Wednesday, December 13, 2017

His Forever Family

What are you going to say to the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) about how you treated his family?

Here is a poem about this important question:

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY?

What are you going to say?

What are your going to say,
about your part in his plan,
when you stand someday,
before the Son of Man?

What are you going to say,
if he takes you to task,
and will your life assay,
with these questions ask?

Why did you delay,
to visit me in jail?
What kept you away,
when I was not well?

Why did you not carve,
from your daily bread,
when I did starve,
but you were well fed?

Why did you not dig a well,
when I was dying of thirst?
Where was that sweet smell,
made by putting me first?

Why did you look away,
instead of acting in compassion,
when I was naked as a jay,
and you wore the latest fashion?

Why was I in the streets,
as a stranger in your land,
when you had spare sheets,
in a home that was grand?

What are you going to say,
when your fate in the balance lay?
What are you going to say,
to him on Judgment Day?

The questions in this poem are not arbitrary, but reflect statements that will made one day.

The Man of Truth will make these statements about the treatment of himself one day, as the basis for how he deals with certain people (Matthew 25:34-45).  Most of the time, people apply this passage to anyone in need.  Is this what this passage is really about?

Whenever someone applies this passage to any and every person in need, then this passage is being taken out of context.  By rightly dividing the Word, we will see that this passage has nothing to do with helping any and every person in need.  The events of this passage need to be considered in context of the entire passage, and the whole counsel of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) laid out in the Book of Truth (The Bible).

In this passage, these events will happen when the Man of Truth comes to set up his rule on this Earth (Matthew 25:31).

The whole counsel is that, the war will be over, and the Man of Truth will reign over the world as he was born to do (Isaiah 9:5-7).  He will finally be given the rule over the Earth that he died on the cross to obtain (Isaiah 49:4-7).  The time for his everlasting kingdom to begin will have finally came (Daniel 7:13-14).  Everyone on Earth will be ruled by him (Revelation 19:11-16).

In this passage, all nations (ethnic groups) will be gathered before him at the start of his reign (Matthew 25:32).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group on Earth will come from every part of Earth to bow before the Man of Truth, when his reign begins (Psalm 22:27-29). Every ethnic group that survives the Tribulation, will start coming to worship before him every year at this time (Zechariah 14:16-18).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group that escapes destruction in the Tribulation, will come to bow before him, and swear to obey him (Isaiah 45:20-23).  On that day, every knee of every ethnic group will bow to him, and every tongue of every ethnic group will confess that he is their king, because of his obedience in dying on the cross (Philippians 2:8-11).

In this passage, it is these ethnic groups, not individual people, who will be judged and divided into two groups by the Man of Truth (Matthew 25:32-33).

The whole counsel is that, every ethnic group will be judged by the Man of Truth (Psalm 67).  All ethnic groups will come before him to be judged (Isaiah 2:2-4).  One group of ethnic groups will be judged worthy to enjoy peace and prosperity in his kingdom (Micah 4:1-4).  The other group of ethnic groups will be gathered to be destroyed (Micah 4:11-13).

In this passage, the Man of Truth will bring in those ethnic groups, that helped him in his times of affliction, into his kingdom (Matthew 25:34-36).  They will want to know when they did this (Matthew 25:37-39).  The Man of Truth will point to his family that has been gathered together before him, and say that those who took care of them in their affliction, were taking care of him (Matthew 25:40).

The whole counsel is that, the rest of the physical family of the Man of Truth, the people of Israel, will be regathered from the corners of the Earth, when he begins his reign (Isaiah 11:10-12).  The people of Israel will finish being gathered back to the land of Israel, when the Tribulation comes to an end (Jeremiah 30:7-10).  All of the people of Israel that survive the Tribulation, will be brought back to the land of Israel (Jeremiah 31:2-10). The people of Israel will be gathered before the Man of Truth, when the Tribulation is over, and his reign begins (Mark 13:24-27).

The whole counsel is that, for example, the people of Tarshish will serve the Man of Truth in his kingdom, enjoying the peace and prosperity of his reign, because they will not be among those who will afflict the people of Israel in the Tribulation (Psalm 72:1-11).  They will not be destroyed, because they will help the people of Israel return to the land of Israel (Isaiah 60:9-12).  Every ethnic group, that does the same things as the people of Tarshish, will be gathered to the land of Israel to experience the joy of being part of the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Isaiah 66:18-21). 

In this passage, the Man of Truth will cast those ethnic groups, who did not help him in his times of affliction, into Hell (Matthew 25:41-43).  They will want to know when they did this (Matthew 25:44).  The Man of Truth will point to his family that has been gathered together before him, and say that those who neglected them in their affliction, were neglecting him (Matthew 25:45).

The whole counsel is that, for example, the people of Edom will not help the people of Israel, but will rather add to their affliction of  in the Tribulation, so they will be completely destroyed (Obadiah 1:10-18).  Every ethnic group that does the same thing as the people of Edom will be cast into Hell (Isaiah 66:22-24).
 
In this passage, the fate of every ethnic group will be determined by what they did, when they saw the family of the Man of Truth, the people of Israel, afflicted in the Tribulation (Matthew 25:46).

The whole counsel is that, the Man of Truth is warning that people will be treated in accordance to how they treat the people of Israel, as the Father of Truth promised to Abraham (Abram) (Genesis 12:1-3).  When he comes to rule, every ethnic group will be treated like they treated the people of Israel (Jeremiah 30:11-16).

The whole counsel is that, those ethnic groups that will gather together in the land of Israel to destroy the people of Israel, will find out that the Father of Truth was gathering them to the land of Israel to destroy them (Zephaniah 3:8).  They will be gathered together with the people of Israel, so the people of Israel can see them being treated the same way that they treated the people of Israel (Zephaniah 3:15-20).

The whole counsel is that, those ethnic groups that will gather together in the land of Israel to help the people of Israel, will find out that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) was gathering them to the land of Israel to help them (Ezekiel 38:13-16).  They will be gathered together with the people of Israel, so the people of Israel can see them being treated the same way that they treated the people of Israel (Zechariah 2:8-11).

There is no doubt that the descendants of Israel are the physical family of the Man of Truth (Romans 9:1-5).  Nothing that they can do, can ever change that (Romans 11:1-5).

So, the point of this passage is not to be nice to everyone at all times.  The point of this passage is not even be nice to the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) in all ages.  The point of this passage is to warn people to not neglect the people of Israel, when they are afflicted in the Tribulation.  The whole counsel of the Father of Truth summarized in this passage is this: Do not screw with the Jews.

The Man of Truth also has a forever family (Matthew 12:47-50).  The forever family of the Man of Truth are those, who seek to do the will of the Father of Truth (Mark 3:31-35).  The Children of Truth belong to the forever family of the Man of Truth (Luke 8:19-21).

The Man of Truth was the first born into his forever family (Romans 8:29).  Everyone who comes into the House of Truth is part of the forever family of the Man of Truth (Hebrews 2:9-13).

The Children of Truth are not to look the other way, whenever they see their forever family in distress, but are to take action to help each other (Deuteronomy 22:1-4).  The Children of Truth are to do good to all people, especially their forever family (Galatians 6:9-10).

The Man of Truth was once a prisoner for the sake of his forever family (Isaiah 53:6-8).  The Apostles of Truth were put in prison for the sake of his forever family (Acts 5:16-18).  Many of the Children of Truth have been put in prison (Acts 8:3).  Their forever family is even born sometimes in prison (Philemon 1:9-16).

The Children of Truth are to never be ashamed of their forever family that is in prison (2 Timothy 1:8-12).  They are to remember their forever family in prison, and show love to them (Hebrews 13:1-3).  They are to have compassion on their forever family that is in prison (Hebrews 10:34).

The Father of Truth does not despise His Children when they are in prison (Psalm 69:33).  He hears their groanings, and will give them an inheritance in His kingdom (Psalm 102:19-22).  His forever family is not without hope when they are in prison (Zechariah 9:11-12).

The Man of Truth lived as a stranger in the streets (Matthew 8:19-20).  The Man of Truth was once homeless (Luke 9:57-58).  Yet, he invited strangers to dwell with him (John 1:35-39).

The Children of Truth should remember that they were once strangers, until they were taken into the forever family of the Man of Truth (Ephesians 2:11-13).

The Children of Truth are to love the strangers among their forever family, like the strangers were part of their natural family (Leviticus 19:33-34).  They are to take care of the strangers among their forever family, like they take care of their natural family (Leviticus 25:4-6).

The Father of Truth treats the strangers among His forever family, the same as His forever family (Leviticus 24:22). He expects the strangers among His forever family to walk in His ways, like His forever family (Deuteronomy 31:11-12).  He counts the strangers among His forever family, who walk in His ways, as part of His forever family (Isaiah 56:6-8).

The Man of Truth went into the homes of those sick in his forever family, to bring healing to them (Matthew 8:14-15).

The Children of Truth have been commissioned by the Man of Truth to bring healing to the sick (Mark 16:15-18).

The Children of Truth should never avoid those in their forever family, who have brought sickness upon themselves by their sin (Psalm 38:3-11).  They should remind those in their forever family, that the Father of Truth is willing to forgive them and heal them (Psalm 103:2-5).  They should go to those sick in their forever family, to bring healing to them (James 5:14-16).

The Children of Truth are to go to their forever family, even when they know that the sickness is terminal (Isaiah 38:1-3).  They are to show compassion to their forever family, by weeping with those who weep (Romans 12:15-16).

The Father of Truth heals those in His forever family, when they cry out to Him in their sickness (2 Kings 20:2-5).

The Man of Truth appreciated the sacrifices made by the poor in his forever family (Mark 12:42-44).  He blessed the poor among his forever family (Luke 6:20-26).

The Children of Truth are to show their faith in the Father of Truth, by taking care of His forever family, whenever they see each other in need (James 2:14-17).  They are to take up collections to help the poor in their forever family (Romans 15:26).  They are to show His love, by using their wealth to take care of any of His forever family, whom they see in need (1 John 3:16-18).

There will always be poor people in their forever family, so they are to never to close their hand, but instead trust in the Father of Truth to bless them (Deuteronomy 15:10-11).  There will always be poor people in their forever family, so they will never lack an opportunity to do good to each other (Mark 14:7).

The Children of Truth are to always open up their hand to lend to their forever family, whenever one of them is in need (Deuteronomy 15:7-8).  They are to do this, even if they know that they will not be paid back (Deuteronomy 15:9).

The Father of Truth always has the welfare of the poor among His forever family on His mind (Psalm 40:17).  He has prepared good things for the poor among His forever family (Psalm 68:10).  He helps the poor among His forever family, when they are in need (Psalm 70:5).  He gives water to the poor among His forever family, when they are thirsty (Isaiah 41:17-18).

The Man of Truth came to bring Good News to the poor, heal the sick, and set the prisoners free, so people could become part of his forever family (Luke 4:14-21). The Man of Truth helped the disabled, and allowed the homeless in his forever family to live with him (Matthew 20:29-34). 

The Children of Truth are to include the stranger and the poor in their forever family, whenever they celebrate their holidays (Deuteronomy 16:10-15).  They are to make sure to include the disabled as well as the poor among their forever family in their celebrations (Luke 14:12-14).

The Children of Truth are to leave some of their income aside for the poor and strangers in their forever family (Leviticus 19:9-10).  They are to give interest free loans to help strangers among their forever family out of poverty, just like they are to do with the poor in their forever family (Leviticus 25:35-37).  They are to always leave something for the strangers and the poor among their forever family (Deuteronomy 24:17-21).

The Children of Truth are even to use part of their tithes to take care of the strangers and the poor among their forever family (Deuteronomy 14:28-29).  They are not to neglect the strangers and the poor among their forever family, when they pay their tithes (Deuteronomy 26:10-13).

The Children of Truth are to distribute their wealth among their forever family that is in need, as well as be hospitable to strangers among them (Romans 12:13).  They are to live out their faith in their treatment of strangers and their forever family (3 John 1:5).

The Father of Truth feeds the hungry, brings relief to the imprisoned, helps the ill, and takes care of the strangers among those in His forever family (Psalm 146:7-9).

It does not matter what else you do, if you neglect His forever family and others (James 1:27).

If you do not do take care of the forever family of the Man of Truth, what you are going to say?

Are you going say, that no one in your situation could do these things?

There is no situation that you can be in, that someone else has not been in, but still managed to do these things with the help of the Father of Truth (1 Corinthians 10:13).

For example, there is a young woman that I know, who has spent about one fourth of her life in the hospital.  The only money that she has is a small amount that the government gives her for necessities.  She has to account for how she spends every cent.  She is left with very little to spend as she sees fit.

This young woman decided a few years ago to sponsor a child through Compassion International, even though it required most of her discretionary money.  The Father of Truth began to bless her, so that she had more discretionary money.  So this year, she decided to sponsor a second child.  Despite her medical condition, she is working on a plan to create a business, so she will not be dependent upon the government, and be able to help many more children.

It is not like she does not have needs of her own.  Often, she is so sick, that she cannot even make it to meet her congregation one day each week, more than a few times a year.  Many times over the years, most of her friends have forgotten her.  First they stopped visiting her when she was in the hospital, and then they stopped doing things with her when she was not.  They simply became too busy with their own lives to have time for people like her.

Yet, she is not alone.  She is blessed with a family that has not abandoned her, like so many families have done with other children in her condition.  More importantly, she has come into the House of Truth, and has a forever family.  The Father of Truth has shown her how much He loves her, and cares about her even more than any human father could.  The Man of Truth has shown her how much he loves her, and cares about her more than any natural brother could.

One day, the Man of Truth is going to point to people like her as an example, as other people stand before his throne for judgment.  If you neglect the afflicted in the forever family of the Man of Truth, what are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you did not have time to even give one day a week for pursuing his purposes, because you were too busy pursuing your own purposes?  Are you going to say, that you could not find the time to do the things that would keep you from being bored on the Sabbath?

The Man of Truth warned you to not be so caught up in the affairs of this life, that you do not have time for his purposes (Matthew 13:22).  You are to keep yourself free from everything else to pursue his purposes (2 Timothy 2:3-4).   These pursuits, that are keeping you from taking care of His forever family, are not from the Father of Truth (1 John 2:15-17).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you did not have the money, because you were obtaining bigger, better, newer, stuff?  Are you going to say, that instead of escaping the Christmas trap, you stayed in debt to perpetrate a fraud on your children via the Satan clause?

If this is the case, then money as replaced the Father of Truth as your god (Colossians 3:5-7).  You do evil to His forever family by neglecting them in their affliction, just to get things that you will either one day lose or leave behind (1 Timothy 6:7-10).  You do not have money to take care of His forever family, because you spend your money to do what everyone else in the world is doing (James 4:2-4).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that the Man of Truth does not understand what you would have had to give up?

You could not be asked to give up more than what the Man of Truth asked the rich, young, ruler to give up (Luke 18:22).  Yet, this is exactly what the Man of Truth gave up, because he had compassion on you (2 Corinthians 8:9).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that the Father of Truth asked you to give too much? 

The Father of Truth gave His only begotten son, because He had compassion on the human race (John 3:16-17).  There is nothing that He can ask you to give, that can compare to what He has already given (2 Corinthians 9:15).

What are you going to say?

Are you going to say, that you observed the actual Sabbath, because you knew who changed the Sabbath?  Are you going to say, that you observe all of the Feasts of Truth that form the Greatest Play Ever?  Are you going to say, that you avoided eating what He calls filth, because you know what's for dinner according to the Father of Truth?

If you do these things, but neglect taking care of His forever family in their affliction, then your observation of these things is an abomination to the Father of Truth (Isaiah 1:13-17).  These things only have value, if you take care of His forever family in their affliction (Isaiah 58:5-10).  It really does not matter what you eat, or how you worship, if you do not take care of his forever family, like the Father of Truth commanded in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) (Isaiah 66:3-4).

What are you going to say?

The Man of Truth is no more expecting you do all of these things by yourself, than he is expecting you to fully carry out the Great Commission by yourself.  No one can do everything, but everyone can do something to take care of the afflicted among his forever family, except for the afflicted among his forever family.  Even sometimes, the afflicted among his forever family, like the young woman I mentioned, can even do something for others that are afflicted in his forever family.

Almost everyone, except the severely afflicted, can find a way to either spend time with the afflicted among his forever family, or give help to his forever family.

You can visit a sick child in the hospital, and do something with them that they think is fun.  You can help with a prison ministry, and bring hope to his forever family behind bars.  You can volunteer at a homeless shelter that preaches the Good News.  You can work through the outreach of local congregation to help the poor among his forever family, learn how to lift themselves out poverty by walking in the ways of the Father of Truth.  If you cannot find something to work with others in taking care of his forever family, then start something.  The possibilities are endless.

If your time is consumed with work, then make that work mean something.  You traded time for your money, no matter how you earned it.  When you give part of your money, you give part of your life.  You can give to any of a large number of global organizations that help the afflicted among his forever family.  The young woman I mentioned, helps afflicted members of his forever family in Africa through one such organization.

You can also give to something locally that takes care of his forever family.  You can have your wife sneak money into the purse of an elderly widow in your congregation.  If you enjoy shopping, then you can shop to get something, which you know that someone in his forever family needs, and then make sure they get it.  You can wrap it up in a pretty package, put it on their doorstep, ring their door bell, and then run away before they open the door.  There are endless ways to go about using your money, and your stuff, to help take care of his forever family.

If you have not been doing anything to take care of the afflicted among his forever family, then you can start doing something today.  Then you will not have to try to find something to say about why you neglected his forever family, when you are judged by the Man of Truth.

Now is the time to repent, for you will be judged by the Man of Truth as surely as the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Acts 17:30-31).  Today is the day to start taking care of his forever family (Hebrews 3:12-15).

If you will come into the House of Truth and stay in the house, then you will not have to say anything.  If you will come in total surrender to the Man of Truth, then you will take care of his forever family.  On that day, you will hear him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into joy today!", because you were faithful to carry out his will (Matthew 25:21).

The Father of Truth will give you both the desire and the ability to take care of His forever family (Philippians 2:12-13).  The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will write the Law of Truth on your heart, so that you can keep His commandments (2 Corinthians 3:3-6).  You will be able to obey the Law of Truth in taking care of His forever family, because the Father of Truth will write it on your heart (Hebrews 10:15-17).  You will take care of His forever family in this world, just like the Man of Truth did (1 John 4:15-17).

If you will come into the House of Truth, then you will be born into his forever family (John 3:3-5).  You will be born of the Spirit of Truth into his forever family, when you come into the House of Truth (John 3:6-8).  You will become part of his forever family, when you commit to obeying the Man of Truth, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  After you come into the House of Truth, then you will find ways to take care of your forever family (1 John 3:17).

Come into the House of Truth!


 









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