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The Flesh is the Soul’s Talent (Mina)
(Lk19:11-17)
God is the Lord, King.
For He founded the world and all that is in it, they are all His (Ps74:16, 89:11).
He is a King who can both give and take away, and
He shares His glory with whomever He chooses (Mt19:28).
Faith is acknowledging that my soul, my body, and everything that I have are His, and
Believing that the Master’s promise of “I am coming back soon” (Lk19:13), and
Faith life is, in order to sit on the throne with the Master (Lk19:19),
Putting best effort to gain more for Him (Lk19:16).
Those gifted with exceptional, innate talents command such astronomical value for their bodies that
They often cause those less fortunate to lament their own standing.
The Bible states that God’s creation is not equal:
1) The creation of angels—ministering spirits who serve (He1:4, 14)
—no flesh—no chance for repentance, rebirth, rewards
• The rebellion of an archangel—be like God—>Hades—>contained until judgment (2Pe2:4);
• The ruler of Hades, the ruler of the kingdom of the air—>the gods of the world, the spirits of religions—tempting mankind (Eph2:2);
2) The creation of mankind (about hundreds of thousands of years ago)—man and woman—earth—developed culture and civilization (Ge1:27-28)
—flesh without spirit—Nephilim—the heroes of old (Ge6:1-4);
3) The creation of Adam (about 6000 years ago)—the spirit with flesh—the Garden of Eden—forbidden to take from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:7-8, 16-17)—after sin, driven out to the original land—lived mixed with other people (Ge3:24, 6:2);
4) Noah’s ark—all people were destroyed (Ge6:7)—only Adam’s descendants survived;
5) Abraham—two sons—the slave woman/ son according to the flesh—the free woman/ son by the promise (Gal4:22-23); and
6) Moses—the Law—distinguished flesh and blood—the priesthood/ Aaron’s sons from the Levites (Lev16:1-33).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in there days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would:
Jehovah—the Law—flesh and blood———————-distinction law—>end;
Yeshua—the Truth—souls of all nations————non-distinction law—>establish.
To the Samaritan woman (of mixed Israelite and Philistine ancestry) who was
Forbidden to worship in the Temple of Jerusalem,
Yeshua declared that the time had come to worship in spirit and truth (Jn4:7-26), and
He drove out a demon from the daughter of the gentile woman who begged Him (Mk7:25-29).
As He died, the temple veil tore (Lk23:45), that is, as His body tore
The demand of the Law was met (Rm8:3), and He said. “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Used His flesh according to the commandment in order to live again (Jn10:17-18);
2) By His death destroyed the devil, the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—set free from the price of sin;
His blood—on souls—>so not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit (Rm8:4-6).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and
He is the Lamb seated on the throne who has the marks of being slain (Rev5:12).
The Holy Spirit, who has been poured on the flesh of the souls with His blood,
Testifies that there is no more distinction based on race, gender, age, knowledge etc (Ac2:17-18).
Although Yeshua was made lower than the angels for a little while (He2:9),
He overcame death and rose becoming as much superior to the angels for
He is the Son of God (He1:4).
The Christian who believes this and the Master’s return
Knows that, the one mina the Lord has entrusted to me is my flesh!
That is, the flesh that even angels and the Old Testament people all envy is
The opportunity for him to repent, be born again, be forgiven, grow and work, and
The opportunity to suffer for glory (Rm8:17).
His weakness is an opportunity to ask for the help of angels (He4:15-16).
Therefore, without blaming their environment or
Making excuses for their conditions,
Knowing that the body that everyone possesses equally as
The sole asset of his soul,
He strives and exerts himself with all his might, ultimately making profit.
O Lord,
We are left speechless by someone who, even without limbs, has done great work, with much fruit. May we all be inspired to strive harder.
Let us use our bodies for our souls and make profit for the Master! Amen.
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The Rest for My Soul
(Ge2:3; Mt12:1-8)
God is He who is always at work (Jn5:17).
After He finishes His work, He rests (Ge2:3) and
He lets those who toiled according to His word enter His rest.
Faith is longing for the rest for my soul and
Faith life is a life of striving, putting effort and laboring while in the flesh (He4:1).
Rest or respite is what everyone desires, especially those doing arduous labor.
The Bible speaks of God’s rest:
• In heaven—the Father’s house—the eternal resting place (Jn14:2);
• Hell—the eternal lake of fire—the devil and his angels (Mt25:41; Mk9:47-48);
—the burning Hades—a place of absolutely no rest (Lk16:22-24; 2Pe3:7)
• Outside the city—the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood (Rev22:15)
—unprofitable servant—weeping and gnashing teeth (Mt25:30).
The Bible says that there is no place of perfect rest within the universe because
Even in the abundant Garden of Eden, there were the commandment regarding
The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the serpent, the devil (Ge2:17).
Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and thus
The worries and suffering of the soul and the body will never cease for all mankind (Ge3:16-18), and
Dust will return to dust while all souls became destined for hell (Ge3:19; Mt25:41).
The slavery of Israel in Egypt manifested this reality:
God sent Moses and liberated them and
Led them on a journey to a land flowing with milk and honey, a land of rest
But all died in the wilderness because they grumbled about their environment and
Disobeyed the commandments (He4:1-2), especially regarding the Sabbath (Ex20:8-11).
The Sabbath: remember 1) Jehovah=the Creator; 2) Jehovah=the Redeemer of Israel who had been slaves (Dt5:15)—do no work, kill anyone who breaks it—39 Melachot (Ex31:15; Jas2:10).
However, the kingdom established by Israel upon reaching the land of Canaan ultimately collapsed,
For they had violated the law and failed to observe the Sabbath (Eze22:26).
During the intertestamental period between the Old Testament and the New Testament,
When there was no prophet for 400 years,
There emerged the self-righteous movement, the Pharisees.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would:
End the old covenant—the Law—keep the LORD’s Sabbath—> dwell in the land of Canaan;
Begin a new covenant—the Truth—rest with Yeshua—> rest in the Father’s house (Mt11:28-30).
For He is the Word in the beginning, that is, God (Jn1:1-2),
He is greater than the temple, greater than the Sabbath—He is Lord of the Sabbath (Mt12:6-8).
He was passed over to death by the Pharisees who were slaves of the Sabbath (Jn5:18), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and finished the work of the Son of Man and entrusted His soul to the Father (Mt20:28; Lk23:46; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who disrupted the rest of heaven and earth (Ge3:4-6; Is14:12-15); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—delivered from the price of sin;
His blood—souls—makes holy who receive—the promise to enter rest (He4:9).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and sat on the throne where He rests forever.
On the Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came
To the gathering of the souls made alive by the blood of Yeshua (Ac2:10), which was
The birth of the church, the beginning of the worship in spirit and truth (Jn4:24).
The Law, the temple, the feasts, the Sabbath were all shadows (Col2:14-17):
The Pentecost—the 50th day, counting from the day after the Sabbath (Lev23:15-16)—the 8th day—“another day” (He4:8)—the shadow for the Lord’s Day (He4:9-11; Rev1:10).
Therefore, Christians strive, struggle and labor:
1) On the Lord’s Day, they worship presenting themselves to God (2Ti2:15)—with offerings (1Co16:2)—breaking bread (Ac20:7);
2) Devote themselves to prayer (Col4:2);
3) Supporting the material needs for the church and hospitality (Rm12:13);
4) Work with their hands to eat their food (1Th4:11-12; 2Th3:6-12); and
5) Preach the word in and out of season (2Ti4:2).
O Lord,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Lord’s Day…
Without a single day of rest...without a moment to let my mind wander...
I live like a rat on a spinning wheel…
But, Lord, do not let any of us stray from this path so
When the day comes for us to leave this mortal body, we all enter the perfect eternal rest! Amen.
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Peace In My Soul
(Is45:7; Jn14:27)
God is the God of peace.
He formed peace and calamity (Is45:7) and
He will lead into the eternal kingdom of peace those who cherish His peace.
Faith is longing for the peace of Yeshua Christ (Jn14:27) and
Faith life is proclaiming the gospel of peace without losing peace, even amidst trials and
Tribulation (Mt10:12-13).
We are now living in an era of fear: a succession of perils — such as the pandemic, economic uncertainty, wars, climate change etc — has made anxiety, depression and dread rampant.
As such, what people desperately want more than anything — nationally, socially, for family, and Mentally — thus, is peace.
While the Garden of Eden that God created was the peak of abundance,
The one thing that was missing there was peace since
Hades, the universe, is an immense prison
Destined to be burned up in the end (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4, 3:7-11; Jude1:6).
Deceived by the devil, Adam, the ancestor of all mankind,
Disobeyed the commandment regarding the fruit and he became afraid (Ge2:17, 3:4-10).
As a result, all men inherited fear along with sin in the spirit (Ge4:14; Rm5:12),
Held in slavery by their fear of death (He2:15).
The blessing promised to Abraham, the father of faith, was
To be buried at good age and go to his ancestors in peace (Ge15:15).
His descendant Jacob made a vow to God whom he saw in his dream while on the run,
That if he returned safely to his father’s household,
Jehovah would be his God and He will give Him a tenth of all given to him (Ge28:21-22).
As such, as an answer to his desperate prayer in the face of a death threat,
He was able to return to his father’s house safely (Ge33:18).
The commandments Israel received in the wilderness after being delivered from slavery,
Brought on a different kind of dread: the penalty of death for violating the Sabbath (Ex31:13–17), and Being forbidden from seeking peace or prosperity with other nations (Dt23:6).
While there was no end to wars with gentiles (Dt23:6),
Since the prostitute Rahab risked her life and received the Israelite spies with peace,
She and her family were saved (He11:31).
While David, a man of war, was not permitted to build the temple for Jehovah,
Solomon, a man of peace, built the Temple of Jerusalem (1Ch22:9).
Unlike its name, “the city of peace” or “the promised-peace,” Jerusalem became
The place in the world where fighting does not cease to this day.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He will give not the peace inside the temple that is made by hands thus can break,
But His peace which is unbreakable to souls (Jn14:27) for
The Word in the beginning, that is, the God of peace, came to the world (Jn1:1-2, 14), and
After finishing the work in His body, He will ascend to heaven (Jn16:28),
Prepare a place in the Father’s house and come back to take those who believe (Jn14:1-3).
He broke the peace in the world so there would be feud because
It is only after that, there would be peace through Him (Mt10:34-37).
After He healed countless sick people, He blessed them saying, “Go in peace” (Mk5:34), and
He commanded His disciples to proclaim the gospel of peace (Mt10:12-13).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and His soul returned to the Father’s house in peace (Jn10:18, 16:28);
2) Through death destroyed the ruler of death (He2:14-15); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—faced calamity,
His blood—> into souls—> gave peace (Is53:4-5).
His first words after His resurrection was “Peace be with you” (Jn20:19-22).
He ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne (Rev7:10),
The King of peace who forever bears the marks of having suffered calamity (Is45:7; He7:2).
The Holy Spirit came to the church, the temple of peace, and
The souls who received the blood of Yeshua.
For the God of peace is with them,
They are able to overcome persecution and oppression (2Co13:11).
The Christian is he who strives to not lose the peace in his soul:
He shakes off any earthly, unspiritual, and demonic thoughts (Jas3:15; Gal5:17),
Loves brothers with peace and faith (Eph6:23), and
As an ambassador of peace,
Goes out to proclaim the good news of peace to where trouble awaits (Is52:7; 2Co5:19-21).
O Lord,
We are Christians who do not lose peace even before death!
We do not fear death for we believe that upon our death,
Our souls will reach paradise by the power of Yeshua’s blood.
This peace that I have in my soul, let me never lose it, never break it! Amen.
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The Everlasting Relationship 2:
The Creator and the Created
(Ge1:1, 26-28; Ps100:1-5)
God is the Creator.
By His will He created all things (Rev4:11) and
For Himself He created all things (Pr16:4).
He created all things visible and invisible, and He is their Owner.
Faith is knowing that I was created, that I am His, and kneeling before Him (Ps95:6) and
Faith life is living according to the will of Him who made me, knowing my true self, that is,
I am a soul and I have flesh (Ps95:6; Is45:7).
The Bible records that according to God’s purpose and design, that
He made all things according to what is written in the Bible:
God spoke His word and all things came to be accordingly (Ge1:5, 7, 9, 12; Rm1:19-20).
The purpose of God’s creation of both the visible and the invisible worlds was
To make His Son the Heir of all things (He1:2; Col1:16).
To that end, God made all things to use them according to His will for they are His —
The spiritual heaven, the throne, the name, the glory, the angels etc.
When the archangel wanted to be like the Creator in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17),
God contained him until the great day of judgement in Hades (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6), also called
“The first heaven and earth,” that is, the universe (Ge1:1; Rev21:1).
This was for the Creator to use the wicked on the day of disaster accordingly (Pr16:4; Is45:7).
Although Adam, a living being (Ge2:7), was limited to what he could take in the Garden of Eden,
He was deceived by Satan, the devil and disobeyed the commandment of God
Regarding the fruit of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil (Ge2:17), and
Ate the forbidden fruit, wanting to be like the Creator (Ge3:4).
As a result, all men became slaves of the devil, bound to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
After the exodus, God led the Israelites, His holy people, through the wilderness
To test them and show that they cannot live on their own (Dt8:15-16).
The commandment they received regarding the Sabbath was for them
To remember that God is the Creator (Ex20:8-11).
While the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah and the stone tablets were (1Ki8:9, 16)
Reminded them that they were created,
For they were foolish and unwise, they often forgot and were thus cursed (Dt32:6; Ps28:5).
According to the prophecy that God would create new heavens and a new earth (Is65:17-18),
Create a new thing on earth (Jer31:22) and
That people will look to their Maker (Is17:7),
The Word who was with God, who did the work of creation (Jn1:1-3)
Came as man, the one and only Son, Yeshua (Jn1:14).
He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days” (Jn2:19-20), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would raise a new temple that is not made with hands (Mk14:58),
That is not part of this creation (He9:11).
In the hands of the Jews who were steeped in creationism, Yeshua was put to death but as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By dying according to the Father’s command, fulfilled the principle of creation coming to the created world like a creature (Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) By His death judged the origin of sin, the devil, who forgot that his true place, that he was created (Ge3:4-6; Pr16:4; Eze28:12-17; 1Jn3:8; Jude1:6); and
3) With His redeeming blood that is not part of this creation made souls a new creation (Is65:1-18; 2Co5:17).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb, and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua live as new creation (2Co5:17),
Looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth (Rev21:1).
The Christian knows that his true self is soul and that he has a body, and that
Souls are with whom God wants to have an everlasting relationship.
Therefore, he surrenders to live on his own and
Willingly chooses to live according to the Word of Yeshua, the Creator.
He lives attached to the church, the body whose head is the name Yeshua,
Gathering on the Lord’s Day to worship Him, never to leave it on his own (Jn15:5; Jude1:6).
Furthermore, he daily kneels before the name Yeshua and prays (Ps95:6; Jn14:13)v
As to not commit the satanic sin.
When the earthly tent is destroyed
He longs to be clothed with his heavenly dwelling, not built with human hands (2Co5:1-9).
When the Son of Man appears again in the created world,
He longs to be taken up to the new heaven and the new earth.
O Lord,
Still rooted in us is the satanic nature of
Wanting to live on our own, doing whatever we want…
Let us never forget even for a day…
I was created! I exist for my Creator! I cannot deny His command! Amen.
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My Soul, a Member of the Body of Christ
(Rm12:1-5)
God is one (Jas2:19).
No one else has the existence and the attributes as He does.
He gives eternal life to those who know the One the only true God sent as the Son (Jn17:3).
Faith is believing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one, and
Faith life is, by the Holy Spirit, becoming a member of the body where Christ is the Head, and
Fulling one’s role for
Depending on whose body one is a member of,
The treatment received—whether in life or in death—differs as vastly as night and day.
Deceived by the devil, that is, Satan who wanted to be like God in heaven (Is14:12-15),
Adam sinned and all men became slaves of the devil destined for hell,
Because he challenged the oneness of God (Ge3:4-6; Mt25:41).
After Israel was delivered from their slavery and became the people of Jehovah,
The numerous commandments they received were all specific details regarding
One general principle: "You shall have no other god but the LORD God" (Ex20:3).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was instilled in them
Jehovah alone is the first and the last (Is44:6),
It is He who formed the heavens and the earth (Is45:18) and
He alone is a righteous God and a Savior (Is45:21).
In spite of this, however, destruction came to Israel
As the result of forgetting the former things (Is46:9),
Burning incense to other gods (Jer1:16) and
Seeking help from Egypt instead of Jehovah (Is31:1-3).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Upset the Jews who were steeped in monotheism.
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal, not in the name of Jehovah, the name of God delivered by angel,
But in the name of Yeshua, the name of the Father brought by the Son (Mt28:19; Jn5:43),
The Word in the beginning, the only one God came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14, 18), and
Spoke of His oneness: that He is one with the Creator Father (Jn10:29-30), and
That there is no other way to the Father’s house except through Him (Jn14:6).
The parable of the vine and the branches (Jn15:5-7) illustrated that
Souls must remain attached to Yeshua, that is, obey the word of Yeshua,
To not go to hell but have eternal life (Jn12:50, 17:3).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) According to the Father’s command, as a kernel of wheat, fell to the ground and died to become the Head of much fruit, that is, many parts (Jn10:18, 12:24);
2) Condemned the devil who left his proper position (Jude1:6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on souls to become His members.
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne becoming the Lord (Head) of life (Ac3:15), and
The Holy Spirit who came by the agreement of the Father and the Son makes known (Jn14:16):
The Head of the Church=Yeshua (Eph1:22),
The Church=the Body of Christ (Eph1:22), and
Saints=members of the Church whose Head is Yeshua (Eph5:30).
The Holy Spirit protects and nurtures the church to become glorious (Eph5:25-30)
As the wedding of the Lamb is near (Rev19:7-9, 21:2, 9-11).
The members who have received various gifts and duties from the Holy Spirit
Do not quarrel but care for one another with one heart (1Co12:4-27).
Christians are those with a strong sense of membership:
1) I soul will live!—only when I live, the body lives and the members live too!
—filled with the desire to live and obey the Lord’s command;
2) Fulfill their proper functions and cooperate with the duties of other members—the mouth, the eyes, the hands etc; and
3) Behave in a holy and noble manner, worthy of members of the body of Christ (1Co6:15).
O Lord,
All cells, tissues, organs...the wonders of the human body!
How they work so hard to fulfill their functions and cooperate with each other...
Let none of us become mutated like cancer cells that hurt and kill others.
Rather as members of the body of Christ,
Let my soul live so the church lives and all members live! Amen.
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The Church Is the House of My Soul
(Jn14:1-6; 1Ti3:15-16)
God is He who lives (Ps18:46).
His being is alive and His word is also alive (He4:12).
He takes those who believe Him to His house to live with Him (Jn14:3).
Faith is my soul longing to dwell in the courts of God (Ps84:10), and
Faith life is, in order to build the house of my soul in heaven, building the house of my soul on earth (Pr30:24, 26).
A house is for the living as it is: 1) a critical condition to survive; 2) a resting place to return to; and
3) a measurement for status, wealth, success (#1 possession).
The Bible is a book that describes the house of God:
A place to burn incense to God whom the heaven and heavens cannot contain (2Ch2:6).
• The heavens—three heavens—1) the atmosphere; 2) the universe/ Hades; 3) the spiritual heaven (2Ch12:2);
• Hades—the universe—the first heaven and the first earth (Rev21:1)—after the judgement of the angels who sinned, the place that will become hell (Is14:12-15; Mt25:41; Jude1:6; 2Pe3:7-13).
After Adam, the ancestor of all mankind, sinned deceived by the devil,
He was driven out of the Garden of Eden and a flaming sword was placed
So man could never return (Ge3:4-6, 24) and all men became wanderers (Ge4:12).
When Abraham was called, by faith he left without knowing where and
Dwelled in the promised land in tents, looking toward to the city that God was building (He11:7-10).
As Israel rebelled, they wandered 40 years in the wilderness (Nu14:33).
Although they were promised to not wander from Canaan if they kept the Law (2Ki21:8),
Because they did not keep it, they became wanderers scattered all over the world.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the house that bears the name of Jehovah (1Ki8:43) and
Build the house that bears the name of Yeshua, that is, the church (Mt16:18).
For the Son of Man had no plan to dwell on earth forever (Mt8:20),
He promised that when He goes to the Father’s house and prepares a place for believers,
He would come back and take them to be with Him (Jn14:1-3).
As He died, as the temple veil tore, He said, “It is finished” (Lk23:45), declaring that He:
1) Died following the command and committed his soul into the Father’s hands (Jn10:18; Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed all men’s sin—set them free—opened the way to the Father’s house (Jn14:6; He10:20),
His blood—sprinkled on souls—the qualification to build the house of their souls.
He resurrected and entered the Father’s house which He completed with His blood (He9:21), and
The Holy Spirit comes to the church,
The gathering of the souls born in the blood of Yeshua (Ac2:1-4), and
The house of God on earth (1Ti3:15).
He teaches the qualifications of those who will enter the kingdom of heaven:
1) Those who do the will of the Father (Mt7:21);
2) Those who build a house on the rock/ the rock=the foundation=Yeshua Christ (Mt7:24; 1Co3:10);
3) Those who become pillars of truth raised on the foundation of truth (1Co3:12-14; 1Ti3:15).
Christians are those who put effort to return to the Father’s house:
1) On the Lord’s Day, returning to God’s house on earth, the church, and see the face of the Father;
2) Washing with the word, eating the word and sharing with brothers (Eph5:26; Ac4:32);
3) Finding lost sheep and bringing them to the Father’s house and celebrate (Lk15:4-6);
4) Serving according to their gifts (Rm12:6); and
5) Becoming pillars of truth on the foundation of truth—the pastor appointed by the Holy Spirit preaches and teaches the word of truth (Mt28:20; Ac20:28), while the rest become supporters so that the ministry can be done according to the truth, e.g. Aaron and Hur for Moses (Ex17:10-13).
O Lord,
Church of Jesus has reached its 41st anniversary this year!
May we know the mystery of godliness (1Ti3:16) and the mystery of Christ and the Church (Eph5:32)!
On the day that my soul leaves the flesh…
To return to the Father’s house,
May the house of my soul on earth be built upon the truth, teaching to keep the Word of Truth, and
May we become pillars of the church that ministers by the truth.
May we leave behind the greatest church on this earth! Amen.
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My Soul and the Church
(Mt16:15-19, 18:18-20)
God is the Head of every authority (Col2:10).
All authorities come from Him and they are established by Him (Rm13:1), and
No one can withstand the power and the might in His hands (2Ch20:6).
Faith is acknowledging the authority of God and knowing the authority of my soul and
Faith life is submitting to the authority from above (Rm13:1), and
Using the authority of my soul (Jn1:12).
All things were called forth by God through His power and brought into existence (Is40:26).
For God did not spare the angels when they challenged His authority in the spiritual heaven,
He contained them in Hades until the great day of judgment, that is,
The universe (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
Authority was given to Satan, the devil, who deceived Adam to sin (Ge3:4-5; Rm13:1):
The gates of Hades, the prince of the air, the ruler of death (Mt16:18; Eph2:2; He2:14).
This was according to God’s dispensation of
The offspring of the woman coming to judge the devil by His authority (Ge3:15; He2:14).
The slavery of Israel showed the current state of all mankind (2Pe2:19) for
When the wicked rule, the people groan (Pr29:2).
Israel eating manna that rained down from heaven during their 40 years in the wilderness was
A foreshadow that, in the future, they would eat of the bread of the Mighty One (Ps78:23-25),
For man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God (Dt8:3).
However, destruction came upon Israel for they broke God's commandments (Eze22:4–7).
Meanwhile, the appearance of the One whom God will redeem from the power of Hades after death,
Whom God will receive was prophesied (Ps49:15, 89:48).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Angered the Jews who had longed for a time when they would come out of their Dark Age,
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
The name of Jehovah—Israel—God’s people—the land of Canaan—>end;
The name of Yeshua—souls of all nations—God’s children—the kingdom of heaven—>begin.
The origin of the Church:
1) The wilderness tabernacle—Moses (constructed according to God's pattern)—set up amidst the camps of the 12 tribes of Israel—gave sacrifice;
2) The Temple of Jerusalem—Solomon—Mount Moriah;
3) Yeshua Christ Himself—One greater than the Temple (Mt12:6; Jn2:19-21);
4) The Church—two or three gathered in the name of Yeshua (Mt18:20); and
5) Saints—God’s temple where the Holy Spirit dwells (1Co3:16).
The Church is the rock built upon the rock that the gates of Hades cannot prevail against,
The pillar of truth established on the foundation of truth (1Ti3:15),
The gathering of those who hold the confession of faith that
Yeshua Christ is God who came as man.
As Yeshua died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Acknowledged the Father’s authority—using the authority to die following the command was to receive the authority to live again (Jn10:18);
2) By His authority to die destroyed the ruler of death, the devil (He2:14); and
3) His death—all mankind—redeemed—set free from the price of sin (He2:15),
His blood—to souls—gave the right of the children of God (Jn1:12).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the Head over every power and authority on the throne (Col2:10).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent came to the church of Christ, and
The gates of Hades cannot prevail against it.
It holds the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Mt16:18), and
It is an open door, the gate to heaven (Rev3:7-8).
Christians are in the church where souls are treated as souls, and they:
1) Are taught the word of truth, rebuked sharply but endure discipline (Tit1:13, 2:1; He12:8-9);
2) Worship—by the blood of Yeshua seek the face of God (He10:19; Jn4:23-26) and serve God (Nu16:1-32; He9:14);
3) The right of petition—ask the Father for anything (Jn14:12–14);
4) The right to drive out demons—cast out demons, illegal intruders (Mk16:17); and
5) The right to pardon—forgive anyone’s sins (Jn20:23).
O Lord, the church where my soul is treated as a soul!
Let me rather willingly accept the rod of discipline, and turn from my ways! Amen.
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The Father of My Soul
(Mt6:9-15)
God is the Father of spirits (He12:9).
According to His will, He gives birth to children through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and
Inherits the best to His children (He1:4).
Faith is believing that the Father of my soul is in heaven (Mt6:9) and
Faith life is doing accruing to His will (Jn6:39-40, in order for my soul to
Become firstfruits of all He created (Jas1:18) and return to the Father’s house as
The Bible speaks of the father of the flesh and the father of spirits (He12:9).
To the children born of his own blood,
A father wishes to leave a distinguished family and bloodline as an inheritance.
To raise them to be excellent children, the father spares no financial support.
As such, the absence of a father brings about profound personal and social misery.
Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All mankind was demoted to the status of children of the devil (Jn8:44).
This tragedy manifested itself as a brother killing his own brother:
The punishment for Cain was seven times (Ge4:15),
While for his fourth-generation descendant, Lamech, it reached 77 times (Ge4:23-24).
Although God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations (Ge17:4) and
That God would be the God of his descendants (Ge17:7),
The conflict and struggle between siblings persist to this day (Ge21:9-12):
Ishmael—a firstborn by bloodline—Hagar/ a slave—mixed offspring with gentile—> Islam;
Isaac—a son (seed) by covenant—Sarah/ the mother of many nations—Jacob—> Israel.
The commandment regarding men that Israel received was
To honor their parents and love their neighbors.
However, if a witness did not speak up when they heard a public charge,
They would be held responsible (Lev5:1).
As such, parents, siblings, and neighbors—everyone was an object of suspicion.
Following his many gentile concubines, King Solomon served their gods and
The Kingdom of Judah eventually divided and was led into ruins (1Ki11:4-11).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—the Law—the spirit of slave—to fear—servants of Jehovah—>Canaan/ inheritance;
Yeshua—the truth—the spirit of sonship—free—children of God—>Father’s house/ inheritance.
Hearing the word and seeing the signs of Yeshua during His public life,
There was much debate among the people regarding His true identity (Jn6:42):
While Yeshua was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph (Lk3:23),
He declared that He is who existed before Abraham was born (Jn8:44–58)—that is,
The Creator God who was the Word in the beginning (Jn1:1-3, 14).
In doing so, He brought death upon himself (Jn8:59).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and fulfilled the purpose of God (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil, the separator (Ge3:15-16; 1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed—as the last Adam paid the price of the first Adam’s sin (1Co15:45)
—the righteous God judged the first Adam’s sin,
His blood—redeemed all mankind (1Pe1:18),
the souls who receive the blood—forgiveness—the Spirit of adoption—heirs of God.
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat down with the Father on His throne (Rev3:21).
The Holy Spirit came to the church and the souls with the blood of Yeshua.
Christians are those who:
1) For the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with their spirit that has the blood of Christ, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Son (Rm8:9, 15;
1Pe1:19) that they are God’s children, so to become heirs of God they indeed share in His suffering (Rm8:17);
2) “Our Father in heaven” = the Father of brothers = the Father of the Church (Mt8:9):
a. No sin the Father cannot forgive—>forgive their brother’s sin even up to 70x7;
b. As the Father gives good gifts to His children (Mt7:11–13)—>not holding back to share and give whatever is needed to the very least of their brothers (Mt25:35-40); and
c. All mankind bought with the blood of Christ are now the spirit of prodigal sons (Lk15:12-32) —thus, seek them with the Father’s heart to return them to the Father’s house (Lk15:6-10).
O Lord,
The Father of my soul! Our Father! The Father of my brothers! The Father of the Church!
Give us all the Father’s heart. Amen.
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My Soul and the Shepherd
(Jn10:14-16)
God is the good shepherd (Is40:11).
He leads to the good path the souls whom He bought with His own blood, and
He is a good shepherd who oversees and leads to the path of righteousness (Ps23:3).
Faith is knowing that I am a soul and returning to the shepherd of my soul (1Pe2:25), and
Faith life is, in order for me soul to live, remaining in the flock and
Listening to the voice of my shepherd (Jn10:16) as
Sheep are herbivores and are physically vulnerable
But their hearing is excellent at discerning the voice of their own shepherd for
The sheep and the shepherd share an inseparable bond—that is, a bond of survival.
Despite the fact the living being Adam had to live by hearing the voice of God (Ge2:17),
He listened to the devil instead and
A flaming sword was placed around the Garden of Eden from which they were drive out,
So they could not return (Ge3:24).
All mankind, his descendants, fell to the wretched fate of wandering aimlessly and
Follow the devil to hell (Mt25:41).
When the Israelites groaned in their slavery of 430 years and cried out (Ex2:23-24),
Jehovah, the Self-existent, heard and sent Moses who
Risked danger and carried out Israel's exodus (Ex3:8-14).
Moses performed various miracles with a single staff, bringing Pharaoh to his knees, and
The Israelites crossed the sea on dry ground (Ex4:15-28).
Even though the Israelites bursted with resentment when they reached the dry, waterless land,
God led them through the wilderness for 40 years, sustaining them
With manna sent down from heaven and water from the rock.
He did this so, if they observed the commands of the LORD, walked in obedience to Him, and
Revered Him, in the end it might go well with them, that is,
He would give them the inheritance of the land of Canaan (Dt8:2-16).
Nevertheless, when the spies returned and gave an unfavorable report of the land,
The entire people rebelled demanding to return to Egypt and
Consequently, all but Joshua and Caleb perished in the wilderness (Nu13:32-33).
The history of Israel: the conquest of Canaan—the period of the judges—the united kingdom—the divided kingdom—the exile period—return from exile—the intertestamental period;
The confession of Israel: the LORD is my shepherd and I shall not want (Ps23).
The wretched destiny and extraordinary history of Israel who, possessing no land of their own Followed the LORD as their only inheritance,
Led them to have a deep longing for the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would:
nd the era when Jehovah—the shepherd of Israel—led them into the land of Canaan;
Begin the era when Yeshua—the shepherd of souls—lead them to the Father’s house.
He said to beware of false prophets in sheep’s clothing who lead to destruction and
Enter through the narrow gate that leads to life (Mt7:13-16).
According to the prophecy,
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered” (Zec13:7; Mt26:31),
Yeshua died alone and the temple veil tore (Lk23:45).
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and commended His soul to the Father the good Shepherd (Ps23; Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who deceived Adam and led all mankind to destruction (Ge3:4-6; Mt25:41); and
3) His death—redeemed—set mankind free—legitimately—opened the gate for the sheep (Jn10:1-2; He10:20),
His blood—to call out the souls that possess His blood—to hear the voice of the shepherd and
follow (Jn10:3-4; He10:19).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the great Shepherd of the sheep who is seated on the throne (He13:20).
The Holy Spirit comes to the church which God bought with His own blood (Ac20:28) and
Lets the overseers whom He appointed protect the flock and shepherd by the word of grace
So they are not dragged out by savage wolves (Ac20:29-31).
Christians are those who were
Lost in the past but now have returned to the Shepherd and the Overseer of their souls (1Pe2:25):
1) They remain in one flock listening to one shepherd (Jn10:16), fulfilling the functions of the church—worship, fellowship, service, education and evangelism;
2) Believers are together and having everything in common, sharing with one another, every day continuing to meet together in the temple courts (Ac2:44-45);
3) They become little shepherds, going out to seek souls that are outside the sheep pen to lead them back (Mt18:12-14; Jn10:16).
O Lord,
My soul bought with the precious blood of Christ!
In the church bought with God’s own blood,
I can hear the voice of the shepherd whom the Holy Spirit has appointed! Thank You, Lord!
Let us keep following to the very end! Amen.
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My Soul and My Trust
(Ps52:7-9; 2Ti1:12-13)
God is the eternal rock (Dt32:4).
He is perfect in His works, faithfulness, justice, uprightness, and
He knows those who trust in Him (Na1:7), and
He puts trust in those who trust Him and have become pillars (He2:11-13).
Faith is trusting God, His word, and His name (Ps9:10, 20:7, 143:8) and
Faith life is trusting Him without being moved even in the midst of troubled times (2Ti1:11-12).
A rock is solid and worthy of trust and reliance.
While many financial institutions frequently use the word, “trust,”
At times they can fail those who have trusted and invested in them.
This is also for those who suffer a medical accident while seeking treatment with confidence, or
Those who die in an airplane crash while traveling with confidence.
Uncertainty is on the rise globally as life expectancy increases and the population ages since
The number of those expected to support them is decreasing due to low birth rates.
The Bible says that God is the Rock to believe and trust in:
• The basis of faith—the Bible—God’s prophecies and covenants—all fulfilled;
• The foundation of faith—creationism—by the Word—from nothing came all—the creation of man without spirit/ Nephilim (Ge1:27, 6:1-4)—much earlier than Adam/ 6,000 years ago (Ge2:7, ch.5);
• The deluge in Noah’s time—wiped away all men without spirit—only Noah’s descendants, living beings, remain (Ge6:5-8);
• Abraham—believed in God’s covenant—received a son at 100—the covenant faith (Ge18:10)—believing that God can raise even the dead, sacrificed his only son (Rm4:18-21; He11:17-19);
• The exodus of Israel/ 10 plagues—walked through the sea on dry ground—the wilderness for 40 years—ate manna;
• The sanctuary—the ark of the covenant—the vase of manna—reminded the past things;
• David—put trust in God rather than the sword or the bow—ran to the enemy, scaled the wall (2Sa22:30-31; Ps44:6);
• Prophet Elijah—prayed—from heaven brought down the fire and the rain after a drought for 3 years and 6 months (1Ki18:37-38, 44-45);
prophet Elisha—raised the dead—the dead body that touched his body came to life (2Ki13:21).
For those who believe in all these things, the One whom they can truly believe and trust had come:
A son born of a virgin, as prophesied, whose name is Immanuel (Is7:14; Mt1:21-23), and
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would reveal that,
The Word who was with God in the beginning (Jn1:1-2)
Became flesh and dwelled with men (“God with us”) (Mt1:23; Jn1:14).
The signs and wonders following Him during His public life led men to believe Him and trust Him:
With two fish and five loaves of bread He fed tens of thousands (Mt14:17-20), and
Filled up the boat of Peter who trusted His word and let down his net and
Caught so many fish that the net began to break (Lk5:4-9).
But because He rejected the pleas of those who wanted to make him king of the world (Jn6:15),
He was handed over to be killed.
As He died, He said, “It is finished,” for He fulfilled all prophecies and covenants (Jn19:28-30):
1) He absolutely trusted the Father and laid down His life to receive it back (Is12:2; Jn10:18);
2) He condemned the devil the liar (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) His death—redeemed—set men free
His blood—sprinkled on souls—so they trust faith (Rm9:32).
His resurrection testified that the word of Yeshua Christ is the truth, the assurance for faith.
The Holy Spirit testifies the resurrection of Yeshua Christ and that He lives.
The Christian is he who sows (deposits) in order for
His soul to resurrect to a glorious spiritual body (1Co15:42-44):
1) Laying down his knowledge and experience, he trusts the word and obeys (Lk5:5; 2Co10:5);
2) Always trusting the blood of Yeshua, he has the confidence to entrust his soul in the Father’s hand (He10:19);
3) By knowing the One whom he trusts, he believes that He will guard the things he has been entrusted with (his soul, spirit, body, family, possessions); and
4) Prayer is the best means to trust—for the Lord puts His trust in those who entrusted all things to Him, and lets them become pillars in the temple of the New Jerusalem (He2:11-13; Rev3:12).
O Lord,
Whom can I trust until the end of this life?
My God, our Father, Yeshua! You alone are my trust, my eternal Rock!
Let me become a pillar of the temple, a pillar of prayer like Anna,
In whom You put Your trust
So I may see Your face at Your second coming! Amen.
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Yeshua the Boast of My Soul
(Ps34:2; 1Co1:18-31)
God is worthy to be praised (Ps145:4).
There is no one who has His attributes and character and
There is no one who does what He does.
He brings those who boast Him into the New Jerusalem which is filled with praises (Rev21:23-26).
Faith is knowing what my boast is and
The life of this faith is considering all things I boast as rubbish and only boasting Yeshua (Php3:3-8).
Though the tongue is a very small part of the body,
It affects the whole course of one’s life (Jas3:5-6).
By boasting in arrogance one’s knowledge, experience, talent, environment, possessions, family etc
He brings despair to others as it is evil (Jas4:16).
Boasting the name of God in one’s soul, however,
Gives strength to the afflicted (Ps34:2).
All mankind was seized of all sources for boasting, left with nothing but shame for
Their ancestor Adam sinned and became a slave to the devil (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19) — that is,
Satan, the archangel who boasted his beauty and talents and
Tried to steal the praises due God in the spiritual heaven and was
Cast down to Hades, eternally made a spectacle (Eze28:12-17) and
Contained until the great day of judgement (Jude1:6).
God called the Israelites while they were drowning in shame from slavery for 430 years, and
Made them His holy people (Ex3:10) and instilled in them
An exceptional sense of pride for:
The name of God; the Law; their deeds, circumcision (the symbol of the covenant),
Their ancestors (flesh and blood), the temple etc (Ps44:8; Rm2:17, 23; Gal6:13; Php3:5; Mk13:1).
For all their boasting was in the flesh,
John the Baptist cried out for them to correct their arrogant boasting (Mt3:9), and
Yeshua condemned their charitable deeds, prayer, fasting etc which were
All done to show others (Mt6:1-18; Lk18:10-14).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days," because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would become the boast of not the flesh but the soul:
The temple—the name of Jehovah—the Law—the pride of Israel—flesh and blood—external;
His body—the name of Yeshua—the Truth—the pride of souls—of all nations—spiritual.
Yet He had nothing boastful about His flesh (Is53:2-3) and
He only boasted the Father (Lk18:19).
According to His prophecy, He was lifted up (Jn8:28, 12:32-34; Gal3:13), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Humbled Himself through the most shameful death and lifted up the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who tried to lift himself up (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed—all mankind—paid the price of sin, shame and death;
His blood—sprinkled—for all souls—to become their eternal boast (1Co1:30-31).
His resurrection is His crown, His pride.
He ascended the throne in heaven and receives all praises forever (Rev5:13).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent testifies the name of Yeshua.
Those who receive the name of Yeshua (Jn1:12) are
Those who, because of their unrighteousness, sin, failure, lowliness, shame etc,
Have nothing to boast about their flesh.
Rather, they make Yeshua the boast of their souls, that is,
His redemption, righteousness, holiness, wisdom, beauty, power etc (1Co1:26-31).
The Christian is he who, even if throws away his own as garbage,
Makes his soul with the blood of Yeshua as his pride.
He seeks the afflicted souls and endlessly boasts about:
The name of God, Yeshua, which he possesses; the fact that he was baptized;
The great surpassing knowledge, the truth, that he knows;
The church of truth; and his pastor who feeds him the truth (Php3:3, 7-11; Col2:11; 1Ti3:15; Jer3:15),
For he longs to one day enter the New Jerusalem which is filled with praises (Rev21:23-24).
O Lord,
Whomever I meet in the world,
No matter the circumstances of my life,
How confident, bold and proud I am!
I am a soul made an heir to the King of kings by His blood! How truly proud I am!
Let me go to the ends of the earth and continue to boast Yeshua! Amen.
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My Soul and the Name of Yeshua
(Jn1:12; He1:4-5)
God has a holy name.
He reveals the holiness of His great name (Eze36:23) and
Leads those who hallow His name in the paths of righteousness (Ps23:3).
Faith is knowing the name of God and receiving it into my soul (Jn1:12).
The life of this faith is putting effort for His name to be hallowed (Mt6:9).
Everything has a name, and even the names of gods were bestowed by human beings.
Although name is not the entity itself, it carries the same honor and rights as that entity or person.
Thus all promises and relationships are made and carried out by the name.
Despite the fact that God made man a living being (Ge2:7)
For His eternal name to be in him (Ex3:14; 2Ch6:5),
Because deceived by the devil, Adam sinned and his spirit became unclean by sin,
The holy name of God could not be in him and
All mankind became destined to follow the devil to hellfire, the spiritual incinerator (Mt5:22, 25:41).
The name of God revealed to Moses was Jehovah, the Self-Existent (Ex3:14-15), and
God sent him to Egypt to let Israel, Abraham’s descendants, go to the land of Canaan
For they received the promise of the inheritance of land (Ge17:8).
The pharaoh mocked, “Who is Jehovah that I should obey him and let Israel go?” (Ex5:1-2), and
Consequently had to pay a price — the total collapse of Egypt.
The commandment Israel received warned that anyone taking the name of Jehovah in vain (Ex20:7),
Anyone profaning or not revering His name would be cursed (Lev18:21; Dt28:58-60).
David struck down with one shot Goliath who defiled the name of the LORD (1Sa17:45, 49).
Since Solomon built the house where the name of the LORD (2Sa7:13),
In spite of his sin of defiling the Temple, he escaped curse during his lifetime.
Nevertheless, because of the rebellion of Israel, the temple was destroyed (Neh1:8; La2:8) and
Wherever they went among the nations they profaned His holy name (Eze36:20).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” for
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Israel were called the people of Jehovah—the promised inheritance of land (Ge17:5; Dt28:10);
Souls bearing the name of Yeshua—the promised inheritance of the name of God (Jn1:12; He1:4).
His public life was to reveal the Father’s name (Jn17:6), and
Be one with those who believe His name (Jn17:11).
To the disciples who rejoiced after driving out demons in the name of Yeshua,
He said, “Rejoice that your names are written in heaven" (Lk10:17-20).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command, and while men defiled the name of God, the Son hallowed and showed the holiness of His great name (Eze36:23; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the unclean devil, the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed—set all men free,
His blood—inside souls—a new name, Yeshua, the name of God—never to be defiled (Is62:2).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne, eternally giving glory to the Father.
The Holy Spirit lets believers know:
The name of the Father=the name of the Son=the name of the Holy Spirit=Yeshua (Mt28:19; Ac19:6);
The name of my soul=Yeshua (Jn1:12; Ac3:6);
To hallow the name of Yeshua=the purpose of the spiritual life and prayer (Mt6:9).
He who was baptized in the name of Yeshua and became a Christian
In the past lived for the name of his flesh
But now lives for the name of his soul, Yeshua; therefore he:
1) Praises flowing from not the soul but the spirit;
2) Prays to reveal the glory of His name (Jn14:13-14);
3) Displays the signs in His name (Mk16:17-18; Jas5:16);
4) Serves knowing all the ministry of the Spirit as glorious (2Co3:8);
5) Whether in word or deed does all in His name (Col3:17); and
6) Preaches the gospel to souls and teaches them to bow their knees before the name of Yeshua (Php2:10-11).
O Lord,
Yeshua! The inheritance of my soul! The surname of my soul!
Every moment I breathe, let me give glory to the name of Yeshua and
Even in my last breath, may I bring glory to the name of Yeshua. Amen.
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My Soul and the Spiritual Warfare
(Eph6:10-18)
God is the God of glory.
All glory comes from Him and returns to Him.
He calls into His eternal glory those who fight and overcome for His glory (1Pe5:10).
Faith is knowing the glory of God and
The life of this faith is a life dedicated to fighting and winning, come what may, in order
To return in glory.
While a war begins by a preplan with its objectives, principal enemies, battlefields, and weaponry,
It is an endeavor in which neither side can avoid mass casualties and destruction.
The Bible is the Book of Wars (Nu21:14).
It records the spiritual warfare of spiritual beings:
The archangel Satan rebelled in the spiritual heaven wanting to be like God (Is14:12-15), and
He and his angels were contained in Hades until the judgement of the great day (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6),
As Hades is the battlefield where the spiritual warfare takes place, that is, the universe (Rev12:7-9).
That war began to break out in the Garden of Eden: In a verbal duel with the devil (Ge3:4-6),
Adam was defeated and all mankind became the devil’s slave and hell-bound (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Israel was led by Moses and by the 10 plagues, Egypt was laid to waste and Israel delivered.
Although Joshua led them and Jericho fell and they conquered Canaan,
Nations were left behind as opponents of their battle
For God to test to see whether Israel would obey the Law (Jdg3:1-4).
By the Spirit of God and for the glory of the name of the LORD (1Sa16:13),
David fought and defeated the Philistine giant Goliath, and became the King of Judah (1Sa17:36-49).
Although Solomon enjoyed the blessing of being a king of peace, free from war (Neh13:26),
By taking foreign women as wives and committing the sin of following their gods (1Ki11:1-13),
The kingdom divided into North and South in subsequent generation and
Waged war until both ultimately met their ruin:
The Northern Kingdom—722BC—by the Assyrians;
The Southern Kingdom—586BC—by the Babylonians.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21) He would reveal:
Israel—by the law—in the name of Jehovah—victory against gentiles;
The Son of God—by the truth—in the name of Yeshua—victory against the prince of the world (Jn12:31, 16:11).
He was tempted by the devil but defeated him by the written word (Mt4:3-11) and
During His public life He drove out demons with the word of authority.
Since demons are spiritual beings, unclean spirits,
They recognized Yeshua as the Son of God (Mk1:23-27).
In response to governor Pilate’s inquiry, He declared that He is indeed a king and that
His kingdom does not belong to this world (Jn18:36–37).
Without responding to their mockery, "Are you the Christ?”
He died but said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), because
By the truth He overcame, that is, the resurrection and the life (Jn11:25, 14:6):
1) He died according to the Father’s command and used the authority to lay down His life to take it up again (Jn10:17-18);
2) By His authority to die He annihilated the ruler of death (He2:14-15); and
3) His death—redeemed—all mankind—set them free (He2:14),
His blood—for souls—the blood of the Lamb—to overcome in the spiritual warfare (Rev12:11).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb seated on the throne,
The King of kings who was dead but is now alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit sends out the souls who became alive by the blood of Yeshua
Into the spiritual battlefield.
A Christian is neither a religious person nor a cultured man, but a soldier of Christ (2Ti2:3).
He is determined to win, at all cost, in the fiercest and most vile war of the last days by:
1) Demolishing all theories, ideologies, political regimes, ecclesiastical powers, spiritual ignorance, and evil spirits in heavenly places (2Co10:3-5);
2) Exposing the identity of demons—unclean spirits like frogs (Rev16:13–14) who confuse me-vs-foe—and expelling them in the name of Yeshua;
3) Bringing into submission to Christ his family members—enemies by fate—through love, prayer, and patience (Mt10:34-36); and
4) Himself—the earthly, unspiritual, carnal and demonic “Me”=the enemy of my soul (Jas3:15).
O Lord,
For the greater the fight, the greater the glory,
I will surely triumph in this spiritual warfare and
Wearing the crown of glory enter into Christ’s glory (Rev21:23-26)!
Let Church of Jesus become a victorious army, returning home safe and sound—every single one. Amen.
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My Soul Has Received Grace
(Jn1:1-2, 14-17)
God is the God of grace (Ps111:4).
He is gracious in all His works (Ps145:7) and
He is gracious to whom He is gracious (Ex33:19) and
He lets those who know grace and prepay it serve before His throne (Rev22:3).
Faith is receiving God’s grace and considering all things as grace (Ps141:5) and
The life of this faith is repaying Him for all His goodness (Ps116:12) for
Grace refers to freely given gift and
Ingratitude is the mark of the lowest trait of human being.
The Bible is the dispensation of God’s grace:
The former grace—general grace—nature—>flesh;
The latter grace—special grace—the only begotten Son—>soul.
Forgetting grace, Adam the ancestor sinned and was driven out of the Garden (Ge3:24), and
All mankind became unable to escape the fate of heading to hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
When warned about the deluge, Noah in holy fear built an ark and his family was saved (He11:7) for
It was the good things that God stored up for those who fear Him (Ps31:19).
For Abraham recognized God’s coming to him as His favor and welcomed Him,
He received a son at the age of 100 (Ge18:3-10).
Lot welcomed the angels who came to his house and was shown great kindness, that is,
He was saved from the destruction of Sodom (Ge19:1-19).
After 20 years of servitude, Jacob acknowledged all kindness shown by God and
He was spared from death at the hands of his brother and
Received the promise of numerous descendants (Ge32:10-12).
For God showed His favor to Israel, they were delivered from their slavery of 400 years (Ps85:1) and
They left Egypt with all its treasures (Ex12:36).
While the wilderness was where Jehovah in His mercy led the people whom He redeemed (Ex15:13),
All those who grumbled in spite of finding grace there for 40 years died in the wilderness (Jer31:2).
The atonement cover above the ark of the testimony inside the Most Holy Place was the mercy seat.
Although it reminded them the promise that
If they kept the commandments, He would show mercy to 1000 generations (Ex20:6) and
Even if they sinned, if they returned, they would be shown compassion (2Ch30:9),
Since they were stiff-necked, rebellious people serving other gods
They could not escape the cruse of being thrown out of Jerusalem (Jer16:13).
Consequently, the prophets cried out for them to rend their hearts and return to God (Joel2:13).
According to the prophecy,
He who would proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor appeared (Is61:1-2) — Yeshua.
And He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
The Law—given through Moses—grace—>flesh;
Grace and truth—came through the only begotten Son—grace—>soul.
Eventually, the prophecy of many peoples and powerful nations coming to Jerusalem
To seek the LORD Almighty to entreat Him led Yeshua to His death (Zec8:22).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for He fulfilled the Law and the Prophets (Mt11:13):
1) He offered His life to give thanks for the grace of the Father (Jnh2:8-9);
2) He judged the ungrateful devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—set free them from the price of sin,
He sprinkled His blood—souls—eternal grace (Is53:4-6).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the Lamb seated on the mercy seat (He4:16; Rev22:3).
From there, even now, the river of the water of life, the river of grace, flows out (Rev22:1).
The Spirit of grace makes the gospel of grace be known and lets believers testify it (Ac20:24):
The Law—the law that reveals sin—no flesh is justified by works (Rm3:19-20);
The Gospel—by grace—through the blood of Yeshua redeemed and forgiven (Eph1:7)
—the blood of Yeshua purifies us from all sins (1Jn1:7)
—justified by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9)
—receive the name (blood) of Yeshua and become children of God (Jn1:12).
A Christian is he who knows that
He is a soul who has received the greatest gift God prepared before the creation of the world, thus:
1) His profound sense of grace and gratitude never fades—for the Lord, who suffered in place of someone like me, longed to be gracious (Is30:18), exchanging His precious blood for my soul (1Pe1:18-19) etc;
2) He becomes the praise of His glory (Ps22:3; Eph1:12);
3) To find grace to help him in his time of need, with confidence he approaches God’s throne of grace in prayer (He4:16);
4) He serves faithfully according to the grace given (Rm12:6);
5) He considers suffering with Christ as grace (Ps141:5); and
6) As a debtor to His grace, he gives his life to testify the gospel of His grace (Ac20:22-24; Rm1:14).
O Lord,
All I have to say is…
It is all by the grace of the Lord! Amen.
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My Soul With the Lord Always
(Mt28:19-20)
God is omnipresent.
There is no place in heaven and earth where He is not present (Jer23:24), and
He takes those who walk faithfully with Him to be with Him forever (Ge5:21-24).
Faith is, even after family, friends, and even my own body have departed,
My soul yearning to be with the Lord always.
The life of this faith is being conscious of God’s constant presence and solely pleasing Him (He11:5).
Since humans were made to live together
Loneliness is a pain more unbearable than financial hardship.
Consequently, even if they have lovers, friends, and family,
There are those who turn to the extreme choice of suicide
If they do not feel connected to others in thoughts, hearts, and wills.
As the Bible says it is better to live in a desert
Than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife (Pr21:19),
After taking the fruit that God forbid and was questioned about it after (Ge3:11),
Adam, who had boasted about the unity of husband and wife (Ge2:23),
Resented "the woman you put here with me” (Ge3:12), treating her as the Other.
The great deluge wiped away all humans who were only flesh,
With whom the Spirit of God will not contend forever (Ge6:3-8).
But Noah, who was blameless among the people of his time, that is,
An descendant of Adam, a man with spirit, walked faithful with God and
So God saved him from the deluge (Ge6:9).
The Bible is a record of those whom God was with:
• Joseph—although sold to Egypt as a slave, he ultimately became its ruler (Ac7:9-10);
• Moses—with his staff he delivered the Israelites from their slavery (Ex4:12-15);
• Israel—after the exodus they were led by the pillar of fire, the ark of the covenant, the tabernacle etc (Ex33:16);
• Joshua—for the LORD was with him, he conquered Canaan (Nu14:9; Jos6:27);
• Samuel—all his prophecies were fulfilled and he became a great prophet (1Sa3:19);
• David—rejoicing when the ark of God was brought, he offered sacrifices of praise in the tent which he prepared (1Ch15:1, 29, 16:4).
The ark of God inside the temple reminded Israel that:
• The ark of the covenant—the vase with manna—Jehovah who was with them for 40 years in the wilderness—they lacked nothing (Dt2:7);
• The ark of the testimony—the tablets of the testimony—the commandments given by Jehovah who was with Moses for 40 days (Ex34:28-29).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that the Creator God, who was with Israel conceptually,
Came as the only begotten Son, to be with the souls of all nations concretely,
For the Word who was with God in the beginning, that is, God (Jn1:1-3)
Became flesh and dwelled with men (Mt1:21-23; Jn1:14):
The Word with God—> Immanuel/ Yeshua—> God with us.
Disregarding the Pharisees who criticized Him for being with sinners (Mt9:10-12),
He taught the disciples who were with Him (Mk3:14) that
He who is greater than the temple and the law, that is, God, was with them (Mt12:1-6; Jn8:16).
As He died alone, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command in order to be with the Father forever (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil, the separator (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Through death redeemed all mankind and sprinkled His blood to be with the souls who receive.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and
He is seated on the throne with the Father forever (Rev3:21).
The Holy Spirit whom He promised came and He is another advocate (Jn14:16-17).
Unlike the Son of Man, the Holy Spirit is with the souls who have the blood of Yeshua forever.
The Christian is he who believes that my soul is always with the Lord.
Therefore, he does not worry about present or future matters (Mt6:34; Rm8:38-39),
He is not lonely even if he is locked up in a prison alone, and
Not fearing tribulation, persecution or death, he shouts to preach the gospel (Ac18:9-10).
O Lord,
Like Enoch whose life was cut short but had walked with God,
Let me prove that I had pleased You before You take me home…
Immanuel who is with my soul to the very end!
Let us all hold fast to the name of Yeshua and live by it
Until we are home to live with You forever! Amen.