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Christ in me
His appearing in me is the hope of Glory. God wants us whole spirit soul and body. His appearing in us brings about healing in all three dimensions. His coming in the flesh has been relegated to a future time. In the greek the tense is present . He is coming in the Saints right now. His manifestation in our mortal bodies brings healing and health. It truly is the antichrist spirit that relagates healing just to the soul. Jesus Christ comes to those who are not of the world and manifests Himself In there spirit soul and body.
HIS APPEARING IN US
There is first a Spiritual appearing of Christ in His Saints and there also will secondly be a Physical appearing.In John 14:4 HSCB it reads “You know the way to where I am going.” Thomas thinking in the physical sense says in verse 5 “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?” Jesus response is , verse 6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”So we see that the way is Jesus. It is not a path to a place, but it is a person. Now you can say that Jesus is the way to the Father, yet in verse 7 we see Jesus saying “ If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you know Him and have seen Him.” He goes on to say in verse 9a to say, “The one who has seen Me has seen the Father.“ And to make a long story longer, Jesus finally comes out and says, in verse 11 and says, “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me.” Hebrews 10:20 says, “by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh)Many people want to know all about the second Physical appearing and His judgment yet they completely miss his coming (present tense) in His saints.
YOU CALL ME FRIEND
I. Friend of God
A. Abraham Hide not Ge 18:16-22
1. Friend by relationship 2 Chr 20:5-7
2. Friend do works of God - James 2:21-24
B. Moses
1. Talk to Face to Face Ex 33:9-11
a. 3 Jn 1:13-14
b. example football coach
C. Disciples
1. Called friends - revealed all -
a. Lu 12:1-5
b. Jn 15:12-25
2. Explained parables
a. Mt 13:34-36
b. Mr 4:10-12; 33-34
II. Hidden - Revealed
A. Heb 4:13 Naked & Open
B. 1 Cor 4:5 make manifest the counsels of the hearts
C. Ro 2:16 Judge the secrets of men by J.C. according to the Gospel
D. 2 Cor 4:2 renounced the hidden thing of dishonesty
E. Lu 11:33 lighted a candle puttteth it in a secret place ?
F. 1 Cor 14:24, 25 the secrets of his heart made manifestIII.
Examples
A. Nicodemis At night Jn 3:1-
B. Peter
1. Sifted Lu 22:31-34
2. This night all offended Mr 14:27-31
a. 3 Denials Mr 14:66-72
b. 3 Restorations Jn 21:15-23
C. Woman at well Jn 4:7-26
D. Woman with Issue of Blood Lu 8:43-48
E. Woman with oil - washed feet Lu 7:36-48
F. Woman caught in Adultery Jn 8:3-11
G. Mary Magdalene after Resurrection Jn 20:10-17
YOU CALL ME FRIEND Throughout scripture we see many who are friends of one another. Ruth was a good friend of Maomi, Hushai and Jonathan were both referred to as David’s friends. In the New Testament we think of Paul and Timothy as being friends though more so in the sense of the impartation of spiritual gifts such as that of Elijah and Elisha in the Old Testament. But the sense of being a friend of God or God being our friend is seen in the persons of Abraham, Moses with God and the disciples and Jesus. Friendship has to be in both directions. There has to be a certain amount of openness in a true friendship. There also needs to be honesty between friends. A true friend is not afraid to tell it like it is. God did not hide from Abraham what he did because he knew he could trust him with the truth. The Disciples were told the meaning of parables because God was in Christ revealing of himself to those who had put there trust and faith in Him. God’s agenda is revealed to those who like Moses can be trusted to obey. Moses is called the friend of God because God spoke to him face to face as one would to a friend. There is something about looking a person in the eyes that reveals the emotions, moods and dispositions of that person. A persons face reveals much of a person. In the Third epistle of John he talks about not writing a letter but coming and talking face to face with the Church. Jesus calls his disciples friends and says that they are no longer servants but friends because he has made know to them all things of the father. We have to be found trustworthy of the riches of the mystery of God. Unless we prove to be good stewards with the riches of the Kingdom it will never be revealed to us. Jesus Christ comes on the scene making the hidden things of sin exposed. With the revealing of Christ there can then come the manifestation of his grace and mercy. It all depends on whether we accept or reject Him. Many will walk with him for a time, but when tribulation comes will they be like Peter and the disciples who denied him and ran. Then the question comes to mind as to whether having denied Him will they be willing to come to him. Yes they might cover themselves as Peter in his guilty conscience did but he still came to Jesus and was restored to where he would stand up on the day of Pentecost and be the spokesman. Jesus comes to make manifest the counsels of the hearts. The question is will we like the woman at the well be thirsty enough to seek the living water when we are found out. Will we like the Woman with the issue of blood confess our being healed from a life robbing issue and go to the one whose vessel is able to impart life. We have to renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, craftiness and deceitfulness. We must understand that Jesus comes to take what is hid and make it known. He is the one who will judge the secrets of men according to the Gospel. The woman caught in Adultery had many accusers but when the light shown in there direction the darkness had to flee. When the living Word of Jesus Christ comes he makes manifest the counsels of the hearts. The sharp double edge sword of His word knows what kind of woman it was that was washing his feet, but he also knows when true repentance and brokenness come then is the time for forgiveness. We must not be quick to point a finger like Simon. God look on the hearts of men and women. He wants nothing better than for the secrets of a persons heart to be made manifest, but it is going to take a body ministry that is in one accord for and unveiling to come forth. We must become that candle set upon a hill. We must be seen and read of men and that is only going to happen when we as Abraham of old know how to command our children and our household to do justice and judgment. We can no longer thing that we have a cloak for our sins but rather we must know that all things are naked and open to Him of which we have to do.
THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
Ps 139:14-16 all my members
I. Made up of Many Members
A. 1 Cor 12:12-27 body is one, and hath many members
B. Ezek 37:1-14 Valley of dry bones II. Christ as the Head
A. Col 2:16-19 Not holding the head
1. 1 Cor 3:1-9 Another head
a. Ro 12:3-5 not think more highly than ought
2. Eph 4:22-25 put away lying & speak truth ..we are members
a. Gal 5:6-10 little leaven leaveneth the whole lump
3. 1 Cor 6:15-20 members of Christ / member of an harlot
a. Rev 17:1-7a THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
III. Unity
A. Eph 4:1-16 till we all come in the unity of the faith
B. John 17:20-23 Perfect (complete or whole) in one
1. Eph 5:28-32 members of his body of His flesh & bones
a. 2 Sam 5:1-5; 1 Chr 12:16-18, 22-38 bone & flesh
2. Ezek 37:15-28 Two sticks become one
a. Eph 2:11-22 to make in himself of twain one new man
We all are members of the body of Christ if we have been baptized into the body. Our membership is written in the lambs book of Life. The problem comes when we allow our allegiance to be to other than the person of Jesus Christ as the Head of the body. Then we cease to hold the Head in His proper place and follow another or try to place our head upon the body. Pride makes room for no other than self. Its when we become puffed up in our fleshly mind that we get into trouble. If we become to lazy to seek the Lord for ourselves we set ourselves and the one we idolize up for a fall. No one can take the place of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ he is the one and only head. Any one with two heads is a freak in nature and so it is spiritually. The Apostle Paul understood the error of saying we are of anyone other than Christ. It is only Christ who brings the increase. We need to understand that we all have a function in the body that differs one from another. If we try to go outside the way Christ has set us in the body we get into trouble. We must go where Christ has not been preached. We are one in Christ and must be in one accord in order for the anointing to flow. It is only when we have the mind of Christ that we can command the blessing. The members of Christ can not be in bed with the world and expect to do the will of God. We must put away lying and speak the truth in love. Rather than rebuke and correct we often allow the enemy to leaven the whole lump. We must call sin sin and hate the sin but love the sinner enough to speak the truth in love. The Harlot system is so appealing to the eyes that we often marvel at what we see and begin to lust after it. God wants us to be made whole. One as a part of the whole. We dare not allow ourselves to entertain the enemy and expect to reap the fruits of righteousness. We need to see ourselves as members of his body of His Flesh and bones. The Heavenly David has come to the throne that he might bring the fragmented parts of the body together in one. He has ascended to the throne leading captivity captive and giving gifts to men. He is the Lord Jesus who has brought the twain together into one new man rending asunder the dividing wall of the old man. The two sticks have become one in His hand. The valley of dry bones have been lifed through his death and resurrection.
FALSE AND TRUE TEACHINGS
Mt 7:15-20
I. Vs. 15
A. False Prophets De 13:1-5; Jere 23:13-16; Jer 28:15-17; Jer 29:21-23, 30-32; Eze 13:1-16 Mic 3:5-7; Mk 13:21-23; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jn 4:1-6
B. Come to you in sheep’s clothing Zec 13:4; Mk 12:38-40; Ro 16:17,18; 2Co 11:13-15; 1Ti 4:1-3; 2Ti 3:1-9; 2 Ti 4:3-4; Rev 13:11-18 & Rev 19:20
C. Ravening wolves Isa 56:10,11; Eze 22:25-30; Zep 3:1-4; Ac 20:28-31
II. Vs. 16
A. Know them by their fruits 2Pe 2:10-19; Jude 1:10-19
B. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Lu 6:43-45
III. Vs 17 good tree good fruit / bad tree evil fruit Jer 17:5-10; Ga 5:19-24
IV. Vs 18 good bare bad / bad bare good - Isa 5:1-7; Mt 12:33-35; 1Jn 3:7-12
V. Vs 19 cast into fire - Ps 73:17-19; Eze 15:1-7; Lu 3:9; Joh 15:2-6; Heb 6:8; Rev 20:10-15
VI. Vs. 20 by fruits know them - Ac 5:33-39 Gamaliel
Many are the False Prophets of today. We need to understand there primary purpose is to lead people away from Christ. They can come from within or from without. They are always trying to disguise themselves in order that they might lead many astray. They ape the things of God in order to deceive. The counterfeit can only be spotted if we know what the real is supposed to look like. If we are ignorant of the word of God and the leading of the Holy Ghost we are much more apt to be lead astray. We must know the voice of the Good Shepherd and not follow another. Our true colors will come shinning through. If we are being filled with the Holy Spirit then we will be lead unto all truth, but on the other hand if we listen to voice of man and do not check to see that the teaching lines up with the written word of God, we leave ourselves open to deceit. The way is truly narrow and not broad. If is a straight Gate through which we must enter and not crooked. A beautiful moth can lay eggs that turn into caterpillars that wreck havoc on a trees branches. We have to be aware of the schemes of the enemy, and resist him in order for him to flee. Not all fruit that looks good outwardly is good inward. We must try the spirits and prove all things. It is only when the pressure is on that what is within is manifest without. Many a false apostle lives a sin wracked private life. We need to see beyond the hype of the pulpit into the lives of those that talk yet don’t walk the every day Christian life. Many pose as angels of light, yet beneath there outer venire is a darkness that does a black hole credit. They swallow up many well meaning babes. The wolf comes among the sheep and kills and steals from the flock. We must be ever watchful for the enemy. It is only when we are at ease in Zion that the enemy can come in. We need to be able to discern those who would rise up from among us and lead many astray. We have the standard of the Word whereby we can Judge among ourselves as to right doctrine, we had best mediate upon it. We also need to see past the facade of dead works into the hearts intent. Out of the heart flow the issues of life. We do not want a contaminated well. We must have to cross of Calvary at the center of our intentions. Any thing that is of self must die. The old man will constantly try to dress up in new apparel to appear outwardly right. But the heart must be cleansed by the blood of Jesus if it is going to bring forth fruit unto righteousness.
Great Commission
Mr. 16:15-20
I. J.C. Life as an example of
B. Lu 4:18,19 A. Mt 4:23-24
II. Preach the Gospel (good news)
A. Believe & baptized - saved - believe not damned
1. J.C. example
a. Jn 3:22-36 J.C. baptizing
2. Believers
a. Ac 2:38-41 Peter calls for
b. Ac 8:12 Phillip in Samaria
III. Signs Follow
A. Cast out devils
1. J.C. example
a. Lu 8:26-35 Legion
b. Lu 11:14-26 Beelzebub
c. Mt 17:14-21 son lunatic
2. Believers
a. Acts 5:16 vexed with unclean spirits
b. Acts 16:16-18 he came out
c. Acts 19:11-17 kerchiefs & unbelievers
B. Speak with new tongues
1. Believers
a. Acts 2:1-11 Pentacost
b. Acts 10:44-48 Peter at Gentile home
c. Acts 19:1-7 Paul at Corinth
C. take up serpents & if they drink any deadly thing
1. J.C. Example
a. Lu 10:19 Pwr over all pwr enemy
2. Believers
a. Acts 28:3-6 Paul at Malta (viper)
D. Lay hands on sick & recover
1. J.C. example
a. Jn 9:1- Healing man born blind
b. Lu 17:11-19 Healing 10 Lepers
c. Mt 8:16-17 healed all sick
2. Believers
a. Acts 3:1- Lame man at temple
b. Acts 5:16 & 19:11 above & Acts 28:7-9 On Malta
c. James 5:14 Elders - Prayer or faith - healing
Great Commission
The Lord desires for us to go into all the World. Yet we sit on our blessed assurance and think nothing of our neighbor who is going to hell. We must get out of ourselves and go forth. When we come to believe we need to get baptized. This is the pattern in the gospels and in the book of Acts. Water baptism is an outward confession of the inward act. We need to put the old man to death. Only then can the new man come forth.
It is the new man who will cast out devils and speak with new tongues. The authority over all the power of the enemy is also for believers in Christ. The new tongues we will speak in are to be a sign to the unbelieving world. We must not back down from the great commission or any part of its makeup. If we lay hands on the sick they will recover. The will is that part of the want to. We must be full of the word if we are going to see the display of the manifestation of God in our lives. The miraculous is not see in them that are of no faith. Our faith must reach out and take hold of the Word of God and claim it as our own.
In order to heal all manner of sickness and disease we need to know where our authority comes from and that can only be through a personal relationship with our creator through his son the living Word of God. If all men are to come to us we must be carriers of the living Word that it might be seen and read of men. We have to decrease when it comes to the old man and increase in the new man the one from above. Then we will see the all healed, the legion cast out, the leaper healed and the new tongues come forth.
The Issue of the Heart
Prov 4:23
I. Priest
A. Ex 28:29,30 shall be upon Aaron's heart
II. King
A. 1 Sam 13:14 After his own heart
B. 1 Sam 16:7 looketh on the heart
III. Word
A. Deu 6:4-6 these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
B. Psa 119:11 thy word have I hid in mine heart
C. Prov 4:20-22 attend to my words…in midst of thine heart
D. Jer 20:9 word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones
E. Luke 8:15 honest and good heart , having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit
F. Luke 24:32 did not our heart burn within us, …while he opened to us the scriptures?
G. Rom 10:8-10 word is nigh thee… believe in thine heart…for with the heart man believeth
IV. Doing & not doing
A. Deu 30:14 word…in thy heart that thou mayest do it
B. Judg 5:15,16 great thoughts and searchings of heart - Ruben
C. James 1:19-27 bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain
V. One
A. 1 Chr 12:33, 38 not of double heart …one heart
B. Jere 32:39 give them one heart, and one way
C. Ezek 11:19 I will give them one heart…and take away the stony heart
D. Mark 11: 23 shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
E. Acts 4:32 them that believed were of one heart and of one soul:
F. Eph 6:5 singleness of your heart, as unto Christ…will of God from the heart
VI. Hardness
A. Job 41:24 Leviathan heart is as firm as a stone
B. Mark 16:14 upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart… after… risen
C. Acts 7:51-54 cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth - Stephen
VII. Openness
A. Psa 26:2 Examine…my heart
B. Psa 44:21 knoweth the secrets of the heart
C. Prov 21:1 the Kings heart is in the hand of the LORD
D. Prov 23:26 give me thine heart
E. Jer 17:9-10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins
F. Acts 16:14,15 Lydia … whose heart the Lord opened
G. Rom 2:29 one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter
VIII. Trust
A. Psa 28:7 my heart trusted in him
B. Ps 62:8 Trust in him at all times….pour out your heart before him
C. Prov 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart
D. 1 John 3:20-21 heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart
IX. Brokenness / contrite
A. Psa 34:18; 51:17 broken heart
B. Psa 147:3 healeth the broken heart
C. Eccl 7:2-4 mourning…lay it to his heart / sadness ..the heart is made better
D. Isa 57:15 revive the heart of the contrite ones
E. Lam 2:19 pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord
F. Joel 2:12-13 rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God:
G. John 16:22 now therefore have sorrow: …see you again, and your heart shall rejoice
H. Acts 2:37-39 pricked in their heart
I. 2 Cor 2:3-5 out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears
X. Fear / Love
A. Song 8:6-7 love is strong as death
B. Mal 4:6 turn the heart of the fathers to the children , and see - Finney
C. John 14:27-28 Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid…If you loved me
XI. Bad Heart
A. Jer 23:16 a vision of their own heart
B. Ezek 28:2-6 set thine heart as the heart of God
C. Rom 1:21 when they knew God … their foolish heart was darkened
XII. Holiness / Love
A. Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God
B. Mat 15:1-20 heart is far from me…come forth from the heart
C. 1 Tim 1:5 end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart
D. 1 Ptr 1:22-23 love one another with a pure heart fervently
“Living Your Faith” Charles Finney Section Titled “The Father’s Broken Heart”
The offer of mercy can be perverted, as every good thing can be, and then it can give rise to selfish religion. God knew this when He revealed the Gospel. But nothing is calculated to subdue the rebellious heart of man other than God’s mercy. There was a father who had a stubborn and rebellious son, and he tried to subdue him by chastisement. He loved his son and longed to have him virtuous and obedient. But the child seemed to harden his heart against his repeated efforts. Finally, the poor father was discouraged and burst into a flood of tears. “ My son! What can I do? Can I save you? I have done all that I can to save you! What more can I do?” The son had never yielded to the rod. But when he saw the tears rolling down his father’s cheeks and heard his sobs, he, too, burst into tears. He cried out, “Whip me, Father! But don’t cry!” The father had found the way to subdue that stubborn heart. Instead of holding the iron hand of law over him, he poured out his soul before him. And what was the effect? To crush him into hypocritical submission? No, the rod did that. The gushing tears of his father’s love broke him down at once to true submission to his father’s will. The sinner braves the wrath of almighty God and hardens himself to receive the heaviest bolt of thunder. Then he sees the love of his heavenly Father’s heart. When he sees God manifested in the flesh, stooping to take human nature, hanging on the cross, and pouring out His soul in tears, bloody sweat, and death, his heart melts. He cries out, “Do anything else, and I can bear it; but the love of the blessed Jesus overwhelms me.” To be thus influenced is the very nature of the mind. Do not be afraid to exhibit the love of God to sinners; this is the only way to make them truly submissive. The law makes hypocrites, but only the Gospel can draw souls to truly love God.
The issues of the heart are the central part of Christianity for it is with the heart we believe and are saved. The heart of the priest is for the people as we see in AAron and the breastplate of judgement. David as king had a heart to do the will of God and becomes the picture of King Jesus. We have to hide the word in our heart if we are not going to sin against God. We need to apply the Word of God to our lives and let it have first place. We must have singleness of heart when it comes to the things of God, it is in that place of unity that God commands the blessing. Living in the world we have a tendence to become hard hearted unless we are careful to keep the heart. We can be convicted in our hearts and yet not be changed. There has to be that openess of the heart even as Lydia the seller of purple whose heart the Lord opened. We must trust God with our hearts desires and come to him with a broken and contrite heart . We are quick to open our mouths but we also need a open heart and a feeling heart to discern the heart of God and of the people. We must show the Love of God and that can only be done if the living Word becomes us and has found place in our hearts. To many in this day lead people to God using fear tactics instead of the love of God. We must not become lifted up in our own selves. Pride goes before a fall. Our Hears must be pure before God. We see so many things of the physical world as defiling. But Jesus said it was out of the heart where evil comes from and good. So let us love one another out of a pure heart fervently.
PROSPER
Gen 22:13,14
I. Blessing of Abraham
A. Gen 12:1,2 make of thee a great nation
B. Gal 3:14 blessing come upon Gentiles
C. Gen 39:21-23 that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
D. Addition Reading - Gen 39:2-5; 41:41-45
II. Source of Provision
A. 1 Chr 29:12 in thine hand it is to make great
B. Deut 28:1-14 Bless shall thou be
C. Lu 5:1-7 Boat load of fish
D. Additional Reading - Josh 1:8; 1 Chr 22:12,13; 2 Chr 26:3-5; Ps 23:1; 34:10; 105:37; 112:1-9; Prov 8:17; 10:22; Is 48:17; Mr 8:16-21; Mr 14:12-16
III. Provision in Famine
A. Gen 45:4-11 for yet there are five years of famine
B. Additional Reading - Gen 26:1,12; 1 Ki 17:9-16
IV. Taking Back What the Enemy Stole
A. Jn 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
B. Ex 3:21,22 ye shall spoil the Egyptians
C. Lu 4:5-8 for that is delivered unto me;
D. Additional Reading - Ex 12:35,36; Isa 60:5
V. Contrast
A. Deu 8:17-18 say in thine heart, …But thou shalt remember the LORD
B. Ps 1:1-6 whatsoever he doeth shall prosper…the ungodly shall perish.
C. Prov 10:3,4 not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish-casteth away wicked
D. Mt 25:14-29 one that hath shall be given,-but hath not shall be taken away
E. Additional Reading - Job 36:11,12; Prov 11:24; 13:22; 15:6; 21:5; Is 1:19-20; Jere 17:5-8
VI. Give & it will be given to you
A. Lu 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you
B. Eccl 11:1-6 In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening
C. 2 Cor 8:10-15 that there may be equality
D. Additional Reading - 2 Ki 4:8-17; Prov 3:9,10; 19:17; Is 58:10-12; Mal 3:8-11
VII. Right Attitude for Wealth
A. 1 Jn 5:14,15 if we ask any thing according to his will,
B. 2 Chr 1:10-12 Give me now wisdom and knowledge
C. Lu 16:11,12 faithful in that which is another man's
1. Dream
D. 2Cor 9:6-13 soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully
E. Additional reading - Ps 35:27; Prov 28:16; 1 Tim 6:17-19; Heb 11:24-26
VIII. Wrong Attitude for Wealth
A. Hag 1:5-7 earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes
B. Job 27:13-17 the innocent shall divide the silver
C. Prov 5:8-10 strangers be filled with thy wealth
D. Additional Reading - Prov 1:32; 28:22;
IX. Love of Money
A. 1 Tim 6:10 Love of money
B. Mr 10:24-25 rich man enter heaven
C. Additional Reading - Eccl 5:10,13
X. Spiritual & Physical Provision
A. Mt 6:31-33 seek ye 1st the Kingdom of God
B. 3 Jn 1:2 prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
C. Additional Reading - 1 Cor 9:7-14; 1 Th 4:11-12
God is calling his people to proper and be in health. Abraham and his Sons and Grandsons and following prospered. Of Joseph it is said that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. So with God in the equations we can not help but prosper. We need to always keep in mind though that it is God as the source who makes us to prosper. We can catch a boat load of fish if we only cast out. Even when the going gets tough we can get going if we only trust in God, he will bring the harvest even in the times of famine. The devil is the thief that comes to steal, but we are taking back all that the devil has stolen. We must as the people of the Exodus spoil the one who has kept us in bondage. There is a principle contained in the Word of God that goes contrary to the way the World looks at prosperity. That is the principle of give and it shall be given to you. We must initiate the giving before we see the receiving. We must sow the seed of the Word. In nature we see many a tree that gives off many seeds but usually only a few grow. So we must sow understanding that it is God who gives the increase. In our abundance we must give if we are going to see the provision in our lack. We as good Stewards of the Word must we found faithful in the unrighteous mammon if we are going to be given of the true riches of the kingdom. If we can not care for the things of another as our own we will never see anything of our own. We have not built the house of God but have have all specialized and sought our own wealth. We must put God and his house first. The Love of Money is the root of all evil. Not money is evil, but the love of money. If we would put the love of our neighbor above the love of self we would not have a problem. The early church had all things in common. That is the essence of a spirit filled people
BREAKING THE COMMANDMENT
We are told in the Ten Commandments that we shall work six days. Yet I see so many people today that are breaking this commandment and then wonder why they are not prospering. It could well be because of disobedience. Many people work a five day week. Yet the commandment says six days shall thou work. We here so many messages about the seventh day of rest but so few of the other side of the coin the six days of work. We as a country must return to a healthy work ethic. We must as Nehemiah and his generation (Neh 4:6 KJV) So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.) have a mind to work. If we have a mind to work the work gets done without all the hooplah. So many of the human services people only work a five day 9-5 job, and some of them are going to 4 day work weeks. If you want something done you have to take off from your work in order to get anything done. Some people go to a place of work yet never do do any work. In 1 Thessalonians the word says (1 Th 4:11 KJV) And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
(1 Th 4:12 KJV) That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. Yet many people do more work with there mouth than there hands and are never quiet. We of the body of Christ many a time leach off of other brothers and sisters and therefore can not be honest with those that are not of the body of Christ, because of our codependency addiction. We are never going to win souls to Christ unless we as Paul have a trade, Acts 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. When we have a trade we can abide for a long time an persuade people on the sabboth day of Christ. (Acts 18:11 KJV) And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. (Acts 18:4 KJV) And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
BROKEN
True Brokenness never comes about through the preaching of the Law. The Law brings about a worldly sorrow that can only lead to death, but it is the understanding of what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross that brings about the Godly sorrow that leads to repentance, and a getting right with God.
BAD GOOD & GOOD BAD
(Isa 5:20 KJV) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
(Heb 5:12-14 KJV) 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
When there is no black or white then everything is gray. Then there is no sense of right or wrong. Generation X which had its roots in Europe and transferred to the US in the 60’s and on by the drug culture and brought in a sense of neither good nor bad but all being relative and no sense or right or wrong.
1Cor 3:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Pilate asked - what is truth (good) Jn 18:33-38 - the natural minded man only has a knowledge based on this world’s system - Paul confronted those of Mars-Hill in Athens who where all about knowledge ( Acts 17:21-22) with a New God an unknown God to them- so God is unknown to the natural mind
Peter says in 2 Peter 2:1-3 that the “truth shall be evil spoken of”
When we continue to try to justify ourselves before men rather than God (Lu 16:15) we are saying our evil is good. We would best heed the words of Paul in 2 Ti 3:1-5 and know that men will be lovers of themselves rather than God and go about deceiving and being deceived.
Jesus said that if the eye be evil the whole body is in darkness (Mt 6:23) We on the other had can not let our good be evil spoken of. We must become Spiritually discerning people not natural or carnal in our thinking and judgment.
We also need to understand that God works all things for good for those who are follow after the Lord. Joseph in Ge 50:20 told his brethren (Gen 50:20 KJV) But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Jesus said to let the tares grow with the wheat and then separate them at the harvest. We have a tendency to want to skirt the way to God’s perfect will. The tares are to be left to grow until the harvest because they look exactly like the wheat. We have done more damage to the true ministries in there infancy then to the false. We need to understand that our security is in the Lord not in any job or Ministerial title. We have tried to uproot the thorns when it is them that have kept us humble and trusting in God. Didn’t or Lord bear them as a crown in his victory over death. It is at the threshing floor that the altar is built. It is when the chaff of our worldliness is separated from the wheat of the true word that there is a true ingathering of living temples. We must pay the full price if we are to be over comers in this world. It is going to cost us all. The rider on the black horse brings death yet has as a balance, life in his hand. The old man must die -the fulfillment of the law brought about judgment unto death but Christ brought life and victory over death He Truly sits on death with life in his Hand.
MEAT
Jesus Christ comes to us on the shore of our lives telling us were the souls are to be found. We need only obey his directions and we will make a great catch. John said in Revelation that there was no more sea. The sea represents the world. For the saints of God there can be no more going back into the world. If we think we can go back to life as it used to be He will dry up and productivity till we again turn to him to trust for our meat. We need to get off the milk and on the meat of the word.
Compassed About
Try as we might to stay in contact with those who have gone on before us, their memory seems to often escape us. I remember being in a bible study at the Chapel on Peterson Air Force Base some years ago and this elderly man was trying to deal with the loss of his wife of many years. He had so many questions. Sometimes we see death as an end rather than a beginning. The song says, “there are loved ones in the Glory whose sweet forms we often miss, when we close this earthly story we will join them in the bliss”. Lets repeat that part, “there are loved ones in the Glory” They are in the Glory. Now some years ago I had a vision and was taken up and saw the Glory of God. Now you might guess where I am going with this. If the loved ones are in the glory, and we come into that glory, well guess who is there. Now I am not advocating a false doctrine, but I would that you might bear with me for a moment while I expand on this concept of the Glory. Now we know the Glory in the old Testament was seated upon the throne, being the Ark of the Covenant, and dwelt between the two Cherubim’s. That is to say the throne of God . Now we know in the Time Space continuum that God is omnipresent or to be found in all things. But the pattern is the type and the ultimate reality is found in the glory cloud. Now something that David found out was that we can not approach the things of God in just any old way, but there is a due order. Remember Uzziah and the Cart. Well if we want to live to tell about it we must know that there is a way of approach unto God. My bible says that Jesus is the way to the Father and no one comes by any other way. If you are looking to see your loved ones in the Glory then guess what you need to look to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith. It is there that “the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven…and.. the spirits of just men made perfect” can be found . So often we are thinking of the words of the song that says, “in the sweet bye and bye” when if we only could get out of our stinking thinking we might begin to see that we are compassed about with this great cloud of witnesses, this Glory Cloud of just men made perfect, who want to encourage us in the race.
TRANSFORMING THE BODY
We must stay out of bed with the world. Balaam could curse Israel but did cause them to commit fornication with women who then drew them away from worship of the one true God unto worship of other gods. We must have Faith in God on all accounts and never waver in our commitment to doing His will. The horse with out blinders is often distracted as it goes down the street. We have to set our eyes upon Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith. Maranotha ! Come Lord Jesus… False religion rises up out of the earth those that are of the first man Adam earthy, but the New Jerusalem is born from above of the 2nd Adam even Christ who is heavenly and not tainted with sin. We as fallen man understand that we get our power from men those of the multitude of the sea who rise up out of the midst of the sea of humanity with a false sense of power, gotten from the one who crawls in the dust of our earth. The woman is the maturing of the beast from the earth and rides upon the beast of the sea. False religion comes from the church riding upon the world system. It will go on until the world, doing God’s bidding is turned against it. Bringing about its destruction and desolation. We must be good stewards of the mammon of this world, if we are going to expect to receive of the true riches of God. James said we have not because we ask not, and then when we do ask we ask amiss, to consume it in lust. We go out and build bigger and better barns and end up selling our souls to the devil. We must lay down our life in order to gain the God Kind of Life. We will always remain in the World of duplicity as long as we have the ideal that we have power over our own life, rather than as Paul put it “the wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. It is only when we see past our own self life that we can become one in Christ. I mean Paul did say that he spoke concerning the Church and Christ. Our life is not our own it was bought with a price, therefore it behooves us to glorify God with our bodies, and spirits which are God’s. That old man must be put to death that we might be married to another even Christ. The Apostate Church or false religion is the great prostitute of Revelation in contrast with the New Jerusalem which is the bride of Christ. The Beast she rides on is the corrupt system of this world that brings its monetary holdings to adorn this Woman. We must not Love this world neither the things that are in it. The lost of the flesh and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father. Israel was warned in the wilderness not to seek after their heart and eye’s desires as they had in the past. We must be crossers over. If we stay on the other side of the Jordan we will never taste of the promise land. Jesus warned us to be ware of covetousness, because our life does not consist of the abundance of the things which we possess. We must be rich toward God. Do things have you or do you utilize things for the furtherance of the kingdom. Have you drank of the cup of the Harlot, if you have you probably are having a sense of the filthiness that has defiled you. Are you given over to the things of the world rather than the things of God. We need to understand that the things the world puts a high value on are not the same as what God value’s . We have to give our lives a living sacrifice unto God. We must as Jesus drink the cup of not my will but thine be done. We must not Stereotype the Harlot and her system as many of the past have done. It is only when we are in the Spirit that we can see the true harlot system of our day. John’s perspective was from heaven’s point of view and was eternal. In that sense we can look down the corridors of time and see certain people and systems that have fit the mold, but we must not prejudice ourselves to past views. We must keep in mind that our bodies are members of Christ’s body. So many times we are giving ourselves over to this world system. We then become not the New Jerusalem (the bride of Christ ) but rather Babylon the Harlot. We need to ask just what it is that we desire in our heart. Is it the things of this world and this world system, or is it the things of Christ and his Kingdom. Just what is it that we treasure. We are always so concerned with meat and raiment that we miss out on the true spiritual life. We run so fast after the temporary things that this world has to offer that we miss out on the eternal things God has to offer. Are we walking after the flesh or the Spirit. The lust of the flesh is only going to bring about death.. We need to ask ourselves whether we are in the flesh or in the Spirit. The Mother of Harlots is the system of this world that arraigns itself to appeal to the flesh. We are drawn in of our own lusts. This Woman is also called Babylon the Great. The Word Babel in its root meaning is the word Confusion. We must as John get in the spirit, in the wilderness in order to properly discern just who this Woman is. It is only when we get alone with God that we are able to see plainly just who and what this harlot system is and is about. Even then we have a tendency to be caught up in admiration as John was before rebuked of the Angel. Thank God for Angels.
ANNOINTINGI.
Poured on - for flesh
A. Sook - to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint:--anoint (self.)
1. 2 Sam 12:20 David after fast for son’s life
2. Dan 10:3 Daniel after fastII. Smeared On
A. Meesh-knaw - unction , by implication a consecratory gift
1. Ex 30:22-33 Anointing Oil and its application
a. Myrrh - bitter, keep out flies, used as an antiseptic of disinfectant, the cross of Christ
b. Cinnamon - sweet = grace;
c. Calamus - from a reed, thus divine order;
d. Cassia - from shriveled rolls of bark, in Hebrew qadad meaning to bend thus humility
e. Olive oil - pressed from berry as Gethsemane - pure seed H.S.
(1.) Bitter Things, sweet things, government & worship
2. Exo 29:21 Blood & Anointing Oil Mixed and sprinkled on
B. Maw-shakh - to rub with oil i.e. to anoint ; by implication to consecrate; also to paint
1. Anointed - unprofessional 1 Sam 16:11-13 David
2. Unannointed - professionals 1 Sam 17:26-28 Israel’s Soldiers
3. Ex-annointed - Professional 1 Sam 17:33-39 Saul
4. Anti-anointed - Professional 1 Sam 17:40-51 Goliath
5. Ps 89:20-29 of David
6. 1 Ki 1:39-40 Solomon
7. Ps 45:7-8 of Solomon
a. 2 Chr 1:7-12 of Solomon
C. Sheh’-men - grease liquid (as from the olive, fig richness; from shaw-man’ meaning to shine
1. Isa 10:27 Anointing destroys the yokeIII. Rubbed in
A. Khris’-mah - smearing, endowment of H.S.
1. 1 John 2:20 unction;
2. 1 Jn 2:27 anointing teaches all things
B. Khree’-o to smear or rub with oil, to consecrate to an office
1. Luke 4:18, Acts 4:27, Acts 10:38, Heb 1:9/Ps 45:7 Son anointed of God
2. 2 Cor 1:21 God anointed us
C. Al-i’-fo - to oil with perfume, from alpha meaning union & liparos meaning grease; fat, i.e. (fig.) sumptuous:
1. Luke 7:46, John 11:2, John 12:3 Mary anointed feet of J.C;
2. Mark 16:1 anoint J.C. after death
3. Mark 6:13, James 5:14 anointed & healed
Going back to the Old Testament the anointing oil was made by Moses of Myrrh, Cinnamon, Calamus, Cassia, and Olive oil. The making of this anointing oil was called the Art of the Apothecary. Each one of the components was to be measured out by the standards of measurement of that day. The different components served a different function in the composition of the anointing oil. We as the body of Christ are members in particular and each serve a different purpose, yet come together to make up the expression of Christ in the Earth today. The ingredient Myrrh was bitter and served a two fold purpose of keeping out the flies, and as an antiseptic or disinfectant to purify. Eccl 10:1 says, “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour”. In scripture the Greek word Beelzebub pronounced, beh-el-zeb, meaning dung-god; by definition is defined as a name of Satan or as Matthew, Mark, and Luke put it, the prince of the devils. In the Old Testament book of 2 Kings the Angel of the Lord in Chapter 1 verse 3, while speaking to Elijah the Tishbite, of Israel’s indiscretion, speaks of Baalzebub, pronounced bah'-al zeb-oob', meaning Baal of (the) Fly; Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites or the god of Ekron. This Hebrew word break’s down into two words, Strongs # 1168. Ba'al, pronounced bah'-al meaning a Phoenician deity and Strongs # 2070. zebuwb, pronounced zeb-oob'; meaning a fly (espec. one of a stinging nature). So just what do we get from this word study? Just this in order to keep the devil out of our business we need to be anointed or of the Anointed One. Even the Word Christ in the Greek is Strongs # 5547 pronounced, khris-tos and means anointed and comes from the Strongs word # G5548 khree'-o; which means to smear or rub with oil for the purpose of consecrating. So one of the Ramifications of the Anointing is that it keeps out the enemy.
QUICKEN
Here is a word study on quicken. The Lord is looking to quicken our mortal body so we can receive of the heavenly manna. We must be vitalized with the living word. WE need to be made alive with the inception of the Holy Ghost. The living creatures embody the quickening that comes in the presence of the King of Kings. We need to come boldly into His presence leaving behind the old man.
Movie Prestige
H2421. chayah, khaw-yaw'; a prim. root [comp. H2331, H2424]; to live whether lit. or fig.; causat, to revive:--keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole./2416. chay, khah'ee; from H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong, also (as noun, espec. in the fem. sing. and masc. plur.) life (or living thing), whether lit. or fig.:-- + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life (-time), live (-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
(Psa 71:20 KJV) Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
(Psa 80:17 KJV) Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
(Psa 80:18 KJV) So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
(Psa 119:25 KJV) DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
(Psa 119:37 KJV) Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
(Psa 119:40 KJV) Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
(Psa 119:88 KJV) Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
(Psa 119:107 KJV) I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
(Psa 119:149 KJV) Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
(Psa 119:156 KJV) Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.(Psa 119:154 KJV) Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
(Psa 119:159 KJV) Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
(Psa 143:11 KJV) Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
2227. zoopoieo, dzo-op-oy-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-) vitalize (lit. or fig.):--make alive, give life, quicken. // 2226. zoon, dzo'-on; neut. of a der. of G2198; a live thing, i.e. an animal:--beast. //4160. poieo, poy-eh'-o; appar. a prol. from of an obsol. prim.; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do (-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Comp. G4238 / 2198. zao, dzah'-o; a prim. verb; to live (lit. or fig.):--life (-time), (a-) live (-ly), quick.
(Rom 8:11 KJV) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
(1 Cor 15:36 KJV) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
(John 5:21 KJV) For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
(John 6:63 KJV) It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
(Rom 4:17 KJV) (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
(1 Tim 6:13 KJV) I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
(1 Cor 15:45 KJV) And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
(1 Cor 15:22 KJV) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(2 Cor 3:6 KJV) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
(Gal 3:21 KJV) Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
(1 Pet 3:18 KJV) For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:Dzo’-on(Rev 4:6 KJV) And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.Khah’-ee
(Ezek 1:5 KJV) Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
QUANTUM (FAITH)
In the first three chapters of Hebrews 11 it talks about faith. It reads as such…
(Heb 11:1-3 KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {2} For by it the elders obtained a good report. {3} Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. The verse I would like to expound on is verse three. “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” In Wuest’s Word studies in the Greek New Testaments it says that the word “worlds” is not limited to the material universe alone, rather it refers to the created universe and the periods of time as administered by God, so it includes in it all that exists under the conditions of time and space, together with those conditions of time and space themselves, conditions which do not bind God, and did not exist independently of Him, but are themselves the work of His word Some time back I was watching the Science Channel and they had a show on black holes. It told about the Scientist who won the Million Dollar award for the discovery of a black hole in the center of the milky wave galaxy. The show also talked about Einstein’s theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics. It told how when you put the Theory of Relativity upon the Theory of Quantum Physics you come up with NULL or infinity. Now Growing up I understood something about the theory of Relativity and how you have three points one representing Time and another Space and the third our point of reference or the relative point. I had never studied quantum physics as it is somewhat new. But through my walk with God it only made sense to me that if there were four points, then the fourth point would be from God’s perspective. That the worlds were framed katartizo - in greek meaning “ to fit out or equip, so that person or thing thus equipped or fitted out might sub serve the purpose for which it was made.” It speaks of a wise adaption of part to part (1Cor 12:24-26) and of the whole to its purpose, in this case, of the created universe and the periods of time, by the Word of God. One point, that of Man, is from a singularity or point in time and space, where as the fourth point is from God’s perspective and goes outside the time space perspective past the event horizon or the singularity of man’s perspective. In the third of Hebrews eleven it uses the word “word” which is not the translation of logos as in Jn 1:1, being a designation of the Son of God as the word of God, rather here it is the Greek word hrema which speaks of articulate utterance and is never used as the Son of God. We often us it as a specific word which is given to a certain individual from God. This to me speaks of the Holy Ghost’s witness. This is the comforter that Jesus spoke about. This is the coming of the Holy Ghost. It is Heaven come down. In scientific terms is the infinity of science coming and making itself known in the finite world of man. Four in scripture is used of the universe or the four quickened ones zoons translated beasts, before the throne. Though Moses built a two dimensions representation of the throne, in Solomon’s representation of the temple we see something of a four dimensions picture, however, Ezekiel only seems to be able to speak of a true quantum picture though unable to build such a type. John being in the Spirit on the Lord’s day also speaks of the true ti-type or ultimate reality that is of the quantum making. So while the world lives in the show me state, science has concluded that there has to be a four point of reference which I say is God. So to the unbeliever we show them the love of God by our Love one for another. Where two or more are gathered in my name there I am.. The world is then being given the evidence of God. But make no mistake, our Hypocrisy or false displays of God, when we are not one with Him through the person of the Son only foster mistrust. If the God that we are one with is the God of this World Gr kosmos - which has the sense of being cosmetic or made up, then we are playing the hypocrite and those were the ones Jesus spoke the seven woes to in Matthew 23. Faith, hope and Love remain. Faith is the fourth point and is the connection to the Godhead. Love is however the greatest because it brings the unknown into the place of being known. It is the the prayer that Jesus prayer in (John 17:21-23 KJV) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. {22} And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: {23} I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. The love of God is to be displayed in the Space Time Continum. So it comes down to only two points when we talk about the Love of God. There is no longer the point of reference. But it is God in union with his Church. It is the manifestation of the Sons of God Until God puts all principality and powers under his feet and then becomes the all in all. ONE the AMEN or so let it BE.
(1 Cor 15:27-28 KJV) For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. {28} And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
(Eph 1:18-23 KJV) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, {19} And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {20} Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, {21} Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: {22} And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, {23} Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT
In Revelation 9:2-5 we see the pit of man's humanity, his so called religious way of setting himself up to be God. To those who are not sealed in Christ this so called religious system comes to torment for 5 months. These locusts are the men, ministries, & organizations who come from the human heart that is without the holy spirit of God. The so called dooms day preachers who bring fear, and condemnation on the born again Christians of this day are the locusts which are going to bring forth the sons of God of this generation. They are the Peninnah's of Hannah who drive her to the Lord for answers. From this will come the Samuel's of this generation whose word will not fall to the ground. This is the place of the refining fire of God. We may want to seek death to the old man but such a death is only found in Christ. It can no longer be I that lives, but it must be Christ that lives with me, then the locusts of false religion can no longer torment us with there stings.We must go the five months from the Pentacostal feast to the Feast of Tabernacles that we might enter into the True Day of atonement and become free from the "gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead" (Amp Eph 4:14). Much of the Church has camped out in the Pentacostal experience which has leaven in the loaf. We must go on to perfection, on to the place of Fathers in the Faith. The Feast of Trumpets is blowing in the land calling a people to be washed in the fountain opened for the house of David that our iniuqities may be purged. We must go up to the feast of Tabernacles. This is the place for the overcomers in the Faith the place of the Malchisidec Priesthood which are also to be Kings.
Meditation 02/27/2012
We must take time and meditate on the word of God. Sometimes it helps to write it down or speak it out, or maybe even sing it out in Song. We have to visualize what the word is saying and by using speech or writing the works down it causes us to meditate on the word and get it in our heart. James 1:21 says to receive with meekness the engrafted word that is able to save your soul. As we meditate on the word it is like the farmer who spends time breaking up the soil so it can receive the seed and the moisture from the rain. It is the hardness of our hearts that keeps the word from being engrafted into our soul. We must understand that meekness is not weakness. We might have to set our hearts as flint when it comes to the things of this world system, but we need to be tenderhearted when it comes to the things of God and our Love toward the saints. Unless we hide the word in our hearts as David said we will sin against him. So take time and meditate on the word until it finds a place in your heart.
Love
Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Eze 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Growing up in SD and Nebraska we used to have Blizzards. Not the kind you eat. In a blizzard when the snow was blowing the old Cattle would put their Head in the wind and ride it out . But if you had one or two year olds by themselves they would go with the wind
Eph 4:14 “tossed to and fro & carried about”. Eph 4:15 but do what .. speak the truth in love ( might not be what want to hear).
Hebrews 12:5-11 Chastening Key vs 6 for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.
Now here is the thing – on that cloudy and dark day of Ezek 34:12 we are often blinded. One year we had to go find about 30 2 year olds after the blizzard. When we found them some of them had ice covering their eyes so you had to knock it off first so they could see.
We need to understand that Satan the god of this world has blinded our minds from hearing and seeing the gospel. 2 Cor 4:4
This is the reason Jesus in Lu 4:18 is recorded as saying that he had come for recovering of sight to the blind.
Isaiah the prophet says in 42:7 that he has called us to - Isa 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
If you as a sheep allow Jesus to be your shepherd then know he has come to deliver you. Is 34:12
Don Moen’s song “Hear us from Heaven” has words which go like such, “open the blind eyes unlock the deaf ears”
Love is an action verb. We must not be hearers only but doers of the word. Ja 1:22-25 So when he says to Loveyou neighbor Mt22:39, Le 19:18 and to Love your enemies, Mt 5:44, Lu 6:35 we must put shoe leather to the words.
Jesus in Jn 21:15-17 upon commissioning Peter asks him if he loves him unconditionally and as a friend. Peter responds that he does love Him, But Jesus tells him what? Three times “Feed my Sheep”.
Jesus criticizes the scribes and Pharisees In Mt 23:3 saying that they say and do not, so don’t be like them. He goes on in Chapter 23 to call them in vs’s 16 and 24 blind guides, in vs 17and 19 fools and blind, and in vs 26 to say Thou blind Pharisee.
They try to judge Jesus by the Law not knowing that he is keeping the Law by His Love for the People. As Paul says in Ro 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Ro 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ro 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
GIFTS FOR TODAY 23 Nov 15
I. Contrast Gifts of the Spirit with Fruit of the Spirit
A. 1 Cor 12:1-11 Gifts of the Spirit1. Supernatural deeds miracles, healings2. The word power or virtue attached to itB. Gal 5:22,23 Fruit of the Spirit1. Righteous moral behavior2. Overboard - Pharisee’s and SadduceesA. Mt 23:1-3 they say and do not3. Deny the Power there of 2 Tim 3:54. Ja. 1:22 doers not hearers onlyC. Both are of the spiritD. Both come through a heart relationship with God1. If you find one you need to find the other A. Both morality and Power2. We can Know about somebody but not know them personallyA. Mt 7:21-23 I never knew you E. Heb 8:10 Moral Law written in heart1. Then 2 Cor 4:7 pwr of God manifest through us2. Pwr not of us but through us Acts 3:12
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Run the race 2/16/2016
Death of Moses - Deut 32:48-52 “ye sanctified me not”
to be honoured, be treated as sacredIncident --Nu 20:1-13 vs. 8 speak to rock vs. 11 smote rock twice
Anger - Wrath Gal 5:20
1st step of Life Recovery -- admit powerless Ro 7:18
Step 10 Continue to take personnel inventory and when wrong promptly admit it
2 Tim 2:4; 1 Jn 1:8-10 present active subjunctive of homologeō, “if we keep on confessing. Robertson word PicturesGift 8 Life Recovery - Self Control Ro 8:9 “not in flesh but in spirit”
LOOK TO GOD FOR HELP
Dream about running again --in military -- about honor {Privilage of being CSGM’s honor Guard - Korea wpn on both sides of flag - salute flag … honor country // distinguished company…} HONOR GOD -- Another go with-- by twos --Jesus sent forth by twos… Paul and Silas … Lynn Hiles and Saved Mafia Boss
Previous dream -- Running
Psa_18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Psa 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Psa 19 Psa_19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Son_1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Isa 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isa_40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Hab_2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Hab 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
1Co 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1Co 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1Co 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1Co 9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1Co 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1Co 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1Co 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Gal 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Gal 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Gal 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
Gal 1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
Gal 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Gal 1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Gal 1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
Gal 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Gal 1:24 And they glorified God in me.
Gal_2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Gal_5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Gal 5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Gal 5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Php 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Php 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Php 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Php 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Php 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Php_2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Step 10 Ro 5:4 Patience and Gift 3 Character being molded
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Exo 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Exo 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Exo 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
Exo 25:34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Exo 25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
Exo 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
Exo 25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
Exo 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
ONE BRANCH 9 NINE GIFTS NINE FRUIT
Central shaft 4x3 =12 apostles divine government
One side + central shaft 9+9+9+12=39 OT books
Other side 9+9+9=27 NT books TOTAL 66 BOOKS
Exo 37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
Exo 37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Exo 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
1Sa 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
1Sa 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
2Sa 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
2Sa 19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
1Ch 12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
Jer 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Jer 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Eze 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Eze 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Act 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Act 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Act 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Act 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Act 4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Act 5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Act 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
Act 5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Act 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Two # of Christ and the Church - Brazen Pillars -Judgement / Jachin -He shall establish…Boaz - in Him is strength … Joel 2:17 “Weep btwn Porch and altar / Man healed gate Beautiful Acts 3
Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Clark - For as we have many members - As the human body consists of many parts, each having its respective office, and all contributing to the perfection and support of the whole; each being indispensably necessary in the place which it occupies, and each equally useful though performing a different function; - story Planting of Church in Pyongyang Korea Presbyterian Minister Chris Blair and Revival-- Deformed Hand - Body limited in effectiveness … below 1 Cor 12:26 Persecution Russians and Japanese
1Co 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1Co 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1Co 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
4sq Gospel Church El Paso TX. {Baptism into the Body} below feel for others vs. 24-26
Henry -And all the members of Christ make up one body; the members many, but the body one. They are one body, because they have one principle of life; all are quickened and animated by the same Spirit.
Living Water never thirst again
1Co 12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
1Co 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1Co 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Thumb can touch all other fingers, index finger ..point longest reach, married to..ring finger, get to itch in ear,
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Unity - hen-ot'-ace - From G1520; oneness, that is, (figuratively) unanimity: /hice a primary numeral; one:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Spirit of Harlot of Babylon…come out of her
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
JOINT hapto - fire HG
1Co_14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. {leave and cleave}
Shall be joined - The compound verb denotes most intimate union.
In Aviation there are many bonding agents the strongest are the 2 Part - 934 for aluminum and steel (inserts into honeycomb), 9309 for composites such as fiberglass and carbon fiber (gets real hot when mixed burn plastic cup) hapto - joint fire
During revival msg came - many as flaming arrows sent forth Psa_104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Zec_9:14a And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Eph 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. To fear, be in awe or revere - same as our outlook to God…Gods presence holy Awe Texas and Virginia
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
The point is that “in Christ Jesus” race or national distinctions (“neither Jew nor Greek”) do not exist, class differences (“neither bond nor free,” no proletarianism (employed by another) and no capitalism {trade and produce controlled by private owners and not by the state}) vanish, sex rivalry (“no male and female”) disappears.
Bond or free - Peter Cartwright Methodist Horseback Preacher said …there have been more slaves set free when the slave owners Rcvd salvation then any other means
Php 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Php 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Php 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (see OT scripture below)
BARNES - Being of one accord - σύμψυχοι sumpsuchoi - of one soul; having your souls joined together. The word used here does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. It means a union of soul; or an acting together as if but one soul actuated them.
Of one mind - Greek “Thinking the same thing.” The apostle here uses a great variety of expressions to denote the same thing. The object which he aimed at was union of heart, of feeling, of plan, of purpose. He wished them to avoid all divisions and strifes; and to show the power of religion by being united in the common cause. Probably there is no single thing so much insisted on in the New Testament as the importance of harmony among Christians. Now, there is almost nothing so little known; but if it prevailed, the world would soon be converted to God; compare the notes at Joh_17:21 - or see the text itself without the notes.
NET - N3 tn Or "and feel the same way," "and think the same thoughts." The ἵνα (hina) clause has been translated "and be of the same mind" to reflect its epexegetical force to the imperative "complete my joy."
N4 tn The Greek word here is σύμψυχοι (sumpsuchoi, literally "fellow souled").
Lev_19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
1Ki 13 Old Prophet (angel) must go directly to God through JC no in between
Col 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Beguile - Ge 3:8 the serpent beguiled me…robbed me of the prize
puffed up - foo-see-o'-o to inflate, that is, (figuratively) make proud (haughty):
Col 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Col 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
My Weight belt “Built up in Christ” {steroids puffed up}
Exo_11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exo_12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Num 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Num 11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
Num 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
Num 11:21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Num 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Num 11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Num_11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Num 11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. {GRAVES OF LUST}
Num 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Num 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
Num 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Num 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
Num 16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Num 16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 16:45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Num_16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Num_16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Num_16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Num_16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Num_16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Num 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Num 25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Num 25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Num 25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
Num 25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
Num 25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Num 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
Num 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Deu 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
Deu 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Deu 28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Deu 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Deu 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Exo_30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Exo 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
Exo 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
Exo 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exo 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
2Sa 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2Sa 24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
2Sa 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
2Sa 24:12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
2Sa 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2Sa 24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2Sa 24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
2Sa 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2Sa 24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
2Sa 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2Sa 24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
2Sa 24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
2Sa 24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2Sa 24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
2Sa 24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
2Sa 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
2Sa 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
1Ki 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
1Ki 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1Ki 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1Ki 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
1Ch 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
1Ch 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
1Ch 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1Ch 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
1Ch 21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
1Ch 21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
1Ch 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1Ch 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
1Ch 21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
1Ch 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
1Ch 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
1Ch 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
2Ch 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psa_91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Psa 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psa 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Psa 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Zec_14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Mar 5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
Mar 5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mar 5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Mar 5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
Mar 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Mar 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
Mar 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Mar 5:32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
Mar 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Mar 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
INTERNAL LEOPROSY
Mat 8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Mat 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Mat 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Mat 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Gill - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him,.... This is a wonderful instance both of the grace, and goodness of Christ, in touching this loathsome creature; and of his unspotted purity and holiness, which could not be defiled by it; and of his mighty power in healing by a touch, and with a word of his mouth,
saying, I will, be thou clean: in which he expresses at once his willingness, "I will", of which the leper before was not certain; and his power by a word of command, "be thou clean"; and in which also is shown the readiness of Christ to do it: he did not stand parleying with the man, or making any further trial of his faith, or objecting to him his uncleanness; but at once stretches out his hand, touches his filthy flesh, and commands off the disorder. A great encouragement this, for poor sensible sinners to betake themselves to Christ, under a sense of their guilt and filth; who readily receives such, in no wise casts them out, but gives immediate discoveries of his power and grace unto
them:
Matthew H. - II. Christ's answer to this address, which was very kind, Mat_8:3.
1. He put forth his hand and touched him. The leprosy was a noisome, loathsome disease, yet Christ touched him; for he did not disdain to converse with publicans and sinners, to do them good. There was a ceremonial pollution contracted by the touch of a leper; but Christ would show, that when he conversed with sinners, he was in no danger of being infected by them, for the prince of this world had nothing in him. If we touch pitch, we are defiled; but Christ was separate from sinners, even when he lived among them.
2. He said, I will, be thou clean. He did not say, as Elisha to Naaman, Go, wash in Jordan; 2Ki_5:11 did not put him upon a tedious, troublesome, chargeable course of a physic, but spake the word and healed him. (1.) Here is a word of kindness, I will; I am as willing to help thee, as thou art to be helped. Note, They who by faith apply themselves to Christ for mercy and grace, may be sure that he is willing, freely willing, to give them the mercy and grace they come to him for. Christ is a Physician, that does not need to be sought for, he is always in the way; does not need to be urged, while we are yet speaking, he hears; does not need to be feed, he heals freely, not for price nor reward. he has given all possible demonstration, that he is as willing as he is able to save sinners. (2.) A word of power, Be thou clean. Both a power of authority, and a power of energy, are exerted in this word. Christ heals by a word of command to us; Be thou clean; “Be willing to be clean, and use the means; cleanse thyself from all filthiness;” but there goes along with this a word of command concerning us, a word that does the work; I will that thou be clean. Such a word as this is necessary to the cure, and effectual for it; and the Almighty grace which speaks it, shall not be wanting to those who truly desire it.
III. The happy change hereby wrought: Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Nature works gradually, but the God of nature works immediately; he speaks it, it is done; and yet he works effectually; he commands, and it stands fast. One of the first miracles Moses wrought, was curing himself of a leprosy (Exo_4:7), for the priests under the law offered sacrifices first for their own sin; but one of Christ's first miracles was curing another of leprosy, for he had no sin of his own to atone for.
JFB - Matthew 8:3
And Jesus — or “He,” according to another reading, - “moved with compassion,” says Mark (Mar_1:41); a precious addition.
put forth his hand, and touched him — Such a touch occasioned ceremonial defilement (Lev_5:3); even as the leper’s coming near enough for contact was against the Levitical regulations (Lev_13:46). But as the man’s faith told him there would be no case for such regulations if the cure he hoped to experience should be accomplished, so He who had healing in His wings transcended all such statutes.
saying, I will; be thou clean — How majestic those two words! By not assuring the man of His power to heal him, He delightfully sets His seal to the man’s previous confession of that power; and by assuring him of the one thing of which he had any doubt, and for which he waited - His will to do it - He makes a claim as divine as the cure which immediately followed it.
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed — Mark, more emphatic, says (Mar_1:42), “And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed” - as perfectly as instantaneously. What a contrast this to modern pretended cures!
Mar 1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
Mar 1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Mar 1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Mar 1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Mar 1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
Mar 1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mar 1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Luk 5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Luk 5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
Luk 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Luk 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
Fever
Joh 4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
Joh 4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
Joh 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
Joh 4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
Joh 4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
Joh 4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
Joh 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
Joh 4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
Joh 4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
Barnes - Nothing else could have healed this child
1. That Jesus has an intimate knowledge of all things. He knew the case of this son - the extent of his disease where he was and thus had power to heal him.
Clarke - At the time we would call one o’clock. Dr. Macknight thinks the Roman hour is intended; i.e. seven o’clock in the evening; and this he thinks is the reason why our Lord did not accompany the nobleman: for, as Cana was a day’s journey from Capernaum, had our Lord gone at that hour he must have traveled in the night, from which it might have been inferred that he could not cure the child without being personally present.
Matthew Henry - he was desirous to have his faith confirmed, that he might be able to satisfy any to whom he should mention the miracle; for it was a material circumstance. Note, [1.] It is good to furnish ourselves with all the corroborating proofs and evidences that may be, to strengthen our faith in the word of Christ, that it may grow up to a full assurance
Mat 8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
Mat 8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
Mar 1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Mar 1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Mar 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Luk 4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
Luk 4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
fever poo-ret-os' G4446 Thayer Definition:
1) fiery heat
2) fever
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from
G4445 poo-res'-so
From G4443; to be on fire, that is, (specifically) to have a fever: - be sick of a fever.
Matthew Henry - He touched her hand; not to know the disease, as the physicians do, by the pulse, but to heal it. This was an intimation of his kindness and tenderness; he is himself touched with the feeling of our infirmities; it likewise shows the way of spiritual healing, by the exerting of the power of Christ with his word, and the application of Christ to ourselves. The scripture speaks the word, the Spirit gives the touch, touches the heart, touches the hand. (2.) How it was evidenced: this showed that the fever left her, she arose, and ministered to them. By this it appears, [1.] That the mercy was perfected. They that recover from fevers by the power of nature are commonly weak and feeble, and unfit for business a great while after; to show therefore that this cure was above the power of nature, she was immediately so well as to go about the business of the house. [2.] That the mercy was sanctified; and the mercies that are so are indeed perfected. Though she was thus dignified by a peculiar favour, yet she does not assume importance, but is as ready to wait at table, if there be occasion, as any servant. They must be humble whom Christ has honoured; being thus delivered, she studies what she shall render. It is very fit that they whom Christ hath healed should minister unto him, as his humble servants, all their days.
Gill - And he touched her hand,.... Sometimes he healed by a word, as the centurion's servant; and sometimes by a touch, as here; and sometimes by both, as the leper. Luke says, that he "stood over her", reached over her to take her by the hand, and lift her up, "and rebuked the fever". Just as he did the winds and sea, having all diseases, as well as the elements, at his beck and control;
Gill - Mark and immediately the fever left her: and there was not the least symptom of it, nor none of the effects which it usually leaves; such was the virtue that went forth from Christ by touching her, and such his great power:
RWP - Luke He stood over her (epistas epanō autēs). Second aorist active participle. Only in Luke. Surely we are not to take Luke to mean that Jesus here took the exorcist’s position and was rebuking a malignant personality. The attitude of Jesus is precisely that of any kindly sympathetic physician. Mar_1:31; Mat_8:15 mention the touch of her hand rather than the tender look over her head.
Mt Henry - Luke Even good people may sometimes be exercised with the sharpest afflictions, more grievous than others: She was taken with a great fever, very acute, and high, and threatening; perhaps it seized her head, and made her delirious. The most gentle fevers may by degrees prove dangerous; but this was at first a great fever. [4.] No age can exempt from diseases. It is probable that Peter's mother-in-law was in years, and yet in a fever. [5.] When our relations are sick, we ought to apply ourselves to Christ, by faith and prayer, on their account: They besought him for her; and there is a particular promise that the prayer of faith shall benefit the sick. [6.] Christ has a tender concern for his people when they are in sickness and distress: He stood over her, as one concerned for her, and compassionating her case. [7.] Christ had, and still has, a sovereign power over bodily diseases: He rebuked the fever, and with a word's speaking commanded it away, and it left her. He saith to diseases, Go, and they go; Come, and they come; and can still rebuke fevers, even great fevers. [8.] This proves Christ's cures to be miraculous, that they were done in an instant: Immediately she arose. [9.] Where Christ gives a new life, in recovery from sickness, he designs and expects that it should be a new life indeed, spent more than ever in his service, to his glory. If distempers be rebuked, and we arise from a bed of sickness, we must set ourselves to minister to Jesus Christ. [10.] Those that minister to Christ must be ready to minister to all that are his for his sake: She ministered to them, not only to him that had cured her, but to them that had besought him for her. We must study to be grateful to those that have prayed for us.
Little children - Young men - Fathers
1Jn 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1Jn 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
1Jn 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
I. 1 Jn 2:12a Little children (tek-nee'-on) “little born ones
A. I write - present tense but in vs 13 in reference to young men and every time used in 14 it is in the aorist where the reader looks at it as a present result of a past event “I have written”.. Kings stood on the necks of captives as a sign of the past victory ..example
B. Little born ones--“ you must be born again” born from above
1. Joh 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Joh 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, (come to Jesus in the darkness of your soul) and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? (Natural) Gr. sar-ke- kos
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (Spiritual) Gr. Pneumatokos
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
a. Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
C. 1 Jn 2:12b Your sins are forgiven .. The putting away of our sins, their guilt, defilement and penalty , at the cross ,,, “it is finished”
1. Joh_19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
2. Forgiven, putting away ..1 Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
3. John the Baptist - Jn 1:29 b the lamb of God , which takes away the sin of the world
4. Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
D. 1 Jn 2:12c Name’s sake – Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
1. Song “Everytime we pray in your name” ADA EHI Nigeria , “There is nothing we can not do”, Every knee will bow,, oh, oh, oh, oh” (The future now Tour)
E. 1 Jn 2:13c little children,
1. little children in this case is (pahee-dee'-on -star wars) little children under instruction
a. Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Testimony El Paso Tx. Four Square Gospel Church)
b. Phm 1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten (Fathered) in my bonds:
Phm 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Phm 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
c. 1Pe 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
2. 1 Jn 2:13d known the Father
a. Pro 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
b. Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
c. Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
d. Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
II. Young men
A. 1 Jn 2:13b You have overcome (nik-ah'-o subdue) the wicked one .. A permanent Victory after conflict
1. Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
2. Rom_12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
a. 1Jn_4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (Song)
b. Rev_12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
c. Rev 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3. 1 Jn 2:13b The wicked one is (ton poneron), “the pernicious one.” He drags everyone else down with him..do you know someone like that–Ft Bliss
4. CHASTENING OF SONS Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
5. Song - Greater is He that is in me . Than he that is in the world 1 Jn 4:4..Satan is like a roaring lion roaming to and fro seeking whom he may devoir (1 Ptr 5:8) the bible tells me so. Many Souls Have Been His Prey, To Fall In Some Weak Hour, But God Has Promised Us Today, His Overcoming Power. On the Day of Pentacost
B. 1 Jn 2:14b You are strong (is-khoo-ros') refers to power as an endowment (HS power)
1. Zec 4:6b Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
2. Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
3. Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
4. 1Co 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
5. Neh 8:10d for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
C. 1 Jn 2:14b The word of God abideth in you (meno) “to dwell in as a home” residing in the heart
1. Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
III. Apostolic Fathers – 1 Jn 2:13a and 1 Jn 2:14a
A. Mt. 23:9 call no man your Father upon the earth
B. Act 8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Act 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Act 8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
C. 1Co 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
1Co 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1Co 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
D. 1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1Co 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1Co 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1Co 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1Co 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
E. You have known him from the beginning ... well rounded matured knowledge gained through years of fellowship experience with the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. 1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
1Jn 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
1Jn 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
a. Gen_3:8 And they heard the voice 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.
2. Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
3. Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
4. 2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5. Jas 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural (genesis) face in a glass:
Jas 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
a. Natural G1078genesis ghen'-es-is nativity; figuratively nature
b. Thayers Greek (1)source or origin
c. Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
d. Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
e. Rev 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. (Original sin)
f. Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
g. G3824pal-ing-ghen-es-ee'-ah From G3825 and G1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), that is, (figuratively) spiritual renovation; specifically Messianic restoration: - regeneration. G3825 is the idea of oscillatory repetition); (adverbially) anew, that is, (of place) back, (of time) G1078 is genesis as above
h. Joh 2:1b in Cana of Galilee
(1). gal-il-ah-yahOf hebrew origin [H1551]; Galilaea (that is, the heathen circle)//Thayer Definition: Galilee = “Circuit”
i. Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,
(1). showing forth His Glory
(a). Jn 7:38-39 Rivers of living Water/ Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
(2). foreshadow of what was to come.. Jn 2:4 mine hour is not yet come.. Death water and blood - Resurrection new wine
(3). Joh 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
(a). 1st Man Adam and Last Adam 1Co_15:45
j. Thayer Gr 1d) the signal and glorious change of all things (in heaven and earth) for the better, that restoration of the primal and perfect condition of things which existed before the fall of our first parents,
6. But it is an untruth and fabrication to teach that precious fact from I Jn. 3:1-3! It says nothing about seeing Jesus as He is. It is the Father. No one but the Father and His sons enters this passage. "Behold, what manner of love the FATHER hath bestowed upon us ... and we know that when HE (the Father) shall appear, WE (the sons) shall be like HIM (the Father); for WE (the sons) shall see HIM (the Father) as He is."
SAVIOR AND KING
When we received Jesus as Savior His Glory shines round about us Lu 2:9-12. It costs us nothing. We are born again and become babies needing nourishment to grow. We are wholly dependent on others, Eventually we are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breast Is 28:9. Then the search begins for the King. Mat 2:1-2,11 We must follow the Morning Star (Rev 22:16) till we grow to children , young ones and mature adults following the Sun of Righteousness Mal 4:2 We must come to worship Him presenting our gifts 1 Cor 12:8-11. The journey to the West is only for the shining ones Mt 24:27 . There may be great tribulation along the way but that will only serve to refine us Rev 7:14; 1 Ptr 1:7.
SAVIOR AND KING
SAVIOR
I. Luk 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
A. First there was a sign. Glory round about.
1. Picture crown of thorns let mtng elevated as though walking on air.
Luk 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luk 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Luk 2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Luk 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Luk 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
A. SAVIOR: G4990so-tare' From G4982; a deliverer, that is, God or Christ: - saviour. // G4982 is sodzo - the saving of the soul
II. 2Sa_22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
A. H3467yaw-shah' A primitive root; properly to be open, wide or free, that is, (by implication) to be safe; causatively to free or succor:
1. This freedom cost us nothing but cost him everything
2. Only Christianity has suffering servant - JC on the cross
III. Isa_43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
A. He points to Himself alone
IV. Hos_13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
A. Gods of Egypt made and example of 10 Plages each a God of Egypt yet none delivered Egyptians
V. Joh_4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
A. Woman at the well convinced with word of Knowledge.
VI. Php_3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
VII. 2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2Ti 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
VIII. 1Jn_4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
A. Testify G3140mar-too-reh'-o
From G3144; to be a witness, that is, testify (literally or figuratively):G3144 mar'-toos
Of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally [judicially] or figuratively [generally]); by analogy a “martyr”:
1. It is the laying down of our own lives as we follow His example
KING
I. TYPE of Christ portrayed in OT
A. Isa 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; (doublemindedness) and the gates shall not be shut;
Isa 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
B. Is 45 Cyrus the great of Persia During Daniel and possibly Ester
1. Return to Jerusalem to rebuild temple
a. Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Col 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
b. Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
II. Mat 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Mat 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
A. Mat 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
1. To see Jesus as King is going to cost you everything.
III. Mat_27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
IV. Joh_18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
Joh 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
Joh 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
Joh 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Joh_18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Mat_27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Joh_19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
V. Jesus has to become King of the living and the dead if His Kingdom is to be for man eternal. That is why He stopped the people from making Him a Natural King prior to His Death.
A. Joh 6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Joh 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Joh 6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
VII. Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
BRIDE OF CHRIST
In the Beginning
I. Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep (guard) it.
A. Garden in Eden
1. Garden -gaw-nan'A primitive root; to hedge about, that is, (generally) protect: - defend.
2. aw-dan'A primitive root; to be soft or pleasant; figuratively and reflexively to live voluptuously: - delight self.
B. In one sense, man WAS the Garden. And yet, man was IN the Garden. The Bible reveals it as a "Garden within a Garden." Man both in a state of being and an environment - the two corresponding.
1. In that ancient shadow Adam stands as a type of the spirit, Eve is a type of the soul, and the garden of Eden is a type of the body, which Adam was to "dress and keep.
C. Ge. 2:18 I do make him a helper - as his COUNTERPART" (Gen. 2:18, Young's Literal)
II. Gen 2:21-25 deep sleep Adam - one of ribs - made woman
A. Must have been some good meat on that rib
III. Gen 2:23 "And Adam said, This one (she) now bone from my bones, flesh from my flesh, this one, (she) shall be called woman (ISHAH), because this one, (she) was taken from man (ISH)" (Gen. 2:23). Adam said, "This-now," or literally, "this one, she.
A. In the same way that God separated Eve from Adam, the Spirit of God separates between the soul and the spirit of man.
B. Separation for clarification Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
IV.. PRIOR TO THE FALL/ AFTER THE FALL/UNTIL
A. Prior to the fall - Gen 1:28 Universal dominion was not given to Adam alone; it was not said, "Let HIM have dominion," but "Let THEM have dominion."He did not rule OVER her, but WITH her. He was lord of the whole creation, and she was ONE WITH HIM! THEY were the king and queen of the universe!
B. After the fall .. HE SHALL RULE OVER THEE" (Gen. 3:16). "Thy desire shall be to thy husband" would be better translated, "Thy desire (longing) shall be SUBJECT to thy husband
1. maw-shal'A primitive root; to rule: - (have, make to have) dominion, governor
2. RULE - Gen 45:26a And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.
3. 1Ti_2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
a. Type - antitype. Spirit masculine over soul (mind, will, emotions) - feminine ..ONE NATURAL OTHER SPIRITUAL
C. Only until ..Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, T-I-L-L THE SEED SHOULD COME TO WHOM THE PROMISE WAS MADE" (Gal. 3:19)
D. "there shall be no more curse!" (Rev. 22:3
E. It is more than just a "fill me" with more of God, but a being swallowed up into Him, that henceforth it is "no longer ( TYPE), but CHRIST (Antitype) liveth in me" (Gal. 2:20).
1. Ro 8:5-6 He enters into us with the life of God as the SPIRIT OF LIFE. When He enters, He enters into OUR SPIRIT, not into our soul - our mind, emotion, or will. He enters into our SPIRIT, puts the life of God in our SPIRIT, and dwells in our SPIRIT; thus the Spirit of life is joined together with our spirit so that God and us are joined as one and never be separated
F. Gal_3:28b there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
V. Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
A. Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
1. KEY TO MATURITY - These are spiritual, living by the life of the spirit, and the soul is but a vehicle of expression for the spirit. Praise God! it is the ONE SPIRIT that becomes the Bridegroom that ultimately is fully joined to the soul - receives the soul into itself.
B. 1Co_6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
C. Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
VI. Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
A. Jesus on Cross (TD Jakes Msg) naked and not ashamed
1. He became naked that we might be clothed (with his Glory)
I. THE CONTRAST
A. THE BRIDE Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
B. Rev 21:9b Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
C. Rev 21:10 shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, Rev 21:11 her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal
1. "Kings' daughters were among Thy honorable women: upon Thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir" (Ps. 45:9).
2. "Christ also loved the CHURCH, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5:25-27).
D. The harlot Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
1. Rev 17:6c when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
2. Rev 17:7a And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
a. 1Co_6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
I. Mat 25:1-13 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
A. Ten number of trial 10 commandments , Smyrna Church Rev 2:10 - devil cast some into prison 10 days – faithful unto death.. crown of life
B. VIRGIN in your desires toward the Lord
1. 2Co 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2. we lay down our own identity. we learn to yield - obey - this is the action of our will, giving our will over to become aligned with HIS WILL. Submission is more than blind obedience to demands laid upon us, it is the loving surrender of the will to HIM.
a. not my will.. JC Garden Gethsemine Luk_22:42
b. Greek oil press = Gathsemine = Chaldee origin wine press, fruitful
C. Are you truly VIRGIN in your desires toward the Lord; are you walking in the Spirit, keeping yourself unto HIM and unto HIM ALONE
D. renounce the schemes and plans and ambitions of the carnal mind and abandon your love of the world and the desires of the flesh
1. 1Co 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
a. carnal - sar-kee-kos’.. Natural, animal, unregenerate
b. spiritual - phyoo-mat-ikos.. Supernatural, regenerate
E. BOW in love and submission to Jesus Christ the Lord and pass beyond , birthed to stand tall and erect in the majesty and splendor as sons and daughters of God
F. learn to yield - obey - giving our will over to become aligned with HIS WILL.
G. We are espoused to Christ. We are to be presented as a chaste virgin to Him. Oh let us be true to His claims upon us, and gladly sacrifice all that keeps us back from full self-surrender to Him. So shall the King have pleasure in us, (garden Heb.) and we shall find our crown of eternal fulfillment in HIM.
H. Lamps - light within – let it shine.. oil HG needed
II. Mt 25:6bc - WENT FORTH TO MEET THE BRIDEGROOM /Come out of her
A. "come out" from among the world and the flesh and the harlot churches
1. From --to
2. Rev_18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
B. no one will ever go "up" to meet the Bridegroom. But in order to meet the Bridegroom, one must go "out." "Go ye O-U-T to meet Him"
1. Grow up not Go up
C. "Let us GO FORTH therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach" (Heb. 13:13),
1. Within the camp is Babylon's vain worship and pseudo-church
D. "The Spirit and the bride SAY, COME (Thayer’s Gr. Metaphorical meaning - show yourself or be established)" (Rev. 22:17).
1. Hos 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love:
2. Son_1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee:
I. Joh 2:1-11 And the third day there was a marriage (3rd day resurrected people)
A. Pro 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, Beginning of More Excellent Ministry
1. Excellent in Heb means triple or 3 fold
2. Heb_8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,
3. Outer court, Holy Place, Holy of Holies ...Father, Son, Holy Ghost
B. When I know that I am united to the Christ I am so identified with His interests that they are paramount with me. Few know it. A wife is one who has reached full maturity, one who has given herself completely and unreservedly for her lover, one who has lost her own name and identity to take His. She has left all to follow Him. In mind, will, desire, emotion, hope, plans and actions the two become one.
C. MARRIAGES -- Adam and Eve (Gen. 2:18-25).
D. AND ISAAC BROUGHT HER INTO HIS MOTHER SARAH'S TENT, AND TOOK REBEKAH, AND SHE BECAME HIS WIFE; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death" (Gen. 24:62-67).
E. Then there was a very unusual wedding in which the bridegroom found out the next morning, by light of day, that he had married the wrong girl (Gen. 29:21-25).
1. Leah and handmaid, Rachael and handmaid 12 sons
F. One of the most beautiful wedding stories began in a barley field outside the little town of Bethlehem (Ruth 2). Boaz- redemption story
G. Perhaps the most tragic wedding was that between Ahab, king of Israel, and Jezebel, a godless Baal worshipper. This marriage would result in much sorrow and suffering for God's people (I Kings 16:29-31).
H. Finally, the Saviour of men chose a wedding in the city of Cana of Galilee to perform His first miracle and show forth His glory (Jn. 2:1-11).
1. Joh 2:1b in Cana of Galilee
a. gal-il-ah-yahOf hebrew origin [H1551]; Galilaea (that is, the heathen circle)//Thayer Definition: Galilee = “Circuit”
2. Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,
a. showing forth His Glory
(1). Jn 7:38-39 Rivers of living Water/ Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
b. foreshadow of what was to come.. Jn 2:4 mine hour is not yet come.. Death water and blood - Resurrection new wine
c. Joh 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
(1). 1st Man Adam and Last Adam 1Co_15:45
I. BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE CALLED Rev 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
A. Mt 22:14 Many are called, but few are called
B. "When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a bill of divorce, puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and when she departs out of his house, she goes and marries another man, and if the latter (second) husband dislikes her and writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house; or if the last husband dies, who took her as his wife, then the former husband, who sent her away, MAY NOT TAKE HER AGAIN TO BE HIS WIFE ... for that is an abomination unto the Lord" (Deut. 4:1-4, Amplified)
C. "Turn, O backsliding children, saith Yahweh, for I AM MARRIED UNTO YOU: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion" (Jer. 3:14).
D. "Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king of Judah, have you seen what that faithless and backsliding Israel has done, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the harlot? And I saw, even though Judah knew that for this very cause of committing adultery (idolatry) I, Yahweh, had put faithless Israel away and given her a bill of divorcement; yet her faithless and treacherous sister Judah was not afraid, but she also went and played the harlot ... committing adultery with idols of stones and trees. Surely, as a wife treacherously and faithlessly departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously and faithlessly with Me, O house of Israel, says Yahweh" (Jer. 3: 6-9, 20, Amplified) .
1. Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. (You Die by Law.. then married to another.. Risen Christ)
Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
a. Rev 18:7,8 sit as a queen - no widow- no sorrow, plagues , burning, torment, sorrow, Burned in fire (lake of fire death and hell’s end
(1). Saying husband is not dead..natural Israel after flesh
a. Ro 6:6 old man crucified
b. 2Co_5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
c. Eph_4:22a That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man,
d. Col_3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
2. The table is in the presence of all her enemies (not up in the sky), and her cup is overflowing with His loving kindness and goodness. She has entered a place of communion with Him such as she has never had before; communion that is deep and full of peace and joy and righteousness.
a. The meaning of the Table is that of Communion Body Blood Mar 14:15
b. Exodus story Lamb inside and blood applied (Mercy seat)
c. 1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
3. "As the living Father has sent Me, and I live by the Father: so He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me" (Jn. 6:57). "I am the bread of life..." (Jn. 6:35).
4. Only those who are prepared to enter into a MATURE RELATIONSHIP with Christ are bidden to come and sit with Him at this reserved table at the feast of HIS TABLE
a. Healing for soul in union and communion - common union
Not having a wedding garment?
I. Mat 22:1-14 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, ....The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. (Israel) (marriage of bridegroom)
Mat 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Mat 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Mat 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: ( still old man needs to die then in-filling of God Glory)
Mat 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
A. The righteousness this glistering garment portrays is not the imputed righteousness received by grace when our sins are first forgiven, but the ACTUAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, wrought out in the nitty-gritty of the dealings, testings, purgings, processings and victories of this present travail. The garments of the Lord's people correspond to their STATE OF BEING.
B. So from the teaching of our Lord, "outer darkness" does not mean hell or the lake of fire, but rather the LOSS or denial of a great privilege. The Jews are alive today, and God is directing their steps, not in a pit, but in the "outer darkness" of spiritual blindness, the veil that hangs like a pall over mind and heart. The glory and joy of the marriage feast is LIGHT - understanding, revelation, reality and relationship. The man without the wedding garment, the one unprepared for this realm, is cast out EXCLUDED and REJECTED from the joy and fellowship and life experienced by those who are called to the marriage. He is cast into outer darkness and bound. His hands are bound and his feet are bound. The hands bespeak of service, the feet of the walk. He is not QUALIFIED to serve in that blessed realm. He may know service in the carnal religious life and service in the sphere of the flesh, good works, etc., but he does not know that SPIRITUAL MINISTRY which springs from intimacy of fellowship and vital union with Christ - so he is bound.
1. The hands service can be in vain Heb 6:1, 9:14 dead works
2. The feet, our walk, must be in the spirit not the flesh or we will go no where or end up where we should not be.
C. We must never forget that the marriage supper is spread at the MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB. Notice that it does not say the "Marriage of the Bride," but the "Marriage of the LAMB." That grand event is not so much the consummation of the hopes of the bride, as it is the consummation of the hopes and plans and purposes of the Bridegroom.
1. It is about the Bridegroom and what he has done- we need only rcv and believe in faith and then the grace of will save us Eph 2:8,9 not of works
MARRIED LIFE
I. Rev_3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
A. Son 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Son 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Son 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Son 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Son 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
1. How often when our Lord is bringing to us a deeper revelation of Himself, He finds us asleep! We have washed our feet of all the dust of the day, we have cleansed our walk in all those areas He has dealt with previously, we have put off our garment, we have prepared a soft bed of ease, and we have said to our souls, "A little sleep, a little slumber, (Prov 6:9-11) no need to press on any further at this time, let us rest in the experiences we have had and the truths we have learned."
a. endure afflictions 2 Ti 4:5
2. She had not gone off into spiritual fornication, she had not mingled with the world, she had committed gross sins of the flesh, she had not been flirting with those who hated Him, as many who are called by His name are doing in these days; she had not lost her chastity. She had been indolent, she simply did not seem to have the stamina to go further. She had thought to lie down and rest, but not to go to sleep; but she was soon lulled into a half-slumber.
3. They forget that it is through the avenue of sleep, indifference, and stagnation, that spiritual poverty comes and robs them (Prov 24:33) of the glory of the Bridegroom of their soul; that it is in this way Want and Need come upon them, as an armed man with whom they cannot cope. Slumber does not prepare us for great attainment, it only paves the way for us to be defeated and robbed.
4. She thought He would wait until she had opened the door. He had continued calling and knocking through the night, though she had treated Him as a stranger; though she had lain still in her bed of ease, (Is 32:9-14) and left Him out in the darkness until His head was wet with night dew, and His locks with night drops.
5. Have you kept your Lord waiting while you pampered your flesh, or while you did something that YOU wanted to do, instead of coming away with Him? Have you heard Him chide you because you neglected Him, because you were not giving yourself to prayer and the Word, because you were not seeking His face, because you were not putting Him above all else, because you were not following on to KNOW HIM in deeper measures? When you have heard His voice in these and other ways, have you risen up eagerly and quickly hastened to obey? Or have you asked Him to wait until a more convenient season? (Felix Acts 24:25) Did you have some "religious" work which you felt was very important? Did you have some association you felt you could not break? (Lu 14:35-46) Did you tell the Lord to wait until you could leave them, or finish what you were doing? Not always in words do we tell Him to wait; we just go on with our "work," with our little religious games, with the programs of Babylon, with the demands of family and involvements with the flesh, with the admiration of friends, with pleasures and pursuits.
6. He is standing outside and knocking at the door. He is not within, as He should be, but on the outside. Behind the door that is locked against Him they are loudly preaching about Him, and ardently singing about Him, and earnestly working for Him, but He Himself they have left outside.
7. The whole church system of our day is built on the programs and efforts of the flesh rather than the life and glory of the Spirit.
8. One day you will hear the call, but He will be gone and you will be left with the dry dust of your cherished traditions and the vanity of your fleshly pursuits. He is knocking as your husband. I exhort all God's saints in this lukewarm age of Laodicea to open wide the door that Jesus may enter in to fill our beings with light and understanding, with wisdom and glory, with power and victory.
a. Lu 12:35-46 watching vs 37
(1). Vs 36 wait for rtn from wedding when he comes and knocketh they may open unto him immediately
9. To sup with Christ is to commune vitally with Him; it is to fellowship intimately with Him and freely partake of all that is proffered by His Spirit. He comes in to dine. It is there, deep within - in the inner union of soul and spirit as nowhere else, privately and alone, that spiritual edification and the understanding and participation in heavenly things begins and continues and consummates.
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
I. THE WAY TO SONSHIP IS BRIDESHIP
A.1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
B. Gen. 4:1, "And Adam KNEW Eve his wife; and she conceived
C. "I am the WAY, the truth and the life; no man COMETH UNTO THE FATHER but by Me." Your relationship to Christ as a bride will forerun your relationship to the Father as a son. Brideship is the harbinger of sonship. It is through intimacy of fellowship and vital union with Christ, made ONE IN HIM IN LOVE that we are initiated into that illustrious glory of strength and dominion over all things as sons of God.
D. Rom. 7:4, "that we should be married to another, even to HIM who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
E. Bride in Hebrew is KALLAH meaning "the completed one" or "the perfected one." It reveals the concept of a woman being completed once she is married to her husband - and, as Paul so beautifully expresses it, "YE are COMPLETE IN HIM! (Col 2:10)
F. Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
1. We must get out of our comfort zones and begin to endure sound doctrine 2 Tim 4:3 and that we might grow from children to sons in the purifying fire of His Presence.
G. Gal 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Gal 4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Gal 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Gal 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Gal 4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Gal 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
1. We can be in bondage to service as Martha instead of sitting at His feet
2. Will we be like the Dog That returns to its Vomit or will we go on to maturity.
3. We can be delivered out of Egypt as sons but we must get Egypt out of us in order to become sons
Eph 4:15,16 Grow up not go up
Refiner’s Fire
Isa 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
I. Jacob created
II. Israel formed
A. Rom 9:6b For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Rom 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Rom 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
1. Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 2. Rom 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 3. Gal_3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Gal_3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
B. Transformation of soul 1. 2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2. Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
C. Through the Water of the outer court (body) (Passover - Water Baptism)D. The Rivers of the Holy Place (Soul) (Pentacost - Jn 7:38)E. The Fire of the Holy Of Holies (Spirit) (Tabernacles - Maturity..Perfection)1. 1Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord whom ye seek, shall SUDDENLY COME TO HIS TEMPLE, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for HE IS LIKE A REFINER'S FIRE, and like fuller's soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall PURIFY THE SONS OF LEVI, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness" (Mal. 3:1-3).
I. SUDDENLY COME TO HIS TEMPLE.
A. BAD1. Nu Num 12:1-10 Num 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 2. Mar 13:32-37 Mar 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. B. GOOD1. Luk_2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 2. Act_2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. Act_9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4. Act_16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. II. The Temple
A. Israel Seventy years of Captivity in Babylon come out to be rebuilt so also Harlot system of babyon that believers are drawn into, in admiration, must come out and be rebuilt new Jeruselem.B. Jesus said "with not one stone upon another that would not be thrown down." (Mat. 24:1-2) The old was passing away being brought to desolation (Mt 23:38) as Titus in 70 AD fulfilled Jesus Prophetical statement and put an end to the old Levitical system. Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (Generation 40 years )C. We must established the temple as A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS and run the money changers, the thieves, and robber out. The whitewashed walls of hypocrisy and religion must come down. We have become merchandise for the worldly system to barter for. D. We must take the whip of the word and drive out those who have robber us from our true inheritance.E. "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate" (Mat. 23:38).1. Mr 12 parable of Vineyard.. last son killed Jesus... Mr 12:10 The stone builders rejected.F. Sandwiched in between Mr 11:15-17 Fir tree was Israel - Cursed for no fruitF. Heb. 8:1-2, TRUE TABERNACLE which the LORD PITCHED, and not man!" Jesus is now the TRUE TABERNACLE. 1. See that thou make all things according to the PATTERN showed thee in the mount" (Heb. 8:5). a. 1Ch 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. (Solomon built)G. To whom coming, as unto a LIVING STONE, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, YE ALSO, as LIVELY STONES, are built up a SPIRITUAL HOUSE, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a CHIEF CORNER STONE, elect, precious: and he that believeth in Him shall not be confounded" (I Pet. 2:3-6).H. "The temple of God is holy, which temple YE ARE" (I Cor. 3:17). "Know ye not that YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST which is IN YOU?" (I Cor. 6:19). "For YE ARE THE TEMPLE of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them" (II Cor. 6:16).III. Purifier
A. philosopher of France, who said, "I conceive God to be Him whose CENTER IS EVERYWHERE, and whose CIRCUMFERENCE IS NOWHERE."B. 'The words of the Lord are PURE words: AS SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH, PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES' (Ps. 12:6). C. But there will be a time when His Spirit will be a purging fire. It is then that His Word will be in our hearts as a FIREBRAND SHUT UP IN OUR BONES, even as it was with Jeremiah (Jer. 20:9).D. 'GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE' (Heb. 12:29),E. suffer the SPIRIT OF BURNING, and the fanning of the FIERY BREATH SEARCHING EVERY PART WITHIN THEM UNTIL THEY ARRIVE A FIXED BODY from whence the wonders are to flow out. ( quote Eby)1. Isa_4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 2. Mat_3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 3. 2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
4. Heb_1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. a. By the Fire (Peter) in the fire, as fireF. Black Plague swept through London, England, more than 68,000 The city caught fire, the whole heavens were ablaze as the Great Fire destroyed more than 13,200 homes and 89 churches. G. It is interesting to note that the Greek word for fire is PUR, a derivative of which is the Latin word PYRA (pure) and the English word PYRE - the place for the burning of a corpse. PYREX also comes from the same root, PYR or PUR, meaning a fire, and REX, meaning a king - that which is king, thus ruling over the fire, hence a "heat resistant" glassware. All our English words having to do with that which is pure are related to the Greek word PUR, indicating clearly that that which is pure is so because it has been cleansed BY FIRE! Consider: PURE, PURity, PURify, PURification, PURitan. ( Quote EBY)H. Fire and soap, are used to purify soap purifies outwardly, and fire inward1. Atonement OT - outside - covers over sin2. Propitiation NT - inward Rom_3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1Jn_2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1Jn_4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
I. Bounds keep people back (Moses) but Moses in fire and as fire. 1. Isa_33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 2. When Moses blesses the tribe of Joseph saying, "Blessed of the Lord be his land ... BY THE GOODWILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH" (Deut. 33:13,16a. The fire that comes to you from the bush is that which consumes the barrier between your heart and the heart of God, and between your heart and the heart of your brother. (Eby quote)IV. Who may abide - endure - wait for - the day of HIS COMING?
1. This is the PURGING, CLEANSING AND PURIFYING REALM! It is the realm of qualifying for sonship, of preparation for the Kingdom, of readiness to rule and reign with Christ as a King-Priest after the order of Melchizedek. And who shall stand - or who can withstand, who can stand against it, who can stop or prevent His appearing as the refiner's fire? No one, may I answer, shall be able to withstand or stand against His coming when He appeareth! 2. "Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered by the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange - unusual and alien to you and your position - were befalling you" (I Pet. 4:12, Amplifieda. Paul's thorn in the flesh, b. Job's loss of all his possessions, family and health, c. Joseph's betrayal by his brethren, his being sold as a slave, and later his being falsely accused and thrown in prison, were all for a divine purpose. d. John on the isle of Patmos (1). Rev_7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 6. We must put off our shoes of religion and be transformed and perfected in the oven of purging a. We will see that all is not consumed but there is a change in state from carnal to spiritual.b. As Noah we are not saved from the flood but in the midst of itc. As Daniel we are not saved from the lion’s den but in it.d. As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego we are not saved from the furnance but in its midst by the one who is in our midst the son of Gode. We are not saved from the cross but by taking up the cross(1). Mat_3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: V. Sons of Levi -new order,
1. Heb 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 2. Heb 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? Heb 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
3. Heb 7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Heb 7:16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Heb 7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
4. Heb 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; Heb 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
VI. "He shall SIT as a refiner and purifier of silver...
A. Sit Isa 30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. Isa 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Isa 30:9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
B.. a silver refinery. mirror-like until a chemical reagent added then heated and impurities raked off top. After a week of this process 99 % pure silver1. Take the scum His trials create and skim them off until...a. "TAKE AWAY the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer" (Prov. 25:4). The books were opened
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
HAVE YOU ALLOWED GOD TO OPEN YOUR BOOK ?
Maybe you did not even know your life was a book to be opened and read.
Mat 12:34b for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
It is what is inscribed within your heart and mind that contains your book.
When God summons you to come stand before Him your book will be opened and you will manifest what is in your Heart and Mind.
The question then will be… What have you allowed to be written there
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
It is with the opening of your book that all that is written there in may be exposed revealed, displayed, and brought to judgement
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Have you been put in a situation where the secrets and intents of the heart are manifested.
Example -- Christian brother walks upon you while you are cursing..
Know that God opens your book not to destroy you but to deliver you
He wants to bring forth Judgment unto victory.
Mat_12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
He isn’t called the Lion and the Lamb for nothing
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
THE BOOK OF LIFE --WHICH IS of the life of the LAMB
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If your name is written there in then you are of that Book because that Book is a people…
Co 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
2Co 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Rev 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Rev 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Rev 5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Rev 5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Rev 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Rev 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Rev 5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Rev 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Rev 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Rev 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Rev 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Rev 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Rev 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
THE ROCK 2019 April
I. Revelation of the rock
Moses in old testament Struck the rock AND WATER POURED
Exo 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exo 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exo 17:3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exo 17:4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
Exo 17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Exo 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
1Co 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
II. Commissioning
God spoke to Moses from the cleft of the Rock where he had put him and showed Him His backside as He passed by (Past 1st 5 books Bible)
Exo 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Exo 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exo 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exo 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exo 33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, (his name means piece of rock or small rock) and upon this rock (mass of rock - revelation of who JC is) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Mat 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
III. Attributes of The Rock
A. Moses He is the ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECTB. Hannah after Samuels birth - there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our GodC. Isaiah -look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are diggedD. David - the rock of Israel spake to me
The Lord is my rock , and my fortress and my deliverer
Who is a rock save our God
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock
be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
my God is the rock of my refuge.
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
SONG - Group Petra Author Michael O’Shields 1995
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies,
Psa_18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 2x
Have you got the Revelation of who the Rock is
Know Moses even after having seen God’s Glory did not enter the Promise Land because he failed to sanctify or to honor as sacred the Lord in the eyes of the Children of Israel and instead of speaking to the rock as he was told he struck it twice
Num_20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Num 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Num 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Num 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Also remember Peter who according to Matthew had just gotten the revelation of the Rock yet four verses later Allowed Satan to influence Him against the Rock’s crucifixion …
Mat 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Mat 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Mat 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Mat 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Bringing Forth Mazzaroth in His Season
"The heavens continually rehearse the glory of God: and the firmament showeth His handiwork" Ps 19:1
Written in the very stars of Heaven is the Kingdom of Heaven principles taught in symbols and rituals. From Virgo the seed of the Woman to LEO the conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah the stars, of which we spiritually are, teach the 12 governmental principles as the Sun (Son) as He passes through them in the course of a year.
The stars are a picture book showing Gods plans and purposes in and through us. We need to become the sign that bears the message of His saving perfecting grace.
Josephus the Church Historian says the twelve signs evolved from the family of Seth the righteous line from Adam. According to Arabic tradition the twelve signs originated with Seth and Enoch as they began to call upon the name of YAHWEH.
The name zodiac comes from the primitive root 'zoad' meaning a way or path going by steps.
Job 38:32 has God asking Job if he can bring forth Mazza-Roth in his season. Mazzaroth is a Hebrew word and means the constellations of the Zodiac.
In Amos 5:8 we are told to seek Him that maketh the seven stars of Orion.
The Zodiac being the original revelation designed by God contains the plan for the ages. Unfortunately man has gotten ahold of it and made a counterfeit of the original for personal gain to where it is not recognizable . Jere 10:2 tells us not to be dismayed at the signs of Heaven as the heathen are.
We must let the Day Star arise in our hearts and see our position in Him seated higher than the Heavens Eph 4:10. We must see ourselves as signs and wonders who shine as lights in the world Phil 2:15.
We are the true signs of the zodiac in God's spiritual Heaven . As Morning stars we must see our union to Him the Sun (Son) and sing together. Job 38:4,7
In us He has truly set a Tabernacle for the SUN (Son).
As the Elect of God we must be Planted in the Heavens.. established in Him Prov 3:19. We then can declare His righteousness Ps 50:6 As we live and move in Him.
According to the leading astrologers the Sun with the entire solar system move through space at speeds of 600,000 miles per hour in a gigantic circuit which requires over 2 million centuries to complete. Ps 19:6.
We are a colony of Heaven the true Space cadets of creation with dominion over ever principality in earth and heaven.
We need to be Heavenly minded or we will be no earthly good. Our calling is heavenly and that is where we need to set our affections rather than on things on the earth. Heb 3:1, Col 3:1-3 . The earth is our footstool but we are governed by the laws of Heaven where He is seated above all heavens and fills all things Eph 4:10.
The Mystery of the Spinx in Egypt is that is portrays the Beginning and end of the Zodiac. The Head of a Woman (Virgo) Gen 3:15, and the body and tail of a lion (Leo) Rev 5:5 .
Spinx in the Greek SPHUNGO.. means to bind closely together.
VIRGO
1 Jan 25
Virgo the Virgin is the figure of a Woman lying prostate with and ear of wheat in one hand and a branch in the other. The Sun passes thru Virgo for 43 days from September 14th to Oct 29th.
In Lu 1:27 we see the virgin birth my Mary who was espoused to Joseph. The ear of wheat in one hand speaks of the Seed which is Christ who shall die and bring forth much fruit. Jn 12:24
We must be virgin in our desires as we keep ourselves for Christ.
The branch in the other hand is the branch from Him the root Isa 11:1 . We must be a chaste virgin to Christ II Cor. 11:2. Spiritually we are birthed through the virgin soul. Prophetically the manchild of Rev. 12 comes forth as the corporate manifest sons of God to deliver creation. Rev 12:1-2, 5.
The Stars in Virgo's constellation Al Zimah, Al Azal, and Subilon mean the shoot, the branch, and the corn of wheat.
The Sun in its relation to Virgo is in the uterine position and the moon is seen under Her feet. This is God's bible in the sky.
There are 12 stars Rev 12:1-2 surrounding the head of Virgo Six in the southern Hemisphere and Six in the Northern Hemisphere.
Head in the Greek means KAPTO to seize. Twelve is the number of divine Government and going back to the twelve tribes of Isreal each has a sign of constellation relating to the son.
They are as follows:
1st Virgo Zebulon
2nd Libra Levi
3rd Scorpio Dan
4th Sagittarius Asher
5th Capricornus Nephtali
6th Aquarius Reuben
7th Pisces Simmeon
8th Aeries Gad
9th Taurus Ephriam and Manasseh
10th Gemini Benjamin
11th Cancer Issachar
12th Leo Judah
Each tribe manifested a heavenly message or sign
Eph 3:10 this being the manifold wisdom of God known by the church of the heavenly realm.
The 1st Decan in the constellation Virgo is the constellation:
Coma - the Infant , the Branch, the Desired one
This is Ihesu in the Greek meaning Christ. This Decan is one with Virgo and nourishes the child. Hag 2:7 says the desire of all nations shall come. This is the Woman and manchild of Rev 12 . Historically it is Jesus but prophetically it is the manifested sons of Christ Head and body. Ro 8:19.
We earnestly DESIRE to be clothed upon with our house from heaven II Cor 5:1-5
The 2nd Decan associated with Virgo is:
Centaurus - a Centaur with dart piercing a victim.
This shows the double nature of God and Man in Christ. He is the Healer , Instructor and Prophet with all power. Centaur's in Greek Mythology were hated and rejected of men as Jesus also was. So Coma means desired but Centaurus means despised.
The elect sons of God are both human and divine as represented by the Centaur and his Victim. As we are also to give our lives in sacrificial love. Is 53:3
I Cor 1:25-31 We must know that in the worlds eyes we are despised yet in God chosen. Heb 11:34 in our weakness we are made strong.
Our meekness is not our weakness and our humility is our display to a world of carnality and lust. I must be crucified with Christ that Christ can live in me. Gal 2:20. I must mortify the deeds of the flesh in order to truly Live the overcoming life. Ro 8:12-17.
The next Decan associated with Virgo is:
Bootes or Artus - the great Shepard and Harvester who holds a rod and a sickle and walks before His flock.
BO in the orient means coming one. The brightest star in Bootes is Arcturus which means coming one. Al Katurops in Bootes right arm means Branch or rod and connects to the Shepard staff .
The sickle shows Him as the great Harvester of souls Eph 1:10 gather together Rev 14:14-20 winepress of grapes - blood bought Church.
Mt 9:37-38 harvest time and supper time.. Feed my sheep Jn 21:17
LIBRA
The Scales is that of a pair of balances. One end of the beam is up and the other down. The constellation Scorpio is as though the pulling down with its claw to lower the one end of the balance. And so it is that satan seeks to offset our standing with God and we come up wanting in our fleshly nature. This equates to justice in the universe as this constellation is one of the justice system. It is sin vs redemption weighed in the balance. Zuben al the first star means the price that covers. This is the Hebrews 12:1-2 balance that redemption brings.
Adam through the fall brought imbalance But Jesus Christ through His life death and resurrection brought balance, restoration and harmony back to mankind .
1st Decan of Libra is the Cross so called the southern cross. Its four brightest stars form a cross. The history of the cross did not start with the Romans, but the Assyrians who would drive a stake up through the rectum into the intestines stopping at the diaphragm. Then the Persians had the crossbeam with the hands impaled to it as the victim would last longer. And so Alexander the great took up what was used by the Romans with the feet also impaled. And so the cross in the dark southern regions comes as Christ who through Death conquered. through The Love of God the opposites to usher in eternal life. The fulcrum of the cross issues in Life and Godliness to a lost creation and the Restoration of man in God's image is once more as He was truely slain from the foundation of the world. The self life's end is in sight as Jesus Crist brings life and immorality to light. Christ as the fulcrum and the two thief's as the ends of the scale. The cross is the turning point for man's folly
2nd Decan of Libra is Lupus or the victim of the Centaur slain. It pictures the one slain from the foundation. Anciently it is called Sura and means a sheep or lamb. Coptic and Egyptian represent this enlargement and increase through Horus who represented death and humiliation. Thus it is that we must take up the cross in order to enter into life in abundance. Death to Death is the answer to sin and this worlds niceties .
The 3rd Decan in Libra is the Crown or the Northern crown.. It consist of a circle of 21 stars. IT is also called the Royal crown and means a ornament or jewel. Is 25:5 calls it a Diadem of Beauty. Rev 6:2 and 2:10 has Jesus and us crowned. Heb 2:9 says we are crowned with glory and honor. Rev 4:4 talks about the 24 elders and there crowns. We are told to hold fast lest anyone take our crowns in Rev3:11. 11 Cor 9:24-25 talks about an incorruptible crown. Ja 1:12 talks of a vicor's crown of life to those that love Him We must be faithful unto death to receive this crown Rev2:7, 10-11. 11Tim 4:7-8 promises a crown of righteousness to for finishing the course God has set before us. Lastly ther is a crown of Glory that does not fade away 1 Pet 5:4.
Taurus
15 Dec 24
Taurus the Wild Bull is a sign of the Judgement of God as the Sign is only the front portion of the bull and comes or grows out of Aires the lamb so also is the wrath of the lamb.
Growing up we had Herford Bulls that we kept in a small pasture during the winter. We would go to feed them and had to be careful especially around a couple of them as they were very temperamental. If they started pawing the earth you had better be careful as they were getting ready to charge..
Gods judgements are just. We must not as the Pharisees fort get the weightier matters of judgement and mercy Mt 23:23
If we do not obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ there is a judgement of vengeance to be exacted . 11 Thes. 1:7-8
He will judge in righteousness at His appearing. We best not be on the receiving end when he recompenses..
In the Old Testament Josephs two sons Manasseh and Ephraim were likened to the two horns of a bull to push the people together.
We have not preached tough Love but a mushey Gospel of so called Love. But His passion can be hot to correct us in our folly.
Judgement is to be given to the saints of the most High. Even in our own government system we have the Judical branch to determine boundaries of authority.
The stars on the shoulder of the bull is Called Pladies means the congregation of the judges and is Succoth in Syric which is where we get the 3rd Feast which speaks of the fullness of God. We will never be mature spiritually short of including God correction unto righteousness. These 7 stars are the picture in revelation of the seven churches which are corrected unto fullness . Thus it is the movement from the church age to the kingdom age.
Job was told ? who can loose the sweet influences of Pladies or keep the summer of the year from coming to an end. No won can so we must be corrected unto righteousness so His Kingdom will come.
Even as Jesus holds the seven stars in His hand so The Decan of Taurus called Orion. John is communicating by and through the messanger who is Jesus Christ. It is through the Holy Ghost He is giving commandment to the apostles.
Orion can not be loosed from his winter except by God. God brings the correction through the one who is as the sound of many waters.
In the Nebula of the Constellation of Orion there is a great empty space or void. which I would liken to a black hole that had burned out or completed its purpose. And so The Angel that had power over the fire comes forth and gathers the vine or grapes which are in a cluster and the void is filled to the bridle of correction through His blood that makes a way out of darkness into His glorious light. This is the winepress of God which Jesus said was where the flesh was weak .
Orion's coming forth is as a high point of spiritual attainment and pulls other constellation into it mountain of Holiness . Even as Jesus said that If He be lifted up he shall draw all men unto Him.
SCORPIO - War. 44 stars
Psa 144:1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
I. In the constellation of Scorpio is seen the conflict between satan and Christ. The wounding of Christ came at the cross. This was there that Satan stuck the Woman’s seed and brought death.
Head of satan bruised at Resurrection
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The heel bruised of satan is where he is permitted to afflict the humanity of Christ and bring suffering and persecution on His people
Fifth Trumpet (Keep in mind that in the book of Job satan was given permission to afflict),
Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Rev 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Rev 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Rev 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Rev 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. (Satan Destroyer)
Locusts is the soulical realm is organizations of the human heart
The scorpions torment the soul until one turns to Christ. It could be the fear mongers in church that torment and bring condemnation and a sin conscious , this being the worldly sorrow of death rather than the Godly sorrow that allows the life of God to permeate your life. Repentance brings you to it but it is Christ the living word that will LIFE you.
The main star in this constellation is located in the Heart of Scorpio and is calledAntares which means the wounding, which is what Satan comes to do to wound and kill. Joh_10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: Another star in the tail is Lesath and means Perverse
I think of the movie the “Scorpion King” where the Rock plays the part of a Giant Scorpion. A Scorpion is a poisonous deadly insect which strikes with its tail. The sting can be deadly. The male dances while holding the female with its pinchers and then they move sideways and backwards before it mates and when mating is finished the male if it remains nearby may be killed and eaten. Spiritually they are a picture of the way temptation to sin gets a grip on you as pinchers and then if entertained or lusted after it mates with you and sin is conceived.. then when finished brings about death. (The soul is femine and tries to eat the spirit Male gender)
Jas 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Jas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (Three fold motion of sin)
1Co 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (Made strong through the process)
For each of the 12 constellation there are 3 minor constellations that go with it called decan’s.
A. In Scorpio the 1st Decan is Serpens - the struggling serpent
B. The second Decan is ORPHIUCHUS “the serpent - holder” a-fe-yu-kos
Directly above the serpent’s head is the Crown (Corona) a decan of Libra the scales. The serpent in Orphiuchus’s hands is struggling to get the crown. Orphiuchus has one foot lifted over the Scorpion’s tail as stung by the tail and the other foot on the head of the Scorpion crushing its head. This is Christ who has power over death (the wound) crushing the head of Satan. (Resurrection)
Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
C. The 3rd Decan in the House of Scorpio is the God-Man -- Hercules - GIBBOR - the Strong man, warrior, champion or valiant man. He wield’s a rod or club in his right hand and grasps the 3 headed monster ( the beast , false prophet, and Satan) that kept the Gates of Hell. He has the skin of the (roaring) lion (of Satan) which he has slain thrown around him and plants His foot on the Dragon’s (Sagittarius) head. (Death Hell and the Grave) to Lake of Fire Rev 20:14
Mat_16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (To Lake of Fire Rev 20:14) The rock of revelation of who Christ is, the son of God
1Pe_5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Understand through the years satan the serpent has grown into a Dragon as his kingdom has advanced.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Rev 12:9;20:1-2 Dragon that old, ancient serpent . Archaios - ancient old means original from 1st Age. (In the constellation Sagittarius Christ of Rev 19:11 is portrayed as man and God (dual nature) and is seen as a Centar - with a bow and arrows aimed at the head of scorpio and with His foot on Draco the Dragon.
Psa 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
MESSAGE
D. Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
1. The Hebrew word for subdue is Kabash and means to Keep or to Guard even as the flaming swords kept the way of the tree of Life.2. The Bible says that God does not tempt us yet there is one who does and he was a murder from the beginning a liar and the father of liesa. 1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. b. Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (Father of Liars)3. Man was given Dominion in the beginning before the fall and once again will have dominion with the manifestation of the Sons of God. Ro 8:19a. When the 70 returned to Jesus it was said that they would be given power to tread upon serpents and scorpions. Lu 10:17-19 (Orphiuchus a-fe-yu-kes and Hercules) picture of power JC over Dragon4. Fall of Babylon a. Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon (what has become Cane’s city) the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. b. HATEFUL BIRD - mind of understanding blinded II Cor 4:3-4c. Beasts of Earth - will of man d. Serpent, scorpions, and creeping things - emotions of man Mr 16:21-23e. Dragons, fish, sea creatures, - body of fallen man 5. True warfare Eph 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: ( spirit prince pwr air worketh -energizes)a. Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. b. 1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. c. 1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. d. Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 6. One true Father and two Mothers.a. Eph 4:6 One God and Father of allb. Sense knowledge and Revelation Knowledge (two Mothers)(1). Double minded unstable Ja. 1:8(2). Allegory Gal 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Gal 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Gal 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. (3). Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (4). Second BIRTH - Born again from above. Aborted ones are the Nephilim of Gen 6:47. Dualism vs Oneness Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: There is a thing in fallen man that wants to be god all by himself. (Me Myself and I) Deified Spirits. God is one yet plural and corporate and unified He is the essence of Spirit and Word, while satan is fragmented and opposed to unity he works in the letter of the word that kills, in legalism, dualism, and licence and seeks those that will be led by there external senses. (Fleshly Man) a. Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. b. 1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 1Co 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 8. Cleansing and discernment - atonement OT vs propitiation (Ro 3:2, 1 Jn 2:2, 1 Jn 4:10) NT One covers over the other takes away the stain of sin. a. 2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. b. 1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(1). Neg Rom 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity (hostile, harmful); whisperers, Rom 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable (relentless, unstopable), unmerciful: (2). Pos Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance:
c. Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.d. 2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. KEY SCRIPTURE
e. Gal 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? f. Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. LUST in Greek is Epithumeo and is translated desire and can be good. We need to know what is our own desire and the desire of the Spirit. LUST OR DESIRE CAN BE GOOD OR BAD(1). Eve saw the tree that it was for food (lust of the eyes) a tree to be desired (lust of the flesh, a tree to make one wise (pride of life) See how Jesus overcame these three temptations Mt 4:4-10. One is external and the other internal, of the heart, and can defile in Mk 7:15-23 .g. Lu 17:21 Kingdom of God is within you. Eze 36:25 Then will I sprinkle (not immerse) clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Hard hearted seed on path - Repentance - breaks up hardness Psa 34:18, Ps 51:17, Is 57:15, Is 66:2 broken and contrite heart great worth in eyes Lord. Contrite is remorse or penitence - Penitentiary means humbled by our sins and failures )9. Satan’s Curse 2 Fold Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: a. 1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. b. Satan‘s food is the earthly carnal man of the earth Psa 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. c. If you have been born again from above the Satan can find nothing in you to eat. Joh 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 10. CAIN (Gr ek -out) of the wicked one 1 Jn 3:12 Joh 8:44a Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. Eph 2:2c the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Cain’s spiritual linagea. Satan comes in our thoughts, our desires, our imaginations and reasonings. ( Satan tries to get us to eat of)b. Life and death were both in the midst of the Garden. Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God consciousness was Adams original lot as he ate of the tree of Life death had no hold on Him. It wasn’t until he ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that he found himself alienated from the tree of Life.
c. Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Are you taking up your cross and following Him.d. Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. Jas 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. Jas 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above (vs earthly wisdom 1 Cor 2:13) is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated ( easy to be treated), full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. e. Mat 3:7 But when he sawmany of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 11. DECAN - Serpent of Scorpio Constellation - Latin to Creep - Hebrew - Nachash - to hiss or wisper. To scrutinize closely, to find out by experiment, to practice divination, augry ( fortune telling, omen), incantation, or enchantment. Webster’s has “the chanting of special words or a formula in magic spells or rites. ( Growing up Bull snake Hiss constrict)a. Isa 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep (means to look furtively at something) , and that mutter ( to grumble or murmur, to complain): should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? Necromancers, wizards that surround themselves with morbid aspects of Death (Familiar spirit - serves to prompt and individual usually a medium or socerer) Is 8:20 no light in them) . b. 1Sa 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets ( God quiet). 1Sa 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
c. Isa 29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground (Satan’s domain), and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. d. Gen 3:1a Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. ( Subtil -cunning -Crafty, though not immediately noticable or easily understood)(1). Gan in Hebrew means Garden and indicates a cultivated and tended. Field in Hebrew is Sadeh and means a wild farm or wilderness, being unbridled or unharnessed. It speaks of the mind of the flesh.
(2). Gen 2:25 speaking of Adam and Eve uses the word naked which is AROM. Here in Gen 3:1 the word subtle is the Heb word ARUM. Both words are derived from ARAM which means to be bare or cunning. The word seductive or seduce could be a translation of both words. Thus it is that the carnal mind is the most seductive thing in the world. (3). The present world (kosmos ) is evil and wicked. 1Jn 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: (4). Satan is a liar and deceiver and deceives the world. Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. The Gr for world here is Cosmos and means system arrangement, or organization.(a). Babylon is arrayed but God and His people are pure white (clothed in glory) in Glory.. Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. e. Cain is the picture of the World outside of God the serpents seed. Gen 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Cain went from the west to the East instead of East to west as the coming of the Lord indicated.(1), Cain’s descendent’s built a city and governed it without God. Gen 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Provisions - rituals, ceremonies, and ordinances ... religious things that supposedly feed God into man Gen 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Pleasue and inspiration - music concerts and so called ministry that appeals to the carnal nature but does nothing for the spirit but only feeds the soulish nature but nothing of brokeness and reverential awe. (In repentance broken not mentioned) Gen 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. Defense or protection - Worldly power but nothing of Spiritual. We need to be like those building booths and trusting that there homes be not broke into (football players) Jesus said to build on the rock which he was not the sand of the world.f. Greek for Satan is Diabollos which is a compound word meaning a channel something passes through. He is a traducer meaning to transfer from one order of reasoning to another order of reasoning. He sits in the temple of mans mind and transfers or translates (channels) knowledge. The metaphysical and occult channelers have no power to set creation free. Sometimes it is the enemy in me the Master Channeler sitting as god in our own minds deceiving us with illusions of grander. (Deception)g. the wisdom of God swallows up the wisdom of the Egyptian world. Exo 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. h. BEGUILED - 2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (1). To beguile in Greek indicates that he cheated her out of something or sold her short. She and he lost there covering glory, which the dependance on God gives. (2). Subtlety is Panourgia in Greek and means adroitness (expertise, deftness,ability), trickery, craftiness and sophistry (which means plausible but false or the clever use of arguments, trickery and reasoning). It can be intellectually brilliant and in correct form or appearance but is actually invalid. Being correct in form it is not correct in essence. Man independent of God will never come to know truth. It is only in a dependance on our creator that we will ever come to know.(3). : Col_2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing (tempting or alluring) words. (a). Beguile - is paralogizomai in Greek and means to misreckon, to wrongly reason. Para is alongside of as para medic . It denotes something disordered or abnormal.(4). His reasoning is incorrect and as a Eph 6:16c fiery darts of the wicked. , can cause much deception. His twisted, literalist reasoning becomes the letter of the word without no spirit and kills. His carnal dualistic form of truth is a perverted, garbled (Babel confused language) dialect of fleshly wisdom and carnal understanding. (WORD WITHOUT HOLY SPIRIT)(5) . Peter is talked about this in reference to Paul in 2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. We must not separate Truth from the Person of JC.(6) We must as Paul not be swayed by the worldly prince of the air Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: (7). CONFLICT NOW - Know the conflict between the serpent and Orphiuchus (JC) is not ended. Our eyeses have been veiled from the truth least the light of Christ shine into our hearts. We must pull down the strongholds and let the prisoners go free Is 42:7. The veil of darkness has caused some to depart from the faith. 1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; i. Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (God Allowed Evil or a snare {foe} enemy to accomplish His judgement)Amo 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin(snare of divine judgement, trap, noose, hook is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Amo 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Rom 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Rom 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
(1). SATAN’S PURPOSE - What we must understand is there is a purpose God had in making Satan Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (2). SATAN’S MINISTRY - Satan has a ministry 1Pe 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: TRIED - Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days (10 the number of trial as 10 commandment bring): be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. (Serpent in Scorpio constellation is going after crown)
Luk 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
(3). BODY BUILDING - Resistance training in bible 1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (we need to skin that cat Like Hercules the Decan constellation in scorpio and wear it as a cloak)1Pe 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1Pe 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Summer wheat, trial of winter wheat produces more fruit though bent head (of prayer). Col_2:7a Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith
(4). Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me (question is has he tried you), I shall come forth as gold. We must as Job though stripped of all we have continue to trust in God to come to know Him by intimacy and union. There may be Judas’s , Peninnah’s and Pharaoh’s confronting us but if we trust in God He will see us through unto Glory. Our biggest problem at times is we allow self to be lifted up in pride, but we must as Paul only see it as a messenger of Satan sent to buffet (kol-af-id’-zo - curtail, inflict, chastise) us.(a). Mt 13:3-23 cometh the wicked one , trial of thorns choking out word- persecution. The trial being to see what is in you that is not like Him. We must TRUST GOD and not be the Devil’s advocate or the representives of him. (5). We as Jesus need to be able to say THERE IS NOTHING IN ME THAT BELONGS TO HIM, he has no power over Me! (Jn 14:30 Amplified). The dust or earth of the first Adam is no more I have partaken of the 2nd Adam who is Christ and Satan has do more legal permission to impose his reasoning’s in me. (6). It is only when we enable Satan to influence our reasoning’s that he gets a foot hold in our affairs. It is about time we as Orphiuchus stop the Scorpion from stinging our heel and put our other foot on His head crushing Him. We must never allow our worth in the eyes of God to be compromised through Satan’s accusation before God. (a). OVERCOMERS - Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
(b). He comes in through your desires! He speaks in our thoughts! He torments through you own feelings and emotions! It is a battle for our minds as he whispers his accusations in our dust realm. We must be done with him. Rom_6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. ( good soil 30, 60, 100 fold(c). We are the chosen and elect of God. Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Joh 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? Joh 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (Satan tries to condemn us)(d). WE MUST UNDERSTAND, Jesus took our guilt and nailed it to the cross in reconciliation. He brings us back to the Father. 2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray (beg, petition, beseech,intercede) you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Sagittarus
The word Sagittarus means the Archer. He is a man’s torso with the body of a horse. A Centaur. He is drawing the bow and arrow aiming at the very heart of Scorpion. In Acts 17:28 Paul quotes a phase on Mars Hill in Athens from one of their poet’s, the Greek Aratus who sets forth the whole picture of the zodiac into verse. He says of Sagittarius “Midst golden stars stands refulgent now. And thrusts the scorpion with his bended bow.”
In the Revelation John saw heaven opened and see the truth behind mans interpretation of the Zodiac seeing in Rev 6:2 this same Gospel played out in the heavens as The Lamb who is found worthy to open the seals is revealed. Rev 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Sagittarous sets at the center of our milky way galaxy even as Jesus Christ as the redeemer is the center of our Gospel. This is also pictured in the Book of Genesis as we see the tree of life in Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. These tree’s Satan attempts to translate as, ‘ Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ‘ not being good for food or touching in that God had keep them from something that they could take and be like God. The fact of the matter is we will either partake of one or the other. Either the tree of life or the tree of good and evil. God did create good and evil according to Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
God does not want us to partake of both. But rather to discern between the two and choose the tree of life which is His son Jesus Christ to be the center of our life.
Heb_5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Sagittarius is a picture of the Son of Man and the son of God. God sent His son to be and feel all the hurts and joys of mankind. As God unveils the person of Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation we see that it is an inward battle for the soul of man. Even as there is the macrocosm of the Zodiac so also there is the microcosm of the life of Christ revealed in me. It is the unveiling of a person – Gal 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen. We must come face to face with Him and see Him even as he is.
The four HORSEMEN of the Apocalypse are the key to processing’s of GOD within us. Horses used to have to do with war. Pro 21:31a The horse is prepared against the day of battle. He comes on a white horse to conquer. The conquering is within our soul. The horses are Representatives of Christ coming into our lives to take charge over the desires, and emotions of the flesh. Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
The horse represents the bringing of God’s power and swiftness in war. We must let the arrows He shoots strike the strongholds of sin in our lives that they may be put to death.
THE RED HORSE
Rev 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Even though the translation uses red the greek is the word purrhos meaning flame like or flame colored. God through the red horse is sending his cleansing fire to burn up all the rotteness and foul wickedness in our lives. It was only Moses EX 24:17 that could go up the mount without being burned. Isa 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? Fire burns up not down. There is a change in state with fire and smoke or glory is the result. Brimstone was a purifying agent, the heat and light was the change. He comes riding the red horse of refining fire. Mal 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
The crucible of his refining fire is word that precedes out of his mouth. Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. He comes to take peace from our earth and burn with the fiery sword of His word into the strongholds of our lives. The carnality and shames must be seen for what they are. Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
It is the 1st Adam who is of the earth earthy that the fire comes and with the change in state comes the 2nd Adam Christ who it of heaven heavenly. God is sending the coals off His alter in power and swiftness of the red horse to destroy the man of sin. Ps 120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psa 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.Psa 120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Psa 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
THE BLACK HORSE
Rev 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
We must understand it is the light of Christ that shines into our black sinful nature It is a balance that must go from one extreme to another. From darkness to light. Our earth was void and without form and God’s light shined into the darkness. The measure of wheat is the seed of Christ which was planted in the earth in his crucifiction and brought forth much fruit . Joh 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. The 3 measures of barley are the 3 days in death and then resurrection, Jesus Christ the first fruits, 1Co 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. Hurt not the oil and wine has to do with the anointing and revelation. We must not deal unjustly in our use of either as some have done and brought contempt on the name of Christ.
THE PALE HORSE
Rev 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
In Heb 2:14 we understand that the Devil at one time had the power of Death “ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
But now we see that with the coming of Jesus Christ we see that we do not need to fear because he conquered death through death and rolled the stone of religion away rising in resurrection power. Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
And so it is as we come to Christ the old man is put to death and hell no longer has a hold on us. With His baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire we rise in newness of Life . Death and Hell have ended up in the purifying lake of fire and been transformed from death unto life, the type of life where there is no more crying nor pain and that through His death and resurrection as he rides into our lives on a pale horse.
CAPRICORNUS
The planets created by God where set into 12 constellations called the Mazoreth in Job. They tell the story of creation and redemption showing the good and evil interactions and the overcoming which is by faith in Jesus Christ as the redeemer.
CAPRICORNUS, the Goat with a tail like a fish is the 5th constellation. The goat is seen as dying But the back part of it is seen as the tail of a fish rising up in life. This is the Redemption brought to man through death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is Life out of death. To us it is the fellowship of His suffering which leads to the power of His resurrection.
1. In the Old Testament on the Day of Atonement Moses said of the goat of sin-offering, "It is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord" (Lev. 10:16-17). This then is a picture of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ as He was crucified. Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 2. On the other hand we have the Tail of Capricornus which speaks of a fish risen. He said, "I will make you fishers of men" (Mat. 4:19). "I will send for many fishers, and they shall fish them" (Jer.16:15-16). "And there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither" (Eze. 47:1-9). So it is that His body is "born of water" (Jn. 3:5). The fish became a secret sign for Christians to evade the persecution of the Romans. It also could means Christ as spiritual food to His body. To make this point after the resurrection some of the Disciples went fishing and come upon the resurrected Christ. Joh 21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
Joh 21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
Joh 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Joh 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
Joh 21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
Joh 21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
Joh 21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
Joh 21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Joh 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
Joh 21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
Joh 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
Joh 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
3. So it is that this constellation made of two becomes one in and through Christ and His body. In order to see something plainly it Has to have a Dark blackboard in order that the light of the chalk might be seen. God created night and day. First was the void that the light might be known. Man in vanity was subjected Ro 8:20-21 and so the order of manifestation comes in stages. A Child does not understand the true light of man, but must grow in grace as the Father reveals more and more of Himself. "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep" (Gen. 1:2). Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
2Co_3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
4. We must understand that God created good and evil. Yet the purpose or reason for both becomes evident in and through the life of Jesus Christ."For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him: and HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, and by Him all things consist" (Col. 1:16-17). "For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL" (I Cor. 15:25-28). "From Him everything comes, by Him everything exists, and in Him everything ends!" (Rom. 11:36). "In Him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it or put it out" (Jn. 1:4-5). And again, "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" (II Cor. 4:6). "The people which sat in darkness saw a great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up" (Mat. 4:16). "I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the the light of life" (Jn. 8:12). "Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son" (Col. 1:12-13).
5. In a prism or drops of water the pure light is reflacted showing the many colors of the rainbow. Part of the full glory is held back in each ray.6. In man and woman is seen the giver and receiver. God held back to create a desire to receive. "I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them" (Ps. 139:14-16). A child is formed in the darness of the womb. God withdraws himself as seen in Son 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. An so it is that through absence the heart grows fonder. We need to preach people hungry. It is an earnest desire that brings the Holy Ghost.7. The void is filled with the blood of Jesus Christ. The chasm of Rev 14:20 speaks of a bridle which is used to control a horse or to bridle the passions. As God moved over the darkness in Gen. It is the hebrew word which means to flutter or vibrate even as a man and woman in sex and so the seed of God is planted in the darkness and there is light. One is the Giver the other the receiver. 8. This activity of the Holy Spirit is called that of "moving" over the face of the waters. The word "move" is from the Hebrew RACHAPH and occurs only three times in the Old Testament, the other two being translated "shake" (Jer. 23:9) and "fluttereth" (Deut. 32:11), respectively. Some commentators relate the word particularly to the hovering of a mother hen over her chicks. In any case, the idea seems to be mainly that of a rapid back and forth motion. In modern scientific terminology, the best translation would probably be "vibrated." The vibrating of God over the creation in darkness is not unlike the movement of the male at that precise moment when he inseminates the female with the seed of life. It is most appropriate that the first impartation of energy into the universe is described as the "vibrating" movement of the Spirit of God Himself — the injection of His life as divine seed into creation! This movement is immediately followed by the divine fiat: "Let there be light!"9. It is adversity that builds strength. Before Christ began His ministry He first was tempted in the wilderness of Satan. "And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." (Mk. 1:12; Mat. 4:1) Even the Son of God had to be proven. The one who had the power of Death was the proving force for the Glory of God to come forth in the face of Jesus Christ10. God revealed Himself to Abraham, Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Almighty God is El Shaddai the many breasted one. He give life as the female Quality of God. Jesus left His exalted place to come down to Man. He became poor that we might be made rich even as Job came into captivity but ended up with more in the end than the beginning. So Christ and His Body is much more than at the start of His life. Jesus Christ turned our captivity to sin by becoming sin for us that we might become sons of God. God so loved that he gave and so it is that we must give not expecting anything in return but out of love and obedience. We must cease from any effort in the old Adam. Jesus Christ was forsaken and the heavens darkened as He sacrificed His life in our place. So it is that we must lay down our lives so that those in darkness can see His marvelous light. This is the message of Capricornus His death and Life. 11. He resisted unto blood as He took on the sins of the world. Gathsemine was a place of pressure to bring forth the wine of His presence with Joy at His resurrection. He was tempted in all points as we are that He might become our advocate in the presence of the Father. "Behold, I am alive forever more” (Rev. 1:18). Out of the Eater Come forth Food Ju 14:14. Death has seemingly comsumed the son of God as He dies on the Cross but up from the grave He arose and now He Has the Keys of death and Hell. "The hour is coming, and now is," He has proclaimed, "when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live" (Jn. 5:25). "I AM (not I will be) the resurrection and the life," says Jesus, “he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” (Jn. 11:25-26). HE 'hath passed over out of death into Iife' (Jn. 5:24).12. “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness” (Rom. 8:10). “If the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead SHALL ALSO QUICKEN (MAKE ALIVE) YOUR M-0-R-T-A-L B-O-D-I-E-S by His Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Rom. 8:11). Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 13. In Christ death is swallowed up in victory. He was born to die and becomes the last Man to die. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 6:23). “He is the propitiation (mercy-seat, sin-offering) for our sins: and NOT FOR OURS ONLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE SINS OF THE W-H-O-L-E W-O-R-L-D” (1 Jn. 2:2). 2Ti_1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death... that He by the grace of God SHOULD TASTE DEATH F-O-R E-V-E-R-Y M-A-N” (Heb. 2:9).
14. For the believer death becomes but a sleep. A dead man has no life, consciousness or being. But a sleeping man IS STILL ALIVE THOUGH UNCONSCIOUS TO THE WORLD AROUND HIM. And he is STILL CONSCIOUS ON ANOTHER PLANE. Thus, the martyr Stephen "fell asleep" "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him" (I Thes. 4:13-14). This passage contains a two-dimensional truth. From the earthly aspect those who have gone by way of the grave sleep; from the heavenly aspect they come with Jesus when He comes. . "Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform and to be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself” (Phil. 3:21, Amplified). Rom 5:9-11, "Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being now justified by His blood, we SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE... and... we joy.... in our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.15. We are placed back into Eden with the death of Christ but it is the resurrection the Tree of Life that gives us the victory over sin. In Christianity we live by dying. The way up is the way down . We must take up our cross and follow Him. Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Php 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Decan SAGITTA -the Arrow
1. Sagitta means "The Arrow," but this is not the arrow of Sagittarius, for that is an arrow intended for the enemies of God, to conquer and subdue them unto Him. Here the arrow is pictured in mid-heaven as having been shot by an invisible hand. It is seen in its flight through the heavens. 2. The arrow wounds in order to release life. "Thine arrows stick fast in me, and Thy hand presseth me sore” (Ps. 38:2). it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His Hand (Isa. 53:4). “The arrows of the Almighty are within me” (Job 6:4). There is a spiritual piercing and slaying in the case of those who come to new life in Christ, akin to the piercing and slaying of the Christ Himself.3. Zec 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; Zec 9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Zec 9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Zec 9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
Zec 9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Zec 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Decan - Aquila the Pierced Eagle
1 THE PIERCED EAGLE One of the most prominent of the late summer constellations is Aquila. Aquila is an eagle, but always pictured in the old Zodiacs as a wounded and falling eagle. 2. In Christ’s humiliation and judgement we see the Eagle’s pierced soul in His life and death on the earth. Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Isa 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isa 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
32. Aquila—The Eagle—in the Sign of Capricornus is pictured as a wounded or falling eagle. The eagle in this constellation is consistent with what we have noted in the whole Sign of Capricornus. The slain goat of the sin-offering is followed by the arrow of God’s judgment and the pierced or falling eagle. First and foremost, our Lord Jesus Christ is that royal eagle, flying high; the One who is at the right hand of God; who thought it not robbery to be equal with God; that glorious One, the Son of God from on high. Yet, that One humbled Himself and was pierced by the arrow of God’s judgment, and is seen here plummeting to the ground, the One who was so high descending so low that we might be raised up into His heights.
33. So down this costly route of unsparing Love Jesus came. His birth-chamber a barn, His cradle a feeding-trough, and His lot in life cast among the poor. Two thousand years ago God wrapped a human form around His dear heart and appeared among the sons of men that He might get a closer look at this tragic thing that was making havoc of man and earth. He looked into the face of sin’s dark mystery, He gazed without any veil into the awful abyss of sin, sorrow, and death. It was the cry of the wounded eagle, outraged yet outreaching, as He fell down, down, down from the heights of glory to get beneath the lowest depth to which any soul can sink. 34. “For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted” (Heb. 2:18). He knows all about it, for He suffered through it. He came down into this evil world unknown and unheralded, the masses of earth knew not that He had come during the years of His earthly walk. And those to whom He came did not want Him, “He came to His own, and His own received Him not” (Jn. 1:11). It is bad enough when strangers refuse to have anything to do with you; but when your own people turn you down and reject and cast you out, the pain runs deep. To be made in the likeness of sinful flesh, to be found in fashion as a man, to empty Himself, to strip Himself of all His former glory, must have been a dreadful experience. I doubt that we can begin to comprehend even minutely, the price He paid when He humbled Himself to fall into this dark world as the pierced eagle. 35. Consider the deaths to which He fell! At the last the deepest of all sorrows crushed on Jesus. “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me!” Jesus then drank the cup He had asked to have removed. He then sounded the depths of death. The Father’s face was hidden from Him; He had gone as far as human suffering could go. Sin and death had veiled the Father’s love from Him. Sin could go no farther in its brutal demands than just that. 36. Read in the light of prophecy, who can ever forget the twenty-second Psalm? “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” “A worm and no man, a reproach of men and despised of the people. All they that see Me laugh Me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying, He trusted on the Lord that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him seeing that He delighted in Him.” “They gazed upon Me with their mouths.” “Thou hast brought Me into the dust of death.” “They pierced My hands and My feet.” “They part My garments among them and cast lots for My vesture.” 37. If the twenty-second Psalm tells us of the cross, Isaiah fifty-three gives the reason for it. Seven long centuries before Jesus was born, in this fruitful chapter of Isaiah, we have Jesus’ suffering, death, burial, and resurrection foretold and the why of it all. “He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” “He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed.” “He made His grave with the wicked and with the rich in His death.” “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; HE hath put Him to grief; when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days.” 38. ‘Don’t touch Me; for I have not yet ascended to My Father, but go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God’ (Jn. 20:11-17). How my heart thrilled when I read these words. I pray the Holy Spirit will make them as real to you as He did to me. He didn’t say, ‘Go to My disciples,’ nor did He say, ‘Go to My servants.’ Nor, ‘Go to My friends.’ No! This time it was something altogether different, something far more intimate; a new relationship with Him. He said, ‘Go to My brothers.’ He was no longer their Teacher; He was no longer their Master; no longer just a Friend; He was something more than that. Yes, He was still their Master and Lord, but He was something more—He was their brother. He said, ‘I ascend to My Father, and to YOUR FATHER, and to My God, and YOUR GOD.’ He was one of them. He is one of us. He wasn’t going to ascend just to His Father, but to their Father, and to our Father, and to our God as well as His God.39. Rom. 8:28-29. ‘Now we know that for those that love God He makes all things work together for good, for those who are called according to the Divine purpose. Those He has foreknown He has also predestined to share the likeness of His Son, that He might be the eldest in a vast family of brothers’ (Weymouth translation). Oh yes, we all belong to one family of many brothers, we are all brothers, and He is one of us, our elder brother. 40. In John 17, when He was praying to the Father, He asked to have the glory restored to Him that He had with the Father before the kosmos was. I draw your attention to His words, and want you to meditate on them. ‘And now O Father, glorify Thou Me, with Thine own self, with the glory I had with Thee before the kosmos was.’ He was asking to be glorified with the glory He had stripped Himself of, when He became a man. I want you to notice these words, ‘Glorify Thou Me WITH THINE OWN SELF.’ He was asking to be clothed with God, to be enveloped with Deity again, to be completely swallowed up and filled with all fullness of God.DELPHINUS The third, and final, constellation in the house of Capricornus is a lovely little cluster of stars named DELPHINUS, or THE DOLPHIN. It is always pictured as a great fish full of life, vigorously leaping upward, out of the water. The Dolphin comes out of the sea of death , the fall of Man to resurrection Life that of the overcomer.
1. The dolphin is notorious for leaping forth out of the waves, breaking the surface and rising majestically into the air. So Christ—suddenly emerges from the waves of death as the almighty Conqueror of sin, death, and the grave by rising again! But He is merely the principal Fish of a vast multitude of fishes. Here again Jesus is identified with His people—His elect saints. Unto these chosen ones He speaks the precious and powerful promise: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His Throne" (Rev. 3:21). He died to bring forth a living body, a body represented by a great school of dolphins, all of whom break forth out of the sea of humanity, leaping majestically into the air—viewing that higher world of the spirit to which they are apprehended. 2. We must learn to think like God. We must begin to RULE WITH CHRIST IN THIS LIFE. We must but away our weak and defeated mindsets. Let the dunimus or dynamite or the living word deliver us from our stale cisterns into a place of victory as pillars of life in His kindom. "Strength yourselves in the Lord and in the power which His supreme might imparts. Put on the complete armour of God, so as to be able to stand firm against all the stratagems of the devil. For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world—the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare. Wherefore put on the complete armour of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground in the evil day, and, having fought to the end, TO REMAIN VICTORS ON THE FIELD" (Eph. 6:10-14), Weymouth). It is only as we strengthen ourselves and put on Christ that we are able to stand against any conflict whether in heaven or earth.
3. We must first be overcome in our selves before we can live as overcomers. "To him that overcometh will I grant (consequentially) to sit with Me in My throne." (Rev. 3:21) "He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city" (Prov. 16:32). We have to come up over the obstacles in the true way. We must master the areas of our life that drag us down. Much of the religious teachings are man trying to work his way up to God , but are only towers of babel of mans own doing. The world system is Satan’s domain and would were out the saints in mindless unfruitful endeavors. We must separate ourselves unto God and put off vain glorys of fame and fortune.4. Practically we have to learn what the frigate bird does. When a storm comes on it gets above the region of storms, above the clouds, where there is none, and there it stays even for days until the storm is over. I am placed beyond the reach of storms; I am a frigate bird, for I am with Christ in a scene where there is no storm and no clouds. I am united to an ascended Christ. The frigate bird can remain in flight at 4,000 meters as the air is its home and so it rests even in its flight for long periods of time. 6. There is a beautiful promise to the elect of God in Rom. 16:20. "And the God of peace will soon bruise satan under your feet." We must understand our seating in Christ . Temptation will come but every time we find the way out we grow stronger in the Lord and are crushing Satan under our feet. As we yield our life’s to Christ we are moving in victory.7. We must not run from persecution but in faith endure. If we are ging to rule and reign with Him we must overcome the trials that come our way knowing that it is working in us a purging of the things that hinder our growth into maturity. We must not think it strange when trials come but let them be stepping stones to the overcoming life. 8. We must break free from the ocean of mans fallen state and leap into the environment of the heavenly realm. As we Overcome the gravity of our trials we will GAIN THE VICTORY OVER the kosmos or the realm of Satan dominion. 9. We must not take the knife or gun away from the young man but teach him how to use it with wisdom. 10. We need to control or anger, to where we do not sin. Even Jesus was angry with a holy anger when He took a whip and overturned the tables of the money changers and drove them from the temple. Anger and emotion was part of the original equipment man was given to give him an aggressive drive so that he can accomplish worthwhile things in this life. Eph. 4:26 says, "Be ye angry, and sin not." In simple terms this means, "Be angry—but let it be a controlled, balanced anger will will act effectively, not destructively." For you see, anger out of control is vicious, destructive, and often deadly. Uncontrolled or misdirected anger can devastate one’s life. But let me make one thing very clear—God has absolutely no desire to "deliver" you from your temper! Anger is not on God’s agenda for deliverance. He intends for you to OVERCOME it.
11. The challenges of life come that we might overcome. The waves of the storm can propel us into action. "When ye see these things begin to come to pass," He said, "then lift up your heads and rejoice, for your redemption draweth nigh. This is where faith and victory come into play and redemption waits just through the door of the challenge. So ride the wave of His glory as it propels you above the sea of our sinful nature.12. So many times we allow the obstacles of God’s doing to be to our detriment. We must lift up our heads to the mount Zion of deliverance which is where our help comes from. He truely does work all things together for good. Sometimes we become bogged down in the process not seeking His wisdom and power to guide us in the wilderness of our trials. We must as the winter wheat of trial grow in grace to where we can produce much fruit. 13. We must as Job come to see Him and His creative nature to the point where we can end up with more in the end than the beginning. He is looking for those that would expand there borders even as Babez did. We must as David said "For by Thee have I run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall" (Ps. 18:29). We must run with the truth of the gospel looking unto Jesus. "It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like Hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places" (Ps. 18:32-33). We must run the race set before us not being concerned with things of the world. We must but on the blinders of focus so we do not become distracted by those who seemingly prosper in this world. Our true riches must be seen as laid up in heaven. Let the things of this world grow dim in the light of His glory and grace.14. "The voice of my Beloved! behold He cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills" (S. of S. 2:8). Jesus comes to us saying open unto me, but we are often slothful and slow to respond, then he withdraws himself. Son 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. We must remain on fire for him. If we allow the fire to go out in the temple then the false fire of religion will be lit and it produces nothing but death. We must as Solomon said "Rise up my love, My fair one, and COME AWAY!" (S. of S. 2:10). He waits until we grow hungry with his absence and then comes to us.15. Will you come away with Him away from the sea of religion, away from the temptations of fame and fortune to the New heaven and earth the one which has no more sea. Rev_21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. AQUARIUS—THE WATER POURER
I. THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS - Aquarius is a picture of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit to the Church (the Southern Fish). It is the life of God pictured as water filling His sons and Daughters with His fullness. "Whosever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (Jn. 4:14). "For I will POUR WATER upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will POUR OUT MY SPIRIT upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thy offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses" (Isa. 44:3-4). "HE shall come down like RAIN upon the mown grass: as SHOWERS that water the earth. In His days shall the righteous flourish" (Ps. 72:6-7). "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will POUR OUT MY SPIRIT upon all flesh and also upon the servants and upon the handmaidens in those days will I POUR OUT MY SPIRIT" (Joel 2:28-29). Hos. 6:3: "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and HE SHALL COME UNTO US AS THE RAIN, as the former and latter rain unto the earth." . Ps. 77:15-20 "When Thou with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. The WATERS saw Thee, O God, the waters saw Thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. The CLOUDS POURED OUT WATER: the skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. Thou leddest Thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
We make it a doctrine of baptizing people in the sea or immersing them. Yet crossing out of Egypt Israel is also said to be drenched in the rain from above. The apostles were baptized with the Holy Ghost (Acts 1:5; 2:1-4), and the Spirit was "poured out" on them (Acts 2:16-33); they were baptized with fire (Mt. 3:7), and a tongue of fire come down from heaven and "sat upon each of them" (Acts 2:2-3). 1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Paul was baptized in his own room (Acts 9:17-18). The inspired record says: "Anastas ebapisthe," that is, "having stood up, he was baptized." The jailer at Philippi was converted in the jail, at the midnight hour, and we are told that there "he was baptized, he and all his, straightway” (Acts 16:33). Cornelius and his household having had the Spirit fall on them and poured out upon them, water was brought and poured out on them, if the symbol is in any way to correspond to the reality (Acts 10:44-48). The Saviour was baptized with His sufferings (Lk. 12:50) and His sufferings were "laid upon Him" (Isa. 53:6). The Great Baptizer is Christ Himself, and He baptizes His people with the Holy Ghost when He "pours out” His Spirit upon them (Tit. 3:5-6).
The word translated "washings" refers to the ceremonial purifications under the law and is from the Greek word BAPTISMOIS, that is, baptisms. Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms
Ceremonial purifications no less than three times and declares that it was by sprinkling. "For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh. How much more shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Heb. 9:13). "For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people.... moreover he sprinkled.... both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry" (Heb. 9:19-21). In Num. 19:17-18 we read of a ceremonial purification, or "baptism," and we read: "A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels and upon the persons." In Lev. 14:5-7 we read how a leper was to be cleansed: "And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean." Moses "sprinkled all the people" (Ex. 24:8; Heb 9:19). On the great day of atonement the High Priest entered the Most Holy Place, and sprinkled the Ark of the Covenant (Lev. 4:17; Heb 9:25). When the destroying angel passed over Egypt, only the blood-sprinkled were afforded protection (Ex. 12:7-13). When king David sinned he cried, "Purge me with hyssop," that is, sprinkle me with water or blood from the wetted hyssop, "and I shall be clean" (Ps. 51:7). When speaking of the spiritual cleansing effected by the blood of Christ, of which water baptism was the sign to believing Jews, Paul says, "the blood of sprinkling" (Heb 12:24); and Peter calls it "the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ" (I Pet. 1:2). In all cases of the use of either water or blood in the Old Testament as a means of purification, sanctification or anointing sprinkling or pouring were the mode used. And in Heb 9:10 the apostle speaks of these ceremonial purifications, and calls them baptisms (baptismois).
The Spirit's work is from Genesis to Revelation represented as a "pouring," a "sprinkling,” a "coming down," a "shedding forth," and coming as the "rain" and the "dew". In the New Testament the Spirit of God is represented as descending, pouring out, shedding forth, falling upon, coming upon, sent from on high, to be drunk as water, anointing, sealing, breathed upon them, ministered to them, given to them, and received by them.
Feast of Tabernacles "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (Jn. 7:37-38).
Aquarius pours water from chamber on high. O Lord my God, thou art very great. . . who layeth the beams of His chambers in the waters: who maketh the CLOUD HIS CHARIOT: HE WATERETH the hills FROM HIS CHAMBERS" (Ps.104:3, 13).
Water is used in scripture of the word and spirit. Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Joh 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) "If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth" (Eccl. ll:3). From His fulness he imparts his HS to us. So it is that we are born from on high to fill our life’s with the glory from on high. We just have to take a drink of the heavenly wine to know that it is not the same as the earthly vine, but it that which was promised the comforter come to fill us full to over flowing.
“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto ME void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isa. 55:8-11). "The water that I shall give thee shall be in thee, springing up unto everlasting life."
This is the river from on high being poured out upon and into all flesh that will except it. It is the essence of the making of sons and daughters in His likeness. Receive of this refreshing drink from the cold springs of living water flowing from Zions uncontaminated temple on high.
Rom_14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Isa_58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
We are coming out of the age of Pisces which is the Church age the earnest or down payment which is the Pentecostal Feast , and entering into the age of Aquarius which is the Kingdom age the full inheritance the Feast of Tabernacles. THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS!
The day of the full fruit of the Spirit! The day of Perfection! The hour of full and complete Redemption, spirit, soul, and body! The full and complete experiencing of HIMSELF! The fullness of Strength, Wisdom, Power and Glory! The Feast of Feasts!
"Gird up the loins of your mind, and be sober, and hope to the end for the GRACE THAT IS TO BE BROUGHT UNTO YOU AT THE REVELATION (FULL UNVEILING) OF JESUS CHRIST” (I Pet. 1:13). "IF ANY MAN THIRST, LET HIM COME UNTO ME AND DRINK. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID, OUT OF HIS BELLY SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER!” Jn 7:37-38 Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
First it is Repentance The Day of Atonement Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zec 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zec 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Zec 12:13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
Zec 12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
and then Zec 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Jer 51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Isa 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
We must start Preaching people hungry and thirsty. Joh 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
Joh 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Joh 4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Joh 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Joh 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Joh 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Joh 4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
MY DAD dug a well when we were kids. We used to haul water for drinking and for bathing. One went into one sistern in the ground and the other into another. I can remember priming the pump for the drinking water in the well house. You always saved a little water from the drinking basen to dump into the pump to prime it so it would draw water from the well. We also had the same thing at our school in the country. But my Grand father witched a well using a willow “Y” branch on our creek bottom. Then my dad uased a small 3" augur on a “t” handle with sections to did down until he found an underground spring. He then Dug by hand the well making wooden casings to fit into the hole for the well. He then did a well house that transfered the water by a pipeline underground 5 feet for frost to the house for water. Later at two other houses we lived in my dad also dug wells and made a pump house with a submersible pump in the well for water to drink and to bath in as well as water for the cattle.
And yet, is it not true that we have always associated the Rivers of Living Water with the gift of the Holy Spirit received at the Feast of Pentecost? How dull of hearing and understanding is the carnal mind! We have looked to Pentecost as the source of the Rivers of Living Water, and in so doing have misappropriated the symbol entirely, and missed the larger fulfillment of the type!
Barley harvest is the 1st fruits and is in April and May.
Passover was a first fruits and so He became the passover Lamb or the seed singular that brought forth much fruit.
1Co_5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Gal_3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Next 50 days later comes Pentacost or the earnest of our inheritance which is the oats and wheat harvests in Jul August and September
Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Act 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Act 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Then came the full harvest in Oct through November which consisted of some winter wheat corn and wine the Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast of the FULL HARVEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR—the balance of the meal! Pentecost is the Firstfruits of the Spirit and the earnest of our inheritance. The Feast of Tabernacles, on the other hand, is the Feast of ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD at the end of the year, at the conclusion of the age, at the consummation of God's dealings with His body—all the power and wisdom and glory and majesty of God to be manifested in the sons of God. Tabernacles is the Feast of fullness in the age of Aquarius.
"How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men. . . shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou shalt make them drink of the rivers of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the fountain of life" (Ps. 36:7-9). Eze. 47:1-10, Jesus Christ, the first-born Son, is the fountain, the reservoir of this divine water; and the Holy Spirit, flowing through the body of Christ, the corporate son, is the living stream, the river flowing all the time. The earth of your body, precious friend of mine, is the channel through which the stream of God's life flows.
Those who drink deeply of Him become the channel by which God flows out to humanity. Canaan is the Promised land. The question is are you a land of hills and valleys that drinketh water of the rain of heaven Deut 11:11-12.. We must understand that Jesus is the Temple the Reservoir or the fountain of Life from which flows the river of living water that brings life wherever it flows. Ezek 47:9 We are the conduits or channels through whom the river flows into and out of.
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Eze 47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Rev 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
The church age will end in a blaze of power and glory, birthing sons of the Kingdom in the fullest revelation of Jesus Christ man has ever known! "The fish of the sea shall be exceeding many" (Eze. 47:10). Coming forth is a people who will be swimming in the rising waters of the Lord's power and life! Life and immortality shall be revealed in power over sin and death, and it shall come to pass that "everything that liveth, which moveth, withersoever the rivers shall come, shall live!" Eby
The water of life has such debth it is "waters to swim in" are coming, the manifestation of the fullness of the spirit and life of the almighty Christ of God, and compared to these waters the former outpourings were flickering candles before the burning brilliance of the noonday sun, or trickling streams compared to the vast ocean currents beyond the power of man to either produce or control. Hear me now and believe me later — if you cannot believe me now — soon, very soon, there will come the manifestation of the sons of God, for which all creation has groaned for long millenniums and ages. Eby
1st DEACON - THE SOUTHERN FISH The first constellation is a fish with a wide-open mouth into which flows the water from the huge urn which Aquarius holds. It's name is PISCIS AUSTRALIS, meaning The Southern Fish. This constellation is marked by a single bright star, FOMALHAUT, which means The Mouth of the Fish. The fish receives and drinks the water from the unlimited and unceasing supply of the waterman. It is the picture of the believing acceptance of the Living Spirit of Truth that Christ bestows upon all who come unto Him to drink. "If any man thirst, let Him come unto Me, and drink!" Eby
Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Salt on babies tongue make thirsty.. God gives and we receive is the fundamental Revelation of God’s Love. Aquarius is the giver the Southern fish is the Receiver. So it is that God out of His Abundance gives. The Law of God says it is more blessed to give than receive. And so it is once we have tapped into the stream of His blessings we also become givers. We do not give to get but give expecting nothing in return.
Luk 6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luk 6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
PEGASUS The second constellation in the Sign of Aquarius is PEGASUS — The Winged Horse. Here is the picture of a great horse galloping forward with full speed, with great wings spreading from his shoulders. The familiar figure of the flying horse moving swiftly has been made popular as the trademark of a well-known brand of petroleum products. A winged horse, however, is unknown to nature. It must therefore be understood as a figure. The meaning of this symbol is declared by the names of the stars in the constellation. There are 89 altogether. The brightest comes down to us with the ancient Hebrew name of MARKAB, which means returning from afar. Another bright star is called SCHEAT meaning who goeth and returneth; ENIF, the branch; AL GENIB, who carries; HOMAN, the water; MATAR, who causeth the plenteous overflow. Putting these thoughts together, we see Pegasus as One who returns from afar; He is the branch who carries the water, causing a plenteous overflow! Eby, Bullinger
Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Joh 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Pegasus was known to the Greeks as "the horse of the gushing fountain." He was a celestial horse, ever associated with glad song. Pegasus is winged; he moves with heavenly speed. On great wings he rides the winds. He is master of the air, god-like in his power. Pegasus is a prophetic revelation of the glorious coming of HIM who pours out the living water. Eby
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Job 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest (melt) my substance.
Psa 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
The Revelation of JC is one of progression. He came, He comes, and He is coming.
Micah 5:2, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee He shall come forth unto Me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been of old, from everlasting." Notice, His "goings forth." The plural is used. The goings forth of the Lord speak about the Lord Jesus Christ! Now, the idea of "goings" has to do with the onward marching of God — the unfolding of the purpose of God, step by step. This is what is indicated here. Eby
"HEREAFTER you will see the Son man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven" (Mat. 26:64). The correct thought is, "HENCEFORTH — FROM N-O-W O-N you will see the Son of man sitting...and coming." These two events, the sitting and the coming, are simultaneous. They are co-extensive. They transpire at the same time. And they both happen "from now on." From now on He sits and He comes. He sits upon the throne of heavenly power and He comes in the clouds of heaven! He sits as our great High Priest and He comes to us as our transforming Saviour. He doesn't sit and then come, He comes while He sits. It is not two separate, independent actions, but a two-fold, interdependent action. Eby
To some his coming is salvation to others it is in a deeper measure of intimacy and union, to others he comes as a thief breaking up there fallow ground and to other he comes as fire and as a spirit of burning consuming there sinful life style and self centered love of self.
The many comings of Christ and his appearing is many faceted and numerous BUT THEY DO NOT ALL REFER TO THE SAME EVENT. To reign with Christ the vine means we are the branches and subject to pruning, yet he will have a company of Oba_1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
The birth pains means he is being formed in you in order that there might be an outward manifestation. We must as petrified wood become the rock of salvation. HE saturates us or permeates us with His self that we might be that army of God dressed in white going forth to Conquer in triumph and victory of all the enemies.
Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
THE SWAN The last Decan or part of this story of Aquarius is CYGNUS — THE SWAN, the lordly king-bird of the waters. There is a cross in the northern sky, sometimes called the Northern Cross, in contrast to the Southern Cross. This star group is called CYGNUS, and it reveals a beautiful swan flying across the heavens. While it is called a cross, and appears as a cross, this beautiful shape is formed by the principal stars which outline the wings and the length of the body of the swan. Thus, it is in fact, a swan-cross. But this mighty bird is not falling dead, like Aquila, but is seen here in rapid flight. In classic writings the swan was considered the emblem of poetic dignity, purity and grace. It seems to be flying down the Milky Way, in the same general direction with the river which pours from the heavenly urn. It is thus the bird of matchless beauty, purity, dignity and grace, bearing aloft the cross, and circling with it over the blessed waters of life. Eby
Wen we take of the swan cross we are talking of that Day of Atonement which is the beginning of the feast of Tabernacles. It is the blood atonement that works in us to bring about reconciliation and a hope and victory to all who come and drink of the grace which the swan speaks of.
Joh 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Eph 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
The swan is the ministry of the Blood and Water, the cross and the River of God. The first born of Adam became the Peace breaker by shedding the blood of his brother, The 2nd Adam by shedding His own blood becomes the peace maker between God and Man.
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
2Co 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
The Body of Christ expressing God’s grace by the life giving stream of the HG is the Swan flying on the wind of His spirit going wherever He would have us to go speaking to whomever He would have us to speak and speaking the words of life to those living in the valley of the shadow of Death.
We must be led of the HS to give the meat of the word of life and not that meat that perishes. "Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek Me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for Him hath God the Father sealed. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; he that believeth on Me shall never thirst....it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." Jn 6 The original wording in the Greek scripture, which meant "to give life," or "that giveth life," or "that is the source of life." So what Jesus was really saying here is, "It is the Spirit that giveth life," or "It is the Spirit that is the source of your life." The next thing we need to understand in order to comprehend this great mystery is that when Jesus said, "It is the Spirit that giveth life," or "is the source of your life," He was not talking about the Holy Spirit of God alone, but He was talking about your own spirit, for, "He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" (I Cor. 6:17). Your own quickened, regenerated, recreated, born-again spirit — which is the Son of God dwelling in you —is the source of your life. Eby
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. The fullness of which we speak is not quantitative — it is qualitative.
We need to come out of the in part realm as we let the Trumpet of Rosh sha nah quicken our spirits with the living breathing word of God which truely is a river of life poured out upon our flesh bringing us to repentance brokeness as we look at the atoning reconciling blood of the cross and break up the hardheartedness of our lives to receive his grace and mercy though the blood and the water of life, the HS of God, then we will Go up to the New Jerusalem and keep the feast of His presence in Tabernacles.
This then will be the manifestation of His sons that will set creation free , the 7 fold Spirit of God poured out without measure on hungry hearts. Let us then go up to the mount of transfiguration and to His Glory that the Kingdom of God might be established on earth.
PISCES
Two fish one moving toward the North Star the Center of the Galaxy and the other going horizontal to the suns path make this constellation. Two is the number of Christ and the Church. So it is that in Christ there are two places for the believer. One our seating in the heavens the other our ministry in the earth. We can not have one without the other. If we are in union with Christ the Love of God will be poured out through us. The tail of the fishes have a ribbon around them and is attached to the neck of Cetus the sea monster (Satan). Aries (the lamb) has his paw on the ribbons. We are being tried in the fire of tribulation to be chastened yet nothing that the enemy brings our way is done outside of Christ the lamb of God who will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we are able to bear.
Eph_2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph_3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
The heavenly places is our position in Christ.
Mat_4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Mar_1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Luk 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luk 5:10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Luk 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Joh 21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
Joh 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Joh 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Joh 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Joh 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
And so it is that the other fish is portraying our ministry to man as sons of God once we know who we are in Christ. The one is vertical our relationship to our God and then our ministry to man. If we Love Him we have the love of
Christ dwelling in us and will feed the sheep.
During this the Church age God is gathering in and seperating. He is looking for a great chatch. The sea of unsaved humanity is were He is gathering in. The waves of Tribulation are trying to upset the boat. But with Jesus in the boat we do not need to fear as long as we keep our eyes upon Him we will not sink into the sea of unbelief. He comes saying peace be still to the waves Cetus the Sea Monster tries to bring.
BAND OR RIBBON
To God the ribbon around the neck of Cetus are but reins Which He Aries has his Paw or Hand upon. Satan as we see in the book of Job can only do what God allows.
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Jesus lifted up will draw all men unto Him - the fish heading to the North Star. And so it is that He Draws as a net is drawn. Once we have been caught up in Him he sends us forth.
Isa 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
And so it is in God there is no seperation between Heaven and Earth in God. As born again sons of God Heaven and earth meet in us also Because of our unity to the Son.
The mixture is because we have not heeded the call to “come up hither”. The ascended life is one of going from glory to glory. This is for those that would be Kings and Priests the overcomers. This is coming to maturity as full grown sons. In this age there is still the seperation after the gathering in. Many are called but few chosen. The candlestick realm is still natural light, but in the light of God it is His glory that lights the way.
The heavens were open to Him while on earth and so can it be to us. We must minister the love joy peace and understanding of the realm of Heaven in this earth as we come to know our true calling in God.
We are connected to the heavenly and the earthly through the band of His HOLY GHOST. We must understand that the Holy Ghost also has its place around the neck of the adversary. This is the overcoming life where we are choking the life out of adversary as we go forth in His Name the Lamb who has the reins in his hand , we on two ends and satan on the other end.
However we, as God, must understand that Satan also has a ministry and must be wise of avail ourselves of Him for the correction of the rebellious.
1Co 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
ANDROMEDA - THE CHAINED WOMAN
Andromeda is a picture of the Church in bondage as seen in Israel in Egypt and in Revelation as the Harlot. Andromeda in Greek means Man-Ruler.
Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
So you can see how she draws man with her looks and then rules over him. God created man and woman in His image and called them Adam. However with the fall the woman was deceived as the weaker vessel to be in transgression. 1Ti_2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
1Pe_3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
The following scripture depicts how the Church is bound to the earthly realm of the dust which Satan eats as his food only to come to be purged in the fire of God. I call this the golden calf syndrome where the things of the earth hold sway over the law of God. Until the fire came The prince of this world was ruling. But with Him who baptizes with the Holy Ghost and Fire the Church came to birth and the chains were broken.
Rev 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Rev 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Rev 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Rev 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Rev 18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Rev 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Rev 18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Rev 18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Rev 18:16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Rev 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Rev 18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Rev 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
The woman or the Church must be purged with fire until she becomes desolate or naked and not ashamed for she will be purified even as Christ on the cross. His death becomes our death and with His resurrection we are born from above the New Jerusalem the bride of Christ.
We must walk the straight and narrow and be found without and spot or wrinkle. It takes soap to get the spots out and heat to get the wrinkles out. We are washed in the blood of the lamb and he baptizes us in the fire. Only then are we joined to Him as a bride dressed in the white of His glory. Our suffering (color purple) will be what Holds the King captive.
Son_7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
CEPHUS - THE KING
This is a picture of the King of Kings. Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
You may ask who is the King of glory?
Psa_24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psa_24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
This is the one who came to Deliver creation and wash a bride in His blood . He breaks the chains that hold the woman in bondage (the church) and set her free to become His bride.
Rom_8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
ARIES
The constellation Aries is that of the Lamb of God. The stars making up the constellation tell the story. One means the lamb sent forth, another the lamb the chief the head, another means Gentle merciful another the wounded or slain, another the bruised another the bound another the sacrifice, and so we have a lamb sacrificed but reigning.
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Rev 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
We need to understand that this lamb that was slain was in the plan of God from the beginning.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
So there had to be a sacrifice in order for us to be clothed way back in the beginning.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1Pe 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
The LAMB of God was to be in creation from the beginning till the End.
Rev 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Redemption points only to the lamb of God. We can only be bought back to right relationship with God by His means of a sacrifice.
1Pe 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
REMISSION SALVATION ATONEMENT REDEMPTION PROPITIATION CLEANSING JUSTIFICATION PEACE A NEW COVENANT SANCTIFICATION RECONCILIATION ENTRANCE INTO HOLY OF HOLIES SONSHIP ALL HINGE ON THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
Act 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
The Lost are those who Deny the atoning redeeming power of the blood and the renewing regenerating of the Holy Ghost.
First in order of a man or woman’s life is the receiving of Him then the pwr to become sons and daughters of God.
Jesus Christ the lamb of God sits at the center or midst of the throne reconciling all things by His blood.
This is Him who came down to the low places of the earth to fallen man. He identified himself with us as a servant of the most high. He made himself of no reputation and learned obedience through the things He suffered as a man even the death at the cross through the hands of man. Our sins he took upon Himself and was made a grazing stock at the cross and was laid in a borrowed tomb, but God would not leave Him to rot their as The first man Adam whom being made of the dust of the earth. After three days the life of God entered back into Him and re rose victorious over death hell and the grave. He was exalted to the right hand of God and ever lives to make intercession on our behalf.
We who receive Him who loved us are washed in His blood the blood of the lamb which is precious and of eternal worth. Even in the old Testament we are told ..
Lev 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Lev 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
The life is in the blood. When man was created of the earth God breathed life into Him. The life being in the blood, we could say God lifed his creation. Blood carries the oxygen to the body so the blood is the medium by which the life of God was brought to man and woman, With the fall of man sin corrupted that life force and death began its reign in the hearts and lives of man. The last Adam Christ comes on the scene. He was born of a woman but conceived of by the Holy Spirit. He had none of the tainted blood of the fallen first Adam. He brings again the eternal zoe life into the world. This is the better blood of the lamb of God which cancels out death through death and brings eternal life and light to bear. Death and darkness have no place to hide.
Even as a pathologist knows that blood has two functions one to take away infection by the white corpuscles and brings oxygen with the red corpuscles so it is that the blood of the blood of the lamb also takes away the fallen Adamic nature and brings new life the zoe eternal life.
Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Wash is the Greek word loo-o and means to wash as laundry clothes. Sin has penetrated deep into the soul but the blood goes deeper still.
Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Tit_3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
It is Go’s mercy or atoning propitiation that has cleaned us up.
Rom_3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
It is a heart problem and even as it is the heart that causes blood to issue throughout the body so also if there is a restriction of blood flow to a limb that limb will begin to die. Many are sickly amoung you because of being cut off from the supply of His blood as Paul says in
1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Pro_4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
If we become hard hearted we will not be sensitive to God’s prompting. The things of the world can have us to become insensitive to the things of the spirit.
Eze 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
The daughters of Jerusalem in Song of Solomon 5:8-9 are in bed with the world and want to know why Her bride is better than there’s ;
Son 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Son 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
The bride of Solomon then answers:
Son 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Here again is the BLOOD of the Lamb the white and red corpuscles.
This word white comes from a A primitive root meaning tsaw-khakh' ; to glare, that is, be dazzling white:
This is the Mount of transfiguration glory the glory of resurrection power. It is the light that is the life in the blood. Its kinda like water vapor and ice all are the same substance yet in different form.
Luk 9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
We must walk in the light (life) as He is in the (life) light 1 Jn 1:7. If we will do that then our fellowship will be one with another and His BLOOD will cleanse us from all sin. His resurrection power must be experienced in our spirit soul and body in order for the manifestation of the sons and daughters of God in this life.
This is the law of the Spirit of Life that makes us free from sins bondage. Jesus comes to LIFE us with the Holy Spirit.
Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
We are not trying to die, we are dead in need of life. Jesus the light of Life sends His light to dispel the darkness of death and conquer death with His life. We must yield our members to the cleansing stream of His life blood. He is that living Word that breaks up the hardness of heart and makes us acceptable in His sight.
In order to have victory in this life we must overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony Rev 12:11 . Our spirit in union with His bring about a triumphant life. The is a fountain filled with blood and sinners plunged beneath that blood loose all there guilt and stain.
Zech 12:10-14 speaks of repentance, a day of atonement where we look upon the one we have pierced , which is Jesus upon the cross dying for our sins. As we behold Him we are broken and ready to receive of His living water which cleanses us.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zec 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
NEW JERUSELEM
In the constellation Aries we have a woman named Cassiopeia which is a type of the Church seated on a throne high and lifted up. She is arranging her robe and her Hair and holds the branch of victory. This is the picture in the heavens of the New Jersulem the bride of Christ the Lamb's wife. In Rev. 19:7 it says she has made herself ready. In the beginning the man and woman were created in the image of God male and female and were named Adam. Ge 5:1-2. Now the woman was hidden in the man at the start even as the NEW JERUSELEM also has been hidden in man in the church age, but now at the dawning of the age of the Kingdom she is being relealed and even as the woman was taken from man's side even so from the side of the Christ the spear brought forth the Woman or the Church with out spot or wrinkle cleansed in His blood. Our idenity which was lost in the garden is being brought forth in glory and dominion as the bride becomes seated in the heavens with Christ. We are finding ourselves in Christ the Head of the Body.
In Gal 4:22-28 Paul talks about two different women. An so we also have Andromeda the chained woman in the heavens. This Paul says is two covenants. This is the contrast of the bond woman which is the Law and the free woman which is of the promise. Abraham was told to cast out the bond woman because it would not be partaker of the freed. Heb. 12:18-23 also shows two covenants one under the law at mt Sinai of darknes, tempest and lightenings, the other the City of God, the New Jeru, on mt Zion the assembly and church of the first born, which is written in heaven and where the spirits of just men made perfect is. This New Jeru as the woman in man is hidden but comes forth as bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh Ezek 37:7; Eph 5:30-32, in here is the mistery of union in marriage in the natural and the spiritual. This city is the heavenly Jeru where there is no more curse and no more death where the tree of life grows and the water of life flows. We must as Peter says in 1Pe2:5 become the temple of the living God made up of living stones, with JC being the chief corner stone Mt 21:42-44. These are the born again believers born of the spirit Jn 3:3,7 Sons and daughters of the most high
We see in the 10 commandments to Honor our Father and Mother yet is seems the Mother in some cultures get very little Honor yet both were made in His image. And so it is that the Church has been chained in disabilities weaknesses and limitation being dispised by the world. The city the world loves is the Halot or chained woman. They run after her and sell there good there, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. But this woman and system must come to desolution as Jesus said in Mt 24:14-34 speaking of the Prophecy by Daniel in 9:25-27 and be laid to the ground. Titus in 70 AD according to Daniel and Jesus is the prince that brings and end to the old covenant by the desolution of Jeruselem destroying the Age of the Law. Many have tried to rebuild the old but Jesus Christ by his death and Resurrection bought and paid for the body of Christ the City set on a Hill the New Jeruselem. We now have boldness to enter into the Holiest of all Rev 11:19 He is the ark in the open Heaven the New Jeru. The 490 years of Daniel and the Captivity of Jere 25:8-11 has brought the end to the Chained Woman the Harlot system Rev 18:2,19 . We now have the word written in our hearts and minds not on stone. Jere 31:31-34 , Heb 10:16
Jerusalem is a city compacted together Ps 122:3-4 every joint supplying nurishment to grow and be edified increaseing in love as a body Eph 4:11-16; one yet members in particular 1 Cor:12:14-27. God is preparing us to become living stones 1Ki 6:7 being fitted and shaped ahead of time so there will be no shortage of His grace and mercy in our joining. We being seated in heavenly places in Christ become the salvation of the world as we as He did descend to fill the earth with His glory so must we descend with the glory and adorning of Heaven Is 61:10. Rev 21:2; 1 Cor 15:48-49.
In the outer court is the light of the day from the son His sacrifice on the altar, In the Holy place it is the candlestick of His gifts that shines forth displaying the bread of His presence. But in the Holy of Holies it is the Shekinah glory the light of His presence Mt 5:14; Jn 1:9; Rev 21:24. The deminsions of this city is a perfect cube Rev 21:16; the fullness of Christ his government and coming in the Day of the LORD Eph 4:13.
The Gates and Walls with there foundations,of the city Rev 21 Make up the New Jeruselem. Each one of the gates corresponds to a tribe from the OT and is made of a pearl and that of Great Price Mt 3:45-46. We truely must sell all to obtain or residence there. Now pearls come in many shades of color and are made froman oyster who coats the intruding sediment over and over. It is an irritant. Now we know the irritant is the cross and as the cross has to do with suffering that is inworked into our lives yet produces something very beautiful. Truely His wonders are made in the deep Ps 107:23-24 Ps 42:7 We are made perfect as Jesus through suffering Heb 2:10; Heb 5:8.
The foundations of this city are the 12 apostles Rev 221:14,19-20. An Apostle cracks the form of the old age to usure in the new. These are gems to the body of Crist and will not be moved by storm as they are rock and built upon the Rock. Now the streets of this city are Gold speaking of our walk in holiness which should be transparent with no hidden agendeas. In the midst of the street there was a river and the tree of life.
