The 8 Step (New Beginning) Emergency Plan for

 Peace in Difficult Situations.

A simplified edition for when all hell is coming against you,

Utilizing the last words Jesus did and did not say before he died.

·         He answered his accusers not a word and before his accusers he was silent. (Isaiah 53:7,)  When he finally did say something he said,

“It is as you say, and you will see me standing as the point of origin for the right hand of God and coming in the Clouds of Glory.

Someone who is labeled schizophrenic means they did not have a true grasp of what reality is and how to interact with it.  Your abusive accusers also do not have a grip on what is the true reality. NOTHING YOU WILL SAY CAN CHANGE THEIR PERCEPTION OF THEIR REALITY!

We are called to be like Jesus. BE SILENT BEFORE YOUR ACCUSERS. Don’t defend yourself or retaliate back with accusations. Ultimately, this is truth, we as believers are forgiven, beautiful, chosen, and spiritually sealed in him.  Someday we’ll be at his side returning to the earth in clouds of glory.  Feel the need to say something before you walk away from the situation?

“I’m sorry YOU THINK that is true.” (Just remember, someday they will see you standing at the right hand of God and coming in the Clouds of Glory with Him.

·         Father, forgive them for they know not what they do

You can almost break this prayer down into 3 parts: forgive them, they know not, what they do.

“Forgive them” Forgiveness is not an option for us as believers.  Our own salvation is on the line if we do not walk in forgiveness.  If you don’t forgive you won’t be forgiven.  If you can’t say it on your own heart’s volition say it outwardly anyway.  The Father will work out your desire to obey him into a reality - just stay in touch with the prayer.

‘They know not…”  This is key, if you can understand that the individual hurting you is really “clueless” to the fact that they are sinning.  Our society now says there is no absolute truth.  Truth is determined by the individual.  So whatever is deemed right to do, is done. They are acting out of their own pain, having not known true love and not out of the consideration or lack of consideration for you.

“what they do”  That there may be an injustice done, is only known when it is done to them. They don’t realize they are sinning against you and when they sin against you, they sin against God.  They also do not realize that when they are messing with you, they are touching the apple of God’s eye.  As such they are piling up consequences for their behavior.

·         Woman here is your son… here is your mother.

Note: when it comes to people who care, who are on the scene and unable to thwart injustice or who stand idly by, there was no invocation by Jesus to have them bring him down from the cross or to rise up to help fight the injustice, simply the call to care for one another. As such, likewise we are called to let go of trying to manipulate people to stand with us and for us.  We are to release them to one another’s care and its consequences – but most of all to your heavenly Father’s care. Again the call is for you to let go and remove yourself from the situation.

·         I assure you today you will be with me in paradise.

Though scripture says that we as believers are already seated in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, sometimes the darkness that is around us presently can eclipse this understanding. We need to focus on the fact that Jesus desires us to be connected with Him. He wants us to actively sit with him and experience the pleasures that are at his right hand forever more. 

·         My God My God why have you forsaken me

The rejection of man can often be interpreted as the rejection of God, but this is not so.  For the joy set before Him (a restored relationship with us - his bride) He endured the cross and the rejection of God for our sake.  We are his joy and this - knowing that I am his joy- this joy of the LORD is my strength, my comfort and my encouragement.

·         I’m thirsty. 

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. - Psa 63:1 NIV As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. - Psa 42:1 NIV   Discipline yourself for the sake of Godliness to be thirsty for God’s presence in your life.  Don’t let that void meant to be filled by God’s presence be replaced by TV, books, or people.  Feel him enfolding you with his presence; feel His kisses caressing your cheeks. For He will never leave you, never forsake you. 

·         It is finished

Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, …And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. - Hebrews 4:3 NIV   From the very beginning the LORD had set in his heart to endure the cross for our sake. It’s time to rest in his presence, provision and protection that his death on the cross purchased for us and his presence wants to bring in us.

·         Father into your hands I entrust my spirit

 But the LORD is with me like a feared and dreaded champion; therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten. Jer. 20:11 NASB - He is our champion and vindicator; he desires to fight for us on our behalf.  If we are in the midst of our situation trying to bring about retribution for our cause we delay his acting on our behalf. Entrust your spirit into his kind care and vindication.

Jasper: The First Foundation Stone -Step One- of the New Jerusalem Part 1

Jasper: is an opaque stone that comes in red, yellow, black, white, and tans.
Rev 4:3 NIV - And the one who sat there (on the Saphire Throne) had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.
 This stone reminds us we are all made in His Image, the Image of the On e who sits on the throne. It reminds us that we all are precious in his sight.    Jasper is also the color of the First Foundation stone of of the New Jerusalem coming down from Heaven. 

The perfect living space or environment is often called: paradise, utopia, heaven, garden of Eden, nirvana,  happy hunting ground, and so on (etc.). Some people think they can have utopia – perfection – here and now.   What do you think? Can we?

It sounds great but we have a problem.  Everyone makes mistakes or has screwed up, somewhere, somehow.  We say and do things that hurt each other. That is a FACT – a truth that no one can argue with.  For instance can you name someone that is absolutely perfect?  Can you name someone in your life that has never sworn at you, never lied, never talked bad about others, never cheated, never been frustrated and blown up?  Well if you thought about someone in your life that you think has never done this to you, I can promise you that they have done it to someone else and it is just a matter of time before it happens with you and your relationship with them.  There is no one that is absolutely perfect, no not one.

In Hebrew, the language of the Bible, there is a term that many people say means to miss the mark – fall short of perfection.  In the original language, (which was formed with pictures like Chinese)  that word is chatath (tauh) and it actually has a target in it. See it in the middle of  the word?   It is the x with a circle around it. 

We will come back to this word but for the moment let’s go back to your life. When people treat you in a less than a perfect way how does this make you feel? Let’s say they lied to you or called you names, took your money, hit you, threw away something important to you, cheated on you.  How do you feel?  Do you feel let down and betrayed?  Do you feel hurt and angry? Do you feel you can’t trust them anymore?  Do you feel like there is a separation in your friendship or relationship? Would you say you put a wall up or a fence?   When we fall short of perfection in our relationships it puts up barriers in those relationships. Now this is true sadness isn’t it?  Two people who are really important to each other but yet they can no longer relate to each other and have a friendship because there is a barrier dividing their friendship.  There is a saying from long ago, “An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a castle.” (Pro 18:19)

Now back to the word chatath (tauh), there is a fence or bars in it too. Do you see it? It is the picture letter on the far right?  In this word we see that there is a target, a goal to hit.  In front of the target is a fence that doesn’t allow you to hit the target. More importantly this word also shows the fence as a barrier or a boundary marker stopping us from a relationship with a significant other. (tauh). The 2 symbols on the far left are the first and last symbols in the ancient Hebrew alphabet. They represent the Creator: the One who is the First one and the Last one.

 The Creator is the one who formed the universe, lights, plants, and animals and said that it was good.  He fashioned man in his image - the colors of jasper stone: red, yellow black, and white. He calls mankind a wonderful creation. He made each of us with special gifts and abilities.  He made us all unique and important and wants to be absolutely best friends. He so much wants to have a relationship with you because he made you and fashioned you.   He’s excited about you, like a man is about a woman and a groom about his bride.  This Creator wants to be our support and encouragement in the fulfillment of our purpose.

Along with that, He wants us all to be best friends.  But somewhere along the line we have missed the mark and fallen short of perfection.  We’ve set up little thrones for ourselves to try and rule and reign from and have treated others less than they deserved. Having done this we’ve set up a barrier between those friends but most importantly between the one who created us.

You see that highest power - the creator God is loving, He doesn’t want anyone hurting. He doesn’t want us hurting ourselves or someone else by making wrong choices.  How do you think the Creator feels when we have lied to one another or cheated each other?  But that is exactly what missing the mark of perfection does in our lives, our friendships and in our relationship to God.  It crumples the paper house dreams we live in, causing hurt, pain and chaos. Part 2 coming soon.

Hebrew Word Picture for LORD

The name for Jehovah is contrived from the consonants JHVH known as Yod, He, Vav, He.  These consonants in the original pictoral language were pictures of a hand, someone saying behold, a nail, and someone saying behold.  The pictures literally say,” what comes from the nail revealed in the heart of the hand.”  Here is a complete prophetic picture of Jesus’ arm outstretched on the cross pierced through with a nail. 

No greater proof is really needed to understand the connection between Jesus and his DIVINITY AS LORD.  But even so the name for Jesus is Jod, Shine, Vav, Ayin.  Aagain the Jod, & Vav are repeated, but literally translated we could say, ‘The hand that destroys, secures wisdom & experience.  Isn’t that what salvation is?

Other Hebrew pictoral names of God are equally informative.  Jesus said he is the first and the last.  The first letter, Alef, is an ox head and reminds us of the numerous oxen that were sacrificed for mankind’s behalf.  The last letter, Tav, is a cross representing c covenant.  ‘Jesus is the sacrifice on the cross that brings us our redeeming covenant.’

Also check out the more indepth description of Elloheim.

The letters for Adonai are a picture of the sacrificial ox, a doorway and a symbol for life; we can see that ‘the sacrifice is the doorway to life’. 

THE MEANING OF ELLOHEIM

 The MEANING OF ELLOHEIM

This Hebrew Word picture is about the Hebrew word that gets translated as God in an English version of the Bible.  First let me say that Elloheim is a plural noun.  This means that the object being talked about is not a singular object; it is more than one.

Singular form of God is Ellohah written in the ancient pictoral language as ela. As we can see it is made up of 3 parts.  The first part is (reading right to left) is Alef.   Alef is the ox : the sacrifice that is done on behalf of the whole community. Here is a picture of one who is willing to sacrifice himself on behalf of the whole world. The second is lamed.  Lamed is a cattle goad: it represents the control of the ox, the ultimate authority.  The third symbol is the hey.  Hey is a picture of someone with their hands up lifted saying, “Stop look behold.”  Here is a picture of one who doesn’t point to himself but only to the Father & the Son, the Holy Spirit.  We have here a picture of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.  But what is in this passage is actually a plural noun.  miela The second to the last leter is a Yod (i).  It is a mighty powerful hand. The last letter in this plural noun is Mem.  Mem is the picture of water: an element that can either provide life or bring death.  These 3 personages of God together have the power to bring life or destruction. 

Name of God – Gen 1:  Elloheim	Singular noun=ela	Plural noun=miela
Alef:    a=ox	a== the  sacrifice done for the Priests & whole community	a=  the Son - Jesus is the sacrifice done for the world - John 3:16
Lamed:   l=cattle goad	l= represents one who controls the ox , ultimate authority	l= Father This day have I begotten you. Psalm 2:7, Heb 1:5
Hey:   e=Man w/ lifted arms	e= saying, “Stop, Look, Behold”	e=Holy Spirit Points only to the Father and Son not to itself.
yod: = i a hand/arm		i=mighty ability to control
m= waves coming to shore, includes tide pulling wave back to sea. Represents Life, chaos, and death		m= life or death.  To sum up: the 3 persons of the trinity have the ability to control life and death.

To sum up: the 3 persons of the trinity have the ability to control life and death. In Genesis it says He created us in his image.  We are created in the image of “3 part harmony.” I have the ability to be creative and to a limited extent life or death are within my hand.

The Hope Diamond

Today's Gem, I would classify as a huge diamond, like the Hope diamond, cut, polished, high in brilliance, quality and highly visited.  This little gem is put on placards around the house, bumper stickers, framed artwork magnets, etc. You name it -it's been there -its been seen. 

Often looked to, it has helped us face a myriad of problems from a low bank account or looking an enemy straight on, to a troublesome valley of death experience.

Like the Hope diamond purportedly cursed and passed from owner to owner  because of this gem of power, we can now lie at rest, showcased in honor for all to see. Also once we've spent time under the exposure of this gem's ultra violet ray of truth; we can emanate the strong blood red color. We can also emanate a beautiful royal violet within while retaining a deep blue color without.  We are a royal pavilion - tabernacle housing a greater presence: the Presence of Hope itself.

This gem whispers secrets to me behind my ear.  It tells me: I am kept safe, I am wanted, I am provided for I am looked after.  I am sought after. I am put in a place of protection and peace. I am exalted in the sight of my enemies with a huge meal in my honor.  I am placed in a position of privilege, authority and responsibility. I am fragrant with the best of spices and the world’s costliest oils and perfumes

This gem tells me that my cup of chardonnay wine is full and ongoing, continually flowing.  As such I am free, joyful, laughing, and happy.  I am able to say what needs to be said with love and joy.  I can also be respectfully quiet.

It whispers that I will dwell in a place of brilliance and light full of shimmering jewels or enjoy the quietness of a beautiful cloudless night in full view of a starry pearl filled sky on the arm of my amorous lover and the temperature is perfect.

This gem was unearthed by a master shepherd who saw the value of it. Instead of keeping it for himself though, he sacrificially brought it forth from his heart at the cost of his life so that the inheritance could be passed on to a fellow shepherds for the encouragement and protection of their sheep.  He brought it forth for us.

This gem is Psalm 23. Read it again today from your favorite Bible (the Amplified is nice).