Gone Fishing
Catch and release? Life's end of the fish caught by Peter, at Jesus direction, with the piece of money in its mouth large enough to pay the head tax on two men we do not know. Wasted? never. Jesus and Peter needed to pay a tax. Only coin of the realm would serve. Imagine a relationship with God so strong He could send you down to the seashore for dollars when you needed them. That fish picked up a coin from the ocean floor and carried it to Peter's hook.
Jesus knew the fish would be anxious to give up the coin, when and where to have Peter cast his hook, and the obvious, a fish held the coin in his mouth in the first place. (Maritime salvage, the ultimate gleaning left for God to care for his own.) That is communication. Doubloons anyone?
Prayer is the precious place in our minds connecting us to the true God and no other being. "Gone Fishing" is the true God's reply to every prayer. The heavens are closed. The true God is leading each and every individual who utters anything akin to a prayer to find His identity and grow that precious relationship with Him by finding His Ark's domain.
He is patient. His plan for a smooth transition into Christ's Kingdom requires listening to His voice. Hating the messenger God tolerates without prejudice. His message saves every human on this planet. All humanity listens to God, eventually.
People that seek and demand Satan's perversions, this includes religion, can still find them before Christ's Kingdom arrives and die. Yes, these include people with corrupted hearts. Individuals with corrupted hearts will have a resurrection to judgment. They learn to live obedience to God during Christ's Kingdom. All attain life by listening to God. God provides eternal life. It is no coincidence that post flood the earth's landscape is predominately in the northern hemisphere and like the issue of circumcision in Paul's day it is the heart and deeds of every individual that define who they serve. Not geography.
The true God's first ashore ewe cleared a beach for every praying person to find. (Thank God, the family dog taught her to swim.) Prayer is a request to the true God to build a relationship with Him. His answer to your prayer, finding this Herald. This is the place for the true God's news. First and foremost, the truth about our heavenly parents we learn. This includes the fate of their marriage, and how we ended up adrift in a dinghy to begin with.
God teaches His creation that He loves and understands them. He directs humanity to rid itself of fornication. Dump the pew. Also, get married to our lover, regardless of gender match, or stay celibate till marriage. Fornication God hates. Reparations to heal relationships damaged by fornication, forthcoming.
Did not Solomon threaten to split the baby to determine the truth of the mother? How about Levite priests determining the truth for a jealous husband with a bitter beverage? The true God is the only ally that will teach us the difference between the truth and a lie. We build our relationship with God with Bible reading, prayer, and deeds. The Psalmist said, "In God's humility I am made great." The true God makes people great who listen to Him. Gems of wisdom, love, justice, and power replace Satan's lies.
The perverse lies of religion end now. The more we understand about the true God when we pray the easier it is to resist and identify everything Satan has created to hurt humanity. To date religion has profaned every human on this earth with lies. The seeds of truth died with the first century Christians.
How do you think that Abraham traveled from place to place following the true God's direction? They forged a relationship with one another. Abraham had a relationship, nay, friendship, with the true God. The true God is the God of Abraham. He is the God of the Christ. He is who Jesus prayed to and who resurrected Christ from the dead. Recall Gethsemane?
Jesus refused all forms of worship. He did not receive worship even when sharing the visions of Revelation with John or explaining Daniel's visions to Daniel. Every human bowing to angels of the true God, attempting to pay homage as if worshiping a deity, is reprimanded. The true God Shepherds His sheep and the fire-ring conflagration waiting for them on His landing sight (an eye full) is filled with meat.