Monday, April 2, 2012

May the Lord bless America to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation!

Last weekend we had a Spring Conf. at the Big Bear Mountain. The conference organizers made new attempts like: emerging generation spoke as messengers, Anthony leading a stretch session.                  

- Using a moment for making an announcement, Isaac Kim gave "One Minute Bible Study on the 66 Books of the Bible" stating:
"What is the Bible all about? Answer: The 66 books can be seen as the progress of God's kingdom in general, whereas the Book of Revelation can be understood as the progress of God's kingdom in specifics. There are four Bible verses that support this view:
* Exodus 19:6
* Revelation 1:6, 5:10, and 20:6.
These passages indicate that the kingdom work progresses to the extent of the number of the 'priests' built up increasing. So check yourself how we the Adam's race screwed up, yet how the Lord made a new beginning at the outset of the first five books of the Bible called Torah, for what purpose (Exodus 19:6), and finally what he envisioned to accomplish as seen at the opening (Revelation 1:6; 5:10) and closing (20:6) of the last book of the Bible. The title of the Spring Conference at the Pine Crest (Jesus came to call sinners) was also themed after the general theme of the Bible, for as Malachi 3:3 states, God sent Jesus who called Levi to be St. Matthew, the author of the first book of the New Testament, the first gospel. As a result of Jesus' calling, Levi (supposedly from a priestly line) stopped collecting money, and started collecting people into His kingdom. The prayer topic for the United States of America then is, "America to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

At the Pine Crest, I gleaned an artcraft (in the pic above) which reads, "God answers all prayers. Sometimes he says "Yes". Soetimes he says "No." And sometimes he says, "You've got to be kidding."  Which category do you think the prayer topic for America belongs to? Yes? No? You've got to be kidding?

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