Saturday, March 27, 2010

Glorify Thou Me With Thine Own Glory

Please read the Scripture below and remember that Jesus is our pattern to follow. Have you began to pray this prayer yet? He that can receive it receive it.
Rom 8:30  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.

Joh 17:1  These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

Joh 17:2  As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 


Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 


Joh 17:4  I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 


Joh 17:5  And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 


Joh 17:6  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 


Joh 17:7  Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 


Joh 17:8  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 


Joh 17:9  I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 


Joh 17:10  And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 


Joh 17:11  And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 


Joh 17:12  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 


Joh 17:13  And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 


Joh 17:14  I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, 

because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Joh 17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 


Joh 17:16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 


Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 


Joh 17:18  As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 


Joh 17:19  And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 


Joh 17:20  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 


Joh 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 


Joh 17:22  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 


Joh 17:23  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 


Joh 17:24  Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 


Joh 17:25  O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 


Joh 17:26  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. 




Raised In Glory!

The last Adam is our pattern, not the first Adam that sinned against God. The last Adam is going to have a spiritual bride. There will be a fully developed bride, fully mature, full stature. Our heavenly Bridegroom is not going to have a babe or child for His bride. The bride will also bear the heavenly and be a quickening spirit as well. How is this possible? All things are possible with God.


1Co 15:34  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
1Co 15:35  But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1Co 15:36  Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
1Co 15:42  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Co 15:43  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Co 15:44  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45  And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Note:
The last Adam is our pattern, not the first Adam that sinned against God. The last Adam is going to have a spiritual bride. There will be a fully developed bride, fully mature, full stature. Our heavenly Bridegroom is not going to have a babe or child for His bride. The bride will also bear the heavenly and be a quickening spirit as well. How is this possible? All things are possible with God.

1Co 15:46  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47  The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
1Co 15:48  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49  And as
we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.



Friday, March 26, 2010

The First Watch

Please look up Luke 12:34-38

Notice verse 35

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

Now look at the parable of the virgins in Matt 25 Notice the resemblance of the two Scriptures Luke 12 and Matt 25 They are both speaking of the lamps burning.

But notice they all slept, the wise and the foolish both slept. It's being taught in Christendom today that the wise virgins are a type of the bride. But with a little study of the Hebrew customs one would find that the virgins are (BRIDES MAIDS AND NOT THE BRIDE) which are lighting the path on the way to the MARRIAGE FEAST(supper) not on the way to the WEDDING. So where is the bride? The answer to this question is found in Luke 12:34-38. Please read these Scriptures "carefully".

Also read Rev 19:7-9

In verse 7 the marriage is mentioned and in verse 9 the marriage supper of the Lamb is mentioned. Notice it says Blessed are they who are CALLED unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Why is this important? Because those that are the bride are not called they are chosen. Jesus said "Many are called but few are chosen." You see those that missed the marriage are being called to the wedding reception (wedding feast) as guests as we see in the Wedding parable Mat 22:2. 

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, Please read this parable you will see that the ones that are called are guests not the bride. If the guests need to have on their wedding garments how much more the BRIDE! Remember it's the bride that does the invitations too her wedding not the guests. We see her inviting her guests here Rev 22:17 "The Spirit and the bride say, Come.

Also note below Matt 25:13 Jesus is saying to "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."

Notice the word WATCH! This has great significance.

Now look at Luke 12. Jesus is talking about a 2nd Watch, 3 Watch but there is no mention of a 1st Watch, Why? The answer is in Luke 12:36 Please read asking the Holy Spirit to reveal this to you. Luke 12:3 "And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately."

Notice The Bridegroom is coming! But who is He coming for? Notice the word "FROM" WHEN HE WILL RETURN FROM THE WEDDING.

Summary: Barley Harvest is the 1st Watch, Wheat Harvest is 2nd Watch Grapes are 3rd Watch

By the time He returns (the Rapture of the Church) Wheat harvest, THE WEDDING HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE! THIS IS THE FIRST WATCH, THE FIRST FRUITS! GLORY!



Thursday, March 25, 2010

Not My Will But Thine Be Done

I. Removal of Our Will

   A.   Our wills must go!

Rev 3:20

Behold I stand at the door, and knock: (if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in and to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

Song of Solomon 5:5 (Notice how many times she says “I” and “my”

 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.


II. The Removal of Self-Centered-ness or mess

Her lover has been standing outside the door of her heart all night long while she is half asleep making excuses why she cannot open the door. She won’t get up and pray. He is calling her even while she lays in her bed. She is nice and warm and cozy under her blanket of ease. She says to him I have put off my coat and washed my feet how shall I defile them? She hears His voice but does not respond. Once she realizes that it was the one coming to get her to marry her, she realizes this is not her Daddy or brother trying to get her up to go to school or to work but this is her wedding! She jumps up and runs to the door (she is praying now) but she cannot find him. She still hears His voice but cannot see Him. Why didn't the man she was getting married to (Who we know to be the Lord) just open the door and take her? The key to this question is ironically the “Lock”. Yes dear one, the door was locked. The lock is why He did not just open the door and come in. The lock was the reason why a door was separating her from Him. Remember Jesus said, “ I am the door, if any man will enter he must come through Me. So if Jesus is the door then what is the lock a type of? I asked the Lord this very question and you know what? He told me! He revealed to me that the lock is a type of our “self will” That’s right dear one; our stubborn wills must be removed if He is going to come in and to us. Christ will not violate or will. He won’t just break the door down and force Himself through into our hearts. He is a gentleman and a gentleman doesn’t force there way into others lives. Why did he not just remove the lock or unlock the door himself? Jesus Christ can do anything right so why didn’t He just command the door to open? Why didn’t He just walk through the door like he did with His disciples when he stood in their midst the doors being shut? To answer this question we need to look to the Scriptures again. S S 5:5 Notice, “She went to the door and her hands dropped upon the “lock”. You see the lock was on the inside not on the outside. We must be the ones to remove the lock if Jesus is going to come in. We must remove our wills even as Jesus did in the garden when He prayed more earnestly saying “Not my will but thine be done.” He prayed in agony with sweat falling down to the ground as it were great drops of blood. It was no picnic. Notice again the Scripture her hands dropped with myrrh and her fingers with sweet smelling myrrh upon the handles of the “lock”. Myrrh in Scripture has to do with suffering. If we are going to remove our wills or be delivered of our wills its not going to be a picnic either. For Christ to come in and become one with us in marriage is going to take a Gethsemane experience without question. Not my will but thine be done. 



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Names of God

Compiled: by Lambert Dolphin

EL:  God ("mighty, strong, prominent") used 250 times in the OT See Gen. 7:1, 28:3, 35:11; Nu. 23:22; Josh. 3:10; 2 Sam. 22:31, 32; Neh. 1:5, 9:32; Isa. 9:6; Ezek. 

ELOHIM:  God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen. 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. Eccl., Dan. Jonah use Elohim almost exclusively. See Gen. 17:7, 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; I Kings 8:23; Jer. 31:33; Isa. 40:1. 

EL SHADDAI:    God Almighty or "God All Sufficient." 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. First used in Gen. 17:1, 2. (Gen. 31:29, 49:24, 25; Prov. 3:27; Micah 2:1; Isa. 60:15, 16, 66:10-13; Ruth 1:20, 21) In Rev. 16:7, "Lord God the Almighty." The Septuagint uses Greek "ikanos" meaning "all-sufficient" or "self-sufficient." The idols of the heathen are called "sheddim."

ADONAI:  Lord in our English Bibles (Capital letter 'L ', lower case, 'ord') (Adonai is plural, the sing. is "adon"). "Master'' or "Lord" 300 times in the OT always plural when referring to God, when sing. the reference is to a human lord. Used 215 times to refer to men. First use of Adonai, Gen. 15:2. (Ex. 4:10; Judges 6:15; 2 Sam. 7:18-20; Ps. 8, 114:7, 135:5, 141:8, 109:21-28). Heavy use in Isaiah (Adonai Jehovah). 200 times by Ezekiel. Ten times in Dan. 9.

JEHOVAH:  LORD in our English Bibles (all capitals). Yahweh is the covenant name of God. Occurs 6823 times in the OT First use Gen. 2:4 (Jehovah Elohim). From the verb "to be", havah, similar to chavah (to live), "The Self-Existent One," "I AM WHO I AM" or 'I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE" as revealed to Moses at the burning bush, Ex.3. The name of God, too sacred to be uttered, abbreviated ( . . . . ) or written "YHWH" without vowel points. The tetragrammaton. Josh., Judges, Sam., and Kings use Jehovah almost exclusively. The love of God is conditioned upon His moral and spiritual attributes. (Dan. 9:14; Ps. 11:7; Lev. 19:2; Hab. 1:12). Note Deut. 6:4, 5 known to Jews as the Sh'ma uses both Jehovah and Elohim to indicate one God with a plurality of persons. 


JEHOVAH-JIREH:   "The Lord will Provide." Gen. 22:14. From "jireh" ("to see" or "to provide," or to "foresee" as a prophet.) God always provides, adequate when the times come. 

JEHOVAH-ROPHE:      "The Lord Who Heals" Ex. 15:22-26. From "rophe" ("to heal"); implies spiritual, emotional as well as physical healing. (Jer. 30:17, 3:22; Isa. 61:1) God heals body, soul and spirit; all levels of man's being.

JEHOVAH-NISSI:     "The Lord Our Banner." Ex. 17:15. God on the battlefield, from word which means "to glisten," "to lift up," See Psalm 4:6.

JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH:        "The Lord Who Sanctifies" "To make whole, set apart for holiness." The Lord says: "Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy." (Leviticus 20:7-8) 

JEHOVAH-SHALOM:      "The Lord Our Peace" Judges 6:24. "Shalom" translated "peace" 170 times means "whole," "finished," "fulfilled," "perfected." Related to "well," welfare." Deut. 27:6; Dan. 5:26; I Kings 9:25 8:61; Gen. 15:16; Ex. 21:34, 22:5, 6; Lev. 7:11-21. Shalom means that kind of peace that results from being a whole person in right relationship to God and to one's fellow man.


SHEPHERD:  Psa. 23, 79:13, 95:7, 80:1, 100:3; Gen. 49:24; Isa. 40:11.
JUDGE:  Psa. 7:8, 96:13.

JEHOVAH ELOHIM:     "LORD God" Gen. 2:4; Judges 5:3; Isa. 17:6; Zeph. 2:9; Psa. 59:5, etc.


JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU      "The Lord Our Righteousness" Jer. 23:5, 6, 33:16. From "tsidek" (straight, stiff, balanced - as on scales - full weight, justice, right, righteous, declared innocent.) God our Righteousness.

JEHOVAH-ROHI:     "The Lord Our Shepherd" Psa. 23, from "ro'eh" (to pasture).

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH:        "The Lord is There" (Ezek. 48:35).

JEHOVAH-SABAOTH:      "The Lord of Hosts" The commander of the angelic host and the armies of God. Isa. 1:24; Psa. 46:7, 11; 2 Kings 3:9-12; Jer. 11:20 (NT: Rom. 9:29; James 5:4, Rev. 19: 11-16).

EL ELYON:       'Most High" (from "to go up") Deut. 26:19, 32:8; Psa. 18:13; Gen. 14:18; Nu. 24:16; Psa. 78:35, 7:17, 18:13, 97:9, 56:2, 78:56, 18:13; Dan. 7:25, 27; Isa. 14:14.


ABIR:  'Mighty One', ("to be strong") Gen. 49:24; Deut. 10:17; Psa. 132:2, 5; Isa. 1:24, 49:26, 60:1. 

BRANCH:  (tsemach), The Branch: Zech. 3:8, 6:12; Isa. 4:2; Jer. 23:5, 33:15.

KADOSH:  "Holy One" Psa. 71:22; Isa. 40:25, 43:3, 48:17. Isaiah uses the expression "the Holy One of Israel" 29 times.

SHAPHAT: "Judge" Gen. 18:25

EL ROI:       "God of Seeing" Hagar in Gen. 16:13. The God Who opens our eyes.

KANNA:  "Jealous" (zealous). Ex. 20:5, 34:14; Deut. 5:9; Isa. 9:7; Zech. 1:14, 8:2.

PALET:  "Deliverer" Psa. 18:2.

YESHUA:  (Yeshua) "Savior" ("he will save"). Isa. 43:3. Jesus is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Joshua." The latter is a contraction of Je-Hoshua. ("Christ", the anointed one is equivalent to the Hebrew Maschiah, or Messiah). [See Wikipedia article].

GAOL:  "Redeemer" (to buy back by paying a price). Job 19:25; For example, the antitype corresponding to Boaz the Kinsman-Redeemer in the Book of Ruth.

MAGEN:  "Shield" Psa. 3:3, 18:30.

STONE: (eben)  Gen. 49:24

EYALUTH:  "Strength" Psa. 22:19.

TSADDIQ:  "Righteous One" Psa. 7:9.

EL-OLAM:       "Everlasting God" (God of everlasting time) Gen. 21:33; Psa. 90:1-3, 93:2; Isa. 26:4.

EL-BERITH:      "God of the Covenant" Used of Baal in Judges 9:46. Probably used originally to refer to the God of israel.

EL-GIBHOR:      Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)

TSUR:  "God our Rock" Deut. 32:18; Isa. 30:29.

Malachi calls Messiah "The Sun of Righteousness" (Malachi 4:2).

Isaiah calls Messiah "Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God (El Gibhor), Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6).

'Attiq Yomin (Aramaic): "Ancient of Days," Dan. 7:9, 13, 22.

MELEKH:  "King" Psa. 5:2, 29:10, 44:4, 47:6-8, 48:2, 68:24, 74:12, 95:3, 97:1, 99:4, 146:10; Isa. 5:1, 5, 41:21, 43:15, 44:6; 52:7, 52:10.

"The Angel of the Lord: " Gen. 16:7ff, 21:17, 22:11, 15ff, 18:1-19:1, 24:7, 40, 31:11-13, 32:24-30; Ex. 3:6, 13:21, Ezek. 1:10-13. Seen in the theophanies, or pre-incarnate appearances of the Son of God in the OT (See I Cor. 10:3 NT).

FATHER:  2 Sam. 7:14-15; Psa. 68:5; Isa. 63:16, 64:8; Mal. 1:6.

THE FIRST AND LAST: Isa. 44:6, 48:12.

IMMANUEL, or EMMANUEL, or IMANUEL: "God with us." Isaiah 7:14, 8:8. Quoted in Matthew 1:23. 

New Testament Scriptures, (Greek):

KURIOS: (kurios) "Lord" Found some 600 times in the NT.

DESPOTES: (
despotes) "Lord" 5 times: Lu. 2:29; Acts 4:24; 2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4; Rev. 6:10.

THEOS:
(yeos) "God" (equivalent to the Hebrew Elohim), 1,000 times in the NT. In the NT all the persons of the trinity are called "God" at one time or another.

I AM: Jesus upset his generation especially when He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM," John 8:58. Note also his claim to be Jehovah in such phrases as "I AM the Light of the world," "the bread of life," living water," "the Resurrection and the Life," "the Way, Truth and the Life" in John's Gospel. From the Hebrew OT verb "to be" signifying a Living, Intelligent, Personal Being.

THEOTES: "Godhead" Col. 2:9; Rom. 1:20.

HUPSISTOS: "Highest" Mt. 21:9.

SOTER:
(soter) "Savior" Luke 1:4 7.
WORD: (logos) John 1:1ff
ALMIGHTY: (pantokrator) 2 Cor. 6:18, Revelation, 9t, e.g. 19:6.
JESUS: Derived from the Hebrew "Joshua" (Y'shua) or "Je-Hoshua" meaning JEHOVAH IS SALVATION.

CHRIST: is equivalent to the Hebrew 'Messiah' (Meshiach), "The Anointed One."

Other NT Titles for Jesus: Shepherd of the Sheep; Master; King of kings; Lord of lords; Bishop and Guardian of our Souls; Daystar, Deliverer, Advocate, Last (or Second) Adam, Ancient of Days, Branch, Chief Cornerstone, Immanuel, First Born, Head of the Body, Physician, Rock, Root of Jesse, Stone, Potentate; Chief Apostle; Great High Priest; Pioneer and Perfecter of our Faith (or Author and Finisher); Lamb of God; Lamb Slain before the Foundation of the World; Lord God Almighty.




LOGOS: "The Word of God" John l; Rev. 19:13.

SOPHIA: "The Wisdom of God," referring to Christ, refers back to Proverbs (I Cor. 1,2)

Father, Son, Holy Spirit: Christian orthodoxy has always understood God to be One God in Three Persons (Elohim). In The NT each person of the godhead is called "God" and "Lord" at least once.

Names for the Holy Spirit: Counselor; Comforter; Baptizer; Advocate; Strengthener; Sanctifier; Spirit of Christ (not the same as the spirit of Christ); Seven-Fold Spirit (Rev.); Spirit of Truth; Spirit of Grace; Spirit of Mercy; Spirit of God; Spirit of Holiness; Spirit of Life. Symbolized in OT and NT by (l) breath or wind; (2) fire; (3) water; (4) oil; (5) light; (6) a dove.