from day to day, one day at the time. Not so for the spiritual dwellers, one day for them can mean a thousand years or a fourth of one night. The idea here is for us to keep life within the proper perspective; life is a process of ebb and flow, starting and ending, waxing and waning. We have a tendency to succumb to the finality of things, when in reality nothing is final until we are finally in His glorious presence. For there the pain ends, the suffering is no more, the tears no longer flow, and in the knowledge of Him we transcend time itself. That is the lesson that we can learn from this Psalm, that we can live in His presence right now by faith and make that our final answer. Psalm 90:5-9 "You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers. For we have been consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath we are terrified. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; we finish our years like a sigh." Verses five through nine describe the process of our turning and returning. Like a flood and like a dream and like the grass that grows up, here one moment and gone the next. Oh the futility that life is without faith that transcends a life of mortality. Though mortals in the human sense, though bound to the present tense, consumed and terrified as we see our days passing away, still we dare to raise our faith above the mundane. You see, when our spirit dares to believe that there is more to life than what we see with our mortal eyes; when we look at our afflictions through the spiritual perspective of time, infinite time, then life is a joyous journey. For the joy that was set before Him Christ endured the horrors of the cross. If we stay focus on the price we can overcome the pain and make our present life a spiritual Eden. Romans 8:18 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Don't you wish sometimes, when we find ourselves in the middle of a very difficult and unpleasant situation, that we could just fly away somewhere? There is such a place for the child of faith, a place that can only be reached through the wings of prayer and praise. It is called the place of sweet surrender; it is the place where we lay down our struggles, our fears and doubts, our lack of understanding and all our sorrows. There we just simply resign ourselves to His good and perfect will for us. Psalm 90:10 "The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." For the joy that is set before us, if we can have but a taste of it, can make us do what no other non human creature could ever achieve: Belief. We could call it faith, or trust , or rapture, or complete abandonment to a cause, but real faith is rooted in the knowledge that we are loved, that we are accepted, that we transcend time and space, that we are very valuable to someone who is very special. Our destiny could never be fulfilled by the things of this world, for we are not made of things that go to waste; we are eternal! Every joint, every marrow, every bone and every sinew, every cell and every atom that our bodies are comprise of will someday be made eternal in the fashion of the resurrected body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who flew away, but according to His promises is soon coming back for us. John 14:1-3 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." So that after the overall journey for all mankind is marked out in verses five through nine, the individual's journey is set as a brief one, marked with labor and sorrow but with the steadfast promise of soon being cut off and then we fly away. Psalm 90:11 "Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath." Here is the essence of the lesson that life teaches us: Passion is the human virtue that must be channeled in the right or godly direction. Our God is a passionate God, our Savior is a passionate Savior, our love and convictions for Him must as well be full of passion. A passion for life is a passion for God. The passionate does not quit just because the going gets a little hard. The fear of the righteous is the thought that they may fail to fulfill God's destiny for their lives. Psalm 90:12 "So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Passion teaches patience, the patient learns the wisdom that says: the attainment of the goal is all that really matters. Is not how we get to heaven that's important, getting there that's the thing! Is not what we take to heaven that matters but who we take to heaven! The desire of the passionate is this: Psalm 90:13 "Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants." The worst thing that a believer could ever do is to fall in love with the world. Earthly desires must never trump our heavenly calling. The best way to stay focus is to be dependent and remain dependent of His Grace and Mercy at all times. Psalm 90:14 "Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days!" Misguided passion tends to lead us into worthless religion. The sooner we learn that within us nothing good dwells, the better we are. Because true passion will lead us to the cross road of total and complete dependence on Him. True brokenness can make us to be glad all of our days, because in true brokenness there is no fear, because perfect love casts out all fear! Psalm 90:15 "Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil." In verse fifteen we see the law of cause and effect at work; this law not only applies to the physical universe, but is one of those laws that transcends and has a spiritual application as well. Is the law of sowing and reaping, and it has to do with the fact that the more affliction a person endures, the greater the rewards. The more that we die (to self) the greater that our life experience will be. In the natural, the greater the pain, the greater the gain. In the spiritual, true life can best be experienced from our death bed. Where the emphasis is not placed in what we have lived, but rather, in what we have failed to live. In the spiritual realm perspective is everything. Psalm 90:16 "Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children." If our lives do not leave a legacy of glory, glory to the One who is faithful and by us being faithful and passing on our faithfulness to our children, then what that means is that we did not fully appreciate the work that was assigned to us in this life, for after all we are but one in one hundred and forty-four generations. Look at nature itself and it will tell you that existence without propagation is extinction of the species. Psalm 90:17 "And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands." Only God can sustain and maintain the work of a person after they fly away, and it is only when we labor in His work that our labor will never be in vain! As it is written: Isaiah 61:3 "...To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified." 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WHEN YOU PUT JESUS FIRST The objective of this teaching is to encourage believers to prioritize Jesus Christ above all else, recognizing that putting Him first transforms every area of life. By confessing Christ before others, living without fear of men, and walking daily in faith and obedience, Christians experience the revelation of God’s truth, the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, and the assurance of their eternal value in God’s eyes. WHEN YOU PUT JESUS FIRST Minister Lisa Kane June 8, 2025 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to encourage believers to prioritize Jesus Christ above all else, recognizing that putting Him first transforms every area of life. By confessing Christ before others, living without fear of men, and walking daily in faith and obedience, Christians experience the revelation of God’s truth, the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, and the assurance of their eternal value in God’s eyes. Synopsis: In this lesson, Lisa Kane explores Matthew 10, highlighting the call to boldly confess Jesus before men and the blessings that follow when believers put Him first. The teaching emphasizes that fear of people and circumstances must be replaced by fear of God, who alone holds eternal authority over body and soul. Through examples from personal life, scripture, and ministry, Lisa illustrates how God reveals hidden truths, gives direction through His Spirit, and confirms His presence in moments of obedience. Believers are reminded that confessing Christ publicly stems from the intimacy of the “secret place” with God, where prayer and devotion cultivate strength for witness. Prioritizing Jesus above family ties, personal desires, or worldly concerns may bring division, but it also secures the believer’s eternal standing before the Father. The message concludes by affirming that Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross proves our immense value to Him, and in response, we are called to love Him above all, walking daily in boldness, faithfulness, and love. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I'm teaching this lesson today on Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. Lord, I pray over the listeners to hear your word, to receive your word, that their hearts and minds, ears and eyes are prepped and ready, and that they not only receive, but apply it to their hearts and minds, to their lives, that they walk in your word in confidence, in boldness, in faithfulness. And I thank you Lord that your Holy Spirit is imparting upon the listeners here and now to have a change of life and be bold in com uh confessing you before men and not to be afraid of men. Thank you Lord. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Welcome. Glad you can join me today. Uh this uh teaching is called when you put Jesus first. Let's go to our opening scripture here. uh Matthew 10:32. We'll be focusing on Matthew uh 10 quite a bit today. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my father which is in heaven. So we're going to be talking about confessing. We are going to be talking about how when you put Jesus first and he becomes a priority in your life, what happens next? And you're going to see that here. Now, as a reminder for those who are new, when you see a w a word here that's in bold, that's the word in the King James version. And the word in parentheses afterwards is another translation of that word from um esord. That's where I get it from. And I put those extra words in there. It really helps us to see the meaning behind what the translation was from the original. In this case, we're in the New Testament. So, it's the original Greek to English. And so, we're going to be uh looking at that. So, let's talk about confessing. What happens when you put Jesus first in your life? What does that do to you? Let's start here in Matthew 10 uh verse 26. It says, "Fear them not." And that word fear is be alarmed not. So, basically, don't be alarmed. Fear them not, therefore, or do not be alarmed of them. For there is nothing covered or hidden that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known or concealed not be known. So we as believers have a right to know the mystery behind the scriptures and behind what God is doing. He is sharing that to those of us who get closer to God and put God first. So, one of the first things that happens, and there's no particular order of these at all. This is just a transformation of what happens to our minds and our hearts and our bodies. I hope I didn't make that sound too loud. Um, when we put Jesus first and he's saying that first of all, don't fear anyone else. And we're going to talk more about this fear in just a moment, but he says, "Do not fear them, for there's nothing covered that shall not be revealed." In other words, everything that goes on, even behind the scenes in the dark places where people think they're doing secret sin, guess what? As a believer in Christ, we know because there's a little birdie telling us. And his name is the Holy Spirit. He's showing us that it's going to be revealed, meaning the cover, the darkness is going to come out of that. It's going to be off of that. And then he's saying that um whatever is concealed that shall not be known. So let's read that again just straight through. Fear them not therefore for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and he that shall not be known. So we will know these things as believers in Christ. Okay, that's good. Let's continue on because we are talking about what happens when you put Jesus first. You know how uh Matthew 6 uh 333 says uh seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and then all these things will be added unto you. Well, part of seek first the kingdom of God, that's the ministry and then seek first the uh and his righteousness. That's personal change that takes place and then all these things will be added unto you. So, this is a gift that you're seeing that the Holy Spirit will reveal the things that are going on behind the scenes. And I'm gonna tell you right now, I've had some revelations given to me that I was like, "Oh." So, you know, for those that don't believe, they're not going to understand this, but those of us who put Jesus first in our lives, we're we've got a gift that the Holy Spirit is going to talk through us. So, let's continue on. Verse 27. What I tell you in darkness or dimness, obscurity, that's speaking in light. And let me focus a little bit on this. Sometimes we don't understand why or what God asks us to do. Uh for example, I was in praise and worship this morning uh at church and wow, the anointing was so strong and I was just weeping, but there's a person that came to mind and I texted her a word from the Lord. I don't know what's going on there, but I know if I'm obedient to the Lord, he's speaking to her. And she responded in kind. So you can see that he says, "So what I tell you in darkness, uh, and sometimes dimness, obscurity, like sometimes in a dream, you might get something from the Lord and you'll be like, "What was that?" And it was interesting because I've had a couple of dreams over this past week and um maybe a week and a half. And what is just so interesting, I got a word from the Lord through scripture and a sister had given me a word from the Lord from another scripture. put those scriptures together and everything I experienced, not just the dreams, but everything I was doing in real life was spoken in those scriptures. And I was like, "Oh, that's the Lord speaking to me." Which he was telling me not to fear them. I went um yesterday, uh, excuse me, Friday to see an aunt and uncle. Uh, he had just gotten out of the hospital, been through a lot. We basically witnessed and prayed over them and anointed them with oil. And was interesting is my aunt confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. And she just she got touched. So very excited about that. But that was the word that the Lord was giving me again through dimness and obscurity or darkness. And he says, "Speak that in light." So when we got there, I wasn't afraid. I just spoke the truth. Here, I bought you a Bible. We want to pray with you. We want to put the anointing on the Lord. And they were accepting of it. There's nothing to be ashamed about that because you'll be surprised how much people want this. In fact, I remember days of my youth many many years ago like 30ome years ago as a young woman of God and we went door to door and I kept thinking this is just oh people are not going to you know you're invading their privacy basically. But every door we went to and knocked on and we asked do you just need prayer? You want us to pray with you? They all said yes. So you'll be surprised what the Holy Spirit is doing behind the scenes when you walk out in faith like that. Amen. So he says um and what ye hear in the ear that preach ye upon the housetops. Now I hear from the Lord every day because I spend time in the word. I am constantly putting God first. He is my priority. So he start I start them off every day and I end them off every night. And when you do that, you're going to hear the word of God speak to you. And this is why I wanted to kind of teach on this because this is one of the scriptures that the Lord gave me this week in regards to visiting my aunt and uncle and walking in the gifts and walking in faith which I just been talking about walking in the gifts. So we need to seek first our God have that relationship with him and you see all these things are going to be given unto us which are these gifts that the Holy Spirit gives to us. So as you can see here he says teach it, preach it, get it out on the housetops. let everybody know what's going on because you have a light that's inside of you that's manifesting out of you and yeah, they want to see that and they, you know what, they respond to that. Like I said, my aunt, I spoke to her the week before and told her we were coming out because it's it's a bit of a drive to get to her. She's in another state, but it was just interesting to see how she responded. And it was, I'm just coming out in faith. I'm going to put the Lord first and then I'm going to come over here and pray for you because I love you. And when that love Oh my goodness. Her and I were crying on the phone. Anyways, the Lord moves. And that is the anointing there. And I love that. So, we want to teach it. You want to get it out there. You want to tell people about it. And it says, "Fear." Here it goes again about fear. And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Now, there's a very interesting scripture. It's not one I hear uh spoken on quite often, but there are killers out there, and it's more than just a person. And we're talking there's a spirit of killing that is out there. That's for another teaching. I can teach on that another time. There's a an avenger there. All of these spiritual things are going on in the background. Well, here's what's so interesting is there are other things that are killing us every day. It could be the sun rays. It could be the medications we're taking. There's consequences to all of this cuz see our flesh is just that. It's flesh. It's dying. Every day we get up, we age another day. Doesn't start over. We don't go back to our youth. At least not in the physical without God. When you put God first in your life, here is another thing that happens. When you put Jesus first, you wake up renewed, refreshed. His uh joy is his mercies are new every day. You have that opportunity to start a new day over with him. Again, this is why I start with him first every morning. Pull out my scripture. We pray and I've got my set I'm an intercessory prayer warrior. So, I pray every I have a set set of prayers that I do for each day of the week. And this is because I give God glory. I put him first in my life and then all the rest of the things. Now I I will tell you, am I aging still? Yes. Am I aging better than some? Yes. Am I aging a little slower or something? Yes. And it's not because of my bathroom routine or the soaps I use. It's because I spend time with Jesus first. He's the oh, I don't want to use the term magic elixir for the youth or the fountain of youth, but he is our life. And when you put him first, you have life. You see, Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is life." We have life and life abundantly when we put Jesus first in our lives. Amen. Continuing on to verse 29. Now I want you to get this and and understand. He says, "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father, but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows." You see, God takes care of the sparrows. He takes care of all the birds out there. They are wellfed. They die when he says they're to die. He does all and he then he comes out and says, "But how much more valuable are you than them?" He even knows how many hairs you have on your body at any given time. And that changes by the second. I mean, because especially the older you get, your hair thins out, you're losing hair, and then you end up and then you end up with extra hair in places you're not supposed to. That's okay because this is how God knows us at every moment of every day. You see, he's out of time. He's not aging. He's the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Whereas you and I are outside of him. We're in time. So, we change. I'm not the same person I was 20 years ago. For that matter, I'm not the same person I was five years ago. It it is amazing to see even after being a Christian since I was six how my relationship with the Lord transformed and changed throughout the ages of all these years of the decades you know I am going on 56 years old no I'm 56 going on 57 something like that but I know this I know that the Lord is first in my life and because I put him first my entire being transformed. I'm not the same. I am not going to be the same either because I don't want to go back that way. I want to go forward and be closer to the Lord, especially now that I know how valuable I am to him. This is why Jesus went to the cross and died for me and for you. It was the most difficult thing to do and there's so much he did in that moment. But he did it because he loves us. He considers us valuable. He paid the ransom for you and I because we were taken captive and he set us free with his act on the cross. And it's it's incredible. And and when you get that suddenly it now the reverse happens. He's more valuable to me than anything else in this world or that what this world can offer. I mean, I just love the fact that I have breath in my lungs. Yeah. I I'm also getting aches and pains as I age. Um I also seeing the as I age, you know, more wrinkles, but I'm walking more in wisdom now. And I wouldn't change it for a thing. I love the way the knowledge I have today with my Lord. And I don't want to go back. My eternity actually has already begun. And part of that was when I accepted Christ into my heart when I was six. I was waterbaptized when I was nine. And the Lord has transformed my life. And he continues to do it every day. My relationship has grown exponentially. And it continues to grow because I put him first. It is an action on my part and I encourage you to act on that too. Make him a priority because he's more valuable than all the money in the world. And I promise you that. Amen. Continuing on now, we're in verse 32. This is our opening scripture. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my father which is in heaven. Now see, when you enter into the world, so you spent secret time with the Lord, you were in hidden because you put him first. You you said, "I'm going to read this morning." That was just you and him in that quiet, private moment. And you decided to open up that word and you read it. Well, then he talks to you through that word and he says, "Go confess it to those out there." And so what you did in secret becomes public because of God. You see this is why when you do secret things, secret sin, it will become public. Now you have to confess that before the Lord and say, I do not want to live like that. So the question to ask here now and to ask yourself this is am I doing something in secret in with the Lord and is it possible that he could reveal that and it's like he can do anything. So if he's going to reveal that eventually, then maybe you ought to confess, repent, and turn your life around so that what you're doing in the darkness, which is I praise the Lord in the darkness. And when you're doing that, it comes out in the forefront, especially, you know, as you are confessing before men, you're acknowledging Jesus before men. He's going to acknowledge you before his father, our father who art in heaven. And then verse 33 says, "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven." And denial there means to contradict or disavow. You go against what God is doing. And I can there's a lot of examples I can use and the one that comes to my mind right now is which I think is a classic example is the hatred of our president Trump. People hate him. They have their reasons and they're probably justified. But see, God asks you to forgive. And if you're not going to do that, see, God has forgiven. And if you're supposed to be Christlike, then you need to line up with him and forgive. If you're not going to do that, now you're just portraying anger and hatred out against him to the world. Well, guess what God is going to do to you? See, that comes back to you because of the choice in the decision that you decided to make on that. And this is where we have to realize even if we disagree and there, you know, we're we bigly or majorly disagree, that still means God is still in control and he's all about mercy. So, we need to line up and have mercy with him. Give him that mer give the mercy to the Lord and give the hatred to the Lord. Have mercy and say, "You know what, Lord? I'm going to take my eyes off of him. Take my eyes off of the hatred. I'm going to put my eyes on you. I'm gonna fix my eyes on you. And that is where the change begins in your life because you put Jesus first in your life. This is another thing that all of this section of scripture just talks about what happens when you put Jesus first in your life. This is why I entitled this message the way I did. Look at this now. Uh verse 34. Think not that I am come to send peace and on earth by the way the word peace there is also means prosperity says I came not to sense peace but a sword or war punishment you see a lot of people think that when you become a Christian you're all at peace and the God of peace is upon us but that doesn't mean he doesn't change the actions of the world. War still takes place. Racism is still out there. Hatred is still out there. And by the way, people who believe in Christ can also hate. So you have all of this activity still going on because Jesus didn't come to bring peace. What did he come to do? says in verse 35, "For I am come to set a man at variance, or to make a part against his father, and the daughter against his mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes to hate shall be they of his own household." Those that are going to hate you are your own household. This is why one of the things I was worried about going to visit my aunt uncle to pray over them was what they believe in versus what I believe in. I thought maybe this is going to turn into a clash of religion talk or you know politic talk at at the dinner table for your loved ones like at Thanksgiving or Christmas. But it didn't turn into that. One of the reasons is I went to the Lord, gave it to the Lord. I had people calling and texting me saying what's going on because the spirit was doing a rally call to those around me saying pray for her. pray for her family and the Lord was moving and he moved in that area and that's why it happened the way it did. I put Jesus first. Do you want your loved ones saved? If so, that you got to put Jesus first. Cuz see, one of the things that I know was one of the key factors here was when I was talking to her on the phone over several conversations, I would tell her, "I love you and I love Uncle so and so trying to keep this uh private for them. I would confess the love over them and you know what that resonated with them. See, I'm not here to force anything on anyone. You don't like this, turn it off. Walk away. But if you're really somebody who wants to put Jesus first in your life, there are consequences to putting Jesus first in your life, that's saving your family, that's saving your neighbors, that's ministering at church, but it's mostly being in the secret place with the Lord. Psalm 91. And I've taught a lot on Psalm 91 throughout the years. You can go see a whole I think one year I think almost every single message I taught that entire year had to do with get into the secret place of the Lord because what he does in secret he what you do in secret is going to be revealed. Now continuing on, he says um he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross followeth after me is not worthy of me. What he's saying here is what is your priority? Are you trying to be better than your parents? Maybe at a certain age you the rebellion you had is kind of still secretly there as you got older and now you know they're getting up there in age and you've seen them change but you're like I remember them the way they were. Well, see this is where you have to let the Lord change you too. And we are in a season right now where I see it happening on a personal level for a lot of people, but there's still a lot of people out there that are full of hate. And the anti-semitism right now is just absolutely incredible. I I if you would asked me 10 years ago that this was even possible, I I would have said, "Well, maybe some, but this is at a level where it's on a corporate level, on a national level, on a city level, on a the hatred and the anger is really, really bad towards um the Jewish community. I mean, to the point where they're just shooting them in the back, which is what happened a couple weeks ago to a beautiful uh couple that he was about to propose to her. And you know, but they're hopefully with the Lord right now, just resting in peace. And right now our job is to be in the secret confessing Jesus asking him to remove that hatred from us. Asking him to remove the hurt from us because a lot of hatred is driven by hurt. So we just have to say, "Lord, I want to be healed by you and I'm going to let this go." And and you just give it to the Lord. And notice it says here in love. Look at that. It says in love. Says he that love. So he's talking about love. So if your active love is towards your family, towards uh other things, you might even love the hatred you have towards President Trump. You might love that more. That's an act of love because you're spending and dwelling so much time on it. That's your act of love. So how do you get your act of love to change? You have to put Jesus first in your life. And to do that is to come into your secret place. This is what I do in here. And when I again, it's first thing I do in the morning. It's the last thing I do at night. I pray and I read the word of God because he's more valuable to me. And I love him more than any other thing out in the world. In fact, this world has nothing to offer me anymore. I choose Christ and I look forward to being in his presence. Now, I'm not going to jump the gun or do anything stupid. I have a job here to do. I'm going to do it and I'm going to do it out of love because one of the things that he revealed to me in the last couple years of my life is that he loves everybody else just as much as he loves me. And if I'm gonna line myself up with him and I'm gonna be like Jesus, then I'm going to love them like he loves them. Now, I may not be able to do it to the full extent like he went to the cross. I can't do that. But what I can do is I can pray, intercede, and just say, "Lord, I forgive them." And when I forgive, he's obligated to forgive. And that's found in Matthew 6. So this is a time and a season where we want to humble ourselves before the Lord and show him our love by spending time with him. Now it is prophesied in Matthew 24 that love will grow cold. Well, let me tell you something. It might be cold. Maybe I'm not doing it to the full extent of of generations like the disciples did after they saw what Jesus went through. I'm sure they believed and love God so much so that they went to the cross for him. I don't know that I could ever do that, but I know this. My eyes are fixed on him. I choose him first in my life. And because I do that, all of these things happen in my life. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for touching our hearts and allowing love to grow in our hearts. So that we show our appreciation and love for you in the secret place that is revealed in the public. that we are interceding and praying for those and that what you reveal to us in our secret place, we preach it out on the housetops or the rooftops to the world and we let them know that you're our priority. And because that we love you and now that I know you love the others, I am hoping and praying for them that not one soul is lost, which Jesus said they would not lose one. And I thank you for that, Father God. We love you and we praise you. We put you first in our lives in the name of Jesus. Amen. And amen. Thank you. God bless you and I will see you in the next teaching. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home

THE 490th The objective of this teaching is to explore the prophetic significance of the number 490 as revealed in Daniel 9:24, connecting it to God’s divine timeline for Israel and Jerusalem, and to highlight how this prophetic cycle reveals God’s plan for judgment, mercy, and ultimate redemption. It also aims to show believers the connection between prophecy, forgiveness, and God’s mercy, urging the church to recognize the urgency of salvation and the call to repentance before the final seven-year tribulation. THE 490th Minister Lisa Kane June 15, 2025 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to explore the prophetic significance of the number 490 as revealed in Daniel 9:24, connecting it to God’s divine timeline for Israel and Jerusalem, and to highlight how this prophetic cycle reveals God’s plan for judgment, mercy, and ultimate redemption. It also aims to show believers the connection between prophecy, forgiveness, and God’s mercy, urging the church to recognize the urgency of salvation and the call to repentance before the final seven-year tribulation. Synopsis: In this lesson, Lisa Kane examines Daniel 9:24 and the prophetic vision delivered by the angel Gabriel, which outlines a 490-year period assigned to Israel and Jerusalem. This period serves as God’s “to-do list” to bring an end to transgression, sin, and iniquity, to establish everlasting righteousness, to fulfill prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy One—Jesus Christ. The teaching explains how 483 years were fulfilled from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the crucifixion of Christ, leaving one final seven-year period still unfulfilled. This final period, described in Daniel and Revelation, corresponds to the tribulation where the Antichrist will rise, Israel will experience great turmoil, and God will pour out His wrath as both judgment and mercy—giving humanity one last chance to repent. Lisa also ties in Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness, emphasizing the significance of forgiving “seventy times seven” (490) as a reflection of God’s boundless mercy. Just as God extends repeated opportunities for repentance, believers are called to walk in continual forgiveness. The lesson closes with a call to action for the church to embrace grace now, boldly share the gospel, and help others escape judgment by pointing them to Jesus, whose mercies are new every morning. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kan and I'm recording this teaching on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, thank you for your word. Lord, your word will not return void and we know that your word that gets planted in our hearts will manifest later. So Lord, let the seeds be planted. Let us receive and be aware and hear your teaching today and know what mercy is about and know what your return is about. We thank you in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. I'm glad you can be here today to watch this lesson. It's um very interesting one, a little bit different. We're going to be talking about a number. So the number is the 490th. So let's go to our opening scripture here. Uh we're in Daniel 9:24. We're going to be uh in different scriptures but a lot in Daniel here 9. So uh let's start with reading. 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. So we're going to be talking about the number 490. And you're going to see here in a moment how 490 years are decreed or determined through uh to Israel and Jerusalem. And we're going to show what 490 represents and how God works in that time period, not just to the nation of Israel, but to the believer. And as a believer, these are things that we have to deal with. So now I also want to make sure that anyone who's new, you understand how I teach. So when I bring up a screen print like this or a screenshot uh PowerPoint presentation uh I bring up the scripture in King James version. The bold word is the original in King James. Anything in parenthesis is either something I've added or it is something that um is another word defined for that word through the Hebrews strong the strongs Hebrew Greek dictionary. Okay. Um, so I use that as my teaching tools when I'm here. So let's start off. We got to lay some foundation here to understand what 490 means. So right now what I'm showing you in Daniel 9 is Gabriel the angel is talking to Daniel. Daniel has fasted 21 days. He had a vision and so Gabriel is giving him this vision. It's the word from the Lord. So he says here 70 weeks. So the word week means year. Here it's translated as years. So we're looking at 490 year time period. And he says here 490 years are determined upon thy people. So he's talking to Daniel. So who is Daniel's people? The Israelites. So he's talking to Israel. And upon thy holy city. Who is the holy city? Jerusalem. It's capital of Israel to finish. Now I want you to see something here. God just assigned 490 years to Israel to accomplish this list of things that he has to do. So, you're about to see God's to-do list. Yes, God has a to-do list. And as he completes everything, he's going to be checking off his to-do list. We I I don't know about you, but I've used to-do list throughout the years of my life. Is a great tool to have. So here God is sharing his to-do list with us. Now I want to make certain that you understand something here. He is saying this is for Israel and Jerusalem. I don't see the church in there and I don't see the body of Christ in there. He doesn't say and righteous believers or anyone else like this. No, he says to Israel and Jerusalem. So let's go over this checklist. Let's lay this foundation so we can understand what the 490th is about. Amen. Okay. So it says to finish which is restrict withhold the transgression. A transgression is a re uh a revolt a rebellion. Now he assigned 490 years to Israel. Are people still revoling rebellion today? Yes. We're seeing protest uh over this weekend. No kings and then uh no kings day uh protest. you're seeing um anti-Israel protest and save Palestine and get rid of ISIS. All kinds of rebellions and revolts going on right now. So he says, okay, 490 years and and this was written probably about I don't know 500 years before Jesus, maybe a little less than that before Jesus was born. So, you're looking at a time period here that should have already been done, but it's not because Jesus came. Anyways, it tells you in Daniel. Let's go take a look at that. Says to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins. Now, a sin is an offense. You offend God when you sin. And it could be anything. Anything can offend, you know, if you choose to ignore him today. He's the farthest from your mind. That's sin. And and some people think, oh, it's just murder, lying, cheating, whatever. No, sin is just being away from God. That's also sin. So he says, okay, 490 years, I'm going to complete the rebellion. I'm going to shut that down. And then I'm going to shut down the offense, the sin. Okay? And this hasn't happened yet. What else is he going to do? and to make reconciliation for iniquity. He's going to cover or cancel perversity. Iniquity is being perverse. Now you're purposely doing something against God. You can see the different levels here. You've got a rebellion, you've got offense, and now you have intent. This is where someone is pervertly they're they're doing it on a a perverse way. they're um purposely misleading or purposely hurting. They have an intent to harm. That's what this is about. Again, he says though he's going to cover that. And that's interesting because see, none of that has happened yet, but he says he's going to do it. Now, remember, prophecy is still being fulfilled. So, this is all on the horizon. It is coming. It will be completed. says uh and to bring in everlasting righteousness. Now everlasting righteousness means you are righteous every moment of every day. I don't know about you, but when I go to sleep, what am I my dreams? I have no control over those. Am I not being righteous at that point? Am I sinning? You see, so we are not in this perfection of completion that God said he's going to do on his checklist. It's not there. What else did he say he's going to do? and to seal up vision and prophecy. So prophecy still has to be completed. Vision needs to complete it. All of God's written word still needs to be done. That hasn't happened. Even though he says, "I'm giving you 490 years to do this." So watch how this works out. Then he says, "And to anoint the most holy," which we know would be Jesus. We know that Jesus came and we know that he went to the cross and that he for is forgiving everyone. He brought mercy with him. He didn't come to judge the world. Not as the the son of God as the Messiah on the cross. He will judge later when he is king. He is coming back to that at the end of Revelation. You can go check that out. So now let's go to the next scripture because there has to be a butt in here because it hasn't happened yet. You see what I'm saying? So he says here, know therefore and understand. So he's telling you, I want you to think about this intellectually. I want you to cognitively think this through. Be pay attention. He says that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the prince. Stop here. He's giving us a window. It says when the command goes forth to restore and build Jerusalem. Okay, so Daniel lived at the time when Israel was taken into captivity under Babylon. Now remember, if you read all of the book of Daniel, you will find that there's Babylon, there's uh the prince of, let's see, Babylon, the Greeks, the Mes Persians, and then Rome. All of that is prophesied in Daniel, but Daniel is living in the time of Babylon. Nehemiah and Ezra, they're living about 20 to 30 years later. So when Nehemiah gets the king's decree, because see Nehemiah, go read the book of Nehemiah, go read the book of Ezra, they went and rebuilt the city because Jeremiah the prophet, all these prophets, Jeremiah the prophet actually prophesied and Daniel understood it that they would be in captivity for 70 years and they were. So that 70 years was coming up to an end. And so now the people of Israel can go back, but the place is a disaster. So Ezra and Nehemiah, they go back and rebuild and restore. They have a revival that actually takes place in this. Now imagine that happening to the church today. Amen. We rebuild. We go back and rebuild our holy temple with the Lord and and come into his sacrifices that way. Anyways, I digress. So here Dan, Gabriel's telling Daniel when that commandment goes forth and I'm guessing Daniel was alive at that time or he set people in motion to watch because remember the magi showed up when Jesus was a toddler and uh they they didn't actually show up at the manger. They showed up a couple years later following the the signs of the stars. That was implemented by Daniel because Daniel knew the numbers. He knew 490 but he also knew what this is about to say. So when that decree that's your starting point then it says unto Messiah the prince. So from the moment the decree that went through Nehemiah and from that king all the way to when Messiah would be born and raised. He says look at the what he says here. He says shall be seven weeks. Now here we go again. Weeks means years. 7 * 7 is 49. 49 years. This is and three score in 2 weeks which is 62 years or 62 * 7 is your 434 years plus that 49 because he's saying and so you got to add it together. You're looking at 483 years. So from Daniel's time, Nehemiah's time, all the way to when Jesus was born, there was 400 plus years, they call it the quiet time where God was not talking during that time. Uh so you see no activity in that time frame uh between those the minor prophets all the way up to when Jesus is born. Very quiet. So now he's saying there's going to be 483 years. And if you go back and look at history, there was. So when Jesus was cut off, now let's read the rest of it because I want you to understand. So he says uh 7 weeks, so 483 years says the street shall be built again and the wall even in trouble times. That's what Nehemiah, that's what Ezra did. They worked on that even and you can go read the trouble that they dealt with in that. It was incredible. Now uh you go to verse 26 and then it says after that time he says here after three score in two weeks. So take that whole time period and put it all together says after the 483 years because see that's the logical because that's when it happened was 43 83 years 483 years later. We're going to get to that in just a second. I want to uh go into that more detail. Shall Messiah be cut off? Okay. So from the time that Nehemiah was given to his his decree to go to Jerusalem to the time when Messiah was cut off, crucified, it would be a total of 483 years. Okay. Now, we don't know the exact dates and our calendars don't match. when I add up the numbers, I'm off by seven or eight years, which is very interesting because remember there's still seven years left after the 490. So there is uh this time period that's there and according to God and he has it in his calendar which is the most important calendar we see 483 years has been completed for Israel and Jerusalem. So 483 are done. And then Messiah was cut off. He was crucified. Now let's read the rest of that. Messiah shall be cut off or Messiah be cut off but not for himself. Remember Jesus first coming wasn't about him becoming king. Even though Israel said, "Oh, you're going to be our king. How are you going to restore the kingdom?" Even uh Peter and James and all of them were asking after he rose from the grave, are you going to restore Israel now? And then Jesus says, it's not for you to know the se times and the seasons. So they were looking for their king to restore the kingdom of Israel. They didn't realize that the prophecies, there's like two sets of prophecies, if you will. One set was for him to come as Messiah, as our savior and another one was to come as king. Now see, they thought savior of Israel because they were taking it personal and that's what had happened. That that is all what really happened. But Jesus will be coming back as a king. So this is not complete. Hold on. Let's let's get a little bit more of this. And but not for himself. So he he did it to pay the ransom and redeem all of us. So he didn't do it for himself. He did it for us. That's him going to the cross for us with permission from God. He He did that. Okay. Then he says, "And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary." And we're talking, I should have looked it up, um 20 to 40 years, I think it's 40 years later, Jerusalem was destroyed. Might be 20. Anyways, in that time frame, Jerusalem was destroyed. the whole city they they brought down the walls and it was completely destroyed and burned down. That is history that has physically happened. Then he says here, "And the end thereof shall be with the flood and unto the end of the war desolations are determined." Okay, that part hasn't happened yet. Okay, Jerusalem hasn't been that whole area hasn't been destroyed with a flood. In fact, it was uh a desert for so long. It was desolate. And then Israel came back in 1948 and they got the capital Jerusalem back in 1967. So Jerusalem came back in 1967. This is key to understand some of this stuff. Look what he says here in Revelation 12:16. And the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. So, we have seven years left that has not been completed for Israel and Jerusalem. It's not for the church. It's not for the body of Christ. And I will continue to teach on that because the scriptures clearly show we're not involved in that clock. In fact, the clock has paused because Messiah was cut off. And in essence, the ministry was taken away from Israel and was given to the church. Now, we're under a different clock, but there's still seven years that are not complete. The book of Revelation and the book of Daniel talk about that seven years. Now, notice what Daniel was saying. A flood will come in and then look what Revelation says. Swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast. So, the dragon tried to flood Israel. is this is the second half of the seven-year time period called the abomination of desolation. What happens is when the temple is rebuilt, Israel will begin the daily sacrifices all over again. And they will do this under the pretense of peace under a false messiah. They don't know it's false. They're just they're going to believe this person. So at the halfway mark of this last seven years, it's like the 1,200 1,260th day, this antichrist, because that's really what he is, is going to sit on that throne in that temple and he's going to tell Israel, "Worship me. I'm your God." And that's when Jesus tells them, "When you see the abomination of desolation, that's what the abomination of desolation is about. When you see that, run." Well, while they're running, they're going to go hide. The devil is going to try to flood them out and the earth is going to swallow that flood. So, you can see that has not happened, but it was prophesied by Daniel and he talked about the desolation. So, you can see all of these events uh that are going to come in and take place. This is part of um prophecy. Now, just so you have a better understanding of all of this, says uh to so you understand the 7-year time period here, he says in Revelation 11:3, "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a,23 score days clothed in sackcloth." Sackloth. That's the first half of the 7-year time period. So, this seven-year time period is true. Now, look at this other scripture just so you get a better understanding. says, "And the woman fled into the wilderness." This is Revelation 12:6, "Where she hath a place prepared of God." This is, see, I told you she was going to be running and then the flood's going to come in. So, brought the flood up a little earlier, but and the woman fled into the wilderness where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there 1,23 score days. There you are. You've got a seven-year time period. And I wanted to kind of bring that infrastructure in here that this is the scriptures that is prophesying about all of this stuff that's going to take place. Very, very specific prophecy and it has not happened yet. It's coming. It has not happened yet. So, let's continue back with Daniel because I want you to get the fullness of this. Daniel 9:27. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week. See, he's talking about the Antichrist. This guy is going to come in for one week or seven years because a week means years. Seven times 1 is seven. Seven years. So he's saying he shall confirm the covenant. He's going to make a the antichrist and Israel are going to make this pact. They're going to make uh a covenant together for this seven-year peace time. And in the midst of the week, he shall curse the sacrifice. In the midst of the week, did you see that? In the midst of the year at this 1,260 days, look what he says is going to happen. He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. See, right at that moment, the daily sacrifices are going to end because he's going to try to sit on the throne and he's going to well, he's going to sit on the throne and he's going to tell Israel, "Hey, you worship me." And Israel is going to be like, "Whoa, we made a mistake. Wrong guy." And they're going to run. And he says here to cease and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate even unto until the consummation or completion and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. This is going to happen. This is an event. Now this is an event for Israel because Israel is the temple. Israel is the chosen people by God. Israel has this time period. So they still have seven years to complete. But look what Peter and Jesus conversed about. It was very very interesting. Uh in Matthew 18:21-22, it says, 'Then came Peter to him and said, 'Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him till seven times? Again, that would mean 49 times. Okay, that's what the scriptur is translating to. And Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee until seven times, but until 70* 7 or 490. This is about forgiveness. Let's look at what Jesus says about forgiveness in Matthew 6:14 and 15. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses. So there's something very interesting here that Jesus is showing Peter the church. Peter represents the church. Yeah, he's Israeli. Yes, he's a Hebrew, but he is the one who's the church laid on him, the rock. So the church comes out of Peter and so Jesus tells him, I don't want you just to forgive seven times. I want you to forgive 490 times. Now having this framework now of this the 490th knowing that there's a seven-year time period, what happens in that seven-year time period? God pours out his wrath. Well, hold on a second. his wrath. Yes, he's going to pour out his wrath on the earth and on Israel. And if you go through the scriptures, which I just taught in the last couple lessons where uh when especially when I was talking about forgiveness that the church won't be there, I taught on this when there's 50 days when this creepy um horse scorpion looking thing will go and sting and torment the people. That creature will do that for 50 days. uh excuse me five months and in that five month time period they can't nobody can defend themselves. The only people who are protected and kept from those things are the 144,000 that are sealed in Revelation 7 and the two witnesses and the two witnesses will be eventually killed in the middle of that time period and that's when the antichrist wins and he goes and sits on the throne. So here there the antichrist is prevented from doing anything. But the last uh half three and a half years the antichrist reigns completely. There is actually no representation of God and the 144,000 are sealed and hidden. They're kept away and the devil can't get to them. So here you have this wrath this time period. Why would God do that? What is he up to? Every person that ends up in this seven-year time period are people who say one that God Jesus is not the son of God. And you can test that spirit by going and looking at 1 John 4:1. He tells you to test the spirits. And if they can't say Jesus is the son of God, they're not of God. That's one. And he's pouring out on his wrath on Israel because he says, "I'm going to bring an end to transgression, to sin, to he he's going to end that checklist that we went over in detail earlier. He's going to bring an end to all of that, the iniquity, the sin, the transgression. He's closing it up. Closing up vision and prophecy. He's going to do do that and anoint the most holy." In all of that, he is showing mercy in the last seven years. Wait a second here. Wait a second. If If we're to forgive 490 times, look at what Jesus is showing us. See, if people don't change the way they do things after, let's say 400 times, just to use a number that's easy to understand, do you think that person will change? Do you do you think that person wants to change their life? No. Why? Because it's now a habit and they're going to continue to live in that sin and keep completing that sin over and over again. So, how does God work with someone to get them out of sin? Have you ever seen in your own personal life, all hell breaks loose and then suddenly you're spending a lot of time with God and then you realize he gets you out of it and you're like, "Man, Lord, I thank you." And you start you you end up having a closer relationship with God because of what he took you through because you repented and came back to him. The whole point of that seven years, the last seven years is God is pouring out his wrath to get the attention of these people. And you can go look at the scriptures and they will show you. And they still did not repent. This was all being poured out on them and they still didn't repent. But this was God showing mercy trying to get their attention. Look at, you know, those horselike creature scorpion things are demonic. their demons that they're going to see eye to eye and it's going to look like a man's face. That's what the scriptures tell you. You can go read this and do a little homework on that. Uh I think it's Revelation 8 or nine, but you can go check it out and he will tell you that these things are going to be stinging the people on the earth, tormenting them. They're not allowed to kill them, but they are allowed to torment. Why would God do that? Because he's trying to get your attention. You keep rejecting him over and over. But Jesus continues to forgive them. He's trying to give them more time, more chance to get them saved before it all comes to a conclusion. Because see, Jesus doesn't want to lose any. He doesn't want to lose any. So, there's a day that's coming. Let's look at this in Revelation 6 says verse 12-17. And I beheld when I when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell into the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll, when it is rolled together, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, and said unto the mountains, and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that siteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the lamb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand. So, see, he's now saying, this is the time to get saved. This is the time to repent because that is coming and it's going to be so much harder because these people are going to have a hardened heart and they're after all of the hell that they're going to go through on earth before they even get to hell. They're going to say, "No, we're going to continue to reject you." They're going to have a hardened heart. It's going to be harder to get saved in that time period. Now is the time to get a hold of grace. And I've been teaching this now for several lessons. And I'm hoping that you get bold and confident and talk to your family and friends and let them know this is coming because that's for the unbeliever. That's for those who say Jesus is not the son of God. But you and I know better. We know that Jesus is the son of God. We also know that he is showing his compassion to this group of people, giving them chance after chance after chance in hopes that he could even save them. And remember what Lamentation says. Lamentations 3:22 and 23. It is of the Lord's mercies, kindness that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not. They're new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness. They are new every morning. We have a chance to have that mercy and grace now. Don't lose the chance or the opportunity. And if you're afraid to tell someone about the Lord, he's afraid to tell his father about you, you need to get it together and say, you know what, I put Christ first. You have to make that determination in your heart and mind because this is very important now that we come into repentance, come into grace, and put God first in our lives. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word, and we bless your word. I pray that we have boldness and confidence to go speak your word to get as many saved as we possibly can. I know that salvation is of you. I know that you it is your grace that saves. I pray that every person hears your grace and says, "Yes, Lord. I accept your grace. I want to be forgiven and walk in that forgiveness." And yes, I want to declare you the son of God. I pray and hope for that to manifest itself over the people and their hearts. Lord, in the name of Jesus, we pray. Thank you, Father God. Amen. Amen. Amen. Now is the time to get saved. Let's do it. Amen. God bless you. I will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home

SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS The objective of Spiritual Encounters is to help believers understand the two primary ways in which God engages with humanity: first, through His sovereign initiative, when He reveals Himself for purposes such as protection, correction, or calling; and second, through deeply personal encounters that come as a result of an intentional pursuit of His presence. Pastor Marcos teaches that both types of encounters are life-changing, but the latter requires preparation of the heart, spiritual discipline, and genuine longing for intimacy with the Lord. < Back SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: The objective of Spiritual Encounters is to help believers understand the two primary ways in which God engages with humanity: first, through His sovereign initiative, when He reveals Himself for purposes such as protection, correction, or calling; and second, through deeply personal encounters that come as a result of an intentional pursuit of His presence. Pastor Marcos teaches that both types of encounters are life-changing, but the latter requires preparation of the heart, spiritual discipline, and genuine longing for intimacy with the Lord. Synopsis: In Spiritual Encounters, Pastor Marcos Marrero explores two distinct ways God reveals Himself to people. The first type occurs when God sovereignly intervenes, often when an individual is not actively seeking Him. This intervention, as illustrated through the biblical account of Saul of Tarsus and Pastor Marcos’ own testimony of being rescued at sea in 1965, demonstrates God’s protective hand in preserving lives for His divine purposes. These encounters are functional in nature, ensuring that God’s plans for a person’s destiny are not thwarted by the schemes of the enemy. The second type of encounter is personal and intimate, where God responds to the heart of a believer who diligently seeks Him. Using the imagery of the Shulamite woman from the Song of Solomon, Pastor Marcos illustrates the posture of longing, perseverance, and devotion necessary for believers to enter into such a relationship. These encounters require spiritual preparation—being born again, covered in fellowship with Christ’s body, and adorned with the fruit of the Spirit. Pastor Marcos emphasizes that true intimacy with the Lord involves crossing into the spiritual realm, widening our understanding, and refusing to be hindered by temporary setbacks. Ultimately, Spiritual Encounters teaches that God’s sovereign interventions preserve our destinies, while our intentional pursuit of Him brings about profound personal transformation. The desired outcome of such encounters is not only deeper intimacy with Christ but also greater fruitfulness in both the spiritual and physical aspects of life. Written teaching: Song of Solomon 3:1-2 “By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him. I will rise now, I said, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I love. I sought him but I did not find him.” There are two kinds of spiritual encounters between man and God, as far as our relationship with God’s plan for our lives is concerned. First is the kind where God reveals Himself to us, by way of an angel, personally, or in some supernatural manner, when we are not actively seeking Him. Such was the case with Saul of Tarsus, an encounter with God was the last thing on his mind as he traveled on the road to Damascus. The second form of an encounter with God is when we are actively seeking Him and some way or another He let’s us find Him. I believe the book of Song of Solomon has a wealth of information into the how to, of seeking a personal encounter with God. Let us look at the two different types of encounters and see if we can learn from this present lesson how to find favor with the Lord, and encounter His presence in a way that brings a life changing experience to us that results in our betterment. In the first type of encounter, God reveals Himself to a person for a specific purpose or reason. In Paul’s case it was for his conversion and called to future ministry, in other cases it could be for the protection of an individual, maybe to keep them from crossing a line from which there is no return. My first encounter with the physical manifestation of the presence of God was to keep me from making such a mistake. I was in a small boat fleeing the communist regime in Cuba in the Florida straights in August 1965, I brought two friends with me who were hiding under the small bow of the boat. We were hit by a strong tempest (chuvasco) and swamped by towering waves to the point that I thought the end of my life was at hand, as we were verily making it through that frontal line of menacing clouds in the middle of the night, we were almost struck by a cargo ship that was sailing in the middle of the storm. After seeing our SOS the cargo ship stopped to recue us, thinking they had hit us, we’ve maneuvered to the side of the cargo ship, by the hanged net they laid on the side of the ship in order for us to climb aboard the ship and out of the tempestuous sea. As my hand took hold of the net, an invisible man that was standing next to me told me to ask where they were going, I looked up to those who were waiting for us at the top of the net and asked them where were they going, something that you normally would not do when being rescued, it was a natural reaction to a supernatural prompting, the immediate answer came with an oriental accent; we are going to Havana! As if the net was charged with thousands of volts of electricity, my hand let go of it, and we sailed away as fast and as far as we could from that Chinese cargo ship that was headed to Havana, where we would have certainly been delivered into one of Castro’s many prisons. By next afternoon we encountered an island named Cay Sal and were spotted by a US navy plane that pointed us to that island, as soon as we knew that we were going to make it, the invisible man, an angel from the Lord, left, and in that instance all three of us looked at each other and wondered out loud, how is it that we were behaving as if there were four of us, when there is only three? All three of us knew he was there, we all felt his presence, I heard his voice, and we knew immediately when he left, yet we never saw him, neither did we comprehend his presence until after he departed. That evening a British warship picked us up from the island and took us to Port Everglades Florida, where we were welcome as refugees. I often pondered why did God do that miracle when none of us were even saved, and the only conclusion that I can come up with is that, had it not been for His sovereign intervention that night we would not have been able to fulfill God’s plan and destiny for our lives. I am sure that all of us will one day find out the countless times when the Lord intervened on our behalf, for the battles that God’s angels fight for us is a constant one. In the first type of encounter God is making sure that His plans for the individual’s life is not altered, so that the nature of the encounter is more functional in nature than personal, not so in the second type of encounter, for this encounter is very personal in nature, where God responds to those who seek to have a deeper, more personal relationship with Him. By night on my bed, I sought the one I love. It is not easy to position ourselves properly in order to have the opportunity of having the experience of a personal encounter with the Lord, such experiences are just as precious as they are rare, but our desire of them speaks volumes of how real and deep our love for Him is. What is it that is on our minds when we suddenly awake in the middle of the night, before the cares of this life come rushing in? The Shulamite, a type for the church in this story, wakes up longing for a personal encounter with the love of her life and then she decides to do something about it; she says, I will rise now and go about the city, obviously she is looking for Him. This is a sign for those of us who personally desire to have a life changing encounter with the Lord deep within our hearts, if suddenly we wake up in the middle of the night longing for Him, in response to that longing, we should get up and seek Him fervently in prayer. In the streets and in the squares, I will seek the one I love. The word for streets in the Hebrew has the idea of as run over something, almost like a bridge, from its root word that means to run after or over to something. The idea behind the word for streets is that of, we have to cross over, in our case it would imply that we have to cross over into the spiritual realm as we seek an encounter with our Lord, by putting all our physical limitations and suppositions behind us. The word translated squares literally means broad way or broad place, from its root word that means to broaden or to make wide. To seek the encounter with the One we love we must be willing to cross over into the spiritual realm, and in order to do this we have to widen or broaden our perspective of how the spiritual realm operates. We have to be willing to negate the perceived limitations that hinder us from entering into His presence and not be dissuaded from apparent failures. As the Shulamite says twice in our opening verses, I sought him, but I did not find him. Song of Solomon 3:3 “The watchman who go about the city found me; I said, ‘Have you seen the one I love?’” If the city is symbolic of the spiritual realm where she went searching for the one she loves, then the watchman is symbolic of the angels that police the spiritual realm, notice how she handled her encounter with them: Have you seen the one I love? She was not hesitant at all, she was determined in her commitment to find the one she loved. Song of Solomon 3:4 “Scarcely had I passed by them, when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let him go, until I had brought him to the house of my mother, and into the chamber (room) of her who conceived me.” This is an interesting insight into what drove her desire for an encounter with the one she loved. In the natural she was saying I want you to meet my mother, if you are in the dating stage of your life I do not have to tell you what that means, for you know that she means business once she asks you to meet her mother, what that means is that she is definitely serious about your relationship with her. But from the spiritual aspect, I looked at the words here that state, the chamber of her who conceived me. I think that this is a reference to the inner rooms of the heart, meaning that her goal all along was for this spiritual encounter to bring her Savior into the inner chambers of her heart, where spiritual conception takes place, she wanted to experience her loved one in a way that she had never experienced him before. Proverbs 20:27 “The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths (literally: inner rooms of the belly) of his heart.” The difference then, between our first and second types of spiritual encounter is, that in the first type angels or watchers intervene on behalf of those whose destiny is threaten by the mischievousness of the devil against them. In the second type of encounter there is nothing that the angels can do, for in this type of encounter the human heart is the issue, and only God is qualified to deal with the issues of the heart, and He will never intrude into the human heart unless He is first, personally invited, and second, we make special preparations within us that will make Him feel welcome. Step number one: Song of Solomon 4:1 “Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold you are fair! You have dove’s eyes behind your veil (the curtain that covers the door that leads into our hearts). Your hair (covering) is like a flock of goats, going down from Mount Gilead.” The dove is the symbol for the Holy Spirit, and the veil represents the door to the inner rooms of our hearts, typified by the curtain that covers the entrance to the Holy of Holies in God’s Tabernacle. That means that we have to be born again, born of the Spirit of God if we want to experience this type of encounter with Jesus deep within our hearts, because that is where the Holy Spirit resides after we are born again, deep within our hearts. Step number two: Our covering, symbolized by the hair, has to be in place by being a part of the flock, the church, which is the body of Christ. Some believers are not properly covered because their pastors are in direct disobedience to the Word of God, hence they are not properly covered by their fellowship, which makes it a lot more difficult for them to have an experience of true intimacy with the Lord, especially when their leaders are proclaiming a different gospel that portrays another Jesus and a different spirit which they have not received. 2 Corinthians 11:4 “For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it (but the Lord will not).” In these matters we have to be very careful, for no church is perfect, but if you cannot tell the difference between your church and the world, then all your striving for a spiritual encounter with the real Jesus may be for naught. But remember this, never leave a fellowship to which you were called unless the Lord Himself calls you out of it first, and make sure that He confirms it before you act, that way you will not lose your true covering no matter where He leads you, for He will be your covering and your protection wherever you go. Step number three: Song of Solomon 4:2 “Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep which have come up from the washing, every one of which bears twins, and none is barren (bereaved) among them.” Our teeth represent the condition of the human soul, which is designed to reflect the Fruit of the Spirit of love who lives within us, which are: Love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control, for against these there is no law. We need to make sure that none of these qualities are lacking within us, for they adorn our inner man and make us to be more attractive to the Lord. Since we love and desire intimacy with Him we should desire to be more presentable: Which have come up from the washing. After all no body likes bad breath. 1 Peter 1:9 “Receiving the end (goal) of your faith—the salvation of your souls.” We can find many allegories in the book of Song of Solomon to help prepare us for a life changing experience with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But let us make sure that our desire for intimacy always flows out of a grateful heart that knows the hell from which He has delivered us, having a sincere desire for true intimacy with Him should trump everything else. The results of such a spiritual encounter should be that of us becoming more fruitful in every aspect of both our spiritual and physical walk with Him. Amen! Previous Home Next

IMITATORS OF CHRIST To explain the spiritual meaning of imitating Christ as presented in 1 Corinthians 11, emphasizing God’s divine order of authority, the flow of spiritual life through creation, and the significance of Christ’s redemptive blood. This teaching aims to help believers understand how aligning themselves with God’s ordained order allows them to receive His blessings, walk in discernment, and partake worthily of the body and blood of Jesus. IMITATORS OF CHRIST Pastor Marcos Marrero January 18, 2021 Objective: To explain the spiritual meaning of imitating Christ as presented in 1 Corinthians 11, emphasizing God’s divine order of authority, the flow of spiritual life through creation, and the significance of Christ’s redemptive blood. This teaching aims to help believers understand how aligning themselves with God’s ordained order allows them to receive His blessings, walk in discernment, and partake worthily of the body and blood of Jesus. Synopsis: Imitators of Christ explores Paul’s exhortation in 1 Corinthians 11:1 to follow his example as he follows Christ. The lesson compares God’s spiritual order to the flow of energy in an electrical system: God the Father is the source, flowing through Christ, then man, woman, and children, before returning back to God. This divine circuit must remain intact for blessings to flow, as disrupted order leads to judgment instead of blessing. The study highlights that the flow of life began when God breathed His Spirit into Adam, producing blood that gave him life. Eve was then created from Adam’s side, signifying the continuation of this divine flow. However, the serpent’s deception of Eve disrupted the spiritual order, requiring redemption through the promised virgin-born Son—Jesus Christ, the “last Adam.” Through Mary’s miraculous conception, divine blood entered the human race again, untainted by sin. Jesus bore the full consequence of Adam’s failure, suffering on the cross, shedding His blood, and offering Himself through the Spirit to cleanse humanity. Just as Eve came from Adam’s side, the church is being birthed from the pierced side of Christ. Believers are called to discern this spiritual order, especially when partaking in communion, to proclaim the Lord’s death with understanding and to walk in His healing and blessing. Ultimately, the teaching reminds us to keep looking up in expectation of Christ’s return, living as true imitators of Him by remaining aligned with God’s order and redeemed by His blood. Inspired Teaching: 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” What is the spiritual meaning of imitating Christ? You will see within the context of this chapter that in order to imitate Jesus we need to fall in line with the spiritual order that God has ordained. Imagine how an electrical system allows energy to flow: the energy originates at the power plant, then flows through the power grid and then into the outlet in the house, where we connect an electrical appliance and accomplish the task that we set out to do. 1 Corinthians 11:3 “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” In the third verse we are given the schematic of how the power from God flows: From God the Father through His Son and our Savior Jesus Christ, and then through man, then through the woman; and although not mention here, through the children and then back to God. Psalm 127:3 “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” The return of the children to God completes the flow or the circuit of the heavenly blessings. Malachi 4:6 “And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” We can see that when the order is not kept in its proper sequence, the results are a curse instead of the blessings. In Holy Communion we have this progression clearly established. 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you PROCLAIM the Lord’s death till He comes. Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.” We know that one of the many benefits of our salvation is divine healing, but we are told that if we do not stay within the flow of this spiritual energy, we are not going to receive the benefits. 1 Corinthians 11:28-29 “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not DISCERNING the Lord’s body.” The key here is to attain spiritual discernment of the things that we are supposed to proclaim. Since faith comes by hearing or having an understanding of how spiritual things work, let us take a step-by-step approach as to what this powerful chapter is trying to teach us! 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 “For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.” In the beginning God created Adam first and then the woman out of the man. 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 “Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, IN THE LORD. For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; BUT ALL THINGS ARE FROM GOD.” Because of the marital relationship between a man and a woman this can get a little confusing. In a marital relationship this applies: “The head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God” This does not mean that one is better than the other, for the two are considered one flesh before the eyes of God. It just follows the pattern of the original order in which they were created. Whether a woman is single, married or widow, Jesus is the Man who covers her head with the authority that protects her from the angelic order through which the blessing of God flows. 1 Corinthians 11:10 “For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” But it is crucial for us to understand the original order in which spiritual energy from God flows. Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” It was the breath or Spirit of God who gave life to a well fashioned lump of clay. According to the Law of Moses the life is in the blood. What that means is that when the breath of God entered into Adam it became blood as it flowed through him. Adam means red as in red face, his face became red not by the color of the clay, but for the color of the blood that flowed through him. Genesis 2:21-23 “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.” If we want to understand the spiritual order, we have to follow the blood. The body of Adam was made of the dust of the ground as a fully grown adult, but it was the power of life that was in the blood that turned his body into flesh and bones. The woman was taken out of the side of Adam that bled when it was cut open, and out of Adam’s flesh and rib bone, the woman was created. The spirit that flowed out of God’s breath became blood in the man first and then in Eve. 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 “For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.” So that if we follow the blood, we begin with the breath of God becoming blood inside the man, transforming his clay body into flesh and bones. Then Adam bleeds as one of his ribs is taken out and God makes the woman flesh and bones out of the rib that He took from Adam. Neither one of them experienced any pain for there was no sin involved. 1 John 5:7 “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” Spiritual authority flowed from God the Father who spoke the words: let us make man in our image, and the Holy Spirit provided the breath that became blood in Adam and then in Eve. The serpent deceived Eve by taking her away from the position given to her in the spiritual order, which was: the Father, the Word, the Holy Spirit, then man and then woman. Eve should not have dealt with the serpent anymore than Adam should. The serpent was questioning God’s motives; Eve should have let him talk to God about that. Eve was deceived, not Adam. Adam who is a type of Christ took of the serpent’s poison willingly, in hope that somehow he might redeem Eve from the consequences of her sin, which are pain, sorrow and death. Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the VIRGIN shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Through the deception of the serpent, the woman was moved out of her position of authority; therefore, God’s judgment against the serpent would come through a Son born out of the virgin woman. This Son would not only redeem the woman from the curse, but also the man, the first Adam who failed to protect her. Why did the woman have to be a virgin? Follow the blood! 1 John 5:8 “And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” In the natural order of reproduction, a virgin cannot conceive in her womb unless the seal of her virginity is broken. Luke 1:31-34 “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end. Then Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I do not know a man?’” Mary did not doubt; she knew about the birds and the bees, and that it required a man to be involved for the conception to take place. So the angel Gabriel told her that her conception would come through a miraculous and unique way. Luke 1:35 “And the angel answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.’” After Mary consented: “Let it be to me according to your WORD” she conceived the Word of God in her womb by means of the Holy Spirit. The last Adam and our Redeemer Jesus, was infused in Mary’s womb with the divine blood destined to redeem the corrupted seed of the first Adam and Eve. Meanwhile Mary remained a virgin until after her water broke, and the Holy Seed broke the seal of her virginity on His way out of her womb, in accordance with the divine testimony of God’s order of authority. “The Spirit, the water and the blood.” 1 John 5:6 “This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.” Thirty-three years later, this same Jesus who came by water and by divine blood is hanging naked on Calvary’s cross. He is bleeding from His head as He is wearing a crown of thorns; He had to become king over the curse in order to dismantle it, making a spectacle of the curse. His hands and feet are bleeding, pierced by iron spikes. Thirty nine stripes let out blood out of His wounded back rubbing against that rugged cross. The first Adam did not suffer any pain when God fashioned Eve out of his side. However the last Adam had to fully bear the consequences of the failure of the first Adam. Jesus did not have to suffer like He did, but it was His love for the woman, His bride to be, the church, that drove Him to the cross. “It is finished” He said, and gave His Spirit back to God who sent Him to die for us. Hebrews 9:14 “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offer Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?’ As the dead body of Jesus hung on the cross, they had to take the bodies down before sunset, since the other two who were crucified alongside of Jesus were still breathing, they broke their legs making it impossible for them to push up and breathe. They had to make sure that Jesus was dead even though He was not breathing, so they drove a spear through His side. John 19:33-34 “But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.” God took Eve out of the side of Adam, and she became his wife. God is taking the church out of the side of Jesus and when His church is completed, He is coming back to take her as His wife. Right before this event takes place—the resurrection and the rapture—the water must be broken. Habakkuk 2:14 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will fill the whole earth. This probably means that signs will appear in the sky that will usher in this great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. To testify of the water and of the blood here on earth. Luke 21:25-28 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” When you see Jesus coming in a cloud, how would you see Him? Will you see Him as your Savior coming to recue you, or as a Judge coming to judge you? If you love Him now and are eagerly awaiting His redemption, you have nothing to worry about. Isaiah 46:4 “Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, AND WILL DELIVER YOU.” It is your choice. If you make Jesus your Savior today, He will deliver you and He will recue you before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord begins. Romans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” KEEP LOOKING UP! Previous Next Home

THE FINGER OF GOD The objective of this message is to reveal the divine authority of Jesus Christ demonstrated through the “finger of God,” which not only triumphed over Satan at the cross but also restored humanity’s original dominion in the spiritual realm. Pastor Marcos emphasizes the church’s calling to exercise this authority in unity, through the power of the Gospel, spiritual warfare, and the fivefold ministry, while warning against deception and complacency. THE FINGER OF GOD Pastor Marcos Marrero July 22, 2022 Objective: The objective of this message is to reveal the divine authority of Jesus Christ demonstrated through the “finger of God,” which not only triumphed over Satan at the cross but also restored humanity’s original dominion in the spiritual realm. Pastor Marcos emphasizes the church’s calling to exercise this authority in unity, through the power of the Gospel, spiritual warfare, and the fivefold ministry, while warning against deception and complacency. Synopsis: In The Finger of God, Pastor Marcos Marrero explores the extraordinary authority of Christ that surpasses the power demonstrated by Old Testament prophets. While Moses, Joshua, and others revealed God’s might in miraculous ways, they were never given dominion over the spiritual underworld—an authority lost by Adam but restored through Jesus Christ. The Gospels declare that Jesus cast out demons with the finger of God, proving that the kingdom of God had come to earth. Unlike the prophets before Him, Jesus openly commanded unclean spirits, disarmed principalities through His death on the cross, and triumphed over Satan’s kingdom. Pastor Marcos highlights that Satan, stripped of his original glory and armor, operates only through deception, seeking to regain influence through lies and division. The church, however, has been entrusted with Christ’s authority to trample serpents, dismantle demonic strongholds, and reclaim spiritual territory. This authority is symbolized in the fivefold ministry—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—working in unity to uphold the teachings of Jesus. The message warns of the dangers of spiritual negligence, where believers who fail to remain steadfast can fall prey to even stronger demonic attacks. Instead, Christians are called to daily die to self at the cross, walk in the Spirit, and exercise the authority given in Christ’s name. Pastor Marcos reminds readers that the true battle belongs to the Lord, whose fingers formed the heavens and whose breath gives eternal life. Through confession, faith, and obedience to the Word, believers live in the victory of Christ, secure under His dominion, and equipped to wage spiritual warfare with the finger of God. Inspired Teaching: Luke 11:20 “But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” The prophetic ministry of the Old Testament prophets was indeed a powerful one: Through Moses God provided food and water for thousands of Israelites for decades in the wilderness, after parting the Red Sea. Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho with the simple blowing of the trumpets, and in like manner, through many of the prophets and throughout the centuries, God moved in awesome power to demonstrate to the nation of Israel and to the rest of the world that there is no God like Jehovah. But there was one element missing that God withheld from the prophets of old; authority over the underworld or the spiritual dimension, the original dominion that Adam lost over the spiritual realm when he failed to keep God’s Word. Mark 1:26-27 “And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, ‘What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.’” The defining and distinct difference between the prophets of the Old Testament and the New Testament prophets and saints was the authority given to us over the devil himself. Luke 10:19 “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Notice that this authority of the finger of God is connected to us trampling under our feet. After recognizing this new dimension of authority in the ministry of Jesus over the spiritual realm, the Pharisees tried to nullify it by declaring the ridiculous idea that Jesus’ power over the demonic realm originated from Beelzebub or Satan himself. Jesus shot this idea down instantly. Luke 11:18 “If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub.” It is really hard for us to comprehend the tremendous shift of power that occurred when Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead. When Lucifer was created, he was the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty; he was in Eden the garden of God and clothed with an armor of every precious stone: Ezekiel 28:12-15. After God kicked him out of heaven and stripped him of his armor, Satan stole from Adam the first human, the dominion that God gave to Adam over the creatures of the sea and the fowls of the air and the cattle of the earth and the creeping things. All symbolic of the spiritual hierarchy that have rule over the earth. When Jesus died on the cross He stripped Satan naked and made a spectacle of him and all his minions. Colossians 2:13-15 “And you, being dead in your trespasses and the circumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him (Jesus), having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwritten of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having DISARMED principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it (the cross).” After Satan’s humiliating defeat on the cross, all that was left to him is the lie that he is the deceiver in chief, and it is of his nature. He is naked and without armor, the only vesture left to him is the cloak of deception. The kingdom of God—the church—which Jesus established right in front of the gates of hell, exists to preach and to practice the Gospel of the kingdom of God with the demonstration of the power of the finger of God to expose and to dispose of demonic deception. Luke 11:23 “He who is not with me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.” Unity is the key for the exercising of this authority of the finger of God. Satan is a predator, the law of predatory behavior dictates that in order to steal you have to separate and divide. The five fingers on the hand represent the church five-fold ministry: The apostolic, the prophetic, the evangelizing, the pastors and the teaching ministries, all have to be in agreement with the teaching of Jesus, if we are not in agreement with Jesus then we are against Him. The foundation of the authority given to the church is in the victory of Jesus over Satan on the cross; spiritual warfare reveals the manifestation of that power as the church pulls down demonic strongholds over cities, families and individuals. Luke 11:22 “But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.” That is exactly what Jesus did to Satan on the cross, He overcame him and took away all his armor in which he trusted and then divided the spoils. That is what the churches should be doing today, sadly we are not. How many ministers begin their ministry in the church without a clue in how to drive a demon out of one of their members who is afflicted by the devil, let alone to challenge the principalities that wield power over the geographical areas assigned to their church. Luke 11:24-26 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” There is a lot to learn from the above three verses about spiritual warfare. Scripture declares that there is no rest for the wicked. A demon without a human host to hide in is in continued torment, seeking rest and finding none. Demons will not stop trying to get a foothold inside a human host. There are ranks in the spiritual dimension and there is unity in their goal to find a place of rest. Interesting that Jesus tells us that demons see the physical bodies of their previous victims as their house. ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ Also, that those who have been delivered from demonic oppression have their house or life swept and put in order only to fall victim again to more and more powerful demonic strongholds. Matthew 12:39-42 “…An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.” Jesus taught the above verses in Matthew right before the story about the unclean spirit finding no place of rest and getting higher ranking demons to help him. The truth is that there is no higher-ranking authority than the name of Jesus and that because of what He accomplished on the cross. His name is higher than Solomon’s Jonah’s and everybody else. ALL AUTHORITY is given to Jesus. The sign of Jonah and the finger of God all testify to the authority given to the church in the name of Jesus. Man made religion teaches how to sweep and clean the house. The Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us how to come to the cross and die daily to self. Psalm 144:1 “Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle—My lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.” As long us our self-life is prostrated at the foot of the cross—dying to self and living for God—we are protected from the evil one, safe and secure in this hope: Psalm 8:6-8 “You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen—even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.” The original dominion that God gave to Adam in the Garden has been restored to us through the Last Adam—Jesus—when He rose from the Garden tomb. For our God has given to Jesus a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow; even those of the highest-ranking creatures in all of the universe, for there is no other name under heaven by which a human can be saved. Psalm 8:3 “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained.” God’s handy work was demonstrated by Jesus while driving out unclean spirits with the finger of God and after dying for our sins on the cross Jesus completed His handy work by putting everything under our human feet. When Lucifer was created everything that comprised his entire personhood had a beginning. So that when iniquity was found in Lucifer all the wisdom, perfection and beauty that he had been clothed with was removed from him for it was not in his original nature, after he chose to be like God instead of being with God. When God created the physical body of Adam, He used clay to make the shape of the man, but nothing in the clay had, not even a hint of life in it. God had to provide the life for the man that He created, and that life was in the breath of God that went into Adam’s nostrils and became blood in him, for as Moses told us, the life is in the blood. All humans are made in the image of God and worthy of redemption because they carry within them a life that is eternal. The Scriptures teach that the phrase ‘The Finger of God’ refers to something so great and awesome in nature that only an all-powerful and all-knowing God could accomplish. Psalm 150:6 “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!” In your breath is the eternal life that God has given to you and God wants it back, not for Himself for He is not in need of anything. He is a God who loves to add goodness and to multiply blessings to all His children, but first we need to receive Jesus as our Savior so that we will be sure to spend eternity with Him. The life is in the breath and the blood is activated by the words that we confess: Romans 10:9-11 “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, ‘Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.’” Previous Next Home

WATCH AND PRAY WITH DILIGENCE The objective of this message is to encourage believers to remain spiritually alert, prayerful, and prepared for the return of the Lord. By studying prophetic scriptures and recognizing the signs of the times, Christians are exhorted to live soberly, guard their hearts and minds, and diligently pursue God’s presence so that they may be found worthy to escape the trials coming upon the earth. < Back WATCH AND PRAY WITH DILIGENCE Minister Lisa Kane March 20, 2022 Objective: The objective of this message is to encourage believers to remain spiritually alert, prayerful, and prepared for the return of the Lord. By studying prophetic scriptures and recognizing the signs of the times, Christians are exhorted to live soberly, guard their hearts and minds, and diligently pursue God’s presence so that they may be found worthy to escape the trials coming upon the earth. Synopsis: In this teaching, Lisa Kane opens with prayer and then begins in 1 Thessalonians 5, where Paul warns that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. The message highlights the urgency of being watchful and vigilant, contrasting spiritual wakefulness with spiritual sleep and drunkenness. Believers are urged to wear the helmet of salvation and the breastplate of faith and love, maintaining focus and purity in a world full of distractions. The sermon then explores prophetic connections, including references to Ezekiel 38–39 and Matthew 24, tying together end-time signs such as wars, earthquakes, pestilences, and the sealing of the 144,000. Jesus’ teachings about the days of Noah are emphasized—Noah received advanced warning and prepared diligently, while others ignored the signs. Similarly, Christians today must remain spiritually prepared, recognizing that while no one knows the day or hour, the season and signs are clear. Scriptures from Luke 21 and Mark 13 stress the importance of prayer and worthiness, echoed by the parable of the ten virgins, where only the prepared entered the wedding feast. Lisa warns that half of believers may miss the rapture due to lack of diligence, though still ultimately saved, they will endure great tribulation and suffering. Personal testimony illustrates the struggle with worldly distractions and the enemy’s attempts to weigh believers down with the cares of life. Yet through prayer and focus on God, victory and clarity can be found. Supporting verses from Psalms, Timothy, Hebrews, and Peter reaffirm the call to seek God diligently, present ourselves approved before Him, and remain blameless as we await Christ’s return. The message closes with an exhortation: just as people secure their homes against thieves, so too must Christians prepare for the Lord’s coming through prayer, scripture, vigilance, and faith. The reward of diligence is escaping judgment through the rapture and entering eternal peace with Christ. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I'm recording this on Sunday, March 20th, 2022. This message is called Watch and Pray with Diligence. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we lift up this message to your throne room and ask for your blessing upon it. Lord, we pray and ask that we hear your word, apply your word, live your word, and acknowledge that you are God and in control of everything that you do. Thank you for your blessings and your favor upon us and your anointing. In the glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. All right, let's go into our first set of scriptures here. We're going to start with First Thessalonians chapter 5. We're going to read verses 1-1. I will stop in between, but let's get started. But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. I want to pause. The day of the Lord is an interesting day. Now you can go through the scriptures. There is a lot of information about the day of the Lord. A lot of things are going to happen and I do believe it's in a particular order. So it does start with Russia invading uh Israel and then God protecting Israel. this great earthquake takes place, the sun goes dark, um the moon turns red. So, there's these activities. Um the ceiling of the 144,000 take place, and then of course the bride of Christ is resurrected, um raptured up. So, there's a lot of things that happen on the day of the Lord. So, Paul is talking to the Thessalonians saying, "Okay, I want you to pay attention here. You're not going to know the days or the time." Watch how he says this. He says uh concerning the times and the seasons, brother, you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. And we got to remember this term thief. And I'm really going to address that in this message because this message about watching and praying diligently is about being prepared. You're going to love this. So let's continue on with the scriptures. Uh so verse three, for when they say peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman and they shall not escape. Labor pains is what uh Jesus describes as Matthew describes in Matthew 24. And when you start hearing about rumors of wars and wars and earthquakes and famines, pestilences all over the place, which we are in that right now, that is being fulfilled as we teach this message, then you're you you see that this scripture aligns with that. So, this is all about the day of the Lord, and the day of the Lord triggers all of this event. So, he's talking about this to the Thessalonians. Let's continue on. Verse four. But you, brethren, are not in darkness. so that this day should overtake you as a thief. Again, we're going to be talking about being how thieves work. We're gonna we're going to look at that here in just a moment. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober. That's powerful. We're going to get into that here in just a moment. I want to finish the set of scriptures here. Let's look at verse seven. Uh oops, there we go. For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us. That whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Therefore, comfort each other and edify one another just as you also are doing. Okay, I want to back up here and go here. Okay, there we go. Okay, you can see this is going to be one of those teachings. So, look at this. He says, "Sleep at night, drunk at night, and we're of the day. We need to be sober." So, now take a look at this. He says, "The breastplate of faith and love." I did a whole series on being a soldier in God's army and wearing the helmet of salvation. The helmet of salvation is your covenant with Jesus. And that covenant binds his protection, the helmet, over your head and keeps the worldly thoughts and ideologies out of your head so that your head can stay focused on what the scripture tells us. So here he's saying, not only do you have your hope of salvation by wearing that helmet, but look, he's also talking about breastplate of faith and love. And faith is something we hope for that we cannot see. So all of this has to do with prophecy. Here we are again talking about prophecy. The day of the Lord has not happened yet and everything it describes has not happened. Ezekiel 38 and39 when it talks about the invasion of Russia and then that great earthquake says every wall falls. That has not happened. So that's coming. So this has everything to do with faith. So you've got to keep your mind. So he's telling you where to keep your mind. And then of course including love. And remember Matthew 24 prophesies that love grows cold. So us believers have to maintain that love. So now I want to show you what he's talking about with the mind because I think if you see how the descriptions of what he's saying about the mind, you're going to understand something very carefully here. So here he says um and we're going to look at focus on verse six here in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. Therefore let us not sleep as others do but let us watch. Look at what the Greek word watch means to keep awake. That is to watch literally or figuratively. Be vigilant. Ah, vigilant. Okay. So, we're going to be having to stay in the word. We have to keep an action to stay awake. Now, let's look at what the sleep portion of this is. So, let me get to the sleep. Here we go. Same verse. Now, now in verse six, he says, "Therefore, let us not sleep." Says, "To sleep, to lie down, to rest." That is by implication to fall asleep. Okay. So, let's talk about the thief and let's talk about our mind in sleepwatch mode. Okay? Which is what Paul is talking about here. So, when you don't feel good, what do you do? You take a pill, you take some sort of medication, and you lie down and rest because you don't feel good. So, you're doing everything you can to let your body rest so it could heal. Okay? So, what Jesus Paul is saying here, hey, listen, you got to be diligent, vigilant, and you've got to be sober minded. meaning you can't have your alcohol or the drugs that impair your mind because there are things going on in the world that you need to watch because otherwise it's going to get you like a thief in the night. So, let's talk about the thief. So, there's a guy out there, let's say guy or gal, and uh they're planning to raid your home. So, what you do because you don't know who this person is. You don't know what they're going to do. You don't know what they want to do. What's the first thing that you do every night so that you could sleep peacefully? Is that you lock your doors in your windows. You even put next to your bed um some sort of weapon and you're there to protect yourself because you don't know if that thief is going to come in. And if that thief should come in, you're prepared to stop the thief from happening. Notice the words, you're prepared. So, this is very interesting because what Jesus and Paul is telling us is to be prepared for the day of the Lord. Okay? But we don't know the day nor the hour. Know the day or the hour? Oh, let's look at the scriptures. I love this. I love this message. This message is powerful. You guys really got to get into the word of God here. I am telling you, you got to get into it. Let's look at Matthew 24:42-44. Therefore, watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. I want you to stop and look at what he just said. This is Jesus talking. You do not know what hour the Lord is coming. Why didn't he just say you don't know when? You see, we're going to get to the scripture where it says, "Do not know." Um, you know what? Let's continue with scriptures. We're going to continue on there. Uh, verse 43. But you, but know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, you also be ready, for the son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Now, look what he says earlier in the scriptures in Matthew 24. This is verse 36. But of that day and hour, no one knows. Not even the angels of heaven, but my father only. Pause. Day and hour. Boy, that's awfully specific. Why didn't he say you don't know when? A lot of preachers are telling you that you don't know when. They're misinterpreting the scriptures. Watch the deception that takes place about knowing the day of the Lord and when it's coming. Okay, let's continue on. but as the days of Noah were. So Jesus giving us some insight here as to what to watch for to help us prepare. Let's look at what the days of Noah was like. So also will the coming of the son of man be. So the when that rapture comes, that resurrection of the bride of Christ comes, we're going to see him come from the east to the west like lightning in the sky. He says when that happens, it's going to be like the days of Noah. So everything we're talking about is that day of the Lord. There's a series of events and that bride of Christ is resurrected after the 144,000 are sealed. So watch very carefully about the days of Noah because this is so applicable to us. This is the key. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and did not know until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the coming of the son of man be. Okay, we have to look at the days of Noah because there's a mystery here. Jesus says no one knows the day nor the hour. Again, he didn't say no one knows when. He says no one knows the day nor the hour. Well, what happened to the week, the month, the season, the year? He didn't say that. Let's continue on with the scriptures here because I want you to see something that happened in Genesis with the flood. Watch. This is so powerful. Genesis 6:3. And the Lord said, "My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh, yet his day shall be 120 years." Now look at Genesis 7:1. Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation." In verse four, for after seven more days, I will cause it to rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will destroy the face of the earth, all living from the face of the earth, all living things that I have made." Ho ho ho. So Jesus says, "Go back to Genesis and take a look because I want you to understand and not be taken like a thief in the night. I don't want you to be unaware of what's coming." So he tells Noah 120 years in advance, you're going to build an ark because I'm going to destroy the earth. So Noah knew 120 years in advance. Okay? And if you get into details, you will find it he didn't start actually building the ark for another 20 years. But as he's building the ark, let me tell you something. How many people saw him building the ark? Many. I bet it was on their news broadcast, television sets, however the people lived during that time, they were aware and they saw that the Lord was coming and they still didn't know. Then look at what he also said. He told Noah, "Come into the ark because in seven days, that's a week. We know in a week." Oh, people, we need to be watching this. We need to be watching because this is why he tells us to watch and be prepared. Now, I want to show you something else here because this is so so amazing. So, you've got Matthew and how he said it. It's like the days of Noah, but Mark and Luke say it differently. They don't use the days of Noah. There's more mystery here. Watch this. Let's start with Luke 21:es 34-36. But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with kerosene, drunkenness, and cares of this life. Isn't that what Paul was talking about? Having the mind in the fog. When you have your mind on drugs or sickness or ailments or of the matters of this world, your focus on the world and not what's coming. And when you're not aware of what's coming, it's going to take you by surprise. But you can prepare for it because that way that thief won't take you by surprise because you're ready to fight it. So here now when you're preparing for the return of the Lord, you know he's coming. When that last seven days come, what are you going to be doing? He said, "Come inside." [Music] So carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you unexpectedly. I'm going to read that verse again. But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with kerosene, drunkenness, and cares of this life and that day come on you unexpectedly. I'mma pause here for another moment. I got to share slight testimony from this week. I had a rough week. I gotten sick last Sunday and it, you know, it kind of lingered all week long, but I'm over it now. So, it was that sickness attack. It was all these little things that came in and Wednesday was the catalyst of this. And I I had gotten emotional about it and I I was frustrated. I got up from my desk and I walked out went for a walk around my the perimeter where work where I work and as I was like I said, "Lord, what's wrong with me? Why am I getting so focused on this?" And all week long, I had been studying these scriptures, looking at it, trying to figure out how I was going to present this message to you. And it was dawning on me, hey, the devil's trying to get me caught up on the cares of this world. So, as I was walking, I said, you know what, Lord, I'm giving this to you because it ain't my problem. One, nobody's going to care in a hundred years. One, two, I got more important things to look at. The return of you, that's what I'm talking about. You can easily get caught up into the elements of the world here. I mean, we just had St. Patrick's Day. I was driving to work. There were nobody on the road. I don't know how many people took off Thursday and Friday, but I'm sitting there like I guess people wanted to have a good drunken moment because that's what you do on St. Patty's Day. Get caught up in the world, get caught up in the events. You got to watch and be diligent and pray. We're going to show that in just a moment here. Okay, let's continue on with Luke here. Uh verse 35. ever will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass to stand before the son of man. Okay, now this is where it gets different. Okay, so we saw how Matthew talked about it how Jesus said to go back to the days of Noah and Luke is telling us listen you got to be counted worthy. And this is so applicable to what Jesus said with the virgin, the parable of the 10 virgins. Now, I didn't put that parable here. I encourage you to go look the scriptures up. The parable of the 10 virgins are the same. They're 10 virgins. They're all identical and they're the church. So, what happens is fif five of them have their oil and they're ready to go with the wedding party. Five of them don't. So the five that don't say to the ones that do give me give us some of your extra oil. And the ones that are wise tell the others, "Hey, we came prepared. You go buy your own." And while the other ones were out buying their own, the the five came into the wedding, the other five who showed up late, Jesus said, "I don't know who you are." And kept the doors locked and they missed the rapture. So, but they're all believers in Christ. I want you to see that and understand. And look, look at how Mark or Luke says it here, counted worthy to escape all these things. It is a blessing when you are righteous because you're taking the next step. You're not getting caught up in the world with the kerosene and the drunkenness. You're saying, "No, I'm going to choose God." And God says, "Okay, I got a blessing for you. You're going to go up in the rapture." That's what this is about. So, you get counted worthy. So you got to be diligent. And notice he also said to pray. So you're praying, you know, and the things that you need to be praying. Pray for yourself. I don't know how many people are praying for you. First, pray for yourself. Pray for your family. Pray. Let God hear your voice. Because then you can say, "God, you know me because you're hearing my voice because I'm talking to you all the time. And by the way, I talk to him all the time. He knows my voice. I know his." That's another thing is as you enter into that relationship with God, you begin to realize, wow, he's real and he's coming and you line yourself up with him. You get counted worthy. Ah, so it's awesome. So you see the difference here now talking about the same event but another viewpoint. Now watch, I'm going to show you the next one. So we just finished Luke. Now, let's go look at Mark's viewpoint. This is so fascinating. Says, "But of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the father." Now, that's similar to what we already heard. But look, take heed, watch and pray. Now, he added prayer, for you do not know when the time is. It is like a man going to a far country who left his house and gave authority to his servants and to each his work and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. Watch therefore for you do not know when the master of the house is coming. In the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning, lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, watch. There's even more information here. Oh my goodness, you guys. This is powerful. Okay, so he emphasizes here, watch. He also emphasizes prayer. But look at what he said. He said in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning. Okay, so you have evening, you got midnight. Crowing of the rooster is just before the sunlight breaks the horizon outside. And then you have morning. What happened to noon? [Laughter] Is it possible that we don't know the day nor the hour simply because we're on different time zones, but we know 120 years in advance. We know seven days before. And if you watch Jonathan Khan and how he's been revealing the mysteries of the Jubilees over the last 20 so plus years. So we're already coming into the realization that God has shown us the last 120 years what's happening. And I talked about Mark Twain being the stranger. In fact, I think the clock starts there and I forget what year it is. 18 something. Uh I think 1867 because I think 1967, the 50-year Jubilees, it lands on the same as um uh taking over Jerusalem, the Israelites did in the six- day war of 1967. Anyways, you can look all that up. It's all there. Don't take my word for it. But I'm telling you that you have this clock that started. And so when Jesus talks about the the rumors of wars and the wars and the pestilence and the COVID 19, which is a pestilence, u the famines, how many people are starving in the world, and all the earthquakes. I don't know if you've noticed how much how many earthquakes we've had lately. It's been quite a bit. So this is what he's saying. Watch and pray and be diligent about it. Vigilant is the other word that Paul used in Thessalonians. This is absolutely imperative that you do this because you don't want to become unaware, which means you need to prepare. So, if you're going to prepare for a thief by locking your doors, locking your windows, having things that will trigger your your senses to wake you up in case you hear somebody messing with the door. These are things that you prepare for, which means you need to prepare for the return of the Lord. So, that day is coming. It's prophetic. There is no if. It is a when. Okay? We don't know the day nor the hour. But we certainly do know the season. We know that if Jesus fulfilled the first set of feast of the Israelites by his coming as a man and dying on the cross for our sins, that was all fulfilled with the first fruits fruit uh first feast that happened in the Israelites Passover. That's he was the Passover lamb. So he fulfills all that. So the second half of the feast are all the fall feast. So we do have a good idea it's going to happen in the fall there. You know God has his clock. He knows his clock. Okay. Uh we know so we know a season. We know that we had this 120 years. And if you go back and look at the last 120 years, um even after the stranger in the land did what he did, there was a series of large earthquakes that happened at that time. Uh we're we're talking a whole lot of them. You can go back and look at this. Uh you had um the one uh from Isuza Street Revival that was um h that revival was happening at the same time that large earthquake happened in San Francisco. But there was a series of about three other earthquakes that were in the eights during that time. So I'm telling you the clock started and we knew 120 years in advance. So now it comes down to the last seven week seven days that we're going to know. Don't know when that's coming, but we will know because God will tell every believer that is spending time with him, come inside. Those are the words he's going to tell us. So now question is, are you going to hear it? Because if you are spending time in the secret place with the Lord, you will hear those words, you will come inside and you will be ready and waiting for his return. Oh, so it is time to prepare. The other part that comes out of this in in a subtle way is to comfort one another. I know that this sounds like a doom and gloom type of message and it sounds scary, but you have to realize something. Look at the world. You know, I get it. Go back to Darwin. He's looking at the beach and he's looking around. He he describes it as a peaceful moment. Now, don't let it deceive you because he's thinking, okay, well, in this peaceful moment, it's always peaceful. And that's when he came up with evolution and he measured it on that moment. And we can go outside and look at the green trees, get a little breeze, puff a cloud here and there. It's gorgeous. This earth is gorgeous. It really is. And you can have that moment of peace. It really is nice. But I'm going tell you right now that's going away. You know when we talked about that first scripture talking peace and comfort and then all of a sudden sudden destruction. So right now things look quite peaceful when you step outside and don't look at the news. But if you watch the news, because we need to be watching and be diligent and pray, then we're aware of what's going on. There are other scriptures that support this and in a whole different kind of way. And I I want to go here and give you some additional scriptures because I think you can see it how the whole Bible prepares us for this. This is amazing. I just love the Lord. He's just so good at this. I mean, I love him. I love him. Okay, so Psalm 8:17, I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently will find me. So here he's telling you, you're going to find me. So don't think that, oh, if I go do this, I ain't going to be there. No, no, no, no, no. He's going to be there and he's going to get you ready. Especially when you say, you know, God, I don't want to be left behind. He understands that, respects that, and he will comfort you. Look at these other scriptures. Uh 2 Timothy 2:15, be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Again, be prepared. Get yourself in front of God now before the judgment day comes so that you can say, "Lord, I need your help because I'm a sinner and I need to get right with you so I can move forward with you in what you're doing because this doesn't matter anymore. You matter and my future with you matters." Amen. Let's look at Hebrews. Here we go again. Hebrews 11:6. But without faith, it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. The reward is the rapture and not being left in this earth. Now remember the 10 virgins I talked about. 50% went up with the Lord, 50% stayed back. All believers. Now I want you to understand something. how you die. We all want to hope that we can control our death and it be somewhat of a comfort like go to sleep and don't wake up something to that effect where it's painless. Think of it like this. That 50% that didn't go still have to die. Now in that first five months after that day of the Lord and all those events that trigger or get triggered they they happen on that day the next five months you can't die and then there's going to be thunders and this is in Revelation go read it I didn't bring that scripture here but there are going to be thunders that are going to come out and talk to you who's here. So those that are believers again are going to have the opportunity and they're going to realize because they've been hearing about us teaching them about the rapture all this time and they missed the boat because they chose not to be diligently and and show themselves approved and worthy and diligent to God because they missed the boat. They're going to have to die again. They miss the blessing of the rapture that you can grab now if you just go get in his presence. But if you So it's not like you're going to miss out in eternity. I want you to understand that you're just missing out in the blessing of not being here for the torture and the torment. And I'm going to tell you that first five months of who uh is left behind, the 144,000 are sealed. That's the Israelite male Jews that are sealed. They won't be touched. But these locust things are going to be going around stinging every other human being on this earth. And so if you miss this rapture, which is the blessing to get out of that, then you're stuck dealing with that torment and torture and pain. I am trying to hopefully catch you before it gets there. Please, I urge you, not only repent, but get into the presence of God and show yourself worthy to God. Amen. Look at what 2 Peter 3:14 says. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot and blameless. Again, the same message. You're seeing the same theme. It is time that we get into the presence of the Lord in our secret place and say, "Okay, God, I am going to do my best. Yeah, I s I fall every day. Look at what happened in my testimony I shared earlier for this week. Getting caught up in the the things of the world even, you know, and I taught on this uh uh the last message about even the elect possibly being deceived. It's like that should scare the living hell out of you in all reality. Oh, I hope this is why I get into the secret place with the Lord. I'm praying. Lord, don't let me get deceived. I'm hoping that helmet is thick, strong, and it keeps the world out of my head and my heart. So, when the attacks come on, because that's what's happening right now. The deception is on, the attacks are on. The world seems so tempting to, oh, I can relax and be at peace here and enjoy. But it's coming. It's coming. This day of the Lord is coming. It is prophetic. It is prophesied. I think all of the the u prophets talk about it if not most of them do but it's coming and the word of God was written and assembled for us today to know what's coming because we're that generation. And I'm telling you my friends, you got to wake up, get the fog out of your mind. Be diligent and prepare. Meaning get into that secret place with the Lord. Pray. Pray for yourself. Pray for your family. Pray. Let God hear your voice and you hear his voice. Meaning, you get the scriptures and learn. Don't Don't rely on the preachers out here because they're the ones that are teaching you, hey, no one's going to know when anyways. Don't worry about it. That's what a lot of them are teaching. That's not what the Bible says. You can just see what I just taught. We know 120 years in advance and seven days before. We know. Oh, and it looks like around noon. All I'm saying is be ready. Amen. Let's pray. And let's pray for that strength. Let's pray together. Uh I want you to agree with me in prayer. And I pray that you are diligent in your prayer life and that you and God get to know one another. Amen. Oh, heavenly father, we thank you for this word. Oh, thank you for getting us prepared. I pray and ask that you prepare us appropriately. That you give us the the strength and the endurance to get into the secret place with you to find out who you are. That we talk to you and that we hear you and that we apply your word to our spirit and our soul and that we can say, "You are God. You are in control and we know where you're going and we're going to follow where you go." Oh, hallelujah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Father God. In the glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. And God bless you. And I'll see you in the next video. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE To explain why God allowed the serpent into the Garden of Eden by exploring the necessity of temptation, separation, and evil as part of the divine plan for humanity. This chapter aims to show that the human experience was uniquely designed by God to confront and overcome what angelic beings could not: the knowledge of good and evil. Ultimately, it reveals how humanity’s struggles, trials, and choices serve to magnify the goodness of God and prepare us for eternal life in His presence. THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: To explain why God allowed the serpent into the Garden of Eden by exploring the necessity of temptation, separation, and evil as part of the divine plan for humanity. This chapter aims to show that the human experience was uniquely designed by God to confront and overcome what angelic beings could not: the knowledge of good and evil. Ultimately, it reveals how humanity’s struggles, trials, and choices serve to magnify the goodness of God and prepare us for eternal life in His presence. Synopsis: The Human Experience opens with Isaiah’s cry of unworthiness, a reflection of mankind’s fallen condition rooted in the serpent’s deception in Eden. The chapter raises the essential question: why did God allow the serpent into the Garden? Through “sound reasoning,” it argues that this was no accident but part of God’s purposeful design, introducing humanity into a realm where good and evil could be experienced. Unlike angels, who fell irrevocably when exposed to evil, humans were created with the capacity to endure temptation, separation, and darkness, and yet be redeemed through Christ. Scripture is used to contrast God’s nature—untouched and untempted by evil—with the human reality of constant conflict between light and darkness. Jesus’ life illustrates the core of the human experience: though fully God, He entered the physical realm, was tempted, endured separation from the Father, and yet triumphed, making redemption possible for all. This human journey is portrayed as a process of gathering information, learning the consequences of sin, and contrasting the horrors of evil with the goodness of God. While angels know God’s holiness by proximity, only humanity can appreciate His goodness fully because we experience both sides of the moral spectrum. At the judgment seat of Christ, the record of our human experiences will be refined, shaping us for eternity where sin will no longer have hold. The chapter concludes by affirming that the human experience—though marked by temptation, separation, and suffering—ultimately serves to deepen our gratitude and worship of God. Without the serpent, mankind would have remained in innocence, never grasping the majesty of God’s love. But through the trials of human history, the redeemed will one day stand before the throne, eternally declaring, “Salvation belongs to our God and to the Lamb!” Inspired Teaching: Isaiah 6:5 “So I said: ‘Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’” Probably the number one question that most people would like to ask God, if they ever had the chance in their lifetime to ask Him directly, would be this: Why Lord, did you let the serpent into the Garden? It is obvious that when the Lord revealed Himself to Isaiah, that question was probably the last thing on Isaiah’s mind, but yet the very nature of Isaiah’s condition, which caused him to say: woe is me, was due to the fact that the serpent was in the Garden to begin with, messing around and tempting Eve to get her and Adam into trouble. Which leads me to ask this question: Was there a necessity for the serpent to be in the Garden? Sound reasoning will tell us that there was. It had to be! Why else would a good God allow it to be there? Let me explain what I call sound reasoning: Matthew 10:29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.” We know that God is the Almighty, and that nothing happens, that happens, without His will or knowledge. So, then we must conclude that there was a reason for the serpent to be there in the Garden, which brings us to our original question of why, what was the reason? I believe the answer to be, the phrase that I chose for the title of this lesson: The Human Experience. Let’s follow logic: Why would a God that has everything create something new? Or we could ask it another way: Why would a God that has everything create something different? If you think about it, we humans do not even exist in the same dimension that God dwells in. God lives in an infinite eternity that is spiritual. We live in a physical reality, a realm that is passing away. As a matter of fact, we humans are a different breed from anything that God had ever created in the past, and as such, we were placed in a totally different environment that any of the other intelligent creatures that preceded us were ever placed. What makes us different than any of the angelic creatures that preceded us, is our humanity, or what I call the human experience. What is the human experience? Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” You see, I believe that only God has the capacity to know evil without ever being touched or tempted by it. Even creatures that God created with great wisdom, like Lucifer, fell when enticed by the knowledge of evil itself, unlike God who can never be tempted by it. 1 John 1:5 “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” God is totally and completely pure, inside and out, and the only reason that He knows evil is because as God He knows everything. James 1:13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.” Did you get what the last two Scriptures are telling us? Its subtle, but in order for us to get it we have to look at it from the perspective of the human experience. Let us take a closer look at our last Scripture first. For God cannot be tempted by evil. Matthew 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Isn’t Jesus God? Of course He is! Is not the devil evil? Of course he is! So why was evil trying to do something that he is not allowed to do, like tempting God? The only reason that the devil was allowed to try and tempt Jesus, who is the Son of God, was the locality, the physical realm where the human experience is one of good and evil constantly. Let us look at our other Scripture that reveals to us the nature of God. In Him is no darkness at all. Matthew 27:45-46 “Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘E’li, E’li, la-ma’ sa-bach’-tha-ni?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’” Here also we see how Jesus the Son of God is engulfed by darkness to the point that He becomes separated from God Himself who is light. So that darkness, which is separation from God, as well as temptation by evil itself, are both human experiences that no other spiritual creatures can ever experience and survive without falling. No human can experience temptation and separation from God either and survive it, were it not for Jesus Christ, the Son of God in the flesh, who experienced temptation and separation from God in His physical body on our behalf without failing. And by the power of His holiness was able to overcome both, temptation and separation from God, and still raise up from the dead. So that what we see in the human experience is a process. We can call that process the gathering of information that takes place during our lifelong experience while here in this physical realm. So, back to our original question, why was the serpent in the Garden? Not only did James say that God cannot be tempted by evil, but he added that God Himself does not tempt anyone. If there is a flaw, and I’ll use that word loosely, with the spiritual creatures that God created first, the angels, is that they dwell in the same eternity that God dwells, so that when the third of the creatures that were tempted fell, their nature was changed immediately and forever, for they were cast into the realm of darkness, and at once became separated from God and unredeemable. And not only that, the angels who remained faithful to God still lack the ability to know evil experientially, for if they personally experienced evil, they themselves would be lost forever as we were. I believe, the human race was created to overcome what the angelic creatures could not, to be like God in the sense of knowing good and evil and yet, not losing ourselves by being separated from God forever through the experience. By our experiencing the horrors of evil contrasted with the goodness of God, we would once and for all choose to renounce any and all knowledge of evil by recognizing that God and only God is good. All the holy angels know about the goodness of God, for they experience it daily as they cry out before Him day and night, Holy, Holy, Holy! But only humans can truly understand about the goodness of God within the contrast of good when compared against the utter darkness of evil that we have had to suffer and endure. Our physical bodies will one day die and return to the dust of the earth from where they were taken, but the experience, the information that was gathered while we were alive in our physical bodies is never lost. So, what happens to the information that was gathered through our human experience while we were here alive in the earth with our physical bodies? 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” All the information that was gathered while in our human experience journey, has to be edited and formatted, made suitable for the new physical eternity that we will be a part of forever once we get our new eternal physical bodies. John 3:19 “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” Not all humans will make it into eternal bliss with God, just like not all of the angels made it, but those of us who make it will have our abilities to fall into evil removed from us forever. Our experiences with the horrors of evil will make us a lot more appreciative of the goodness of God, and having our abilities to sin removed from us once and for all at the judgment seat of Christ, will be a greater cause for us to give God heart felt praise. Had there been no temptation in the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve, the human race would still be in the age of innocence, as mere infants who could never understand the true Majesty of our Loving Father, the great compassion of our God and Savior, and the true love that He has freely demonstrated toward us, His creation, who will one day will be truly able to appreciate Him in the fullness of all His goodness. Revelation 7:9-10 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!’” Previous Next Home

ENTER HIS REST The purpose of this teaching is to help believers understand the biblical meaning of entering God’s rest, as taught in Hebrews 3–4 and supported by the Psalms. The message aims to show that rest is not merely physical relaxation but a spiritual act of faith and obedience. By choosing to trust God instead of striving in unbelief or frustration, Christians can experience peace, healing, stability, and victory in their daily lives. < Back ENTER HIS REST Minister Lisa Kane January 6, 2024 Objective: The purpose of this teaching is to help believers understand the biblical meaning of entering God’s rest, as taught in Hebrews 3–4 and supported by the Psalms. The message aims to show that rest is not merely physical relaxation but a spiritual act of faith and obedience. By choosing to trust God instead of striving in unbelief or frustration, Christians can experience peace, healing, stability, and victory in their daily lives. Synopsis: In Enter His Rest, Lisa Kane explores the scriptural call for God’s people to enter into His promised rest. Drawing from Hebrews 3 and 4, she highlights the example of Israel’s disobedience in the wilderness, showing how unbelief kept them from receiving the rest God intended. In contrast, true faith and obedience open the door to peace, stability, and blessing. The message also weaves in insights from Psalms 37, 38, and 116, which connect rest with patience, forgiveness, and the quieting of the soul in God’s presence. Rest is shown to be both a command and a gift—an intentional act of ceasing from striving, trusting God’s provision, and allowing Him to heal both body and spirit. Lisa emphasizes that entering God’s rest equips believers to resist anger, frustration, and fear, while cultivating boldness, faith, and testimony before others. Just as God rested on the seventh day, Christians are called to follow His example by stepping back from self-effort and allowing His Word and Spirit to work within them. Ultimately, rest becomes a weapon of victory, crushing the enemy underfoot, and a testimony of faith that demonstrates God’s peace and power in the midst of life’s challenges. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane and I'm recording this message on Saturday, January 6, 2023. This message is called Enter His Rest. Amen. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your presence and we thank you for your anointing and we thank you for the power of your word, the living word of God. And we thank you that it moves forward. That it strikes and divides and meets the needs of every person deep within their bones. Father God, I thank you. I thank you. And I thank you because you are all powerful. You are glorious. You are the creator. You are the healer. You are the provider. Thank you in the name of Jesus. Amen. And amen. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scripture here in Hebrews. Hebrews 3:19. And so we see that they cannot enter in because of unbelief or that word unbelief means faithlessness or another word for it is faithlessness. Well, you know I am teaching a different kind of message. So this is called enter his rest. My pastor taught on Sunday uh a message on rest and the Sabbath and I you know resonated with me. Normally I don't teach on something that another pastor's taught on but then I heard three other messages. So, I got a total of four messages this week on the topic of rest in the Sabbath. And I thought, wow, Lord, you're talking to me. So, this message is really more for me, but I'm going to share it with you while I teach myself. Amen. So, I've done some research here. We are going to be focusing in Hebrews, and we're going to be focusing on uh Hebrews 3 and 4. So, if you want, get your Bibles ready because we're going to be reading some good chunks of scripture through there. In the meantime, there are three scriptures in Psalms that I want to show you that apply to rest. And it kind of really uh brings to heart the difference between living in sin, living with Christ, because you got to know the difference between the two. I taught on this last week, what the difference between salvation and living for Christ is. So there is something visible that we can see and actually entering or not entering into that rest gives us a clue as to who you are and what kind of life you're living. Amen. So Psalm 37:7, rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prosperth in his way because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. All of us look out at other people and we all see those that are doing so good, so prosperous, have all the money. I mean, look at our current leadership in the government of the United States of America and how prosperous they are. It's frustrating. But God is saying, look at this or this the author of Psalm here is saying rest. Look at the word rest. To be dumb, see, stop in the Lord. Okay, let's explain because it takes a moment to think this through and understand it. So to be dumb. Okay, so in other words, what you're doing is because you're so frustrated, you get mad and you see these situations. So what that word rest is telling you to do, just stop, pretend that's not going on, be dumb about it, and go to the Lord. Wait a second. How do I do that? Because now the emotions are flying. Look at what kind of emotions he's talking about in the Psalms. He says, "Fret not thyself." And what does that mean? Glow or grow warm. The blood pressure, you're you're getting heated. Your your face turns color when you get angry. It turns red. It just that's the way it happens. Darkens and reds and bulges. Well, he's saying, "Don't let that get to you. Rest in the Lord." What does he say? rest, which means to be dumb. Cease. Stop. Stop yourself. Oh, okay. I gotta stop myself. How do I do that? So, we're gonna be looking into that. Um, now let's look at another verse in Psalm. Psalm 38:3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger, neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. Here we are again about anger. If you're angry at something or someone, look at this. I have no rest. There's no soundness, no wholesome, no I'm not complete in my flesh. My my my bones are not at safe. They they're not healthy. They're not prosperous because I'm in sin and I haven't been forgiven of my sin. So taking rest is an act of obedience or if you don't do it, you're in sin. [Music] which we all know that Jesus, he's the the Messiah. He came to redeem us and pardon us. And because he did that, we get to stop and say, "Lord, forgive us." So, he's showing us, these scriptures are showing us a little bit of self-control here. We have to take heed, make sure we don't let this get out of hand. Let's look at a third verse in Psalm. Psalm 116:7. Return unto thy rest, oh my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. Look at this. Return back. You got to get your life back with God in the secret place with the Lord. You have to find that rest, quiet, settled spot home for your soul. Your soul needs to have that quiet moment. And look at because the Lord is treated bountifully with you. You are God will treat you bountifully. This is an act of obedience. He's going to do that. So, let's go to Hebrews. We're going to look at start at three. We're going to go in start at chapter 3. We're going to go into chapter 4, but let's start at verse 11. And this is the chunk of scripture we're looking at is the author is trying to tell us, okay, we're going to look at the Israelites who wandered the wilderness for 40 years and what they did. And look at what God did here. So now God, he swore an oath in his wrath. Okay? Because it's talking about God. So I swear in my wrath, and it was a justifiable, violent, passionate wrath that he's talking about that this is God talking. They shall not enter my rest. Because see, God said to the Israelite, he was so vexed and frustrated with him that he's like, I'm not going to let you enter my rest. I mean, he just got mad. And this is where he's saying, "They shall not enter my rest." Look at the word rest there. It means reposing down or dormant sleep, abode, which is like a home. And uh as you can see what I'm teaching here is the bold words are in the King James version. The words in parentheses are additional meanings of that word in bold. Okay. So as you can see here he swore in his wrath and he's a they're not going to get into a reposing down dormant sleep or abode. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil which is a hurtful influence heart or thoughts or feelings of unbelief which is faithless faithlessness in departing from the living God. You see, when you're in hardness of heart, which is what these people in the wilderness were, you are in evil. You're you have a hurtful influence on the thoughts and the feelings of those around you because you don't have faith. you're not following the living word of God. You're not living in the living word of God. And these people were doing that. So this writer, the author of Hebrews is telling us, get a hold of yourself. Now let's continue on. 13 But exhort one another daily while it is called today, lest any of you follow the same pattern, be hardened through the deceitfulness, delusion of sin. You see, when the Israelites had wandered around and they were eating heaven, bread from heaven, mana, they got bored with it and they wanted their onions back from when they were in slavery with the Egyptians. Oh, those onions. Oh, I miss those. Oh, if I could only have another, you know, had they had just humbled themselves and took hold of themselves and say, you know, Lord, went to Moses and said, "Hey, Moses, can you go talk to God? I'm thankful we have the mana. I'm grateful for it. Can he add some flavor to it or give us a a difference? Because see, we're in the flesh. We want something different all the time. And God knows that and he will work with you. This is why he said, "Enter your rest." Because you got to deal with your flesh. Which is what Psalms was trying to tell us about our bones not being in good, safe, healthy, prosperity areas because we're not entering into that rest. This is where people get cancer and things of that nature. This is why you'll see a lot of medical offices and systems try to provide a tw tranquil atmosphere for their patients because they're trying to calm them because if they can calm down a bit, it brings the blood pressure down. Right? Verse 14. For we are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end. Basically saying we're participants of of Christ and what he did. We need to stay confident in and we have to set ourselves under his support and be stable unto the end. You see that's what entering rest is all about. Stability. How many times you do good, you do good, you do good, you do it for several months in a row and all of a sudden you crash and burn because you got to enter your rest to keep it going to the end. While it is said today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation or the irritation of the Israelites to God back in the wilderness. And he's saying today, now today meant, let's say we were here yesterday. Yesterday was today. Tomorrow will be today. So he's saying now, this is the now you have to get a hold of yourself, take heed of yourself and watch out for hardening your heart. And then he says, "For someone they had heard did provoke or exasperate. How be it not all that came out of Egypt by Moses." See, some did. And what's happened is when you get a bad apple, it kind of affects all the other apples in the basket. Well, you had these moaner and groaner and complainers. And then these people who weren't moaning and complaining heard that and oh yeah, okay. and they agree and it becomes fruitful. It multiplies. Well, we have to stop that. We have to take heed of ourselves. If you hear someone complaining, you should be entering the Lord because that's where your rest is. Let's continue on because the author is going to get to that. Says verse 17, "But with whom was he grieved or vexed?" 40 years God whom was he grieved and vexed with? Was it not with him that had sinned or missed the mark? whose carcasses the limb of the body fell in the wilderness. You see, there's a consequence to not entering in his rest, to not following the obedience of God's call. The people of the Israelites in the wilderness did not make it into his rest because God swore they will not enter his rest because they were provoking him to anger. They weren't taking heat of themselves and getting some self-control to say, "Hey, so this is what he's saying." So those people, they died in the wilderness. This is why your bones get sick. This is why you get sick because you didn't take the rest that your body requires. And God used that to just basically tell them, "You're not entering my rest." And he killed them all off. I think it was 21 years and younger entered into the promised land. the rest didn't because of their act of disobedience. Verse 18, and to whom swear or an oath he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believe not. So what he's saying is they there's a promise here. And this is what the author is trying to point out. He's telling them they're the ones that were acting in disobedience and I swore that they cannot have rest. Which means there's a rest for those of us who do obey. Let's look at that. Let's look at that. This is awesome. So, we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. We know that they lacked faith. You know, they you know, it was different because Moses would go speak to them face to face and he they got scared of them. Yes. But then they went and built a golden calf and they went and did this and they went and did that. Wandering for 40 years, moaned and complained and groaned and and vexed the Lord. So now look at what he says about this. We're now in chapter 4 verse one. Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left of us enter into his rest. Any of you should seem to come short, deficient in fear of it. You see, he's saying if you're going to believe you, if you're not going to believe me, you're going to act in disobedience. This is what's going to happen to you. But if you choose to believe, this is a promise for you to enter into his rest today, not tomorrow. But tomorrow will be today, and you will be in that rest if you choose to have faith and believe. How do you have faith when faith is you? A lot of us don't have faith that even measures up to the size of a mustard seed as Jesus pointed out. And these people in the wilderness did not have any faith. They wanted to go back to what they knew. They couldn't see the future that God had for them. And remember, even when Joshua entered into the promised land, they had to go to war and fight the um other cultures that were around and all the other kingdoms that were there. They had to fight them. But God was with Joshua and he used different tactics to beat them all and God showed himself more and more because they had faith. This group of people believed. So the question is, are you going to be the one who's going to die out in the wilderness where your carcass dies, your bones become sin, uh corrupt, full of sin and disease, or are you going to have the belief and the faith that Jesus is the son of God and that you can enter his rest? I mean, I don't know if you're struggling with sleep right now or if you're struggling in your mind where you need to have a peace. I'm going to tell you right now, all of this action of being obedient, entering into his rest gives us the victory for the situations and the circumstances we've been dealing with and praying for and whatever we're facing. Let's go on. Let's go on. I want you to see this. Verse two. For unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them. But the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. You see, now you're looking at two groups of people, which is what I've been talking about. Ones that don't have faith, they lack belief. They're not believing. And then you have a group that is believing. And all it takes is the moment you choose to be obedient. Okay, God, I don't understand why you're telling me to sit down or why I have to come to you and I can't deal with this situation myself. I can't go deal with our current government and current powers. I can't go deal with that myself. Okay, I'm going to put myself in this situation and I'm going to wait on you in obedience even though I don't want to. God respects that. He does. He wants you to act in that obedience because that act is your act of faith which activates God and he moves on your behalf. Now your bones are safe. You're in good health because those that try to attack, let's say a prominent position that's being ran by evil right now and you try to go take it out, what happens? You end up dying most of the time or they arrest you and you go into jail and you never come out again. That's just how that works. So, this is where now we have to take heed, self-control, and come into believe. And whether you believe or not, you say, "Okay, Lord, I'm going to have to trust you. I don't understand what's going on. I don't know why evil is so prominent right now. I don't know why these these things are taking place for I know that the the gates of hell will not prevail. So, I'm just going to take a step of faith and I'm going to enter your rest and I'm going to pray about it. Or you've got managers at work that are just picking on picking on you. You've got situations in your home where people are aggravating you and and I'm going to go enter my rest with the Lord because I need it. Lord, I come to you. I give this to you. I'm going to sit here. I'm going to put some praise worship music on. I give it to you. It's done. I'm going to leave it alone and I'm going to do something different. I'm going to read scripture. I'm going to do some crochet. I'm going to do knitting. I'm going to bake some bread. I'm going to go work on an engine in a car. But I'm giving it to the Lord first. You see how powerful the presence of rest does for us? For us, for me, the me. This is so important. Oh, and that that takes that's taking faith and belief and mingling the two together. That is our responsibility that we need to do. Now, verse three, for we which have believed do enter into his into rest, as he said, as I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the works toil, acts were finished from the foundation of the world. You see, God entered his rest after he did his works and all the works were done at the end of the sixth day. So if all the works were done, all the evil was already taking place and we know the victory and the outcome of the war, then this is where now we can win the battle because we choose to come into the rest knowing faith, knowing belief we got the victory. Oh hallelujah. Look at Jesus. Look at what God did on the seventh day. This is the author still Hebrews. He's still talking about God on the seventh day. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise and God did rest that seventh day from all his works. Now that word wise there means it's referring to a precedent. Uh it's going to go be it's going to become the rule to follow. So God rested on the seventh day. This is why we have what's called the Sabbath. This is one act of obedience that we can take upon ourselves and have that um that satism that that peace at rest. Now it doesn't mean no work or it doesn't mean sleep or don't walk to your neighbors or things like that. Now I know the Israelites followed it that way but as a believer in Christ a little different for us. It is the act of obedience to say I'm going to settle down. I'm going to calm my soul. you know, because I've been praying in the spirit now um for the prayers I posted up on our website recently and I've been doing it for several weeks in a row and I was kind of getting burned out of it and I was like, Lord, I can't keep doing this. I'm going to treat it kind of like a job and take my weekend off and do it during the week. And then all of a sudden, here comes this message teaching me how about rest. Now you see why I want to teach this to you. Because now I'm finally beginning to understand what it is that God did when he rested on the seventh day. So now I've done my prayers. I did my obedience. And now Lord, I enter your rest. I'm going to sit down. I'm put some praise and worship music on. I'm going to knit. I'm going to crochet. Whatever I'm going to do for that that settles me, that keeps me calm and the things that I like to do. But I'm sitting there and all I'm doing is just I'm not having to do anything I don't want to do. That's the rest our bodies needs. And you know, it's a mind and body thing that your your bones are going to appreciate because you need to heal. They need to heal. This is what I I've been aching and hurting because we've been moving all this kind of stuff and getting settled. And the other day I sat down and I was I was crossstitching and and a couple hours later, you know, as I got up, walked around, I was like, even the next morning I got up and I go, man, I feel a whole lot better. I'm telling you guys, this is very powerful. Very, very powerful. Um, and and so here God rested on the seventh day. Verse five. And in this place again, if they shall enter into my rest, seeing therefore it remainth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached, entered not in because of unbelief. It was first preached to the Israelites, and they didn't enter. They rejected Jesus as the son of God. And as a result, and well, they rejected God and his provision out in the wilderness. What he was trying to do is work on their heart so that he can get them humbled so he can bring them into the promised land. this group of people were so stubborn and hard and necked hardhearted that he couldn't get them out of it. So he says, "Never mind. You're not going to enter the rest I have for you." But he's telling the rest of us who look at that as an example to say, "I do have a rest for you." It's a promise. I love it. I love it. Let's continue on. Verse 9. There remainth therefore a rest. And look at what that word rest means. Type of heaven, sabbaticism. It's a repose, which means a sleep, peace, tranquility, calm of Christianity to the people of God. Meaning, all hell can be breaking loose. And you've entered into God's rest. And you say, "You know what? I've already given it to the Lord. He's taken care of this. I don't have to worry about it." And you have victory just from that alone. That act, that statement, because you are now stating as a fact, which is an act of faith of belief that God already took care of it. I don't have to worry about it. A that's awesome. I hope you guys are grasping this. Verse 10. For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall under the same example of unbelief. We got to take heed, have some self-control, put ourselves in that rest. It's something we have to do. God is expecting us to do it because now it becomes an act of obedience. And did you see that he says settle down cease for he that entered into his settle down cease moment we ceased from our works. You know, all these prayers that I've been praying, actually, the moment I enter my rest, it's like the amen and the amen. Let it be done. Okay, Lord, I'm going to enter my rest. I've done my part. It's up to you to do your part. This is now to show you what I'm talking about in that because I want you to see this. Those scriptures preede this. This is now Hebrews 4. We're still in Hebrews 4. We just finished verse 11. Look at what verse 12 is. For the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of sunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hearts. You see, you're now in a situation. And I'm going to pause. I'm gonna let God handle this because he's going to take care of it better than I would anyways. So every time you're praying and you're giving God the glory, and then you enter into that moment of confidence, boldness, rest, I feel good. God's got it. God's got it. And every time that all hell breaks loose and it's all, you make a better decision when you're in your rest. You know how to decide where to go, what to say, what to do. you are prepped and ready as a believer in Christ. And then what does that do? That establishes your testimony to those running because they're looking at you like, why aren't you all in all up in arms about this management change or this this kind of issue or situation? Or why aren't you more concerned about our loved ones and da da da why aren't you concerned that he's not getting well? And what you're doing is you're saying, "I'm in faith by obeying God because I gave it to him and I'm not going to let it worry me." [Music] That's what this scripture means by the dividing of the soul and the spirit. You know, like I said earlier, when I had laid down and rested and finally got in my rest, I sat down and the next morning I got up and I was like, "Man, my bones feel a lot better. I'm not so achy today." That is the rest of God that he has promised us. The healing that we have the right to have. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah. This is how the word of God penetrates our hearts and minds. It's that act of obedience where we step out and say, "God's got it. God's got it. Quick. It's powerful. It's sharper. God's got it. It discerns. Oh, God's got it. Look at verse 16. Let us therefore come boldly into the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. You We got to do this for God's grace and to help those in the time of need. Because how many people are out there that are not in the rest of God? They're not resting in God. Now, Paul talks about this in Romans. Look at Romans 16:20. And the God of peace, look at that word peace here. Prosperity, rest, quietness, shall bruise, crush completely, shatter Satan under your feet shortly. That's in the state of rest. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Are you catching this? The moment you enter into your obedient rest time and rest period, the grace of peace, the God of peace, your prosperity, your rest, your quietness is going to bruise the devil because every time the devil throws something at you, God's got this. I'm at peace. I've settled my soul down with the Lord. I'm good. Woo. And he says, "Satan, it'll crush completely, shatter Satan." Now, Satan is, it's another word for any evil that comes in your life that comes after you. Bad health, bad finances, and and a lot of these things you're in that situation because you made bad decisions because you didn't enter your rest that you have that God has given you to enter. Oh, and it crushes crush completely shatters Satan under your feet shortly. And that's that state of rest. How long does it take for healing to take place? Sometimes it could take days. Sometimes it could take months. Um I went uh when I was getting out of that diabetes and high cholesterol, that kind of stuff. And I've been healed of all of that. It took several weeks of me praying. I had the elders pray over me, casting the demons out. I did everything I possibly could. It took weeks, but finally when I finally said, "You know what, Lord? I'm going to trust and take this step of faith and I just got rid of all that insulin. I got rid of all that those pills." Do you know that to this day I still have no issues? None whatsoever. You know, and and there are moments that it tries to come back and it's like, "Nah, get lost. I already defeated you, devil." Talk about having some confidence and boldness. This is going to trigger that when you enter your rest. Because what you're doing is you're telling the Lord, "You got this. I'm done trying to handle it myself. And I choose to walk in the quietness, in my rest, because you promised me rest." And that means I know that you and the angels and the Holy Spirit are going forth and doing your thing. Amen. Amen. Amen. Oh, I hope you get this message. I hope you stand on Christ and I hope you apply it to yourself. Oh, let's close the word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the power and the anointing of your word. And we pray and ask that we apply it to our lives. That we do enter our rest that you promised us. That we live in that rest. that we live in that confidence and the boldness knowing that you and the angels and the Holy Spirit are taking care of whatever's going on around us, Father God. For we do it in the act of obedience. We do it in an act of faith because we believe. We believe that you are the son of God, Jesus. We believe that you redeemed us and pardon us. We believe that you are God. You are holy. We believe in faith that you are our provider, that you are our healer. And so we take the act of faith to believe and co-mingle the two together so that we can enter into the rest and say, "Here you go, Lord. All my problems belong to you because they're not mine anymore in the name of Jesus, the son of the living God. Amen and amen." And God says, "I take it. Enter your rest." I hope you get this and I hope you live it. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I'll see you in the next message. Byebye. Previous Next Home

SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD The objective of this teaching is to help believers understand the significance of the seven spirits of God described in Revelation, how they are connected to the authority and victory of Christ, and how this same spiritual empowerment is available to every believer today. It encourages Christians to walk fully in their identity, to be watchful, diligent, and steadfast in faith, so they may conquer spiritual battles, overcome dual living, and operate in the authority given through Jesus Christ. SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD Minister Lisa Kane December 29, 2024 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to help believers understand the significance of the seven spirits of God described in Revelation, how they are connected to the authority and victory of Christ, and how this same spiritual empowerment is available to every believer today. It encourages Christians to walk fully in their identity, to be watchful, diligent, and steadfast in faith, so they may conquer spiritual battles, overcome dual living, and operate in the authority given through Jesus Christ. Synopsis: In this teaching, Lisa Kane examines the meaning of the seven spirits of God as revealed in Revelation 4:5 and 5:6, highlighting how Jesus, the Lamb of God, possessed them and through His victory has made them available to all believers. She connects this reality to the church of Sardis in Revelation 3, showing how Christians can appear alive yet spiritually dead when distracted by the world, living with one foot in the Lord and one in the world. Believers are exhorted to be watchful, strengthen what remains of their faith, repent, and remember the authority given to them in Christ. Through the example of Joshua and the priests at Jericho, Lisa illustrates how the seven spirits symbolize divine power and intercession, equipping believers to stand firm, blow the trumpet of warning, intercede for others, and bring down spiritual walls through the name of Jesus. The message emphasizes that even if a believer feels unworthy or distant, the authority of Christ remains within them through the Holy Spirit. By confession, repentance, faith, and speaking the Word, Christians can walk in deliverance, healing, and victory. Ultimately, this teaching calls believers to embrace their role as priests, live watchfully, and operate in the fullness of the seven spirits of God, remembering always that they are more than conquerors through Christ. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kain and I'm recording this teaching on Sunday, December 29th, 2024. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. Oh Lord, your word is so good, so filling. Let it be planted in our hearts and minds. Let our hearts and minds be prepared to hear your word that we receive it and it does not leave us. that we speak your word, that we apply your word, that we live by your word, and that your word encompass us through and through. Thank you for your word, and thank you for the power of your anointing and the name of Jesus and teaching us how to be more than a conqueror. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. I'm so glad you are here. I can't believe it's December 29, 2024, but it is. This will be my last teaching for 2024. We have so many teachings on our website. I hope you're blessed by the material. You know, if there's something that really touched you, communicate. Send me a message. Let's talk. And if there's questions you have, ask. Amen. All right. This teaching is going to be very cool, very interesting. And oh, I'm so excited about it. It's called the seven spirits of God. Let's go to our opening scripture here in Revelation 4:5 and Revelation 56. uh verse five in chapter four. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven spirits of God. And then in chapter 5 verse six and I beheld and lo in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts and in the midst of the elders stood a lamb as they had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. What are the seven spirits of God? This is very interesting because the lamb Jesus had has them. He has the seven eyes. He has the seven horns and he has this um thing that Jesus did which is to redeem us which he overcame. He conquered Satan. He conquered this world. He died. It may look like he didn't conquer it. You know, he was crucified. And at the time of his crucifixion when he was buried, he rose from the grave three days later, conquering it and having victory. Amen. That is what Jesus had. Now we the same spirit that was in Christ that raised him from the dead is going to raise us from the dead too. We have this opportunity of these seven spirits of God to be within us because we are co-join hes with Christ. We're adopted into the family as believers in Christ. So as a result, we have these seven spirits. So if Jesus had it, we have it. And that means we are more than conquerors because Jesus had the seven spirits of God and he conquered Do you want to conquer? But we're talking I'm going to be talking to a specific audience today. We're going to go talk about the church of Sardis. Let's go to Revelation 3:es 1-6. Says, "Unto the angel of the church in Sardis, write these things he that hath the seven spirits of God." Seven spirits of God. Look at this. And the seven stars. I know thy works. Wait a minute. So, we have the seven spirits of God and the stars. Yes, we do. Because we're believers in Christ. The moment that you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior, that's what you have. Well, look at this. I know thy works that thou hast name that thou livest and are dead or a corpse. How could you have the seven spirits of God and be alive and dead at the same time? Isn't that very interesting? Who's he talking to? So, he's talking about believers who are alive and dead at the same time. Let's continue on. I want you to see. He's telling you to be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die off. This is the audience he's talking to. You have a foot in the world and a foot in the Lord. You have asked the Lord to be your Lord and Savior. And if you recall my testimony that I've shared many times here, there were times I'd be on fire for God, months or years at a time, and then all of a sudden months would go by. God was a I I never thought of him. Never even prayed, nothing. That was my early days as a young woman. And I'm going to tell you, you don't realize it. It's happening, but you're you're living two worlds. And so what he's saying here, he's telling you that you have the seven stars, the seven spirits and the seven stars. You have this is yours. So he's telling you to be watchful. There are many people I know, believers and unbelievers, who want to put their head in the sand and don't want to watch the news. They don't want to know what's going on in the world. Well, guess what? Jesus says you need to be watchful. One of the reasons why you're not alive as a believer in Christ, which you ought to be, which you still have the authority, you just don't know it yet, is because you're not watching. Now, this is not an end times teaching video. We're actually going to be talking about deliverance here. But I want you to see that he's telling believers you need to be watchful. That's first thing you need to be doing because how can you understand what the Holy Spirit is telling you if you don't know what it's going to be applied for. He's, you know, this is one of the ways that the Lord communicates with us is through the acts of the world. We're to watch the unbelievers. Watch the unbelievers and watch what they're doing. That tells you a whole lot about where we are in end time events. So, he's telling you to be watchful. And then he says to strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die off. What does that mean? Now strengthen means to be resolute, confirm, establish, and then it's the remnant. There are things that you have like the authority that you have in Jesus that you're not using. And he's saying it's about ready to die off. And he's telling you to strengthen it. Which what does that word strengthen mean? to turn resolutely, confirm, establish. How can you establish the authority of the name of Jesus if you haven't been practicing it in the secret place with the Lord or you haven't been reading the scripture? You don't even know what scripture to quote because you're not watching it. You're not watching. You're not letting it fill you up because you're living two lives. Yes, you're a believer in Christ, but you're going to lose your resolute that that um yearning in you that you want something and you're going to fight for it. You know, there are some people who have this mind. They know absolutely no. I'm never getting cancer. I'm never going to get sick. And there are people who have never been sick in their entire life. They just don't get sick because in their mind, they don't get sick. You have that authority, by the way. You're just not using it. And he's telling you to shrink these strengthen these things off. They're about to die. That's what he says. Says, "For I have not found thy works perfect or leveled up satisfied before God." Your works are they're actually what's holding you back. You're not working for him or you're doing the minimal that you could and you're about to lose this. Watch this in verse three. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent. He's telling you, go back to the day that you repented. Remember what you did. You were excited about the Lord. You came to the Lord and you were thrilled. You got water baptized. You were flying high on cloud nine. You were just way up there. And that word repent there means to think differently. All of a sudden, you're thinking differently because the Holy Spirit is now working in your mind, but the busyiness of the world has come in and distracted you or for some reason you're just not spending time with the Lord. You're not watching, you're not being diligent. You're one foot in, one foot out. And he's telling you to get out of this funk of being dual, you know, serving the devil and serving God. And by the way, Christians do serve the devil. just don't realize it. Anytime you complain or you judge somebody, that's doing the devil's job for him. Let him do his own job. We can we can do it's hard enough to do our own job without doing his job, too, right? So, let him do his own job. Says, "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I come upon thee." By the way, you will know the hour of when the Lord returns. The scripture in Matthew 24 where it says, "No one knows the day nor the hour." Let me tell you, heard great teaching on that the other day. I wasn't going to share this, but I'm going to share it. Uh he was teaching how it's it's an Israeli thing. And when they're looking for the new moon, which is just right after sunset and dusk is is settling in, the sliver of the new moon will come up on the horizon. You have to be up high on a wall to see this, by the way. So when you become a believer, you are lifted up and you're like a light on the city, uh the city, the hill of the city. You are up there. Well, you the priests get up there and they're looking for that sliver of that new moon, but if they don't see it that day, they have to come back the next day. They don't know the day nor the hour because they don't know when the lunar calendar will begin. That's very interesting, isn't it? Let's continue on. So, you are a priest as someone who's in Christ. And if you're only doing stuff for yourself and you're not watching, you're not interceding, you still have authority in him. You still have his authority. Look at this. Let me show you that. But you you will be unaware of things going on because let's finish verse three. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Verse four, thou hast a few names, authority, character, even in Sardis, which have not defiled or soiled their garments. Whoa, wait a second here. You still have authority because you're a believer in Christ. You have the seven spirits of God in you. You have the stars in you. This is your gift that Christ gave you when you became a believer. you're just not practicing it. So, he's telling you, I want you to watch. I want you to pay attention. I want you to be that priest that's up on that hill. I want you to intercede for people because I want you to speak on your behalf and the authority that I've given you. And then I want you to speak on their behalf and the authority I've given you because you need to intercede for people. That's our responsibility by the way as believers in Christ. And then to not defile our garments. See, there are people even even if you're distracted, you're you're not living for Christ. You're not going after de uh devilish things. You're not going after um evil things. You're trying to be as good as you possibly can. So, you're not defiling your garments. You're not going after false gods and so so forth. They shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. You see, you are worthy still. Sometimes we just have to remember and repent before the Lord and think differently. See, a lot of us too as believers, what's the first thing we do? We hear the doctor tell you something bad news. You believe it. When hey, wait a minute. I got the authority and the seven spirits of God is in me and was in Christ who raised the same spirit in Christ that was in Christ that raised him from the dead is going to do the same thing for me. Well then in that particular case I had the authority still even if I haven't been walking with him. So I have the chance to turn my mind from not listening to the doctor and listening to God. I still have that ability. And that is who I'm talking to is that particular audience today. You're you're not sure. You're like I I'm bad. I've been unworthy. I I can't do any. Yes, you can. You have that authority and you are more than a conqueror. We'll get to that. Says, "He that overcomemeth, subdue, conquer, the same shall be clothed in white raignment." See, you can overcome. Imagine, you know, uh there's things that the human body does is remarkable. Uh you're in a car accident, a car pins somebody down, that person can lift that car up and get that person out. That adrenaline, it's something that goes in our mind where, oh, I just got to lift this car and you do it. You don't even think twice. You don't think about a as yourself as a weak person or you just like, uh-uh, I got to save this person. And you're so focused on saving that person that you don't even realize you're lifting a car. Like Peter when he got out of the boat and he's walking on the water, he's like, "Hey." And then he realizes he he all of a sudden becomes aware, I'm walking the water. and he starts to sink. It's when you focus on Christ and you're going to stay above the water because you are an a conqueror. You are conquering the situation, whatever it may be. And I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my father and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches. So Jesus is very clearly telling us we have this ability even if you're half and half in the word and uh not walking quite 100% with the Lord, you have the authority to stand forth in his word. And I hope that you get that because the fact that you're coming and searching me out to even listen to a message online outside of the church as an additional teaching, you're seeking, you're looking for something. understand that you have the authority to overcome. And if you have never confessed Jesus as your Lord and Savior and now you're interested, it's very easy to do. You just simply you can pause the video. You just say, "Jesus, I'm sorry." Because you know what? We have to acknowledge that we messed up and and we have. You just say, "Jesus, I'm sorry." and you just say, "I want to become a believer in you." And I'm speaking out to you because I I'm believing that you're alive. And as soon as you do that, your name is written in the Lamb's book of life. And then you can choose to be water baptized and then go walk in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Take that and do it. He says to be watchful. And you need to be watching and aware of what's coming. You've got to be up on that city hill and be watching. Why? Because as a priest, what do priests do when you're watching? They'll blow the trumpet. Let's let's go see this principle in action because I think this is so fascinating seeing the seven spirits of God work. That's what this teaching is about. So, watch this. We're going to go to Joshua chapter 3, excuse me, chapter 6:es 3 and 4. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war. He's talking to the nation of Israel. And go round about the city once. Now, he's talking about Jericho. So he's coming in and he's going to be marching around the city. So he's telling, let me break it, let me finish reading scripture. I'll break it down. Thus shalt thou do six days. Verse four, and seven priests, the word priest, their sacred full one. So when you make a commitment with the Lord and you're not walking half and half, even though half and half, you still have your authority. But the moment you come together as one, now you're not just praying on your behalf and trying to take care of yourself and keep yourself from the enemy. you're also praying for others. That's when everything shifts, changes. Watch this. Says, "And the seven priests shall bear before the ark, seven trumpets of ram's horns, and the seventh day ye shall compass revolve surround the city seven times, and the priest shall blow with the trumpets." So, what's going on here? So, Joshua has crossed over the Jordan River. He's there. The whole nation of Israel is now in the promised land. God has given them the promised land. So at this point, God says, "I'm going to give you the city of Jericho. This the way you're going to take this city is you're going to march around the city once per day. Nobody can speak a word. Trumpets will blow." Let's let's let's digress a little bit and let's talk about trumpets. There's a feast called Rashashana or the feast of trumpets. Not very much spoken about this. the priests will blow the trumpet hundred times and um that's really the the priests the the Israeli priests have their thing with that but in all reality that has to do with the rapture that has to do with end times but what is the point of blowing a trumpet why do you have to blow a trumpet well if you're that priest and you're up on that wall and you're watching and you see the enemy coming, you blow the trumpet, you're telling the people, "Get ready for battle." So, when that trumpet is blown for the day, the rapture, the day of the Lord that comes, and he's going to blow seven trumpets in that that time period, seven-year time period where all that's going on. I'm not going to teach on that right now. But what's going to happen is he removes the church because God says, "I'm doing the battle. I'm going to battle. So the trumpet is just for us to be watching and be aware of that he's coming. So now these priests are told to march around the city once blow the trumpet and they do that for six days. So the seventh day now Joshua told him, I don't want you to say a word and until I tell you to shout. You don't do anything until I tell you to shout. So down in verse 20 in in chapter 6 he tells them to shout and this is what happens when they shout. This is on the seventh day after the seventh time they walked around the wall. So the people shouted or this means to mar split the ears when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpet and the people shouted with a great great shout shout that the wall fell down flat. So that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. What is the seven spirits of God? The seven priests who represented the seven spirits of God blew the trumpet. They are the ones who alerted. Jesus was blowing the trumpet and letting us know what's going on. And that trumpet is going, the last trump is going to blow. And when it does, we're going to go. But look what happened here. The walls fell down. Watch this in deliverance. Now imagine you are dealing with a spiritual matter. Somebody has cancer in your family or something. This is something we're dealing with here personally in our personal testimony dealing with my mom and this cancer. Well, one of the things that we have the opportunity to do is we are priest priestesses where we are interceding on behalf of others. We can march around that wall that issue could be finances. We had the name of Jesus who is who has the seven spirits of God. And so when you practice bringing in the the seven spirits of God, the name of Jesus, you come in and you apply the name of Jesus on that situation. And what happens is you come to the I thank you, Lord. Psalm 107 tells you when you go to come back from a troubled situation, you're coming back and you're saying, Lord, I'm sorry. Then you say, "I thank you for getting me out of the situation I'm in." The moment that you do that, the walls fall down. Your mountain, whatever it may be, falls down. And I'm not kidding you. Sicknesses, diseases, everything has to run from the name of Jesus. You have to get that in your mind and understand that the power and the authority you have, even if you're only living one foot in the world and one foot out, you can say in the name of Jesus, and every demon has to run, every sickness has to run, every wall must fall down. The people shouted, "This is when you get to shout. Shout your victory." and those walls come tumbling down because it's already done. Who fights your battles for you? Christ. He's fighting the battles for you. So when that rapture happens, we come home in our perfect new bodies. We're the bride of Christ. We come in and we are complete in him. and he takes care of the battle down on the earth. And we already know he he sends a small angel to go take care of the devil and and we'll be standing there looking at the devil going that small thing is what bugged us all this time. You get this thinking in your mind where you are, I'm going to walk in the authority that I have. I'm not going to believe what's in the world. I'm going to believe what God has. What a change this does. Look at 1 John 4:4. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome you, conquered, you prevail them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Oh, we have this authority and we have the seven spirits of God in us that will teach us and show us how to battle, praise, and worship. the trumpets as a musical instrument went first. Imagine learning the principles of singing a song and praising the Lord and then coming in with the name of Jesus. And remember what he said, I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Now imagine taking that key and you are applying it here on earth. And what you do here on earth when you're shouting and you have your trumpet blown, you're acting that priest. You have both feet in the Lord. You're not only keeping yourself protected, but you're also interceding on those behind you, but uh around you that couldn't do it for themselves, but they can if they wanted to. But you can intercede on their behalf. And when you do, you can actually see the Holy Spirit move through them. change them, transform them. And you can see how God shows us we are more than conquerors. And all it takes is think differently. Repent, which is think differently. Don't think on the world, think on the Lord. And and it comes with confession, too. Romans 10:9 that if you confess if thou if thou confess if thou shalt confess let me read it correctly which means a covenant or acknowledge with thy mouth the Lord Jesus you're saying all right Lord Jesus I'm confessing that you are Lord over cancer you are Lord over my finance I've taught this many times you are Lord over this body as soon as you start doing that and believe and shalt believe or have faith in thy heart where Their thoughts and feelings are that God has raised or awakened him from the dead. You see, Jesus came out of the grave and he's alive. And a lot of people think, "No, no, no. That man's already dead. He was a good prophet. He did good things." But no, you have to believe that God woke him up, got him out of the grave. So, as you confess Jesus, you're saying, "All right, Jesus. So, you're alive. All right. If this is real, I I'm calling on you. I'm going to be genuine here and I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm going to trust in you because I I have nowhere else to go. I have no what else to I can do. And when you do that, Jesus will show himself to you and be revealed. And look what he says. He says, "Raised him from the dead. Thou shalt be saved." That word saved there means delivered, protected, healed, preserved. That's what God does for you. That's the seven spirits of God. You have that authority. Even if you don't think that you do, if you've called on Jesus, you have his name. You have his authority. These seven spirits, the same spirit that was in Christ that raised Christ from the dead is in you to raise you from the dead. The church of Sardis was alive and dead at the same time. They're walking on this earth, but they're dead because they're not watching. They're not paying attention. They're not acting the name of Jesus. They're not applying it. They're not in scripture. But you still have the authority. You have the authority because God didn't leave you. He's working with you. In fact, the fact that you're listening to this teaching tells me he's working in you. And he brought you to this teaching to encourage you and to lift you up and to let you know he's not forgotten you, that he's not let go of you. You tried to move away from him, but he's been there with you the entire time. And by the way, you know this. You're just being reminded of it. How amazing is it to have God not leave us? He keeps us. This is what power and authority that we have is to stay in his presence. And every time you spend time in his presence, in his word, just absorbing it and you you try to and you start expressing, you start quoting scripture. I mean, before you know it, you'll be quoting scriptures. I promise you that. But as you do that, you begin to take your authority. You begin to be that priest who's not only taking care of yourself, you're taking care of those around you. And you're on the wall watching and waiting. You're diligent. You're looking what's going on, Lord. You're just watching. You're waiting. You're spending time in the spirit where you are hearing him and he's showing you things in dreams and visions. That's what this is about. Because remember, his plan is still in the works, not about our plan. His plan, he has his perfect thoughts for us. And his will for us is just to believe in him. That's all you you you keep wondering what what's your what what do you want me to do, Lord? He says, I just want you to believe. You know what the word believe means is to have faith. He does say we can have faith even as small as a mustard seed. And with that faith, we can stand in the name of Jesus and walk in that authority. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. Thank you for reminding us of the authority that we have. Thank you for reminding us how to be watchful and diligent. Thank you for reminding us to get both our feet in you. Thank you for reminding us of who you are, what you have done. Thank you for reminding us that we have the ability to walk free of sickness and diseases, free of conflict of of being torn apart. We have your healing and protection around us because you are our deliverer and you have taught us how to be more than conquerors. And I pray, Father God, that we begin walking with the seven spirits of you. That we begin naming the name of Jesus and the authority that we have over our situations and calling out the name of Jesus for you are great and you are greater in than this world. So we acknowledge that. We pull you into our hearts and we want you in here, Father God, walking and changing us and helping us walk in that change, helping us talk to you, helping us have that relationship with you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. God bless you and I will see you next year. Bye. 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TWENTY SIX HUNDRED EVENINGS AND MORNINGS The objective of Twenty Six Hundred Evenings and Mornings is to uncover and explain the mystery of the cycles of 26 as they appear in both time and space. Drawing from Scripture, mathematics, and cosmic order, Pastor Marcos demonstrates how these cycles point toward God’s eternal design, the prophetic countdown of 2,600 days, and the ultimate entrance into the Millennial Reign of Christ. The goal is to provide believers with spiritual and prophetic insight into how time, space, and destiny converge under God’s sovereign plan. TWENTY SIX HUNDRED EVENINGS AND MORNINGS Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: The objective of Twenty Six Hundred Evenings and Mornings is to uncover and explain the mystery of the cycles of 26 as they appear in both time and space. Drawing from Scripture, mathematics, and cosmic order, Pastor Marcos demonstrates how these cycles point toward God’s eternal design, the prophetic countdown of 2,600 days, and the ultimate entrance into the Millennial Reign of Christ. The goal is to provide believers with spiritual and prophetic insight into how time, space, and destiny converge under God’s sovereign plan. Synopsis: In this thought-provoking study, Pastor Marcos explores the deep mystery behind the recurring cycles of 26 found throughout creation and prophecy. From the Mayan calendar’s 26,000-year cycle to claims of catastrophic events every 26 million years, the number 26 emerges as a divine key linking time, space, and spiritual destiny. Pastor Marcos draws connections between biblical prophecy, Einstein’s theory of time-warps, and Revelation’s vision of the 2,600 days that precede the Millennial Kingdom. The message unfolds by examining how God created time and space out of infinity through His Word, establishing cyclical laws of sowing and reaping that govern both the physical and spiritual dimensions. Numerical patterns reveal that time is represented by six, space by ten, and product by 144, all converging in the divine equation that leads to the thousand-year Day of Rest. Biblical references—from Genesis’ creation narrative to Revelation’s sealing of the 144,000—are interwoven with cosmic and mathematical principles to reveal how the 2,600-day cycle signals the culmination of human history. Pastor Marcos explains the prophetic timeline of the Two Witnesses, the Antichrist’s reign, and the final 45 days of God’s judgment, showing how all these fulfill Daniel’s prophecy and complete the divine cycle. Ultimately, this lesson emphasizes that at the end of the 2,600 days, Jesus will inaugurate His Millennial Reign, stabilizing time and space, removing dark forces, and bringing creation into harmony with God’s eternal purpose. The teaching closes with the triumphant promise of resurrection and transformation, when death itself will be swallowed up in victory and eternity will merge back into infinity. Inspired Teaching: In this section I am going to try to explain the mystery of the cycles of 26 that are found within time and space. The Mayan calendar is based on the earth’s 26,000 year cycle, there is a claim that every 26,000,000 years the earth goes through some kind of catastrophic event, and I know that there is a 2,600 days cycle that has to take place before we enter into the millennium (1,000 years of rest) era, according to the book of Revelation (Read the details in my book Man’s Final Destiny www.houseoffaithministries.org . Books section). I was astounded when I put together the numbers that correspond to time and space and the fruit of them and added them together, to find out, that we were short of 1,000 by the number 26. Therefore, I believe that time and space will come together when their fruit is completed, in a cosmic conjunction in the near future and start the 2,600 days countdown that will lead us into the 1,000 years Day of Rest. I will start by laying the foundation of what I believe the Bible teaches is how our present time and space began, where it came from and how it will end. In the chart below I show what I call Infinity Time as a river without beginning or end, an endless flow that is infinite of course. That is the dwelling place of God. Malachi 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I do not change.” James 1:17-18 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. According to Einstein’s mathematics, within this infinite flow it is possible for time-warps (cycles of time, or a wheel within a wheel of time) to occur which I show in the chart as Eternity Time. It originates out of infinity, it is caused by the voice/word of the Father of the Heavenly Lights, and when the cycle is completed it dissolves back again into the infinity it came from, but it brings back with it a kind of Firstfruits, a brand new product that did not exist before. Just like a swift swirl in the water draws into itself and swallows as if it were, whatever falls within its circle of influence, so it is with eternity time. We can see this cyclical action repeated endlessly in the galaxies within the universe. In the next chart I show the interaction between the material physical dimension that we are part of, and the invisible (without substance) spiritual dimension. Their interaction determines the laws by which creatures are drawn into this cycle of time and are eventually accepted or rejected into the river of infinity. We begin with the present, what we are today is a direct result of the past, that’s the spiritual law of sowing and reaping, and our actions today will influence greatly what we will be in the future, but always within God’s permissive will which is connected with God’s spiritual destiny, be it for an individual, a nation or the cosmos itself. The past originated out of infinity and will end in the future when this present cycle of eternity comes to a close and it merges back into infinity. Another way to see it in a less personal form is in the next chart. Our present time flowed out of infinity, is a three dimensional cycle of time called eternity and flows back into infinity again. It creates within its interactions a past and a future in accordance with God’s destiny (His purpose for creating this vortex of time to begin with). Now to the numbers: Most agree that our present time began with a flash point, some call it the big bang, the Bible says that it began with God’s saying: “Let there be light.” In both cases our present time and space began with a flash of light. As we read in James, the Everlasting Father of Lights spoke the Word of Truth and brought forth a physical dimension for His firstfruits creatures to dwell in. In the next chart the flash point is represented as the center of the vortex, the beginning of time and space. In Genesis God divides time into six days of work (product) and one day of rest. Moses the writer of Genesis tells us in Psalm 90 that a day is like a thousand years to God. I believe that an hour represents one generation within those thousand years. Genesis 2:4 “These are the generations of the heavens (space) and of the earth (time) when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made (Spoke: Let there be light [flash point]) the earth and the heavens (space-time).” Italics mine So the number for Time is the number Six: six work days in a week, Sixty minutes in an hour, and since in Eternity Time there is an imbalance between the future and the past: the vortex rotates forward (future) faster that backwards (past), it creates a force we call torque or gravity. The number for this force called Universal Gravity is 6.67. Meaning that we are .33 short from this vortex of time and space becoming stable (entering into rest = 7). This will happen after the cycle of 26 is completed. The number for Space is the number Ten: Actually the number One with as many zeros added to it as long as it continues. I used the number Ten because that’s how many individual numbers there are. The number for Space is also the number that the speed of light travels: 186,400 miles per second. What connects Time and Space together is that: One (1) day has 86,400 seconds. The number for the Product is the number: 144, because there are one hundred and forty four generations in six thousand years of time and space. 144 hours contain 8,640 minutes, which connects the product to time and space. In Revelation chapter seven, after the opening of the sixth seal, we see this conjunction take place as 144,000 are sealed unto the Lord from the twelve tribes of Israel and a great multitude which no one could number is standing before the throne of God. That signals the beginning of the 2,600 days cycle that will usher humanity and the cosmos into the Day of Rest. Time: 667+ Space: 186.4 + Product: 144 = 997.4 + 2.6 = 1000 Day of Rest. Isaiah 34:8 “For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.” 1 Year = 52 weeks times Jubilee 50 = 2,600 weeks. One seven year period has 2,555 days: 365 X 7 = 2,555. It will begin with the Two Witnesses prophesying for 1,260 days, the Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses and let their bodies lie in the street for three- and one-half days, after which they will come back to life and are taken up to heaven. At that time the Jews that remain will flee to the mountains and as they do so time will stop. When evening comes the sun will not set until those fleeing enters into their place of refuge. Five evenings and mornings will be completed before the Antichrist begins his reign of 1,290 days. The Two Witnesses prophesy for 1,260 + 5 + 1,290 = 2,555 days. According to Daniel God adds 45 days for His final judgment which then will complete the 2,600 days cycle: 2,555 + 45 = 2,600 days. At the end of the 2,600 days Jesus will commence His One Thousand Years Reign. Time and Space will be in harmony during His Reign. All dark matter will be removed before His Reign begins. All the negative forces which are at work today causing havoc and chaos will be locked away, and the vortex of time and space will stabilize and the sorting out of the product that has been brought in during the season of work will be finalized. At the end of the thousand years the final judgment will take place and Eternity Time will be swallowed by Infinity. 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’” Previous Next Home