Then shall we know, if
we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He
shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and
former rain unto the earth.
During the millennium and beyond we shall know, as
we follow on to know Him, for He Who is perfect will be revealed and we shall
be changed to perfection. He is the Sun of Righteousness, Whose way is prepared
as the glorious sunrise. The former and latter rain will usher in the coming of
the King of kings and Lord of lords. The Holy Spirit is about to be poured out
on all flesh, as a glorious witness of the Prince of Peace for eternity.Sunday, February 17, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
He Will Raise Us Up
Hosea 6:2
After two days will He revive us: in the third day He
will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.
Here is a picture of the coming resurrection. The
Lord Jesus was two days in hell before He led captivity captive. He was raised
up on the third day. Since the cross it has been two thousand years, which is
as two days to the LORD. During this time He has purposed to revive humanity.
Now we are in the third day when He will raise up mankind. Make straight paths
for your feet, He is even at the door. The time is at hand when the faithful
shall live in His sight for eternity, even as He purposed from the foundation
of the world.
Friday, February 15, 2013
He Will Heal Us
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for He hath
torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.
The LORD corrects according to His ways of judgment:
righteously, and always on the side of His truth. There are no grey areas with
God, only unbelief by men. Consider this: if one ignores God’s law of gravity
and steps off a cliff, there are consequences. So when this passage describes
tearing and smiting, this is His faithfulness to His judgment. When it
describes healing and binding up of wounds, it is His abundant mercy when we
return to Him.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Grace Unto the Hearers
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,
but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto
the hearers.
Corrupt communication is rotten,
worthless, or empty. It ministers vanity or deception, and the world is full of
it these days. As believers, we are to build one another up, keeping in mind
that God gave each of us wonderful gifts that we did not deserve, and would
have been unable to receive otherwise.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Revealed Unto Children
Luke 10:21
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I
thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father;
for so it seemed good in Thy sight.
It is essential that we humble ourselves as
children before the LORD. The difficulty only arises when we think we know more
than we do. Become like a child before Him, and receive His revelation of
redemptive authority. This is the power that transforms our lives and shapes us
in His image.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Freely Given To Us
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but
the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given
to us of God.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Take Thee A Tile
and pourtray upon
it the city, even Jerusalem:
א וְאַתָּה בֶן
אָדָם קַח לְךָ לְבֵנָה וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ לְפָנֶיךָ וְחַקּוֹתָ עָלֶיהָ עִיר אֶת
יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃
Take
heart, for the day is at hand when the Holy One, blessed be He, will reveal
Himself to you in all His power and majesty.
Thus saith the Lord, even the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, I have set My face like a flint to deliver you, My people. The fires are raging all around you, and while it may seem that the engines of war are closing in, I will rebuke them for My sake and pull you out of the flames. Though the heathen lay siege round about your borders, I will preserve you. I have delivered you step by step from among the nations, and now I will bring them up to your borders to plead with them as I promised. The time is near, and the timing is set for the Valley of Decision, when I will make My last plea for the nations and render My judgment. Every eye will see as I reveal Myself to you, and set you straight with the plumbline of justice. Your cries have not gone unnoticed; you will indeed forget the shame of your youth. No longer will you be a reproach among the heathen. No longer will the nations plot against you to spoil My inheritance. You are Mine. I have redeemed you, you are Mine.
Like the whirlwind from the north will I manifest Myself, with four faces all around. Man, lion, ox, and eagle. The Son of man, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, born on the strength of My Spirit and sweeping you under My eagles’ wing. Rejoice though they encamp round about you. Rejoice. The spirit of the living creature is in the wheels. The spirit of the living creature is in the wheels. Now is the time to listen. All My words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thine heart and hear with thine ears.
Tell them, son of man. Tell them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Take thee a tile, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Take thee a tile, for My face is set like a flint for the siege and the judgment to come. Though the nations dwell carelessly in the isles, though the heathen gather round about you on all My mountains, yet, O Israel, will I stretch out My arm and gather you up, with My outstretched arm laid bare. The arm of the LORD is going to be revealed for all to see, and all will know that I am the LORD, and there is none else, no there is none like Me. Yet a little while and all will see that I am very much alive and mighty to save!
Take up the roll now and feast on My Word. FEAST! My Word is your defense, and there is none other. Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit saith the LORD again and again, again and again. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, I will gather you under My wings unto the age. Do not harbor the vain imaginations of the forefathers, for the watchers come from a far country to give out their voice against the cities of Judah. The sound of the trump of God will ring out upon the mountains, the voice of the archangel and the freedom shout! My Word is sweetness and honey to all who will receive the roll. Find My Word and feast, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Receive the witnesses of My glory.
The Lord had
given me this word for Israel, on Saturday, December 15, 2012. He
led me to consider it before I posted, to test it against His word for
accuracy. I had put it away and moved on to other things when He led me to the
paragraph below and instructed me to reopen it, make a few minor changes, and
post it. The siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar had a far different outcome
than the imminent siege, which will herald the return of the Messiah as he sets
foot on the Mount of Olives and delivers the nation of Israel once and for all.
The coming siege will seem like a hopeless situation for them, but it will not
end until the Lord has defeated all of His enemies and established His kingdom
on the earth.
This is my
act of obedience to Him. Praise the LORD of hosts! Praise the Lord, Yeshua Ha’Mashiyach,
Jesus OUR Messiah. Give thanks for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem, may they prosper that love you, the Holy City. Peace be
within your walls and prosperity within your palaces.
כב ִמי ֲאשֶׁר ֵאיֶננּוּ ׄאהֵב ֶאת־ָהָאדֺון ֵישׁוַּע ַהָמּשִׁיַח ָיחֳרָם
ָמַרן ֲאתָא׃
Maran âthâ'!
Seize the day. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
The First Stage of a Sequence
The
Tenth of Teves commemorates the beginning of Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem,
the first stage in the sequence of events which led to the destruction of the
city. The events that followed, the breaching of the city’s walls during the
month of Tammuz,6 and the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash on Tisha B’Av, could not have taken
place had the city not been besieged.
The
first stage of any process contains the potential for all its subsequent
stages. The tragic nature of the events commemorated by the other fasts may
exceed that of the Tenth of Teves, but since the siege of Jerusalem initiated
the sequence of events leading to the city’s destruction, the Tenth of Teves is
marked by greater severity.
The preceding paragraph is an excerpt
from http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/149840/jewish/The-Tenth-of-Teves.htm
Please
forgive me if the Nikkud are not quite in the proper places in the Hebrew verse
above. I am currently working on my own copy of the New Testament in Hebrew,
but the available programs are not always satisfactory when it comes to the 55
Hebrew accent marks. I am working diligently to correct this.
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