"And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."
The Spirit spells out drkness as a dog and they seek a way to entangle the householder. A fitting commentary is on the evil spirit that gained entry in desolate places, which signify hearts. "But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him."(1 Sam.16.14). First we shall take up the case of Cain who was driven out from the presence of God ('from thy face shall I be hid'). How it fared in the old world?
God drove out man and woman from the garden of Eden, just as his Son cleared the temple, " And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." When challenged he gave them a sign "Jesus answered and said unto the Jews, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."( Jn 2. 17,19,21) It is thus God has made the heart 'after our likeness' so what does the risen Christ at the door indicate?The risen Christ supping with a believer that the temple which is his body shall be raised up. Three is a tag for the Son. Consequently there is no place for other things in your heart than the zeal for your house which is mount Sion, 'and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem' which is above.
We have come "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel"(Heb.12.23-24) As we are in Christ, a new creation the everlasting covenant is also new. The perfect will of the Father is unchanged.
God counsels Cain but to no avail. Having slain he is sent away. In the manner the old world was repe for destruction we may well remeber the parable of the unclean spirit Mt.12.43-45 "Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation
"And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."
The Spirit spells out drkness as a dog and they seek a way to entangle the householder. A fitting commentary is on the evil spirit that gained entry in desolate places, which signify hearts. "But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him."(1 Sam.16.14). First we shall take up the case of Cain who was driven out from the presence of God ('from thy face shall I be hid'). How it fared in the old world?
God drove out man and woman from the garden of Eden, just as his Son cleared the temple, " And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." When challenged he gave them a sign "Jesus answered and said unto the Jews, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."( Jn 2. 17,19,21) It is thus God has made the heart 'after our likeness' so what does the risen Christ at the door indicate?The risen Christ supping with a believer that the temple which is his body shall be raised up. Three is a tag for the Son. Consequently there is no place for other things in your heart than the zeal for your house which is mount Sion, 'and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem' which is above.
We have come "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel"(Heb.12.23-24) As we are in Christ, a new creation the everlasting covenant is also new. The perfect will of the Father is unchanged.
God counsels Cain but to no avail. Having slain he is sent away. In the manner the old world was repe for destruction we may well remeber the parable of the unclean spirit Mt.12.43-45 "Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation
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