Bible Matters 351: In the beginning…

In the beginning…God created the heaven and the earth.

In the end…God is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Regardless as to how smart homo sapiens thinks they are or ever will be, they must first realize that something was here before them that is also more powerful than them.  What that something is or was, has never been seen.  We can only imagine what intelligence level was required to make the heaven and the earth and how all things will interact.  We could call this something, Almighty, Creator, Bill, Betty or some other name.  We could call this something just he or she, but that would assign a sex.  I’d like to keep the sex of this something neutral, so as not to offend 50% of society.  We need to assign a name to this powerful creator and to keep it simple.  Man has always worshipped a creator.  Indians had worshipped the things of the universe that gave them life.  The sun, moon, etc. were the things that they considered to give them life.  To avoid naming physical things as our creator, let’s just call our creator, God.  If a word like God offends you, then I am sorry.  It is a clear name to refer to the concept of a powerful force and creator for most to relate to.

If you are reading this book, webpage or posting, then you are considered of the species, homo sapiens.  I’d like to keep the sex neutral in context when referring to homo sapiens, so as not to offend 50% of society.  I’d like to assign a name to homo sapiens, so I’ll call them, human. 

Mostly men wrote the pages of bible.  This does not make men any more important than women.  Women also wrote history and recorded pages in the bible.  In God’s world, the men and woman are 100% equal in importance.   In the bible, our creator referred to God as he.  The authors referred to humans as man.  If verses are quoted, then I will not change the written and published text.  I am also human, so if I mess up and also refer to God as he or humans as he or man, then I am also sorry. 

Bible verses will be quoted to support the context and desires of this book.  God has proven the bible real to me over the past 70 years.  God has especially revealed himself to me, over the past ten years.  In the past month before the North American full solar eclipse on 4/8/24, I felt like I was drinking from a fire hose with lessons and witnessing from God.  I had not planned to go to that solar eclipse, but God had that planned.  I just didn’t realize that God was giving me a final.  I will approach this publication from the viewpoint that the bible is real and it is true in all matters of human relationships with life on this planet earth.

When humans came on the scene, it was apparent that they had to have somewhere to live and things to eat.  When, how or what time it took to reach the level of humanity that we are at today doesn’t matter.  All that matters, is that we are here and now.  We must know how to survive together and save this planet for future generations.  The world must be saved.  Humans were placed last on the earth.  The earth would have survived fine without humans.  It is humans that need to figure out how to save the earth. 

The first verses in the bible, describe the beginning. 

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

On the sixth day, God created man and it was good. 

Genesis 1:31 – And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Everything God made is good.  If you are reading this, then in the eyes of God, you are good.  Regardless of what any human may think or judge about you, in the eyes of God, YOU ARE GOOD.  God sees the heart and he measures the love you have for the things of God and your neighbor.  Only God will judge.  As a human, I cannot judge anything that God makes as bad.  You are about you and it is good.  This is the most important lesson that a human can ever have.  We are all good.  We are all good and you are good. 

If society and this planet is to be saved, then we must all consider that we are all good. 

God knew that starting with Adam and Eve, humans had greed in their DNA.  They ate fruit from the tree of life in disagreement with God’s direction.  As humanity grew, all God saw was that humans are inherently greedy.  The other animals, birds and fish of the sea just eat what they need to live.  God never told you in his book, why the inhabitants of the earth were considered evil, but he needed to reboot.  God sees the heart of man.  Man sees the things of the flesh.  God used Noah to reboot humanity with Noah’s ark.  God made a covenant with man that he will no longer destroy man or flesh on the earth.  Noah’s ark is real and the size will overwhelm you. This ark was made by God with the help of eight people.  Noah’s family saw the power and blessings that he could bestow upon those that believe and follow him.  One specific blood line of Noah’s family was then used by God to reflect on righteous human behavior. The Hebrews were chosen by God as his control sample.  He had saved them many times from their enemies.  God told them to marry within their own and Moses also refused.  They to worship false idols and the things of the earth.  They would ignore God’s witnesses and instruction at the drop of a hat.  They wanted kings like surrounding societies.  The greed gene appeared to grow as the control sample married outside their own. 

God again needed correction.  Living a life of righteousness to the things of God and neighbor were misunderstood.  The Shem and his descendants including the Hebrews were God’s chosen people for this correction effort.  The surrounding countries knew that God had saved the Hebrews from destruction many times.  God would send a Hebrew born, prophet and king.  A miracle worker that would command humans to love the things of God and love their neighbor.  That miracle worker would be Jesus as the son of God.  Immediately in his ministry, Jesus told his followers that he had needs to go to Samaria.  Samaritans were half Hebrew and half Gentile.  His first witness, a Samaritan woman immediately fell the love of Jesus and Samaritans believed in Christ.  A Hebrew prophet and king, sent to surrounding countries would be God’s plan to save the people.  To save the earth from destruction. 

Greed of the Pharisees and with the help of the Roman empire ruling class, Jesus was crucified.  His death and resurrection proved he was from God.  Jesus’s final words on the cross, can now be looked upon as his message for humanity,  “Father forgive them for they know not what they do”.  Before he gave up the ghost, after receiving vinegar, he said, “It is finished.”  Mankind must figure out how to save himself.  Jesus knew that the poor are of little greed and are not going to destroy the earth.  Jesus said bring me your poor.  If humans need to relate to their relationship and unfelt love or hate of mankind, then let’s relate it to something materialistic.  If you have a wicked heart set to destroy the love of humans and the things of God, then let’s call the place you go after death a bad place.  The bad place will be called hell.  If you have a heart full of love for the things of this earth and humans, then let’s call the place you go to after death a good place.  The good place will be called heaven.  Man cannot judge anyone on who is good or bad.  Only God is the judge.  

It is clear that God’s kingdom needs and wants lovers and not haters.  Lovers living a righteous life as God’s servants, serving the things of God.  Servants will always be used by good and bad leaders.  As a servant, God will not judge you as a good or bad person, based on your servitude.  Very confusing, which is exactly why God also sent Jesus as a teacher.  Through Jesus, God is asking you, “Ask not what God can do for you, ask what you can do for God.”

God tried in 1960’s to turn the world back to righteousness and love.  Starting with John F. Kennedy, who laid out the basics. 

John said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Then in 1969 after four wars in the 20^th century with a message of love for the age of Aquarius.  Humans snuffed out that love message. 

God made man the most intelligent of all creatures on earth.  Man would be able to come up with solutions and cures as diseases develop.  Humans needed to understand their relationship with their surroundings for survival. For example, England had to figure out that bacteria from sewage leaking into their fresh water supply caused sickness and death.  This leakage had almost wiped out the population of the city of London.  Every good thing developed by humans was always the result of adversity, disease and sickness.  The use of human intelligence, ingenuity and God’s will could be used to solve the problems meeting the needs of humanity.

That same intelligence can now be used for greed.  We are in the period of greed on all parties.  God has been replaced by self-love and greed for the things of this earth.  There is no love for others.  It is in your face worship of self and you are going to know about it.  Churches have rolled out as a result of the need for greed. 

The 4/8/24 eclipse and my two-week final from God were my wakeup call.  God told me he needed the full Ricky.  Not for witnessing to man’s religion, but to support his church of love, “Church of Nineveh.”  Already trained in the love of God’s ministry to the lost in jail and with his instructions in hand, I told God to give me three and a half years.  God thanks Sarah for being part of God’s kingdom of love and personally thanks her for giving Ricky a chance. 

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen