UNDERSTANDING MAN AND RELIGION: ISLAM ON THE RISE

The problem today is that people are using religion, politics, and education to radicalize people. Islam claiming to be of Ishmael son of Abraham to Hagar an Egyptian is prophesied to be a warmonger of sort:

Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

Genesis 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Genesis 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

Ishmael is married to an Egyptian (Genesis 21:9-21) and dwelled in Paran as to what happened next let the Spirit of Revelation work on you. Ishmael was also blessed by God himself!

Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. Know, also, that Abraham had offsprings from Keturah:

Genesis 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

Genesis 25:4 And the sons of MIDIAN; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

THE MIDIANITES WERE TO BECOME AN ENEMY TO ISRAEL AS THEY LATER MULTIPLIED

Chronicles 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

Chronicles1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

The message here is clear. God meant all things for good to man; but man meant it for evil. Until man is able to cleanse himself from the filth of flesh and spirit he can never live a fruitful spiritual life, regardless, of the fact that he was cursed by God or Blessed by God: by their FRUITS we shall know them.

There are those who were cursed and repented and returned to God, hence, they became spiritually peace loving and fruitful in the Spirit.

There are those who were blessed but turned filthy and proud and oppressive (having not the spirit in them, therefore, the Spirit can never dwell in them and the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT can never be manifest) and fought against God himself.

Everyone should know that sin separates a man from God and being separated this spells trouble and anguish and sorrow and grief. Whether a man is blessed or cursed man has to stop using his own mind preaching what he has read or known as written in his Bible or Quran or Vedas or etc.

The letter kills so that what everyone needs is a Man Of God whose spirit is holy and is of God. The crux of the trouble here is that men of religion are trying to impose the Laws of God which was declared to them in the times past as a people (being peculiar and royal). Once you relive a life which was written already then expect the things, which happen in the past, to happen again. Surely, to live under the laws of America will make one live as an American and expect American dream to come, too, so to speak. 

What this world never come to learn of the truth is that God is alive and is a Spirit who dwells in a man and in a provoked anger and wrath mode He can do so many things against mankind! He can be an enemy to the Wicked!

Open your minds to this truth! As God sent Israel by Moses to conquer the promise land which was filled and populated by abominable people (the people who became an enemy of God: the seven nations mightier than Israel); then followed on by Joshua, and then Caleb these create a natural enemy to themselves the people of Israel.  Conversely, as king David continued to kill the enemies of God these people, too, became king David’s enemies.   Hence, the hatred until now.

Well, while Israel behaved rightly and was pleasing to God Israel was dominating and was at peace with all its neighbors. The enemies were no where to be found.  Peace was with the people of Israel and Judah as long as they were pleasing and obedient and feared God.   

When Israel displeased and provoked God to anger and wrath God sent back the very enemies and the people whom they failed to annihilate or raised up nations against them to slaughter them and to bring them into captivity being disobedient to his commands.

Do not make a mistake. God is trying to create a world filled with people who are upright and righteous and perfect and holy, meaning, his Spirit is dwelling in them. 

Now, with God in a man it is very possible for a man to become holy and perfect. Know that God wanted us to live a life of Love, Joy, and Peace but man is always the problem himself_ a Life filled with the Spirit of God and bearing the fruits of it.

As Israel turned stiffneck, hard hearted, and rebellious: God made them captives (I bet they hated their captors, then, too) before their enemies. Man is made to suffer for the sins he committed for him to cease from sin! Man is made to suffer or subjected to judgment for him to have the fear of the Lord to become perfectly holy!

1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

The true religion (pure and undefiled) and the Man Of God or the people of God are a people who has the Spirit of God and bears the fruit of the Spirit of God which is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, AND TEMPERANCE: and, if I were to add on it, TEMPERANCE WITH PATIENCE!

The TRUTH, however, is this: that man has to become a dwelling place of GOD for a man to live peaceably with each other or, else, they will always  be at war with each other. Imagine a war within (Taking place inside) a man for him to become a worthy dwelling place of GOD (The war between the flesh and the spirit): to become holy and perfect. Imagine this war to spread outside of a man because GOD is a natural enemy of those who are wicked and abominable. This is truly misery, sorrow, chaos, trouble, tribulation, affliction, diseases and death!

The TRUTH is man is to humble himself and pray and seek his face and turn from his wicked ways! Attempting to resolve all these troubles and woes in the midst of us by ourselves is, and will be, a failure! What we need right now are preachers of the TRUTH and not preachers of LIES. 

All religion will turn evil no matter how good it is because GOD wants man to yield to him alone and never to run his own life here on earth by his own sight and by his own will!

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

THIS IS WHAT GOD THROUGH THE BIBLE WOULD DESCRIBE A MAN:

Psalms 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.

Proverbs 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Psalms 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. (Man is not ready to accept reproofs and correction - unless a man is made perfect like JOB he will never readily accept both evil and good in his life).

How then have man continued to ignore this TRUTH? Well, verily, because all of the religion to include Christ believers are, too, busy mudslinging at each other being filthy themselves. Should the world hugged and embraced the Spirit of God, instead, of using their own interpretation on their laws (the written scripts) to debate on things they do not know and understand: then, man would not have become an Enemy of God. Trouble would not have visited us!

The present state and condition we are now in is that people hates people as a result of sins which man continue to commit daily, adding sin to sin, provoking and making God mad at man. Our greatest trouble now is that there are no PREACHERS of the TRUTH and the Law of God is not present already! Religions have their scriptures but do not have the Spirit of God. Here lies the big and real problem today!

If man will humble himself and pray and seek the face of God (meaning, eventually God will come to dwell in man and declare the things that are right in him) and turn from his wicked ways then God will indeed hear from heaven and will forgive man's sin and will heal the land!

The problem of this world is SIN which is the ENEMY of God!