The great goddess Diana

Acts 19:24-28 (KJV)

“For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsman; whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.”

What is in your Hands?

Are you building shrines or are you sowing seed?

The Apostle Paul was sent to Ephesus to share “the way” with the city of Ephesus. He found twelve believers and set about to share “the way” with anyone who would listen. the Bible says,

“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve.” Acts 19:6-7 (KJV)

The apostle Paul and those twelve believers began to minister “the way”. The Apostle Paul started ministering in a synagogue for about three months. The people would not listen so they went into the school of Tyrannus for about two years.

“And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.” Acts 19:10-12

Notice the process; the Apostle Paul found twelve believers and he laid his hands on them and they received the gift. The Apostle Paul and the twelve believers reach all Asia with the gospel of Jesus Christ. And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul. People were healed of disease and delivered from demon possession.

In Acts 19:13-17, Seven sons of Sceva a chief of priest attempted to cast out a devil in Jesus name. The evil spirit in the man said, “Jesus I know and Paul I know but who are you?” Why did this evil spirit challenge these men? It appears it was a faith failure because there were others who also worked miracles in the name of Jesus and were successful ( Luke 9:49 ). However, the evil spirit knew, they had no power. This evil spirit knew it could resist powerless believers and didn’t have to give up his territory.

“And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” Acts 19:16 (KJV)

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (KJV)

Jesus said, “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.” Mark 16:17-18

When this situation with the seven sons of Sceva was known many people believed. Something miraculous happen. The Bible says,

“And many believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.” Acts 19:18-19 (KJV).

The New Living Translation put the price of the value of the books at about several million dollars. It was at this point that Demetrius the silversmith started a riot.

A lot of times, what we have in our hands isn’t working because we don’t work it. A doctor practices medicine. A lawyer practices law. They aren’t perfect and may not win every case, but for certain the really committed ones don’t give up. What’s in your hands?

The worship of Queen of Heaven, What is in your hands?

“Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathro, answered Jeremiah, saying, as for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?’ Jeremiah 44:11-19

Are you baking cakes or are you sowing seed? There is a big difference! God created Adam not for the purpose of knowing good or evil; that is struggling to put food on the table, surviving, and striving to pay bills. Adam was created to dress and keep the garden of Eden. God said Adam could freely eat as much as he wanted. Adam’s job was to dress and keep or sow and reap.

Adam’s job was to dress the fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a sacrifice of obedience. He was to make presentation of the fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thereby keeping the way open to the tree of life. Adam was given fruit as his instrument of worship. He worked the tree and his reward was life. That is the whole process of sowing and reaping.

“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:15-17

God swore to Israel to bless all the works of their hands. He promised to give them days of heaven on earth. He gave them a high priest and a dedicated priesthood to offer up daily sacrifices. God entered into a sworn oath covenant with Israel to make them the head and not the tail, Deuteronomy 28:1-14. Just as it was Adam’s job in the beginning to reproduce the garden of Eden on earth, God was going to use Israel to reproduce heaven upon earth, Deuteronomy 11:18-19. Just as he promised through the ministry of Jesus to do the same, Matthew 6:10.

Look at Revelation 22:1-4

“And he shewed me a put river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.”

WE can see the whole process of Genesis 2 in the scripture above. You see the throne of God was represented as the city of Eden. You see the Lamb of God which is the sacrifice, which took the place of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You see the river of God coming out of the throne of God, the source of eternal life. You see the seed time harvest process in tree of life bearing twelve manners of fruit on a monthly basis, which is for the healing of the nations. His servants serve him. They shall see his face. His name shall be in their foreheads, in other words, their singularly focus is him!

What is in the your hands? God in his goodness and mercy put the sacrifice back into our hands. The problem is, people don’t know what to do with it because they never really took the time to find out what belongs to them. They were too busy burning incense to the queen of heaven.

Jesus said,

“I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:51

“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” John 6:53

We find the Lord’s Supper, Communion Service in Matthew 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-38 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

What is in your hands?

Seed

The TikTok video below gives an excellent example of the seed time harvest process. The video goes into the science part of how a seed works. Seed is a creation of God. Seed transmit “life” and it was designed by God to reproduce itself over and over again. It has within itself the ability to produce on the scale of an hundredfold and it contains infinite ability. God gave Adam dominion and he gave him seed for his food.

Queen of Heaven

“Seest thou what they do in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out the drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.” Jeremiah 7:17-18 (KJV)

I encourage you to look at the following documentaries on this website:

“The Mexican people worshipping the Saint of Death,” produced by Dateline. This is a very informative video because you see how the children of darkness influence society.

“A secret look at a Mexican cartel’s low tech, multimillion-dollar fentanyl operation,” produced by PBS News Hour. At the 5:40 minute mark of this video, you see how the Lady of Death/ The Saint of Death is connected to the fentanyl drug operation.

“Santa Muerte,” an article on Wikipedia, provides detailed information on the origination of this deity “Nuestra Senora de la Santa Muerte translated, Our Lady of the Holy Death.” Other names associated with this female deity are Lady of the Shadows, Lady of the Night, White Lady, Black Lady, Skinny Lady, Bony Lady, Mictecacihuati (Lady of the Dead).”

“Drug overdose death tops 100,000 annually for the first time, driven by fentanyl, CDC data show”, CNN article 2021/11/17. That’s about 4 people every minute. More people die of fentanyl overdose than people killed in the military conflicts in the Korean war and the Vietnam war.

Lady of the Kingdoms

Isaiah 47:5, “Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The Lady of the Kingdoms.” (KJV)

I give praise to God for this platform to share additional information and insight into some of the messages I have shared with the Body of Christ. A majority of those messages are on my YouTude channel. I am also in the process of writing a book, call “Secrets of the Garden of Eden” to be able to share and to bring all my insights into one place. Some of the things I tried to share with people have been difficult to communicate but I have found some documentaries that bring to light the kingdom of darkness in a brand new way.

I have shared that the garden of Eden was created to be a sanctuary, a place of worship. Adam’s primary responsibility was representing mankind before the throne of God. His job was to offer up or make a presentation of the fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as an act of worship. Adam was given permission to eat from any tree in the garden of Eden except one, and that was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he was commanded to make a presentation of that tree.

There are two parts to creation, the spiritual and the practical. Adam’s original estate was the garden of Adam. Adam’s job was to reproduce the Garden of Eden on earth. The resources of the earth were put here for that purpose. As far as the earth is concerned, God commanded Adam to be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue and have dominion over everything that swims, flies, walks, and over every creeping thing that moves upon the earth.

God created all things and without Him was nothing made that was made, John 1:1-5.

“For every house is builded by some man, but he that built all things is God.” Hebrews 3:4 (KJV)

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11 (KJV)

“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that 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: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” Colossians 1:12-19 (KJV)

“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right of the hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:1 (KJV)

“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him.” Ephesians 1:9-10 (KJV)

“I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear” Isaiah 45:23

There is nothing new about this warfare in the area of worship. It was before Isaiah’s time, in Isaiah’s time and it’s alive in our times. If people don’t understand, it’s God’s nature to fully provide for their needs, then they will worship anything!