The Revelation of Christ Hidden as a secret and mystery of GOD, part 4

Todays study was written by Pastor Hoekstra but I want to take it a bite farther after sharing it. Because of the confusion that I hear and see throughout many religions and their accompanying ministries today. I will preposition this by saying that GOD's plan started eons before the foundation of the world was laid. In what I call a "universal law" which simply means GOD's word spoken into the spiritual universe, in which there is no time or limiting restrictions of time and space, it being multi dimensional. Now the bases for this study is Galatians 3:15-18, which, over the next few days will be expanded upon. And as has become my norm I will use the ESV translation for this study with the LORD's help.


The Faith that brings Righteousness:


The intent of the Law,


Galatians 3:15-18 "To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ. This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise."



"God's Promises and God's Law"


"Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ. And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise." (Galatians3:16-18)

"Early in our meditations, we considered one of the most profound subjects in the scriptures: the relationship between the grace of God and the law of God. These verses engage a comparable subject: the relationship between God's promises and God's law. 

Again, we are reminded of God's fundamental use of promises in bringing forth His will among mankind. "Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made." God made far-reaching promises to Abraham and his descendants, promises that included the coming of the Messiah, the anointed King, the Savior. Although these promises guaranteed an innumerable posterity to Abraham, this statement specifies one descendant in particular. "He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ." The Lord Jesus Christ is in view here. The promises that were the root of the new covenant of grace were made by the Father to Abraham and to the Son of God. "Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made." Added assurance is provided here. The Father's commitment was to His Son! 

Now, what about the Law of God (given through Moses), which was added hundreds of years later? Could this law possibly have replaced the promises to Abraham and to the Son of God? "And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ (by way of an Oath)." The promises of God to Abraham and to His Son were not taken out of operation by the giving of the law of God ("that it should make the promise of no effect" ). People, through their own law performance, cannot become heirs of all that God promised to His children. If they could, then, God's blessings are no longer based on God fulfilling His promises. "For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise." This cannot be, because "God gave it to Abraham by promise." God's working among men stands on His ability to fulfill His promises. It does not depend on our ability to live up to the perfect law of God."
 
 From here on I will use John Gill's Expositional Commentary on the whole Bible.

 

Galatians 3:19

"Wherefore why then serveth the law?.... If this be the case, might an objector say, why was the law given? what ends and purposes are to be served by it? of what use can it be? there had as good been no law at all, if the inheritance is not of it, and there is no justification by it. To which it is answered,
 

it was added because of transgressions; four hundred and thirty years after the covenant made with Abraham; it did not succeed it, nor take the place of it, and so make it null and void; but was over and above added unto it, for the sake of restraining transgressions; which had there been no law, men would not have been accountable for them; and they would have gone into them without fear, and with impunity; but the law was given, to lay a restraint on men, by forbidding such and such things, on pain of death; and also for the detecting, discovering, and making known transgressions, what they are, their nature and consequences; these the law charges men with, sets them before them, in their true light and proper colours; and convicts them of them, stops their mouths, and pronounces them guilty before God: moreover, this law entered in, over and above any other revelation God was pleased to make, "that the offence might abound", Romans 5:20 either that particular offence, the sin of Adam, the apostle is there speaking of; the heinous nature of which, its aggravated circumstances, and the justness of its imputation to his posterity, were more clearly discerned by this law; and so the Syriac version here renders it in the singular number,

מטל מסטינותא, "because of transgression"; or all other offences and transgressions, which are increased through the multiplicity of precepts, and attended with more aggravating circumstances, than if no law was given, and more eagerly pursued after, through the prohibition of them; such being the corrupt nature of man, that the more anything is forbidden, the more desirous it is of it: add to all this, that the law was given for the punishing of transgressions, for which it curses, and threatens with death, and inflicts it on Christless sinners: hence it is clear there can be no justification by it, and yet it is not useless and insignificant:

till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; either Christ the seed of the woman, and of Abraham, who was to come in the flesh, and is come; and to whom the grand promise of life, and all the promises of the covenant were made; not for Himself, but for those He represented, and in whom they are all secure: until whose coming to finish transgression, and bring in everlasting righteousness, the law was to continue in the form in which, and the use for which it was added, and then to cease as the ministration of Moses; for through the coming of Christ it received its full accomplishment, and came to an end; the ceremonial law was utterly abolished, and the moral law ceased to be a covenant of works, though it continues a rule of walk and conversation; and the whole Mosaic economy was no more: or else the seed here intends the spiritual seed of Abraham; particularly among the Gentiles, to whom the promise of blessedness, of justification, and eternal life was made; and the sense be, that till such time that a generation of faithful men, of believers in Christ, should arise among the Gentiles, the law was to continue with the Jews; but when they should spring up, the middle wall of partition should be broken down, and Abraham's spiritual seed among Jews and Gentiles make up one body, one people, and be fellow heirs and partakers of the promise of God in Christ, through the Gospel:

and it was ordained by angels; not Moses and Aaron, and Joshua, as some say; for though Moses was concerned in the giving of the Law (now defunct, as in extinct), yet not Aaron nor Joshua, nor are any of them ever called angels; but the holy elect angels are here meant, the ten thousands of saints, or holy ones, God came to Mount Sinai with, and the LORD was among, in the holy place; see Deuteronomy 33:2 and so the Jews say (l) that the LORD (Lord) appeared on Mount Sinai gloriously, עם כיתיה דמלאכיא, "with companies", or "troops of angels", to give the law to His people: and this may be said to be "ordained" by them, inasmuch as it might be written and spoken by them, as the instruments and ministers God made use of; for though the tables are said to be the work of God, and the writing the writing of God, and to be written with the finger of God, and He is said to speak all the words of it, yet this hinders not, but that all this might be done by the means of angels; who might be employed in disposing and fitting the stones in the form they were, and in writing the Law upon them; hence it is said to be given by the disposition of angels, Acts 7:53 and certain it is, that it was spoken by them, Hebrews 2:2 they forming in the air those articulate and audible sounds, when the Law was delivered; who were also concerned in the thunderings and lightnings, and in the blowing of the trumpet, that waxed louder and louder at that time:

in the hand of a mediator; not Christ, as many interpreters, ancient and modern, have thought; for though He was present at the giving of the Law, as appears from Acts 7:38 and is the Mediator between GOD and man, and had the law in His hand, out of which it went forth as the lawgiver; and as the surety of His people has fulfilled it, and by so doing put an end to it, and delivered them from the curse and condemnation of it; yet He is the Mediator of the new and better covenant, not the ministration of death, but of life; and so Moses and Christ, the Law and Gospel, the old and the new covenant, are continually opposed to each other; besides, the mediator here seems to be represented as inferior to the angels, and as receiving the Law into His hands from them, by whom it was ordained; which to conceive of Christ, is very much to the demeaning and lessening of Him. Moses is the mediator here meant, who stood between God and the people of Israel; not to make peace between them, but to show the word of God from him to them, and this at their own request; see Deuteronomy 5:5, and in his hand the tables of the Law were, when he came down from the mount, and was a typical mediator of Christ. So the Jews say of him, that "he was אמצעי, "a mediator" between them and God (m).''
 

(l) Targum in 1 Chron. xxix. 11. (m) Tzeror Hammor, fol. 136. 1, 2.

 

The Revelation of Christ Hidden as a secret and mystery of GOD, part 3

It was not to long ago that a lady on my Facebook friends list told me that we are not in GOD's plan as Israel is. To this statement I was shocked to say the lease for this revealed to me that she and others clearly are not reading the Bible by faith which is part of the law or requirement of GOD. Then I found the following statement written by Norman Grubbs sometime ago, speaking on Romans 6-8. So I copied it for sharing here, with little editing by me, before I get today's devotional from my e-Sword program.

"THE GREAT DECEPTION"

"The main consequence of our yielding to Satan at the Fall was that he deceived us all (Revelation 12:9) into thinking that we have a human self which can operate and manage itself, even as he lyingly thinks he can manage himself. In fact, we are only operated and managed by the deity of self…or Spirit of Truth or spirit of error (1 John. 4:6)…who owns us. This was symbolized in the Garden by receiving the fruit of one or the other of the two trees. So when the Law, which is meant to expose Satan's lie, comes to us in our deluded condition, Satan has the laugh on us. We obey his self-for-self sin laws, being his slaves, and cannot obey God's hidden laws.

We who are saved admitted our sins in their outer forms and received forgiveness and justification through our Lord Jesus the agent of Christ, and the new birth of the Spirit. But we were still too blind to recognize the depth of Satan's deceit in us. We thought that as saved (redeemed) and new creatures heading towards Christ's salvation, we could still take a share in managing ourselves.

Paul explains the full meaning of redemption through our dying in Jesus' death to sin…Satan's indwelling…and becoming alive in His resurrection to God's Spirit now indwelling us (in His salvation). But it is meaningless to reckon and say that we are now dead to sin and alive to God while that root deception is not yet out of us and we think we are more than a people managed only by the deity spirit in us as vessels, branches, temples, slaves, or wives."

 The Gentiles Included as Children of Promise


"That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel . . . that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Ephesians 3:6 and Galatians 3:14)


"The implications of becoming children of promise through the law of faith and love, which takes hold as a receptive force in the promises of God is monumental. One of the consequences that holds outstanding significance is highlighted in our present verses. It involves the Gentiles.


It is quite obvious in the Old Testament that God had great plans for the Jews (for Israel, as His chosen people). "'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel" (Exodus 19:6). God's plans ultimately included the Gentiles (the nations of the world). "Oh, praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Praise Him, all you peoples! . . . The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising" (Psalm 117:1 and Isaiah 60:3). Nevertheless, the Jewish people would have a special place in God's purposes. "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth"  (Deuteronomy 14:2).


In light of these Old Testament truths regarding Israel, it was an astounding revelation when the Holy Spirit began to unfold through the Apostle Paul the full participation that the Gentiles would have in the promises of God: "That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs." By believing the promises of God, the Gentiles would have full partnership shares ("fellow heirs" ) in the inheritance of God for His people. The Gentiles would also be "of the same body." This body or family that includes Gentiles and Jews, is the church of the indwelling Christ. "And He is the head of the body, the church" (Colossians 1:18). Jew and Gentile would comprise the one new unit, the church. Now do not loose sight in this fact, the church, body and family are the same meaning as belonging to GOD. There is no longer a separation. Also, the Gentiles would be "partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel." Through the promises of the gospel of grace, Gentiles would share fully in eternal life, daily blessing, and intimate access to the LORD-God. By faith in the God of Abraham, the Gentiles would also enjoy (along with any Jew who believes in Jesus the poser of the Spirit of Messiah) the promise of the Spirit: "that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ's agent, Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Yes, now the Holy Spirit would dwell in the lives of all who would believe - - not only the Jew, but also the Gentile!"

The Revelation of Christ Hidden as a secret and mystery by GOD. part 2

I have since the last post been seeking after GOD my LORD for what to look at next, then this morning a light came on. So I will make use of a daily study that is shared within my e-Sword program, as it is opening the promises given for those who are become Christ Ones. This study is authored by the Spirit of Christ within Pastor Robert Hoekstra and I will use it for that reason with the LORD's help. In the whoever's, whosoever's and everyone's of Deuteronomy 18:15-22. This will been done by three subtitles, each having its own secret.


The Promises that GOD will be restored to His saints.


How We are to Respond to God's Promises


"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." (Romans 1:16-17)


How are we to respond to the promises of God? His promises are not automatically at work in every life that hears them. Some respond correctly, while others respond improperly. Some enjoy the benefits of God's promises, whereas others do not. In these two verses, we are given the fundamental response to all that pertains to the gospel and covenant of grace. That response in faith. This would certainly include living by the promises of God.


Paul was unashamed of this gospel due to its effective character. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation." The good news about Christ in Jesus is essentially the grace of God proclaimed to man: "the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24) This grace is God's power given out to the redeeming of souls as required by the universal law. This power is experienced by all who place their faith in this gospel, whether Jew or Gentile: "for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." The gospel is effective, because it holds forth God's righteousness to sinful man, if he is willing to trust the LORD. "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith."


The gospel is referred to in the scriptures as a promise. "And this is the promise that He has promised us - - eternal life" (1John 2:25). The gospel is often stated in the form of promises: "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved . . . whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 15:11 and Romans 10:13). These gospel promises are partaken of in by faith. "The just will live by faith."


In addition to initial redemption is received through the gospel as is our salvation received through the good news of God's grace as being a narrow pathway which includes many other promises from God. "I will build My church . . . You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free . . . When He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth"  (Matthew 16:18; John 8:32; and 16:13). All of these promises are experienced by faith, because "the just shall live by faith" - - continually, as well as initially.


God's Children by God's Promises


"For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise . . . Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise." (Galatians 4:22-23, 28)


Our God is a God of promises. He characteristically works by making and fulfilling promises. We are His children by faith. We are children of promise. We were birthed spiritually into God's Family through faith in His promises. Two sons of Abraham (Ishmael and Isaac) provide a vivid contrast that attest to this, our sonship is by promise. As Isaac was of promise.


God had promised to make of Abraham a mighty nation, through which would come the Messianic seed that would bless all nations. "I will make you a great nation . . . and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Genesis 12:1-2). Yet, in verse 3 is the key for those who will bless Abraham in their attitude of faith's receptivity, the same pattern shown and stated by Jesus Himself a man, a seed of promise. (Genesis 3:15) This seed resides within every person born of woman. The years passed by, and Abraham was still without a son. Eventually, he implied to God that his servant would have to be the beginning of this promised seed. "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house (Eliezer, his servant) is my heir! " (Genesis 15:3). However, the LORD clarified His promise to give Abraham a true son, sired from his own body. "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir" (Genesis 15:4). As time passed, the aging couple decided that they would have to come up with another alternative for God. "Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children . . . So Sarai said to Abram, 'See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.' And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai (revealing the err of Genesis 3). So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived" (Genesis 16:1-2, 4). Thus, Ishmael was born as the result of Abraham's and Sarah's ingenuity: "he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh (a symbol of the Law, in which the Law works unto disobedience)."


Thereafter, the LORD reiterated His promise of a son. "My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year" (Genesis 17:21). As God promised, so He did. "And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken" (Genesis 21:1). Thus, Isaac was birthed as a result of God's promises. This is a picture of the only possible way that we could ever have become God's children, by His fulfilling of His promises, thereby proving His faithfulness through the man Jesus. "Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise."


 More on God's Children by God's Promises


"Those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son" . . . Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise . . . As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him." (Galatians 4:28; and Colossians 2:6)


Once again, our verses reveal God as a faithful God of promises, Who brings forth spiritual children of promise. This truth not only dictates how we enter the family of God, for it also determines how we are to live as restored children of God.


Ishmael could not be counted as the true seed of Abraham, because he was the product of fleshly ingenuity. "Those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God." Only Isaac could be called the true seed. "But the children of the promise are counted as the seed ( this having a dual meaning because it also meets the requirement of Genesis 3:15)." This is true concerning us as well. We became God's children through faith in the promise of the gospel. "As many as receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" (John 1:12). We could not be redeemed by any fleshly provision, neither can we enter His salvation by fleshly means: "Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:13). Isaac was born through faith in the promises of God. "For this is the word of promise: 'At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son'." We also are born again through faith in the promises of God. "Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise."


Children of promise are spiritually birthed by promise and spiritually developed by promise. Now that we have been born into God's Family by faith in His promises, we are to live day by day in the same way that we became His children. "As you have therefore received Christ, that walk and worked in Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him." The parallel is simple and straightforward: "As . . . so." As we were saved, so we are to walk. We started out with the Lord by faith in the life-giving promise of the gospel "And this is the promise that He has promised us - - eternal life" (1John 2:25). We are to live each day by faith in the life-developing promises that are inherent to the gospel. "He who believes Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water" (John 7:38).


The LORD willing I will continue with a few more of these daily teaching posts written by Pastor Hoekstra.

The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carring a warning. part 1

Since August of 2007 when I heard the LORD ask me, 'are you ready to take My yoke upon you and learn of Me,' I have been a sincere student of the Logos of the LORD-Christ. Then in 2007-8, I started this blog as a story line. But since then I removed the story line to carry what was being given me of the secret of God, as found in Deuteronomy 29:29 and Paul's revelation, which he called the "mysteries," which are of Christ. Then in June on the 24th, I started this indepth search of related scriptures highlighting Deuteronomy 18:15-22 with it's warning to those of whoever's who would not listen to GOD through His anointed prophet. The LORD of Genesis 1:1-5 and John's synoptic gospel of John 1:1-5. I should say that among the disciples both Luke and John spent time with the called out Paul and learned more of the Spirit of or by the "Christ," within each of them.

Now for a closer look at 1Thessalonias 5:23-24; 4:1-8; Philippians 2:14-18; John 17:6-19; Ephesians 5:25-33 and how they come together with Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1. And as has become my norm I will use the ESV translation for this study. Beginning with Genesis 1 and then John 1. And Deuteronomy 18:15-22.


The Warning of:

Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to My words (a thing containing order verses water which means chaos) that he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."


Genesis 1:1-5, 26-28 with 2:1-3, 5-7 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (chaos). And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light (order). And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness (obscurity). God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day......Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." ----The Word, or Logos, the LORD-Christ created man in His likeness; even that Word that was in the beginning with God, and was God, and in time became incarnate, by whom all things were made, Joh_1:1. 

Genesis 2:1-3, 5-7 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work (of creation) that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation......When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed (inspiration, to revive) into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature."

John 1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word (Logos, said, Divine Expression that is to say, Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him is life, and the life was the light (order) of men. The light shines in the darkness (chaos), and the darkness has not overcome it."


1Thessalonians 5:23-24 "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He Who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it."


 1Thessalonians 4:1-8 "Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will (plan and purpose) of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, Who gives His Holy Spirit to you."


Philippians 2:14-18 "Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word (Logos the Divine Expression this is to say, Christ) of life (G4151, the rational and immortal soul verses G2222, the plant and animal life, a mere vitality), so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me."


John 17:6-19 Jesus is speaking as the Oracle of GOD. "I have manifested Your name to the people whom You gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word. Now they know that everything that You have given me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent me. (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, for they are Yours. All mine are Yours, and Yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name (to have divine knowledge of), which You have given me, that they may be one, even as We are One. While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming (returning) to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word (Logos, this is Christ), and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word (Logos, Christ) is truth. As You sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth."


Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by (a place of rest) the washing of water with the word (rhema, a negative, naught or dispute), so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be Holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His Body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 17

I am about to close this study of the hidden things of Deuteronomy 18:15-22 in this post and I have already been asking the LORD-God what He requires of me next. And the good LORD willing I will step up to His requirement what ever passages of scripture that He will require. For this post I will use the ESV translation and if the LORD adds to it I will do so there and then. There are many understudy topics that I could look into such as, written with a purpose, the standard of faith, the study of enjoined (commanded), is the seed corn of the sower, profitable for instruction, the ignorance of brings perilousness, among other things.


The Warning: 


Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me (us) not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in His mouth, and He will speak to them all that I command Him. And whoever will not listen to My words that He will speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

The Sacredness of GOD's Word:


Deuteronomy 4:1-4 "And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today."

Deuteronomy 12:32 "Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it."

Proverbs 30:5-6 "Every word of God proves true; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and you be found a liar."

Revelation 22:18-19, 20, 21 "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book."

Revelation 22:20 "He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"

Revelation 22:21 "The grace of the LORD (the supreme authority in) Jesus be with all. Amen.

The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 16

My target for this topic is "Sin's Penalty," but this is among many other topics such as the following: Sin which has these subtopics, vain talk, contempt of others, foolish thoughts, unbelief, neglect of opportunities, all unrighteousness, its universality, sins deceptiveness despised by saints, to be forsaken, known to GOD, hateful of God, and allurements. then we have sin's penalty which includes, separation, abandonment of God, sometimes delayed, inevitability, ignorance, omission, and deliverance. But through tempted to look into the above listed, I will stick to the issue at hand. Making use of the ESV translation and with the LORD's help will stick close to my topic as assigned.


The Warning:


Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me (us) not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. For I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in His mouth, and He will speak to them all that I command Him. And whoever will not listen to My words that He will speak in my name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."


Sin's Penalty:


Physical and Spiritual Death,

For study our base text is:
Genesis 2:15-17 "The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die (the mark of chaos or check mate in the king within you is dead) ."


Genesis 3:8-19 with Deuteronomy 32:51 "They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day (early morning hours, the spirit of man), and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you (a search for an unknown, being separated  from another)?" And he said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat (signifying mans flesh of 2:7, the combing of water and dust) all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He will bruise your head, and you will bruise His heel (religare' Latin for the power to hinder, bind, the meaning of religion)." To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." To Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you will eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."


Deuteronomy 32:48-52 "That very day the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel."


1Chronicles 10:13-14 "So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the LORD. Therefore the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse."

Proverbs 11:14-21 "Where there is no guidance, the people fall, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure. A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches. A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die. Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are His delight. Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered."

Ezekiel 18:1-4 "The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As I live, declares the LORD GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. For  behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine: the soul who sins will die (to miss the mark aimed at)."


Romans 5:12-14 "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type (a foreshadowing) of the one who was to come."

Romans 6:20-23 "For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our (supremacy) Lord."

The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 15b

Because of what was learned of the LORD-Christ in my last post I will now look at two subtopics and these are titled the mocking and reviling of Christ the Prophet like unto Moses of promise in our led text of Deuteronomy 18:15-22, with its warning to those who oppose Him. For this study I will of course use the ESV translation and should the LORD-Christ within me as He was in Jesus, open scripture to me, I will add it.


The Warning:


Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me (us) not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. For I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in His mouth, and He will speak to them all that I command Him. And whoever will not listen to My words that He will speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."


The Mocking of the LORD-Christ,


Matthew 27:27-31 "Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit on Him and took the reed and struck Him on the head. And when they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own clothes on Him and led Him away to crucify Him."


Matthew 27:38-44 "Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided Him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts God; let God deliver him now, if HE desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with Him also reviled Him in the same way."


Luke 22:63-65 "Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking Him as they beat Him. They also blindfolded Him and kept asking Him, "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?" And they said many other things against Him, blaspheming him."


Luke 23:8-12 "When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see Him, because he had heard about Him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by Him. So he questioned Him at some length, but He made no answer. The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him. And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other."

Luke 23:33-38 "And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on His right and one on His left. And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide His garments. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!" The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up and offering Him sour wine and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over Him, "This is the King of the Jews."


The Reviling of Christ,


Matthew 27:38-44 shown above.


Mark 15:27-32 "And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left. And those who passed by derided Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!" So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked Him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.  Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with Him also reviled Him."


Luke 23:33-38, shown above.


Now here are some other areas of interest: Contempt, Aha and Blasphemy, each is a teaching in and of itself. But I will not at this time cover them. My next topic of interest is the LORD willing is what I will do next, which is "sin's penalty," which has many subtitles such as Physical and Spiritual death, Separation from GOD and many others.