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The Will of God
(Job23:13-14; Jn6:38-40)
God has a will.
He created all things according to His will (Rev4:11) and
What He willed before the creation is fixed and He certainly does what He willed (Job23:13; Da4:35).
He lets those who do His will enter His kingdom (Mt7:21).
Faith is knowing the will of God and believing that His will never changes (Eph5:17; He6:17).
The life of this faith is doing the will of God and proclaiming it (Mk3:35; Ac20:27).
As every man has free will, those who keep the will they made in the beginning until the end succeed
While those who constantly change their will cannot achieve anything in the end.
The Bible lets the Word in the beginning, that is, the mystery of God’s will, be known, which
He purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment (Eph1:9-10):
• Dispensation: the schedule for the fulfillment of God’s will;
• Predestination: the establishment of parts for the dispensation of God (Eph1:11); and
• Providence: the selection for the parts to fulfill the will of God (Eph3:8-10).
The purpose of God:
1) The Son, the very nature God, submitted to the Father to the point of death, so every
knee bows before His name, to the glory of the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) The destruction of the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) The redemption of mankind — the will predestined in Christ since eternity (Eph1:7, 3:11-12).
Deceived by the devil, the ancestor Adam sinned driven out of the Garden (Ge3:4-6, 24) and
Consequently all men became looted, plundered and trampled by the devil (Is10:6), that is,
Satan, the archangel who rebelled in heaven and was cast down (Is14:12-15),
A punishing club, a rod to punish, which God predestined (Is30:32; Eze7:10).
This was materialized in the slavery of Israel in Egypt (Ge15:13; Ex2:23-25), when
God hardened the heart of the pharaoh and he became hardened (Rm9:18).
Even after the exodus, Israel was punished by the continuing invasions of gentile powers
So the rod and the staff of Jehovah would be their comfort (Ps23:1-6).
God commanded Israel to observe the Passover (Ex12:26-27) and
The decrees and laws received through Moses to be kept alive (Lev18:5; Dt4:40, 6:20-24)
For the Lord is life (Dt30:19-20), which was reminded through
The stone tablets of the Testimony and the atoning sacrifice was given in the sanctuary.
While there was the prophecy of the appearance of the one who would be crushed and suffer
To accomplish the will of God (Is53:10, 55:11),
The last prophet John the Baptist urged Israel to bear fruit in keeping with repentance (Mt3:8-12).
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 Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would do the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn6:38-40), that is,
To give life and raise to life in the last day
Not the children of Abraham by physical descent, but the children of the promise by faith (Rm9:6-8).
By God’s deliberate plan, Yeshua was put to death by wicked men (Ac2:23) but
As He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) The Word in the beginning came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14) and gave His life as an offering
according to the command (Is53:10; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Through His death paid the price for all men’s sin and with His blood gave life and birth to
the children of the promise (Mt20:28; Rm8:15-16, 9:8).
He resurrected revealing that He is life (2Ti1:10) and
He is the Lamb on the heavenly throne, the mark of the completion of God’s will.
The Holy Spirit lets the Father’s will fulfilled in the Son also be fulfilled in believers (Mt6:10; Jn16:13):
To give eternal life to those who look to the Son and believe.
Therefore, the Christian:
1) Carries out whatever the providence, risking life;
2) Puts effort to lose not even one soul given to him (Mt18:14; Jn6:39);
3) Gathers into the Church that is predestined to face trouble as the Day approaches (Ac4:27-30; He10:25); and
4) Sows not for the flesh to reap destruction but for the spirit to reap eternal life (Gal6:8),
For those who partake in His will are promised to inherit His kingdom (Rm8:17; 1Co3:9).
O Lord,
There is only one way to accomplish the will of God — the cross!
Let us not waste our life on this day (Eph5:15-16; Jas4:13-15).
Let Your will be done, Father! Amen.
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Have Faith In God
(Is43:10; Mk11:22-24)
God is the Lord of faith (He12:2).
Though He is invisible He exists.
He gives credible proof to believe in Him (Ac17:31) and rewards such faith (He11:6).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is keeping the faith until the end, even in trials due to faith (2Ti4:7) for
The result of faith is the salvation of one’s soul, that is, to receive eternal life (Jn3:16; 1Pe1:9),
While the world also has faith, which is in social contracts like marriage, investments, insurance etc.
Self-confidence — self-assurance — subjective — based on one’s own knowledge and experience —
probability for success (%);
Faith — the assurance of God — objective — based on the Word of God — guarantee for 100% success
The Bible says to have faith in God, to possess the faith in God (Mk11:22), since God is invisible.
*What do we believe?
a. God is living and His works/the creation (He11:3)
b. God rewards faith — justification, salvation, see the glory of God etc
*What is faith?
The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (He11:1-2)
*The credible evidence: the resurrection of Yeshua Christ and the Bible (Jn20:31; Ac17:31)
The history of the Bible is the march of faith:
Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, by faith built an ark and saved his family (He11:7);
Abraham believed that God gives life to the dead and calls into beings that were not (Rm4:17-20),
So he offered as a sacrifice his only son whom he received at 100 for
He reasoned that God could even raise the dead (He11:17-19).
For Israel to believe that Moses was sent by the LORD, God let him perform many signs (Ex4).
During the exodus, they saw the mighty hand of the LORD against the Egyptians and the Red Sea
So they believed the LORD and Moses (Ex14:31; Ps106:9-12).
Even after seeing numerous signs, however, during the 40 years in the wilderness,
All but two Israelites died without entering the land of Canaan, including Moses (Nu14:11-45, 20:12).
Albeit they were chosen as witnesses of Jehovah, Israel ultimately collapsed (Is43:10) for
They did not believe in God (2Ki7:13-18; Ps78:32-33).
Yet the gentile city of Nineveh was delivered right before their pending destruction for
When hearing Jonah’s warning, all the people in the kingdom with the king repented (Jnh3:4-9).
The prophet John the Baptist led men to believe through him Yeshua (Jn1:7; Ac19:4).
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 faith that believes in the Creator God as a concept in Jehovah's name and
Give them the faith to believe in God by experience in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
Yeshua stressed that they believe in Him that:
1) He is one with the Father who sent Him as the Son (Jn6:44, 10:30, 11:42, 16:30);
2) His word is the truth, testifying by His signs (Mt9:29; Jn10:25; 14:11);
3) There is resurrection — the resurrection to life or to condemnation (Jn5:29, 11:25-26).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The author of faith made faith perfect (He12:2), declaring that He:
1) Believed in the promised resurrection and laid down His life according to the command (Ps27:13; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the seed of doubt (Ge3:4-6; Lk13:39); and
3) The Word in the beginning, God the Creator of faith, who came in the flesh,
• Died — resurrected — on the throne (the substance) — the redemption of mankind
• Blood — seed — in the believers — the salvation of their souls — eternal life (substance)
His resurrection is the proof to believe in Him (Ac17:31).
The Lamb who was slain still has in His body scars, the substance and the evidence of faith.
The Holy Spirit came to believers in the name Yeshua and
The Christian is he who believes that:
1) Yeshua Christ lives and that He is coming back;
2) By His word Christ will judge the living and the dead (Jn12:48; 2Ti4:1);
3) In the name Yeshua uses the right of the children of God (Jn1:12) by:
• The signs accompanying believers, driving out demons and healing (Mk16:17-20)
• Always praying and not giving up (Lk18:1-8);
4) Following the ancients of faith enduring hardships due to faith (He11:36-40),
Until arriving in the Father’s house prepared for the believers.
O Lord,
Let me surrender my self-confidence, the faith in money, job, family, myself…and
Trade it with the faith from the beginning, the faith of the Creator of faith!
Give me and my family the gift of faith (1Co12:9)!
Let us all begin with simple obedience and arrive in greater faith…
Until the substance of what we hope for — eternal life in the Father’s house! Amen.
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God Is To Be Feared
(1Ch16:25; Php2:12)
God is to be feared.
For He is great and mighty and glorious, He is to be feared above all gods (1Ch16:25).
While those who fear Him He delivers from death,
Instructs the way to choose and rewards (Ps25:12, 33:19; Rev11:18),
Those who do not fear Him He afflicts (Ps55:19; Pr1:28-29).
Faith is to delight in revering the name of God (Neh1:11) and
The life of this faith is always obeying and working out salvation in fear and trembling (Php2:12).
The Bible makes God’s first impression as to be feared always (Jos4:24; Ecc8:12):
The general revelation — through all things His eternal power and divine nature (Rm1:18-20);
The general conscience — the conscience regarding sin that is exclusive to humans (Rm2:12-15).
Sin is being fearless before God: Adam fearlessly ate the forbidden fruit and was
Banished from the Garden as he was deceived by the serpent (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), that is,
Satan who fearlessly challenged the throne in heaven and was cast down (Is14:12-15; Rev12:7-9).
The faith of the Old Testament was to fear God.
Noah, in holy fear, built an ark to save his family from the flood that wiped out all mankind (He11:7).
Abraham became the ancestor of faith for
He feared God and gave his only son as a burnt offering (Ge22:12).
His descendants, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph etc were all who feared God (Ge31:42, 42:18).
When the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians
They became a people who feared the LORD (Ex14:31; Ps22:23).
The Law given to Israel commanded them
To fear the LORD God as long as they live by observing all His decrees and commands,
Teaching their children, the foreigners residing in their towns (Dt6:1-2, 31:12), and
Even those who lived in the land of Canaan (Dt4:10) to also keep them.
Showing respect to their parents and the elders (Lev19:3, 32) and
Looking after the disabled, the poor and their brothers (Lev19:14, 25:36) was to fear the LORD.
For David feared God, he became a ruler over a nation (2Sa23:3) and
The wife of a man from the company of the prophets who had revered the LORD was
Delivered by miracle from her extreme poverty (2Ki4:1-7).
While the Temple where the name Jehovah was to be most revered (Lev19:30) reminded them this,
Israel eventually fell: for they worshipped the LORD but also served their own gods (2Ki17:33).
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 make known not the name Jehovah that Israel feared,
The one who could kill the body but not the soul,
But the name Yeshua, the name of the Father (Jn5:43),
The One who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Mt10:28),
To be feared by all nations forever (Mal1:14).
As such, all His works caused them to fear Him (Mk4:41, 5:15; Lk5:8-9).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Feared the One who is able to save Him from death, in reverent submission humbled Himself
to death (Jn10:18; He5:7; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil who fearlessly challenged the throne (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Freed those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear (He2:15):
• In the beginning — the Word — the God to be feared — in the flesh — died — revered
God — freed all men;
• His blood — for the souls who receive its sprinkling — to fear Christ who saved them from death.
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven filled with the praises of those who fear Him (Rev19:5).
The Holy Spirit fills the Church that He supports with those who fear the Lord (Ac9:31).
For God seeks not the outer appearance of men but those who fear Him,
He sent evangelists to the Ethiopian eunuch, Cornelius, Lydia etc to
Preach the gospel to them (Ac8:26-36, 10:2-36) and
Opened their ears to hear the word to finally arrive in salvation (Ac16:14-15).
The Christian is he who fears Christ and His word (Jn12:48; 2Ti4:1; 1Pe3:15).
With a new conscience by the Holy Spirit he purifies himself out of reverence (Ps51:10-12; 2Co7:1),
Always obeys to work out his salvation in fear and trembling (Php2:12).
He reveres the body of Christ the Church and the given duties (He12:28),
Reveres the appointed overseers, the pastor, and the leaders (Ac8:11; Eph5:21), and
Teaches his children to do the same.
O Lord,
As the years go by, this holy conscience in me causes me to fear all the more
The word of the Bible regarding Your return, the resurrection to condemnation,
The great while throne of judgement, the millstone, hell etc.
Let us all always obey Your word and work out our salvation in fear and trembling! Amen.
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The Omnipotent God
(Ge17:1; Ac10:38)
God is omnipotent (Is6:3; Rev1:8).
He surpasses the limits of time, space, and power.
He takes great power and reigns (Rev11:17).
Faith is believing that God has the power to do what He promises (Rm4:21), and
The life of this faith is trusting the power of God and the majesty of His name (Mi5:4), and telling His
mighty acts (Ps145:4).
While some people challenge the impossible, breaking through human limitations,
For most people, the older they get, the more experience they get in life,
The more they feel their limitations, thus the more skeptical and pessimistic they become.
The Bible is written of the omnipotence of God, the attribute of having infinite or unlimited power.
From Genesis to Revelation it is full of supernatural phenomena and mysteries for
God can do all that He has determined to do (Ps115:3; Da4:35), and
No one can force Him to do otherwise (Is14:24, 27).
God introduced Himself as the God Almighty (El-Shaddai) to Abraham (Ge17:1), and
To Isaac (Ge28:3) and to Jacob (Ge35:11).
Abraham believed in God who calls into beings that were not and created, and so
Against all hope, in hope he believed the promise (Ge18:10-15) and
Received a son through his body that was as good as dead at the age of 100 (Ge21:2; Rm4:18-20).
Bringing the pharaoh of Egypt to his knees, Israel was delivered from their slavery of 400 years, and
It was through the wonders and the miracles performed by Moses with his staff (Ex3:20, 4:17).
After parting the sea and walking through it like dry land, and arriving in the wilderness,
They saw God’s miracles daily for 40 years.
In spite of it, however, they grumbled against Him, so without seeing the promised land
All but two of them fell in the wilderness and died (Nu14:22-23).
Even after seeing the temple of Jehovah, the dwelling of the Mighty God where
The ark of the might of Jehovah was, which reminded them, “Jehovah = the Almighty” (Ps132:5, 8)
Israel served other gods for which they were destroyed by the Almighty (Job22:23; Is13:6).
Yet there was the prophecy of the birth of a child, a son to be born
With the name Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God who saves (Is9:6; Zeph3:17).
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),
He would save not the flesh but the souls of men from their sins (Mt1:21),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not as Mary’s son but as the offspring of the woman who came according to the prophecy (Ge3:15).
For He came to do mighty works Himself through His body (Jn14:11),
During the three years of His ministry He daily drove out demons, healed the sick and
Performed countless miracles and wonders for
God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and power (Ac10:38), and
Power came out of His body (Lk6:19, 8:43-48).
Even the disciples who followed Him did the same power (Mt10:1; Lk10:1; Jn14:12).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Mt16:21-23; Jn19:30), for
Through His death, the Son of Man broke through the limitations of the human flesh, death, so He:
1) Confessed and trusted that the Father alone is the mighty God who is able to save Him from death (He5:7);
2) With His authority to die judged the devil who had the authority to kill (Jn10:18; He2:14); and
3) The Word in the beginning became flesh, the Omnipotent, limitless God as limited man,
- Through the limitations of the flesh — paid the price of sin, death, for all men
- Through His eternal blood — let men break through their limits (Rm8:1; He13:20).
The Father raised Him from the dead, confirming that Yeshua is the Son of God (Rm1:4).
He ascended to the heavenly throne and reigns with power forever (Rev1:8, 11:17).
The Holy Spirit lets believers challenge the impossible in the mighty name Yeshua (Mk16:17-18).
To this day, signs are important because they testify that Yeshua Christ lives,
They confirm the truth (Mk16:20), they prevent faith from becoming an idea, and
Through testimonies they give glory to God.
While the world may become afraid, discouraged and hopeless at the smallest things,
The Christian does not fear or worry (Mt6:31-34; Rm8:31-39),
Does not shrink back even in danger (Ac4:27-31; 1Co2:4),
But rather boldly testifies the gospel and heals the sick for
He longs for the ultimate breakthrough when the Lord returns — the resurrection to life (Php3:20-21).
O Lord,
Let us never become religious people.
Rather, in the name Yeshua let us create miracles.
Through Him who gives us power, we can do all things (2Co3:4-5 Php4:13)! Amen.
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The Omniscient God
(Ps139:1-4; Jn2:23-25)
God knows all things.
He sees everything under the heavens (Job28:24) and
Knows all the past, the present and the future and
He knows all thoughts, the secrets of the heart, words, deeds and even dreams (Job34:25; Ps44:21).
The wicked says to himself that God never notices so does not know and will not judge (Ps10:4, 11)
But faith is acknowledging the omniscience of God (Jer23:24) and
The life of this faith is being conscious of God’s eyes in every moment and living under His supervision and protection.
After Adam was deceived by the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit and hid in the Garden,
God asked him, “Where are you?” not because He did not know but rather
It was for Adam to answer honestly, “Here I am,” and be saved (Ge3:9-11).
This was done all according to God’s plan for
The Son of God to come as the offspring of the woman (Ge3:15) and
Judge Satan the devil and save mankind (1Jn3:8).
The work of saving mankind began when God gave the Law to Israel.
The commandment came and sin sprang to life (Rm3:19, 7:9), and
The prophets, the seers warned those who feared the price of sin, death (Ps90:8)
To turn from their evil ways and observe the commands (2Ki17:13).
But they trusted in their wickedness saying that no one saw them (Is47:10) for
They had forgotten the eyes of God.
The Bible carefully illustrates God’s omniscience through one event:
The dream that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had was
Revealed by God to Daniel in a vision (Da2:19-30), for
God not only knows all things but interprets them with perfect wisdom.
The forewarned destruction came to Israel suddenly (Is47:11) for
They ate detestable things in secret (Is65:4) and
Pleaded the prophets to not see what is right but prophesy illusions (Is30:10).
To Israel the Temple of Jerusalem was a great comfort for
It was where the eyes of God who knows the hearts of all men were night and day, and
He would hear and forgive whoever prayed there (1Ki8:29-38).
As such, when Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He was hated by Israel but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is the Son of God who sees
Not only a limited place like the temple of Jerusalem where the name Jehovah was
But everywhere under the heavens those with faith and forgives them in the name Yeshua (Mt9:2-4).
For He is the Word in the beginning, the omniscient God who came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
During His public years He revealed that He is the God who sees and knows all things:
He saw Nathanael before he came to see Him (Jn1:48) and
The poor widow who gave all that she had to live on (Lk21:4);
He knew His power go out when the woman subject to bleeding touched Him (Lk8:46),
The scattering of the disciples (Mk14:27), the betrayal of Judas etc (Jn13:11, 21).
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
All that was going to happen to Him happened (Jn18:4) and that
He who came from God was now returning to God (Jn13:3), so declaring that He:
1) Knowing that He will receive His life back, laid it down according to the command (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the deceiver the devil (Ge3:4-6; Job11:11; Is14:12-15); and
3) Laid down His life for all men for the Father knows Him and He knows the Father (Jn10:15),
and shed His blood for souls to wash away their sins, their eyes to see clearly again (Jn9:7).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne.
His seven eyes like blazing fire see everything under the heavens (Rev1:14, 5:6).
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God who searches all things (1Co2:10-12), was sent as
The Overseer to the church which God brought with His own blood (Ac20:28).
The story of Ananias and Sapphira who were killed for lying to the church shocked the church and
Revealed that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are the one omniscient God, and
The dead will all stand before the great white throne, give account and be judged according to
What they had done as recorded in the books (Rm14:10-12; He4:13; 1Pe4:5; Rev20:11-12).
The Christian divulges all before the God who knows everything (Eph4:26-27; 1Jn1:8-10, 3:20),
Seeks mercy from God who knows how I am formed (Ps103:13-14); and
Being guided by God who knows my way (Job23:10; Ps139:3).
O Lord,
This ugly, lowly me…always making a decision but always failing!
But You know that I love You, Lord (Jn21:15-19).
Let us all never forget that we are always before Your eyes! Amen.
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The Eternal God
(Deu 33:27; He 13:8)
God is eternal.
He alone is immortal (1Ti 6:16) and
To those who believe Him He promises eternal life (1Jn 2:25).
Faith is believing God and having the promise of eternal life (Tit 1:2; 1Jn 2:25), and
The life of this faith is in order to be welcomed into an everlasting home (Lk 16:9), making the most of
Every opportunity now (Eph 5:16) for the success and failure of man’s life depends on how he uses his time.
What is time?
From ancient philosophy to modern physics, people have searched and theorized about it.
While every man feels time passing, not one has yet been able to define it conclusively.
The Bible illustrates that in the beginning
God created all things, that is, space and time (Ge 1:1-5; Ecc 3:1-8).
The spiritual heaven was also made like the creation which has past, present and future for
It is where the archangel who was blameless since the day he was created was,
Until wickedness was found in him (Eze 28:12-17), for which
He was contained in Hades, in darkness bound with everlasting chains (Is 14:12-15; Jude 1:6).
God set eternity in the human heart (Ecc 3:11) for
Adam is a living being, whose flesh has finite time (Ecc 3:2) while the spirit is an infinite being.
Before the eyes of God who is from everlasting to everlasting (Ps 90:2-10)
How pathetic the human life is…so man should learn to count his days
From the ant that spends its brief life working diligently (Ps 90:12; Pr 6:6).
The Bible indicates how God’s promises are fulfilled when the time comes:
Even after Abraham had died, according to the promise made to him (Ge 15:16)
God brought his descendants out of Egypt after 4 generations, 430 years (Ex 12:40-41).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah was reminded them that
God is from all eternity (Ps 93:2), the everlasting God (Is 40:28).
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 (Jn 2:19-21),
In an instant, His tents will be destroyed, His shelter in a moment (Jer 4:20) and
Reveal not only to Israel but to all nations the eternal God for
The Word who is from eternity became flesh like a creature (Jn 1:1, 14).
To testify about Him, before He came all things were created (Jn 1:3; Col 1:15-17)
The present, the future, height, depth…that is, time and space (Rom 8:38-39).
So He showed during His public life that He is who surpasses time and space (Jn 1:48, 8:56-58).
While to those who follow Him He promised eternal life to never perish (Jn 10:27-28),
To those who do not believe Him punishment in the eternal fire (Mt 25:41; Jude 1:7).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), for the death of the Son of Man is
“The end of time” and there is only “a remaining time” in the universe. He declared that:
1) Through His death testified that the Father alone is eternal (Jn 10:17-18, 12:50);
2) Judged the devil who forgot that he was a creature (Eze 28:15; 1Jn 3:8); and
3) On all men sprinkled His redeeming blood, the eternal imperishable blood (He 9:12, 13:20).
He resurrected and testified that He is the same yesterday today and forever (He 13:8).
The heaven that He ascended to has no time (yesterday, today and tomorrow), because
It is an eternal space (Rev 22:5) for He sprinkled it with His eternal blood (He 9:23-24).
The Holy Spirit makes known
The mystery of God’s dispensation of the fullness of the times (Eph 1:10, 3:9-11).
The Christian born again in the blood of Yeshua, His eternal blood:
1) Has a changed view of life (the view of time) so spends time doing not the fleeting work for
flesh and blood, the worldly work, but the Lord’s work, the work for his soul (1Co 7:24-31); 2) For laziness will be judged, manages diligently his given talents, time (Mt 25:24-31); and
3) For the eternal home, rest, comfort and glory await (2Co 5:1; 2Th 2:16; 1Pe 5:10), endures the
brief trials of the flesh and persecution (2Th 1:4, 7).
O Lord,
For what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal (2Co 4:16-18),
While living this brief life, let us invest our time in eternity!
Let us not worry and waste our time for tomorrow that is without promise (Mt 6:31-34).
Rather, let us only live this day successfully.
So when our souls leave the flesh
Let us be welcomed in the eternal dwelling! Amen.
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The True God
(Jer 10:10; Jn 17:3)
God is the only true God (Jn 17:3).
For He is true His will does not change (He 6:17) and
For there is no deceit in Him it is impossible for God to lie (Ps 89:34; He 6:18).
Faith is believing Him and believing that His word alone is true (2Sa 7:28) and
The life of faith is, in order to enter the true heaven after death (He 9:24), only listening to and
speaking the truth while alive (Rom 9:1) and trusting His promises until the end.
While everyone is taught to tell the truth from childhood and perjury is considered a serious offense,
The world is deceived and deceiving for
The Bible says that God alone is true (Jer 10:10; Jn 17:3; 1Th 1:9; Tit 1:2; Rev 6:10) and that
All men are liars (Ps 116:11; Jer 17:9; Rom 3:4).
This is because their ancestor Adam sinned,
Deceived by the devil, the father of lies (Ge 2:17, 3:4-6; Jn 8:44), that is,
Satan who in the spiritual heaven deceived himself to be like God (Is 14:12-15) and was
Cast down to and contained in Hades (Jude 1:6).
Thus, men made a covenant with death, an agreement with Sheol, and
They made lies their refuge, falsehood their shelter (Is 28:15).
Folly = pride = deceiving = deceived = wicked = madness (Ecc 7:25; Pr 14:8, 16).
The Bible is the credit score of God who cannot lie (He 6:18).
As God prophesied to Noah, He wiped out the entire world by a deluge (Ge 7:4-10),
As He promised to Abram, God gave him at the age of 100 a son (Ge 18:10, 21:1-2).
As God warned Lot, the city of Sodom was destroyed by burning sulfur (Ge 19:24-25) and
His sons-in-law who treated it as a joke were destroyed with the city (Ge 19:14).
Furthermore, according to the covenant He made with Abraham 400 years before (Ge 15:13),
His descendants, the Israelites, were delivered from their slavery in Egypt (Ex 12:41) as
The spirit of death passed over the homes with the blood of lamb following the promise (Ex 12:13).
Even in the wilderness they did not become extinct for
According to His promise, God daily gave them food for 40 years (Ex 16:13, 35).
The sanctuary where the vase with manna and the ark of the covenant law (Ex 16:34-35, 25:22) were
Reminded them that Jehovah is the true God and
The Law commanded them to not be deceived (Ex 20:16; Lev 19:11).
However, the fall of Israel led them to ruins because of
The rebellious people, the cheating priests and the false prophets (Is 9:15, 30:9-10; Jer 6:10; Mal 1:14).
Yeshua came and 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 (Jn 2:19-21),
He would tear down the temple that was only a copy and build the true temple (He 9:24), and
Give not the daily food that the flesh eats and dies but
The true food that the soul eats to live eternally, His flesh and blood (Jn 6:32-55).
After fasting 40 days, He was tempted by the devil but by the word He defeated him (Ps 119:69).
Testified by the true prophet John the Baptist (Mt 3:11; Mk 11:32), He stressed that:
The words of Yeshua = the truth = the words of the Father (Jn 8:26, 14:24) = the words that give life to the spirit (Jn 6:63)
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died as the last Adam and fulfilled the word given to the first Adam, “If you eat of it you will
surely die,” testifying that the Father is the true God (Ge 2:17; 1Co 15:45);
2) Judged the devil the father of lies (Ge 3:4-6; Jn 8:44), as the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil was the trap to catch both the deceiver and the deceived (Job 12:16); and
3) Sprinkled the redeeming blood and let souls become His true sons (He 12:8).
Through His resurrection, the Father testified that the words of the Son are true (Mt 16:21; Ac 3:15).
The Spirit of truth (Jn 14:17, 15:26, 16:13), who came from the true heaven
Lets believers testify the things that were fulfilled according to the prophecies (Lk 1:1-2) and
The things that will be fulfilled (Rev 1:7).
He warns them to not be deceived by Satan (2Co 2:11).
The Christian was at one time foolish and deceived (Tit 3:3) but is no longer deceived or deceives.
He longs to gather into the Church, the only society on earth where only the truth is accepted.
He only listens to the truth, only speaks the truth and does not lie (Rom 9:1; 1Ti 2:7).
Not only does he speak the truth but also does it, as to not deceive himself (Jas 1:22) for
He believes that liars will be thrown into the lake of fire, the second death (Rev 21:8).
O Lord,
Cover our ears and our mouths. Let us not listen to lies. Let us only speak the truth.
For in due time, the truth will be revealed, let us endure and wait (He 6:18-19).
When You come back, take us all to the true heaven where we will be with You forever. Amen.
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The God of Peace
(Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 4:7)
God is the God of peace (Heb 13:20).
In Him is peace and peace comes from Him (1Kin 2:33) and
He keeps in perfect peace those who are steadfast in their hearts (Isa 26:3).
Faith is longing for the peace of God and
The life of this faith is guarding one’s heart and preaching the good news of peace in order to receive the peace that
never shakes regardless of the situation (Ps 16:8-9; Pr 4:23; Ac 10:36).
Nowadays stress is accepted as the origin of all sicknesses,
While anxieties and depression are understood leading cause for suicide.
Medicine prescribes therapy, medications and even meditations to calm the mind and the heart.
Though every individual, family, tribe and nation want peace,
Perfect peace is impossible to be found on earth.
The Bible has a lot of say about the heart:
From the heart comes out thoughts, words and deeds (Mt 15:18; Mk 7:21) and
The thoughts of the heart determine the character of a man (Pr 23:7).
Furthermore, the Bible says that the one who controls the heart is God (Rev 17:17),
As He can either harden or soften the heart (Ex 4:21; Ps 127:2).
Satan is the archangel contained in Hades until the great day of judgement (Is 14:13-14; Jude 1:6),
For he conceived trouble in heaven and gave birth to evil on earth (Job 15:35),
The devil deceived Adam the ancestor of all mankind to sin (Ge 3:4-6; 1Jn 3:8).
As a result, no man can escape anxiety, stress and fear in life (Ge 4:12-14),
Only to follow the devil to hell after (Mt 25:41).
During the time of Noah, God destroyed the entire mankind by a deluge for
Every inclination of the human heart was evil all the time, from childhood (Ge 6:5, 8:21).
After the exodus, Israel received the Law which
Were written on the tablets of their hearts and God promised peace (Ps 29:11; Pr 7:2-3).
The sanctuary was where the name Jehovah, God of peace (Jdg 6:24) was, reminding them of
The covenant of peace through the priests and the fellowship offerings (Lev 3:6-11; Nu 25:12).
God had not David who fought many wars and never knew peace in his time (1Ch 22:7-8)
But Solomon, the man of peace who only knew peace and quiet during his reign (1Ch 22:9-19),
To build the Temple in the city of peace Jerusalem.
However, wars, destruction and calamities did not cease for
Their hearts were not loyal to Him (Ps 78:37), the fruit of their schemes (Jer 6:19).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days,” and
He was hated by the Jews who longed for peace but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn 2:19-21),
He would give peace to not only the chosen people Israel but to the souls of all nations (Jn 14:27), for
He is the Word in the beginning (Jn 1:14), the King of peace (Is 9:6, He 7:2), who
Became flesh to give the perfect peace (Hag 2:9).
His prayer on Gethsemane was with fervent cries of anguish and sorrow (Mt 26:37-38; He 5:7), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), for He nailed to the cross The price of all men’s sin, that is, punishment and death, laid on His body (Is 53:4-6).
- He died according to the command and committed His soul to the Father, the God of peace (Jn 10:17-18;Lk 23:46);
- He judged the devil, who became the origin of sin because of the evil he had in his heart (Job 15:35; Is 14:13); and
- With His blood made peace between God and men (Col 1:20), and let souls drink His blood, that is, life to the spirit and peace to the heart (Rm 8:6).
After His resurrection, His first words were, “Peace be with you” (Jn 20:19).
The Holy Spirit lets believers refresh their hearts in Christ (Phi 1:20) and
Lets them know Yeshua is their peace (Eph 2:14).
They are gathered into the church, one body called to peace (Col 3:15) so
The early Christians gathered even in persecutions and risked their life to worship (Ac 4:25-31).
The Christian:
- His heart is steadfast knowing, “What is my one hope? (Eternal life)” (Ps 57:7);
- Praises even in anxiety and fear (Ac 16:25);
- His heart is steadfast to pray (Ps 112:7; Is 26:3);
- Writes the word on the tablet of his heart (Pr 3:3; Gal 6:16);
- Does the work of making peace with brothers (Mt 5:9; Rom 12:18, 14:19); and
- Preaches the good news of peace (Is 52:7; Mt 10:12-13; Ac 10:36).
O Lord,
If You ask me, “What is your one wish?”
I will ask for peace!
More than health, money or family…
The peace that can prevail
In times of trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword.
Give such peace to me and all our members.
Let us all, when our souls leave the flesh, be moved to the kingdom of peace! Amen.
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Seeing the Face of God
(Nu 6:25-26; Jn 4:20-26)
God is the God of revelation.
He reveals Himself in His time and in His ways.
He shows His face to those who are waiting for Him (He 9:28).
Faith is considering the meeting with God as the greatest honor and longing for it (Ps 42:2) and
The life of this faith is, in order to go to heaven after death and live with God seeing His face
(Ps 17:15; Rev 22:4), offering one’s body as a living sacrifice to God while alive (Rom 12:1).
The history of the Bible is the dispensation decided in eternity for the meeting with God.
All things were created for Him (Jn 1:3):
The objects, the circumstances and the place for meeting with Him.
As such, one cannot meet with God through religions that originate from humans.
Worship:
OT — to bow down (shachac) — to serve (abad)
NT — to see the face of God (proskuneuo) — to serve (latreuo)
After Adam sinned, he was banished from the Garden, which became shielded by a flaming sword
For the consequence of sin is being hidden from God’s face (Ge 4:14; Job 34:29; Ps 10:11).
Nevertheless, in stages God began to reveal Himself.
To Abraham and Jacob He revealed Himself as an angel (Ge 18:1-22, 19:1; Hos 12:3-4).
Though Moses saw not the face of Jehovah but only His back,
His face became radiant and people were afraid to look at his face (Ex 33:23, 34:35).
While in the Most Holy Place was the atonement cover where Jehovah promised to meet (Ex 25:22)
It only had images of angels (Ex 25:20).
Still, should even the high priest enter there without the blood of the atoning sacrifice (Lev 16:2) or
Enter whenever he chooses, he was to die (Ex 34:20).
Israel fell under curse for they abandoned God,
Turning their faces away from His dwelling place and turning their backs on Him (2Ch 29:6)
So even when they cried out in their misery, God hid His face (Jer 33:5).
Yet it was prophesied that God would wait in His place (Hos 5:15)
Until they turn from their ways and seek His face so they be saved (2Ch 7:14; 2Ch 30:9; Ps 80:3).
Appearing before this temple,
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 (Jn 2:19-21),
Not in Jehovah name but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn 5:43),
Not to the chosen people of Israel but to all those who long to worship in truth
God would show His face (Jn 4:20-26, 14:9).
As He died, the temple veil tore (Lk 23:45), for the shroud of God’s face was torn (Is 25:7-8), and
He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
Died according to the command and the Father saw the lovely face of the Son (Jn 10:18;
SS 2:14), and let the Son see His face with joy (Job 33:26);
Judged the separator the devil (Ge 2:17, 3:4-6); and
Sprinkled the redeeming blood and made His face shine on the faces of faith (Nu 6:25-26).
After He rose, Yeshua was taken up to heaven before the eyes of the disciples (Mt 28:19; Ac1:9).
On the day of Pentecost, the promised Holy Spirit came
To their gathering which was the birth of the church (Ac 2:1-4).
For worship is seeing the face of the living Yeshua Christ, the face of God
No one can take away their joy (Jn 16:19-22).
The spiritual worship that God is pleased to receive is (Rom 12:1):
1) In spirit — by spiritual qualification — no difference in flesh (tribes, status, gender, age etc);
2) In truth — the regulations — according to the instructions (Ge 22:2; Mt 28:16):
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- Place — the church where the name Yeshua and the works He did in His name are praised (Mt 18:20; He 2:12);
- Time — the Lord’s Day, the first day after the Sabbath (Ac 20:7; Rev 1:10); and
- Sacrifice — my body — my time, talent, treasures (Rom 12:1).
On the Lord’s Day, the Christian, as a member of the body of Christ the Church
Puts effort to do his part (Rom 12:4-8),
Looks after other members, his brothers, in peace (Rom 12:9-20; Eph 4:12; 1Pe 4:10), and
Does good work (3Jn 1:11) for
He longs to go to heaven and eternally serve the Lord seeing His face (Rev 22:3).
O Lord,
This lowly life…
This audacious hope of seeing the face of God!
Like Abraham who gave his only son and succeeded in worship,
Let me give my body as a total living sacrifice and succeed in worship.
Lord, let Your face shine on us…and that will be enough for us! Amen.
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The Righteous God
(Ps7:8-9; 1Jn2:1-2)
God is righteous (Ps129:4).
His word, commands, laws, judgment are all righteous (Ps119:7, 62, 123, 172).
He delivers in His righteousness those who take refuge in Him (Ps31:1).
Faith is making Him my righteousness and
The life of this faith is walking in the way of righteousness (Pr8:20; 2Pe2:21), to awake after death to
see the Lord’s face in righteousness (Ps11:7, 17:15).
“Righteousness” (tssadik in Hebrew, dikaios in Greek) may not mean much in normal times
But at a critical moment it is the most important thing for
All men will have to stand before God’s throne of judgment after death (Ps122:5; Rev20:12) where
The righteous will be judged to eternal life, but the wicked to eternal punishment (Mt25:46).
The ancestor of mankind Adam, the living being, was deceived by the devil and
Disobeyed the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
Consequently, all men became destined to follow the devil to hell (Mt25:41).
The Bible defines “the righteous” as those who obey the word of God:
Abel, Noah, Abraham, Daniel, Job etc (Ge6:22, 7:1, 15:5-6; Eze14:14; Mt23:35; Jas2:21).
The Law that was given to Israel so their obedience would be their righteousness (Dt6:25):
While it justified the righteous and condemned the wicked (Dt25:1),
If a righteous person did not continue doing righteousness, he was killed (Eze18:4, 33:13).
As such, the righteous Judge Jehovah displayed His wrath everyday (Ps7:11) for
No one living is righteous before God (Ps142:2; Rm3:10).
In the Temple was the name, “Jehovah = the Righteousness of Israel” (Yaweh-Tsidkenu) and
The atoning sacrifice was given there, not because they were righteous (Dan9:18) but
Because of God’s mercy in the sacrifice carrying the wickedness of those who gave (Lev16:21-22).
The prophets spoke of a ruler coming from David’s line to judge with justice (Is32:1; Jer33:15), and
Become an offering in righteousness (Mal3:3).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would tear down the righteousness where by
Obeying the Law in the name Jehovah saved themselves (Eze14:14; He10:4), and
He would keep the Father’s command in the name Yeshua (Jn5:43) and
Save Himself and the souls of men (Jn10:18; He12:24), for which
The Word in the beginning became flesh, the Righteousness of God came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
To become the Defender for sinners (Jn8:2-11).
For His death was the culmination of the Law (Rm10:4),
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
Laid down His life as an offering in righteousness (Ps51:19; Mal3:3) and obeyed the
command, trusting the Father for His righteous judgment (Jn10:18; Rm3:25-26);
Judged the devil, the wicked one (1Jn3:8); and
Became sin on behalf of all men so they may become righteousness in Him (Rm5:18; 2Co5:21).
His resurrection was the confirmation that He is the righteousness.
He ascended to the heavenly throne becoming
The King of righteousness, the righteous Judge (2Ti4:8; He7:2) who
Judges by the words He spoke (Jn12:48) but also
Defends those who seek refuge in Him (1Jn2:2).
The Holy Spirit comes to those who made Yeshua their righteousness (1Co1:30),
Justified through faith, by His blood (Rm4:13, 5:1, 9).
The Christian, who knows the way of righteousness, struggles to not sin again (1Pe2:21-22),
Putting to death the evil desires of the flesh (Rm6:11-18).
But if he does sin, he turns from his ways and trusts in the blood of Yeshua (1Jn1:9, 2:2).
He continues doing righteousness by obeying Christ’s law (1Co9:21; Jas2:20-26) and
Defends the innocence of Yeshua as a witness of His blood (1Jn2:1) for
When he dies and his soul awakes after
He longs to see the face of his righteousness, Yeshua.
O Lord,
Yeshua who became a sinner in my place…
Where can this sinner take refuge but in You?
Yeshua my Defender! The blood of Yeshua alone is my righteousness!
After I die and my soul awakes
Let me be found before the face of my Defender Yeshua. Amen.
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The Faithful God
(Dt7:9-10; He13:20-21)
God is faithful.
All His commands are trustworthy (Ps119:86) and
To those who keep them, He keeps His covenant for a thousand generations (Ps89:34, 105:8).
Faith is believing Him, that He has the power to do what He promised (Nu23:19; Rm4:21) and
The life according to this faith is clinging to the covenant of God and telling the world about His
faithfulness (Is38:19), as all nations, families and societies are built on and sustained by covenants.
The Bible is the record of God’s covenants and His fulfillments.
Noah believed in God’s covenant and did everything just as He commanded, by which
He and his family were saved from the deluge that destroyed all men (Ge6:17-22);
The covenant that the childless Abram made with God (Ge15:18) was about His seed/proliferation,
Offspring/many kings, land/inheritance, and that God would be their God (Ge17:2-11).
Following the covenant, Abraham’s descendants Israel left Egypt after 430 years of slavery (Ex12:41)
Coming out with great possessions (Ge15:14; Ex12:36).
The Law received by Israel was the Book of the Covenant
Guaranteed by the blood of bulls (Ex24:7-8), which promised that
They were the treasured possession of Jehovah, a kingdom of priests and a holy people (Ex19:5-6).
As such, they marched with the ark of the covenant going ahead of them,
Drying up the Jordan and crushing the city of Jericho and
Finally conquering the promised land of Canaan.
However, the peace of the “city of promised peace” of Jerusalem could not be found.
Rather, it became an object of mockery for the tragedy of endless wars and destruction (Jer22:8)
Because they did not keep God’s covenant (Ps78:10).
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 Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would make a new covenant with not only Abraham’s flesh and blood
But also the souls of all nations (Eph3:6)
Guaranteed by not the blood of animals but His own blood (Mt26:28; He12:24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Believed the Father’s promise of giving His life back so kept the Father’s command to death (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the seed of doubt in Adam (Ge3:4-6; Mt13:38); and
3) The Word in the beginning, the God of covenant, came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14), and
through His death paid the price of sin for all men to forgive those who receive the sprinkling of the blood of the covenant, the mediator of a new covenant (Mt26:28).
The Father through the blood of the eternal covenant brought Him back from the dead (He13:20),
For while in the flesh He offered up prayers and petitions in fervent cries and tears
To the One who could save Him from death (He5:7).
He sat down on the heavenly throne and He is called the Ark of God’s covenant (Rev11:19).
The promised Holy Spirit came
To those who received the blood of His eternal covenant (Ac2:33, He13:20),
Born again in the Spirit of adoption, the children of promise (Rm8:15; Gal4:28).
In order to be taken up to the Father’s house on the day the Lord returns (Jn14:3),
The Christian clings to prayer according to Christ’s law (1Co9:21) for
He believes in His covenant that whatever is asked in Yeshua name, Yeshua will do (Jn14:13-14).
Prayer:
1) Confess — repenting one’s weaknesses and receiving forgiveness (Ac8:22);
2) Ask — using the authority of children, the right to claim.
The Lord’s Prayer — the format — “this is how you should pray” (Mt6:9):
• The receiver of prayer — the Father in heaven;
• The purpose of prayer — for the glory of the Father;
• The content of prayer — for the Father’s kingdom, for His will to be done in me etc.
1) To live a day not ashamed of the bread He gave (Mt6:31-33; Jn4:34);
2) For wisdom (Jas1:5); 3) For gifts to fulfill given duties (1Co14:12);
3) For a door for evangelism to open (Col4:3); and 4) For the needs of the brothers (Eph6:18).
O Lord,
Give us the Spirit of repentance. Give us the Spirit of prayer.
The most excellent faith that relies on not luck but only prayer (Mk9:29)!
Let us absolutely cling to Your covenant and
When You return, let us all be taken up to the promised land, the Father’s house! Amen.
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The Holy God (Ps99:3; He12:14)
God is holy (Eze39:7).
His essence is holy, His name, His Word, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are holy.
He is in a holy dwelling (Ps68:5) and
He lets those who are holy see Him and dwell with Him (He12:14).
Faith is believing the Holy One of God (Jn6:69) and that one has been made holy (Lev22:32) and
Faith life is, to live in the holy place seeing the Holy One, becoming holy while one lives in the world.
Holiness (qadosh):
1) Qualitatively — clean, flawless;
2) Functionally — separated, set apart, distinguished — the holy and the common, the clean
and the unclean (Lev10:10).
Deceived by the devil, Adam took the forbidden fruit and sinned.
As a result, he was cast out of the Garden of Eden that became a restricted area
Guarded by a flaming sword (Ge3:4-6, 24), while all men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
The commandments received by Israel who became a holy people after the exodus
Commanded them, “be holy because I am holy” (Lev11:45):
1) Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy (Ex20:8, 11);
2) Consecrate every firstborn male (human or animal), to be set apart for God (Ex13:2; Nu3:13);
3) The holy place (the mountain, the tent) was restricted (Ex19:23, 28:43);
4) The priests — their garments were sprinkled with blood and the anointing oil to be
consecrated (Ex29:1, 21; Eze42:14);
5) The sacrifice — slaughtered at a designated place and only the priests could eat it in the
holy place (Lev6:25, 7:1);
6) Every tithe of the herd and the flock — belonged to the LORD (Lev27:32);
7) The separation of their flesh and blood — forbidden to marry gentiles (Dt7:3; 1Sa15:3).
They were to not mate different kinds of animals, not plant their field with two kinds of seed,
Not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material (Lev19:19).
As such, the Law reminded them that God is holy and
Breaking any one of them would not let them escape death.
Despite that however, the priests and the people disregarded the word of the Holy One (2Ch36:14),
Becoming more unfaithful they defiled the Temple, which brought on their destruction (Is63:18).
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; Zec2:13),
Not the commandments given in the name Jehovah to Israel but
The commandment given in the Father’s name Yeshua will be kept by the Son (Jn5:43, 10:18) and
The souls of all nations will become His kingdom and people (Zec2:11).
Except for the unclean spirits, no one recognized Him as the Holy One of God (Mk1:23-24).
As He died, the veil in the Temple of Jerusalem tore (Lk23:45),
Tearing down the Law that distinguished the holy and the common (Eze42:20), and
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Kept the Father’s word and made Himself holy (Jn10:18, 17:19);
2) Judged the unclean satan, the devil (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled the redeeming blood on souls so they may be made holy (Eph1:7; He13:12).
His resurrection testifies His holiness (Ac2:27; He7:26), and
He became the eternal High Priest seated on the throne (He7:21) and
Receives the praises of “holy, holy, holy” (Rev4:8).
The Holy Spirit came to believers whose souls were made holy by the blood of Yeshua and
Helps them become sanctified (2Th2:13; He10:14).
The Christian turns away from wickedness, sexual immorality, passionate lust (2Ti2:19; 1Th4:3-8),
Keeps himself from being polluted by the world (Jas1:27),
Not following the ways of the world (Eph2:2-3), and not loving the world (1Jn2:15), and
Sets himself apart by not associating with unbelievers (2Co6:14-18).
He gathers into the holy dwelling, the church, as the Day approaches (He10:25), and
Becomes a holy priesthood giving his own body as a holy living sacrifice (Rm12:1, 15:16), and
A priest of the gospel who gives the offering of souls (Rm15:16).
O Lord,
Holiness, the preeminent attribute of God!
Let us understand what holiness means and
Though we are in the world, let us not be yoked with the worldly in thoughts and words.
Let us be set apart from the world and
When the Lord comes back, let us enter the holy dwelling forever. Amen.
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The God of Glory (Ex15:11; Jn1:14)
God is the God of glory (Ps29:3; Ac7:2).
Glory belongs to Him, comes from Him and returns to Him (1Ch29:11) and
He works for glory and
Lets those who reveal His glory arrive from glory to glory (2Co3:18).
Faith is having God as my glory (Ps3:3, 97:6) and
The life of this faith is in order to inherit glory (Pr3:35) giving glory due His name (Ps29:2).
Glory is exclusively sought by humans,
As not only the winner knows it but also those who witness the glory feel the same.
The Bible speaks of the glory of God.
While all things declare the glory of God to this day (Ps19:1),
Adam, who was created for the glory of God (Is43:7),
Made in the image of God and given the authority to rule over the Garden, was
Deceived by the devil, that is, Satan who in heaven wanted to be like God and sinned and was
Contained in Hades, sinned the same wanting to be like God (Ge3:4-5; Is14:12-15; Jude1:6).
Consequently his descendants, all mankind, became destined for hell with
The devil who turned God’s glory into shame (Ps4:2; Mt25:41).
This is because God does not yield His glory to another (Is42:8) and
He does not forgive those who defame Him (Ps48:11).
For Israel was created for the glory of the LORD (Is43:7), chosen to reveal His glory (Is43:10),
God revealed His glory through: delivering them from their slavery by His power (Ex14:18, 15:6);
The clouds covering Mount Sinai and the tabernacle, a consuming fire, and
His voice (Ex24:16-17; Dt5:24); and
The radiant face of Moses who spoke with the LORD (Ex33:18-22, 34:29-30) etc.
The priests could not enter the temple (2Ch7:2-3) and the people were afraid (Ex34:30).
In spite of this, however, they exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass
So they were put to death (Ex32:24-28; Ps106:20) and
Eventually the glory of Jacob became wasted (Is17:4; Am6:8).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Angered the Jews who had longed for the day the glory of Israel would be restored.
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would make the glory of the house of God greater than the former house (Is60:7; Hag2:9),
Not the glory of Jehovah shown to Israel but
The glory of the One and Only Son to souls of all nations and languages (Is66:18; Hab2:14) for
He is the God of glory from the beginning who came in flesh (Jn1:1-4, 14, 17:5).
Defeating the devil’s temptation who tempted with the splendors of the world (Mt4:8-9)
He showed many signs to reveal God’s glory (Jn2:11; Mt15:31) and
Promised the disciples the day when they will see His great glory (Mt24:30; Jn17:24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Submitted to the Father’s command and gave glory to the Father (Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil who attempted to steal God’s glory (Is14:12-15); and
3) Let all men who received the sprinkling of His redeeming blood give glory to God (Php2:9-11).
The death of the One and Only Son was:
“For men” = humanocentrism (man-centered);
“For God” = theocentricism (God-centered).
Christ was raised through the glory of the Father (Rm6:4) and
He ascended to the heavenly throne and as the Lamb receives glory forever (Rev5:12).
The Spirit of glory, the Holy Spirit
Lets believers know that His glory rests on them (Rm9:23; 1Pe4:14) and
The Christian gives glory to God alone:
1) Through his good deeds (Mt5:16);
2) By praying in the name Yeshua (Ps79:9; Jn14:13);
3) Believing the promise of God (Rm4:20);
4) Praises and worships in the church, the house of the Lord where His glory dwells (Ps26:8, 63:2; 1Ti3:15); and
5) By leading souls to bow at the name Yeshua and confess that He is Lord (Php2:10-11).
O Lord,
The greatest good that the perfectly glorious God has done is
To show us sinful creatures His glory in Christ!
While humanism has put men at the center of all, even in the churches today,
Let our Church of Jesus rather give up on increasing
But never give up on glorifying You and the name of Yeshua until the end.
Let us finally see Your glory! Amen.
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God Is Spirit (Jn4:23-26)
God is spirit (Jn4:24-25).
He is invisible but eternally exists (Ps102:27) and
Everything that comes from Him
His Son, the Holy Spirit, the Word, the breath of life, life, blood etc are all spiritual.
While some misunderstand Christianity as
A religion that promotes good deeds by cultivating character and morality,
Faith is believing the invisible God and that “I am a soul.”
The life of this faith is, to receive the spiritual body after death,
Living a life devoted to the spiritual life while in the flesh (1Co15:44).
The Bible distinguishes the two worlds, the visible world and the invisible world;
The three heavens: 1) the heaven within the atmosphere; 2) the universe, the expanse;
3) the spiritual heaven, paradise, the Father’s house (2Co12:2); and
The three spiritual beings: 1) God; 2) angels; and 3) the living being (Adam).
While the Bible records spiritual phenomena, such as visions and dreams (Ge15:1; Ps89:19; Mt1:20),
It has no portrayal of the image of God for
His invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, are
Clearly seen through creation (Rm1:20; He11:3).
The creation of mankind: male and female (“them”) — to multiply — to advance culture and civilization (Ge1:27-28);
The creation of Adam: man + the breath of life — a living being (one) — lives by the word of God (Ge2:7. 17; Mal2:15).
Because of Adam’s sin, all men became destined to go to hell with the devil (Mt25:41; 1Co15:22).
Except for Noah and his family (Adam’s descendants), all men were destroyed by the deluge.
They were those with only flesh and no spirit, the Nephilim (Ge6:1-17, 7:21-22).
All men today are descendants of Adam, that is, they are all spiritual beings.
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 give not external regulations for Israel in the name Jehovah (He9:10),
But life to all souls and let them worship Him in spirit in the name Yeshua (Jn4:24-25) for
He is the Word, the one and only Son from the Father’s bosom,
The God who came in the flesh (Jn1:14, 18), the image of the invisible God (Col1:15),
All the fullness of the Deity living in bodily form (Col2:9).
As such, all unclean spirits, demons, recognized Him and trembled in fear (Mk1:24-26; Lk8:27-33).
He said, those who are born of water and the Spirit (Jn3:3-12)
Listen to His word for His words are spirit and they are life (Jn6:63).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By the Spirit gave Himself unblemished to God (Jn10:18; He9:14);
2) Judged the origin of sin the devil (He2:14; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His flawless blood and redeemed the souls in flesh (He2:16, 10:4).
He rose and showed the resurrection of the spiritual body (Lk24:37-43) and
Sat on the heavenly throne where He receives the praises of tens of thousands angels (Rev5:11).
The Holy Spirit who comes in the name Yeshua
- In the church
- Speaks, teaches, works and guides;
- Treats souls as souls;
- Protects the flock from the savage wolves (Ac20:28-30).
- Lets the souls of believers:
- Confess to the end that Yeshua is Lord (1Co12:3);
- Be strong with spiritual gifts (Rm1:11; 1Co12:7);
- Protects the flock from the savage wolves (Ac20:28-30).
- Crave for pure spiritual milk to grow up in their salvation (1Pe2:2);
- Become pillars of the spiritual house and a spiritual priesthood (1Pe2:5);
- Resist the devil and evil spirits (Eph6:10-13; 1Pe5:8-9); and
- Set their minds on the Spirit to be led to life and peace, for those who have their minds set on the flesh will be led to death (Rm8:5-7).
O Lord,
Though outwardly we are wasting away…
The blood of Yeshua, the Spirit of Christ (Rm8:9)!
Inwardly we are being renewed day by day (2Co4:16)!
For we know this truth, let us take heart and
Not be deceived by what is seen.
Let us all live before the invisible but living God. Amen.
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The Creator God (Ge1:1; Jn1:1-3)
God is the Creator.
By His word He created all things and sustains all things (He1:3, 11:3), and
By His word He will burn up all things (2Pe3:7).
Faith is believing that God is the Creator (He11:3) and
The life of this faith is submitting to His word, looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth
believing in God’s promises, and giving Him glory (Rm4:17-20; 2Pe3:7-11).
While many religions accept creationism as the explanation for the beginning of life and the universe,
Hinduism believes in eternal cycles of universes being created and destroyed, that is, reincarnation.
The big bang theory proposes that the universe started with
An infinitely hot and dense single point that inflated and stretched at incredible speeds.
The theory of evolution posits that over a long period of time,
Through an undirected process by natural selection,
Life evolved from a single cell organism to the complex ones of today.
While it claims fossils records as its evidence,
Among the discovered 350 million records around the world (of 250,000 species),
There is none that displays “transitional” forms.
As such, evolution is not science but another religion that demands faith.
The churches that have adopted either theistic evolution (or “evolutionary creation”) that says that
The Creator gave evolutionary power to bacterial life to evolve to the diverse lifeforms today,
Or the progressive creation theory, which says God repeatedly created and destroyed
Over millions of years and finally breathed the breath of life into apes to make living beings,
Have declined drastically around the world.
The Bible clearly testifies about the Creator God.
By His word He brought out the starry host and by His word sustains them (Is40:26; He1:3),
Evidenced by the celestial bodies moving in their orbits and keeping mutual distance by gravity.
Yet the most difficult puzzle for evolution and the most powerful evidence for creation is the DNA:
The genetic code of a cell that demonstrates the perfect blueprint of the perfect Designer.
Abraham believed in the promise of God who calls into beings that were not and
Gave birth to a son at the age of 100, becoming the heir of faith (Rm4:17-20).
His descendants, Israel who were created for the glory of Jehovah (Is43:7), after the exodus
Walked through the sea on dry ground, passed the wilderness in 40 years and arrived in Canaan.
Although the sanctuary was there to remind them of Jehovah the Creator of Israel (Is43:15),
For they served idols made by the hands of men, they were destroyed (Jer51:17).
Yeshua came and 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 create, not like the material things created in six days in the name Jehovah,
But a new heaven and a new earth, a delight and joy (Is65:17-19),
In the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43) for
He is the Word in the beginning who created all things by His word (Pr8:27-30; Jn1:1-3; He11:3).
Although He testified this through many signs during His public life
Because He said that He and the Father are one (Jn10:30), He angered the Jews who were
Engrained in their faith of the Creator, leading Him to death.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life willingly and submitted to the Father’s command, and put an end to the
work of the 6-day creation and began a new work, a new creation (Is65:17-18; Jn10:17-18); 2) Judged the devil who forgot that he was a creature (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6); and
3) Allowed the souls who receive His sprinkled blood to become new creation (2Co5:17).
His resurrection was a new work, a new event, not there during the 6-day creation (Is42:9).
He ascended to the heavenly throne for He is “the beginning of God’s creation” (Rev3:14).
While in the last days the scoffers will cause others to not believe in the historical fact of the Bible,
The Holy Spirit lets believers believe all the more in:
1) The Creator God; 2) Yeshua Christ is the Creator; 3) The end of the world—hell;
4) A new heaven and a new earth (2Pe3:7-11).
The Christian has put on a new self,
Renewed in the knowledge of the universe, of the world and of life (Col3:10; 1Jn2:15-17).
He puts effort to bear the image of his Creator
By submitting to His commands and remaining in his place doing his part.
He lives by preparing to leave at anytime,
Striving to do the work of snatching one more soul from the fire (Jude1:23),
For He who is coming will come and not delay (He10:37; Rev10:6).
O Lord,
This day! The last days!
Although many churches do not talk about the end or hell and
To many Christians the end has become an imagery,
Let our Church of Jesus take to the heart that
God is the Creator, the coming Judge, and
When You return, let not even one of us be found on earth! Amen.
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The Self-Existent God
(Ex3:14-15; Jn8:56-58)
The Self-Existent God (Ex3:14-15; Jn8:56-58) God is self-existent (Ex3:14).
He is the only uncreated One, and makes His own will and does accordingly.
He honors those who honor His name (I AM) (1Sa2:30; Mal3:16-17).
Faith is believing in the existence of God and surrendering to live on one’s own.
The life of this faith is making God one’s strength (Ps52:7) and being conscious of Him
every moment and living by His word.
While people like words such as “freedom,” “independence,” “autonomy,” and even “selfie,”
Such concepts are unbiblical and even satanic for
All things are by God, through God and for God (Col1:16; He2:10) and
He alone is truly self-existent, self-sustaining, self-sufficient, independent and free (Ps50:9-14).
The (non-) existence of God has been a long-standing debate in philosophy.
Rene Descartes concluded that, “I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am,” that the mind is the self.
He argued for dualism: humans are body (material) and mind (immaterial).
The Bible divides the organization of man into body and spirit (Rm8:5).
Adam is the living being, the spiritual being with flesh (Ge2:7):
The flesh — a material being — from dust — eats food from the ground;
The spirit — a spiritual being — from God — eats the word (Jn6:63); and
The soul — mind, consciousness — a function developed with the flesh — not a being.
For sin is a creature attempting to live on its own,
When Satan left his position in heaven on his own, wanting to be like God
He was contained in Hades until judgement (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6).
Deceived by him, Adam took the forbidden fruit and
All men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
In the Old Testament, the LORD God (Jehovah) showed His existence through the angels:
To Abraham (Ge18:1, 22, 19:2), Jacob (Ge32:28-30; Hos12:3-4) and Moses (Ex3:14-15).
The exodus of Israel and 40 years in the wilderness where no human can live on his own, were
Possible entirely by I AM who sent manna from heaven, sprang up water from the rock so they lived.
The sanctuary reminded them this for generations, that God was among them (Ex16:3; Dt7:21).
The commandments said to not reap what grows of itself (Lev25:11),
To not eat anything they find already dead (Dt14:21) etc,
Warning the danger of “of itself” (Pr14:16, 18:1, 25:6, 26:12; Ps36:2).
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 Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not through the angel but through the Son, He would show the existence of God (Jn14:9) for
He is the very nature God, the exact representation of God’s being (Php2:6; He1:3), and
Before Abraham was born He is (Jn8:58), before John the Baptist He was (Jn1:15).
Though He is the Word from the beginning, I AM who became flesh (Jn1:1, 14),
Coming in the very nature of a servant, He did nothing on His own (Jn5:30, 8:28).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Surrendered His life willingly, eating up the Father’s word, the food for the spirit that leads to
eternal life (Mt4:4; Jn4:34, 10:18, 12:50);
2) Judged Satan the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Let souls eat His flesh and drink His blood (Jn6:56).
The Father raised Him back to life (Ac2:32) and
His resurrected body with flesh and bones proved the existence of God (Lk24:39-43; Jn20:27).
The Lamb on the heavenly throne shows the God who lives forever (Rev1:8, 18).
The Spirit of God comes to those who confess that
On their own they cannot be righteous, cleansed or saved (Mt5:3), and
He gathers them into the body of Christ the church (Eph1:23) and
Lets them see the face of the living God there (Mt18:20; Jn4:23-24).
The Christian is he who surrenders himself and
Lives only by trusting the word (Lk5:5) and by prayer (1Sa12:23), and
Becomes a witness of the living Yeshua in spite of persecutions (Ac4:13, 17:29-31) for
He longs to receive a better resurrection, a spiritual body (1Co15:42-44; He11:35) and
See the Lord as He is (1Jn3:2).
O Lord, On my own I cannot become righteous, holy or clean…
On my own I cannot live!
Let me not sin by failing to pray.
Let me live by eating the Word and clinging to the Church, the gathering.
When You return in Your glorious body, let me in a spiritual body go before You! Amen.
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The Only God
(2Ki19:15; 1Ti1:17)
God is the only God (1Ti1:17).
He alone has His being, attributes, and works (2Ki19:15; Job9:8) and
He alone is happy on His own (Dt32:39).
Faith is being happy with the only God being my King and my Savior (1Ti1:17) and
The life of this faith is always standing alone before the only God, for on the last day my soul will
stand alone before His great white throne (Rev20:11-12).
The word “alone” conjures up the image of loneliness as
Humans by nature do not want to be alone.
While there are those who commit suicide because they cannot stand being bullied,
Life-imprisonment by exile is considered worse than death penalty.
God created all things not because He lacked anything
But to share His happiness with the created and see them happy with His happiness.
Satan who wanted to be happy on his own was
Cast out of the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15; Eze28:15) and
Contained in Hades, the universe that will become
A lake of fire after the great day of judgment (Mt25:41; Jude1:6).
Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned and the price of sin, death, came and
He was driven out of the Garden (Ge3:24).
Consequently, the nature of man after being separated from God became anxiety and loneliness.
In spite of it, however, when Cain who had sinned pleaded to God, in his anxiety and fear,
God promised his protection (Ge4:13).
The Bible is rather the story of God meeting with those who are isolated.
God instructed Abram to leave his country and his father’s household (Ge12:1).
Jacob who in danger sent ahead across the river his family and all his possessions
Remained alone but met with an angel seeing the face of God (Ge32:22-30).
After leaving Egypt’s splendid palace life and living in the desert for 40 years
Moses was called by God (Ex3:3-5; He11:24-25).
Following Moses, the Israelites left their slavery of 400 years in Egypt and
By seeing the pillar of fire—the ark—the sanctuary which were with them
They knew that “Jehovah is the only God” (2Ki19:19).
The young Samuel who grew up before the LORD (1Sa2:21)
Lying down before the ark heard God’s calling and became the first prophet of Israel (1Sa3:3-10) and
John the Baptist who lived a desolate and lonely life in the desert
Finally saw the Messiah’s coming with his own eyes and was full of joy (Jn3:29).
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),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would show the only God (Jn14:9) for
He is the Word who was with the Father in the beginning (Jn1:1, 14, 18).
Very early in the morning and late at night, He prayed at a solitary place (Mk1:35, 14:32) and
He preferred to be alone on the mountain, away from the crowds (Lk5:15-16) for
He knew that the Father who sent Him was with Him (Jn8:16, 29).
Though all the disciples deserted Him and fled (Mt26:56),
On Gethsemane, through His heartbreaking prayer,
He transferred all mankind’s guilt, anxiety, fear, loneliness onto His body (Mt26:36-40) and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) According to the command laid down His life to receive it back (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who deceived himself (Is2:11, 14:12-15); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men (Eph1:7; He12:24).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne as the only Sovereign and Lord (Jude1:4).
Encircling that throne are living creatures and the elders and
Thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand angels (Rev5:11).
The Holy Spirit lets those who have
The experience of standing alone and naked before Yeshua (Jn8:2-11; Ac2:38)
Be happy with Yeshua being their Savior and King.
Therefore, the Christian resolves to always stand alone before God (Mt6:6) so
Always prays having one-on-one conversation with God and
Being filled with His happiness moves towards the world as an evangelist of happiness.
O Lord,
Like the sinful woman standing alone naked before Yeshua!
The moment the fear of loneliness and death is converted to freedom and peace!
Let us all always pray and meet with God one-on-one and
Share this happiness with those who are lonely and alone. Amen.
Let Us Know God
(Hos6:3, 6; Jn8:55, 17:3)
God is the God of revelation.
Through all things and the Son, He reveals His deity and power (Rm1:19-20) and
To those who know Him He gives eternal life (Jn17:3).
Faith is knowing Him through revelation (Rm1:20; 1Pe1:12) and
The life of this faith is demolishing any argument that sets itself up against God (2Co1:13, 10:5), and
Pressing on to knowing Him til the end (Hos6:3).
For knowledge is power, through education and information humans press on to know.
- Science: studies the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation, while denying the existence of an observable God;
- Philosophy: studies ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life, while rejecting the idea of a supreme God; and
- Religion: approaches the supernatural with penance, mediation, and spirituality, though it is a mission arrow.
The Bible is a book that teaches about God revealing through the dispensation of
The creation—signs—Israel—the One and Only Son—the Holy Spirit—witnesses,
For what may be known about God is made plain (Rm1:19-20).
The Hebrew word, yada means to experientially know, not as an idea, which means
To obey the word of God and experience the word: to know God (ginóskó, Lk1:34-38).
As promised, at the age of 100 Abraham gave birth to a son, through which
He knew that the One who appeared to him was Jehovah God (Ge18:1-10).
To the Israelites who left Egypt according to the prophecy 430 years before (Ge15:13),
It was revealed that Jehovah is God (Dt7:8-9), and
Conquering Canaan was the result of Jehovah going across ahead of them (Dt9:3).
The sanctuary was the mechanism by which they were to know that Jehovah is the God of Israel.
Their history also showed hat Jehovah was the God who punishes sinners (2Ki10:10).
The prophet said that the only way for Israel to live was to know Jehovah, to press on to know Him
For Jehovah desires the acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings (Hos6:1-6).
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 show not the ideological Jehovah God only to the people of Israel
But the experiential Yeshua the Father God to the souls of all men (Jn14:9),
Revealing not the temple worshiping what they do not know
But the temple worshiping what they do know (Jn4:22).
Though the world did not recognize Him (Jn1:10)
John the Baptism knew Him by revelation and revealed Him to the world (Jn1:33-34).
While Yeshua stressed that one must know the Son to know God (Jn7:29, 8:19, 8:55),
He was handed over to death by those who understood the words of Moses but not His words.
As He died, the temple veil tore, the veil of the divine (He10:20), and
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30) declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the Father’s command for He knew the Father from the
beginning, experiencing the Father’s word (Jn8:55, 10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who deceived himself (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men who sinned not knowing, and forgave them (Lk23:34; Eph1:7).
The disciple who touched the hands and the feet of His resurrected body (Dt32:39)
Confessed, “You are God” (Lk24:39; Jn20:28).
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of revelation (1Co2:10-22),
Lets believers grow in the knowledge of God (Col1:10), that is,
Knowing the hope to which they were called, His glorious inheritance for His children, and
The incomparably great power of the name of God (Eph1:17-19).
The pride of the Christian is that
Through the blood of Yeshua, the Spirit of the Son, he became an offspring of God (Rm8:15-17), and
He gained the great surpassing knowledge of God, of Christ (Php3:7-11).
Therefore, he obeys the word and experiences the divine nature and the eternal power of God, as
He longs to know the Lord fully when He returns (1Co13:9, 12; 1Jn3:2).
O Lord,
Like You opened Lydia’s heart to respond to the Word (Ac16:13-15),
Open my heart, the hearts of our families and of all our members so
We understand and obey God’s word and experience the word,
For the knowledge God is eternal power!
May the Spirit of revelation never cease from the beginning of this New Year to the end! Amen.