And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... foreign land...
Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day. The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance. creteis@yahoo.com Behold in a nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was taken and shown the land of the eagle ...
and the land and the business and thereof ...
and it had become a foreign land ...
and a foreign land to any who had lived there ...
and the wickedness was over thwart ...
and no house escaped ...of any who would have a house ...
and the merchants robbing ...was foreign to all ...
and the merchants guile ...to seek out every penny ...was foreign ...to all
and the spying out any advantage over the people ...was foreign ...to any ...
and what any watched ...was watched ...
and what any bought ...was watched ...
and what any sold ...was watched ...
and what any wanted was watched ...
and all of all the have vantage and power and profit over any ...and all ...
and to dis...cover... any secrets for advantage ...gain ...or power over ...
and all of the corruption was like sewer waters ...
and the children had no where else to play ...
and the foul waters entered into every house ...
and i was shown the greedy smiles of the foreign merchants ...
even as the land had been conquered completely of corporate corruption ...
and license given ...for the same ...of the same ...
and the nation and land became more foreign ...more foreign ...more foreign ...
even every day ...even to the end ...
and a scripture came back to remembrance ...
In the thirteenth year of King Nabuchodonosor, upon the twenty second day of the first month, it was devised in the court of Nabuchodonosor the King of the Assyrians, that he would defend himself. So he called unto him all the elders, all his Captains, and men of war, and showed them his secret counsel, and told them, that his purpose was, to bring the whole earth under his dominion. Now when they were all content with this saying, Nabuchodonosor the King called Holofernes the chief Captain of his wars and said unto him: Go thy way forth against all the Kingdoms of the West, and specially against those that have despised my commandment. Thou shalt spare no realm, all the strong cities shalt thou bring in subjection unto me.
Then Holofernes called together all the Captains and rulers of all the power in Assyria, and mustered the soldiers unto the host ( like as the King commanded him) namely, an hundred and twenty thousand fighting men upon foot, and twelve thousand archers upon horseback. All his ordinance sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels, so that the host was well provided for with oxen, and small cattle, and that without number. He caused the corn to be prepared out of all Syria for his host. Much gold and silver took he out of the Kings house. So he took his journey , he and all his host, with chariots, horsemen, and archers: of whom there were so many, that they covered the ground of the land, like as grasshoppers.
And when he was gone past the borders of the Assyrians, he came toward the great mountains of Ange, which lie upon the left side of Celicia: and so he went up in to all their castles, and won every stronghold. As for the wealthy city of Melothus, he break it down, and spoiled all the children of Tharsis and the Ismaelites, which lay toward the wilderness, and upon the South side of the land of Chelon. He went over Euphrates also, and came into Mesopotamia, and break down all the high cities that were there from the brook of Nambre till a man come to the sea: and he took the boarders in from Celicia unto the coasts of Japhet toward the South. He carried away all the Madianites, and spoiled all their goods: and whosoever with stood him, he slew them with the sword. After this he went down to the field of Damascus in the time of harvest, and burnt up all the corn and all the trees, and caused the vines to be cut down. And the fear of him fell upon all them that dwelt on the earthSo the Kings and the princes of all the cities and lands sent their ambassadors: namely they of Syria and Mesopotamia, Syria Sobal, and Libia, and Celicia, which came to Holofernes, and said: Let thy wrath cease toward us: It is better for us to serve the great King Nabuchodonosor with our lives, and to be subject unto thee, then that we should die, and be slain, and receive greater hurt. All our cities and possessions, all mountains and hills, all fields, great and small cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and camels, all our goods and households, be in thy power, under thy subjection be it all together. We ourselves also and our children will be thine own, come unto us a peaceable Lord, and use our service at thy pleasure.
Then came Holofernes down from the mountains with horsemen and with great power, and conquered all strong cities, and all that dwelt in the land. And out of all cities he took strong men, such as were *mete for war, to help him. There came such a fear also upon those countries, that the indwellers of all the cities, the Princes and Rulers, and the people together, went forth to meet him as he came, and received him honorably with garlands and torches, with *daunces, tabrettes and pipes.
Nevertheless though they did this, yet might they not *swage his rigorous stomach: but he destroyed their cities, and hewed down their woods. For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him, that he should root out all the Gods of the land: to the intent that he only might be called and taken for God, of the nations which Holofernes with his power brought under him. So went he through Syria Sobal, and through all Appamia, and all Mesopotamia, came to the Idumeans, in the land of Gabaa, and Septopoly, and took their cities, and remained there thirty days, wherein he caused all the whole multitude of his Host to be gathered togetherWhen the children of Israel that dwelt in Jewry heard this, they were sore afraid of him. There came forth trembling also and fear upon them, that they sorrowed he should do unto the city of Jerusalem and the temple of the Lord, as he had done to other cities and their temples. So they sent into all Samaria round about unto Jericho, took in and occupied all the tops of the mountains, and made fast the towns with walls, and prepared corn for them against the battle.
Eliachim also the Priest wrote unto all them that dwell toward Esdrelon (which layeth over against the great field by Dotha Im ) and unto all those by whom men might have passage unto them, that they should take in the ways of the mountains, whereby there might be any way and passage to Jerusalem, and that they should hold diligent watch where any straight way was betwixt the mountains. And the children of Israel did as Eliachim the Priest of the Lord had commanded them. And all the people cried earnestly, and humbled their souls with fasting and prayers, they and their wives. The Priests put on hairy clothes, and layed the young babes before the temple of the Lord, and covered the Altar of the Lord with an hairy cloth. And with one accord they cried unto the Lord God of Israel, that their children should not be given in to a prey, and their wives into a spoil, that their cities should not be layed waste, and that their Sanctuary should not be unhallowed, and so they to be a shame and rebuke unto the Heathen.
Then Eliachim the high Priest of the Lord went round about all Israel, and spake unto them, saying: Be ye sure, that the Lord will hear your petitions, if ye continue steadfast in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord. Remember Moses the servant of the Lord, which overthrew the Amalechites ( that trusted in their might and power, in their host, in their shields, in their chariots and horsemen ) not with weapons, but with holy prayers. Even so shall all the enemies of Israel be, if ye continue in this work, that ye have begun. So upon this exhortation they continued in prayer before the Lord. In so much that they which offered burnt sacrifices unto the Lord, offered offerings unto the Lord being arrayed in hairy clothes and had ashes upon their heads. And they all besought God from their whole heart, that he would visit his people of Israel
And the word came to Holofernes the Prince of the wars of the of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to make resistance, and how they had stopped the ways betwixted the mountains. Then was he exceedingly wroth, and called all the Princes of Moab, and the Captains of Ammon, and said unto them: Tell me, what people is this, that keepeth in the mountains? Or what manner of the cities are they ? What is their power ? Or what manner of Host have they ? who is their Captain ? And why do they despise us ( more than those that dwell in the East ) and come not forth to meet us, that they might receive us with peace ? Then Achior the Captain of the Ammonites answered, and said: Sir, if it please thee to hear me, I will tell the truth before thee concerning this people that dwell in the mountains, and there shall no lie go out of my mouth.
This people is of the generation of the Chaldees, they dwelt first in Mesopotamia, for they would not follow the gods of their fathers that were in the land of Chaldees, and forsook they the customs of their forefathers ( which had many gods ) and worshipped one God, that made heaven and earth: which also commanded them that they should go from thence, and dwell at Haran. Now when there came *dearth into the whole land, they went down to Egypt, and there they dwelt four hundred years, in the which they multiplied so greatly, that their Host might not be numbered. And when the King of Egypt oppressed them, and subdued them in the building of his cities with making clay and brick, they cried unto God their Lord, which punished the whole land of Egypt with diverse plagues.
Now when King of Egypt let them go their way, and the plague ceased, and then followed after them, and to bring them again into his service, while they were fleeing away, the God of heaven opened the sea, so that the waters stood fast upon both sides as a wall, and these went through the bottom of the sea dry shod. In the which place when an innumerable people of the Egyptians followed upon them, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there remained not one, to tell them that came after, how it happened. So when this people was passed through the reed sea, they came into the wilderness of the mount Sinai, where never a man might dwell afore, and where the *son of man had never rested. There were the bitter waters made sweet for them, that they might drink, and forty years had they meat from heaven. Wheresoever they went ( without bow and arrow, without buckler or sword ) their God fought for them, and caused them to have the victory. Yee no man was able to hurt this people, except it were so, that they departed unfaithfully from the worshiping of the Lord their God. But as often as they worshiped any other beside their God, he gave them over to be spoiled, to be slain, and to be put to confusion. Nevertheless as often as they were sorry for departing from the worship of their God, the same God of heaven gave them power and strength to withstand their enemies.
Moreover they slew the King of the Cananites, Jebusites, Pheresits, Hethits, Euites and Amorites, and all the mighty in Hesbon, and took their lands and cities in possession: and so long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it went well with them, for their God hateth unrighteousness. For in times past when they went out of the way, which God had given them, that they should walk in it, they were destroyed in diverse battles of many nations: and many of them were carried away prisoners unto a strange country. But now lately they have turned themselves again unto the Lord their God, and are come together again out of the countries where they were scattered abroad: and thus they have conquered these mountains, and dwell therein: and as for Jerusalem where their Sanctuary is, they have it again in possession.
And therefore my lord, make diligent inquisition, if this people have done wickedness in the sight of their God, then let us go up against them, for doubtless their God shall deliver them into thy hands, and subdue them unto thy power. But if this people have not displeased their God, we shall not be able to withstand them, for their God shall defend them, and so shall we be a shame to all the world.
Now when Achior had spoken out these words, all the Princes of Holofernes were wroth, and thought to slay him, and said one to another: what is he this, which dare say, that the children of Israel are able to withstand Nabuchodonosor the King and his Host ? whereas they are an unweaponed people, without strength or understanding of the feats of war ? That Achior therefore may know that he hath deceived us, we will go up in to the mountains: and when the mighty men of them are taken, he also shall be struck with the sword, that all people may know, that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth, and there is none other without him.
The Lord God showed me this vision: and behold, there was a maunder with summer fruit. And he said: Amos, what seest thou? I answered: a maunder with summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me: the end cometh upon my people Israel, I will no more oversee them. In that day shall the songs of the temple be turned to sorrow, sayeth the Lord God. Many dead bodies shall lie in every place, and be cast forth secretly. Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying: When will the new month be gone, that we may sell vitals, and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn: to make the bushel less, and the Sickle greater? We shall set up false weights, that we may get the poor under us with their money, and the needy also for shoes: yee let us sell the chaff for corn
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