"And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:"
When Moses came down the mount he was not aware that his face shone. His natural face glowed and it is how we respond to the glory of the Law. Plainly speaking God gave glory to His creation since it is what God does. And he does it only according to his Holiness. So glory of the Law takes naturally to a body when it responds as it should. The nation of Israel could not bear looking at it meant they had a problem.
Adam formed of the dust of the ground and glory was such he was not ashamed. So was Moses."But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."(1 Co.15:38) This seed is the word with which Moses radiated glory which however and the Israelite responded just Adam and Eve hid themselves from the presence of God. As with the fall of man it was a clue that the heart was not right before Him. It is to this lapse that Jesus observed, "And said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up."(Matt.15:13). What St Paul referred in the above mentioned quote was the body is a glorious body but if the seed of the word was not present it could only end up as thistles or thorns only fit for fire. It is tantamount to that God did not plant them.
The Law of Moses was pendent to the Law which Jesus rejected at no point. He was the fulfillment. This we see when he healed the ten lepers, "And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed./ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God." The Samaritan glorified God while others simply went on with their lives.
How each responds to the glory of the Law is different. (2 Co.3:17-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Romans 10:9
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
NOTE: Nowhere in the word of "God" says you have to join a church, to get Saved ! Or join a certain denominations.
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It does not say, if, maybe, could be. It says "Shall" be "Saved".
"PRAISE THE LORD" Question: If you would pass away tonight/today. Do you know you are saved?
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:/Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." ( John 1:12-13)
Mode of inversion sets their salvation according to the Law of the Spirit. This unseen world made to appear in a believer can only be settled by his faith. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." How did a believer bridged the gap? They died to the flesh and to the law of sin."For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God./For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father./The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."(Ro.8:13-16)
The Law was God in the beginning which shall explain the mode of inversion as a spiritual template for the two worlds framed by the word of God. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Law of the Spirit explain the unseen aspect of God which was made to appear. The Word was with God sets the seen aspects in the emblem of the slain Lamb as well as the Word made flesh, contemporaneous with the everlasting covenant. ( John 1:1;Ge.1:1) In the fulness of time has nothing to do with the Law of the Spirit or the holiness of God but fulness of time is the seen aspects of the Word become flesh that is 'After our likeness' shall manifest. The Holy Spirit in expressing the sovereignty of God from both aspects of the Word, eternally settled in the heavens and also the world made appear, organises both divine Will and its fulfilment as a mode. As with command numbers and phrases, 'unto this day' and 'in that day' is given a chiastic structure. "So the last shall be first, and the first last." (Matt.20:16a)
God called into the fellowship of God with Man for whom after the human likeness allots time. For this reason Jesus as his time for departing from the world says, "For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end."( Luke 22:37). As after our likness God has given him authority. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."( John 6:37-39) This resonates with those who received him. His simplicity so he came to do the will of his Father than of his own, is a virtue but for the proud in spirit they shall detest self abnegation. So St Paul says, "And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:/That no flesh should glory in his presence. "(1 Co.1:28-29)
"On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets".
Jesus meant the Law of the Spirit, which given that the Word was God with can be written in terms of God, the Son. This is implied in the covenant so the Father Son relationship has its bearing upon it; The Law is also delineated on the basis that the Word was with God. Here it is 'after our likeness" and it signifies the Word become flesh.
All the law mentioned in the key verse refers to the Law of Moses and laws of nature. We shall mention that the withering of the fig tree pertains to the law of nature being subservient to the Law that Jesus signified. The Law of Moses specify that cursed is anyone who hangs upon a tree but Jesus Christ was not just any man but represented the fulfilment of the Law. He was the Man component in the everlasting covenant. (Matt.21:18-20)
Now what does the first commandment refer to? "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." The Law of the Spirit honoured God which was what we saw the four beasts as doing. "( "and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy,LordGod Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come./And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever," Re.6:8-9)
Without the whole heart the law observed by the nation of Israel was inadequate.
The second commandment applied to himself. No greater love has anyone than one who give his life for his friends. It is what Jesus demonstrated with his life. "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." The second is like unto it. It connects with the Law 'after our likeness." Israel kept Us vs. Them but Jesus spares no effort to show such division showed their blindness. The Parable of the Good Samaritan for instance. (Matt.23:15)
She is beginning to improve. Just praying that she does not get a secondary infection such as bronchitis or pneumonia which are common complications of RSV for such young ones.
I agree that we should pray for the upcoming U.S. election. It is a crucial and pivotal time in this nation and citizens should be well informed and exercise their constitutional right to vote. We can pray that God will prevent people ineligible to vote from voting, that there is an historic turnout for the vote this November, that poll workers process ballots honestly and with diligence to do so accurately and without bias.
We can pray that God changes the hearts of candidates towards repentance and faith. We can pray that God will help citizens to be respectful of others regardless of the outcome of the vote. We can pray that any violence and illegal acts chosen by anyone concerning the outcome of the vote will be stopped quickly.
And we can continue to pray against terrorist attacks from our enemies at this vulnerable time.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word./With my whole heart have I sought thee"
Whatever you do do it with whole heart is a very simple and powerful principle, in secular as well as in our spiritual context. Of the latter is our focus here. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24) St Paul wrote these in a pagan world in which the early church was made up of the oppressed class and proselytes from the Jews or the Gentiles. The question of slavery has been present where the Law of sin made those who lived after the flesh were servants while the Law made man free. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."(Ro.8:13). So slavery is actually a question of perspective. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."( John 8:32). In the same time there were Judaizers among the early church who sowed heresy, "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage."(Gal.2:4;Ac.15:1,24). These are the sons of Belial who serves Satan to trouble the pure conscience of those who follow Law of the Spirit. "Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known."(De.13:13) In the modern context slavery is abolished by laws of nations but do we not see it yet very much encouraged when false ministers invoke Christian nationalism? Christian parents who ought to inculcate their children to follow this freedom should first set the example:"With my whole heart have I sought thee"" Will all those who have, please take a bow.
These were underhand swipes at the Law, and now it is full blown frontal assault so Apostle John is referring to the apostate church. Recently there was a statement in a Christian journal, "We take orders from Mt. Zion and not from Mar-a-Lago." Who are the ungodly but the lawbreakers? Instead of the Spirit they follow the flesh. "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."(Ro.8:5)
Blessed are those who are led by the Spirit. As with Paul we must well knowas to what is the purpose of the Law? It is the same as the everlasting covenant for which the Law holds an emblem, the slain Lamb and our fellowship with God in following the word of God entrusted with us. When God fashioned all hearts alike it ought to tell us that everyone of us is equal befor God and his Law of the Spirit."Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,/I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."(Phi.3:13-14)
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord./ Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful./But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night."The first Psalm more or less tells us the same. "Undefiled in the way" are those who follow the Law. God a Spirit has his Law which is the Law of the Spirit. Elymas the sorcerer seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith counselled in a way which fits exactly what the ungodly does. So Paul filled with the Holy Ghost calls him out," thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"(Ac.13:8-10). Instantly as he had warned the fellow was struck blind. "Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord."(v.12) This doctrine is what the word of God and it is given to every man profit withal. Heart is not an anatomical part but a spiritual space so when you follow God with your whole heart it is as though you are led by the Spirit. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."(Matt.6:21)Those who do that shall know time is not to be be wasted running after the fads of the day or engage in the trivial pursuits of the ungodly. They may argue with verve what they have read in the web but they cannot distinguish the good from bad so why get saddled with disinformation of the sons of Belial? We have a definition of them "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us".( 1 John 2:19) Heresies were in the time of the Apostles.
Everything in the Bible is relevant, man is not to add or take away from it, reglion makes man think he add or take away from God Book, that how reglion keep the masses devided, for you to say that any thing in the Bible is irrelevant that 's not working with faith. Everything in the Bible is relevant.
The natural man or carnal mind will have and does have its own prejudices etc ,but we aLso have the " eyes of our understanding" ( Ephesians) the natural may well see but does not understand what it sees . " the devil has blinded the minds of them that believe not " Faith in God comes when we not only hear but understand the Word of God when we ' see' what God is getting at .
When Eve rejected the Words of life that came from Gods mouth as to what was good to eat and evil and believed the seed or word of the serpent . " she LOOKED at the tree and saw it was good to eat" her perceptions were now corrupted and she reasoned this " it wouod make her wise" so too her reasoning . But Gods perception was that it was evil to eat and wouid bring them death .Thus they did that which was goid in their own eyes and were blind tothe consequences .
Jesus came he declared from Isiah to " restore sight to the blind".
As John Newton wrote " once I was lost but now am found was blind but now I see"
And how many scriptures speak of having eyes to see and ears to hear etc?
When Paul prayed from those Christian's in Ephesus and indirectly for us he acknowledged that Christian's can also be blind in some areas and it is still relevant that prayer . For how much power is needed to raise someone from the dead? And how much do we know of it? But a little Ithink. Yet that great and mighty power is towards us who believe but are often blind to it .GB
Two pairs, one pair to keep out of oncoming auto, to check if I am overpriced at the counter. Of course it helps me take in the local colour but I don't take them with me when I rest for the night. The other pair my inner man wears. My waking fear is that his eyes do not develop defects or are jaundiced by whatever I do while awake.
"And set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south."
This is a vision where the high mountain which is same as in the sense St John is set and the city is more to do with heavenly than Jerusalem which has been judged in Ch.9 "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."(Re.21:9). He is different from the one with whom the prophet had to do. "And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof." Instead of the golden reed "And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."(40:3) The line of flax is " I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."(Ze.1:16; 2:1) "I am returned" to Jerusalem is not about the city under judgment but for those upon whom God had set the mark, "And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry...."(Ez.9:4). The last verse in the Book also points to the heavenly city. "And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there."(48:35)
The high mountain is situated on the north which stand for judgment. "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north."(Is.14:13; "Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land."-Je.1:14)
Ezekiel is a double for Jesus Christ. 40:4 The same warning applies to us. "behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee
v..1 "As it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne." Compare with the description in the inaugural vision, "And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above."(1:22). In v.26 it is specific. "And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it." This appearance of sapphire stone is set in relation to this verse,"and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."(4:2) Here we are looking in the wake of the judgment over Jerusalem being executed (Ch.9) The six men with slaughter weapon in their hand is yet another. We are focussing here on the Law of the Spirit sent to the earth.(The seven eyes and seven horns refers the Law covering the whole earth. Command number 7 refers this wholeness.)
"And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had./As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel."(10:12-13) This ties up with the eyes of the four beasts, "And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." We see how man is connected with heavenly places. The single measurement (Re.21:17) is stated in this v. "This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.(10:20) Man and angel are alike pressed in service by the Law of the Spirit.
The expression 'the likeness of' often used here is in the same sense as used in the everlasting covenant. "After our image and after our likeness"(1:28)
"And upholding all things by the word of his power,"
The Word was God which was made manifest in the Vision of John. The voice coming from the midst of the four beasts is the Word to which the creatures embody the Law of the Spirit (Re.6:6). The Law affirms the holiness of God and the voice coming from their midst is Power. It is to which the writer to the Hebrews alludes here. Upholding all things we can prove by the nature of the Law as well as of Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and forever. Space and Time with regard to the Law is nil. Thus we have the Law about the throne as a Memorial while the living creature is the executive arm of the Law. They are spirits, ministers of flaming fire. These angels are sent to the earth as evident from the seven eyes and seven horns that the Lamb wore." a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."(5:6)
The Psalmist refers to God as who 'performs all things for me. "I will cry unto God most high; Unto God that performeth all things for me. He shall send from heaven, and save me From the reproach of him that would swallow me up." (Ps.57:2-3) We know that it was really the case. King Saul had the all the might, of him pomp and circumstance within the kingdom and his allies in the neighbouring environs who were beholden to him. But God prevailed over them all. Why? God had called him before the worlds began and set him after the likeness of his Son. The manner the Law upholds the word is delineated in the Ch.10 of the Book of Ezekiel. For every child of God who cries for help it is the same. The Law of the Spirit is no respecter of persons. As with David so with the Egyptian bonds-maid.
"For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves."St Paul is here referring to the Law of Moses and the Gentiles have a pure conscience than a Jew who boast about the law but not do it. The heart of the Gentiles also is fashioned by God who tests their works. " Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness," have future but not for those who are self righteous. They deny the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering" and go on brazenly as the Pharisee in the Parable of Jesus. He shall leave as he came in while the penitent Publican leaves the place justified. "Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?/But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God." (2:4-5)
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,/Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world."(Ti.2:11-12) God made all hearts alike and searches their hearts as well. The Law of the Spirit is Person specific so the Gentiles require the grace of God in order to make this connection where Jesus is the Way. In the manner God brought Apostle Peter and Cornelius together. Only when the Gentile sent for the Apostle it led to salvation for him and his house."And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God./Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee./Immediately therefore I sent to thee. The Holy Spirit works on a need to know basis. He forewarned Simon Peter at Joppa so predestination was according to the Law of the Spirit.
Before the Law all are equal/ yet we have heresies because of man who refuses to receive the truth. When God has fashioned all hearts alike, (Ps.33:15) do we not have false teachers making the heart synonymous with total depravity? Given the heresy of Limited Atonement is from the same heart one begins to understand that either the Law of the Spirit places the fulness of God in Jesus Christ or the nay sayers repudiate the Law altogether. For this reason predestination taught by Calvin is false. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose./For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren./Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." (Ro.8:28-30)
The Law of the Spirit is forever and forever. "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined./Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him./He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people."(Ps.50:2-4
"And speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."
Law is equal before all men. Nations would mean well but law of sin in man makes law and justice a mockery often. "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:/That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."(Ro.8:3-4). In the beginning which refers to God and the Word implies that Jesus Christ was present. (Ge.1:1; John 1:1) Jesus therefore could declare, "I am before Abraham was" The Law of the Spirit also implies grace of God was made manifest in the works of God set forth in the everlasting covenant, both divine Will and its operation,- "And it was so" is clearly set down. (Ge.1:9)
Holiness of God sets the Law equally accessible to man. It is also Person specific, considering the the third beast has the face of man. The Laws of nature derives from the Law and it gives an aspect of divine Providence in the manner His creation is provided for. "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them"(Matt.6:26) Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of the Law. Thus grace of God is a manifestation of divine favour. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men."(Ti.2:11). This is what Law of the Spirit has done, So when John says "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace./For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." ( John 1:17-18) we need look past Moses when the Word was God. God called all to salvation. Law of the Spirit is not to blame if man refuses it.The v.10 explains what the prophet has to do first:"(all my words) Receive in thine heart, 2) and Hear with thine ears.
"And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."
In the inaugural vision of Ezekiel we have the same voice as was in the vision of John, "And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings." Here the living creatures obey the voice from the midst of the four beasts, and it is indicated by letting down their wings. They stood as the Memorial about the throne stand, "Holy, holy, holy,LordGod Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" is the affirmation of the Word or the Law of the Spirit.
The Spirit gives the voice of the Lord God who rides upon a cherub or the four living creatures as one. (Ps.18:10; Is.66:15)The 'likeness of the glory of Lord' is seen and and heard by Ezekiel what we covered in Re.4 we have the four beasts worshipping God in the beauty of holiness. " Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."(Ps.29:2). This expression of 'likeness' and 'like unto the Son of man or Son of God" is Word- based so it always points to the Word made flesh-Jesus Christ. ("one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,-Dan.7:13; Dan 3:25) It is in this context God addresses the prophet, 'Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee."(Ez.2:1). Ezekiel is 'after our likeness' referring to the Word made flesh. For this reason the Spirit supplies us with the action. "Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel./So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll." (3:1-2) This foreshadows why in the fulness of time God sent Jesus Christ to the world. The Man component in the covenant is made clear. (Ge.1:28). It also explain the expression 'the only begotten Son.'
"For thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
St Paul elaborates on the testimony of the 24 elders thus,"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." In order to understand the Fellowship of God with Man we need consider the original model as placed about the throne in heaven. The four beasts worship, "and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come./And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,/The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever" These two bodies embody the Law of the Spirit, which is Word based while the elders as first-fruits of the Word give glory to Jesus Christ in whom all the fulness of God dwells.
Before promising the indwelling Spirit, Jesus introduced the quality of the Spirit."for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come./He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you." ( John 16:13-14) Jesus is the fulfilment of the Law.
"The Word was with God," and this is what the Spirit had visually presented. Th voice in the midst of the four beasts came from the throne: "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say." This being the case the Psalmist must have some authority to say, "the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." (Ps.2:7). " I believed, therefore have I spoken" (Ps.116:10) That was faith in him speaking. So where shall we place David?" God created man after our image and after our likeness. So the Word made flesh is according to the Law of the Spirit. Whosoever has faith and works, the Law has revealed it as in the case of the Psalmist, is 'after our likeness'. Is it not?
Takes me back on God's Past faithfulness in my life working in my profession and today walking by faith not by sight trusting more fasting, praying, doing ministry in how Jesus Christ is the only God giving me liberty
Exodus 20:3 KJV
'Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
giving me liberty.
Liberty- Fairness and integrity Civil liberty, is on exemption from the arbitrary will of others, which exemption is second by established laws, which restrain every man from injuring, & controlling another.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV
'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: '
My Respond:
God has blessed me to obtain the fullness of God in season, time, every purpose under heaven. Giving me the ability to prove & reprove.
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2 Corinthians 4:2 KJV) Can guide them through their lives becoming children of God the Father of nations "But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." 2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV
Manifest- Plain, open, clearly, visible to the eye or obvious to the understanding, apparent, not obscure or difficult to be seen or understood.
Elder Graves Quoted Paragraph 1: Line 5-13 Allows me to plant a seed of spiritual fruit when I am in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Giving children identified as atudents equal opportunity of education to achieve their goals."But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." 2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV
Allows me to be rewarded. 1 Corinthians 3:8-9 KJV
Reward- return for the good done, for kindness, for services and the like. Can consist of money, goods, or any return of kindness and happiness. Career/Employment
According to California Department of Education supports high - quality educational programs for California diverse student population through its educational leadership role and places great importance on cultivating a diverse staff that understands and promotes the intellectual, ethical, cultural, emotional, and physical growth of each student. Matthew 16:18 KJV Ephesians 2:20 KJV
Govern now making me blessed & rewarded into education system. According to U.S. Department of Education to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
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Blessed- Happy, prosperous in educational affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness, and the favor of God, enjoying heavenly felicity.
Children today that we have here today are called students who by law are required to attend school to be educated, read, write, solve math problems.
My faithfulness meaning steadfast in the fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 KJV -1 Corin 3:9
"And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:"
When Moses came down the mount he was not aware that his face shone. His natural face glowed and it is how we respond to the glory of the Law. Plainly speaking God gave glory to His creation since it is what God does. And he does it only according to his Holiness. So glory of the Law takes naturally to a body when it responds as it should. The nation of Israel could not bear looking at it meant they had a problem.
Adam formed of the dust of the ground and glory was such he was not ashamed. So was Moses."But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."(1 Co.15:38) This seed is the word with which Moses radiated glory which however and the Israelite responded just Adam and Eve hid themselves from the presence of God. As with the fall of man it was a clue that the heart was not right before Him. It is to this lapse that Jesus observed, "And said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up."(Matt.15:13). What St Paul referred in the above mentioned quote was the body is a glorious body but if the seed of the word was not present it could only end up as thistles or thorns only fit for fire. It is tantamount to that God did not plant them.
The Law of Moses was pendent to the Law which Jesus rejected at no point. He was the fulfillment. This we see when he healed the ten lepers, "And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed./ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God." The Samaritan glorified God while others simply went on with their lives.
How each responds to the glory of the Law is different. (2 Co.3:17-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Romans 10:9
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
NOTE: Nowhere in the word of "God" says you have to join a church, to get Saved ! Or join a certain denominations.
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It does not say, if, maybe, could be. It says "Shall" be "Saved".
"PRAISE THE LORD" Question: If you would pass away tonight/today. Do you know you are saved?
Surgery went well. Have a few days of recover ahead.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:/Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." ( John 1:12-13)
Mode of inversion sets their salvation according to the Law of the Spirit. This unseen world made to appear in a believer can only be settled by his faith. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." How did a believer bridged the gap? They died to the flesh and to the law of sin."For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God./For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father./The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."(Ro.8:13-16)
The Law was God in the beginning which shall explain the mode of inversion as a spiritual template for the two worlds framed by the word of God. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Law of the Spirit explain the unseen aspect of God which was made to appear. The Word was with God sets the seen aspects in the emblem of the slain Lamb as well as the Word made flesh, contemporaneous with the everlasting covenant. ( John 1:1;Ge.1:1) In the fulness of time has nothing to do with the Law of the Spirit or the holiness of God but fulness of time is the seen aspects of the Word become flesh that is 'After our likeness' shall manifest. The Holy Spirit in expressing the sovereignty of God from both aspects of the Word, eternally settled in the heavens and also the world made appear, organises both divine Will and its fulfilment as a mode. As with command numbers and phrases, 'unto this day' and 'in that day' is given a chiastic structure. "So the last shall be first, and the first last." (Matt.20:16a)
God called into the fellowship of God with Man for whom after the human likeness allots time. For this reason Jesus as his time for departing from the world says, "For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end."( Luke 22:37). As after our likness God has given him authority. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."( John 6:37-39) This resonates with those who received him. His simplicity so he came to do the will of his Father than of his own, is a virtue but for the proud in spirit they shall detest self abnegation. So St Paul says, "And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:/That no flesh should glory in his presence. "(1 Co.1:28-29)
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"On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets".
Jesus meant the Law of the Spirit, which given that the Word was God with can be written in terms of God, the Son. This is implied in the covenant so the Father Son relationship has its bearing upon it; The Law is also delineated on the basis that the Word was with God. Here it is 'after our likeness" and it signifies the Word become flesh.
All the law mentioned in the key verse refers to the Law of Moses and laws of nature. We shall mention that the withering of the fig tree pertains to the law of nature being subservient to the Law that Jesus signified. The Law of Moses specify that cursed is anyone who hangs upon a tree but Jesus Christ was not just any man but represented the fulfilment of the Law. He was the Man component in the everlasting covenant. (Matt.21:18-20)
Now what does the first commandment refer to? "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." The Law of the Spirit honoured God which was what we saw the four beasts as doing. "( "and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy,LordGod Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come./And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever," Re.6:8-9)
Without the whole heart the law observed by the nation of Israel was inadequate.
The second commandment applied to himself. No greater love has anyone than one who give his life for his friends. It is what Jesus demonstrated with his life. "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." The second is like unto it. It connects with the Law 'after our likeness." Israel kept Us vs. Them but Jesus spares no effort to show such division showed their blindness. The Parable of the Good Samaritan for instance. (Matt.23:15)
She is beginning to improve. Just praying that she does not get a secondary infection such as bronchitis or pneumonia which are common complications of RSV for such young ones.
We can pray that God changes the hearts of candidates towards repentance and faith. We can pray that God will help citizens to be respectful of others regardless of the outcome of the vote. We can pray that any violence and illegal acts chosen by anyone concerning the outcome of the vote will be stopped quickly.
And we can continue to pray against terrorist attacks from our enemies at this vulnerable time.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word./With my whole heart have I sought thee"
Whatever you do do it with whole heart is a very simple and powerful principle, in secular as well as in our spiritual context. Of the latter is our focus here. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24) St Paul wrote these in a pagan world in which the early church was made up of the oppressed class and proselytes from the Jews or the Gentiles. The question of slavery has been present where the Law of sin made those who lived after the flesh were servants while the Law made man free. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."(Ro.8:13). So slavery is actually a question of perspective. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."( John 8:32). In the same time there were Judaizers among the early church who sowed heresy, "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage."(Gal.2:4;Ac.15:1,24). These are the sons of Belial who serves Satan to trouble the pure conscience of those who follow Law of the Spirit. "Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known."(De.13:13) In the modern context slavery is abolished by laws of nations but do we not see it yet very much encouraged when false ministers invoke Christian nationalism? Christian parents who ought to inculcate their children to follow this freedom should first set the example:"With my whole heart have I sought thee"" Will all those who have, please take a bow.
These were underhand swipes at the Law, and now it is full blown frontal assault so Apostle John is referring to the apostate church. Recently there was a statement in a Christian journal, "We take orders from Mt. Zion and not from Mar-a-Lago." Who are the ungodly but the lawbreakers? Instead of the Spirit they follow the flesh. "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."(Ro.8:5)
Blessed are those who are led by the Spirit. As with Paul we must well knowas to what is the purpose of the Law? It is the same as the everlasting covenant for which the Law holds an emblem, the slain Lamb and our fellowship with God in following the word of God entrusted with us. When God fashioned all hearts alike it ought to tell us that everyone of us is equal befor God and his Law of the Spirit."Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,/I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."(Phi.3:13-14)
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord./ Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful./But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night."The first Psalm more or less tells us the same. "Undefiled in the way" are those who follow the Law. God a Spirit has his Law which is the Law of the Spirit. Elymas the sorcerer seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith counselled in a way which fits exactly what the ungodly does. So Paul filled with the Holy Ghost calls him out," thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"(Ac.13:8-10). Instantly as he had warned the fellow was struck blind. "Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord."(v.12) This doctrine is what the word of God and it is given to every man profit withal. Heart is not an anatomical part but a spiritual space so when you follow God with your whole heart it is as though you are led by the Spirit. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."(Matt.6:21)Those who do that shall know time is not to be be wasted running after the fads of the day or engage in the trivial pursuits of the ungodly. They may argue with verve what they have read in the web but they cannot distinguish the good from bad so why get saddled with disinformation of the sons of Belial? We have a definition of them "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us".( 1 John 2:19) Heresies were in the time of the Apostles.
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I will be praying for Rose to have a full recovery.
God bless you and the family.
Everything in the Bible is relevant, man is not to add or take away from it, reglion makes man think he add or take away from God Book, that how reglion keep the masses devided, for you to say that any thing in the Bible is irrelevant that 's not working with faith. Everything in the Bible is relevant.
When Eve rejected the Words of life that came from Gods mouth as to what was good to eat and evil and believed the seed or word of the serpent . " she LOOKED at the tree and saw it was good to eat" her perceptions were now corrupted and she reasoned this " it wouod make her wise" so too her reasoning . But Gods perception was that it was evil to eat and wouid bring them death .Thus they did that which was goid in their own eyes and were blind tothe consequences .
Jesus came he declared from Isiah to " restore sight to the blind".
As John Newton wrote " once I was lost but now am found was blind but now I see"
And how many scriptures speak of having eyes to see and ears to hear etc?
When Paul prayed from those Christian's in Ephesus and indirectly for us he acknowledged that Christian's can also be blind in some areas and it is still relevant that prayer . For how much power is needed to raise someone from the dead? And how much do we know of it? But a little Ithink. Yet that great and mighty power is towards us who believe but are often blind to it .GB
"And set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south."
This is a vision where the high mountain which is same as in the sense St John is set and the city is more to do with heavenly than Jerusalem which has been judged in Ch.9 "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."(Re.21:9). He is different from the one with whom the prophet had to do. "And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof." Instead of the golden reed "And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."(40:3) The line of flax is " I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."(Ze.1:16; 2:1) "I am returned" to Jerusalem is not about the city under judgment but for those upon whom God had set the mark, "And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry...."(Ez.9:4). The last verse in the Book also points to the heavenly city. "And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there."(48:35)
The high mountain is situated on the north which stand for judgment. "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north."(Is.14:13; "Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land."-Je.1:14)
Ezekiel is a double for Jesus Christ. 40:4 The same warning applies to us. "behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee
Two.
v..1 "As it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne." Compare with the description in the inaugural vision, "And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above."(1:22). In v.26 it is specific. "And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it." This appearance of sapphire stone is set in relation to this verse,"and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."(4:2) Here we are looking in the wake of the judgment over Jerusalem being executed (Ch.9) The six men with slaughter weapon in their hand is yet another. We are focussing here on the Law of the Spirit sent to the earth.(The seven eyes and seven horns refers the Law covering the whole earth. Command number 7 refers this wholeness.)
"And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had./As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel."(10:12-13) This ties up with the eyes of the four beasts, "And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." We see how man is connected with heavenly places. The single measurement (Re.21:17) is stated in this v. "This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.(10:20) Man and angel are alike pressed in service by the Law of the Spirit.
The expression 'the likeness of' often used here is in the same sense as used in the everlasting covenant. "After our image and after our likeness"(1:28)
"And upholding all things by the word of his power,"
The Word was God which was made manifest in the Vision of John. The voice coming from the midst of the four beasts is the Word to which the creatures embody the Law of the Spirit (Re.6:6). The Law affirms the holiness of God and the voice coming from their midst is Power. It is to which the writer to the Hebrews alludes here. Upholding all things we can prove by the nature of the Law as well as of Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and forever. Space and Time with regard to the Law is nil. Thus we have the Law about the throne as a Memorial while the living creature is the executive arm of the Law. They are spirits, ministers of flaming fire. These angels are sent to the earth as evident from the seven eyes and seven horns that the Lamb wore." a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."(5:6)
The Psalmist refers to God as who 'performs all things for me. "I will cry unto God most high; Unto God that performeth all things for me. He shall send from heaven, and save me From the reproach of him that would swallow me up." (Ps.57:2-3) We know that it was really the case. King Saul had the all the might, of him pomp and circumstance within the kingdom and his allies in the neighbouring environs who were beholden to him. But God prevailed over them all. Why? God had called him before the worlds began and set him after the likeness of his Son. The manner the Law upholds the word is delineated in the Ch.10 of the Book of Ezekiel. For every child of God who cries for help it is the same. The Law of the Spirit is no respecter of persons. As with David so with the Egyptian bonds-maid.
"For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves."St Paul is here referring to the Law of Moses and the Gentiles have a pure conscience than a Jew who boast about the law but not do it. The heart of the Gentiles also is fashioned by God who tests their works. " Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness," have future but not for those who are self righteous. They deny the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering" and go on brazenly as the Pharisee in the Parable of Jesus. He shall leave as he came in while the penitent Publican leaves the place justified. "Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?/But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God." (2:4-5)
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,/Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world."(Ti.2:11-12) God made all hearts alike and searches their hearts as well. The Law of the Spirit is Person specific so the Gentiles require the grace of God in order to make this connection where Jesus is the Way. In the manner God brought Apostle Peter and Cornelius together. Only when the Gentile sent for the Apostle it led to salvation for him and his house."And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God./Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee./Immediately therefore I sent to thee. The Holy Spirit works on a need to know basis. He forewarned Simon Peter at Joppa so predestination was according to the Law of the Spirit.
Before the Law all are equal/ yet we have heresies because of man who refuses to receive the truth. When God has fashioned all hearts alike, (Ps.33:15) do we not have false teachers making the heart synonymous with total depravity? Given the heresy of Limited Atonement is from the same heart one begins to understand that either the Law of the Spirit places the fulness of God in Jesus Christ or the nay sayers repudiate the Law altogether. For this reason predestination taught by Calvin is false. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose./For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren./Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." (Ro.8:28-30)
The Law of the Spirit is forever and forever. "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined./Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him./He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people."(Ps.50:2-4
"And speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."
Law is equal before all men. Nations would mean well but law of sin in man makes law and justice a mockery often. "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:/That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."(Ro.8:3-4). In the beginning which refers to God and the Word implies that Jesus Christ was present. (Ge.1:1; John 1:1) Jesus therefore could declare, "I am before Abraham was" The Law of the Spirit also implies grace of God was made manifest in the works of God set forth in the everlasting covenant, both divine Will and its operation,- "And it was so" is clearly set down. (Ge.1:9)
Holiness of God sets the Law equally accessible to man. It is also Person specific, considering the the third beast has the face of man. The Laws of nature derives from the Law and it gives an aspect of divine Providence in the manner His creation is provided for. "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them"(Matt.6:26) Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of the Law. Thus grace of God is a manifestation of divine favour. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men."(Ti.2:11). This is what Law of the Spirit has done, So when John says "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace./For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." ( John 1:17-18) we need look past Moses when the Word was God. God called all to salvation. Law of the Spirit is not to blame if man refuses it.The v.10 explains what the prophet has to do first:"(all my words) Receive in thine heart, 2) and Hear with thine ears.
"And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."
In the inaugural vision of Ezekiel we have the same voice as was in the vision of John, "And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings." Here the living creatures obey the voice from the midst of the four beasts, and it is indicated by letting down their wings. They stood as the Memorial about the throne stand, "Holy, holy, holy,LordGod Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" is the affirmation of the Word or the Law of the Spirit.
The Spirit gives the voice of the Lord God who rides upon a cherub or the four living creatures as one. (Ps.18:10; Is.66:15)The 'likeness of the glory of Lord' is seen and and heard by Ezekiel what we covered in Re.4 we have the four beasts worshipping God in the beauty of holiness. " Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."(Ps.29:2). This expression of 'likeness' and 'like unto the Son of man or Son of God" is Word- based so it always points to the Word made flesh-Jesus Christ. ("one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,-Dan.7:13; Dan 3:25) It is in this context God addresses the prophet, 'Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee."(Ez.2:1). Ezekiel is 'after our likeness' referring to the Word made flesh. For this reason the Spirit supplies us with the action. "Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel./So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll." (3:1-2) This foreshadows why in the fulness of time God sent Jesus Christ to the world. The Man component in the covenant is made clear. (Ge.1:28). It also explain the expression 'the only begotten Son.'
"For thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
St Paul elaborates on the testimony of the 24 elders thus,"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." In order to understand the Fellowship of God with Man we need consider the original model as placed about the throne in heaven. The four beasts worship, "and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come./And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,/The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever" These two bodies embody the Law of the Spirit, which is Word based while the elders as first-fruits of the Word give glory to Jesus Christ in whom all the fulness of God dwells.
Before promising the indwelling Spirit, Jesus introduced the quality of the Spirit."for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come./He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you." ( John 16:13-14) Jesus is the fulfilment of the Law.
"The Word was with God," and this is what the Spirit had visually presented. Th voice in the midst of the four beasts came from the throne: "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say." This being the case the Psalmist must have some authority to say, "the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." (Ps.2:7). " I believed, therefore have I spoken" (Ps.116:10) That was faith in him speaking. So where shall we place David?" God created man after our image and after our likeness. So the Word made flesh is according to the Law of the Spirit. Whosoever has faith and works, the Law has revealed it as in the case of the Psalmist, is 'after our likeness'. Is it not?
Without faith it would be blasphemy.
Exodus 20:3 KJV
'Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
giving me liberty.
Liberty- Fairness and integrity Civil liberty, is on exemption from the arbitrary will of others, which exemption is second by established laws, which restrain every man from injuring, & controlling another.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV
'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: '
My Respond:
God has blessed me to obtain the fullness of God in season, time, every purpose under heaven. Giving me the ability to prove & reprove.
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Steadfast- Not fickle or wavering , constant, firm, resolute, unswerving, steady.
In God allowing these attributes in me to be always helping students overcome challenges and achieve their goals.
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Manifest- Plain, open, clearly, visible to the eye or obvious to the understanding, apparent, not obscure or difficult to be seen or understood.
Elder Graves Quoted Paragraph 1: Line 5-13 Allows me to plant a seed of spiritual fruit when I am in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Giving children identified as atudents equal opportunity of education to achieve their goals."But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." 2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV
Allows me to be rewarded. 1 Corinthians 3:8-9 KJV
Reward- return for the good done, for kindness, for services and the like. Can consist of money, goods, or any return of kindness and happiness. Career/Employment
According to California Department of Education supports high - quality educational programs for California diverse student population through its educational leadership role and places great importance on cultivating a diverse staff that understands and promotes the intellectual, ethical, cultural, emotional, and physical growth of each student. Matthew 16:18 KJV Ephesians 2:20 KJV
Govern now making me blessed & rewarded into education system. According to U.S. Department of Education to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
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Blessed- Happy, prosperous in educational affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness, and the favor of God, enjoying heavenly felicity.
Children today that we have here today are called students who by law are required to attend school to be educated, read, write, solve math problems.
My faithfulness meaning steadfast in the fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 KJV -1 Corin 3:9