{"id":4964,"date":"2018-02-16T00:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2018-02-05T01:26:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T01:26:12","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-18\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#747474'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 18<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>February 16, 2018<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>I\u2019ve shared with you on previous\noccasions the fact that the Sound of the Lord comes \u2013 and is represented\nthroughout the Word \u2013 as measurable frequencies with specific objectives.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The two most dominant frequencies in the Word\nare 444 (which is the frequency of the key of A) and 528 (which is middle C on\nthe piano).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We see 444 in Scripture\nespecially in the Creation narrative where the phrase occurs, \u201cAnd God said\u2026\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The mathematical value of that phrase with\nits accompanying statement is generally referred to as 888 \u2013 which denotes the\nfact that Jesus was the One speaking the words of creation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>888, of course, is divisible by two\nand becomes 444.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is the frequency\nof creation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There is creative authority\nreleased with sound, with worship, with music built on that frequency.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>The frequency of 528 is exhibited in\nZephaniah 3:17, where we read the following:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>The LORD thy God in the midst of thee <i>is<\/i> mighty; he will\nsave, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy\nover thee with singing.<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>The mathematical value of that\nstatement is a multiple of 52.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>528,\ntherefore, is the frequency of love and healing, and we see it demonstrated\nrepeatedly throughout the Word.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>One\nof the keys that seems to be missing in the body of Christ is the real\nunderstanding that there is authority in our voice, authority in the sound that\ncomes forth from us \u2014 creative authority or destructive authority.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Everything that comes forth from our mouths\nhas authority, for good or for bad.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Consider the following statements that Jesus makes:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 12:36-37<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,\nthey shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou\nshalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>On\nanother occasion, Jesus is talking about dealing with offenses and the\nmultiplication of authority that takes place when two or more agree.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 18:15-16<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell\nhim his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast\ngained thy brother. <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>But if he\nwill not hear <i>thee, then<\/i> take with thee one or two more, that in the\nmouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 18:19-20<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as\ntouching <span class=SpellE>any thing<\/span> that they shall ask, it shall be\ndone for them of my Father which is in heaven. <sup><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>For where two or three are gathered\ntogether in my name, there am I in the midst of them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\ncontinue on today where we left off last week.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Few people associate sound with authority, but as we have seen thus far,\nthere is a direct link between sound and authority.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nsound of Jesus' authority, and the sudden silencing of the storm and its sound,\npiqued the curiosity of a man at Gadara -- one who lived in the tombs, and hid\nin the rocks near the seashore.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Here is\na man in whom a legion (normally counted as 6,600 foot soldiers, and 172\nhorse-drawn chariots) of evil spirits has lived, creating such chaos and\ninsanity as to turn him into an uncontrollable monster with more than\nsufficient strength to break iron and steel chains and shackles. Seeing Jesus arriving\nat the<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>seashore with his disciples, he\nbegins to move toward them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Whether\nthese demons had anything to do with the storm at sea, or not, Jesus instantly\nrecognizes them; and before even a word is uttered by the man, Jesus speaks\nwith the same authority which calmed the sea<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>&quot;Come out of the man, you unclean\nspirit.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>As\nwe have seen before, the immediate response on the part of the demons is pure\nterror.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Running towards Jesus, they\nbegin to cry out, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of The Most High\nGod?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I implore you by God, do not\ntorment me!&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Here\nis the only recorded instance in which Jesus pauses to have the most brief of\nconversations when he says, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;What is your name?&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nhead spokesdemon answers, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;My name is Legion, for we\nare many<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:green'>.&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Pleading\nwith Jesus not to send them <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;into the abyss&quot; <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>before their time,\nthe spokesdemon asked that they be given permission to enter a herd of swine\nfeeding nearby.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus gave them leave,\nand they departed into the swine.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\nthey were subject to Jesus' word and authority was clearly evident.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That his sound arrested them was also clearly\nevident.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>One\nof the things that Della and I have learned throughout the years is that the\nLord will initiate His authority and speak through us even when we are caught\noff guard and unprepared for things that happen.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is still our voice that is speaking, but\nHoly Spirit is the initiator of that which comes forth, and nothing that comes\nout of our mouths has its origin in our thoughts or natural thinking.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nhave shared, on numerous occasions, the event which took place in the summer of\n1991 when Marcia was killed in Atlin, B.C. in a strange accident.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Walking\non an elevated sidewalk made of 2x10 wooden planks, she stepped on a plank\nwhich was not fastened down.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It flew up\nand struck her across her face and left temple.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>As she began to fall, Della saw Marcia\u2019s leg about to be broken as the\nboard fell back into the open slot catching the leg in a pincer-like\naction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It was something which the Lord\nhad shown to Della previously in a flash vision.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In that instant, Della felt the authority of\nthe Lord, and quickly shouted, \u201cNO!\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Instead of snapping Marcia\u2019s leg, the board rotated under her foot.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>With\nthe weight of her falling body once again on the plank, it flew up a second\ntime and struck her like a baseball bat directly across the temple.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Della grabbed Marcia and cushioned her fall,\nholding her as she settled into a semi-sitting position.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Marcia\nwas breathing hard as she said to Della, \u201cDon\u2019t leave me.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Della responded quietly, \u201cI won\u2019t leave\nyou.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m right here.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Then Marcia\u2019s eyes rolled back in her head,\nand she expired with the death rattle coming from her throat.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\nthat instant, Della felt as though the Lord simply poured Himself into\nher.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>She saw, visibly, the death angel\ncoming for Marcia.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>With an authority she\nknew could only come from the Lord, she simply uttered the words, \u201cNO, YOU WILL\nNOT!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>No\nreligious phraseology.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No repetitious,\n\u201cin Jesus\u2019 Name!\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Just the sound of\nauthority \u2013 true authority.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\ndeath angel continued to approach, and Della again spoke, \u201cNO, YOU WILL\nNOT!\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Then, with scarcely a pause, she\nshouted, \u201cMARCIA!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Instantly,\nMarcia\u2019s eyes snapped back, she took a deep breath and sat up, saying, \u201cWhat\nhappened?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Where am I?\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Della helped her to her feet, and ushered her\nback into the home where we were all visiting.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>During\nthe next forty-five minutes or so, I played my guitar, and we all worshipped\ntogether.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(One of the worship songs that\nwe sing periodically \u2014 Blessing and Honor [from Revelation 5:13]\u2014 came out of\nthat experience.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In that length of\ntime, Marcia completely regained her strength.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Following our time of worship, we put on our hiking boots, and Earle,\nMarcia, Della and I went hiking in the mountains.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nmarks left by the blows to her face and temple were pretty severe, but there\nwas no swelling, and the marks vanished within three days, so much so that\nMarcia was able to fulfill a commitment to help out an Anchorage business for a\nweek or so as a receptionist.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\nhave referred to this event previously, but consider that which is described in\nExodus 19.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Moses\nhas led the children of Israel out of Egypt.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>They are instructed to come to the foot of Mount Sinai before they\nproceed any further in their journeys.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>As they assemble, they are instructed to prepare and cleanse themselves\nin the expectation of receiving the word of the Lord and a clear demonstration\nof His holiness.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Boundaries are set\nbeyond which they are warned not to pass on pain of death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Before\nthis demonstration begins, however, the Lord speaks to Moses to convey the\nfollowing to Israel as it assembles,<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Exodus 19:5-6, NAS<\/span><\/u><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Now\nthen, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be\nMy own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you\nshall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation....&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That\nwhich the Lord is now about to do is to send forth the sound of Holiness in the\nearth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>With it will be the sound of\nabsolute power and authority. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>It will be\nthe sound of promise and the notification that He has chosen for Himself a\npeople to become a part of His Bride.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Such a sound has never been heard in the earth prior to this time.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>On\nthe third day, as the people are assembled and wait, early in the morning the\nsound of thunder and<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>lightning flashes\nresound from the mountain.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A thick cloud\ncovers the mountain so that the presence of the Lord will not be visible to the\npeople.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Suddenly, there is the sound of\na loud trumpet, the sounds of many trumpets blowing together\nsimultaneously.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No human ears have ever\nheard such a sound as those people began to hear at that moment.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nare told (Exodus 19:18) that the Lord descended upon the mountain in fire, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;and\nits smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked\nviolently.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>But\nthe sound of the Lord was only just beginning.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The trumpet blasts became louder and louder and louder until Moses knew\nthat he was to speak.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Added to the\ntrumpet blasts were now added the sound of thunder.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Even in the midst of this thunder, the Lord\narticulated His desire for Moses to ascend to the top of the mountain to meet\nwith Him.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>On\nthis occasion, Moses was given the ten commandments engraved in stone; and the\nengraving took place even as the words were spoken in Moses hearing.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When summed up, the first three commandments\nwere a picture of the love relationship that God desired with His holy and\nseparated people.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The last seven dealt\nwith their relationships one with another.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nsound of the Lord -- except for that which was specifically articulated to\nMoses -- was not in the form of<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>intelligible speech, yet it conveyed the onoma of the Lord.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Never before in history had any human beings\nheard such a sound, and never before in history had the Lord so illustrated His\ncalling for a people who would be separated unto Him.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He communicated with His people and immersed\nthem in His <\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>in such a manner that they would know that He <b>was<\/b>\nGod -- He was the great <b>I AM<\/b>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Bear\nin mind that Israel had just been released from nearly four hundred years in\nservitude and bondage to the pharaohs of Egypt.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>They had a slave mentality, and were accustomed to<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>serving taskmasters.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Lord had already delivered them from\nEgypt with such a display of the miraculous as to wow the entire world.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Red Sea had been parted for them as they\ncrossed on dry land.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Red Sea had\nclosed upon the pursuing armies of the Egyptians and swallowed them, and Israel\nwas a free<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>nation at last.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\ntrouble was, they had been indoctrinated with the sounds of their\ntaskmasters.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They had been permeated\nwith the sounds of bondage.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They had\nbeen filled with the sounds of Egypt and captivity, and the worship of idols\nand false gods.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Those sounds paled into\ninsignificance with the sound of the Lord, and the Lord uttered his voice, his <\/span><b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>, in such a fashion\nthat generation after generation of people would remember.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Whether\nthey ever learned to love Him and serve Him and have an intimate<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>relationship, or not, they would know the\nauthority of His sound.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There would\nnever be any mistaking the<\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'> onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#002060'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>of the Lord for the\nonomas of the past.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>So,\nwhere does this take us?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\u2019ve\nbeen talking about the sound of the Lord in its many variations, the uttering\nof His sound through our voices and the accompanying authority, but let\u2019s look\nat the nature and character of the sound of the Enemy.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>As much as we may understand the sound of the\nLord, a whole lot of God\u2019s people do not understand the character and makeup of\nthe sound of Satan.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>John,\nin the revelation which the Lord gives him, sees a picture of <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;the\nBeast.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>His description of\nthis beast is filled with metaphors.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He\ndescribes the beast as having <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;two horns as a lamb, and he\nspoke as a dragon.&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight'>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(Revelation\n13:11)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nword, &quot;spoke,&quot; in the Greek text here is not a word which is used to\ndescribe articulate speech.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Rather it is\nthe word, <\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>laleo<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>; and it is distinguished apart from <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>lego, <\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>the word normally\ntranslated for <\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Graphite Light ATT\";\ncolor:#7D470D'>articulate speech.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>The word, <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>laleo, <\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>is used instead <\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Graphite Light ATT\";color:#7D470D'>&quot;to make a sound.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\nchanges John's description to read this way,<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;and he had two horns like a lamb, and he made the sound of\na dragon.&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Phrasing it in this manner describes\nunequivocally that which is occurring in this generation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Having\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;two horns like a lamb&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>is a metaphor for: <\/span><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Graphite Light ATT\";color:#7D470D'>meekness,\nhaving the appearance of a lamb, being innocent and harmless.<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;color:#7D470D'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Making <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;the\nsound of a dragon,&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>however, is the\ntell-tale emanating of his true <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>onoma.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This &quot;sound&quot; is cloaked in\ninnocence.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It appears as harmless.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In truth, it is <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;the\nsound of the serpent;&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>and this is the sound which deceived Adam and Eve in\nthe Garden.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And,\nthis is where we will pick up this discussion next week.<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For those of you who\u2019ve\nparticipated during the past three years in our Monday night Healing Prayer\nConference Call, this is just a reminder that the calls have resumed on a\nonce-a-month basis, the first Monday of each month.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a need for healing, or you have\nfriends in need of healing, here is the number to call: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 775-7035.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>The Access Code is: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>323859#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>For Canadians who have\ndifficulty getting in to this number, you can call <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(559) 546-1400<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If\nsomeone answers and asks what your original call-in number was, you can give\nthem the 712 number and access code.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\navailable by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>B<b>lessings\non you!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" 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Should you desire to\nparticipate and covenant with us as partners in this ministry, please contact\nus at either of the above email or physical addresses, or visit:&nbsp;<\/span><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"\ntitle=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>http:\/\/www.RiverWorshipCenter.org<\/span><\/a><span\nstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>.<\/span><span style='font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve shared with you on previous occasions the fact that the Sound of the Lord comes \u2013 and is represented throughout the Word \u2013 as measurable frequencies with specific objectives.  The two most dominant frequencies in the Word are 444 (which is the frequency of the key of A) and 528 (which is middle C on the piano).  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