Another 1 of 7 stories I've heard of someone raised from the dead

Ray Hays told me about a time he was inner tubing with some others down the Delores River in Colorado. One of the people in the group had a seizure, but the others didn't see him. They looked up and down the river for him, after noticing he was missing from the group.  They found him under a log in the river drowned. They pulled him onto the shore, and one of the brothers in Christ was looking away praying silently.  The praying brother turned around and said, "I command you to be healed in Jesus name", and immediately the man came back to life. One of the group was unfamiliar with miracles and got very excited about what he saw. "We've got to tell people about this" he said, "we've got to put this in the newspapers". The others encouraged him not to tell the newspapers.
Jesus did another miracle!

THE EVOLUTION OF A GOOD DECEPTION

What do you need to have a good deception?

First of all you need to have some logic. It doesn't have to have evidence for it. In fact, you can have evidence against it. You also need a little motivational influence, for example say, “you can avoid going to court if you believe this.” That certainly will make your deception attractive.

If your deception helps some experts, who have deception without logic. If your deception helps their deception to have some logic, they will be happy to agree with you. Once you have a collection of experts, you can gain some popularity. With popularity, you have a bandwagon. A bandwagon is very helpful to gain momentum. If you have some logic, experts and a bandwagon, then your dogma can use condescension and shame to maintain your momentum and protect your deception from evidence to the contrary. Your momentum will help the construction of your logic and dogma. With dedicated experts and their funds to provide opportunities, you will have find props of what appears to be evidence. The evidence won't need to be conclusive, nor will your experts need to agree; because your momentum is already secured.

The actual court has a Judge, and that Judge has an Advocate for the people. But the massive construct of logic in your deception will block the view of the Advocate from the people. The deception will snowball collecting the masses, until it crashes into the court, so many hoped to avoid. Then they will find themselves without an advocate before the Judge. The court is well lit, and in it's light it will be evident to all, that the massive construct of logic had no solid foundation, only propping sticks of presumption.

Congratulations are in order, the evolution of your deception will be the demise of humanity!

MILLENNIUM REIGN

ALL NATIONS SUBMITTING TO CHRIST

Psalms 47:7-9 - For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Psalms 72:11 - Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Psalms 86:9 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Isaiah 2:2 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Isaiah 60:10 - And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. v.12 - For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Zechariah 9:9-10 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 14:16-17 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

Revelation 15:4 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

KNOWLEDGE AND GLORY OF GOD ON EARTH

Hebrews 8:11 - And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

Numbers 14:21 - But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:9 - They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Psalms 72:19 - And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Micah 4:1-2 - But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Habakkuk 2:14 - For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

PEACE

Psalms 46:9 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Psalms 72:7 - In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Isaiah 2:4 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 11:6-10 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Isaiah 35:6-7 Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."

Isaiah 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Isaiah 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:25-26 "I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Hosea 2:18 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Micah 4:3-4 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

Romans 8:18-23 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. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

ROD OF IRON

Psalms 2:8-9 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Revelation 2:26-27 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Revelation 19:15 - And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Revelation 12:5 - And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

MARRIAGE SUPPER

Matthew 25:10 - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Matthew 22:1-14 [read this]

v.4-5 - Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

Revelation 19:7 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Revelation 19:9 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Hosea 2:19-20 (see 2:18 under PEACE) –And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7-8 - Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (Matt. 22:4) And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. (Matt. 22:11-13)

SATAN BOUND

Revelation 20:2 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Isaiah 65:25 - ... dust shall be the serpent's meat. ...

Isaiah 24:22 - And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

Isaiah 29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

END OF MILLENIUM

Revelation 20:7-11 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. v.9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

2 Peter 3:12 - Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Isaiah 26:10-11 - Let favour be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteous-ness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. (see Rev.20:9)

SAINTS ON THRONES

Matthew 25:14-30 (READ) v.21 - His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Luke 19:17 -And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

Luke 22:30 - That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

1 Corinthians 6:2-3 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Revelation 20:4-5 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

Revelation 3:21 - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. ["They lived and reigned with Christ", is what is says in Rev. 20:4. This parallels with Rev. 2:26 and 3:21.]

Deuteronomy 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Psalms 45:16 - Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Psalms 49:14 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Isaiah 14:2 - And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Daniel 7:22 - Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Daniel 7:27 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

RESTORATION

Psalms 104:30 - Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him with one accord.

NOT HURT BY SECOND DEATH

Revelation 20:5-6 - But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 2:11 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

1 Corinthians 3:13 - Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

TESTIMONY AT YOUTH RALLY OF BOY BACK FROM THE DEAD

I went to a youth rally in Fresno California. A boy 10 or 11 years old was with a man at the rally. Both stood together as the man shared the boy's story in front of the group. The boy had got caught in the middle of a gang fight with guns firing. He ducked down in the back seat of a car, but a bullet went through the vehicle and into the boy's head. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. He said that he left his body and saw the hall of the hospital. Then he saw the scene, where he had been shot.

His aunt and grandmother had been informed that he had been shot and was in the hospital. They were a bit of a drive away, but left immediately, when they heard the news. They were praying fervently on the drive. They heard that he had died in the hospital. I believe it was the grandmother who prayed in Jesus name that he would come back to life. She prayed that he would not only come back but that he would not be a vegetable, but healed.

And there he was at the rally. He looked healthy. I don't remember how long it had been since the incident, but I talked to them after they shared. They showed the healed wound on his bald head, where he had been shot. He was able to talk, but he wanted the man to share his testimony, because he was shy. God did a miracle, brought that boy back to life and healed him by the power of Jesus Christ!

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Creation Meditation

I knew there was something to interdependence and fragility. They have been on my mind for many years, and it came to me this morning. These two things eliminate multiple chances for positive mutations. What is the point of evolution emphasizing millions and billions of years? It is assumed that over such a great amount of time there would be so many chances for positive mutations that with the help of a survival instinct, voila! But interdependence and fragility of life take away all those assumed millions and billions of chances. And without those millions and billions of chances the public can reconsider the legitimacy of evolution. Interdependence has been called the circle of life. The wolf feeds on the rabbit. The rabbit feeds on the grass. The grass feeds on the wolf manure and carcass, creating of circle. A circle of not just dependence but interdependence. If the dependence was one way then evolution might still have more chances. The sun is not depending on the earth. The earth is receiving wonderful and life giving benefits from the sun without reciprocating. But the sun is very different than all forms of life on earth. We are all depending on other forms of life for our existence. What do we eat that is not organic? I'm talking about the scientific definition of organic not the 'no pesticide' definition of the word. Bread, meat, dairy, fruits, veggies and even sugars come from other forms of life on earth. A friend, Jay Granat, made a good point about the supposed first living organism in the theory of evolution. What did it eat, rocks?

Evolution seems to assume that while one form of life is evolving that all the other forms of life on earth are like the sun. (For the sake of this discussion I will call this evolving life form; life form A or LFA for short.) They are producing their life giving qualities without receiving anything from LFA, so that it can have millions and billions of chances for a positive mutation. Then after LFA's many positive mutations it eventually is able also to produce life giving qualities and reciprocate. But this is simply not so. All the other forms of life are also depending on this supposed evolving life form. LFA doesn't have all those millions and billions of chances, because the other forms of life that it is depending on to survive are also depending on LFA's life giving qualities that have not evolved yet. The balance of nature requires that different forms of life are fully functional at the same time, giving and receiving life from each other. This truth fits the creation of life that we can read about in the book of Genesis in the bible.