Victims Of The Letter Of The Law
"And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because
thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of
the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy life: 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee."
This is where it all began – The first breach
between God and man was first spoken between the woman and God. It was woman who received the enmity between
her seed and the serpent’s. Her seed
would bruise the head and the serpent’s seed would bruise the heel.
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Woman’s sorrow would greatly multiply, conception
and in sorrow she would bring forth children.
Her husband now was her ruler, creating the separation between her and
God; and her husband would also be her desire:
“There is
difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may
be holy both in body and in spirit:
but she that is married careth for the
things of the world, how she may please her husband."
The covenant was made through Abraham. Abraham’s offering would be the blessing
which through his seed would redeem the world.
A barren woman would bring forth; and it would be a woman whom the son
of man would first be revealed.
He was revealed first to Mary who would bear him;
and that his name would be Jesus.
"And the angel
said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for
thou hast found favour with God. 31.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
shalt call his name Jesus."
And it was woman who first saw the resurrected
Jesus, after three days in the tomb:
"Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. 11. But
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped
down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12. And seeth two angels in
white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13. And they say
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 14. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus
standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?
She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned
herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master."
And a woman would reveal the second child who
stands up in his stead (Ecclesiastes 4:15), the one who is
taken out of the way (2 Thessalonians 2:6-7), cut off (Daniel 9:26), so that evil is
revealed; for the overspreading of abominations he will make it desolate (Daniel 9:27).
"And there
appeared a great wonder in heaven; a
woman clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars: 2. And she
being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3. And there
appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven
heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads. 4. And his
tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman which was ready to be delivered, for
to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5. And she brought forth a man child, who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6. And the woman fled into the wilderness,
where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days."
She has travailed, in pain to be delivered. She knows who he is, she knows who she is but
she has yet a little time. The Word is
still being shared throughout the nations and the last that should be beheaded
for his name and for the Word of God has not yet been fulfilled.
Now they seek the seed. They have run the same hallways and rooms as
did she, looking for him, but they will not find him until the appointed time.
A breach has occurred between a woman and her
husband because her desire is to please God.
She loves the Lord with all her heart, mind, soul and strength. Because the Lord comes first all her breaches
will be repaired.
She knows who seeks the sanctuary which is the “desire of their eyes” whom “their soul pitieth”. She knows the cherub that covereth, who will
be destroyed from the midst of the stones of fire. She has been in the panic room, she has
touched the feet that will bruise the serpent’s head.
She has seen the outline of the chambers in a
river parted for crossing on dry ground.
She has been protected from the wolves as they try to cut her off.
She has seen the vessel with the spirit of the
wicked one. She has seen the mirror and
beheld the false one hiding the coveted one.
She has seen the light of His countenance brighter
than the sun. He took her into heaven
and showed her “One” with every living thing.
She has flown above the trees, and she has seen
the “below road” which she walked to his hiding place.
She beheld Jesus twice; where he told her “have faith and
keep your eyes on me”, and another time where he told her “tell him that
you saw me”.
She was to tell all of them . . . all of them that
the sword and the shield are real and
the promise is coming.
The first thing she said to Jesus with her heart
and not her tongue; “I know who you are”.
And when he held her to his bosom, her tears flowed as she next said “I
love you, do you know that?”
Of course He did know, because that love came from
him; from the book of remembrance, written within her.
That love was the word, which was first breathed
by the Spirit of God over the waters of an unformed earth, before the command for
there to be light was spoken.
That silent sound before every word of God, is the
seed which was breathed into the nostrils of man for him to become a living
soul. It is the life that lighteth every
man, and it is the life that has already overcome death.
"Now the parable
is this: The seed is the word of God."
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth."
You cannot get there but by Christ:
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
When the woman was yet a girl, Jesus appeared with
another man to her three times in a dream. The first time he appeared to her in this
dream, they both first appeared as a sword and a shield. Then they changed and were covered from head
to toe in armor.
She had the vision when she was still a young girl
at the age of sixteen. She did not at
all know the significance of the sword and the shield other than that they were
in scripture. Now she knows:
"And your feet
shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16. Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked. 17. And take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"
“Thou hast also
given me the shield of thy salvation:
and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great."
“Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word."
The Sword is the sword of the Spirit, which is the
Word of God. Jesus is the Word made
flesh.
The shield is the shield of faith, also the shield
of salvation. He is also my “hiding
place” and “my shield”
The shield covereth me as it covereth the
Word. I now also know who the other man
was in that dream.
What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Sometime in the day on Thursday, which would have
been the 26th of March, 2015, I was reading some article on the
Constitution of the United States. I
can’t remember where I was, but it may well have been during my wait time at
the doctor’s office (I wasn’t the one being seen).
As I read the article, the phrase “in the spirit of the letter” came into my head. I thought to myself, “where did that come
from?” Following this, another phrase
came into my head “To the letter of the law”,
and I know where I had heard that phrase.
I heard it while my mother was watching T.V.: A show titled “Andy Griffith Show” where the
title character was a sheriff of a town called “Mayberry”. They used that phrase a lot in the show.
I began some searches in the Bible on the words
“spirit letter” and “letter law” and found some surprising results. When I searched online I found some even more
interesting results and I am going to start with the “last in-first out”.
"But many that
are first shall be last; and the last shall be first."
Jesus was asked by those he taught what the
kingdom of Heaven was like. He answered
in various parables throughout his ministry.
When some of the disciples asked Jesus why he gave these answers in
parables, Jesus would answer:
“He answered and
said unto them, Because it is given unto
you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
Was Jesus practicing exclusion? No, because those who sought the Spirit
through Christ in truth and love would understand, just as those to whom Ezra
read the book of the law in Nehemiah 8.
The disciples were still trying to understand it
all at the time. It was given them to
understand the mysteries because it would be they who were sent out into the
world to teach the truth after Jesus was crucified. Jesus’ resurrection would be witnessed by
them and others, so that truth could be testified in the world.
Of the parables that Jesus spoke, the “seed” and
the “word” were often paired because the “seed” is the Word of God.
"Now the parable
is this: The seed is the word of God."
Jesus, the Word made flesh, likens the “Kingdom of
Heaven” to the man who sows the “good seed” in his field:
“But he that
received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and
understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in
his field:
25. But while
men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."
Why is the kingdom of heaven like a man which
sowed good seed in his field if the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat?
One of Daniel’s prophecies in chapter 2 verse 43 is that “they
shall mingle themselves with the seed of men . . .” These are the tares.
Remember the substance with which we are “fearfully and
wonderfully made” in David’s praise to God in Psalms 139. The tares sowed by the enemy in this parable
are grown together with the wheat and not pulled up, so as not to damage the
wheat. They are harvested together with
the tares being thrown into the flame and the wheat being put up into the barn.
If “one is taken and the other left” in Matthew 24:40-42” then the tares
and wheat are not the bodies, but the
seed among the seed, or the grain among the thorns. To pull up the tares before the harvest would
damage the field – or to pull up the bad seed among the good seed would damage
the whole of the body, possibly killing some of the promised.
The crop must mature, and the numbers must be
complete. Not one grain will fall to the
earth of what God promised Abraham, or any fall through the sieve that was
given to Christ.
The Israel is scattered amongst many nations “in the midst” of many people, like
dew on the grass – like “grain” to be “sifted”, not a drop of “Israel” falling
to the earth.
Many nations will become children of Abraham on
that day (Zechariah 2:11), through faith in
Christ; faith that, like a mustard seed, is the smallest of seeds but becomes
the greatest of herbs, becoming a tree.
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the
time of harvest I will say to the
reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
barn.
31 Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and
sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed
is the least of all seeds: but when it
is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."
The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed,
which is also used in metaphor by Jesus in his description of the power of
faith (Matthew 17:20). Faith is not given the same reverence by the
world as such things as knowledge or “science”, proof or evidence, yet it is
more powerful than any of them, and it grows the more you nourish (exercise)
your faith.
Jesus said -
“Another parable
spake he unto them; The kingdom of
heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures
of meal, till the whole was leavened."
The same is the seed of Israel, which was
scattered and “hid” among the Gentiles
“in the midst” of many people (Micah 5:7-8); and the same as the
tares which grow with the wheat until the harvest, so that the wheat is not
harmed trying to pull it out while it is still in the process of
cultivation. This is the multiplying of the
seed of the nation of Abraham; not through the blood of man, but by the blood
of Christ, sown by love, cultivated by faith.
God is amazing!
What a protective and loving thing he has done for all mankind, if we
can just hang on and keep our eyes on Him in faith and love!
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure
hid in a field; the which when a man
hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field."
To forsake all our worldly wants, desires, goals,
and material possessions to reach for this very so precious gift.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a
merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46. Who, when he had found one
pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
Nothing else matters but that gift that God has
promised, that through faith in Christ we are all made children of Abraham;
sons of God, when all tears are wiped away from our eyes and the burdens of
this place are no more. Nothing man has
built is going to last. This one
precious thing is our new beginning.
Again, the “harvest” of another kind – Wheat and
the tares -
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net,
that was cast into the sea, and gathered
of every kind: 48. Which, when it
was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away."
We are the vessels into which the good is gathered
and put; we are to bear our vessels in sanctification and honour – 1 Thessalonians 4:4
“Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these
things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed
unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which
bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. 53. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had
finished these parables, he departed thence."
Every scribe instructed on the Kingdom should
bring forth the things new and old; where God has scattered the treasure. Just as the reading of the Book of the Law in
Ezra’s time, this treasure is meant to be gathered for understanding of the truth
in the writings of the prophets concerning the temple of the body and the
restoration of God’s law within it.
After these things, Jesus callus unto Peter who
the people say that he is. Peter answers
that they believe Jesus is Elijah or John the Baptist or some other
prophet. Jesus asks “who do you say I
am” to which Peter answers “You are the son of God”.
Jesus rejoices in his heart, because only the
Spirit could have told Peter, since no man had.
From there in Matthew 16, this exchange goes:
“And I say also
unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. 19. And I will give unto thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20. Then charged he his disciples that they
should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ."
Why did Jesus instruct this? Was he afraid? No.
Because the Son and the Father is revealed through the Spirit, not
through the flesh. It is a personal
revelation between God and man, through the Spirit, IN Christ’s name. If the heart is absent of the Spirit, then no
faith in him will follow; therefore the flesh and decisions you make will be
based on such with reliance in self and men before reliance on God.
Three things draw you closer to God: Repentance through Christ, daily prayer, and
faithful searching of His heart through his Word in the Bible.
Where Is The Kingdom of Heaven?
Jesus tells his disciples what the kingdom of
heaven is, or rather, what it is like.
He also tells us, as do scriptures in the prophets of the old testament,
where the Kingdom of God is. It’s domain
is endless and yet it is inside you.
Jesus said:
“And I say unto
you, That many shall come from the
east and west, and shall sit down with
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven."
Where does the Lord God of Israel dwell? In a gold box hidden somewhere? In the very pit of the earth which the people
of old dwell which he prophesies against?
Does the God who created everything live on a planet somewhere in the
great universe? No. Scripture tells us where God dwells.
“And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and
said, O Lord God of Israel, which
dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all
the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth."
Isaiah repeats this fact:
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the
cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms
of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth."
The Cherubims are over the Ark of the Covenant
shadowing the mercyseat. Inside the Ark
of the Covenant laid roundabout with gold is the golden pot with manna, Aaron’s
rod that buds, and the tables of the covenant.
Above the Ark, on the top of it sits the mercy seat. The Ark of the Covenant sits in the
tabernacle which is called the holiest of all, beyond the second veil.
"And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of
all; 4. Which had the golden
censer, and the ark of the covenant
overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5. And over
it the cherubims of glory shadowing
the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."
The “tabernacle which is called the holiest of
all” is after the second veil. Before
the second veil is the tabernacle made which was the first, called the
sanctuary. This is where the
candlestick, and the table with the shewbread is. This is the “worldly sanctuary” according to
Paul in Hebrews 9: 1-3:
"Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances
of divine service, and a worldly
sanctuary. 2. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein
was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3. And after the second veil,
the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;"
Where was this “tabernacle” called the sanctuary,
and the tabernacle called the holiest of all after the second veil?
There was a house built for the Lord:
“Huram said
moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who
hath given to David the king a wise son,
endued with prudence and understanding, that
might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his
kingdom."
David was given the instruction for the building
of the house, but it would be Solomon who would build it. Solomon fell to self worship and the building
of Idols in high places. But before he
did, he was charged with building a house . . . for the NAME of the Lord
(Bethlehem = “house for the name of the Lord”)
"Thou knowest how
that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the
wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the
soles of his feet."
"And the Lord
hath performed his word that he spake, and
I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of
Israel, as the Lord promised, and have
built an house for the name of the Lord God
of Israel."
So then Daniel, one of the young of the nobles
taken to Babylon when Jerusalem and Judah fell to Nebuchadnezzar; received wisdom
to interpret the dreams of the king of Babylon concerning the mixed seed and
the kingdom of God:
“And whereas thou
sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed
with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall
never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the
king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure."
It shall consume all these kingdoms, just as the
rod that became a serpent consumed all the serpents of the Pharaoh’s wizards
and sorcerers.
Now these same men of old, men of renown seek out
that which is behind the second veil.
The seek the Ark of the Covenant, the “Prince”.
They have him now. They have worked since his childhood to break him. We know, because upon the mercyseat is that thing which Paul could not “now speak particularly”, and upon that is that which they seek.
The souls of men they have bought, sold and traded
to obtain this thing. They have seduced
men with knowledge and promises of being gods.
They have stolen the souls through flatteries, sorceries and seductions
to find the one proselyte, to make him two-fold more the child of hell than
themselves, Matthew 23:15.
What is it that the devil wanted from the body of
Moses in Jude 1:9, that was not dimmed or abated in Deuteronomy 34:7 upon his death?
Why was the angel that stopped him named in the
Bible as the “Archangel”?
Who protects the seed which is the Word of God”?
There are two cherumbim.
There are two “anointed ones”.
There is only one named Archangel.
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