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Dracula

“Dracula” means “son of the dragon.” “Dracul” the devil

The Serpent’s seed, his children, the sons of darkness, and the children of the Wicked One. He works through the children of disobedience, Ephesians 2:2

2 Corinthians 11:14, the apostle Paul says false apostles, deceitful worker transform themselves into apostle of Christ. Satan transform himself into a angel of light. It is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness.

The First Clothes

Adam and Eve were clothed in glory and honor. It was never God’s will for them to know good or evil. They only had eyes for him.

Psalms 8:5, he crowned them in glory and honor.

After the fall, they gathered leaves from the garden to make aprons to cover their nakedness and to heal their wounds that were beginning to break out on their bodies.

Ezekiel 47:12 speaks about the fruit of the trees being for meat, and the leaves of the trees being for medicine.

Revelation 22:2 picks up on the thought that the tree of life bears twelve fruits every month. You would think that the fruit from the tree of life would be sufficient to grant eternal life. God said in Genesis 3:22 that man could eat the fruit from the tree of life and live forever.

Why does he need tree leaves for healing? Because in creation, everything has to have a covering or a coat.

When Adam and Eve fail, they lose their covering, or coat. They saw that they were naked. They ran and hid themselves among the trees of the garden.

God shed the blood of animals. He took their skins and made clothing for Adam and his wife. He used their blood as a covering for their sin.

“Unto Adam also and his wife did the LORD God make clothes of skins, and clothed them.” Genesis 3:22

Blood took the place of fruit sacrifice. This is why the scripture says that in the process of time, Cain and Abel offered sacrifices. Cain’s sacrifice was rejected. Abel’s sacrifice was accepted. Cain’s sacrifice was fruit-based. Abel was a blood sacrifice. Abel prospered. Hebrews 11:4, Abel gave a more excellent sacrifice by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God was testifying of his gifts.

Whomever you bow your knee to, you take on their skin

It appears that whoever you bow your knee to, you take on their skin. The personality known as the Devil and Satan bowed to the serpent and was bound to the serpent’s skin, as described in Revelation 12:9 & Revelation 20:2.

It is interesting, as you look back over the history of humanity during different eras of the fashion industry, to see how people adorned themselves in various animal skins define their status in society.

Sometimes, you recognize pimps by their outrageous clothing. You could recognize a prostitute by their clothing. You could recognize a thief by their clothing.

The cultural skin of Dragular is his cape, black clothes, and the fact that he lives in a coffin. He was known for his brutality.

There many dragulars in our culture. They don’t have the capes, but they suck the blood of their victims. They suck the life flow out of people.

The blood that they suck may be a paycheck. It could be your emotional life. It could be your life energy. They suck the life out of you.

Another way to identify a villain is through their tattoos. Their tattoos are the story of their lives.

The Serpent’s Bite

Satan has to work through people. When you bow, he injects you with venom. When you eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, its venom paralyzes you. It causes fear and a loss of confidence.

An example of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is when you get into a relationship with a person. You begin to worship this person. You give your body outside the covenant marriage. You saw this person, and you saw that they looked good. You saw that being in a relationship with them could bring you happiness, meet your life’s needs, and contribute to your overall success. You just ate the fruit.

The only proper antidote for a serpent’s bite, Satan’s lock on your life, is the blood of Jesus Christ.

The Bible says, ‘they overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony (Revelation 12:12). They love not their lives even unto death.

Jesus takes away your filthy rags. He washes and cleanses you with his blood. His blood redeems us from the hand of the enemy. His blood is a witness of God’s grace and favor. His sacrifice is supernatural meat and drink (John 6:55). His blood makes a way for us to come into the presence of God with fear.

The Love of God is poured out in our hearts by His Holy Spirit

I remember a period in my childhood. The house next door to us was set on fire. The fire burned part of our roof. When it would rain, the water would seep into my bedroom. I recall a specific day when water came in; I was enveloped in the warmth of love, so focused on that love that I became unaware of what was happening around us. It was like a coat enveloped me.

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.” Hebrews 10:19

You can enter the holiest of holy, the Garden of Eden, and fellowship with God. The Sacrifice of Christ made a way for you.

We always cycle back to the beginning

Hebrews 8:2, speaking about Jesus Christ in the role of high priest

“A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”

When did God pitch the true tabernacle? When he planted the Garden of Eden. Jesus entered the original place of sin with his blood, obtaining eternal salvation, the gift of life for us.

He provides new clothing, as seen in Revelation 3:18. He counseled the Laodicean Church, which was a wealthy congregation. They needed nothing. But in reality, they were wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. He said, ‘Buy me white raiment that the shame of your nakedness does not appear.

Grace and Peace!

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Distraction

Distraction

There are so many distractions. Everywhere you look, there is a distraction. The government shutdown was a significant distraction that consumed the nation’s attention, alongside the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Terrorism in Nigeria, civil unrest in Mexico, just to name a few.

The First Distraction

The first ever distraction occurred in Genesis 3:1-6. The serpent refocused the woman’s attention on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He convinced her, contrary to the will of God, to eat the forbidden fruit, and that by eating it, she would become like God.

This momentary distraction opened a door to devastation unimaginable at the time. All distractions are strategic.

The first universal law of creation

The first universal law of creation is that God created all things. All things were made by him, and without him, outside of him, nothing was made or could exist.

  1. There is nothing made that he did not make, John 1:3, “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that made.”
  2. He is the original Architect, Hebrews 3:4, ‘Every house is build by some man, but he who built all things is God
  3. Everything God made was certified as very good, perfect, as stated in Genesis 1:31. The system is perfect.
  4. There’s nothing beyond that that is new. There is nothing new under the sun, according to Ecclesiastes 1:9-10. It’s already been done before.
  5. Man’s system: There is no remembrance of former things. There shall be no remembrance of things to come with the things that shall follow. He keeps on repeating the same mistakes.
  6. In this present reality of the knowledge of good and evil, everything is twisted out of its intended purpose.
  7. Jesus prayed, Keep them from evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of this world, John 17
  8. Why does evil exist? It was never God’s will for humanity to know good and evil. At the beginning of Adam and Eve’s creation, they didn’t know that they were naked. Eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil was a choice

-The First Distraction took place in the Garden of Eden. The serpent caught the woman’s attention. She ate the forbidden fruit, which was their sacrifice, and then gave it to her husband. He ate it. First, distraction, then distortion, and finally terror.

Distraction comes through an agency of the devil. Watch out for distractions.

-The first currency is seed and fruit trees. The currency of man’s system is mammon, or the worship of money. You cannot serve God and mammon. Many are distracted in this area of life.

-The first judgment, Genesis 3:9-20. God judges every man’s work.

-The first system of creation is still being enforced

The First Collection Center was located at the base of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam was supposed to dress the tree of the knowledge of good and evil by arranging a sacrifice at its base, a sacrifice of obedience.

Man’s Collection Center: People are trained by the system to bring their sacrifices to mammon into a financial system.

Israel was commanded by God to bring their tithe, a 10th of their labor as a sacrificial offering into the temple, the place of worship. They were on God’s land, enjoying the provision of God’s blessing. Just as Adam was commanded to offer up the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a sacrifice

The New Covenant fulfilled the  Adamic Covenant made in the Garden of Eden after the fall of man: Genesis 3:15, The seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent

In this new covenant, Christ, the second Adam, has given every person the measure of faith and grace. The decision to receive salvation is a personal and individual choice.

God created everything with skin and coats. For example, Peacock feathers grow out of his skin, and its feathers are a bird’s coat. His coat is a representation of its glory. For example, a bird’s feathers are a representation of its glory.

The first man and woman were crowned in glory and honor. They were naked and not ashamed. After the fall of man, God clothed them in coats of animal skins, Genesis 3:21.

Jacob made Joseph a coat of many colors

God gives man white linen in this age of grace through the gift of righteousness. For example, in Revelation 3:18, Jesus said, ‘Buy of me white raiment that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness do not appear.’

Finally, Revelation 22:2 states that the leaves of the tree of life shall be for the healing of the nations. Adam took the leaves of the trees in the garden and made aprons to cover himself.

Wouldn’t fruit from the tree of life be enough to give eternal life? Or could our new clothing be clothing made from tree leaves?

God never walked away from his original creation because it was perfect.

Grace & peace!

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Rich rules over the poor

Proverbs 22:7

“The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”

There is nothing new under the sun

Ecclesiastes 1:10, “Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”

Each generation falls for the same schemes

Ecclesiastes 1:11, “There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that come after.”

The same lie that was told in Genesis 3:1-7 is the same lie that has been sold to all people throughout history

Revelation 12:9, says that serpent of old, who is called the Devil and Satan deceives the whole world.

God never changes, still gives

God gave Adam dominion, seed, and fruit trees in Genesis, chapter 1

He ministers seed to sowers, and gives bread for our food. He multiplies the seed we sow and increases the fruit of the harvest.

HE MINISTERS SEEDS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES. He knows the needs and desires of our hearts. Psalms 37:4, Delight yourself in the LORD and he shall give you the desires of your heart. He doesn’t just give seed; he ministers seed.

Gifts equal enablement

God enabled apostle Paul to minister to the nations out of the gift of grace, Ephesians 3:7

He gives the gift of Christ to every person, Ephesians 4:7

He gives an abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness,

He gives every person the measure of faith and the gift of grace, Romans 12:3

In Matthew 25:14-30, in one of the parables of the kingdom. He gave talents to each of his servants according to their ability to use them in trading and make a profit for the kingdom of God.

This is a fulfillment of Genesis 3:15, the seed of the woman bruising the serpent’s head.

How I paid for college

I was twenty years old, walking across the Mojave Desert, near 29 Palms, California. I was in the Marine Corps, training with the 14th Marine Regiment. I prayed to the Heavenly Father. I said, I want to go to college, but I know my parents can’t afford to send me. And He said to me, ‘Do not worry, I have already made a way for you to go to college.’

Upon completing my enlistment, I became eligible for vocational rehabilitation benefits from the VA. This covered the cost of college tuition, books, supplies, and provided a monthly stipend of $300.00 back in 1984.

Back during that season in my life, I was a tither, a giver. I was developing faith in God’s system. I had been tithing since I was 10. I had a job shining shoes in my father’s shoe repair business. Shoe shines cost .50 cents, and sometimes I would get generous tips from customers. I tithed 10% of my shoe shine earnings before, during, and after my military service.

I have witnessed God’s blessings in my life. What I didn’t know at that time was that there is a distinction between the natural world system and the kingdom of God. I was operating out of both systems. In other words, stuck between two systems. I was borrowing money instead of mastering the seed.

God illustrated his system time and again in the Bible, from giving dominion, seed, and fruit trees to being the sole provider for three million people in the desert.

Grace & peace

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