Men of Renown
Part xxix
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To Make War
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The Last Great Mystery Continues
in the Second Woman
in the book of the Revelation
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Genesis 6:5)
This series called Men of Renown will begin with these verses in Chapter 6 of the book of Genesis because it is the perfect scene setter for whatever and whoever follows that enables men of renown to act in conflict against God and His Word. Genesis 6 verses 4 and 5 are an accurate definition of men of renown.
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To Make War
  This is the last verse in Chapter 12 of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ and although it ends with the dragon (Satan) making war with a remnant of the seed of Israel it is also states very specifically that the remnant is those who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Here in verse 17 we have those who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, this also includes ALL (Gentile and Jew) who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. (Revelation 11:7) Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:12) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)
  Although Satan’s WAR has always been against the people of God, specifically Israel from its very conception, his hatred also touches every person who keeps the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. This deranged angel of darkness and death considers all those outside of God’s Christ merely collateral damage. No one is unaffected by war. It is only madmen who speak of limited and controllable war. Satan finds his enjoyment and entertainment in war. WHY WAR? IF you have been following this series, especially the 12th Chapter of the book of Revelation, then you are aware of the reason and cause of the birth of war in God’s spiritual realm: heaven. It all began with Lucifer’s great obsession not to be as God, but to be God and because there is ONLY ONE GOD and Creator, the created angel (Lucifer) was out of ‘luck’ and out of his league. The only thing that Lucifer/Satan can create is chaos, havoc, confusion and war. Therefore, this dark angel of chaos, formerly known as Lucifer (son of the morning – Isaiah 14:12) specializes in making war.
  The first WAR in the spiritual realm of God was planned, instigated and actuated by Lucifer. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. (Revelation 12:7) The WAR continued on earth when Satan caused Adam to sin; thus, forming a seemingly successfully alliance with mankind against God. Are you aware that mankind is NOT a pawn in this spiritual WAR, but man is a willing and active combatant?
  Everything that is SEEN first begins in the UNSEEN realm. Let me say this in another way: first, the spiritual and then the tangible . . . this is the proper order of ALL things. The principle is that all things are first revealed spiritually then it is manifested in the tangible realm.
Side Note: One example of this principle is found in the book of Joshua in the first battle that Israel fought after the nation entered into the land of their promise. Jericho was the place of their first battle and spiritually it represented the first battle in the heavens. The meaning of Jericho is ‘a place of fragrance,’ or ‘fragrant,’ Not that Jericho was holy or righteous, but it is called ‘fragrant’ of ‘a place of fragrance’ because man is under the delusion that this world is not in a state of ruin, and it stinks with evil. Jericho was probably named by inhabitants who only saw the tangible plains as being lush and fragrant, and through man’s instinct to extinguish all that is fragrant Jericho became an accursed place. Consequently, the principle that the spiritual world always precedes the natural world is emphasized by how the battle was first approached. Note the number seven, the number of God’s perfection, the spiritual realm is stamped with His number. The very first people to lead this military campaign were priests, seven priests to be exact, with seven trumpets. And after parading around Jericho for six days, on the seventh day, they circled Jericho seven times. I’d definitely say that the message to Jericho was a spiritual one, wouldn’t you say? The message I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (Isaiah 42:8)
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. (Joshua 6:4)
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. (Joshua 6:15) And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. (Joshua 6:16)
  So, the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (Joshua 6:20) ♦ End of Side Note. Example of Principle.
  Man believes that ALL first begins in his realm, and that his realm of the natural, the SEEN, is all that there is in this universe. It is only when the Holy Spirit of God (through revelation) opens the newborn child of God IN Christ to the world of the UNSEEN can they then understand that man was first formed as a physical tangible being able to communicate freely with the UNSEEN spiritual realm.
  This was a tremendous creation when God formed Adam from dust and then MADE man in the image of God who then naturally walked, spoke, and saw his supernatural Creator God. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7) Ever consider why ‘the theory of evolution’ is so important in the scheme of things? In order to draw man into the false premise that because man began as a beast, he then has beast roots, and is a beast and will always be a beast is the deliberate lie to keep man away from the truth and the awareness of man being made in the image of God. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27) Nevertheless, man loves lies. As a magnet, ‘the theory of evolution’ has drawn man to believe that he is a product of beasthood, thus as a beast he will live and as a beast he will follow the Antichrist, the Beast.
Side Note: Beast. Guess which chapter in the Bible has the word beast more times than any other chapter? Chapter thirteen (13) in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ has the word beast in ten (10) verses for the word beast is also mentioned more than once in a few verses. In fact, the last documentation of beast is in Chapter 13, verse 18. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six. ♦ End of Side Note: Beast.
  From the image of God to the character of a beast has definitely been a short time span for mankind to drop so far downward NOT upward; from glory to grief, from fame to shame, from dignity to dishonor, from Federal Head of the earth to a slave of a beast . . . Adam’s end has come. This is what Satan’s WAR accomplished. This is what mankind desires to follow, a Beast of chaos, havoc, confusion and WAR. The tragic effects of the FIRST WAR in the spiritual realm of God upon the universe cannot be measured by man. Throughout history man is SEEN IN physical WARS surrounded by an invisible and an UNSEEN spiritual WAR, and unable to comprehend these two prong battlefields called WAR.
  There are many battles in war: consider the battles lost and the battles won; the battle for the mind, the battle for the conscience and the battle for the soul. And most people are oblivious that they are the walking wounded. If you would like to actually see the results of the WAR that we are engaged in then I suggest you go to YouTube and type in ‘streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Avenue’. Be prepared to be deeply affected by this open tragedy of the walking wounded. Satan is an expert in destroying life: life in the womb, life after the womb, and life before the tomb. It is only the gospel of Christ that reveals the enemy, it is only the gospel of Christ that sets the mind free, it is only the gospel of Christ that renews the soul, and it is only the gospel of Christ that gives man life eternal.
  The governments of spiritual wickedness in high places influences the wickedness in earthly places to make war. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. (Ephesians 6:12) Satan’s WAR has left millions dead and wounded since time and space began, and only the word of God allows anyone to see and to understand spiritual wickedness in high [places]. The unsaved can only see their own situation. They can only see their own personal battle. They cannot see nor understand that principalities, powers, and rulers of a dark world have been very active in affecting all of their decisions, and how evil has touched their lives to turn them away from God and His truth. They are unable to understand that evil has come into their presence through false friendships and through family betrayal: the battle of environment and heredity to keep them away from God and His truth. And there are those who have been part of other forms of battle: the battle of economics, the battle of tradition and religion. There is no end to the battles that many have faced and have yet to face. There are silent battles: loneliness, rejection, separation, doubt, and resentment. There are battles of distraction: political and government corruption, the world of fantasy and feigned fun, anything and everything that draws attention away from God and His Christ.
  Mankind (Adam) was born in a WAR. Mankind has always lived in WARS. He has been formed by WAR and is controlled by WAR. To recognize the enemy is the first victory. To acquire tools for the battle is another victory. (Ephesians Chapter 6) To become skillful in the use of battle tools is yet another victory. The greatest victory is to know the Victor and to follow Him wherever He goes in His battle against evil. But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1st Corinthians 15:57) For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. (1st John 5:4) And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. (Revelation 15:2)
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The Age and War of the New God
  When Adolph Hitler fought a two-front battle between Russia and the Western allies, he also fought many battles internally: against ALL Jews, ALL Christians, and against any who opposed him. The Jews were an easy mark; however, Christians could only be identified in their acts of opposition against this evil Third Reich. During the resurgence of the Third Reich (the Fourth Reich) all those who oppose the kingdom of the Beast will ALL be easy targets. Why will all the people of the earth be easy targets for the Beast? Now, this is a simple question to answer. Practically everyone on this planet TODAY is an easy target to key on. Why? Because there is a new god in town! And no one wants to surrender or give up their new god. The book of Daniel provides many clues (through prophecy) to this new strange god that will appear on the scene thousands of years in the future since Daniel was used by God to scribe these words. And here we are today with this NEW GOD.
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (Daniel 11:36)
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. (Daniel 11:37)
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:Â and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. (Daniel 11:38)
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. (Daniel 11:39)
  At the end of the kingdom ruled by man, there will be a kingdom of darkness ruled by the Beast, the man of sin, the 6 – 6 – 6, the Antichrist. We, that means, YOU and I live in this time period TODAY of transition from a kingdom that we are most familiar with (ruled by man) to a kingdom of darkness ruled by ONE MAN, the Beast. Ask anyone today, Who is really ruling your nation? And most likely, no one will be able to tell you, and even those who are members of the exclusive ruling class may not even know, they only know what they are told to know. For those who may disagree, you are either in denial or approve of what is happening in your nation.
  Chapter 11 of Daniel describes this Antichrist, the Beast, the last tyrant ruler over man. And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (Daniel 11:36) The Beast will be successful in all actions UP UNTIL his hatred and fury is accomplished, and UP UNTIL he has achieved his heart’s desire: to be as god. But the Spirit of God expressly states for that that is determined shall be done. In accomplishing their desires, the Beast and Satan have actually FULFILLED ALL OF GOD’S PURPOSES. Now tell me that this is not the sovereignty of God in action.Â
  Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. (Daniel 11:37) The Beast will be a homosexual; he will also most probably be a Jew because in the phrase the God of his fathers leads us to this conclusion. This phrase the God of his fathers is documented three times only in the Old Testament. The first mention is in 2nd Kings 21:22 and connects king Amon son of king Manasseh And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. The following references are just a few specifically selected to show the evil within this father and son combination of wickedness.
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: (2nd Kings 21:11)
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. (2nd Kings 21:20)
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did in Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 15:4)
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. (2nd Chronicles 33:23)
  God the Holy Spirit specifically selected these two kings, father and son as the first reference of the God of his fathers in the connection to the last tyrant king, the Beast, over the nation of Israel to show us that this Beast will be from the line of Judah. Evil passed down from father to son, the God of his fathers, not Jehovah but a god of their own making.
  However, in 2nd Chronicles we have the second reference of the God of his fathers, but this time it is a reference to a godly king of Judah, Hezekiah, [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary. Sad indeed, that this good king (Hezekiah) fathered one of the wickedest king that Israel has ever known (Manasseh). Although the second documentation of the God of his fathers turns us to a good king, nevertheless, what came after Hezekiah in the extra fifteen years that God had granted to him was a disaster and tragedy for the nation of Judah for during those fifteen years Manasseh was born. The spiritual lesson in this is: be careful of what you pray for. Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. (Isaiah 38:5) Judah went into captivity by the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, because of the sins of Manasseh which God would not forgive nor pardon. (Read 2nd Kings Chapter 24, verses 1 thru 4.)
  And the last reference of the God of his fathers is in Daniel 11:37. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. (Daniel 11:38) The Beast will be a person with warlike skills, a miliary mind strengthened by his cold psychotic nature. He will be an advocate for a god whom his fathers knew not and he will pour immeasurable wealth into this god whom his fathers knew not.
  Verse 39 of Chapter 11 adds more to our understanding of not only the Beast, but also of about this strange new god. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. This new strange god will exist in the most strong holds. AI is the master of all of our strong holds today: economy, industrial, governments, and all transportation. Nothing moves and nothing acts outside of the control of AI. All the military control centers of operations will be the established nuclei of the kingdom of the beast. And this new strange god will add to the Beast’s renown and fame and achievements.
  This new strange god that NEVER existed before this time frame is none other than AI, Artificial Intelligence, man’s prized triumph, and Satan’s greatest achievement. Now mankind, who was first made in the image of God, has not only become a slave to a Beast, but man is now ruled over by a soulless nonentity. Do you see how the circle closed? Man has truly devolved from the image of God to beasthood, and from a world of reality and truth to be mastered by an elusive illusion. This is AI. And AI is practically glued to every hand. Children learn from AI, and the young cannot live a moment without AI. Nations and peoples are ALL TODAY under the control of AI, and they love to have it so. Yes, AI is the new god on the block. Yes, AI is the strange god in the world, unlike any previous god ever to come before. AI is worshiped by all, and even as I type these words, I am aware that AI allows these words to flow out into the air where the prince of the power of the air controls the power of the air. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (Ephesians 2:2) Have you ever considered the power of the air? What can be accomplished through the power of the air? The prince of the power of the air, what man breathes, and the unseen elements that is within the power of the air is all under Satan’s earthly domain. The battlefield broadens a bit, don’t you think, when you consider that Satan is the prince of the power of the air. As in most wars, there is a conclusion. Although some wars have never ended, they have only changed locations, and this change of location turns us from the war in heaven to the war on earth.
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The New god Called AI
  Now that we have been introduced to a new strange god called AI, let’s follow the breadcrumbs that the Spirit of God has placed in His word to draw us to this transition time from the birth of AI to its emergence as a god worshiped by children, the young, families, industry, education, banking, and especially by governments behind governments. AI is not merely glued to every hand, but every hand clutches tightly around this device of instant information as if their very life depended on the god that they are holding. AI lives in every home and AI directs every form of communication. Artificial Intelligence has become a god, not a small god, but the most powerful man-made god that this world has ever known! No one can deny this! It is not made of wood or stone, but AI’s power is aided by gold and energy. Before we look at scripture to learn more about AI let’s first examine what Artificial Intelligence really is. Artificial Intelligence is “the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior,” that is the formal definition of AI. However, the word artificial means ‘unnatural, fake, false, phony and unreal.’ And the word intelligence speaks of man’s ability to reason. (Remember that in the article xxvii-Satan’s Palace, we learned that the word intelligence is documented only once in Scripture, and why it was first mentioned.)
  There are individuals, at this very moment, who are planning to place AI on another level not merely equal to mankind, but above mankind. Now, what I write may appear to many as unbelievable and unacceptable but allow me to open a door of escape to you. Whatever I write, if you have trouble with its taste, then don’t swallow it, however, I ask that you chew on it for a bit before you spit it out. Here we go . . . the plan to raise AI into another level of human acceptance is to place AI as being beyond human, thus, removing the thought of being ‘artificial.’ How will this be accomplished? By giving AI rights. Be aware of what is on the drawing board in legislatures of other countries, for these sinister laws will find its way into the pages of your own laws. How wickedly clever it is to give AI rights, the rights to make decisions outside of the purview of man, the rights to act, the rights to form judgments, and the rights to decide life and death issues. Whatever ‘rights’ that you believe that you have will be given to a soulless nonentity to act beyond your rights. This is where we are heading with this new strange god on the block. And yet, AI, as mankind, has a controller. At this time, there are many controllers over AI, however, there are also conflicts between the controllers to gain the advantage of total control. (Pay attention to who directs the WEF. Pay attention to who speaks for the WEF. Pay attention to what the WEF’s agenda is all about. The World Economic Forum is not a national organization, it is a not an elected agency, it is not an open marketplace for discussions of contemporary issues for only certain significant individuals are formally invited. It has been especially constructed to assume control over every nation, therefore, transforming nations into smaller states within a larger construct, a one world government headed by a group of ten little gods. Revelation Chapter 17, verses 12 and 13 informs us of this group of ten. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (Revelation 17:12) These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (Revelation 17:13) This group of ten (ten horns) can be considered a mini–United Nations, but it is not nations that unite, it is ten individuals with more power and more wealth than any nation on earth has ever possessed. Ten individuals who have complete control over the economies of the world, and over all the news agencies of the world, and over all the transportation of the world, and over all the industries of the world will be (if not now) the ten horns of power and strength to take over a one world (global) government. Right now, there are five individuals who control the media, so it is no big jump to understand how the world is NOW at the precipice of ten horns ruling the world. You can access their website, and you can also research the things that the WEF have just recently removed from their website. Also allow me to add just a small bit of information about the ten horns, I am NOT saying that this person is one of the ten horns. What I wish to convey is that there are individuals who think of themselves as being of greater significance above all others. The self-proclaimed USA climate envoy John Kerry said at a panel discussion held by the WEF globalists in Davos in January 2023 that he was of the “select group of human beings.” “It’s pretty extraordinary, that we a select group of human beings because of whatever touched us at some point in our lives, are able to sit in a room and come together and actually talk about saving the planet. And it’s so almost extraterrestrial to think about quote saving the planet.” The ten horns will not only consider themselves to be of ‘a select group of human beings,’ but also ‘almost extraterrestrial,‘ you know, almost like being gods. Are these madmen or not?
Side Note: The date as I write this is January 12th, 2023, and just last week the skies of Florida became empty of airplanes, and just yesterday, the skies over the United States also became silent as airplanes were grounded. The silence is deafening. What or who told AI to control the highways in the sky? The propaganda media does their job to redirect the people’s attention to the squirrel, and the self-proclaimed administration proclaims that a state of racism could be the cause, or maybe it also could be the weather was at fault. The masses accept that this confusion was caused by an accidental damaged database file . . . so therefore AI can be damaged, AI can experience a technical failure ALL by itself and from within itself alone. I know a little about damaged database files as I am very good at damaging my own database files. Even old systems of AI have backups, and back door escape routes. AI does not write its own database files YET, and AI does not code itself YET. Failures may come from the hands of men, and from negligence in keeping systems prime and current, but this is all suspect especially when there are trial runs first. ALL systems of AI are hackable because AI is not an entity of true intelligence. Very similar to the trial run of the plandemic. ♦ End of Side Note
  AI totally controls all transportation, and all communication, and all economic activity . . . the people of this world are being held hostage to AI and they know it not. They do not see the conflict and the WAR of the battle for the control over AI for the individual who controls AI controls the world. This is also seen in the truth that the hands who count the ballots control the ballots.
  From many controllers (many horns of power) there will emerge one controller with the power of total rule. The seventeenth Chapter of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in verses 12 and 13 informs us of ten powerful men (horns) who are not kings, but they have tremendous wealth and power equal to and beyond the authority of kings, and they will all agree politically, and they will give their power and strength unto the beast. This is the one world united confederacy formed against its own citizens, and united together through their wealth, their perversions, and their sick lust for power that they GIVE their power and wealth to the Beast. (Consider those who belong to the WEF, and those who drive and run WEF.) And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (Revelation 17:12) These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (Revelation 17:13) In this one act of turning all of their wealth and power over to one individual, they reveal themselves to also be tremendously stupid, for what will then stop the Beast from attacking them? Evil is as a fire, it burns everything before it, thus evil devours evil, evil eats its own. Have you ever known of a politician who honored their word? Politicians change their minds faster than a quick-change artist changes clothes. Welcome to the new Twilight Zone called . . . . the dark domain of AI . . .
  It has taken a bit to get here, but here we are . . . the breadcrumbs placed in the Old Testament by the Spirit of God to teach us about AI thousands and thousands of years before AI became a glitter in the eyes of Satan and before the first computer came into existence. (The basis for the first binary code itself as a two number code has been traced as far back as the 9th century in China, and then later developed in 1689.) However, even before this the Spirit of God laid down the spiritual characteristics of AI, thus, preparing those who read His word to understand what the last battle of mankind would entail. Yup, I kid you not. AI is in the Old Testament. Ai is about a people, a city, a territory who exhibited the very same characteristics as an AI yet to come into existence millenniums later. Since God is all knowing, and all powerful, would He not know that an entity called AI would exist and be used as a form of intelligence to act against His people Israel, and in opposition to all people of faith at the end of the age of the reign of man? Would God not write about this in His word? Of course, He did. Before we begin with Ai in the Old Testament, find your aspirin bottle.
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The Battle of Ai
  In our current time frame AI means ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ however Ai in scripture means, ‘a state, a condition of existence in ruin, in desolation, a heap of ruin, an abundance of desolation.’ This is where AI will lead us into. Yes, Ai was a place in the land of promise, and AI has been sold to us as a place of promise and great hope. Where is Ai mentioned? Of course, Ai is mentioned in the book of Joshua, the book of warfare, the book of struggle, and the book of battles. Ai is recorded in thirty verses, but for a total of thirty-three (33) times in Joshua, and for a total of thirty-six (36) times in the entire Old Testament. Do you remember how The Law of First Mention lays down the beginning of a word, thought or concept? Always begin with the first mention and then that first mention develops the premise within the first mention, and then go to the last mention to understand what God has revealed. We are going to learn why the first Ai typifies AI at the end of the world as we know it.
• First mention of Ai: And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. (Joshua 7:2) Since names have meanings, let’s place the meanings into this verse: And Joshua (Jehovah saves, and Joshua transcribes into the name of Jesus) sent men from Jericho (the place of fragrance) to Ai (ruin, and ruins, and an abundance of desolation), which [is] beside Bethaven, (the house of vanity and the house of idolatry) on the east side of Bethel (the house of God), and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. Do you see the spiritual lesson and message? The Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior, was sent from the place of fragrance, from the presence of His Father in the heavenlies to a place of ruin and a place of desolation, the world of sin and death living in vanity and idolatry. God (through the book of Joshua, Chapter 7, verse 2) informs us to look and to really see what the country of Ai is all about, that Ai represents the world in its lost state of ruin and desolation. We are told to take a closer look at Ai. But these words Go up also informs that the only way that the ruined and desolate condition of the world can be truly seen is only from above the world, the true condition of the world cannot be fully realized while still living in the world of ruin and desolation. There is yet much more to be explored in this 2nd verse of the 7th Chapter of the book of Joshua. Through the number two (2) we have the thought of witness, and in the number seven, (7) we also have the thought of God’s complete perfection. Therefore, God leads us to understand the true character and nature of Ai as a witness of their ruined state because of His complete perfection. What a way to open the curtain into the study of Ai. Isn’t the Holy Spirit of God marvelous? Now we are going to skip over many of the mentions of Ai and look at the last mention of Ai in scripture.
• Last mention of Ai: Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. The first mention is in the book of warfare and battle, the last mention is in Jeremiah, Chapter 49, verse 3, the book of warning to the nations of the world. What began as a war and battle by the nations who came against Joshua and Israel would be finished in a war and a final battle by God Himself. Verses 5, 9, of Chapter 1 of the book of Jeremiah informs that Jeremiah was ordained a prophet by God to the nations, and verse 10 reveals the mission of Jeremiah. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5)
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. (Jeremiah 1:9) See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jeremiah 1:10)
  Remember that we are looking into the nature of the city and territory of Ai of the Old Testament and how it connects to AI in the last days of man’s reign in the last tyrant of the earth called the Beast of the New Testament. Every thought, theme and concept is spiritually connected and finds is end and its beginning (new world, new creation, new heaven and new earth) in the last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
  Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. (Jeremiah 49:3) As in the first mention let us place the meanings of the names into the verse to get a better understanding of what the Holy Spirit of God desires us to see. Howl, O Heshbon, (Heshbon means device, and to reason with intelligence) for Ai (ruin, and ruins, and an abundance of desolation) is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah (great populous and plenteous), gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. (Jeremiah 49:3) This is the last mention in the Old Testament of Ai, and it is linked in judgment to a device with the means to reason with intelligence to ruin and cause a great desolation in the world with an abundance of prosperity and wealth by an immense number of people. And in the judgment of God against this world of Heshbon, Ai, and Rabbah they will be covered in skins of mourning. They will run to and fro seeking a means to escape from God’s judgment and will not be able to find the door to liberty to escape because they have rejected God’s Door to liberty. To the world, the Lord Jesus said, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9) And to the last church on earth, the Lord Jesus said in Revelation 3:20, Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. (Jeremiah 49:3) Their king (the Beast led by Satan) will go into captivity, his priests (the false priest) and his princes (those who serve him) will all be together in their captivity . . . for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. (And before we go on to see the proof of this in the New Testament, we must also add here the location of this message by the Holy Spirit of God is in His book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah means ‘God will cast forth,’ Jah will extol,’ He will exalt,’ and through the specific 49th Chapter of Jeremiah we have two digits, the first digit 4 is the Earth number and 9 is the number of judgment. (I don’t make this stuff up, it’s clear and it is exact . . . in this number we have God’s judgment on the earth. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together. (Jeremiah 49:3) And to complete the beauty of words and numbers patterned to teach of God’s beauty we have the number 3, the Godhead acting in judgment in perfect harmony. We know how the city of Ai came to its end in the Old Testament through Joshua 8:28. And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
  Yet there is much more in Jeremiah 49:3. Heshbon (device, and to reason with intelligence) has an interesting connection in the Old Testament to the Amorites (Numbers 21:25) and to Sihon the king of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 1:4) and to their alliance with Og king of Bashan. (I will leave it up to you to follow the links.) The only time that the word madmen is documented in scripture is in Jeremiah 48:2 as it relates to Heshbon. The city of device and intelligence (Heshbon) fought against Moab and were victorious in that battle and Moab was cut off from being a nation. However, in this same verse, Heshbon was prophesied to also be destroyed as they had destroyed Moab, and God the Holy Spirit (through the pen of Jeremiah) described the men of Heshbon as MADMEN. [There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. (Jeremiah 48:2) The city of intelligent device was a city of madmen. Ai was a sister city of Heshbon in the land of the Amorites (the Sayer, the voice of publicity, the proclaimer of news) was a land of madmen. And Ai was joined together nationally and physically with madmen. As Ai was in a land of madmen, so also, we who are in the land of AI are in a land of madmen.
 As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death. (Proverbs 26:18) This certainly describes not only men, but the first mad entity in the spiritual realm named Lucifer. His rage against God and Melchisedec, the High Priest of God the Son of God, led to his incurable madness.
  A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols. (Jeremiah 50:38) You cannot deny that this world is not a land of graven images because even AI is a graven image held in almost every hand, nor can it be denied that AI has made men mad about AI. People have been injured and killed over their cell phone (AI). Is this not madness? Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. (Jeremiah 51:7)　This verse is not only prophesy stated, but it is prophecy fulfilled. We are currently in a period of time written about thousands of years ago when nations become self-inflicted with madness. Population control (murder) is madness. Filling minds with the substitution of the normalcy of weather patterns into the falseness of climate change is madness. Declaring every word and every act racist is madness. Madness surrounds us. Madness divides us. Madness control us . . . therefore the nations are mad.
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The Battle between Ai and Joshua
—- The WAR between the State of Ruin and the Savior Jesus —-
—- The Conflict of Ruined Man Against His Creator God —-
  Let us examine Chapter 8 of the book of Joshua through a prism scope using the lense of history, the lense of symbolism, and the lense of prophecy. The battle of Ai was much more than a physical battle. It also represents the spiritual battle over the devastated earth during the first WAR in the supernatural realm that effected the physical universe, and the planet called Earth. Ai represents Satan, the world in a state of ruin and the magnitude of devastation caused by the evil of vanity and idolatry, and this takes us back to the beginning of God’s creation in Genesis Chapter 1. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2)
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. (Jeremiah 4:23)
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. (Psalm 104:30)
  Sometimes the lenses of prophecy and symbolism intersect, and this is very evident in Joshua Chapter 8. There are many symbolic points in Joshua Chapter 8, therefore, let us select just a few.Â
• First, there is the spear. The first time that the word spear is recorded is in Joshua 8:18, and the second mention of spear is found in the 26th verse of the same Chapter. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city. (Joshua 8:18) For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. (Joshua 8:26) The Law of First Mention is a great tool given to us by the Holy Spirit of God. It is Joshua (Savior/Jesus) who has the spear of judgment in his hand and his hand is toward Ai (ruin) and the city of Ai (ruin). Joshua never once drew his hand back from judgment. Remember, however a subject first begins will be developed right up to the last mention. As we follow the word spear we will discover that the word spear is mentioned forty-five (45) times in the Old Testament, and within this, seven (7) times it directly connects to Goliath and his brothers, and six (6) times it directly connects to a giant from the root of Egypt (2nd Samuel 23:21; 1st Chronicles 11:23). The last mention of spear is found in Habakkuk 3:11, The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. Then in Habakkuk Chapter 3, verse 13, we see that the hand that held the spear held the spear of salvation. He who is called the anointed of God (the Messiah). Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. The word spear is first recorded in connection to Joshua (Jesus) holding the spear of judgment and salvation in his hand, and the last mention of spear is clearly connected to the Lord Jesus Christ as the anointed and the one who wounds the head out of the house of the wicked, (Satan). (Follow this link to the HEAD of Satan, and the head of Goliath.) Isn’t the word of God unbelievable in how the Holy Spirit of God draws connections together through words, phrases, numbers, symbolism, history, and prophecy, thus, revealing His total majesty and mastery over the realm of man and over His SUPERNATURAL WORLD. This is our GOD. Ai and AI cannot begin to compete with our GOD.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying], (Psalm 2:2)
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Psalm 45:7)
The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Â (Isaiah 61:1)
The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18)
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. (Acts 10:38)
  The last mention of spear in the Bible is the only time that the word spear is mentioned in the New Testament in John 19:34, But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
 The word spear of symbolism through the lense of the supernatural describes a Savior, Jesus. For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. This Savior, Jesus Christ, burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. As the spear pierced the Savior’s side out flowed the blood of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28) And the cleansing water from the Holy Ghost poured out to mankind the Spirit of the Godhead. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5) This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. (1st John 5:6) And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (1st John 5:8)
 The one who held the spear of salvation in Joshua Chapter 8 was the one who had the spear of salvation thrust into His body at His death. It was man who thrust that spear because it was man’s sin that kept the Savior on the cross of salvation. Salvation has always been in the hand of the Savior, and redemption has always been the plan to renew and to remove the sinful soul of man from the spiritual state of ruin and desolation. Therefore, the spear in the hand of Joshua was the spear of judgment and salvation, and the spear in the side of the Lord Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of judgment and salvation.Â
• The tree: view Ai where the king (the nameless king) is hanged on a tree. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. (Joshua 8:29) We understand that it was the Lord Jesus Christ who hung on a tree, the cross of Calvary, but there was something else that was nailed to that tree. Sin and death was nailed to that tree, everything that sinful man (Adam) is was nailed to that tree, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; (Colossians 2:14) The king of Ai, the nameless king of ruin and desolation was nailed to that tree, the tree at Ai, and the tree of Calvary symbolically.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;Â (Ephesians 2:14) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; (Ephesians 2:15) And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: (Ephesians 2:16) And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (Ephesians 2:17)
 The battle of Ai and its destruction was prophecy in action. Joshua destroyed Ai, he slew the nameless king, and he hung him on a tree, then Joshua (Savior/Jesus) cast the body of this nameless king at the entrance of the gate of the city.
• Entrance to the gate of the city:And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. (Joshua 8:29) This is the prophecy of the end of Satan. Notice that the devil is first CAST into the lake of fire before anyone enters into the holy city in the new Jerusalem in Chapter 21:2, And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. . . . And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:10)
• Bits and pieces of prophecy in Joshua 8:29 . . . stones, carcase, and cast. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day. (Joshua 8:29) One of the many beauties of scripture is the breadcrumbs, the bits and pieces of the bread of life that the Spirit of God places within the word of God to feed us. How are these bits and pieces seen? These little pieces of chewables can easily be picked up simply by reading a study verse over and over again and over again asking God the Holy Spirit to place a chewable in your mouth. Thus, verse 29 has a few of these digestible breadcrumbs just waiting to be chewed on . . . stones, carcase, and cast. You can continue further than my summary on stones, carcase and cast, but for the sake of your comfort we will just end these bits and pieces with a brief summary. Within Joshua Chapter 8, verse 29 there are words that directly connect to Lucifer/Satan’s end in Isaiah 14:19, But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. The king of Ai in Joshua 8:29 is symbolically, prophetically and historically none other than Satan himself. And the king of AI in the end of this age, as we know it, is none other than Satan himself.Â
• Joshua is a type of the Lord Jesus Christ in the book of Joshua Chapter 8, verses 9 and 13. Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. (Joshua 8:9) This is a prophetic picture of the Lord Jesus Christ living among His people during His manifestation on earth. Christ was born at night because the world was in a state of spiritual darkness. He died in darkness and for three hours the world was shrouded with the blackness of sin being judged by the One who hung between heaven and earth on the cross at Calvary. This was the ultimate sin that man could ever commit in slaying their own Creator. Notice also that the verse that we are studying is the NINTH verse in the 8th Chapter. The number nine is judgment . . . repetition is good.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. (Matthew 27:45)Â And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46)
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. (Mark 15:33)
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. (Luke 23:44)
  And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. (Joshua 8:13) The Lord Jesus Christ went into the valley of death on that night of great darkness. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, (Mark 15:42) Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. (Mark 15:43)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;Â (Job 10:21) A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. (Job 10:22)
 Ai was a land of ruin, a land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. Therefore, it is quite suitable for the Spirit of God to reveal that Joshua (Jesus/Savior) went that night into the midst of the valley in verse 13 of Chapter 8 of the book of Joshua.
• Great heap of stones . . . . another revelation through an historical view. This small phrase great heap of stones is documented three times in the Old Testament. What does the Spirit of God have for us to chew on? Through these three documentations we see the three things that we war against: the flesh (the spirit of man), the world, and the devil. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1st John 2:16) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (Ephesians 2:2)
1. And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. (Joshua 7:26) Achor (‘Trouble’ and/or ‘to trouble’) was the man who actually caused thousands to die in Ai. His sin was covetousness, which led to disobedience, which led to the death of his own people, and his own family, and those of Israel.
• Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. (Deuteronomy 7:26)
• And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. (Joshua 6:18) But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. (Joshua 6:19)
• Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. (Joshua 7:11) Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. (Joshua 7:12)
•And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: (Joshua 7:17)
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. (Joshua 7:18)
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. (Joshua 7:19)
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:Â (Joshua 7:20)
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.(Joshua 7:21)
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. (Joshua 7:22)
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. (Joshua 7:23)
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. (Joshua 7:24)
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. (Joshua 7:25)
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. (Joshua 7:26) The sin of covetousness . . . What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (Romans 7:7) Sin is not an isolated silent act committed without consequences.
  Within Joshua Chapters 7 and 8 there is an undercurrent of the total history of Israel played out in just a few names, and in one particular grievous sin, and through an annihilation of a specific society in totality. That particular grievous sin that led the to the deaths of thousands and thousands of people was caused by one single individual. Why would a whole nation be held responsible for the act of one man? It all began with Adam, one man, whose one sin caused the whole human race to become included in his judgment: death. Sin is not an isolated silent act committed without consequences. The sin of a father affects the lives of his children. The sin of the head of a tribe affects the whole tribe. The sin of a leader affects all followers, it matters not whether or not one agrees and accepts the sin or disagrees and speaks out against the sin committed because ALL are affected, and therefore, judgment falls not only on one but on all. Achor represents the things of this world that enticed him to disobey and sin.
2. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day. (Joshua 8:29) This nameless king of Ai is, of course, a type of Satan. The memorial was and is to remind all of mankind of God’s complete judgment against the first creature that coveted the priesthood of Melchisedec as He, the Lord Jesus Christ, fulfilled His role as the high priest of God. Lucifer/Satan through vanity and pride coveted what did not belong to him, and thus, he was CAST down into the earth.
3. And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. (2nd Samiel 18:17) The son of David rebelled against his father making himself king over the nation of Israel. Covetousness developed in a heart filled with vanity and pride. Absalom (‘Father of peace,’ and/or ‘peaceful’) was far from peaceful. His handsomeness and his position as a son of a king led to his rebellious actions against David the anointed king of God. Absalom represents the things of the flesh that enticed him to rebel against his father and to sin. Do you see the comparison of the acts of Lucifer/Satan in his rebellious act against his Creator in the heavenly realm that caused God to CAST Lucifer/Satan down into the place of ruin through the acts of Achor, Ai, and in Absalom? The judgment of Achor, Ai, and Absalom is a great heap of stones is a memorial of the consequences of the sin of the flesh, the world and the devil.Â
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The End of Ai and AI
  As Ai in the Old Testament came to its end, AI in the New Testament will also come to the same end. And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day. (Joshua 8:28) The beginning of judgment of Ai is accomplished in the final judgment of AI. Have we come to the end about the end? No, there is still much to learn about AI through Ai. The battle between Ai and Joshua is the same battle that we have today with AI. This new god has taken on a character of necessity, it has allowed the young to desire what is in it, believing all that they see and hear from this device of intelligence they accept everything as truth. It has opened an avenue to enable the young to be heard although they have nothing of importance to say. AI mesmerizes and captures hearts, minds and souls so that those who are captured by AI yearn to be closer still to AI, thus, the brain chip will be welcomed. Consider how many have resisted the truth of the Sovereignty of God because that would make men robots without ‘free will,’ and yet, they have no problem in accepting a man-made chip placed into their brains, thus, making them ‘robots’ without ‘free will,’ and subject to the will of man and not to the will of God. Where is the common sense of that type of senseless thinking.Â
  Stay with me because this will all come together (I hope) in the coming Battle of Armageddon against Israel and Christ for that the leaders against Christ and against Israel will come from within the nation of Israel itself. The premise being that the Beast will be of Jewish roots, and the false prophet will also be of Jewish heritage plotting a successful war against their own roots and heritage.
  Always return to the beginning. The WAR on earth was a continuation of the WAR that began in God’s heavenly realm by Lucifer. Therefore, ALL WAR was instigated by Lucifer. God would not and could not allow iniquity to exist in His presence, so also do you think that God would allow iniquity to exist in and on His planet Earth. I think not! This Earth is His Earth. This planet is His property and everything that is of the earth belongs to Him by Law of ownership and by reason of the Sovereignty of creation. If you do not agree then take your complaint and file it with the supreme of ALL SUPREME courts, the Court of God. Man likes to pretend that he has the right to exchange money for land, and governments pretends that they have the governmental rights to sell nations and to exchange nations for money and power. This is what the United States is very good at . . . the wheeling and dealing of nations between themselves. These same wheelers and dealers however refuse to acknowledge the rights of God to set boundaries of nations and to give land to those of His choosing. Genesis 15:19 – 21 is the covenant that God made with Abraham to set the borders of His nation, Israel.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15:18) The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (Genesis 15:19) And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, (Genesis 15:20) And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. (Genesis 15:21)
  God is never wrong about the dangers and ways of sin. God’s judgments are holy and righteous, and when those who oppose God’s righteous decisions cry out, ‘Oh, the poor children, oh, the poor wonderful mothers, we should pity them,’ God states have no pity upon them. And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. (Deuteronomy 7:16) We are looking at the background of Joshua’s military campaign against God’s adversaries who have taken over as squatters on God’s land.
When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; (Deuteronomy 12:29) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. (Deuteronomy 12:30) Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. (Deuteronomy 12:31)
 This has always been one of Satan’s offensives moves against God His people . . . to squat on land and to then claim it as their own. OK people, can you relate to what is happening NOW to practically every nation of Satan’s agenda of land control? At first, just a few squatters, then a family, then a community, and then an entirely different society claims what never belonged to them, and a few even get to squat in marble edifices of power over the very people who they have stolen land and privileges and rights from. Yup, these squatters on God’s land began with the land stolen by the Giants of the Earth. But this is one of the series of interest on this web site. Let’s move on to Ai, and AI and the battle of Joshua against the enemies of God. Joshua’s mission was to remove the enemies of God from the land of God. As also one of the missions of Christ, when He returns the second time, is to remove the enemies of God from the land of God. And Ai was one of the first territories, city, and people that had to be removed, as AI will also be among the first that has to be removed. If you follow the battle campaign of Joshua, you will also understand the battle plan of the Battle of Armageddon. As Ai (the Sayer) was annihilated so also with the great ‘Sayer’ and ‘Proclaimer’ AI will be annihilated. (Ai was in the kingdom of the king of the Amorites, and the people of Ai were Amorites.) The meaning of Amorite is ‘a sayer,’ ‘one who declares,’ ‘publicity,’ ‘prominence,’ which leads us to our contemporary understanding of our very own Amorite in our midst, which is AI, the VOICE and SAYER of prominence. So many packages to open and so many ribbons to unwrap, isn’t the word of God like a treasure box? Why end this article of To Make War here? I need to end here simply because I am tired!
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17)
Men of renown is a companion piece to Giants in the Earth series.
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