With the Almighty, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure: Volume 2

By Ray Anderson

The second volume is giving answer's that many were afraid to ask. Since every Believer is an heir of Salvation; we have a right to inquire, says Ray Anderson. The Lord spoke unto Jeremiah and said, "... I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15).

A believer wants to know: Who is the Eternal Being - Where does God the Father live - Jesus admits, There is someone greater than He. Who was she that help make the world. Adam and Eve had no biological mother but she was there. How can you learn and know your destiny - You can know the plan of God - Why was the maker of the world rejected. A believer is told where the hidden treasures of God is hid.The good the bad and the ugly - There is something that can change people - Is it mandatory to believe in the Resurrection. Will you see your loved one's in Heaven. Who is the bride of Christ. Is Jesus' bride alive now.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886854756

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With the Almighty, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

Volume 2

Ray Anderson

ISBN 979-8-88685-474-9 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88685-475-6 (digital)

Copyright © 2023 by Ray Anderson

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

The Eternal Being

Chapter 2

The Failures of the First Dispensation Are the Successful Outcomes of the Second Dispensation

Chapter 3

Let Mankind Take a Lesson from Past Failures

Chapter 4

There Was a Purpose of Jehovah Elohim's Judgment

Chapter 5

All Aboard for a New World

Chapter 6

Human Government Is Established

Chapter 7

Shem Will Have a Peculiar Relationship with the Lord

Chapter 8

There Is No Remedy for Apostasy, Just Judgment

Chapter 9

We Must Learn and Know Our Destination

Chapter 10

I Will Make Thy Name Great

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

The Master Plan of the Will of God the Father (Omnipresence)

Chapter 13

The Events in Infancy—Prenatal

Chapter 14

The Revival Breaks Out in Samaria

Chapter 15

Later Galilean Ministry

Chapter 16

The Exercising of Faith in the Most Unexpected Places

Chapter 17

Fools Show Up in Many Ways

Chapter 18

The Parable of the Leaven

Chapter 19

The First Stop, the Gergesenes Demoniacs Healed

Chapter 20

Discourse of the Bread of Life

Chapter 21

The Powerless Disciples—the Mighty Christ

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

The Retirement to the City of Ephraim

Chapter 24

Discourse on Divorce (Matthew 19:3–12)

Chapter 25

Monday AD 33

Chapter 26

The Lord's Olivet Discourse on Signs and Coming Events (Matthew 24:15–31)

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Friday AD 33

About the Author

Chapter 1

The Eternal Being

God the Father (omnipresence) in relation to himself.

This is God the Father's (omnipresence) absolute perfection. All that God the Father has he is, and all that God the Father is; he is ad infinitum.

The symbol symbolizes immortality, continuity, eternal reproduction, and infinite return. Can any hide himself in a secret place that I shall not see him? Saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? Saith the Lord (Jeremiah 23:23).

The infinity of God the Father is not the same as his being everywhere present. It speaks of the fact that there is no limit to his person in either space or time; he is everywhere present and nowhere absent.

The infinity of God the Father cannot be confused with his omnipresence. Omnipresence means he is everywhere at the same time, while infinity means that he is not limited by space and time. There never was a time when God the Father was not. He has always been. Before there was a who, what, where, when, how, and why; this or then; universe, time, or matter, God is I Am that I Am.

With fear and holy curiosity, let us now go beyond. Beyond—many poets have used this word in fairy tales; this information is not a fairy tale. God the Father is very much alive and active. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; and move and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring (Acts 17:28).

There are two kinds of darkness: choshek is stationary, and cheshkah moves.

From beyond—beyond, there is darkness (choshek), which God made his secret place, his third heaven, which is his pavilion. Surrounding him were dark waters and thick clouds. God the Father's omnipresence is in infinity: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of the Third Heaven (Psalm 18:9–11), where there is no beginning and ending. When God the Father bowed the heavens and came down; darkness [cheshkah] was under His feet (Job 22:14).

It is not that we have no knowledge of God the Father or we have consummate knowledge of God the Son; rather we have a working knowledge of God the Son that is useful and crucial for our lives. All we need to do is look up. For it is written, The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handywork. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory (Psalm 19:1, 97:6).

He possesses agape love and gave sovereignty not largely or mostly or partially but in infinite measure. His greatness is unsearchable. David the king said, Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable (Psalm 145:3).

When we dismiss analogy, we end in holy curiosity.

Physicists have a tendency to go from everlasting to everlasting with holy curiosity. God has built this capacity for communications into creation. We are not God but are his, because we bear his image and are made in his likeness (Genesis 1:26–28).

God reveals himself to us not in his language but in our own languages. Isaiah said, For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him (Isaiah 64:4).

He can talk to us in a manner that we can understand—not exhaustively but truly and meaningfully.

From the curiosity of Adam and Eve, they gave us the opportunity to travel through the beginning of mankind from our past; now we venture through our present. May we see the mistakes and change as we are going into our future.

Here, we are with fear and trembling, listening with holy curiosity to the plans as described to us by the exegete who was inhabited by the Lord.

We Are Yet on Board with Wisdom the Exegete, Humanity's Narrator

With Holy Curiosity, She Will Continue to Guide Us through Everlasting to Everlasting

With fear, we enter God the Son's (omnipotent) dispensation.

"The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether" (Psalm 19:9).

God the Son is the everlasting King.

He is eternal and changeless—not a God of the past alone but equally active in the present. He is not only the Creator who formed the world but the King who now rules it. Our worship is not only to veneration for what he has done but to a constant appreciation of what he is doing and praying for his future action—a real and effectual communion with the living and active God the Father.

The thoughts of the nature of God should induce submission and reverence.

None can compare with him. All of mankind is in his power. His eternal presence demands constant attention, and his ceaseless activity requires correspondence in all of our activities. For it is written, In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6).

Throughout these commentaries, this thought will be echoed.

Mankind's Destiny Was Chosen before the Foundation of the World

God Almighty (omnipotent) is peculiarly related and has universal supremacy and claims over all his creation. He is not one among many gods but the only God, the Creator of all things. In him, all thing consist. All of mankind live only through him. He is gracious to all mankind. He is willing to give his richest blessings to all of mankind.

Yet there are other and special relations which God holds only with those who trust, love, and obey him. They who seek God will not find him as the negligent or never-do-good. Those who accept God for their portion will be chosen by him for peculiar treasure. This is consistent with the universality of the being and activity of God. For it is written, Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine (Exodus 19:5).

The Lord dispensed his mercies to Adam, which implies that he is the natural head of all the generations to come. Adam, which was the son of God (Luke 3:38). He is a contrasting type of Christ, the head of the new creation, which is a divinely purposed illustration of the truth.

The first creative act refers to the dateless past and gives scope for all the geologic generations. The first dispenses of mercies with mankind were a period of time during which man was to be tested, in respect of obedience to the specific revelation of the will of God the Father (omnipresence).

Man was created innocent, placed in a perfect environment, subjected to an absolute, simple test, and warned of the consequences of disobedience.

We have learned a practical lesson so far as we ride with wisdom from everlasting to everlasting. We have found that it is foolish to escape the judgment of God.

God Almighty never abdicates his right to be the judge of all his creation.

There is no possibility of hiding from him. God searches us and knows our deepest heart secrets. Will it not, then, be best for mankind to be true, open, and true to God Almighty?

We should not ascribe the confusion of the world to God's indifference.

When he knows all and does not set it right, this must be (a) partly because he gives grace to his creatures for the possibility of attaining a higher good, that would be reached by the exercise of any irresistible power and (b) partly because he must have a higher ultimate goal than any we can conceive of in this present ungrateful conditions of the world.

The creation must be delivered from suffering and death, which is kept for the sons of God.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:19–21)

What a Difference a Day Makes

When God's Rest Is Broken

Believing is what brings you into God's rest, and unbelief causes you to be put out of his rest.

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. For he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as God did from his. Let us labor therefore to enter into rest, lest any man fall after the same examples of unbelief. (Hebrews 4:3, 10–11)

The first visitation to mankind was his visit to Adam in the garden after giving him dominion. The Lord God Almighty, in the form of Jehovah Elohim, came seeking Adam and Eve, saying,

And they heard the voice (wind) of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? (Genesis 3:8–9)

There were no former greetings as they had before.

What the Lord met at the entrance was silence, similar to the silence that was in heaven when iniquity was found in Lucifer.

The Lord knew where they were; he wanted them to realize where they were. Having to ask this question, Where art thou? show the beginning of the ingratitude of Sin.

Every act of sin is a distinct act of ingratitude: for every act is an offense against him, who has shown to mankind nothing but love and from whom mankind is taking innumerable favors in the very moments of the transgression.

You Cannot Know Where You Are until You Know Where You Came From

The most interesting inquiry was, why were they hiding? The Lord was asking the innocent. These two, being 130 years old divinely, had the mind of a 21-year-old on earth. They were innocent but not ignorant. He asked them questions and expected answers. Because of this act of transgression, God Almighty has to use these rights which he has over all mankind, and because they could not yet understand his character, they may be able to recognize his rights. Adam said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and hid myself (Genesis 3:10).

There was a reason that caused Adam to be afraid and not remember the covenant. Adam was made in perfection; he had no reason to fear. There is no fear in love: perfect love cast out fear (1 John 4:18).

In a review of the law, it was simple but profound. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat thereof thou shall surely die (Genesis 2:16–17, 3:11).

The Lord God asked him other questions: Who told thee that thou was naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou should not eat?

Adam understood the earnestness of his words; when we look at the character of Adam, there is no reason for excuses. Adam was made in the image of God. He had an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 96,900. He had dominion. He had the ability to create, process, and form and say words. He had the ability to name everything and never named one thing the same. He was the first computer. He remembered whatever he called everything. He never wrote anything down because his ledger was within his mind.

Adam, at this time, had not given his wife a name, because he did not feel responsible for her; notice the answer he gave. Adam said, The woman that thou gave to be with me; she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is it that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I did eat (Genesis 3:12–13). For it is written, And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). The Lord did not question the beast and soon-to-be serpent. He knew that the devil had put them in bondage (the state of being bound or subjected to some external power or control) which produced ingratitude (forgetting or poor return for kindness received) through his subtility.

Through the mind of holy curiosity, it was possible that the Lord God was saying to the beast that lent itself to Satan, even though it may have been most kind as it was, the most subtle of creatures less than man.

The Lord was not talking to a serpent. Many have said it was a shake in error. This beast had legs similar to cattle's.

The Lord God is now speaking to what implies the length of time it takes to restore the bondage which produces ingratitude (ungratefulness).

And the Lord God said unto the serpent (speaking to the future of the beast), Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle (behemah—beast) and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity (hostility) between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed (progeny) and it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:12–15)

The Lord cursed the bondage that caused ingratitude when he said,

The wicked are estranged (aborted) from the womb they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut pieces. As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalm 58:3–8)

The Lord God had placed the future of everything within mankind. The plan must proceed because of the possibility of Adam eating from the tree of life and living forever. With the Lord knowing the future, a new covenant was imminent for the hope of mankind. The man is become one of us, to know good and evil: and now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever (Genesis 3:17–22).

Mankind Needed a Second Covenant of Conscience

The second covenant conditions the life of fallen man—conditions which must remain until the kingdom age. Mankind must survive on what knowledge that had been given unto them in Eden. By disobedience, man came to a personal and experimental knowledge of good and evil: of good as unto obedience and of evil as unto disobedience to the known will of God. Through this knowledge, their conscience was awakened.

Since they have been awakened, Adam has to use the knowledge that was taught to him in the garden of Eden: to till the ground from whence he was taken. From now on, the Adams would have to value what they have and take care of all they valued.

They would learn of these values through the evolutions of time.

Adam and Eve being naked brings three trains of thought: natural, spiritual, and valued.

The natural train of thought is the sense of self-will (the sense of selfishness) and the sense of separation. The first spiritual thought is that the Adams realized their nakedness—who they are. Second, they needed to realize the value of their work was the Lord's desire. Third, they needed to realize the value of responsibility to the world.

The Lord must make them subject to vanity, which they never knew not willingly but by reason of him who will be subject to the same in hope.

The primary meaning of Adam is Adonai, which means master applied to man and used in two relationships: master of the environment and husband to the family. Adam, as the natural head of all mankind, is a contrasting type of Christ, the head of the new creation (Luke 3:38).

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law). For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual; but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

The first man Adam is of the earth, earthly; the second man is the Lord from heaven. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Romans 5:11–14; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22, 45–47)

The Adams' destiny is chosen by the Lord God (Jehovah Elohim), but its fulfillment is decided by them. The state of the woman was changed. Her motherhood and conception will be multiplied, linked with sorrow; her desire will be for the man who will rule over her. The headship of the man which is now corrupted because of sin makes a hardship that is vested in man. Since Adam listened to his wife and had eaten of the tree, of which they were commanded not to eat, they will see what it's like to eat from cursed ground for their sake. It will bring forth to them thorns and thistles as they shall eat from the herbs of the field; in the sweat of their faces, they shall eat bread taken from the ground until they return to the dust.

Chapter 2

The Failures of the First Dispensation Are the Successful Outcomes of the Second Dispensation

There will be many mistakes, errors, and failures during each generation. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken (Genesis 3:22–23).

They were sent out of the east gate, which was part of the plan. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (Genesis 3:24).

The Adams were in the region that would be later called Babylon—Persia. The land was not altered at this time. The Adams had at their disposal all of the un-named eastern hemisphere: east, west, north, and south. There were no grand canyons, no great known mountains. All of these came about by the devastation of the flood, which would happen years later.

Everywhere they went was home. They had at least 1,500 miles in any direction they could travel. Many of these trees and other plants will be found throughout the land far from the garden. As far as the eyes could see, the earth had all types of trees, vines, vegetables; and all types of animals that Adam had not found for his help meet roamed the earth (Genesis 2:20).

God never takes his eyes off the treasure which he has in earthen vessels. For it is written, For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:6–7).

God restored his sinning creatures, but the dispensation of innocence ended in the judgment of expulsion.

Mankind was not sent out on a vague journey, with nothing to guide and to limit him. If we will look at where the Lord points and asks the questions in which the unction of the Holy One puts into his mind, his journey will soon be at an end, and that's when destiny begins (1 John 2:20).

Their destiny was that the Adams were to leave the garden, they were to become one flesh, but they could not cleave to each other while in the garden. They were leaving but not empty. For their character was yet of the mind of the Almighty God. He showed his mercy when he provided them with coats of skins, which are types of Christ made unto righteousness (Genesis 3:21).

Adam and Eve's Love Letter to Mankind for Our Inheritance

Now that it was inevitable that they must leave, they have to make the best of their wonderful situation; their leaving was a blessing for all mankind.

In order to live unto righteousness, they had to remember how it was then and what it could be now. To remember the Almighty's guidance is simply to do this: In all of thou way acknowledge Him and he will direct their path, and it will always be with them. The best thing is not to make the same mistakes that brought them to this time. For it is written, Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

The oncoming must be able to self-explore by looking for the good things within themselves; they have been given grace to find the answers. They must become one in thoughts and blend the learning skills that they received from the Lord in order to live as one's made in the image of God.

In every walk of your life, that image must show at all times for future generations to come. Like any father and mother who would leave their desires for their inheritance, they would leave instructions for the hearts of mankind and their desires for them in the generations to come.

Now that they are aware of themselves, they have the freedom and responsibility to create their identity and establish meaningful relationships for all generations that will follow them, hoping all that follow will continue searching for their purpose, values, and goals in life.

Listening to the Wrong Thing Is What Started It All

Because of their falling into the cunning craftiness of the enemy of their soul, they now encourage others to make their own choices. The choices you make must be good for all mankind, not just for self.

This cunning craftiness is yet at work in mankind today.

Living in a world of vanity marks the beginning of worldliness in this world through Adam.

Adam and Eve are not trying to cause fear or anxiety or other feelings that are caused by thinking about mankind's existence and death. They were surely dying even though they only had 12.916667 lifetimes, 930 divided by 72 years.

There were rhetorical questions asked of the prophets for the prince of the power of the air of this world. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cast down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations (Isaiah 14:12–23)!

Adam and Eve's decisions are based on both subjective and rational thoughts. The word subjective refers to the quality of your thinking that is based on or influenced by personal feelings, taste, and opinions about the Lord. The word rational is the quality of being based on and in accordance with reason and logic. The word is, "Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee forever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God" (Deuteronomy 12:28).

The blessings of your future may be out of sight but never out of mind.

Inheritance will be passed on for generations to come, which carries conditions. It is written, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever (1 Chronicles 28:9).

Since Adam had dominion, let us take his advice so that all oncoming generations would take heed. Let us listen in with the mind of holy curiosity; this is Adam's advice to all oncoming civilizations and generations.

Let the Adam Who Has Been There Speak, as We Listen with Our Hearts Instead of Our Ears

Our desire for all civilizations is to repent (stop—reverse) of what happened and come back to what caused your pleasures to be taken from you. All of this is dependent upon those who believe. The Lord is only obligated to fulfill his plan. That which has been is now; and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is past (Ecclesiastes 3:15).

There is always a warning before destruction. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). You cannot be too small for God to use, only too big.

Do not say within thine heart that you