Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

Here, I will insert some background on Saul, who we now know as Paul, to aid our understanding of his personality, and how he knew those who oppose God and His kingdom, and the revelation of the Christ centered Gospel of this kingdom.* But before I do I want to share with you something that the LORD showed me early this morning in what He said as recorded by John in chapters 6 and 10, first 6 where it states this in verse 57: John 6:53-59 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh, and drinketh My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, dwells in Me, and I in him. As the living Father has sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats Me, even he shall live by* Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live forever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.” 

And then in John 10 it states this in verse 9: John 10:6-19 “This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood nothing of what things they were which He spoke to them. Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by* Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: (mere natural man has the character of Satan with the poison of asps under the tongue) I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeing the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. (todays divided churches in denominationalism of mans Religion in what ever form it maybe and in hypcrocy, these people are like onwanted weeds that spring up everywhere) The hireling flees, because he is an hireling, and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knows Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: (not of Israel, as the gifts and callings of God are irrevockable Romans 11:29) them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (Not a house divided and in strife caused by that dividision.) Therefore does My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again. No man takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of My Father. There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.”
*In both passages the word “by” has the meaning of through, as for the specific reason and ground of Me. 

Paul in Romans 11:29 makes a statement which has caused many to be in confusion and turmoil, to get the flow I will pick up his thought beginning with verse 25 through to verse 36: “I would not, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is My covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (Acts 10:34, “God is NO respecter of persons”) For as you in times past have not believed God, (being the pagan gentiles) yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:(this is Israel) Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. (all are now on the same playing field of life, NO one is better than his neighbor) For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all. (This is the greatest of mercies and ultamitely reward, our trust as Abraham trusted unto righteousness.)

O for the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been His counsellor? Or who has first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Whom be glory for ever.” 
 
Now here is what I was shown; if I confess a faith in Him, or a belief of Him, do I have access to the Father? NO! Access is only through Him, this being both clothed with and indwelt by Him. You see the demons and devils  confess a “belief in” and some even, “I believe,” but they have NO through Him, granted to them.  

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