The Truth Barista

05/07/2024

If you're reading through the Bible in 2024, congratulations! You're half-way.

Need some help understanding what you're reading? Check out my through-the-Bible-in-a-year commentary - "Cruisin' Through The Bible."

Here's where you get your July copy -

Cruisin’ Through the Bible, Bible Exploration: July Roadmaps

05/07/2024

Someday, death will no longer sting and there will be no more tears. Here's why -

“For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:17) “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be ...

05/07/2024

The rainbow is God saying that destroying the wicked via floodwaters is no longer an option.

However, that leaves a lot of options on the table.

28/06/2024

An awesome update about Israel rebuilding after the October 7 massacre! Bridges For Peace is right there, guiding the gifts from you to those who have suffered so terribly. Hope is alive.

Think about the quote from Nehemiah at the end of the article.

For up to date news from Israel, bookmark the Bridges For Peace website.

Every week, we post from seven to ten news stories from Israel with a suggested prayer focus and scripture for each one, guiding readers how to pray for Israel’s most urgent needs. This Prayer Update is also sent to over 20,000 subscribers every Friday by e-mail. Please contact us at intl.office@...

10/06/2024

Hungary and Italy have just experienced stadiums filled with people turning to God and those who are recommitting their lives to Him.

Elijah's ministry was all about repentance. In fact, his name is a confession of faith. Eliyahu - Eli (my God) Yahu (Yehovah) - "My God is Yehovah!"

As hundreds of thousands repent and turn to God, are we witnessing another fulfillment of Malachi 4:5 "Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes."? If so, then that's another sign Jesus' return could be soon.

Check out my High Beam Ministry article on the Days of Elijah.

“Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.” (Malachi 4:5) “In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, ‘Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!’” (John 3:1-2) One of my favor...

10/06/2024

Have you been seeing the hot spots of revival and repentance in the U.S. and in Europe? It's amazing what God is doing around the world right now!

Website: www.highbeamministry.com
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https://www2.cbn.com/news/world/fire-revival-spreads-europe-thousands-pack-stadiums-hungary-and-italy

07/06/2024

In case you missed it, here's my take on Psalm 1 in two parts:

1 - https://www.highbeamministry.com/post/which-path-to-take-part-1
2 - https://www.highbeamministry.com/post/which-path-to-take-part-2

Have a great weekend and Sabbath peace!

“He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment...

05/06/2024

See? We told you. It's not enough for abortion advocates to push for abortion up to the moment of birth. Nope. Now they want a 28-day window to kill a baby.

This is a death cult.

"In other words, a baby born alive and well could be abandoned and left to starve or freeze to death, and nothing could be done to punish those who participated in that cruel death."

04/06/2024

The guilty go free while the innocent are punished.

Why are we surprised at the injustice that's running rampant in our nation?

1) Injustice occurs when judges have no fear of consequences or retribution from God or man.

“Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.” (2 Chronicles 19:7)

2) We don’t have a justice problem, we have a God problem. If people lived by God’s singular moral standard (what is right or wrong according to Him), justice and just rulings wouldn’t be a problem.

Therefore, we’re not going to turn around the justice system in our society until our society turns around to God first.

03/06/2024

I have a big problem, a huge problem, with Pastors and individual Christians saying we have a "sin nature" after we've come to Jesus. Why?

1) Because it's not the truth. God says that when we experience the new birth through the New Covenant, "“I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." (Jeremiah 31:31-33)

Our Heavenly Father expands on what happens in Ezekiel. "And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. " (Ezekiel 11:19-20) and "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances." (Ezekiel ).

Did you catch that? Our heart of stone (unresponsive to God) is replaced with a heart of flesh (responds to God). That enables us to walk God's commands and His way. We also get a NEW spirit in addition to the Holy Spirit.

New spirit/new heart = new nature that can now choose to follow God's way and not our own, i.e., counter to His ways (called sin).

The old nature guarantees that we WILL sin. You are compelled to do so. The new nature gives us the ability to NOT sin, to resist that compulsion, although we still have the freedom to disobey if we want to.

But the counter-argument is usually, "But I still sin. I must have a sin nature that drives that." Wrong. You sin because you are lured and enticed by your own desires (James 1:14) and you give in to your desire even though you have the freedom and power to master it.

Unsaved = no new birth (not transformed by God) = Sin nature.

Saved = The New Covenant = New Birth (transformed by God) = New Nature infused with God's life.

As the article below says beautifully, "God uses your birth, not your behavior, to define who you are." You are not a sinner. You are a saved person who sometimes sins. BIG difference!

2) The sad part is Christians too often use their behavior to define who they are. Therefore, by believing the lie that they have a sin nature, every sin is a defeat. By doing so, they're placing their behavior above God's truth. They live defeated, "Woe is me. I can't stop sinning. I'm miserable and constantly defeated. There's no way out of this."

Yes, there is. New nature = power to walk God's way AND SIN LESS AND LESS. That's the truth of being made into Jesus' likeness (Sanctification).

What a great tactic by Satan to convince born-again children of God that they're not really part of God's family every time they disobey. No, I'm not diminishing the severity of sin. I'm addressing the defeatist attitude that undercuts God's truth and weakens the Body of Christ.

Remember, "God uses your birth, not your behavior, to define who you are."

Live the truth. Be free to live free!

03/06/2024

There are Christians who say God is done with Israel and the Jewish people and He has no active plan for them. If that were so, there would be no anti-Israelism or antisemitism. No one would care.

But there is, proving God's plan is moving ahead.

There will be a Jewish King Messiah on David's throne in Jerusalem in Israel.

Be very careful, Christian, about which side you're on.

03/06/2024

Let's just be brutally honest here.

1) Ishmael hates Isaac and wants the covenant birthright and blessing.
2) Esau hates Jacob and wants the covenant birthright and blessing
3) Satan hates God and wants to derail God's plan and his inevitable destruction through the Son who has the birthright and the blessing.

The one goal is to destroy God's covenant people.

28/05/2024

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides." - David Hare, English Playwright

Easy and tough times come to us all. Contrary to popular thinking, times of prosperity are just as difficult, if not more so, than tough times when it comes to maintaining our relationship with the Lord. We need Him to help us at ALL times.

Regardless of whichever tide we face, we must learn to float with the Lord's truth.

Learn more about God's truth at www.highbeamministry.com. "Shining the Light of God's Truth on the Road Ahead!"

26/05/2024

Someday the whole world will declare what the Gentile Aramean commander, Naaman, declared:

"I know there’s no God in the whole world except in Israel." (2 Kings 5:15)

13/05/2024

Today, May 13, is Israel's Yom HaZikkaron, The Day of Remembrance (Memorial Day).

Tomorrow, May 14, is Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day.

The people of Israel live!

11/05/2024

I have friends who think God is done with Israel and the Jewish people. Au Contraire, Pierre!

Check this out...

(The article also helps explain why there's so much antisemitism erupting right now.)

https://www.highbeamministry.com/post/are-jews-and-israel-still-central-to-god-s-plan-absolutely

06/05/2024

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) - May 6, 2024.

You say, "Never again"? Well, now is the time to speak up.

Use social media and your voice to stand against the outrageous antisemitism happening right now. Don't stay silent!

04/05/2024

This is great!

02/05/2024

I agree with the scholarly author, Joel Richardson (Mideast Beast, Islamic Antichrist, et al), that the final beast kingdom/empire will not be a revived Roman empire. It will be a revival of fundamental Islam that existed from A.D. 610 until the fall of the Ottoman version of it in 1922.

ISIS tried to revive it in 2013, but they were subdued in 2019. Since that time, there have been attempts to kickstart the Caliphate.

I've often wondered how so many people including Christians will openly and willingly pledge allegiance to Islam in the End of Days just before Jesus returns.

You're witnessing on college campuses right now. This is the delusion God will send on those who refuse Him.

This goes way beyond a simple and peaceful practice of the Islamic faith. It is the militant spirit that demands total submission and capitulation to itself.

At its worst, it opposes God's people, the Jews, in the most vicious and vitriolic ways, which clearly reveals its nature and goal.

Jewish genocide.

Stand with the Jewish people and their nation!

30/04/2024

29/04/2024

Are you reading through the Bible in a year? Here's my Bible reading schedule and commentary for May (Chronicles 25 - Psalm 16). Grab a copy, follow along, and let me know what your think.

Cruisin’ Through the Bible, Bible Exploration: May Roadmaps

29/04/2024

Here's some fun reading from last week's High Beam Ministry blog.

"When The Water Main Breaks!"

“Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.” (Proverbs 4:23) “The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” (John 7:38) Yesterday, our household noticed that the water pressure had dropped to a trickle...

23/04/2024

Shameful. Disgusting. Evil.

19/04/2024

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19/04/2024

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10/04/2024

This is so crucial, that I have to post it despite the effort. Please read it and have it in mind during the Tucker Carlson/Palestinian pastor interview. Tucker got it wrong IMHO.

https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1777875038903087440
See the comments below for Joel's correction.

01/04/2024

Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female."

It's the height of arrogance for a human to think they can undo what God has done.

Transgenderism is simply extreme cross-dressing coupled with a delusionary, broken mind and spirit.

The Good News is God can fix a broken mind and spirit.

28/03/2024

I keep coming back to this word from the Lord that I received ca. 2017. In essence, I was impressed by the Spirit that there was a vast amount of wealth under the hills of northern Minnesota. However, it was very deep and inaccessible because of the amount of granite over the treasure trove.

What I heard the Lord say was, "If the state of Minnesota honors the treaties they struck with the Native Americans and return the land that was unjustly taken from them as an act of making things right, I will cause an earthquake (or some earth-shaking means) that will make that treasure accessible."

The Lord intends for the treasure to be used to help the U.S. in a time of deep economic trouble. He also offered a warning. When said treasure is revealed, the Minnesota government MUST NOT use it for their own selfish purposes.

I checked this revelation of vast amounts of wealth under northern Minnesota with a Dept. of Natural Resources person and he confirmed it! He also said it was inaccessible for the precise reason I was given.

A month ago, at the end of February 2024, the news announced that a massive source of helium had been discovered underground in northern Minnesota! (See link below)

Today (3/28/24), this link came across my news feed and I almost fell off my desk chair in amazement:

"Democrats introduce multiple bills to transfer ownership of state land to tribes." This is a bill that would transfer the White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. https://alphanews.org/democrats-introduce-multiple-bills-to-transfer-ownership-of-state-land-to-tribes/

I understand that this is a very controversial bill, affecting Native Americans and public lands. People are already fighting over it. However, even though I oppose the Democratic party in my former home state, the fact that God revealed it makes me think that He has a profound plan in all of this.

What scares me is this: If the whole land return/helium discovery thing has proven this word true, then the United States is about to face a terrible economic period that will only be eased by God's help. Further, if true, then it shows God's grace in that He stored that wealth for this nation since the world's creation for such a time as this.

Despite the moral bankruptcy of Minnesota's DFL party, God seems to be offering mercy and grace IF the powers that be follow His will.

Time will tell.

Please comment below with your feedback.

One DFL senator has told GOP colleagues he's a "no" vote on a bill that would transfer the White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Band.

22/03/2024

Keep your eyes on Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount.

As of now, four of the heifers remain blemish-free and, according to Temple Institute rabbis, they hope to carry out the ceremony before Passover 2024.

06/03/2024

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." G. K. Chesterton

Looking for solid biblical teaching to help you strive for the Christian ideal? Check out www.highbeamministry.com.

Then live what Jesus taught.