How Can We Neglect So Great A Salvation
Rosemary LaVigne
Pagosa Springs, Colorado USA
http:www.meat-in-due-season.net
Words to the Wise
April 11, 2009
The light that leads to the perfect day is becoming brighter and brighter for those who desire and love the truth. THE TRUTH THAT IS IN JESUS CHRIST THAT MAKES THE HEART REJOICE FOR HE AND SHE SEES THAT HIS COMING IS NIGH AT HAND!.
LOVING THE TRUTH BRINGS CLARITY OF VISION AND THE REVERENTIAL FEAR OF THE LORD BRINGS UNDERSTANDING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY AS WELL AS THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. (See Proverbs 2:1-10). For those who love not the truth they shall be turned over unto a STRONG delusion and they shall believe THE LIE and be damned.
I, the Lord shall choose their delusions and brings their fears upon them. (Isaiah 66:4) it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living GOD as our God does not change. What he required of his original people the Israelites-- He requires the same of us the Father's New Testament people of both Jew and Gentile believers that are in Christ.. (Hebrews 10:26-31; Hebrews 12:5-14) It is IN FAILING TO HEED UNTO THE TRUTH AND OBEYING IT IN WILLFULLY SINNING AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH THAT BRINGS A CERTAIN FEARFUL LOOKING FOR OF JUDGMENT AND FIERY INDIGNATION, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES. (Hebrews 10:26-31) THE LIE THAT ONE CAN KEEP SINNING AND STILL RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE IS a perversion of the scriptures THAT MANY BELIEVE AND HAVE BEEN TAUGHT WITH NO FEAR OF GOD. FOR THAT WITHOUT OBEYING HIM-- WHO IS ALL RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY, THERE IS A FEARFUL LOOKING FOR JUDGMENT AND FIERY INDIGNATION.
Hebrews 5:9
"And being made perfect, (Jesus) he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"
This word obey has the meaning of and is that is, to hear (as under a subordinate) to listen attentively; by implication to heed to conform to a command and or authority, hearken, to be obedient, to obey.
AND IT IS THESE THAT ARE FOUND AMONG THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO REFUSE THE RIGHTEOUS LAWS OF GOD AND THAT WALK IN WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS LAWLESS BEHAVIOR, THE BEHAVIOR IN DISREGARDING THE LAWS OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT WERE GIVEN TO MAN FOR OUR GOOD AND PROFIT. IT IS THESE THAT TRANSGRESS GOD'S LAWS THAT WERE NOT DOERS OF RIGHTOUSNESS THAT SHALL BE FOUND AMONG THOSE THAT SHALL BE GNASHING THEIR TEETH AND SAYING WITH TEARS, WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS GOD'S HAND WAS STILL STRETCHED OUT TO ME IN MERCY AND FAVOR.
1 John 3-10
"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
The righteous players are in the field of action and are being arranged according to the will of Almighty God the final JUDGE of all men. And some of them were made for honorable service in the king's Army and some are fitted unto dishonorable service and destruction. As some are seen along side of the forces of evil that are rising in strength as well. The forces of darkness that are beginning to show themselves fully in the beastly nature that comes without a relationship without the Savior who is Jesus Christ that taketh away the sins of the world and makes men into new creatures with a new nature and mind set that is good and acceptable unto or God. The Lord says-- there are a people of this world of darkness that are coming forth in opposition to all goodness and moral behavior that comes from not attaining a spiritual relationship and broken and contrite heart in living for Jesus Christ. A living holy relationship for Him and in Him, who died for our sins and our iniquities.
Lawlessness prevails throughout the lands and men in high places play at being gods to rule over their people, thinking they can change this sinful world that has lost sight of their Creator and His great power. Nothing escapes the eyes of Lord absolutely nothing escapes Him. (Hebrews 4:12-14). It is late for those who halt between two opinions. Will you hear, the Lord says and will you hearken to Him and acknowledge the truth that is sent through Jesus Christ to bring liberty unto the captives and the opening of the prison doors unto them that are bound? And it is all that the Lord can do and is being done to show you, us and others to proclaim and publish the message of the mystery which is "Christ in you the HOPE of GLORY." The message of hope in this fading world of the Lord's soon coming first in flaming fire in bringing vengeance upon those that know not God and them that OBEY not the gospel of Jesus Christ and to be glorified in His people.
There is yet the message of hope that is being sounded abroad into every corner of the world! There are the confusion of voices as well and this is being brought to our attention and know that all must come into conformity with the written Word of God, for the Word and the Spirit will always agree.
Many of the Lord's people still flounder in the realms of organized dead and dry religion with its lifeless forms, man made rituals and commandments of men that make the word of God of none effect. The sick have not been healed and the wounded have not been made whole. The demon oppressed have not been freed. I, the Lord am moving ever so carefully to recover those who belong to Me that walk as the blind among the seeing but know not that they belong to me. The sick shall be made well and the wounded made whole and the oppressed set free!
I, the Lord do hear the cries of the destitute and come to unstop the "deaf" ears and open the "blind" eyes! I am shaking My sleeping church of her apathy and apathetic slumbering. (Isaiah 61:1-2; Matthew 25:1-13)
Mine are beginning to know what the peace that passes all understanding entails. They are seeing with their own eyes and have learned to enter into My Rest. A Rest from the works of their religious flesh that has kept them who are the many of my people in the bondage to the works of man's religious order. The order of man that has kept many under man's programs and ways. But I say, they that are led of the Spirit, they are the sons of God. The manifestation of My faithfulness among these that have entered into My Rest has become a reality and a marvelous rewarding experience and an awakening unto righteousness. I am what I say that I am and show you My graciousness, my goodness and favor, kindness and mercy, because I see the heart and know that you, My people that honor Me, will I also honor. A people that desire Me and My Word above all else in this world of wickedness, material gain, ungodliness and greed.
The natural man sees only the outward appearances, but I, the Lord search and seek after hearts that desire truth in the inward parts. I am rewarding openly those who have stood in the heat of the battle and will continue to reward those that are obedient to My saying's with favor in this day that brings many changes, both in the religious realms and the natural political and governmental realms of the world. Have I not said that I am a rewarder of those who diligently seek Me.
Mine that have My seal are fixed and immoveable in the knowledge of Me and My holy ways. (Psalm 112) They will not be shaken or moved from their faith in Me that comes from an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. For it when all begins to crumble before their eyes, they shall be fixed and fear not the evil tidings. I have shown them and taught them well through many difficult vital lessons to reveal to them that I will always be there in the midst of their storms and the fiery trials that are allowed by my hand. (Isaiah 43:2; Zechariah 13:9).
It has been a costly experience to find Me, and to find and stand in the finishied work of Jesus Christ and to have progressively learned of the stability that comes in trusting in your Father's faithfulness to you and us and to find the fear of Lord that is our treasure that has been produced in the Father's own ones. For it is that the fiery trials of your faith, if need be have become a progressive part of your very being to make whole once again the "One New Man" of the Spirit of Jesus Christ the Messiah!
The narrow road that leads to life in Me has been full of many stumbling blocks and difficult trying circumstances to test the genuine faith of My saints who are my set apart ones. They know Me and have willingly taken upon themselves My Son's yoke and walk with Him in finding "rest for their souls." (Matthew 11:29) The mind that which is seen in the realm of the soul. The soul psuche has been the battle ground of the enemy who have progressed in learning the Father's ways with His sons< These have learned to cast down the imaginations and every high thing that would exult itself against the knowledge of thy God. The accusing and relentless accusations of the accuser of the brethren who is satan himself that comes in the area of the mind with thoughts that are not of Me. The thoughts that come in the realm of the soul that is seen as the mind of the triune man that is in Christ. They who have stood by grace along in faith in their God and have learned to cast down these imaginations. For it is by the Spirit of Truth, that He has shown these that are in a measure of maturity that they that see and understand and have learned to bring every thought into the captivity of Christ. For as their obedience is fulfilled in Him. They have learned that their weapons of warfare are not carnal weapons but weapons that are mighty through God to the pulling down of the strongholds that come in the mind (The psuche realm of the believer.) The weapons to be used in the realm of the Spirit. (Ephesians 6)
I make further preparations and will open the doors of utterance for mine in the days a head (Revelation 3:8; 2 Thess. 3:1.) Continue to wait for My leading and put no confidence in the flesh. Put into practice the essential and necessary lessons that you have learned while in your wilderness experiences to test and humble you. I will see to it that you will stay in My will, if you wait and not run in your emotions.
This indeed is a day of "new" beginnings and a time to listen more carefully and watchfully for that still "small" voice before you venture out each day. These are dark days and the enemy lurks at every avenue to distract and lead in the wrong way. He seeks for an opening in the weak spots in your armor. Stay flexible and pliable in My hands and I will lead you every step of the way and cause the "divine" appointments to happen on a regular basis. (See Proverbs 3:4-5.)
Be not intimidated by your flesh any longer. The fear of man brings a snare...I will speak through you just wait for the opportunity and I am preparing now the hearts to listen. Be sensitive to My leading as the people that I am preparing to hear are everywhere around you. Remember I am the One that places the desires in your heart that are pure and will produce results as My word will not come back void when THE WORD sown in love and truth. I am in your going's and coming's and if you wait I will send you. Learning to be flexible comes by yielding to Me in all of your ways and I will direct your paths.
I am turning the circumstances for many of My people in this late hour and am placing them and showing them My PERFECT will and a "greater" illumination of My word. You will not miss the mark if you keep your heart right and clear of any stumbling stones that would delay My plan and purposes for you my own ones. The pieces are falling into place. This is only the beginnings of THAT day. All that has been hidden shall come to the surface and men of right standing with Me and that love righteousness shall see the reward of the wicked that abounds even in religious circles of a higher order and in a world that is no longer normal in ways that my older saints have experienced in years past. I have told you and am telling you again--- Rejoice at the harvest that is yet to come and pray for laborers to be sent into the harvest fields as hearts are ready to receive, but they must first hear. (Romans 10).
My chariots of fire are prepared now to come forth. The horses are rearing up and in their neck is the strength to carry the words of power. (Job 39:19 "Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?" These are the set apart consecrated ones that are becoming My weapons of indignation. My voice, My hands, My Body, My Feet likened to hoofs of brass and a horn of iron that I shall set in motion in the very near time. My will made manifested once again the word in living epistle that shall be known and read of all men in earthen vessels of flesh made ready as vessels of honor and mercy in ordinary clay pots! (Zechariah 14;21) These are even now moving into their places of rank in My divine ordained purposes and "order." (1 Corinthians 15:20-23) I have shown you that my firstfruits are well equipped and ready for action on the front lines of the battle and war in righteousness. It is time that the sickle is put to the corn and the bursting forth from the womb of the morning is at hand! The winter is past and the birds are singing and welcoming in the NEW THIRD DAY!
I give seed to the sower, and My word, which is the seed will be broadcast unto the nations and into the fertile hearts of men of all colors and races as a witness of My Lordship and then the end will come. I send fishers of men! My nets are in hand! (Ezekiel 47)
I am says, the Lord in the MIDST of you is mighty and do ARISE to make amends and correct that which has been made crooked. The pure "rain" seen as My doctrine is a sign of My favor-- (Proverbs 16:15) And is now falling on the repentant hearts that have been broken and fallowed to receive the blessings and favor from My hand that is extended still. (See Deuteronomy 32:1-3; Jeremiah 29:11; Hosea 10:12-13; Hosea 6:2-3; Joel 2:21-32; James 5;7-8)
The changing of the guard is in progress and the "new" leadership of ordinary "little" trees of righteousness are about to spring "forth" and BURST the bonds and break the shackles and open the way for the redeemed of the Lord to return to ZION! Taking the lead as vanguard of My host with Christ their Captain of their salvation in the lead and taking the land and marching through the giants that are in the land that is set before them. The CONFLICT of LIGHT over DARKNESS is at hand! The Lord of hosts says will you come with me? Will you deny self and take up your own cross and follow with My SON in your own death, burial and in the resurrection and LIFE!
It is Christ who is your life will be the ONLY Head of these "little" trees of righteousness and there will be a THRUSTING FORTH and a BURSTING FORTH of My cleansed leadership with the authority and the rod of iron in hand and My words in their mouth as a sharp sword to correct and decree My will in all the earth! I raise up judges and counselors as at the first and wise men not after the flesh. (2 Samuel 23:1-7) These whom I have chosen from the many that have been called of men and woman of strong faith in trusting in My faithfulness, says the Lord. They are given the authority and the power of attorney to use My Name, These shall judge a righteous judgment, not hearing after the natural ear nor seeing after the natural eye. They shall decree My will and all other manmade decrees shall fall to the ground and will be cast away in the whirlwind and tempest of My righteous decreed judgments and storm sent by Me. These judgments that are about to be manifested in the world will come for it is written! The increase has already begun and men will know that I Am God and Egypt will know their is a God that controls the motion of the stars and the moon and the sun. The Lord Jehovah God is His Name-- the Lord of hosts!
My people are about to see the things that are written in My word manifested before their very eyes! I watch over My word to perform it and call all men of My people to repent and turn from their wicked ways...and receive Jesus Christ and live for Him and receive the protection of the blood of the Holy Lamb of God over the doorposts of your HOUSE! The people of My presence will know the hour and the season of the day. For they are the children of the DAY and of My LIGHT and not of the night of darkness when men sleep that hovers over the blind and those who yet walk in the imagination of their carnal reasoning's and religious mind sets.
They of the children of the day that know Me and My ways that are right are of these that are NOT tossed to and fro with every false wind of doctrine by the clever and crafty and cunningness of men who lie in wait to deceive. (Ephesians 4:12-14) They have learned to listen, and obey and watch, pray and to line everything up with the written Word and the Spirit of TRUTH. I have taught them to discern the GOOD from the EVIL and they rightly divide My truth from error, which comes from the evil thorns and briers that bear no fruit of My nature. These who are mine who diligently discern the HOLY from the PROFANE shall bow low in Me in this day of adventure and restoration of TRUTH! For I have taught them well in their experiences on the potter's wheel to remold and remake the vessel into a vessel of honor and not dishonor.
This IS THAT DAY and time...For it is when My going forth to restore and make straight and right is in process what has been twisted, perverted and tramped under foot I the Lord of Hosts shall make straight.. My armory is OPEN and the weapons are ready for use! The shields of My mighty men are red and My indignation boils up and flows over into the nations.... MY RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION COMES IN LOVE TO CORRECT WHAT IS FAULTY IN THE RELIGIOUS FIELD OF ENDEAVORS THAT ARE NOT OF ME! My words are the weapons and My will is ...My written WORD! (See Isaiah 13:3-13; Jeremiah 23:29; Jeremiah 51:20)
TRUE UNITY COMES WITH MY DOCTRINE THAT IS WRITTEN!
"How can two walk together except they be agreed?" Amos 3:3; Psalm 133
The genuine unity will come and is coming and this unity of My pure Word and the Spirit will bring with it a knitting and a gathering together of those of like precious faith. How can two walk together except they be agreed? It is written. Beware of the false UNITY that is also on the front lines of religion that comes by the arm of flesh and is not of me. Those who have been cast out for My name sake, I gather unto Myself. (Isaiah 60:14; 66:5) Those whom I call the outcasts of the spiritual "one new man" that are in the faith of Jesus Christ. I call Israel, My Church, My Body and the "ONE NEW MAN" who walk not after the flesh, but who do My will and guard and revere My Word as vital, I gather quickly!
CLOUDS AND WELLS WITHOUT WATER!
Matthew 7:15; 2 PETER 2:17; JUDE 12-16
Many clouds invade the land, clouds without water. Withered branches on corrupt trees with no fruit. (John 15:1-6) Twice dead, tossed about by winds of "false doctrines." (See 2 Peter 2; Jude 12-13) Unity comes as My Word is proclaimed and published with a clarity and is acted upon in obedience to Me who is the only True God. No admixing the pure clear water and 'rain" of My Word with the 'unclean" doctrines of man's thinking and reasoning's and false teachings. (1 Corinthians 11:19; Romans 16:17) The word must be pure and from My heart and coming from the clean wells of salvation that have been prepared afore time for this THAT DAY! THAT DAY when the crystal clear streams in the desert of the once "dry" land shall not only bud in the Spring but also blossom fully, and bloom into the producing of the choice fruit of the nature and holy character of the SON OF GOD--- Jesus Christ the Lord. The ripe fruit that is ready for harvesting for the reaping and eating!
THE RIVER OF LIFE IS CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF THE GLORY FIRE!
The river of life flows and My sheep that have thirsted and hungered after righteousness shall be filled to overflowing! My sheep hear My voice and a stranger that is not of kin, they will NOT follow.
Come and drink ye thirsty ones. Come and buy milk without price and take freely of the choice wine from the cellars of the King's chambers! Come and drink from these "pure" bottles the Father's vessels of mercy of the King's choicest selection and from clean strong NEW wineskins of the Father's choosing. For it is for the NEW wine is clear and will nourish the famished, thirsty and dry of My household as it did at the wedding of Cana that took place on the third day.
YOUR JOY WILL RETURN AND YOUR HEART WILL BE ENLARGED FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF the seas shall be converted unto thee as Christ is lifted up! IT IS THOSE WHO WILL DRINK FROM MY FOUNTAIN AND LIVE SAITH THE LORD!
I make ready pure nourishing and green pastures and I am now raising up shepherds after MINE OWN HEAR...(Jeremiah 3:15-18 AMP) SHEPHERDS THAT WILL FEED YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND JUDGMENT.
THIS IS THAT DAY OF GREAT CHANGE!
Yes, this is the day and it shall declare itself in fullness with TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND CLARITY OF VISION. PURE Vision and the sinless blood of Christ that changes the beggar and the sinner into a saint in the king's service to serve others!
Men have served themselves of My word and have not fed the sheep and I am not pleased with these who have led My sheep into the muddied waters. (Ezekiel 34) These waters have been trampled by unclean feet and those who care nothing for My sheep.
Watch and See for I move to recover My lost sheep is in fast forward motion. (See Ezekiel 34).
More to come..!
Your comments are always welcome....Every joint supplies! Be blessed and shout for joy your King is on HIS throne and HE RULES! Let us not weary in well doing... For our time in so journeying on this earth has taught us many lessons dear saints, but the time the Lord says here for the mature ones is at hand and they know the seasons that show the nearness of their Lord's return from His long journey into that far country. He is never late so hold fast to the hem of His garment as the waves roar and the sea is very tempest in nature as the dark nimbus clouds gather. it is those who have built their houses upon the solid Rock which is Jesus Christ--- It is that their houses shall stand secure in the stormy wind that is sent by the Lord...Rejoice dear saints that our names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
He is KING of kings and LORD of lords
Rosemary LaVigne
April 12th 2009
1 Timothy 6:13-15
"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;"
"14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, uneducable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
"15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"
Revelation 17:14
"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
Revelation 19:11-15
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."
"2 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.'
"3 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."
"4 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."
5 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."
"6 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 1:6-8
"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.'
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
This has a lot of truth to this message..... but few will understand it probably...I do see the reverse of the blessing of the sun...Ezekiel 8:16: But there is something spiritual to it that God is showing those who can hear Him as well and not the natural Jewish foolishness that they see in it....by worshipping the sun as they the corrupt leadership did that is found in Ezekiel 8:16.
The message that Jesus was crowned as King at Passover as is stated in Gary Stearman's message above triggered off a whole lot in me that pertains to the manchild being birthed as John writes in Revelation chapter 12. This manchild is not Jesus the Messiah but the sons that have come into the maturity of Jesus Christ seen as the firstfruits that John writes of as well in Revelation 14:1-5.
Revelation 14:1-5
"And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads."
The meaning of the word name is rendered as follows...a name literally of figuratively (authority character)
"2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:'
"3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth."
Compare this verse 3 with Revelation chapter 5:9-10
"These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."
A firstfruit is seen as is rendered in your Strongs Concordance from a compound of G575 and G756; a beginning of sacrifice; that is as, the (Jewish) first fruit (figuratively); first-fruit. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 "20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming."
There are a firstfruit that shall also be pure with no leaven in them as was the offering of the omer or what was a tenth of an ephah of first ripe barley of which Christ represented. Barley was the first ripe grain to be reaped in the Holy Year. (More to follow in another writing from Alfred Edersheim's book on the Ministry and Services at the time of Jesus the order of the wave sheaf as you read be sure to take special note of how the barley was prepared as the flour had to be pure with no leaven in it was that the Wheat harvest which represented the Pentecostal Harvest 50 days after Passover in counting the omer that festival of Pentecost was also called the feast of firstfruits or Wheat harvest...But it had leaven in it. Read more in detail concerning all this in brother Edersheim's book which we shall send that chapter once again for your study on the wave sheaf and the feast of Pentecost. The wave sheaf was the barley and Jesus presented that wave sheaf and those who follow him are also part of the wave sheaf and are also a firstfruit coming forth in their 'order" as it reads in 1 Corinthians 15:23.
These that follow the Lamb and pure virgins and they too are called firstfruits and they are without fault before the throne of God.
Revelation 14:5
"And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God."
They are virgins and not defiled with the religious systems of man's order and no guile is found in their mouths that are redeemed FROM AMONG men being the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb. They are found blameless before the throne and are like Him, the Lamb in nature and character It is these sons that are birthed from the sun clothed woman seen as the bride of Christ in what is a time frame of three and one half years or what is also a prophetic appointed time of a forty and two month and also a time times and a half of prophetic time.
As we have shared in other messages that Jesus was already seated at the right hand of the Father as he was caught up unto the throne place forty years before John had his visions of the end time as is recorded for us in the book of the revelation of what is the revealing and the manifestation of Jesus Christ in the last book of the Bible known to all as the book of the Revelation.
Our sister from So. Africa sent to me this article above that Gary Stearman wrote concerning Jesus being crowned as King at His Passover. This all makes sense as He-- Yeshuah the Messiah the Anointed One is already KING over His spiritual House and temple and has a kingdom that is coming in 'His people' who love and reverently fear and obey Him. For the scriptures say and are found in Luke 17:20-26.
"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:"
"21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
“22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it."
"23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them."
“24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day."
"25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation."
“26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."
Just as Jesus was rejected of his generation, he too must be rejected of this last generation and we are seeing this now on a scale that we as believers can see as the Lord and His Name is being trampled upon. For it is as there is so much hatred for what our Holy God stands for today. We are definitely living out once again the days of Noah and the days of Lot.
The Kingdom of God is Coming Without Observation
As we are told by our Lord himself that the kingdom of God is coming without observation. And that it is coming in a set apart people for His Name. The Jews then missed what our Lord was saying and once again many are missing what he says for today as they are looking mostly for signs and wonders again and for a literal kingdom, when first the kingdom it must come without observation IN a people for His Name. It is written for us found in Romans 14:17. Paul is making a point here...in Romans 14.
"14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean."
"15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died."
"16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:"
"17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."
"18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men."
The kingdom of God is not meat nor drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost!
Some how, I feel this Passover season and day April 9th 2009 is a special prophetic time and turning place for the sons of God...A time frame for the ones who can put this all together and that do understand the spiritual significance of the festivals of Israel and how they pertain to the coming of the Lord. I am reminded here of Psalm 89:15 in the Amplified Bible and its translation of the fifteenth verse here.
Psalm 89:15 AMP V
"15Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!"
The sound that they hear is the sounding of the trumpet that is written of in announcing the final feasts of Israel and the trumpet that is sounded in
Joel chapter 2:1-3 Amp.
Joel 2:1-3 Amp
"BLOW THE trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on My holy Mount [Zion]. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is coming; it is close at hand--(A)
2A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and of thick mists and darkness, like the morning dawn spread upon the mountains; so there comes a [heathen, hostile] people numerous and mighty, the like of which has never been before and shall not be again even to the years of many generations.
3A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and none has escaped [the ravages of the devouring hordes].
Cross references:
Joel 2:1 : Ezek 7:2-4; Amos 5:16-20
The Birthing of the Manchild of Revelation 12
Rosemary La Vigne
The Lord is giving us a message that is rolling over in my mind dealing ever since yesterday in that message with the blessing of the sun. That is in seeing the whole message of how that this occurrence took place for the third time on the eve of Passover is very sufficient, I believe as it also speaks to me of the time of the coronation of kings again. Jesus is the Sun of righteousness and He comes with healing in His wings. [See Malachi 4]
Could what Gary Stearman wrote on the Coronation of kings referring to Jesus being the King of the Jews at his Coronation at Passover also reflect the time when the little kings that are written of in 1 Timothy 6:15 and Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:11-15 are given their placing and of approved authority in and following their the legitimate KING of kings and LORD of lords that rule over the whole earth being our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we go over the scriptures in the preparations of the anointing of consecration for sacred purposes. The anointing oil was used at coronations of kings as it was common among the Jews to anoint with oil those set apart as kings. Figurative the anointing oil was a symbol of empowerment with the Spirit of God. (see 1 Samuel 10:1;6; 16:13; Isaiah 61;1 for the duties of the office to which the person was consecrated. Kings were always anointed with oil that was poured upon their head. As with the anointing of king David who was chosen as king over Saul. The example is found in the choosing of David over his other seven brothers. 1 Samuel 16:13 "Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah."
We can also see the example of the anointing of Saul in 1 Samuel 10:1. "1THEN SAMUEL took the vial of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over His heritage Israel?" We know the story of Saul if we have studied the history of how the people wanted a king to rule over them and God gave them Saul,--a type of the religious system of man today that shall be replaced as well with the little David's seen as the little kings and lords in type that have a heart after God as David did.
So many it seem do not recognized the scriptures that speak of the Lord Jesus as King of kings and He being LORD of lords which is written of in the scriptures already mentioned at the beginning of this message. There is an anointing coming upon these little kings and they shall do the work that Jesus did as they too are the anointed ones that shall be the ones as he was where the it reads in Isaiah 61:1-11.
Isaiah 61:1-11 AMP V for clarity. See cross references as well listed.
"1 THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound,(A)
"2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] [a]and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,(B) "
“3 To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion--to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit--that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."
"4 And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. "
"5 Aliens shall stand [ready] and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers."
"6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours.(C)"
“7 Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs."
“8 For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong with violence or a burnt offering. And I will faithfully give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant or league with them."
“9 And their offspring shall be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed."
"10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
"11 For as [surely as] the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so [surely] the Lord God will cause rightness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the nations [through the self-fulfilling power of His word]."
Footnotes:
Isaiah 61:2 See footnote on Ezek. 34:28.
Cross references:
Isaiah 61:1 : Rom 10:15
Isaiah 61:2 : Matt 11:2-6; Luke 4:18, 19; 7:22
Isaiah 61:6 : Exod 19:6; I Pet 2:5; Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
1 Timothy 6:15
"Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"
Revelation 17:14
"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Also concerning this king of fierce countenance in Daniel is he about to appear as well. And the little kings the LORD of hosts and his little kings and lords under Him are about to raise up and given the
iron rod of authority and the power of attorney to use His Name... Amen.
Kings carried scepters and the kings came from the tribe of Judah is that right.. The kings had authority to make decrees as well is that right...with 1 Timothy 6:15; and Rev. 17:14 and Rev. 19:6 concerning kings comes to mind here. And also Psalm 2:8-11 which in any good Bible the cross reference of Psalm 2:8-11 takes us back to Revelation 2:26-27 and Revelation 3:21; and Revelation 12:5.
And in vs. 10-11 of Psalm chapter 2 comes to me here as well than as I looked-- He the Spirit said see the whole chapter 2 and read it in the Amplified and look up the references given ... they lead to Psalm 110 and Revelation 12 the birthing of the manchild. Is this the time of the sons? It sure could be and the time and the appointed season of the coronation of the little kings and little lord that follow Him withersoever he goeth. The scripture in Revelation chapter one verses 5 tells he is the faithful witness and the begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Vs 6 and 7 here. "And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever- Amen
7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
The Lord is raising up kings as Jesus is our pattern and if he was coroneted as KING at Passover could it be the sons follow his pattern? I believe it is very possible.
There is much to share here and most will not understand or comprehend what the Lord is doing. We also see a message in the thorns and thistles as well as it points out in Job. 31:40.
"Let thistles [thorns] grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended" (Job 31:40).
We know that as the Lord showed us that the thistles [thorns] have been growing along with the true wheat only until the harvest. (See Matthew 13:27-32 and vs. 38-43 in the AMP V is very clear.)
Thus which is dealing with the true and genuine seed seen as wheat and the ones that were planted by the evil one seen as tares or wild wheat. The wild wheat also seen as a type of the thorns and thistles and briers as Jeremiah tells us NOT to SOW among thorns! But the people have done it unfortunately and mingled with the false prophets and teachers with their false doctrine etc. See Matthew 7:15-16] dealing with the false prophets as well.
The Lord shows us in Isaiah 9 and here is that number 9 again which also takes us in chapter 10.
Isaiah 9:13-19
"For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother."
Isaiah 10:16-22
"Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; [see Psalm 103:4]
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
The Lord shows us it is time for the overcomer's maturity both the true sons and the sons of Belial as is written in 2 Samuel 23:1- 7 coming to maturity at this season and prophetic time as well.
See also Proverbs 1:22-33 and
Isaiah 27:1-4
"In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. "
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together."
Job 41
"1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride."
THE DAY OF THE LORD!
Isaiah 2:10-22
"Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
But wicked, godless, and worthless lives are
all like thorns to be thrust away and they are utterly consumed with fire on the spot!
2 Samuel 23:1-7
"NOW THESE are the last words of David: David son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, says,
2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke in and by me, and His word was upon my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me, When one rules over men righteously, ruling in the fear of God,
4 He dawns on them like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, when the tender grass springs out of the earth through clear shining after rain.
5 Truly does not my house stand so with God? For He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For will He not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
6 But wicked, godless, and worthless lives are all like thorns to be thrust away, because they cannot be taken with the hand."
These are seen as the sons of Belial- a worthless lawless fellow seen as the workers of iniquity and lawless ones. See Proverbs 2:21-22.
7 But the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire on the spot."
In verse 4 here in 2 Samuel 23 in my Bible the cross reference takes me to Hosea 6:1-3
Hosea 6:1-3 AMP V
"COME AND let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up.
2 After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.(A)
3 Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.
The latter rain comes in the Spring and we are there now April 9th 2009 moving into the Day of Pentecost fifty days later when the power of the Holy Ghost fell likened to a mighty wind and as flames of fire upon the heads of them that were in that upper room with Him waiting for the promise of the Father. They were endued the about 120 of them with power from on high to become the Lord's witnesses.
After that day of Pentecost found in the book of Acts the persecution came on the Church and the pattern shall be repeated again in the days a head of us the Father's true saints His set a part ones.
Cross references: to Hosea 6:1-3
Hosea 6:2 : Isa 26:19; Ezek 37:1-10 Here in Ezekiel is seen the life coming into the "very dry" bones of the whole house of Israel and they stand upon their feet as an exceeding GREAT ARMY!
This takes me as the Lord speaks to me here to James 5:7-8 and says to me to write the fruit has come to maturity. He speaks Joel 2:21-32 and Isaiah chapters 60 and 61 here as well. Read them if you will here.
James 5:7-8
"So be patient, brethren, [as you wait] till the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land. [See how we are the LAND and the husbandman the Father waits for the precious fruit of our earth] he keeps up his patient [vigil] over it until it receives the early and late rains." (the former and latter rains)
8 So you also must be patient. Establish your hearts [strengthen and confirm them in the final certainty], for the coming of the Lord is very near.
Psalm 2 AMP V
1 WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?
2 The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say,(A)
3 Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us.
4 He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].
5 He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying,
6 Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You.(B)
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters' ware.(C)
10 Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him].
12 Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him! (Psalm 91)
Cross references: to Psalm 2 AMP V
Psalm 2:2 : Acts 4:25-31
Psalm 2:7 : Heb 1:5; 3:5, 6; II Pet 1:17, 18
Psalm 2:9 : See Rev 12:5; 19:15
In verse 7 in your KJV using your Strongs #3205 in the Hebrew and the rendering of the word begotten here means-a primitive root, to bear young - to act as a midwife - to show lineage; bear, beget, birth (day) born, (make to) bring forth (children, young); time to delivery - the gender, hatch, labor, pedigrees, be the son of (woman in woman) that, travail -eth -ing woman.
This speaking of the sons of God and his the Father's daughters are included here along with the SON Jesus.
This sounds to me like the birthing of the manchild of Revelation 12 and the season of the coronation of the Father's little kings and lords that are given the rod of iron as this scepter to rule with the rod of authority with the power of attorney with the KING's NAME!
Let us be alert to this season and not be found sleeping as do others!
Revelation 2:26-27 Jesus speaking here.
"And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Kings sit in Royal Thrones
And they Do Carry Scepters of Iron
Revelation 3:21
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Revelation 12:5
"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."
The Lord shall strike through his kings in the day of his wrath!
Psalm 110
"The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head."
This is written unto those who have an ear to hear. Be blessed in Him!
Our God reigns KING!
Rosemary LaVigne
Pagosa Springs, Co USA
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Passover: Coronation Day for Jewish Kings - Jesus Crowned King!
Gary Stearman
www.prophecyinthenews.com
Although the fall festival of Rosh HaShanah marks the first day of the new Jewish calendar year, Nisan in the spring is actually considered the beginning of the annual festival cycle. The Jewish commentaries in the Mishnah tell us that the year of the reign of Jewish kings was counted from Nisan in biblical times.
In fact, in the traditional Jewish calendar, there are four legal New Year’s days:
First comes Nisan, the New Year for Kings. Next, is the 1st of Elul, the New Year for animal tithes. Then the 1st of Tishri (Rosh Hashanah) is the New Year for the civil calendar and for vegetable tithes.
Finally, the 15th of Shevat (Tu Bishvat) is the New Year for Trees and fruit tithes.
As we shall see, recognition of the first New Year celebration in the Jewish calendar becomes extremely important in understanding the finished work of Christ. When He came to His people two thousand years ago, He completed every tiny detail of prophecy. In particular, His coronation as King was no mere metaphor; it was perfect and complete.
This year, Passover and Easter come within three days of each other, with Passover arriving on April 9th and Easter on Sunday, April 12th. To Jews, it is a time to celebrate the freeing of their ancestors from Egyptian bondage by Moses, the deliverer.
Christians remember how our Deliverer, Christ, the Lamb of God, was sacrificed for us. We recall His public humiliation, His death and His resurrection. He was given a thorny crown on that day. It was painful and demeaning, but it was a real and legitimate crown, representing an actual coronation. Equally important was the blessing this crown bestowed upon the entire earth.
New Year for Kings
Before we revisit the events of His last Passover, we should review a little-known but interesting fact about this day, traditionally remembered by the Jews as the day when the kings of ancient Israel were crowned.
In fact, Nisan – the month of the Passover – marked what was known as the "New Year for Kings."
One essay on the subject says, "For reasons as yet unclear, the beginning of the year, reckoned from the spring by the early postexilic community, came to be celebrated in the autumn in Judaism. The sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar) figured prominently in the ritual of the festival, held on Tishri 1-2, while the liturgy emphasized the themes of judgment, God’s kingship, and creation.
"Nisan 1 continued to be recognized as New Year’s day for the reckoning of the reigns of Jewish kings and for festivals. Thus, although the calendar year began with Tishri 1, Passover was regarded as the first festival of the year. Of minor significance were the New Year’s days on Elul 1 and Shevat 1, for the tithing of cattle and for trees respectively." [Old Testament Essays 1967-1998, Vol. 1, Sheffield Academic Press, 1998]
Israel’s two diasporas – in 722 and 586 B.C. – and the collapse of the Jewish Monarchy led to the recognition of Tishri and Rosh HaShanah, rather than Nisan and Passover, as the head of the year. Put another way, Jews came to honor the Civil New Year in the fall, rather than the Spiritual New Year in the spring.
The following quote from The Jewish Voice further clarifies this view: "How do we know that Passover is Rosh HaShanah for the Kings? It is in the Tanach [Old Testament], though somewhat hidden. How do we know that the Kings of Israel are crowned at Passover? In I Kings, it says this: ‘… in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the House of Adonai.’ (I Kings 6:1) It is repeated in II Chronicles 3:2 as well. The second month of the reign of King Solomon – which means Solomon was crowned the month before! The month of Zif is now known as the month of Iyar, which comes after the month of Nisan, when Passover is. From this understanding, we can check it with the other kings of Israel as well. There was a debate between the House of Hillel and the House of Shamai, whether it was on the 15th or the 1st of the month, but the 15th is Passover night, and this became the common understanding."
In the ancient world, then, Israelites regarded the 1st of Nisan as the New Year for Kings, and the festival of Passover as the actual coronation day.
Little known to Gentiles, this amazing truth throws new light on that most historic of all Passovers. The day that Jesus was crucified was also the traditional Jewish day for the Coronation of Kings!
The Coronation
On the morning of that day – Passover, the 15th of Nisan – Jesus was given a public coronation, recognized by both Roman and Jewish leaders. As we shall see, this fact is carefully documented in Scripture.
The night before, He was arrested and taken to a Jewish trial, first before Annas, then in the presence of the high priest Caiphas and the assembled Sanhedrin.
Early in the morning, He was bound and taken to Pilate, who found no fault in Him. The cynical Roman Procurator sent him to Herod Antipas, who scoffed at any claim that He might be of royal blood.
Then, clothing him in regal apparel, Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate. This time, Jesus was tried in public, before a screaming mob, who shouted, "Crucify Him!" Pilate and Herod found no guilt in Him worthy of death, but in the end, the crowd ruled, urging Pilate to free the insurrectionist Barabbas and crucify Jesus in his place.
In the Gospel of John, we find the dramatic recitation of the Roman mockery that preceded His crucifixion. Pilate and the priests intertwine in a strange conspiracy that leave no doubt about the nature of Christ’s coronation:
"Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
"And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
"And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
"Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
"Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
"When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God"
"When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid" (John 19:1-8).
Here, Jesus is crowned, clothed in a royal garment and presented by the Gentile Pilate, as "the man." Perhaps it would be more accurate to say, "the one." It is as though Pilate is saying to the Jews, "Here is the one you’ve been looking for, your King, the one you call Messiah." No doubt, he knew about the Jewish national dream that a political and spiritual Savior would come to bring in their promised Kingdom.
Having already condemned Jesus in their hastily-convened night court, the Jews responded with horror at this thought. They made no effort to hide their real charge against Him: He had proclaimed His own deity, making himself equal with God.
When Pilate heard their charge, he was filled with fear that Jesus was the "real thing," and that this was the reason a corrupt priesthood wished Him dead. He went back inside and spoke with Jesus once more:
"And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
"Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
"Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
"And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
"When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
"And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! (John 9:9-14).
After this exchange, Pilate elevated the level of his announcement to the Jews and their leaders. Before, he had simply said, "Look, here’s the man." Now, however, he declared, "Look, here’s your King!" Did he really recognize Jesus as King and Messiah? As a pagan and a worshipper of Caesar as god, he could do no such thing.
But without a doubt, he recognized Jesus as the man the Jews had been waiting for, and he publicly counseled the Jews to receive their king.
And thus, in Nisan, the month of the New Year for Kings, and on Passover the Day of Coronation, Jesus was recognized by both Jewish and Gentile leaders as the King. Furthermore, He had been enrobed, crowned and formally presented. Everything required for a legitimate coronation had been accomplished. And ever since that eminent day, Scripture has stood as its witness.
To emphasize the truth of this matter, the Bible tells us that as Jesus was sent forth to His crucifixion, a title was placed over his head. Traditionally, such a title was affixed above the head of a victim, stating his crime … the reason for the crucifixion. But this time, something was different. Scripture clearly states that Pilate wrote the title himself, stating what he had, by this time, come to accept as some form of the truth:
"And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS" (Jn. 19:19).
The Jews begged him to change the wording of the sign:
"Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
"Pilate answered, What I have written I have written" (Jn. 19:21,22).
The wording makes it clear, not only that Pilate had personally written the sign, but that he recognized Jesus as King of the Jews. Through the hand of a pagan Roman Procurator, the Spirit of the Lord spoke with complete and final authority. Jesus was King!
The Curse Upon the Ground
At the judgment of the sin in the Garden of Eden, God pronounced His curse upon the Serpent and the woman. Then He turned to Adam, who had originally been given dominion over the soil, its plants and livestock and turned that blessing to a curse:
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
"Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:17-19).
Because of Adam’s sin, the ground was cursed with all manner of noxious weeds, here called, "thorns … and thistles." The result was a continual battle between man and his environment, with toil and sweat to mark his progress. Job stated it well: "Let thistles [thorns] grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended" (Job 31:40).
The Crown of Fulfillment
At His crucifixion, Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world. He did so in the most literal fashion. As we have seen, the mocking crowds crowned Him King upon the very day reserved in the Jewish calendar for the Coronation of Kings.
Upon His head was a crown. Its thorns represent the result of Adam’s sin – the curse of the ground – documented in Genesis 3:18. The thorns for the crown were gathered by Roman soldiers who wove it into a suitable shape, then forced it onto His head, doubtless producing a series of bleeding wounds.
Thus, as His blood poured over the thorns, Jesus took upon Himself not only the sin of mankind, but the curse upon the earth! In that historical moment, we were washed in the blood of the Lamb, and so was the earth. In His coronation, and the events that followed on that Passover day, the curse of sin upon humanity was forever broken … and the curse upon the earth removed!
May the King be praised forever!
THE BLESSING OF THE SUN...
April 8th Eve Of Passover 6:28 Pm At The Sun Going Down Mountain Time
For what is interesting is that this evening April 8th 2009 is very significant. as today is to the natural Jews is that what is called The Day of The Blessing of the Sun. (Saw this on CNN.COM today)--- just now and felt led to go to Prophecy in the News, though they believe in a pretrib rapture which we do not see in the word of God ... Good people but missing in some of the spiritual parts...This event with the sun which has only happened (two other times in past history) and the third time is today on the eve of the Lord's Passover feast..another sign from the LORD perhaps?
See Prophecy in the New for the details of this day Wednesday that this happens again on the eve of Passover today April 8th 2009 with the sun for the THIRD TIME seen to rise this morning. The number three in Bible numbers is seen as completion in the Father's spiritual economy of things, interesting-- we thought. I am only interested HERE AT THE MOMENT in what was said about this time of what the Jews see as The Blessing of the Sun on what is on today's audio program of Prophecy in the News 4-8-09 ...It is on the beginning of the audio of the message done by brother J.R. Church...It is that was according to the Jews that they say took place with the sun when the world was created and the 1st time this occurred was with the Passover of Jews as they were freed from Egypt. And the second time this occurred with the sun was when the Jews received their redemption in Esther's time. And the last time but not the least as this is occurring on the third time on the morning of Wednesday April 8th on the day of the eve of Passover. Yes, for the Third time......(See Exodus 11-12)
I do not believe the people on Prophecy in the News see the actual spiritual prophetic New Testament and New Covenant significance of this day and event of the sun as God is in it.. As according to the Bible the sun was created on the forth day and it was according to Genesis 1:14 and it was so ..If we have the message on The Glory of God ---which some of you have that we put out in booklet form that was sent to you. Pull it up and read it again.. It will bless you. The message was written by brother George Wiley with comments by myself on what the Glory of God is and what it is not.. This message deals with the sun as well and the Glory of our God coming forth in His who are the Lord's people that are in the faith of both Jew and Gentile believers that are in Christ. See Isaiah 60 and 61...
Where are we now in the Lord's prophetic timing? Do we see the spiritual significance of all this speaking of the third time that this has happened with the sun and on the day and the eve of Passover no less. And it happened on the morning and on eve of the Passover as we ---can we see it was also in the natural News Media, where I was attracted by the Lord to read today that also spoke of this event...And the Lord allowed us to take note of it. Interesting, we think perhaps as another sign from our God of the soon beginning of the tribulation that shall come unnoticed suddenly by many.
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