04 September 2004

The Lord and His Kingdom

The Lord knows our needs and meets them and fulfils them and then keeps on pouring into us because he in us, makes us of a deepness which can never become filled - because he makes us so we can take what will never cease to pour out of God and into us if we desire it and willingly receive that which has no end to it - for he not only gives us out of his kingdom and its treasures but is giving us his kingdom and its treasures and they are far beyond only being used to meet and fulfil our needs – but for us to come to know and meet and then excel in meeting the needs of our God in the most fulfilling of ways – the most miraculous of ways - for it is an overflowing Kingdom and it pours out God – God in Spirit – God in flesh – God in Word – God in all truth - for all and what he gives is all and what is held in his Kingdom - he gives out of his formed and unformed treasures for he is the holy and sacred secrets of his Kingdom –

He is what he gives us and that is why what he gives is always sufficient – for there is not a measure he could give which is not sufficient or accurate, whether large or small - for he weighs up everything and balances all with his power which holds the all of him – which holds the all of his righteousness and justice – all of his mercy and grace – for his power is perfectly balanced and weighted by the glory of the all of his being and is what gives in us the correct weights and measures – because he is the only one who can take what is imperfect and unbalanced and unevenly weighted and then pour the greatness of the measure of himself into us to bring us into his state of balance and correctness of measure so we are steadfast and immovable in the midst of his enemy and our enemy - in the hour of darkness and despair – in our times of supernatural abundance, power and authority -

He makes us stand – he makes us fall – he makes us who we are when we co- operate with him because of who he is and the pouring out of himself into us and upon the whole earth - and he does it in all righteousness and all according to his word of which he will never break – for he brought it forward as his indestructible and unbreakable word which will last forever - and once he breaks his word - once he causes it to be destructible – to pass away and to be exchanged for another – how could he ever bring anything which was lost to him back to him and into the glory of his being in full justice and righteousness and out of his love of all of which is good – how could he be so commanding in stature - a stature which exudes all of which sets him apart and above all else –

For just his presence commands the greatest respect and love and honour and praise –

How would his stature exalt and be held to the highest of heights of honour and praise and worship and be worthy of imitation if he was not a God and Father of honour – a God and Father who we could trust - a God and Father of righteousness who is just and true and whose love of truth drives his mercy grace and forgiveness into overdrive – for it is the truth and the power of it which holds him in the highest esteem and in the exaltation worthy to last forever –

Worthy to never cease - and to never pass away – exalted supremacy which will be seen in the sight of his enemies - no other can command what he can without him even saying a word or being demanding of our praise and worship and honour and respect - for it is his presence and what it holds in it – it is what his whole stature gives forth which is commanding of our eternal love and of our eternal praise – and of our eternal worship – for he does not command out of what he is not – but it is all of which he is which brings us to our knees before him – for he is not a God who has to command by force because he is not who he says he is and does not do what he says he will do - he is a God who is who he says he is and a God who does what he say he will do – one who loves the truth and whose word of truth will never pass away – whose word will stand forever – whose whole character and the all of his eternal presence and being reveals what is true even before he says a word -

For if he was not a God and Father – and a God and Saviour – who was not worthy of such exaltation and such glorification then the glory of his being which is Truth, could not command such eternal praise and worship which is given in so much love - and he could not he be a God who holds his word in his hands and raises it above his head so it receives all praise and blessings and glory and thanks – his word which is his reputation – a word he has marked as never to pass away- if that was not the truth of him how could he be a God and a Father who we could trust – for if he is our Father and our God and he is not of Trust then how can we be sons and daughters of trust - and who know about trust- and can know how to trust and to be trusted ones ourselves – he gives us what will never pass away and if we believe in it we will never pass away – he gives what we can have faith in – that which will last to the return of Jesus Christ- faith that will last to the return of Jesus Christ - so we can be certain of what we hope for and sure of what we do not see – and if he broke his word and changed it and compromised it and cast it aside and exchanged it for another- and did not stand by it till the very end and uphold it - and did not say my words will not be delayed any longer – all of which I have spoken will be fulfilled and performed –

Then Jesus would never have come to earth and come into a body of flesh and left the glory of the heavens to proclaim the glory of God – he would never have hung on the cross and given up his spirit to his Father – for his love and trust of him is what brought him and what took him to the cross and what held him there – and it was his Father’s unbroken word he spoke to him and gave him and manifested in him and through him – his Father trusted him with his words of eternal life and Jesus trusted in his Father and his words of eternal life –

He trusted what he spoke and what he did and where he was taking him and why it had to be this way – he trusted that he would raise him from the dead and not leave him to decay – he trusted he would not deny or break or exchange his words – that he would not break his word of resurrection and life – that he would not break his word of oneness - his word of Sonship -

And so it was the same for the Son - for Jesus never compromised the words given him and never compromised the trust the Father had in him and the trust he had in his Father and his God - for his words were trustworthy and they were truth and they were righteousness and were eternal life and they were what he came in the flesh to deliver – for Jesus said Trust in God – and trust also in me – trust that what he was doing came from trusting in his Father and his God – to trust that he was from God and brought God to earth - and for us to learn that he loves his Father and love always trusts – and we are given his word of which is trustworthy so we can learn how to give out of our Trust of God –

For trust and truth and all of which is held in eternal life cannot be compromised – for the Lord was not holding up his own reputation so as to keep it safe and without blemish –he was not endeavouring to come into his own life and to live his future on this earth - he was not side stepping the truths he brought with him which brought controversy and persecution and family rejection so all would receive him and welcome him wholeheartedly as one of them, for he was not here to stay – but was here to do what no other would do or our could do for his Father and for his God - he was holding up and exalting the words of his Father - the character of his Father – the trust of his Father - he was holding up his Father and his reputation - for his words were not given to men so he could come to a compromise with us concerning them and for us to have some say in them – so they could be debated and changed - so we could come to some sort of an agreed word which would suit man and God – he did not speak what his Father gave him so his word could be adjusted by mutual consent or by the casting of the lot - Because he was speaking God he was not speaking man – he was speaking out of heaven – and it was not just words - it was God – it was God’s words of holy truth and enlightenment – it was words of life and words which brought the light to this earth so we could see by the light of God and not by the light of this world which is no light at all when it is set alongside the brightness of Jesus Christ – And all that makes him the brightness of God came to us because he loved and trusted his Father and God : when we did not love or trust our Father or God and so we could never be a worthy vessel for him to use, unless we were washed and purified and reborn of his Spirit and brought back into his nature -

And how on this earth can we add to him or take away from him – we could not even co operate with him and agree with him let alone love or trust him - so how can we add to what we do not know or take away from what we do not understand -

Jesus and his words were God in the form of our language - for even though Jesus came as one of the flesh and came as fully man - he was not of our grade – he did not have ingrained in him the aspects and character of a father who was born of the flesh – his Father was spirit and Jesus was full of the one from whom all fatherhood derives its name - he was not of our lower calibre of which we had brought ourselves into - he was not of our sin - not of our word - and not of our reputation - for his words were not to be given over into our hands so we could interpret it into our own language of lies and hear what we have only always heard – and respond the way we have always responded - we cannot respond to God and his word in the same way we respond to man and his words and that is what we wanted and fought to do – to put Jesus in his place behind the older and so called wiser scholars and the scribes and elders and priests and ones who studied the law and the scriptures and lived in the ways contrary to the scriptures they studied - and taught in ways adverse to the ways instructed by God.

For although Jesus walked amongst us and preached to us and taught us and slept and ate and became tired and angry and gained entry into this world through a woman of the flesh - he was never exactly the same as us – a child may have been born to Mary of which she had to give the name of Jesus – but it was a Son and an heir who was born to God – and sons and daughters who were being born to God and Jesus was never to be put on the same level as men or made equal to us in ways which gave him no exaltation and no honour – which gave God the Father who sent him no glory and no respect - for he came from heaven and took on the role of Saviour and Redeemer of the world – to be born by the Spirit so we could be born again of the Spirit for God does not give birth to flesh but gives birth to Spirit for only then can he announce that this is my son and this is my daughter - for that is the eternal connection we make with him – the connection which is indestructible and which will never pass away – the connection of Spirit and Truth which will last forever and which is commanding of eternal praise and worship ……….

Jesus was never on the same level of men nor gave reason to be treated in the same contemptuous way as sinners - For he did not take on sinning and take part in it so to be like us - so as to relate to us and to be welcomed and accepted because he loved the lie and lived the sin of it with us - Jesus loves his Father and he loves the Truth and will always go the extra for Him - and that is what set him so much apart from us and what took him from the glory of heaven and brought him to this earth through the legal passport of the flesh – for the extra comes from God and going the extra is all about God – going the extra is our responding to him – our co operating with him, our agreeance with him as we stand with him so as what has already been released in the heavens can come into the world by the co operation of ones - who by God’s word were given complete authority – complete dominion and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and the beasts – and over all the earth and over everything that creeps upon it – and God stands by his word and is true to it and practises it and listens to it - just as we are told to listen to it and to practise it and be true to it and to stand firm with it.

For Jesus did not take part in sin as we do - he went right to its origins and he became sin – he was not a slave to it - he became it and took on its nature and dealt with it with the word of God - not so to partake of it but to annihilate the sting of death which it brought – not to enjoy it and to rejoice in the evil of it so as to be like man – to be one of us - but so as to rejoice in the truth that all who have become a slave to sin are now set free and saved by the grace of God through faith in him – faith in Jesus who became sin and received the punishment of it - as he was given as the offering for it - and then he ripped it out by the roots because he had gone to its origins and taken it from the Alpha to the Omega and said no more !

He did not have to live it – he became it – he fulfilled and took on all of which it had to offer and said it is done – it is finished - for God was and is always in control because he loves perfectly and will always have control over what he has created and made out of his love - and full control over what his creation has brought into its manifestation out of evil - because he came and overcame and because he entered into our world and onto the earth through the correct way and fulfilled all righteousness and gave battle in our territory in a body of flesh using the words sent from heaven and the power sent from heaven and there was nothing men or Satan could do about it, for it was all done legally and left no room for a reversal of verdict because he co operated with God - he did it with God – he did it by God and for God - and then left the earth and sent the Holy Spirit to now fill the vessels of flesh who believed in him and who had been washed and purified by his blood, and for them now to do the work of God with the power of God and with the Word of God and with the righteousness and justice and mercy and forgiveness and love of God - because he had overcame the world and put sin to death and gave us passage into eternal life – and it was all done legally and within the word of God and so as his word cannot be broken so whatever is done through is word and by his word cannot be broken-

For that and more is what he released from the heavens for us - what he came to unleash on this earth - for God could find no other on this earth who would co operate with him – and whose attention he could get and who would agree to what he had in his heart and on his mind and which was already done in the heavens before he even created us – he could find no man of the flesh – no one who was on this earth who would or could bring and release to all of mankind salvation and restoration and resurrection through the sacrifice and shedding of their own blood – for there was no pure blood left in us – there was no pure word left in us - there was no one who was without sin – no one who was not a slave to it and the death it brings - no other who could receive and speak words which would give eternal life – there was no other of the flesh who could give manifestation and bring unto the earth the overcoming of the world and its sin and bring all into resurrection and life and eternal glory – the Lord God looked - but he already knew that what he hoped for amongst those he gave dominion over the earth – those he made in his image to rule in the manner of one who is made in the image of God – he already knew that he would have to work salvation by his own arm – so he had to become flesh to entered the world and to work the miracles of the Spirit – he had to walk the earth in a body for him not to break his word of truth for he was entering the territory he had given to man to rule over so as to bring unto us not only his spoken word but all of which his word held about his entire character and the way he does not step outside of his word or work contrary to what he has already established and set in place – but he endeavours for us to work with him and to allow him to work his ways and miracles through us so the earth can have life in him and not perish because of our lack of knowledge of how he works and how he set us in place to rule over this earth and to be always in fellowship with him and learning from him how to rule and how to take dominion and how to subdue and how to multiply and how to bring what is in abundance for us in the heavens - and to bring it unto the earth and how to give the bounty of which this knowledge brings us - back to our Father and God so he could receive joy out of it – how to bring it all back to him now the Lord Jesus has come and brought us back into reconciliation with God so as to set us back on the right track and to now take this earth of which is his but of which he gave to us and entrusted to our rule and authority – to take it with honour into the next age even in the condition of which we have brought it into – for all which is set to happen is waiting to take place and to fulfil the word of our Lord and God - And let it be that we now bring it into its manifestation in the same way of righteousness and truth and power and glory and honour and dignity and word and trust which Jesus so did when he came and gave without holding back - and delivered full and complete and eternal salvation and gave us the means and the understanding to now become men and women who take this earth which belongs to God but which he so entrusted to us – to take up that trust - even if it is that we are taking it up in its final days before the Lord’s return and in the final years before the earth does pass away forever – but it is to take it up with heads held high and to give to our Lord full co operation and full agreeance to what is to be yet released - and to at least bring all which is left to be revealed into its destined manifestation with dignity and with truth and with great honour and with eternal praise always going to our Lord Jesus Christ –

For it is that we will be bringing this world into its ordained chaos and its time of great devastation which will usher in the return of Jesus our Lord – and we do it with great strength and a pride of heart which even our Lord would approve of - for it is a pride we feel for God and even for ourselves that we can be called son and daughter by him – a pride – a swelling of our heart as our joy rises to the heights of our Lord as we finally come to see not only what it is our God has entrusted unto us – but that he did once entrust so much to us so as to give us the opportunity to learn about the trust of God by being trustworthy with what he gives – for what he gives belongs entirely to him – and when we are in Christ he enables us to see and comprehend God and his generosity and kindness to us – Jesus allows us to see with clarity what was always there before us – and enables us to complete our life on this earth in a manner which is more like what the Father had in mind - even if we missed doing it right for the first few thousand years – that is no reason to think it is too late for the time is right for us when we are brought into the brightness of him to see and to be no more blind – for whether it is in the very beginning or in the last days it is that we step fully into him and what he has placed in our hands the moment we can see - and not be given our sight and to still do nothing - even if the first period of the life of this earth was so messed up by us it does not mean we cannot take now what we were firstly given and entrusted with so we would learn what are the greater things of God - and now with our overflowing knowledge and understanding given through Jesus Christ - that we move forward for him and with him in great honour and with a renewed heart and a heightened respect and pride in our God - and bring this earth and those on it to where it will meet again with our Lord in the flesh – and to bring it to that time in full power and authority and in full word of glory and in full understanding of the greatness and generosity and kindness and patience of our Lord – and to bring it into where our Lord will do with it and those who live on it what he has so ordained to do - and it is with no shame or guilt that it is only now that we have seen – for Jesus has removed the shame and guilt for us and has lifted our heads and hearts so we can now see – so it is with heads held high so we are always looking up to God and not with our heads held low with our gaze only on the ground as it was when we were slaves to sin – it is to walk with heads held high as we strive with great perseverance to at least get right the last part of this journey that this earth and those on it have to take –

For we are all on our way to meet the Lord and it will be a day like no other day - so let us at least get this part of the journey right for our Lord for then it is also right for us –

For the moment we step in and take up the trust he gave unto us – take up what he placed in our hands and take our rule over it in the ways of his righteousness and in the ways of his great perseverance - and handle it and treat it and respond to its need to be ruled over with a just and righteous hand and heart - and then distribute truth and power and authority in its correct weight and measure - not in exaltation and pride as it comes from the kings of this world who are tyrants and as the officials who lord it over the people beneath them – but with the power and authority which has come down from the heavens and which is perfected and pure and without stain or blemish and which when applied in its original form will show and reveal what and why God gave us this earth to take rule and dominion over – and as all of his revelations it has a majesty about it and a great presence about it which does not intimidate but bring all into glory as Christ is exalted and glorified - for if we rule correctly all is brought into its right and true glorification and exalted with perfection - for all of which is from God is of glory and worthy to be exalted and to be raised to its place of honour - for if it was decreed from God to come forward and so it is of a majesty which God alone has given it and of which we uphold and give presence to when we execute true and righteous leadership over it if that is what the Lord has so desired for us to do – a leadership which reveals God – a leadership which always leads to God ..

For he is a God true to his word and what he has created he does not seek to bring down or to defame but continually tries to get our attention as he did with so many before us so he could work with men and men with him – so we would agree with him so he can then do what is impossible for men to do without him – and so he can show us how it is done - for all we have comes from him – he is the all of our resources – and sends down from the heavens what is already there to be given if only we ask in the prescribed way and respond to him in the right way for then he does what he knows has to be done but he does it through men and women - through ones of the flesh for he gave us dominion of this earth and it was for us to subdue it and to multiply all upon it and to present it all back to him in its glorious state of multiplication and maturity and fullness of the fruits of our God - and Jesus had to become flesh to enter the world rightfully - for this world is a world of flesh given to men as so declared by his word – but we were to rule over it in the manner of God as we deepened our relationship with him – and God does not break his word or does not come in and interfere - but as Jesus was crucified before the world began all was awaiting its release from the heavens even before the foundation of the world - salvation awaited us – rebirth by the Spirit was available to us - healing was already there for us , restoration, resurrection, all the battles and warfare ready - the next age - the return of Jesus – the millennium - the eternities – all awaiting for someone to agree with God and to so bring all forth as he works with us and us with him by way of his word through men who are in agreeance and in co operation with him and his actions – for when two or more are gathered together there he is in the midst of us and when he is in the midst of us the all of God is at work and we are witnesses to his work and witnesses of his word of which we can trust without a shadow of a doubt - for when we doubt him we can never place our trust in him and if we cannot place our trust in him – then he can never trust us because he is Trust and he is Truth and we have both when we abide in him and he in us to the greater measure of him - for when we have more word and see that he breaks not one of his words whether in the few of them or in the more of them or in the totality of them – and know that he is true to the all of his abundant word and betrays not one of them to us or to himself -

He is true to us and his word and give his Holy Spirit as a seal of that truth and trust - for the Holy Spirit comes into our bodies when they have been washed clean and purified with the blood of Jesus and makes our bodies the temple of God and so dwells in us and instructs and empowers us for the good of God - as he brings relationship between us and God to this earth so God does not have to wait any longer to forge the bonds with us which were broken and abandoned by us such a long time ago – as soon as we repent and accept Jesus our Lord into our hearts and into our lives on this earth the Lord our God eagerly comes and makes his home in us so we can begin our eternal life with him now –

But so it is in the reverse that unclean spirits have to have a body of flesh so as to take a part of that rule over the earth to subdue it into their ways and to multiply it into their wickedness into their ways of rebelling against God and to so keep a relationship with our God and our Father away from us – to keep away from us the living of our eternal life now - but we made it easy for our hearts were evil from birth and welcomed all and everyone onto our planet to rule and take charge as they desired as we gave away what we were given freely and became slaves to those we freely gave it to who were not working for God but against him – and the more our bodies of flesh were given over to invasion the more wicked we became and the more accepted it became and the more we lived our life for ourselves – lived to please ourselves and that is exactly what Satan did and wants us to do – he lived to please himself for his pride so elevated him that the only position he desired and which he held worthy of himself was the position only God holds – the throne of his glory and his Sovereignty – for God does not just take the throne set apart for only him - for even the throne he sits on is a part of his being and a part of his glory and the truth of his Kingship and the trust of his eternal Godship - and all the thrones given to those who are in Christ and who are seen as worthy to sit on his thrones - are thrones which are a very part of Christ and what he has brought unto the world and are a part of his glory and his majestic presence - they are not separate from him or his glory or his Kingship or his Godship -

And those opposed to God – those opposed to truth - will never sit on such thrones of Godly proportions which are held in their form by the eternal wonder of him who sits upon it and they will never come near exaltation glory which is reserved for the highest and most glorious of splendid beings who is the Lord God Almighty – the one who is and was and is still to come –

For it was Jesus who took off what he was wearing and gave unto us all of which his garments held the glory of - and he covered our shame and clothed our nakedness and released us from sin and the power that death held over us –

For he did come into this world to overcome it and all of which sin had brought into it and he did it so perfectly – he did it in such a way that he honoured the Father and brought him glory - and gave all of his love and respect to him by the way he carried his word into a world of darkness and did not submit to its ways of sin and pleasure – but always trusted in God and he walked in that trust and truth which gave him so much dignity even in times when men tried to strip him of it - but they could not take away his dignity and they cannot take it from us when we remain true and faithful in the upholding of the reputation of our Father as JESUS did -

For Jesus Christ is the faithful and trustworthy witness –

He is the first to arise from the dead – and he is the prince of the kings of the earth –

He is the one who loved us and loosed us and freed us and washed us from our sins in his own blood-
And the one who has made us a spiritual kingdom of priests to his God and Father and to him be glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever -

For Jesus was a Son and a Saviour who met and fulfilled and performed all of which the word of Truth had to say to those who lived in the world so they would not perish in their sins –

For God did come and take his walk amongst us and became our overcomer so we would live and not perish as the earth will perish and pass away - but so we can overcome through Jesus Christ – overcome and know the truth and to now come and to meet our Lord and to rejoice in the truth that the eternalness of Christ is now the eternalness of us – that now the world does not hold us to itself and take possession of us but it is that we now take up God’s word that we rule over the earth and all of its birds and fish and creatures and we bring it to our Lord with our heads held high - for Jesus has already done the work for us by setting us free and now it is for us to finish what God so started with us back when Adam was the only man on this earth – back when he gave Adam his instructions on what to do and how to do it for he gave him access to himself – Adam firstly had access to God and to all of which God was and is - he was with God alone and he could have brought into the world all of his wise knowing and understanding so as to take the earth on which he lived and over which he was given dominion and he could have brought it into its full glory for the glory of God – but right then and there relationship with God stumbled but now it is for us to take what is left of our time on this earth and to honour God’s word and to bring it into its fulfilment in the right way – to be fruitful for the good of God – to multiply for the good of God – to subdue for the good of God – to rule for the good of God – and in all things using all of the vast resources given us by God through Christ and with the power of his Holy Spirit – to use all of them for the service of God – for the upholding of his word – and to bring Truth – the truth of Jesus – the truth of God into its full exaltation -

For it is Jesus – always Jesus – always our LORD JESUS that we are brought to focus on – always we are brought to set our eyes on the bright morning star.

For it is Jesus – always Jesus – and forever Jesus -

For he is our God manifested in the flesh of his word – and He is coming soon and our very great reward is with him because our reward is Him - and if we have received him then we have received already the great reward of our faith –

And what else he has for us is because Jesus always goes the extra because the extra comes from GOD and he is God - and the extra has come and will continue to come as we live with God for all of eternity in a relationship which comes from Jesus going the extra mile – from the extra eternity that he went for his Father – from the extra suffering that he went for us -

So how cannot it not be JESUS and always JESUS : how cannot it not be GOD and always GOD ~ how can it not be our Lord God Almighty forever and ever for he is the treasure of our heart and our very great reward now and forevermore ~

AMEN