Peace, Chapter 4: "Speak the Word only," and my servant will be healed, says the Centurion to Jesus.

Matthew 8

5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
 
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Luke 16

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
 
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The Word from God is everything to us.

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
 
God speaks to us by the Holy Scriptures and God speaks directly to us by the Holy Spirit bringing a thought to our minds.  Both are "Words" from God and to be heeded as such!
 
When we have that word from God, we have all that we need to go forward in this life.
 
God has spoken to me many times throughout the past years.
 
* "Get out of debt and stay out of debt."  (1975, after I was born again.)  
 
* In a dream, an angel of the Lord gave me instructions as follows: "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS" (Then the Holy Spirit said: "Call the radio station manager.")
 
I called the station manager at radio KWJS that morning as soon as the stationed opened.  I told him God might be showing me to go on radio, exhorting the church.  
I asked:  "How would you do that?"
 
The station manager said:  "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our broadcasting we will send you a contract."
 
(I made the tape that morning and took it to the post office and sent it to the station manager.  Within 5 days, I was broadcasting exhortations to the churches on radio 5 days a week on KWJS.) 
 
Even today as I write these words, I am strengthened in faith. 

Philemon v. 6  That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus
 
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After Internet began:

*  In 2012, God gave me a dream showing me to start publishing a blog exhorting the church daily.  In that dream, a woman was singing to a small group of people.  I heard her and said, "She has a little voice. But it is a nice little voice."

Truly a blog on Internet was a "nice little voice".
  
  - going all over the world instantly without any editing, exactly as I wrote it.
  - costing the ministry nothing to publish, whereas radio cost us between $800 a month and $2400 a month in the NYC area.  
  - Radio was 1 market and blog was all over the entire world. 
  - Blog was available ( from the day of publication until now, in a library type archive on line.)

(We have published to date 16,716 exhortations with a total of 1,642,820 downloads.)
 
*  February, 2020:  In a dream, in the night, God showed me to begin broadcasting Podcasts to exhort the church daily. We bought the needed equipment and began broadcasting episodes in 2020.

To date, we have broadcast 1671 episodes with  114,061  downloads going all over this world.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
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The word that comes down from above, is all we need!
 
It comes through the Holy Spirit reminding us of scriptures from the Holy Bible.
 
It also comes directly through thoughts carried to our minds by the Holy Spirit.
 
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
 
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Peace: Chapter 5: The apostle Peter tells us in the Bible what we are to do as we wait on this earth for the return of Jesus

  
2 Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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None of us know the day or hour that Jesus returns.

Therefore we must "be diligent" to live day and night:   in peace, without spot, and blameless.

Peace: Chapter 6: We wait until we hear from God by HIS Spirit, and then we speak to others

 
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We wait until we hear from God by HIS Spirit, and then we speak to others
 
When God brings HIS WORD to my mind by His Holy Spirit, I have all that I need to do the task set before me.

Psalm 119:105  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

We learn with experience to patiently wait for God's word.

My cleaning lady, a Catholic woman asked me what I thought about homosexuals and lesbians.  I told her what God thinks by reading to her the following scripture.

Romans 1

21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Then she said she had heard them say on talk shows that they were born homosexual.

 I didn't know the answer to that.  But a few days later God reminded me of a scripture and then I did know.

Mark 10:6  Jesus said  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

At some point God turned them over to a reprobate mind to "vile affections." (Romans 1:26-27)

Then I told her that which I heard from God, Mark 10:6.

We wait until we are sure God has shown us HIS truth before we speak.

I Corinthians 2

6  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Others who are born of the Spirit of God will understand because we have the same Spirit.

Jesus says:

John 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, searches the heart of God to reveal the Word of God to us.

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?   
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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We don't try to figure thing out in our own wisdom.  We wait for God to show us by HIS Spirit and then we speak what God has shown us to others.
 
 
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Peace: Chapter 7: Scriptures that speak to us about peace

 
The apostle Peter told us to live in peace as we wait for Jesus to return for the church. Here are some of the scriptures in the New Testament Bible on "peace."

2 Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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* 1 Samuel 29:7  Go in peace.
 
(Choose the way of peace as you go forth.)
 
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* Romans 14:19  Follow after things that make for peace and things wherewith one may edify another.
 
(edify:  build in the ways of God) 
 
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I Thessalonians 5:13  And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
 
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2 Peter 1:2  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord
 
As we study verses of scripture and choose to walk in those scriptures, our knowledge of God and of Jesus grows and we choose peace as we are making decisions.
 
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Isaiah 57:2  He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in HIS (God's) uprightness.
 
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John 20:21   Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
 
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I Peter 5:14   Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus (the Word). Amen.
 
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2 Timothy 2:22    Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Peace: Chapter 8: The end time "Days of Vengeance"

 
Luke 21:20-22  Jesus says ... And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

 
There are many words of prophecy in the Holy Bible which have not yet been fulfilled which will be fulfilled during the time of "the days of vengeance."
 
I believe we have entered this period as of 2024.
 
* 7 armies surround Israel now.  Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah working out of Lebanon from north, Iran from southeast, Lebanon from north, Houthis in Yemen to south of Israel, and militias in Iraq and Syria, have launched attacks on Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East, raising the risk of a wider regional war. 

... more than a dozen proxy terror groups that have taken their orders from the Iranian regime, threatening civilian lives around the world.

 The terror groups today present an acute threat to Israel, with an estimated 150,000 missiles and rockets aimed at the Jewish state. (Internet: Hezbollah, Hamas, and More: Iran's Terror Network Around the Globe )

The Bible in Luke 21:20-22 tells us this: And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 

Because of this verse of scripture in Luke 21, I have kept an eye on attacks that would be made on Israel.  I see this as a "trumpet" showing us the time "the days of vengeance" told us in the Bible announcing the wrath that comes from God and the eventual return of Jesus and the end of this present heaven and earth when the dead in Christ are raised and those elect of God are removed from this present earth.

We saw beginning of major attacks on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked from Gaza.  Another major attack came in April, 2024, from Iran.  And yet another from Iran against 3 cities in Israel, one being Jerusalem, on October 1, 2024.

I would expect to see escalations of attacks against Jerusalem until the scripture in Luke 21:20-22 is fulfilled with the destruction of Jerusalem itself.

I check news from Israel daily on the following website: https://www.cnn.com/world/middleeast/israel
 
And here is a map of the nations surrounding Jerusalem:
 

 
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To me, the major thing to watch for will be the destruction of Jerusalem.
 
After that, God sends "The Great Tribulation" upon the whole world where God's 14 plagues are loosed as judgments on this present heaven and earth before the earth is destroyed by fire by God.
 
The shaking of the solar system where the earth is moved is also a key event at the end of this world.
 
Matthew 24:21-22  Jesus says:   For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
Isaiah 13:13   Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
 
Continuing Matthew 24  (Jesus says)

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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We will be taken to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwells only righteousness.

Revelation 21:1-5  (the apostle John was shown this in a vision)

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And HE said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

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Before we are taken into heaven, we will be changed from these fleshly bodies into our new spiritual bodies.  Since we won't have flesh, we can see how we would not be subject to pain of flesh as we have on this earth now.

I Corinthians 15  (changed to new spiritual bodies:  described by the apostle Paul) 

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased HIM, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep
(die), but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 

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There is no marriage in heaven says Jesus in Bible. 

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

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The apostle Peter describes "The day of the Lord" when God destroys this present heaven and earth with fire.

2 Peter 3

10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless. 

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The apostle Paul says:

I Thessalonians 4

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
(go before) them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

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Revelation 22 (Jesus says)

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and MY reward is with ME, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do HIS commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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So the destruction of Jerusalem signals the beginning of the end of this life as we have known it. 

Luke 21:20-22  Jesus says: And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 

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2 Peter 3:8  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 

God views time differently from the way we view time.  To us it has been 2000 + years since the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, but to God it has been a little more than 2 days.

 
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Peace: Chapter 9

Peace: Chapter 10