Continuing with the continuing of Removing the Veil of religious Distortions and Disceptions:

This morning while reading some posts on Facebook I shared this: Does no one understand that we each are living stones of the mysterious Temple of GODS creation? We are of His Spirit way, always have been always will be. A man made buildings made of earthly materials is but a tomb for the ignorant to dwell in, by the buckets full, or put it this way as deadness of stones Just quarried not realizing that they are chips of the original Rock. That rock being the Rock of the Ages. There is more unbelief talk on here these days. People try to have it both ways from Sunday? Why? Ignorance of GOD, is the answer that comes to me. Ignorance: a deep lack of the required knowledge of GOD. 

A friend shared this: "An alien-ated mindset is any type of thinking that 'we' are in one place - and - 'GOD'....is somewhere else. We are never an alien or an orphan. We were never separated from GOD - except in our own mind - and we were programmed to believe that by sincere people who didn't know the truth of their own authentic origin. We ARE (Say it....I AM) a unique extended expression of the True Source of Light and Life and all that is holy and divine.....welcome home....to your 'right' mind." Written by Dave Carringer.

Now for the rest of the story from John 3:16-21 and I will pull from the JKV first then from the Mirror Study Bible.

John 3:16-21 (KJV) "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. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."

Now for the Mirror Study Bible:

John 3:16-21 "The entire [5]cosomos is the object of GOD'S affection! And He is not about to [1]abandon His creation - the [2]gift of His Son is for humanity to realize their origin in Him who mirrors their [3]authentic birth - begotten not of the flesh but of the Father! [See John 1:13] In this [4]persuasion the life of the ages [4]echos within the individuals and announces that the days of regret and sense of [1]lost-ness are over! (The KJV reads, "Whoever [4]believes in him shall not [1]perish but have eternal life." The same word translated in the KJV to perish (G622 from G575 and the base of G3639) is translated in Luke 15:24 to be lost. In order to underline the value of the individual, Jesus tells the famous three parables of Luke 15 of the lost sheep, coin and son; Now all found, safe and sound! In everyone He repeats the word [1, G622] lost, apollumi, to lose, to emphasize the fact that you cannot be lost unless you belong - to begin with! The word [1] apollumi , also suggests a sense of uselessness; That which comes to ruin and amounts to nothing! The word [2, G1325] didomi, to give, in this case to give something to someone that already belongs to them; Thus, to return. The fact that they already are His own, born from above, they have their origin of beginning (Gen. 1:26-27) and their being in Him (Gen. 2:6-7) is now confirmed in their realizing it! He is the "only begotten," [3, G3439 from G3441 and G1096] monogenes; Begotten - as in the authentic original mold. See the notes on John 1:12 posted elsewhere in this blog. The word [4, G2192 translated in the KJV as, have] echo, to hold, or embrace, as in echo. The word, [5, G2889 from the base of G2865 to tend, to take care of] kosmos in the NT refers to the entire human family.) GOD has no intention to condemn anyone - He sent His Son, not to be the Judge (man's fallen mindset judges him already) but the Savior of the world. Faith and not the flesh defines us! In the persuasion of our authentic sonship there is no [1]separation or rejection! For someone to prefer not to embrace this is to remain under their own judgment sustained by their futile efforts to define themselves through personal performances (...ie. religious practices.) In their stubborn unbelief they [1]reject what is revealed and redeemed in the Name of the Son, begotten only of the Father and not the flesh. (The word [1, G2919] krino, means to separate; To reject, to judge, to condemn. In naming His Son Jesus, the Father openly announced His resolve, which has always been to rescue and redeem His image and likeness in incarnate sonship (which we all contain within us). As Paul says in Ephesians 3:15, "Every family in heaven and on earth originates in Him; His is humanity's family name and He remains the authentic identity of every nation." Also in Titus 2:11, "The grace of GOD shines as bright as day making the salvation of humanity undeniably visible." Then in Galatians 1:16, "This is the heart of the gospel that I proclaim; It began with an unveiling of sonship in me, freeing me to announce the same sonship in the masses of non-Jewish people. I felt no immediate urgency to compare notes with those who were familiar with Christ from a mere historic and human point of view." See noties on Hebrews 1:1-3 posted elsewhere in this blog.) and this is the [1]crisis: the light is here right now, yet people are so addicted to their own darkness that they prefer a life of [2]labors, annoyances and hardships! (The word, [1, G2920, KJV's condemnation] krisis, is often translated judgment. The word for evil, [2, G4190 from G4192 toil or angush] poneros, translated, full of hardships annoyances and labors.) When someone is engaged in something [1]worthless, they often fear exposure and feel threatened by the light! (The word, [1, G5337 used in the KJV as evil] phaulos means worthless; Also used by James in 3:16, all kinds of worthless pursuits.) I have good news for you Nicodemus! You won't ever need to hide in darkness again! He who discovers the [1]poetry of truth, faces the light unashamedly - his lifestyle boldly displays the workmanship of union with GOD! His works speak for themselves - "Made in heaven - wrought in GOD!" (Like Nicodemus there are many following at a "comfortable" distance hidden in disguise - they too are invited to turn and face the redeeming light of the Love of GOD!)

Can you hear to message?

Continuing with the Removing of the Veil of religious Distortions and Disceptions:

Now for chapter 3 of John's Epistle on the works of Jesus as the Christ of GOD'S indwelling within humanity as first seen in Genesis 2, Jesus being the second Adam of promise as seen in Gen. 3:15. In His mission statement He came to redeem the image of GOD hidden deep within humanity by a process of being born again from above. This spoken of in Deuteronomy as a secret in chapter 29 and verse 29 and by Jesus as a mystery to be soon revealed through Him, Immanuel that is to say GOD in human form. The true and concise Good News uncontaminated by religion's systems of deception and perversion as witness by the Mosaic message of condemnation of a sin-consciousnesses that lingers on within the mind of the unknowing.

John 3:1-3, 4-8, 9-15 Now amongst them was a man who was a prominent leader among the Jews, a Pharisee named Nicodemus. He came to see Jesus under the cover of the night and said to Him, "Rabbi, it is [1]clear for all of us to see that you [2]came from GOD as a Teacher - the signs you perform are proof that GOD is [6]with you! [3]No one is [4]able to do these signs you do [5]if they are not in [6]union with GOD. (The thoughts from the following 6 words are repeated in the answer Jesus gives Nicodemus: [1, G3400 from G1492] oidamen, is from (G1492) eido, to perceive, to see clearly; to discern. [2] eleluthas, is from (G2064) erchomai, to come from; [3, G3762] oudeis, no one; [4, G1410] dunamis, to be capable, able, to have the power to accomplish. [5, G3362] ean me, unless, if not; [6, G3362] meta, together with, to be included in, to be in union with.) Jesus answered him emphatically; 'No one would even be able to recognize anything as coming from GOD'S domain unless they are born from above to begin with! The very fact that it is possible to perceive that I am in union with GOD, as a human being, reveals humanity's genesis from above!' (Notice from the previous verse how Jesus employs a play of words from the question of Nicodemus. Here Jesus uses the word (G509) anouthen meaning from above - see James 1:17, every good and perfect gift comes anouthen [from above])

Nicodemus did not understand this answer at all and said to Him, "How can a person be born if they are already grown-up? Surely one cannot re-enter your mother's womb and be born a second time?" (Nicodemus looked at the subject merely from the physical side, His "second time" is not the same as Jesus' "from above." As Godet remarks, "He does not understand the difference between a second beginning and a different beginning.") To this Jesus answered, 'you have to get this, unless someone is born out of water (the womb) and Spirit, there would be no possible connection with the realm of GOD! Whatever originates out of flesh is flesh; But what is sourced in Spirit is spirit! (When one looks at a baby, it's just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can't see and touch--the Spirit, ie...GOD.) Don't be so surprised when I say to you [manity - plural]; You couldn't get here in the flesh unless you got here from above! ( See John 1:13, These are the ones who discover their genesis in GOD beyond their natural conception! This is not about our blood lineage or whether we were a wanted or an unwanted child - this is about our GOD - begotteness; We are His dream come true! We are not the invention of our parents! We are the greatest idea GOD ever had!) We can observe the effects of the wind and hear its sound whenever it touches objects - yet those objects do not define the wind; It comes and goes of its own accord - if life was not born out of spirit in the first place, it would not be possible to detect spirit influence at all! We are spirit - compatible by design!' ( Spirit is our origin! [Gen. 1:26-27] Not our mother's womb! See 2Corin. 3:3, The fact that you are a Christ - Epistle shines as bright as day! This is what our ministry is all about. The Spirit of GOD is the living ink. Every trace of the Spirit's influence on the heart is what gives permanence to this conversation. We are not talking law-language here; This is more dynamic and permanent than letters chiseled in stone. This conversation is embroidered in our inner consciousness. [It is the life of our design that grace echos within us!])

To which Nicodemus responded, "How is this possible? What kind of birth can this be?" Jesus responds with, 'You are the teacher of Israel yet you do not know these things? Nicodemus, hear Me, [amen, amen] our conversation stems from what we, humanity, have always borne witness to; We endore what we have observed; How is it that your religion perspectives keep you so blinded to this? (See Paul's reference in Romans 1:3-4, 18-20, Gal. 1:15-16, "The Son of GOD has His natural lineage from the seed of David; However, His powerful resurrection from the dead by the Holy Spirit, locates and confirms His being and sonship in GOD. [as it also does within us, Gen. 1:26-27] Then he says in verse 18-20, that we can suppress the truth through our own stubbornness of unbelief, yet GOD is not a stranger to anyone; Whatever can be known of GOD is evidenced in every human beings life. GOD is on display in creation; The very fabric of visible cosmos appeals to reason. It clearly bears witness to the ever present sustaining power and intelligence of the invisible GOD, leaving humanity without any valid excuse to ignore Him." See also Gal. 1:15-16, "GOD'S eternal love dream separated me from my mother's womb; His grace became mi identity. This is the heart of the gospel that I proclaim; It began with an unveiling of sonship in me; Freeing me to announce the same sonship in the masses of non-Jewish people. I felt no immediate urgency to compare notes with those who were familiar with Christ from a mere historic point of view.") If I speak incarnate language to you [Plural - you Jewish law-based-religious leaders) and you are not persuaded about our common origin, how will you be persuaded about heavenly things? (Here we are person to person - face to face - the prophetic word incarnate!) No one can fully engage in heaven's perspective, unless one's heavenly origin is realized! The Son of man declared humanity's co-genesis from above! (This is My mission: See the prophetic relevance - this is how the veil will be removed!) Remember how Moses lifted up the [1]serpent in the wilderness even so the son of man will be lifted up! (John 12:31-33, "'Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all judgment to Me.' He said this to show by what manner of death He was to die." Revelation 12:9. John 3:13 and 14 are most significant since they point to the very essence of the Mission of Jesus - the co-begotteness of the human race now redeemed in our co-crucifixion and co-resurrection on the third day into newness of life! 1Peter 1:3-5, The word serpent in the Greek is [1, G3798] ophis, the old serpent is noted again in Rev. 12.) In the same prophetic pattern, I will be lifted up for all to see and be equally persuaded in the echo of the life of the ages now redeemed within them!'

This adds meany dimensions to our life as does the renewed mind of Romans 12:1-2 and our presenting our bodies as living sacrifice.

Continuing with the Removing of the Veil of religious Distortions and Disceptions:

 This morning while I was rereading Psalm 119 I was impressed to read again John chapter 2. And once started to look at chapter 3 the first few verses which I did later this morning. It is these areas that this post will cover, from the Mirror Study Bible (an in depth study of words, their meanings with use) without recap of the KJV or ESV to keep this short as possible. Picking up the follow a few days after Jesus meat Nathaniel. Like the illustration of the Cana wedding we have been pulling back the cover of religions making from the get go of this blog.

John 2:1-11, 12, 13-22, 23-3:3, 4-8, 9-15 "Three days later there was a wedding in Cana, a village in Galilee which Jesus' mother attended. Jesus and His followers were also invited. When Mary learned that they had run out of wine, she informed Jesus. He responded with, 'Well Ma'am, that's their problem - or do you want Me to steal the show here at somebody else's wedding My hour of fulfilling My mission has not yet come?' (Religion has run out of wine - Jesus lived aware of His mission which was to redeem and restore the joyous celebration of the union and Romance of the ages - marring humanity and divinity! While He is the true joy and wine of the party, He fully understood what it would cost Him to drink-in the cup of humanity's injustice and violence on the cross! Look again at John 12:27, "Now is My soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour?' No! For this purpose I have come to this hour.'") Mary proceeded to line up the waiters to assist Jesus, "Do whatever he tells you to!" Now there were six empty stone water pots used for the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews. They could hold approximately twenty gallons each. Jesus asked the waiters to fill these stone jars with water, to the brim. (Nothing would be left untouched by the effect of the incarnate Word impacting human life entirely - every nook and cranny - spirit soul and body! see the note on John 1:51, also 1John 5:18 in earlier posts.) And then instructed them to immediately draw from the containers and present it to the governor of the feast; Which they did without hesitation. The host of the event tasted the water that has now become wine, but had no clue as to its vintage or origin. The servants didn't tell him a word, so he called the bridegroom. "Why would you keep the best wine for last?" Everybody serves the better wine first, so that by the time the cheaper wine is served, no-one can tell the difference - and here you surprise us all by bringing this excellent wine from your storehouse. Even though we already had much to drink, it is impossible not to tell its superiority!" (Even minds intoxicated with the inferior religious jargon can immediately tell the difference when the Holy Spirit transforms ordinary conversation into the wonderful, blissful wine of revelation and the merry celebration of new life!) In this first of the signs which Jesus performed at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, He gave everyone a foretaste of the beauty and intention of His mission. And His disciples believed into Him. (The word (G1391) doxa is often translated glory, is from (G1380) dokeo, to form an opinion, a view, an idea or intention - ideas become our eyes - the way we see things. If Jesus could do this to water - imagine how He can transform ordinary routine days into the invigorating adventure of living the new life of our original design! His 'First' miraculous sign was a change within a vessel! A jar of stone. External washing has been upgraded to internal transformation of our inner thought processes. Completely transformed to the "brim"! And, it wasn't even drinking water, but "the kind used for ceremonial washings!" There is nothing Jesus intended to leave out of His transformation of humanity. And, although it wasn't time for Jesus to give His wine that night at Cana. I believe it was no accident that it was the first miracle - Could there have been a more profound picture of His ministry and what His Wine would do in the lives of ordinary vessels? He thusly revealed His Glory!

"They have no wine!" That's all Mary says to Jesus after noticing the newlyweds' embarrassment. Could she be more indirect? Yet He knows what she wants, and He's not (sensing readiness) feeling ready. He tells her it's not time to reveal His glory and suffer the consequences. The wine He could make would be free to the guests but cost Him plenty. Mary marches right over to the serving table as if He'd said, "no problem" instead of "no way." She once said a costly yes; She's not about to take no for an answer from Him. Because they have no wine. It's human history she's talking about, life's disappointed guests milling around with empty glasses from time immemorial. She's waited long enough for the mighty to fall, for the poor to dance at the wedding, for the kingdom's elixir to flow. Persian kings (potentates) had brought three costly gifts and bent their knees to Him. Why is He still constructing cabinets in Nazareth? She wants Him out of the house. He gives in and produces liquid heaven in preposterous quantities. He squanders it on us, the undeserving who can't distinguish rotgut from Rothschild. He became the wastrel we needed Him to be - thank you Mary. Prayer; When we are reluctant to act on our calling, Oh GOD, send us a Mary to remind us, "They have no wine." Get us out of the house! Thank You LORD GOD.)

After this he joined His family and followers to go down to Capernaum and remained there for several days.

Jesus then went up to Jerusalem in time for the Jewish Passover. When Jesus went into the temple area He was shocked to find scores of traders selling their sacrificial items, cattle, sheep, and doves. Even their money brokers were comfortably set up in the sanctuary. (The business of sin-consciousness have taken over the mindsets of religious indoctrinated peoples - until Jesus arrived.) Then with a whip that he plaited of small [1]strands, He drove everyone with their sheep and oxen out of the temple and overturned the tables of the money brokers so that their money went fling all over the place. (Jesus dramatically reveals that His Father has no delight in religious sacrificial systems and its sin-conscious currencies. [1, G4979 schoinion] σχοῖνος schoinos, perhaps from skenos, tabernacle or skin - leather thongs - a profound prophetic picture of His own broken skin that would become the whip to drive out sin-consciousness from our minds - the ultimate cleansing of the Temple - the sanctuary of GOD within us! 1Peter 1:18-19.) He also drove the dove traders out with, 'How dare you turn My Father's house into a shopping mall?' This incident reminded His disciples of the Scripture, "I am consumed with zeal for My Father's house!" (Psalm 69:9. God is ablaze with zeal for you! You are the Temple of GOD - His address - His dwelling place!) The Jews demanded to know from Jesus how, what He has just done in the temple, could possible point to the significance of His Messianic mission. "Show us a sign!" To which Jesus responded, 'The temple will be completely demolished by you and in three days I will raise it up!' (The word [1, G3089 lou, compared to G4486] lusate, to undo, demolish, is in the Aorist, Passive, imperative case; The distinction between the Aorist imperative and the present imperative is one of aspect, not necessarily tense. Thus, to get something over and done with!

Look at Matthew 12:39-40, But He answered them, 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; But no sign will be given to it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.'

Then look at Isaiah 7:11-14, "Ask a sign of the LORD your GOD; Let it be deep as Sheol or High as heaven. But you would not, therefore the LORD Himself will give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Then Isaiah 9:6-7, "For unto us a child is born, to us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulders, and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty GOD, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end."

In His resurrection on the third day, GOD would co-quicken humanity and co-raise us together with Him! As found in Hosea 6:2, Ephesians 2:5. Human life will again be the tabernacle of GOD! "On the third day Ester put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, opposite the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal Throne inside the palace opposite the entrance to the palace; And when the king saw Queen Ester standing in the court, she found favor in his sight and he held out to Ester the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Ester approached and touched the tip of the scepter top." Ester 5:1-2.

Then Luke 24:27, 32, 44-46 "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets (Gen. 3:15, 22:18, 26:4, 49:10, Num. 21:9, Deu. 18:15, Ps. 22, 132:11, Is.7:14, 9:6, 40:10, 50:6, 53, Jer. 23:5, 33:14, Ezek. 34:33, 37:25, Dan. 9:24, Mic. 7:20, Mal. 3:1, 4:2 and John 1:45), He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself....They said to each other, did not our hearts ignite within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?..... Then He said to them, these are My words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. Then He opened their minds to understanding the Scriptures, and said to them, 'Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead.' See also Ps 22 and Isaiah 53.

In Matthew 16:21 we find this; "From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and there suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third be raised.") The Jews responded with, "This temple was under construction for forty six years and you will rebuild it in just three days? Haha!" They did not understand that the temple Jesus was pointing to, was the human body. (In Him, the only true address of GOD was to be redeemed in human life in His resurrection! Look again at Hosea 6:2, "After two days He will revive us, on the third day He will raise us up!" (some preach as a future event coupled with the calling away, by missing verse 3's impact; "Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; His going out is sure as the dawn; He will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Also Ephesians 2:5, and 1Peter 1:3; Acts 7:47-50, For it was Solomon who built a house for Him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; As the Prophet says, 'Heaven is My Throne, and earth My footstool. What house will you build for Me, says the LORD, or what is the place of My rest? [This seen in Gen. 2:1-3] Did not My hand make all these things?'

The word [G2411] hieros speaks of the greater temple building with all its out courts etc. whereas the word Jesus used here is (G3485) naos, referring to the inner sanctuary - this is also the word Paul uses in 1Corinthians 6:19, "Do you not realize that your body by design is the sacred shrine of the Spirit of GOD!" This is the most sacred place in the universe! There is nowhere in eternity that can match this! See John 1:14 again, "And the Word became flesh and now resides within us!" And John 14:20, "In that day you will know that I am in My Father and you in Me and I in you!")These words of Jesus as well as their significant prophetic connection with Scripture gives us such clear context to the disciples when they later, after His resurrection, recalled all these things.

Now during the Passover feast in Jerusalem, many believed in His Name - surely the signs He did confirmed His mission as the Messiah-Savior of the world? Jesus however did not make much of their apparent support - He wouldn't entrust Himself to them since He knew all things. (He knew how their own faith would fail them in the end. He did not endorse their excitement about the signs they saw as a valid basis to their belief. Signs are not the source of faith - signs follow faith! Jesus' belief in the integrity of our inner being is what saves us from the lies that we believe about ourselves.) He knew that their brief belief was simply based on the surface hype of the moment and not upon that which He was about to redeem in their innermost [1]being. He knew them better than what they knew themselves! He had no need for anyone's theory about the [2]human species to confirm what He always knew to be true about them. (Literal translation - "He had no need that any should testify concerning human life - He indeed knew what [1]was in the human being." [1, G846 autos meaning baffling wind, backward ] eimi, I am; our very origin of beingness! Which was exactly why He came, not as an example for us but as us, of us! So that we may know even as we have always been known! Matthew 13:44, 2Corinthians 4:7. The word for the [2, G444]human species, male and female is anthropos, from ana, upwards and tropos, manner of life; Character; In like manner. see John 1:51 posted elsewhere.)

I will endeavor to finish this with John 3:1-15's teaching of Nicodemus on Scripture.