Fish

This may seem like an unusual Biblical topic, but I am going to discuss fish.

In Revelation there are 3 judgments on the waters of the earth:

Rev 8:

8: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9: And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11: And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Rev 16:

3: And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4: And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6: For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

The 1st judgment only kills 1/3 of the fish and water creatures, but the 2nd and 3rd wipe them all out. Some believe that the reason all the fish are “judged” is because the fish didn’t get judged at Noah’s flood. Interesting theory, and I tend to believe it, but we can’t be certain. However it is evidenced in other ways.

I have been interested in aquariums and fish since I was a kid. I think I had guppies when I was in 2nd grade. Don’t remember how long that lasted, then somewhere in Junior High or lower High School I struck up the interest again and started getting my own fish, tanks and such.

I have had aquariums on and off since then, and started my 1st salt water aquarium about a year ago. One thing which is quite apparent is the beauty of salt water fish. Some of these species are very beautiful. Their coloration and lines are near perfect. This illustrates to me that many fish have not been judged (particulary many salt water fish), and we can still enjoy much of the original beauty of God’s creation with little effect of the sin fallen on them by Adam’s original sin.

When I see this beauty it marvels me at the wonder of God’s creation, and His excellence.

Some believe the Revelation judgments are figurative. But as I have stated before if the prophecies about Jesus’ 1st coming were literal, why wouldn’t the 2nd be as well? I would delve too much in this here, but I will evidence this by another scripture with fish!

In Ezekiel, in the last chapters, particularly I believe chapter 46 it speaks about the last temple being built in Jerusalem, and discusses the operations of it during the 1000 year reign of Christ. Then in Ezek 47 it says this:

1: Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
2: Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
3: And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.
4: Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees.  Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
5: Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
8: Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9: And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
10: And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

These verses are VERY interesting. Remember this was wrote 100’s of years before Revelation. Here God said the waters would need healing, but we didn’t know where the damage was from until John wrote Revelation. And here in Ezekiel we also see not only the waters healed, but the restoration of fish. God is NOT done creating.

So next time you see a fish, or an aquarium, you have some things to think about!

My salt water tank:

 

Iron and Clay

Dan 2:
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.
43 And as you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mix themselves with the seed of men. But they shall not cling to one another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

This mixture I originally considered to be that of an attempt by satan or demons to recreate what they tried to do in Gen 6 and create hybrid humans. But this was a consideration only as it didn’t seem to fit with scripture and prophecy, but I was given a new revelation on the subject. False Religion.

As I was writing responses on Yahoo Answers about the Harlot in Revelation, someone thought that the harlot was the 10 horns, which many believe are 10 nations which work with the anti-christ. While I agree there may be 10 kings involved there, I don’t believe they are the harlot because they are the ones that kill the harlot:

Rev 17:
16 and the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked. And they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

While responding with this verse I immediately saw that the Harlot being false religion was a mixture of weakness and strength, because it was half human and half demonic and was instantly reminded of Dan 2:42-43.

I have to thank the Holy Spirit for that. Because I would never had put these 2 together. False religion is very very strong, but it has a weakness because satan himself wants to be worshiped and will only promote false religion until he can get his own worship. This thus will be the downfall of the Harlot. But for a season she will have great power and the anti-christ will allow the Harlot to use him as he uses her to achieve power and ultimately his desire for worship.

Thus I also now see why satan is a house divided:

Mark 3:
24: And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25: And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26: And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

satan promotes and inspires False Religion. But False Religion is not made up of demonic origins only, but the ideas and sins of man as well. For man was created to worship God, and even if man rejects God, he often seeks to fill this with other religion. And that is where demons step in. It is a joint effort. I am sure some religions were originated by men, with demonic help, while others originated with demons with human help.

Thus we see the iron and clay. And the two do not mix well.

A Theory or Revelation on the Trinity

I do not wish to make this doctrine yet. But have pondered this for a couple years and wish to make it public and get response before adding it to my website as doctrine.

Solomon said that nothing under the sun is new:

Ecl1:9 … and there is no new thing under the sun.

Therefore anything on earth is just a duplication of what God has done elsewhere, in heaven. Jesus also spoke about this when He said He has not done anything unless He has seen His Father do it:

John 5:19 …The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

This means that when Jesus was creating the world and took Adam’s rib out to make Eve, Jesus had seen the Father do something similar. I will return to this in a moment.

First I wish to address the nature of humanity to make a point. Man is triune:

1 Thes 5:
23: …I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body…

Now if we are triune, then God must be as well:

Gen:1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…

Now imagine God having 3 parts within Himself like man, but decided to give each part His own life:

John 5:
26: For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

And thus God removed Jesus from Himself, as an example to Jesus to remove a rib from Adam, making Jesus the 1st born.

Col 1:
15: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him

Thus before Jesus was taken out of God to have His own person, He was in God. Now imagine if all 3 parts of you were separated and had their own life. Yet all 3 would still be you!

This theory does not take away from Jesus divinity, in any of the time frame of the theory, nor does it take away from His eternal nature as He existed in unity in God before the separation.

Tithing

Randy spoke on Tithing today.

I have heard alot of sermons on this subject. And while Randy put a new slant on it, he errored by pidgeon holing everyone else into 2 categories. However, he missed a category which I learned of about 8 years ago.

I will not expound on those he did mention, nor the direction he went with. But the revelation that changed me.

2 Cor 9:7: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The Law or any other rule makes it a necessity. It needs to be of the heart. Just as we no longer obey the law in our flesh as Paul told us he couldn’t. We obey God by having Him giving us a new heart:

Ezek 11:
19: And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek 36:
25: Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27: And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Is there not a charisma of giveth?

Rom 12:
6: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us…
8: … he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity…

Are not gifts of the spirit by the spirit and by faith and not by the law?

Gal:3:5: He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

So why would tithing and giving be different?

If we walk in the Spirit, God will direct our giving as well as the other gifts. For more info about walking in the spirit, here is my page on that:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/walk.html

Walking in the Spirit