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Salvation and Discernment
(Mt16:1-4; 1Ti4:1-2)
God is seated on the throne of judgment (Ps122:5).
For He is rich in His wisdom and knowledge, His judgment is unsearchable (Rm11:33) and
To those who seek humbly He gives a discerning heart (1Ki3:7-13).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is seeking God and discerning between the truth and the falsehood of the world, the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of evil
spirits, and the Spirit of truth and deceiving spirits (1Jn4:6).
Discernment, the ability to distinguish between works and things, is very important in everything: Between truth/lies, right/wrong, good/evil, friends/enemies, the path to life/the path to death etc.
The Bible says that blessed is he who does not walk in step with the wicked (Ps1:1) and that
How one wrong decision can lead to eternal destruction (Job34:4).
Deceived by the devil, Adam ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and
All mankind, his descendants, became hellhound with the devil (Mt25:41).
Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son,
Sought the blessing with tears afterward but could not change what he had done (He12:16-17).
The history of the Bible illustrates the results of those with the discerning ability and those without:
By faith, the prostitute Rahab welcomed the spies of Israel and hid them, and
Saved her family while Jericho perished (Jos2:4-24; He11:31);
King Solomon pleased God by asking not for long life or wealth or the death of his enemies,
But for the wisdom to discern between right and wrong and
He eventually had the reputation for being an excellent judge (1Ki3:7-13).
King Ahab, on the other hand, was stirred up by his gentile wife Jezebel and did evil (1Ki16:30), and
Thus, God put deceiving spirits in the mouth of his prophets to lead him to his death (1Ki22:20-23).
The destruction of Israel came for they did not listen or pay attention to Jehovah.
They followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts (Jer7:24).
According to the prophecy, the king called Counselor appeared (Is9:6) and
He is Christ Yeshua, who 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 give discernment of not the appearance of the sky but the signs of the times (Mt16:2-3) for
He is the Word in the beginning, that is,
The God who has the unsearchable power to judge came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14).
Even when tempted by the devil while in His greatest weakness after fasting for 40 days,
Yeshua defeated him by making the written word as the standard of judgment (Mt4:1-11).
He was passed over to death by those who, in spite of seeing His signs and wonders,
Only saw Him as a man, a prophet or a king's descendant.
Nevertheless, as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Offered His life following the Father’s command and was distinguished as He who serves God (Jn10:17-18; Mal3:18);
2) Judged the devil who was full of his own schemes (Ge3:4-6; Ps1:1; Is14:12-15); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men so they may receive by faith the power to discern (Jn1:12).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
Sat on the throne of judgement to judge the living and the dead (2Ti4:1).
The Holy Spirit lets believers discern spiritual things (1Co2:13) and
Peter put to death Ananias and Sapphire who lied to the Holy Spirit (Ac5:1-11).
In the last days scoffers will come,
Denying the Lord’s second coming and His judgment (2Pe3:3), and
Deceiving spirits, which are one’s own angels changed by saint’s evil desires (1Ti4:1-2),
Lead them to abandon the faith and believe the lies as
God sends them powerful delusion so that they will be condemned (2Th2:10-12).
The Christian is he who knows his own weaknesses, that is, the deceiving spirits, and
Thus struggles to rid them at all cost:
1) Renews an upright spirit within him — an honest judgment regarding himself;
2) Repents with a broken and contrite heart (Ps51); and
3) Desperately asks God for discernment.
O Lord,
Let us know that we are engaged in a fierce spiritual warfare.
Let us know that one bad decision will lead to the path of destruction of no return.
From the lesson of Balaam (Nu22; 2Pe2:15-16),
Let us learn the seriousness of deceiving spirits and
When an evil thought pops up, let us immediately repent and get rid of it.
O Lord, give us discernment above all else! Amen.
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The Chariot of Salvation
(Hab3:8-13; 2Pe3:7-13)
God is the Lord of promise.
He is not slow in keeping His promise (2Pe3:9) and
His salvation will not be delayed (Is46:13).
Faith is embracing His promise and waiting and
The life of this faith is, on the day called, “Today,” cherishing time (Col4:5; He3:13), so
After a lifetime is over, ride the chariot of salvation faster than light (Job21:13; Ps90:9; Hab3:8-9, 11),
And escape the burning universe (2Pe3:8-9).
While both warfare and business can be said to be a battle of speed in modern times,
As without speed you cannot survive,
The Bible speaks of the swift word of God (Ps147:15) for
On the last day when He commands all things which He created by His word to burn
Light which is the fastest among them will also be destroyed (2Pe3:7, 12).
The history of the Bible shows that God is not slow in keeping His promise:
Seven days after Noah entered the ark which he made for 70 years, the flood came (Ge7:4) and
The whole world was deluged and destroyed (2Pe3:6);
As the angels warned Lot with the coming of dawn (Ge19:15)
When the sun had risen over the land,
Burning sulfur rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge19:23-24);
As God promised Abraham, at the end of the 430 years, to the very day (Ge15:13; Ex12:41),
His descendants Israel without delay left Egypt and remembering this for generations to come
They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Ex12:17. 39).
While the power of God came on Elijah and he ran ahead of the horse (1Ki18:45-46) and
His disciple Elisha called the chariot of fire, “the chariots of Israel” (2Ki2:12),
The sanctuary reminded them that the name of Jehovah is the chariots of Israel (Ps68:17).
In spite of it, however, they did not trust in Jehovah but rather
Relied on the chariots and the horses of Egypt (Is31:1), because of which troubles came to them.
Nevertheless, the prophets said that if they turned from their ways and cried out
The salvation of Jehovah will not be delayed (Is46:13) and
Faster than the sun and the moon, the chariots of salvation will come (Hab3:8-13).
What bewildered Israel who were waiting for the Messiah coming on chariots was
What Yeshua who claimed himself to be Christ, who came riding on a colt (Lk23:2; Jn12:14) 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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would become the chariot of salvation for not only Israel but the souls of all nations for
The Word swifter than light became flesh and came (Ps147:15; Jn1:1, 14).
As such, during His public life He did the work of the Father who sent Him.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Committed His soul into the hands of the Father, the chariot of His salvation (Lk23:46);
2) Judged the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on the souls of all men (Eph1:7; He12:24).
He resurrected and He is the Lamb seated on the throne (Rev5:9).
He swears to those who believe Him that without delay He will take them (Jn14:3; Rev10:6),
Thus, on the wicked servants who say the master is staying away a long time, and
On those who are slow to believe (Mt24:48; Lk24:25), the day of destruction will come suddenly.
The man of the Spirit who believes that He who is coming will come and will not delay
Does not miss spiritual opportunities (Mt4:20, 21:3) and
Does not waste his greatest asset, time (Col4:5) and
Runs with the church (Jn6:56; 2Ti4:7).
When the Groom Christ returns riding on a white horse (Rev19:11),
He longs to be taken up with the pure bride the church (Rev21:2, 9)
To be raptured into the air in a flower carriage (1Th4:16-17).
O Lord,
For in just a little while, the One who is coming will come so
Help me endure any illness, hardship or persecution.
From now on, let me not waste a single moment.
Let me run on the side of the word of the Lord and
When my soul leaves my body,
Let me ride the chariot of my salvation and escape the universe! Amen.
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The Signs of Salvation
(Mk16:16-20; He2:1-4)
God is the great God (Ps95:3).
Through signs and wonders He makes His might known (Ps77:11-13) and
He saves those who call on His great name (1Sa12:22) and
Confirms salvation by following signs (Ac2:21-22).
Faith is believing this and
The life of this faith is daily calling the name of Yeshua and having the signs following His name, Being confirmed of the salvation of my soul (Mk16:16-20).
While Christianity seeks mystery it rejects mysticism.
As a sign is not the actual form but the substance (He11:1),
Through signs the invisible God reveals His existence and power.
On the night of the Passover when God struck every firstborn of Egypt
Death passed over every home that put the blood of lamb on its doorframe
Following God’s instructions and
That blood became the sign for Israel (Ex12:13).
Moses took the staff of God in his hand and led the people (Ex4:20)
By performing wonder and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and
For 40 years in the wilderness (Ac7:36).
However, the staff placed inside the Most Holy Place was Aaron’s (Nu17:8-10) for
The One who alone does marvelous deeds is
Jehovah, the God of Israel (Ps72:18, 86:10).
The man of God, Elijah, cried out the name of Jehovah and
Brought down rain and also fire (1Ki18:1-46).
Elisha who asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit and received (2Ki2:1-14)
Also did many miracles and wonders (2Ki4:20, 5:6-14).
In spite of this history, Israel became cursed for
They forgot what the LORD had done, the wonders He had shown (Ps78:11), and
They did not obey the commandments to sanctify themselves (Jos3:5).
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He will let not just a specific people but anyone who believes experience signs (Mk16:17).
From the time He began His public life until completing it (Mt4:23-24),
He daily performed signs and wonders (Lk13:32) and
It was for them to believe the sign of Jonah, that is, that
He would die but be raised in three days (Mt12:38-39).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Trusted the power of the Father who could save Him from Sheol (Jnh2:6) and laid down His life (Jn10:17-18);
2) By His death judged the ruler of death, the devil (He2:14; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His redeeming blood opened the way to salvation for all (Eph1:7).
His resurrection testifies that He is greater than Jonah (the prophets) (Mt12:41) and
He is the Lamb on the heavenly throne who has the marks of being slain but raised back to life, and
He reigns forever (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit gives believers the signs of salvation (Mk16:16-17),
Driving out demons in the name of Yeshua, speaking in tongues, laying hand on the sick etc.
The signs following the preaching of the disciples and the apostles caused
The gospel to spread quickly (Ac2:21-22, 3:2-10) and
The early church risked their lives and prayed for evidence and signs (Ac4:29-31).
For the gospel and salvation are confirmed by signs (Mk16:16-20; He2:1-4),
The Christian until death is sanctified (Jos3:5),
Always prays (Mk9:29) and
No matter what, chooses the miracle in the name of Yeshua (Mt14:28-29).
O Lord,
Am I truly a saved soul?
Am I confident that I will not go to hell after I die?
Only if I could be confirmed while I am alive…
Let me pray in the name of Yeshua, drive out demons, heal, receive answers and
Have them as the signs of the salvation of my soul! Amen.
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Believers and the Promised Holy Spirit
(Jn7:37-39; Eph1:13)
God is the living God (Jer10:10).
He lives for ever and ever (Rev10:6) and
He is the God of the living (Mt22:32).
Faith is believing in the living God and
The life of this faith is, in order to be judged as the living before God,
Struggling to keep my faith alive now (2Co4:14; 2Ti4:1).
While tombs, remains, museums, and history books illustrate
The traces of people who waere once alive but now dead,
The Bible records of the God who was and is and is to come (Rev1:4).
As such, even those who are alive now and insist on atheism will
One day be judged as the dead before Him and
Be thrown into the second death, hellfire (Rev20:12-14).
This is because the ancestor of all mankind, Adam, broke the commandment regarding
The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6),
Inheriting sin and the price of sin, death, to the sprit of all men (Rm5:12; 1Co15:22).
Consequently, all men will die and return to dust (Ge3:19)
While their spirit will be resurrected to be condemned (Jn5:29, Ac24:15).
All those who died in faith in the Old Testament,
Such as Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David etc (He11:13), were
Dead in spirit, the price of sin, when they died
But since their faith was alive, they went to Abraham’s bosom (Lk16:22-23) and
Saw from distance the day when their faith would be made perfect (He11:39-40).
Referring to the temple of the living God, which had the name of Jehovah,
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),
In the Father’s name, Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would perfect faith (He11:1, 12:2), and make souls alive,
For God gives the Spirit without limit (Jn3:34).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father’s command and became the Lord of faith (Jn10:18; He12:2);
2) Judged the ruler of death, the devil (He2:14); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood and made perfect the faith of the Old Testament making them alive, while making alive the New Testament people so by faith they become the living (Jn11:25-26; 2Co4:11).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne, He is the Lamb.
He was dead and now He is alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18), and
He is the Judge who will judge the living and the dead (Ac10:42; 2Ti4:1).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent enters believers, that is,
The souls made alive by the blood of Yeshua (Jn7:39; Eph1:13) and
Lives in them forever (Jn14:16-17) as
The present-nature of God while the Son of Man is a historical person (Jn16:5).
The Christian is he who is
Dead to sin but alive to God (Rm6:11-13).
He no longer lives for himself but for Him who died for him and was raised again (2Co5:15-17).
Therefore, he brings to life every soul with whom he comes in contact (Eze47:9-12), and
Edifies the house of the living God, the Church (2Co6:6; 1Ti3:15) for
The river of the water of life flowing out of him never ends (Jn15:26; Rev22:1) and
When he stands before the great white throne
He longs to be judged as the living for
Faith is always in present tense (Ac6:5; Rev2:6).
O Lord,
Am I currently alive? Or dead?
May there be never interruption in our faith.
Wherever I go, may my family, school or workplace be made alive and
Let my faith always be alive and reveal the living God! Amen.
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Mercy and Salvation
(Mt9:10-13)
God is merciful (Dt4:31).
For He has mercy on whom He has mercy (Ex33:19)
He will not abandon or destroy them (Dt4:31), and
To those who keep His commandments He shows mercy (2Sa22:26).
Faith is knowing that my soul has been shown God’s mercy (Ps59:17) and
The life of this faith is in distress calling for His mercy (Ps31:9, 86:3) and being merciful to those in
distress (Lk6:36).
The two spiritual creatures are:
1) Angels—sinned—no forgiveness—judgement (2Pe2:4);
2) The living being—the spirit that has flesh (Ge2:7)—sinned—there is a dispensation for redemption (Ge3:21)—because of the weakness of the flesh (Ps77:10, 103:14; He5:2).
Although Israel was led by Jehovah, liberated and brought into the wilderness,
They grumbled, rebelled against Him and wanted to return to Egypt (Is49:10).
Yet the LORD did not desert them for He is a merciful God (Neh9:17).
The Old Testament is the Law and the Prophets (Mt11:13).
1) The Law—Israel—the Law given to show mercy (Is30:18):
a. The commandments—the God of justice—anyone who sinned—by witnesses—shown no pity and destroyed (Dt19:13, 21, 30:18; He10:28);
b. The sanctuary—the merciful God—sacrifice—died in place of sinners;
2) The Prophets—“return to God”—God will show you mercy (Joel2:12-13).
The history of Israel was a repeated history (Neh9:27-28) of
People/sinned—suffered—cried out—Jehovah/mercy—peace—then did evil again etc.
After sinning because of the weakness of his flesh and was
Rebuked by the prophet (2Sa12:1-31),
David trusted in God’s mercy and was contrite (1Ch21:13), and
God received his sacrifice of tears (Ps51:1-19).
The prophecy regarding the appearance of the Messiah said
To dwell with men forever He will come and
With everlasting mercy He will have compassion (Hos2:19; Is54:7-8).
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 (Zec1:16; Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—the Law—judgment without mercy (Jas2:13)—tear down;
Yeshua—the truth—judgment with mercy—raise—the redemption of the Son of Man.
The Word in the beginning, the merciful God came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14)
To accept men who are ignorant and going astray (He5:1-2) and
Thus, He would empathize with the weakness of the flesh and show mercy (He4:15).
As such, His public life was showing compassion (Mk6:34)
To the sick, the hungry, sheep without a shepherd (Mt14:14, 15:32),
For He did not come to call the righteous but sinners (Mt9:10-13).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the commandment, declaring the Father’s mercy (Jn10:18);
2) Judged without mercy the origin of sin, the devil (Jn2:13; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Died—paid the price of sin on behalf of all mankind
Blood—for souls—> the children on whom the Father has compassion (Jn1:12).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb on the throne.
The Holy Spirit lets those who received God’s mercy bear fruit, that is, mercy:
1) Making petition for the soul is willing but the flesh is weak (Rm8:3);
2) For the sick—pray—a bruised reed He will not break (Mt12:20; Jas5:15);
3) The flesh/ fellow workers—in same situation—one another—be compassionate (Eph4:32)—if not forgive, cannot escape the judgment without mercy (Mt18:35; Jas2:13; 1Pe3:8);
4) Doing good deeds, being compassionate (1Ti6:18);
5) Being merciful to unbelieving souls, doubters—snatching them from the fire (Jude1:22-23).
O Lord,
Have pity on my soul
Wrapped in weaknesses!
For the heart is willing but the body is weak
I sin and repent, I make mistakes again and I repent again…
I will have pity on my brothers, my fellow workers and souls with little faith.
So, merciful Father, have pity on us all! Amen.
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Salvation Is the Result of My Thoughts
(Jer6:19; Rm8:5-7)
God is He who watches (1Ch28:9).
He perceives every thought (Ps139:2) and
He lets one do what he thinks (Jn13:2, 27).
Faith is acknowledging this and
The life of this faith is deeply thinking only Yeshua, what He did, and what He said (Jn14:26; He3:1).
Man is a thinking animal.
A businessman thinks of money, a politician power, a firefighter fire, a police officer criminals,
A thief one job, a student studies, a prisoner escape,
A pregnant woman smooth delivery, a bride her groom etc,
For man’s life is the result of his thoughts.
The Bible is the book that reminds of God, the works of God and the word of God (Rm15:15).
In Noah’s time, all mankind was wiped away by a deluge for
Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time (Ge6:5-7),
For in all their thoughts there is no room for God (Ps10:4; 1Co3:20).
The exodus of Israel from 400 years of slavery reminded them for generations of
What Jehovah did and His word and
Circumcision (Jos5:2) — the commandments (Ex13:3; Nu15:39) — the feasts (Nu10:10) — the
temple (1Ch29:18) — the sacrifices (He10:3) — the offerings (Nu5:18) etc were its mechanisms.
In spite of this, however, they thought of their days in Egypt and wanted to return and
Thus fell in the wilderness (Nu11:5, 14:11) while
Those who did not remember His power that
Redeemed them from the hands of their enemies were destroyed (Ps78:24).
The prophets warned that the disaster that fell on them was
The fruit of the schemes of those who forgot about God (Ps50:22; Jer6:19), and
Advised that in the day of adversity consider God (Ecc7:14) and
When time comes, God who knows the works and the thoughts of men will
Gather the people of all nations and languages and they will see His glory (Is66:18).
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not engraved on flesh or stone (Ge17:11; 2Co3:7) but in the minds and the hearts (He8:10) for
Out of the heart come evil thoughts (Mt15:19).
To the disciple who thought of betraying Him
He said what you are about to do, do it quickly (Jn13:2, 27).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) In the most difficult moment thought of the Father (Jnh2:7) and laid down His life, for it was the result of His thought (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil, the source of evil (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6; Jn13:2); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all mankind (Eph1:7; He12:24).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne, which is
The result of the thought He had since the beginning (Jn1:1, 14, 18; He1:2).
The Counselor Holy Spirit comes into the souls of believers and
Takes control over their thoughts and
Lets them think only the name of Yeshua, what He did, and what He said (Jn14:26).
The Christian is he who thinks deeply of Yeshua, His greatness (He3:1, 7:4), who
Sets his mind on things above, not on earthly things (Col3:2).
Thus, he crushes the evil thoughts that arise at any time,
Demolishes arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and
Takes captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2Co10:5), and
As he matures, it comes to his heart to look after the brothers (Ac7:23; 1Co13:11; He13:3).
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires,
But those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires, as
The mind governed by the flesh is death,
But the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace (Rm8:5-7).
In other words, salvation is the result of my thoughts.
O Lord,
When I see how I suddenly think evil thoughts, ugly thoughts…
I realize what a wretched man I am!
To the point of making the Holy Spirit jealous (Jas4:5),
Let me think only the name of Yeshua, every minute and every second.
Lord, please live in my thoughts every moment! Amen.
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To Enter the Eternal Resting Place
(Ps132:13-14; He4:1-11)
God is the Lord of rest.
Rest is in Him alone and
He will give rest to those who obey His commands and remain in His covenant and
Those who are troubled (2Th1:7).
Faith is longing for God’s rest and
The life of this faith is making every effort to enter eternal rest, obeying His word and not avoiding any hardship (He3:16-19, 11:35).
Everyone yearns for rest
Especially those who undergo hard labor, hardship, suffering and torture.
While all want to enter eternal rest after their life ends
The Bible says that
Only those who die in the Lord will go to heaven where rest is after their toils end (Rev14:13),
While the wicked will head to hell where there will be no rest day or night where
They will be tormented with burning sulfur for ever and ever (Rev14:9-11).
For since God finished six days of His creation work and entered rest on the seventh day (Ge2:3),
All creation within Hades, the universe, groans in pain (Rm8:22).
God delivered Israel from the toils of slavery in Egypt (Jer31:2)
So they enter the promised land and find rest there (Dt12:10).
Even in the wilderness the ark of Jehovah went before them to find them a place to rest (Nu10:33).
The commandments of the stone tablets inside the ark reminded them
To remember the Sabbath and keep it holy (Ex20:8-11)
For generations to come as a lasting covenant (Ex31:16).
While the ark of the covenant became woe to the uncircumcised (1Sa5:1-12),
To Obed-Edom who welcomed it to his house it became a blessing for generations (2Sa6:10-11).
On Zion which the LORD chose to be His resting place for ever and ever (Ps132:13-14)
Solomon built the temple to put the ark (2Ch6:41).
As such, Jerusalem should have always been a peaceful place
But there was more war, killing, and destruction there than anywhere else in the world for
They desecrated the Sabbaths and defiled the sanctuary (Eze23:38; Neh13:18).
More importantly, there is no place of eternal rest on earth (Is66:1).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would enter through not a tabernacle made with humans hands
But the greater and more perfect tabernacle (He9:11),
Not the land of Canaan but the Father’s house, the eternal resting place for
He is greater than the temple and the sabbath, which are shadows of things to come (Col2:16-17),
For He is Lord of the Sabbath (Mt12:1-8).
During His public life for three years, He worked without resting and
To these who toiled to follow the Sabbath regulations
He said to come to Him and find rest (Mt11:28-30).
As He died in the pains of hanging on the cross for six hours,
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for He:
1) Ended the toils of His flesh and commended to the Father His soul in Hades (Ac2:27);
2) Judged the devil the restless one (Ge3:4-6; Is14:12-15); and
3) Carried the burden of all men’s sin so they escape the punishment in hell (Ps68:19; Jn1:29).
He resurrected the day after the Sabbath, on the eighth day, another day (Mt28:1; He4:8), and
Entered the heavenly temple, the eternal resting place, and He is the ark (Rev11:19).
The Holy Spirit lets believers find rest not found anywhere else on earth
In the temple where the name of Yeshua is, that is, in the Church during worship
On the Lord’s Day, when the Redeemer God finished His work and
Resurrected and entered His rest (Ac20:7; Rev1:8).
The Christian, therefore, while on earth labors for the Lord’s work:
He prays (Col4:2), gathers (He10:25), preaches the word (2Ti4:2); serves (1Th4:10),
Obeys (He4:11), and does not avoid hardship (He11:35-38) for
He longs to finally be brought into the eternal resting place.
O Lord,
On the Lord’s Day, let the Church of Jesus during worship
Find rest for our souls that we cannot find anywhere else on earth.
Let us not break the Sabbath by personal matters, words, ways or entertainment (Is58:13), and
Even if we go out to the world where storms await,
Let us not lose this rest.
Let us be yoked with You and toil now, so we all enter eternal rest in that day! Amen.
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The Evidence of Salvation
(Php1:27-30)
God is living (Mt16:16).
By signs and miracles He testifies that He lives (He2:4) and
Through the faith that believes that He lives He testifies (He11:1-2).
Faith is being saved through the justification by His blood (Rm5:9), that is,
Having the faith of the gospel (Php1:27) and
The life of this faith is living a life worthy of the gospel.
While there are those who deny the invisible God, heaven and hell
Faith is like a telescope or a microscope
Seeing things others do not and thus testifying accordingly (He11:1-2).
The Bible is the story of the men of faith.
Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear
Built an ark for 70 years and saved his family (Ge5:32, 6:18; He11:7).
Abram, when called, obeyed and left his home country (Ge12:1)
Not knowing where he was going (He11:8), and lived in tents like aliens (He11:9).
He received a son at 100 (Rm4:19) and reasoned that
God can even raise the dead so gave his only son as burnt offering (He11:19).
Moses chose to be mistreated along with the people of God (He11:24),
Not fearing the king’s anger, carried out the exodus, and
Led the people in the wilderness for 40 years for
He persevered because he saw Him who is invisible (He11:24).
Many more ancients of faith all obtained a good testimony through faith (He11:39).
The name of the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob,
The living God Jehovah, inside the sanctuary became
A great support to their descendants who lost their sovereignty.
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not like the ancestors of faith who died and faded away
But rising after death He would become
The Lord of faith, the author and the finisher of faith (He12:1).
After He was baptized and received the Holy Spirit, He began His public life during which
He surpassed flesh and blood (Mt12:48) and
Only worked for the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn4:34).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the command and testified that the Father lives (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the origin of sin the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood and opened the way of salvation for all mankind (Eph1:7).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne, and
He became the evidence of salvation (Php1:28; He11:1).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets those who believed the blood of Yeshua and have been justified (Rm5:9)
Testify the salvation of their souls (Rm8:15-16).
The Christian who, through baptism buried the past and began a new life (Rm6:4)
Lives a life worthy of the gospel (Php1:17):
1) The goal of his life, the way of his thinking, his values, emotions, hobbies, interests, habits etc, that is, his whole life has changed; and
2) He is willing to suffer for the Lord (Php1:29) so
Testifies that Yeshua Christ lives.
O Lord,
Though we have not seen You
We believe that Yeshua Christ lives.
For the Holy Spirit works within us for the salvation of our souls
Let us testify that Yeshua Christ lives.
Like Peter, Paul and countless ancients of faith
Through our changed life!
Ready to endure any hardship!
Let us testify the Lord Yeshua Christ lives! Amen.
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The Horn of Salvation
(Ex27:1-8; 1Jn4:7-10)
God is love (1Jn4:7-10).
His nature is love and
By giving His only begotten Son He reveals His love.
He takes those who through their own sacrifice reveal His love to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
to serve Him face to face (Rev22:3-4).
Faith is acknowledging Him and being moved by His love.
The life of this faith is living for Him who died for me, sustaining the first love until the end (2Co5:14-15; Rev2:4).
The first impression is always important because it is the beginning of any relationship.
The Bible tells of the love of God who gave
His only begotten Son as an atoning sacrifice and saved mankind (Jn3:16; 1Jn4:10).
In the beginning, God decided whom He would love and that was man, the living being (Ge2:7).
Adam, the ancestor of mankind, was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19), and
All men became enemies of God, bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
The Israelites who had been slaves for 400 years were able to leave Egypt overnight
Because of the shocking event of countless lambs dying in their place (Ex12:3; Nu1:45-46) and
Their blood put on the doorframe stopped the death of their firstborns.
The LORD’s Passover (Ex12:1-14, 29, 42) was the beginning of the kingdom of Israel,
The beginning of a new year, the beginning of the feasts (Ex12:14).
To remind this for generations, God commanded them to build the Tabernacle.
The first impression of the Tabernacle were the altar of burn offering which had
A horn at each of the four corners (Ex27:1-8),
The flames that burned the pieces of the sacrifice, the splashed blood etc (Ex29:10-18),
So it might have felt more repulsive than sacred.
Yet the horns of the altar symbolize the defensive horns of herbivores and
Also the horns of salvation for sinners who held on to them and were saved (Ps18:2; 1Ki1:50).
The repeated destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem was because
The heart of Israel had left Jehovah and
The LORD rejected the altar and abandoned the sanctuary (La2:7).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not an animal but He Himself would become an atoning sacrifice (Jn1:29), that is,
Become a horn of salvation on which His blood would be put (Lk1:67).
Intentionally He was caught in the trap of death (Ge22:13; Jn10:18), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Was moved by the Father’s love that gave His life as a ransom for many, fulfilling the Father’s plan to become the Redeemer from the beginning (Is63:16; Mt20:28, 27:46; 1Jn4:9);
2) Judged the separator the devil (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Let all men drink His blood and be drunk with His blood (Zec9:15; Mt26:27).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He is the Lamb on the throne and He is the altar (Rev16:7),
The first impression of heaven who has the marks of being slain.
The Holy Spirit lets the souls who have
Put the blood of Yeshua on the tablets of their hearts, the horns of their altars (Jer17:1),
Hold on to the horn of salvation, that is, the Church bought with the blood of Yeshua.
The Christian has the first impression of Yeshua hanging on the cross, that is,
He knows that his own sin engraved with an iron tool inscribed with a flint point
Pierced the body of Yeshua (Jer17:1).
Therefore, he is moved by the love of God that sent His Son to die in his place and
By that shock, by his first love,
He overcomes any trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword (Rm8:35).
As Christ’s ambassador, he goes out to the world to preach Christ’s love (2Co5:20), and
Lives for Him who died for him (2Co5:15),
Carrying out whatever duty, position, dedication and
Never letting go of the horn of salvation to death.
O Lord,
Yeshua hanging on the cross…
My sins pierced You and killed You!
Let me be drunk with Your love and
Overcome poverty, suffering, tests, persecutions.
Let me take up my cross and follow You to the end! Amen.
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The Source of Salvation
(He5:7-9)
God is the source of all things (He2:10).
All things are by Him, through Him and for Him and
For Himself He saves (Ps98:1).
Faith is acknowledging this and
The life of this faith is, for my soul to be saved, daily dying to self and following the Lord (Lk9:23).
To understand a phenomenon or event
It is important to dig into the root.
The Bible explains the root of sin, humanity's greatest misfortune, is
Not Adam, but Satan, the devil (1Jn3:8).
While Adam passed the blame to Eve, and Eve to the serpent,
Only the serpent was given a life-time punishment (Ge3:11-15) for
The sin of the created with a dual will is the abuse of will (Is14:12-15; Eze28:15).
Nevertheless, the salvation of mankind who sinned deceived by the devil would
Come from God (Ps121:1-2).
As the journey of Israel into Egypt was by Jehovah (Ge15:13; Ps105:17),
The exodus of Israel out of Egypt was also accomplished by Jehovah.
The physical, real and temporary salvation of Israel (Ex12:27, 14:13-14, 30; Nu10:9) was
Achieved by Moses, Joshua, the judges, the prophets, the kings etc.
The sanctuary, however, reminded them that salvation comes only from Jehovah (Jnh2:9).
Israel forgot this and sinned.
But the more defeats and downfalls came as a result,
The more they longed for the appearance of the Messiah from Bethlehem as prophesied
For His origins are from everlasting (Mi5:2).
Yeshua came 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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He will become not physical, real, temporary salvation for Israel but
But the source of eternal salvation for souls (He5:9) for
The Word in the beginning through whom all things were made (Jn1:1-3; Col1:16)
Came as man, that is, to die (Mt20:28).
When He was in the flesh,
He gave reverent submission to the Father who could save Him from death (He5:7-9).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He, to receive back His life:
1) Willingly obeyed the Father’s command to die (Jn10:17-18);
2) Through death judged the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Became the Captain of salvation through the suffering of His death (He2:9-10).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and
He is the Lamb who has the eternal scars of dying and coming back to life (Rev1:5, 2:8),
To become the eternal source of salvation to those who obey Him (He5:9).
The Holy Spirit who came in the name of Yeshua reveals that
The source of salvation is death (He5:9),
The root of baptism is death (Lk12:50),
The history of worship is death (Ge4:3-8, 22:12; Ps17:15),
Gathering, the basis of the Church is death (Mt18:20; Ac4:29; Col1:24), and
Witnessing is martyrdom.
The Christian who received death as commandment (Lk9:23)
Daily dies to himself (1Co15:31),
Puts to death the flesh with its passions and desires (Gal5:24).
He is crucified to the world (Gal6:14) and
Faithful to the point of death and carries out his service (2Co4:10; 1Ti1:12; Rev2:10).
O Lord,
I am who received death as commandment!
The cross was the commandment I received this day.
Let my emotions, temper, ego all die.
Let me put to death all my desires, negativity, selfish desires, lust, greed, and pleasure.
The world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Let me daily die so I may live! Amen.
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Garments of Salvation
(Is61:10; Rev19:7-8)
God is righteous (Ps7:9).
His commands and His ways are righteous (Ps119:172, 145:17).
For He loves justice He clothes in garments of salvation, a robe of His righteousness (Is61:10)
Those who will see His face (Ps11:7)
Faith is being justified by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9) and
The life of this faith is putting on the robe of His righteousness and going before Him.
Humans are unique animals that make and wear clothes.
Clothing protects the body, indicates status and affiliation, and
Also functions to rescue and save.
The Bible contains a story about clothings:
Because of Adam who sinned
The righteous act of all mankind became like filthy rags (Is64:6) and
Not able to escape Hades after death and go before God.
However, God took off the garments of fig leaves that Adam had made and
Clothed him in garments of skin, a foreshadow of garments of salvation (Ge3:7-21).
The exodus of Israel is a major watershed in the Bible.
This great event was caused by the tunic of many colors that Jacob put on his son Joseph and
Because of the jealousy of his brothers, Joseph was sold into slavery, which was
The catalyst for the 400 years of their slavery in Egypt (Ge37:3-36).
The Law that they received (Ex19:10) commanded them
To wash their clothes to be consecrated (Lev13:6, 15:16-17, 22:4-6).
Anyone who became unclean by touching corpses, leprosy, discharge, semen etc and
Those who returned from battle had to wash themselves before coming to the camp (Nu31:24-25).
The garments consecrated with the blood of the sacrifice was
Only to be worn by priests ministering in the sacred rooms (Eze44:19).
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)
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father's name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would put on not clothing made by human hands
But righteousness as His clothing (Job29:14).
While on the mount of transfiguration, His clothes became as white as the light (Mt17:2)
He otherwise put on sackcloth (Ps69:11) and became
A topic of conversation among those dressed in fancy, long garments (Mt12:38; Lk7:25).
When He was crucified,
He was stripped naked and they divided up His clothes by casting lots (Mt27:35).
He put on filthy rags of mankind (Is64:6) and died
But said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command of the righteous Father (Jn10:18) and His soul put on garments of salvation and a robe of righteousness (Is61:10);
2) Judged the wicked devil (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood and clothed all mankind garments of salvation (Eph1:6), so the bridegroom and the bride can all put on the robe dipped in blood (Is61:10; Rev19:13).
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven, He sat down on the throne.
The train of His robe fills the temple (Is6:1) and He is praised
By those who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Rev7:14).
The Holy Spirit warns that the wedding banquet of the Lamb is near (Rev19:7).
The Christian is he whose soul was washed in the blood of the Lamb and
Put on white clothes, garments of salvation, the robe of righteousness
Only by grace, given through faith (Rev19:8) and
Therefore resolved to become the bride of Christ by:
1) Keeping the clothes white — as to not go naked and be shamefully exposed by fleshly desires (Rm13:14; 1Ti2:9; Rev16:15);
2) Buying white clothes to wear — not avoiding any sacrifice (Rev3:17-18);
3) Being clothed in white — displaying the good deeds of believers to the world (Mt5:14-16; Rev19:8); and
4) Putting on the armor of light — acknowledging Yeshua before others (Mt10:32; Rm13:11-12)
For garments of salvation = a robe of righteousness = white clothes = armor of light.
O Lord,
Only by grace I have been granted this garment of salvation!
This garment made white and clean by Your blood…
Let us not stain it by the world, by fleshly desires.
Let the world see Yeshua through our lives.
Let us go out to the world and shout and acknowledge Yeshua! Amen.
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Possess Your Soul
(Lk21:19)
God is the Owner.
By His word, He created all things and is their Owner and
With His blood, He bought souls and is their Owner (Ac20:28).
Faith is acknowledging His ownership and
The life of this faith is to possess my soul (Lk21:19), laying down my possessions (Mk10:29-30).
As humans have an instinct to grab from the moment they are born
They naturally hate laying down and surrendering.
However, the Bible says that letting go is a necessary step to gain.
People commit the folly of hoarding wealth to their own harm (Ecc5:13), and
This is due to their ancestor Adam who was deceived by the devil and
Broke the command regarding the fruit (Ge2:17. 3:4-6), and
Banished from the Garden, losing all (Ge3:24).
Following God’s instructions, Abraham left his country and his father’s household (Ge12:1), and
Gave as a burnt offering his only son whom he received at the age of 100 (Ge22:11, 18).
As a result, he received the blessing of the growth of his descendants, the land of Canaan, and
God being their God.
Jacob, whose name means “to grasp” (Ge25:26), when he felt the danger of his life
Sent ahead all his possessions which he gained during the 20 years of serving (Ge31:22) and
Wrestled with an angel and received the name Israel (Ge32:28).
The night that ended their 400 years of slavery with no possession (Ex12:41),
His descendants, Israel, plundered the Egyptians of their treasures as they left (Ex12:35-36).
For God gave them the possession (Jos24:8),
They fought against the people in the land and conquered Canaan,
As God gave them the lands that others had toiled for (Ps105:44).
The commandments given to them and
The sanctuary they were commanded to build (Dt11:24; Ps119:50) were for them
To remember that, “Jehovah = the ability to produce wealth = the right to possess” (Dt8:18).
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 not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Give the right to possess not land or wealth but one’s own soul (Jn1:12) for
Life is more important than the whole world, and the soul is more important than life (Mk8:35-37).
He warned against the foolishness of
Storing up wealth for the flesh and losing the soul (Lk12:15-21, 33:34).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) According to the command, laid down His life and received His soul (Lk23:46; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the eternal loser the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His redeeming blood purchased souls and became their Owner (1Pe1:18-19; Rev5:9).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne, and He is the Lamb.
He has in His hands the right to possess all things in heaven and on earth (Mt28:18).
The Holy Spirit comes inside the souls purchased with the blood of Yeshua and
Lets them know, “I am a soul! I have flesh!”/ “I am a soul, my flesh belongs to me soul!”
As such, the disciples let go of their nets, boats, fathers, wives, children, collecting taxes and
Followed the Lord.
Paul lost whatever were gains to him, considering them garbage,
Surrendering his righteousness by law to gain the righteousness by faith,
To receive resurrection, that is, the crown of righteousness (Php3:7-9; 2Ti4:8).
The Christian is he who, to possess his own soul (Lk21:19)
Lays down wealth, fame, power, family, even his own life
For my soul the Lord gave me by shedding His blood is
My crown that I must hold fast and not lose even to the point of death (Rev3:11).
O Lord,
Astronauts bring rocks when they return from the moon…
Divers pick up pearls when they come out of the sea…
What will we take with us when we leave this world?
Let me hold fast to my soul, that is more precious than the whole world.
Even if I lose everything else, let me possess my soul.
Let me not do anything that will harm my soul and
Let not even one of us become losers! Amen.
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The Tower of Salvation
(2Sa22:1-4; Jn13:18-19)
God is omniscient.
He is who was and is and is to come (Rev1:8), and
He knows the things of the past and the things of the future.
Faith is acknowledging Him and
The life of this faith is living to prepare for the day when one will stand before Him,
Overcoming forewarned trials and not falling from steadfastness, becoming a trumpeter of salvation.
A high tower can be seen far away.
By foreseeing what is to come
It plays a decisive role in weather forecast, war preparation etc.
The Bible is written of what was before the creation and what is to come.
It is a book about God being the hight tower (2Sa22:3).
For Hades is the lowest point from the spiritual heaven (Is14:15), and
Since Adam the ancestor of all men was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6),
Though they have eyes, men could not see (Ps135:16) and
After they die, their souls will not escape Hades,
The tower of salvation is absolutely needed.
For God became the eyes to the blind (Job29:15),
He showed men the way that they could not see before:
To the Israelites who by the blood of lamb left Egypt
A road in the middle of the sea, a spring in the wilderness, the fall of Jericho etc.
The book of the wars of Israel is filled with
Incidents of occupying their enemy’s tower, fleeing to the tower etc (Jdg8:17).
The sanctuary reminded them, “Jehovah = the fortified tower” (Pr18:10; Ps61:3):
Tower — watchman — trumpet — warn — prepare (Eze33:1-9).
For the prophets were watchmen, foreseers who warned on behalf of the LORD (Eze33:7),
They reported what they saw (Is21:6) and
Declared the word of God (Eze33:1).
In spite of it, however, the fall of Israel came because of
The false prophets who were blind and mute (Is56:10-11) and
The people who did not listen to the warning of the prophets (Jer6:17).
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not by the prophets but He Himself would become the watchman (Mt11:13, 16:14).
As He foretold of the scattering of the disciples (Mt28:31), the betrayal of Judas (Jn13:18, 26-27),
His death, resurrection and return (Jn10:17-18, 14:3, 19),
He revealed that He is the One who was and is and is to come (Jn13:19; Rev1:8),
That is, the tower of salvation.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Saw ahead His resurrection and laid down His life according to the command (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood so the souls of all men can hear the sound of the trumpet.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne,
The tower of salvation who has seven eyes (Rev5:6).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent says clearly to the churches (1Ti4:1; Rev2-3),
As the King of kings Yeshua Christ said (Jn12:48; Rev19:16),
The day when He will judge the living and the dead, the righteous and the wicked (Ac24:15; 2Ti4:1) is
Very near (Rm13:11; Rev1:3, 7).
Therefore, Christian is he who readies as the Lord forewarned (Mt10:16).
He is not surprised at the fiery ordeal that comes on him to test him (Mt10:16; 1Pe4:12),
Does not get carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from his secure position (2Pe3:17), and
Becomes a trumpeter of salvation who awakens the sleeping souls (2Ti4:2).
O Lord,
For the tower of salvation = God = Yeshua Christ = the Holy Spirit = the Church = saints,
No matter how lonely, isolating or persecuted,
Let us all become trumpeters of salvation and awaken the sleeping world!
Holy Spirit, awaken my soul! Amen.
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Salvation In the Fear of the Lord
(He11:7)
God is the One to be feared (Ps76:11).
There is no one like Him in heaven or on earth (2Sa7:22), and
He saves those who fear Him (He11:7; Ac10:35).
Faith is having an undivided heart to give reverence to Yeshua Christ (Ps86:11; Eph5:21) and
The life of this faith is working out my salvation with fear and trembling (Php2:12; 1Pe1:17).
While to fear or revere means to respect or honor as for
A highly esteemed person, such as a benevolent king,
To the fearless children today who have no one to fear,
It is a word that is difficult to even explain.
The Bible is a book that teaches to revere God (Dt4:10).
For the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Pr1:7; Ps111:10),
The result is blessings, reward, healing, deliverance from enemies,
Written in the book of life etc (Ps112:1; He11:18; 2Ki17:39; Mal3:16, 4:2).
After men die, their spirit cannot escape hell (Mt25:41) for
Their ancestor Adam was deceived by the devil and ate the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6).
The devil is the archangel who fearlessly attempted to be like God in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15)
Thus contained in Hades until the great day of judgement (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
When warned about a deluge, Noah built an ark and saved his family for
His fear of God brought salvation (He11:7);
Following the instructions, Abraham gave his only son as a burnt sacrifice and
His fear of God was acknowledged by God and he became a blessing (Ge12:2, 22:1-18);
His descendants who knew “the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac” (Ge31:42)
Revealed themselves as those who fear God (Ge42:18);
Israel who experienced the exodus and the Red Sea (Ex14:31) became
The people who fear (worship) God (Ac13:16).
The various works from God in their history, that is,
Miracles, the Law, the commands, the covenant, the sacrifices for forgiveness, curses etc
(Jos4:24; Dt4:10; Lev25:17; Ps25:14, 112:1, 130:4; Jer2:19) were
All tools to teach them to fear Jehovah and
The sanctuary was the mechanism for them to remember for generations (Ps5:7).
Following the prophecy, He who has the Spirit of the fear of the LORD resting on Him and
Delights in the fear of the LORD appeared (Is11:2-3):
Yeshua who received the Holy Spirit and began His public life (Mt3:16).
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),
Not in fear but in delight, not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would serve with His body — for which God came as man (Jn1:1, 14).
His fear of the Father led Him to boldly carry the cross and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Son died according to the command and revealed His reverence for the Father (Jn10:18), and the Father received His soul and saved the Son from Hades (Ac10:35; He5:7);
2) He judged the arrogant devil (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His redeemed blood, He forgave all mankind and let them revere the Lord (Ps130:4).
By His reverence He entered heaven and sat on the throne, and
He eternally receives praises from those who fear Him.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the fear of the Lord who lets believers delight in the fear of the Lord:
1) Yeshua Christ — the King of kings (Rev19:16);
2) The word of Yeshua — the word of the Judge (Jn12:48);
3) The Church — His body the Church (Col1:24);
4) The pastor — the overseer appointed by the Holy Spirit (Jdg13:5; 1Sa26:11; 2Ki2:23-24; Ac20:28); and
5) Saints — the children of God born in His precious blood (Eph5:31).
The men of faith, such as Elijah, Peter, Cornelius, Paul etc were
All those whose fear of the Lord was exceptional.
O Lord,
Please know this one thing.
You know that I fear You.
Save me and my Church (2Ki4:1-7)! Amen.
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The Torch of Salvation
(Is62:1-3; Lk8:16-17)
God is the everlasting light (Is60:19).
He lives in unapproachable light (1Ti6:16) and
He saves by light, a blazing torch (Is62:1).
Faith is receiving the light of God (He10:32) and
The life of this faith is lighting the world with the torch of salvation for
A torch illuminates in darkness and serves to guide, search, signal, and burn (Zec12:6).
During the creation God created the light first for
Darkness was over the surface of the deep (Ge1:2-3).
The universe is the depths of the pit that
Contains Lucifer who sinned in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15), that is,
Hades that will become hell.
Because of Adam who was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge3:4-6)
No man could escape it (Mt25:41).
However, the revelation of the torch of salvation for mankind began:
A smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces of
The sacrifice that Abraham gave to God (Ge15:8-18);
According to His covenant when Israel left their slavery of 430 years in Egypt (Ex12:41)
A pillar of fire, that is, the angel of the LORD, went ahead of them
To guide them on their way (Ex13:21, 14:19).
While the light of the lamp stand in front of the veil inside the sanctuary was
To be kept burning from evening to morning by the priests (Ex27:20-21),
Inside the Most Holy Place there was no need for lamp for
Jehovah who is enthroned between the cherubim shone forth (Ps80:1).
By keeping the commandments and the law,
They remembered that, “Jehovah = the torch of Israel” (Pr6:23).
For their sin of letting the lamp go out at night
The Dark Age of Israel came (Ps31:18; Is13:10).
But the prophet spoke of the salvation of Jerusalem coming like a blazing torch (Is62:1), and
By the light of His face He would save (Ps44:3, 80:3).
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah, the torch of Israel,
But in the Father’s name of Yeshua, the torch for all nations (Ac26:23),
Not by the light shone by angel,
But by the light of the Son, the incarnate Word (Jn1:1-4),
He would save eternally from not the Dark Age but Hades.
As such, on the mount of transfiguration, He showed His face shining like the sun (Mt17:2) and
Opened the eyes of the blinds (Jn9:1-7),
Revealing that He is the light who came to the world (Jn8:12, 12:35).
It was about noon when Yeshua was hung on the cross and
The darkness came over the whole land (Lk23:44-45), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Trusted the Father the source of light to save Him (Ps80:3; He5:7);
2) Judged the devil, an angel of light (Is14:12-15; 2Co11:14); and
3) The blood He shed through His broken flesh became the torch of salvation, for He set the iniquities of mankind in the light of His countenance (Ps90:8).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb who sits on the throne.
His eyes are like blazing fire and His feet are like burnish bronze (Rev2:18).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent enters inside the souls cleansed by His blood and
Shines the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ (2Co4:6).
The Christian is he who was once darkness but now is light in the Lord (Eph5:8; Rm2:19).
In worship on the Lord’s Day, his soul is filled with
The light displayed in the face of Christ (Ps67:1, 80:3) and
He goes out to the world and for six days shines the torch of salvation.
Like Gideon who held a trumpet in one hand and a torch in the other (Jdg7:16-22),
He clearly declares his identity and preaches the gospel (Lk8:16-17) and
Lets the world see his good deeds (Mt5:14-15).
This is so that after he dies his soul enters the New Jerusalem where
God and the Lamb are its lamp (Rev20:5, 21:22-27).
O Lord,
Let none of us be like the foolish virgins who put out their lamps.
Instead, let us grow this light we received by Your blood and keep burning it brightly.
Church of Jesus! Let us become a torch of salvation that
Illuminates the dark world and the confused religious world! Amen.
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The Day of Salvation
(2Co6:1-2)
God is the beginning and the end (Rev1:7, 22:13).
Through Him all things began and through Him all things end.
By grace He saves those who have turned back (Is45:22).
Faith is acknowledging Him and
The life of this faith is knowing the rest of one’s earthly life as the day of salvation (1Pe4:2) and
Living for the salvation of my soul for
When the Lord of faith Yeshua Christ was in the flesh
He obeyed the Father and became the source of eternal salvation (He5:7-9).
During the creation of heavens and the earth, God created the light first (Ge1:3) and
He created day and night, seasons, days, and years (Ge1:14),
Revealing that all things that began with time will end with time (Ge1:5, 31).
Thus, those who believe in creation ought to believe in the end.
The schedule of God that was decided before the creation was:
The Era of Deity-consciousness (Adam—Noah); the Era of Sacrifice (Noah—Moses); the Era of
the Law (Moses—Yeshua); the Era of Grace (the Holy Spirit—the second coming); the Millennium (the second coming—the Millennium); and the Great Judgment.
• The Era of Deity-consciousness: began to be conscious of God without commandments;
• The Era of Sacrifice: established a relationship with God through basic blood commandments and sacrifice;
• The Era of the Law: established a covenant with God through 613 points of commandments and sacrifice centering days, months, seasons and years (Lev23:2-24; Gal4:10);
God commanded Israel to build the sanctuary so
They remember Jehovah who delivered them from their slavery of 430 years.
However, as they lived among the gentiles in Canaan, they forgot God’s grace, for which
The prophets warned them that the day of the LORD is near (Joel1:15) and that
When He comes He will destroy (Ob1:15),
But also He prepared a sacrifice and consecrated those He invited (Zeph1:7).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43)
He would end the era where they kept the seasons and their flesh is saved and
Begin a new era where souls will use their time in flesh to be saved for
The Word who is before time and after time (Jn1:1-3, 8:58)
Came as the Son of Man to redeem souls.
As such, He intentionally did what was forbidden on the Sabbath (Lk13:10-14; Jn5:8-9)
To show that He is the Lord of the Sabbath, of all times (Mk2:28).
He prophesied the end of the Temple of Jerusalem and of the world (Lk21:27-28) and
Died according to His own prophecy (Mt16:21) and said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) To receive everlasting life willingly laid down the finite breath of the Son of Man (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who forgot that he is a creature (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) By grace redeemed all mankind (Eph1:7).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne and
The dispensation regarding the Son was completed.
He sent the Holy Spirit for it is now the time for
The souls redeemed by His blood to complete salvation, that is, the Era of Grace (2Co6:1-2).
The Christian is he who knows that his soul was redeemed by His precious blood.
Therefore, for His grace to not go in vain, he is always awake and sober and
To prepare for the day of the Lord that will come like a thief in the night (1Th5:1-6)
He does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires (1Pe4:2),
Does not delay and does whatever given duty (He10:37).
Not becoming lazy (He6:12), he preaches in season or out of season (2Ti4:2) for
A day called “this day,” will be
The day of salvation of my soul and
The day of salvation of the souls given to me.
O Lord,
God’s dispensation does not delay and
At this point now, there is only time left for the Lord to come!
Time is leaving my body moment by moment…
Let me not waste a single moment!
Let me use it to save my own soul and the souls given to me! Amen.
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The Word of Salvation
(Ac13:25-31)
God is the Lord of heaven and earth (Mt11:25).
He sends out His word and rescues (Ps107:20) and
He commands His word and gives life (Jn12:50).
Faith is believing “the word of God = the word of eternal life = the word of salvation” and
The life of this faith is receiving His word as command and obeying (Nu23:20) for
Modern people do not want to listen to commands
At home, school or even in church.
But there is no exception for those who know themselves as souls.
The Word in the beginning is God (Jn1:2).
He gives the life in Him to creatures (Jn1:4)
Through the Word as command to those who obey His command (Jn12:50).
God commanded by word (Ge1:3) and created the whole world (He11:3).
The commandment regarding the fruit given to Adam who had dual will (Ge2:17) was
For the living being to obey.
However, the devil deceived him to commit the sin of disobedience (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
Israel was called a holy people (Ex19:6) for
They were the only people on earth who lived by the divine commandments.
The Ten Commandments, the decrees and laws that they received (Dt4:14),
Blessings, growth, prosperity etc (Nu23:20) were all commanded by Jehovah.
Those who broke His commands (Nu15:31) could not enter the promised land,
Even Moses (Nu20:12), and their days did not last long even in that land.
After repeated destruction, only a small number of Judah remained.
Before the temple where the name of Jehovah and the stone tablets of the testimony (Ex32:15) were
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” shocking them
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would save not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
The souls who obey not the commandment of Moses but His word (Jn3:36, 12:49),
For He Himself is the incarnate Word of salvation (Jn1:14; Ac13:26) and
His words are the Father’s words, that is,
The words of eternal life (Jn6:68, 12:50), which raise the spirit to life (Jn6:63).
God said to listen to the words of not Moses or the prophets but the Son (Mt17:5) and
Even demons listened to His word and left trembling (Mk1:24-26).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Fulfilled the Father’s commandment, the Prophets, the word of the Scriptures (Jn10:18; Ac13:27);
2) Judged the liar, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) Redeemed all men and gave the word of salvation as command (Eph1:7).
After He resurrected, Yeshua Christ seized all authorities of heaven and earth and
Commanded the disciples (Mt28:18-20).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent commands the believers (Ac1:2, 17:30).
Different from the angels whose proper position is life (Jude1:6),
The living being lives by obeying the word, that is,
As souls who drank the blood of Yeshua and were made alive
They submit to the word of salvation, that is,
The command of Christ who demands absolute submission to
Baptism, making disciples, the Holy Spirit, prayer, gathering, healing etc, a holy command (2Pe2:21).
If they receive the word, though spoken by humans,
As the command to bless, they are blessed (1Th2:13),
While a spirit of stupor and the ears that cannot hear would be curse (Rm11:8).
O Lord,
Let me and all You have given me
Hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Even if they are spoken by the lips of humans,
Let us hear as the word of God.
Let the ears of our souls hear the word of the Lord as command and, obey and
Pick up our flesh and get up!
Ephphatha! Ephphatha! Open our ears! Amen.
Sermon Trivia
1. According to the sermon, faith is believing ___ (Jn12:50, Ps107:20)
A. Word of God
B. Word of salvation
C. Word of eternal life
D. All of above
2. How does the life of faith for souls differ from that of modern people regarding commands? (Nu23:20)
A. They avoid commands
B. They follow the coddling culture
C. They obey God's word as a command
D. They resist authority
3. Jn1:4: In him was life, and the life was the light of men
What does "life" refer to in John 1:4?
A. Physical existence
B. Eternal life for souls
C. Youthfulness
D. Health and vitality
4. True/False: God created the whole world by his command (He 11:3, Ge1:1-28)
5. Why did Moses not enter the promising land? (Nu20:12)
A. He complained about no water
B. He was physically unable to make the journey
C. He was angry about Israelites
D. He disobeyed Jehovah's commands
6. Jn 12:47-48: “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
Who is the judge in John 12:48?
A. Moses
B. The prophets
C. The Word in the beginning
D. Demons
7. What does Jesus command the Christians? (Mt 28:89–20, Act 17:30)
A. To baptize and make disciples
B. To submit to the word of salvation
C. To repent and pray
D. All of the above
Answers:
1. D 2.C 3.B 4.True 5.D 6.C 7.D