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Have
you ever asked yourself ...
What
is
Truth
?
Where
can I find the Voice of Truth?
Who have I chosen to believe?
The Living God of
heaven and earth wants
your
heart and soul!
He has made the
way for
all mankind to
seek
His
purposes, ways, and
acts of love.
God
wants us to see through His
Heart!
He wants us to
hear His Holy Voice of
Spirit and Truth...
Receive
the
true
Light
of
His fullness of
grace and truth.
How?
Trust
in
and
rely
on
Jesus
Christ,
God's
only begotten Son.
ref.
John
1:14
Through
the
web
pages
of
regardless
of
your
age
or
circumstances,
you
will
experience
Covenant
Life
in
Christ's
Light
waiting
for
you
to discover!
God is a Covenant maker Who exercises and demonstrates His
supremacy
by ruling and reigning through Righteousness.
The path of Truth
and Spirit are for those who believe in
Christ the Light to the world!
As you receive
of Him and walk in His glorious Light your
past fades and focus on your
future radiates new zeal because you realize that your
future is
infinitely greater!
Your ability to receive and walk in the
glory of God continues to increase due to His favor
and grace upon you.
►Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and comes
down from
the Father of
lights... James
1:17 NKJV Bible
►In
Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.
John
1:5
Amplified
Bible
►While
you
have
the
Light,
believe
in
the
Light
[have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may
become sons
of the Light
and be filled with Light.
John
12:36a
Amplified
Bible
Did
you know Light is
referenced 263 times in the King James
Bible?
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God
is both Transcendent (possesses greatness & power)
and Immanent (demonstrates nearness &
presence)!
He
presents His Love for the world through
the work of His Son
and commands mankind to
receive Him or experience His wrath.
He is the originator; THE COVENANT MAKER.
Many do not
understand covenant.
It
is
very
necessary
that
we
do
not
negate
or
"stick
our heads in the sand" in regard
to the
full council of God. It is also very
important that we do not believe every
"wind of
doctrine."
The contemporary church is weak
because it has received false teaching within
the past 200 hundred years and has grown
complacent to study the scriptures without
presuppositions. There have been many major
movements of God in which
His sovereign
power was demonstrated by the Holy Spirit.
Yet, men have turned from seeking Him for the direction of the Lord
for the
restoration
of the Church of which Jesus Christ has destined to build.
The New
Covenant is alive and He has given His template for building the church
in the Canon of the New
Testament!
As God
desired to
give mankind a full understanding
of Himself,
He always presented His relationship as a Covenant Husband to a
Bride.
This theme can be observed from Genesis through Revelation.
The best Book to
observe the
foundation of Covenant is in
Deuteronomy.
Genesis gives us the
"first mentioned
principle" into the covenant
caring,
keeping, protecting character
of a faithful Husband.
We
will
see
these
traits
as
we
progress
in
this study of His bride, Israel.
Let us begin to
examine
this theme and how it may be
observed throughout
the
full Canon of the the Old and New Covenant.
God
both gives Law and exercises Law in which to rule in
Righteousness.
He is
the One Who established the principles of Life and
gave mankind
the command
to
exercise dominion over the earth. In the
creation, He made
man and woman and
herein
began administration of peace upon a world that had
been void,
without form
and was
filled with darkness.
God
made covenant with mankind from the
very beginning.
He
instructed them to care, keep and protect the garden
and not to take of the
"tree
of knowledge of good and evil (blessings and
curses)."
In
the
administration
of
His
creation,
God
established
a
legal
and
binding
agreement or treaty for His subjects. As we
grasp the
significance of this
"peace treaty" we will be able to see a Triune God
administrating dominion
both
in heaven
and earth and see that both good and evil are to be ruled, yes,
judged over
His created
creature.
He made all things to His glory and His glory
reflects His
image as He fills
all
things in heaven and earth.
Question? What was Adam male and Adam female to keep
and guard?
They were to exercise the will of God in the earth.
God
had
given
them
power
and
a
free
will
to exercise His
commands.
From
the
beginning,
Satan
was
a
defeated
foe.
He
stole
man's
position
of
grace
in
the
perfect
state
in the same manner He stole the position of grace of 1/3
of the angels of
heaven. There was guile (fraud, treachery, deceit,
cunning) in his mouth in
heaven and guile in his mouth in the Garden. He planted
the seeds of guile
that
manifested
rebellion,
a
fruit
of
unrighteousness
(evil)
and
resulted in
wrath,
the
judgment
sentence
of
death
to
the
angels and to
mankind.
Adam
and
Eve
suffered
both
spiritual
and
physical
death in the covenant
judgment and lost the blessing of the dominion mandate.
Since the Lord Jesus has fulfilled all
things, we need to be sensitive of those things
the Bible has declared and
revealed. How do we learn of the things He has revealed ?
God honors His Word
above His
name
doesn't He?
He honors His Son, the Word manifested in
flesh, sinless and without guile
above all things! Have
you ever thought as to why the Holy
Spirit had the word
"guile"
penned?
1
Peter 2:22 AMP
22
He
was
guilty
of
no
sin,
neither
was
deceit (guile) ever found on His
lips. [Isa 53:9.]
23
When
He
was
reviled
and
insulted,
He
did not revile or offer insult
in return; [when]
He
was
abused
and
suffered,
He
made
no
threats [of vengeance]; but he
trusted
[Himself and everything] to Him Who judges fairly.
This
declaration enables us to clearly see the contrast of righteousness to
unrighteousness. We see the foundations built into the New
Covenant: Jesus Christ,
Let us dig into
our study and ask the question: What does Covenant reveal?
The beauty of asking the proper questions is
that the Holy Spirit will lead us into the
Word of God and shine His light upon it
that we may receive the divine nuggets!
The following five steps are both applicable
to the principles of Life on the earth and
in heaven. Have you prayed the
"Lord's
Prayer? Is it simply something you do?
Do you pray it expecting to hear and see God
answer the petition?
Do you believe what you pray? Are you open to
an open heaven demonstrated on earth?
The insights into
Covenant are golden threads that
weave through every aspect
of God's Word. God's Covenants are legal
and binding agreements or treaties.
He honors His
Word! Here is an example
of God answering the prayer that things
be done in
earth as they are in heaven.!
As we seek, we will find this pattern in heaven and earth. Both heaven
and earth
are revealed in Covenant...
Covenant reveals:
1. An Identification of the One who
rules... the King or originator of the agreement.
2. The historical events that are the
foundations and purposes for which the
covenant
was
established.
3. The conditions, stipulations, and terms
for governance of the agreement..
(ie.
The
guide
to
citizenship
or
membership.)
4. The sanctions... spells out the warning or
promise of judgment to offenders.
5. Succession... a system of
reconfirming the treaty upon the death of the originator,
the ruler. It specifies the
provisions and administration (mediator) of completing
the judgments
(blessings or curses) upon
the subjects and future generations.
(For an indepth study of this pattern,
written in his own unique style,
see Ray Sutton, That You
May Prosper: Dominion Covenant)
The Holy
Bible is a Book about covenants.
It is God's written revelation of
Himself.
It was written to reveal God's love for
mankind.
It takes into account the principles and
actions of judgment
and His coming to us as the mediator, the Lord
Jesus Christ.
It is the account of His relationship with both the
physical church
of the wilderness and the spiritual church,
the Body of Christ.
Without Covenant there would be no Biblical
history.
Without Covenant there would be no need of
Law.
Covenant
gives
meaning
to
Law.
Without Covenant there would be no need for
prophets.
Covenant
gives
meaning
to
prophecy.
Question?
How
does
prophecy
give
meaning
to
God's
Covenants?
Biblical
prophecy
is
the
decree,
declaration
and
proclamation
for
evaluation
of
man's
ethical
actions
toward
God's
Word
of
command
and
promises.
Biblical
prophecy is not "prediction" in
the
occult
sense
of
"seers"
such
as
Nostradamus,
Edgar
Cayce,
and
Jean
Dixon.
Old
Testament Prophets were God's legal
emissaries to Israel and the nations
as "prosecuting attorneys" bringing
announcement of
God's Covenant Lawsuit
against the offenders of the Covenant.
They decreed a
judgment message from
God against the rebellious
violators. God administrated
His wrath and vengeance
according to the stipulations of the
Covenant. The Lord Jesus told the disciples
on the mount of
Olives what they could expect to experience during their
lifetime
in the 24th chapter of Matthew.
He spoke about the desolation that would
be sent to apostate Israel.
He also revealed the same to Apostle
John
in the Book of
Revelation.
The Book of Revelation is a
prophecy of Covenant.
It demonstrates wrath against
apostate Israel which irrevocably turned away
from the Covenant in her total rejection of
Christ. It depicts other things we will
study in later writings in The
Prophetic
Voice
Newsletters.
The Book of Revelation gives us
commandments to keep.
The 1st century saints were to
heed its instructions.
Jesus had proclaimed to His disciples on
Mount Olive the coming
of the Great Tribulation. Now, He
instructs John to write and distribute
to the seven churches what John hears
and
sees coming upon them
that they may know He is alive, the King
of kings and Lord of lords!
Apostle John warned that the time was near which emphasized the
contemporary
relevance of the prophecy. He
repeated the warning at
the end of the Book.
Revelation 22:6-7 AMP
6
And
he
[of
the
seven
angels
further]
said to me, These statements are
reliable
(worthy of confidence) and genuine (true).
And the Lord, the God of the spirits
of the prophets, has sent His messenger (angel) to
make known and exhibit
to His
servants what must soon
come to pass.
7
And
behold,
I
am
coming
speedily.
Blessed
(happy and to be envied) is
he who
observes and lays to heart and keeps the
truths of the
prophecy (the predictions,
consolations, and warnings) contained in this
[little] book.
Revelation 22:10 AMP
10 And he [further] told me, Do not seal up
the words of the prophecy of this book
and make no secret of them, for the time when
things are brought to a crisis and
the period of their
fulfillment is near.
The
ancient world, A.D. 67-70, would soon be shook and kingdoms would
crumble
to their foundation. First century
Christians needed the Revelation John wrote of
what he heard, saw and wrote of Jesus
Christ on the Throne ruling the nations.
It was to be a steady guide during the period of
dramatic change which was to come.
The end
of their known world was coming, the "Last
Days" of the Old World order,
the governing of the world around the central
sanctuary in Jerusalem was to be
destroyed in their generation. God
had established a new nation, a new priesthood,
a new humanity worshiping in the new
sanctuary... Spiritual Israel, New Jerusalem,
Spiritual Mt. Zion, The New Heaven and
Earth!!
The 1st century Christians
needed this revelation
knowledge of the Lord!
Ephesians 2:19-22 AMP
19
Therefore
you
are
no
longer
outsiders
(exiles,
migrants, and aliens,
excluded
from the rights of citizens), but you now
share citizenship with the saints
(God's own people, consecrated and set apart for
Himself); and you belong to God's
[own] household.
20
You
are
built
upon
the
foundation
of
the apostles and prophets with
Christ Jesus
Himself
the
chief
Cornerstone.
21
In
Him
the
whole
structure
is
joined
(bound, welded) together
harmoniously,
and
it
continues
to
rise
(grow,
increase)
into
a holy temple in the
Lord [a sanctuary
dedicated,
consecrated,
and
sacred
to
the
presence
of
the Lord].
22
In
Him
[and
in
fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are
being built
up [into
this
structure]
with
the
rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling
place) of
God in (by,
through)
the
Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:17b AMP
For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him)
and that [temple] you
[the believing church and its individual
believers] are.
1 Corinthians 6:19 AMP
19 Do you not know that your body is the
temple (the very sanctuary) of the
Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you
have received
[as a Gift] from God?
You are not your own,
The Lord of
Glory, Jesus Christ, had ascended to the Throne
of David and the ungodly rulers
of Israel were resisting His authority by
persecuting
His brethren.
The suffering of Christians was not a sign
that the Lord had deserted His followers
nor abandoned the world to the devil.
In the contrary, their persecutions revealed that
He was the Ruling King.
If the Lordship of Jesus Christ was
historically meaningless,
the ungodly would
not have had reason to pursue the Christians. But
instead, the hate
possessed
Jewish leaders, persecuted those who responded to
the
Gospel and followed
Christ.
The Jewish leaders continued to demonstrate
their unwillingness to recognize
King Jesus' supremacy over their rule.
The holocaust of A.D.
70 was the restitution
demanded for the theft and slaughter
of the Old Testament prophets, the
crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ and the
New
Testament
martyrs. This A.D. 70 judgment took place 40 years after the
ascension,
enthronement and outpouring of the Holy Ghost!
The Covenant is spelled out in
Deuteronomy 23 through 29 and in Leviticus.
You are encouraged to read them that they will
demonstrate what
is being written here
regarding the wrath
and vengeance of God.
The Great Tribulation and the total
destruction of Jerusalem was a legal
action against violation of the Covenant, a
predisclosed
judgment that
came upon Jerusalem A.D. 67 through A.D. 70.
Today's
church
has
mostly
delayed Christ's
kingship also.
Many have barred the Holy Spirit from active
participation in their services
which have been reduced to the letter of the
law and
man-made programs.
Many scores of believers, trapped as
"futurists," and
"doom sayers" presuppose
Christ is going to "rapture" a weak
church out of a coming doom and holocaust
and then return and set up an earthly throne.
They promote that... His kingdom
and rule is in the future and as such it cannot be
the victorious and powerful church Jesus
himself proclaimed!
Matthew
16:18
AMP
...I
will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the
infernal region)
shall
not
overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out
against it].
The council of my Bible does not preclude
"rapture," future establishment of another
throne, nor a defeated church. My
Bible records that
Christians since the 1st century
are to be victorious on earth and have
had the
call to rule and reign with the King,
Jesus Christ seated in "heavenly places."
Ephesians
2:6-8
AMP
6
And
He
raised
us
up
together
with
Him
and made us sit down together
[giving
us
joint
seating
with
Him]
in
the
heavenly
sphere [by virtue of our being]
in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed one).
7
He
did
this
that
He
might
clearly
demonstrate
through the ages to come the
immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His
free grace (His unmerited favor)
in
[His]
kindness
and
goodness
of
heart
toward
us
in Christ Jesus.
8
For
it
is
by
free
grace
(God's
unmerited
favor) that you are saved ( delivered from
judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation)
through [your] faith.
And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your
own doing, it came not through your
own striving], but it is the gift of God;
Yes! God is Love. God is Faith.
God is Good. God is Merciful. God is powerful!
God is also
a God of righteous indignation
when mankind continues to ignore
the Scriptures and deny His Lordship and
Kingship
which has
been operational
for 2000+ years. God is waiting
for His people to trust in Him and yield to His pattern
for building His Church and extending the Kingdom
of Heaven throughout the earth!
What should we do with the following verses?
Should we cut them out of our Bibles?
Perhaps we
should just ignore them if they do
not fit into our "theology."
Better yet, let's justify their value as
nullified since we now have the New Covenant!
Who needs the Old Testament? Jesus
set
us free. There is no condemnation.
I can do what I want! The Law of
Sin and Death is not in force anymore.
BUT, what about this?
Nahum
1:2-3 AMP
2
The
Lord
is
a
jealous
God
and
avenging;
the Lord avenges and He is full of
wrath.
The
Lord
takes
vengeance
on
His
adversaries
and
reserves wrath for His
enemies.
[Ex
20:5.]
3
The
Lord
is
slow
to
anger
and
great in power and will by no means
clear the guilty.
The
Lord
has
His
way
in
the
whirlwind
and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust
of
His
feet.
[Ex
34:6,7.]
Have you read
the
prophetic declarations for the year 2010 and 2011?
Seriously, folks! Can we get
serious about the whole council of God?
Can we start
rightly dividing the Word?
His coming in the
clouds brings judgment and
deliverance in history.
When we understand and study God's cloud, we
see the revelation and demonstration
of His Throne. He is the King!
His Covenant provides that He comes
to protect His people and destroy the wicked!
Salvation in Jesus Christ protects us from
wrath and fulfills the New Covenant promises!
Phil
1:19-23 AMP
19
For I am well assured and indeed know that through your prayers and
a bountiful supply
of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (the Messiah)
this will turn out for my preservation (for the spiritual
health and welfare of my own soul) and avail
toward the saving work of the Gospel.
20
This is in keeping with my own eager desire and persistent
expectation and hope,
that I shall not disgrace myself nor be put to
shame in anything; but that with the utmost freedom
of speech and unfailing courage, now as always
heretofore, Christ (the Messiah) will be magnified
and get glory and praise in this body of mine and
be boldly exalted in my person, whether through
(by) life or through (by) death.
21
For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the
gain of the glory of eternity].
22
If, however, it is to be life in the flesh and I am to live on here,
that means fruitful service for me;
so I can say nothing as to my personal
preference [I cannot choose],
23
But I am hard pressed between the two. My yearning desire is to
depart (to be free of this world,
to set forth) and be with Christ, for that is
far, far better;
He is the
King!
Daniel
7:13-14
KJV
13
I
saw
in
the
night
visions,
and,
behold, one like
the Son of man came
with
the
clouds
of
heaven,
and
came
to
the Ancient of days, and
they brought
him near
before
him.
14
And
there
was
given
him
dominion,
and
glory, and
a kingdom, that all people,
nations,
and languages, should serve him: his
dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that
which shall not be
destroyed.
Upon His ascension
Jesus was made King! Within 40 years, A.D. 70, the then know
Roman world
(both Jews and
Gentiles) had been delivered the message of the Kingdom that Jesus was
Lord
and Christ
was sitting on the throne of King David.
The New Covenant Church of Jew and Gentile (united
in Christ) had been
established and the
letters of the apostles of New Israel had been
written.
The Lord came in
consistent manner as depicted in the imagery of all
writers.
He came in the clouds as the Edomite and Roman army
to
destroy
the Old that the New would
be established! God is the same. The presence
and
activity of God in the Cloud
was to the Egyptians a terrifying omen of their
destruction, but for
the Covenant
people, He was the Comforter and Savior.
Apostle John
was translated
into heaven that he might
write the Book of Revelation to be distributed to
the
seven churches and
read that it give the saints
and leaders (elders)
of the city
churches composed
of home allotments. strength,
hope and
assurance.
The prophecy of the Reveltion was sent for
encouragement and
edification of the
persecuted
church. It was a document for the people of God in
that
generation of the eye-witness disciples
from their Comforter and Savior. It was not
about missiles, atom
bombs, spaceships,
World War I,
World War II, Iran's build up of nuclear weapons,
the
terrorist attack on the
World trade
center
or the Twin towers, etc.
Hear what the Spirit of the Lord has to say to
the
Church...
Habakkuk hears
the decree of the Lord and with poetic
Old Testament imagery
prophesies:
Hab
3:10-13 NKJV
10
The
mountains
saw
You
and
trembled;
The
overflowing
of
the
water
passed
by.
The
deep
uttered
its
voice,
And
lifted
its
hands
on
high.
11
The
sun
and
moon
stood
still
in
their habitation;
At
the
light
of
Your
arrows
they
went,
At
the
shining
of
Your
glittering
spear.
12
You
marched
through
the
land
in
indignation;
You
trampled
the
nations
in
anger.
13
You
went
forth
for
the
salvation
of
Your people,
For
salvation
with
Your
Anointed.
You
struck
the
head
from
the
house
of
the wicked,
By
laying
bare
from
foundation
to
neck.
God proclaimed
through the prophets of the "last
days" and the "end time"
that was coming to His Covenant people, the
Jewish nation.
The Son
of Man came and also prophesied the end
of the Old Covenant with
the coming destruction of
Herod's temple the center of worship for all Jews.
Matthew
24:1-2 AMP
24:1
JESUS
DEPARTED
from
the
temple
area
and
was going on His way when
His disciples
came
up
to
Him
to
call
His
attention
to the buildings of the
temple
and point them out to
Him.
2
But
He
answered
them,
Do
you
see
all these? Truly I tell you, there
will not be
left here
one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.
Matthew
24:14-15 AMP
4
And
this
good
news
of
the
kingdom
(the Gospel) will be preached
throughout
the whole world as a testimony to all the
nations, and then will come the end.
15 So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that
astonishes and
makes
desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy
Place-
-let the reader take notice and ponder and consider
and heed [this]--
[Dan 9:27;
11:31; 12:11.]
SEE The Prophetic
Voice Newsletter Issue 21
for more insight into the destruction
of the Temple and the accounting of the "last
days" or "end time."
Matthew
24:32-34 AMP
32
From
the
fig
tree
learn
this
lesson:
as soon as its young shoots
become soft
and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know
of a surety that summer is near.
33
So
also
when
you
see
these
signs,
all taken together, coming to
pass,
you may know of a surety that He is near, at the
very doors.
34
Truly
I
tell
you,
this
generation
(
the whole multitude of people
living at the
same time, in a definite, given period) will not
pass away till all these things
taken together take place.
Yes, God is Love. God is Faith. God is
Good. God is Merciful.
The Lord Jesus came in the clouds to protect His
Church! God is powerful!
The Kingdom is a
Now Kingdom!
Luke
11:9-10 AMP
9
So
I
say
to
you,
Ask
and
keep on asking and it shall be given
you; seek and keep
on
seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on
knocking and the door shall be
opened to you.
10
For
everyone
who
asks
and
keeps
on
asking receives; and he who seeks
and
keeps on
seeking
finds;
and
to
him
who
knocks
and
keeps on knocking,
the door
shall be opened.
May you
be
encouraged to continue to seek the
nuggets of divine inspiration:
Light of Truth
Light of Life
Light of the Spirit
May God
richly bless and keep you!
Ron Gann and
Phyllis Gann
Heart of God
Ministries International
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