A Nation of Twits

Rather than write a new thing today I thought that I would simply post a conversation between myself and  Bishop +Gregori, the bits of conversation that I am posting speak for themselves and no further explanation need be given. It is a small post, think what you will and respond accordingly, we are of course looking for those who are ready to stand up and be counted as true Christians and wish to live according to the truth of the Gospel and the true worship. Nothing watered down, no political correctness, just the true worship of Almighty God, through Jesus Christ in the Power of the Holy Spirit.


Monk Michael,

We have become a nation of dumbed down twits and it appears that the old saying; "Ignorance is bliss", is true because the sheeple seem happy as hell as our country goes down the crapper.

+Gregori

'Abouna' Gregori,

You are correct and that was exactly my point, you nailed it. Most people do not care because they have their entertainment be it sports or the latest Hollywood gossip. I have mine sorry you don't have yours is the attitude. In order to care one would have to look at one's self and get rid of the sin, people are perfectly content in their sin so they are not willing to give it up and therefore do not want to rock the boat being concerned over sin any where else, as long as nothing dramatic happens to them because of someone's sin, they will keep their eyes closed.

The decline of the education system has been systematically planned, I remember the standards being relaxed at least twice in my lifetime so that those who simply refused to apply themselves could still pass the tests to get a diploma. There is no excuse for someone with a college degree who cannot use a dictionary, high school graduates who cannot read a newspaper or even speak clearly enough for someone else who is supposed to be speaking the same language can understand them. Modern psychiatry and psychology are the enemy of God and have destroyed this nation. Science is looking for ways to disprove God and so-called Christian scientists are looking for ways to prove God. Science will never do either. I am not opposed to science, only the effort to prove Almighty God.

The church continues to splinter, God has been replaced by a collection of books, thousands of interpretations from the same words because there is no longer a true faith, truth and faith are relevant to one's opinion and interpretation of words in a book. Try to speak on things of the spirit and you will either be scorned or end up in conversation with extremists nuts who have no clue. Satan doesn't exist according to modern thought in much of the church or the other extreme is that he is to be feared to the point of personal terror if you encounter him, both opinions are ridiculous. I have personally been in life and death struggles with him over the soul of others, we can do nothing, we have no strength in ourselves, nor do we need to fear him, prayer and faith, the name of Jesus Christ , these are what defeat Satan.

It seems that even a majority of those who call themselves Christian have forgotten this.

In Christ,
Monk Michael

Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism

 Do you understand this word in BOLD above? The President of the United States orders the Roman Catholic Church to fund abortions in its healthcare system.  Liberal pansies  cry about separation of church and state when the church tries to speak out against laws that go against God but when it seems to be a matter of convenience to suit their own ends they decide to attempt to tell the church how to govern itself.  This is a disgusting form of contrary lawyer speak from a lying deceitful government. But before I continue with this series I wish you to understand who it is that I am writing to. 

Aside from the world population in general, I am speaking to Christians specifically and with this in mind we must understand who it is that I am calling Christian.

 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But there is more also; if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  What else is involved in this Christian life? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. And then we have;

I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

So, these are the people that I am speaking to, notice that there is no mention of any denomination, you believe or you do not. What else did Jesus Christ say?  If you love me, keep my commandments, …He who has my commandments with him and keeps them, he is who loves me and he who loves me will be loved by my Father. And I will love him and reveal myself to him, … If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love, …

There is no denomination here, only the denomination of Christian, this is also NOT non-denominational; it is Christian, followers of Jesus Christ, I have found those who love Christ where there is no priest, I have found those who love Christ where there is no Baptist Pastor, no Church of God Pastor, no Lutheran Minister and yet there are those who love Jesus Christ and worship and pray to Him. One denomination or another would claim that these are not truly saved because they are not of their denomination, I do not believe this, if you follow the statements of Christ that have been handed down to us then He will hear you.  But you must be actual followers of Christ.

Feed the widows and orphans, this is pretty simple. So as this letter continues through time I want all to understand, I do not care about your denomination, I care about the name of Jesus Christ in this world and how we represent it. If you spew hatred against another denomination that abides by the guidelines as given in Holy Writ then you are in error. This hatred only mocks the name of Christ in the world and there will be a time when it will not matter because true Christians will be found in all of them and yet few and far between and what then? Will you not abide with a Roman Catholic or a Baptist when all Christians are being persecuted again for being Christian and called un-American because they are Christian or called haters of society throughout the world? Will you still hold this hatred and hide alone because you are of a different denomination or will you recognize the love of Christ in this person and dwell together for the sake of the name of Christ and your own personal safety?

Whether Christians are put into the concentration camps being set up in America because we are considered as terrorists by society tomorrow or a thousand years from now doesn’t matter, we had better start recognizing Jesus Christ in one another, the purging will come soon enough, the church as a whole will be on trial before the end, the chaff will fall off and become a state church, true followers of Jesus Christ will have no tax exempt status or a state license to preach.  This will be the future church, it will be the only way to speak the truth and not be told to stop, although there will be laws about public speaking and what you can say publicly, the church will be private groups worshipping God through Jesus Christ and living as we are directed.

The world will do as it will do; we are in the world but not of the world.  We must remember this at all times and live according to the teachings of our Lord regardless of denomination. When you receive federal money or tax breaks you will speak as the federal money dictates, this will become the decision that all of Christianity will face.

We all must begin to recognize this now and teach the next generation the truth so that it is not forgotten. Who can know how long we have? Only the Father knows.

Please feel free to respond.

In Christ,

Monk Michael

Rev. FR. Michael Valentine

Tyranny

To everyone who is a friend of Monk Michael here on this page,

I do not write much very often as all here know, as expected by everyone regarding one who calls himself a monk, my life is dedicated to Almighty God, through Jesus Christ, by the Power of the Holy Spirit. I struggle quite a bit with the way of the world today like everyone else and I pray; a lot.

Many would think that one who calls himself a monk would be a pacifist; however, this is not the case. The United States justified its intervention in the Middle East and its attacks into Moslem countries as a holy war, one that is being fought against ungodly people.  This writing is not about that but it is about ungodly government, the government that I am going to speak about is the United States government, it has become one of the most corrupt and deceitful governments on the planet.

Most tyrannies or dictatorships do not disguise their intentions; those that attempt to do this are not as deceitful or as skillful as the United States government. Do you the people actually believe that the President alone can determine the outcome of anything? How much have the people forgotten the participation of the Congress and the Judicial System?  Elections are coming up and the people need to think long and hard, is voting enough?  Is there enough morality left in this country to make a difference? I will become a voice against tyranny, for those who do not wish to hear about it and wish to remain complacent you may wish to elect to stop receiving posts; that is your free choice.

For those who wish to participate and bring others in while we gather the people as best as we can to stop this tyranny, I welcome you. I am not advocating armed militias storming congress, yet, something must be done. I am not a politician nor am I a political activist. I am a man of God who is sick of the tyranny and of the government who is slowly destroying this nation that started under God and which allows its people to starve, lose their homes, separate families, rewards those who refuse to work with monthly paychecks and takes the work and the lifetime of savings away from those who have spent a lifetime of working.

Being Christian does not mean that we do not speak out, the idea that Christians are not supposed to speak out against a government that does not represent God on this earth is wrong, Priests and Pastors need to begin to speak out loudly. The people need to speak and be heard, pulpit pounding needs to grow by leaps and bounds.
Please feel free to respond.

In Christ,
Monk Michael
Rev. FR. Michael Valentine

End of Times?

Greetings to all!

I pray that this new year will bring peace into the heart of all regardless of circumstances. I also pray that for all who are in dire straights that their lot will greatly improve and that during the time of bad circumstance their faith shall increase rather than decrease.

Amen!

I am perplexed over the excitement of the year 2012 and the end of life on earth. So much of the world including Christians seem to be fixated on the end times. Scientists, self-proclaimed prophets, astrologers and philosophers are all abuzz over this issue that is to occur on December 21, 2012. There are several things wrong with this fixation;

1. Jesus Christ Himself stated that we cannot know the time of the end of ages, even He Himself, the Son of God, the Word of God, the great I AM said that he doe not know, only the Father knows the time. As Christians we should already know this and not be concerned.

2. If the world is about to end and in fact does end, what are we, you, or I going to do about it? Nothing! Almighty God is in control.

3. On a personal level, in our own daily life, we cannot know from one breath to the next whether we will draw another, we cannot know from one blink of the eye to the next if we will blink again. Our own personal end of times can happen in our very next heartbeat.

Should not these things be our concern? Should we not be preparing our salvation with every breath? The scriptures that we read tell us that if everything that Jesus Christ taught was written down, the books would fill up the world. However, there is quite a bit of information that is written and contained within all of this information is in my humble opinion a very simple message that we must at all cost pay heed to and it is this;

1. Love God first.

2. Love your neighbor a yourself.

3. Repent and be baptized.

4. If you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood you will have no part in me.

5. I pray that they will be one as we are one. Do you know who prayed these words?

The very last words that the Apostle John spoke to anyone in public when he was carried out in a chair to speak were these;

My brothers, remember to love one another.

I don't care what group you belong to, I don't care how elite you think your group is, the message is still simple, heed it. It is your very life.

In Christ,
Monk Michael
Rev. FR. Michael Valentine
American Orthodox Church/North American Orthodox Church
New Warrior Ministries

Repent!

My Friend,

I realize that the time has been long since I have had direct communication with you, I am working on getting things in order in our new place but it is no easy task here where we are staying currently. I have moments where I may get a message out and so I send it quickly to the many people that I work with in the Lord. Remember, if you are doing God's will then you have been called by God; do His work with your whole heart and think on Jesus Christ and how you may be able to get closer to Him. Be fair in your dealings with everyone, remember the women and the children and be sure to care for them who are weak in health and teach those who are weak in faith, I am sending out a warning, God has placed this on my heart to get this message to everyone, the message of repentence, please be sure to pass this to everyone, all must repent, the church will be purged, do not be alarmed, those who repent will see God but the times here will be tough for the repentent because the world will not repent and those who claim the Christ but live for the world will not repent either and they will be even less merciful on the repentent than the pagans will be.

Keep up the faith and the courage to withstand the evil one, do not be fooled by one who comes and claims that he is the Christ and performs miracles in the sky for all to see. When the true Christ comes He will not have to perform miracles in the sky or anywhere else, the world will know immediately and all will be transformed in the twinkling of an eye, there will be no doubt. Do not be fooled by the miracles and visions that are coming, they are false no matter how real they seem, it is the Anti-Christ.

I hope that this quick message finds you doing well, I am sure that the political church around the world through Christendom has you alarmed. The church at large is a sham in my opinion. My message for the moment is this; the Angel of Repentence is here, the church and mankind is running out of time to repent, it is the understanding of the modern church that God will never run out of patience, I guess that the world has forgotten that man was cast out of the Garden and later that the world as it existed was destroyed by a flood.

Israel was left how many times because of sin? It was final repentence that brought them back into grace every time but nevertheless, they were cast aside for hundreds of years at a time because there was no repentence. The patience of God will run out, the Angel of Repentence is here and in case any one in the church at large has forgotten, the Angel of Repentence guards the Gate to Eden, the Garden of Paradise with a flaming sword, no one gets there without repentence.

The time is now!

In Christ,
Monk Michael

Readings for March 30, 2011

My Friend,

I am packed and ready to make my 514 mile trip north to settle in our new place, I do not know how long it will be before I am back on line so I am going to attempt to help explain why Jesus is Lord, God, and man before we celebrate the resurrection in the event that I am not back on line by that time.

Isaiah 49: 8-15; [8] Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed: [9] That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain. [10] They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink.

[11] And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted. [12] Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country. [13] Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones. [14] And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. [15] Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

John 5: 17-30; [17] But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work. [18] Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. [19] Then Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. [20] For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder.

[21] For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. [22] For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son. [23] That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father, who hath sent him. [24] Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life. [25] Amen, amen I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.

[26] For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given the Son also to have life in himself: [27] And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man. [28] Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. [29] And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. [30] I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Understand: These words can be hard to understand don't you think? The prophet Isaiah speaks of the coming times when all of the people of the earth shall be called by God to come for salvation. "And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me." Many of God's chosen people who read these passages and taught about them in the synagogue rejected the very person that they taught would come.

Mankind forgets too easily, we also reject what is the absolute truth for what we choose to believe in order to suit ourselves. The man Jesus says; "Then Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner." This causes confusion in the world because it is taken out of context and used to promote a personal philosophy, that Jesus never said He was God and yet in this very same passage we also read; "Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God." Everyone knew what Jesus was saying, why is it now controversy? The Jews wanted to kill him for saying that he was equal to God which would make him also God.

Remember that Jesus had two natures; God and man, the man Jesus had to do what he was born to do in order to bring about salvation, the Word that was God who taught us and preached to mankind could not force the flesh and blood Jesus to offer Himself on the cross. Man brought sin in the world through the flesh, man had to conquer sin in the flesh to defeat it and had to conquer death in the flesh in order to defeat it and allow us to also defeat sin and death through him once he accomplished this.

The flesh Jesus had to make a choice to allow himself to become the sacrifice, God in him would not force this on him, it is against the very nature of God, we must give ourselves willingly out of love for God simply because he is God, our Creator and for no other reason, Jesus the man gave the ultimate sacrifice in the flesh, He truly wanted another way to do it but there was none. The Word was not the Son until the Word was born in the flesh, the Word was God in the beginning and became flesh for our sake, by being born in the flesh through the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, the flesh became the Son Jesus. The Word within Him was God's Holy Word that created the universe by being spoke into existence.

It was necessary to be perfect man in order to have a perfect sacrifice. So by hearing the Word and obeying, we may have salvation, we do not have to sin, we have the strength of God within us but if we do sin we now have Jesus the Christ, sitting on the right hand of the Father to speak for us, God will not hear us in sin, Jesus speaks for us if we belong to Him.

This is a difficult thing to speak about in an email, I have given you the very basic understanding as simply as I know how to do so in such a short writing. I pray that this will help you in your understanding.

Pray: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

In Christ,
Monk Michael

Lent Reading for March 29, 2011

Ezekiel 47: 1-9, 12; [1] And he brought me again to the gate of the house, and behold waters issued out from under the threshold of the house toward the east: for the forefront, of the house looked toward the east: but the waters came down to the right side of the temple to the south part of the altar. [2] And he led me out by the way of the north gate, and he caused me to turn to the way without the outward gate to the way that looked toward the east: and behold there ran out waters on the right side. [3] And when the man that had the line in his hand went out towards the east, he measured a thousand cubits: and he brought me through the water up to the ankles. [4] And again he measured a thousand, and he brought me through the water up to the knees. [5] And he measured a thousand, and he brought me through the water up to the loins. And he measured a thousand, and it was a torrent, which I could not pass over: for the waters were risen so as to make a deep torrent, which could not be passed over.

[1] "Waters"... These waters are not to be understood literally (for there were none such that flowed from the temple); but mystically, of the baptism of Christ, and of his doctrine and his grace: the trees that grow on the banks are Christian virtues: the fishes are Christians, that spiritually live in and by these holy waters.

[6] And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man. And he brought me out, and he caused me to turn to the bank of the torrent. [7] And when I had turned myself, behold on the bank of the torrent were very many trees on both sides. [8] And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed. [9] And every living creature that creepeth whithersoever the torrent shall come, shall live: and there shall be fishes in abundance after these waters shall come thither, and they shall be healed, and all things shall live to which the torrent shall come.

[12] And by the torrent on the banks thereof on both sides shall grow all trees that bear fruit: their leaf shall not fall off, and their fruit shall not fail: every month shall they bring forth firstfruits, because the waters thereof shall issue out of the sanctuary: and the fruits thereof shall be for food, and the leaves thereof for medicine.

John 5: 1-3, 5-16; [1] After these things was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [2] Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches. [3] In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered; waiting for the moving of the water.

[2] "Probatica"... That is, the sheep pond; either so called, because the sheep were washed therein, that were to be offered up in sacrifice in the temple, or because it was near the sheep gate. That this was a pond where miracles were wrought is evident from the sacred text; and also that the water had no natural virtue to heal, as one only of those put in after the motion of the water was restored to health; for if the water had the healing quality, the others would have the like benefit, being put into it about the same time.

[5] And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. [6] Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? [7] The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me. [8] Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. [9] And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed, and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. [10] The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

[11] He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. [12] They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

Understand: We read from the prophet that there will be a torrent of water that will be for the healing for all of those who believe, we see in the Gospel of John that there is a pool of water that when it is stirred up by an angel that it contains healing powers and for all of those who believe and immerse themselves in it they are healed.

We see Jesus the Christ healing simply by His word or His touch or by being touched by someone. I ti s by their faith or belief that they are healed, how many times did Jesus say; "go, your faith has made you whole"? Everything throughout the prophets and the New Testament where restoration to God or healing is concerned, is based on the belief of those who are restored to God or healed.

Before there was a written Word there was a spoken Word. Then the Word was written because of man's sin, our Creator chose to no longer come and walk with us but we were left with a written Word to understand, true to mankind's nature of listening to the deceiver, man chose to make the written Word things that it was not meant to be.

So the Word became flesh and walked among man again in the flesh and taught and showed by example what the meaning of these written words were. You must understand; this living Word is the same Word that was written, it is the same Word that was spoken in the beginning of creation, the Word of God has never changed, the Word of God is life eternal for those who choose life. Jesus the Christ showed us how we are to understand the Word and how we are to live.

We have the choice to choose life with God or life without God, either way the soul never dies, this is our free will choice. Jesus Christ said it Himself, I will give water so that no one will thirst again, He is that "living water" that "torrent" that heals, He is the Living Word of God, His flesh was the final sacrifice that defeated death, man has over come sin and death, we must make a choice to follow or not.

We will be celebrating the resurrection soon enough, this is what Christianity is based upon, without the resurrection there is no Christianity, there is no defeat of death. What will you be doing on that day? Will you be choosing life?

Pray: Heavenly Father, through Your Word, Your Only Begotten Son, my Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, I have salvation. Help me to realize the truth of this and help my faith to grow so that I may be a living witness to the risen Christ. Through His holy name, Jesus I pray. Amen

In Christ,
Monk Michael