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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is a spiritual half breed? Simply stated even though it is much more complex, is that whatever you <u><b>refuse</b></u> to allow the Lord Jesus to crucify on HIS cross within you is not of the Spirit of God. The title is not intended to be or sound hostile it is in reference are you all of Christ Jesus or only partially seeking Christ Jesus. You can’t have both kingdoms as you are either totally with/in Jesus or against Jesus. This is a difference between making Jesus Lord and Savior or just Savior! This is why there is little to no holiness, purity of heart and true Spiritual power in the modern church. An example would be Judas as Judas was taught by Jesus as the Spirit of God. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Judas denied the <b>spiritual</b> application of the blood and body of Christ Jesus at the last supper because each of us is to embrace the cross of Christ and willingly no matter the pain and suffering of dying to ourselves carry our own cross of Christ Jesus. Judas partook in the “natural” and gave an appearance of conforming to Christ but denied applying the cross of Christ by dying to himself! When you partake of the blood and body of Christ in communion you are partaking in the death of Christ thus committing and agreeing to dying to “self”. Without partaking in the death of Christ how can you be resurrected with Christ? This is why communion is not merely a symbolic remembrance but a spiritual process of laying down our lives for Christ Jesus. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many partake of communion but not their own dying process of the cross of Christ. This is an outward appearance but denying the power of Christ Jesus. People who want the inheritance of the Kingdom of Heaven but not the Son Christ Jesus, the parable of the vineyard! Let us kill the Son so we may obtain his inheritance! They want salvation but NOT CHRIST JESUS. This is why you have celebrities and false pastors/Christians who will say “there are many paths to heaven”. These are demonic and evil people! Concerning the last supper Jesus openly states that one of them will deny Him. This is a call to personal reflection leading to repentance. This would mean Judas had an opportunity to repent but Jesus knowing the end from the beginning knew Judas would not. I have gone swimming in water many times in my life but I have only been baptized in water once! Did the water change or did I change? You see water baptism is an outer expression of an inner working of the new heart of flesh and the new spiritual rebirth in Christ Jesus. Don’t be fooled by those who get water baptized as a “traditional” method are truly reborn in Christ Jesus. That is why John the baptist rebuked the Pharisees! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They had not come seeking Christ! In fact the Lord just revealed to me more to share. Not only that water baptism is and <b>outward declaration and decree that you have been born again and are a child of the living God Christ Jesus</b>! You already received the new heart and new spirit of the Living God! <b>Knowing this let me share that this will be the very same thing at the end of the age! </b> When you are called by the “beast system” to deny Christ will you openly confess Jesus as Lord! This is already written in the book of Daniel with the three Hebrew men! </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Daniel 3:13–18</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">13 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>“Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up?</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. </span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”</b></u></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. </b></u></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>17 </b></u></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. </b></u></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>18 </b></u></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”</b></u></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You see there will be no pre-tribulation rapture! There was no pre-tribulation rapture for Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-Nego! I don’t have time to expound on the false doctrine and damming heresy of the pre-tribulation rapture but I will say “choose this day who you will serve” and prepare your heart and spiritual fortitude before the end of the age. The church has been fed lies and deceit so rather than building Kingdom Priests and Warriors for Christ they have embraced an “escape” mentality not being spiritually prepared for the end hour! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is what Paul writes about partaking in communion.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">1 Corinthians 11:28–34</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">28 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">29 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. </b></u></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>30 </b></u></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many </b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>SLEEP</b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>.</b></u></span><u><b> </b></u><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>31 </b></u></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.</b></u></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">32 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">33 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">34 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, </span><span lang="en-US"><u>lest you come together for judgment</u></span><span lang="en-US">. And the rest I will set in order when I come.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 15:8–9</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">8</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And honor Me with their lips,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">But their heart is far from Me.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">9</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And in vain they worship Me,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”</i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">2 Timothy 3:1–7</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Perilous Times and Perilous Men</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>3</b></span><span lang="en-US"> But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: </span><sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">4 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">5 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have read many posts where prideful preachers make statements not to place blame their preaching because Judas had the best preacher so don’t blame their preaching. Are these pastors representing Christ or themselves with statements like this. When Jesus confronted Saul from Tarsus Jesus <b>did not</b> say why have you killed my servants or persecuted my servants. Jesus said why do you persecute ME! So why would a pastor make his sermons or preaching about himself! Paul preached Christ Crucified! They are hirelings not called of the Lord Jesus! The vast majority of preaching today is a “profession” not a calling of Christ Jesus and thus the preaching doctrines of men and demons. They preach a different Jesus from a different spirit and call themselves of the Holy Spirit! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If “the old man” is dead and the “new creation” is born you have NO PERSONAL IDENTITY in Christ Jesus. This is why I absolutely detest preachers who say you need to know your identity in Christ. NO! You need to know who Christ is IN YOU by growing in maturity in Spirit and Truth! Christ is not led by my spirit I am led by HIS Spirit! The sons of God are led by the Spirit of God! For example, <b>CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY NOT YOU IN CHRIST</b>! Another example would be when the demon spoke and said Paul I know, Jesus I know but who are you! The demon did not mean it saw Paul, it means it saw Christ in Paul as we have NO authority of our own! Furthermore Paul gives us Galatians 2:20 that it was NO longer Paul that lived but Christ in him. It is a prideful statement to say our identity in Christ! Modern language and terminology with false spirituality! God created Adam in HIS image not the other way around!</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Galatians 2:20–21</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I have been crucified with Christ;</span><span lang="en-US"><b> it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me</b></span><span lang="en-US">; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 16:24–26</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Revelation of Jesus’ Reward</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Mark 8:34–37; Luke 9:23–25</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">24 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Jesus said to His disciples, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">25 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">26 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christ Jesus will NOT empower the desires of the flesh or the things of this world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh or the pride of life. All of these things in each of us is called to the cross of Christ for death within us. We are called to bare and personally go through the same cross Jesus went through! Remember the veil was <u><b>NOT</b></u> TORN OPEN until Jesus died! <b>You can’t start your Christian journey at the resurrection it must be at the Cross!</b> This is the same for each and every one of us. Yes because the veil was torn we have access but access does not allow darkness to enter! You see that is why we needed the Holy Spirit and are called to worship in Spirit and Truth as there is NO darkness in Christ Jesus so the flesh and earthly/human side of humanity can NOT ENTER through the veil! God will not be mocked and knows our hearts so if you are not willing to die to self how do you enter in? If you are not born again how do you enter into the Kingdom! The Father received the Son in Spirit so the Son who gave His life for us only receives us in His Spirit! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not writing this as a mere belief I am writing it just as Paul wrote it in his own personal experiences. You see many years ago during my devotion and worship to the Lord I was taken in the Spirit to the scourging post where Jesus was whipped, flesh torn open, beaten and yet Jesus had not gone to the cross to be crucified yet. The Father showed me the human side wanting to die right there and then however the Father poured out His grace upon His Son so that Jesus could make it to the cross. When the Lord attempts to crucify our flesh too many refuse the process rather than calling on the Lord’s grace to purge us, edify us, strengthen and help us walk in holiness. Denying the process is denying Christ! </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="en-US">2 Corinthians 12:7–9</span> (NKJV)</b></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>The Thorn in the Flesh</b></i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">8 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And He said to me, </b></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”</b></u></span></span><span lang="en-US"><b> Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Zechariah 4:6</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So he answered and said to me:</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">This is the word of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> to Zerubbabel:</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center">‘<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’</b></u></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span lang="en-US"><i><b>Says the </b></i></span><span lang="en-US"><i><b>Lord</b></i></span><span lang="en-US"><i><b> of hosts.</b></i></span></u></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I read online and get many personal messages about people going through hardship for provisions and right when they could receive their own revelations of the Lord’s faithfulness and being true to His Word they ask for handouts. Tell me when you can’t buy or sell where will your provisions come from? When you brothers and sisters in Christ also can not buy or sell will you still beg for assistance from others who do not have? It is past time that you let the Lord be the Lord and put to death your unbelief. Ask the Lord to crucify your unbelief! If you want to grow in faith you must take every single Word of God as Spirit and Truth and walk in obedience. Through belief and obedience faith will grow! Without obedience and faith you do not let the Lord do the supernatural. That is why both Jesus and Peter removed all people with unbelief before raising the dead. This is the same precept I wrote earlier about the fiery furnace. For Jesus to be revealed they had to be willing to believe and trust in the Lord even when their own lives were subject to death!</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Psalm 37:25</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">25</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> I have been young, and now am old;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Nor his descendants begging bread.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you believe that the Lord is a pillar of fire by night, a cloud by day and will send manna from heaven? Will you return to Egypt as a slave for a morsel of food? I had one pastor message me for money as he stated he had given his money away to people in need of food but now had no rent money. Rather than give him money the Holy Spirit had me offer him Christ while I prayed for him. I said brother do not sell the hand of God short by seeking money. You need to trust the Lord inspired you to give away your money for others and you will receive revelations of God’s provision for your rent and I await your testimony of God’s faithfulness. I received testimony of God’s faithfulness about a week later that the Lord Jesus provided his rent money. Did not Jesus provide money for Peter through a fish! Do you believe ALL of the Word of God and the love, mercy, grace and provisions of the Lord Jesus? When your faith is tested will you stand firm in the Word of God in Spirit and Truth or will you concede defeat, unbelief and peril. Think COVID and Psalm 91! One important note about Psalm 91 is that you must fulfill the first line to obtain the whole psalm or apply the psalm.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">1 Corinthians 15:14–19</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">17 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! </span><sup><span lang="en-US">18 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">19 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read what Paul said when he quoted I once knew a man either in the body or in the Spirit entered the third Heaven! Read Revelations where John said he was taken in the Spirit to heaven and saw Christ on the throne! The experience is so real that even the flesh, their minds and everything about their human side acknowledges this experience! That is why the human side makes quotes: “it was like” because when you experience these things it is beyond human comprehension as it is spiritual! Even Jesus said the Kingdom of Heaven is “like”. Read Matthew 13. Don’t be deceived the Glory of the Lord Jesus is for the here and now! You don’t have to physically die you too can be taken in the Spirit of the Lord.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine you yourself going through this horrific personal experience and wanting to die right there but you knew you had not “FINISHED” what was required of you! Jesus did not stop short and when Jesus said it was finished it WAS FINISHED! Please take some time to really think and consider this. How could you on your own personal strength get to and on the cross on Calvary! As I was taken in the Spirit to this not with physical eyes but with spiritual eyes of enlightenment I received greater revelations of the GRACE of GOD the FATHER. Imagine if the Father did not pour out His grace upon His son to complete the journey to the cross of Calvary. Where would we as mere mortals be conditionally spiritually. We would still be physically alive but DEAD to everlasting life and fellowship with the Father and Jesus. Yet many Christians do not allow the cross of Christ to work within them to complete sanctification and holiness. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 16:24–26</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Revelation of Jesus’ Reward</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Mark 8:34–37; Luke 9:23–25</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">24 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Jesus said to His disciples, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">25 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">26 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Think of the parable of the vineyard and how when the SON came back to receive HIS inheritance they killed the Son so that they may obtain what was of the SON, Christ Jesus! Oh yes, many want the benefits but are not willing to pay the price of the cost to receive the inheritance! Today’s modern preaching speak of a cross but not the working and process of the CROSS of Christ. Jesus was upfront, plain without any possible other interpretation that we are to pick up our cross and deny ourselves. A man/woman is totally unable to die to “self” it takes the power of God through the Holy Spirit. Are you allowing this process by the grace and power of The Holy Spirit? </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 21:33–46</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Parable of the Landowner</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–19</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">33 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">34 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">35 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">36 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">37 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>38 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>39 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">40 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">41 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">42 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Jesus said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Have you never read in the Scriptures:</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;">‘<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">The stone which the builders rejected</span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Has become the chief cornerstone.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">This was the </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Lord</span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">’s doing,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And it is marvelous in our eyes’?</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">43 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“</span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.</b></span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">44 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">45 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>46 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last supper Jesus said we must partake in HIS BLOOD AND BODY in remembrance of Him. This is not merely a ceremony it is a call to your personal cross of dying to yourself! You are partaking by walking out the same process of the cross of Christ dying to yourself so that Christ may completely manifest within you. When you partake of the blood and body you are committing to your own dying to yourself through the atonement of Christ Jesus. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The garden of Gethsemane is more than a simple reading of history. It is the actual place that the Son of Man died before even being put on the cross! What is revealed by the statement of Jesus sweat blood was that the soul of the Son of Man the human side of Jesus had completed the willingness to die for the Father. It was the complete separation of the Human from the Divine! Every single one of us is called to this same experience by submitting to our journey in the garden of Gethsemane of our hearts! </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 26:36–46</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><span lang="en-US"><b>Jesus’ Three Prayers</b></span></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:40–46</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">36 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Sit here while I go and pray over there.”</span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">37 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">38 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then He said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">39 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>“O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">40 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u>“What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? </u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u>41 </u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u>Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”</u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">42 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Again, a </span><span lang="en-US"><b>second time</b></span><span lang="en-US">, He went away and prayed, saying, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>“O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”</b></u></span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">43 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">44 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.</b></u></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">45 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then He came to His disciples and said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">46 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Luke 22:39–46</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Christ Prays in Gethsemane</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Matt. 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; John 18:1</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">39 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">40 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">When He came to the place, He said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">41 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">42 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">saying, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”</span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">43 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">44 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.</b></u></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">45 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">46 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then He said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notice being in agony He prayed more earnestly and sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground. <b>The Holy Spirit is not of human blood! It was the Son of Man dying to “self” and it was separation from the human from the divine! </b> The flesh had to be willing to die for the glory of the Father and for the redemption of humanity! </span></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that I am writing this I see another profound revelation of this. Notice Jesus prayed three times. Could this be symbolic of the Trinity, three days in the tomb or resurrection on the third day? Nothing in God’s Word is coincidental!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now let us reflect for a moment about what I said when I told you I was taken in the Spirit to the scourging of Christ Jesus. Imagine if we as Christians do not call on the Lord Jesus during our own personal walk of dying to “self” for more of HIS GRACE! The pride in us says we can do it on our own we don’t need the process of the cross. Our pride says we are okay and we don’t need the cross but we desire to obtain salvation, <b>so we accept the knowledge of the cross but not the process of the cross</b>! We accept the everlasting life believing we obtain it but omitting the cross of our own personal salvation and sanctification! How do you fulfill the Lord’s prayer to be delivered from the evil one if there is any darkness within you and you deny the working of the cross of Christ in you own life? While salvation is received by faith sanctification is an ongoing process. As long as we physically dwell on earth we are subject every day to the works of darkness. We must continually carry our cross dying to not only ourselves but to this world! If the love of this world is in you the love of the Father is not.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 6:8–15</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">8 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">In this manner, therefore, pray:</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Our Father in heaven,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Hallowed be Your name.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">10</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Your kingdom come.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Your will be done</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">On earth as it is in heaven.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">11</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Give us this day our </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>daily bread</b></u></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">12</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And forgive us our debts,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">As we forgive our debtors.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">13</span></sup> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"> And do not lead us into temptation,</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>But deliver us from the evil one</b></u></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 6:23</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">23 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine all of the writings of the Apostle Paul and in his writings Paul states that he should be considered worthy to partake in the resurrection! This is the same Paul that said he was crucified with Christ and that he himself no longer lived! Imagine Paul while reflecting on your own life and Paul stating that he was crucified to the world and even the world was crucified to him! Now evaluate your own spiritual growth and journey and honestly reflect if you could be so bold to make these statements. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Philippians 3:10–11</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">10 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">11 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Galatians 2:20–21</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Galatians 6:14–18</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Blessing and a Plea</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">17 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">18 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kingdom of Heaven and the Lord Jesus is NOT divided. You can not have one foot in the kingdom of darkness and one foot in the kingdom of heaven! Through the “born again” experience you were delivered from the kingdom of darkness but that does not mean you have been completely sanctified as sanctification is a process of dying daily to the cross you are called to bare.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">1 Corinthians 15:31</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">31 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I pray you have been encouraged to call upon the Lord for His grace to endure your personal call to carry your cross dying to “self” to live in the image and likeness of Christ Jesus.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Acts 4:13</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>The Name of Jesus Forbidden</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">13 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. </span><span lang="en-US"><b>And they realized that they had been with Jesus</b></span><span lang="en-US">.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In parting let me refer to the following scripture as the end of the age is approaching rapidly.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 10:28</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">28 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left">In closing I’d like to share the chapter of John 17 as it really is powerful on how Jesus reflected on the Father, the glory of the Lord Jesus and the Father as well as the sanctification of the saints! May you be blessed and inspired and may the Holy Spirit in you come alive with a Holy Desire to become the fullness of Christ Jesus to be a living witness and testimony for Christ Jesus!</p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Revelation 12:11</span> (NKJV)</i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">11 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">John 17</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Christ Prays for Himself</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>17</b></span><span lang="en-US"> Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Father, the hour has come. </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You</b></u></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">, </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>4 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>5 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Christ Prays for His Disciples</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>and they have kept Your word. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>7 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>8 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“</span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>10 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">11 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">Now I am no longer in the world, </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">12 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.</b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>1</b></u></span></sup><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>15 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>16 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>17 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>18 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. </b></u></span></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><u><b>19 </b></u></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Christ Prays for All Believers</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">22 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">23 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">24 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">25 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">26 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”</span></span></i></span></span></p>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As with any posting from anyone I do my best to try to communicate what is on my heart the best that I can. Please take all matters to the Lord in prayer. It is NOT my will that anyone be deceived. The enemy is after all of us, including me! I pray the Holy Spirit bears witness to all of you. If not then it could be for a different time in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL BUT PRAY INTO IT. God bless the saints of the Lord and may the fullness of His love and spirit dwell and manifest richly within you. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let us start at the beginning of creation so we can set the foundation of truth. It is imperative that you pay attention to the sequence of creation because in line two you might think the earth was already created and it was not. Also in line number two “the deep” refers to Water and Word because everything was created by the Word of God. You will see later that “Water, Word and Spirit” are ONE in Christ Jesus. Okay lets get started by reading Genesis 1:1-10.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Genesis 1:1–10</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>The History of Creation</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>1</b></span><span lang="en-US"> In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>The earth was without form</b></span><span lang="en-US">, and void; and darkness was on the face of </span><span lang="en-US"><b>the deep</b></span><span lang="en-US">. And the </span><span lang="en-US"><b>Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters</b></span><span lang="en-US">.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">4 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">5 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>7 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>8 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And God called the firmament Heaven. </b></span><span lang="en-US">So the evening and the morning were the second day.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>10 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In line six we see that God created a firmament in the midst of the waters (deep) and it divided waters from the waters. Also notice that “<i>were</i>” is italicized in your bible as I italicized all of scripture to make it stand out from my writings. God separated the Water/Word by firmament and created Heaven. When we read line nine we see that the waters under heaven gathered into one place and “dry land” appeared God called the dry land Earth. Okay, so now that we have established this we can see that the waters above as well as below the firmament are the Water and Word of God. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Proverbs 18:4</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">4</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.</i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So let us now reflect on Noah’s Arc and what the Arc represents and who the person of Noah reflects. We know that Noah was a preacher of righteousness which is the Word of God. We know that God told Noah to build the Ark so it was God who created the Ark by the hands of Noah. God was about to destroy the earth by the flood and Noah was the carrier of the Word of God in the Ark of the Covenant! The Ark represents the Covenant as we know God told Noah when you see the rainbow it is the NEW Covenant. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Genesis 9:12–17</span> (NKJV)</i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">12 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And God said: “</span><span lang="en-US"><b>This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>13 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>14 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>15 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>16 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US"><b>17 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now remember the correlation between <b>Noah and Covenant by means of the Ark</b>. Now we can look into the person of Moses.</span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We know Moses as an infant was to be killed by order of Pharaoh. However Moses mother created an <b>“Ark of bulrushes”</b> for him and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. Notice “ark of bulrushes” as this is similar to Noah’s Ark carrying the Word of God and the Covenant of God! <i> </i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Exodus 1:22–2:10</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">22 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying,</b></span> <span lang="en-US"><b>“Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Moses is Born</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>2</b></span> <span lang="en-US"><b>And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But when she could no longer hide him, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">4 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">5 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">T</span><span lang="en-US"><b>hen the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>6 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">8 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">10 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “</b></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Because I drew him out of the water</b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><b>.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We must notice in line one of chapter two the <b>bloodline of Levi</b> of Moses parents which is the royal priesthood. The <b>“Ark of </b><b>bulrushes”</b> is what carried Moses and Moses was to be the person carrying the Word and Covenant of God. Moses would prophecy of  the “ONE TO COME” which would be the Lord Jesus. <b>So now you see that Noah’s Ark and the Ark of Bulrushes” are one of the same as carries of the Word and Covenant ABOVE THE WATERS OF THE EARTH.</b> This is an essential point of mention, above the waters of the earth as in Genesis mentioned earlier as the Water and Word are one of the Same, Christ Jesus.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now let’s look at King David who was a carrier of the Covenant and Word of God which was the presence of God. Through David the Lord made a Covenant.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">2 Samuel 6:1–23</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>6</b></span><span lang="en-US"> Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah </span><span lang="en-US"><b>to bring up from there the ark of God</b></span><span lang="en-US">, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>whose name is called by the Name, the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">4 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">5 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then the anger of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">8 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And David became angry because of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">9 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">David was afraid of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> come to me?” </span><sup><span lang="en-US">10 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So David would not move the ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">11 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">The ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">12 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Now it was told King David, saying, “The </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, </b></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>because of the ark of God</b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><b>.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US">13 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then David danced before the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Now as the ark of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">; and she despised him in her heart. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">17</span></sup><sup><span lang="en-US"><b> </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>So they brought the ark of the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>18 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> of hosts. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>19 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So David said to Michal, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>“It was before the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>22 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">23 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did a posting earlier about walking on water and now I’d like to bring more to that posting. Notice the name Moses means “<b>out of the water</b>”! Okay, now lets go to Jesus walking on water again.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 14:25–33</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">25 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US">26 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">27 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying,</span><b> </b><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><b>“Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”</b></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">28 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">29 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So He said, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Come.”</span></span><span lang="en-US"> And when Peter had come down out of the boat, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>he walked on the water to go to Jesus.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">30 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">31 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”</span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">32 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">33 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now from what I have spoken about Genesis and the “deep” waters being separated by firmament and the Waters and Word are ONE you can see how Noah, Moses, David and Jesus were carriers of Covenant and Word as well as Jesus being the incarnate Word in Flesh. You can also see how Jesus sustained their mortal lives through floods, pestilence, plagues and rulers. Jesus walking on water was symbolic of Jesus’ baptism by John the baptist. Jesus came up out of the “Water which was the Word of God” thus Jesus walked on water. Jesus rose above the firmament which separated the “deep” waters in Genesis. Above the firmament was heaven below the firmament was the earth yet both were “Water and Word”. This is how Jesus makes a bold statement <b>He was not of this World</b> and us <b>being born again</b> come up out of the Water &amp; Word raised above the firmament into the Kingdom of Heaven no longer in the kingdom of darkness!</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 3:13–17</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Baptism of Jesus</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Mark 1:9–11; Luke 3:21–23</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">13 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">14 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And John tried to prevent Him, saying, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>“I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">15 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But Jesus answered and said to him, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><b>“Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”</b></span></span><b> </b><span lang="en-US">Then he allowed Him.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>When He had been baptized, </b></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him,</b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><b> and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>17 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what happens through true repentance and <b>W</b><b>ater and </b><b>S</b><b>pirit baptism</b> we emerge from Water and Word which is Christ Jesus. <b>We emerge with an open heaven! </b> <b>We have access to the Father through Christ Jesus!</b> Jesus was demonstrating what was awaiting those who are baptized with <b>W</b><b>ater and Spirit</b> to the disciples. Remember initially Peter did walk on water but when Peter took his focus off Jesus and focused on the storm it inhibited Peter from continuing walking on the water. When Christ Jesus was pierced with the spear on the cross <b>Water &amp; Blood</b> came out of Him. <b>Water and Word are One in Christ Jesus.</b> Jesus told the woman at the well that He could give her <b>LIVING WATER. </b></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Philippians 4:6–7</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>Be anxious for nothing</b></span><span lang="en-US">, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; </span><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So if we focus on Philippians 4:6-7 we see that <b>“peace”</b> was challenged and when peace is challenged it is from one to three sources. One being our adversary the devil attacking our peace in Christ by spiritual conflict, secondly relying on our own abilities, worries or concerns and third an attack on our faith/belief! We must have unwavering faith in Spirit and Truth according to the Word of God and Spirit of God that conquerors the enemy and helps us trust fully in Jesus. </span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2 Samuel 8 we know that the Lord made a covenant with David and that the incarnate Christ Jesus would come from the bloodline of David. I hope you see who Noah on Water, Moses on Water, David with the Ark and Jesus walking on water all represent “Covenant &amp; Word” as Jesus came to be our blood covenant as the sacrificial Lamb. Noah’s Ark, Moses Ark of Bulrushes, David with the Ark of the Lord and Jesus walking on Water as Jesus was the Water and Word made flesh and was the NEW COVENANT being the “Blood Covenant” of the sacrificial Lamb. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have provided some more scriptures to support the “Water, Word and Spirit” as being ONE. I will continue after you read a few scriptures. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">John 3:5</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">5 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Jesus answered, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>born of water and the Spirit</b></u></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">John 7:37–38</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Christ Reveals the “Living Water”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">37 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. </span></span><sup><span lang="en-US">38 </span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US">He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">John 19:34</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">34 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately</span><b> </b><span lang="en-US"><u><b>blood and water came out</b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><b>.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Ephesians 5:26</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">26 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the </span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>washing of water by the word</b></u></span><span lang="en-US">,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So we have gone from Genesis to Noah, Moses, David and Jesus. Now let’s go from Jesus to the disciples to finish this part of the post. Let’s read about Jesus feeding the 5000 and the 12 disciples roles in this. It is important to see the final stages of the fulfillment of Jesus being the Blood Covenant and the fulfillment of His death, burial, resurrection and ascension. Pay attention to the words in bold type.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Matthew 14:14–21</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>14 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i><b>He was moved with compassion for them</b></i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>, and healed their sick. </i></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>15 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted</i></span> <span lang="en-US"><i>place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”</i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">But Jesus said to them, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><u><b>“They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”</b></u></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">17 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And they said to Him, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">18 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">He said, </span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><b>“Bring them here to Me.”</b></span></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">19 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. </span><span lang="en-US"><b>And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.</b></span> <sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I highlighted line 14 because I wanted to emphasis that Jesus was moved with compassion. Consider John 3:16 and Christ slain before the foundation of the world. Additionally these were “unsaved” not born again people and Jesus had compassion and care for them. So how much more at the end of the age will Jesus provide for His church/bride! Those that are TRULY His. </span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In line 16 Jesus gives the disciples instruction to give them something to eat. Isn’t this the same as Jesus telling Peter “feed my sheep” when Jesus restored Peter in love! Line 17 states there were 5 loaves of bread and bread being the Word of God from the Bread of Life Christ Jesus because Jesus multiplied the bread so it was divine bread! Five is the number of GRACE and the bread was the Word of God. The disciples were each told to pick up 12 <u><b>FULL</b></u> baskets of fragments. Notice the word FULL. <b>This represented the grace of God with each of the disciples FULL OF THE WORD OF GOD.</b> This would be the great commission of Matthew 28 and once Pentecost came they were filled with the Holy Spirit and everything the Lord had taught them the Holy Spirit would bring back to their remembrance. This is why I tell people when you receive revelations from the Holy Spirit they are eternal and NOT subject to your soul which would be your mind but the mind of Christ being built within you by the Holy Spirit. The disciples were to become Apostles <b>carriers of the gospel of Christ Jesus </b>the blood covenant of reconciliation with the Father through “Christ Crucified”. I mentioned in an early posting about needing 12 witnesses to fulfill “legal” requirements of baring witness. The 12 disciples fulfilled that requirement and became Apostles when the Lord breathed The Holy Spirit on them. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">John 14:26–27</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>26 </i></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><i><u><b>But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.</b></u></i></span></span><i> </i><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>27 </i></span></sup><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span lang="en-US"><i>Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</i></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I will begin to conclude this post as I hope you can see the <b>“carriers of covenant”</b> and the <b>“Ark of Covenant”</b> all the way to the Incarnate Christ who came to be our sacrificial lamb for the Blood Covenant. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I hope you see greater revelations of truth and how the Lord’s Word is faithful and true. I’d like you to consider what I have revealed and shared above and now apply it to the coming of the Lord and the pestilence, plagues and fire that will come upon the earth before the return of the Lord Jesus. With this in mind focus on the flood and Noah, the plagues of Egypt not affecting Moses and David conquering kingdoms for the Lord. The end of the age to come is with pestilence, plagues, fire and kingdoms against the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. Think back and remember the three Hebrew men in the fiery furnace who were not burned neither smelled of smoke and apply this knowledge to the end of the age and being able to stand in the fire to come. All those who have been taught and believe the false doctrine of the per-tribulation rapture are NOT being prepared spiritually to overcome what is developing and to come upon the earth. Their faith is based in a lie and the Lord will not empower a lie as the Lord only empowers His Spirit and Truth. They embrace an illusion of living their best life now and embrace this world and the teachings of this world. They do not seek revelations of Truth from the Lord. The blind leading the blind. Meditate on the scriptures below and see how the Lord will sustain those that are <b>completely</b> His <b>who have prepared themselves spiritually to overcome</b>. I pray you receive revelations of Truth and repent for believing lies and following wolves in sheep’s clothing or leaning on your own understanding. You are following your own “pride of life” and not the truth of scripture. </span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Isaiah 43:2</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">2</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Nor shall the flame scorch you.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Psalm 66:12</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">12</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> You have caused men to ride over our heads;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">We went through fire and through water;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Psalm 23</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Psalm 23</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>The </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> The Shepherd of His People</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">A Psalm of David.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">1</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>The </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> is my shepherd;</b></span> <span lang="en-US"><b>I shall not want.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">2</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> He makes me to lie down in green pastures;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">He leads me beside the still waters.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">3</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>He restores my soul;</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">He leads me in the paths of righteousness</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">For His name’s sake.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">4</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><u><b>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,</b></u></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">I will fear no evil;</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">For You are with me;</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><sup><span lang="en-US">5</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">You anoint my head with oil;</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">My cup runs over.</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">6</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">All the days of my life;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And I will </span><span lang="en-US"><u>dwell</u></span><span lang="en-US"> in the house of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Forever.</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Psalm 91</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Psalm 91</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">1</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">2</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> I will say of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">, “He is my refuge and my fortress;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">My God, in Him I will trust.”</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">3</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And from the perilous pestilence.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">4</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> He shall cover you with His feathers,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And under His wings you shall take refuge;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">His truth shall be your shield and buckler.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">5</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Nor of the arrow that flies by day,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">6</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">7</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> A thousand may fall at your side,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And ten thousand at your right hand;</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">But it shall not come near you.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">8</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> Only with your eyes shall you look,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And see the reward of the wicked.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">9</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> Because you have made the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">, who is my refuge,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Even the Most High, your dwelling place,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">10</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> No evil shall befall you,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">11</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> For He shall give His angels charge over you,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">To keep you in all your ways.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">12</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> In their hands they shall bear you up,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Lest you dash your foot against a stone.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">13</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span lang="en-US">14</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><i><b>“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;</b></i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">I will set him on high, because he has known My name.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">15</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">I will be with him in trouble;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><sup><span lang="en-US">16</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> With long life I will satisfy him,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>And show him My salvation.”</b></i></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Zechariah 2</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Vision of the Measuring Line</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>2</b></span><span lang="en-US"> Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">2 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">So I said, “Where are you going?”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">3 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, </span><sup><span lang="en-US">4 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: </span><span lang="en-US"><b>‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>5 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>For I,’ says the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">6 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">7 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">8 </span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>For thus says the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><b>9 </b></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><b>For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> of hosts has sent Me.</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>10 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>Lord</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>. </i></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>11 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>“Many nations shall be joined to the </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>Lord</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i> in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>Lord</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i> of hosts has sent Me to you. </i></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>12 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>And the </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>Lord</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i> will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy</i></span><span lang="en-US"> Land, </span><span lang="en-US"><i>and will again choose Jerusalem. </i></span><sup><span lang="en-US"><i>13 </i></span></sup><span lang="en-US"><i>Be silent, all flesh, before the </i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>Lord</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i>, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”</i></span></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my time with the Lord today the revelation of Moses Ark of bulrushes was given to me and it brought me all the way back to genesis to revelations as “Jesus is our Ark” or “Dwelling Place” and those that dwell in Him shall be protected from the pestilence, plagues, fires and destruction to come.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was the Lord that “shut Noah in the Ark”, it was the Lord that delivered Moses from the death of Pharaoh as an infant, it was the Lord who slew the giants and kings for David and it is the Lord who will keep us from the onslaught of our enemies and the coming destruction. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have been enlightened, encouraged and edified to “stand firm” in Spirit and Truth and witness the hand of the Lord in your life and redemption.</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Isaiah 66:14–24</span> (NKJV)</b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>The Reign and Indignation of God</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">14</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And your bones shall flourish like grass;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b><span lang="en-US">The hand of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> shall be known to His servants,</span></b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And His indignation to His enemies.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">15</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>For behold, the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b> will come with fire</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">To render His anger with fury,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And His rebuke with flames of fire.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">16</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>For by fire and by His sword</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">The </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> will judge all flesh;</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And the slain of the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> shall be many.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">17</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>“Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">To go to the gardens</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">After an idol in the midst,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Shall be consumed together,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">18 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">“For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">19 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. </span><sup><span lang="en-US">20 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US"> out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">, </span><span lang="en-US"><b>“as the children of Israel bring an offering in a </b></span><span lang="en-US"><u><b>clean vessel </b></u></span><span lang="en-US"><b>into the house of the </b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>Lord</b></span><span lang="en-US"><b>. </b></span><sup><span lang="en-US">21 </span></sup><span lang="en-US">And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">22</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> “For as the new heavens and the new earth</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">So shall your descendants and your name remain.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">23</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> And it shall come to pass</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">That from one New Moon to another,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">And from one Sabbath to another,</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US">All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the </span><span lang="en-US">Lord</span><span lang="en-US">.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><sup><span lang="en-US">24</span></sup> <span lang="en-US"><b>“And they shall go forth and look</b></span></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Upon the corpses of the men</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">Who have transgressed against Me.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">For their worm does not die,</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="en-US">And their fire is not quenched.</span></b></i></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="en-US"><b>They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”</b></span></i></span></span></p>
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