I have been avoiding posting about this latest virus, namely the Corona Virus, preferring instead to post about the direction in which we should travel, in order to accomplish a solution. But, as of late, I have been asked several questions about this virus, and the damage that it will do to humanity.
As the readers of this blog know, Heavenly Father wants us to progress, to move toward Him and have Eternal Joy. In order to accomplish this, Father has often sent out emissaries to deliver His messages, messages of peace and how to accomplish the goal of becoming like Him. These messages preceded the problems that are present, and precede the problems that are coming. The warnings which are sent out are so that Father's difficult children can see what they are doing, the consequences of what they are doing, and then change their course of action to get the better results of joy and peace. Anyone who follows the Father's instructions, will prosper in the land both spiritually, and have plenty temporally. This is the desire of our Heavenly Father, to take good care of His children, leaving the choice up to them, of course. In this regard He gives us directions by which to live so that we can have those wonderful results.
These rules of conduct, which will bear the fruit we so often desire, are provided in the scriptures. They are things like, 'do not hurt people', and 'help each other.' These are the basis of all the rules of conduct whether in society, or personally. This being said, all those who have read the scriptures know of these rules, and either follow them, justify breaking them, or twist them into something selfish. It is best to return to these rules of conduct, and watch the Lord keep His promise of blessing us with peace and prosperity.
So, now that we know the rules of conduct, which will keep us safe, what went wrong? How did we get from that state of affairs to this? It is self-evident that we did not keep the rules of conduct laid down for our safety and progression by our Father, who has already accomplished His Godhood, and has shared with us the rules which have enabled him to do so, which when we apply those rules, will enable us to do so as well, so that His work and His glory will be accomplished.
The messengers went forth to warn the people of the natural consequences of their selfishness, their hurting each other, and taking advantage of each other for their own gain. The messengers proclaimed to the people to return to the standards which God has set, to reverse the natural consequences of their selfishness. It is God's desire that His people do not suffer, therefore He sends out messengers to remind people to return to the standard which will accomplish peace and prosperity.
The problem is, folks just did not want to listen to those messengers, saying that they prefer their own opinions and viewpoints of how to live the Gospel (Which ironically got them into the position they are in currently.). Therefore, the people stubbornly stuck to the doctrines which got them into this horrible situation, all because of their pride. The Lord knew this would be the case, and sent out messengers to instruct people on how to approach the Lord, and get direction straight from Him. This message was also ignored, over the preference of pride. The people choosing instead to follow their own desires, their own emotions, their own doctrines, and various spirits, of which they have become accustomed.
It has been 7 years since the last king was elected, and war has come. It is here now. This is war. It is sent out to consume and rule the people. Unfortunately, the general populace is under the impression that the tactics used by the king and his generals do not include information control, manipulation, and distribution, strategically used to control the populace. This military strategy has been effectively used throughout time, and is being used just as effectively today. It is the spreading of a disease of fear, which effectively controls the masses. This fear, cost effectively and with minimal loss of their own people, has caused more damage and manipulation of society than any other weapon known to mankind. Because of people's reaction to this mass hysteria, many parts of society will fall apart, bringing a natural consequence of people turning against each other. Scapegoats will be named, in their various forms. Internet prophets will be spreading more fear. People will form more cliques and have warm contentions against others of differing beliefs. As long as there is contention, there is fear, and war! There will be many other tactics used, in many areas, other biological weapons, manipulation of weather, induction of seismic activity, charismatic leaders, and even armed conflicts. This is definitely not the end.
The only way to stop this war, to win, is to turn back to the Lord, to keep the standard that the Lord has set for all His people.
Turn back to the Lord. Find others who have also turned back to the Lord. Rid yourselves of all fear, worry, and ungodliness. Instead, focus on working together. Become one. Love each other, forgive each other, be one with each other. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, Love Him so much that you actually keep His commandments. Never justify the breaking of any of His advice, only keep all His words so deeply inside you, that it seeps out of you in all your behaviour, all your conversations, all your thoughts, and all your emotions, until you become like God.
The only way to stop this war, to win, is to turn back to the Lord, to keep the standard that the Lord has set for all His people.
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Thursday, 19 March 2020
Friday, 6 March 2020
The Lord's Prayer
This prayer is a very particular call/commission to the Apostles, for what the Apostles and Disciples of the Lord should be doing in the Name of God. This is clear by the instruction given to, "After this manner, therefore, pray ye."
In the Lord's prayer, there are things like "Our Father in heaven", which is to not only acknowledge him, but to connect with Him in all reality. The disciple should be making that solid connection. This is our direction, the direction to which we should be connecting at all times.
"Hallowed be Thy name", should not be lip service. You are not bragging and telling him 'oh, you are so wonderful'. He is not a God of pride, nor does he need His ego inflated. It is the disciple who is supposed to be hallowing the name of God. We are to be that perfect example of hallowing His name. So the disciple is first making that connection, and second hallowing His name, because they just transfigured and became like Him, they just connected with Him. All of a sudden His Holy fruit is now emanating from the connected disciple.
The next focus is: "Thy kingdom come". That phrase in and of itself is a whole lot. Zion should have just been established in the previous directions, and with it, the Father having shared His ideas and plans of a beautiful kingdom, of which the disciple pledges to accomplish by the words, "Thy Kingdom come." Now that the disciple is committed to ensuring God's Kingdom coming. To where is it coming? It is coming into the heart of the disciples, where their own kingdom is. It is the disciples, which are to bring God's Kingdom into themselves, the disciple's kingdom becoming subject to God's Kingdom design. This is what the prayer means, for the disciple to accomplish these things. This is why the third person grammatical structure is used. It is a covenant, that the disciple will do all in their power to accomplish the will of their Lord.
As the prayer/instruction continues, a deeper and deeper connection with God is established.
Next, the commission; "Thy will be done", what is that? 'I am going to go do it.' This is not a prayer, to be like 'Oh God, go do all this stuff. You are so wonderful.' Since the faithful disciples have already brought His Kingdom inside their hearts, now it is going to come out. This instruction is to the disciple to actually accomplish this. The disciple is to be truly God's agent here upon this earth. The faithful disciples are going to do His will, of that Kingdom they have just established inside themselves. When God gives a command, or shares with the disciple what He has in His heart, the loyal disciple's response is of course, O Lord, Thy will be done! In other words, 'Thy will will be done', or 'O Lord, I will help you accomplish Your will'!
When the phrase "Father in heaven" is spoken, the disciple is connecting. "Hallowed be Thy name," the light is just glowing now, as the disciple carries out the commission to hallow His name. The joy of the Father fills the disciple. "Thy kingdom come", all that knowledge and goodness comes here inside the heart, and then "Thy will be done," and the disciple now freely shares it out to everybody, doing it for God and fellow man.
"On earth just like it is in heaven." Well, where is heaven? Inside the heart. It has just been established in the heart, and how it is going to be done on earth, is just like it was done with you. So, you are supposed to be connecting with other people and doing the same thing that God is doing with you. Since there is somebody who is sharing it with you, there is somebody who is teaching you, there is somebody who is helping you, until you can make that connection yourself solid, you are to serve others in that capacity.
And then the instructions take on a new form, to show the Will that is to be done on earth, as the Lord continues, "Give us this day our daily bread." Well, what could this possibly mean? Does it mean, 'Oh God, come on, come on, give me something.'? Or could it expand from what is previously established, 'I am going to seek out my daily bread, but only just what I need, so that all I can focus on is spreading the kingdom of God, the will of God being done on the earth'? 'Lord provide for me and show me where I can get my daily bread. Do not worry about tomorrow, Lord, I will be okay, just a little bit for today so I can do Your will.' And now, since the disciples have asked from God, and God has provided, the disciples are going give that to others, doing the same for others as was done for them. So, the idea is not to be concerned with saving a large amount of food, but more concerned with spreading the Gospel, and therefore only needing to provide just what is needed for the day. And for the disciples, only a handful to shove in the mouth, so they can be on their way teaching and helping others. This, of course, applies to all daily needs. The disciples are the agents of God, administering for, and in behalf of God.
Next, "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." What could be different ways of keeping this commandment? 'Lord, I am forgiving everybody because You forgive me.' What about 'Lord, You forgive, and I am doing Your will. I am forgiving everybody, they are all forgiven. I forgave them all for You.' The disciples of Yeshua, will be doing as He does, and forgiving people. They will cover the sins of others with a cloak of charity, they will help them, they forgive them for God. And all that is forgiven, is gone. Leave it gone. Remember, God is inside the disciple, in His Kingdom inside you, it is up to the disciple to act in the capacity of an agent for God, doing what God would do, forgive others. Those praying this prayer are to be His disciples doing His work!
The next phrase: "Lead us not into temptation". Joseph Smith translation says "Suffer us not to be led into temptation". And if the disciple is God's agent and is talking to God, making this connection, the disciple is not begging from a careless boss, but is a proactive employee fulfilling his job description. It is just like the forgiveness concept. The disciple is ever so careful, making sure nobody is led into temptation. As much influence as can be provided. No disciple would find it appropriate to play devil's advocate, nor trick anyone, nor try to get their neighbour to do anything wicked.
It is better to try to teach people without being cruel. It is better to try kindness with people. The disciple is actually being, in that prayer, God. Being that connection to God, and spreading that light.
"Suffer us not to be led into temptation", 'Lord, we are making sure. Let us make sure none of us get led into temptation. We are doing it.' How about "lead us not into temptation", the disciples ensure their words, actions, behaviours, heart, and everything is correct so they are not leading people into temptation. In fact, the disciple will do all righteousness to deliver their beloved neighbour from evil!
And then he says, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory", bringing the prayer back to the beginning. It is not to pay lip service here. It is a disciple's responsibility to carry out this commission, ensuring the Kingdom, Power, and Glory all belong to God. After all, it was "Thy kingdom come", that just came at the beginning, for which we prayed. And now that His Kingdom has come, we are to ensure that His Kingdom remains with Him!
That kingdom that just came, that is the kingdom to be established here, Heavenly Father's kingdom.
People are being fed. No one is hording all the food, but all are sharing.
People are forgiven, people are forgiving each other.
Nobody is tempting each other, being led into temptation. Nobody is playing devil's advocate, trying to lead somebody into temptation. People are being delivered from evil.
'It is Your kingdom, Lord. Look, here it is, we got it ready for You. For this kingdom is Yours! And the power is all Yours! And the glory is all Yours! It is for You.' "For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever," 'I do not want any of it.'
'I am content to be a part of things, I just want whatever you want O Lord, Thy will be done, O Lord. I will do all in my power to accomplish Thy will.'
I view this prayer as the same prayer that Heavenly Father makes. He is selfless too. So, Heavenly Father is praying to His father. This is pretty interesting stuff, is it not?
This may be a new way of thinking, although it is worth considering, what could this prayer actually mean? It is not a begging prayer. This is a prayer of actually connecting and being God's agent here on earth. And there is nothing in that prayer of any type of selfishness at all. This prayer invites everyone to come to the Lord, and have good priorities, to have God inside you, to be perfectly connected to God. And then, since God is inside us, what God would be doing is what we should be doing. Forgiving people, feeding people, teaching people, helping them, administering to them, healing them, helping them to go forward. If we look at the Lord's prayer in the respect that we are standing in for the Lord, we would be doing those things. This is actually a very deep prayer. We are actually becoming one with the Father, and doing what the Father would do here upon the earth. This prayer organizes what a disciple should be doing every day of their life. This prayer invokes the "Name of God". This prayer is His Holy Name!
In the Lord's prayer, there are things like "Our Father in heaven", which is to not only acknowledge him, but to connect with Him in all reality. The disciple should be making that solid connection. This is our direction, the direction to which we should be connecting at all times.
"Hallowed be Thy name", should not be lip service. You are not bragging and telling him 'oh, you are so wonderful'. He is not a God of pride, nor does he need His ego inflated. It is the disciple who is supposed to be hallowing the name of God. We are to be that perfect example of hallowing His name. So the disciple is first making that connection, and second hallowing His name, because they just transfigured and became like Him, they just connected with Him. All of a sudden His Holy fruit is now emanating from the connected disciple.
The next focus is: "Thy kingdom come". That phrase in and of itself is a whole lot. Zion should have just been established in the previous directions, and with it, the Father having shared His ideas and plans of a beautiful kingdom, of which the disciple pledges to accomplish by the words, "Thy Kingdom come." Now that the disciple is committed to ensuring God's Kingdom coming. To where is it coming? It is coming into the heart of the disciples, where their own kingdom is. It is the disciples, which are to bring God's Kingdom into themselves, the disciple's kingdom becoming subject to God's Kingdom design. This is what the prayer means, for the disciple to accomplish these things. This is why the third person grammatical structure is used. It is a covenant, that the disciple will do all in their power to accomplish the will of their Lord.
As the prayer/instruction continues, a deeper and deeper connection with God is established.
Next, the commission; "Thy will be done", what is that? 'I am going to go do it.' This is not a prayer, to be like 'Oh God, go do all this stuff. You are so wonderful.' Since the faithful disciples have already brought His Kingdom inside their hearts, now it is going to come out. This instruction is to the disciple to actually accomplish this. The disciple is to be truly God's agent here upon this earth. The faithful disciples are going to do His will, of that Kingdom they have just established inside themselves. When God gives a command, or shares with the disciple what He has in His heart, the loyal disciple's response is of course, O Lord, Thy will be done! In other words, 'Thy will will be done', or 'O Lord, I will help you accomplish Your will'!
When the phrase "Father in heaven" is spoken, the disciple is connecting. "Hallowed be Thy name," the light is just glowing now, as the disciple carries out the commission to hallow His name. The joy of the Father fills the disciple. "Thy kingdom come", all that knowledge and goodness comes here inside the heart, and then "Thy will be done," and the disciple now freely shares it out to everybody, doing it for God and fellow man.
"On earth just like it is in heaven." Well, where is heaven? Inside the heart. It has just been established in the heart, and how it is going to be done on earth, is just like it was done with you. So, you are supposed to be connecting with other people and doing the same thing that God is doing with you. Since there is somebody who is sharing it with you, there is somebody who is teaching you, there is somebody who is helping you, until you can make that connection yourself solid, you are to serve others in that capacity.
And then the instructions take on a new form, to show the Will that is to be done on earth, as the Lord continues, "Give us this day our daily bread." Well, what could this possibly mean? Does it mean, 'Oh God, come on, come on, give me something.'? Or could it expand from what is previously established, 'I am going to seek out my daily bread, but only just what I need, so that all I can focus on is spreading the kingdom of God, the will of God being done on the earth'? 'Lord provide for me and show me where I can get my daily bread. Do not worry about tomorrow, Lord, I will be okay, just a little bit for today so I can do Your will.' And now, since the disciples have asked from God, and God has provided, the disciples are going give that to others, doing the same for others as was done for them. So, the idea is not to be concerned with saving a large amount of food, but more concerned with spreading the Gospel, and therefore only needing to provide just what is needed for the day. And for the disciples, only a handful to shove in the mouth, so they can be on their way teaching and helping others. This, of course, applies to all daily needs. The disciples are the agents of God, administering for, and in behalf of God.
Next, "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." What could be different ways of keeping this commandment? 'Lord, I am forgiving everybody because You forgive me.' What about 'Lord, You forgive, and I am doing Your will. I am forgiving everybody, they are all forgiven. I forgave them all for You.' The disciples of Yeshua, will be doing as He does, and forgiving people. They will cover the sins of others with a cloak of charity, they will help them, they forgive them for God. And all that is forgiven, is gone. Leave it gone. Remember, God is inside the disciple, in His Kingdom inside you, it is up to the disciple to act in the capacity of an agent for God, doing what God would do, forgive others. Those praying this prayer are to be His disciples doing His work!
The next phrase: "Lead us not into temptation". Joseph Smith translation says "Suffer us not to be led into temptation". And if the disciple is God's agent and is talking to God, making this connection, the disciple is not begging from a careless boss, but is a proactive employee fulfilling his job description. It is just like the forgiveness concept. The disciple is ever so careful, making sure nobody is led into temptation. As much influence as can be provided. No disciple would find it appropriate to play devil's advocate, nor trick anyone, nor try to get their neighbour to do anything wicked.
It is better to try to teach people without being cruel. It is better to try kindness with people. The disciple is actually being, in that prayer, God. Being that connection to God, and spreading that light.
"Suffer us not to be led into temptation", 'Lord, we are making sure. Let us make sure none of us get led into temptation. We are doing it.' How about "lead us not into temptation", the disciples ensure their words, actions, behaviours, heart, and everything is correct so they are not leading people into temptation. In fact, the disciple will do all righteousness to deliver their beloved neighbour from evil!
And then he says, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory", bringing the prayer back to the beginning. It is not to pay lip service here. It is a disciple's responsibility to carry out this commission, ensuring the Kingdom, Power, and Glory all belong to God. After all, it was "Thy kingdom come", that just came at the beginning, for which we prayed. And now that His Kingdom has come, we are to ensure that His Kingdom remains with Him!
That kingdom that just came, that is the kingdom to be established here, Heavenly Father's kingdom.
People are being fed. No one is hording all the food, but all are sharing.
People are forgiven, people are forgiving each other.
Nobody is tempting each other, being led into temptation. Nobody is playing devil's advocate, trying to lead somebody into temptation. People are being delivered from evil.
'It is Your kingdom, Lord. Look, here it is, we got it ready for You. For this kingdom is Yours! And the power is all Yours! And the glory is all Yours! It is for You.' "For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever," 'I do not want any of it.'
'I am content to be a part of things, I just want whatever you want O Lord, Thy will be done, O Lord. I will do all in my power to accomplish Thy will.'
I view this prayer as the same prayer that Heavenly Father makes. He is selfless too. So, Heavenly Father is praying to His father. This is pretty interesting stuff, is it not?
This may be a new way of thinking, although it is worth considering, what could this prayer actually mean? It is not a begging prayer. This is a prayer of actually connecting and being God's agent here on earth. And there is nothing in that prayer of any type of selfishness at all. This prayer invites everyone to come to the Lord, and have good priorities, to have God inside you, to be perfectly connected to God. And then, since God is inside us, what God would be doing is what we should be doing. Forgiving people, feeding people, teaching people, helping them, administering to them, healing them, helping them to go forward. If we look at the Lord's prayer in the respect that we are standing in for the Lord, we would be doing those things. This is actually a very deep prayer. We are actually becoming one with the Father, and doing what the Father would do here upon the earth. This prayer organizes what a disciple should be doing every day of their life. This prayer invokes the "Name of God". This prayer is His Holy Name!
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