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1) Holy Spirit told me to be very careful about how much violence I watch on television programs. 2) The reason he made this suggestion is that demons like to hide in the light images of violence, greed and sex that people view on television. HOLY SPIRIT: Greetings! I (HS) have a question for you. What does watching violence on television do to your feeling of compassion?" ME: "Greetings Holy Spirit. My feeling of compassion is not as strong as it should be." HOLY SPIRIT: "It will be alright for you to occasionally watch the television program, but each time you do, your Angels will go into another room in your house. I (HS) also want to remind you that violence and compassion do not mix. Now let's begin to think about the text verse …show more content…
- Psalm 78:49 HOLY SPIRIT: "In this verse I (HS) had the writer use terms that expressed the Judgment of Our Father. According to this verse, who received the Judgment of Our Father?" ME: "The reference is to the Egyptians who held Our Father's Chosen people as slaves in their country for four hundred years. The acts that the evil angels (demons) did was the ten plagues that Our Father poured out on the Egyptian people to persuade Pharaoh to free His Chosen People. It is my understanding that the avenger angel of the tenth plague was a demon." HOLY SPIRIT: "It is important to note how Our Father used His Angels on this occasion. The tenth plague was part of the Judgment of Our Father on the Egyptians. The deliverance of His Chosen People from slavery was Him extending His Grace and Mercy to them. On this special occasion, Our Father had His Angels continue to help the Hebrew People, but He did not have any of His Angels do any of the violence. This is an example of the truth that there is really not any room for violence in the Grace and Mercy of Our …show more content…
It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusiie. 2 Samuel 24:16 HOLY SPIRIT: "The Judgment of Our Father that David chose was three days of pestilence that turned out to be an Angel killing many Hebrew People. After killing seventy thousand Hebrew men, the Angel was about to start to kill people in Jerusalem. David told Our Father that the problem was actually his sin, not that of the Hebrew People. As David repented, Our Father had the Angel stop the pestilence. Then the Angel told David to build an altar in a certain place and make sacrifices. When David did this the Angel stopped the pestilence. (See 1 Chronicles 21:18-27.) This was at the point in time when Our Father began to prepare the Hebrew People for the Temple with the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark of the Covenant. Our Father was beginning to tell and demonstrate to the Hebrew People that the Temple was to be a place of Our Father's Mercy and Grace, not of

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