A DIVINE PLAN to SAVE MANKIND -[SW-26] - 7 December 2017 (From the desk of Celia Joy Martins)
In the times AFTER the FLOOD and before the TOWER of BABEL- the whole WORLD was of ONE LANGUAGE and of ONE ACCENT and MODE of EXPRESSION (Gen. 11:1). Gen. 11:2 "And as they JOURNEYED eastward they found a plain (valley) in the land of SHINAR, and they SETTLED AND DWELT THERE."
NIMROD ESTABLISHED his ancient Babylon KINGDOM:
Gen.10:8 "Cush became the father of NIMROD; HE WAS THE FIRST to be a MIGHTY MAN ON the EARTH. :10 The BEGINNING of his KINGDOM was BABEL, ERECH, ACCAD, and CALNEH, in the LAND of SHINAR [in Babylonia]. :11 Out of the land he [Nimrod] WENT FORTH INTO ASSYRIA and BUILT NINEVEH, REHOBOTH-IR, CALAH, and RESEN, which is between Nineveh and Calah; ALL THESE [SUBURBS COMBINED to FORM] the GREAT CITY [of BABEL - ancient Babylon]."
Nimrod lived up to his name that meant "I WILL REVOLT." Rebellious and a MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE GOD he was up to NO GOOD. He lived his life in OPPOSITION to YAH in AGREEMENT to his foreign supernatural origin. The Bible tells us that he was the FIRST MAN ON EARTH to BUILT HIMSELF A KINGDOM (by violence and FORCE). Nimrod was not a HUNTER of animals but a HUNTER OF MAN - a POWERFUL WICKED AND EVIL HYBRID - with the ABILITY OF MIGHT - STRENGTH - to WAR and FIGHT - KILL, DESTROY AND TAKE POWER - NIMROD RULED RUTHLESSLY.
HUMANITY was LOST - AGAIN:
Genesis 11 - The TOWER of BABEL:
The evilness of the Nephilim has spread and as man was living in their BRUTAL PAGANISM and IDOLATRY, in VIOLENCE - in SEXUAL PERVERSITY and IMMORALITY - in an UNQUENCHABLE "HUNGER" for POWER - ABBA - YAHSHUA AND SPIRIT came DOWN to see the tower that the "SONS of MAN" was building and HE SAID (Gen. 11:6-8) "... Behold, they are ONE people and they have ALL ONE LANGUAGE, and this is ONLY the BEGINNING of WHAT THEY WILL DO, and NOW NOTHING THEY HAVE IMAGINED THEY CAN DO WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE for THEM. Come let Us GO DOWN AND THERE CONFOUND (MIX UP, CONFUSE) their LANGUAGE, that they may NOT UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER'S SPEECH. So YAH SCATTERED them ABROAD from that place UPON THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH, AND THEY GAVE UP BUILDING the CITY."
After the scattering, YAH(WEH) - YAH(SHUA) AND SPIRIT - LOOKED at the SONS of MAN with PAIN in Their HEART - Then they were looking for SOMEONE to BECOME Yah's (God's) OWN - SOMEONE that will TRUST Yah (God) - SOMEONE that CAN BE MADE INTO A BIG NATION - A NATION of GODLY people - A NATION OF OBEDIENT people - who will FOLLOW HIM ALONE - TRUST HIM AND RELY ON YAH (GOD) ALONE - a PEOPLE to WALK in an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with YAH (GOD) and WALK IN HIS WAYS. A PEOPLE THAT WILL WALK WITH HIM in LOVE - a LOVE-RELATIONSHIP - LOVE HIM - NOT FOR WHAT THEY COULD GET FROM HIM but LOVE HIM FOR Who HE IS - THEIR HEAVENLY FATHER - their CREATOR - their ROCK and their LIGHT - their STRENGTH and their PEACE.
A GODLY PLAN to SAVE His PRIME CREATION - mankind:
ABBA FOUND the man - ABRAHAM - BORN from the BLOODLINE of SHEM - son of TERAH. ABRAHAM - from the LAND OF UR of the Chaldeans, now living in Haran (Gen. 11:31). Abram was 75 years old when Abba called him. He was living with his father and family near ancient Babylon (Babel) - used to the fact that the people were worshipping many gods - a god for everything. A god of war, a god of childbirth, a god of harvest, a god of fertility, a god of the sky, a god for the rain, a god of the sea, a god of the wind, a god of the sun, a god of the moon, a god for prosperity, a god of trees, of flocks and a god of herds - as did mountains and rivers - a water god - a thunder god - a fire god etc. etc. Every tribe on earth had a particular "god" that watched over it - something like Hinduism today with tens of thousands of titles for its gods.
Ancient Babylon and the world was under the power of the evil one (JUST AS IT IS STILL TODAY) a polytheism (dualism, pantheism [many gods]) religion of the grossest (uncivilized and brutal and cruel) type. After the scattering and over time the Sumerian gods, at least THREE THOUSAND of them, had three thousand titles (all glorifying one deity - Satan and his agents in disguise).
ABRAHAM CHOSEN by YAH:
Abraham, besides his life journey of 75 years, lived a journey of battles, herds and cattle, a childless marriage, dealing with other nations/tribes and their kings, Abraham was looking for the TRUTH and LOOKING for the ONE GOD - the ONLY LIVING and TRUE GOD - a LOVING GOD, and this was the MAN ABBA CHOSE and INTRODUCED Himself to. In Abraham Yahweh SAW something wonderful - He SAW a GODLY people - a SET-APART PEOPLE unto Himself - He SAW a "BRIDE"-people.
Through Abraham YAH was firstly going to ESTABLISH the HEBREW people - and later when they would be SCATTERED because of their GROSS IDOLATRY - their DISOBEDIENCE - their PRIDE - their STIFF-NECKEDNESS - HE WILL GATHER THEM AGAIN UNTO HIMSELF - they AND the PEOPLE that were GRAFTED IN.
ABBA KNEW that the HEBREW PEOPLE that were to BE BORN from the BLOODLINE OF ABRAHAM will FAIL but They - FATHER - SON AND SPIRIT - ALREADY HAD A NEW VISION - a NEW PLAN - HIS SON, the MESSIAH - that would be BORN from a VIRGIN far in the future - to SAVE the LOST - to EMPOWER the WEAK - to RAISE the DEAD - a GODLY PLAN - DIVINELY PUT TOGETHER - to UNDO the WORKS the DEVIL has done, as Scripture tells us in 1 John 3:8. "... The REASON the SON OF YAH (God) WAS MADE MANIFEST (VISIBLE) WAS to UNDO the WORKS the DEVIL [has done]."
YAHWEH TESTED Abraham:
In Haran, Abba INTRODUCED HIMSELF to Abraham saying: "GO for YOURSELF [for your OWN ADVANTAGE] AWAY from your country, from your relatives and your father's house, to the land that I will show you" (Gen. 12:1). Abba was waiting for Abram to be OBEDIENT. Abba went further saying in Genesis 12:2 "And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, [with ABUNDANT INCREASE of FAVORS] and MAKE YOUR NAME FAMOUS AND DISTINGUISED, and YOU WILL BE A BLESSING [dispensing GOOD to OTHERS] :3 And I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU [who confer PROSPERITY or HAPPINESS UPON YOU] and CURSE him WHO CURSES or USES INSOLENT LANGUAGE TOWARD you; IN YOU [ABRAM] ALL the FAMILIES of the EARTH will be BLESSED [and BY you THEY WILL BLESS THEMSELVES].
Abraham OBEYED YAHWEH and took his wife, his belongings and Lot (his nephew) and left everything behind to an unknown place that Yahweh would show him. Once in Canaan - Abraham was TESTED through a series of events.
When Abraham set foot in Canaan - a land prosperous and good - flowing with "milk" and "honey" he found that it also was filled with the same hybrid (Nephilim) people of Babylon and area. But Abraham TRUSTED YAH and Gen 12:6 says that Abraham "... passed through the land to the locality of Schechem, to the OAK or TEREBINTH TREE of MOREH. And the Canaanite was then in the land." ... but Abraham continued his journey.
ABRAHAM a MAN OF FAITH:
Abraham has FOUND the ONE TRUE GOD - ELOHIM YAHWEH - the CREATOR and WALKED in OBEDIENCE to Him. This great MAN OF FAITH BELIEVED YAHWEH - HIS FAITH WAS TESTED and IN Abraham we SEE FAITH BLOSSOMING - GROWING and BEARING FRUIT. We see FAITH IN SECURE CONFIDENCE in YAHWEH GOD. We SEE FAITH on TOUR - FAITH LONGING and HOMESICK for HEAVEN, YEARNING for a CITY THAT HAS FOUNDATIONS BECAUSE ITS BUILDER and MAKER is YAHWEH GOD.
In Schechem at the OAK tree, ABRAM BUILT AN ALTAR to YAH:
Then in Gen. 12:7-9 Abba appeared to Abraham saying to him "... I WIL GIVE THIS LAND TO YOUR POSTERITY. So Abram BUILT AN ALTAR THERE to YAH Who had APPEARED to him."
At the west of Bethel - Ai on the east - ABRAM BUILT AN ALTAR to YAH:
"From there he PULLED up [his tent pegs] and DEPARTED to the MOUNTAIN ON the EAST of BETHEL and PITCHED his TENT, with BETHEL on the WEST and AI on the EAST; and THERE he BUILT an ALTAR to YAH and CALLED on the NAME OF YAH. Abram journeyed on, STILL GOING TOWARD the SOUTH (the NEGEB)"
What is an ALTAR to YAH:
ALTARS were PLACES WHERE the DIVINE and HUMAN WORLDS MET or INTERACTED. Altars were PLACES of INFLUENCE, EXCHANGE and COMMUNICATION. GOD RESPONDED ACTIVELY to ALTAR ACTIVITY as could be seen with the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal - a demonstration of the interaction between Yahweh and Baal.
Noah built an altar and offered sacrifices to Yahweh, and Scripture tells us that when Yahweh SMELLED the AROMA - HE FOUND it PLEASING. Abba responded by declaring that He would never destroy ALL LIVING THINGS through a flood (Gen. 8:20).
In Abraham's time, ALTARS WERE also MARKERS of PLACE - an INDICATOR COMMEMORATING AN ENCOUTER with GOD (Gen. 12:7). It was also PHYSICAL SIGNS of a DWELLING PLACE as Abraham PITCHED HIS TENT between Bethel and Ai - CALLED on the NAME of YAHWEH and built an altar to YAH - there on that place.
Abraham and his people on their way to JUDAH:
As Abraham and his family were on their way to Judah there was a FAMINE in the land. Abraham and his people then went into Egypt where he was treated well because of Sarai who was very beautiful, and eventually demanded to leave Egypt because of Sarai.
There in Egypt, Abraham acquired great wealth and Lot also acquired possessions. From Egypt, the great old patriarch went up and out of Egypt, he and his wife and ALL that HE HAD, and LOT with him in to the SOUTH - the COUNTRY OF JUDAH, the NEGEB (Gen. 13:1).
In JUDAH he travelled further to BETHEL to the place where his tent had been at the BEGINNING between BETHEL and AI, and where he had built an altar to YAH AND THERE ABRAHAM CALLED on YAH. (Gen. 13:3-4) (Gal. 3:6-9).
Gen. 13:
Scripture tell us that Abraham was EXTREMELY RICH in LIVESTOCK and IN SILVER AND in GOLD. But Lot has also acquired possessions and the land was not able to support them both (livestock) so their paths separated and Lot and his family settled in Sodom.
Abraham BUILT AN ALTAR to YAH at MAMRE, HEBRON:
Abraham dwelt in the land of Canaan and God said to Abraham in Genesis 13:14-16 "... LIFT UP YOUR EYES and LOOK from the PLACE WHERE YOU ARE, NORTHWARD and SOUTHWARD and EASTWARD and WESTWARD; For ALL the LAND which you SEE I WILL GIVE to you and to your posterity FOREVER. [Acts 7:5]. And I will MAKE your descendants like the DUST of the EARTH, so that IF a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted. [Also Gen. 28:14].
:17 ARISE (Abram) WALK THROUGH the LAND, the LENGTH OF IT AND THE BREADTH of IT, FOR I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.
:18 Then Abram MOVED HIS TENT and CAME AND DWELT AMONG the OAKS or terebinths of MAMRE, which ARE AT HEBRON and BUILT THERE AN ALTAR to YAH."
Nimrod slain:
When Lot and his family with the people of Sodom and all their possessions were taken as spoils by the same old kings of Babylon and area where Abraham came from, Abraham acted courageously pursuing the four victorious hybrid kings - inclusive of Nimrod - the POWERFUL WICKED KING of BABYLON.
Abraham - his 318 men (servants born in his household) heavily armed - and his allies (three hybrid brothers: Mamre - Aner and Eschol from the plain of Mamre where Abraham was dwelling) - retrieved the people of Sodom and all their possessions inclusive of Lot - SLAYING the FOUR (evil pagan hybrid) BABYLONIAN and SURROUNDING AREAS KINGS.
Abraham was again tested for TRUSTING IN and ON YAHWEH - He was also tested for INTEGRITY and RIGHTEOUSNESS when the king of Sodom met him in the valley of the kings while on his way home.
The BREAD AND THE WINE - (The first Holy Communion for mankind) - MELCHIZEDEK
With the king of Sodom and Abraham meeting, and BEFORE THE KING OF SODOM COULD SPEAK - the KING of SALEM (later called JERUSALEM) - Melchizedek (Who was YAHSHUA - the CAPTAIN of the heavenly army - that helped Abraham in their battle) brought BREAD AND WINE to NOURISH ABRAHAM blessing him saying "BLESSED, (FAVORED WITH BLESSINGS, made BLISSFUL, JOYFUL) be ABRAHM by YAHWEH, the YAH MOST HIGH, POSSESSOR AND MAKER of HEAVEN AND EARTH. And BLESSED, PRAISED, and GLORIFIED be YAHWEH the MOST HIGH, WHO HAS GIVEN YOUR FOES INTO YOUR HAND! And Abram gave him a TENTH of ALL [he had taken] (Heb. 7:1-10].
The FIRST HOLY COMMUNION was served to Abraham by Yahshua Himself - with a BLESSING - in the "person of Melchizedek" the HIGH PRIEST of YAH - the ETERNAL KING of JERUSALEM. This is absolute AMAZING!
With Abraham declining the offer of the Sodomite king to take all the spoils - Abraham went back to Mamre in Hebron while LOT RETURNED to SODOM.
I AM your SHIELD - your ABUNDANT COMPENSATION and your REWARD:
Genesis 15:1 tells us that YAHWEH WORD CAME to ABRAHAM in a VISION saying: "FEAR NOT ABRAHM, I AM YOUR SHIELD, your ABUNDANT COMPENSATION, AND YOUR REWARD SHALL BE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT."
What ABBA was saying to ABRAHAM WAS THAT HE IS Abraham's SHIELD - his ARMOR (his spiritual ARMOR) - his DEFENSE - his SAFEGUARD - his BUFFER AGAINST ANY ONSLAUGHT - his PROTECTION - his GUARD - his SHELTER - his SAFEGUARD - his SAFETY - his DEFENSE - his SECURITY AGAINST ANY ATTACK - his JUSTIFICATION - his VINDICATION - his COVER - his SUPPORT - his ABUNDANT COMPENSATION - and to TOP IT ALL UP - YAHWEH SAID to ABRAHAM that his REWARD for TAKING HIM as HIS GOD (BEING OBEDIENT to HIM - HEEDING HIS VOICE - HIS WORD - HIS COMMANDS - LOVING HIM - ALONE) shall be EXCEEDINGLY GREAT.
Extraordinary this is the YAHWEH GOD WE SERVE - The GOD Who GAVE these POWERFUL PROMISES to ABRAHAM - to ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS - and eventually to EVERY BELIEVER believing IN HIM. HE IS SAYING IT TO YOU AND ME TODAY!
Thank You ABBA - our wonderful AWESOME YAH - the LOVER OF OUR SOULS - our ABUNDANT COMPENSATION - for ALL YOUR PROMISES. YOU ARE OUR GLORIOUS FATHER - our PROTECTOR - we NEED NOT FEAR ANYTHING!. In YAHSHUA HA'MASCHIACH'S NAME. Amen.