Come Seek With Me

The Kingdom of God is one of those teachings that has been just out of my reach for many years.  There have been times when I thought I understood it, but then it was whisked away as quickly as it came.  I have asked many learned teachers and friends to explain it to me, only to receive answers that I could trace the meaning of, but not abide.  I have returned to study it once again, and the pieces have finally clicked into place for me to begin to comprehend.  My understanding of The Kingdom will not be popular with many people I know, but I must begin to collect my understanding of it in order to keep it.  I write this blog today as a place to collect those verses and thoughts that have formed my current understanding and conviction. When I first began studying The Kingdom, I sought primarily in the gospels.  They are full of references to both the Kingdom of God and The Kingdom of Heaven.  My first task was to determine if those were indeed the same or different kingdoms.  It is

This is a special day, as it is both Passover and a weekly Sabbath. I especially looked forward to this day of rest because of the busyness of this particular week.  What a joy to be commanded to rest today...thank you Father!   One of the things I like to do on days like this is get ahead on my bible reading.  While reading in Isaiah this morning, I made a "new to me" discovery.  I hope it will bless you, as it already has blessed me.  Scripture References: Isaiah 41:4; 44:6, 48:12 Revelation 1:7-8; 1:17-18; 2:8; 21:6; 22:13 My guess is that most of us are familiar with Yeshua being the "Alpha and Omega" from scriptures in Revelation.  But, did you know that The Father also referred to himself as "The First and The Last" in the book of Isaiah? Check out the scripture references...I'll wait... 😉 The more I get to know my Bible, the more I realize how much the first half is quoted or referred to in the second half.   I especially like t

Today I have Saul on my mind.  He was the first King of Israel, and he messed up so badly, that the kingdom was ripped away from his family forever ( 1 Sam 13:13-14 ).   Think about that for a minute.  We know that Yeshua will sit on the throne of Israel.  Saul's sin kept him from being part of that lineage.   Ouch!     It is easy to judge Saul.  He was prideful, impatient, vengeful, and disobedient.   Can anyone relate? I sure can. You see, Saul was a lot like many of us.  He was not a deliberately evil man.  The bible tells us that He was trying to please YHVH during his many fumbles, but he had one tragic flaw. Saul thought YHVH would be honored by good intentions. And Saul believed that so much, that he chose to honor his good intentions over YHVH's commands.   For example...when YHVH commanded Saul to strike down every living person and animal in Amalek (1 Saul 15:3), he did not follow through 100%.  He allowed the best of the livestock to live...in order to g