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In my "Bible Study 2: Holy Be Your Name" I discussed how the phrase "holy be your name" caught my childish curiousity the first time I was taught how to recite the Lord's Prayer. When I grew a bit older, that part saying "your kingdom come your will be done on earth as in heaven" began to haunt my thoughts. When I began reading the Bible, I gradually developed the understanding of what the Father wants. As I did, I also realized how the world rejects the Father's will here on earth. I can only imagine how powerful that force of rejection could be. We are using our god-given mind power to deny the power of God on earth. In my "Bible Study 1: God Wants Us To Be Like Him", I discussed how Eve lost her godliness by using her godly mind power against it. That makes the 8 billion humans on earth using their godly mind power to reject the presence of God on earth really scary. This is what I am afraid of, not Satan. Satan cannot harm me, but the billions of minds driving away the presence of God are casting a shadow of pain, suffering and death on earth. The rejection of God's presence has been programmed by world traditions into the human sub-conscious. I for one, has been programmed to worship non-living sculptures, mocking and rejecting the image of God in me. I was always told to call on God by the phrase "the Lord", without knowing His name, hence taking the name in vain. I was told to remember and make Sunday holy instead of the Sabbath. I have been oriented and trained to go against the will of God all my life, and so are the millions of god believers all over the world. The teaching of the Lord's Prayer is aimed at resetting this harmful mind programming. The more we recite the phrase "your kingdom come your will be done on earth as in heaven", the more our desire becomes stronger for the kingdom without pain, suffering and death. The consequence is a powerful force of attracting the kingdom, instead of a powerful force that repels it away. This is a great way to reciprocate the great things God has done to bring the kingdom to earth. The 2nd work God did to bring heaven to earth was in Genesis Chapter 1 when He rehabilated the earth from its useless state being covered with water like what happened in Noah's time. When the earth was ready, He told His gods: Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." The 3rd work God did was to plant a heavenly place east of Eden and put Adam there whom He created in His image and likeness. However, Adam and Eve fell with the temptation of the devil, so they were driven out of the garden and became like the mortal sons of the gods in Chapter 1. The situation got worse when the daughters of Adam married the sons of the gods, violating the following command: Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. God for the 4th time had to make a reset with Noah. The devil messed it up again: Matthew 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. The 4th time God raised a nation out of slaves that became the kingdom of David and later on Solomon. They were to follow the commandments that would make them behave as a unique people under the protection of the most high. Israel (seed of Eve) became the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. God told them the following: Leviticus 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: Levitius 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. Israel did not listen and so their enemies ruled over them. The 6th time God sent His Son. He was rejected, tortured and murdered. The following were His words before He ascended to heaven: Matthew 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the And so, God did his part 6 times by trying to make the earth a heaven. But 6 times we, even Israel, refused to do our part and failed Him. Until now, the world hates Him by worshipping many gods; worshipping idols; forgetting His name; and forgetting His Sabbath. But what was the first time? The first time was when God put His image at the center of our being: our heart, mind and soul. Until now the image is there for as long as we stand above the earth where came from. That image makes us a living soul, but we continue to reject it. We love God in words but we hate Him by deeds and say pain, suffering and death are His will. |
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