DAY OF THE VENGEANCE OF OUR GOD
Chapter 4 -- Scott Paris

 

    "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision."  -- Joel 3:14

     As a consuming fire the Word is being placed in our heart to boldly speak against deception spread as a veil over the face of mankind. (Isaiah 25:7,8) The "word and spirit," the "two" faithful "witnesses" of the "Lord of the whole earth" are now "standing on their feet," Rev. 11. And with accuracy will eliminate deception from off the face of the earth. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain [kingdom); for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." – Isaiah 11:9

     The world is in pain, even birth pangs of a heavenly new age being birthed, within myriads of Father's New Creation man. His firstfruits are birthed out of the earthly into the heavenlies. All creation is in travail for the entering into the higher order of the Spirit, and multitudes are in the valley of decision. God's kingdom has come within a people, and they walk with His Spirit government ordering the walk of their daily lives. Like David, on their way to the third anointing they have "killed the lion and the bear," within. – 1 Sam.17:37

     Father's people (I think) are seeing the eruptions and disruptions that are disfiguring society. Religiously, cults, occults, witchcraft and downright devil worship. All professing "a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army wrote: "The chief danger of the 20th century will be, religion without the Holy Spirit – Christianity without Christ – Forgiveness without repentance – Salvation without regeneration – Politics without God. Heaven without hell." We have seen every one of the general's predictions come true, and now we are in the 21st century. There are armies of lying counterfeit prophets bidding for our attention. It is a war of words, it is Armageddon, and we are in the midst of it. “the mouth of the dragon, and the mouth of the beast, and the mouth of the false prophet bombard you on every side."  (Rev.16)  Take the false prophet, he comes incognito as apostate Christendom.

    Everybody has his bid in to straighten this world out. Scientists, scholars, and statesmen. Our schools and colleges and local governments, even the farthest reaches of world politics. Paul admonished us to cast off "vain philosophy” that takes you captive, it is mans traditional ideas of the material rather than spiritual, and disregards teachings of Christ. – Col.2:8, 9.

     Father's firstfruits of the Spirit are breaking the yoke of all religious powers on the innocent by the word of truth. Father is purging out the "Stranger" (flesh) from the holy city, which city we all are. We are seeing the ecclesiastical deceptions of the enemy fall through mighty signs and wonders demonstrated by "The Lord's Christ," in these great and truly momentous days we are living in. – Rev.11:15.

    The Lordship comes in a people and through a people, from the Spirit Christ Himself. All reigning with Father in His throne are sealed in the first, second and third realms s David was anointed three times to rule as king. It is "kings and priests' that constitute His government without end. – Isa. 9:6,7; Rev. 5:10; 20:4-6

FIRE OF GOD

     The fire (pur in Greek) of God, and the judgments of God are not vindictive as we have heard, but are correctional, and redemptive. The fire "pur" is a Greek root word from where we get our English words such as “purge," "pure," "purify," "purification" and others. Natural fire is called by another word in the N.T. Father's divine fire (pur) does not burn to a crisp the world, the flesh bodies, or anything else.

    We have always heard that God's fire is not good, but it is good for our spiritual health, and maturity. And we have heard that Father's judgments are not good, but tormenting, and destructive. But we have got Good News for the world at large. If our omniscient Father had not foreseen a good, happy ending for us, He would never dared create. He is that loving, unselfish and kind, as in the song,  "Oh, mine Papa, to me you are so wonderful, so good and kind."

     Look at what the Psalmist said 94:14, 15, "For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance." Fire (pur) is judgment to destroy error. The same fire that burns up the sinner, is the same fire that purges the saints. Father's fire (pur) can be love and wrath, depending on where we are walking. "But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and the upright in heart shall be after it."  The upright shall be after judgments of the Father, and Christ. He suffers judgment to come on His people to bless them, to change them, to mature them. In Jude 14, 15 "Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his saints, to execute judgment on all, and to convince all..." Convince all? WOW! So the return of our Father’s judgments is unto righteousness. One cannot separate His love from His judgment. His love is His judgment.

     "When God's judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants learn righteousness." Isaiah 26:9. "He shall bring forth judgment unto truth." The divine truth that is in Christ judges all. "He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set judgment in the earth." Isa.42: 3, 4. All Father's sons must under go His judgment, for: "Judgment must begin at the house of God." – 1 Pet.4:17

     Jesus upbraided the Pharisees because they jumped Him about His disciples not washing their hands before eating. He told them that they tithed with exactness, but "pass over judgment and the love of God." (Luke 11:41,42)  Beloved, don't despair of your Father's judgments, welcome them as did David in Ps. 119:20, "My soul breaks for longing that it has unto your judgments at all times." Judgments do not save us, they bring us to ourselves as with the Prodigal son.

    Beloved, we minister out of the inexhaustible riches of Christ's resurrection life in us to the inhabitants of "heaven," "earth," and the "sea." Proclaiming of the Gospel is judgment bringing salvation to the prisoners of all of the mind and spirit's dark realms. The Adam death is the state of unperception, the unseen, that is the realm called, "flesh" or carnal. The carnal mind is death. And mankind has been in that state since he was "driven out" from Eden into the outer realm. Gen.3:24. The outer realm is the carnal state, called flesh. That is not the flesh that covers one. it is deep within where enmity may reside. Though Adam did take on a flesh garment. Not the skin of animals.

     "His judgments are to be desired more than the honey, and the honey -comb."  It is a known fact that fire in the natural changes one substance into another one. And divine fire (pur) changes us from one substance into another. "You were darkness, but now are light in the Lord." Nothing is truly destroyed even if consumed by fire. All of its elements remain somewhere, this we learn in studying the teaching of conservation of energy in college. After they are burned in fire, they appear in a new form. Yet their essence has always been from time immemorial.

    Beloved, stay with me, this is going to get good as we explore this deeper. He said, "Eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man  the things that God has prepared for them that love him. But he has revealed them to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches (explores) all things, yea, the deep things of God." I love for the Spirit to take me on explorations into "heights, and depths, and widths, and breadths" of His excellent ways of understanding. "Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you formed the earth and the world, even from age to age (literal), you are Elohim (God). You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men." – Psalm 90:1-3

    There is a law of circularity that Father has decreed that "all things" would return to Him after self will is conquered through judgments and grace of His gospel (Good News). All worlds and suns have circles for their pathway, and truth of every kind has its circular orbit. I read that: "This law of circularity runs through all nature." "For out of him (God), and through him, and (back) into him are all things. (Rom. 11:36)  So therein the circle is accomplished, and the end returns to its beginning. Jesus said, "The first shall be last, and the last shall be first."

Love and hugs, Scott

 

     Thank you my loving family for your responses of love, and kindness – plus the new addresses. Father totally loves you, and so do I. An old friend of mine went to the other side Saturday night, the last day of July, 2004, Page Scoggins. He was a Gospel preacher, and loved to sing: "I'm a red hot Christian." Richard Brown sang it at his funeral yesterday. I met Page in 1969, and he sure could preach Reconciliation. He was wealthy back then, and owned an Auto Body Shop in Hughson, CA. right next to Modesto, and Ceres. Page would always say, "God is good, and so are you." He meant it. Page had preachers from all over the world come to Modesto to his church to preach Reconciliation, the Life message, and I got to know many of them. And I am saying to you, God is Good and so are you.