Dream interpretation, symbolism and visions are all forms of non-verbal communication (as are music and movies) but they contain messages none-the-less. Frequently we ignore them or spend a few minutes being puzzled and then give up. They need to be analyzed, identified and understood.
Certain basic rules apply. You don’t match apples with oranges; for example, a dream about an animal will not refer to a building.
The Judeo-Christian Bible is a good start because it is the oldest book on this topic and because the symbolism has been well tested over the years. A notable example which has modern application is the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham 3,500 years ago. (Genesis 22) It is the portrait of the later sacrifice of Jesus and a warning and example of why we are not to sacrifice our children.
Blood sacrifice is a long-standing principle in all societies. Let us apply this to a modern situation. Soon after Barak Obama ordered the death of Osama Bin Laden a group of terrorists “sacrificed” members of the Seal Team 6 – the group which carried out the assassination. Click this:Deaths of Seal Team 6 Exposed
This was not merely revenge but that provided Allah, their god, with a blood sacrifice. But who noticed? As far as I can tell, practically no one. But that is the core of any interpretation – the meaning of events. Islamic fundamentalists see this as a sacrifice to Allah since he is the source and destiny of their political religion.
Blood sacrifice, e.g. abortion, is a continuing factor in modern societies from the 13 million per year in modern China to the 4 million a year in the USA, and is a legal or illegal factor in most other nations. It is a practice going all the way back to the Moabites of the Bible who sacrificed to Moloch, the god of child sacrifice. God’s warning to them was that Israel was to wipe them off the face of the earth. Judging by the statistics above that hasn’t happened yet.
Since the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob does not accept child sacrifice, someone else does – Satan. The practice obligates us to him. By-the-by, he feels no such obligation to reward us. Our ignorance of these matters is of no concern. Like a small child who accidentally eats a chili pepper, the innocent act in no way affects the outcome – a burned mouth.
Obama’s flag (see Symbolism – What does Obama’s new flag mean?? http://wp.me/p1otAF-8M) contains a reference to the blood sacrifice which is a core belief in Islamic fundamentalism. – the voluntary death of the believer to please Allah and reach heaven with its carnal rewards. The horizontal stripes on his flag represent the 5 principles of Islam all won with the blood of martyrs, or of infidels. Islam believes and practices the theology which requires either the conversion of death of the infidels – that is, anyone who disagrees with them. Their martyrs’ deaths are proof of their sincerity.
Judaism and Christianity unqualifiedly reject this theology believing the blood sacrifice has already been made – for the Jews at their High Holy Days, and the Christians in the sacrifice of Jesus. That puts these two groups at the top of the Islamic hit list. Jesus warns (Luke 21:20) But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near” so keep your eyes on Israel.
Islamists believe that they will rule the whole world. The fervor of the military mission is enhanced by their 500 year failure to make any appreciable progress. Other than infiltrating many societies they have not managed to establish sharia law in any but those nations already committed to Sharia. A culture that embraces death cannot breathe life into society.
Germany, England, and France originally welcomed Muslims but have changed their minds, seeing the obdurate refusal to accept any of the principles by which these European societies live. That Muslim nose in the tent was a mistake. And where Muslims have infiltrated they have not improved the society. They remain an isolated group, unwilling to change.
Victor David Hanson of the Hoover Institution (http://victorhanson.com/) has good comments on why this failure has motivated them to fight harder.
Back to Mr. Obama. Media people were puzzled that his reaction to the death of the ambassador in Libya was so indifferent. He reacted as though it was none of his concern. And truly it is not if he considers himself “resident” of a state, America, which will be subsumed into the Islamic takeover. He flies another flag. The following picture shows a non-verbal verification of this.
But he does pledge the Russian flag.
He and his wife do not put their hands over their heart when watching others say the pledge – they do not pledge. Their hands go over their right lung. They are citizens of another country. This is all non-verbal information.
The America flag does not appear when Obama is speaking from the Oval Office.
With that in mind the “terrorists” who took down the twin towers on 9/11 are actually just helping to bring about the world government of Islam. The terrorists, who attacked the embassy and burned the flag, were not burning Obama’s flag, so why would he stand by America and its employees? If the Terrorists are bringing in the new world government why would Obama, their new leader, condemn them? They are doing Allah’s will.
Candidate Obama told the Media before he was elected that he wanted a society of government control, redistribution of assets, which means rich people will leave and the remaining citizens left will be poor- equally poor. Mr. Obama has placed environment above the interests of people, poverty has increased, joblessness has increased, all part of the leveling process integral to Islamic fundamentalism. Like Marxist China, none are rich (except the rulers) and all others are poor – that is the meaning of equality. Equally in want. I worked and lived in China and that is what they have – and they don’t like it.
Click here for commentary regarding President Trump moving the US Embassy controversy.
Click here for information linking Fascism, Islamism and Anti-semitism.
Link between Democratic Socialism and Antisemitism.
Why Americans Must Support Israel
Boycotting Israel – the Ultimate in Antisemitism
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Can You Bear New Revelation?
In John 16:12 Jesus says, “I have many things to say to you but you cannot bear them.” The word bear here means to carry. It does not mean tolerate, although there are many people who cannot tolerate the Bible under any circumstances. But I am not writing to them.
He said this the day before he died, during his last meal where presumably he had important things to say. He did not say, “Are you ready” although that is implied. He used the verb “to bear.” Or to carry. To carry means that there is a responsibility for the new information, either for yourself or for others. God put us Christians here to benefit both ourselves and others with His truth.
There is a burden involved in revelation whether it is the new Christian who suddenly finds himself avoided by all his old friends, or someone who is old in the Lord speaking something others do not want to hear.
Just 3 weeks ago my boss who is a left-wing Democrat and a supporter of abortion told me with a straight face that it was not a “baby” until the day it was born – just tissue. I said, sarcastically, “Oh, so it is only tissue you see sucking its thumb in the womb?” She just laughed.
Of course she would! To take another position would forever alter her world. She was named Democrat of the year and holds an office as party attorney. If she changed her position she would lose all that – not to mention her husband’s views which match hers – and gain the contempt and isolation of these same people that created her identity for her. Revelation and the support of truth cost something. Even if she believed this she would pay a price for revealing it! One’s identity should not be created by others= but by God.
The Bible says, “There is no defense against the Truth.” But at the same time, there is a price to pay for advancing it. I’ve been fired for it! But that is a price I am prepared to pay because Jesus said,
But before we start counting the cost of new revelation from God, let us count the cost of not knowing the truth, a much higher price. In an extreme form, there is Islam. Muslims who convert to Christianity are routinely murdered, and not just in the last 10 years. This has been common all over Asia.
“My people perish for lack of knowledge” is a literal truth. Beethoven wrote some of the finest Christian music in the western world. He agonized over why he was losing his hearing and hoped that after his death people would learn the truth. Some of his hair had been saved by admirers – saving hair was common in previous centuries – and it was tested a few years back. He died of lead poisoning cause by his favorite pewter utensils.
Now we have to ask this, as a believer did the Holy Spirit ever speak to him and say, “Trash the pewter dishes?” We don’t know, but the ignorance did kill. We do not need to wait for secular man to learn the truth; lead poisoning was a modern discovery, but that does not hamper the Lord. We have access to all truth! But can we bear it?
The reverse side of this coin is that God uses ignorance to keep people in line until they can bear something new. As mothers we tossed the young’uns in a play pen to keep them safe, and not let them get under foot as we worked. Ignorance is God’s box for human kind.
They spin their wheels on 2nd rate issues and because they are busy with small things they fail to mess up Kingdom business. A California seminary years back evaluated various mission programs as devised and executed by a group of denominations. Their conclusion? Not one of these programs succeeded. How about asking God what He wants to do? And then doing that. Every religious man can come up with a good idea. But good ideas do not necessarily further God’s will; only God’s will does.
Millions waste their money on gambling, or sports or mindless TV – all boxes of ignorance that while doing them no favors, at least keeps them out of the Master’s way. And God also used ignorance to further His own purposes. Years ago Billy Graham’s high school girl friend was told by her mother that Billy “wouldn’t amount to anything” so what people have to say means nothing in the end. It is only God’s word and God’s call.
23 years ago the Lord spoke to me directly and told me I was not to explain myself. Practically everywhere I went people pressed me for information but I kept quiet.
I thought – oh well – that won’t last for ever. But I was wrong. I am still not permitted to do so, except with a very small number who have shown me that if I do speak, they will actually listen. It has been, for someone who loves words, the toughest assignment of my life. And I am still learning.
Today many churches do not even get milk – they are dying on diet coke and Twinkies. Most other churches are on junior foods. Can you bear something new?
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Posted in Bible Lessons - mini, Commentary, The Church v. The Kingdom
Tagged Beethovem lead poisoning, Christians malnourished, God uses ignorance, Hosea 4:6, ignorance kills, ignorance requires submission to lies, Islam, John16:12, Luke 14:28, Matthew 10:33