Am thinkin' about plants, animals, people and concrete. What?.. No, I really am.

Personally, I think some concrete is okay.. yeah, in some places. Sure, like in the city center. You know it beats other materials for building some structures, but in general.. I love animals and plants much better. I mean being around em. I like people too -- most of em. Some are kinda hard to show love to. Some act like rascals etc. 

Not sure about cement, but I'm glad we have a better future ahead with plants, animals and kind-hearted people. Do you feel like that as well? 

Countless people I meet long for Eden in their hearts, and many of them even if they don’t articulate it well even apply themselves regarding the environment so we can all return to Eden. And some do articulate it well.  

God never meant for any animals to become bloodthirsty and then chase and eat each other out in the wild, or even under the surface of the seven seas. 

The whole animal-world will one day be at peace with each other and with people too (peeps have greater value). Even the vegetable-world will be recreated. 

Sure, God meant for the whole earth to become and stay fruitful and lush. Even the deserts will one day rejoice and blossom as roses. The whole earth will one day look like a beautiful well kept garden. So paradisiacal the growing ascetics everywhere here, so Edenic. 

The Rapture, Second Advent (Christ’s returning here) and the Millennium on earth will all be SO awesome, cuz He is even more so. God in the Bible says of this... 

“Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist. The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox." Isaiah 11:5-7

“The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.." Isaiah 35:1-2

Does Isaiah 65: 20 Refer to the Millennium?

What Is the Millennium in Revelation 20?

Q&A: The Millennium, Dietary Laws, and Leviathan.

Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond.

“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty and splendor and excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees. Say to those who are of a fearful and hasty heart, Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance; with the recompense of God He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.”

“On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.” Hosea 2:18    

“For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.” Job 5:23

“Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.”  Isaiah 2:4

“The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will do no harm nor destruction on all My holy mountain," says the Lord.”  Isaiah 65:25

When you see the results of the “birth pains,” look up for your redemption is literally drawing near, Buckeroo.  Listen, you, your current inner longings, and questions -- all matter. 

- What is the Millennial Kingdom, and should it be understood literally? Will the Millennial Kingdom / Millennium be a literal 1,000 years? 
- Why is God going to release Satan after the 1,000 years? Why will God allow Satan to lead one last great rebellion?
- In the last days, will everyone need to go to Jerusalem to worship God (Micah 4:2)? Why would God require all the nations to worship in Jerusalem? 
- What is premillennialism (Chiliasm)? Will the Second Coming of Jesus Christ occur before the Millennium?
-  What is the Great White Throne Judgment? When does a person experience the final judgment after death?
-  What is the significance of the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem? Does the Eastern Gate being blocked in any way impact the second coming of the Messiah?
- Will David reign with Jesus in the Millennial Kingdom? Do the prophecies in Ezekiel mean that King David will literally reign during the 1000 years?
-  What will happen when Jesus returns / comes back? What will happen when Jesus comes back? What does the Bible say will happen at the Second Coming of Christ?
-  End Times Events that will Really Happen. 
-  What is millenarianism? What are the different types of Christian millenarianism?
-  What is postmillennialism? How does postmillennialism differ from premillennialism and amillennialism?
-  What is the second death? What does the Book of Revelation mean when it refers to the second death?
-  What is the dispensation of the Millennial Kingdom? What are the important aspects of the dispensation of the Millennial Kingdom?

Q&A: The Millennium, Euthanasia, and Mormonism (which is a cult).

Q&A: The Millennium, Satan, and Jehovah’s Witnesses (more cultists). 

Q&A: Objective Morality, the 144,000, and the Millennium. 

Q&A: Isaiah 65:20, The Millennium, and Soul Sleep. 

Q&A: The Trinity (that’s God -- who is biblical, loves you and is real), the Millennium, and Apologetics.

But How Could Christian Surfers Say There’ll Indeed Be Oceans on the New Earth When Rev. 21:1 Says Something Different?

“When Revelation 21:1 says that “the sea was no more,” we must try to understand sea in exactly the way the writer and his readers of the book of Revelation would have understood it. To the great majority of them, the sea was devoid of the romantic properties many of us associate with it. Rather, the sea consisted of those vast, icy, treacherous, stormy waters that separated families, destroyed ships, and drowned loved ones. It posed a constant threat, with its great creatures that swallowed up seafarers and its salt waters that poisoned people on the open sea who craved freshwater. With that understanding, “no more sea” was a re­assuring prospect! ..it was God who created the seas (Genesis 1:9-10). Like everything else he made, they were very good (Genesis 1:31). 

But the Curse had a devastating effect on creation, including the ocean waters.Even if Revelation 21:1 is a literal promise of “no more ocean,” this doesn’t necessarily mean the absence of large bodies of water. Revelation tells us a great river flows right through the capital city (22:1-2). 

How much more water will there be outside the city? Flowing rivers go somewhere. Some of the world’s lakes are huge and sealike, so theoretically the New Earth could have even larger lakes. Huge lakes could, in effect, be freshwater oceans.Ezekiel 47 speaks of the water flowing from the Temple, which parallels the water flowing from the Messiah’s throne on the New Earth (Revelation 22). Ezekiel says, “I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river” (47:7, niv). 

Then he is told, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live” (Ezekiel 47:8-9, niv).Ezekiel 47 goes on to say, “Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. 

Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing” (verse 12). This promise is applied directly to the New Earth in Revelation 22:2. Since this is clearly a New Earth passage, it appears that the reference to “no more sea” in Revelation 21 may simply mean “no more sea as we now know it.” ~ Randy Alcorn

Five Steps to Be Faithful and Fruitful like Joseph.. Instead of all Backslidden.

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” ~ Jesus, Jn. 15:7

Are you doing your part to live with fullness of life? Faithfully abiding in the Vine leads to fruitfulness in God's will.. simple as that. Pray in faith. Obey. No striving or conniving or jivin' will do. Add to your faith virtue and keep on adding in the good stuff that edifies.   

1.) Fill your heart with Jesus. Christ is faithful, so fall in love with Him and be falling in love with Him over and over again. Pray earnestly. Make Him Lord, not just in theory. Where do I start? Ask yourself: Do I really know Jesus in a personal way? Have you repented of sin and invited Him into my heart? 

2.) Fill your mind with the Word of God. Be busy filled your thoughts with the truth of Scriptures--in your heart and brain. Think of the Arameans displacement rule: If you go into a full tub of water, the water will always rise up, flow out and will make room for you.  “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom..” Col. 3:16

3.) Fill your routines with good rules for self. Never be left alone with the opposite sex other than your spouse. Remember Billy Graham’s rule. Not in a car, room, home, or in an elevator alone with a woman. His hotel room was checked first. There’s more temptation in our increasingly more immoral society than ever before. But people will think I’m radically old fashioned. Who cares? 

4.) Fill your life with accountability. Love your faith-family and small group Bible study. Be ready today to cut off all pet sins and those places where you might even.. feel tempted. "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” Mat 5:29-30 nkjv

5.) Fill your fellowship with sinners open to turning and trusting Jesus. Passionate new baby believers revitalize, re-motivate, reinvigorate, remind veteran believers. This gets you back to the basics of relationship and sowing. You're either in or out, for or against the Lord--no in between. You're either diligently seeking Him and busy gathering with Him for His Kingdom or scattering away. You're either a soul-winner or a backslider, either a missionary or a mission-field, either worshipping and evangelizing or distracted and fossilizing.

Joseph was faithful and fruitful planted by a spring -- his branches went over the wall! Not lacking some opposition. He talked all tough, but really cared about his family and others. He didn't rush ahead of God on his big reveal (Gen. 45). 

Q: Why was Joseph so hard on his brothers at first? And why did he wait so long to reveal himself to these guys?  

A: It was because Joseph really wanted to prove all things and know before proceeding. He wanted to be sure they had actually repented of their sins. Listen, to forgive a person who is not sincerely repentant is to make him or her worse a sinner than before (see Luke 17:3-4).

- We see the revelation of Joseph's person in verses 1-3 

- We see the revelation of Joseph's purpose in verses 4-16

"Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph; does my father still live?' But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence." Genesis 45:3 

What must Joseph's brothers have felt and thought? Fear, shock, and terror must have filled their hearts. Perhaps some confusion flooded their minds, thinking their heads would be lopped off. 

Ask yourself this.. From the O.T. when will it be that Jesus reveals who He is to His brethren the Jews?  

"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence. and seek my face in their affliction they will seek me early." Hosea 5:15 kjv

Through Hosea, Jesus said prophetically, "I will return to My place until My people acknowledge their offense." What offense? Their rejection of Him. In their affliction, they will seek Him early. What affliction? The Tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble, the seven-year period described in Revelation 6-19 in which the world undergoes judgment and the horrific outpouring of God's wrath on a Christ-rejecting world. In their affliction, the nation Israel will seek the Lord. They'll acknowledge their offense. They'll realize Jesus is Messiah. And then He will make Himself known to them. 

"And Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come near to me.' So they came near. Then he said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and [there are] still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.'" Genesis 45:4-6 nkjv 

After revealing his person, Joseph then reveals his purpose. The first purpose for Joseph's position relating to his bros was pardon. He really missed them and wanted them blessed. "Don't be upset with yourselves," he said to his brothers. "Your selling me into this foreign land as a slave was all part of God's plan." 

Think about those words of Joseph. They express the heart of Jesus Christ. "Father, forgive them," is what Christ prayed from the Cross, "for they don't know what they're doing" (Luke 23:34). Those who crucified Jesus were in need of forgiveness and were indeed forgiven. The price was paid. And Peter would go on to declare that it was all part of a Divine design. It was a grand plan that Jesus would die for the sins of every man (Acts 2:22-24). Basically, "I know you are aware of your flaws and failings," Freely ask and receive. Jesus would say to us. "but don't be grieved. I've forgiven you."

We already discussed how Joseph kept serving the Lord in Egypt by doing what he consistently did -- wisely managing one crisis after another. He was diligent. First came the personal ones and then those of a whole nation. Addressing a crisis was his talent. He’d start and the bottom with his serving, but would then rise up like cream. Yes, it was cuz he’d think, believe and act faithfully without spiritual compromise. God promoted Joseph to Vizer, to PM, to Vice Pharaoh if ya will cuz he remained faithful in small and big things. 

Be adding. "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins." 2 Pet. 1:5-9

Be faithful. “I gave the responsibility of governing Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, for he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.” Neh. 7:2 nlt

God can make you and me dependable people for His glory. 

There are certain people who, if you give them a task, they won’t get bugged because you didn’t put the at the top in delegated authority, but they’ll just take care of it. You can consider it done. You don’t have to wonder about it at all. You don’t have to ask how it went. You just know that person is reliable and fruitful.

After the walls of Jerusalem’s were rebuilt, remember how Nehemiah appointed some people to take care of the important business: It was Hanani and Hananiah. They’d been proven. Nehemiah just knew he could lean on these two. He knew they would get the job done.

Lots of people worked. Everyone had a part in that building project, and many of the people rebuilt the wall near their homes. They needed to keep Jerusalem’s wall strong, sturdy and secure.. because if there was a breach in any part of that wall, if it was penetrable then life became too dangerous. Everyone’s task was vital.

The same is true of the local church today. There are healthy, strong biblical churches and there are weak, ill fed, and sickly ones. The greatest ability is dependability. Are you full of the Spirit and of faith? Hananiah was a faithful man, the Bible points this out, and he also feared God. Are you respectful of Him and godly?

You can be a dependable person as you walk with Jesus Christ? God is looking for people who can take an unlovely task and just complete it. He is looking for people who are faithful in the little things.. in the least that they are given. We all have a role to play in God’s Church. 

Sure, none of us are called to be a Hanani or a Hananiah, but we all have an important part to play as we find and use the gifts that God has given us in His Kingdom. He has called you to be you with Him leading as Lord. 

If you have no desire to be used of God, then you need to get in the Word until you have this healthy desire. 

Do you desire to be used of, and to glorify God? Would you like God to call you into some form of Christian service in the coming days? Would you like Him to use you in His rescuing plan. So many people are starving and lost. 

Sure, that is a great thing to aspire to, but you can start serving now. Just do what is in front of you now to help and edify people. 

Take care of the little things right now. If you’re faithful in the little things, then you will be faithful in the large things. God said that. But if you’re unfaithful in little things, then you won’t be faithful with greater responsibilities.

“God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Cor. 1:9

As you worship and thank God, ask believing and big. Ask for small things too. Be faithful in little things. Earnestly intercede and appropriate the Lord’s faithfulness. Be candid with Him. He will bless and make you a blessing -- yes, make you fruitful like Joseph!

Be quick to go tell on you ..to God.. when you blow it! He already knows it all anyways. Joseph’s brother Judah was unfaithful for some years, but God made Judah faithful after he turned and confessed. But Reuben covered his sin. See Gen. 38:20-26

“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” Prov. 28:13

Yes, be completely humble, vertically dependent. Abide in the vine and you won’t have to strive to produce fruit. Be selfless, godly, a wise witness and example of good character. The Bible says...    

“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.” Lk. 16:10

“A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.” Prov. 14:5

“But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” 1 Thess. 3:3

“A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.” Prov. 28:20  

One leads to another so opt to live faithful today. Lord, we appropriate your grace and wisdom to reproduce.   

“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall. The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob." Gen. 49:22-24 nkjv

The truth of the Scriptures came to Joseph via his dad and in some dreams and he must have mused on those truths day and night cuz... God made him successful and fruitful (See and compare with Psalm 1). 

Read more on living fruitful in Jesus and reaping a harvest. Facebook.com/shareJesus

Joseph was sold into Egypt at age 17 (Jacob would gain 17 years after he sees him again) and Joseph died at the age of 110 years. It was before his death he made his brothers promise him, to take his bones out of Egypt when they would move out.  That was him talking in faith. Jacob did that too. 

It happened. Moses took Joseph's bones up with him when he led the Israelites out of Egypt.  God used a humble slave to bring the Hebrews into Egypt and a humble servant to bring them out... 400 years were they there. How is your calculations? Here's mine. Joseph started working for the Pharaoh as Prime Minister (ministering to people) when he was 30 years old (see Genesis 41:46). 

This was also the beginning of the seven years of abundance. So the famine started when he was about 37 (he was 39 when he revealed himself to his brothers. That's the number of "mercy"), and ended when he was 44 years old. He died at age 110.  

We know that Jacob came to Egypt, when he was 130 years old (Genesis 47:9) which would be year 2236. This was during the seven years of the famine, probably just about in the middle (Joseph's brothers had come down to Egypt twice and waited a while between that - Genesis 42/43).  So we can confidently assume, that Joseph was ca. 41 years old, when Jacob came down to Egypt. This would mean, Joseph was born in 2195 and died in 2305. It's interesting that Jacob said he was ready to die after seeing his son Joseph again, but God gave him 17 years in Egypt (in the will of God).  

Reproduce in the right sorta Way, not in any other sorta way. It's first a choice. Believe and be fruitful today! It's mere religion that castrates unto lame barrenness.

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"Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more." Then what? Well, His master commended and encouraged His servant. Well done, good and faithful steward!

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fruit..FULL..living is balanced and spiritual. It's way better than any sort of fruit..LESS..living.

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Huh, Are there Characteristics of Real Wisdom that Leads to valuable Fruit.. verses Worldly Wisdom that just Stays Barren?

Sure there are. The Real kind is Pure, Peaceable, Gentle, Reasonable, Merciful and comes with Good rather than Smelly Rotting kind of Fruit.  It’s Unwavering and Non-Hypocritical.

I say.. Wisdom never asks us to strive or be uber-busy. It expects us to be and even instructs us to be fruitful in the Lord. 

What’s wise? “Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world’s famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine shall be a FRUITFUL SEED. Live truly, and thy life shall be a great and noble creed.” ~ Horatius Bonar

Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom. It’s the furthest thing from wisdom—it’s animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others’ throats. 

Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

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Directed-giving with right motives is an act of generosity. Let Jesus guide. This kind of giving is fruitful. It's prayerful and tactful--it's about first sowing a seed. The seed of biblical-faith will produce a great harvest of fruit. God will cause it to happen and then bring the growth.

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The Christian type of fruit is real love, not merely some Hollywood feelin' of love. “Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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You can be happily “planted” in the rich soil of God’s vineyard and continue to “bear fruit” for all the years that God gives to you.

 You can be “fresh and flourishing” (v.14) in the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised that “he who abides in Me, and I in him,” will continue to bear “much fruit” (John 15:5).

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” —Paul, Galatians 5:22

Yours? Not yours ..yet? Can be yours. No charge. The fruit of the Spirit is love.. says the Bible. 

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations. 

“The righteous ..shall still bear fruit in old age.” —Psalm 92:12,14

Have you been sidelined due to the sins of others or your own? God can forgive. Ask. Psalm 92 reminds each of us that no matter how old we get, how experienced we are now, we can have a new start in Jesus–a fresh, abundant and fruitful life here.

I’ve met some teens who felt that they were old with experience–too old. Perhaps they were. Hey there, no matter how old we get lookin’ outwardly as we look out through these same windows of eyes each day, we can still be young at heart. I feel the same inside and my view is the same.

Listen, by wise decisions, by right choices we can have the benefit of a well-lived lifetime of knowledge, love, character, and godly wisdom.

We can be young in heart and mind,
To others we can yet be kind,
Sing songs of praise to God through tears,
And grow in grace through all our years. —Zimmerman.

Faithfulness is God’s requirement–He can empower and expects this faithfulness of us. But fruitfulness is His reward. Have you seen the fruit of a harvest yet? God make your fruit of His love inside evident outside–He can use you to win people for Jesus. Go tell em. 

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. 

“Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.” —Isaiah 45:8

For Health . For Him . For Edification . For you too . I am enjoying this Bible.. and reading Galatians 5:22-23 . with it’s Context - Sweet life fresh picked fruit ..not weird religious or fruity.. here on a hot Summer Day. 

"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater.” —Isaiah 55:10

#www.PeaceWithGod.net#Choose to find a church. You can be happily “planted” in the house of the Lord.