Continuing with, Our eternal link to GOD in Christ exposed by Him.

This morning in the wee hours of, the LORD spoke again of our liberty in Him and what it means for all of Humanity. The overall observation is from Galatians 4:21-5:1 as it reflects back to that of our last post from 2Corinthians 3:17. When we understand that the systems of religion and government were not of a spiritual nature but the desire of man as is religion (fiat) as expressed by Israel then we can begin to see what is a foot today in the exposing the corruption of both as one unit of mans design not GOD'S. For He told them this day choose you Me (Joshua 24;15) or a king and they chose the king system, over the spiritual, the kingdom of GOD within. It is the spiritual that was Jesus' assignment to bring it about and into play this He did by way of death of the flesh, that is to say man's rule by way of fiat politics and fiat religious orders of division in delusional mindsets. For by His so doing He brought into effect the 'liberty' that is so miss understood as shared with the earlier post. For this study I will again use the KJV drawn from Paul's writings and quote of Isaiah 54:3 in verse 27 and the Mirror Study Bible, as the LORD leads. We are currently witnessing this in real life in real time today as this time plays out before our eyes, in the operation of the global cabal rule over the liberal, left, the Fed. and Democratic party and indeed the world's systems, while the LORD Household retains its own.

Example of Hagar and Sarah

Gal 4:21-5:1 (KJV) "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. (Married to the Mosaic Law, Isaiah 54:1) Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. 

Christ Has Set Us Free

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." 

The Mirror Study Bible's rendition of the same:

Gal. 4:21-5:1 Since you are so intrigued by the Law, please understand its prophetic message: The Law records the fact that Abraham had two sons: one by a slave girl (under the curse), the other by a free (in Christ) woman. The one is produced by the flesh (the DIY-tree of unbelief and heavy works of self efforts, politics and religion), the other by faith (the promise....ie, Christ) There is a parallel meaning in the story of the two sons: they represent two systems, works and grace. Sinai is an Arabian rocky mountain named after Hagar, (Outside the land of promise). Its associated with the Law of Moses and mirrors Jerusalem as the capital of Jewish legalism and religion. Hagar is the mother of the law of works (ie..condemnation). For the mother from above, the true mother of humanity is grace, the free Jerusalem; She is the mother of the promise (ie...Christ within us of Gen. 1:26-27, Hosea 6:2) For it is written, "Rejoice oh childless one! Erupt in jubilee! For though you have never known travail before, your children will greatly outnumber her who was married!" (Married to the Mosaic Law of Isaiah 54:1) We resemble Isaac we are begotten of faith, the promise is our parent. Just as when the flesh child persecuted the faith child, so now these Jerusalem Jews in their Christian disguise seek to harass you; How ever, Scripture is clear: "Expel the slave mother and her son (those of darkness such as those of the global cabal); The slave son cannot inherit with the (Household of Christ) free son." (In exactly the same way, rid your minds radically from the slave mother and child of that mentality. Light dispels darkness effortlessly.) Realize whose children we are my Brothers and Sisters: we are not children of the slave-mother, the Law, but children of the free mother; We are begotten of grace! Christ defines your faith; He is our freedom from anything from which the Law could never free you! Find your firm footing in this freedom. Do not let religion (or its fiat brother politics) trip you up again and harness you to a system of rules and obligations (of a fiat political system of Socialism, as a fiat copy of the heavenly realm)! (In this parallel, Christ represents Sarah, the faith-mother who birthed you in the resurrection. From the rock-hewn tomb representing Sarah's dead womb [1Pet. 1:3])

Continuing with, Our eternal link to GOD in Christ exposed by Him.

Just when one thinks that he is through with everything to LORD shows him something else about Himself that is inspirational and for all to know and come to an  understanding of. First let me say that I am not a scholar of letters or degrees of literature by no means. Heck I just made through high school by the skin of my teeth with a very low ranking among my peers of the day. I said that for this past week we have had two real scholars graduate from their respective schools, the first is our youngest grandson Cayed he got honors from the eight grade, then second is our granddaughter Emmaly she received honors with a degree in Bachelor of Science with a major in Exercise Science, with a certified trainer rating. Now before I get started let me warn you that this could be quite lengthy as it may take me sometime to share from the Scriptures what is in my heart today. And how it was acquired: To start with I turned to my carry around KJV Bible and looked again at John 3 and the LORD'S discourse with Nicodemus as witnessed to by John in chapter 3:5-21, which we shared earlier in this blog. Then I turned to E-sword's thought for the today from 2Cor. 3:17, and read it on my cellphone. And while on my cell I looked at Facebook and saw a post on Congress woman Omar which the LORD had to me say this; She reflects the deep corruption of mindset by way of false teachings of an unregenerated soul. What the religious world calls lost, when in all reality all that Adam lost was the glory that surrounded him and the woman that GOD made from him. As she lost the glory first which Adam knew, as he saw it disappear. He then had a choice to flow suit or keep the glory, the rest is history, there for our learning and understanding. Which clearly this child's history lacks. As she reflects the perversion of mindset so clearly. Just as Jesus explained to the priest Nicodemus, just as John recorded in chapter 3 of his accurate first hand account having been witness of the event. This brought about this post. First a repeat of John 3 and then the comment of E-swords daily scripture post of 2Corinthians 3:17 and what I saw at that point. And as is my usual practice I shall draw from the full thought of Scriptures to do this so please bear with me.

John 3:3, 4-8, 9-15, 16-21 (KJV; most of this discourse is in Red as it is Jesus speaking) "Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again (Gen. 3:15), he cannot see the kingdom of God (Gen. 2).' 

Nicodemus saith unto him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit (the death of Jesus is where humanity's life force of water and blood were spilled by the piercing of His side, just as when woman was formed from Adams side in Gen. 2), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.' Nicodemus answered and said unto him, "How can these things be?" Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
 

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 (the lost glory of Adam's doings of Gen. 3). 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.'

Then 2Corinthians 3:17 goes from the full thought of verses 12-17 which reads as flows:

2Co 3:12-18 (KJV) "Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: For their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty [1, G1657 eleutheria, freedom, from G1658 eleutheros, unrestrained (to go at pleasure), that is, (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), from the alternate of G2064; erchomai, from the middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word, ἐλεύθομαι eleuthomai or ἔλθω elthō; which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) to reset ]. But [For] we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image (Gen. 1:26-27, the reset of libery) from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD." 

Wow this did not take as long as I had first thought it to.

Our eternal link to GOD in Christ exposed by Him.

A friend shared this on Facebook and it just fits me to a tee so I am sharing it, with some editing on my part for me:

Everything danged for me when I realized that I was One with the true Source of Light & Life this morning that He told me we are One, then I saw where this was true from the very moment of birth forward. This changed everything even more when I saw that just as I was One with GOD no longer under the misconception of being separated- so also was I One with those around me and they one with me. The structural idea of man I once lived that kept me hoop-jumping and busy, but never took me or anyone else where we wanted to be, new. I won't apologize for enjoying the ripple effects as man made paradigms and projected distortions of an angry wrath-full deity tumble to piles of rubble as others walk away from religious captivity through His efforts in me and then through me herein.

I sure don't see myself as smarter or more 'woke' than other in any way. If anything, I see all my brothers and sisters on the same journey, but may for the moment be at varying points along the same way. What may work for and satisfy one, may not be what works for or satisfy another- and there's no judgment in that...like the book by John Bunyan, Pilgrims Progress reveals, at least not from my end. I simply share what works for me. It's not meant to offend anyone at all, but to possibly encourage others who might find this blog or have questions, and are now seeing glimpses of new things which may at times seem better than what they've known.

Like Paul, Peter, John and a host of others, I'm willing and able to learn from anyone along this amazing journey we call life, as are most of the people who interact frequently with me on my Facebook page or in messenger....but none of us will ever consider going backwards to places we willingly left behind to joyfully walk this path with the LORD. If you see things here that offend your views, it's not intentional nor my desire. My posts have always been 'public' and I fully understand if you undo me, unfriend, or block me so you won't have to see them. If you choose to stay, and I do truly hope you do, just know you might get a little 'rubble dust' on you from me from time to time- not just from me, but many around the world experiencing the beautiful mystical things now, as well as things waiting ahead that weren't visible from back there. May Love and childlike awe lead us on our journey, and may we never lose the wonder of it all.

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

This morning while I was reading the study outline for today's lesson, on my E-sword account, I discovered something of an inspiration and it is for this reason that I am sharing this with you. This comes from Paul's letter to the Corinthians in the second letter chapter 3 and for this study I will pull from verses 4 through 11 though the subject targeted matter is in verses 7 through 11 and pull also from verse 18 as well. I shall again copy and paste from the KJV and American Standard Bibles as the introduction to the Mirror Study Bible's out line, as coming from a renewed mindset as spoken of in Romans 12:1-3 written by Paul's hand.

2Co 3:4-6, 7-11, 18 (KJV) "And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

2Co 3:4-6, 7-11, 18 (ASV) "And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; Who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 

For if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:  How shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth. For if that which passeth away was with glory, much more that which remaineth is in glory. 

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit." 

Okay, now for the Mirror Study Bible's rendering of this area:

2Cor. 3:4-6, 7-11, 18 Christ is our proof of our persuasion about you (manly) [1]before GOD. (The Greek preposition [1, G4314 translated to] pros, means towards; ie..face to face. see also 2Cor. 1:18, 19, and 20.) We have not [1]reached this conclusion by any merit of our own! Of GOD'S doing are we made competent! (The word, [1, G3049, Middle voice from G3056 logos, reason] logitsomai, means to reckon, making a calculation to which there can only be one logical conclusion.) It is GOD'S signature in our spirit that authorizes and authenticates us as New Testament ministers. We are not qualified by a legal document endorsed by a fellow human. The letter (of the Mosaic Law) is the administration of death (ignorance and spiritual bondage); It is the Spirit (of grace) that quickens life.

Because of its prophetic purpose even the old administration of death, carved in stone evidenced a glimpse of glory; For a brief moment the face of Moses shone with such brilliance that the people of Israel could not (more like, would not) even look at his face. The fact that this glory reflected in Moses was for a brief and fading confirmation of the ministry of the letter had a "sell by" date and that it was destined [1]to be brought to naught. (It served merely to emphasize the failure of the flesh to access the glory that Adam had lost (to sin, it became sin) on humanity's behalf. The word, [1, G2673, From G2596, down ward, and G691, to be idle, From G692] katarego, is derived from (G2596) kata, meaning intensity, and (G692) argos , meaning labor, denotes that the law of self works would be rendered entirely useless; Thus, the new arrangement would free humanity from all self effort to attempt to improve what GOD had already perfected (Gen. 2) in Christ. Consider the contrast of verse 18; From a mere glimpse of a veiled and fading glory to unveiling gazing into the face of glory as in a mirror and a transformed life radiating the same glory of Genesis 2, renewed or restored by mindset, ones perspective of thought.) How much more radiant would the ministry of the Spirit be? If the ministry of condemnation had a glimpse of glory, the glory that the ministry if righteousness now communicates far beyond any comparison! (There are two administrations: the one confirms humanity's guilt because of Adam; The other confirms humanity's innocence because of Christ! The one was upheld by the Mosaic Law; The other is sustained by the resurrected life of the Spirit. Humanity's standing before GOD is restored to that of it's origin, in Genesis 2; Where righteousness first reigned and then came in by merit of the cross, righteousness which far outweighs any attempt or dependency on the flesh to compete! Nothing that anyone can do can improve their standing before GOD!) What seemed glorious and important at the time has been reduced to total obscurity and irrelevance. The fragile and fading glory of the flesh is dwarfed into insignificance by the unfading glory of the resurrection life of the Spirit! (It being the original design as first seen in Genesis 2. The ministry of the New Testament reveals humanity's oneness and permanence. In Christ the idea of distance and delay is cancelled, whereas in religion any religion it remains a distant future some day or time kind of thing. Now verse 18)

For we all, with new understanding, see ourselves in Him as in a mirror. The days of window-shopping are over! In Him every face is [1]unveiled. In [2]gazing with wonder at the [5] blueprint of GOD'S display in humanity's form (His eternal image, ie..Gen. 1:26-27), we suddenly realize that we are looking into a mirror, where every feature of His [3]Image articulated in Christ is [2]reflected within us! The Spirit of the LORD engineers this radical [4]transformation; We are led [6]from an inferior [5]mind-set to the revealed [5]endorsement of our authentic identity. ( The word, [1, G343, from G303 (in the sense of reversal) and G2572] anakalupto, is from (G303) ana, a preposition denoting upward, to return again, and (G2572) kalupto, to uncover, unveil. The word, [2, G2734, middle voice from a compound of G2596 and a derivative of G3700 (compare G2072)] katoptrizomai, means to gaze into a reflection, to mirror oneself. Paul used [4, G] metamorphumetha as a present Passive indicative form (G3339 from G3326 and G3445 )metamorphoo, (G3326) meta, together with, and (G3445 morphoo) (G3444) morphe, form. [The word commonly translated sin, [1, G266 From G264, from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313] hamartia , is from (G1) ha , a negative or without and (G3313) meros, allotted portion of form; Thus, a distorted form, which is the opposite of metamorphe; with form. The word meros is the sum of morphe.] Now, with unveiled faces we are gazing at the glory of the LORD as in a mirror and metaporhe happens - image and likeness awakens within us!

The word, [3, G1504] eikon, translated as exact resemblance, image and likeness; eikon always assumes a prototype, a weak copy, that which it not merely resembles, but from that which it is drawn from; [5, G1391 from the base of G1380] doxa, glory, translates as mind-set, or opinion, from (G1380) dokeo, authentic, blueprint-thought. Changes 'from glory to glory,' apo doxes eis doxan; (G1519 translated, to) eis, is a point reached in conclusion; [6, G575 translated as from and by] apo, away from, meaning away from the glory of our original design that now defines us.Two glories are mentioned in this chapter; The glory of the flesh, which was veiled, because of it's fading kind of response represented by Moses and the unfading, unveiled glory of GOD'S I mage and likeness, now mirrored in the face of Christ redeemed in us,,,ie. humanity. Look at chapter 4:4-7 shared elsewhere in this blog.

[ Note, the Greek word translated "from" in this verse is not the same as the word translated "from" in Romans 1:17, where Paul says the unveiling of GOD'S righteousness is from faith to faith. Here he does not use the word apo, away from, but the preposition, ek, which always denotes source or origin.]

Some translations of this scripture read, "we are being changed from glory to glory." This would suggest that change is gradual and will more than likely take a lifetime, which was the typical thinking that trapped Israel for forty years in the wilderness of unbelief! It is reflected in all religious forms and systems still to this very day. We cannot become more than what we already are in Christ as the anointed ones. We do not grow more complete; We simply grow in knowledge and awareness of our completeness! [look at Colossians 3:10] How long does it take the beautiful swan to awaken to the truth of its design? The ugly duckling was an illustration of an illusion! Whatever it was that endorsed the 'ugly duckling' mindset, co-died together within Christ! In the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, GOD did not redeem a compromised replica of you; He rescued the original, blueprint you, created in His radiance of a mirrored likeness! Any other 'self' you're trying to find or esteem will disappoint! Look to Romans 6:11, Reckon your 'DIY-law of works-self' dead, and your redeemed self co-raised and co-seated together within Christ! This is freedom indeed! Galatians 2:19-20; 20, So here I am dead and alive at the same time! I'm dead to the old me I saw trying to be and alive to the real me which is Christ in me! Co-crucified, now co-alive! What a glorious entanglement! I was in Him in His flesh death; Now He is in me in my life! For the first time I'm free to be me in my skin, immersed in His faith in our joint-sonship, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh (of Genesis 2:23)! He loves me and believes in me! He is GOD'S gift to me! ( The verb sustauroo, is in the Perfect tense, indicating that not only was I crucified with Christ in the past, but I am existing now in that present condition. How can any human effort improve on that?! Look again at Hosea 6:2 and Ephesians 2:5 also Romans 7:6. For now we are fully released from any further association with a life directed by the rule of the Mosaic Law, we are dead to that which once held humanity captive, free to be slaves to the newness of spirit-spontaneity rather than age old religious rituals, imitating the mere face value of the written code. The moment one exchanges spontaneity with rules, the edge of romance is compromised!)

Now you all know what I saw in that study....

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.