25 September 2004

New Covenant (part 2)

The Conduct of Kings – The Crown of Servitude

During the period of time, after the Lord had blessed the cup and the bread, turning them into His flesh and blood, by His Word, and the Lord had told them:-
Lk 22:21 …the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

It is written - Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me” Luke 22:24-29

This was just after He had washed their feet in Jn 13 where He washed their feet saying:-
“I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.” Jn 13:16-17

By this one inference in Lk 22 – to settle their disputes – He likened them as to the Kings of the Gentiles – that is, He was saying they too are kings, kings of the Kingdom of Heaven – kings in the Empire of God’s Dreams. Though we are servants, we are in fact serving kings, that is kings who serve as servants, even to the point of washing the feet of their subjects – not as a realistic symbolism but as an actual act of servitude to satisfy what was needed. What was needed was the 12 needed their feet washed before supper – what a contrast to Lk 7:36 when Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house – when Simon the Pharisee did not even give Jesus some water to wash His feet.
Lk 7:44 …I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

How often is Jesus invited into the hearts of people so that He could meet their needs and the needs of Jesus are presumed to have been met because after all He is the Son of God. The conduct of the Kings of Kings are not to be like the conduct of the Kings of the Gentiles – and neither are they to be like the so called leaders of the religious establishment – who invites Jesus into their presence, so that He could meet their needs – perhaps to do a miracle or two, like Herod was demanding – or to give them a sign or two. It was the sinful woman who gave the sign – not Jesus – it was her weeping and wiping the feet of Jesus with her hair and kissing the feet – that was the sign and wonder – and she was the one who provided the sign that made the people comment – not Jesus. In fact, the washing of the feet by Jesus in Jn 13 was an example. Following the work of that sinful woman who saw the needs of Jesus and met it.

Likewise, we who desire to be fully trained as disciples to take up our kingship – need to see the needs of Jesus and minister to Him – and the needs of our fellow disciples and minister to them – not as Kings of Gentiles – for as surely as they had it over those they reign over – the Kings of Gentiles can only do what is possible for a man to do. No Kings of Gentiles can do what a King of the Kingdom of God can do – that is, the impossible. For the Kingdom of Heaven is the Kingdom of the Impossible. Jesus came into their midst and continually did the impossible amongst them – with His signs, wonders and miracles – which were not performed to Lord it over anyone but to serve those who belonged to the Kingdom – miracles do not happen so that you may Lord it over those you are to reign over – miracles are given to help you serve those you reign over.

In Jn 13:14-15 Jesus said - Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

An example of servitude – which is one of the crowns of the Lord, revealed to us – which is one of His crowns of suffering – for He suffered on the cross to meet the need of a sin offering for the Father’s righteous judgment on men and the need for mercy, for those who rightly deserved God’s judgement. Thus the Command to “Love one another as I have loved you” is a command that rests in the realm of the miraculous and the impossible – not in the realm of what is possible with men – yet the Lord also did what was possible with men, as a sign to show the disciples the true meaning of servitude.

The sinful woman who anointed Him in Lk 7 did what was possible for her – humbled herself to meet the needs of Jesus with what she had – perfumed with an alabaster of perfume, washing the dirt away with her tears and drying them with her hair – the perfume, tears, hair and her lips was what she had and she ministered unto the Lord whole heartedly – she was not out to impress the Pharisees and she was not after a reward. To Jesus, this sinful woman is the standard by which Jesus humbled Himself to wash the feet of the disciples. She had no miraculous powers or gifts of the Holy Spirit nor any anointing by which she could use to minister unto the Lord – but she had an alabaster of perfume, her tears and her hair and her lips and they would have to be enough.

But to the twelve – Jesus had given them …authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness (Mt 10:1) and the had gone out in that authority and were witnesses of the impossible things they had done in His Name – and when Jesus sent out the 72 in Lk 10:17, they came back reporting …"Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." Now at the end of the time of teaching in Lk 22:35-36 …Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

Jesus helped them recall the impossible things that had happened to them and that they had done – and then, now at the preparation of their being sent out – He reminds them of the impossible – but take the possible with them – a purse, a bag, a sword… For we are to minister not just with what is possible for all men to do – give alms, fast and prayer – to also to do what is impossible for men to do, with what we have.

It is possible for a king to Lord it over those they serve – but it is a far cry for a king to serve his people as Jesus washed His disciples’ feet in the manner of the sinful woman, who met the needs of those the should Lord it over. It is this attitude of conduct that is needed in your heart for kingship and its associated power and authority to manifest – because the kings of the King of Kings are those who serve as their King serve – and our King served us by doing the impossible with what He had, and likewise, we are to do what He did – that is to do the impossible with what we have, in order to serve – not to reign. It is only when you are serving those who are before you with what you have – your fellow disciples, that the full power to do the impossible will be unleashed to you – now, how much practise of the Words of Jesus does that take – who knows, except Jesus and the only way you can answer that question is to practise until you are allowed success – that is why this called for patient endurance for the saints.

Jesus said, as early as Jn 8:31-32 "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Likewise we must hold onto the teachings of Jesus here in constancy of practises – and if you practise you will fail, you will get frustrated, angry, and you will feel like giving up – for they are the signs of practise. A person who has never failed has never practised because whenever you practise, failures must out number successes – instant success requires no practise, failures must out number successes – instant success requires no practise, so instant success tells me you have not held onto the teachings of Jesus who said “Practise” However, if you show me failure, frustration and anger at the lack of result – you show me that you have practised – and having practised you can eventually expect success – but never instant success.

So in order to now reassess our position – for what we are called to do – have we received what it takes to do, what Jesus wants us to do – have we received the ability to do the impossible in our lives and have we been made witnesses, that impossible things happen in our lives and we are faced with doing even more impossible things.

The angel who gave the news to Mary that she was with child, though she was a virgin testify to us - For nothing is impossible with God. (LK 1:37) and Jesus Himself said in Lk 18:27 "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

Have we been made witnesses and doers of the impossible here – that is that which is not naturally possible for you to do – to see and hear – and the answer us yes – without any doubt, it must be a resounding yes. Then the Words of Jesus must continue and continue to operate – “To those who have, more will be given, until they have more than enough.”

Servants are given a few denarius – it is the kings who are given cities to rule over – but it was the faithfulness of the servants to make use of what they had that afforded them the promotions to rulers of cities (Lk 19:11) – likewise, now we who have been given a few denarius of the impossible things of God – when we are ready to serve, as Jesus served, we will receive the authority and power to rule over cities, for the Word of the Lord is Truth.

What comes next? It is what comes when the New Covenant of the Lord is operated by kings who serve, not the Lord – kings who are fellow disciples, who love one another as their King has loved them. And it is to such a king we will look – not just in Jesus, but a man, who is like us – Joshua, the king of Israel who never was called a king. A man who saw that with God, nothing is impossible – though He said nothing – but Caleb spoke up in Nu 13:30 "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it." He was spared, alongside with Caleb, when God struck down those who spread the report of the land and caused Israel to crumble in Nu 14:36.

We have explored the promised land – we are like the 12, we have seen impossible things and we see the enormity of the task before us – but it is Joshua and Caleb, who must be our peers now – to service the desert and raise up the new generation, who does not want the religious hypocrisy of old, but to take up the New Covenant at its best and take Jericho – with God’s help and if God will not help, then die trying rather than go back to the desert.

Last week God showed you how He used the fear and pride of the Jerichoans to bring them down at the destruction of their wall. In Jos 6 you will read that the Israelites marched around the city – once for 6 days and then returned to camp and nothing happened. Then on the 7th day, they did what they had done the last 6 days, except instead of doing it once, they did it 7 times. Imagine what was going through the hearts of the Israelites and Joshua – nothing happened the last 6 days – what is so different about today – except we are marching 6 times more than we have ever done – so what? Will God do something? – well, God said He would do something:-
"See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in." Jos 6:2-5

Joshua was a king who was prepared to do all he was instructed and then see what God would do to deliver Jericho into his hands – for God did not tell Joshua what He would do –after Joshua obeyed. Joshua was given the instructions and he carried them out totally ignoring the words of the people. Why do I say ignoring? – because nothing is recorded of whether the Israelites grumbled like their forefathers. If they grumbled, we do not know – in fact, it would appear, it was irrelevant.

Likewise in your Kingship, you have your command from God and the Promise – and as we fulfill it, day by day in the order of days, like Joshua did – we will come to the 7th day, where with a sevenfold effort, the impossible will happen.

That is why, now do not loose heart though it is understandable to loose heart for the apostle Paul reminds us of our forefathers who have laboured without seeing or hearing what we see and hear today - These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. (Heb 11:39-40) “Only together with us” - this is not a one man show – not a lone wolf’s ministry – but a ministry that can only be done, if the first commandment is fulfilled – “Love one another as I have loved you” by those whose desire is to serve, not as servants, but as Kings of the King who came as a servant Himself.

So do not loose heart – and I say that to myself, for we have not yet suffered as our forefathers have suffered, yet we are already benefiting from their hard work.
Heb 11:32-38 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated-- the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

So what we must do as we stand outside our Jericho – what can we do that can exceed what was in Joshua’s heart of youthful endurance and obedience – we will march, we will shout as they did – but if the walls do not come down, then we will fling ourselves upon those walls to bring them down or be killed by the walls – but it will not be written that we were slain by our enemies for our Lord has said:- "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters–yes, even his own life–he cannot be my disciple.” (Lk 14:26)

We have to make the breakthrough – there is no choice. We cannot fail because the desert is behind us, and the manna has stopped or will stop. We must take the land and eat of it or we will perish. So like the Israelites who have already marched around 6 times on 6 days and nothing has happened, let us redouble our efforts and march out for 7 times on the 7th day and shout because we serve He who is Faithful and True – and our families are waiting – our brothers and sisters are waiting for us to make the breakthrough and stop the perishing. If such is the attitude of you who desire to be crowned King of the King of Kings – the crown of servitude is yours.

Desperation

What is easier to say ‘your sins are forgiven’ or just to say ‘get up and walk’

Jesus said I will prove to you that I the Son of Man have the authority and right on earth to forgive sins - and he said to the paralysed man ‘stand up take your mat and go on home because you are healed’ and instantly the man jumped to his feet for the forgiveness of God – the forgiveness which comes from God is so complete and so powerful that it manifests its effectiveness by healing and dissolving what power sin did have and all of the ways it took of its manifestation in our flesh and in our spirits and hearts and minds and the joy of God is released for all to see …

For Jesus guarantees the effectiveness of this better covenant - this new covenant.

And the effect and effectiveness of the new covenant was seen in not only his authority to forgive sins - but in the power which is held in forgiveness which is the same power which heals all of which has kept us away from God and is all of which brings us now back to him

Jesus forgave the sin and closed the gap between us and God - and the healing of God manifested in us as the confirmation of the reconciliation with him - while the covenant for the forgiveness of sins which was in the blood of Christ was made evident to us and in us;

For Jesus paid the penalty for sin: the cost of reconciliation back to the eternal God and eternal life and he took the debt and set us free to live the life that the cross of Christ had given us; free to live the life which was the result of all of which the Lord had put into effect as he lived his appointed life on earth and as he practised in secret, and grew in stature remaining faithful and loyal to his Father and his God as the power of God and the word of God and the ways of God came into his life more and more as he practised and followed the ways his Father had set before him –for he was not born knowing who he was or what would be required of him in its fullness – we may think yes we know he was born of a woman and was fully man and within that humanity he felt as we do and hurt as we do and ate and drank and became tired and angry as we do - but in the back of our minds we are also saying yes but- he is God so he could do it better than us – because he knew already what would happen and what he had to do that is why he could live a life without sin - and for it to be easy for him

And we take away from Jesus what he did endure and the life he really lived on this earth as fully man – for he did not always know his destiny – who he was in the fullness of the sacrifice - but God the Father grew him in stature and taught him the difference between right and wrong and he had to do the work and put in the practise and be faithful in his listening and his communications with the Father and in his obedience and in the acceptance of who he was - as the Father poured into him the revelations of the Son of God – because he was not born knowing what he knew while he was still with the Father in heaven – for he was as us, but remained without sin or lie to corrupt him and to separate him from the Father and his word

But when we want the practise to be less, and the power to be more we take away from all of what the Lord did before us - and feel we have the rights to an instant relationship with God and with his power – but Jesus already made it so that we do not have to hang on a cross for six hours with the sin of the world upon us and the wrath of God tearing into us – he alone did that – but as for our relationship with the Father we alone have to build that and can only do it through Jesus Christ and in the same way he did it while he was on this earth

And if we are feeling in our hearts then after the practise and the obedience and the focus what then?

Well after the years of practise and the years of obedience and focus what then was there for Jesus? – What was then for him after he practised and practised and allowed God to prepare him in the weakness of a man so as to reconcile man back to God – what came after he practised tirelessly in secret and dedicated his life to God’s will

God revealed him to the world and he gave what he had received and he forgave sins as he was given the authority by the Father - and he healed the sick and drove out demons and raised the cripples and gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf and brought the dead back to life and gave abundance in the sight of men – What was then for him who practised and remain loyal and without sin and without any deceit or corruption?

What was then for him - was a walk to a cross which brought him agony of spirit and flesh but which gave to us eternal salvation and the covenant of the forgiveness of sins and brought to us resurrection and life – that was where his total loyalty to God and his destiny and God’s word and his unwavering focus and sheer desperation to do the things of God on this earth took him – further into God the Father and the promises of his heart - what also was then for him after his life which he devoted and gave to God for his use - was humiliation and brutality and betrayal and sleepy disciples of whom he had given freely what he had received and who did not even have the desperation in them to stay awake with him in his hour of desperation as he came to the hour and the purpose for which he was sent - when he prayed to the Father three times to take this cup away from him if that were possible

For it was not the grandeur of the power that inspired him to practise for we do not know even if he fully knew at that stage all of which he would be manifesting or required to do – nor was he inspired by the prospect of having men come and flatter him because of his words of wisdom and his teachings or his miracles which had not been seen before … for what the practise and obeying God and learning right from wrong and then choosing the right and then remaining loyal to his Father brought to him was that he would be the perfect sacrifice – given once for all for the forgiveness of sins

Jesus was inspired to fulfil this life on earth because of what it would bring to the Father and as the revelation of that poured into his form of flesh and brought his heart and mind and spirit into the same oneness with the Father which he had while he was still in the glory with him - where the relationship they had was one which would transcend all the weaknesses of the flesh - and he was grown in stature and favour with God and men – there was and would be no ‘what then’ and ‘what now’ to be asked of him back to God – because of their relationship which was heart to heart and soul to soul and mind to mind and spirit to spirit … as the Father revealed all to him through the revelation of eternal relationship

For Jesus put the covenant into place fulfilling its criteria as he walked to the cross to confirm it – just as he died for us while we were still enemies of God so he forgave us while we were still under the penalty of sin – he brought forgiveness to us and said take it and now I will go and pay for what I have given freely of - for he took our debt and made it his own - paid for it and then turned it back on itself for he now owned the rights to it - the One who lives forever owned the rights to that which brings death and gave unto it its own idolatry – gave it unto its own sting

For we received the new covenant of the forgiveness of sins in a new way – in a very personal through Jesus as he allowed us to see God in a way we had never seen him before through the flesh of one who looked just like us - so it could be with that same personal intimacy that we would could relate and work with God through his Holy Spirit bringing the mediator of the new and eternal covenant back to this earth which is soaked in his blood and his life’s work

For forgiveness is given with the power held in the covenant and with the better word that the blood of Jesus does speak

For it was firstly issued out from Jesus who was taught the mastery of sin by his Father for Jesus is the one who paid the penalty for sin and can do as he wants with it for he paid the debt and now owns the rights to do as he pleases with it - for he has no sin in him but knows its nature and will use its nature to bring glory to God - as he takes hold of it and dissolves its power or uses its weaknesses as he takes it and makes it honour God as it bows in submissiveness to him who is the Master of Life – and as he shows us this teaching and gives unto us the authority of which was given unto him and as we are receiving of the Holy Spirit in the same manner as Jesus and sent in the same manner as Jesus and work in the same manner as Jesus so that whatever sins we forgive are forgiven for God’s glory and those we do not forgive are not forgiven for God’s glory and it is for us to know the difference for Jesus brought us the difference and he taught us the difference – because he is the one who made the difference for when he became sin and paid the penalty of it he so divided it – and divided it falls – as it is divided into sins which are to be remitted and sins which are to be retained for that is what will make the difference - that is what will bring down the thickest and strongest of walls which have been set up against God .

For the power which was lost and the revelations which were lost are now restored and in resurrection status and all of which Jesus so displayed in all its greatness will now display Jesus in all of his greatness giving him increased exaltation and increased glory and manifestation - for the Lord has to have received more from this – more from the delay we have caused and more from the disobedience we have manifested - for God works all things out for the good of those who love him and who has loved him more than Jesus - and he will be the receiver of the more as the workings of God are revealed - for through all of his patient endurance and anguish and desperation he will receive all in its greatest measure for there is honour and glory for God even when we are disobedient and will not listen to the one the Father sent on his behalf – for it will never be that God – that the Lord will not have his word always working for his glory and the glory of his Son – and out of all things that we fall short in he will use it to increase his glory and praise

For our God is not just intelligent or smart or wise he is above being brilliant and we will never ever be able to make his glory less lustrous – or less bright - or less splendorous because Jesus has already accomplished and fulfilled all of which gives it its unapproachable light

And even if we do just as Jesus did right from the beginning of his life on this earth - and even though it is what the Father wants - no one in their refusal to respond to where he is leading us - will ever take away from the glory God has already received from JESUS - that a Son of his did walk this earth and did live a life in full relationship with him in the flesh and in the Spirit and in the full truth of his Word – for all of which happens does not weaken our God or take away from him – it does bring him unbearable pain, but his strength will never waver and the fulfilment and satisfaction Jesus gave him will never diminish but only become more if that were possible - and his love does not subside nor his purpose for all of those of the flesh move from its target

He will always be God Almighty and live in unprecedented glory and praise for he could change his pain to joy in an instant, or his creation to dust in the blink of an eye .... but that is not the God we were made in the image of …that is not the God of Glory ... that is not the God who so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life – he is a God whose Son was perfected through suffering so he could lead all into eternal salvation and all of which is of the age to come.

And all of which is not of this world is our inheritance and we have to start using our inheritance to bring the one we are co heir with back to finish the last and final battle

We have to – and if it is not us it has to be someone else – Jesus did it as a man so now a man or woman has to do it just as Jesus did – it can not be one way it has to go two ways because we are reconciled back to God and are not separated from him any more

It is Jesus and us; and us and Jesus

And Jesus always backed up and fulfilled his word fulfilling the law and fulfilling the prophets and fulfilling and releasing the new covenant

He put into effect his words and now we put his words into effect

There is no decision to make for he has made it – for it will be one or it will be ones – and we are either with him or against him – we either gather with him or we scatter from him
For Jesus took the sin – And he replaced it with himself and the healing of God and the healing which God himself was receiving was given back to us in the fullness of power which comes when God Almighty who is immortal is healed as reconciliation and the process of it takes place as his forgiveness flows as the power and authority of it flowed through Jesus and into our hearts and minds and flesh and our souls and our spirits – for God knows all about every workings and even though sin came into life in Satan God knew how it worked for there is nothing of which God does not have the ultimate power over - for Jesus was going to be made sin – and he was going to receive the punishment for it and all of which it was - was going to be annihilated by all of who JESUS IS

Sin comes with a price on it – a price of which is death and a price of which the Lord paid for and then the blood of the eternal covenant for the forgiveness of sins raised him from the dead and the power of death was destroyed by the power of forgiveness which is in the blood of Jesus - for sin would sell itself to the highest bidder so as to see the cruellest of deaths for it sought to kill the Lord of Glory for it was without mercy and without the full revelation of God – for those who practise sin cannot understand the revelation of God and his ingenuity and his ways of bringing all and everything back to him - and he will use all of which is against him - for whoever thinks they have something which is above God and out of the reach of his word only proves that they do not know him or his Christ and have not practised and persevered with patient endurance for God will use all and everything of which is his - and of which he has paid full price for and use it with all the mastery of one who is above all else – whose glory is set above all else … for sin came at a price – but you cannot put a price on God’s Love – it cannot be bought and never can it be paid for –for what price can be put on Life eternal – what price do we put on what JESUS has given to us for when we consider the cost – when we consider the cost of following Jesus do we consider the cost to him when he did follow and do the will of the Father – how long did Jesus consider the cost to him before he came in the flesh and how long did he consider the cost to him after he was born into the world in a body of flesh and was fully human and now living as a man with all the human frailty that man has - how long did he count the cost as the Father continued to grow him and give him the revelation of his destiny as he absorbed and accepted it into now his heart and body of flesh and blood – while he felt and lived as one of the flesh and learned within his humanness right from wrong and how to choose what was right

If he told us to consider the cost of being a disciple then he too had to consider the cost – and he found a high price was to be paid - but even the high price he paid would always be worthwhile for there is no price which can be put on the love of God there is no price which could be put on the love he had for the Father. The cost of loving God is to hand our heart of hearts over to him and to be of a relationship with him which can only grow and be nurtured because he is in our heart of hearts and we are in his heart of hearts and communication with him is complete and without end.

And what it is that the Lord wants to release and to have come out of us – is power – and his power is God communicating with his people and to the world of which he so loved and how can he release that of himself – how can he communicate when we ourselves are not communicating with him or have a relationship of which Jesus has made it possible for us to have – for it is what he has paid for with his flesh and blood- paid for with his life and that is the giving up of his life on this earth unto God as well as giving up of it unto death

And the communication lay in our practise and in our determined focus and in our patient endurance - in our listening and in our obedience and in our total oneness with him no matter what comes after it

For our communication lay not in what comes after it but is in each second and every moment of the now - for each second and every moment is when we are to be speaking the language that Jesus spoke in his spirit as we identify with him and what he did in the moments and seconds and years even before he began his final and public walk to the cross - for then we are on the same page as he is, then we are in the same house he is, in and the same life, and with the same thoughts and with the same direction and understanding of the same costs –

And that is when we communicate with the Lord and when he can respond in power and revelation as we really step into the heart and spirit of his life and then he can once again respond in person - in the flesh – as he returns in response to our continued communication with him in all of the minutes and hours of our life and in all of the attitudes of our heart and our spirit as we really come into him further and he more into us – for we are not only in him and he in us as the Son of God at the level where he is in full power - but it is to have a relationship with him at where he came to begin his relationship with us in the flesh and to begin his earthly relationship with the Father – when he was in the initial stage of what is and was and will always be an eternal fellowship with God which he formed while in the flesh and while on the earth and while as fully man and in all of the weakness of humanity and he showed us that God begins fellowship with him at a place which will always give it a sure foundation - for even Jesus in his humanity had to have a foundation on which to build his relationship with God first as a boy – and then as a man does build his relationship with God and in doing so he became our sure foundation and the cornerstone the builders rejected.

If we cannot communicate and identify with him at ground zero before he was in full power and when he also was frustrated in his practise and before he saw any results and before the greatest of miracles were revealed – before he was revealed as the Son of God and the Saviour of the world – if we cannot identify with him before he knew his destiny and who he was in the fullness of the sacrifice - and speak to him, and listen to him, and learn from him at also this time in his life so as to establish with him and cement with him what can never be taken from us or from him - and what can only come into increase is our fellowship with him and the power that fellowship brings – and until then we will never understand his power nor how he attained it nor his sheer determination to maintain and control it - nor understand his focus which came out of the life he lived with those around him ; for his life was not always a joyful experience even before he went to the cross - and to understand his desperation and his relationship and his heart and his spirit and the language which is still within him – and we will never learn communication with him so as to be able to take it out of its religious facade – and take it back to where it started and listen to Jesus and then speak and identify with him at the most basic of levels - basic but it is the most powerful of levels for when Jesus was born power was born into this world - and when all of the pomp and glitter and talk is taken out of the way then the understanding he came to give us is clear - his language and his life more clear to us and the language of our hearts and our spirits making clear to him, that we understand him a little bit more

For he received the power of God but not before he received and accepted God as his God and as His Father and all of which he had purposed for his life as a man – not before he accepted the ways of God and patiently persevered and allowed his frustration and hurt and desperation to take him further into the heart of the Father and into what God had planned for him as his only begotten Son and for his creation - and not before the stature of which he had grown to and which was witnessed by God and knew by God – not before that stature would bring him to a place of God’s choosing where he would place him in a situation which brought him such desperation that he cried out to his Father three times to take the cup of suffering away from him - but in this time of prayer – this time of anguish and suffering he pushed further into God and into his Father and into their relationship of which was made anew while he walked as a man and he received the strength and a determination of focus which would make him unstoppable and which comes from such a complete relationship with God - and he received the power of heart and spirit to say not my will but your will be done – how hard do you think it was for him to say that and to mean it – to say it from his heart and to mean it from his heart and Jesus had a relationship with God like no other person – of a grade of a pureness which he wants us to have, and even he was put into situations which would cause him to cry out to God and to be brought closer to him – so we can do the same – it happened to Jesus so we can do the same – if the Father will put his only begotten Son into situations with the fullness of humanity in him and leave him in them to bring about what is eternal then how much more do we have to push into him in our times of desperation to bring about even what is of the temporary – so how much more for a sinner like us saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ – how much more for us - for if the one who is and has always been of no sin had to push into God how much do we who comes through Christ have to do the same thing
For we take nothing away from what the Lord did and what he endured and persevered with and what brought him to his hour of desperation – nothing can we take away from him - not in his humanity and not in his Kingship for when we take away from him and what he really did - we take away from us and what we are now permitted to do through him

For when the disciples stopped their communication with him at its most fundamental and powerful level they could go no further and they could only lose direction and focus and slept when they should have been awake –but they were not awake and did not share his desperation – did not speak to him about his anguish nor his pray nor his state of mind nor saw into his eyes nor heard the cry from his heart or the distress of his spirit – and from their loss of communication with him at this level they would lose power and revelations and all of which they were taught was not put into practise or persevered - with but was mixed with what never should have been put into practise – they listened to the success they had and allowed their communication with the Lord slip away and become religious and formal instead of personal and intimate

And it became a flurry of words which were based around a new building they had constructed with words which were becoming walls the Lord would have to tear down and teachings which he would have to destroy and lack of power of which he would have to restore

The way Jesus was trained and grown and disciplined and raised by the Father he gave to us so we can do what he has done - for all of which he received from him and of which he freely gives us was received while he was fully man and not when he was fully God

And so how great and mighty and pure is a love and a power and a forgiveness which comes from a heart which has received and known discipline at the highest level - discipline from God - a grade and refinement which comes from his exquisite love – unsoiled – uncorrupted – and fully focused on the final goal where there are no ‘what then’s - but only seeing and drinking in what is happening now as his word moves in our life and brings all into the present

Just as Forgiveness when it moves out from a heart which has known full communication with God - not only in areas of great power and wisdom and knowledge but areas of which would fill the heart of a child – how that form of forgiveness raises to life and only through Jesus is this type of unsoiled forgiveness unleashed because of all which went before it – all of which drove him further and further into the Father as he was prepared to be the perfect sacrifice which would seal an eternal covenant – for the blood of the new covenant also raised Jesus from the dead for the blood of the eternal covenant was needed to raise the Lord back to life as it raises us back to life - as it is the covenant for the forgiveness of sins and the only covenant which dissolves the power of sin - dissolving what is in our hearts bringing them down as our hearts merge into the blood of Christ and become one in heart - for a heart which is of the Christ and which is of the passion of the Christ has to have in it a forgiveness which is eternally guaranteed, because we have eternally guaranteed through our merging with Christ, our relationship with God Almighty….

For we may practise and say well what now – but Jesus practised and what then?

The cross was what then – the desperate prayer of a man was what then – from a man who knew God and communicated with him all his life and based his whole life on this earth on being prepared for his last three years - and if our desperation does not make of such a fellowship with God – such a relationship as it began and remained within Jesus while full preparation to do the Father’s will took over his life as a man – then our relationship with him has not reached a maturity he is searching for in us

So how desperate are we really – desperate in earthly situations which put us into an agony of spirit because we see the agony of the flesh and the heart which will follow – but even more than this has to be our desperation to be all of the fullness of Christ - for only being at all of the fullness of Christ and all of which fills him as a man and as God - will bring our desperation into God’s glory as we melt into our Lord - coming to where we can listen to Jesus and communicate with him so deeply because we began our conversation with him right at the beginning of his life on this earth and have spoken with him all the way and only then can it reach into his eternal glory and into where he is now - and be of a true exchange between us because we are not just jumping on the bandwagon in the time in his life when power was manifested – when miracles were in abundance – but are in interchange in conversation with him through all of his times in secret preparation and in all the lonely times of his life on this earth – and when he practised and listened and learned the word of God – because his life on this earth gave him much loneliness and rejection long before he began his public life…and we may think it is too late to converse with him in the time he walked the earth but it is he lives all of it in the now - for there is no past or future only the present and all of which was and is and still is to come is what he is experiencing now – his life on earth is not gone from him and is still can be shared with us if we have the communication with him which is coming from a heart which has running through it threads of which we want interwoven into the Lord’s life for they are threads of our humanity which need to be joined to his – and it will only come to a time of desperation when our relationship with him has moved into its magnification and we see not the full garment as solid cloth but it is magnified and we see each thread and the distance between each one is so great – for there cannot be any distance between us and the Lord but it is how closely woven to him we want and need and are desperate to be – so there are no loose ends – no distance even when seen in the greatest of magnification

For Jesus went before us in every situation and in all circumstances and that is the only reason it is possible for us to come so close to God in such an intimate and knowing way of how he raised his only begotten Son - for it did not just happen – for Jesus was not born and instantly knew and did all things

Jesus made the way for us and there are reasons why it feels the way it does and why it takes us to places within ourselves and the Lord which seem of a hardness to endure - and seem as though the Lord should just take it from us and use his power to take us from point A to point B without us feeling any distress

For after all he is God Almighty and nothing is impossible for him to do – and if that is what he wanted to do to us he would have done it that way with Jesus – but he didn’t - and the Lord is looking for and wanting sons in the mould of Jesus Christ for that is what it takes to be an eternal son or daughter and not sons and daughters of the temporary - not ones in the shallowness of who man was before God’s Christ came and lived the life we all should have been already living and that is not to say that his life he lived was always full of joy and full of power and miracles and that it was easy for him - and that he did not have in his life all of which we do so endure as well

For he did not come to take us out of life and into some fairyland: but to enable us to go back into our life and to live it with God and in the power of God

And if it is handed to us and it is done instantly and without pain or distress and involves no unpleasantness and no searching into God and pushing into him and no desperate pleas and petitions offered up from us to the who can save us from our hour of anguish – then we will not be like Jesus - for the Father looks for us in Christ and looks for Christ in us and if we are in Christ we are as Christ and live as him and feel as him and receive and accept as him

And our God who has no beginning and no end is a God who has complete passion for those he has made – and he brings himself to us through Jesus and gives us a history of himself which is encaptured in time for that is the realm we live in and understand the most – so we could relate and identify with him seeing and understanding what is of no history because it has no beginning or end and to see that put into a perspective of time – as we saw the birth of Jesus and could be taken through his growing years and his ministry and his death and his resurrection and his ascension and his soon return so we can relate and identify to him in a time frame and to have a history and a beginning and an end as we know it - for we live in a world governed by time and the Lord puts it into a time frame and a life span and give us a history with him for he gives us what is of the now for us - so we can be of the eternal - and he brings us to him in ways which develop us and give maturity not yet seen in his creation as he opens us up to the more to what has not beginning and no end as he gave what is spiritual in the form of flesh and blood – to give us the maturity of God, as seen and heard and witnessed in Jesus Christ - and all of which he endured and suffered and experienced was in relation and proportion to what we would have to endure in our process of reconciliation with the Father and our restored relationship with him if we want to move out of the framework of time and into the process of no beginning and no end but to live all as of the present – and it is a process which has to be done by God and in his way - for it takes us into his exclusive domain and into his eternity and the more fully developed we are the more we know of eternity and know it is already in the present with us and to live in that, we have to be just like Jesus

The Lord gives us a snapshot of himself - for out of all of his revelations we have a snapshot of him and the kingdom and of the Father and of the Holy Spirit and of our inheritance and a brief viewing of all of which is of the realm of Spirit and Truth - and trust and loyalty - and love and forgiveness - and perseverance and patient endurance – a snapshot of Jesus Christ - but who has in their heart of hearts the desperation of JESUS CHRIST – a desperation to take the snapshot of Christ and his kingdom and his kingship and his crowns and to have that desperation to bring to God the victory so great, for it to be so indestructible within us that the sheer power of it – is what is driving us into the Lord and driving him back to earth and is what makes all who oppose him surrender their weapons for the weapon we now are revealing cannot be fought against – for nothing could prevail against the desperation and then determination and the undefeatable attitude of heart of which manifested in Jesus - and all of which he is telling us and showing us and even though we may think he is going from Kingship and crowns and then back to the battle and then back to listening and communicating and knowing more of him – he does it for a reason - he is giving us snapshots and moving us all over the place for that is what it is going to take for him to drive us into a place where if we are not fully with him then we are against him and if we do not gather with him then we will scatter from him - and he wants us know and to feel what it is like to have the Holy Spirit with us – to know his presence and to know the desperation and pain he feels for the time is nearly here when he will have to leave – and the separation from us for him is going to be unbearable but to make the pain a little less we have to start moving fully with the Jesus as he drives us to draw him back – if we have the desperation for Jesus to return – if our hearts are so fully and completely centred on his return and we have in us what is indestructible and which all else except God himself cannot stop then the Holy Spirit has done his job and the pain of his going will be eased a little for him

For when he is not here to convict those who do not believe in Jesus we will

When he is not here to power us forward and to reveal the words of Jesus to us we will be the manifestation of the revelations of Christ and be full of the power of his resurrection and life.

For it is with a desperation of heart that we want to cry out don’t go Holy Spirit for the separation from him is unbearable - not only because he is the power of God and the Spirit of God but because he is a part of us and lives in us - and for him to leave those he knows so well and has been with for so long fills his heart with an unbearable pain

But it is with the same desperation we are also crying out come Lord Jesus come - and there will be an interim period where we will be without the Holy Spirit and without Jesus back on earth and to move into this period it will be our hearts which will have to say and mean it – our hearts which say ‘not our will but your will be done Father’ – and with the knowing and the understanding that we will be alone on this earth without the Holy Spirit and without Jesus - in that desperation of that moment - of that hour - will we be able to, just as Jesus did - say and mean it - ‘not our will but your will be done Father’

For it is we have counted the cost and have listened to the commands and have practised his word and then it will be truly when we manifest patient endurance – and will understand that the all of the life of Jesus we needed to communicate with and to respond to for us to take the all of him into our hearts and into our spirits – the all of which his life involved from his birth to his ascension for we will be called to do as he has done and the greater things - and only if we can draw on our personal and intimate relationship with him will we be able to fulfil what we are called to do and perform it in the same way Jesus himself would have

For Jesus in all of his humanity called out with desperation to God the Father - for as fully man he went before us in all things and he alone made our reconciliation possible - and not only our reconciliation but a reconciling which is to bring us to where the Lord does fellowship with the Father and that is where he is truly now taking us

For just as Jesus, who is the first one appointed to rise from the dead had to also keep pushing further into the Father so will we in our hours of desperation, when it is that the Father’s will is being accomplished all around us and in us - for all of which the LORD responded to and went through was so we could do the same - and so be co heirs with him in the true sense of being co- heirs with him - for if it happened to Jesus it will in some degree happen to us

And if we think it has not already happened to him first then we are mistaken for he has taken it all on from the beginning to the end and only in him and with him will the full journey of Christ in us be able to reach its incredible fulfilment

For without our Lord we stand condemned – without our Lord any battle we may fight is already lost – without our Lord there is no hope of forgiveness – and no loving each other as he has loved us – and there will be no best which has been kept to last

For the greatest love of all has happened to us and is still happening to us and the travesty of it is that the greatest proportion of it goes unnoticed until the time for it to be noticed and truly responded to has passed

And it is with that same desperation and determination which sent our Lord to the cross that we can say and mean it - that it will not pass us by – it will not go unnoticed – it will not go unresponded to

The greatest love of all which has happened to us – the great love of Jesus Christ will be returned to him not in the future – not soon - BUT NOW –

For now is it for us to be of a desperation and an attitude that it is NOW we bring all back to God – now we do it all for the Father and for Jesus and for the Holy Spirit and it comes directly from our Lord and will flow directly into us when we have gone to him and wanted and understood and accepted and have been desperate to be with him and know him before he was of power – before he was of miracles – before he was declared in public as the Son of God – when he was still practising - when he was frustrated – when he was seeing no miracles but when he was still being driven with desperation into a relationship with the Father which would transcend the miracles and the power because the miracles and the power was only the effect of his relationship with God - only the outpouring of his oneness with him – the outpouring of God’s love on which there cannot be put a price

And when we say come Lord Jesus come – we are to remember that the Holy Spirit is also of a pain which is unbearable and of which we cannot totally take away but of which we can make a little easier - as he feels the desperation in our hearts and the truth of our words and to know we mean them when we say ‘not our will but your will be done Father’ - as we join with him and feel his pain for only he in us has given us the drive to bring Jesus back – only he in us has reminded us of all of the words of Jesus – only he in us has allowed us to say JESUS IS LORD – and only he, the Holy Spirit of God has made his elect able to stand and be at the Mount of Olives to welcome our Lord and as he watches us from the heavens- and his hand on us we will feel as he raises us to meet our Lord in the clouds –

THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT – for the relationship and friendship you have given us – that we may come to know the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he did send

THANK YOU SPIRIT OF SONSHIP - SPIRIT OF DAUGHTERSHIP AND SPIRIT OF KINGSHIP - We thank you the Holy Spirit of God Almighty -

AMEN FATHER – AMEN JESUS – AMEN HOLY SPIRIT

The Speed of Light

The Lord is heading straight back for Jerusalem, and He is indeed travelling by the speed of light. He is the light of the world- and the speed of light is the speed of the Lord. For the Father said, “Let there be light”, and the power of the Holy Spirit went forth in the speed of the light of the Word of God, who is Jesus, and brought into existence every detail of God’s creative imagination. And the momentum of the Lord’s current movements as He drives hard to reach His goal and as He brings with Him those who are dressed and ready for service, will catch anyone off guard if they are not standing at the door, waiting for His knock and hearing His voice. (Rev 3:19) It will catch them off guard if they have not been listening to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. His return will take by surprise anyone whose hearts are weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close in on them like an unexpected trap. (Lk 21:34) They will not know at what time He will come back to the earth, and they will not recognise the time of His personal visit to them- for He will again come like a thief as He did when He was born into this creation.

Who will be caught in the whirlwind of the force of the Holy Spirit? Who will be prepared for the days of distress? Who will go down to take anything out of the house or go back into the field get his cloak? Did not the Lord instruct us to leave our houses and fields for His sake and the sake of the gospel, so that we may be fit for service in the kingdom of God?

We are in the likeness of the days of Noah. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Noah’s ark was established in the first covenant between Noah and the Father- and the second ark of God was established in the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the descendants, when the power of the Holy Spirit delivered Israel and carried them on eagles’ wings. The third ark is established in the new covenant of Jesus. It is a covenant of peace because it is not only based on deliverance, but on love and forgiveness. And where there is love and forgiveness, there is peace. Not peace for all mankind- but peace for God.

See: The ark is the covenant- the covenant is the ark. For without a covenant established by God with us, there is no word. And where there is no word- there is no life, no light and no hope of glory. Since the fall of Adam and Eve who were banished from His presence, which is paradise, God gave us His word established in a covenant to bring us back to Him- to bring us close to Him- because God so loved the world He gave His only Son, whose outpouring of Himself sealed the covenant with blood. And in the new covenant, the Father is ushering us back into light of the knowledge of the glory of Himself in the face of Christ, for we have all sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. His covenant, which is His word that stretches across the spectrum of the Alpha and the Omega, fills and closes the gap of the height from which we have fallen. And through our faithful obedience, patient endurance and steadfast loyalty to do what benefits God our Father, it will give rise to a stature that is worthy of His Name and image- worthy of His love and His kingdom- worthy of His Fathership and kingship- worthy of the blood that was shed in so much pain and suffering that people are still offended by its portrayal. And they prefer to gloss over the salvation of Christ and transform it into a wishy-washy act of God that does not take into account the reconciliation of the Son of Man and the Son of God. And as such, they will never grasp the enormity of the resurrection of Christ on the third day, for they never died with Him on the first day. They never developed the faculty to grasp the speed by which the Holy Spirit resurrected Jesus, and they cannot comprehend the speed at which the power of the first resurrection is moving ahead and will pass over them if do not have the sign of the blood of the new covenant on them, but instead have accepted the enslaving mark of beast on their forehead and right hand.

For it is not so much about a sense of haste or delay, for God is never late or early as we understand it- but rather the heartbeat behind each move of God which does reflect the desires of His heart, the urgency of His mood, the warmth of His palm and the delights of His Spirit. The strike of the sword of the Lord fell upon His enemy so fast that the Lord saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. And His sword will again swiftly strike the house of the enemy with the force of justice and righteousness in the mastery of sin- turning the tables on them with their own weapon- that we will see Satan fall like lightning from the earth into the Abyss and into the fiery lake, never having the chance to recover or recoup what He stole from our God.

Justice for Jesus is not that people come to believe Him and repent in His Name and be saved- eventually. That is only correcting an injustice. It is not the grade of justice that is marvellous to God. To even begin to understand justice of Jesus, we have to take into account the speed of which it must be delivered to Him. To have all people believe in the Name of the Lord TODAY - to have all people healed and delivered and cleansed TODAY - to have the stage set in place for the false prophet and the beast TODAY - to be heartened, ready and courageous TODAY to prepare us for days of distress so that we may survive and meet the Lord at the Mount of Olives, even if we are in the same battered condition that the Lord reached Golgotha where He was crucified- it doesn’t matter- at least we made it. To bring to fruition all that is required, so that the word of God may be fulfilled to bring His Son back into TODAY- that is justice for Jesus. To do all that in a lukewarm manner and a lethargic time frame is an insult and an injustice to our God who gave us His salvation in the incredible speed of TODAY- who poured out into all flesh the gift of the Holy Spirit in the fantastic speed of TODAY- and gave us revelations of Himself in His Word all in TODAY.

At what speed was the Father going when He first entered into a covenant with Noah, and when He gave Noah the instructions about the ark? At what speed was the eagle the Holy Spirit flying, swooping down onto the nations which were the enemies of Israel? At what speed did the wall of Jericho fall?

At what speed did Jesus head for the cross as soon as these words came out of His mouth, “The time has come. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near”? (Matt 4:17 and Mk 1:5) At what speed did the Lord say, “Take it; this is my body. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many”? How fast was His heart beating when He said, “I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.” Does the stillness in His voice or the steady gaze in His eyes disguise the eternalness of this truth, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you”?

God’s covenant with Noah was sealed with a rainbow in the sky. The sign of His covenant with Abraham was in the flesh- and the sign of His covenant with Israel was in their observance of the Sabbath. (Ex 31:13) And the Lord is getting more intimate because the new covenant of Jesus is sealed with His blood which we partake in. It is outward like a rainbow when we open our mouths to testify with the Holy Spirit. It is also physical as our observance of His law is not only on the flesh of our forehead and our hands (Ex 13:9), but His law is written in our hearts and in our minds. But the new covenant is the only covenant that allows for oneness and unity- to be one with the Father as Jesus is in Him and we are in Jesus, and to remain in His love. For it is the new covenant which takes us into eternal life, eternal sonship and kingship-as it is sealed not by bull’s blood but by the blood of the Lamb who was slain before the creation of the world- He whose Godly eternalness makes Him the firstborn over all creation. Jesus is the firstborn male who consecrated Himself for the world as the author of salvation, and by His suffering, He brought many sons and daughters to glory so that we too may be truly sanctified. He is the Beginning and the End- He is the Firstborn and the great Amen.

For the Lord is not only taking us into the new covenant, removing the smokescreens which veil the Word by each revelation of the Holy Spirit, so that at last we hear Him clearly and without figures of speech. His word is now clearer than it ever is- like the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring. Are not our hearts burning as He opens the new covenant in the Scripture to us? It burns with the speed by which the Holy Spirit is working to transform us into His likeness with ever increasing glory, before He is taken out of the way. Did not the 11 disciples say to the Lord, “At last you are speaking plainly and not in parables” (John 10:29 NLT), after He had revealed to them the new covenant with its commands and decrees, that are buried in His words like treasures? After that, the Lord prayed to the Father- for His work was done, except for His crucifixion – the final act of the work of salvation for all mankind.

And by the power of the Holy Spirit, we received by revelation from the Lord the commands of kingship in the prophetic words of the apostle John. And because of these surpassingly great revelations we are given, He shows us that first resurrection only encompasses one of the 12 rewards of kingship, and that there is so much more to strive for- because what He is really taking us into is the New Covenant Kingship.

For kingship was one aspect of God’s covenant with Abraham when He said, “I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.” (Ex 17:6) But no king of Israel could obey the commands of the Old Covenant Kingship- except Jesus who through the same covenant, was born into the royal family line of King David. It made him the legal heir to King David’s earthly throne- for the human ancestry of Christ and royal lineage of King David is the Son of God’s lawful access to the kingdom of the world. Jesus alone fulfilled the commands of the Old Covenant Kingship- and we who are in Him and Him in us as we abide in Him and His words abide in us have also fulfilled the Old Covenant Kingship, and now face the commands of the New Covenant Kingship- for the glory of the present covenant is greater than the glory of the former covenant.

10 Commands of Old Covenant King- which Jesus has fulfilled
1. Do not place a foreigner over the people, one who is not a brother Israelite. (Deut 17:15)
2. Do not go back the old way again, and do not make the people return that way. (Deut 17:16)
3. Do not acquire great number of horses. (Deut 17:16)
4. Do not take many wives. (Deut 17:17)
5. Do not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. (Deut 17:17)
6. Do write for yourself a scroll of the copy of the law, taken from the Levite priests. (Deut 17:18)
7. Do let the copy of the law be with you and read it all the days of your life. (Deut 17:19)
8. Do learn to revere the Lord your God, and follow carefully all the words of the law and decrees. (Deut 17:19)
9. Do not consider yourself better than your brothers. (Deut 17:20)
10. Do not turn from the law to the right or to the left.

And does not the Lord bear these 4 hallmarks of an Old Covenant King?
4 Hallmarks of an OT King
1. He is chosen by the Lord and is a brother Israelite.
2. His heart is steadfast and is not led astray by horses, women, silver and gold.
3. He is faithful and close to the copy of the law.
4. He is humble as he does not consider himself better than his brothers.

The Lord has fulfilled all righteousness and the Law and the Prophets. And we who are in Him and believe in Him have done the same things He has, must now move on to fulfil the New Covenant Kingship, which is the greater thing. And these are the commands the Lord gave us in regards to the New Covenant and to Kingship- when combined gives us the 10 commands of the New Covenant Kingship:

10 Commands of the New Covenant Kingship
1. Love one another. As Jesus loved you, so you must love one another- (Jn 13:34) Do not forsake your first love. (Rev 2:4)
2. Trust in God, trust also in Jesus. (Jn 14:1)- Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. (Rev 2:10)
3. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid. (Jn 14:1; Jn 14:27)- Do not renounce your faith in Jesus- remain true to His Name. (Rev 2:13)
4. Testify about Jesus with the Holy Spirit. (Jn 15:26)- Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. (Act 18:9)- Do more now that you did at first. (Rev 2:19)
5. Remain in Jesus (Jn 15:4) and remain in His love (Jn 15:9) - Remain in Him and His words remain in us. (Jn 15:7)- Do not fall asleep. (Rev 3:2) and Do not be lukewarm. (Rev 3:5)
6. Do not go astray. (Jn 16:1)- Do not deny His Name, and keep His word. (Rev 3:8)
7. Listen to the Holy Spirit when He guides you into all truth and tells you what is to come. (Jn 16:12)
8. Stop doubting and believe. (Jn 20:27)
9. Feed His lambs; take care of His sheep; feed His sheep. (Jn 21:15)- Endure patiently (Rev 3:10)- Persevere and endure hardships for His Name and do not grow weary (Rev 2:3)
10. Receive the Holy Spirit. (Jn 20:22)- Do not hold on to the teachings and practices of the Nicolatians. (Rev 2:15 and 2:6)- Do not hold on to the teachings of Balaam. (Rev 2:14)- Do not hold on to the teachings of that woman Jezebel. (Rev 2:20)- Do not learn Satan so-called deep secrets. (Rev 2:24)

The first and greatest commandment of the old covenant is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments- which Jesus has fulfilled and we have fulfilled them with Him. Now the elect hang on to these first two commands- for the first shall be last and the last shall be first:

1. Love one another. As Jesus loved you, so you must love one another. Do not forsake your first love.
2. Receive the Holy Spirit. (Jn 20:22)- Do not hold on to the teachings and practices of the Nicolatians. (Rev 2:15 and 2:6)- Do not hold on to the teachings of Balaam. (Rev 2:14)- Do not hold on to the teachings of that woman Jezebel. (Rev 2:20)- Do not learn Satan so-called deep secrets. (Rev 2:24)

When we fulfil these two commands, the First and the Last, the fulfilment of the other 8 commands will flow with greater ease because our house will be built on solid rock. We would have dug deep and laid its foundation on the rock, and we would be unshakable because the foundation of the New Covenant is love and forgiveness. God’s love for us and forgiveness towards us is unshakable, because His foundation is built on the Rock, which is His Word. So the flood came, and the solid rock of His covenant with Noah preserved Him, and through His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Israel, it has led us to Him.

That is why we respect the old covenant, we uphold the spirit of justice and we praise the Lord for His love of kindness, justice and righteousness. But we follow the new covenant- even if we feel overwhelmed by the enormity of a revelation whose words had always been right in front of us- even if we feel slightly disoriented and a bit weathered- and even if it may initially seem unnatural that our first love should be each other. But that is how the Lord desired it to be- for that is how Jesus wants to show all men who He is- by the love His disciples has for one another.

For the flood will again come as the Lord has spoken, but it will not be a flood of water that destroys all life- but a flood of fire because the Gardener will pull up the weeds and burn them in the eternal fire prepared for the devil and the sons of the devil. The Lord did come to being fire on earth, the Holy Spirit is here to baptise us with fire from heaven, and the word of God is a fire shut up in our bones- and the speed by which this fire burns through us is to be the pace at which our hearts are beating for the Lord’s every move up to His return. Our hearts should be beating even faster than the rate of revelations He is giving us through the Holy Spirit- because it glorifies and pleases and honours the Lord that we should desire and have in mind the things of God faster than He can give it. Only then will we not be foolish and slow of heart to believe and act on all that the Lord and the Spirit have spoken- because God’s truth and the speed of which He is bringing His Word into fulfilment is seared in our hearts and minds. The heat of the Bright Morning Star is indeed more powerful and more intense than the scorch of the sun on any given day- and we have to be hotter than the sun to be able to receive from the Lord the morning star.

We thank you Father because we are beginning to see clearly at last- and we thank you Holy Spirit for taking us through all the revelations in the past years, taking what belongs to Jesus and making it known to us. We look back on the time with such fondness and adoration of you- every teaching and every lesson learnt, and the love of our God which was cultivated and grown in us because of you.

And now, Holy Spirit, let us understand the speed by which you are working, so that we may work with you, and not against you. Help us understand the urgency and desperation we are feeling, and teach us how to harness it to the best of God’s honour. Teach us, Lord, how to grasp the speed of light which is the speed of the Spirit of the word of God- so that it will not pass us by, but we may take hold of it, and master it according to the Father’s good pleasure. We praise you for all your rebukes, corrections and discipline- we thank you for them for we desire to think and act in the same pace as you. Lord, it is possible for the Father and it is beneficial for the Jesus not to have us left behind while He rides on ahead to His destiny. May our destiny in Christ be as one with His destiny in us- for only then are we true sons and daughters of our Father who is the great and almighty King.

We thank you Holy Spirit for TODAY.

Long lives the KING in ever increasing glory and joy forever!

AMEN HOLY SPIRIT

18 September 2004

The New Covenant (part 1)

Matthew 26:27-29 “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the [New AMP, KJV] Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
With this He sealed those who would be His disciples—those who as He said in John 8:31,32 “If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Judas may have been served the cup and the bread, but he did not partake of it willingly, for had he eaten of the bread as Jesus broke it saying, “Take and eat; this is My body..” Matthew 26:26; he must have drawn back thus causing Jesus to serve Judas a piece of bread—the same bread that Jesus had already said, “This is My body…” as it is written in John 13:26,27 Then, dipping the piece of bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered him.

Judas held back from drinking and eating the blood and the body—that is the wine and the bread—because it was unclean to eat the flesh of a man and to drink the blood of a man—and this is a disciple—the disciple who is as calculating as they come. This is to a disciple who knew that Mary Magdalene’s perfume was worth a year’s wage, which tells me that Judas was very much aware of the value of things; a man of intelligence in the worldly sense. A man who was calculating—a man who remembered that the person who is now saying that the bread is His body and the wine is His blood is the one who taught them a few days ago “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea’, and does not doubt in his heart but believes what he says will happen, it will be done for him.” Mark 11:23

For Judas, the bread and the wine had really turned to the flesh and blood by the word of Jesus and Judas could not eat of it—and when Jesus served him the bread publicly it was the last straw. This is why it is written in John 13:30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. He could not stay. The teaching of Jesus was too much. Not only that, Jesus had forced it on Judas by making him eat the bread that had become flesh. He could not hold to Jesus’ teachings and left…

Disciples are not only those who hold onto Jesus’ teachings, but are prepared to pay the price for Jesus’ teachings—that is the true cost of discipleship, and for any Jew, the cost of Jesus’ teachings included doing something which is worse than unclean according to the Law. To eat the flesh of a man was so forbidden that the Law does not even mention it, and to drink the blood of a living creature according to the Law would have you cut off from God. The cost of discipleship isn’t just to leave your father, mother, brother, sister, houses, and fields as Jesus said in Luke 14:26,27 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters- yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

Jesus Christ was not crucified because He fulfilled the Law as a prophet, but was crucified because He went beyond the Law and announced His Sonship. It was when He answered “Yes, it is as you say” to the question of Matthew 26:63-65 “Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God”, that the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need more witnesses?”

The cost of discipleship is only the entry fee, but the certification of discipleship is when you are prepared to hold on to the teaching of Jesus despite charges of exceeding the Law and being accused of blasphemy. The manifestation of discipleship or rather the proof of discipleship is not whether you have borne the cost or hung onto the teaching of Jesus only, but whether you have obeyed the commandments given to all disciples beginning with the first one. – John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

You may pay for the cost of your education and you may hold onto all that you were taught jealousy, but the final proof of how good you are in what you have paid to learn is the public. A chef may have paid full fees and cook exactly the way the book says it should be done, but if what he cooks doesn’t sell- he can’t have a restaurant.

So if in your zealousness to pay the cost of discipleship and to hold onto the teachings of discipleship, you fail to let Jesus love you personally; then you are not qualified as a disciple. For to obey the command, you must have been loved personally by Jesus so that you can love one another as He has loved you – not just the corporate love of having saved you upon the cross, but the personal love.

Jesus loved Peter enough to have prayed for Him when Satan sought permission to sieve him, yet when Ananias and Sapphira were tempted and were judged with death, Peter did not bother to pray and raise them both from the dead. —Rather he left them for dead.

Jesus restored Peter even after Peter denied Him 3 times, after Jesus warned him he would. Ananias and Sapphira received no such warning. Yes it was God’s will to kill them as He did, but it is also Jesus’ command that we love one another as He loved us. It should also be written that Ananias and Sapphira remained dead despite the pleas of mercy from Peter for 4 days after they died, and when it became obvious that God would not raise them, the church finally buried them.

If doing to others what you would have them do to you in everything sums up the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:12), then loving one another as Jesus loved you sums up the New Covenant for disciples.

The reason David spent 7 days fasting for the first born child Bathsheba bore to him, hoping to change the will of God in 2 Samuel 12, was because God had spared David’s life. –“The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.” 2 Samuel 12:13 As God had done unto him, David sought to be done unto the child.

The failure to apply the New Commandment in personal love to each other through Jesus Christ, meant the Church began to experience powerlessness. When Peter displayed obedience to this command in Acts 3 by giving the cripple that which he had, the cripple walked! Power—full power flows if the first commandment of any covenant is adhered to. Break the first commandment of your covenant, and powerlessness sets in.

The Israelites filed to keep the power of Moses when they failed to keep the first commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30

Solomon lost the kingdom of Israel when he forsook the first commandment. Likewise, we lost the power even as disciples, because we forsook the first commandment of the New Covenant….and if you don’t keep the first, you won’t keep the rest.

So—just back tracking—you cannot be a disciple if you do not listen to Jesus Christ and practise His words; and you will not graduate as a disciple if you do not pay the cost either. However, graduating as a disciple does not mean you will bear the fruit of your discipleship—and the fruit of your discipleship will be tested by your obedience to the first commandment to all disciples—“Love one another as I have loved you.”

If you haven’t come to the place where you can say ‘This is how Jesus has personally loved me’—well, you cannot begin to apply yourself to this commandment. Then alright—just make every effort to enter the narrow door—that is, enter into a personal relationship with Jesus and follow Him, forsaking all else until you have a personal experience of His love and you know him as He knows you.

Now it is after you know that you have qualified for discipleship and have borne the fruit of love, the great fruit—and in this case, the fruit of having been loved by Jesus and the fruit of loving your fellow disciples as Jesus has loved you—you are ready to operate the New Covenant with its eternally superior power and benefits for God’s glory—and if it is for God’s glory—it is also for your glory. For whatever belongs to God belongs to Jesus and you are the co-heirs of Jesus. Whatever glorifies God glorifies you, and whatever glorifies you glorifies God.

So—to get this going again God had to raise up a new group of disciples. A group who will listen to Jesus and practise His words and teachings, no matter how wrong or stupid it looked or sounded—like turning wood to gold, and reading only the spoken words of God from the Bible 30 times, over and over again, to the forsaking of all other words. Having done that in you, He is now waiting to see if you will love one another in the months of your discipleship, as Jesus has loved you. Your successful obedience of this new commandment will fire up the New Covenant, and release the power of the New Covenant the way it was meant to be released as part of the preparation of the Church for the return of Jesus. We are like the man bringing out new and old treasures from the storeroom-even as you have the powers of the age to come—loosing them on earth and causing them to be loosed in heaven – so the powers of the New Covenant that should have been displayed, but were not, will also now be displayed. God is now bringing everything into play to usher in Jesus’ return.

Once you succeed in obeying the New Command, then the commands and decrees of John 20:21 can unfold for us—“Peace be with you!” The peace that surpasses all understanding comes with the love that is beyond knowledge—the love displayed by disciples for fellow disciples that Christ gave them. It is only when you love one another as Jesus loved you, can there be the peace that will allow us to be sent out – “as the Father has sent Me [Jesus], I am sending you”.

It is when there is this peace between the disciples that the Holy Spirit is properly received—“Receive the Holy Spirit” John 20:22 When all these conditions are met in a group of disciples, will the power of the New Covenant—the Covenant for the forgiveness of sins—only then will this power be truly manifested as a weapon that no enemy of God, flesh or spirit, could withstand the power that is held in the words—“If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20:23

The full understanding of this command will now give us the ability to…fulfill what Jesus said in Luke 11:22 “When a strongman, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armour in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils.”

The devil was fully armed and guarding all that he had stolen through the power of sin which came through his pride, had kept his possessions safe…so safe, that he went up to God to accuse God and Job in the book of Job. So safe did the devil feel that he even personally fronted to tempt Jesus in Matthew 4 and Luke 4.

However, Jesus attacked in His weakness and forgave the sins of those who crucified Him and forgiveness destroyed the sin and its power. So great was the forgiveness, that Jesus became sin so that we might be the righteousness of God—and having forgiven the sin, He disarmed the power of sin which is death; and overpowered the devil. Thus He holds in His hands the keys of death and Hades. Jesus has taken away the armour of the Devil which is sin, death, and Hades, and now is ready to divide the spoils of sin, death and Hades with us.

If sin was the Devil’s chief weapon that caused our downfall, now the vengeance of God is such that the forgiveness of sins and the retaining of sins by our choice, is the weapon God will use to bring down all of his strongholds.

As surely as you have learned and practise righteousness, and to use it as a weapon for the glory of God—so now, those of you who are trained in righteousness will begin your training in the use of sin—its forgiveness and its retention as a weapon of vengeance of God in bringing justice to Jesus.

In this final phase of the battle leading up to the imprisonment of Satan for the thousand years, the strongholds of all who are against God and His Son will fall—not only because of the weapons of the righteousness of God, but they will also fall because of the weapons of the devil’s own making as well. God will use sin against the kingdoms of sin to effect their destruction as well as using righteousness. Not only will the enemy be cut by the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God—but it will be his sins that will magnify the effect of the power of God. So sweet is the victory of God, the weapons of His enemies will now serve to increase His glory!

So prepare yourselves—and learn to see what sins should be forgiven and what sins should not be forgiven to magnify the word of God and His glory until Jesus is back on earth.

AMEN HOLY SPIRIT.

New Covenant

We are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realm –

And God’s purpose and intent was that through the church the manifold wisdom of God be made known to the angels and powers which are in the heavens:

And the wisdom of God is shown in a mysterious way, and it is hidden but God ordained it before the world for our glory - a plan kept secret from the beginning of time:

For since the world began no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like him who works for those who wait for him – a God who said I am creating new heavens and a new earth so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore – and it pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for the Gentiles too - for this is the secret; Christ lives in us and this is our assurance that we will share his glory – and through Christ God has given us the privilege and authority to tell everyone everywhere what God has done for them so they will believe and obey him bringing glory to his name – for the good news was promised long ago by God – the good news that his Son Jesus Christ came as a man and was born into King David’s royal family line – and that we never forget that Jesus was a man and born into King David’s family – adopted by his foster father Joseph which made him the legal heir to King David’s earthly throne and so likewise by adoption we become legal heirs with Christ to God’s heavenly throne –

For through Christ we become a new person and we have to stop evaluating Christ by what others think of him and as though he was merely a human being – For we are not the same anymore and we do not use the same old ways that we used to evaluate others for the old life is gone and the new life has begun – just as the old earth and heavens are passing away and the new earth and the new heavens are being newly created by God just as we are – for the old is gone and the new is already here –

For God declares to man what is his glory – declares to man what are his thoughts: declares to man the power held in his word – the power of his new covenant – the power of the forgiveness of sins – and he has won a mighty victory by his power and holiness – he has announced his victory and revealed his righteousness and he has remembered his promise and the whole earth will see the salvation of our God and the victory we will too see in its completeness as God now sees it in its finished and glorified state of complete holiness -

And in the splendour of his holiness Jesus intercedes for the sons of God and through his constant intercession he takes the sons of the Father into the holiness of his splendour and when combined with true repentance from the heart and the acknowledgement of the entirety of the truth as it was and as it is and as it is still to come – as it is presented to us- instilled in us - and reminded unto us then the procession of God’s word and wisdom is made manifold and manifest and the procession of his holiness takes its full stature as he now proceeds without anymore delay or interference –

Jesus stands before the Father as a man so we can stand before Satan and all God’s enemies as the sons and daughters of God – co-heirs of his great Kingdom – sons and daughters who by the same light which blinded us so as we may see truth in all of its glory – with that same light go into the world with Truth which penetrates and divides spirit and soul and joints and marrow thoughts and hearts as it did so free us and set our feet on the solid ground of Christ Jesus - for we are in the nature and of the power of God Almighty who is Spirit but having on a garment of flesh so as to obtain and then sustain his purposes and his will –

Jesus stands before the Father as a man so we can be sons/daughters who manifest the eternal answers to all questions – and the eternal solutions to all God’s problems – to be the undeniable proof of the reality of the impossible - and to work with the power of the thoughts and actions and heart of God himself – so as to bring order with the maintaining of self control – for it is Christ’s love which controls us and the word in us – love which takes our thoughts and actions and heart and empowers us for as his new covenant of the forgiveness of sins strips us of the power death held over us - so it is replaced with the power of eternal life that Christ Jesus holds out to us – bringing to the world words which come straight from the heart of Christ – words which bring division and bring down strongholds and then raise up in Christ Jesus those once who were held captive by the practises introduced by the enemies of God - because the word of God which proceeds out of our mouth does come from a heart which is centred on unity and oneness and all of which is of the eternal – and that is all of which is of God – a heart which knows and sees the eternal rewards – it is having his words in their right place and at the right time and in the right order for full power - for any time used to be the right time for us- but not anymore – for now the time that is right for the Lord is the only time that is right for us – right for us to bring word and action into one so his fully written and spoken verse is given its full unleashing of power as it is released in the order of his mind and his heart and then from his mouth - for all of which comes from his mouth is what we live on and by for as he speaks order comes and chaos is diffused in our minds and hearts and spirits and there stands our Lord God Almighty - as the world disappears around us and the noise of it cannot be heard for that is how centred on the Lord we have to be as we live in a world of madness and chaos for what the Lord is going to do will require our full attention and our focus solely on him as he takes action and moves in unprecedented power and speaks to us through his actions - for this is when the reasons of why we have to listen to him so as to hear him and to know all the ways he communicates with us comes into its full revelation - as now the fuller revelation of our God and his Christ and his Holy Spirit are seen as he who is eternal draws all into its eternal state –

And so natural it is to be for us, to be listeners of Jesus Christ and followers of the Lord and ones who are with him to the very end of the age – for then it is so natural for us to be kings and lords in the order of Jesus Christ…sons and daughters in the order of Jesus Christ –and to live our mortality in the same order Jesus lived the mortality of his flesh before his eternal resurrection -

For all of who he is was already encoded into us when God spoke his image and plan into us for he gave us much and much is to be manifested out from us if our hearts are of that of a king in the order of the King of kings himself.

For he is a God who gives us needed boundaries and discipline and rules and commandments to give order and to establish the fullness of our heritage in us – Because he is a Father who knows how to raise sons back to life – who knows how to raise sons back to eternal life - sons to be the inward and outward manifestation of his eternal miracle of word given to them by the Son who is also God himself in the victory of word made flesh -

For without God in our life we destroy our life – he gives order and placement – and defines his commands and raises them out of his word when the time is right for them to glorify him and for us to lead him into his victory by being kings who can rule and lead subdue and multiply the eternal victories of God – for amid the upheaval of the world is the serenity and the peace of a God who gives us permanent entrance into the realm of the eternal King and Lord and his glories and then into battle in full regalia as we ride with the power of the promise sealed in our hearts - and with the regal finery not only draped over us but stamped into our soul - for we are rich in Spirit and we are born of God in our hearts for our flesh counts for nothing when our heart is joined with our Father’s and his Christ - it is that our flesh gave us the means to be of the manifestation of Jesus in a world created by God and for God - but also to be ones who live in Spirit and in Truth for that is where we meet and understand the heart of our Father and the bounty of his Kingdom and the fullness of his eternal paradise -

For there is dimensions of being kings in the order of THE KING – and kings on whom his crowns have to be set – for it is being crowned with God and all of what and who he is – is for God to finally crown all of which his eternal word stands for and holds in its grasp for when it unfolds and releases - all is as it should be –

For his very image defines his crowns and raises them to where they have to be set into place - and the light of his whole life is the light of his crowing glory and is its unharnessed glow – and can only truly and fully be represented and manifested through and by Jesus Christ – for only Jesus can reveal the lustre of its great presence because he is void of sin or deceit or lie or malice but overflowing with the bounty of all riches and all glory and only he can bring forth the majesty of God’s unprecedented love which held a forgiveness which is of such richness and power that it powered out of his mouth and flowed from the cross of salvation covering the mortality that sin had brought unto men to raise it into immortality which God had delivered unto men - for it is a love and a forgiveness no other could carry or display or maintain for only Jesus had what it took and it poured out of him in the form of blood - in the form of what is eternal - for we did not know what forgiveness was until it was given to us – for the eternal had come and he was telling us what had come and what was still to come.

Love one another as I have loved you Jesus said for then it will prove to the world that you are my disciples – for to be a disciple you have to obey his commands and all of the commands of God lead to eternal life and when we love as Christ has loved us, we have moved from death to eternal life and our eternal life increases when we come to know God and Jesus Christ which releases the power of God through us –

And they will know the Lord’s disciples by the power of how he has loved us – as it brings us into the truth of the image of God as we become the image of his love – to love each other through the power he gave us –through the Spirit he gave us – through his word he gave us for that is how he loved us – by giving us commands which lead to eternal life and to the life the eternal has for us : and we move into it when we take on what the Lord said when he told us he would never leave or abandon us but would be with us till the very end of the age : and take it into our souls and hearts and take the depth of how he loved us and apply it to each other in the full context of the way the Lord applied it to us - for he applied it from a heart which knew the temporary, but which had its longing and its contentment in what was still to come - and what is still to come is the permanence of the never ending when the commands of the LORD come into their eternal glory and open up and all merge into one as the full revelation of Jesus Christ is made manifest and revealed in its eternal splendour -

For as the Lord listened to the Father, in the same way he did teach us how to listen to him - and to what is said in the temporary, but which comes from the eternal and which is the eternal - and as we listen to hear what is not said but what is of the Spirit and the heart of God, the new commands which give unfolding of the positions in the kingdom to be filled - the commands of the new come alive in us and to us and speak to us in the language of the kingdom which seeks out its kings and lords and all who are in God’s royal procession, and its revelations will cease to lay dormant, but reveal to us not the window into the royal life and royal family of God but lay open the very palace of the King himself – because we listened so as to learn how to love with Christ’s love which never abandons or leaves but is of a loyalty which seeks out the real and true measure of Christ in us.

For it took a miracle for us to live in the miraculous - for us to live in God and God in us, but Jesus gave us the power of his life and the life of power when he gave us ears to hear and eyes to see and mouths to speak and legs to walks and minds to think and hearts which were created anew – for he has loved us each so uniquely and so powerfully as he leads us into the greater - and that is not only the multiplication of outward ministry or to think that all victories are the victory of God – for the true and pure victory is inside of God – and we lead God to victory when we enter into the heart of God and take the victory held in it and merge it into our hearts and give celebration to it as the strongholds are brought down and the enemies of God are turned into the sons and kings of God and his Kingdom.

For who can fully know and write about how God has truly loved us to its full extent and to what degree of power his love has reached and not walk off this earth and into the heart of the Lord in the fullness of our flesh and in fullness of our spirit - for there is power in his love which will take us off this earth just as it took Jesus out of the heavens and placed him amongst the enemies of God - for God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners –and restored us to friendship with God while we were still his enemies for such is the immense love of God for the eternal riches and glory of his Christ and for his Kingdom to be the bounty and the everlasting joy for all -

Love each other in the same way as I have loved you is to be so much more – so much more then our misinterpretation of what JESUS meant - for to fumble through the command is not to obey it – to evaluate Jesus and his words as we evaluate others and other things is to fumble our way through his words and to powerlessly display an injustice to his greatness - for what he has given us he has already refined and perfected by his own fear and his own suffering and his own discipline he received from the Father - and it is his touch of brilliance which is held in his commands which makes it so able to be given to us and then come out through us as we obey his command - and for God to be seen in all of his glory in the sight of his enemies through the disciples of Christ Jesus because we are unified by a love which is so fiercely loyal to our fellow disciples – a love so fiercely loyal to Jesus Christ himself that it cuts through everything of the world which sets itself up against God - and lays it bear and reveals its wretched and pitiful and poor condition for all the injustices done against God and his Christ and his Holy Spirit will be revealed as the new command of Jesus is followed through and made manifest as the power of his word is proven true ~

And the truth of Christ in us, is to be seen and displayed in ways which will give a foretaste of its finished state - of its eternal state - to have his word and Jesus himself written onto our hearts and what is of the untranslated inscribed into our souls - and to have flowing out of us what has pinned us to the wall with its power of revelation as the divine hand of God came down from the heavens and made us be still and to know that he is God – for the finger of God gives us the written command and he writes it upon our flesh and his Spirit gives us the revelation of the command and seals it into our hearts as the Holy Spirit helps us to really see with eyes the Lord has given sight to – and helps us to truly hear with the ears the Lord has opened – for how deep are his commands for they are far more of a deepness to search than what it may outwardly display for each word is for a different reason and filled with passion and purpose and motive and desire – the desire to see all things be of the eternal state for the temporary state has passed and the new is here – the new is in our midst and it is making itself known because the Lord is manifesting more and more and as the King manifests more and more so do the kings who reign with the King ….

For how the Lord has loved us is still yet to reach its full revelation!

For he loves us by revealing himself to us – and not only making known to us what is his and what is his Father’s but then giving them to us –

For Jesus alone brings activation to all of which he releases to us – for he is the miracle of a restored and now resurrected relationship with God which will see us be transported into positions which only the King of kings and the Lord of lords can lead us into - for they are truly of his domain and of his splendour and of his inheritance – but the Lord came and showed us all that we should have always been able to do, and then gave it to us at its higher and greater level which would never pass away - for this time we were given Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit for the new covenant was about to begin and what was bringing all into the eternal was about to be poured out in the form of flesh and blood and Spirit and Truth –

And to bring in the new covenant he met us where we were - in a boat in the middle of the lake and powerlessly striving to row against a strong wind for we were on the sea of which we were to take rule over and to subdue and we were afraid of it and in fear of the wind which seemed against us – just as we are afraid and doubt and strive powerlessly when we do not listen or obey the word of God to us – for there was nothing about us that made us ready for God to visit us – we had nothing to show him of his victory – nothing to show him of which would glorify him – nothing to show him which would bring him joy – but he came with a heart full of eternal forgiveness and eternal love which cannot end or be brought into disorder even when it moves and takes its stand in the world which is passing away – the power of an eternal perfect love is the love which brought Jesus to us and was a manifestation of God which transcended all else of which he had been replaced by – and as God loved each of us he gave expression of his power and of his motives and of his reasons and the principles by which he lives by - and out of this his miracles manifest and his teachings come alive in our hearts and the new covenant becomes more real and tangible and speaks Gods heart to us - for what he wrote in his own blood he sealed with his own Spirit for there is no other power or love through which miracles can manifest because there is nothing about God which is manufactured or man made – nor is it man induced nor can it be destroyed or trodden on for it is higher than us and we can never reach to where it is without Christ in us - and it has not come into being over a period of time but was always in its fullness of power and it does not rely on the response of another human to operate because God can operate and exist outside of his creation as well as within it –

For the power of God moves his whole person into a dimension which is unequalled and unobtainable by us unless Jesus is the central core – the central person – the central manifestation - for he is the one who gave God his release in his most pure and uncensored form – he showed us but it was not recognised – he taught it to us but it was not comprehended – he lived it but it was ridiculed – he stood for it but it was not upheld – he planned our salvation and built the road to his kingdom out of his word of truth and he expressed and manifested what is eternal - expressed it in its eternal form and it came to us in all of the ranges of its dimension because it was God operating at his level and with his divine intelligence – the powerful lasting eternal expression of God for as he expresses the hugeness of what he has prepared for those who love him – and we love him when we obey him and we obey him when we listen to Jesus - for his love is for Truth and that is how he loves us –

For the truth is- he has so much more for us which has already been prepared by him – prepared and waiting – for the royal garments are ready - woven in the truths of God and all of which his kings are to be crowned with are all of which God is and was, and still is to come – for it is not only the garments – but also the kings who are to be woven with the truths of God - for they already have on their heads the crowning glory of Christ Jesus the Eternal and Blessed One.

For that is where his passion lay - in his love of the eternal and what it has held in it : from he saved and healed and resurrected and taught and guided and watched and waited and anticipated and savoured for he knew it was eternal and that is his victory –as he watched and waited through all of the victories of which were of the temporary for he knew the victory of his King – that the victory of his Christ was eternal - he knew the victory of Jesus : not our victory to come to Jesus – but the pure victory that Jesus came to us – that he rode forth to us and with triumph in his heart and his eyes ablaze because he knew what he would return with - because he knew what he had been given to release and he knew the battle which came before it and the battle which will come after it – for what he had to release would never end or cease to exit –

For Jesus Christ is the eternal victory of God - and it is in every look in his eyes in every miracle of his word for every word of God is a miracle in our hearing and when we listen to Jesus we remember God the Father gave us the ability and power to obtain wealth – the ability and power to hear the miracle of God held in Jesus Christ which is our entire wealth and the greatest of wealth of his kingdom.

For is that not the crown of crowns!

Is Jesus Christ not the crown of crowns for he enables us to hear the miracle of God and to see the splendour of him and to be made privy to the secrets of the kingdom –

For how he alone does glorify God - and release all of which are held behind the doors of his kingdom - for the opening of one Truth upon this earth gave way for the floodgates to stand open before us –and for the LORD OF GLORY to ride in and release the scroll of the Father’s heart –

And there is not one crown which will be set upon any of his kings which has not been held in the deepest parts of the Father in the room of his eternal victories and each rises out of its deepness and in holiness graces the heart of the Father as the blood of Christ anoints it - for not one of his crowns will be given out unless the Father calls them forth and passes them through his hands and seals their ownership as they are send forth by the miracle of his Son - the procedure is righteous and regal and ordered – anticipated and long waited for - and all around the throne of God will witness what is of the eternal : what is of the heart of the eternal Father : and witness our eternal Lord Jesus as the multiplication of his crowns is made manifest as Jesus multiplies them and glorifies not the kings who will receive them but the Father who gives them and who created them - just as the Father does not glorify any of the kings before him - but the King of all the kings who was with him in the beginning - for Jesus is our crowning glory – and so we are already glorified - he is the crown of crowns and the glory of glories – the one who leads the procession as the sons and daughters who came through him are given their crowning and made ready to be kings in the order of THE KING OF kings - lords in the order of the Lord of lords – and sons in the order of the Son of God - for the KING will always be THE KING and the Lord will always be the Lord and the Son will always be the Son - and the kings who reign with him will always be the kings who reign WITH him - for it is always with Jesus and always because of Jesus and if that is ever an issue – or ever in doubt – or ever not enough that we reign with him – if our heart still has a covering of wealth over it which is not of the kingdom or for the good of the kingdom then the crowns of his magnificence will not be seen for what lights them is the extraordinary light of the Father and his forever oneness and fierce loyalty to his Son Jesus Christ - for Jesus is first - and then the sons and daughters who come from the light and truth of Christ - Jesus is always first and then through him come the victory of the sons and the daughters of God - and then the victory of the kings and lords of God – and so the procession does continue for God is without end but never without glory ~ never without majesty ~ never without wisdom and never without power ~

And as Christ who is the wisdom and power of God leads us in the royal procession we do not turn around so as to look at each other for every where we turn we will be seeing Jesus for we have understood how futile it is without him – and know that he is the one who leads us - who stands beside us – who is forever surrounding us – the one who never leaves or abandons us –

For he is the one who really looked at us, and loved us as he lifted our burden of sin as his forgiveness poured over us – for he is the one who is real and true and faithful and loyal – he is our King who leads us into kingship with him – for he never did leave us but waited for us to come to this moment when his words have truly been eaten by us - when we have so feasted on him and drunk of him that now he is able to be seen by us more clearly - for his words which are Spirit make what is unseen seen by us – for he waited for us to turn and see the King of the kingdom – and the kingship he had prepared alongside our Sonship and Daughtership -

For he is the King – he is the Kingdom and the wealth of his Father’s Kingdom which can never be destroyed – he is our Lord and God who waits for us to turn around - for when we do we will not see the world nor its money nor any of its treasures or trappings – not anything will we see but he who is eternal and all of the eternal of which he has prepared for us –

For everything is moving so fast and being brought into its eternal form and capacities, into the great oneness of which there is no end – all which is to be removed is being removed – as God judges his own first – separates and divides for the Lord in his coming is moving all into its position for the Eternal One is on his way and the eternal with reign for there will be no more of the temporary there will be no more of that which comes and goes - and if we are leading God to victory then we are to be prepared as ones who are eternal in our thinking and in our actions and in our obedience to his instructions – for there is no precedence except the Lord who is from everlasting to everlasting - because it was kept for the last for when it comes there is no turning back there is no time to go into the house and to collect our things for it is upon us and God in all of his gentleness in all of his greatness is now in all of his swiftness when none of his words will be delayed any longer and all of which he has spoken will be performed and fulfilled.

It is time for the eternal to take its place for it has been declared and JESUS himself has activated all of which he is releasing and so it is now the full and eternal miracle of God will take its form and its place of honour and its rightful stand - for what is of the everlasting takes precedence over what will not stand the refining fire of our Lord Jesus Christ – for as we are fuelled on the power of his everlasting love we then love others in the same way he has loved us and then the voice and strength and might and truth of Christ will prevail and bring down all strongholds which stand against him - which stand against the immortal God who is our only stronghold and our only hope of Glory and our only hope of having any life at all – let alone an everlasting life of royalty and splendour and blessings and wealth and love and compassion – of salvation and everlasting joy – of beauty and righteousness – and honour and life and glory –

For he indeed did crown us with grandeur the moment we were born out of his eternal word which is Spirit - and we are to be ones he called into his kingdom and not stay as ones who strayed and rebelled – to see that the kingdom is not what we first saw but now is changed by Christ in us - by the unveiling of his manifold wisdom - by his choice to include all in the promise of the riches and glory held in Christ – changed by his eternal victory which is already at hand and moving in fast to take of its glory –

For he shows us the greatest of things when we do the greatest thing – when we stop and listen and turn completely to the way of the Lord and love as he has loved us – for his ways are in the highest of places and his thoughts are of no compare for to compare them is to bring them down but it is for us to rise up to meet them – for that is where he has placed all the things of the kings and of the kingship which belongs to God – for they are all in the highest of places and we rise to take hold of them – we have to push past the barriers of our own minds and deliver to God the fullness of Christ in us – in our flesh our heart mind soul and spirit – the fullness of Christ in us which will break down the final and last barriers and strongholds as he gives us the ways to do it and the power to do it – because we too love what is of the eternal - we love the love of God and allow it to power through us as it forgives and brings into submission all of those whose thoughts and hearts are not held captive to God’s Christ -

For we have lived in the world and we have seen the world and tasted of its fruits: but then we turn and we are in a new place – a place built from spiritual wisdom - a place which feeds us on what God lives by – and we have a new heart which is capable of holding what will never pass away - and new eyes which can see into places which once were sealed – and new breath which enables us to breathe under water and a new life which never ends but continues to increase - and then the Lord says there is more – and he takes us further into what is of no end and waits for us to see what is hidden in his word and what is hidden in what he did not say for there we find the more of God and as we find the more - the more of Christ can manifest and the more of him which manifests is signifying how close he is to arriving in person : for as his manifestation on this earth increases then that is a gauge as to how soon his return is – for as he moves in closer to take of his imminent return in the flesh so he will be seen in manifesting in and through flesh which is already upon this earth – for what is happening in the heavens will be manifest on the earth and what is manifested on the earth releases more in the heavens - and that is what he is doing and why his return can be tasted for it is the victory of Jesus Christ that we are tasting –

For what is still to come is what he has been giving us a foretaste of so we are prepared to be swept up in it when it arrives for when it comes the eternal comes with it ~

And we give you eternal praise and thanks Father for being a God who said I am creating new heavens and a new earth so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore and for being a God who was pleased to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for the Gentiles too ~

And you have won a mighty victory by your power and holiness – and have announced your victory and revealed your righteousness and have remembered your promise for the whole earth will see the salvation of our God and the victory of his Christ - and we will see it in its completeness and in its full glory as God does now so see it - and our hearts will indeed be joined in an eternal celebration of everlasting joy ~

THANK YOU FATHER –THANK YOU JESUS –THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT ~