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The
Lord Jesus
Christ is
Building His
Universal
Church!
Peter
preaches the
Gospel!
Acts 2:14-39
There
are 7
Absolutes that
the Lord gave
to His sent
ones,
His Vanguard
Leaders, the
forerunners,
the
apostolic-prophetic
builders of
the
Church.
[Matthew
10:2-4]
1. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
that the
promise to
David
and the
father’s of
Israel
concerning
Messiah’s
Kingdom
has already
been fulfilled
in the
resurrection
of Jesus.
2. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
of Kingdom
Initiation...
the proper
response to
the Gospel is
to repent,
be baptized,
receive the
gift of the
Holy Spirit,
and be added
to the Lord’s
Church...the
heavenly
assembly.
3. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
that the New
Covenant
in the Blood
of Jesus
Christ Is the
Promised
Blessing or
Mercies of
David.
4. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
that the
church is
Zion,
the promised
House of
David.
5. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
that the
Jewish Age
is behind the
Church, not
ahead of the
Church.
6. Scripture
reveals
the
Understanding
of the
Apostolic
Government
(the
Apostolate) is
the basis of
the church's
Unity
and the
foundation or
Key to the
Church's
Success.
7. Scripture
reveals the
Understanding
that the
nations are a
vital
part of the
Church's
Heritage.
In the Old Covenant, Father God's "Word of the
Lord" came to
Prophet
Zechariah saying:
Zechariah
6:12-13
AMP
12 And say to
him, Thus says
the Lord of
hosts: [You,
Joshua] behold
(look at, keep
in sight,
watch) the Man
[the Messiah]
whose name
is the Branch,
for He
shall grow up
in His place
and He shall
build the
[true] temple
of the Lord.
13 Yes, [you
are building a
temple of the
Lord, but] it
is He Who
shall build
the [true] temple
of the Lord,
and He shall
bear the honor
and glory
[as of the
only begotten
of the
Father] and
shall sit and
rule upon His
throne.
And He shall
be a Priest
upon His
throne, and the
counsel of
peace
shall be
between the
two
[offices--Priest
and King].
The New
Creation...
the
'born-again'
of the Holy
Spirit is the
'true temple'
proclaimed!
The
announcement
of the 'Priest
upon His
throne' is the
King- Priest
of the Order
of Melchizedek
"the King of
Righteousness"
Hebrews 7:1-3
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;
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;
3 Without
father,
without
mother,
without
descent,
having neither
beginning
of days, nor
end of life;
but made like
unto the Son
of God; abides
a
priest
continually.
Heb 5:5-6 NKJV
So also Christ did
not glorify Himself to become High
Priest,
but it was He who said to
Him:
"You are My Son,
Today I have begotten
You."
6 As He also says in
another place:
"You are a priest
forever
According to the
order of Melchizedek";
In the New Covenant,
the scriptures affirm that the Lord
Jesus was sent
to proclaim the
Kingdom of Righteousness and to destroy
the works
of the devil!
The Lord Jesus was sent to destroy the
works of the devil!
Apostate
Israel was the works of the devil!
This web page may open
spiritual understanding
and bring Christ's ministry into focus.
Matt 16:18-19 NKJV
18
And I also say
to you that
you are Peter,
and on this
rock I will
build
My church, and
the gates of
Hades shall
not prevail
against
it.
(HGMI
note: the
gates of
Hades/Hell are
the open doors
to the works
and
manifestations
of the kingdom
of darkness
which are
destruction,
thievery and
death.
In the New Covenant
the Lord makes the declaration
of
Matthew 18
that confirms the
prophetic decrees
of the Old Testament prophets
Jeremiah 33:15,
Isaiah 4:2 and Zechariah 3:8.
Christ proclaims
that The Church is to be built upon
the revelation and
confession of
Peter: "Jesus
Christ is the Son of the Living God!"
He is the Branch,
the Righteous "shoot stock" of the
Davidic Vine
of the nation of
Israel and the fulfillment of God's
promise to David!
Jeremiah
23:5-6
5 Behold, the
days are coming, says the Lord, when
I will raise up to David
a righteous
Branch (Sprout), and He
will reign as King and do wisely and
will execute
justice and righteousness in
the land.
6 In His days
Judah shall be saved and Israel
shall dwell safely: and this
is His name by
which He shall be
called: The Lord Our Righteousness.
Matthew
1:21-23
21 She will bear
a Son, and you shall call His name
Jesus [the Greek form
of the Hebrew
Joshua, which means
Savior], for He will save His people
from their sins
[that is, prevent them from failingand
missing the true end
and scope of
life, which is God].
22 All this took
place that it might be fulfilled
which the Lord had spoken
through the
prophet,
23 Behold, the
virgin shall become pregnant and
give birth to a Son,
and they shall
call His nameEmmanuel--which,
when translated, means,
God with us.
[also see Isaiah 7:14.]
God Declares and
Decrees His Plans and His Purposes
by the mouth of the
prophets!
God is
Building ONE Church!
Romans
3:21-30 KJV
21
But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested,
being witnessed by
the law and the prophets;
22 Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus
Christ unto
all and upon all
them that
believe: for there is no difference:
(HGMI note:
The Gospel of Christ was given to
all mankind, both the Jew
and the
Gentile!
1. The
apostles of the Lamb were sent to
the Jews...
"the Jewish apostolic mission"
2. The
ascension-gift apostles were sent to
the Gentiles...
"the Gentile apostolic mission")
The same Gospel
was preached to Jew and Gentile!
Peter, John
and Paul are cited as doing "works
of the ministry"
in both
missions... Peter and John in
Samaria, Peter at Cornelius house
and Paul to
the synods in Asia: the Gospel
declared first to the Jew and
then to the
Gentile in each city Paul visited.
THE KEY POINT is
that THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO
BOTH! WHY?
23
For all have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God;
24 Being
justified freely by his grace through
the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus:
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;
26 To declare, I say, at
this time his righteousness: that he
might be just,
and the justifier of him which
believes in Jesus.
27 Where is boasting
then? It is excluded. By what law? of
works?
Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude
that a man is justified by faith
without
the deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of
the Jews only? Is he not also of the
Gentiles?
Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God,
which shall
justify the circumcision by
faith,
and uncircumcision through faith.
The Church of
Jesus Christ is separate from man's
religious practices
of idolatry and
Jesus is not denominational,
traditional, religious, or orthodox.
He is the author
of the Spiritual church. He
gave His word that He would build
it for His
purposes.
He is Head of the
Body, His Bride, the New Testament
Spiritual Church.
The Church is the
Heavenly Assembly! It is
SPIRITUAL!
We are limited only by what we
choose to believe, receive and act
upon.
Do you believe
that Lord Jesus loves the Church,
His Church,
and gave His life
to make it the Glorious
Church!
The Church was
established to be His Glorious
Bride!
It was
established to be the instrument to
extend the Kingdom of God
in the earth...
filled with the Glory of God by the
working manifested
Person of God,
the Holy Ghost... that the knowledge
of the Glory of God
would cover the
earth as the waters cover the
seas!
It was
established to wage war against the
enemy of God, the devil Satan,
the accuser, and to
war against evil.
It was
established to demonstrate His
Kingdom power on earth against all
sickness and
lack.
It is the Lamp
Stand to hold up the
Truth... the Light of Christ to the
world to
disperse the spiritual
darkness
that
has it in captivity to the
bondage of evil.
The Holy
Spirit a Person of the
Godhead... Spirit and
Truth...He is not a thing,
a
principle, a doctrine.
He is the 3rd Person of the
Trinity of God.
The Body of
Christ is "City set on a hill"
for all to behold and Come to
His
Marvelous
Light! It is the
Holy Spirit that woes one to
Christ. He comes to us.
He convicts
our heart. He converts
us out of darkness into the
Light of Christ.
Christ's
One Holy Apostolic
Church is
the entity that holds up truth
to the
world! Truth comes
by the Word of God which was
penned by faithful
men as the Holy
Ghost inspired them to
write. Truth came by
demonstration
of the Presence
and work of the Holy
Spirit. The Book of
Genesis through the
Book of
Revelation of Jesus Christ, it
is the Holy Spirit that
demonstrates
the existence of
the Living God.
1
Timothy 3:15b Amp
...the
household of God, which is the
church of the living God, the
pillar
and stay (the
prop and support) of the
Truth.
Let our foundation in Him be
built on
the
Truth,
Life
and Spirit of God through the
Light of Christ
!
The
following is
the Light of
Truth:
The Lord
Jesus Christ
is the Head of
One Church,
and the King
of the
Universe
ruling today
in heaven on
the eternal
throne of
David!
Revelation
1:5; 2 Samuel
7:11; Acts
2:29-36; Acts
13:26-34 Psalm
2:6;
Psalm 110:1 and others:
Psalms 2, 16, 18, 22, 45, 72,
110, 122
He is
ruling His One
Body by the testimony
of the Gospel
and by
the abiding
Presence of the
Holy Spirit to mature
the Church that the
nations of the
earth
be filled with
the
knowledge
of the Glory
of God.
His Church is
destined as
holy, radiant
and full of
goodness and
mercy!
Habakkuk
2:14
KJV
For the earth shall be
filled with the knowledge of
the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
2
Corinthians
4:6 KJV
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.
He is
ruling His One
Body
by the
testimony of
the Gospel.
John
21:24;
Acts 14:3; 1
Cor. 1:6;
2:1-2; 2 Cor.
1:12-14; 2
Thess.
1:10-12;
2 Tim.
1:8-10; Heb.
3:5-14; Rev.
1:2; 1:9; 6:9;
12:11; 12:17;
15:16; 19:10.
The Invisible...
Universal Church of Jesus Christ
is a Spiritual Church.
It
is
endowed
in
a
supernatural
union
as
a
Spiritual
Body
for
the
habitation
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
with
Jesus
Christ
as
the
Head.
We are called to love
and pray for
it... even weep for it even though
we have not seen it as yet
in its fullness
of Glory!
The Visible... Church is
the "Local Church."
It is endowed
with groups of believers in given
localities.
The "local"
church of the "locality" gathers
together unto the
Lord Jesus Christ
under the function and oversight of
the
ascension
ministry gifts... the 5-fold
apostolate.
These localities
may be home ministries as in the 1st
century.
Anywhere two are
more can come together in the name
of the Lord,
Jesus Christ...
God is in the midst of them!
The Local church
is to be established and rooted in
the divine principles
and doctrines of
Christ and
locally
governed by
the Holy Ghost
working in the
assembly of
believers, yet,
also in
fellowship
with other
groups of believers...
locally,
regionally, nationally and
globally.
How? By the
rank and file of the Heavenly
assembly worshiping and praising
One God
yet, 3 Persons of The Triune
God!
We are to
be His Body laboring in the Father's
field doing His works as He
manifests His
empowerment via the Holy Ghost!.
We are to
declare and demonstrate His Kingdom
to all nations that He may
gather His people
unto Himself. Signs, wonders
and miracles follow believers!
Matthew
18:20; John 4:24; Romans 10:9-10;
Matthew 28 19-20;
Ephesians
4:8-13; Acts
2:42-47; Hebrews 8:1-2; 1
Corinthians 11:23-30;
Philippians 1:1; Revelation 1:1
Church
is
One.
The
whole is
represented by
its parts.
(Rom.
1:4;
12:5; 1
Cor.10:17;
12:12-13;
12:20; Eph.
2:16; 4:4-8;
Col. 3:15)
The
parts are the
myriad of
allotments of
believers
established in
valid order
under
the guidance
of the Holy
Spirit and
the fellowship
of apostles,
prophets,
evangelists, pastors
and
teachers
appointed
by the Lord
Jesus Christ
called
the
"apostolate.
"
The apostolate
is the New
Testament
Fellowship
of the Body
in
Communion with
the Father,
and Son via
the Holy
Spirit
and one
another.
Vanguard
leaders step
forth as
called and
commissioned
by the Lord to
give guidance
in
discipleship
for teaching
the culture
of the Kingdom
of
Righteousness.
Online
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Fellowship
Apostolic
Ministry
Daily Inspirations!
The
Church...
It is
the Body of
the Living
God
established to
be obedient to
One
Faith.
It
is
multi-generational,
multi-cultural,
multi-diverse in
localities, but
accounted
One in the
Gospel entrusted
to the apostles
of the Lamb and
the
generational
ascension-gifts
of Christ...
the One
Apostolate of
the
King.
Acts
1:20-26
AMP
20
For
in the book of
Psalms it is
written, Let his
place of
residence become
deserted and
gloomy,and let
there be no
one to live in
it; and
[again],
Let another
take his
position
or overseership.
[Ps 69:25;
109:8.]
[Note:
An overseer is
a function not
a
title...
"bishops"
denote
"overseers":
(5-fold
elders/ "gifts
of men"
divinely
called by
Christ of whom
He commissions
and appoints
to train,
equip
and empower
the saints...
these grace
gifts are
evident in the
Holy Spirit's
leading and
empowerment.
These graces
are recognized
by the
administration
of the Gifts
of the
Spirit.
Ordination is
first of God
and then
may be
recognized and
certified by
witnesses of
other 5-fold
servants.
To be ordained
does not
require a
graduate
degree from a
bible college.
That has been
instituted by
the dictates
of men and not
of the Holy
Spirit.
21
So one of the
[other] men
who have
accompanied us
[apostles]
during
all the time
that the Lord
Jesus
went in and
out among us,
22
From the
baptism of
John at the
outset until
the day when
He was taken
up from among
us-- one
of
these men must
join with us
and become
a witness to
testify to His
resurrection.
23 And they
accordingly
proposed
(nominated)
two men,
Joseph called
Barsabbas, who
was surnamed
Justus,
and Matthias.
24
And they
prayed and
said, You,
Lord, Who know
all hearts
(their
thoughts,
passions,
desires, appetites,
purposes, and
endeavors),
indicate to us
which
one of these
two You have
chosen
25
To take the
place in this
ministry and
receive the
position
of an apostle,
from which
Judas fell away
and
went astray to
go [where he
belonged] to
his
own [proper]
place.
26
And they drew
lots [between
the two], and
the lot fell
on Matthias;
and he
was added to
and counted
with the
eleven
apostles
(special
messengers).
[Note:
in verse 25,
"position" is
again
designated as
"function" not
as "title."
The eleven
apostles
were charged
by the Lord to
go forth as
"special
messengers"
"sent ones" in
preaching and
demonstration
of the
Resurrected
Christ... not
as "titled
lord's" over
people and
nations.
These
Vanguard
leaders were
to carry, to
proclaim,
decree,
declare and
impart the
testimony and
evidence of
the Living
King...
Judas and
Matthias would
not have been
considered but
by their "knowledge,
encounter
(experience)
in Christ
and witness
of the
Resurrection
."
He is, TODAY,
the eternal
ruling King of
all things in
heaven and
earth.]
On the Day of
Pentecost,
Peter declares
Christ's
Enthronement
Acts
2:32-36
KJV
32 This
Jesus hath God
raised up,
whereof we all
are witnesses.
33 Therefore
being by the
right hand of
God exalted,
and having
received of
the Father
the
promise of the
Holy Ghost, he
hath shed
forth this,
which ye now
see and hear.
34 For David
is not
ascended into
the heavens:
but he saith
himself,
The LORD said
unto my
Lord, Sit thou
on my right
hand,
35 Until I
make thy foes
thy footstool.
36 Therefore
let all the
house of
Israel know
assuredly,
that God hath
made that same
Jesus,
whom ye have
crucified,
both Lord and
Christ.
The
New Covenant,
The Church of
the New Born
Israel, The
One Holy
Apostolic
Church of
the Lord Jesus
Christ is
ordained by
Father God.
It
is
One Church:
Heb
12:23 NASU
"...to the
general
assembly and
church of the
firstborn
who are
enrolled in
heaven,"
The New
Creation of
the Spirit;
Spiritual
Kingdom of
Israel;
The Church of
the First
Born: (The Son
of God,
Jesus Christ);
The General
Assembly of
Heaven;
The New
Jerusalem;
Spiritual
Zion.
It is composed
of myriads of
allotments
around the
globe actively
expanding the
Kingdom of God
in the earth
during the age
and reign
of Messiah's
Day; Christ's
current Millennial
Reign is a
"progression
of time" and
currently
expands across
two
millenniums.
Messiah's Day
was
established in
the
Resurrection,
the Ascension
and the
Enthronement
of Christ as
King and High
Priest.
Messiah's
Day (the day
of His
coronation,
His
appointment of
rule),
was confirmed
on the
Day of
Pentecost as
evidenced by
the outpouring
of the
promised Holy
Spirit of
which we
witnessed in
the scripture
passages
of Acts
2:29-36
above!
The successful
established
Church through
work of the
ministry as
charged
in the Great
Commission of
Christ to the
Apostles of
the Lamb and
the
subsequent
work of Paul
an
ascension-gift
apostle to the
Gentiles along
with his
apostolic
teams
corresponded
with the
"Sign of the
Kingdom"...
1. the
destruction of
Jerusalem
2. the earthly
defiled and
destroyed
Jewish Temple
in the year 70
AD.
Acts
1:6-8 AMP
6 So when they were
assembled, they asked Him,
Lord, is this the time when
You
will reestablish
the kingdom and restore it
to Israel?
7
He said to them, It is not
for you to become acquainted
with and know
what time brings
[the things and events of
time and their definite
periods]
or
fixed years and seasons
(their critical niche in
time), which the Father has
appointed (fixed and
reserved) by His own
choice and authority and
personal power.
8 But you shall receive
power (ability, efficiency,
and might) when the Holy
Spirit
has
come upon you, and
you shall be My witnesses in
Jerusalem and all Judea
and
Samaria and
to the ends (the very
bounds) of the earth.
The
Universal
Church of Jesus
Christ is a
Spiritual
Church.
Who is
the the NEW
LIFE: New
Creation, the Perfect Man,
the
Kingdom of Israel, the New
Jerusalem?
Romans 10:10-13
AMP
10 For
with the heart a person
believes (adheres to, trusts
in, and relies
on
Christ) and so
is justified (declared
righteous, acceptable to
God), and
with the mouth he confesses
(declares openly and
speaks out freely his faith)
and
confirms [his] salvation.
11
The Scripture says, No man
who believes in Him [who
adheres to, relies on,
and
trusts in Him] will
[ever] be put to shame or be
disappointed.
[Ps 34:22; Isa 28:16; 49:23;
Jer 17:7.]
12[No one] for there is no
distinction between Jew and
Greek.
The
same Lord is Lord over
all [of us] and He
generously bestows His
riches
upon all who call upon Him [in
faith].
13
For everyone who calls upon
the name of the Lord
[invoking Him as Lord]
will be saved.
[Joel 2:32.]
All
who believe in Jesus Christ as
the Son of God are One in Him.
His Church
as the Body in Christ, in His
perfect image, is personified
as
the New
Creation, the
Perfect Man,
the Kingdom of
Israel, the
fulfillment
of the promise
of Abraham and
of David... The
New Jerusalem!
The
Lord Jesus
came to
establish One
people of God
not two
distinct
peoples having two sets of
rules and two
ways to enter
into eternal
life!
The Church as
His Body is
His Family! He
has ONE
Family!
The New
Covenant has
made us His
brothers and
sisters.
Romans
8:29
(He is) "the
first born
among many
brethern."
Hebrews
2:11-12
AMP
11
For
both He Who
sanctifies
[making men
holy] and
those who are
sanctified all
have one
[Father]. For
this reason He
is not ashamed
to call
them brethren;
12 For He
says, I will
declare Your
[the Father's]
name to My
brethren;
in the midst
of the
[worshiping]
congregation I
will sing
hymns
of praise to
You.
Those
who do His
will are His
family!
Matthew
12:50
AMP
For
whoever does
the will of My
Father in
heaven is My
brother
and sister and
mother!
The
local church
is the Family
of God joined
by the
Universal Body
by the
Blood
of Jesus
Christ.
We are
heirs of His
life,
covenant,
benefits, and
will.
The same Spirit that anointed Him anoints us!
The Holy
Ghost, He is
THE
Anointing!
He is the
Divine 'Oil'
of God that
fuels the FIRE
of God!
Romans 8:15-17
Amp
15
For [the
Spirit which]
you have now
received [is]
not a spirit
of slavery
to put you
once more in
bondage to
fear, but you
have received
the Spirit
of adoption
[the Spirit
producing
sonship]
in [the bliss
of] which we
cry,
Abba (Father)!
Father!
16 The
Spirit Himself
[thus]
testifies
together with
our own
spirit,
[assuring us]
that we are
children
of God.
17 And if we
are [His]
children, then
we are [His]
heirs also:
heirs of God
and fellow
heirs with
Christ
[sharing His
inheritance
with Him];
only we must
share His
suffering if
we are to
share His
glory.
Matthew
3:11 AMP
But He Who
is coming after me is
mightier than I, Whose
sandals I am not
worthy or fit to take off
or carry; He will baptize
you with the Holy Spirit
and with fire.
[note: this is a 2-fold
blessing...
1. conversion through
repentance out of the
world's darkness
into the marvelous Light
of Christ into the Law of
the Spirit
2. anointing of the FIRE
of God... for He is a
consuming fire! (Hebrews
12:29)
We are
Family in
Christ... His
Body!
These
scriptures are
to the JEW and
the GENTILE:
John
10:7-10
NKJV
"Most
assuredly,
I
say to you, I
am the door of
the sheep.
8 All who
ever came
before Me are
thieves and
robbers,
but the sheep
did not
hear them.
9 I am the
door. If
anyone enters
by Me, he will
be saved,
and will go in
and out and
find
pasture.
10
The
thief
does
not
come except to
steal, and to
kill, and to
destroy.
I have come
that they may
have life, and
that they may
have it more
abundantly.
John 14:6
KJV
6 Jesus saith
unto him, I am
the way, the
truth, and the
life:
no man cometh
unto the
Father, but by
me.
2 Peter
3:9 KJV
9 The Lord is
not slack
concerning his
promise, as
some men count
slackness; but
is
longsuffering
to us-ward,
not willing
that any
should perish,
but that
all should
come to
repentance.
Galatians
3:26-29 AMP
Abraham's
SEED:
26 For in
Christ Jesus
you are all
sons of God
through faith.
27 For as many
[of you] as
were baptized
into Christ
[into a
spiritual
union
and communion
with Christ,
the Anointed
one, the
Messiah] have
put on
(clothed
yourselves
with) Christ.
28 There is
[now no
distinction]
neither Jew
nor Greek,
there is
neither slave
nor free,
there is not
male and
female; for
you are all
one in Christ
Jesus.
29 And if you
belong to
Christ [are in
Him Who is
Abraham's
Seed], then
you
are Abraham's
offspring and
[spiritual]
heirs
according to
promise.
[Note;
In the New
Creation, the
spiritual
church, God no
longer deals
with Jews
and Gentiles
as separate
people.
God does not
have a
separate plan
of salvation
for the
Jews].
For the Lord
Jesus to build
His Universal
Church... the
old would have
to
be
changed.
There could
not be 2 High
Priests of the
Nation.
The
Old Covenant
was
permanently
closed out in
the completion
of gathering
the "remnant"
of believing
Jews from the
time of the
Ascension
and
Enthronement
of Christ to the
eventful "Sign
of the
Kingdom" in 70
AD
when Jerusalem
and the Jewish
temple of
sacrificial
exercises were
destroyed
forever!
Christ, the
Son of God is
the eternal
sacrifice!
[Note: to fully understand
the dramatic
change in the
order and the
closing
events of the
Last Days
prophesied by
Christ in His
Olivet
discourse
of
Matthew
Chapter 24,
We need to
reflect back
upon
historical
accounts.
John the
Baptist came
from a long
line of
priestly
families
reaching back
to Aaron, the
High Priest of
the tabernacle
of Moses and
administration
of the priests
daily
activities. In
John's
generation,
his parent's,
Zecharias,
a priest and
Elizabeth
served in a
multi-religious
culture of
which had
perverted
the laws and
regulations of
Jehovah given
to
Moses.
Zecharias and
Elizabeth
are noted to
have been
Godly prayer
warriors who
prepared for
the coming
of the
Messiah.
More than
20.000 priests
in 24
divisions
received
annual
assignments to
work in the
temple.
Zacharias was
in the eighth
division
called Abijah.
He
worked two
weeks each
year
performing his
priestly
duties.
It is of a
significant
note that
Josephus, a
historian,
recorded the
entire
events of the
the prophetic
destiny of
those of the
Jewish nation
dwelling
in Jerusalem
and the
apostate
rulers of whom
called for
crucifixion of
the
Son of God (in
their
generation).
The destruction
of Jerusalem and
the fulfillment
of the
prophesies of
Christ
relating to
the 'Generation
of the apostles'
was judgement
upon the
perverse
generation!
In that the Jews
called down the
vengeance of God
upon themselves
when
they shouted
to Pontius
Pilate to
crucify the
Lord...
God
completely
withdrew His
kingdom from the
nation of Israel
in 70 A.D.
Brother George Kouri
in His book,
"Sign of the
Kingdom"
presents a
scriptural
'roadmap' and
discussion the
Lord had with
His disciples
on Mount of
Olives.
(Note:
Following is a
summation
of his
work relating
to the Great
Tribulation
that would befall
upon the
Jewish nation
within a forty
year span of
that meeting.
The purpose of
the meeting
was to lay
foundation for
His appointed
Vanguard
apostles to be
equipped with
knowledge to
empower them
to LEAD the
church.
They were to
build in full
vision of the
transformations
that would be
made in
administration
of the Kingdom
of God. The
Dawning of
Divine
Revelation was
being sealed
in knowledge
for passing
the work of
reconciliation
to the Father
into their
hands.
The daily administrations of the priesthood of
the Law of Sin
and Death
given to Moses
would
end. A
new priesthood
would be
established
as the New
Creation was
in
progress.
The Lord Jesus
would become
the
High
Priest.
It was the
dawning of the
Law of the
Spirit and the
Old would
have to be
destroyed...torn
down...that
the New
Creation could
emerge in
fulfillment of
the Law and
the Prophets
as foretold.
The time or
generation of
the disciples
would be the
time of the
'great
tribulation'
which would
end with the
fall of
Jerusalem.
Why?
To make way
for the
Messianic
Kingdom given
by oaths by
the Father!
Hebrews 10:1-5
10:1 FOR SINCE
the Law has
merely a rude
outline
(foreshadowing)
of the good
things to
come--instead
of fully
expressing
those things--
it can never
by offering
the same
sacrifices
continually
year after
year
make perfect
those who
approach [its
altars].
2 For if it
were
otherwise,
would [these
sacrifices]
not have
stopped being
offered? Since
the worshipers
had once for
all been
cleansed, they
would
no longer have
any guilt or
consciousness
of sin.
3 But [as it
is] these
sacrifices
annually bring
a fresh
remembrance of
sins
[to be
atoned for],
4 Because the
blood of bulls
and goats is
powerless to
take sins
away.
5 Hence, when
He [Christ]
entered into
the world, He
said,
Sacrifices and
offerings You
have not
desired, but
instead You
have made
ready a body
for Me [to
offer];
Note: The Lord
Jesus is the
Lamb of God of
which we have
a
'type and
shadow' in
Isaac, the
'miracle,
promised son'
of Abraham.
Why is this of
importance in
what was
happening on
the Mount of
Olives?
The
answer:
see Galatians 3:26-29 AMP
Abraham's
SEED.
God has an
eternal plan
for mankind!
They had
asked:
Matthew 24:3
"Tell
us, when these
things will be
the sign of
Your coming,
and of the end
of the age?
Intently focusing on each of
His
explanations,
They inquired
of every
detail.
When would
these things
take
place?
What would be
the sign they
were about to
happen?
When would the
Lord Jesus
come in power
and the glory
as Messiah?
What
would be the
sign of His
Messianic
Kingdom?
The answer
to these
questions are
addressed by
the Lord::
Matt
24:15-21
AMP
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.]
16 Then let
those who are
in Judea flee
to the
mountains;
17 Let him who
is on the
housetop not
come down and
go into the
house
to take
anything;
18 And let him
who is in the
field not turn
back to get
his overcoat.
19 And alas
for the women
who are
pregnant and
for those who
have
nursing babies
in those days!
20 Pray that
your flight
may not be in
winter or on a
Sabbath.
21 For then
there will be
great
tribulation
(affliction,
distress, and
oppression)
such as has
not been from
the beginning
of the world
until now--no,
and never
will be
[again]. [Dan
12:1; Joel
2:2.]
Starting
in Matthew
24:15 the Lord
details very
directly to Peter,
James, John
and
Andrew...
'Therefore
, when you see
the
abomination of
desolation
which
was spoken of
through the
prophet
Daniel,
standing in
the holy
place..."
Can you visualize
this meeting?
The Admonition
of Desolation
was a passage
which every
Jewish boy
had
heard from his
youth. The
great Prophet
Daniel had
promised an
Abomination of
Desolation in
which the
"people of the
prince" would
come
and destroy
the city of Jerusalem
following the
death of the
Messiah.
Let us take a look at some
confirming
scriptures.
The first
dealing with
"the
prince."
(He
is the devil.)
Matt
12:24
AMP
24 But the
Pharisees,
hearing it,
said, This Man
drives out
demons only
by and with
the help of
Beelzebub, the
prince of
demons.
John
8:45 AMP
44 You are of
your father,
the devil, and
it is your
will to
practice the
lusts and
gratify the
desires [which
are
characteristic]
of your
father. He was
a murderer
from the
beginning and
does not stand
in the truth,
because there
is no truth
in him.
When he speaks
a falsehood,
he speaks what
is natural to
him, for he
is a liar
[himself] and
the father of
lies and of
all that is
false.
John
12:31
AMP
Now the
judgment
(crisis) of
this world is
coming on
[sentence is
now
being passed
on this
world]. Now
the ruler
(evil genius,
prince) of
this world
shall be cast
out
(expelled).
John
14:30
AMP
30 I will not
talk with you
much more, for
the prince
(evil genius,
ruler)
of the world
is coming. And
he has no
claim on Me.
[He has
nothing in
common with
Me; there is
nothing in Me
that belongs
to him, and he
has no power
over Me.]
John
16:11
AMP
11 About
judgment,
because the
ruler (evil
genius,
prince) of
this world
[Satan] is
judged and
condemned and
sentence
already is
passed upon
him.
The
scriptures
have
substantiated
that Satan is
"the prince or
ruler
of the world."
Now more
specifically,
let us focus
in on who
actually were
the "people of
the prince" of
whom Daniel
was
prophesying...
Daniel 9:26-27
"Messiah will
be cut off and
have nothing,
and [after
Messiah's
death]
the people of
the prince who
is to come
will destroy
the city and
the
sanctuary...
on the wing of
abominations
will come one
who makes
desolate, even
until
a complete
destruction,
one is
decreed, is
poured out on
the one who
makes
desolate."
The Lord
specifically
connected the
Abomination of
Desolation
with the
coming of
His Messianic
Kingdom.
Yet, the
disciples
still did not
understand
how this
'sign' would
be
recognized.
The Lord then
took another
approach
to help them
understand...
Luke
21:20 He
said, When you
see Jerusalem
surrounded by
armies then
recognize that
her
destruction is
at hand.
The Lord
interpreted
Daniel...
"When
Jerusalem
becomes
surrounded by
armies-
that would be
the
Abomination of
Desolation!
Can you
imagine how
the Lord's explanation
was
overwhelming
to the
disciples?
Surely there
was a look of
disbelief upon
their
faces!
Why?
They were
about to
experience the
Abomination of
Desolation!
Would you not
be
thinking....
How would you
survive?
What
would happen
to your
family? Would
this be the
end of your
life?
If you were
there with
them, would
you want the
Lord to very
carefully and
deliberately
make His
explanation
clear?
He did!
He gave them
explicit
instructions
they obeyed!
Matthew 24:16-20
"...When you
see the
Abomination of
Desolation...
let those in Judea
flee
to the
mountains."
"...let him
who is on the
housetop not
come down to
get the things
out
of his house."
"...let him
who is in the
field not turn
back to get
his cloak.
"...woe to
those who are
with child and
to those who nurse
babies in
those days.'
"....pray that
your flight be
not in winter,
or on a
sabbath."
This
was not a
meeting
preparing the
disciples for
some future
generation
to survive a
future
tribulation!
The Lord was
speaking to
His Vanguards;
His ordained
and
commissioned
leaders...
preparing them
for the work
ahead
concerning
events which
would precede
the sign of
the Kingdom!
Even after the
meeting upon
the Mount of
Olives, after
the
resurrection
and
before the
ascension, the
disciples
again asked
about when He
would
establish
the
kingdom.
Acts
1:6 AMP
So when they
were
assembled,
they asked
Him, Lord, is
this the time
when
You will
reestablish
the kingdom
and restore it
to Israel?
They still did
not understand
God's plan for
the
transformation
of power and
administration
of the kingdom
of God.
They would
receive power
and the gifts
of the Holy
Spirit to lead
and guide them
into all
truth.
The full
ministry of
the
Lord would
begin to
illuminate,
enlighten and
release
understanding
of the
things the
Lord had said
and done to
demonstrate
the Kingdom
messages
He taught and
enacted during
His advent
upon the
earth.
They would
live through
the events
that would
signal the end
of the
Old Covenant
nation.
These would be
the Last Days
or the
End-of-the-age.
There would be
events which
would be so
filled with
danger, these
very
disciples and
their families
would be
forced to flee
for their
lives and they
did!
During the
lives of these
men...
Matthew 24:21
"...there will
be a great
tribulation,
such as has
not occurred
since the
beginning of
the world
until now, nor
ever shall."
The
circumstances
surrounding
the
Abomination of
Desolation
would be
so severe,
nothing in
history of the
world would
compare.
It would be so
intensely
horrific it
would threaten
to destroy all
Jewish life.
In one manner
it did!
It destroyed
the mode of
worship... the
centrality of
the power
of Jewish perverted
religious leaders who would
'crucify' the Lord,
keep the
nation in religious bondage and
persecute the Vanguard leaders
and
followers of the The Gospel... The
Way. Judgement would be
exercised
by the
coming King of kings and Lord of
lords as prophesied.
The Lord
Jesus was preparing His selected
forerunners who would turn
the world
upside down by preaching Truth...
the Kingdom of Righteousness.
He was
sent on mission to the earth to do
so!
He was
the Messiah to the Jewish
nation.
The
leaders of the old order had
rejected His mercy and grace.
The
Lord Jesus
Christ is
Building His
Universal
Church!
Hebrews 10:6-12
6 In burnt offerings and sin
offerings You have taken no
delight.
7 Then I
said, Behold, here I am, coming
to do Your will, O God--[to
fulfill]
what
is written of Me in
the volume of the Book. [Ps
40:6-8.]
8 When He
said just before, You have
neither desired, nor have You
taken
delight in
sacrifices and offerings and
burnt offerings and sin
offerings--
all of which
are offered according to the
Law--
9 He then
went on to say, Behold, [here] I
am, coming to do Your will.
Thus He does
away with and annuls the first
(former) order [as a means of
expiating
sin] so that He might inaugurate
and establish the second
(latter)
order. [Ps
40:6-8.]
10 And in
accordance with this will [of
God], we have been made holy
(consecrated
and sanctified) through the
offering made once for all of
the
body of Jesus
Christ (the Anointed one).
11
Furthermore, every [human]
priest stands [at his altar of
service]
ministering
daily, offering the same
sacrifices over and over again,
which
never are
able to strip [from every side
of us] the sins [that envelop
us] and
take them
away--
12 Whereas
this one [Christ], after He had
offered a single sacrifice for
our
sins [that
shall avail]
YES!
It is important for us to
understand the reasons for the
full ministry
of the Lord
and to pull down the errors
that have penetrated the minds
and beliefs of
the people of God! We
must understand the 'pure
milk!'
The Roman army
would set Jerusalem on fire
and destroy both the City
and its
temple. However, the
priests would be the ones who
initially
set fire to
the temple. Read the
whole historical account of
the Abomination
of
Desolation: Days
of Vengeance by David
Chilton
(free download)
The
Book of Revelation, St. John's
Apocalypse teaches that
Christians will
overcome all
opposition through the work of
Jesus Christ. Most of the
confusion
over the
meaning of the prophecy has
resulted from a failure to
apply five crucial
interpretive keys.
1.
Revelation is the most
"Biblical" book in the Bible.
St. John quotes hundreds
of passages
from the Old Testament, often
with subtle allusions to
little-known
rituals of
the Ancient Near East. In
order to understand
Revelation, we need to
know our
Bible backward and forward
(or, at least, own a
commentary that
explains
it!).
2.
Revelation is a prophecy about
imminent events - events that
were about to
break loose
on the world of the first
century. Revelation is not
about nuclear
warfare,
space travel, or the end of
the world. Again and again it
specifically
warns that
"the time is near!" ("The
Time is Near" refers to the
time of the then
living generation not some
future generation 2000 years
advanced in the
chronology of history.)
Revelation cannot be
understood unless this
fundamental
biblical
fact is taken seriously!
3. Revelation has a system of
symbolism. Everyone recognized
that St. John
wrote his
message in symbols. But the
meaning of those symbols is
not up
for grabs.
There is a systematic
structure in Biblical
symbolism. in order to
understand
Revelation properly, we must
become familiar with the
"language"
in which it
is written. Paul instructs us
of this absolute necessity.
1 Cor
2:13-14 AMP
13 And we
are setting these truths
forth in words not taught by
human wisdom
but
taught by the [Holy] Spirit,
combining and interpreting
spiritual truths with
spiritual
language [to those who
possess the Holy Spirit].
14 But
the natural, nonspiritual
man does not accept or
welcome or admit into
his heart
the gifts and teachings and
revelations of the Spirit of
God, for they
are folly
(meaningless nonsense) to
him; and he is incapable of
knowing them
[of
progressively recognizing,
understanding, and becoming
better acquainted
with
them] because they are
spiritually discerned and
estimated and appreciated.
4.
Revelation is a worship
service. St. John did not
write a textbook on prophecy.
Instead, he
recorded a heavenly worship
service in progress. One of
his major
concerns,
in fact, is that the worship
of God is central to
everything in life.
It is the
most important thing we do!
5.
Revelation is a book about
dominion. Revelation is not a
book about how
terrible
the Antichrist (the devil) is,
or how powerful he is. It is,
as the very first
verse says,
"The revelation of Jesus
Christ." It tells us about His
lordship
over all;
it tells us about our
salvation and victory in the
New Covenant, God's
"wonderful plan
for our life"; it tells us
that the kingdom of the world
has
become the
Kingdom of our God, and of His
Christ; and it tells us that
He shall
reign
forever and ever.
In
the meeting on the Mount of
Olives, The Lord was not
teaching to His
Vanguards
about the armies of a future
Revived Roman Empire led by a
future
Roman Prince, or a future time
of tribulation! Clearly,
He was speaking
to them of the
powerful armies of the
existing Roman Empire of their
day.
He spoke of a
Roman Desolator of whom some
of the apostles would see
with their own
eyes. These were
prophesies of Last Day
importance for the
these would be
the Last Days or End of Days
of the Age of Moses...
the end of the
Old Covenant Era. The
prophets of old spoke of the
dawning
of Messiah's
Age... the inauguration of the
New Covenant. The
Lord was
reinforcing
these prophesies with His own
declarations and cautions of
which
each can be
confirmed by the witness of
the scriptures. The Lord
unfolded
the meaning of
the old prophets
decrees. The fall of
Jerusalem would be
the 'Sign of the
Kingdom" which would fulfill
the terrible judgments of God
foretold by
the prophets...
the 'days of vengeance'
prophesied by Moses and
Isaiah.
Luke
21:22 AMP
For those
are days of vengeance [of
rendering full justice or
satisfaction],
that all
things that are written may
be fulfilled.
The disciples
would come to understand that
their generation was the last
generation
of the Old Covenant era!
They would see these words of
the
Lord
fulfilled... persecution,
famine, wars, horrendous acts
of inhumanity,
death among
the apostolic team;
beheading, torture, flogging,
imprisonment, crucifixion,
boiling in oil...
The Lord drew upon the old
prophets to describe His
Father's previous
dealings
with the nations. He
quoted Isaiah to present the
sign of His coming
Kingdom. He was
not speaking of the end of the
world. He spoke of a
darkened
sun, a moon
with no light, stars falling
from the sky and the powers of
heaven
being
shaken which was Old Testament
symbolic language.
Isaiah used
these same descriptive words
to describe the previous
judgment of
Father God against the
unrighteousness of the Babylon
Kingdom
in the Old
Testament era. (see Isaiah
13:1 , 9-17)
Isaiah was prophesying the end of
the Babylonian
empire which
took place
during the
time of the
prophet
Daniel.
It was an
end-time
prophesy and
an
end of a
culture
prophesy.
On
the Mount of Olives, the Lord was
speaking
about an end to
apostate Israel and a New
Creation: His Kingdom culture!
He was speaking of
the time of His heavenly Kingdom
reign... His judgment
was coming in the
power and glory of His Messianic
kingdom to judge the
nations based
upon their response to the Gospel
of the Kingdom. He began
His judgments
with Israel, the apostate
nation.
The Lord
did not invent the terminology He
used to convey His message
confirming that the Son of Man is ruling
in
heaven!
His sign,
the Armies of the Romans
signaled that the Abomination of Desolation
judgment
had
arrived.
These
prophesies and
fulfillment
were given so
that all
nations
throughout history would know of
His Messianic Kingdom!
The
kingdom was taken from
apostate Israel while He
was coming on the
"clouds of Heaven
"judging and making war"
upon His enemies who had
willfully
rejected
God's offer of mercy and
grace. it was coming
upon those who "trampled
under
feet" His precious blood
of the New
Covenant...
This
rejection came both
before and after the
Resurrection and in
defiance the
apostate
leaders sought to
destroy the
church.
They
were active in
persecuting the apostles
and the saints.
The
apostate nation was
judged, its leaders
killed, its city burned,
its temple
decimated,
its stones torn apart.
The
nations of the world
would see the
destruction of
Jerusalem...
the
SIGN that Jesus Christ
is reigning in heaven as
King of kings and
Lord
of lords!
Matthew
24:30 KJV
"Then shall appear the
sign of the Son of Man
in heaven."
______________________________________________________________
The Lord
Jesus Christ is the High Priest
and King!
Hebrews 8:6-7
AMP
6 But as it
now is, He
[Christ] has
acquired a
[priestly]
ministry which
is as much
superior
and more
excellent
[than the old]
as the
covenant
(the
agreement) of
which He is
the Mediator
(the Arbiter,
Agent) is
superior
and more
excellent,
[because] it
is enacted
and rests upon
more important
(sublimer,
higher, and
nobler)
promises.
7 For if that
first covenant
had been
without
defect, there
would have
been
no room for
another one or
an attempt to
institute
another one.
2 Samuel
7:12-16
NKJV
David's
SEED:
(God's
promise/covenant to David)
12 "When your
days are
fulfilled and
you rest with
your fathers,
I will set up
your seed
after you, who
will come from
your body,
and I will
establish his
kingdom.
13 He shall
build a house
for My name,
and I will
establish the
throne
of his kingdom
forever.
14 I will be
his Father,
and he shall
be My son.
16 And your
house and your
kingdom shall
be established
forever before
you.
Your throne
shall be
established
forever."
The
Jew and
the Gentile
are ONE!
Christ has
called us to
love one
another as He
loves
us and gave up
His
life!
God is not
planning to
restore the
Old System
of Worship
given to the
Jews in the
Mosiac Law...
governed by
the Law of Sin
and
Death. He is
not planning
to establish a
physical
throne for His
Son back
upon the earth
in the
physical city
of
Jerusalem!
He has
established a
spiritual
Jerusalem for
all mankind
who love Him.
John
when taken up
into the third
heaven saw the
spiritual
Church in the
spirit...
Revelation
21:2 AMP
2 And I saw
the holy city,
the new
Jerusalem,
descending out
of heaven
from God, all
arrayed like a
bride
beautified and
adorned for
her husband
To
become a New
Creature and
be a part of
the New
City... the
Church...
the Bride of
Christ,
is
accomplished
through faith.
Hebrews
11:6 Amp
6 But without
faith it is
impossible to
please and be
satisfactory
to Him.
For whoever
would come
near to God
must
[necessarily]
believe that
God
exists and
that He is the
rewarder of
those who
earnestly and
diligently
seek
Him [out].
The Holy
Spirit flowing
as 'rivers of
living
waters'...
through
Paul...
Hebrews
12:22-23 AMP
22 But rather,
you have come
to Mount Zion,
even to the
city of the
living God,
the heavenly
Jerusalem, and
to countless
multitudes of
angels in
festal
gathering,
23 And to the
church
(assembly) of
the Firstborn
who are
registered
[as citizens]
in heaven,
and to
the God Who is
Judge of all,
and to the
spirits
of the
righteous (the
redeemed in
heaven)
who have been
made perfect,
The
Lord Jesus Christ is Building His
One Holy Church!
Father God
established
the things of
heaven to come
to earth as
Jesus
proclaimed
were "at
hand" before
the
Resurrection
to eternal
life by the
power of the
Holy Spirit.
He was
crowned King
of all the
universe and
He
reigns TODAY
by the
presence of
the Holy
Spirit
Heaven
has come to
earth
by the abiding
indwelling of
the Holy Ghost
in the New
Creation.
The temple of
God is the
Church. He
tabernacles
(His presence
comes)
to dwell in
our midst
abiding in
each new
born-again
child into the
Kingdom
through His
Bride to
fulfill the
Law of
the Spirit!
(See the whole
chapter of
Romans 8)
The
King has
Kingdom Kids!
Family is
established
and exists
through
the holy union
of marriage...
COVENANT!
Paul tells us
that as a
husband is to
a wife, so
Christ
is to
His Church.
As the wife is
to the
husband, so
are we to
Him... His
Glorious Bride!
Thus, the
mystery of
marriage
reveals the
mystery of the
Church!
Biblical
marriage is
foundational
to Biblical
Church.
We are
the Bride of
Christ by
Covenant...
One in the Law
of the Spirit!
Marriage is a
'covenant
relationship'
where
we love each
other as
Christ
loves the
Church.
Marriage
is defined in
Genesis 2:24;
Matthew 19:
5-6
and Ephesians
5:31. "For
this cause
shall a man
leave His
father and
mother
and cleave to
his wife and they
two shall
become One
flesh.
The Covenant
is to become
ONE!
Do you
remember hearing or taking the
marriage vow (promise)?
"[Name],
do
you take [Name] to be your
wedded [husband/wife] to live
together
in
holy
matrimony? Do you promise to
love, comfort, honor and keep
[him/her]
For
better
or worse, for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health.
And
forsaking
all others, be faithful only to
[him/her] so long as you both
shall live?"
We
are to love God and love
one another which are
the commands
of the New Covenant.
When we
are married to Christ, (received
Him
as the
Son of God and as Head of our
lives, we are reborn of the Holy
Spirit.
As such
we are One as His Body...
Spiritually, we are One with one
another.
God's divine plan is to guide
us to all grow up or mature
into His likeness.
Marriage is not a 50/50 %
helping each other in
partnership.
We
are made One!
It is
a 100/100 % commitment which
equals the whole vow...
the
guarantee of
living together until one of
the 'covenant' dies.
Jesus
Christ has already paid the
ransom for our part of
the Covenant!
He
died for us!
We
live in Him and He lives in us
wholly!
We
are the temple of the Living
God...
granted eternal life with and
in Him! (100/100 %)
In the holy ordinance of water
baptism, we covenant to die
with Christ.
He is
Head of His Body which is His
church, the holy assembly of
souls.
We
are buried in the "water of
death" by immersion, are
cleansed of our
rebellious life (sin nature)
and
are resurrected in Him as we
come up out
of
the waters of death to walk in
His marvelous Light.
Ps
69:1-2 KJV
Save me, O God; for the waters
are come in unto my soul.
2 I
sink in deep mire, where there
is no standing: I am come into
deep waters,
where
the floods overflow me.
Isaiah 2:5 AMP
O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk in
the light of the
Lord.
The house of Jacob
is Israel... In
Christ, we are
translated into
Spiritual Israel
and are the promised
house of the Lord of
which Father God
promised
His Son, the Seed of
David, would build.
We are translated
out of death into
life
eternal.
We are spiritually
consummated as His
New Holy Creation
and as such
a part of His
beloved and
betrothed Body...
His Bride.
We die to self and
become One in Him to
live in Him and
serve to extend
the Kingdom of
Righteousness as He
works through us,
His Body.
We are His Bride,
His Body, Flesh of
His flesh, the Word
manifested in us.
We are 'Born of the
Spirit' as sons and
daughters of the
Most
High!
We
are one in the general
assembly of heaven.
Ephesians
4:12-16
Amp
12 His intention was the
perfecting and the full
equipping of the saints
(His
consecrated people),
[that they should do] the work
of ministering
toward building up Christ's
body (the
church),
13[That it might develop]
until we all attain oneness in
the faith and in the
comprehension of
the [full and accurate]
knowledge of the Son of God,
that
[we might arrive] at really mature
manhood (the completeness of
personality which is nothing
less than the standard height
of
Christ's own
perfection), the measure of
the stature of the fullness of
the Christ and
the
completeness found in Him.
14 So then, we may no longer
be children, tossed [like
ships] to and fro
between chance
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.
15
Rather, let our lives lovingly
express truth [in all things,
speaking truly,
dealing truly, living
truly].
Enfolded in love, let us grow
up in every way and
in
all things into Him
Who is the Head, [even] Christ
(the Messiah, the Anointed
one).
16
For because of Him the whole
body (the church, in all its
various parts),
closely joined and
firmly knit together by the
joints and ligaments with
which
it is
supplied, when each part
[with power adapted to its
need] is working
properly [in all its
functions], grows to full maturity,
building itself up in love.
Biblical
love is to become One and
remains One!
Biblical
marriage endures by covenant
love in Christ which entails
self-sacrifice!
This is
the fulfillment of Romans
8:17
17 And
if we are [His] children,
then we are [His] heirs
also: heirs of God
and
fellow heirs with Christ
[sharing His inheritance
with Him]; only we must
share
His suffering if we are to
share His glory.
This is
the fulfillment of
Mark
8:34 Amp
34
And Jesus called [to Him]
the throng with His
disciples and said to them,
If
anyone intends to come after
Me, let him deny himself
[forget, ignore,
disown, and
lose sight of himself and
his own interests] and take
up his cross,
and
[joining Meas
a disciple and siding with
My party] follow with Me
[continually, cleaving
steadfastly to Me].
We are
One in Christ!
The Lord has
provided us
with the
ability to
build up one
another!
He has given
us the
precious
Person Holy
Spirit, the
empowering
gifts
of the Spirit,
and the
ascension-gifts
of men!
The gifts of
apostles,
prophets,
evangelists,
pastors and
teachers are
given
by the Husband
to the
Bride to equip
her for the
works of the
ministry that
she
may multiply
and increase
through
divine
propagation,
His Kingdom of
Righteousness
into all the
earth that the
knowledge
of the Glory
of God fills
the earth as
the waters
cover the
seas.
We are One in
Him...
John
17:20-22
AMP
20 Neither for
these alone do
I pray [it is
not for their
sake only that
I make
this request],
but
also for all
those who will
ever come to
believe in
(trust in,
cling to, rely
on) Me through
their
word and
teaching,
21 That they
all may be
one, [just] as
You, Father,
are in Me and
I in You,
that they also
may be
one in Us, so
that the world
may believe
and be
convinced that
You have sent
Me.
22 I have
given to them
the glory and
honor which
You have given
Me,
that they may
be one [even]
as We are one:
Father
God's Son,
Jesus Christ
is the
foundation and
our call is to
build up
each other
with enduring
and
lasting divine
principles and
truth.
1
Corinthians
3:10-17
AMP
10 According
to the grace
(the special
endowment for
my task) of
God
bestowed on
me, like a
skillful
architect and
master builder
I laid [the]
foundation,
and now
another [man]
is
building upon
it. But let
each [man]
be careful how
he builds upon
it,
11 For no
other
foundation can
anyone lay
than that
which is
[already]
laid,
which is Jesus
Christ
(the Messiah,
the Anointed
one).
12 But if
anyone builds
upon the
Foundation,
whether it be
with gold,
silver,
precious
stones,
wood,
hay, straw,
13 The work of
each [one]
will become
[plainly,
openly] known
(shown for
what it is); for the
day [of
Christ] will
disclose and
declare it,
because it
will
be revealed
with fire, and the
fire will test
and critically
appraise the
character
and worth of
the work each
person
has
done.
14 If the work
which any
person has
built on this
Foundation
[any product
of his efforts
whatever]
survives [this
test], he will
get his
reward.
15 But if any
person's work
is burned up
[under the
test], he will
suffer the
loss
[of it all, losing
his reward],
though he
himself will
be saved, but
only as
[one who has
passed] through
fire. [Job
23:10.]
16 Do you not
discern and
understand
that you [the
whole church
at Corinth]
are God's
temple
(His
sanctuary),
and that God's
Spirit has His
permanent
dwelling in
you [to be
at home in
you,
collectively
as a church
and also
individually]?
17 If anyone
does hurt to
God's temple
or corrupts it
[with false
doctrines]
or destroys
it, God
will do hurt
to him and
bring him to
the corruption
of death
and destroy
him. For the
temple of God
is holy
(sacred to
Him) and that
[temple] you
[the believing
church and its
individual
believers]
are.
Carnal
methods...
flesh thoughts
and works of
one's own
designs are
not
pleasing to
God.
We are to
build with
enduring
spiritual
Truth and
Love.
The Fire of
God is here
and available
to all who
will seek deep
relationship
with the Holy
Spirit!
Luke
3:16b-17
AMP
...He will
baptize you
with the Holy
Spirit and
with fire.
17 His
winnowing
shovel (fork)
is in His hand
to thoroughly
clear and
cleanse
His
[threshing] floor
and to gather
the wheat and
store it in
His granary,
but the chaff
He will burn
with fire that
cannot be
extinguished.
This scripture
is not an 'end
of the age' or
world
declaration.
As we are
disciples in
the Ways of
the kingdom
and live and
have our
being in the
Holy Ghost,
the chaff of
the old world
ways and
thoughts are
burned by His
fire... for
God is a
consuming
fire!
Carnal
methods and
everything
that is not of
God will be
removed!
Eph
4:22-24
AMP
22 Strip
yourselves of
your former
nature [put
off and
discard your
old
unrenewed
self] which
characterized
your previous
manner of life
and
becomes
corrupt
through lusts
and desires
that spring
from delusion;
23 And be
constantly
renewed in the
spirit of your
mind [having a
fresh
mental and
spiritual
attitude],
24 And put on
the new nature
(the
regenerate
self) created
in God's
image,
[Godlike] in
true
righteousness
and holiness.
The
Fire of God is
moving in
waves upon the
earth to
cleanse the
hearts
and minds of
mankind!
Even Now there
are sparks of
fire being
experienced!
The Lord
Himself will
see to
it! The
Church is His
holy temple!
Paul said be
careful how
you build (note:
or tear down).
Most of
the church is
not
knowledgeable
of God's Fire!
In that the
Person of the
Holy Ghost has
been barred
from His
manifestation
to the
classification
of an "it or
principle"
there is a
void in
relationship.
In our earthly
eyes we see
a
church
divided.
Christ sees
completion in
His plans...a
church
united.
He unites the
church through
His administration
of Spiritual
Fire!
Christ looks
at those
things already
settled in
Father God's
divine plan
and
purposes.
Watch and be
keen of
hearing! A
major move is
on the
horizon!
We are
hearing
reports of the
winnowing fire
purging the
Church
and purifying
the saints!
Heart
of God Ministries
International
embraces the
Biblical position
of a
victorious
Church! Our
conviction is the
belief that the
Lord Jesus Christ
was sent to earth
to establish the
ministry of
reconciliation
enabling mankind
the way back into
right standing
with the
Father.
He will fulfill
the mandate
that the knowledge
of the Glory of
God shall cover
the nations!
Matthew
13:40-43 AMP
40
Just as the
darnel (weeds
resembling
wheat) is
gathered and
burned
with fire, so it
will be at the
close of the
age.
41 The Son of
Man will send
forth His
angels, and they
will gather out
of His
kingdom
all
causes of
offense [persons
by whom others
are drawn into
error
or sin]
and all who
do
iniquity and act
wickedly,
42
And will cast
them into the
furnace of fire;
there will be
weeping and
wailing
and grinding
of teeth.
43
Then
will
the
righteous
(those
who
are
upright
and
in
right
standing
with
God)
shine forth
like the sun
in the kingdom
of their
Father.
The
angels come to
separate the
saved from the
lost only on
the last day.
[Note:
It should be
clear as to
why this
declaration of
the Lord above
all other
Scripture
poses the
greatest
problem for
the heresy of
the double
rapture.
The Scriptures
decree a
continuity of
history.
False teaching
emphatically
supports a
coming
discontinuity
in the midst
of history
that is a
supposition
that history
will be interrupted
by a premature
taking away of
the saints
from
the earth and
then upon
further
supposition
they will be
returned back
to the
earth to again
continue a
course
of
historical
occupation.
If we take
Christ's
parable of the
wheat and the
tares seriously,
which no
orthodox,
Bible believing
Christian
should deny...
His return
must come at
the
end of time at
the final
judgment,
not in the
midst of the
process of
history.
His return to
gather the
saints will
be the
discontinuity
that will end
cursed
history, not
divide cursed
history.
1 Thess
4:16-17
KJV
16 For the
Lord himself
shall descend
from heaven
with a shout,
with the voice
of the
archangel,
and with the
trump of God:
and the dead
in Christ
shall rise
first:
17 Then we
which are
alive and
remain shall
be caught up
together
with them in
the clouds,
to meet the
Lord in the
air: and so
shall we ever
be with the
Lord.
Truth as such
is declared by
Christ. How can
there be a
thousand days
on the
other-side
of the Last Day?
Answer: False
teaching
arbitrarily
selects a
passages from
which
to build
doctrine:
Is
Rapture
a True Docrine
of the Church?
See "End of
Church Age"?
in Inner
Chambers
We are expecting a Revival
Consuming Fire of God!
The Lord
Jesus Christ is adorning His
Church with apostolic knowledge,
understanding
and power... removing the
blemish and false doctrine
spots!
We believe that
Christ will
return for a
Victorious
Church after a
wide spread
Christianization
of the nations
and a time of
historic
prosperity upon
the earth.
At His Coming,
death will be
fully conquered
as the
of
tranformation
out of the
mortal into
the immortal
takes place.
Since
death
both physical
and spiritual
is the last enemy,
all other enemies will have
been conquered prior to
Christ's return.
The knowledge
of the Glory of God will have been
completed within all nations.
The belief systems
relating to false
gods will have
been conquered and
the Kingdom of
heaven culture
fully functional
by the
instrumentality of
the
church on earth.
It will have been
fully consummated
to the Glory of
the Father.
What then shall we conclude about
redemption of history?
First,
that history
was
definitively
redeemed by
the life,
death,
resurrection
and ascension
of Christ to
His eternal
throne.
In God's
timing and
divine
principle,
this took
place in the
midst of
history.. in
accordance to
His will,
purposes and
actions.
NOTHING else
will ever take
place in the
midst of
history to
match this
discontinuity... the discontinuity of death and
resurrection
to life...
is the
foundation of
Christianity!
1 Cor 15:14-22
AMP
14 And if
Christ has not
risen, then
our preaching
is in vain
[it amounts to
nothing] and your
faith is
devoid of
truth and is
fruitless
(without
effect, empty,
imaginary, and
unfounded).
15 We are even
discovered to
be
misrepresenting
God, for we
testified
of Him that He
raised Christ,
Whom He did
not raise in
case it is
true that
the dead are
not raised.
16 For if the
dead are not
raised, then
Christ has not
been raised;
17 And if
Christ has not
been raised,
your faith is
mere delusion
[futile,
fruitless], and you
are still in
your sins
[under the
control and
penalty of
sin];
18 And
further, those
who have died
in [spiritual
fellowship and
union with]
Christ have
perished (are
lost)!
19 If we who
are [abiding]
in Christ have
hope only in
this life and
that is all,
then we are of
all people
most miserable
and to be
pitied.
20 But the
fact is that
Christ (the
Messiah) has
been raised
from the dead,
and He
became
the first
fruits of
those who have
fallen asleep
[in death].
21 For since
[it was]
through a man
that death
[came into the
world, it is]
also through a Man
that the
resurrection
of the dead
[has come].
22 For just as
[because of
their union of
nature] in
Adam all
people die,
so also [by
virtue of
their union of
nature] shall
all in Christ
be made alive.
The false
teachings of
dispensationalism
invented by
John Nelson
Darby
180 years ago
whereby he
introduced two
classes of
people of God
in a
scheme to deal
separately
with the Jew
and the
Gentile in the
New Covenant
is
heresy.
God does not
have a
separate plan
for the Jews!
God has made
us ONE BODY in
the Body of
Jesus
Christ!
There is only
one way into
the Kingdom of
God.
Jesus Christ
is the Gate!
The Jews will
come into the
VINE is God's
only plan
of
righteousness!
Righteousness
is by faith in
Jesus Christ
as the Son of
God;
His birth,
life,
teachings,
ministry,
crucifixion,
burial,
descent,
resurrection,
ascension and
enthronement.
It is Darby
invented the
teaching of a
"double
rapture."
Is Rapture
a
True Doctrine
of the Church?
See "End of
Church Age"?
in Inner
Chambers.
False teaching has so
perverted the truth of the
Words of the Lord
that men
considered "their generation"
as
the generation for the
timing
of the
return of Christ.
History has shown this
heresy has been perpetuated
generation after
generation. Gross
suppositions have overbearingly
influenced
the 20th
and 21st century
"pentecostal," "full gospel"
and
"christmatic" writings
of the
Church!
Most suppositions are fully
based upon "their"
interpretation of
Matt
24:32-35. denying the
validity of the scriptural
evidence of the
presentation of the record
of Matthew 24 presented on
this web page.
The
volumes of books written
upon these false teachings
are incomprehensible
to
count! Thousands have
been generated promoting
Darby's theories!
Matt
24:32-35
NkJV
The Lord Jesus speaking to His disciples before
the Cruxifiction:
32
"Now learn this parable
from the fig tree: When
its branch has already
become
tender and
puts forth leaves, you
know that summer is near.
33 So you also, when you
see all these things, know
that it is near --
at the
doors!
34 Assuredly, I say to
you,
this generation will
by no means pass away
till
all these things take
place.
35
Heaven and earth will pass
away, but My words will by
no means pass away.
A
major false movement
embellishes the hearts and
minds of believers
in
the "double rapture"
heresies! Let
us study some truth.
The
Lord Jesus
Christ is
Building His
Universal
Church!
Let us move
deeper into what the Lord
instructed the disciples...
The
Holy Ghost is
SENT to the
world...
Purpose
Apostolic
Message
1.
Convict the
world
1. About Sin
2.
Convince the
world
2. About Righteousness
3.
Demonstrate to the
world
3. About Judgment
The
Holy Ghost was SENT
in baptizing Fire to
the believers and
followers
of Christ
50 days after the
resurrection (10 days after
the ascension).
It would be
after the Day of
Pentecost (greek;
pentekostos means
fiftieth,
50th day
after the Passover) that the
Apostles of the Lamb would be
empowered.
They
would begin to experience and
learn
about the work
and
anointing Presence of the
"upper room experience" of
the baptism
of fire
and the manifestation
of the gifts of the Spirit!
They
learned as a corporate
apostolic unit of chosen
vessels what the
Lord had
demonstrated in His time of
fellowship with them while
on the earth!
Now, they understood the
meaning of the Prophet Joel
as he had declared the
outpouring of
the Spirit of God upon all
flesh! They understood
what the Lord
had
spoken to them about 'His
coming back shortly,' the
timing of His return
via
sending of the comforter,
the Holy Ghost, to lead them
and guide into
all that
was Christ's!
The Lord
Jesus in His spiritual body
as Son of God/Son of Man was
working
with them
daily from the throne of God
in the same manner the
Father God
worked
with His son while on
earth.... the Spirit
without measure.
After the
Pentecost anointing, Peter
preached the revelation that
Christ was
on the throne
as King, Lord and
Christ...the Messiah!
The apostles were
eye-witnesses to all that
the Lord had taught!
Now, they
were fully aware of the
Spirit empowerment of Christ
in His earthly
ministry.
Wisdom,
knowledge and understanding
became their teacher
through
the communion of the
"apostolos", the
fellowship of the apostles
with each
other and with the Father
and the Son through
the abiding
Presence
of the Holy Ghost!
John
16:7-12 AMP
7 However, I am
telling you
nothing but the
truth when I say
it is profitable
(good, expedient,
advantageous)
for you that I go
away. Because if I
do not
go away, the
Comforter (Counselor,
Helper, Advocate,
Intercessor,
Strengthener,
Standby) will not
come to you [into close
fellowship with
you];
but if I go away,
I will send Him to
you [to be in
close fellowship
with you].
8 And when He
comes, He will
convict and
convince the world
and bring
demonstration to
it about sin
and about
righteousness
(uprightness of
heart
and right standing
with God) and about
judgment:
9 About
sin, because they
do not believe in
Me [trust in, rely
on, and adhere
to Me];
10 About
righteousness
(uprightness of
heart and right
standing with
God),
because I go to My Father,
and you will see
Me no longer;
11 About judgment,
because the ruler
(evil genius,
prince) of this
world
[Satan] is judged
and condemned
and sentence
already is passed
upon him.
12 I have still
many things to say
to you, but you
are not able to
bear them
or to take them upon you or
to grasp them now.
Not only
did the apostles of the Lamb
learn to understand the
things of the
spiritual
realm, but, Paul,
appointed as an
ascension-gift apostle to
the church
by the Spirit
receives the
revelation of Christ
and we hear him at Mars Hill
speaking
to the believers of an
unknown god.
“GOD
hath appointed a day in
which he will judge the
world in righteousness...”
(Acts 17:31).
(HGMI
note: The popular view is
that Christ will come to
earth, be seated upon
a
great white throne,
and that he will summon
saint and sinner in rank and
file before him to be
judged.
This view depicts that
amidst great convulsions of
nature —earthquakes,
opening graves, rending
rocks and falling mountains
— trembling sinners
will be brought from the
extremes of
everlasting woes to hear of
all the the
sins of their lives charged
against them, only to be
returned to an
eternal
and
merciless doom.
According to this view, all
receive their final and
unalterable sentence or
reward at death, and the
entire time allotted to this
stupendous work of
judging billions takes place
in a twenty-four hour
day....
some may consider the
billions to
be heard in 1000 years...
in
that the Bible relates a Day
as to 1000 years.
On close examination,
however, the term judgment
(in the Greek, "krisis")
signifies more than
simply the rendering of a
verdict. It includes the
idea
of
a trial, as well as a
decision based
upon that trial. With God,
those who
have peace with Him through
His treaty of "believing
whole-heartedly upon
Jesus Christ, His Son are
already judged and are
translated out of the world
of
darkness into His marvelous
Light!
The
term day, both in the
Scriptures and in common
usage, though most
frequently used to represent
a period of twenty-four
hours, is in fact more than
a "choronos"
day... in fact it points to
a "kairos" period of
time.
Learn more about the
spiritual and physical
applications of these terms
of
time in the "2nd
podcasts" "God of
Time" found on Inner
Chambers web page.
Judgment
is weighed by the standards
of 'righteousness!'
Judgment
signifies a definite period
of time, such as Noah’s day,
Noah's day was 120 years
before he entered the.
The Day of Judgment applies
to a 1000 year
Millennial age.
In reference to this
judgment period, 2 Peter 3:8
states:
“...be
not ignorant of this one
thing,
that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand
years...” this
signifies not a literal 1000
years, but
a season of multiple years
that are
very many or vast.
Compare to the scripture:
Ps
50:10-11 NKJV
10
For every beast of the
forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand
hills.
11
I know all the birds of the
mountains,
And the wild beasts of the
field are Mine.
Is the Lord
speaking of a literal 1000
hills ?
He
references that He owns
every beast of the forest
and knows every bird
of the
mountains as well as owns
all the wild animals.
His reference then is not
literal, it is to express
that he alone owns all.
His statements are
references to His Dominion
rule... His Sovereignty
over
multitudes.
Let us look at a second
witness...
Haggai
2:8
8
The silver is Mine and the
gold is Mine, says the Lord
of hosts.
His
statement is
reference to
His rule over
the
multitudes.
Christ is
King, as such
rules and has
possession
over all that
is created
in heaven and
earth!
Day of Judgment
The
first great judgment (trial
and sentence) was at the
beginning of the
seventh
creative day
in Eden, when the whole
human race, as represented
in its father,
Adam, stood on trial
before God. The
result of that trial was a
guilty
verdict for
disobedience, and the
penalty inflicted
was death —
“Dying thou
shalt die.” (Gen. 2:17)
Since
that time, “in Adam all
die.” (1Cor.15:22)
This may
be seen in every funeral
procession.
Every
tomb is a witness to
it. It is felt in
every ache and pain we
experience.
All of
this sorrow is
the result of the first
trial and sentence —
the
weighing of the
righteousness of God.
Mankind lost the
privilege of life and the
blessings originally
provided for
Adam. He
was to be
obedient and perfect
in God’s likeness..
Having provided a ransom for
Adam’s race, Jesus, with his
own life,
“by the grace
[favor] of God,
tasted death for
every man.”
Through His
sacrifice, Father God can
justly give a new offer
of life to all.
1Tim. 2:3-6;
Rom. 14:9; Heb. 10:16; Jer.
31:31
The Church is considered
“the firstfruits [firstborn]
unto God and unto
the
Lamb.” (Rev. 14:4)
It is redeemed by the
sacrificial Blood of the
Lamb!
God's
consuming Fire is once again
upon the nations!
The due
time for nations to come
into the glory of the
glorified church
will is
Now, Messiah's
Day! His current
millennial reign as we have
already seen
is the
Day of Judgment!
In
the spirit, we have
come to the church
triumphant... The general
assembly
of the
Church in heaven
is a Now reality in the
earth Today!
Christ's Church has already
overcome and is unshakable
for it is in Christ!
It is
transcendent! As we
are lifted beyond self to
see into His presence.
We see
through the eyes
of the Head of the church,
Jesus Christ!
If you
can rise above this physical
realm into the
spiritual realm, you will
see
the
church as glorious!
You will see the completed
One Holy Apostolic Church!
As we
can see it spiritually in
the heavenly realms, we can
see more of what
God is
doing here. His
decrees are references to
His rule over multitudes,
the
entire earth of mankind!.
Haggai 2:5-9 Amp
5
According to the promise
that I covenanted with you
when you came
out of
Egypt, so
My Spirit stands and abides
in the midst of you; fear
not.
[HGMI note: Egypt is
the symbolic spiritual place
from which we are translated
out of
darkness of the world
systems into
His marvelous Light!]
6
For thus says the Lord of
hosts: Yet once more, in a
little while, I will shake
and make
tremble the [starry]
heavens, the earth, the sea,
and the dry land;
[Heb
12:26.]
7
And I will shake all nations
and the desire and the
precious things of all
nations
shall
come in, and I will fill
this house with splendor,
says the Lord of hosts.
[Isa 60:5;
Matt 2:1-12.]
8
The silver is Mine and the
gold is Mine, says the Lord
of hosts.
9 The latter glory of this
house [with its successor,
to which Jesus came] shall
be
greater than
the former, says the Lord
of hosts; and in this
place will I give
peace
and prosperity, says
the Lord of hosts.
The
Vanguard leaders of
Christ's appointed men
and women turned the
world
upside down. They
preached the Gospel and
demonstrated the reality
of the
Kingdom of heaven
throughout the then
known world!
Acts
17:6-7 AMP
6 But
when they failed to find
them, they dragged Jason
and some of the
brethren before the city
authorities, crying,
These
men who have turned the
world upside down have
come here also,
7 And
Jason has received them to
his house and privately
protected them!
And
they are all ignoring and
acting contrary to the
decrees of Caesar,
[actually] asserting that
there is another king, one
Jesus!
The Lord Jesus is
already established on His
eternal throne!
The
Bible
does not
provide for
another
earthly
throne.
Another
earthly throne
is
promoted
through
"suppositions
and
distortions"...
Truth shall
prevail and
Truth shall
set the
saints free
from false
teaching.
Christ's
Kingdom is a
spiritual
Kingdom by
which He
inhabits every
"Born Again"
by the
Law of the
Spirit
represented by
the Personage
Holy Spirit
Who carries
out the things
of the Father
and His Son,
the
King!
He does this Today!
Now!
Jesus
is the Head of
the Body...
the Head &
Body
represents
"the Perfect
Man."
Ephesians
2:4-14
AMP
4 But God--so
rich is He in
His mercy!
Because of and
in order to
satisfy
the great and
wonderful and
intense love
with which He
loved us,
5 Even when we
were dead
(slain) by
[our own]
shortcomings
and
trespasses,
He made us
alive together
in
fellowship
and
in
union
with
Christ;
[He gave us
the very life
of Christ
Himself, the
same new life
with which
He quickened
Him, for] it
is by grace
(His favor and
mercy which
you did
not deserve)
that you are
saved (
delivered from
judgment and
made
partakers of
Christ's
salvation).
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;
9 Not because
of works [not
the
fulfillment of
the Law's
demands], lest
any
man should
boast. [It is
not the result
of what anyone
can possibly
do,
so no one can
pride himself
in it or take glory
to himself.]
10
For we are
God's [own]
handiwork (His
workmanship),
recreated in
Christ Jesus,
[born anew]
that we may do
those good
works which
God
predestined
(planned
beforehand)
for us [taking
paths which He
prepared
ahead of
time], that we
should walk in
them [living
the good life
which
He prearranged
and made ready
for us to
live].
11 Therefore,
remember that
at one time
you were
Gentiles
(heathens)
in the flesh,
called
Uncircumcision
by those who
called
themselves
Circumcision,
[itself a mere
mark] in the
flesh made by
human hands.
12 [Remember]
that you were
at that time
separated
(living apart)
from
Christ
[excluded from
all part in
Him], utterly
estranged and
outlawed from
the rights of
Israel as a
nation, and
strangers with
no share in
the sacred
compacts of
the
[Messianic]
promise [with
no knowledge
of or right in
God's
agreements,
His
covenants].
And you had no
hope (no
promise); you
were in the
world without
God.
13
But
now
in
Christ
Jesus,
you
who
once
were
[so]
far
away,
through
(by,
in)
the blood of
Christ have
been brought
near.
14 For He is
[Himself] our
peace (our
bond of unity
and harmony).
He has made
us both [Jew
and Gentile]
one [body],
and has broken
down
(destroyed,
abolished) the
hostile
dividing wall
between us,
1
Corintians 8:6
NKJV
6 yet for us
there is one
God, the
Father, of
whom are all
things, and we
for Him; and
one Lord (and
King)Jesus
Christ,
through whom
are all
things,
and through
whom we live.
The
Lord's One
Holy Apostolic
Church
is a
supernatural
binding of
responsible
men and
women
under the
authority and
administration
of God,
but never,
self directing
or self serving
under God.
The
Lord's
One Holy
Apostolic
Church is the
Head and Body
of Christ
universal.
Christ
inhabits His
Body, the Head
and the Body
are One... the
"perfect man!"
The church can
only stand in
Perfection
whereby the
Holy Spirit is
its guide,
and
director. It
is He who
administrates
and Works the
Will of the
Godhead
in earth. It
is the designs
and will of
men that have
destroyed the
harmony
and unity of
the diverse
parts and
members of the
Divine Body.
Jesus is the Head of the Body....a
headship
exercised
throughout the
church.
God says of
Himself about
His abiding
and directing
the Spiritual
Church...
(HGMI note:
"the Perfect
Man"; the "Man
of
Paradise"...
"made in the
Image of God
and made alive
by the "breath
of the
spirit.")
Ephesians
1:21-23
AMP
21 Far above
all rule and
authority and
power and
dominion and
every name
that is named
[above every
title that can
be conferred],
not only in
this age
and in this
world, but
also in the
age and the
world which
are to come.
22 And He has
put all things
under His feet
and has
appointed Him
the universal
and supreme
Head of the
church [a
headship
exercised
throughout the
church],
23 Which is
His body, the
fullness of
Him Who fills
all in all
[for in that
body lives
the full
measure of Him
Who makes
everything
complete, and
Who fills
everything
everywhere
with
Himself].
All things
will be fully
restored to
the state of
perfection as
it was in the
Garden
of
Paradise...the
Triune God
walking in
perfect unity
with the
New Creation.
HEAVEN AND
EARTH TOTALLY
RESTORED...
the New Heaven
and the New
Earth!
(first the
physical)
Mankind formed
from the
dust...
(then the
spiritual)
mankind
transformed to
an eternal
spirit of
Life...
eternally in
harmony and in
the promised
eternal life
in the
presence of
the Light of
Almighty
God!!
Rev 22:5
Amp
And there
shall be no
more night;
they have no
need for
lamplight or
sunlight, for
the Lord God will
illuminate
them and be
their light,
and they
shall reign
[as kings]
forever and
ever (through the
eternities of
the
eternities).
All
Things"...
The Bible
proclaims the
existence of
multiple
sovereigns,
multiple
institutions
that bear
lawful
authority.
Human
institutions
possess
legitimate
sovereignty
but such
sovereignty is
limited and
only received
from divine
source.
God alone
possesses
absolute
supremacy in
all power.
Any attempt by
any
institution to
command final
authority is
one of
darkness.
All
institutions
are to be
under God and
governed by
God's
law.
WHY?
Institutions
which set
themselves as
having the
final
authority are
designed
and
administered
by those who
openly defy
the God of
Abraham, Isaac
and
Jacob.
Therefore, in
reality, they
set themselves
up as a "god."
(HGMI note: In
other words,
they make
rules and laws
by their own
"hands'
to adhere to
their own
wants,
desires,
conveniences
and purposes.")
Lawlessness is
rampart in all
institutions
not totally
submitted to
God.
Media sources
shout of
scandals of
immorality
that literally
flood the
headlines
about every
institution:
Family, Church
and State.
The
Gospel and
Light of Jesus
Christ is
Father God's
law to moral
conduct both
here on
earth
and in heaven.
No single
institution (a
cultural or
organizational
structure or
practice
established
to further a
"cause")
commands
permanent
authority over
all the
others. God's
ways are
covenant and
relational
through
divine
communion. The
Bible does not
proclaim a
"pyramid
structure" of
institutions
whether
Family, Church or
State, as
God's
order.
The structural
hierarchy of
Royal
families,
Socialism,
Communism and
Federalism are
all pyramid
structures.
Each of these
are types of
institutions.
As such they
are designed
with some
institutions
at the bottom,
and a single
"institution"
or authority
at the
top. As
such we are
faced with the
society of
Satan: the
worldly
systems in
which
deception is a
strong
motivator to
achieve
personalized
agendas.
Thievery,
immoral acts
and greed for
control of
money and
power are
lawlessness...sin.
John
10:10 AMP
The thief
comes only in
order to steal
and kill and
destroy.
I came that
they may have
and enjoy
life, and have
it in
abundance
(to the full,
till it
overflows).
Romans
8:1 AMP
8:1 THEREFORE,
[there is] now
no
condemnation
(no adjudging
guilty of
wrong)
for those who
are in Christ
Jesus, who
live [and]
walk not after
the dictates
of
the flesh, but
after the
dictates of
the
Spirit.
[John 3:18.]
2 Corinthians
3:17 AMP
17 Now the
Lord is the
Spirit, and
where the
Spirit of the
Lord is, there
is liberty
(emancipation
from bondage,
freedom). [Isa
61:1,2].
Please
understand
what the Lord
is revealing
here!
Neither
Individualism
(the assertion
of self in all
matters of
life whereby
one's goals
and pursuits
succeed by
one's own
initiative to
take
preference
over the
interests of
others)
Nor,
Collectivism
(the system
under which
ownership and
control and
means
of creating
and promoting
lifestyle
models,
values,
positions,
offices,
placements or
assignments
that are not
in the hands
of the people
under the
sovereign rule
of God) is
valid as an
exclusive
order of a
society.
What
order is mankind to follow?
The pattern of Jesus Christ,
the Son of Father God, is
demonstrated in
Covenantalism
(individuals
under God and under God's
applicable Laws).
The New
Covenant is Jesus
Christ personified in the
earth through the
Law
of the Spirit...
Romans
8:2-6 AMP
2 For
the law of the Spirit of
life [which is] in
Christ Jesus [the law of
our
new
being] has freed me from
the law of sin and of
death.3 For God has done
what
the Law could not do,
[its power] being
weakened by the
flesh
[the entire nature of
man without the Holy
Spirit]. Sending His own
Son
in
the guise of sinful
flesh and as an offering
for sin, [God] condemned
sin in
the
flesh [subdued,
overcame, deprived it of
its power over all who
accept that
sacrifice], [Lev 7:37.]
4 So
that the righteous and
just requirement of the
Law might be fully met
in us
who live and move not in
the ways of the flesh
but in the ways of the
Spirit [our lives
governed not by the
standards and according
to the dictates
of
the flesh, but
controlled by the Holy
Spirit].
5 For
those who are according
to the flesh and are
controlled by its unholy
desires set their minds
on and pursue
those things which
gratify the flesh,
but
those who are according
to the Spirit and are
controlled by the
desires
of
the Spirit set their
minds on and seek those
things which gratify the
[Holy] Spirit.
6 Now
the mind of the flesh
[which is sense and
reason without the Holy
Spirit]
is
death [death that
comprises all the
miseries arising from
sin, both here and
hereafter]. But the mind
of the [Holy] Spirit is
life and [soul] peace
[both now
and
forever].
Without
the Holy Spirit as the
one Who distributes
and appropriates
to
the Church, the Church
cannot function as
One. He is the
Spirit of Truth,
The
Guide and The
Director. The
Lord Jesus is reigning
through the Holy Ghost
from the eternal
throne of David!
No man or collective
council of men can
know
the mind of Christ for
the universal
church. No
council can
administrate the
universal
church. Jesus is
the King and
Lord! The
counsel is God the
Trinity!
Divine restoration is
the ministry of the
Holy Spirit on behalf
of the Godhead.
Restoration results
through obedience to
God's sovereignty
His supreme authority
and power works in the
Body.
To
establish any form of
institutional rule that
puts the church under
the
dictates and doctrines
of men is destined to
fail. This statement is
not to negate
the order and structure
for the church.
The Faithful and
Obedient Body of Christ
to the Word of God and
the leading of the Holy
Ghost are to officiate
through men
as defined by the
scriptures (the
ascension gifts of men,
the gifts of the Spirit
and the fruit of the
Spirit as directed,
guided and controlled by
the working
Presence of the Holy
Spirit.
May the Blessings of God
enrich you in His
service,
Ron Gann
Apostolic
Ministry
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