By Liaf

I’m hot with anger! I don’t know why God allowed me (or my brother) to have a web site only to have a lame computer that cannot connect to the Internet. But we will not be stopped! I will use other computers to upload messages that take only a few seconds of time. I don’t know if this is just one of Satan’s cheap asinine tricks, or Satan’s response to the prayers of the religious establishment that do not like what we teach here. Either way, I do not want you to go to hell the way the rest will. We take the narrow path here in other words. The only way we will be stopped is for Satan to do the intelligent thing: kill us! That’s because if he and the religious establishment that oppose us cannot win us at the battle of the wits, then take a hammer to the computer. That’s a typical loser philosophy. I will admit it’s effective (not smart) but effective in the practical sense.

With that all being said, the asinine antics of Satan and those who follow those ways remind me of an ass that talked in the Bible. Actually, this ass was a good ass in the sense that it corrected a wayward prophet. In other words, I guess it takes an ass to undo another ass. God has his ways. Turn with us if you will to your King James Bibles to Numbers 22:

Numbers 22:1-12: And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Balak wanted a renowned prophet called Balaam to curse the plenteous and powerful people of Israel because he was afraid of them. They had quite a reputation. God said to Balaam that he was not to curse them.  It seems that Balaam was the “evangelist” of the day. The true people of God were a threat to any nation because they were promised many descendants and a lot of power according to the birthright promises. Nevertheless, Balaam was one who was influenced by money and prestige of the day (II Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11). In spite of the fact that God clearly said that he should not curse them, and in spite of the fact that Balaam clearly said that he would only say what God wanted him to say about Israel, still I believe he was hoping for some sort of loophole (for want of a better term) that he could rightfully curse Israel in accordance with what Balak wanted (and he would get paid for it, too!). You see, Balak represented any of us who want comfort, status quo, and “not to be disturbed” by anything new or threatening. Certainly (he must have thought) these people of Israel were not to be trusted nor chosen by God. So he wanted Balaam to curse them (because whatever Balaam proclaimed came to pass). “Please Balaam, curse Liaf and Morfessa in Jeeeeeesus name! Make them stop teaching what they do because they are threatening the established order and our comfort zone!” We, in turn, side with God in that we say that Israel became populous, powerful and blessed to the distaste of the establishment. They want Israel cursed like Balak did. 

If we continue reading Numbers 22:

Numbers 22:20-34: And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

You’d think a prophet of the Lord who heard God speak would have the vision to see the angel. But the ass he was riding on saw the dangerous angel three times instead! Three times Balaam punished his ass until finally the ass answered him! What’s really funny about the story was that Balaam was so hot with anger that he even answered his ass as if a talking ass was normal! When Balaam’s eyes were opened, he saw the real danger and repented. Balaam in short was up to no good and God knew that his “way is perverse before me”. It took an ass to correct a high profile evangelist of the day. I take comfort in that. I know of a lot of asses that speak---- but God can use even them. In addition, God can use an ass to correct another ass that is going his or her own way. In other words, God deals with them on their same terms.  What’s the point? The point is that God blessed a certain people. God says exactly what truth is. And the high-profile “speaker for God” of the day wanted to do things his way (the way any good evangelist does) hoping that the truth was not really the truth, but truth was the way he wanted it to be and to hell with the rest--- in fact he hoped he could find a loophole to curse the rest. And in all this, he wanted money for it too. This may not sound Christian of me, but all I have to say is, “What an ass!” His ass was less of an ass than he was! For sure, his ass had more sense than he did! God has his ways of dealing with wayward people to make them look worse than the ass they ride on!

Nevertheless, Balaam would only say what God wanted him to say. At least he had that much sense. Likewise, we will teach about God’s blessing to Israel as his chosen people until all the religious leaders will one day say what we do here on this site (even to their distaste!). You see, we want you to be filled with courage and faith, especially in these times of terrorist threats. We do not want you to be dragged down to the level of some “ass” with a “doom and gloom” message to the effect that we will be destroyed for whatever reason. Let’s look at the predictions of Balaam himself when he blessed Israel four times instead of cursing them, as Balak wanted him to do. (And if you take these promises to heart because we are the people of Israel, you will never fear God’s abandonment of this nation because of an enemy again.)

Numbers 22:38-41: And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

Balak is preparing (or I should say buttering up) Balaam at a place where he can see all of Israel in hopes that he will curse them. Let’s read on into the next chapter.

Numbers 23:5-12: And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

God told Balaam to say to Balak several things: Israel was not to be cursed. That was the first. Secondly, they would dwell alone, i.e. they would not be counted like the other nations. They would become isolated and a “cut above the rest” in other words. Thirdly, they would become populous. Tell me. Does the blessings that we have here in the United States and Britain sound something like that? Aren’t we considered the wealthiest of the nations being a “cut above the rest” with our God-given blessings? We loan to other nations (and the jealous infidel people of the world still criticize us for it) See Deuteronomy 28:12. I saw a program that said during the reign of George V of England, he ruled over one fourth of the people of the world belonging to the British Empire. And Manasseh (the United States) was promised to become a great people (nation) as it shared in the birthright promises of Joseph. In addition both the United States, and to a lesser degree the United Kingdom, are isolated from the rest of the world so that problem-causing enemies are not literally at their borders. Enemies may take some cheap shots, but the isolation makes a constant threat of invasion difficult. Think of nations belonging to the commonwealth of Britain also. For example, Canada resides with us over here safely from the rest. The continent of Australia is also alone along with various islands of the commonwealth. This does not only apply to the British Isles. Did not God promise King David “a place” for Israel to dwell? We are all from the tribe of Joseph, namely Ephraim (the commonwealth) and Manasseh. Now let me ask you something. Is this what you hear preachers teach about Israel? They would have you believe they are scattered amongst their enemies (not isolated from them). They would have you believing that many of them are beggars that are few in number. Now who sounds more like the truth that Balaam said (despite his tendency against it)? And who sounds more like the curses that Balak wants to pronounce? I’m serious. This is serious business. The spirit of Balak would rather you be afraid of terrorists! They want to curse Israel! As I always say, hell is not a hard drive that gets filled up. There is plenty of room there. And these asses are only turning the temperature up on themselves with every curse they utter---- just keep denouncing the likes of us here at this site. They are all more stupid than I took them to be. Let’s continue reading on:

Numbers 23:11-13: And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Needless to say, Balak did not like what he heard at all. I will not quote all the reactions of Balak, but in a nutshell he would butter up Balaam each time by taking him to another place so that he’d “get a different perspective” of Israel, i.e. Balak was trying to get Balaam to see by sight instead of by faith in God’s promises. In this example, Balak only wanted Balaam to see a part of Israel. A mainline religious leader may say to me (Liaf) or to you (all), “Look how little the British Isles are. Surely they are not as big as Liaf says they are. His doctrines are erroneous.” That’s because there are more to the people than just that one location from that perspective. Don’t let anybody fool you into thinking these “little isle” people can’t whoop some ass if they tried, including ours! (Not that one brother eliminating another brother is in prophecy--- God would not allow it.) If we read Balaam’s second, third and fourth predictions, we see even more amazing things.

Numbers 23:18-24: And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

God said it! That settles it! They are blessed, period! They are forgiven, period! (the forgiveness part will be explained in Balaam’s last prophecy) Notice the mention of a King and the strength of the unicorn (wild bull). We’ve been through all this before in the other messages. If you’ve been reading these messages, this is familiar to you. The Bible repeats these promises to Israel again and again. “This is great, but what if we come under some curse or spell that takes all this away?” you may ask. No, you can’t get some gypsy spell or curse from another god to make us have any bad luck. No chance. Israel can walk under thousands of ladders, party every Friday the thirteenth, and cross thousands of black cats. They won’t do any harm. At this point, Balak wanted Balaam to stop saying anything good or bad about Israel, but now Balaam was on a roll. God had more to say, and Balak still was hoping for a curse on them.

Numbers 24: 5-9: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Again, Balaam’s prophecy foretold of a time that Israel would become populous. The phrase “He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters” is equivalent to the promise to Jacob “thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south”. In the more literal sense, “his seed shall be in many waters” shows the presence of Israel throughout the world including naval forces. They were to have a great King and kingdom. They were to have the strength of the unicorn with victory over their enemies (see Deuteronomy 33:17). I like the last part of the prophecy: Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. Earlier we settled the question of spells and bad luck on us. This goes further with a simple statement. Anyone who would do so or otherwise curse us is cursed! Period! Go ahead. Try to curse us. Try to beat us. Try to terrify us. I see that anyone wanting to curse us likes the thermostat to hell turned up even more. What a bunch of lame, stupid arse-holes.

Balak was trying to make Balaam lament the “fact” that he would have promoted him to high honors and riches had he cursed them instead. Balak had his own holy war to fight with the promise of his god, I’m sure. But it was all in vain. He would ultimately lose.

Numbers 24:15-24: And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

Most theologians, as I will also, comment primarily on the “Star” part of the prophecy. However, Balaam also prophesied about the fate of the surrounding peoples. In the immediate sense of the day, Israel would conquer and subdue their surrounding neighbors (most of the names mentioned are in the area of the Promised Land). However, if we look carefully, we see that some of this applies to end-time prophecy. I darkened the most obvious passage at the end. “Asshur” is the name for Assyria. “Eber” were the progenitors of the Hebrew race and were the early colonizers prior to Abraham (in the same manner their descendents of Israel later migrated around the world). Thus, Eber relates to the whole of the people of Israel in latter times. In Balaam’s day, the “Eberites” may have been a more familiar term for the people who became Israelites. This, in turn, related the well-known “Eberites” to the same people who were known as the Israelites invading the area. Notice the people of “Chittim” afflicting Assyria and Eber. Where did we read about this in the Bible? The answer is in our end-times series (Daniel 11:30) when the ships of Chittim come against the Assyrian Antichrist. If you read and remember our series, these ships will plague Antichrist. In addition, Israel will undergo severe trials during the Tribulation known as the “time of Jacob’s trouble”. These trials to Israel are for the correction of God’s people, and not a means of their eradication (although many will perish in the trials).

Let’s get to the “Star” part of the prophecy. Besides the greatness, the multitudes, and power of the Israelites, Balaam also prophesied of a ruler coming from them. Although this ruler was not to come in the immediate future according to Balaam, eventually one would arise to subdue the surrounding nations. This was none other than King David and the house of David. By extension, this ruler would be Jesus Christ of the house and lineage of King David. Historically, King David and Solomon gained very much power when they were settled in their land. Israel was then great. After their punishment and exile, Israel would again rise to greatness with a Davidic King to reign over them and control much of the world (during their “Lost Tribes” days”). After Israel’s second exile and punishment during the Tribulation, the ultimate King Jesus will rule and reign over Israel (restored in her land) and over the whole world. For a side note here, if you are wondering where I got the idea of two exiles and punishments, I take that from the “seven-times” punishment warning recorded in Leviticus 26. Theologians see the seven- times prophecy as having a long fulfillment of 2520 years, and a short fulfillment of seven years (the Tribulation) after many people of Israel returned to their land only to be deceived by Antichrist. The exiles, persecutions, captivities and whatnot will be shorter in duration albeit more severe.

What does this “Star” prophecy mean to you and me? As I have always said, you have had to been raised an Evangelical Protestant to appreciate where I am coming from. I do believe that we must all place our faith in Jesus Christ and his work as a substitute for our sins. That was shown in the previous series regarding the tabernacle amongst other messages. However, I will not be so corny as to offer “altar call” time like an evangelist. “Now repeat after me….. Lord, I’m a sinner….” etc. Let’s get real. Is there anybody out there who doesn’t believe they sinned? Saying that to the Lord sounds a little artificial. He knows that, you know that and I know that. The issue is if we accept the means of that forgiveness, namely the death and resurrection of the Lord. We are presumptuous if we claim we have no sin. But we are equally presumptuous if go around feeling guilty about that sin and wonder if God could ever forgive us. If we believe God said we sin, we must equally believe he is willing to forgive--- that’s a prayer of faith away. Otherwise, what was the point in all those years of Israel’s “play acting” the redemptive story of Christ let alone the actual sacrifice made for our sins? If God went through that trouble to have his son sacrificed for us, I could hardly imagine God to just shut the door to us if we ask him to forgive us in Jesus’ name. Realistically, one may not “feel” much different inside once he or she placed their faith in Christ to forgive them. Indeed, our old nature (of Adam) still plagues us until we die, as God said would happen to Adam. However, we have a new nature (the new man Christ) as a seed inside of us. Watch out! You will start to emulate the things of God and start changing and not know why. You will see things from a different and eternal perspective. But as long as we are in the flesh, that old nature still wars against the new nature and things do not always seem so rosy. Ultimately, because of our new nature, we will enjoy the same fate as Christ: resurrection from the dead unto eternal life and becoming Kings and Priests in the coming Kingdom of God. As God said about us in Psalm 2:7-9:

I will declare the decree the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

That’s what “born again” really means. The literal meaning is to be born from above by God’s Spirit. Jesus said, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; [i.e. Adam’s race] and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again [or from above].” Adam would have been born from above by the Spirit had he taken from that Tree of Life and he would have in essence become Christ (as we will). There would have been no need for a Savior. However, he chose his own way that God said would result in death. God once again extended that “Tree of Life” in the “Star” that would come out of Jacob. Jesus came the first time in grace to offer salvation to all, but Balaam saw the time when he would come again in judgment to all those who rejected him. Biblical prophecy depicts the “Lost Tribe” nations of Israel, namely Britain and the United States, as God’s light-bearers of the gospel. Only people who placed their faith in Jesus Christ could do so, and therefore they are forgiven as Balaam’s earlier prophecy said.

Let us therefore come to that Star in faith, and let’s not be an ass like Balaam (even though he prophesied correctly) or Balak who wanted to curse Israel, and ultimately his own means of salvation.

In the Evangelical Spirit, I will offer a prayer for you to pray to come to Christ if you never came before, but with “Balaam’s twist” to it:

“Lord, Help me not to be like Balaam or Balak or for that manner like that ‘animal’ of Balaam’s, but help me to see the need for your forgiveness in Christ. You said we all sinned and must be born from above. I now place my faith in Jesus. Thank you for the Star that came out of Jacob to save all of us who place our faith in him.”

Of course there is no “magical formula” or prayer that must be said verbatim to place one’s faith in Christ. Many prayers offered (as the one here) are just examples for those people who don’t know where to start. However, whatever is said to God, faith is the main ingredient to assure us of that new life in Christ. And let’s remember to heed the warning of the Apostle Peter who said of false prophets:

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