RAREFACTION

Posted on December 8, 2017 by jcrom1028

Rarefied Air

Ephesians 2:1 (KJV) 1 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

“prince of the power of the AIR…”

Air:

BLB Lexicon
Results for G109 – aēr
ἀήρ
G110 ››
‹‹ G108
Transliteration: aēr
Pronunciation: ä-ā’r
Part of Speech: masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology): from aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow)
Outline of Biblical Usage:
the air, particularly the lower and denser air as distinguished from the higher and rarer air
the atmospheric region
KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
air 7
Strong’s Definitions: ἀήρ aḗr, ah-ayr’; from ἄημι áēmi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow); “air” (as naturally circumambient):—air. Compare G5594.
Thayer’s Greek Lexicon
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NT 109: ἀήρ
ἀήρ, ἀέρος, ὁ (ἄημι, ἄω (cf. ἄνεμος, at the beginning)), the air (particularly the lower and denser, as distinguished from the higher and rarer ὁ αἰθήρ, cf. Homer, Iliad 14, 288), the atmospheric region: Acts 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:17; ὁ ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος in Ephesians 2:2 signifies ‘the ruler of the powers (spirits, see ἐξουσία 4 c. ββ.) in the air,’ i. e. the devil, the prince of the demons that according to Jewish opinion fill the realm of air (cf. Meyer at the passage; (B. D. American edition under the word ; Stuart in Bib. Sacr. for 1843, p. 139f)). Sometimes indeed, ἀήρ denotes a hazy, obscure atmosphere (Homer, Iliad 17, 644; 3, 381; 5, 356, etc.; Polybius 18, 3, 7), but is nowhere quite equiv, to σκότος — the sense which many injudiciously assign it in Ephesians, the passage cited ἀέρα δέρειν, (cf.verberat ictibus auras, Vergil Aen. 5, 377, of pugilists who miss their aim) i. e. to contend in vain, 1 Corinthians 9:26; εἰς ἀέρα λαλεῖν (verba ventis profundere, Lucr. 4, 929 (932)) ‘to speak into the air’ i. e. without effect, used of those who speak what is not understood by the hearers, 1 Corinthians 14:9.

EPHESIANS 2 IS EXACTLY PORTRAYED IN REVELATION 2,3 &4. Key to understanding this signification is the distinction created by revealing that the spirit of disobedience works in the lower, crowded “air” , AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE HIGHER AND RARER AIR. The identification of baser and dense (crowded ) air being beneath the higher, rarefied ( process of rarefaction ) air is employed and is signified (pictured) when John is shown the spirit of disobedience and his many organs at work in the churches, and then is told to ” Come up here”. There, in higher rare “air”: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

To sit in heavenly places, per Eph. 2 , pertains to “up here”, per Rev. 4:1, and not Rev. 2 &3 where the Spirit speaks to any with an ear to hear, and you find that the seat of power is not the throne of God, but that of the prince of the power of the lower “air”, above which, his voices do not rise.

This signification/ picture, when grasped, gives comfort and understanding. Rev. 2 & 3 is not the body of Christ, though any with an ear to hear have power to be added to it. The one body, the body of heaven in His clearness, sits on the one throne ( per Eph 2). If looking for the body of Christ in the churches of Rev. 2 & 3, do not discount the one “like unto the Son of man”. These things also help expound and define what the Lord means, telling individuals in the churches ( there is one church “which is His body”, as Paul stated)…telling individuals to recall from where they are fallen.  Colossians 3 is also a picture of this, in plain words.

Colossians 3:1 (KJV) 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

Plagues and judgments are upon the children who refuse to repent. Churches do, and will play a prominent role in the dissemination of plagues in the earth. Read the book of Revelation. The children of disobedience are dealt with in Revelation 2 & 3.
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Miriam-Webster:
Definition of rarefied
1 : being less dense
2 : of, relating to, or interesting to a select group : esoteric
3 : very high
A study of rare vs. lower, dense air as it pertains to sound is also worth while.
The Lord said His speech “Distills as the Dew”. It comes from a high place.
[Deu 32:1-3 KJV] 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
[Job 36:24-29 KJV] 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off. 26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly. 29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
Our only message to the world, is repent and believe the gospel. The pure words. Not the confusing cacophony of the lower air, the world and the churches, whose machinations and mental gymnastics are not producing solutions, only compounding problems and woe.
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ASHAMED

Posted on December 3, 2017 by jcrom1028

[Exo 32:1 KJV] And when the people saw that Moses delayed[H954] to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
[Jdg 3:25 KJV] And they tarried till they were ashamed:[H954] and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
[Jdg 5:28 KJV] The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long[H954] in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
[2Ki 2:17 KJV] And when they urged him till he was ashamed,[H954] he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
[2Ki 8:11 KJV] And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:[H954] and the man of God wept.
[Ezr 8:22 KJV] For I was ashamed[H954] to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.
[Ezr 9:6 KJV] And said, O my God, I am ashamed[H954] and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
[Job 6:20 KJV] They were confounded[H954] because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
[Psa 25:3 KJV] Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:[H954] let them be ashamed[H954] which transgress without cause.
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Hebrew word used in Exodus 32 concerning Moses’ being 40 days and nights in the mount:

And when the people saw that Moses delayed[H954] to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

The word “delayed” is :

בּוּשׁ
Transliteration
buwsh
Pronunciation
büsh (Key)
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 222
KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong’s H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed

(Qal)

to feel shame

to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)

(Piel) to delay (in shame)

(Hiphil)

to put to shame

to act shamefully

to be ashamed

(Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

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The word is used to convey disappointment and shame. It has to do with feeling like you believed something, or had quick expectations about something, but it does not happen as you expect, or as soon as you expect. The people acted rashly because their expectations were unfulfilled. They were unfulfilled because they were wrong. I have included several verses using the same root word so it may be clear that “delayed” is only a partial expression in Exodus 32:1. It more completely is seen to be a sense of shame among the crowd at an expectation not being filled as it was hoped or expected.

The parallels with the disciples and Jesus are manifold. Jesus also spoke of going away and coming again quickly. He did, but not in the manner one might expect, so there was a lot of consternation. Moses went up into the mount (ascended on high) to receive “gifts” and instruction for the people. He received far, far more than tables of stone in those forty days and nights. And he came again to convey all he received to the people. It parallels Ephesians 3 and 4, where spiritual gifts intended for all,in the Spirit, are somehow turned into an elite clergy class to lead the people. When Jesus was to be glorified, he left instruction to the disciples to tarry until the were endued with power from on high. When that day was fully come, we find that the Holy Ghost came, and with Him, every endowment and gift necessary for the edifying of the body of Christ.

A good example is found in Luke 24, a snapshot of things at that point in time. Jesus had been crucified, and some were reporting that they found the tomb empty and two men in shining garments who told the people looking for a dead body, “why do you seek the living among the dead?”..”He is risen AS HE TOLD YOU”. But no one believed it.

“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed [together] and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications [are] these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found [it] even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself…”

Because the expectation about Christ was not according to knowledge, the men were “ashamed” (in the context of Exodus 32:1).

To this day, expectations about Jesus exist that have no basis in knowledge or truth. Because Jesus is no longer visible to the carnal eye, and does not walk about in a corporeal body, the presumption is that He is somewhere far off doing whatever, and will some day decide to make another appearance. The “void” created by this false presumption creates a vacuum that, conveniently, has been filled with clergy and self appointed experts, who will hold the fort for Jesus until He decides to reappear. The problem is, He never left or forsook us. He came expediently on the full day of Pentecost, and so is with us always, even UNTO the end of the age. “As for this Jesus, we don’t know where he went”. Yet, if the Spirit of Christ is in you. Christ is in you. And we will see him AS HE IS. Never again as He was. To be with Him where He is, and behold the glory He had with the Father before the world was is His desire concerning us. And we will be, and we will behold. Let us not be “ashamed” through impatience. Not all of Israel were deceived by Aaron in the matter of Moses and the tables. The sons of Levi had not been caught up in it, and they purged the camp.

The Lord is in His temple now.

Paul described for three years, with tears, what was going to manifest itself. It came to a head in Acts 20.

The dividing of His raiment and appointing, by lot, someone to assume His mantle is prophetic. Only the Holy Ghost in you fills that role. He is not dead. He is not gone. he has no replacement or “vicar”. He is:

“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all”. (all being His people, His body…not humanity at large…not a cult of clergy…ALL…)

Psalm 133 is also prophetic, wherein the unity of faith binds the body in the Spirit…the “ointment”…which flows to every part, bypassing the linen garment of priesthood, making us one in the Lord. Careful consideration of the significations of Psalm 133 teach that there is no possibility of dividing up the Spiritual garment or subdividing it. The Lord is in you. There is no place for mediators.

[[A Song of degrees of David.]] Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!
[It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.

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Put on Christ

Posted on December 2, 2017 by jcrom1028

[1Co 15:53-54 ] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

“Put on”:

ἐνδύω
Transliteration
endyō
Pronunciation
en-dü’-ō (Key)
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐν (G1722) and δύνω (G1416) (in the sense of sinking into a garment):

to go into, enter

go under, be plunged into, sink in

used in the NT of the setting of the sun

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This is from Paul’s expounding of the resurrection. It describes the resurrection as the corruptible and mortal “sinking into, plunged into, absorbed into (as the sun sets)”. Death, corruption and immortality literally swallowed up in victory.

It is interesting that “put on” is actually from a phrase that means “sink into”. I “sink into” a garment when I am entirely and completely settled into it.

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[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.
Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

The psalm describes Christ entering into you as the sun setting. It describes the “circuit” of this.

The sun enters into the heart through the preaching described in the beginning of the psalm. The next “circuit”, the next sun rise takes place…the day dawns and the Day Star arises in the heart. The law of life in Christ Jesus is perfect. It converts the soul…something the law of carnal commandments can not.

In describing the resurrection as it was written into the visible creation (in 1 Corinthians), and the diverse and manifold nature of the work of resurrection, we see that it is not a binary thing. Not an elevator whereby one dies in one place and “goes” to another. Like the tabernacle itself, there are heavenly as well as terrestrial. And even further, these each differ among their own kind in glory. There is an outer court…the unmeasured…and the hope of it is the true saying, “all who call upon the name of the lord shall be saved”. It is often called the “common” salvation.There is the holy place…unable to relinquish it’s hold on type and shadow, clergy and laity, interpretors, governors and tutors, and therefore not aware of the higher, “most holy” place. Assemblies are a curious conglomerate of man made bread, man made lamp stand, fueled with man pressed olive oil (signifying mediators in the form of clergy, interpreting for the people the things the Holy Ghost speaks). And the highest place, not manifest in the lamp stand and it’s operation. That entered into, and held by the faith of the Son of God, where you sit under your own vine and fig tree…the doctrine of Christ…both the Father and the Son bringing you into their fellowship.

[2Jo 1:9 KJV] Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

[1Jo 1:3 KJV] That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

So also is the resurrection. Each arises to and attains to his/her place that he/she was contented in or persuaded of.

([Rev 22:12 KJV] And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be).

John on Patmos, in the revealing of the Christ to him, also as we, was troubled by the casual and flippant handling of the “common” salvation. Just as we today might wrestle with whore mongers, adulterers, homosexuals and etc., professing and calling upon the name of Jesus. Or churches rife with abominable doctrines. The name of the Lord is their only hope in the places that they are. I would not take it from them. In being given a reed of a rod, John was told where to measure…and where not to measure. If Jesus says that all who call upon His name shall be saved, who am I to question it? I have had friends who were addicts, homosexuals, adulterers…you name it, who also are church goers and say they believe Jesus. If this troubles me, I am instructed not to measure it. The Lord has seen to it that each will have his/her appropriate reward. He will handle it. So also with Catholicism, Protestantism, and every sub divided faction and sect of “christianity” (so called). The saying still holds, “All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. I must not let it bother me. The Lord, as it is written, in every place, “knoweth them that are his”.

There are places we are not to measure. Am I saying “let them do evil so good may come”? God forbid. I say, preach Christ, walk in Him, walk in the revelation of Him in yourself, and have charity toward all men. The resurrection is not binary. Everything will receive of the Lord, what it has attained to. Let us by faith, so walk. Reckon yourself dead to sin and alive to Christ. Speak boldly. Do not be troubled in measuring what we have no place measuring. The psalm, the law and prophets, and the Lord testify that the operation of the Lord will take the measure of every man. There is no wisdom in them who compare themselves among themselves. There is wisdom in comparing one’s self to Christ.

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The Accuser

Posted on November 23, 2017 by jcrom1028

Did a study this AM, given the rise of unsubstantiated accusations all over the news these days. The Accuser is hard at work:

[2Ti 3:1-8 KJV] 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

“false accusers” is “diobolos”. (G1228 denotes that the preceding word was translated from “diobolos”). It is very clear that it boils down to the person of the accuser manifested. I call to mind the statement followed by a question: “It is God that justifies, who then is he that condemns?”. The book of Job also presents the justifier vs. the accuser. In entertaining the false assertions of his three “friends”, Job drew a conclusion. “([Job 9:24 KJV] 24) The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?” In the person of Elihu, the savior personified, Job is told:“Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom”. In the common vernacular, I paraphrase..”keep talking and dig a deeper hole, or be quiet and let me justify you “.

I believe the soul of a man is greatly polluted by all of this indignation and accusation being spoon fed the masses. It is wisdom to abstain from it.

Here is a list of verses that contain “diobolos” and what they were translated into:

[Mat 4:1, 5, 8, 11 KJV] 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.[G1228] …

5 Then the devil[G1228] taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, …

8 Again, the devil[G1228] taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; …

11 Then the devil[G1228] leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

[Mat 13:39 KJV] 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;[G1228] the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

[Mat 25:41 KJV] 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil[G1228] and his angels:

[Luk 4:2-3, 5-6, 13 KJV] 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil.[G1228] And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

3 And the devil[G1228] said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. …

5 And the devil,[G1228] taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

6 And the devil[G1228] said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. …

13 And when the devil[G1228] had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

[Luk 8:12 KJV] 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,[G1228] and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

[Jhn 6:70 KJV] 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?[G1228]

[Jhn 8:44 KJV] 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil,[G1228] and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

[Jhn 13:2 KJV] 2 And supper being ended, the devil[G1228] having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], to betray him;

[Act 10:38 KJV] 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;[G1228] for God was with him.

[Act 13:10 KJV] 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil,[G1228] [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

[Eph 4:27 KJV] 27 Neither give place to the devil.[G1228]

[Eph 6:11 KJV] 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.[G1228]

[1Ti 3:6-7, 11 KJV] 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.[G1228] 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.[G1228] …

11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers,[G1228] sober, faithful in all things.

[2Ti 2:26 KJV] 26 And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,[G1228] who are taken captive by him at his will.

[2Ti 3:3 KJV] 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,[G1228] incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

[Tit 2:3 KJV] 3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers,[G1228] not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

[Heb 2:14 KJV] 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;[G1228]

[Jas 4:7 KJV] 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,[G1228] and he will flee from you.
[1Pe 5:8 KJV] 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,[G1228] as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
[1Jo 3:8, 10 KJV] 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil;[G1228] for the devil[G1228] sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.[G1228] …

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:[G1228] whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
[Jde 1:9 KJV]

9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil[G1228] he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

[Rev 2:10 KJV] 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil[G1228] shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

[Rev 12:9, 12 KJV] 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,[G1228] and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. …

12 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil[G1228] is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

[Rev 20:2, 10 KJV] 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,[G1228] and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, …

10 And the devil[G1228] that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. HE DESIRES TO JUSTIFY US. 

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Divisions…the earmark of a dead race

Posted on November 12, 2017 by jcrom1028

[1Co 3:3 KJV] 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Adam’s fallen race is in decay. For anything dead, begins to break down into smaller and smaller components, which further degrade until all is dust again.

Yesterday I played a few tunes at a memorial service. Several years ago I had done renovation work on an old log cabin for a lady. We became friends and had many good conversations. She one day asked me to play the pipes at her memorial service when the time came, and I agreed. About a month ago, her family contacted me, told me of her passing, and that she had written in her last instructions, that I was to do this, which of course I did happily. Before the ceremony began, the “priest” was asking the family something about her ashes. I was not engaged in the conversation, but I remember thinking, “those are not her ashes…they are part of the creation, and belong to the Lord”. I was not being disrespectful. I always govern my tongue and respect people’s convictions, as they have the God given latitude to hold them. But the thinking was based upon a question that Jesus asked in a parable, “And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” I have always taken this to primarily point to the nature of this body of flesh that we are provided to sojourn in, while we make choices as to where we may or may not find ourselves in departing. If not faithful in this loaner, who will give us a real body of our own? A body incorruptible, and eternal? For every molecule in the pot of ashes that the “priest” called “her” ashes, were not then, nor ever were hers alone. Every every atom and every water molecule in my body have been, without a doubt, part of countless organisms, objects animated and inanimate, over the many long years since they were created. There is no possible way to assign any body to any organism as it’s own, since natural bodies are all composed of shared material, and after one’s departure, the rudimentary elements will find their way, yet again, into people, plants, soil, rocks, whatever. Before his fall, the Lord spoke to the man and woman that in the day they ate of the restricted fruit, they would surely die. This word embraced the whole of the race, and it set to work immediately.

The human race has fracture , divided, sub divided, and so forth, from that time. The human race is demonstrating all the earmarks of death at work. Man divides into nations. Man divides into religions. Nations and religions sub divide into opposing factions. Those factions further break down into yet smaller and smaller groupings, and so forth. Hence the saying, “As in Adam all die, even so (in the same manner) in Christ shall all be made alive.

The Apostle Paul recognized these things and drew a line of demarcation between the living and the dead. He said to all believers everywhere, “whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?” This same man also said, “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more”.

Jesus said of himself, except a seed of wheat fall to the earth and dies, it abides alone. But if it falls to the earth and dies, it brings forth much fruit”. The fruiting body is a head of wheat, each seed of which contains the entire genetic inheritance of the progenitor of the solitary seed that went into the ground.

Of these things, the prophet Isaiah spoke many years before:

[Isa 53:8 KJV] 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

The question is, if he is put to death, where will his generation be found? How does a dead man produce offspring? The answer is RESURRECTION.

In the wilderness, as the children of Jacob were lead out of Egypt, a miraculous thing (among many) occurred. In a sign, a dead walking stick, long since cut off of an Almond tree, was raised to life, it flowered and fruited, bearing a generation of seed in it’s resurrection, and in that estate, was placed in the holiest place of the tabernacle, in the ark of testimonies. The message being that a tree was descended from a gift of almonds was given to Joseph by his father Jacob as part of a payment for food. (Jacob at that time thought he was dealing with Pharaoh, and that his son Joseph was dead.) About four hundred years later, a branch of that tree would be cut off to make a walking stick. That walking stick would lead the children out of bondage, be raised, and enter the holiest place, the only almond out of Jacob to do so. And in it’s resurrection it was not alone. A generation was born to it as a crop of almonds. The further message in this, is that we, in faith in Christ, are partaker in his resurrection. But more than this, that our journey begins in his resurrection, we are to grow into him in all things as partakers of his resurrection , and in his resurrection. His people are not Hansel and Gretel like children, following a trail of crumbs, trying to make their way home. The journey of faith, from conception, to birth, to a perfect (mature and complete) individual, begins and culminates in Him, having translated us out of darkness and into the kingdom of His dear Son.

The body of resurrection belongs to the resurrected. It is your own. It is incorruptible, inviolate, can not decay, and lives according to the power of the Eternal Spirit of the Living God. Humanity today is locked in a great dead work. Namely, that flesh will be put back together in some form of Utopian framework. But no work of flesh will endure, because of it’s temporal nature. It offers you no eternal habitation. Even in the churches of Revelation 2 &3, decay was at work, the Lord pointing out the things that were dead and dying. And these Utopian works of flesh may even offer a dream of human peace and coexistence, but so what? Can they give you anything on the other side of the grave? And why do these efforts always deny the voice of Him who offers it?

Unity is already established. It is unity in the Spirit of Christ. Division and sub division at work in humanity, in any arena, is always an indicator of death at work. So then, “If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God, set your affections on things above, not on things in the earth, for you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory”.

It says, that if in this life only, we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Now, it does not say that we have no hope in this life, for that same Spirit that raised Christ dwells in us, and He will quicken even our mortal bodies. But ours is a far higher hope. That of a body born in His resurrection.

May no word or work of man kind deter you from this hope, which is in Christ Jesus. It is not necessary to walk in the ever forking path of the offended body of Adam’s rotting race. Christ is not divided. Think of it. A body of your own. Not a chemical loaner that has a shelf life. It is yours by faith.

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Her Plagues

Posted on November 4, 2017 by jcrom1028

πληγή
Transliteration
plēgē
Pronunciation
plā-gā’ (Key)
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From πλήσσω (G4141)
Dictionary Aids

Vine’s Expository Dictionary: View Entry
KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong’s G4127 in the following manner: plague (12x), stripe (5x), wound (4x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a blow, stripe, a wound

a public calamity, heavy affliction, plague,

Every use of the word “plague” or “plagues” in the book of revelation, is from the above.

This is the common definition of “plague” (from Miriam-Webster)

1 plague
noun \ ˈplāg \
Popularity: Top 30% of words
Tip: Synonym Guide
Examples: plague in a Sentence

Definition of plague
1 a :a disastrous evil or affliction :calamity
b :a destructively numerous influx or multiplication of a noxious animal :infestation

a plague of locusts

2 a :an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality :pestilence
b :a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms — called also black death
3 a :a cause of irritation :nuisance
b :a sudden unwelcome outbreak
a plague of burglaries

In Revelation, “plague” is used to describe heavy chastisement, the hard laying on of stripes as of a whip or a cane, etc. Medically, a plague can be traced to some pathogen, some unsanitary condition, contaminated food, vermin, fleas, etc.

The book of Revelation lays heavy stripes and chastisement upon Babylon, the great whore. The Lord warns that the nations or people who copulate with the great whore, will be partakers of her plagues and judgments. Everything conceived among the nations in her bed chamber will be killed (Rev 2:22&23). And the Lord’s people deceived in her, will taste of her stripes and plagues (Rev 18). The book of Revelation opens with the Lord revealing in the assemblies, the entities that operate in their midst, having no place among anyone who names the name of the Lord. It goes on to repeatedly warn them to repent, and chronicles their refusal to repent. It concludes with the fact that all were fairly and sternly warned from the beginning (Rev 22:12-16)

Without the Holiest place are many things. They include the candlestick and all associated with that environment, where the whole of the assemblies are rebuked, while the handful among them who are worthy are acknowledged. The outer courts, further without, are a gathering place of peoples unto the “name” of the Lord, but are so corrupt as to be no longer included in the Lord’s living instructions, and are not measured at all. (Rev 11).

These things are not just ahead, or just around the corner. They have been at work for two thousand years, and beyond. Jesus Christ abiding in the heart, the Day Star arisen in the individual, and His truth reigning within, is the place from which all are defined as “without”. (Rev 22) Jesus spoke in a place of receiving, day by day, your “daily bread”. This answers to the manna collected under the law, and with certain conditions. Outside these conditions, the very manna stank and bread worms. Jesus later spoke to the individual with an ear to hear, of the right to eat of the hidden manna. This answers to the manna in the golden pot, of which Paul writes in Hebrews 9. It is instilled once, hidden within, the moment the foot touches the land of promise. The daily bread never falls again. Search though one might, for that person who has tasted the heavenly and the power of the ages to come, there is no going back. For there is nothing to go back to. The overcomer has an eternal inward supply, present within, a measure that is of the fullness, never labored for, never touched by any man’s hand (as the show bread which answers to the daily manna subjected to conditions). It never diminishes, no matter how often consumed, yet being a measure, it always teaches you that there is far more. It is not subject to conditions. It answers to the law of Life in Christ Jesus. It purveys things against which there is no law. Jesus, in the midst of a field of grain, each disciple eating, is a picture of this. (Matt 12:3, mark 2:25, Luke 6:3). The Pharisees attempted to bring the law into it and were utterly rebuked. Theirs is the place of the daily manna. Jesus is the hidden manna. Jesus told the Pharisees to examine what David did when he was hungry. He ate what was not lawful for him to eat and was blameless. When you walk in the substance of things, you do not answer to the type and shadow.

The great conflagration of our time has it’s roots squarely in the great whore of Revelation. The Georgetown connection, is the supply of the swamp. Everyone and everything that loves and makes a lie, will be burned with fire. Jesus described the place where the fire is not quenched, yet the worm does not die. Not all combustion is rapid. This place too, is not afar off, but very present, and that for a long time. Wherever the foundation is laid; which is Christ Jesus, the flame is instantly at work on wood, hay and stubble. The day of the Lord is at hand (1 Cor 3:13)

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THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS

Posted on September 21, 2017 by jcrom1028

THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS

[2Pe 3:1-10 KJV]
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

“The world that then was”

In the world that then was, part stood in the water. Part stood out of the water. But the parts that stood out of the water, stood out no more. The land was immersed. In the world (age; order of things) that now is, some stand in the Word of God, some out. In due time, no part of this age will stand out of the word of God. All will be immersed. All will be put to the test. All that broils in the inner man of every man and woman, not wrought of the Spirit of Christ, will perish. The Lord said no man comes to the Father but by Him. This immutable truth is owing to the fact that the fullness of the godhead dwells in him, and without the Spirit of Christ, we have no part in him.

The world of old that perished contains many encrypted messages. One is the two Enoch’s. One Enoch was of the line of Cain, who was “of that evil one”, as said the Apostle. This Cain was “driven from the presence of the Lord” into the land of Nod. All of this took place without physical locomotion. Cain was not removed from one geographic location to another. The experience took place entirely within his being…his inner man. There is no place that the Lord is excluded from or not present in, with one exception. For omnipotence defines omnipotence. Not human perception of it. The Lord is, or is not, where He choses to walk…or walk not. “Nod” means “aimless wandering”. Again, Nod was not (and is not) a geographic location. It is (or is not) a condition of the inner man. Cain, with no fellowship in God, void of divine direction, produced a son, named him Enoch, and built a city, also calling it Enoch. Enoch means, “The place of teaching;the place of inauguration”. Cain’s fallen line spawned the movers and shakers of the course of humanity, manifest in those who (without any fellowship of Christ) both concoct and enforce their will of domination, upon the world about them. The mark of Cain, visible to this day, is seen in this.

Of the line of Seth, the figurative man of resurrection, was another Enoch born. This Enoch, the seventh from Adam, came into the world. It is written that he was 65 years old, and he walked with God after. For three hundred years he walked with God. And he was not, “for God took him”. What transpired between Enoch and God, in fellowship with each other those three hundred years, is known to Enoch and to God. But in those three hundred years, a number signifying complete separation, Enoch fulfilled his name. For the place where he was taught was within himself. And his teacher was the Spirit of the Lord. This condition and situation is available and attainable to all, by faith. We know a glimpse of what Enoch was shown and believed, for in the book of Jude, we read some of it:

[Jde 1:14-15 KJV]
“14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him”.

Enoch walked in the revelation of Jesus Christ, and spoke of Christ’s coming and the manner of His appearing. Enoch the seventh was born into a world that had a city bearing his name and identity. But he was not deceived by anything which did not come to him by the Teacher with whom he walked for three hundred years.

This prophetic picture is there for us to receive admonition by, to this day. The survivors of the age that now is, will have chosen wisely, preferring the hearing of faith, and the fellowship of Christ, to the cities, systems, religions, governments, societies, & et cetera, of this age. All of the device of man, conceived and implemented in aimless wandering, in the vanity of no fellowship with Christ, will be burned up, regardless of what name is hung upon it. Much is being done in Christ’s name, in which he claims no involvement at all. Here, we have no continuing city. There is nothing to join which will, by reason of membership, satisfy the incumbency upon each individual, to walk with the Lord.

This I say with love for all, and malice for none.

John

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THE GREAT SENDING AWAY

Posted on July 14, 2017 by jcrom1028

2Th 2:1-3 KJV – 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

“FALLING AWAY” is the word “apostasia”, from which springs the phrase “apostate church”. The root of the word is “apostasion”. It means “bill of divorce”:

 

 

The KJV translates Strong’s G647 in the following manner: divorcement (2x), writing of divorcement (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

  1. divorce, repudiation
  2. a bill of divorce

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

ἀποστάσιον apostásion, ap-os-tas’-ee-on; neuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of G868; properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce:—(writing of) divorcement.

 

The “apostate church” does not fall away…it is SENT away. In the opening chapters of the book of Revelation…a book of significations…John sees seven golden candlesticks with one walking in the midst. In addressing the first of them, the Spirit of the Lord warns of removing their candlestick from his place. What is a candlestick?:

 

Rev 1:19-20 KJV – 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

The candlesticks are the churches. The assemblies themselves, with all that goes on within them. It is of note that in each of these assemblies, there are particular things at work, some good and commendable, but most bad and unacceptable. Indeed, why does the Spirit speak to bring to light, things that do not belong? Because the organization has begun to replace the organism; a system has begun to rear it’s head and contends for the faith once delivered to the saints. Christ in the individual is the hope of glory in that individual. Christ in an elitist cultus of clergy is not Christ. It is , exactly as Paul warned, “another Jesus , another Spirit, another gospel”, (which are not another…there IS no other).

The book of revelation itself, as a signification, draws directly from the meanings encrypted in the tabernacle that Moses built. The outer courts housed the tabernacle itself, which consisted of the holy place, and the most holy place:

Heb 9:1-10 KJV – 1 Then verily the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God]. 7 But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people: 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 [Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.

A part of the “language” of the tabernacle is found in the word “sanctify” and the word “profane”. To sanctify means to “set apart”. Sanctuary is a place for the set apart. The holy of holies, or the holiest of all, means the “set apart from the set apart”. The profane is, in effect, to go in the wrong direction. If I attempt to take the things of the holiest place and move them into the holy, or the things of the holy place to the outer courts, I “PROFANE” these things, or make them common.

So, what is the “place” of the candlestick? Where does it belong? It belongs in the holy place. This is it’s highest appointment. If you search the scriptures, you will find no appointed place in the holy of holies for the candlestick. It has no place there. So, if removed from his place, it has only one place to go…the unmeasured outer courts. Why unmeasured? :

Rev 11:1-2 KJV – 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.

In these unmeasured outer courts, what goes on, goes on in the “name of the Lord”. But unlike the case with the candlesticks…the assemblies…in their rightful place, the Spirit of the Lord does not “measure” them. If one reads Revelation 2 and 3, one can see the Spirit measuring the assemblies by what He speaks to them.

The great “falling away” of 2 Thessalonians 2 is not a “falling away” it is an apostasion…a bill of divorce…a SENDING away into the unmeasured outer courts, where the truth is cast to the ground…falsely made common. These things are not over the horizon, about to happen. They have been the case for a long, long time, wherein the task masters and their dreamed up tasks, imposed upon the so-called laity, in the name of the Lord:

Mat 7:15-23 KJV – 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

There is, in the book of Isaiah, a prophetic picture of assemblies put away from the Lord’s message, living in the world, yet still boasting His identity…still doing what they do, in “His name”:

Isa 4:1 KJV – 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Generally, a married woman takes the name of the husband. If served a bill of divorce for infidelity, generally that name is changed to her original name. In the prophetic example of Isaiah 4, she is willingly put out, has no problem being her own provider, but wants to keep the name of her former husband in order to maintain a certain appearance. She wants to be free of her former husband, but continue to operate in his name. Such is the warning of Matthew 7…things done In the Lord’s name, but not with His participation. Such is an apostate…a sent away church or assembly.

Now, for all this concerning assemblies going their own way to the unmeasured outer courts, the word of the Lord still stands…the INDIVIDUAL who comes to Him and abides with Him, He will IN NO WISE cast out. The Lord will make an end of dealing with organizations. But He will never leave or forsake individuals. In the example of Revelation 2 and 3, though no candlestick ever has any place in the holiest place, and can be put out, the Spirit still calls the individual, saying, “Come up here”.

The intent of this writing is to encourage the individual. The churches have, for the greater part, chosen the world. They have decided that the “church” must keep up with the times and adapt to the world and it’s self destructive course. This is an absolute lie. The Word of the Lord abides forever. The world is passing away. The churches are embracing that which is dissolving away, and are not embracing the eternal truth in Christ. Every human form of depravity and perversion are embraced in the name of “love”. This is a dangerous state of affairs. I do not love people if I do not tell them the truth. No individual need follow the organizations in there folly. While you breath…you have the power of choice.

Jesus spoke by way of promise, that the individual who overcomes in the same manner He overcame, will sit with Christ in the Father. Jesus, in departing, said “I have overcome the world”. Yet the nations are still warring, corruption abounds, religious, civil and social conditions are deplorable. Upon His departure from flesh, the nation was still under foreign dominion, the priests and politicians still worked abominably under the shadow and guise of the temple, etc. Yet Jesus said “I have overcome the world”. Where? How?

He overcame it in Himself.

So must I.

The great “falling away” is taking place now. It is a SENDING away. As in nearly everything else in scripture, the daydreaming leadership of the churches still look for things to happen, which have been going on for a long, long time. They look with eyes of flesh. They put everything just over the horizon. But as the Spirit testified to John on the Isle of Patmos…the time of these things is here…it is at hand.

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A FORK IN THE ROAD

Posted on July 7, 2017 by jcrom1028

Mat 7:13 KJV – 13

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Rom 8:28-31 KJV – 28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?

 

Yogi Berra said “If you come to a fork in the road; take it”. Yogi was full of these sort of sayings, which are very funny, in part, because there is an element of truth to them, and because they are open ended.

Romans 8 is a fork in the road. It has been used to support the notion that the final end of every individual has be determined beforehand. Some to the left hand, some to the right. But Romans 8 is not to do with predetermination. It is 100% about choice. It is about walking in the flesh, or in the Spirit. That is the fork in the road. Romans 8 begins like this:

Rom 8:1 KJV – 1

[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The ONLY thing that is predetermined is that you will come to the fork, and there will be two ways to walk from that point. But which of the two any individual chooses is not by any means predetermined. It is 100% a matter of choice. The end of either choice is set. It is already determined. But let no man, woman or child believe that they have no choice in the matter, as to which way they choose…the way of faith, or the way that seems right to humanity.

As an example, consider the man Cain. In his first letter, John writes about the two paths, and writes about someone who chose the wrong path:

1Jo 3:10-13 KJV –

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

To say that Cain was “of that wicked one”, could be construed as a predetermined condition…as if he was born to it, and had no choice in the matter. But what are the facts? When Cain saw that his offering of works was not accepted with God, and his brother’s offering of faith was, God saw Cain’s anger about this, and said , “If you do well, will you not be accepted?”  The answer, of course, is yes. John, writing many years after Cain has ended his course, writes that he was “of that wicked one”. It is a postmortem. It is an observation made, long after the opportunity of choice has passed, of the choice that was made. But clearly, Cain had every opportunity, so long as he drew breath, to change his direction.

Romans 8 is about just that. While you and I draw breath, we have the right to choose the path we take.

Another saying of Jesus’ that is misconstrued is:
Mat 22:14 KJV – 14

“For many are called, but few [are] chosen.”

This too may seem arbitrary and discriminatory. But again, the facts are,  being chosen is completely a consequence of answering the call. Not everyone invited to a feast decides to go. But everyone invited can, if he of she wants to.

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RIGOR MORTIS

Posted on June 11, 2017 by jcrom1028

The body without the Spirit is dead.

Jas 2:26 KJV – 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Whether in a nation, or in an individual,  without the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Lord, all you really have is a dead body. One of the first things to manifest itself in a dead body, is rigor mortis…stiffness in the muscles.

A dead body, upon first inspection, seems to be without activity. Indeed, the original occupant is gone. There is no connection anymore, to the spirit. But close inspection reveals that a dead body attracts a host. Some of the things that manifest themselves were there all along, only held in check by the body’s defenses. Other things are attracted to a dead body and immediately take up residence, feasting upon the symphony of decay. Herod, who gave an oration, and failed to glorify God for the contents of the oration, fell down dead, eaten of worms. These worms were in him to start with. Jesus spoke that where the carcass is, there will the vultures gather. These are attracted by death.

Two places in scripture come to mind. In the book of Revelation, the Spirit speaks by way of warning to the assemblies, that their lamp stand can, and may be removed from “his place”.  In an assembly, the Spirit of the Lord speaks to any individual with an ear to hear. His testimony of the Christ sheds light upon the many individuals and entities resident in them, ready to seize dominion, held at bay by nothing but the Spirit of the Lord in the midst. Should the candlestick be separated from the flame…the “worms” will rule the lifeless body. The many task masters will impose endless mandates and dictates upon the congregation, but to absolutely no avail. A lifeless body can not accomplish anything. It is nothing but food. Dust for the serpent’s meat. Also known as “dead works”. (Gen. 3, dead man is dust…serpent fodder…)

Gen 3:14, 19 KJV – 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: ….

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

If the candle of the Lord is removed from an assembly…it is dead. I have been in many an assembly and heard the songs calling for the Lord to “revive us again”…or begging the Spirit of the Lord to come and go from their gatherings. The Lord does not come and go. Either he lives and abides in me, or he doesn’t. As for “reviving”, this He did once, for all.
He is not going to taste of death again.

Isa 26:19 KJV – 19 Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

He, Christ, is the resurrection. There is, and will be, no other. If I comprehend the above saying of Isaiah, I comprehend that to ask Christ to revive me again, would require him to die again. It will never happen. Rather, to any who sleep in the dust of man, I say, awake to righteousness and enter by faith, into what Christ has once for all done, and will not do again. Forsake the lifeless assembly and walk in the Spirit, in the newness of life. Whether an individual, or a nation…none will escape the imposition of death, without Christ. Concerning His people, the prophet cried:

Jer 2:11-13 KJV – 11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

In other words…a people, without the Lord, are dead. If the Living Waters is not in a people…regardless of how they attempt to claim association with the Lord…they have none. A broken cistern, void of Christ, falls under hard and cruel bondage, which brings me to the second place of scripture that come to mind on the subject. I encourage you to read Isaiah 34. It depicts the dead body, and the things that reign in it. The fig falls and the vine drops it’s leaf. This is a signification of the loss of the fellowship of the Father and Son. Without this, things quickly become fodder for every carrion seeking thing. And the iron fisted, flesh tearing rule of man over man.

Isa 34:12-13 KJV – 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls.

Anything, religion, nation, or man …without Christ…is dead. Judges 9 will also cast light on Isaiah’s sayings. For judges 9 depicts the Godhead in allegory…as the Olive (Spirit), the Fig (Father) and the Vine (Son). The Lord rules willingly from within. Reject this, and you have the thorns and brambles of man ruling man, mercilessly and cruelly. Judges 9 juxtaposes this for you.

Choose the Lord, Christ in you the hope of glory…or chose what comes without this.

The body, without the Spirit…is dead.

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