Closing Reflection ~ What Was Given

What began

as something I noticed

became something I followed

What I followed

I began to understand

And what I came to understand

became something I could no longer ignore

This was never about

creating something new

🔑 it was about recognizing

what was already there

"Without LOVE you have nothing."

— 1 Cor 13:1-3

Over time

what was hidden

became revealed

what was revealed

became recognizable

And what was recognized

began to take form

First within

then outward

Until what was once difficult to explain

became easier to speak

Not because it was mastered

but because it was given

🔑 step by step
as it was needed

There were moments of uncertainty

moments of tension

moments where it wasn’t clear

And yet—

what continued to appear

did not change

The pattern remained

Different places

different people

different moments

🔥 the same movement

What was given

was not always understood

in the moment

But over time

it became clear

That what is revealed

is not always immediate in expression

It must be received

formed

and carried

And when it is carried—

🔥 it begins to speak

Not from self
but from source

What some may use

for confusion
for harm
for division—

God uses

for clarity
for purpose
for good

Because what comes from Him
does not return empty

It forms
it aligns
it completes

And in all of it
there remains one truth

🔑 God is above all

He gives

what is needed

when it is needed

And what is given

finds its way

into expression

Not by force

but by alignment

And now, looking back—

What was scattered

is seen together

What was unclear

is now understood

What was difficult

is now spoken

And the pattern—
🔥 was there
the whole time

Reminder:

• Come Out of Her My People
• The Two Women
• Valley of Decision

A river of fire was flowing

And coming out from before Him;

Thousands upon thousands were attending Him,

And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him;

The court sat,

And the books were opened.

— Daniel 7:10

Shadow...

Fulfillment...

Remnant... 

And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah

Will be delivered;

For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem

There will be those who escape,

As Jehovah has said,

Even among the remnant whom Jehovah calls.

— Joel 2:32

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

— Matthew 24:31

Great crowd...

“These are the ones 

who come out of the great tribulation, 

and they washed their robes 

and made them white 

in the blood of the Lamb.

— Revelation 7:14

The Great Tribulation, the Abomination—

“Seek Me that you may live."

— Amos 5:4

Freewill...

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; 

only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:7

So now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. 

But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

— Genesis 20:7

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; 

seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, 

and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

— Revelation 11:13

~ Peace, Love, and Joy ~

Start Here...

Series 1: The Pattern
Series 2: Pattern Within a Pattern

Series 3: From Pattern to Presence

Series 4: The Pattern in People 

Series 5: The Pattern that Speaks 

Series Summary (1-5): The Pattern that was Always There

✨Addendum: The Jot and the Mark: Finding God in the Smallest Things 

🔹 Closing Reflection ~ What Was Given - Final Post

Series 2 - Post 4: Valley of Decision (Addendum)

Mt. Hermon: Transfiguration, Judgement - Valley of Decision

Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good in appearance; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

— Genesis 6:1-2

🔹 The Mountain—Housetop

Is it a literal location or symbolic?

Scripture uses imagery of a house, temple, and dwelling place for human beings:

Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," speaking of His body (John 2:19-21).

Paul says, "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:19).

Believers are described as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5).

Biblical pattern exists: a physical structure can symbolize a person. 

Likewise, Scripture repeatedly locates sin, corruption, and defilement as something that proceeds from within:

"Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts..." (Matthew 15:19)

"The kingdom of God is within you" or "in your midst" (Luke 17:21, depending on translation).

🔹 Abomination of Desolation 

Concerning the abomination of desolation, Jesus refers to the prophecy of Daniel (Matthew 24:15). Historically and prophetically, many interpretations see it as:

• A literal desecration of a temple.
• A future event.
• A symbolic spiritual corruption.

Following a symbolic line:

• The temple can symbolize the human person.
• The holy place can symbolize the inner sanctuary of consciousness, heart, or mind.

The abomination then becomes the intrusion of false worship, deception, pride, or lawlessness into that inner sanctuary.

Judgment becomes the exposure and separation of truth from falsehood within the person.

Here are passages that resonate with this idea:

"For the word of God is living and powerful... discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)

"For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing..." (Ecclesiastes 12:14)

"Jehovah searcheth all hearts..." (1 Chronicles 28:9)

🔹 Battlefield of the mind

Under this reading, the "valley of decision" could be viewed symbolically as the place where God's verdict confronts the deepest part of a person and where truth is separated from deception.

What Scripture clearly states is that God judges both nations and individual hearts. Whether Joel's Valley of Decision specifically symbolizes the human mind is not stated in the text, but it fits within a broader biblical theme that God's judgment reaches the innermost person.

An interesting connection is that in Scripture the battlefield is often internal before it becomes external. Eve's temptation, Israel's idolatry, Judas' betrayal, and the warnings of Jesus all begin with something entering the heart and mind. In that sense, one could argue that the deepest "abomination of desolation" is not merely a desecrated building but a desecrated inner sanctuary where something other than God occupies the place that belongs to Him.

That interpretation is not explicitly taught by Joel, but it is a coherent symbolic reading when viewed through the broader scriptural themes of temple, heart, dwelling place, and judgment.

Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

— 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

See previous post: Series 2: The Pattern Within the Pattern — 4. The Two Women

Excerpt:

🔹 The Place of Decision

And this is what stood out to me:

The pattern now includes a point of decision.

To remain

or not remain

To respond

or not respond 

~ Peace, Love, and Joy ~ 

Start here...

Series 1: The Pattern

🔹Series 2: Pattern Within a Pattern

1. Place of Recognition 
2. The Anointing
3. Hair and Glory
4. The Two Women

4. Valley of Decision (Addendum) - You are here

5. The Hidden One Who Sees

6. The Bride as Reality 

7. Series 2 Summary 

To Come...

Series 3: From Pattern to Presence

Series 4: The Pattern in People

Series 5: The Pattern that Speaks
Series Summary (1-5): The Pattern that was Always There

Addendum: 

✨ The Jot and the Mark: Finding God in the Smallest Things

Are You Partial? Babylon ~ Church and State

Babylon ~ Church and State

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

— Deuteronomy 16:19

• What does it mean to be partial?

PARTIAL adjective

1: of or relating to a part rather than the whole

👉 2: inclined to favor one party more than the other : biased

3: markedly fond of someone or something

• What does it mean to take a bribe?

BRIBE noun

1: money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust

2: something that serves to induce or influence

• Do you favor a side when choosing a church/religion? (denominational/non-denominational)
• Do you favor a side when you choose a political party? (left/right or middle)
• What do people avoid talking about during get-togethers...religion/politics?
• Why do you think that is?

We The People: Pawns

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

— 2 Timothy 4:3

They take money (bribes) for Power and Control over YOU!!!

You LITERALLY pay them to CONTROL YOU because you want them to satisfy the desires of your heart. Never truly giving yourself to a higher power...God the Almighty. Instead, as stated in the verse above, you rely on man to tickle your ears, hoping they give you what you want. It becomes about what you want and NOT what God wants, the enemy (SATAN) understands this and takes advantage of it.

PAWN noun

1: one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank

👉2: one that can be used to further the purposes of another

When you have the antichrist spirit within, you turn away those sent to you by God...resisting the Holy Spirit.

• Who (not what) is God's glory?

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, 👉 who is the image of God.

— 2 Corinthians 4:3-4

Ask yourself... 

• Does God want you to follow after "man" ...church and/or state?

But the thing was evil in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a KING to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to Jehovah. Then Jehovah said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being KING over them.
— 1 Samuel 8:6-7

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than men.

— Acts 5:29

• Is being partial in any way acceptable in God's eyes?

These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
— Proverbs 24:23

• Are you certain your theology/understanding is 100% accurate?

But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

— Galatians 2:6

• Is it possible to be deceived and be taught to deceive others?

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
— 2 Timothy 3:13

Here's some food for thought... 

• Is it possible that God doesn't want anyone teaching anything for a month or two, or longer? 

He who holds back his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of discernment.
— Proverbs 17:27

• Are preachers/teachers still out there preaching/teaching every week, even multiple times a week?

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who holds back his lips has insight.
— Proverbs 10:19

• How come...is it to keep the crowd interested, so they keep coming back?

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
— Acts 20:29-30

• Are they really doing it for love (God) or money (their tax-free income)?

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth (money).

— Matthew 6:24

Jesus himself tells you not to put your faith in man...

And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that NO ONE deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

— Matthew 24:4-5

Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many.

— Matthew 24:11

CHRISTIANITY followed the steps of Judaism...

For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

— Matthew 24:24

• Do you listen... or do you keep ignoring the problem, feeding the beast system, then complain about life? 

Here's a good question to ask...

• If these "leaders" weren't getting paid a single coin, would they still show up?

So now I ask...

• Who are they really working for...the Holy Spirit or the antichrist spirit?

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

— 1 Timothy 6:10

• What else does God say about those who are partial?

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His elect angels, to observe these instructions without bias, doing nothing in partiality.

— 1 Timothy 5:21

•  What will Jesus say at the time of the end?

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

— Matthew 7:22-23

Let's recap...

• What does it mean to practice lawlessness?

But if you SHOW PARTIALITY, you are COMMITING SIN, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

— James 2:9

TRANGRESS verb

transgressed; transgressing; transgresses

1: to violate a command or law : sin

2: to go beyond a boundary or limit

 

Narrow is the Gate

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

— Matthew 22:14

Something no religion teaches or understands because they take part in the abomination...

Shared on my Facebook:

Where is God's temple?

Do you not know that you are a

👉SANCTUARY of GOD

and that the Spirit of God DWELLS in YOU?

— 1 Corinthians 3:16

If God's temple isn't a man-made, brick and mortar structure, where does the antichrist sit...the man of lawlessness?

who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he TAKES HIS SEAT in the

👉 SANCTUARY of GOD, exhibiting himself as being God.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:4

So, when the abomination of desolation takes place, the disgusting "detestable" thing that stands in the Holy Place, where would that be?

In a brick-and-mortar building or in a human?

“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place

👉(let the reader understand),

— Matthew 24:15

What happens when your motives are NOT PURE and/or you don't test the spirits?

All the ways of a man are PURE in his OWN SIGHT,

But Jehovah weighs the motives.

— Proverbs 16:2

Can you be easily deceived?

And no wonder, for even Satan DISGUISES HIMSELF

as an ANGEL of LIGHT.

— 2 Corinthians 11:14

Is the delusion so strong that even the elect can be deceived?

For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive,

👉 IF POSSIBLE, even the elect.

— Matthew 24:24

Many claim to be in the spirit, which you are, but the IMPORTANT question is...WHICH ONE?

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His elect angels, to observe these instructions without bias,

👉 DOING NOTHING in PARTIALITY. Do not lay hands upon anyone hastily and thereby SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS; keep yourself pure.

— 1 Timothy 5:21-22

When you make it about SELF...

the former proclaim Christ out of SELFISH AMBITION

👉 rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me affliction in my chains.

— Philippians 1:17

You ask and do not receive,

👉 because you ask with WRONG MOTIVES, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

— James 4:3

You'll know them by their fruits, how you treat your neighbor truly matters...

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed,

👉 and HIDDEN that WILL NOT BE KNOWN.

— Matthew 10:26

When you think you're aligned but you're not...

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

— Matthew 10:34

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,

Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

— Isaiah 5:20

just as it is written,

“God gave them a SPIRIT of STUPOR,

Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,

Down to this very day.”

And David says,

“Let their table become a snare and a trap,

And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Let their eyes be darkened to SEE NOT,

And bend their backs forever.”

— Romans 11:8-10

What is a JEW?

Is he or she from the literal nation of Israel?

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and CIRCUMCISION is that which is OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

— Romans 2:29

How many are called but then return to vomit?

Parable of the sower/seed. (Luke 8:9-15)

The message of the true proverb has happened to them, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

— 2 Peter 2:22

Times are changing quickly, a good questions to ask yourself...

Are you TRULY a HUMBLE servant of God?

Have you made a mend with those you've wronged?

Do you make it about God, or is it really about you?

Are you being honest with yourself?

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But each one must EXAMINE his OWN WORK, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to HIMSELF ALONE, and not in regard to another.

👉 For each one will bear his own load.

— Galatians 6:3-5

I pray you understand.

~ Peace, Love and Joy ~

When God tells you he doesn't dwell in temples built with hands, you should listen...

But Solomon built a house for Him. However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says: 

‘Heaven is My throne,

And earth is the footstool of My feet.

What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,

‘Or what place is there for My rest?

Was it not My hand which made all these things?’

“You men—stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears—are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. And which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; you who received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet did not observe it.”

— Acts 7:47-53

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. For each one will bear his own load.

— Galatians 6:3-5

~ Peace, Love and Joy ~