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At an early age we learn the concept of cause and effect.  This level of cause and effect is based on effort, energy in motion, and time.  If I am hungry then I eat and it satisfies the hunger.  If I stick my hand in fire, it burns me.  The understanding of cause and effect produces a predictable future.  This reality works for all mankind, the just and the unjust.  When it rains, the unrighteous man’s garden gets watered just as the righteous man’s garden receives the moisture.  People who are opportunistic take advantage of this predictability to their own benefit.  They become masters in this realm and control people, places, and things.  This level of cause and effect is structural based and can be exploited by the rich and powerful.  Financial investing often relies on this cause and effect predictability but many of us have found this to be a risky proposition at best.  Technical stock analysis relies on formulas to predict the future.  Investors have spent millions of dollars seeking the “holy grail” of formulas to insure investing success.  Charts are created to show cycles, trends, tendencies, and other behaviors of stock prices and movement.  “Quants” as they are called are traders and financial engineers who used advanced math and supercomputers to gain advantage over individual investors by exploiting trends and price discrepancies in milliseconds.

However, there is a higher dimension to cause and effect and it is based on Love and its rewards.  This higher level supersedes the logic of effort-based cause and effect and defies all formulas and man’s logic as well as prophecy.  I watched Christian television for two decades and read many books on prophecy.  I can’t count how many times Armageddon was suppose to take place.  The Lord’s return has been imminent for years and years.  I’ve read hundreds of prophecies by credible individuals and those prophecies have not panned out.  Why?  Love!  This higher realm has ruined a lot of eloquent prophetic, structured-based words over the years.  Each failed prophecy has chipped away at the credibility of those prophets.  We all want a reality that we can call “permanent” in our lives.  We all want predictability to remove the anxiety of the unknown.

Nineveh is the current day Mosul, Iraq.  In terms of cause and effect, Nineveh needed to be destroyed: Jonah 1:1  Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  2  "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me."  After Our Heavenly Father’s corrective interview with Jonah during a cruise vacation, Jonah proclaims the Word of THE LORD: Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"  Here we see cause and effect playing out in its predictive pattern.  You sin, you die! (Rambo interpretation)  Then something interesting happens and the king of Nineveh proclaimed:

Jonah 3:8  But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9  Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?  10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Jonah had been spared from his rebellion and delivered to the appointed destination to declare judgment.  But even though Jonah received mercy, Jonah became exceedingly displeased, and he became angry when Our Heavenly Father “relented”.  He told Our Heavenly Father to “take his life” now this his prophetic word failed.  After all, he received this word from THE LORD.  What Jonah did not understand is the higher level of cause and effect based on Love.  The structural level of cause and effect must respond and submit to the higher level.  Jonah did know that this level existed but without full understanding of its impact for he said “for I know that You are a  gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.”

Our Heavenly Father’s abundant lovingkindness, grace, and mercy allows us to change the course of our lives.  We are not destined to sickness and disease, failures, and turmoil.  Our lawless acts do not guarantee a sentence of death and destruction even though The LAW requires restitution.  When we appeal to a higher realm, the lower realm must submit.  Rather than looking for signs, formulas, and trends of this structured realm, shouldn’t we be focusing on the higher realm where Love is in command and can change the course of events thus averting certain disaster?  As a corporate body, if we spent as much time, energy, and resources attempting to predict the future and placed our focus on understanding and walking in the Love of Our Heavenly Father, the result would be the outcome we all long for.

The Book of John contains only 8 miracles and these are all classified as prophetic signs because of their significance. This 7th sign is connected to the 2nd sign of John 4:46 where the nobleman’s son was at the point of death.

John 11:1   Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

2   It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3   Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."

Lazarus means “whom GOD helps” which is certainly appropriate in this passage.  Jesus’ ministry had a focus in the town of Bethany (house of fruit, or fruitfulness).  HE frequented the town often and had established relationships with many people there.  Mary had anointed HIS feet, one of three anointings recorded in the Gospels, on the fifth day before Passover at the house of Lazarus.  This occurred at the first of three recorded suppers during Passover week.

John makes it clear that Lazarus and this sisters had a close relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ.  There is no doubt that Lazarus had heard the Gospel and was a believer.  However, he still got sick.  The Power from On High had not yet been dispatched among the brethren for the Day of Pentecost was yet to come thus the sisters did not summon the disciples, but Jesus Himself.

4   When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Jesus would show all mankind the power and authority given unto him by Our Heavenly Father.  What greater power is there than the power over death!  By the time Jesus would arrive, there would be no question that Lazarus had died.

Just as Daniel was known as “greatly beloved”, Lazarus was known as “he whom You Love”.  Jesus did not question or challenge the sisters’ description of HIS relationship with Lazarus.  They also knew that HE could and would heal Lazarus, there was absolutely no question.

5   Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6   So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

Verse 5 states that Jesus loved all three of this household.  In Scripture, “two days” often refers to the two millennia or two thousand year time period of the Pentecostal church age.  Jesus knew that Lazarus was suffering unto death but was not moved by his physical situation.  What?  Jesus loved Lazarus but allowed him to suffer?  We often think that suffering is of the adversary and that we should only skim along the high points of life.  Our Heavenly Father’s perfect plan, will, and purpose was greater than the temporary suffering of Lazarus.  Timing is important.  Lazarus’ death and resurrection would play out as a type and shadow of Jesus’ impending death and resurrection, also motivated by Love.

7   Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

8   The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?"

9   Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10  But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

He who has the Son, walks in the light.  He who is without the Son, walks in darkness.  The difference between revelation and darkness is “Jesus Christ” and he was about to show the power and authority one could walk in if he fully embraced the Light of the world.

11  These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up."

12  Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well."

13  However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

14  Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

15  And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."

16  Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him."

Jesus knew the physiological state of Lazarus, death, but the disciples had no clue.  Can you imagine how Mary and Martha felt?  They sought the help of Jesus and He did not immediately respond.  Lazarus dies and they had to bury him and go through all the sorrow of losing a loved one.  But wait!

17  So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19  And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

20  Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21  Now Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22  But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You."

23  Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

24  Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

25  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

27  She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."

28  And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you."29  As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30  Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her,saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

32  Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."

33  Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34  And He said,"Where have you laid him?"

They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."

35 Jesus wept. 36  Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!"

37  And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?"

38  Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39  Jesus said, "Take away the stone."

Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

40  Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" 41  Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said,"Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." 43  Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" 44  And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go."

The power over death is the ultimate display of the Glory of Our Heavenly Father.  There is a certainty that is displayed that cannot be challenged by the human mind, it cannot be rationalized by the ego looking for an alternative to the glory.  Jesus displayed His Love for Lazarus by resurrecting him from the dead.  Jesus’ command of the “God” particles that made up Lazarus resulted in life, not death.  HE showed us that death is swallowed up by life and that Love is greater than sickness, disease, and even death.

Jesus is THE pattern son.  We need not look to other men as our example but only look at our Lord Jesus Christ to pattern our lives after.  We MUST cease in overlooking HIS motivation of Love in these miracles.  Love is the greatest attribute HE displayed.  Sure, faith and hope are necessary but Love is what brings forth power and authority in a sustained fashion.  As we immerse ourselves in the revelation of Love, we will become expectant of miracles in our own ministry as well.  The motivation of Love brings forth fruit that even death cannot resist!

Discerning relevance of events is something I take quite seriously.  All signs ultimately come from Our Heavenly Father but not all signs are relevant to each of us specifically.  With over 6.5 billion people and 365 days in a year, there are a multitude of signs available for our interpretation.  One of our responsibilities as believers is to filter the signs and discern which are applicable to us.  Also, The Most Holy Spirit will assist us as we become sensitive to The Spirit.

On 1/11, I received two relevant calls, one from my wife during her visit with her brother and the other from my associate working on the Bio-Conductance Analysis System (BCAS).  Both calls were focused on “healing the body”.

The BCAS project is in need of much more funding and the call referenced the fact that there are other potential contributors that may be interested in supporting our project.  One of our associates was traveling to the West Coast to pursue that possibility.  This project has the potential of touching the lives of every inhabitant of this earth and there is no other tangible project of this kind that I know of.  Every person has been exposed to toxins, bacteria, and/or viruses during their lifetime that impact their physiology.  Removal of these external stimuli give the body an opportunity of improved health no matter what the current state.

The second call came from my wife.  She had been watching Dr. Oz on the satellite network and Dr. Oz had a medical doctor who healed people by the Love of GOD.  He also worked with the acupuncture points (energy meridians) of the human body as well.  Bingo!  I went to Dr. Oz’s website but the video clip was not there.  On that particular day, the Tucson “Massacre” nationally preempted the Dr. Oz show on network TV thus they would air the segments of the show at a later date.  I did search the Internet for the man’s name to verify the video was not available and found his name to be Dr. Issam Nemeh, an anesthesiologist.

In the meantime, I was led to revisit the Book of Daniel concerning the 21 day delay and noticed that Daniel was known by the angel “O Daniel, a man greatly beloved,”.  The angel spoke this three times.  Even the greatly beloved had a 21 day delay.  Thus if something scheduled to happen on 1/11 could have been delayed to 2/1.  Sure enough, my wife informs me that the Dr. Oz segment that was preempted on 1/11 was going to air on 2/1.  Great!  I must watch this “Faith Healer”!

Then came the Blizzard of 2011 on the night of 1/31 into the day of 2/1.  Once again Dr. Oz was preempted, but only on the local TV network so the local TV reporters could tell us how bad it is outside.  My gosh, we could look out the window ourselves and see the 12” of snow on the ground.  Give me back  Dr. Oz!  I need to see the segment.

Finally, the segment was posted on the Internet site.  Yes, this confirms the revelation coming forth.  The Power and Authority are finally coming together.  HIS anointing will come at the appointed time.  The Pentecostal anointing had a “taste” of the Power but the authority was tainted with lawlessness.  The aspiring overcomers have been in “Law” school to understand Kingdom authority but without the “Power” seen in Pentecostal circles.  I believe the missing ingredient has been the revelation of “Love”.  This is the glue that brings Word and Spirit together.  Kingdom Power and Authority will only operate with Love as the motivating force.  Love is the primary characteristic of Our Heavenly Father and HE will not give the Kingdom Power and Authority as only seen in His Son Jesus unless we are found with the same motivating characteristic.

The following Oz segment is broken up into 3 parts

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/man-faith-healer-pt-1

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/man-faith-healer-pt-2

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/man-faith-healer-pt-3

This is why I have been focused on Love for the last 5 years!  The Baptism of Love must be at hand.