Old Dog V
Much Shall Be Required
Bob Neumann, 1/8/2003
Long ago Jeremiah spoke of “THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE”. If you look at it, the reference originates from THE THRONE OF HEAVEN. ABBA is speaking to us. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS is alluding to an image of THE BRIDE. Micah and Isaiah also speak of her.
To hear THE VOICE OF GOD is a burden. In the parables JESUS gave us the message of the TALENTS. In fact it is the “less comforting” words that JESUS HIMSELF gives that have made me be a “little more violent” in my wording. But read this passage Luke gave us and see why it might be time for us to “reevaluate” who we are in HIM.
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46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
There have been times where people who label themselves as “pastors”, “teachers”, “intercessors”, “watchmen”, “apostles” and “prophets” have told me i quote too much scripture. A few have chided me for “quoting” too much. Usually i ask what did they receive in their “spirit” and usually get no answer.
In the past many have told me they could not get past the scripture to get to the point i was making. I guess that was the problem… usually it was not me trying to make the point. It was the ONE whom i was quoting.
In Luke 12:49…. HE SAYS…the person to whom HE GIVES “much”, “MUCH SHALL BE REQUIRED”. Then HE SAYS whoever has “COMMITTED MUCH”… from these HE WILL ASK EVEN MORE.
Now this one partial verse is not a hot topic for any preacher in any church. But if HE has called you into THE SERVICE OF HIS KINGDOM ….it is everything. Now i am not talking about “ministry” or “office” or “position”. When THE SHEPHERD called me it was to SERVE HIM. Not HIS FLOCK.
Ponder that please. So when i “react” to the leadings of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT compromise is not an option. Paul has several one-liners on this:
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God
About a year ago i made a comment on the WPA that bothered some, offended others. I made the statement that i was not part of “THE BRIDE”. I could also say that i am not one of “HIS SHEEP”. At face value both appear very “wrong”. The problem is the “point of perception”, and that is THE SHEPHERD/THE BRIDEGROOM. As i was given the “vision” of THE SHEPHERD and HIS SHEEP so was i also given THE DAUGHTER OF ZION and THE BRIDEGROOM who bought her. Add to this THE LORD OF HOSTS…..THE LAMB OF GOD…….THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH.
The fullness of REVELATION of THE SON is hardly complete….in me. So when HIS COUNCILOR… THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT leads me…i must follow…wherever.
Stephen, my brother, back when this year…HIS YEAR STARTED ON ROSH HA’SHANNAH…. i was led to Isaiah…..it speaks of a “burden” for those who “hear HIM”….and maybe “see”…..
Isaiah 22
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield
7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate
8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest
9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool
10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall
11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago
12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth
13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die
14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock
17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee
18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house
19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons
25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken
Isaiah 22 ends….”for THE LORD hath spoken it”. All these things occurred in the time of Jeremiah. It might have happened earlier. But Hezekiah prayed, and GOD HEARD. And sent Isaiah with a strange response.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel That, which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places
25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps
The question is why did GOD LISTEN to Hezekiah….and spare JERUSALEM.
Sennacherib…..
He made some claims that are similar to those made in Isaiah that were accredited to “THE PRINCE OF TYRE”/ THE FALLEN CHERUB who covered……
The battle was THE LORD’S…..not man’s…
Don’t mess with what is GOD’S….HE IS A JEALOUS GOD.
THE GOD OF VENGEANCE.
THE GOD OF RECOMPENSE.
THE GOD OF JUSTICE.
At least HE SAYS HE IS….
And when HE SPEAKS we…HIS SERVANTS are to LISTEN and OBEY.
Not rationalize, internalize, theorize, compromise….
selah
bob dog
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