JESUS SO SURE A FOUNDATION
IN TIMES OF TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS
Digging Deep to
Refine with Fire of One’s Faith
‘The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and
conquer with Slingstones; they will drink and roar as with
Wine. And they will be filled like Sprinkling Bowls,
drenched like the corners of the Altar. On that Day the LORD
their God will save them as the Flock of His People; for
like Jewels in a Crown they will sparkle over His Land. How
Lovely they will be, and how Beautiful! Grain will make the
Young Men flourish, and New Wine, the Young Women’.
-Zechariah 9:15-17
In Time of Trials one can rely and lean on Jesus because He
promised to take one’s Burden, whatever that may be in one’s
Life, ‘Rain’, ‘Torrents’ or ‘Winds’. Sometimes in one’s Walk
of Faith with Jesus, when Life or ‘Things’ seem to be going
‘Great’, that is when one realizes or has a sense that
‘Something is Up’ or about to manifest on this Side of the
Veil of Eternity. And sure enough, Trials come. If one may
share, back when one was younger, one was involved in the
College and Career Ministry at one’s Home Base Church,
Laurelglen Bible Church.
The Church is Mennonite U.S. Conference and is situated in
Bakersfield, California, etc. They have a Passion and Burden
for World Missions. And one could not wait to jump onboard to
go on Missions abroad almost every Year. That was before one
then moved to work at Sonoma State, etc. In one’s Natural
Reasoning, every Missions Trip one presumed one and the Team
would be equipped to Teach, Build, Encourage the Brethren in
all those various Places. And that was True. One had a chance
to go to on those Missions Trips in South America, Europe,
Asia and Africa, etc.
It was Amazing and a Privilege. However, if one has done
Missions Work, one will realize that it is only ‘Half of the
Story’. One would always return from such Missions, humbled at
just how Jesus not only works to use Missionaries to help
support the Work in others, but how He works to also do that
in oneself. How in particular? What one learned, 1st hand
is how during a Church Mission to Kenya in Africa, now 20
Years ago, amazingly, Jesus taught one a Life-Long Lesson.
It was about Foundations and what it means to ‘Be Still and
how YHVH has put His Church upon a Rock’. It is about making
‘Realignments’. And the Church Body knows that the Rock is
Jesus. And most importantly, it is about how Jesus is building
and constructing His Bride like Building, like the School
and Dormitory the Mission was to build, etc. And what was and
is that Spiritual Lesson? It is that to build on the
Foundation, as any Contractor would know and Understand, you
have to 1st ‘Dig Down and Deep’ in order to ‘Build-Up’.
Will not Burden more than what One can Bear
Meaning that the Foundation of a Building is only as
‘Good’ as not only its Foundation, and what it is situated on,
either ‘Sand’ or a Rock’, and what the Foundation is anchored
to. This is the Key to a Strong Foundation and Building. One
then correlated, Spiritually this Principle to one’s Faith in
Jesus and how He was and is doing the same with His Bride,
etc.
In Kenya, one’s Missionary Team was tasked to build a School
and Dormitory. It was for Aspiring Local Pastors to be trained
and sent-out. It was so that they then could be equipped with
the Gospel and Evangelize their surrounding Communities in
Kenya. The Mission Tean was located on top of Mount Elgon with
spectacular views. The Men worked on the Building. The Women
met with the Local Women to encourage and edify them in the
Faith. One’s Church provided Resources for Widows to have
Sheep.
This Small Measure helped so they could support themselves.
One’s Church linked Arms with the Local Church and Pastors.
They in turn were linked to the former efforts of Families
coming from Holland through the Wycliffe Translation Agency.
Their Missionary Effort was to have Bibles translated into the
Local Dialog of the Tribe that was on the Mountain. The
Wycliffe House is where the Team stayed during the Mission at
mount Elgon, in Kenya, Africa.
This continuous Linkage in the Missionary and Evangelical
Efforts taught one how the Layers of the Church Building of
Jesus’ Bride have been laid down and built upon by Generations
of Brethren since the 1st Pentecost. But as one can see
in the Video, linked below, that one did to document the
Mission, in order for Jesus to ‘Build-Up’ upon one’s Life’s
Foundation of Faith in Jesus, He has to 1st ‘Build-Down
and Deep’.
Video
KENYA SUMMER MISSIONS - 2004
Laurelglen Bible Church
And this Hurts. But Jesus promised to take the Burden and will
not give His People more than they can withstand. The mere
fact that one has and is allowed such Fiery Trials in one’s
Life is that one can, by the Grace of GOD, hold under them. Or
else Jesus would not have allowed them into one’s Life. The
Holy Spirit is using the Fire, deep within one’s Soul to
refine the ‘Coals’ that are being transformed into the
Precious Stones that 1 Day, Jesus will place in His Crown
with.
As with the Physical Ground in Kenya, the Hard Ground of one’s
Soul has to be ‘Pierced’ and Broken-Up. The Team used Pik-Axes
and Shovels to tear into the Body of the Earth. But Jesus uses
the Gentile Hands of no less than the Creator of the entire
Universe and of Humanity. And Jesus knows that we are but Dust
in this Fallen Condition, for now. And the Bible teaches that
Jesus is the Great Physician. Jesus, after all, grew up
working in a Carpentry Shop, no less with His Earthly Father.
But all that Deep Dig then provided the sites to place the
Anchors that are set there and buried deep. And the Anchor or
Primary Rock was/is the Corner-Stone.
The Bible teaches that Jesus is the Corner-Stone on which the
Bride ‘Building’ is being built. When the Team surveyed the
Lot of Land to build the Pastor’s School and Dormitory, the
1st Corner had to be Identified. That is where the Rock
or the Corner-Stone was placed. It was and is from that
Corner-Stone that all the Lines went out from to ‘Square’ the
Building. If no such Corner-Stone exists or is laid down, the
Walls would not be, could not be Straight. And as a result,
when the Trials of Life, the Wind, the Rain or Floods will
come, the entire building will collapse and slide down the
Mountain.
Such is the Spiritual Application with our Faith in Jesus. As
His Bride, His Building is being Built-Up, read Job 28 for
Spiritual Perspective. It speaks about how there is ‘Fire’
deep in the Earth. It is how Deep Down in the Ground, the
Diamonds, Gold or Silver, Precious Onyx Stones or Sapphires
come about and are then extracted Up. It speaks of how ‘Fiery
Trials’ produce those in His Bride to Refine her and be made
Ready for Jesus. Rapture Ready.
Book of Job
DEEP IN THE FIRE OF EARTH PRODUCES PRECIOUS STONES
THAT ARE MINED
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2028&version=TLB
This is what Jesus did to Adam in building Eve with. This is
what Jesus did at the Cross of Calvary to build His Bride Up
with. The Bride is about ‘Done’, one would say. So, in one’s
Trials and Tribulations, consider the Spiritual Lesson and
Application that Jesus is doing a ‘Deep-Work’ and only setting
you on His Rock. Jesus is ‘Realigning’ all Things pertaining
to one’s Faith to that Corner Stone. So that when the Trials
of Life, the Wind and the Floods of the Enemy come, one’s
House will not slide-off and Walls collapse.
‘Therefore, everyone
who hears these Words of Mine and acts on them is like a
Wise Man who built his House on the Rock. The Rain fell,
the Torrents raged, and the Winds blew and beat against
that House; yet it did not fall, because its Foundation
was on the Rock. But everyone who hears these Words of
Mine and does not act on them is like a Foolish Man who
built his House on Sand’. -Matthew 7:24-26
Whoever a Brother or Sister is suffering and hurting,
Physically, Mentally, Financially, one’s Heart brakes. For
some Brethren, they seem to not get a Break in this World. One
has been in that same Situation many Times before and
perhaps will in the Future until Death or the Rapture
comes. One cannot help but see that one becomes as a ‘Job’
going through Fiery Trials. But the Body of Christ knows then,
that if that is the case, it is because Lucifer has pointed
one out. And Jesus is allowing this to occur to Test one’s
Faith’s Foundations and Alignments in one’s Life, etc.
But it is to not Destroy one’s Faith, but to Refine it as Pure
Gold and Preciouses Stones that reflect Jesus’ Work and Glory.
Consider what a Jeweler once said to me. A Diamond is really
not that valuable as Rubies, for example are far more Rare and
Valuable. What gives a Diamond its Value, aside from how many
Carats it has, but how many Cuts it has. Realize that the more
‘Cuts’ it is given, the more Light it Reflects. This Principle
and Procedure goes the same with one’s Spiritual ‘Diamond’ of
one’s Faith. The more ‘Cuts’ the Great Physician makes, and it
will hurts.
Strengthening the Brethren
But that is how one is made by Jesus and becomes more valuable
to Jesus. It is something so Mysterious in that the Bible
alludes to how then Jesus takes those Precious Stones and puts
them on His Crown for all to behold. Why? For every Trail that
one overcomes, that is a Reflection of the Victory Jesus
bestowed and showed Himself Faithful to one’s Faith. So, on
this Side of the Rapture, Lucifer has perhaps pointed-out many
if not all of the Body of Christ at 1 Time or another, that
like the Apostle Peter, Lucifer want to sift Jesus’ Bride as
Wheat.
But then if so, remember what Jesus said. When it is done,
‘Strengthen the Brethren’. Notwithstanding, if one finds
oneself in Fiery Trials, and one will, Chin-Up Be Still and
Know that YHVH is GOD. Jesus stated that He has us in the Palm
of His Hands and Lucifer will not have us and our Family as we
plead the Blood of Jesus to protect and surround one’s Healing
and Recovery. That one’s Faith be Refined and Strengthened as
one will then Strengthen others with. We have Peace in the Eye
of the Storm because we know Jesus, or rather it is because
now, Jesus knows us.
Whenever there is a loss of a Loved One or one has comes
through the Testing of Trials, the Healing begins, and it will
take many Stages. One has found, as many know, that Music
helps to Heal. It has to do with its Resonance and how our
Bodies are in-tune to its Frequences. If one may share also,
here is a Song by Jon Foreman that one put together to a
Collage of Images, a Montage, etc. One particularly likes this
Song because of how it penetrates to the Soul, as that is what
Music does. The Name of the Song is called in ‘The House of
GOD Forever’.
Its Theme is based on Psalm 23, that although one may
experience Dark Days and Valleys of Shadows, Jesus is leading
His Flock. He is going before His Bride as the Good Shepherd.
One is reminded of Jesus’ Promises when listening to this Song
as one is going through Trials to get Perspective and Purpose.
It is because this Leading through the ‘Valley’ is ultimately
to the Father’s House, forever. The Bride of Christ will 1 Day
be joining her Savior, Husband as many Loved Ones that have
gone on ahead. They are waiting now for those that ‘Remain
Alive’ and are cheering-on.
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Music Video
JON FOREMAN - THE HOUSE OF GOD FOREVER
PostScripts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvWSB4p4oz4
As one shared the Video Music Collage above, here is another
one based on the Rapture Event, interpreted in various Pieces
of Animation. It is for those suffering from ‘Rapturitis’
and/or the ‘Rapture Blues’. The Song is well known, but one
associates it with the Rapture as the Lyric, in Italian,
speaks about a Maiden wanting to Depart with her Lover to
Lands unknown. It speaks of the Heart’s Longing. It is a True
Italian ‘Opera’ Romance, and just like Jacob and Rachel, Issac
and Rebekah, David and Abagail, Boaz and Ruth, Jesus and the
Church, etc. Here below is the Link to the Video Montage about
it.
Opera is very Beautiful. And another very moving Song that
captures the Notion of Undying Love is with ‘Nessun Dorma’. It
does capture that ‘Undying Love’ that moves a Man to Love a
Woman to such a Degree. It was and is how Jesus demonstrated
that He loved us; and He proved it unto Death. Although one is
perplexed in comparison to that Undying Love.
It is how one’s Spouse and those of others, on both sides, did
not Love in such a Way as Vowed and abandoned what Little Love
that was, on their part. And how ‘Love’ is so Cheap in these
Last Days, as foretold it would ‘Grow Cold’. But the Story
behind the Meaning or ‘Plot’ of the Song, Nessun Dorma, which
in Italian means, ‘Let not one Sleep’ is spectacular.
It made me think of how 1 Day, when we do get into Glory, in
the Father’s House, how the Worship of the Angels will be
like. Their Singing will pale in comparison to even these
Songs of Human’s Best efforts on Earth. And we will be there
to join them.
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The purpose of this Book is to provide a Comprehensive
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demonstrating just how close the End of the Church Age is and
ready to Transition into Daniel’s 70th Week of Years to
include a time of ‘Great’ Tribulation for the World and Israel
where Faith will be under Fire. The Last Sabbatical Cycle of
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