What is in God’s heart?

Question: Dear Ayo, following on from the emails on ‘intent’, I would like to ask you to expound further on the following Scriptures please. Jeremiah 32:35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it ever enter My mind Jeremiah 19:5 They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it ever enter My mind. I’ve heard it said again and again in the fellowship that God writes every Man’s book, before we are even born…to do that He would have to pre-meditate it. Yet we have this thrice repeated denial by God that He was in any way involved with this act. Thank you, your sis G. ------------ Hi G, Thank you for this excellent question that has provoked much meditation. I was led to read your thoughts and others on “intent” again, and draw out wisdom from the wholesome Word to answer us. As it’s written, when we seek, ask, He hears us, as long as we keep His commandments. The commandment we strive to keep in the Spirit is one, which includes not leaning on our own understanding, not straying from what is written, and many of the principles He has taught us over the years. Then He hears and answers us. Now let us roast this meat and taste the Lord that there is none like Him. You say:

I’ve heard it said again and again in the fellowship that God writes every Man’s book, before we are even born…to do that He would have to pre-meditate it. Yet we have this thrice repeated denial by God that He was in any way involved with this act. You ask to expound on those Scriptures which in the letters, does appear to be a denial of His own sovereignty. I too agree that the letters of those verses appears as if God is denying His own predestined work. There are many instances which the letters does appear to contradict the Spirit of God. What you heard in the fellowship of Christ is simply sovereign verses such as these: Psalms 139:15-16 (KJV) 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Ephesians 1:4-5 (KJV) 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, God’s work has been finished from...: Hebrews 4:3 (KJV) 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. So the denial you read in the letters by Jeremiah has a far deeper meaning, hidden message and purpose than the surface, sealed reading of it. God willing, you will come to see that those verses are part of the Word that hides how God is making the New Man from “the lowest part of the earth”, how He is sealing and revealing His divine being, how He is imputing the Knowledge of His being, all to be understood at the appointed time. I will take this opportunity to focus more of “the deep things of God”, the hows’ and whys’, than just quoting verses we all already know stating God’s

involvement in all things. (Eph 1:11, Rom 11:36 , 1Cor 11:12, 2Cor 5:18 etcetera)

1. First...God does not deny Himself. It must be brought to our remembrance before we dig deeper that, God does not deny His very being. Not that He does not do it or does not appear so to the natural man, but that He cannot deny Himself. Titus 1:2 (KJV) 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; 2 Timothy 2:13 (KJV) 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. Is that the case when these verses below are considered? Are these verses showing God is denying His involvement, Himself in these unrighteousness acts of evil, false religious worship or are those verses intended to teach us a hidden wisdom of Himself far beyond natural comprehension? Jeremiah 32:35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it ever enter My mind Jeremiah 19:5 They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it ever enter My mind. Does it still appear to be the case of denial when we further rightfully divide those verses in Jeremiah, looking closely at the Sum of the word inspired through the book of Jeremiah, then all the OT prophets, from Genesis right down to the New Testament apostles? We will come to see shortly what is written that comes to God’s heart is not for His sake, but for our sake to have the knowledge of what is in the mind of the Lord, the heart of His being.

2 Corinthians 4:15 (NKJV) For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

2. A matter of understanding God’s heart. To quote your earlier words: “The overall meaning of the word ‘intent’ could be summarized as….An anticipated outcome that is intended, and guides our actions….& To be attentively occupied with, and resolved to follow, a plan or scheme which one hopes and believes will lead to the desired and anticipated outcome. “We are told the heart is desperately wicked, who shall know it? And we are told that a poor and contrite heart is of great value. Examining our own hearts, and taking our prideful and selfish conscious and subconscious thoughts captive, requires effort that is driven by only one intent, and that is seeking God’s righteousness and His Kingdom.” How do we know what is the mind of the Lord, in judgment, in worship, in relationships, in conduct, in all our walk as opposed to the “desperately wicked” heart of the natural man? How are we to have the knowledge of His very being, His heart? How? The word translated as “mind” in those verses in Jeremiah, as is in many verses in the prophets is the Hebrew for “heart”. The Hebrew word translated as the English word “heart” and further translated interchangeably as the English word “mind” in some verses of Jeremiah, and almost always as “mind” in many other English translations of the Scriptures. We must first understand the Hebrew H3820 should be “heart”. We are speaking of what is in the heart of the Lord. What is in God’s heart? How do we know? Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built H1129 the high places H1116 of Tophet, H8612 which is in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 in

the fire; H784which I commanded H6680 them not, neither came H5927 it into my heart. H3820 Jeremiah 19:5 They have built H1129also the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121with fire H784 for burnt offerings H5930unto Baal, H1168 which I commanded H6680 not, nor spake H1696 it, neither came H5927 it into my mind: H3820 Jeremiah 32:35 And they built H1129the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168which are in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to cause their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass H5674 through the fire unto Molech; H4432 which I commanded H6680 them not, neither came H5927 it into my MIND, H3820 that they should do H6213 this abomination, H8441 to cause Judah H3063 to sin H2398. H3820- Transliteration: lêb Pronunciation: labe Definition: A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything: - + care {for} {comfortably} {consent} X {considered} courag {[-eous]} friend {[-ly]} ({[broken-]} {[hard-]} {[merry-]} {[stiff-]} {[stout-]} double) heart ({[-ed]}) X {heed} X {I} {kindly} {midst} mind ({-ed}) X regard ({[-ed)]} X {themselves} X {unawares} {understanding} X {well} {willingly} wisdom. KJV Usage: heart (508x), mind (12x), midst (11x), understanding (10x), hearted (7x), wisdom (6x), comfortably (4x), well (4x), considered (2x), friendly (2x), kindly (2x), stouthearted (with H47) (2x), care (with H7760) (2x), misc 21. Occurs: 593 In verses: 550

3. Knowing the heart of the Lord. When we know God’s purpose, His intention “ before the foundation of the world,” then we can begin to know what is in His heart. Know someone’s purpose, end goal, then we can discern what is in their heart, whether good or evil. The means of attaining that end goal is however not as plain to understand, and is always through an event, an experience of some sort to arrive at the expected end. Jeremiah 30:24 (KJV) The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart:[...which is?]

in the latter days ye shall consider it. Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected [Heb: hope] end. What is NOT the intent of His heart? How does God’s people know what is NOT the intent of God’s heart? How do we know what is NOT His express image? We that are dwelling in an evil age, in a body of sin, with no spiritual understanding, no Light, by nature are accustomed to do what is beneath His glory, the works of darkness. But how do we, as His people, then attain a knowledge of what is in His heart, the knowledge of the Almighty? Here we have the prophet Jeremiah telling us our spiritual beginning as children: Jeremiah 4:22-23 (KJV) 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. What is the intent of His heart? How do we know how to do good? How do we attain the light in the heavens? Jeremiah tells us in the same chapter of our query: Jeremiah 32:35 (KJV) 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, [Heb: heart] that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin...... ....read on to see first see a glance what is in His heart, a sealed knowledge of the Almighty: .........Jeremiah 32:39-42 (KJV) 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. 42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. God does not deny His own works. But that work, though as in a blink of an eye to Him, appears as a process to the inhabitants of the first heavens and earth, in the terrestrial realm. The Lord readily admits that He creates evil for a season, (Isaiah 45:7) “brought all this great evil upon this people” THROUGH subjecting them to the vanity of the flesh, reserving into the blackness of darkness with no light in the heavens, the works of the carnal mind signified as “death”...for a season. For the end goal, outcome of learning, intent of knowing what is and what is not in His “whole heart” and “whole soul”.

4. Attaining the knowledge of the Almighty. Proverbs 2:1-5 (KJV) 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Here is a glimpse of the intent of His heart, the end goal He is performing with us now, and the rest of men to come. Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create H1254 new H2319 heavens H8064 and a new H2319 earth: H776 and the former H7223 shall not be remembered H2142, nor come H5927 into mind. H3820 [=Heart] The former, that is the evil age, the realm of death, the terrestrial will no longer come to heart, all to be done away. That is to say, it will not be in the new heart of the new creation of God. It will not be, because it is not, and was not in His whole heart and whole soul.

All that is in the new heart is NOT in the heart of the Lord God - our Head, that is to say, it is NOT of the divine nature of the Father. We must understand that having the literal, letter knowledge of the Old and the New is not what we speak of when we say the word “remember”. Remembering and knowledge has a deeper meaning of being active in doing, not passive. Remembering God in our deeds does not mean we literally remember or have knowledge of God, but that we do his commandments. When we forget God in our ways, or have no knowledge of God, this is not speaking of literally not knowing or remembering the letters of Scripture. Rather, in hidden wisdom, it is speaking of the power to do His commandments. Numbers 15:39-40 (KJV) 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. Psalms 103:18 (KJV) 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. If you remember God, or have knowledge of God, in His sight, it means you do them. If you do not do His commandments, it means, in the sight of God, you do not know Him and have “forgotten” Him. We use such words to convey how God thinks. To remember Him, have the knowledge of God, ultimately to do His commandments, a mediator is needed. John 14:26 (KJV) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. A mediator brings all things to our remembrance, and empowers us to do His commandments, that is, what is in the Father’s heart.

A mediator to empower us NOT to do what is NOT in the Father’s covenant, the heart of God.

5. The true intention behind the worship of other false gods.

What purposes then do all those disobedience serve as written in the Law? What purpose/intention do these abominations the children of Israel according to the flesh (then and until this day) serve us when they do not His commandments; do not what is in God’s heart? The scriptural answer is that it is through all these His invisible attributes and divine nature is revealed to us, who NO LONGER walk after the flesh as they, but after God’s own heart. 1 Corinthians 10:6-12 (KJV) 6 Now these things were our examples, .....[....”They have built H1129also the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121with fire H784 for burnt offerings H5930unto Baal, H1168 which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: H3820 ...heart] It is not God’s commandment to do as THEY did, spiritually, meaning it is NOT God’s own heart to do as they did. So why was it done and written...? ——> to the INTENT we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, [...”burn H8313 their sons H1121with fire H784 for burnt offerings H5930unto Baal”..] as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, [....”Ezra 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, [=fornication] to increase the trespass of Israel...] as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, [...”Exodus 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?..] as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,[...”Numbers 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord...] and were destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. All these things happened- were caused to come to pass, NOT because God has no knowledge of them from the beginning. It is not because He was not involved in working it to His end purpose. All these things happened, NOT because God is distancing Himself from the creation of darkness, the manifestations of evil, but ultimately all was to the intent that we know, remember, what is in His heart. Knowing His [spiritual] commandments is to know what is in His heart. A man that is after His covenants, His Laws, His statues, His commandments to do them, are all one and the same as....the Man that is after God’s own heart, to fulfil His will. 1 Samuel 13:14 (KJV) 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. Acts 13:22 (KJV) 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. To know what is in the heart of God, as carnal creatures of the terrestrial realm, we only attain to this knowledge, and power to do, THROUGH first being shown by “examples”, types and shadows in the terrestrial world, what is NOT in His heart and soul. Being shown this type of abomination amongst many under the Sun: Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it ever enter My mind [Heb: Heart] Again, what God has NOT commanded us to do is what is in NOT His heart. What God has commanded us to do is what is in His heart. That is God’s mode of operation. The next thing to expound upon is to answer, HOW does He wrought this knowledge in us and at the same time, not deny Himself?

(We must pay close attention to the jots and tittles such as “NOT” and “do” to discern what is in the heart of God)

6. Exploring the New Testament answers. The New Testament equivalence of those verses in Jeremiah is as what the apostle John tells us: 1 John 2:15-16 (KJV) 15 Love NOT the world, neither the things that are in the world. [...=“They [of the spirit of the world..] have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom [=idols of the hearts, vain imaginations..] to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin....”..] If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 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, [=not the Father’s heart..] but is of the world. The spiritual lesson is that through the contrast with the all that is in the world, we are impacted the spiritual knowledge of all that is of the Father’s heart. To think that God is not involved, or that He denies “all that is in the world” having to do with Him, is to not fully comprehend His ways and manner of speaking. John 8:33 (KJV) They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?.... .....John 8:47 (KJV) He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Though this word of the Lord is sealed, the natural man may think Christ is saying in the above verse that those of Abraham’s seed has nothing to do with God in the sense of their creation. Is Christ denying the Father’s involvement with Abraham’s seed, (that is, you and I, and all men).....oh, that He NEVER literally knew them at all?! Thinking “I never knew you” literally means He has no awareness of their being? He does not know you and me...literally? Matthew 7:22-23 (KJV)

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.[..such iniquity as “to [spiritually] burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal..Jer 7:31] What we are truly being told is that Sin has NOT entered into the Father’s heart. All that is in the old world of Sin, iniquity is not part of His divine being. He cannot be beneath His own glory. 1 John 1:5 (KJV) 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.[=...”which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, [Heb: heart] that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin..”] 1 John 3:5 (KJV) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.[....”I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.] In God though Christ, all His [spiritual] commandments is unto righteousness, not the unrighteousness of sin. There is NOTHING perverse in His commandments after the inward Man. Proverbs 8:7-8 (KJV) 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. [... What abomination do we know? What wickedness is abominable to Him? How do we know these abominations and not to do these wickedness?] 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. We have seen His spiritual commandments to the inner Man does not work the perversion we see written by Jeremiah and the Chronicles of the Kings. But how then does the perversion spoken of by the prophets come? It is NOT in His spiritual commandments to burn our children in strange fires, (and it’s not!) thus it is NOT part of His divine nature. All that is in the world is not of the Father, and He never knew workers of iniquities ( you and I in the flesh) thus sin is not part of His express image. God is NOT confirming to us that all these, workers of iniquities, Abraham’s seed, all that is in the world has absolutely NOTHING to do with Him as a Creator.

God is NOT passing the buck down to someone else, and pointing fingers at another to be responsible. Is what God saying in those verses, denying those people, events, all in the first world, that He did NOT create and caused all come to pass? Does “is not of the Father, [=not the Father’s heart..] literally means He did NOT caused them to come to pass? Not at all. He cannot deny Himself, means amongst many things the invisible attributes of Him, His divine Godhead will not pass away, His righteousness has been there from the beginning of our linear time, and will be there when the New world is established. The hidden wisdom is in coming to understand that God shows us what is in His heart, soul and mind through that temporary creation (“the old world”) outside of His express Spirit. That which is without, outside of His heart/kingdom/Spirit is that very thing that is contrary to His very being. It is NOT of His nature, His heart. We are NOT saying it is none of His, denying His involvement in the sense of their creation. We are saying through those things, it is NOT of His in the sense of His divine nature. Romans 8:9 (KJV) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. [=His divine nature/being..] Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. No man in the first Adam has the Spirit of Christ in heart and deeds. Does that mean God is denying His involvement in the creation of Man, the things of the flesh? Or a deeper revelation of His very being? We come to know what is in His heart, His divine nature through one channel- His [spiritual] commandments/Laws. 7. What has God commanded for the new creation that will be part of His divine nature? It is that which is in His heart.

Luke 6:45-46 (KJV) 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luke 12:34 (KJV) 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. When we find God’s treasure, we find His heart. When we do God’s sayings, we fulfil His will, we become one in heart with Him. We are raised up to be true kings. Acts 13:22 (KJV) 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. When we do not God’s sayings, we bring forth evil, wicked, abominable fruit, that which is NOT His commandments, that which is not after His heart. We are none of His, not come in His heart, in the sense of, not partaker of His divine nature. We fulfil the evil kings Jeremiah and the prophets prophesied of, the abominations not in the heart of the Lord, not in His kingdom. This double-edged act of doing and not doing what is in God’s heart is by the commandments.

8. The commandments reveal God’s heart. Deuteronomy 5:32-33 (KJV) 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. Deuteronomy 17:2-3 (KJV) 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; Deuteronomy 18:20 (KJV) 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. Source of obedience or disobedience- what is in the heart. Jeremiah 7:22-24 (KJV) 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 14:14 (KJV) 14 Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. We then contrast this evil heart to know the heart of the Lord, through the commandments. Jeremiah 11:7-8 (KJV) 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. Jeremiah 29:23 (KJV) Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 32:19 (KJV)

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:.... ...Jeremiah 32:23 (KJV) 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: Through the commandments, we begin to learn the mind of the Lord, how He thinks, what His holiness is all about, what He hates...all that is in His heart. What did God command about worship of foreign gods, images that is NOT Him, such as Baal, Molech? What invisible attributes of Him can we learn, what things in His heart can we know by the examples of the false gods? Leviticus 18:5 (KJV) 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord...... Leviticus 18:21 (KJV) And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Leviticus 20:2-3 (KJV) 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. Leviticus 20:4-5 (KJV) 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. All that has to do with the Baals and Molech is NOT of the Father’s express image. That is the pivotal lesson to be learnt here, about God’s nature. The denial of subjecting the creation to vanity is not the intent of these verses. The intent is to know the heart of the Lord, as shown by another example of Solomon, who later departed from the Lord.

Solomon became “none of His” in type, by His disobedience to the commandments. 1 Kings 11:6-11 (KJV) 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, [...after the Lord’s heart..] as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, [=after His heart..] which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. It was not only Solomon that became “none of His” in type, but another prominent king: 2 Chronicles 28:1-4 (KJV) 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Through the disobedience of these kings, we are given examples to the intent that we should NOT worship as they did, doing what is not after the Lord’s heart by not doing His commandments. How to do good, true worship, what is in the heart of the Lord as exemplified by this King: 2 Kings 17:9-23 (KJV) 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: 12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, [...How..? —> ] and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, [=came not unto His heart..] and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 2 Kings 23:3 (KJV) 3 And the king [Josiah] stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant... ...2 Kings 23:5 (KJV)

5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven..... ....2 Kings 23:10 (KJV) 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.... .....2 Kings 23:20 (KJV) 20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.... ....2 Kings 23:25 (KJV) 25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. [= He typifies Jesus Christ, fulfilling God’s heart on what to do with false gods- destroy all!]

9. Fulfilling God’s will, coming into His heart. God is not denying His involvement in the creation of all flesh. Rather, He is showing us through the flesh His invisible attributes, His heart, what is Him and what is not Him. Jeremiah 32:27 (KJV) 27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? When we are in the flesh, having not the Spirit of Christ, we are NOT of the Father in the sense of works of righteousness, express image of holiness and godliness. To become His and enter into His rest, His heart- this must happen: Hebrews 8:10 (KJV) 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Here is the hidden wisdom of God. The false, abominable worship of false gods that Israel was commanded NOT to do; having no part with God’s divine nature was shown to us from the beginning in the garden. The commandments from God “not” to do anything, are all one in Scripture.

When we do “not” one spiritual thing, we are commanded not to do, we fulfil the whole commandments of God. When we do NOT [spiritually] build the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom, but destroy them as King Josiah [2Cor 10:4-“ Casting down imaginations, and every high thing”..] and do not burn sons and daughters in the [strange/profane ] fire, worshipping false religion with false doctrines, false gods of this world THEN we fulfil the whole Law- we enter into the heart of God. Genesis 3:11 (KJV) 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Genesis 3:17 (KJV) 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thou shall not eat of the tree is one and the same spiritual commandment as: Leviticus 18:21 (KJV) And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Hearkening to the voice of the subtil serpent [=works of death] is spiritually passing through the fire to Molech, sacrificing to false gods of this world. That is NOT the divine nature of God, not the heart of God to do abominable works of unrighteousness. That is all one and the same as offering strange fire to the Lord. He will not accept it, being not of His heart, His Laws. Leviticus 10:1 (KJV) And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.[= expanding on that evil act is......”Jer 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the [strange] fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. It is through the commandments we know what is in the heart of the Lord, the good, and by the commandments we attain the knowledge of evil, what is not God’s divine nature. Romans 3:20 (KJV)

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Before there was no light in the heavens, wise to do evil by terrestrial nature, but how to do good according to God’s righteousness, we find not. To know what is not good in the sight of God, what comes not in His heart is “by the commandments”: Romans 7:7-11 (KJV) 7 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. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Romans 7:13-14 (KJV) 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. The heart of the commandment, heart of God is this: 1 Timothy 1:5 (KJV) 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: A pure heart of God manifested through Christ is one where there is No sin is in Him. Said in hidden tongues, is to say “which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.” There is no darkness at all in Him, in the third heaven does not contradict that He created darkness of the first heavens and earth. Jeremiah 13:16 (KJV) Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

1 John 1:5 (KJV) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Conclusion

God’s way is secretive, but it is “plain to him that understand”, and “right to them that find knowledge”. (Prov 8:9) The heart of the Creator is not found in His first marred creation. It is found in His new creation, the Holy city where no abominable thing (like sacrificing strange fires to Molech etcetera) will enter. It is not a denial of His involvement in the creation of the first heavens and earth, through which we attain unto the knowledge of His ways. Those verses in Jeremiah and others are rather a denial, a further confirmation that there is no darkness in Him, in Him there is no sin, in the third heavens. Revelation 21:27 (KJV) 2And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, [=...like —>”something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind,..my great, holy city, New Jerusalem.. that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Jer 32:35..] or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Works of abomination, of the flesh, are not in God’s heart, in the great city. This is what we are being told, and neither will it EVER enter. God’s heart is full of compassion and tender mercy. All the events of age past and this present age are all for a great lesson to teach us God’s invisible attributes, His divine nature, the process to mould us into His image. God does not deny nor distance Himself from the first creation. The first creation however is NOT the express image of the Creator, but necessary to reveal Himself, His heart, to us. All that proceeds out of His mouth and all things created are by Him: Lamentations 3:37-38

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? Revelation 4:11 (KJV) Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. All that is of the world is not in God’s heart, His spiritual kingdom. Again, the intention of creating the old world and the works therein is to understand His invisible attributes, His age lasting power and Godhead through it, not to deny His involvement. All that is in the world are in His foreknowledge and mind, and must occur as part of the plans to bring about the desired end goal/purpose of creating us His express image. This is His purpose/intention from the beginning. Ephesians 1:9-10 (KJV) 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: I hope this has open more of the seal and increase our mutual understanding of “the deep things of God”. Romans 11:33-34 (KJV) 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Your fellow brother continuing to seek the mind of the Lord, ~Ayo