Tweets - November 27th - Liar

Should I should wait until January 21st, I thought. But if this is untrue now, it will all prove true later.

"Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; they tell a vision of their own imagination. They keep saying, 'The Lord has said, "You will have peace and prosperity"'; and as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, they say, 'No weapon formed against you shall prosper.' But who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that they should see and hear God's word?" ~ Jeremiah 23:16-18

You will never hear me quarreling with these prophets. God proves every man a liar, and does not require anyone's assistance. The nearsightedness of these prophets is astounding; but it's all they really have to work with.

The downside to proving people liars is that they have to care for what is true, otherwise the advantage is lost. These prophets refuse to believe they have lied to themselves or that they have been lied to by anyone else, so they'll cook up something for the church to devour - and the congregation will eat. I wonder if they'll even encourage their followers to play the blame game: "You didn't pray enough! The Lord needed you to fast!".

Kindling for God's fire.

But the times are coming when God says to a few, "You are a liar", and they will say to God, "I am a liar", and they will be healed right where they stand.

Context... Many evangelicals and prophets prophesied that Trump would be reelected (which is why I initially thought it best to wait to speak until after the president is sworn in on January 20th).

Tweets - November 26th - Ecclesiastes 9

Ecclesiastes 9

For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them.

It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and the unclean; for the person who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good person is, so is the sinner; the one who swears an oath is just as the one who is afraid to swear an oath.

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of mankind are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterward they go to the dead. For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten. Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. See that your clothes are white all the time, and that there is no lack of oil on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

I find this a very honest take. Do all you can with all your might because time is short; fuck your wife today because tomorrow you may not see her - and though there may be a God, the only support you'll ever receive is your own personal limousine ride straight to the grave.

This type of honesty is lacking in this world.

It's interesting to me because so many cultures surrounded ancient Israel. At one point in time, Egypt heavily influenced Jewish culture - this is evident by the anhk displayed on the seal from King Hezekiah's signet ring.

But as often as Jewish folk hated and violently rejected their prophets, the Jewish prophets left quite an impression on them - this is in part evident by their lack of belief in an afterlife.

To the Jewish prophets, God is God of the living, and not the dead. To them, salvation is physical and not esoteric or mystical.

"For the Lord loves justice and does not abandon His godly ones; they are protected forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever." ~ Psalm 37.

Psalm 37 is in stark contrast and contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9 - which was written by someone in godless despair - the only form of existence you know.

Tweets - November 7th - God IS DOING

People do not have total trust and reliance on God. God has ensured this to be the case by the way that God treats them. It's why they must preach and convince and read the same bible passages over and over that say otherwise - because God says no such thing (through deed).

Faith is more than believing what God can do, or even believing what God will (eventually) do. In this case, we all have the same "faith" in billionaires as we do God - because of what they can do.

Faith is knowing and understanding that God IS DOING, even when you don't yet see. When you know that God IS DOING, then you know what will be done - you understand what will be completed.

In order to have faith, you must first know God, and you can only know God if God wants you to know God. So faith comes solely by the will of God, and not by your feelings, wants, beliefs or works (of hearing and understanding biblical texts and believing associated doctrines).

You must be honest with yourself about God in order to understand God. You can only faithfully trust God when God has given you reason and purpose to trust God.

Can you imagine the faith of Christ? 2000 years watching the lies, violence, injustices, and devastation of this world - but he does not walk by sight. He knows, and has known, that God IS DOING, even when his eyes only see this dark place.

Tweets - November 6th - Recognized

I felt a bit down earlier - and I don't say this to trigger emotions in anyone, but it's just a statement of fact. Grieving the world, mourning the world (mourning the living), it's part of my walk with God. Ups and downs, highs and lows.

I recognized earlier that both my sorrow and my joy belong to God. I did not have such sorrows before knowing God, neither did I have such joys. And if God wants sorrowful Kelvin, then that's what God will have (it won't lead to my destruction).

I also recognized it'll take a bit more than youthful skin to fully exchange my sorrow for joy - though the balance has certainly been tipped in the direction of joy these last few months, it still teeters to sorrow every once in a while.

There is nothing I experience that God doesn't want me to experience, it's how I'm able to understand God, myself, the Garden of God, and the world.

The same could be said for anyone really, but I accept the deeds of God honestly and truthfully, and not watered down, whitewashed, assumed, or filtered through the understanding of people who've withered up and died a very long time ago.

We are intertwined. There is no you without me, and there is no me without you. I am being saved (from destruction and decay), and I recognized earlier that because I am being saved, the world is also being saved; and that joy produced by faith through the salvation I am witnessing in my flesh can also be produced by faith in the salvation of the WHOLE world. Walk by faith, all the time.

I suppose if it is possible to love the world and not grieve the world (having the scale tipped in joy's favor for long periods of time), then faith in the salvation of the world would be the means.