Fractured from Birth End Time Clarification Beginning In Genesis and ending In Revelation

So as I have been going through the eschatology, that is the study of the end times of which we are in right now, I came across a book titled, “Psalms 82 - The divine council of the gods, the judgment of the watchers and the inheritance of the nations” written by Brian Godawa, I saw something that triggered this message. He had something to say on it but I wanted to give it a go from my own angle. He has written some very interesting end-times books. 

So we have, if you have been a consistent listener, I say this so that you don’t think I used the word “we” in a position of assumption. We all have different rates of growth especially in these days of mountains of distractions, excuses, and deceptive lines of teaching, i.e. false Teachers, false prophets, false apostles, wolves in sheep's clothing, which can include The regular attendees at church known as the Saints of God, or the pastors. You might be saying well why bring up all of these falsies as it relates to the rate of growth a Christian can make. And I bring them up because what happens is that we get overly hyper sensitive or cautious to moving off of what we already know to be true or what we think to be true. And So what happens is that we slow the rate of growth at which we can grow. We are slow to adopt new teaching, new revelation, or old revelation in modern language. I think this is most expressed when I hear the statements I can hear from God and know that I do. Now in humility there's nothing wrong with this statement, but far too often what it really reveals is a difficulty one has in hearing or seeing what God is doing in these current days.

In my studying in the last couple of years there seems to be a lot of contradictory information out there regarding what people think the Bible says and as a teacher this is frustrating because I see the purpose of it which is that people would make the excuse that the Bible is too difficult to understand and nobody can seem to agree on what it says. Now if you were the Antichrist isn't this the perfect strategy that you would want to play so that when you come back you can affirm that what they think is right? Of course, but we seem to be a little short sighted in the strategies of the devil in these days 

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Welcome back to my podcast Steve Father. This podcast is back to my five strength ministry, where we believe working together in our strength is the effect of working out the will and calling of God in the tour of life. Thanks for joining me. Let's open a few prayer. Blessed be the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ who blessed you with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly place to thank Christ, just as he chose you and him before the foundation of the world, that you should be holy without reign before him alone, having predestined you to adoption as a son or daughter of Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, which he purposed in himself, to the praise of the glory of his grace, and which he made you accepted in the beloved. In him ye have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound towards you in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to you the mystery of his will, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth in him. I ask that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, to give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, and the knowledge of the mystery of him, to the deepest knowledge of him that you are willing and able to receive, that the eyes of your understanding would be open wider, and that you would be enlightened to who he is, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in you, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards you who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, that he would grant that you would be strengthened with might through his spirit in the inner man, in and through your spirit and heart, and that you would be able to stand against your flesh, this world, and the devil, in and through any in all temptations. I pray that your love may abound more and more in all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ of the glory and praise of God. I ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, in all patience and long-suffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints to walk in the light. I pray that your hearts may be encouraged, being knit together and low community, and that you would obtain all the riches of the full appearance of understanding, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which has been given to each of my listeners by Christ Jesus, that you are enriched in everything by him, in all utterance and all knowledge, so that you do not come short in obtaining or operating in your calling and purpose, nor in using any spiritual gifts or talents, eagerly waiting for the continued revelation of our Lord Jesus, who will confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the near coming of the day of our Lord. God is faithful by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus. Okay, so now therefore, my brothers and sisters in Christ, when things get tough, think about whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and whatever things are of a good report. If there is any virtue, and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things alone. I pray that in these very days that you would let your love be without hypocrisy, hate and loathe what is evil, cling to what is good and righteous, be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, and honor, giving preference to one another, not lagging in diligence, fervent and fully engulfed in spiritual fire, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, walking in the peace of God, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfast in prayer, distributing to the needs of the saints, that is each other, and that you would be given the hospitality. May the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like minded towards one another, according to Christ Jesus, that we learn to be of one mind and one accord, operating completely and fully in love and unity, always striving for the working out of God's specific will for each of our lives, while working in partnership with each other within the church and the Holy Spirit, as he manifests his miracle signs and wonders through the daily activities of our ministry and kingdom work. And while we also go out preaching the gospel in word and deed, let us love and serve one another, our enemy, and those who wouldn't expect us to do so, considering each person better than ourselves. Bind up any words or thoughts that are contrary to the love of God, or that which would set you back in your Christian walk. Now step out in faith today and walk with God, being assured that nothing will separate you from him as long as you abide in him. Call those things that don't exist as though they do. Remember he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world. Be more than a conqueror today, submitting to the will of God in everything. Let each of us express uncompromising love towards one another in humility while maintaining a teachable spirit. I pray that God will give you the revelation within this message that he intends you to receive with the understanding. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. The title of this message is Fractured from Birth In Time Clarification Beginning in Genesis and Ending in Revelation. So I have been going through the estatology, that is the study of the end times of which we are right now in. I came across a book titled Psalms eighty two, The Divine Counsel of the Gods, The Judgment of the Watchers, and the Inheritance of the Nations, written by Brian Gotta. I saw something that triggered this message. He had something to say on it, but I wanted to give it a go from my own angle. He has written some very interesting in times books. So we have, if you have been a consistent listener, I say this so that you don't think I use the words we in a position of assumption, as we all have different rates of growth, especially in these days of mountains of distractions, excuses, and deceptive lines of teaching, that is false teachers, false prophets, false apostles, wolves in sheep's clothing, which can include the regular attendees at church known as the saints of God, or the pastors. You might be saying, Well, why bring up all these falsies as it relates to the rate of growth a Christian can make? And I bring them up because what happens is that we get overly hypersensitive or cautious to moving off of what we already know to be true or what we think to be true. And so what happens is that we slow the rate of growth at which we can grow. We are slow to adopt new teaching, new revelation, or old revelation and modern language. I think this is most expressed when I hear statements like I can hear from God, and I know that I do. Now in humility there's nothing wrong with this statement, but far too often what it really reveals is a difficulty one has in hearing or seeing what God is doing in these current days. In my studying in the last couple of years there seems to be a lot of contradictory information out there regarding what people think the Bible says, and as a teacher, this is frustrating, because I see the purpose of it, which is that people would make the excuse that the Bible is too difficult to understand, and nobody can seem to agree on what it says. Additionally, we are overly cautious about what we would teach in our churches. It's a funny thing that today, not back in the days when the apostles were roaming the earth, but today we have topics that are too controversial to bring up. I tried to find that controversial topics in the Bible, but even Google AI doesn't seem to know where it is. So now if you were the Antichrist, isn't this the perfect strategy that you would want to play so that when you come back you can affirm that what they think is right? Of course, but we seem to be a little short sighted in the strategies of the devil in these days. I think far too often we attribute demonic strategies to smart people. And based on the messes that people made in the Bible, I'm not too sure if we should attribute smart to anybody. I know that I've said it before in this podcast and I want to just be clear and intentionally redundant, which is that you don't have to believe everything that I say. But if there is something that I say and you don't believe it, make sure you can support it with scripture. Otherwise you're leaving your cards on the table, so to speak. Also, another strategy of the devil is to get you to come part way in, but not all the way in. So, and I'm just opening up with some transparency, as I see some of these elements in play. You might be thinking with all this going on, who do you trust? Who do you listen to online or on social media? What information do you allow into your head, and from whom do you allow it? Before I give you the answer, I'd like you to think about this bit for a minute. Nobody in the Bible had the entire Bible at their disposal. Few people had access to the scrolls that were written in the Old Testament, and there were periods of time when God's law seemed to have been hidden or vacant from whole communities, and yet I would be hard pressed to believe that people weren't saved in the Old or New Testament ages in regards to those who lived in the non biblical times. So using myself as an example, I have been taught after being a Christian for about ten years, about certain some things in the Bible, which I did not have a spiritual slot for, so I simply rejected the idea. Now there are two things here, the first being the person that was teaching me this stuff wasn't living a life that proved they actually believed this stuff. So it made it more difficult for me to believe that what they were saying was true. And the second is that I just wasn't spiritually mature enough to receive what they were saying, and to be compelled to go back in the Bible and to check it out fully. I wasn't getting the revelation back then that I am almost now ten years later getting. I read the Bible back then and I read the Bible now. The difference is that I have grown spiritually because I see the value of drawing near to God and hanging on his very belt loops, and I've been able to see more now than I did when I was a younger Christian. And now because God is a god of patterns, I suspect there's things today that I might not see if I'm not careful in watching and in looking and in opening up my spiritual eyes and ears that I might see in five years from now or ten years from now. I can shorten that duration by simply staying humble and continuing to mine out the truths of God and his word. So back to the discussion about who do you trust. The best answer that I have for you is to simply understand your Bible. For this to happen, you should be reading it in as much as possible every day, and for those who make it a priority in their lives, twice a day, and not just one scripture, and sometimes not even one chapter, as the book of Philemon is about one page long. In these end times the risk of not knowing what your Bible says will leave you vulnerable to all of the fallacies mentioned above, which have been at work in the church for almost two thousand years, and it's not just a little risk, it is a very high risk, one that could cost you your salvation and turn you away from God and into serving other gods, which are demonically empowered, with the whole purpose of leading you to worship them and to serve them in and away from God. Now that has been the agenda of Satan from Genesis all the way through Revelation. The other thing that can help you, other than your Bible, is your relationship with the Holy Spirit. He will teach you all things. He will provide revelation about what you are reading, as it comes from and through him. But be assured he is not a halfway God in his position. You are either in or you are out. And this is the same thing Jesus said to his disciples, Matthew twelve thirty, he who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters abroad. So I like yes, there are only two choices on the entire planet be with, for, and in God, operating in the Holy Spirit, and doing the works and greater works of Jesus, worshiping and serving him alone, or live your life submitted to the false gods of the earth, which are demonically empowered in many cases, worshiping them and serving them, all the while thinking that you were living your best version of your life, outside of the blessing of God. I will be doing a message on how easy it is and how easy it was for Israel as an example to turn away from God and to serve other gods and to worship them. It was always either serving God, the one true God, or the gods of the earth, who were empowered by demons. This is discussed emphatically from Genesis through the book of Joshua, not that the issue of serving other gods all of a sudden became a non issue outside of those books, but that after God had destroyed the fallen sons of God and the giants that existed in the pre flood, how easy it was for us to be drawn right back into the mess that in part was responsible for the flood in Noah's day, and it is no different with us today. America in fact has moved to serve other gods and invite the celebration and worship of them, thinking that they will not get a god response. We were created to worship him and him alone, and when he says that there is no other god other than him, as all other gods are false and but created, whereas he has been around forever, he is saying that he is above all of the other gods that have been discussed in the Bible. None of them exceeds God's rule or reign on earth or in heaven, and yet for some reason, humanity, once they turn from serving the one true God, always does an about face and begins to serve other gods, in whom in many cases are empowered by demons. And in that decision, we decide to leave the one God who protects us from the dark, supernatural, and somehow think that we can work together with the demons to come up with some semblance of life that will lead to eternity. It is a lie, and he is a father of lies, as well as a father of his own children. So in a strange play on words, we wouldn't ask who's your daddy, but who do you pick to be your daddy? I think that's a better question, and one that will lead to a better answer. Okay, so that's a long bit of a short opening to a short message. But so now we get to the message which is that I wanted to discuss the issue of sin, the origin of sin, how mankind was taught to be exceedingly sinful, and in so doing corrupted all flesh. And this is a punchline, who is responsible? In my discussions about the fallen sons of God in Genesis chapter six, we noted how when the women of men gave birth, they did so to giants. And if we read other historical religious documents, it talks about how they taught mankind knowledge from heaven, which took us beyond corruption, if that's even possible. I have taught that the flood of Noah's day was in part due to the fact that we were taught things that we weren't supposed to be taught, knowledge from the fallen sons of God and the giants. Sin did not begin with them, but it also didn't begin with humanity. Let's look. Ezekiel twenty eight sixteen, this is talking about Satan. By the abundance of your trading, you became filled with violence within, and you sinned. Now as we discussed in the beginning of the message, and I notice this is a lot now, even when I teach, is that I get people saying, Yeah, but so and so says this, or so and so disagrees entirely with that revelation, or of what that scripture really says. Again, I remind you that if you are the Antichrist, this is the perfect system in which he now is setting up so that he can come down and confirm some of those things which will mislead you to draw away from the gospel doctrine, which is absolutely non negotiable and nonchangeable, and in the worst case scenarios, and I don't know that a worst case scenario should ever exist in place in the church. We just have to agree to disagree and move on. I did on some specific revelation that somebody got, and it took me ten years until I understood that they were actually right, and that bit of revelation connected to a whole bunch of other revelation that I could not enter into because that door was shut. You can do what I did, or you can be smarter and wiser, and read your Bible like there was nothing more important on earth for you to be doing in these days. And so but Satan sinned, and then went into the garden and talked Eve into sinning as well. And then in Genesis chapter six, we have the fallen sons of God who had sex with the women of men, and it is here that I believe that sin was exponentially magnified by the initially prohibited knowledge that men were not to be receiving on earth. But nonetheless, we received it and followed the dictates of the fallen sons of God and of the giants, and all flesh was ultimately corrupted. So at this point we could say that the devil made me do it, or the fallen sons of God made me do it, or the giants made me do it. But this would be incorrect as mankind had already fallen into sin through the fall of Eve and Adam. So we already had sinned, and you could say if it makes you feel any better, that the fallen sons of God simply took advantage of mankind's fallen state and propensity to sin against God. And what else could you expect from the fallen sons of God or from demons if we were to apply that even to today? Bad guys don't play on an equal playing field. They always look for weaknesses, and then they attack and take advantage. So in order to answer the question, we must first take a look at the condition of our heart as well as of the issues of life flowing from it. And our heart also represents our spirit. Let's address the hands in the room. Yes, I am Google AI, and I would like to help with defining the issues of mankind's heart if I could. Well, okay, let's see. The primary verse in the Bible stating that man's heart is wicked is Jeremiah seventeen nine. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? This verse signifies that human nature is corrupted, with many translations using desperately sick or beyond cure to describe this condition. Key Bible verses detailing this theme include Jeremiah seventeen nine explicitly calls the heart deceitful and wicked. Genesis six five states that every intent of the thoughts of his, that is, man's heart, was only evil continually. Genesis eight twenty one and the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said into his heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. Mark seven twenty one through twenty three. Jesus teaches that evil, adultery, theft, and murder proceed from within, out of the human heart. Ecclesiastes mentions that the heart of men are full of evil and madness. Romans three, ten through twelve mentions that none are righteous, emphasizing human depravity. The Bible uses the heart to represent the center of human will, emotion, and intellect, highlighting that human efforts alone cannot overcome this sinful nature. Okay, so now we can own the fact that although the fallen sons of God and or the giants perverted all flesh in and through, teaching us things we should not have known at that time, the responsibility for sinning lies squarely on us. This doesn't mean that those fallen sons of God, also called watchers, didn't have to pay for what they did. They did have to pay for it. And they don't get a chance to repent, but we do. Now two other things regarding sin so that you know the reality, which is that sin is alive, and it is seeking you out in order to separate you from the one and only true God, and to get you to worship other gods, and as the Bible states, that you have not known, and to get you to worship and serve them, of which in many cases they are demonically empowered to make your life a mess. Now and maybe not initially, but it is guaranteed to happen, because Satan doesn't have your best interests in mind, but simply to keep you on his side of hell and the wrong side of heaven. So the first of the two things is that sin is alive. Genesis four seven. If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door, and its desire is for you, but you shall rule over it. Notice that it lies at the door and that it has a desire for you, and but you should know that when it says you should rule over it, that this is impossible unless you are submitted to God through the blood of Jesus Christ. Otherwise, no matter what you do, in all of this world's sin will have its way with you, and take you to hell with it if you let it. The other thing is the price that was paid to literally kill sin from your life. Second Corinthians five twenty one. For he, that is God, made him, that is Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Jesus became sin, your sin, your penalty of sin, which was eternal spiritual death or separation from God. He became every penalty and curse that sins brought into your life, so that you could freely enter into his life, his Christ, and live and walk as a child of God, and that you would and could do so, also receiving all of the benefits of that relationship with God. No fallen son of God nor demon can make the same offer and keep it. So, in a roundabout way of summary, and the point of this message, especially as I continue to study the end times, is to remember that although the fallen sons of God exponentially increase the sins of mankind through mankind, it has always been in you to sin. Turn from the one true God and worship and serve other gods, empowered at times by demons, is not something that those false gods can force you to do. It is a desire hidden within your heart. I urge you to look down your Salvation by increasing your understanding of the Word of God. Watch who you allow to speak into your life. Yes, we don't want the falsies speaking into our lives, but we also want to watch out for those who are so concerned that a false may end up at their dinner table that they only trust in their own personal revelation of God at that moment in time. This shuts down God's ability to increase the revelation that they can receive. Every day is new in God. What you did yesterday is done and gone. Each day provides an opportunity to learn new things contained in that marvelous book. And isn't this how relationships between husband and wives develop? Every day presents opportunities for new discovery with each other and but also with God. Let us close in prayer. May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before your God and Father at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. Now may the God of peace, the one in whom we call wonderful, counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, may He Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. To our Lord of Lords and our King of Kings, to our high and lifted up, great high priest who has, once and for all, paid the price. That you might see and hear God, may he hear and respond to our prayers. To our God we stand and pray as he too always lives to make intercession for you while seated at the right hand of the Father. May the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you what is well pleasing in his sight. Through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever. Jesus' name we pray, amen. Well that's it for today. Remember not what you find wrong or disagree with regarding these messages, but what you can take away from them. Together we can do more to impact the kingdom than if we work alone. Let's put the script and kill, seal, and destroy the works of the enemy and create space for the light of life to shine through in people's lives. Planet City, click on the like and subscribe button. Leave this message out or teach from it in your Bible study, your life or cell group, and yes, even in your church. You can be assured it comes from one call to teach, and though imperfect, you have the word of God to use to test everything we say. 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