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Where in scripture do we find words telling mankind to worship Jesus?

Is anyone interested in posting about the book of 1 Samuel?

Rev.2.1 "Walking in the middle" (2 of 2)

""These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."

We shall consider each angel representing the church and when the Spirit at the end of messages, " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."(2.7) The Covenant assures the quality of faith so as the tree of righteousness the seed of the fruit is in itsel, meaning that it is ripened by the sun of righteousness. So heavenly blessing produces fruit. Can fig tree produce thistles? "the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." Jesus as the true Vine said, "He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."( Jn 15.5)

We have the Lamb associated with seven eyes, "which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." (Rev.5.6)

On the other hand in Ezek.37 the valley of Dry Bones is set in an open valley, signifying they were left to their own devices.

"And ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."(2.10) Ten days are set by the Word so what is prompting Jews which are not Jews? The list of martyrs from Abel onwards is the work of the devil."the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." The church of Smyrna was in the best company where Christ headed the list." That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation."(Mt.23.35-36) This generation belonged to Jesus Christ.

Spiritual gifts: How can they function in light of the body of Christ with manifold gifts and talents?

As a rule (I'd say a certainty) naming ministries after ourselves is never a good idea. Worse still is when we characterize our nomenclature with the type of "gifting" we claim to have; i.e. prophetic or healing ministry. Not to mention the veracity or lack thereof of a claim as such; it sounds like it exalts an individual as superior; or "cornering the market" as it were as to the proclaimed gifting; and of course the motivation behind it is financial; if I were a betting man.

If I went out on the street and told someone that if they gave me 100 dollars they would be blessed and it would be returned tenfold I doubt there would be too many takers. Somehow we think a fancy suit; oratory or building exalts us to a great prominence forgetting the Pharisees used similar tactics to bilk their congregation. Food for thought...

To pull out Acts 3:6 is scriptural

"Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk."

Here we don't see "seed money" to buy your miracle or favor with God.

In the two prophecies in Acts that are mentioned we see famine and persecution. What we hear today more often than not is reminicient of what we expect from "Babylon the Great" in terms of continued financial favor rather than the scriptural path of not eating if we don't work and example from Paul who worked as a tentmaker along with his many sleepless nights and other suffering lack for the sake of the Gospel. Food and clothing are something His followers are called to trust God for; we note that shelter isn't even on that list as many have to give that up for the sake of the Gospel. This is what defines a true disciple; thus by inference those not following such admonitions are by and large false disciples.

The gifts are meant to be applied for edification of the body primarily.

Rev.2.1 "Confess before His angels" (1 of 2)

"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks"

The Law of the Spirit set seven angels representing the angels of God consequentlly the only measurement for the body of Christ shall include them.

First these angels are there for a purpose. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"(Heb.1.14,6) God presented Jesus Christ accordingly and commands,"when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.". The Covenant in seven days promise the believer both heavenly blessings as well as in his vile body. Of the latter we have this v.1 "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."(Ps.32.1) Of the other we have angels, "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."(Mt.18.10)

Seven days sets our antecedents tied to Alpha and St John in the isle of Patmos, "and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet," and when the holy city comes down, 'And I heard a great voice out of heaven.'(Rev.1.10;21.2)

Secondly these 7 angels representing those of his Father and they are in his right hand meaning wherever the angel of the Lord appears we have to understand the Spirit of Christ is presence so it is called the Angel of his presence. Consider the cherub with faming sword in the valley keeping the way and Jesus assures the church of Ephesus, "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."(Rev.2.1,7) This explains' "These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."

Rev.3.5 "Angels"

"but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."

Here we have the key to the seven stars in the right hand of the risen Christ. " The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.".(Rev.1.20) The Word was God who has set apart His sanctified ones and given them under the tag of 144, a place on mount Sion. They are angels which Daniel in his vision sees as stars." And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."(Dan.12.1-3) As there are cloud of witnesses,'thy people' there shall be in physical body believers called to be saints."thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." Hence we shall see the warning to the church in Sardis." He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life." Those who fail belong to the group, " And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth." (Rev.12.4). In short the book of the Lamb constitutes as the book of the Lamb or the book of life.

All judgment is given to Jesus Christ so he confesses before God the Father whoever is deemed as an overcome by him stands as worthy to sit in his throne. So whose door does he knock on ? " 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." Many had heard the call and received him but this call is to the over comer."(Rev.3.20-21)The word 'behold' is a tag that the Spirit uses to indicate an event coming to pass according to the word."Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."(Isa.7.14) Without angel the measurement of the body of Christ is incomplete.(Rev.21.17)Imposter churches leave it out. Why?

Have we heard or have we seen?

Job had " heard of thee" and it had so transformed his life that God couid as it were use him as an example in heaven .

But when in the last 2 or 3 chapters of Job God began to talk with him and reveal Himself through creation ,Job repented in dust and ashes ( in spite of his integrity) and said " I have heard of Thee now mine eyes seeth Thee ." And expressed his hope in the resurrection from the dead in the light of it and said You will call and I will answer ..

Isiah though a true prophet of God came to a point that in the year that King Huzziah died " I saw the Lord high and lifted up and His train filled the temple.." and in respinsevto what he saw he said " Wie is me for I am undone for I am a man of unclean lips ."

Gidion had also heard of God and while in hiding threshing the corn was meditating on God and His acts in the past and was asking where is God now? And as his thinking drew him near to God ,God drew near to him and by degrees the lines of communication were opened and established . But he two found himself in the beginning inadequate and unsuitable for the task .

Shall we speak of Moses who also had heard of God and even supposed that God by Him wouid deluver the people of Isreal .

He was a somebody fir 40 years but God made him a nobody fir 40 years so that God couid make him a somebody in Gods eyes .

But when He met with God at the burning biph unexpectedly he was terrified and dared not look up .

And he too found himself inadequate for the task .

But it is not our ability that is important but rather our availability .

Gidion made himself available too.

Isiah also for the question was asked "who will go for us? But having his lips purged he was able to say " send me".

Mary and Martha at the death of Lazerus both had faith in the Lord .

One had faith for the past " if you had been here " the other for the future ." I know he will be raised up at the resurection

But Jesus said " I am

"Let not sin REIGN in yiur mortal body "

This mortal body of ours is still subject to sin and death .But we if Christs are not .

The struggle with any sin has much to do with who RULES?

If sin reigns you will obey it is as simple as that and no matter how much you may struggle against it I say again ,if sin reigns you will obey and sin.

But we should stop and consider that if we are true BORN children of God have humbled ourselves and bowed our knee and confessed and repented of our sin we are no longer under the Law of sin and death but rather under the law of another kingdom even ofGods dear Son.. We are crucified WITH Christ . Buried WITH Christ and RISEN together WITH Christ .

If Christ now reigns in our hearts we will obey Him not out of fear of the consequences of sinning but out of Love . Thus if Christ reigns we not only will not sin but rather begin and increasingly so ,do works of righteousness .

It is an act of faith for now Christ reigns in your heart by faith . Not by feeling not by an act of your will but rather a submission to do His will .

Thry thst are Christs have crucified the flesh with the lusts thereof " that too is an act of faith .

We do not screw ourselves up to act in faith but rather see or understand who in fact reigns .

For by His cross and His death and resurrection not only a resurrection from the dead but is now far and above every principality and power and dominion .."

"He who knew no sin became sin that we might become the righteousness of God in Him"

"He who was rich became poor that we through His poverty might become rich "

The Son of God became the Son of Man that we the sons of men but through Him become the sons of God .

He who lived in the eternal past came into time that we who lived in time might with Him live in that eternal future He has secured fir us .

He in whom was Life willing gave His Life and died so that we who were dead in trespasses and in sin might have life and life more abundantly.

Amos.9.1-3 "Smite th lintel"

saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered./Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down."

Here we have an insight into the narrative mode of the Spirit. This shaking of the door posts is different from what we read in the vision of Isaiah.. Amos sees heaven as the lintel of the door posts, and it is to this Haggai refers,"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land."( Haggai 2.6;Heb.12.26-27) Lintel refers to heaven and what do the posts signify? "The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it."(Ps.75.3) This is Person specific. I am Alpha and Omega and it is in this sense we have this verse.It is about judgment. " But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."(75.7,9)

While we discussed the Vision of Dry bones we saw one group endued with power." And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord." Ezek.37.14. This new spirit refers to the glorified spiritual bodies."But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob." As for the horns of the wicked, they are for outer darkness.

" And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them."(Amos.9.3)

10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Isa.6.1-6 The temple/house

"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."

The same temple is to be taken in the sense of the river in the vision of Daniel. He stood obviously referred to his time and place and it was the river Ulai. But in the vision all sch names are irrelevant. David refers to walking about his altar daily.(Ps.26.6-7) Heart has its door so Isaiah is convicted of his own state. " And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke./Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." Our heart has a spiritual space and how big is it? When one speaks blessed is the man whose sin is covered, it reminds of the blood on the lintel and door posts and it was a memorial forever. "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever."(Exod.12.14) Remember the significance of the' forever' it is memeorial for Jesus christ. He is our true and faithful witness..

Coming back to the vision of Daniel the river in his vision he saw himself standing on this side of the river and the angel clothed in linen stood on the other side of the river. This river of time sets heaven as real to us as when we shall stand before the throne of glory. "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."(1 Jn3.3)

There is no temple in the new Jerusalem but the House and our heart sets expressway by faith.

"Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts."

Looking at healing as a spiritual gift

The closest I can see to healing as a spiritual gift is in relation to the power that certain objects had such as Acts 19:12 with Peter's handkerchief or apron other than 1 Corinthians 12:9. If this occurs than what is the need for elders to pray for healing and anoint the sick with oil in James 5:14? It either supplements God's procurement of healing; or it indicates that elders had a particular unction of healing; or both. Certainly prayer is crucial in either case for the Spirit to work effectively.

Many want to disparage this gift of healing who don't regularly perform this action as prescribed; as it were in the Bible.

There are no doubt several reasons for illness. We can't dogmatically say with Paul's thorn in the flesh and the case of Epaphroditus in Philippians 2:27 who nearly died from sickness that the natural effects of living in a sinful and fallen world aren't a factor that affect both believer and unbeliever in some capacity. In the second case we see how overwork can lead to this situation which could have caused an early demise if Paul hadn't cautioned for his care in that church. We need to take a sober look at those who bear the heaviest burdens particularly fulfilling the Great Commission around us and keep them in prayer. I know of one Messianic Jewish couple who are elderly yet spreading the Gospel who just got back from Israel after enduring the war there shortly after arrival. They mentioned others too who are hard pressed serving in various capacities of the ministry. Let us not forget material support financially as well as prayer for these individuals whenever possible.

There are times when demonic influences can also cause ailments; both physical and mental. This is why those discerning the spirits are vital to differentiate when this is a direct (possession) or indirect (oppression) situation as well as discerning when it is emotional trauma apart from such influence happens.

Lk. 2.8-16 "For unto you this day"

Here we have the everlasting gospel is preached by God crossing a historical narrative. In the first two verses we have the time and place. Similarly when God presents a vision to Ezekiel, 'and I saw visions of God'.This gospel is associated with seven days meaning that the Law of the Spirit presides over how the sound and sign of the Word should merge. The angel of the Lord directs the shepherds, and they find it as true. Here we have the message,"And this shall be a sign unto you". On the other hand it is God delivers and for this reason establishes the Law or the Constitution of the kingdom of God. This shall occur at the precise moment as we have here. (Heb.1.6) God says," And let all the angels of God worship him." It is thus God has emplyed ministers of fire and prophets of old. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,/Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds."

So how should we treat our world according to the Covenant? We have world of the Spirit presiding over our heart a spiritual space, which is the same for all,and we receive his abiding presence. Our works constitute how we walk therein."For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known./ Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."

Lk 12.2-3) God has set the single measurement in terms of the Covenant. My volume therefore is from both Father and the Son. This includes cloud of witness to whom I preach with my word ministry. As grace is given to me I am constrained to do my task. With great joy, i may say but is for my Saviour and I pass over as a light thing. Think of all the cover-ups race wars which are hushed up great sleaze at high level. Will they escape

Further thoughts on individual giftings in the corporate body of Christ

James 3:1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. (note this uses the word "teachers" in NKJV; whereas the traditional KJV used the word "masters")

Out of all the spiritual gifts; teaching seems to be the most frequently observed. I'm not sure how those who are total cessationists feel about that gift not existing today; but it is doubtful they would ask God to give them the natural talent and ability to handle a certain topic but in a sense that is what they would be relying on for their skills and inspiration. In light of this then we need to ascertain what exactly defines the gift of teaching and what does not. The most obvious thing; of course is to preach according to the counsel of the Word of God and not deviate because of some personal preference or at worst a deviant course that focuses on the flesh rather than the Spirit or some personal agenda that is not edifying. It seems that the obvious conclusion as to the logical approach would be that discernment is in order and that those who are wise among the congregation certainly could communicate things that are clearly indicated as issues that need to be addressed.

Let that sink in for a second. Does this happen? I have had instances when certain things I felt the Lord was showing me was considered interesting insights but never can say that it ever factored into a message that was preached. Now I say this not in regard to myself but as an example. We all need each other in the Body of Christ and we need to be sensitive to the Spirit. If we aren't discerning as a Pastor shepherding the flock then how can we know the difference between truth and error? It all stems from loving the Lord and true concern for the congregants so that we proclaim the truth and what needs to be said and are open to either correction or error that can creep in teaching of others.

What are the duties of a pastor's aid?

The Trinity of God .

A subject that has perplexed the mind of man for a long time.

The primary root cause of such perplexity is because men have approached the subject with their intellects rather than allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten us . I am not saying that I or any has or can fully understand such a matter but I do say we can have a biblical foundation for our thinking .

That can be built upon .

When men have used unbiblical concepts to try and explain the doctrine while on the surface seems reasonable such concepts soon get into difficulties and lead to error which gives others an excuse to reject the truth of it simply because of such errors of others .

Let me state for the record that no true BORN child of God can easily dny the Trinity for are we not BORN not of the will of man nor if the will of the flesh nor if blood but of the Father who has " begotten us again unto a lively hope.."

And are we not saved through the Son ? By the Holy Spirit.

Our approach then is on the foundation of belief seeking enlightenment rather than unbelief desiring only to fulfill our curiosity .

This subject is of such a character as to enter the Holy of Holies .

And taking the pattern of the tabernacle in the wilderness as to our approach let us not think simply curiosity will find any satisfaction . Moreover an unbeliever has no more hope of any understanding than a child understanding algebra when they don't even know their left from their right let alone 1+1=2 .

They are not even in the camp! A camp of over 2000.000 people surrounding the tabernacle

But a carnal Christian will find nothing to satisfy them either for the carnal mind cannot receive the things of God .

We can only enter the Holy place by faith not by sight . In the light of the 7 branch lamp on the left and the bread signifying the Word of God on the right .

Any understanding then must be upon those two pillars and we dare not lean upon our own understanding .

Just one point: blessedness (2 of 2)

How God covered man and woman implied a death, so coat of skins refer to the slain Lamb (Rev.5.6;13.8) What is in the will of God does not require animal sacrifice but was specified for Israel since they had no appreciation for what faith would require. He willed and it was so.

How Joseph's brethren covered up the crime of selling him for twenty pieces of silver would reverberate and it does and where do you think it leads them. This outer darkness was not merely against man or Son of man but against the holiness of God. The Spirit gives the number 20 in order to emphasize their sin,10x2 and we have another instance where the number involved is same."Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee./ And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not./And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day."(1 Kngs 9.11-13) Twenty worthless cities. The Spirit gives us a hint,'Unto this day' meaning that it shall come up before Christ the Judge. How shall we explain the outer darkness but as a result of the bad faith in whih the nation dealt with other nations. After making a league with Gibeonites we have this verse,"And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose." Notice the tag,'unto this day' once again popping up? No brethren, you have been decieved by false teachers to read the word of God as they wanted. They presented God and his holiness since they also are covered. He is none other than the covering cherub. Ezek.28

Just One point: Blessedness (1 0f 2)

"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." In our time cover-up is not an uncommon word. Political sleaze is what we have seen everywhere: Watergate was not an aberration of a political system. Pizzagate and now Epsteingate show how sin runs through history. God counselled Cain,"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."(Gen.4.6) Blessedness under everlasting Covenant addresses the heart of every believer. Fod God fashioned all hearts alike. He tries all their works as well. The Covenant in seven days fills your spiritual space so blessing is not merely covering sin from public eye as in the instances mentioned above.David sings,"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.". This is covered by the blood of Jesus so your walk is blameless."Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"(Heb.10.29)Christ abides in my heart by faith and our works are to be tried like silver. Soby cutting oout works from the equation what peace of God can rules therein?We are covereed, so we have Ps.91.1 " He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." How God covered man and woman implied a death, so coat of sins refer to the slain Lamb (Rev.5.6;13.8) What is in the will of God does not require animal sacrifice but was specified for Israel since they had no appreciation for what faith would require. He willed and it was so.

What Psalm 91 points is our walk not by sight but by faith.

Is there an afterlife?

This question isn't about life after resurrection but about what happens after our bodies die. Many beliefs and ideas exist about what occurs when we die physically. Is there a part of us that is immortal and will never cease to exist? If so, what is the meaning of death? Is death metaphorical?

Some say that when a Christian dies, they are immediately taken to heaven, where they live forever in God's presence. Some believe that when people die, they go to Hades, the realm of the dead, which has two sections: one called paradise or Abraham's bosom for the saved, and another place of torment for the lost.

Some also believe in purgatory, and many other religions believe in an afterlife where the spirit or soul is immortal and never ceases to exist. By saying our spirit or soul is immortal, does that go against the resurrection of the dead?

If, when we die, we go to paradise or a fiery torment, where we have a body and are fully conscious of our surroundings, as in the parable Jesus told in Luke 16:19-31, or Luke 23:43, some interpret that Jesus and the thief were in paradise that same day. This supports the idea that Jesus went into Hades, emptied Paradise, and carried them to heaven.

If that happened, why would He leave David in his tomb? Peter says at Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus resurrected, Acts 2:29, Acts 2:30-35. We see what Jesus said in John 5:25-26, and this happens in Matthew 27:50-53, when Jesus cried out, people came out of their graves and appeared to many. The word resurrection in vs 53 warrants study. In John 5:26-29, this has not happened yet, but they are resurrected from their graves.

1 Corinthians 15:52-55.

Just a few thoughts.

God bless,

RLW

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday,today and forever." and God presents him and commands, "And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him." In St John's vision He is presented as a Lamb slain and when he prevails upon to break open the seals how do the angels receive it? "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;" This same throng we see in the night vision of Daniel." thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened."(Dan.7.10) Thus we have testimony of two.

" 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./ 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./And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever." (5.11-13) judgment is set and Hell is naturally the other side of the gospel. He is reserved for those who reject him.

where does it say not to judge others

Just one point: Hell

First we shall consider this verse:"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."(Ecc.3.11)Whatever we may know of him therefore is in His son. As the true Light for man it comes from the word which Jesus in his prayer makes it clear: Thy word is truth. Of God Jesus has become our sanctification and wisdom. Several verses we could cite "The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens."(Pro.3.19) "He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion."(Jer.10.12)

So what is hell? Angels in their revolt were reserved for 'the judgment of the great day.'((Jude.v.6)In the divine Will we see hell associated with death." 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." There are sects teaching sheol as a temporary place, which is an error. God wills what His kingdom should be: Be ye holy, for i am holy.'His word sanctifies us in his Son. When these sects have made him in their image what else do you expect? Be not deceived. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."(Heb.9.27) In the night vision Daniel the Ancient of days is seated.. The Law of the Spirit has set the judgment. " A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened". and " And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death./And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."(Rev.20.14-15)

Just One Point:His voice

" While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation./ For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses./But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?"(Heb.3.15-17)

Heart is a spiritual speace and God htm all."He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works."(Ps.33.15) The Israelites did not want to hear his voice. In fact they pleaded with Moses,"And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."(Exod.20.19). Their fear and disbelief in His voice was so obvious the HolySpirit gives an example,"Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour./Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again./ The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him./Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes."( Jn 12.27-30) The Jews were warned for their spiritual deafness. If they cannot hear their own hearts what are they? Heart as a spiritual space touches the throne of Grace. So Hannah's prayer in her anguish produced no sounds. High priest Eli thought she was drunk. No She brought forth Samuel as a proof before him. "The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men."(Ps.33.13) So do you see him from inside and by faith abide in his presence, or it only a lip-service?

Ezek.37. "Vision of Dry Bones"-2

One crucial difference marks them as an army not fit for active duty. "and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together,bone to his bone,"But where are the voices? Before the ark of his testament is revealed wehave,"And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,"(Rev.11.19) The army in an open valley is not where the river of time led the 144,000 following the Lamb, and they are the first fruits so this valley are well controlled. The cherub with the flaming sword, and ministering angels are there like pillars of cloud and fire shepherding the Israelites while Pharaoh and his army was in hot pursuit.

37.12 "Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel." The land is no longer the same since an earthquake lifted up the city which is now called new Jerusalem. Zech.14.10. The second vision from.v.14 is about those who found grace. "All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place." It is upon a mountain. (Isa.2.2)."And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all" My servant David refers to the city mentioned in the final vision of Ezekiel . 144,000 is not same as the land God allows them to build the city. (" It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there."-Ezek.48.29-35.) 6x6x6x1000. Compare with those who rejected the Covenant of Seven days: by Law of the Spirit they were judged when God judged Jerusalem in Ezek.ch.9.

Just one point: single measurement

"Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good." (Prov.20-230. It pleased God than in him (Jesus Christ) should all his fulness should dwell. No more stringently can be this rule be applied than in translating the holiness of God as a building being built over the foundation of hia only begotten Son. Yet how lackadaisically all the blood of martyrs shed in the pagan Rome served a tree we have as here?Tree of righteousness can only be grown having seed in itself and after his kind. The everlasting Covenanton the day Three is crystal clear:"and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth." The seed is the word of God and if this single measurement,'thy word is truth' what we get are heresies. Day Three is the command number for the Son. Thus building on the ruins of a Pagan Rome is not 'in our image;' neither the fruits the tree have yielded few and far between is will worship than for the glory of God. 'After our likeness' cannot be in treating the fulness of God in Christ in outward show of opulence. Herod's temple was one such and Jesus castigated it,"See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."(Mt.24.2). Abiding in Christ is entering into God's rest. The single measurement is faith holding both heaven and earth, by him all things consist' and it is "an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel." Both word becoming flesh and angel as ministering spirit,'as one what imposter churches use are abomination to God as diverse weights. So deity of Jesus is skipped over to make him easier to sell before the ungodly. What of angels? Not even a whisper, it is Papism. Are not angels' ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (Heb.1.14)

Rev.11.1-2 "The Gentiles"

"And measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein./ But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."

The Gentiles meant for worship from the outer court are nations from the left-behind church and the Jews. This shall be called the new earth.

What is the temple of God? " for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."(Rev.21.22) The 144,000 has already been fixed. As the river flowed from Eden to the tree of life on either side of the pure river of water of life, they have been ever since about the Lamb on mount Sion. When the temple is opened,'And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testamen." This ark of his testament is what the Father gave his Son. We shall look at some of the features of the outer court.

Rev.21.23-27

Light is called light of the Lamb and the nations called to the new earth walked under it. "for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."

'And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it./for there shall be no night there./And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it./And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

"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."(2 Sam.24.18) Gentile or Jew,bond or free they were part of temple. The Covenant in seven days brought them along. They had entered into the God's rest by faith. Instead we have sects making Sabbath, an issue: they are the Gentles treading the holiness of God,

The prayer of Ana - Continued part 6

14 And Eli said vnto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah answered, and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowfull spirit: I haue drunke neither wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the Lord.

16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and griefe, haue I spoken hitherto.

17Then Eli answered, and said, Goe in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, that thou hast asked of him.

18And she said, Let thine handmaid finde grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eate, and her countenance was no more sad.

It is impossible to leave God's presence sad. When she entered his presence,

When she entered his presence, she opened her heart - glory to God!

Anne understood that Peninnah was just someone who had been hurt, wounded, broken. what beautiful details in Your Word.

That's why we trust God. that this word will reach the hearts of men and women

who have difficult people in their lives - people who provoke them, make them cry, make them lose their appetite, even fall into depression.

May they have the courage to pray prayers of forgiveness - to release these people. ( Matthew 5:43-44)

The prayer of Ana - Continued part 5

10 And shee was in bitternesse of soule, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore.

11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time.

This caught my attention.

She was laying out before God all the battles she had faced with Peninnah.

And I honestly believe that during this prayer, Hannah forgave Peninnah.

The Bible doesn't say it directly,

but everything indicates that this was the case.

Why?

Because if she had bitterness in her heart,

if she was holding a grudge,

if her heart was still heavy with pain -

it wouldn't have flowed.

12 And it came to passe as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

13 Now Hannah, shee spake in her heart; onely her lippes mooued, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had beene drunken.

Eli began to pay attention to her. He noticed that she had been there for a long time, and that her lips were moving, but no sound was coming out.

The prayer of Ana - Continued part 4

7 And as he did so yeere by yeere, when she went vp to the house of the Lord, so she prouoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

Whenever they went to the Lord's sanctuary, Peninnah would irritate Hannah so much that she would cry and not eat.

Now we're talking about going to worship - this is no longer just about being disturbed at home. Peninnah would bother Hannah on the way to the house of God.

We need healing - I learned this in therapy:

Because this kind of behavior is not normal.

There are things that are spiritual and there are things that need to be put

out in the open.

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieued? Am not I better to thee, then ten sonnes?

Elkanah: "Hannah, why are you crying?"

He acted like he didn't know what was going on. Did he really not see it?

Where was he that he couldn't notice?

Because those who provoke don't always do it loudly.

It's through small, subtle gestures - the kind that only someone very attentive can see, right?

I'll come to the part of the prayer.

Then Elkanah asks:

"Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Of course not, Elkanah! What kind of question is that? That was Hannah's dream.

9 So Hannah rose vp after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunke; (now Eli the Priest sate vpon a seat by a poste of the Temple of the Lord. )

I imagine they were sitting in the lobby. And Hannah got up, distressed, crying.

Just One Point: Angel of the Lord

"And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem."(1 Chron.21.16) Here we have a valley between heaven and the earth. The angel is positioned similar to the cherubim. It is not a flaming sword but a draen sword. He is not judging the earth but in the valley framed by the word of God. We are among the ungodly world but we are framed by the world of the Spirit and the angel of the Lord is the Spirit of christ working as a two edged sword. Judgment must first begin with the house of God, is iit not? Conscience of David pricked and he fell upon his face. "Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me." Who sent him but the Word? It is thus the Spirit of God worked with holy men of old. Seventy thousand tells also that it was determined by the Law of the Spirit."and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men."(vv.14-15)

We have another instance where Joshua meets the angel,"And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?/

15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so." The world framed by the word is not as the ungodly men gather to spin conspiracy theories our walk should be as we stand on a holy ground.(Joshua.5.13-15)

The prayer of Ana - Continued

part 3

6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatnesse, and with the blood of lambes and goates, with the fat of the kidneys of rammes: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

It was God who did not allow Hannah to have children.

Hannah wasn't barren - because there's a difference between barrenness and God not permitting something.

Peninnah, her rival, would provoke and humiliate her. Because Peninnah had many children.

And you know - there are people who, even while producing a lot, still want to disturb you.

People who, even while doing a lot, earning more than you, still look at you and want to provoke you.

Peninnah also longed to be loved, but she didn't have that place in Elkanah's heart.

I just felt led to look at Peninnah's side of the story, because every person who wounds others is usually wounded themselves.

Peninnah kept bothering Hannah because she felt excluded, rejected.

That doesn't justify her actions toward Hannah, but she stepped into that place of bitterness, that place of rejection. ( Hebrews 12:15)

Did you get the emotional storyline?

Because there are emotional layers . We're talking about real people.

Peninnah was a difficult person - and she was chosen second.

Now imagine the atmosphere in that house: The children watching two grown women constantly clashing.

Because Hannah was the true lady of the house. but she was sad - because she couldn't give her husband a child.

And meanwhile, her rival Peninnah was always with Elkanah - It must have been heartbreaking.