Christ's Beautiful Garment
The Apostle's Gospel delares that Christ's Garment Is the Body of God; that the mystery of the church is the joyous coupling together of Christ and the believers; in which the coupling together is the manifestation of the resurrection and exaltation of the risen Christ. This is where Zion strives to hear the prophecy of the Spirit. Here the Spirit speaks to the Church. We pray that the Church, mightily, glorify Christ; be strong and watchful, in the confidence of Christ. Subdue, conquer, prevail, and be victorious; and eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Do not fear the things which you will suffer; rather remain faithful even, in death. Christ, will give you a crown of life. Stand steadfast, in Christ, and you will not be hurt of the second death. Hold fast the apostles doctrine, and Christ will feed you, with hidden manna, and give you a white stone.
The white stone will have you name enscribed thereon. It will be a new name written, which no man will know, except you. Hold fast your confidence; subdue, conquer, and prevail, till Christ come. Keep the apostle’s doctrine unto the end; for you have received of Christ power over the nations. You will rule all the nations, with a rod of iron. Their vessels of potter, shall be broken to shivers. You shall receive, the morning star. Zion! Fight the good fight of faith, and be clothed in white raiment. Christ, will not blot out your name from the book of life. More importantly, Christ, will confess your name before the Godhead, and before his angels. Christ, is holy. Christ, is true. Christ has, the key of David. Christ, opens, what no man can shut; and shuts, what no man can open. Christ has set, before you an open door, and no man can shut. Christ, will make those that hate you, to come and worship before thy feet. They will acknowledge that, Christ loves you. Hold fast to the word of patience. Christ, will keep you from the hour of temptation. The hour of tribulation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Christ quickly comes, so hold that fast the apostle’s doctrine, and let no man take your crown. Subdue, conquer, prevail, and be victorious, and Christ, will make you a pillar, in the temple of God, and you shall go no more out. Christ, will write upon you the name, of God, and the name of the city of God; which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from God.
Christ, will write upon you his new name. Buy of Christ, gold tried in the fire, and be rich. Purchase of Christ, white raiment, and be clothed, so that the shame of nakedness, do not appear. Be anointed, with eye salve, to remove every mote of blindness. Don’t faint when Christ, rebukes you; for whom he loves he chasten. Christ chastens, so that you will be, more zealous. Be zealous, and repent, of all sin. As you hear the voice of Christ, submit and open your soul to him; and He will award you with, the visitation of his spirit. Subdue, conquer, prevail, and be victorious, in the faith delivered, to the saints, and you will sit with Christ, in his throne. Remember that Christ, subdued, conquered, prevailed, and is victorious, and now He sits in the throne of God. (Rev 2:7, 10-11, 17, 25-28; 3:5, 8-12, 18-21).
Zion, shake youself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from every bondage. Christ is our strong and high tower. He is the yower of the flock. He is, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion. From him, it shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. God, gave himself, in death as sacrifice, to redeem Zion and make of them his bride. God, kill nations, in the interest of protecting and delivering his bride. The bride of Christ, the church which is, his body; consumes the heart of God. The sacred mystery of eternity revealed, in the apostolic Gospel is, God's love and interest in Zion. The apostolic Gospel is all about Christ and his bride. All the learning, interpretation of scripture, prophecy, gifts of the spirit, work of the ministery; indeed the death, bural and resurrection of Jesus Christ is, all wraped up, in the mystery of God's love, for the church. The fatal mistake, anyone can make, in hearing and reading the Apostolic Gospel is, to assume that it's all about pulling the hairs of doctrine; for the purpose apostolic of doctrine is, for the building up of; the perfection of; the edification of, his body the church.
The Lord Jesus Christ seats, in the pinnacle of the church. He sits in the chief place. He sits as head, and as the only potentate. He sits, as kings of kings and Lord of Lords. In the Church which is, his body, Christ is, adored, praised and worshiped as, One and only eternal supreme Maker. All nations and kingdoms, of the earth shall bow before him. Christ holds the chieft place, both in the foundation, and the chieft place, in the height, of the church. Christ holds, the chief place, both in the depth, and breathe, of the church. From this glorious and awesome height, Christ pours out, in the midst of the church: "The Hope of the Glory of God". Hope is, defined as: "joyous expectation". Glory is defined as: "that splendour, brightness, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, and majesty which Christ, exhibited, in his resurrection and sebsequent exaltation, to the sit of power. In Christ own words, it refers, to the disciples of Christ, being translated, to be as angels. It is that angelic new immortal body, which the disciples, receive upon the arrival of Christ in glory. It is, that, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Every disciple that has this hope, in him purifies himself, in obedience to the apostolic doctrine. The most astonishing and marvelous secret, kept hidden from angels, and not revealed to the prophets; but made manifest in the preaching of the apostles is, the joyous expectation we have, to sit with Christ, in his throne, in a resurrected body, of immortal splendor, magnificence and majesty. Christ wrought this marvelous blessing, when He raised himself out of death, and ascended, to his place of eternal power and dominion. TheLord Jesus Christ ordained, before ever the earth was formed, to accomplish this, for his saints, through the redemptive blood, of his painful and glorious cross. Our inheritance is, the rich glory , of his inheritance. In this joyous expectation we stand, and have access to the riches, of this glory. The personal joyous confidence, and expectation of Christ, has given us this inheritance..
Jesus of Galilee, gave this expectation, to the apostles, when after his passion, he allowed them to touch and handle his immortal and glorified body. They heard, saw, and handled eternal life bodily. They saw, and handled, the literal body of God; in his stupendous glory. What a marvelous blessing Christ, has given us, as a gift through faith, in his precious blood. We must be resolved, to fight, the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life. We must be resolved, to press toward the mark, of the high calling, of God in Christ Jesus. We must earnestly contend, and remain faithful, to the apostles doctrine delivered, to us; for surely we shall reap, if we hold fast sound apostolic doctrine, and not faint. (Rom 5:2; Eph 1:18; Col 1:27).
The Flesh and Bones of God
The Church is, the literal body of Christ, in the earth. Wwe are fulfilling, the rest of the suffering of Christ due to us, as the preachers, teachers, missionaries, devoted disciples and believers of the risenLord. Our mission is, to obey and proclaim the apostolic doctrine and conduct ourselves in a godly manner which is, pleasing to God our father, in the midst of a perverse and wicked generation. As Jesus is, the speech of God made flesh; the preaching of the apostles, is the incarnated word of God. The preaching of the apostles is, the power of God that gives salvation. The preaching gives salvation, because, it is backed up, with the resurrection of Christ. Christ has incorporated himself, in the doctrine of the apostles. He has taken up his abode, in the congregation and individuals whose life is, built according to the specification given by commandment to the apostles; and which commandments they have faithfully delivered to us.
The apostles exhorts us, to have fellowship with them, because their fellowship is, with theLord Christ. God (the eternal spirit placer, and creator) in Christ, establish and built his Church on the witness of the apostles to the resurrection. Christ, built his church on the apostolic confession. Christ, regenerated, and stamped upon the apostle's conscience, the likness, of the the image of God in Christ. The apostles preached the knowledge and experience which they received, of the crucified, and risen God. The apostle John said: Whosoever transgresses, and do not abide in the doctrine which Christ gave them, is not of God. He that abide in the doctrine, which Christ gave the apostles is, of God. If any preach any other doctrine, do not receive him, neither bid him God speed. All that are sympethic to or compromise with non-apostolic doctrine are, partakers of evil deeds. We must be thankful the we have repented and from the heart conform our soul in obedience to the apostolic doctrine. (2Jo 1:9-11).
Elohim, the Eschatological Builder
The term: "Elohim" when speaking of the Godhead, means, the:"strong one in front of the flock. It means: "He in whom the feaful, takes refuge. It plurality is singular in meaning; and carries the interpretation: "Divine Majesty". It means Eternal Establisher; Eternal Leader; Eternal Shepherd. Eternal Protector. Eternal Strength and Power. The term: "‘eschatology’ refers generally, to the sudden in breaking, of a heavenly and cosmic event which is already deeply rooted, in the present. The builder, and the building refer to that, which is already, a partial and dimly, present reality; of which the full and complete manifestation, will be suddenly revealed, in the future. The eschatological is, apocalyptic. The term “son” as used in Isaiah 9:6 is, used figurative, in Isaiah, to refer, to an eschatological cosmic kingdom builder. It refers to a builder, with Elohimic characteristics. This kingdom builder carries the titles, Everlasting Father, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, and Son of God. Surely, the Elohim is, not about to share his glory with another. Who is, this cosmic builder, whose kingdom will span the universe? What is, Elohim up to? Who in Israel fits, the profile, of a universal and cosmic builder? What kingdom in Israel fits the profile, to span the universe eternally? What is the prophetic foundation for this utterance? Take care not to run ahead of the story line. For you must see that builder and building is, already, ia shadow, in the biblical tradition, of ancient of Israel. The cosmic building blue print was made, before creation. By designating himself as ‘Elohim’ and by creating the world, and a creating a special species in Eden is, a foot print of the prophetic nature of God. By designating himself as ‘Elohim’, he made a foot print about his nature and his future dealings. By designating himself as ‘Elohim’, he made a foot print, about the eschatological nature of His future.
The Elohim spoke to Abram, saying: "Get out of your country, and away from your father's house and your kindred, and go, to a land that I will show you. I will make, of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great and you shall be a blessing. I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you, and in you, shall all families of the earth be blessed ’. Elohim made an eternal covenant with Abraham, to bless, establish and multiply his seed as the dusk of the earth; as the stars of heaven; as the sand on the sea shore; and to be the Eternal God to the seed. Elohim, was make a foot print for the Apostle's Gospel. (Genesis 9:9; 12:1-14; 13:15-16; 22:17 et al.
The prophets began, to speak in shadowy terms, of the secrets, of Elohim, to build his kingdom upon the apostolic confession. The biblical text says; and I quote it here in full, that all might appreciate the historical reference, not only for the ‘the eschatological God’, but also for the designation “son of God”, as it contextually applies, to one who builds Church of God, reigns for ever as her king. The eschatological ‘son of God’ is, declared by Elohim to say: ‘this is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it". Nathan prophesied, to King David, that a member, of his royal seed will build, a residence for Elohim. Nathan prophesied, to King David, that Elohim will sit upon his throne and reign eternally. Elohim, will set up David’s seed, which shall proceed out of his bowels, and the seed will establish, an eternal kingdom. David’s seed, will build a house for God’s name. The Davidic seed’s, throne and kingdom will be for ever. The Davidic seed, will be “the eschatological Son of God”. (2Sa 7:11-29). God will set up the seed, which shall proceed out of David’s bowels, and God will establish his kingdom. The seed, shall build a house for God’s name, and God will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Elohim will father the seed, and the seed, will endowed with the fulness of Elohim's n. ature. This is the purpose of Elohim. This is why he manifested himself to the prophets. This is his rest for ever. Here Elohim dwells; for he have desired it’. Elohim, was make a foot print for the Apostle's Gospel.
Nathan prophesied, to King David, saying: “Your seed will be established for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. TheLord and the Holy One of Israel, our king, spoke in a vision to the holy ones, and said: "I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him. My hand shall established him. My arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the sons of wickedness afflict him. I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. My faithfulness, and my mercy shall be with him. In my name shall his power, authority and the majesty of his domonion, be exalted. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall cry unto me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. (Psa 89:3-7)
Elohim said: " I will make him my firstborn. I will make him higher than the kings of the earth. My mercies will I keep for him for evermore. My covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure, and my loving kindness I will never take from him. I will never, suffer my faithfulness to fail. I will never, break my covenant. I will never, alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. I have sworn by my holiness. I will never lie to David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. The throne of David, shall be established for ever as the moon; and as a faithful witness in heaven. Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen and Amen, (Psa 89:18-52).
The Eternal Maker, Elohim, sworn in truth to David. The Maker, Elohim, will not turn from it. From, the fruit of your David's body, I Elohim, will I set upon his throne. If his children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them; their children shall also sit upon your throne for evermore. The maker Elohim, hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish, (Psa 132:11-18).
Behold, the days come, that the Lord will perform that good thing which He has promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will the Lord cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name where with she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. David shall never want a man, to sit upon the throne, of the house of Israel. The priest sahl aways offer burnt offerings, and kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. If God's covenant with David is more firm than his covenant with the day, and night. God's covenant will never be broken. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. The prophet Jeremiah, said: " As is my covenant with day and night, and as is my covenant with the appointed ordinances of heaven and earth; so is my covenant with, the seed of Jacob, and David my servant. I will never cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant. I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them, (Jer 33:13-26).
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, and The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Daniel says: “In…these days …shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. The prophets were prophesying, in the spirit, concerning, the work of Christ, in establishing the Apostle's Gospel. (Isa. 9:6-7; Dan 2:44).
Daniel continues: “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Thus the promise made to the patriarch Abraham that in his “seed all nations of the earth will be blessed” resonates and finds encouragement in the Davidic royal covenant, and Peter's confession: "You are the Son of God". Christ responsed: "upon this rock, I build my church and the gates of hell, shall not prevail against it. Christ raises up the fallen tabernacles of David, and installs upon his Holy Hill, the chirch of the Living God, through the rule and authority of the apostles. (Dan 7:13-15).
Is the Church and the kingdom is the same? Absolutely, for the King of Israel sits upon the throne in the midst of the Church. The King of Israel is head of the Church. The Church is the Temple and Palace of the Great King. The Church is so fabulous, until its full import is really just being fully known. The King is not King of the ethnic Jews; He is King of God’s Israel: The Church of the living God. To preach the kingdom of God is, to preach the: "Mystery of the Church". The full meaning and content of the kingdom of God could not be declared, until Christ was risen from the dead. The Mystery of the Church was hidden even from angels. It was kept secret from the foundation of the cosmos. Michael, Gabriel, Lucifer, nor any other angel, never knew where there be anything called: "The Church of the living God". This sacred mystery was only entrusted to the apostles. The apostles are the only men on planet earth, that God instructed, in the mystries of the kingdom of God. They are the only one who know the mystery of the Church; and they are the only one ordained of God to deliver them to us. The Morman, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah Witnesses, Trintarian or Dethestic assemblies, Pentecostals, charimatics, know absolutely nothing about the Mystery of the Church of God. These have a fallen angel version of the church. A version that does not allow them to cease from sin. A version that provokes them to deny the power of God. There version of the kingdom of God is a distortion and caricuture of the truth. May they be forever, destroyed from the presence from of God.
Jesus of Galilee was, without a doubt, the most extraordinary individual ever, to set foot on this planet. Here is a man, who believed that all of scripture, was either written or prophesied concerning him. Here is, a man with an extraordinary burden. Born in the ghetto under questionable circumstances; yet believing that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of a virgin. He believed, that he was God’s Messiah. He believed, that he was appointed, to die, in order to redeem Israel, and rise up the tabernacle of David, which had fallen. He believed, that he was the seed promised, to Abraham and David, and the one that would destroy sin, death, and the devil. Christ’s own personal self consciousness, was such that He believed that, He was God’s anointed. He believed that, he came from God and goes back to God. I mean, here is, a physical man whose faith was such that, he believed that, in accordance with pure monotheism; He is God manifest in the flesh; He believed that He is God incarnate. I mean, I want you to step inside the head of this man, that except it were true; he would be crazy to say the least, and a false prophet and blasphemer due to be stoned at best. More importantly, the resurrection certified, that He is, who he claim to be.
Jesus of Galilee was conscious that, he was the suffering servant of Isaiah. He was conscious that, he was he, of whom the prophets prophesied. Yet he lived, not as a king, in a palace; or a general with an army; but as a poor Hebrew prophet, upon who’s shoulders the life, of the world depended, and in his body he carry the sins, of the world. Yet he could not cheat. He was not allowed, to act like God, thought he was God. He was not allowed, to assume the role, of a high dignitary. God he was, slave he is! He lived his life, by faith, in the power of God that was, in him. He submitted to the power of God that was, in him. He submitted, because he under took the mission, to restore the kingdom of David, in the highest and purest sense. No wonder Thomas cried: ‘My Lord and my God’.
The Church of Jesus Christ
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He said unto them, But who do say I am? Peter answered: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God". Jesus said: " You are blessed, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father which is in heaven". Upon this rock (the apostle's confession of truth, as to who is and what is the meaning of: "Jesus, 'son of God') I will build my church on the apostle's confessional faith as to who I am. I build my church on the Son of God. I build my Church, in my divine nature. I build my Church, in the power of the Holy Ghost. I bild my Church, on the promise made to abraham and David. I build my Church , the mystery, kept secret from the angels. I build my church on this solid rock; for there is no rock greater than I; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give the apostles the authority to open what no man or angel can close; and close what no man or angel can open. I give the apostles: "the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatsoever they bind is bound,and whatsoever they loose is loosed. . This is the Church of which “it is written in the words of the prophets, I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: that the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, said theLord, who doeth all these things. The Church of God, is the resurrection, of the tabernacle of David. It is, the resurrection of the Church that was in the wilderness. It is the resurrection, of the Israel of God. It is the resurrection, of Jesus of Galilee. (Mat 16:13-21; Act 15:15-17).
The conception and virgin birth, of Jesus of Galilee, was on this wise: " Mary was was found with child of the Holy Ghost; for that which was in her was is conceived by the Holy Ghost". The Holy Ghost formed himself as flesh. The Holy Ghost fathered the the flesh of Jesus of Galilee. The Holy Ghost, conceived Christ. Christ is, the conceived conception, of the Holy Ghost. God has appeared in a form (emptied himself), in which only the Spirit of God know, who he really is. This stretches all the way back through Abraham, and through David, to the promise made immediately after the fall of Adam. God promised Lucifer: “I will put enmity between you, and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel, (Gen 3:15).
The Church of the living God, is the pillar and ground of the truth; for in the church is, where the mystery of the deity is declared. It is, the mystery which, in the dispensation of the fullness of times he gathers everything together, in Christ, all things both which are in heaven, and which are on earth. It is God’s rich inheritance which, he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand, in the heavenly places, far above all principality, power, might, dominion, and every name that is named; not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. All things under the feet, of the church, of which Christ is, head. The Church is, the fullness Of Godhead bodily, because, Christ is its’ head. It is the fullness of him that fills all in all. The Church of God has been raised up, and made, to sit in heavenly realm, with Christ Jesus. The Church is, God’s workmanship, (God’s own unique creation). The Church is, the fellowship of the saints, the household of God. It is built upon the foundation, of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; It is a building fitted, for a habitation of God, through the Spirit, (Eph 1:9; 2:10).
It is, the mystery of fellowship, which from the beginning of the world God hid in himself. The Church is, filled with all the fullness of God, so that it can glorify Christ, as the head, of the fellowship by the spirit of God. Christ is, the head of the church. He is, the savior of the body. The church is subject unto Christ, in every thing. Christ loves his body. He nourishes and cherishes it. In, through and with Christ, the church of God, is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; and has the preeminence in all things. The Church is, the tabernacle of David sitting, in the heavenly realm.
The work, purpose, and mission of the Holy Ghost is, to honor, exalt and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, as the redeeming son of God, in the church. The Holy Ghost cries: “Jesus Christ is Lord God!”; “Jesus Christ is, God in the flesh!”; “Jesus Christ is, the Son of God!” ” The Holy Ghost like a dove, hovered over the water, in primordial creation. The incarnated Holy Ghost hovered, like a dove, at Jesus' baptism. At the return of Christ, the Holy Ghost will hover, over the earth. Right now, today, even at this moment, the Holy Ghost is, hovering, and resting, in the Church. Like a dove, the Holy Ghost, hovers and rest all those filled with the Holy Ghost. Prophetically, the Lord Jesus Christ is, God. He is, the spirit of prophecy; and as long as the church is, in the earth, our mission is, to declare the sonship of God, because that who we are, right now. Right now, we are the sons of God, and as sons we cry: “Holy Ghost, magnify Christ, in my body”. We cry: “Holy Ghost, exalt the Son of God in the Church. .
The nature of the Godhead is intended to be preached, received and believed only in the Church of God. The Church of God is an assembly that worships God as its head with deliberate intention. The worship of God is the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the discrete Son God. The Church is the body of Christ; and as such her duty and is to honor and glory her head who is Christ. As long as the church is in the earth, or until the consummation of all things, God will be the Son of God. Upon completion of the salvific mission, the Son of God will merge back into the form he enjoyed before his first creation. For upon a certain mountain in the presence of Moses, Elijah, Peter, James and John watched as Christ was transfigured: He changed his form from physical to Spirit and back again. The physicality of the body of Christ was essential for death and resurrection. This is what the incarnation (to be made flesh) is all about.
The Holy Ghost in scripture worships Jesus Christ, as the Son of God. I say: “The Holy Ghost worships Christ”, for worship means to laud with all praise, honor, dominion, majesty and Glory. (See Psalms, Hebrews, and Revelations). The Holy Ghosts worship Christ, at his birth, baptism, and resurrection, and in the Church of the Living God. God is the head of the Church of God. Christ is the head of the body of Christ. The Church of God is God’s body of which Christ is head. Christ, since Pentecost is present in the Church of God by, in and through the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is given and sent forth by God. The Holy Ghost is sent forth and given by the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is not a Jesus only theology. This is the science of the Holy Ghost. To see Jesus, only in terms of a physical person is, to miss the point. The point is, that Jesus Christ, in the Church is, the full sum total, of the Godhead, in the beauty of perfect ness. The Church is, in sonship, for we are bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. The Church is, the body of God. God is, in sonship. First in emergency visits in the OT, assuming the form of an angel. Secondarily, in his earthly ministry assumed the form of flesh and blood. In exaltation, Christ is still in Sonship, in the body of Christ. This is all because God can be whatever he wants to be. He is I AM. I will be whatever I want to be!
In Sonship, Christ must say: The Father is greater, than I. Why? Because, God is in submission and obedience. God is going to stay in submission and obedience as long as the Church is in the earth or until the consummation of all things. For the purpose of redemption, God has made us one with him in his death and resurrection. This is radical sonship; such as ‘Jesus only Pentecostals’ or ‘Unitarians’, never knew. For the Sonship of God is for missionary purposes. It is for the purpose of creating and building up congregation based on the principle of: “Love one another as I have loved you”. It is the mystery of Godliness. It is “let the Spirit magnify Christ”; It is the mystery of God manifest in the flesh. Assemblies with two and three gods are living beneath their privilege. . The world knows that the Church is the body of Christ, by our love for each other, and our willingness to work with the Spirit of God for their redemption.
The earliest assemblies of Christ were agape communities. Communities in which the same Spirit which Christ displayed on the cross, is present and permeates the fellowship of believers. John cried: Whoever shall confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is born of God. Whoever, fails to confess that Christ is come in the flesh, is antichrist and not of God. This means that Christ by the Spirit of God lives in the flesh of the Church of God, and by extension permeates each and every believing member, who holds Christ as head. The Church of God is the same today, yesterday and forever.
Assemblies that make supplications to the Holy Ghost to exalt in their midst the Lord Jesus Christ, will experience the massive power of God; and I’m not taking modern day Pentecostal fervor; I’m taking about the power that glorify and magnifies the Lord Jesus Christ as head of the assembled worshippers. The stumbling block for the Jews was the physicality of the Son of God, claiming things for him reserved for God only. The Jews charge Christ with blasphemy. Some of the most heated debates in scripture are recorded in John’s gospel, and they revolve around the assertions Christ made concerning himself. Assertion, He did not want to make, but the demon attacked, and blasphemed Christ, and Christ slew them with the breath of his lips. Calling those which abused, slandered, and blasphemed his persons as devils.
What than is the conclusion of whole matter! The Sabbath is the primary time when God in the person of his Son Jesus Christ, and by his spirit, is present to lead, teach, guide, comfort, protect, knit, bind together in love, give increase, perfect in the statue of the Son of God and provide for all his people needs. Only we must bow down and literally beseech the Holy Ghost to exalt Christ as King in the midst. Asking the Holy Ghost, to permeate each worshipper. I believe it is written: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor 2:9”.
If an individual does not understand, than one must query the Holy Ghost to grant him or her a guided tour of the all the scriptures in the Old Testament dealing with the Nature of the Godhead. Not books on the subject, but the Holy Ghost’s own words on the lips of the Holy Prophets and the Saints of day’s gone bye. Allow the Spirit of God to permeate and fill the conscious with the lore of the Old Testament. Line upon line. Scripture compared with scripture; and become fully persuaded that God has no second in command; and he will not give his glory to another. The sure way to deliver covenant curse upon your children is, to transgress the first three commandments dealing with the deity of God.
But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then come the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he said all things are put under him , it is manifest that Christ is not under his feet.; for all things are put under him. Christ and his body the church is, "the all and in all". The spirit of prophecy, will be been fulfilled, in the "all in all" Christ being raised him from the dead, sits in the throne of God, in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which all things are under his feet. It is given to him to be the head over all things. Even in the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. At the consummation of all things: "the all in all"; the church, the body of Christ will be indivisibly one. The Church will merge completely into the Godhead, such that the Church is, indistinguishable from God, and God indistinguishable from the Church. The Church will be wholly and totally, consumed in God, and God wholly and totally, consumed in the Church. Then comes when Christ delivers up the Church to God, even the Father. When Christ will put down all rule and all authority and power. Christ, must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. All things are under his feet. When all things are put under him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. The literal prophecy of scripture is fulfilled. The literal prophetical, transfiguration of the body of Christ, will have been achieved. (1Co 15:24-28; Eph 1:20-23).
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. It shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting"? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co 15:23-58)
When all things are subdued under Christ. God will be ‘all in all’: Christ will take upon himself the full measure of the body of Christ, and entered upon a more glorious dimension of his eternal Godhead. Christ is, now the object of faith. And as such, faith requires that we stay focused on Christ, the Son of God, for he is essential for our redemption. To take our eschatological eye off the Son Of God, is to stumble and fall. Faith in Christ, as the hidden eschatological God, is essential for salvation. For in this way, God in his infinite wisdom over throws the wisdom of the wise, by making faith, in a poor preacher, the necessary and essential means of salvation. In the eternal kingdom Christ, as ‘son of God’ will not be an object of faith. Salvation history as such will have come to an end. Thus Christ enters, upon a new and more glorious phase of his Deity. His God ness without the subjection features denoted by ‘Kenosis’. At this level we can only speak of the Godhead as the: "all in all". It is a fallacy to assume that Christ “delivers up the kingdom” to another individual; or that Christ steps down or over. What is apostolic is, the totality of the Godhead is, at the perfection of beauty, in Oneness. For we have already shown that God is, One infinite personal being. The principle of pure monotheism must be adhered to throughout the entire spectrum of the history and future of the Deity.
We look through a glass dimly. We know not what we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is. Christ will reign as the son of God until the consummation of all things, and then enter the glory he had before creation, albeit God will be a more glorious God; having added to his personal experiences humanity, suffering, death, resurrection, enthronement, and a body of translated worshippers higher than the cherubs, seraphim and angels. The Deity has increased in strength and power, as a result of his salvation experience, and the Holy Ghost uttered worship of his divine nature. Praises unto the deity increases the net glory of the Deity. The full complete cosmic glory of God will only be able to be comprehended by the Church of God. For God will sit upon his throne in the center of the Church, which will be the center of the everlasting kingdom.
The Church in the Power of the Holy Ghost
The church is, the physical body of Christ: "The bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh" The church is, the flesh and blood, of the creator. The Church is, empowered by the creator’s spirit. The Church moves and operates, by Christ’s faith. The Church is, the corporate “Son of God”, with Jesus of Galilee, as Chairman of the Board. In more kingly terms; Jesus of Galilee is, Lord, King and High Priest of the Church, and we the members of his body, are the heavenly citizens. Christ is, the promised seed of Abraham. Christ is, the promised ‘son of David’. He is, the builder of God’s house, and the creator of God’s eternal kingdom. It is, He who will sit as king upon the throne of God, in the midst of the congregation to receive all praise, honor and glory. He will receive all worship from angels and the Church of God, because he is the worthy lamb slain from earth’s foundation. It is Christ, who pours out his blood, water and spirit to create and build the Church of God, to satisfy an oath Elohim made to Abraham and David. Elohim swore with an oath, that He would bless Abraham. He swore with an oath, that he would raise up the throne of David. Now watch this. Because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself. Now Christ is the guarantor of the oath, Elohim made to the Patriarchs. Christ guaranteed the word of God. Christ was not a co-signor, but the guarantor of the oath made to the fathers. Christ is the person who undertook to perform the obligation that God made to establish the seed. Christ himself is the pledge. He is the oath of Elohim. He is the literal ‘word of God’. He is Elohim’s seed and arm of salvation. Blessed be his great name!
The Gospel according to John in chapters 14-17 is replete with proverbs. Proverbs that drive home the point that Jesus of Galilee is the only image of Elohim. Now the law explicitly says that no images of the Deity should be made. The Law explicitly attaches curses to any image making of anything in heaven or earth, to resemble the Deity. Yet Christ is said to be the image of the invisible Godhead. The scripture says that Christ is the exact image of the Deity. The body of Christ is changed in the image of God’s glory by the Holy Ghost. The Jews considered, Jesus to be a blasphemer, on the “image” question alone. But If God chose to reveal himself as Christ, whose business is it anyway? John Gospel assists us by the spirit of God to decode the proverb “son of God”. Now a proverb ( παροιμία paroimia) is a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking; it is a dark saying which shadows forth some doctrinal truth, especially a symbolic or figurative saying. It is when something is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons.
It is an allegory which makes use of extended and elaborate metaphor. In John 16:25, the Galilean, say: “These things have I said to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father”. As Jesus said: ‘If you believe in God, believe also in me’; ‘in my father house is many mansions’; ‘if you know me, you know my father’; ‘I am in the father, and the father is in me’; ‘when you see me you see the father’; ‘ask the father anything, and He will do it’; ‘ask me anything and I will do it; “ going to the Father”; ‘I will manifest myself’; ‘the father will manifest me’; ‘the Holy Ghost is sent by the father’; ‘I will send you the Holy Ghost in my father’s name’; ‘the father will send the Holy Ghost in my name’; ‘the spirit of truth proceeds from the father to testify of me’; ‘ I will send the comforter to you’; ‘I came out from God’; ‘I go back to God’; ‘eternal life is to know the true God, even Jesus Christ, whom God has sent’, There are many such saying in John’s gospel. These proverbs are dark enigmatic illustrations. They illustrate the point that Christ only desires to be known by faith. It illustrates that God wants us to receive his son with the confidence that he is God; no matter what he seemed to be.
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