(A MID REVELATION STUDY TO HELP)  To: 40,661 subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His spirit. 10/31/22, God’s 8^th month Cheshvan 6, 5,782. (Day 2 until sunset)

   The Lord God Jesus said David’s kingdom would be forever because David had the same respectful, loving obedient mentality that’s given to each recipient of God’s spirit when they’re born anew, ‘when each is fathered by God the Father.’ Today David’s descendant ‘Jesus’ is king of kings and His genuine followers are made Priest of God and His Christ. Jesus’ apostle Paul was inspired to give the perspective on how God’s spirit works in His church, ‘that is His kingdom followers.’

    (Romans 15:1-33; But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. For even Christ did not please Himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 

  For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. 

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and thus the Gentiles glorify God for His mercy. As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to Your name.” And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him.” And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles. But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God, to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation, but as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” 

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome. This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you. But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 

  But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the Saints. For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the Saints in Jerusalem. For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem Saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing. Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the Saints, so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.) 

    Recipients of the Holy Spirit have the mind of Jesus guiding and as such think like David. Read the Psalms prayerfully to get a grasp on David’s mind set regarding his servitude and obedience to His Lord.

   As is customary with Satan and his followers, he gave a partial truth when speaking to Eve. After questioning Eve about what God said, she told him and He said; (Gen 3:4-5; The serpent said to the woman, “Surely you will not die, for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”) This is what the gifted Holy Spirit does for called believers in Jesus and His blood sacrifice, for the remission of our sins. Eyes are opened and we see from God’s perspective. 

    Jesus explained; (John 14:15-27; “If you love me, you will obey My commandments. Then I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see us or know us. But you know us, because it resides with you and will be in you. 

  “I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you. In a little while the world will not see Me any longer, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live too. You will know at that time that I am in My Father and you are in Me and I am in you. The person who has My commandments and obeys them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.” “Lord,” Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will obey My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and take up residence with him. The person who does not love Me does not obey My words. And the word you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. “I have spoken these things while staying with you. 

   But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.  “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.) JESUS IS THE ADVOCATE, BOTH HE AND HIS SPIRIT LIVES IN EACH BELIEVING INDIVIDUAL. (STUDY HEBREWS 9.)   

  To:40,619 subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His spirit. 10/29/22, God’s 8th month, Cheshvan 4. 5,683 (The Sabbath until sunset)

   Jesus describes the disgusting evil person’s nature through Isaiah: (Isa 66:3-6; The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices. So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before Me; they chose to do what displeases Me.” 

  Listen to the LORD’s message, you who respect His word! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of My name, say, “May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame. The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD paying back His enemies.) (So Satan and His followers will meet their fate as Revelation’s to John are revealed.)

   The obedient will Rejoice with Jerusalem. (Isa 66:7-24; Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons! “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 

   “Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. For this is what the LORD says: “Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees. As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.”) 

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord. For look, the LORD comes with fire, His chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal His raging anger, His battle cry, and his flaming arrows. For the LORD judges all humanity with fire and His sword; the LORD will kill many. “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice – they will all be destroyed together,” says the LORD. “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness My splendor. 

   I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the (Gentile) nations – to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about Me or seen My splendor. They will tell the nations of My splendor. They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the LORD. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to My holy hill Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the LORD’s temple in ritually pure containers. And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD. 

  “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will remain. From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship Me,” says the LORD. 

   “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against Me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.” (BACK TO REVELATIONS)

    The Angel and the Little Scroll. (Rev 10:1-21; Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” —-  Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven and swore by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! 

  But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets.” Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again, “Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 

   So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 

  Then they told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” 

   The Two Witnesses. (Rev 11:1-14’ Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant My two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.  Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them. Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.)

The Seventh Trumpet. (Rev 11:15-19; Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God with these words: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.” Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of His covenant was visible within His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.”) (Revelations 12 is an insert chapter about Satan’s demise, compare with Isaiah 14, AND Israel’s enemies are prophesied about.) 

To: 40,610 subscribers we are praying God makes Temples of His spirit. 10/29/22. God’s 8^th month, Cheshvan 4, 5,783

    David’s kingdom continues in this age through Jesus and His called ones that He makes One with Himself and God the Father.

   (Eph 4:11-16; And Jesus Himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, to equip the Saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature. So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.) 

    There is no methodology God the Father does it all through Jesus’ choosing, calling and by promised grace. (See Eph 2:8) (Allow Peter cap off these truths.)

   (2Peter 1:3-15; I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what (was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. But concerning the one who lacks such things – he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you. Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have. Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.) (These are the attributes of Jesus and that David grew to, Thus David was promised his kingdom would continue forever. (Now John is shown the prayers of the Saints.)

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer. (Rev 8:1; Now when the Lamb opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 

  Another angel holding a golden censer came and was stationed at the altar. A large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne. The smoke coming from the incense, along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. (Because of sin, 7 trumpets.)

The Seven Trumpets. Now the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. The first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood, and a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; it landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. (Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise. Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying directly overhead, proclaiming with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!” (Rev 9:2-2; Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star (destroying angel) that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead. The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person. 

  (Seemingly John is visioning modern day warfare.) In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them. Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces. They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails. 

  They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. (Satan) The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things! Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God, saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, (preplanned) “Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity. The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number. 

  Now this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfurous yellow in color. The heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 

  For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. Furthermore, they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.) (Next, we’ll see Jesus’ coming with power.)

 To 40,577 subscribers we pray are being made Temples of God’s spirit. 10/28/22.  God’s 8^th month, Cheshvan 3, 5,783. (Day 6 of week)

 A Truth Gem: Many who might otherwise seek God’s truth are led to a religious comfort zone by a clergy with agendas. Some are deceived by a denomination of choice who make them merchandise, others inherit positions, and for others it’s a chosen feel good vocation. Generally, these have two or more things in common. (1) They aren’t aware the degree of paganism that existing because of a pagan calendar: people can’t serve two masters. (2) Most clergy teach folks can be saved by a method of steps exercised. (3) Clergy leans heavy toward changing popular traditions, rather than seek the unchanging God. (4) They see nothing wrong with practices that are abominable to God; in part because they don’t know God is One, that He has allocated all things to the Son until the time of New Jerusalem’s coming down. Once people are led to a religious comfort zone and socialize with like-minded folks, they become self-righteous which is not what Abraham nor David was.

    Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and David believed in their Lord God and obeyed out of loving respect. (Rev 6:1-14; I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, “Come!”  So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer. Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword. Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand. Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!” (Inflation caused by greed.) Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth. Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given. They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been. Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”) – The fifth seal is the dead in Christ asking “how long? The sixth is about the end this age’s difficult times “the tribulation. A time we pray for a shortening of time for the Elect’s sake.”

   (Rev 7:1-8; “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea: “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel: From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand, (7) from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.”)

    God’s promises to Abraham, Moses and prophets are many and perpetual. Physical Israelites are yet to inhabit the territory allotted to Abraham’s descendants. Followers of Jesus are called to become spiritual Israelites, and gifted with ‘circumcision of the heart.’  It’s the Kingdom of God established on earth, Jesus’ followers serving as priest of God. (Not the parallels of New Jerusalem’s coming down with its twelve gates named for the twelve tribes of Israel and its twelve foundations named for Jesus’ twelve apostles.

   All people belonging to Jesus are spiritual Israelites and Abraham’s heirs. (See Gal 3:29) (The 144,000 are all Israelites.)

  (Rev 7:9-12; “After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. They were shouting out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, saying, (“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”) (Our Creator’s Way, characteristics, planning, righteousness, holiness and mercy reveals His identify in part. God the Father and God the Son, are At-One. From our human perspective we may say, “they‘re as One.” “As a husband & wife relationship should be.” (At-One as Jesus’ relationship to His church & mimics His relationship with His Father.) Thus, “Father and Son are One” “Jesus and His church are One” “Members of His church are One.”

   (Now we’ll see the example of His last being first as revealed to John. (Overcoming people during the turbulent tribulation are special because of their being persevering Saints. (Rev 7:13-16; “Then one of the elders asked me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?” So, I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then He said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! For this reason, they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple, and the One seated on the throne will shelter them. They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”)

  Except there be repentance likened to Nineveh’s after Jonah’s message was preached to them, a Great Tribulation period is coming on this demonically led world. We aren’t setting dates, even if it’s two hundred plus years, that’s soon on God’s time table. Jesus revealed to His prophets and they to us, “this world’s populous will mirror Sodom and Gomorrah before Jesus’ return. Jesus’ prophesied Great Tribulation time is punishment for the disobedience to His commands and a testing time for many.

To: 40,541 subscribers we’re praying God makes Temples of His spirit. 10/27/22, God’s 8th month, Cheshvan 2, 5,783. (Day 5 of week)

    Believers in and followers of Jesus are appointed as a kingdom of priest. The seven churches in the providence of Asia are primarily those started by Jesus’ apostle Paul. The witnessing angel’s message is from the Father and the Son. John is banished to an island because of His witnessing about Jesus. (Rev 1:1-8; The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John, who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near! 

  Greeting to the Seven Churches. From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen. (Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.) “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful!

   Vision of the Son of Man. *Rev 1:9-20; I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches – to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 

  I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands, (churches) and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. He held seven stars (angels) in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength. When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 

  The Heavenly Throne. (Rev 4:1-20; After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said: “Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things.” Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it! And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne. 

  In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads. From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying. 

   Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!” And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”) (Review Col 1:15-20) 

   The Scroll and the Lamb  (Rev 5:1-14; Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). They were singing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 

   Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand – thousands times thousands – all of whom were singing in a loud voice: “Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” 

  Then I heard every creature – in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them – singing: “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”  And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.) 

    Remember David was promised his kingdom would be forever, now we see that kingdom is the Church of God in this age before Jesus returns to reign supreme. Followers of Jesus must say with Him and His apostles, “our kingdom isn’t of this world.” Worldly preachers get worked up on everything but, “what’s an abominable to God” which are sexual sins, abortion, idol worship and not remembering His Sabbaths. ((The following verse affirms days begin at sunset. (Rev 1:7; “John was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day.”)) Most translators put tradition ahead of fact and lean toward “Lord’s day” being equivalent to the first day of the week. In part because of the erroneous assumption that Jesus died on the sixth and rose on the first day, and in part because of the erroneous assumption that Jesus allowed Paul to change the Sabbath to the first day of the week. Another view is that the “Lord’s Day” is the annual Sabbath “Last Great Day,” ending the “Feast of Tabernacles. Which shadows final judgment before New Jerusalem’s coming down. Jesus was celebrating “The Last Great Day” when John recorded the following.

   (John 7:37-39; “On the last day of the feast, “the Greatest Day” Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty let him come to Me and let the one who believes IN Me drink. Just as the scripture says, ‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’” (similar quotes, Isa 44:3, 55:1, 58:11, and Zech 14:8) (He said, “this about the Spirit” those who believed IN Me will receive, “for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

   As said earlier “we need to be careful of translators” they’re humans who sometimes have agendas. Through John, Jesus describes Himself as; “The Son of God” “The Alpha and the Omega” “The One who was, is and is to come” “The All-Powerful” “One holding the keys of death and of Hades!” “One who has a firm grasp on the seven Stars ‘Angels of the churches’ in His right hand” “One who walks among the seven golden lamp stands: ‘Churches.’’ “One who is the first and last” “One who was dead, but came to life” “One who has the sharp double-edged sword” “One knowing where His churches are and where Satan’s throne is” “One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze” “The Holy and the True One” “Holds the key of David” “Opens doors no one can shut, shuts doors no one can open” “The Amen faithful and true witness” “The originator of God’s creation” and “The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David.” 

Jesus’ Revelations to John, chapter 1

To: 40,506 subscribers we’re praying God makes Temples of His spirit. 10/26/22, God’s 8th month, Cheshvan 1, 5,783. (Day 4 of week)

  We don’t know a lot about God’s seven Asian churches, “Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” We know Jesus’ apostle Paul taught in the city of Ephesus and wrote that church a letter. At Colossians 4:16, Paul is asking them to share his letter with the Laodicea church. Some speculate these churches represent the Churches of God down through this current age. Laodicea being the end time church. There’s some logic in that assumption. Without revelations, I won’t go there. We teach God’s Church recognizes His laws, oracles and seasons as Judaism’s calendar sets them forth. Jesus’ apostle Paul was given revelations.

Romans 3:1-4; “Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision? Actually there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God? Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: “so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”) “Quote from Psalms 51:4” Remember Jesus gave “understanding of scripture” to His apostles

As Jesus points out through John, the Ephesus church lost enthusiasm, “their first love.” Ephesus and Pergamum churches were plagued by the Nicolaitans. Sects holding to paganism to some degree. (Nicolaitans: a sect sometimes associated with Nicolas a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch. one of the seven original deacons in the Jerusalem church.) (See Acts 6:5) (Seemingly he taught Christians could engage in immoral behavior with impunity.) The temple of Diana, “Atriums” was at Ephesus and their worshipers gave Paul problems. See Acts 19:27)

(Rev 2:8-11; “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the One who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life: ‘I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews “Christian” and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you, thrown into prison so you may be tested, “tempted-tried” and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.’”) (This is the first of four times, “second death” is referred to in “Revelation of Jesus to John.” (IN this age, “many professing Christians are serving the synagogues of Satan.)

Worldly religions, practice various forms of paganism, “Baal and other gods the Roman calendar weekdays are named for.” Sun worship is very much alive. (Our English dictionary defines worship as; “loving, respecting, greatly and perhaps unquestioningly.”) Christendom in general looks to the winter equinox season with unquestioning celebrations, much as the pagans were doing during the time Jesus gave Moses His calendar for His people. Jesus said, “follower’s of Satan are the many who say He’s is the Christ and deceive the many.” The many aren’t aware that a “second death” awaits those who refuse to believe IN Jesus when He’s revealed; “particularly in and during His millennial reign.”

(Rev 2:12-17; “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: “this is the solemn pronouncement of the One who has the sharp double-edged sword: ‘I know where you live – where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to My name and you have not denied your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives. But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. (See Num 22-24; 31:16.” In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore, repent! (turn) If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of My mouth. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, “overcomes” I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.’”)

Denominationalists don’t take Satan seriously, not aware that he’s in the business of putting stumbling blocks before those who would follow Jesus. (See Balaam’s cunning ways, led by Satan. (See Num, 22: - 31:)

(Rev 2:18-29; “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze: ‘I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones. But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives My servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality. Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds. Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve. But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called “deep secrets of Satan”) to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you. However, hold on to what you have until I come. And to the one who conquers, (overcomes) and who continues in My deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations – he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, just as I have received the right to rule from My Father – and I will give him the morning star. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”) (Jezebel’s characteristics were that of an adulterous person, physical and spiritually. Allowing herself to be Satan’s tool. The (deep secrets of Satan) have to do with his lie regarding immortality, deceptions about the grave, Hades and Shoel. God is allowing Satan temporary spiritual and physical powers, to do signs and wonders. He has temporary power over the nations as Jesus prophesied) (Revealing that His churches have varying characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. At a point of God’s choosing, every person will witness His return.)

(1Cor 15:22-24; “For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ, the first fruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to Him. Then comes the, (millennial) end, when He, (Jesus) hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when He has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.”) (Jesus was the firstborn from among the dead, the ultimate ruler over the kings of the earth; He is the One who loves us, sets us free from our sins at the cost of His own blood and He has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests, serving His God and Father – to Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever.) (His church is in fact, a kingdom! The kingdom Jesus promised David that would be forever. Today its spiritual, when Jesus returns it will be both a physical and spiritual kingdom.)

Jesus reveals “He’s the same, yesterday, today and forever” as when He gave commandments to Moses, the frightened people ask that He not speak to them, but have Moses do the speaking. John being in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, doesn’t mean on the first day of the week. Put to the test, those who say they’re followers of Jesus, but are not and don’t do the deeds Jesus commands. Jesus hates the deeds of those who hold to practices designed to honor imaginary gods. Followers of Jesus will rule the nations with Him. People subjecting themselves to Balaam, Jezebel and manufactured god doctrines are Satan’s tools, (putting stumbling blocks before those who would follow Jesus.) Obey and repent are key words.

(Rev 3:1-6; “To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: (angels) ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead. Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God. Therefore, remember what you received and heard, obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you. But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with Me dressed in white, because they are worthy. The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will declare his name before My Father and before His angels. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”) (Know, God’s Word is true, though every person a liar.) (Review Romans 3:1-4) Popular folks the world looks to aren’t followers of Jesus.

(Rev 3:7-13; “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open: ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed My word and have not denied My name. Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan – who say they are Jews (Christian) yet are not, but are lying – Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Because you have kept My admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown. The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name as well. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”) (Terminology used to define His Philadelphia church, indicate it’s time is close to the tribulation period. A time of upheaval when plagues and Satan’s time is about up.) Perhaps the internet is providing the open door for God’s Word to go worldwide. Philadelphia characterized people have promised protection; “Because you’ve kept My admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.”) Indicating Philadelphian church may be in this near end age time period.

(Rev 3:14-22; “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot! So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth! Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked, take my advice and buy gold from Me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from Me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see! All those I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent! Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with Me. I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with Me on My throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”) (Jesus’ Laodicea church seems to assume much, (thinking themselves rich) indicates a yielding to worldly practices. Jesus suggest they get back to The Word, buy from Me that your nakedness not be seen.

 Review these church characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and how Jesus reveals Himself: as the Son of God, originator of God’s creation, One who searches minds and hearts, one who was dead but now alive, One who was, is and is to come. He’s so much more. Blessed are the one’s who reads the words of this prophecy aloud and blessed are those who hear (understand) and obey the things written in it, because the time is near.) 

To,40,452 subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His Spirit. 10/21/22. God’s 7^th month, Tishrel 26th. 5,783 (Day 1 & much repeating.)

    David’s dynasty continues through the One promising it would last forever. In this current age David’s Dynasty is given to a chosen spiritual people, called to belong to the truth, a New Covenanted people, believing in the prophets, apostles with Jesus the chief Cornerstone. They are the Elect being made temples of God’s spirit, God’s Church, spiritual Israel & family of God. Pharisees & Sadducees were expecting a Deliverer when John and Jesus came teaching repentance. They were familiar with Isa 22: 35: 51: 53: 65: Jeremiah 31: & Amos 1:11-15, all prophesying another deliverance. It’s certain to be.

   Review parts of Jeremiah 31: Moreover, the LORD says, “Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, ‘LORD, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’ Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here. They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’” “Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness.” “I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint. Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’” “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah.”  

   “In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished and brought disaster. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the LORD, affirm it!” 

   The New Covenant.  “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the LORD.” “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.” “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the LORD. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.” The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 

   The LORD affirms, “The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me.” The LORD says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the LORD. “Indeed a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah. The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the corner of the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the LORD. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”) 

The Elect are now a faith gifted people described at Hebrews 11, review it. A people gifted with new birth, ‘as being born anew’ now making up the kingdom of God.

Jesus explained to Pilate that His kingdom is not of this world. Review John 18:33-40.  

    Today born anew people are being guided as Jesus revealed at John 16:12-39.

    In this current age followers of Jesus should know their citizenship is in heaven with Jesus. Our bodies, ‘this tent’ is temporary but new spiritual bodies and eternal life is our reality. Review Philippians 3:20-21.

  Christendom in general prefers worshiping a fictional Jesus, one whose name pagans like to attach with sun and Baal worship. Jesus said to the people looking for signs: “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Matt 12:40-42; For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here! The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!”) (

   It’s a hostile religiosity that likes to attach Jesus’ name to the likes of things He hates. Seemingly they ignore the manifestation of Himself revealed to Paul. Again let’s review. (Col 1:15-20; “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, for all things in heaven and on earth were created by Him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through Him and for Him. He Himself is before all things and all things are held together in Him. He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that He Himself may become first in all things. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in the Son and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross – through Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.”) (Today the same Creator gave Believers IN Himself a New Covenant, He’s our resurrected Lord and Mediator before God the Father. (Review Heb 9:15-28)

   How fitting that the very same Creator who made Adam in their image would come, live in the flesh and shed His blood that our sins could be remitted. To attach Jesus’ name to worship designed to honor any form of paganism is an abomination. Review Galatians 3:23-29. Then consider why the ‘Feast of Shelters’ that must be observed in Jesus’ millennial reign on earth.

   (2 Corinthians 5:1-9; For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens. For in this earthly house, we groan because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked. For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.” (Immortality is by promise and gifted by God our Father, it does the preparing and gives the desire and effort.) “Therefore we (Believers) are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord – for we live by faith, not by sight.”) (We repeat: unbelieving people live by sight, professing Christians live by sight and worldly pleasure dominates a lustful way of living.)

   (Romans 6:15-20; What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not! Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. (I, am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. For when you were slaves of sin you were free with regard to righteousness.) Thus, we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please Him.”)

Christians are called to submit to God’s spiritual law of love, which is a magnification of the old covenant. So, we don’t need a constant review of the written law as did the Israel of old because it’s magnification is written in our minds. 

To 40,431 Subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His spirit, 10/22/22, God’s 7^th Mo. Tishrel 29, 5,783. The Sabbath.

   (Gen 1:2) Spirit of God is like ‘wind from’ ‘breath of God’ or ‘mighty wind,’ each is taking the word ‘God’ to represent the superlative. Elsewhere in the Old Testament ‘spirit’ refers consistently to the ‘divine spirit’ that empowers and energizes individuals (See Gen 41:38; Exodus 31:3; 35:31; Numbers 24:2; 1 Sam 10:10; 11:6; 19:20, 23; Ezek 11:24; 2 Chr 15:1; 24:20)

   Jesus was born divine and for the preplanned purpose of serving as king of the Jews. Pilate ask Jesus if He was king of the Jews. (John 18:36-38; Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”  Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”  Pilate asked, “What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.) 

   Jesus is the Lord God who make perpetual promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David, revealing to Moses that one like him was coming who must be obeyed. Jesus led Jeremiah to write at chapter 10:1-8; You people of Israel, listen to what the LORD has to say to you. The LORD says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe. For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over. Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.” I said, “There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!) 

    Jesus is the Deliverer that led Israel from Egyptian bondage, delivers believers in Him from this age’s enslaving system and is going to deliver Israel from all over the world back to borders promised Abraham. The whole world will keep the Sabbaths He gave Israel, including the annual Sabbaths. Jesus had Zachariah prophecy; (Zach 14:15-21; Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, and to observe the Feast of Shelters. But if any of the nations anywhere on earth, refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they will get no rain. If the Egyptians will not do so, they will get no rain – instead there will be the kind of plague which the LORD inflicts on any nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Shelters. This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Shelters. On that day the bells of the horses will bear the inscription “HOLY TO THE LORD.” The cooking pots in the LORD’s temple will be as holy as the bowls in front of the altar. Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will become holy in the sight of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that all who offer sacrifices may come and use some of them to boil their sacrifices in them. On that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.) 

   Jesus’ death ended the old covenant regulations for His followers when His spirit made them AT-ONE with Himself when born anew. God the Father’s called out followers who’d believed IN Jesus and be fathered, ’born from above’ thus, be gifted with the covenant of promise through faith likened to Jesus’. (Galatians 3:23-29’ Now before (Jesus) faith or (faith in Jesus) came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed. Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by (His) faith. But now that (His) faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female – for all of you are One in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.) Book of Hebrews adds to this understanding. The heritage promised David is spiritual to Jesus’ followers.) So let’s repeat from a previous study, mindful that life is in the blood..

(Hebrews 9:15-28; And so, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance He has promised, since He died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant. For where there is a will (covenant) the death of the One who made it must be proven. For a will (covenant) takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive. So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.” And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood. Indeed, according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. So, it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation of the true sanctuary – but into heaven itself, and He appears now in God’s presence for us. (as our Mediator) And He did not enter to offer Himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not His own, for then He would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by His sacrifice. And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await Him He will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.)

When gifted with the mind of Jesus; people desire obedience likened to Jesus’ to God our Father. As was Jesus and Abraham, Christians are in this world but not of this world’s system of things. Not only was Jesus’ apostles baptized with water; they were immersed in the spiritual love of Jesus. Their daily thoughts revolved around Jesus as they considered their bodies as temporary dwelling.

  (2Corinthians 5:1-9; For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens. For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked. For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. (All these things are by promise and gifted.) God does the preparing and gives the desire.) Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord – for we live by faith, not by sight. (Unbelievers and professing Christians live by sight, pleasure and the lustful way of living dominates.) Thus, we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please Him.) (Living by faith in God’s promises is submitting to God’s law of love: ‘no need for the law of commandments when we love His Way.’ No need to be told ‘don’t steal from a neighbor’ when we love our neighbor. No need to be told ‘keep God’s set aside holy times’ when we love Him. So, it is Jesus’ new covenant is with people called to be believers IN Him. All others have a guardian, ‘the law of God’s commandments.’ Jesus’ Words, His principles have been true since the foundation of the world.

(John 12:44-50; But Jesus shouted out, “The one who believes in Me does not believe in Me, but in the One who sent Me, and the One who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes IN Me should not remain in darkness. If anyone hears My words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects Me and does not accept My words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge Him at the last day. For I have not spoken from My own authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has commanded Me what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told Me.”)

God the Father and God the Son’s purpose in creating people in their image and likeness began by their creating mortal physical lives with creative minds, to plan and love beyond instinctive animals. God’s ending purpose is spiritual with attributes like His own. That is being (born from above) ‘spiritually fathered and molded in the likeness of our spiritual Creator.’ It’s God’s Way of making people family. His method of perfecting in His image. Thus, His command that we overcome our sin nature and Satan’s deceptions to the end. The command to grow in the grace and knowledge of God.

To: 40,416 subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His spirit. 10/20/22, God’s 7th month, Tishrel 25, 5,783. (Day 6 of week)

Regardless our time zone, sun set is another day there. The Son of God ‘the Lord God Jesus’ is through whom, & by whom all things are sustained. (See Colossians 1:15-20, John 1:1-5 and Hebrews 1) These three scriptures tell us Jesus is the Re-Creator, Creator, Deliverer, Savior, our Mediator and coming King of Kings. He’s the One through whom there’s life, who created Adam in their image, likeness, who willingly submitted to a spiritually implantation of Himself as a sperm in the womb of a virgin. He and His Father’s purpose was that He experience a fleshly life, become the sacrificial Lamb, and die for the sins of the world, so Believers IN Him could inherit eternal life. He shed His life blood for the remission of the world’s sin so all who’d call on and believe in His name would inherit eternal life. He had this explained in the book of Hebrews.

   Hebrews 9:15-28; And so, He ’Jesus’ is the mediator of a New Covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance He has promised, since He died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant. For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven. For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the One who made it is alive. So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.” (Quote from Exodus 24:8) And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood. Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. So. it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation of the true sanctuary – but into heaven itself, and He appears now in God’s presence for us. And He did not enter to offer Himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own, for then He would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by His sacrifice. And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await Him He will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.”) Study the whole.

    If we’re Believers IN, our names are written in the book of life. We’ll be in the first resurrection. Others of God’s choosing will be in another fleshly resurrection ‘each in his own order- see 1Cor 15:’ and many will become Believers. Jesus reveals this in His Revelations to John. (Study Revelations 2:11, 20:6, 20:13 & 21:8)

 Who will die a second death? (Rev 21:7-8; “The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”)

   It’s revealed in Paul’s letter to the Philippians and elsewhere, “some Believers IN Jesus, can actually have the fleshly problem of desiring to make merchandise of others.” Resist this fleshly temptation. (Phil 4:4-9; “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice! Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near! Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in you learned every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Gentleness minus vanity is to look out for fellow Believers.) “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. And what’s received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.”)

   (Another of Joseph and Mary’s sons “James” puts the seal on this subject of faith.) (James 2:14-26; “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it? So also, faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works. You believe that God is One; well and good. Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear.”) (Demons and many professing believers are (believers that) not (believers in) demons fear the coming demise of themselves while the (many believers) that are deceived in their comfort zone. People demonstrate faith in God by practicing and living by His 10 commandments.)

  “But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” (Quote from Gen 15:6) and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”)

    (WITHOUT God’s spirit imputed to the mind people are spiritually dead. As with any unfertile egg, until a sperm unites it’s dead. Only through God’s indwelling spirit, do we have eternal life. Gifted faith is demonstrated by knowing His message and practicing His way. Then fleshly bodies are made spiritually alive by the imputation of God’s spirit!)

   (John 3:5-8; “Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’ The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”)  So is the miraculous event of being, (born from above.) We didn’t choose our earthly parents, nor the timing of our physical birth; so it is with being born from above. It begins when God reveals Himself, demonstrates He loved us first, blessing us with His gifted desire to seek His Way.

Heavenly Father: make us grateful for Your revealed truth and give each Believer IN have a zeal for the spreading of Your Word. Thank You for grace and mercy, without which no one can be saved. In the gifted nature of Jesus we desire things soon be done on earth as in heaven. AMEN.

It’s a blessing and privilege to share God’s revealed truth. A blessing to understand through gifted faith that God created visible from invisible. Have you heard the remark; “you cannot get there from here?” That’s supposed to be tongue in cheek humor. There’s truth in that quotation when it comes to faith. Many scientific minded and the worldly religious folks doubt that God created this universe. (Without believing IN Jesus as Creator, it’s impossible to believe God is; have believing IN faith like Abraham’s and its absurd to call one’s self a Christian.)

Satan likes people believing they’re born with eternal life. Wants folks conjuring up theories about the end result of this physical life. (When we’re gifted to believe IN God, “knowing that God gifts eternal life isn’t theory.” Re-study Paul’s understanding at Hebrews 11.

    Regarding faith, consider two of Adam’s sons. Cain “believed that” he didn’t “believe IN,” so he sacrificed according to what seemed right to his fleshly nature. Abel “believed IN” and had no desire to substitute or consider what may’ve seemed right, “he made a blood sacrifice according to God’s instructions.” Abel had reverent regard for God’s Word and obeyed. (Abel “believed IN” Cain “believed that.”) (Study Genesis 4:) We see that few professing Christians believe IN God because their practices mimic Cain’s.

(Hebrews 11:4-10; “By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.” (Abel’s obedience is an example and still the standard for believers/ ‘Christians.’) “Now without, (believing IN) faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who approaches God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.”) Faith in God is to acknowledge Him as He manifest Himself to be. “By faith Abraham obeyed, when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”) (Believers IN Jesus are in the same category as Abraham, “who lived in the world but wasn’t of the world.” Strangers in a foreign country. Abraham didn’t yield to questioning intellect, “but simply believed God.) God made a covenant promise with Abraham that includes all Abraham’s heirs. (Galatians 3:29; “And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.) Christians are called OUT to separate from the ways of the world as was Abraham. Called to inherit eternal life through Jesus with Abraham. (Study all of Hebrews 11)

  When we’re called to be Christ like, it’s revealed that He loved us first. His love makes obedience desirable, so we’re gifted to love God’s Way. The desire to be obedient is a given. We’re no longer under commandments but desire Jesus’ faith. When we’re “born from above” we’re considered Jesus’ friend as was faithful Abraham. Remember the apostles’ letters were to Believers IN, God the Father and God the Son. A converted to His Way people.

To,40,362 subscribers we pray God is making Temples of His Spirit. 10/17/22. God’s 7^th month, Tishrel 22nd. 5,783 (Last Great Day, Shmini Afzeret)

    David’s dynasty continues through the One who promised it would last forever. In this current age David’s Dynasty is given to a people who belong to the truth, a called out, people with a New Covenant, a believing in Jesus, people, the Elect who are being made temples of His spirit. It’s God’s Church, spiritual Israel, ‘founded on His Prophets, Apostles with Jesus Himself the Chief Cornerstone;’ a people being made ‘family of God.’ A future deliverance greater than the one from Egypt is planned and revealed at Jeremiah 31.

   The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy. Jeremiah 31:1-40; At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the LORD, affirm it!” The LORD says, “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves. In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers. Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit. Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, “Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the LORD our God!”’” Moreover, the LORD says, “Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, ‘LORD, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’ Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here. They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’” 

   Listen to the LORD’s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.” For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them. They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more. The LORD says, “At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow. I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.” 

   The LORD says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.” The LORD says to her, “Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the LORD, affirm it! Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it! 

   I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the LORD our God. For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we struck our thigh in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’ 

   Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the LORD, affirm it! I will say, ‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours. 

   How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the LORD, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’” The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says, “I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, ‘May the LORD bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.’ The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks. 

   I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint. Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’” “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah. 

   In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished and brought disaster. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the LORD, affirm it!” 

   “When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’  Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb. 

   The New Covenant.  “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the LORD. “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people. “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the LORD. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.” The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 

   The LORD affirms, “The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me.” The LORD says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the LORD. “Indeed a time is coming,” says the LORD, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah. The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the corner of the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the LORD. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”) 

These are now a faith gifted people described at Hebrews 11, gifted with new birth, ‘as being born anew’ making up the kingdom.

   (Heb 11:1-40; Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.— By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.– By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.– By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. – Now without faith it is impossible to please Him for the one who approaches God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek him. — By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.— By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in it with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. So in fact children were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore. These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.— By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.— By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.— By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.— By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.— By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure. He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward. By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. — By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days. — By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient because she welcomed the spies in peace. And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

    And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.) 

Jesus explained to Pilate that His kingdom is not of this world. (John 18:33-40; So, Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate asked, “What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?” Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.) 

    (King Jesus is now ruling from His heavenly throne, since His ascension and until His return, resurrecting His followers to eternal life and delivering Israelites to the borders promised Abraham. See Ezekiel 37.)

     So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.” Pilate told them, “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We cannot legally put anyone to death.” (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.) So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews,” Jesus repeated what He had told him already.

    Born anew people are being guided today as Jesus revealed through John. (John 16:12-39; “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when the Spirit of truth, comes, it will guide you into all truth. For it will not speak on its own authority, but will speak whatever it hears, and will tell you what is to come. It will glorify me, because it will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 

   “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father. At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf. For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 

   I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”  His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech! Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.” Jesus replied, “Do you now believe? Look, a time is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me. I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.”)

    In this age followers of Jesus should know their citizenship is in heaven with Jesus. Our bodies, ‘this tent’ is temporary but new spiritual bodies and eternal life is our reality. (Philippians 3:20-21; “But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of His glorious body by means of that power by which He is able to subject all things to Himself.”) (Believing IN this scriptural text, is revelation. To practice life according to this knowledge, is to be At-One with Jesus.