“Those whom you bless are blessed, and those whom you curse are cursed.” – people say this about The Menace (#renown #influence).

“I will bring back word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.” – The Menace

“Who are these men with you?” – God asks The Menace

“These men are powerful politicians and influencers, and they want me to collaborate with them.” – The Menace responding to God’s question about the men who are soliciting the services of The Menace

“You shall not go with them.” – God says to The Menace re: the powerful politicians and influencers.

“Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.” – The Menace talking to the powerful politicians and influencers.

“Let nothing hinder you from collaborating with us! For surely we will do you great honor! And whatever you say, we will do!” – more powerful and more popular politicians and influencers pleading with The Menace

“Though you were to give me palaces full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do less or more.” – The Menace responding to the more powerful and more popular politicians and influencers

“Rise and go with the politicians and influencers, but only do what I tell you.” – God talking to The Menace

[God gets angry with The Menace for going with the politicians and influencers, and the angel of the LORD draws His sword to oppose The Menace]

“I have come to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.” – the angel of the LORD talking to The Menace

“I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in Your sight, I will turn back and cease my association with the politicians and influencers.” – The Menace responding to the angel of the LORD

“Go with the politicians and influencers, but speak only the word that I tell you.” – the angel of the LORD talking to The Menace

“Why did you hesitate to come to me when I called for you? Am I not able to honor you?” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

“Have I any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“I will inquire of the LORD, and perhaps the LORD will tell (or show) me something, and then I will tell you what the LORD tells (or shows) me.” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“Go to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer, and tell him the absolute opposite thing he wants to hear.” – God talking to The Menace

“God says the complete opposite of what you want to hear!!!” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“What have you done to me!? I told you to tell me ‘same’, but you have vehemently and vigorously told me ‘different’!” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

“Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“Please tell me what I want to hear!” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

“Wait while I meet with the LORD, and I’ll tell you what He tells me to tell you.” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“Go to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer, and tell him the absolute opposite thing he wants to hear.” – God talking to The Menace

“God says the complete opposite of what you want to hear!!!” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“Stop talking! Just stop talking! If you’re not going to tell me what I want to hear …shut up!!” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

“Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do’?” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“Let’s try one more time. PERHAPS (wink wink while nodding to a duffle bag full of cash and the promise of a front row seat at the Golden Globes) it will please God to tell you to tell me what I want to hear.” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

[*when The Menace saw that it pleased the LORD to keep telling the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer ‘different’ rather than ‘same’ he did not go, AS AT OTHER TIMES, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness]

[the Spirit of God came upon The Menace]

“God says the complete opposite of what you want to hear!!!” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

[The most powerful politician/the most influential influencer’s anger was kindled against The Menace, and the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer struck his hands together]

“I told you to tell me ‘same’, but you have vehemently and vigorously told me ‘different’ 3 times over!! I would’ve given you palaces full of silver and gold, and a lifetime supply of front row seat status at the Golden Globes!!! But now I ain’t giving you nothing! You’re a freak’n punk you know that! You’re a bad person!” – the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer talking to The Menace

“Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to fetch me, ‘If the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer should give me his own palace of gold and silver, and his own lifetime supply of front row seat status at the Golden Globes …I would not be able to go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the LORD speaks, that will I speak’?” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

“And one more thing … God says the complete opposite of what you want to hear!!!” – The Menace talking to the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer

[Then The Menace rose and went back to his place. And the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer also went his way]  

“Have you let all these Midianite women live!? Behold, these ladies, following the advice of The Menace caused God’s people to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor,[1] and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.” – Moses

“But the Lord would not listen to The Menace; instead the Lord turned the attempts of The Menace to curse you into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.” – Moses

“The Menace, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of God.” – Joshua

“I would not listen to The Menace. Indeed, I made The Menace bless you! So I delivered you out of his hand.” – God

“The Midianites did not meet your ancestors with bread and water, but they hired The Menace to curse your ancestors – yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.” – Nehemiah

“Hear what the LORD says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the LORD, and your enduring foundations of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against His people, and He will contend with His people. …‘O My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer Me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O My people, remember what the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer devised, and what The Menace answered the most powerful politician/the most influential influencer, and how God turned curses into blessings! Savor the marvelous artistry and mercy of the LORD!” – Micah

“Some people REVEL IN THEIR DECEPTIONS – while they feast with you! They entice unsteady souls. Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of The Menace – who was rebuked by a donkey, and momentarily restrained from his madness.” – Peter

“Some people – relying on THEIR dreams – reject authority. They are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. They walk in the way of Cain and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to the error of The Menace. These are HIDDEN REEFS at YOUR LOVE FEASTS – as they feast WITH YOU without fear; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.” – Jude

“Dear Pergamum, I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast My name, and you did not deny My faith even in the face of severe affliction! However, I have a few things against you: you have some in your midst who hold to the teaching of The Menace – who put unnecessary obstacles and obstructions in front of My people. Also, you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of My mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.” – Jesus of Nazareth

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