2 “narco subs” loaded with nearly 5 tons of cocaine seized in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia – CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/narco-subs-cocaine-seized-colombia-pacific-ocean-5-tons/

Who or what is the motivating force behind the push to traffic cocaine to the world?

Jesus referred to Satan as the prince of this world.

Satan is the spiritual head and ruler of nations, Matthew 4:8-9

The Apostle Paul said Satan is the god of this world, 2 Corinthians 4:4

The Apostle John, 1 John 5:19,  says the whole world lies in wickedness. The world system is under the influence of Satan. The whole world lays under his corrupting influence.  I remember reading a description of this verse, and it reminds me of a puppy lying in the comfort of the arms of its master.

This is why the Apostle John could say (John 1:10) God was in the world and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Our daily warfare

Our warfare is not with flesh and blood but principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places.

What is a principality?

A principality rules over large areas of land. For example, there is probably a principality that rules over the continent of North and South America. A principality may be responsible for Europe and a different one ruling over Africa.

In the book of Acts 19, in the city of Ephesus, there was a principality called  Diana, who ruled over all Asia. According to Acts 19:27, all Asia and the world worshipped Diana. There was a temple dedicated to her worship, the temple of the great goddess Diana.

There was a whole industry built around the support of the worship of Diana, from businesses that made idols of Diana to businesses that published books on how to practice the dark arts of idolatry.

Tiday, Mammon is a ruling principality of our day. He is worshipped all over the world.

The article above is an example of what is happening in the spirit realm. We may not be able to see angels and demons with our natural eyes, but we can see their influence. There is satanic influence behind the trafficking of cocaine and it is driven by the worship of money.

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Wealth of the Nations

Adam Smith was able to tap into the flow of the wealth of nations through capitalism. However, today, the world is 315 trillion dollars in debt.

There is a heavenly flow of wealth. God is the principal source of all things. He created wealth. He gave it to the human family to steward it.

Isaiah 60:1-22 is a prophetic picture of the wealth of nations flowing into the kingdom of God. Verse 5 talks about the wealth of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Verse 9 says they will bring their gold and silver with them.

Another prophetic picture of the wealth of nations is found in Haggai 2:6 (KJV)

“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Solomon tapped into the wealth of nations

God gave Solomon tremous wisdom, riches, and wealth because it was connected to Solomon’s divine calling to govern the nation of Israel.

In 1 Kings 3:5-15. Solomon asked for wisdom. God gave him wisdom, riches, and honor.

1 Kings 10:1-29 is a description of the riches and honor that came to Solomon. Queen Sheba gave Solomon an abundance of spices, precious stones, plus 120 talents of gold. The army of Hiram brought Solomon gold, precious stone, and precious wood.

The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.

Verses 24-25, all the earth sought Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God put in his heart. Each person gave Solomon presents, vessels of silver, gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, “a rate year by year.”

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God is the source

Adam was the first high priest, or servant who represented the human race before God. He was in the Garden of Eden. The river of God flowed out of Eden to water the Garden, where it was divided into four distinct rivers that flowed into the earth. God put unimaginable wealth in the Garden of Eden. Can anyone put a numerical value on the tree of life?

Jesus occupies the seat of Adam as a high priest, being called the Second Adam. See Psalms 110:4; 2 Corinthians 15:45-48 &  Hebrews 7:1-28

Revelation 1:5-6, Jesus has washed us in his blood and has us made a kingdom of priests. This one act describes partnership.

Again, God invested unimaginable wealth into the Garden of Eden and put it under the stewardship of the family of Adam.

Capitalism

Adam Smith gave the world the philosophical principles of ‘the invisible hand of greed’ and the wealth of nations. Adam Smith was a philosopher and the father of capitalism.

Capitalism benefits a few people at the expense of multitudes. A few years back, I recognized that there was a massive flow of wealth that was being pulled out of the system.

We are presently living in times where massive flows of wealth are being pulled out by the system through inflation

People are indebted to this system. They are in massive amounts of debt, tied and yoked to credit card companies, banks, and corporations.

Colossians 2:8, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy, and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ.”

The word “rudiment”in the Bible means the first principles that govern the course of the world system.

Wealth of the world shall vanish in a moment, Revelation 18:17

The fullness of Christ

According to Colossians 2:9-10, ALL THE FULLNESS of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ, and you are complete in him, which is the head of principalities and powers.

The only problem with this verse is it believablity. Believers should embrace this promise wholly. We have lots of evidence in scripture to back it up. But the opposite is true by and large. We will put more faith in money than we are willing to search out  scriptures and secure the promises.

Jesus said, ‘You can not serve God and money, for you either love one and hate  the other, or you will cling to one and despise the other.’ Matthew 6:24 (KJV)

According to Hebrews 1:2, God appointed Jesus heir of all things.

Jesus is the second Adam. God is going to make all his enemies his footstool, Hebrews 1:13

In Revelation 5:11, the Apostle John heard a loud voice in heaven attest to the wealth that was entrusted to the Jesus, the Lamb of God

“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.”

Now, I did the simple math of the multitude of angelic hosts who were witnesses. Ten thousand times ten thousand equals one hundred million angels. At least 100 million angels are testifying to worth of Jesus, the Lamb of God! But the Apostle John added, saying, and he heard thousands of thousands.

The angelic hosts testified:

“Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:12 (KJV)

The difference

The difference between Solomon and Jesus,  Solomon took the riches and wealth entrusted to him and consumed it upon himself.

Solomon’s account of his wealth and wisdom is recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes chapters 1-12 and 1 Kings 10:1-12.

Solomon oppressed of the children Israel to finance his extragrant lifestyle. Solomon robbed the people of their inheritance through excessive taxes, 1 Kings 12:4 & 16. Solomon put a heavy yoke upon the people, a people he was supposed to bless!

The tribes of Israel rebel against the house of David because Solomon took their inheritance through what I call a slow kill. Solomon robbed the people over his forty year reign. The children of Israel were willing to live under this oppressive yoke if the heir to Solomon’s throne would lessen the severity of the yoke.

Solomon was supposed to be a blessing to the house of Israel. He was supposed to use his wisdom to make the people rich. Queen Sheba pointed this out in 1 kings 10:9. Solomon was supposed to bring forth justice and judgment. He was supposed to adminstrate the wealth of the kingdom of God.

Solomon had the knowledge to make this happen. 1 kings 10:27, said Solomon made an abundance of silver to be in Jerusalem like stones on the street.

Solomon introduced idolatry on a massive scale in Jerusalem. See 1 kings 11:1-8. He built altars for his 700 wives and 300 mistresses. He built altars to Ashtoreth, Milcom, to Chemosh and Molech. Solomon’ strange wives burned incense and made sacrifices to their gods!

Get this, according to 1 Kings 11:7, “in the hill that is before Jerusalem.”

Solomon concluded hus experience in Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV),

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commands: for this is the whole duty of man.”

But Jesus, according to the Apostle Paul:

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)

This scriptural promise has been robbed from us by Satan, the Solomons of the Church, and Adam Smiths of the world’ system.

This promise has been robbed because we could not see the big picture. We could not see the purpose of wealth! We were unwilling to do the daily work of walking out the promises. Colossians 2:7 says, “Be rooted and built up in him.”

The opposite is true. Believers are rooted and built up in capitalism, credit card scores, retirement benefits, social security, Medicare, the stock market, 401 k plans, vacations, and 9 to 5 jobs.

The seventh day of creation was designated as a creation day for man to be receiptants of the works of God’s hand.

God reaffirmed that gift to Abraham when he said in Genesis 12:3 & 22:18 that he would bless Abraham and his seed, and through him, bless all the nations of the earth. We have been blessed to be a blessing.

See part 2. “What is Jesus doing with the riches entrusted to him?”

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His rest shall be glorious

“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.” Isaiah 11:10 (KJV)

Jesus came preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. In John 4:14, he announced the gift of God is living water.

God gave this gift of life as an act of love! It’s called grace, the goodness of God!

Life is a witness. 1 John 1:1-2, the Apostle John called Jesus, the word of life. He said they saw it with their eyes and handled it with their hands. That life was manifested before them. He said they are witnesses!

Tge Apostle John also said, ‘If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater which is Life.

What is revelation?

Revelation is the God-given insight into the promises of his word. The Apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians Church and all believers,

‘May God grant you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, that the eyes of your understanding being enlighted my know the hope of his calling.’

God unfolds his grand vision

“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” 1 John 2:20

“The anointing you have received of him  shall teach you all things, 1 John 2:27

We have the witness in ourselves, 1 John 5:10

“But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by revelation of Jesus Christ.” Galatians 1:11-12

There are twenty-seven books in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul wrote half of it. Fourteen books are attributed to him, and he received it all by revelation from the Lord Jesus Christ.

What if the Apostle Paul taught what everyone else was teaching; we wouldn’t have knowledge of the hidden revelation God had planned for our times. The Apostle Paul was called to be a minister to the Gentiles. Jesus called Apostle Paul to this ministry. He taught him what to preach!

The Spirit of God was “working mightily” in the Apostle Paul to preach these “mysteries.”

Ephesians 3:2-5 (KJV)

“If ye have heard of dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.”

In Galatians 1:15, the Apostle Paul said God separated him from his mother’s womb and called him to this grace.

What Grace?

God fulfilled covenant with Abraham to make him a father of nations through the ministry of the Apostle Paul. God was bringing the nations into covenant with himself.

What about grace?

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quicken us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us together, and made us sit togather in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: THAT in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Jesus Christ. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:4-8

What ages?

Ages in regards to time periods. For example, the 1960s through the seventies is a time period. The 1970s through 1980 was an age period. During those decades, God sent revivals and ministries to perfect the church. He added the church daily, such as should be saved. He also equipped the church to be an effective witness against the works of darkness.

During the 1950s, a great healing revival broke out in the United States. There were also other recorded moves of God around the earth.

The New Creation

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation, 2nd Corinthians 5:17

Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)

“We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” 

We need to define what “works God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”

We need to go no further than the original blueprint as recorded in Genesis chapters 1-2.

God redeemed man back to his original purpose. In Jesus is the new creation

The Garden of Eden has been restored. The heavenly place is the Garden of Eden, the sanctuary God planted. Jesus is presently in this place serving as a faithful high priest, Hebrews chapter 8!

Believers are called children of the light. Light exposes darkness.

Knowledge versus wisdom

We are living on earth in a time when people have a lot of head knowledge but no wisdom. They know the grass needs to be cut, and they know how to cut it, but the grass never gets cut.

Wisdom is the ability to apply knowledge and get an expected result!

People know the word of God. But they don’t know how to deliberately put it into operation and reap a harvest.

In Mark 4:26, Jesus taught us how the kingdoms of God operate in the world’s reality. Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a farmer sowing seeds in a field and patiently waiting for a harvest.

What does wisdom have to do with the kingdom of God?

So much of Christianity, the religious part, divorce power from the faith or they limit only to speaking tongues.

The law of God states,

“Whatsoever a man sows that shall he reap” See Galatians 6:7

If you sow apple seed, you are going to reap apples.

Galatians 6:6-10, put it this way,

Don’t deceive yourself. If you sow to the Spitit, you will reap LIFE. If you sow to the flesh, you will reap CORRUPTION. God can not be mocked.

The real problem here is one of definition. People really don’t have a revelation of life.

God breathed the breath of LIFE into Adam’s nostrils, and he became a living soul. LIFE transformed dust into a living soul capable of having a relationship with a super advanced life form called God.

After Adam’s trespassed by eating the forbidden fruit, God banished Adam from the Garden of Eden because Adam had access to the tree of life and could eat fruit from the tree of life and live forever, Genesis 3:22.

Jesus, being the seed of the woman, See Genesis 3:15, being the second Adam was fulfilled in Revelation 12:5-10 & verse 17.

God had to recreate Adam’s seed before he could allow them to eat fruit from the tree of life! This is what it means to be born again!

Therefore, life is supernatural infinite power capable of creating, healing, teaching, growing, and executing judgment.

God chose to give us the gift of life as a witness to the reality of Jesus Christ as his messenger, his witness.

1 John 5:10, “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH  HE TESTIFIED OF HIS SON. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF: he that believeth not hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”

(What is the witness?)

“And this is the RECORD, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”

God is the source of life. Genesis 2:10, a river flowed from Eden into the garden to give life to it.

Revelation 22:1-4, the water of life flows out of the throne of God to water the paradise of God, to give life to it.

We have the witness in ourselves. If we have Jesus, we have access to life.

How do you partake of life

Revelation 22:17, the Spirit and the Bride say, COME, ‘Whosoever hears let him come to the water of life and freely drink ‘

You can drink the water of life freely by opening your mouth and boldly claiming the promises of God.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and he who loves it will eat the fruit of it, Proverbs 18:21.

(This concept of freely drinking and / or eating is a tie-in to Genesis 2:16, where God told Adam he could freely eat from any tree in the Garden of Eden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.)

The Apostle Paul put it this way in Roman 10:8,  the word is near you. It is in your heart and in your mouth. If you believe with your heart and confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be saved. For with the heart, man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For God is rich unto all who call upon his name!

The Apostle Paul was referencing from Deuteronomy 30:11-14, where Moses told the children of Israel the commandment was not hidden, it is not in heaven, neither beyond the sea, neither was it responsibility of others to get for them. Moses said,

“But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou might do it.” Deuteronomy 30:14 (KJV)

The Apostle Paul called it the word of faith, Romans 10:8

The woman who had the issue of blood (See Mark 5:25-34, also recorded in Luke 8:43-48)

She spent 12 years and much money seeking a medical cure. However, her medical condition grew worse. She heard Jesus was in a crowd. Many people were pressing in on him to touch him. But this woman said within herself, ‘If I can touch his clothes, I shall be healed.’ When she touched Jesus’ garment, she felt that within her body, she was healed of her plague. JESUS felt power leave him and said, ‘Who touched me.’ The woman, knowing what was done, bowed before him and acknowledged her actions. Jesus said, ‘Daughter thy faith hath made thee whole.’

The power source that healed the woman was “LIFE.”

The Apostle John, in 1 John 1:1-5, acknowledged that Jesus is the Word of Life! He said, ‘They were eye witnesses!’

JOHN SAID, THE LIFE, which was with the Father, was manifested to them

What is life?

Life is the Spirit of God

Life is the gift of God

Life creates

Life is a witness

Life flows from God

Life heals

Life delivers

Life gives revelation

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12

God’s gift of grace and life are meant to transform your life, to give you glorious rest!

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