A Message from Jesus to His Bride

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1 A Message from Jesus to His Bride through Steven Miller; a servant of Jesus called to soldier His Truth No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier Do you pray for America? Do you pray that God would make America a righteous nation again? Do you think America was founded by Christians? Do you think that abortion and lack of prayer in schools hinders God s power from having His will done in America? God wants His will done on earth as it is in heaven as I m sure you agree. I pray that you hear the heart of Jesus calling out to His Bride in this message, so His will can truly be done here on earth through you, so His heart can find pleasure and satisfaction in His Bride. May God s grace, peace and wisdom abound in you through Jesus, our Lord. Follow His Lead Jesus said: I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also, for this reason I was sent. He said to Pontius Pilate: My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world My servants would fight so that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now My kingdom is not from here. Elsewhere He said: The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say See there for indeed the kingdom of God is within you. The kingdom of God was preached by Jesus never politics and after Pentecost His disciples also preached the kingdom of God never politics. Not to be confused with God s kingdom, Israel is God s nation on earth, and He uses it because man is of different races and therefore nations. His people from all nations will enter the New Jerusalem of His kingdom through its twelve gates representing the twelve tribes of Israel, fulfilling the Scripture: World without end. ( World meaning the realm of man, his social economy and nations etc.; not to be confused with the earth, the physical universe.) God uses the cords of man as in personal ties to woo man to Himself. He also uses as well and shows Himself through His nation man s global, social economy to demonstrate the rewards of those within His kingdom, and the punishment of those who are its enemies or those who remain without it. The kingdom of God is not of this world, of its social system, nor is it brought about by morays or laws no matter how much that seems right. It is a free gift of God through salvation; it is not of works lest any man should boast. Only through the work of Jesus descent into and ascent from death can we possess God s kingdom with its righteousness, peace, power and joy in the Holy Ghost, embodied in us on earth. God s kingdom was and is founded and propagated by the Holy Spirit through signs and wonders, and the testimony of the Saints. Jesus said (and we are to do the same): The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord (the time these things are fulfilled). Jesus wants to work through His Bride to draw men out of this world of darkness and into His kingdom of light. He wants His beloved, lost people to come out of their nations and lives of unrighteousness and peace-less-ness and joylessness ruled by Satan s unholy Spirit, and into His kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. When Satan showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, he said that all their authority and glory has been delivered to him to give to whomever he wishes; Jesus did not dispute that, He simply said we should worship God only. Page 1

2 It is a trick of Satan to draw men away from God s nation Israel and focus on America This country was founded by men who wanted freedom from people asserting their beliefs and philosophies on others, so each man could have the freedom to pursue happiness on his own terms. Whether or not they were Christians is irrelevant. Some were and some were not. They wanted religion and or any restricting philosophy out of the constitution. This country is a democracy. Everyone has equal rights to pursue what they think is right privately. They wanted men to live and let live; yet, there was hypocrisy. What would you think of someone going to church and praising the Lord and preaching freedom for all, but owning slaves? Let s say that he and everyone else in his church enjoys a church picnic on a Sunday afternoon talking about the things they are doing, what God is doing in their lives, their job promotions, their vacation stories and plans, and their children s education while his slaves are sequestered with no job promotions, no vacations, no plans for their lives, and no school other than the minimum for their children; would you think that was right? would that really be Christianity? would you approve of his slavery? is that the message of the New Testament? That s how it was with our founding fathers; they had no problem with slavery. Even in the Old Testament God s heart was shown by the year of Jubilee, where no one was to be suppressed and slaves were set free. If the founding fathers were Christian it was because England was a Christian nation supposedly and that is the way they grew up; but they were secular minded in the formation of the constitution. The rules of behavior and admonishment from God in the Old Testament were concerning the Israelites in Israel. Now, in the New Testament, His rules of behavior and admonishment concern His children in His kingdom with His loving hand extended to His lost to join His fold, and with a warning by His Word if they don t. The founding fathers understood that and kept religion out of government. Jesus said: For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light. Don t let that be true now. Does the sin of a nation and its people hinder God s plan for mankind? Abraham was from Ur, not Israel. He and his descendants and anyone else became God s people by faith that God is The One and Only God and by following His tenets. There is no such thing as being His child any other way; it doesn t matter where you were born or what nationality you call yourself. Either you are a citizen of His kingdom or you are not. Either you are a citizen of Satan s kingdom (any nation on earth) or God s; that is the line in the sand. God will do what he will with any nation for His purposes no matter what the people in it do. God calls Israel his nation and it was the Israelites who killed Jesus. God said that all other nations were not as unfaithful as they. The other nations of the world were more faithful to their gods than Israel; yet, Israel is still and always will be His nation. To think that the sin of the people of a nation hinders God s plans is not in God s word. What is in His word is if God s people do not obey Him, they will suffer but not at the expense of God s ultimate plan for mankind or any nation. Even the reign of Hitler and the Antichrist was and will be sanctioned by God, and so will their demise. The rise of America was sanctioned by God; and if it is to be, so will its demise. Satan wants us to be focused on America and thinking it was and is to be His shining jewel, while Satan destroys God s shining jewel (or desires it to be) Israel and even more: His bride God s main concern is for Israel, and so should it be ours: The beautiful country in the west will fall without a shot being fired. Daniel. If you pray amiss, you pray according to your own desires Clearly, God is concerned that all men would come to the knowledge of His Son Jesus, The Savior of all men (including all those in authority), but to what end? Jesus said to Solomon in the much quoted and prayed, 2 Chronicles 7: 14: If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land. Our land in the new covenant is the realm man inhabits in the kingdom of God and there is a sickness in our land. How long have many in the church prayed for prayer to be allowed in the schools, against gay marriage and abortion, for Page 2

3 righteousness to flourish in this nation only to watch evil flourish? The bride of Christ is forgetting where her home is, she is becoming confused as to her mission here on earth. She is not just preaching righteousness through Jesus, she is double minded, and if she is double minded she can expect to receive nothing from God. She is more and more preaching righteousness, peace and joy through legislation, through taking away the right of man to sin. She is trying to turn America or some other earthly nation into God s kingdom; or God s kingdom embodied in an earthy nation. Change in behavior comes from an option of something better; and that better is the indwelling ecstasy of God s kingdom through the Holy Spirit. Nowhere in the new covenant is righteousness through politics mentioned, nor is any involvement in it. There is no mention of forcing anyone to see things the Christian way. Jesus said: Let everyone be right in his own mind. In fact, Revelation 22: 11 says: He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. Jesus said: I tell you the truth; it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement; of sin because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgement because the ruler of this world is judged. The world is pulled from the pit of sin and made righteous by belief that unseen Jesus is the Savior of the world not the adherence to laws. You were and are saved from the judgement of death by belief and faith in Jesus and so is everyone else. Then what are the commandments for? Jesus said (paraphrased): Those who rule over the Gentiles do so for the benefit of all, they do what they perceive as good and beneficial and are called benefactors, but it is not so among you; on the contrary, let he who governs be as the younger, as one who serves; is it not so with you? Those who are great, those who judge and rule and sit at a table of honor and are served; yet I, the ruler of all who rule am among you, and I serve you. You who have endured My trials with Me, I bestow a kingdom on you just as My Father has bestowed one on Me, that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Jesus was talking to the twelve disciples at that time, and about their particular function in His kingdom, but the time of judgment and its scope of influence is clear: it is concerning His people. And He did not say His kingdom is a part of this world. Generally, what He said is expanded with the following: In present tense Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians: 5: 9 13 (paraphrased): When I said in my epistle, Do not keep company with sexually immoral people, I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolators therein for you would need to leave this world. What I meant is to not keep company with anyone named a brother who does those sinful things I mentioned not even to eat with them. What do I have to do with judging those outside the body of Christ? Are we not to judge those who are inside? Those who are in the world God judges. Biblical rules and regulations are to be followed by those within the church, such as marriage between a male and female and not same sex, the world does what it does. We should warn those in the world of the coming judgement by God of all mankind, and preach that Jesus is the way of escape from death in that coming judgement. Then in Chapter 6: 2 3, Paul wrote in future tense: (2) Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? (3) Do you not know that we will judge angels? We will judge on judgement day, not now. So, in this age (before judgement day) our judgement and influence of matters is within the church not the world; we are in the world, but not of it. To expect those who don t know God to behave as though they do is completely misunderstanding the Scriptures; it is a lack of understanding the Good News, and is what Satan s ministers and those who don t know God do: look at the world and see if that isn t true; who are they that use their religion and ideals to strip people of their freedoms and expressions? Page 3

4 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of destruction If we simply preach the Gospel, the Holy Spirit will convict unbelievers, and be the harbinger of chastisement to God s children. If a Christian tries to legislate morality, he is no different than a member of any religious group such as Al Qaida or Isis, or any secular philosophy such as of Stalin s, or Hitler s, or any other person dominating individuals or the masses with certainty that they are doing what is right by God, or right by man through their conviction or philosophy. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of destruction ; and that way is to dominate others by whatever means to fulfill the motivating reasons of the one who seeks to control and dominate. It is the way of Satan, wars, strife, lust, greed, envy, covetousness, larceny, self centeredness, pride, ego, evil men, religious zealots with good intentions, the antichrist, and it is deception that draws men far from God s heart and ways. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom God allows all men to do what they do. He intervenes according to His will not ours; our job is to know what His true will is and do it, and to pray accordingly. Jesus said: Not everyone that says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of the Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons and many wonders in Your name? And then I will say to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness. It is vital to think about that Scripture and to seek His true will for each of us individually and as a body and not to just read His Word and think: If it s in the Bible it s God s will, and then do it according to your sense of it. When Lazarus died, some disciples came to Jesus right away and told Him thinking He would come immediately after all, that is what anyone would do, that is the natural and decent thing to do according to anyone s standards. To wait until the fourth day as Jesus did would be considered cold and crazy, as they probably thought. But Jesus didn t do the usual thing according to what man thinks. Jesus did what our Father wanted Him to do, not man. God s thoughts are higher than ours virtually infinitely higher and usually the opposite of ours. If we pray and act according to His true will, miraculous things will happen and He will pour out His Spirit on all flesh through you and anyone who is a finger of God s moving hand. His will will be accomplished with or without you. If your works are a part of His will, your prayers and actions will flow with Him and you will be very blessed; if your works are not a part of His will, your prayers and actions will be a hinderance to Him and you will not be blessed by Him although Satan might bless you. Eternal life is not to those who just believe, but to those who do the will of the Father. God said over and over again that He wants His people to act righteously, both in the old and new covenant. He calls His children to love one another as the Father loves Jesus, and to love the world as He loved the world and to lay our lives down for it as He did; and to preach the gospel to every living creature. We are to present the kingdom of God to this dark and lost world; to skillfully fish everyone out of it that God draws to His Son. God works in us so we become good, right? When Jesus was called Good Teacher, He said to the man: Call no one good, only the Father in heaven is good. Paul said let no man be deceived, salvation is not obtained by works, but is a gift of God. There is no way for us to be good in this temple of sin and death we inhabit; for, Oh wretched man that I am Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord That is the Gospel, that is the good news of the Word of God, that is the way of escape from this world and its grip of sin. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Moreover; whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Obeying laws does not make us good. We have righteous by our belief and faith in Jesus declaring us righteous, and that is it As Jesus said: If you take a piece Page 4

5 of new material to repair an old garment, the new will tear the old; also, the new will not match the old. If you put new wine in old wineskins the old skin will tear; however, you can pour both old and new wine in a new vessel and both will be preserved. He concludes: No one having drunk the old wine immediately desires the new, for he says the old is better. The old covenant appeals to the flesh to the carnal mind with its commands, with its work and reward system an eye for an eye, do and don t, touch not taste not, if you are good then God is happy with you and you receive a reward and if you are bad God is not happy with you and you are punished. In the old you could be righteous through works, or so it seemed. That is how we are raised, and it is how society works. In the days of the old wine God s children were required to give Him 10% of their income and goods, and in return they were given about a 10% portion of the revelation of the Holy Spirit. They had to follow ten laws and six hundred and six ordinances. God s dealings with man were concerning the things of this life, in this world; and it was according to their sin, punishable by the laws and ordinances of Moses. The old wine made sense to the flesh with its: if you do these few things you will be rewarded, and if you don t you will be punished (Paul s dissertation about that in Romans 7 illustrates it perfectly). Abraham was counted righteous by faith, but that wasn t the message through the law. The revelation of what the Law truly was was not given to man in those days, and the kingdom of God was experienced as an earthy nation. Through the law, we everyone of us know that we need The One who is good to save us; Praise The Lord He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come And he who hears say, Come And let he who thirsts come. Whosoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. He who testifies to these things says: Surely, I am coming quickly Is it not God s desire that the sin of man becomes full quickly? and that we are equipped with the wisdom and zeal to preach to everyone that the kingdom of God is given to man by the Holy Spirit through Jesus? and that the number of His children predestined are pulled from this dark world quickly so His Bride can go home to be with Her Groom? Elsewhere in the last chapter of Revelation the angel speaking to John says: Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and they may enter through the gates into the city; but outside are dogs and sorcerers, the sexually immoral and murderers and idolators, and whosoever loves and practices a lie. Then a warning to anyone who cannot accept what was said and seeks to change it: I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophesy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of this prophesy, God will take away his part from the book of life, from the holy city, and from the things written in this book. Jesus said: I will reward everyone according to his work ; that is, whether good or bad, whether according to His will or not. Let the fear of the Lord be the beginning of wisdom. Let s not seek to condemn and control people and take away their God given right to be right in their own minds which will only alienate them but let s be the bearers of the love, the truth, the light and eternal life of God, and let s cry out in the wilderness the way of salvation into the kingdom of God. God will change the world according to His desire and will; let The Bride get on board the fisherman s boat with Jesus on His course through the stormy seas of this world to the other side. I pray those with circumcised ears hear what Jesus says to His Church. Amen. Page 5