Dearest Lovers of God,
Thank you for allowing me my day in hell (smile). Just know this: My soul (mind, will and emotions) was well equipped, armed and committed to what I know to believe as truth, “I trust in God and His virtue!”
Quick review:
Over the past several writings I have been sharing with you women issues. A few days ago we segued into the greater issue, “virtue in dark times.” I began the women’s segment with the parable of the ten virgins. I shared with those who listen to the HGH radiocast that the ten virgins are symbolic of wholeness. The virgins were divided into two daughters of distinction, wise and foolish. These daughters were evenly yoked by the Son of man whose lineage was born of God. They are both of the household of faith and the oil is the anointing which defines them.
Later I shared with you from Judges 19 concerning “The Unfaithful Concubine” and the dilemma that led to her demise, (her unfaithfulness and ruthlessly unscrupulous men who sought to sexually defile her husband) she was cut into 12 pieces and sent into all of Israel. “And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.” (Judges 19:30).
I introduced The Soul of Belief… “Virtue in Dark Times” and now please allow me to define the virtue of Judges 20, oneness, wholeness, unanimous consent, undivided. And in “Light out of Darkness” I asked you to supp on the preeminence of light over darkness and to understand virtue as an immeasurable asset. In that same blog I also asked, “Was the Levite worth his hire?”
Let us read…
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Commentary:
Was the Levite worth his hire? No, aside from the fact that he better dealt Micah, this Levite embraced graven images. His thinking process was corrupt, his emotions were corrupt, his decisions were self motivated, his actions were self motivated, his habits were already established as selfishly motivated, his character lacked moral fiber, and his destination led him back to his motive, looking for status and recognition.
Ladies and Gents: Consider of it:
In this time where darkness is upon the face of the earth, some have asked, where is God? But my question is this, what happened to His nation of believers? Who stole their identity?
Take advice:
Hear ye hear ye, there is an identity crisis seeking to divide, cut asunder and devour the Body of Christ. We are not a culture we are a testament of His virtue, an immeasurable asset. We are born of the second covenant and we have the power to obtain the more excellent ministry which has been established upon better promises, not religious practices, norms and values. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as we are called in one hope of His calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all the "wise." This is our press, our “high calling” of God in Christ Jesus.
We cannot be bought or sold. Our soul of belief is fixed on nothing less than Jesus blood of redemption and His righteousness. For it alone is our denomination, our covering, our covenant. Uncompromised, unchanged, fully understood and identified as our life’s testament (we are the righteousness of God). The proof of His virtue in dark times is made manifest through our faithfulness and trust in His word. As we stand in Him we become His strong tower of virtue in all the earth wherein his compassion is poured out through us by demonstrations of signs, wonders and miracles in the matchless name of Jesus.
Lack ye anything while the Bridegroom tarries?
Let these words speak your mind:
Are you an unfaithful concubine who has played the whore against righteousness and went unto the house of a dead father? Pretending to be ready and secure with the oil of anointing but if your testament is tested you will be found unable to defeat any attack by the enemy. Are you as the land of Laish?
Are you a foolish member of the Body of Christ who has allowed the ruthlessly unscrupulous ways of the world to rape and abuse your body of righteous thoughts through blatant and subtle images of suggestion causing your soul of belief to malfunction?
And when the heart becomes polluted with the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eye and suffocated by the pride of life only you will know the truth. The greedy longings of the mind, rationalization and self-actualization will have successfully killed your true identity, God in you.
O foolish daughter don’t get caught without real security and protection in Christ Jesus. Be vigilant in the Word of God and steadfast in your faithfulness and His virtue in you will shine in darkness and the world will not comprehend it. Or else the two edge sword of the Word will cut you into pieces and all who see will say: a fool has been exposed. You can only fake the oil of anointing for a season, believe that. An identity crisis will thwart the operation of the word of His power (anointing) in your life. The bottom-line: Faithfulness cannot abound in compromise, a flawed identity.
All praise be to Jesus for this word.
Until tomorrow my sweet...
Scripture reference: KJV Judges 18; Hebrews 8:6; Ephesians 4:3-6, Judges 19:30
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