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ISRAEL CS LIM
Greetings Surfers, This website carries a very important message. I welcome you to search it out and discover for yourself some very important Biblical Patriarchy truths. I seek to be known in the spirit through what I publish, but I do feel that some form of personal introduction is still in order. Who is behind this website? What kind of a person is he? Where is he from? These will be the obvious questions that loom in a visitor’s mind when life issues are being discussed. Thus, I open myself up to those who would extend their hand of brotherly fellowship. Let this also be my opportunity to testify of my beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom I am forever grateful. But before I continue any further, I know that issues concerning women and feminism are inevitably involved, for they constitute one of the many aspects of Patriarchy. I want to make it emphatically clear that true Biblical Patriarchy does not seek to undermine or destroy woman but instead seek to uphold and love her, to the extent that if necessary, to lay down his life for her. This is well illustrated by Jesus who died for the Church, and is sanctifying and raising her to ascend to the glorious throne of His Father's Kingdom. There are many other aspects of man that I will be addressing, including his many failings that result in the pathetic condition of the world and the Church today. My purpose is, that by the finger of God, I may be one of those ministers that God uses in these last days to direct man back to where and what he should be - the abundant life that Christ promised, which many think they have, but only a few attained.
Here is my life and my story. In 1973, I, Israel CS Lim accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. Before that, I was indulging in pugilistic arts and meditation that backfired severely. As a result, I became very sickly and suffered a burst eardrum. The Lord miraculously healed me. I founded a church in 1990 and in 1991, I left my computer business to serve God full-time. I also function in the prophetic office where the Lord uses me as a prophetic voice to minister to churches. I am also founder of a Bible School which has the purpose of raising up ministers and ministries for the end-time harvest. I take outside meetings as the Lord leads, but I generally prefer to remain in my "cave". Among other publications, I authored 2 books. The first, "Hearing God’s Voice and Discerning The Counterfeits" identifies the 7 channels of God’s voice and the 5 tests to expose the counterfeiting voices. The second, "The Last Days Anointing of Moses and Elijah" prophetically declares the last-days anointing, and shows the way to move into it. I conduct seminars on leadership and management games based on scriptural principles. I also deal with the destitutes and the mentally disturbed. I am an ordained minister holding the Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, Master of Arts in Theology, and Doctorate of Ministry degrees from an accredited theological seminary.
I am a born-again Christian. I was saved about 24 years ago (as at 1997). I am a Singaporean Chinese, which means that my parents were immigrants from China. We were then idol and ancestor worshippers, poor and uneducated, a big family of up to about 12 children. Some of my siblings were given away because of poverty, so I became the youngest of the remaining 10. I was contracted to be sold off twice even before I was born, but as it turned out, heaven had willed that I remain in the family. I never had the opportunity to see my grandparents, but knew that both my grandfathers had 2 wives each. One of them was a pugilistic exponent with political involvement back in China. How we ended up in such a pathetic condition was just the fate brought upon many by the World War. I used to hear my mother reminiscing the good old days when she was piggy-backed from place to place until the age of five and then she travelled, sitting in a sedan chair with many attendants. It was a time when the feudal lords ruled, when men were heavily indulging in opium, women and pleasures. Then here we were as war victims, poor and empty in Singapore. Not just the Chinese (which forms the majority), but immigrants from other countries such as the Indians and Europeans (in smaller proportion) also landed in Singapore, a little island that is only about 225 sq. miles. The native Malays were already in the land and with Christianity coming in strong from the west, we became a multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-religious society with eastern culture and traditions, but western influences. This is our religious and cultural setting, where the main religions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are well represented. Economically, which was most improbable but miraculous, which I attributed to the merciful hand of God, we were transformed from obscurity and poverty to a place of affluence and world class standards in just one generation. This should suffice to describe the background where I have been raised in. Our eastern heritage does give us an advantage to see the Bible from the eastern perspective, while we swallow up a gospel that is influenced by the culture of Western Europe. I never did see this until my later years in ministry. Complicated? Perhaps, but not anymore when the Lord caused me to see clearly what Biblical Patriarchy is. I was the first in the family to become a Christian and was inevitably persecuted because of our eastern culture and traditions. After years of steadfastness in the faith, my parents and some siblings got saved. Both my parents are now with the Lord and the other saved ones are either in God’s service or are committed Christians.
I became an ordained minister of the Gospel. But why am I concerned with Biblical Patriarchy and not just the message of salvation alone? Because Biblical Patriarchy is the essence and timeless aspect of the Hebraic Roots. It is the abundant life that Christ promised and yet few have attained it. It is the life and depth of Christ and the biblical forefathers. It is the full gospel. Make no mistake about this. I am not preaching another gospel, but that which was declared by the Apostles. In brief, Biblical Patriarchy is the walk of our founding forefathers like Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus Christ Himself. It is definitely not about the suppression of women. It is about spiritual men and women living out their lives as patriarchs and matriarchs like Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah and Rachel, all of them in their specific roles. It's not about men and women setting themselves against one another. Christ is in Patriarchy and Patriarchy is in Christ. The underlying culture and true foundation of the gospel had long been renounced, removed and replaced with Hellenism and Romanism that gave birth to modern culture. We ended up with a different Gospel that was influenced by the Western European culture, and not by the Middle Eastern culture wherein the gospel was ordained to be originated and interpreted. The truth is now twisted and denuded, yet the Church is totally oblivious of it. But Biblical Patriarchy & Hebraic Christianity is the restoration of this Truth in Christ. That is why I cannot be silent.
Polygamy was acceptable by God in the times of the patriarchs, and still is acceptable in these modern times because God is unchanging and does not set double standards. And polygamy, like monogamy and celibacy when practiced according to Biblical principles, does glorify God and bless the Kingdom, as it did in the lives of the Biblical patriarchs. This form of polygamy is called Biblical Polygamy. Unfortunately, the practice of polygamy has been so badly twisted and abused by heathens in the past that it has since been put in bad light, to the extent of being branded as sin and evil by modern Christianity. Yet this does not disqualify Biblical Polygamy as being unscriptural. The acceptance and practice of it now remains as a challenge of what is true Biblical standard and as a truth to expose pagan teachings and deception that have infiltrated Judaism and Christianity. It seems ironical and stumbling, but it’s because the Church is so soaked in untruth for too long.
I came to Christ during a revival that hit Singapore. Ever since then, there has been no conscious trace of any backsliding (by His grace of course). I was a 100% progressing Christian. I fasted every lunch for 1 year to pray and seek God to be holier and nearer to Him. I was ready to be a celibate if God said so. I put away everything that didn't seemed so Christian, including games rackets and stamp collections. I read about Christian mystics, and ran hard after God. I ate and slept with the Bible and prayed everywhere I went. I grew steadily well and fast. Fellow brothers thought I would be a wilderness prophet one day. I ended up in a secular job, went into business and remained well in God. Some years later, I got married, founded a church, got my theological degrees and started a Bible school and some other ministries. In short, that's me, who have never consciously slack ever since.
When I began to preach my first message in my early days in lay ministry, the text I used was always Abraham sacrificing his son to God. This seemed all that I was given to preach and I repeated it many times. At a later time, God gave me more and more of such commitment messages, like Abraham’s faith walk and obedience in God, then of the other founding fathers, their responsibilities, relationships, love, marriage, kingdom-mindedness and leadership. I now find a word to describe them – simply Biblical Patriarchy, as opposed to a watered down gospel. Patriarchal relationships, upon which is laid the Davidic Kingly Leadership, since then had become the foundation of our church. We have a deep spiritual "flesh and bone" family relationship and we move in Kingdom principles and leadership, knowing that Israel was and still is a family and a kingdom.
Everything seemed great ... but something was still amiss. There was still an insufficiency and emptiness somewhere, in our church and all other churches. I could not identify what actually was the real cause, except for seeing some obvious inherent weaknesses and unavoidable loopholes. I was stumped after years of being in the ministry. I knew the Church does not have the answer as it's supposed to. I could not understand. Why would dynamic young people quickly lose their zeal and love for God after courtship and marriage? Why are the majority of "in their prime" people not found in church? Why is there an exclusive "aura" around married couples that repels others? Why is marriage plagued with so much hurts, frustration and unsolved problems, making it look like an institution that multiplies misery, sins, unavailability and lukewarmness? Why would not mothers and daughters-in-law get along well? The answer, which I later came to realize, is found in true Biblical Patriarchy and Biblical Polygamy. There are tons of questions like these that remain unanswered in modern Christianity. We try our best, but the answers we give do not really work. To deny this is to lie. As a minister, I was secretly ashamed. We plan and push hard, we give assurance and hope that come true only for a few, but deep within we know that the problems of many others will remain unsolved. For example, there is a gross shortage of men in the world and in the Church, not mentioning the shortage of good men for committed spiritual women, who are often told to be faithful to God and He will provide, and nothing really happens. I woke up one day with a rude shock to the knowledge that all such questions and problems have something to do with the "should-be" monogamy holy calf of modern Christianity, and the lack of Patriarchal Kingdom principles. We pretend not to see the problems, for example, the statistics of insufficient men and other social problems. We blame it on the people rather than our "truths" that still could not set them free. Many times, it’s not that we do not see but rather it's better not to see or we have to venture into forbidden ground. As long as we toe the line of should-be monogamy, we are safe. Jezebel, the feminine power who sits on many waters is too strong. Whoever gets into her path and violates the holy calf of should-be monogamy will be ripped apart and washed away. That’s a fact. Naboth was labeled with shame and evil, and destroyed. Even Elijah ran for his life. I began digging into the scriptures again and searching the Web. I found other patriarchal websites like God’s Free Men and Polygamy Page that confirmed my discovery. What I discovered fills most of this website.
Yes, but it was also about time to flee. There had never been a time when I had considered leaving ministry until that point. No matter how difficult things got, nothing could stop me from advancing in God, no, not persecutions nor temptations. I went through them all quite well. I had preached hard messages, did faith exploits, received the very poor and the mentally deranged into the congregation and provided them a home. But to preach that polygamy is acceptable was just madness. I held back nothing from the Lord and He had blessed me. Now I was going to lose all that He had given me, ministry, family and maybe even my life. I was devastated and shattered, but day and night, I was haunted by the question "Where is it in the Bible that says a man cannot have more than 1 wife?" I found no proper biblical backing for that. Instead, there were too many instances of Biblical exemplary characters being polygamous and God never did disqualify them in any way because of this, but instead vindicated this part of their lives openly. I could have ambiguously explained my way out if I had wanted to, but deep within, I just knew the scriptures well enough to know that there is actually nothing against polygamy, and it would be hypocritical for me to argue against it. I need not ask anybody. I knew no one had the answer to that, and no one wish to venture any further. I also knew that asking such questions too loudly in public would raise many eyebrows and the price to venture into such new ground would be too high. I was ministry-smart enough to know this. But now everything seemed so plastic in the light of truth, including all that I had done and achieved in ministry. A word that the Lord gave to me when I was a young Christian kept challenging me, "Who is he that will walk on hot coals with bare feet? Who is he that will rip the lion with bare hands?" I remembered saying, "I will". I knew I would be a hypocrite, if I continued to toe the line. Yet I could not take up the challenge. Previously, when this word came to me, each time the Lord brought me a big challenge, I would arise like a mighty man. But this time I was simply floored to the ground, trembling. It would take a mad man or a man of exceptional courage to stand up in this. My flesh melted like water. I felt totally weak to stand against the tide. I had never felt so humbled in my life. I prayed, sought God and cried to Him harder than ever before. One night, the Lord drew near and spoke to me, "Will you still serve me?" Like Peter, I could not answer Him. My flesh said, "No." My spirit said, "Yes." Suddenly, a great peace came over me. All my despair, fears and anxiety just disappeared, instantly. I knew His grace had taken over. Again, He was carrying me over. I began to see how millions are condemned and ostracized, deprived of salvation and their rightful place in society and the Church. I began to see how ministers were floored, beaten by the western theology they once propagated and thrived on, but now ensnared because they could not suppress or handle the demands in themselves and around them. If only they dare to accept the truth, many (though not all) would have been not just spared, but justified, lifted up as patriarchs and not grounded as fallen stars. The Kingdom is losing mighty warriors because of deception. I began to see how our founding patriarchs are being undermined as backward, barbaric people living in permissive sin (ever wonder if there is sin that is permissible?). The hard questions that baffled me are now answered. After considering these, I could not care for more about my ministry, family or myself. I could no longer hold on to my old belief. I began to preach the truth that polygamy, like monogamy is acceptable by God. To do otherwise will be a betrayal to the Truth, a betrayal to myself, my faith, my conscience and my God. Anyway, those who are called to the prophetic office are not supposed to be ….. afraid!!?? Ummm. I hope so. I knew then how much more I have to deny and what higher price I have to pay in order to serve Him further.
I am sure this question will be raised. What I preach is not that polygamy is the only right way and that we should all be polygamous (which I know I would be accused of doing), but what I preach is that scripturally, polygamy is acceptable before God. Do I then live what I preach? Yes, what I preach is that polygamy and monogamy are all equally acceptable before God, and this is the way I live and preach. Period. Thus a resounding yes, I live what I preach and I am what God wants me to be. Anti-polygamy is not of God even though the image of polygamy had been grossly tarnished by abusers. Yet I refrain from telling what I am (unless God directs) for at least 2 good reasons, which are in line with what I preach. Firstly, this is a theological and social issue, not a personal one. Whatever I am or whatever others are, do not change the truth nor my stand on this issue, and I refuse to have the truth watered down to personal issues and be trapped in Satan’s diversion tactic. If it is known that I am monogamous, some will say I am not qualified to address this issue or that I am not realistic about the practical truths and problems of polygamy. If it is known that I am polygamous, others will say that I preach polygamy to justify my lifestyle. So I refuse to be caught in such a gambit of the antagonists. When Martin Luther restored the teaching of the grace, and that the priests of God can marry, he was accused of doing so in order to justify having a wife for himself. The truth is, whether Martin Luther was married or not, grace remains grace. Whatever I am, the truth remains the truth. The issue is universal and we have to keep it this way. The more the innocent are persecuted, the more I want to be identified with them. Jesus said to leave the 99 and to save the 1 lost sheep, is what God’s men must be. So what do you say I am? I am what I am. I am judged by my words and life, so are you and so are everybody else. Secondly, I preach and insist (as God would) that anyone for his own reasons or good sense has the right to disclose or to withhold this fact of his private life, except to whom he is accountable, and no one else need be uncomfortable about it. Let everyone concerned be assured of this true liberty in God, and let it not be robbed. There are many out there who think that they live by the Word, but in truth they are living by the culture and by sight and insist that you must tell them everything about yourself otherwise you are not walking in the light. Never bow down to an intimidating spirit, neither give occasion to a malicious tongue, nor yield to the temptation of a provocative challenge, but seek to edify, build the Kingdom of God and protect your little ones. Follow the example of Jesus. He revealed Himself only to those who are worthy or ready. He said, don’t cast your pearl before the swine. They will trample on it and rend you.
I must conclude with an important observation and my testimony for all to see and hear. By the fruit you shall know the tree and hence its seed, whether it is of God. Before, my family and I had our fair share of squabbles like any other normal household. But after perceiving and embracing the Hebraic truths of Patriarchal Relationships, Biblical Polygamy and Davidic Leadership - harmony, love and peace permeate the entire household as never before. The truth sets us free and gives us peace, and indeed miraculous peace that surpasses all understanding. Like Jesus said, "My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you." I now understand better what is living by the Word. I see this in all others who truly embrace this truth, even among the singles. They are no longer overly anxious and insecure. I have found the answer to the problems in the world and the Church. How can I still keep quiet? By the way, I did not lose my ministry, my church, my family or myself. No, none of them! We all now stand united in this Patriarchal Truth that sets us free and keeps us one. Amen and Amen.
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