Are You Only Interested in Your Earthly Lot?

WHEN WORLDLY PURSUITS BLOCK THE VISION TO YOUR SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE

An article from Jesus plusnothing.com

Numbers 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

Here you have two and one half of the tribes of the children of Israel on the wilderness side of the Jordan who had many cattle and they wanted to remain there in Gilead and not go over Jordan into the Promised Land. So they went to Moses, and Moses as you know, has been preaching about Canaan for 40 years. These three tribes come to him and say ‘Look, we know that God’s inheritance for us is on the other side of the Jordan but we don’t actually want that. What we want is what we see here. This land is really good for our earthly business, which is grazing stock. We don’t want what God has got for us on the other side of the Jordan; we want this area that we see here. So what you have here is a separation that is happening within the nation. You have one group of people that are interested in God’s blessing towards them and God’s inheritance and another group of believers that are really only interested in their earthly lot. It’s amazing to think that after hearing about the land flowing with milk and honey for 40 years and all of the good things that God had stored up for them within the land of Canaan, that they would settle for something less. Yet, when they saw this land on the wrong side of Jordan and because of the fact that they had truckloads of livestock, they were dominated by this thought, and gave away what God had in store for them.

Prophecy:

Is the separation about to come? Have we come to the door? Must it be closed forever to that side of the Jordan? Will the modern-day Gadites and Ruebenites be shut out? What was the fate of their counterparts in history? Will history repeat itself once more, as we find ourselves at the end of time, standing on the shores of spiritual Jordan?

“We know our inheritance is on the other side of the Jordan, but please, we beg you, give us a little more time to enjoy the things of the world. Suffer us not to cross the Jordan at this time. Give us a little more time and space to enjoy the the things of the flesh –this one more time before we cross over and join our brethren on the other side.”

Do you think it will be this way or do you think the door will be closed? And as the Gadites and Ruebenites of old were the first to be swallowed up by the advancing armies of Assyria so will these that linger in the world today, whilst waiting to see if these things that have been told them by the prophets be so, be overtaken by the very signs that warned them to flee into the wilderness.

My loves, I can no longer hold ajar this door for those that halt between two worlds. The way of the transgressor is hard; I know this. But My loves, have I not warned these that loiter? Did not I send My Endtime prophet? Have I not sent, since his departing, warning after warning through My Gideon’s band? The pivotal year has passed, and now we have reached 22-3. I weep for these ones that have traded their birthright for the mess of pottage, for cattle and sheep and the things of this world.  With heavy heart do I close this door to higher pasture lands. These that still linger in the lowlands on the other side of the Jordan must now find their own way, and although they will be holpen with a little help, it will not be for them as it is for those that chose to cross when My door was open. He that letteth must now stand aside to give way to the process of time. For it is written, “And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to Him who was sitting upon the cloud, “Put in Your sickle and reap [at once], for the hour to reap [in judgment] has arrived, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripened.”

Whilst listening for the next line of this prophecy a few words came to mind about how God’s Kingdom turns on infinitesimally small pivots, but I couldn’t remember in what MO letter that was. So I opened the INFOSTORE, and as usual the quote for the day opened and amazingly, this is what it was.

“God turns the very great wheels of His omnipotence, His almighty power, on very very small pivots.”

Just as you set an alarm to wake you in the morning or to warn you of something that needs to be done or an appointment that has to be kept, so do I put forth My alarm date and time. And when it is reached, action must be taken or else the time is past and the opportunity lost. So it is with 2022 and 22-3. My alarm has rung out and those that have been listening must rise and make haste, for the time to rise has come and gone. From here on, you will begin to see all that the prophets have warned begin to unfold. (End of prophecy)

Remember another separation between Abram and Lot. When Abram went down into Egypt everything he brought out of Egypt caused him trouble and Lot came up with him. (Genesis 13:5-13)

So here you have the same sort of scenario of two Old Testament believers; and Lot was a believer. He is actually even called righteous in the New Testament. There is trouble between Abram and Lot over grazing pastures for their animals. Abram told Lot to choose which part of the land would be his… so how did Lot choose? It says here ‘that he lifted his eyes and saw the plain that it was well watered’. He chose the best of the land that he could see for what he needed and it says that he pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. So the warning that you have here is that he didn’t know what he was doing, he thought he was choosing the best, but it came at a cost. He didn’t know the cost that would come to bear upon him and his family. He chose (as did the two and one half tribes) what he considered would be the best for his livestock. He pitched his tent as far as Sodom. Every step he takes is another compromise until he becomes an elder sitting in the gate of Sodom itself.

Note: Let us be as Abraham, calling on the Keys of obedience and choosing His way, even when we don’t understand, trusting that if we follow Jesus and do as He asks of us, He will come through and find an alternative lamb for the sacrifice –once we have given all to please Him. He will make a way where there was no way, as we stand our ground and refuse the Mark of the Beast

What I am trying to do is draw an illustration between what Lot did when he chose the best of the land and the bearing it had on what would happen to him later on. It was the same as with the two and a half tribes, they picked what they thought was the best for them, but again this had consequences for them later on.

The final harvest of worldliness

So what happens to the two and a half tribes? 1st Chronicles chapter 5, from verse 18 down says that they have got lots of men and they are really strong. In verse 21 they have got lots of goods. They increase their lands yet when you get down to verse 25 it says: 1 Chronicles 5:25-26 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. (26) So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Out of all the nation of Israel the first ones to go astray were these two and a half tribes. They were the first ones to go after other gods and commit harlotry and they were the first ones that were actually taken captive away into Assyria. So, yes, they wanted to be separate. Yes, they wanted their earthly lot. It was really good for their cattle and everything else but like everything and like Lot, everything comes at a cost. If an earthly lot is what you are after, sure you can go and do that, but there will be a cost. That is what I believe these two and a half tribes in scripture are there for. I believe they are actually there as a warning to us.

“Only those who walk by faith alone will be able to continue on in the days of action. You’ve heard Me say this so many times. You’ve heard David say the familiar verse “Walk by faith and not by sight” over and over. Now you will come to fully realize what this means. So walk on solely by faith and faith alone. Praise Me and thank Me that this is all you can do! You can only walk by faith, but because of this, you receive the greater blessings and the greater rewards. Because of this, I can accomplish My greatest work in you and through you.”

One final related warning from the New Testament

When you get to the New Testament, do you know where you find remnants of these tribes? Jesus goes across the land of Galilee and He crosses into the land of the Gadarenes who are the descendants of Gad; present day Jordan. And what do the Gadarenes do? They are pig farmers, so they are still in the livestock business. (Green Paper pig propagators!!) Pigs, for the Jews, were unclean, so they are in an unclean business.

Note:… As is the gathering of filthy lucre for the Children of Jesus, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Even the Jews were told in the Old testament not to lend money for interest. The whole business of money is mammon worship and an unclean pig business.

Jesus arrives on their doorstep and is confronted by the man with the legion of demons that no one can bind. He sends the legion, which means many, out of the man and they go in to 2,000 pigs and run down the hillside into the water and are drowned. When news of this gets back to the city of the remnants of Gad, what is their response? They entreat Jesus to depart from their region. They actually cannot receive the Messiah Jesus. Their livestock has been destroyed, and this is what they are living for. It is interesting that those pigs actually ran down into the sea, apparently to get away from the presence of Jesus. The Messiah comes into the land, but the people are not able to receive Him because their earthly lot has been destroyed. This is the same for the two and half tribes.

“For those of you who view your life as a disciple as a pearl of priceless value, you’re going to fight for it with all of the strength in your heart, mind‚ soul and spirit. You will take hold of the keys and put them into action, and you will make it.”