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God's Vision
"Beings
From Heaven and Earth Baptized as One"
(Vision)
With
Interpretation
(July 27, 2013)
But you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His
own special people, {so}
that you may proclaim the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once
were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not
obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. [1 Peter
2:9-10; NKJV]
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward
man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to His mercy He saved us,
through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the
Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus
Christ our Savior, that having been
justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope
of eternal life. [Titus 3:4-7; NKJV]
Grace to you and peace from Him who is
and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are
before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler over the kings of the earth.
To
Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and
has made us kings and priests to His God and Father,
to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold,
He is
coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who
pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of
Him. Even so, Amen.
[Rev.
1:4-7]
The following Vision, and the teaching that
God gave and continues to give with it came to me as a complete surprise. For me,
this is a tremendous revelation! The Vision, though rather
short, has continued to bring forth new understanding and revelation
for me and others. I pray it does the same for you. I
sincerely believe we should all pray for His understanding in this
matter. I have already learned so
much - and I realize that we are not finished with the
interpretation as yet.
Because I know that there is more
Wisdom needed for the full interpretation of this Vision, I have added a
lot of information on the Priests, their/our consecration, the Robe of the Ephod, the Ephod, and the
water baptism. I believe with all my heart that we will need
this information very soon in order to better understand what God is
now doing with His Wife and Children. If God does not continue the
interpretation through me He will do so through others. I
would love to hear from you if you hear more.
Though I was taught years ago that
Christ/God intended to bring His Wife and offspring out of the
wilderness (see Rev 12) as Priests and Kings, the thought of His
Spiritually and officially
consecrating us for this honor never occurred to me until I
was given this vision.
As this vision is given, I am heavily within
the Holy Spirit and the Spiritual realm. I see myself standing
in front of a wall created from a huge all-encompassing (1)white
cloud. This cloud/wall fills my whole vision screen. Almost
immediately, Jesus Christ partially walks through the middle of the
wall. I see only Jesus' form begin to walk through/emerge from
behind the (1)cloud. He is dressed in a white robe that is part of
God's cloud
of Glory. At first it appears as though He is part of the
wall. He then separates Himself from it slowly and walks
through it.
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(1) "white" (+) "white
cloud": represents the Holy Spirit and
God's Glory as well as
Christ and the heavenly host within the white cloud:
[Ex 16:9-10] Then Moses spoke to
Aaron, "Say
to all the
congregation of the children of Israel,
'Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your
complaints.'" Now it came to pass, as
Aaron
[High Priest]
spoke to
the whole congregation of the children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold,
the glory of the Lord
appeared in the cloud. NKJV
[Num
16:41-50] Now it happened, when
the congregation had gathered
against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the
tabernacle of meeting; and
suddenly the cloud covered it, and the glory of the
Lord appeared. Then Moses and Aaron [High
Priest] came before the tabernacle of meeting. And the
Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (1a)Get
away from among this congregation, that I may consume them
in a moment." And they fell on their faces. So
Moses said to Aaron [High Priest], "Take a censer and put fire in it from
the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the
congregation and make atonement for them;
for wrath has gone out from the Lord. The plague has begun."
Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran
into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had
begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made
atonement for the people. And he
STOOD BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING; so the plague was stopped. Now
those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven
hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident. So
Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of
meeting, for the plague had stopped. NKJV
(1a)
"Get
away from among this congregation, that I may consume them
in a moment." And they fell on their faces. So
Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from
the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the
congregation and make atonement for them":
Christ is our atonement and our High Priest; and He appeared first, in this
Vision, in the Glory
of God's Spirit and the Heavenly Host. Christ also now
stands between the living and the dead, bringing all
who will come into His ETERNAL Life.
[NOTE:
I believe after reading this
particular verse and comparing it to this Vision, that we may be seeing and experiencing this
immersion/baptism/consecration of complete
Spiritual separation unto God so that the
plagues of the "latter day/times" cannot and will touch us.
However, this is my comment and not God's.
In this Vision,
Christ not only stands between us and the "latter
day" plagues, as Aaron stood between the plagues and
the people of Israel, but He has immersed us within Himself.
This is shown very clearly in the Vision as Christ
rises in the new Spiritual Water/Word.
Ron Mosely states in the Jewish Background of
Christian Baptism, "To the ancient Jew the
mikyeh[immersion/baptism] was a
(1a1)PROCESS OF
SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION AND CLEANSING, especially in relation
to the various types of Turmah or
ritual defilement
when the Temple was in use...
Although it is the
Jewish belief that repentance is necessary,
purification from defilement is done primarily
through water, while other effects of sins are
covered by blood (Romans 4:7; note the "almost all
things" in Hebrews 9:22). The concept of
immersion in rabbinic literature is referred to as a
NEW BIRTH... The idea of total immersion comes from
the Scripture in Leviticus 15:16 when it says,
"He
shall wash all his flesh in the water."
In this same article, Dr. Mosely states,
"THE
BAPTISMAL WATER (MIKVEH)
in Rabbinic literature was referred to as the
WOMB OF THE WORLD, AND AS
A CONVERT CAME OUT OF THE WATER IT WAS CONSIDERED A
NEW BIRTH SEPARATING HIM FROM THE PAGAN WORLD.
AS THE CONVERT CAME OUT
OF THESE WATERS HIS STATUS WAS CHANGED AND HE WAS
REFERRED TO AS "A LITTLE CHILD JUST BORN" OR "A
CHILD OF ONE DAY"...
WE SEE THE NEW TESTAMENT USING SIMILAR JEWISH TERMS
AS "BORN ANEW," "NEW
CREATION," AND "BORN FROM ABOVE." According
to Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum Rabbinic literature uses
the term "BORN AGAIN"
to refer to at least six different occurrences .
Note
each of these life changing
experiences: (a) When a Gentile converts to Judaism.
(b)
When an individual is crowned king. (c) At age
13 when a Jewish boy
chooses to embrace God's
covenant and be numbered with the believers. (d)
When an individual gets married. (e)
When an
individual becomes a rabbi [Priest]. (f) When an individual
becomes the head of a rabbinical school...
One of the most important teachings in Judaism is
that of repentance. According to both Scripture and
rabbinic literature, no matter how great the sin, if
a person repents and forsakes the sin before God he
can be forgiven. As we see in the case of John,
Jesus, and all New Testament writers, repentance was
always involved. The Jerusalem Talmud states,
"nothing can stand before repentance"...
According to Dr. David Flusser,
the Dead Sea Scrolls
as well as the New Testament teach that water can
purify the body only if the soul has first been
purified through repentance and righteousness."
Christ gave us His righteousness as we repented and
received Him as our Savior.
He also states that "water is used in
cleansing in relation to the consecration to
PRIESTLY MINISTRY (Leviticus 8:6)... Water is used
in relation to the remission of sins." [One
can read the rest of this excellent article at
http://www.haydid.org/ronimmer.htm]
(1a1)
"PROCESS OF
SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION AND CLEANSING, especially in relation
to the various types of Turmah or
ritual defilement
when the Temple was in use": Christ
is our Temple/Church and on earth the Temple/Church
has often been defiled by manmade rituals and
traditions. Christ may be showing us that
before we can join the one eternal temple, His Body
and Church/Wife, we need "Spiritual purification and
cleansing" as one body. Again, this is my
thought and I did not hear God say this.
In
order to literally become Christ's flesh (and bone)
I believe there has to be a complete
immersion/baptism/consecration into Christ's Spirit.
It is possible that we will see this manifest into
the physical realm soon, or He will lift us up into
this manifestation in heaven which is where this
Vision takes place. It is also possible that
Christ is showing us what He has already completed
in the Spiritual realm, though we have not
personally experienced it as yet. I am not
sure.
Notice that this
baptism/immersion/consecration is not for
individuals but is for God's/Christ's one full Body
membership both in heaven and on earth, and Christ
is the only one allowed to
baptize/immerse/concecrate us: [Mark 1:8] I
[John the Baptist] indeed baptized you with water,
but He [Christ] will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit." NKJV
Though a
Pastor or someone else may have baptized you in
water, I believe this is Christ showing us His
baptism into the Holy Spirit as promised. This
baptism would of course include all who ever
believed in God and in Christ from the beginning of
time, both those who are in heaven or on earth. We
see Christ as the final Temple immersing, baptizing,
and consecrating us into Himself and His final
priesthood.
[John 1:33-34] I did not
know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water
said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on Him,
this is He
who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I
have seen and testified that this is the Son of
God." NKJV
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[1 Kings 8:10-11] And it came to pass,
when the priests came out
of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the
Lord, so that the priests could not continue ministering
because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the
house of the Lord. NKJV
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[NOTE:
The
cloud is God's Holy Spirit and is therefore
synonymous with God's Glory.] |
[Luke
21:27-28] Then
they will
see the Son of Man [Christ]
coming in a cloud with power and great
glory. Now when these things begin to
happen, look up and lift up your heads, because
your redemption
[by a kinsman (Nelson's)/{Christ is our Kinsman}] draws
near." NKJV
[Rev 14:14] Then I looked, and behold,
a white cloud, and seated
on the cloud one like a son of man [Christ], with a
golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
[Rev 19:14] And
the
armies of heaven
[Heavenly Host],
arrayed in fine linen [the under garment of
the priests. Robe of Ephod was put on over it],
white and pure, were
following him on white horses.
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The pure white cloud
becomes a beautiful pale sky (3)blue. The
cloud and wall seem to adhere to Christ's Body as a thin layer of cloth
or (2)flesh might. This cloth or (2)flesh
does not completely separate from Him, and I can see that the pale
blue cloud has also become pale blue water that encircles the bottom
of His robe. I do not see His feet in this Vision.
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(2) "flesh":
[Heb. 10:19-22] Therefore,
brethren, having boldness
to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, BY A NEW AND
LIVING WAY WHICH HE
(2a)CONSECRATED FOR US, THROUGH THE VEIL,
THAT IS, HIS FLESH, and having
a High Priest
over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in
full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience and
OUR
BODIES WASHED WITH PURE WATER. NKJV
[2 Cor. 5:1-5] For we know
that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have
a building from God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in
the heavens. For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be
CLOTHED WITH OUR HABITATION WHICH IS FROM HEAVEN, if indeed,
having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For
we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because
we want to be unclothed, but FURTHER CLOTHED, THAT MORTALITY
MAY BE SWALLOWED UP BY LIFE.
Now He who has
prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given
us the [Holy] Spirit as a guarantee.
NKJV
(2a) "consecrated":
"THE
ACT OF SETTING APART, OR DEDICATING, SOMETHING OR
SOMEONE TO GOD'S USE... and Aaron
[High Priest] and his
sons [priests] were
CONSECRATED TO THE PRIESTHOOD
(Ex
29; Lev 8:1)... after
the priesthood began, the tribe of Levi
[priests] served
as a substitute in this consecration (Num 3:12).
In the New
Testament, the SUPREME EXAMPLE OF CONSECRATION IS CHRIST
HIMSELF (John 17:19; Heb 7:28; 10:10).
But
believers are also CONSECRATED TO CHRIST (John
17:17; 1 Peter 2:9), and are urged to consecrate themselves
as well (Rom 12:1; 2 Tim 2:21).
ONE OF THE RESULTS OF OUR
CONSECRATION BY CHRIST IS THAT WE ARE NOW A PRIESTHOOD
OF BELIEVERS (1 Peter 2:9)
WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO OUR
FATHER (2a1)Eph
3:11-12)." (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible
Dictionary...)
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(2a1) [Eph 3:8-13]
To me, who am less than the least of all the
saints, this grace was given, that I should
preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ, and
to MAKE
ALL SEE WHAT THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY,
WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AGES HAS
BEEN HIDDEN IN GOD who created all
things through Jesus Christ;
to the
intent that now the manifold wisdom of God
might be made KNOWN BY THE
[SPIRITUAL]
CHURCH TO
THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS IN HEAVENLY
PLACES, according to the
ETERNAL
PURPOSE which He accomplished in
Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have
boldness and access with confidence through
faith in Him. NKJV
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"In the NT all Christians are consecrated
persons. They are not only "a holy nation" but also "a royal
priesthood" (1 Peter 2:9). The NT also
recognizes special consecrations, as to the work of the
Christian ministry or to some particular service connected
with it (Acts 13:2-3; 1 Cor 12:28). See (2a2)Ordination."
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary...)
(2a2) "Ordination": "In the
limited and technical sense ordination is the
ceremony by which a person is set apart to an order or
office; but in a broader, and in fact its only important
sense, ordination signifies the appointment or designation
of a person to a ministerial office, with or
without attendant ceremonies...
Old Testament
Ordination. Ordination was practiced early in Bible times.
The Hebrew priests, Levites, prophets, and kings were
solemnly ordained for their several offices...
Moses thus, i.e., by laying on of hands,
appointed Joshua (which see) as his successor (Num
27:18-20,22-23; Deut 34:9)." (from The New Unger's Bible
Dictionary...)
"Example
of Christ. In the introduction of the Christian
dispensation no exterior act of ordination was practiced by
Christ. The calling, appointing, and commissioning of the
twelve apostles was His personal act, unattended, so far as
the record shows, with any symbolic act or ceremony. In the
account (Mark 3:14) of His appointing "twelve, that they
might be with Him, and that He might send them out to
preach," the Gk. word is epoiese, "he
made," i.e., he "appointed" them
for the purposes named. The word rendered "appointed" (John
15:16; Grk. etheka) means "I have set, or
placed." In no ordination of His disciples to their
ministerial or apostolic office is it recorded that He laid
His hands upon them.
But just before His ascension, our
Lord, in blessing His disciples and breathing upon them the
Holy Spirit, "lifted up His hands" (Luke 24:50).
In so doing
He illustrated the nature of the Spiritual influence that
was to come upon them in its full manifestation at
Pentecost." (from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary...)
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The pale (3)blue water
that encircles Christ [our High Priest] rises around Him.
Jesus disappears beneath the pale blue water for a quick moment, and
then begins to rise again slowly from the middle of the water. This
beautiful pale blue water coats
(and covers) all His head, including
His face, and runs down His entire Body. The
water is thicker than normal earthly water and continues to coat His
head and face for the rest of the Vision. I can not see His actual
eyes, mouth, nose, ears etc, but can see the form of these.
As He rises, other SPIRITUAL Children, including myself, rise with Him. I see from outside
the water and also within the water with Him. This water is
heavenly and pure.
It is the pure Spiritual water, the Word, who is Christ (see Rev
9:13; Jn 1:1-5). This is the water, the Word, used by Christ
to "sanctify and cleanse" His Wife, His Church, "that He might
present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle
or any such thing, but that she should be HOLY and without
blemish.... for we are members of His flesh and of His bones (see Eph 5:23-30)." I
know that His Spiritual Children, those becoming His priests and kings from
both heaven
and earth, are the members present in His one Spiritual Body.
Jesus later confirms this.
I remember that I had a strong impulse to breath in this water,
though I do not remember for sure if I did. I believe I heard God's Holy Spirit
tell me to do so
(thus we all would have done so), and I/we did. Again, I am
not positive.
In this vision we see Christ in the
middle of God's Spiritual Children and His final Congregation, God's
Wife. Jesus explains that the pale blue comes from the royal blue
associated with the Hebrew priesthood, temple, and royalty.
This royal blue combined with the (1)white Spiritual cloud
of Glory becomes the pale
blue
"robe of the Ephod" worn by the High Priest in the Old
Testament. Jesus says that, in this Vision, the blue
color represents God's royalty [kings] and the future new Church and religion
built on the Truth of God. These are without manmade division
and denominations.
The Bible clearly teaches on the "robe of
Ephod" saying in Exodus 28: 31:
"You
shall make the ROBE OF THE EPHOD ALL OF
(3)BLUE."
We are also told that various sacred temple items were also covered in
blue.
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(3) "blue":
"The
priestly robe... sometimes (3a)robe
of the ephod..., is one of the
sacred articles of clothing (bigdei
kehunah)
of the Jewish
High Priest.
The robe is described in Exodus
28:31-35.
It was worn under the Ephod.
(copied from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_robe_(Judaism)
(3a) BLUE ROBE OF EPHOD:
[Ex
28:31thru 29:9] "You
shall make the ROBE OF THE EPHOD ALL OF BLUE. There shall be an opening for his head in the
middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all
around its opening, like the opening in a coat of
mail, so that it does not tear. And upon its hem
you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and
scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold
between them all around: a golden bell and a
pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon
the hem of the robe all around.
And it shall be
upon Aaron [High Priest]
when he ministers
[to God our Father], and its sound will be
heard when he goes into the
holy place before the
Lord and when he comes out, that he may not die.
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and
engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet:
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may
be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the
turban. So it shall be on Aaron's forehead, that
Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which
the children of Israel hallow in all their holy
gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that
they may be accepted before the Lord (see Rev 7:3-4;
Rev 9:1-4; Rev 22:1-5) .
"You shall skillfully
weave the tunic of fine [white] linen thread, you shall make
the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the
sash of woven work.
"For Aaron's sons [priests] you shall make tunics, and you
shall make sashes for them. And you shall make hats
for them, for glory and beauty. So
you shall put
them on Aaron [High Priest; Christ
is our High Priest and Brother]
your brother and on his sons with him.
You shall anoint them,
(2a)consecrate them, and sanctify
them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
And you shall make for them linen trousers to
cover
their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to
the thighs. They shall be on Aaron and on his
sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting,
or when they come near the altar to minister in the
holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die.
It shall be a statute forever to him and his
descendants after him.
[29:1-9]
"And this is what
you shall do to them to hallow
[make them holy]
them for ministering to Me as priests...
And Aaron and his
sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle
of meeting, and you shall WASH THEM WITH
WATER.
Then
you shall take the
garments, put the
tunic on Aaron,
and the ROBE OF THE EPHOD, the
(3a1)EPHOD, and
the breastplate, and gird him with the intricately
woven band of the ephod.
You shall put the turban on his head, and
put the HOLY CROWN
on the turban [not seen in this vision].
And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his
head, and anoint him. Then you shall bring his
sons and put tunics on them. And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his
sons, and put the hats on them. The
priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute.
So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
NKJV
[NOTE: In the above verses,
just as in the Vision, the priests had
the clothing put on them. They did not put them on
themselves.]
(picture of blue
"robe of ephod", above, was copied from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_robe_(Judaism) |
(3a1 + 3a2)
EPHOD
(worn over the "Robe of Ephod)
"E'PHOD
(e-fod; "a covering") : The Ephod and the Jewish Priesthood.
A sacred garment of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine
twined linen worn by the Jewish high priest (Ex 28:4-9)... The
robe of the ephod was a
garment different from the ephod. It was blue, sleeveless... Ordinary priests wore a simpler linen ephod (1
Sam 22:18); Samuel also wore such an ephod as a child
(2:18), as did David when officiating before the Ark as king
(2 Sam 6:14)...
The Ephod and
Archaeology. Old Assyrian cuneiform tablets of the
nineteenth century B.C. and the Ugaritic texts of the
fifteenth show that an ephod (epadu), such as is mentioned
in the OT as an important part of the holy attire of the Levitical priesthood, was formerly an ordinary garment, worn
especially, it would seem, by (*)women. Only after many
centuries did the epadu come to be restricted to religious
and subsequently to priestly use. In Israel, however, it
came early to be a distinctive part of the sacred dress of
the Levitical priesthood.
It was as Israel's anointed king
and accordingly as a special representative of Jehovah that
David wore a linen ephod on the occasion of the transfer of
the Ark of God to his capital city, Jerusalem."
(*) "women": On our
website there are numerous prophecies in which God
spoke of bringing Christ's Wiofe out of the
wilderness. The one that truly addresses this
is
Christ's Wife and Revelation 12" As I said, Christ
said He was bringing His Wife and offspring (see
Rev. 12) out from the wilderness as Priests and
Kings.
Men, just
as women, are also members in the Wife if
they have put on Christ and walk and worship within the Holy Spirit (See Jn
4:23-24; Gal 5:24-25; Gal 3:26-28).
M.F.U.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: F. Josephus Ant.
3.7 .3; J. Morgenstern, The Ark, the Ephod and the Tent of
Meeting (1945); R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and
Institutions (1961), pp. 349-52. (from The New Unger's
Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of
Chicago, Illinois. Copyright © 1988.)
The International Standard Bible adds to this, saying,
"... It is not known whether the
ephod extended below the hips or only to the waist.
Attached to the ephod by chains of pure gold was a
breastplate containing twelve precious stones in four
rows. Underneath the ephod was the blue robe of the
ephod extending to the feet of the priest. The robe of
the ephod was thus a garment comprising, in addition to
the long robe proper, the ephod with its shoulder pieces
and the breastplate of judgment...
From the
historical books we learn that
ephods were worn by
persons other than the high priest. Thus, the boy Samuel
was girded with a linen ephod while assisting the aged
high priest (1 Sam 2:18); the priests at Nob, 85 in
number, are described as men wearing a
linen ephod
(22:18); and David was girded with a linen ephod when he
danced in the procession that brought the ark into
Jerusalem (2 Sam 6:14). The ephod was considered
appropriate for the king on this solemn and happy
occasion; but it would be reading into the narrative
more than it contains to infer that lay worshippers were
regularly clothed with the ephod; nor are we to suppose
that priests other than the high priest were accustomed
to wear ephods as rich and elaborate as that of the high
priest." (from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia...)Blue represents (3a1a)religion, and the clothing of priests and things
found in Israel's temple. In Revelation 21:22 we are told
that God and the slain lamb, Christ, are the Temple: [Rev
21:22-24] But I [Apostle John] saw no temple in it, for
the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are its temple. The city had no
need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for
the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
NKJV (picture copied from Google)
(3a2) "Ephod" copied from
It was copied from http://answers.yahoo.com
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; under the contributor Carol D}
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In the Old Testament
this word has two meanings; in one group of
passages it signifies a garment; in another,
very probably an image. In the former the ephod
is referred to in the priestly ordinances as a
part of the official dress of the high priest,
and was to be made of threads...
As a
Garment.
In other passages from the
historical books, dating back to an early
period, "ephod" probably means a garment set
apart for the priest. In I Sam. xxii. 18 the
eighty-five priests of Nob are designated as men
that "did wear a linen ephod" ("efod bad"). In
this passage the Septuagint omits the word
"bad," and if this omission is correct, the
passage might be explained as referring to the
wearing of the ephod by the priests. The word
"bad" is also omitted in the Septuagint I Sam.
ii. 18, where it is said that Samuel was girded
with a linen ephod, and likewise of II Sam. vi.
14, which relates how David, girded only with a
linen ephod, danced before the Lord. Here
certainly reference must have been made to a
species of garment worn only by the priest on
ceremonial occasions; but even this passage
gives the reader no idea of what its appearance
was.
As an Image.
The word
"ephod" has an entirely different meaning in the
second group of passages, all of which belong to
the historical books. It is certain that the
word can not here mean a garment. This is
evident in Judges viii. 26-27, where it is
recorded that Gideon took the golden earrings of
the Midianites, weighing 1,700 shekels of gold,
and made an "ephod thereof, and put it in his
city, even in Ophrah," where it was worshiped by
all Israel. In Judges xvii. 5 Micah made an
ephod and teraphim for his sanctuary. I Sam.
xxi. 9 records that an ephod stood in the
sanctuary at Nob, and that Goliath's sword was
kept behind it. In these passages it is clear
that something other than a mantle or article of
attire is meant. Even where the phrase "to
carry" the ephod occurs, it is evident from the
Hebrew "nasa'" that reference is made to
something carried in the hand or on the shoulder
(comp. I Sam. xxiii. 6).
The most natural
inference from all these passages is that
"ephod" here signifies an image that was set up
in the sanctuary, especially since the word is
cited with Teraphim, which undoubtedly refers to
an image (comp. Hosea iii. 4). This assumption
obtains strong confirmation from the fact that
in Judges xvii. 3 et seq., which is compiled
from two sources, the words "pesel" and "massekah"
(graven image and molten image) are used
interchangeably with "ephod" and "teraphim."
ephod is frequently mentioned in
close connection with the sacred oracle.
When Saul or David wished to question Yhwh
through the oracle, they commanded the priest,
"Bring hither the ephod" (I Sam. xiv. 18 [A. V.
"ark of God"], xxiii. 9, xxx. 7). This
connection between the ephod and the oracle may
also be seen very clearly in the combination of
Urim and Thummim with the ephod in the official
robes of the high priest. It is the prerogative
of the priests to carry and to question this
ephod with the oracle. The sentence "Ahiah was
at that time carrying the ephod before Israel"
actually means that Ahiah was then the chief
among the priests of Shiloh (I Sam. xiv. 3, xiv.
18 [LXX.]; compare xxiii. 6). On the oracle
compare Urim and Thummim.
This
juxtaposition of "ephod" and "oracle" has led to
the assumption that in the last-mentioned
passages "ephod" originally meant a kind of
receptacle for the sacred lots, similar to the
oracle pocket in the robe of the high priest
(comp. Cheyne and Black, "Encyc. Bibl." and
Foote in Johns Hopkins University Circulars).
This assumption would harmonize all the early
passages of the historical books, for if the
word "bad" be omitted, the above-mentioned
passages (I Sam. ii. 18, xxii. 18) may also be
taken to mean that the priests "girded" this
pocket about them. But this interpretation is
impossible in II Sam. vi. 14, and is not very
suitable in the stories concerning the ephods of
Gideon and Micah. It might be adopted, however,
where "ephod" is mentioned in connection with
the oracle, for the image called "teraphim" is
associated with the oracle in the same way
(comp. Ezek. xxi. 26 [21]; Zech. x. 2). "Ephod"
would then refer to a portable image, before
which the lots were cast.
It can not be
definitely ascertained what connection, if any,
there was between the two meanings, "image" and
"priestly robe." If the designation for "image"
is connected with the original meaning of
"ephod" as a covering or a dress, it may be
inferred that these images were made of wood,
clay, or some inferior metal, and covered with a
"mantle" of gold or silver (comp. Isa. xxx. 22).
Smend endeavors to prove an inner connection
between the two meanings by assuming ("Religionsgesch."
p. 41) that the image itself was originally
clothed with an "ephod bad": witness the ancient
custom of the Arabs of hanging garments and
swords upon their idols (Wellhausen, "Skizzen,"
iii. 99).
Source(s):
(3a1a)
"religion":
[Col 2:11-23;
NKJV] In Him you were also circumcised with
the circumcision made without hands, by
putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
buried
with Him in baptism, in which you also were
raised with Him through faith in the working
of God, who raised Him from the dead.
And you, being dead in your trespasses and
the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has
made alive together with Him, having
forgiven you all trespasses,
having wiped out the handwriting of
requirements that was against us, which was
contrary to us. And He has taken it out of
the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Having disarmed principalities and powers,
He made a public spectacle of them,
triumphing over them in it.
So let
no one judge you in food or in drink, or
regarding a festival or a new moon or
sabbaths, which are
a shadow of things to
come, but the substance is of Christ. Let no
one cheat you of your reward, taking delight
in false humility and worship of angels,
intruding into those things which he has not
seen,
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and
not holding fast to the Head, from whom all
the body, nourished and knit together by
joints and ligaments, grows with the
increase that is from God.
Therefore, if you died with Christ from the
basic principles of the world, why, as
though living in the world, do you subject
yourselves to regulations — "Do not touch,
do not taste, do not handle,"
which all concern things which perish with
the using —
according to the commandments and
doctrines of men? These things indeed have
an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed
religion, false humility,
and neglect of the body, but are of no value
against the indulgence of the flesh.
[James 1:26-27; NKJV] If anyone
among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but
deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
Pure and
undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted
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[NOTE: Though I did not see the
Breastplate of Judgment on Jesus Christ in this Vision,
within the Hebrew/Jewish (Israel) religion it was worn
over/on the "EPHOD" which was/is worn over the "BLUE ROBE of
EPHOD. " You can see this robe, appearing slightly
longer in the picture to the left and above.
If you look closely at the picture above you can see a
square with twelve square stones on the
BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT which lays over the High Priest's chest
and heart area.]
THE TEMPLE AND ARTICLES
COVERED IN BLUE BEFORE MOVING THE TABERNACLE:
The color blue was and is
used extensively in the Old Testament, including High Priest's
clothing and the various temple articles and even the structure.
Because the water I saw completely covered Jesus from the
Head down, and therefore, covered us as priests under our
High Priest, I choose to find verses/scriptures that showed
the use of the color blue by itself.
[Num 4:4-15] "This is the service of
the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting,
relating to the most holy things: When the camp prepares
to journey, Aaron [High Priest] and his sons
[Priests] shall come, and they shall
take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the
Testimony with it. Then they shall put on it a covering of
badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of
BLUE;
and they shall insert its poles. "On
the table of showbread they shall spread a BLUE cloth, and
put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers
for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it. They shall
spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a
covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
And they shall take a BLUE cloth and cover the lampstand of
the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and
all its oil vessels, with which they service it. Then
they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of
badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.
"Over the
golden altar they shall spread a BLUE cloth, and cover it
with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its
poles. Then they shall take
all the utensils of service with which they minister in the
sanctuary, put them in a BLUE cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and
put them on a carrying beam. Also they shall
take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple
cloth over it. They shall put on it all its implements
with which they minister there — the firepans, the forks,
the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar —
and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and
insert its poles. And when Aaron and his sons
have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings
of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons
of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch
any holy thing, lest they die. NKJV
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Jesus explains that I am seeing the Heavenly Host joined with
their sisters and brothers from earth. We are being immersed,
baptized, and consecrated into, and as, a new pure priesthood/religion and
Spiritual Church within Christ's ONE Holy Spiritual Body.
Together they form not only the One
Spiritual Body of God/Christ but
also the new religion that only God can give His Children both in
heaven and on earth. (see Luke 17:21). We are part of, and bear
witness to, God's Royalty and
holy, pure religion as it becomes the religion
that we, as God's new Priests and Kings, are united and anointed
within. This religion is built on the Truth who is God and
Christ the Word. (see Jn 1:14; 1 Jn 4:6; Rev. 19:13). The following pertains to God's Priests and Kings.
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[1 Peter 2:9-10] But you [all within Christ] are a
(4)chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people,
{so} that you
MAY proclaim the praises
of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had
not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. NKJV
Notice, that we have been made a royal priesthood so that we
are qualified to praise Him, God our Father. This is an honor
granted by God Himself.
(4)
"chosen generation":
Suggested Reading:
"We Encircle The Lost With A Wall Of Fire"
[Revelation 1:5-6] To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins
in His own blood, and
has made us
kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be
glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. NKJV
[Revelation 5:10]
And have made us kings and
priests to our God [our Father]; and [because of
this]
we shall reign
on the earth." NKJV
NOTE:
Several
years ago, as God
began to tell me that this generation was to become His Priests and
Kings on earth. He also began to teach me that the water baptism most
of us participate in on earth was originally a cleansing initiated with
and for Israel's Priests along with God's people. For more information on WATER
BAPTISM please read the
very interesting article:
Water Baptism (by WikiBooks) . Please
use your computer's BACK BUTTON to return to this website.
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Today's Vision
shows us the SPIRITUAL
water Immersion/Baptism/Consecration of His Priests and Kings as He
brings us into Himself through the Word/Truth of God.
I
believe that the inexpressible language only once found in heaven
will be spoken by God's Holy Spirit through those Spiritual beings
immersed and consecrated in this way.
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[2 Cor
12:1-4] It is doubtless not profitable for me to
boast. I [Apostle
Paul] will come
to visions and revelations of the Lord:
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in
the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not
know, God
knows — such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
And I know such a man — whether in the body or out of the
body I do not know,
God knows
—
how he was
caught up into Paradise and HEARD INEXPRESSIBLE WORD(S), which IT IS NOT
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For those of you
who visit our site often, you know that for several years God has
been promising to cause His people to become Priests and Kings. The following
is copied from
“Christ’s
Wife and Revelations 12":
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“As I [Chris] prayed in
tongues this last year, 2011, I often heard God’s Holy Spirit say, "Priests
and Kings" through
my mouth. In June 2011, while in a local church, I heard Him say,
as I prophesied before the Church, that He
was making His people "Priests and Kings" <Rev
1:6; Rev 5:9-10>. Sometime
during June/July 2011, God said and confirmed that He is bringing
the members of the Wife and Her offspring out of the wilderness as
"Priests and Kings"; they/[we] leave the wilderness as ONE with Christ
Jesus
<Rev. 12: 1-END>. On July 8, 2011, God said that these/His "Priests and Kings"
will rule with Him [on
earth] during the 1000 years <Rev
20:5-6>.The
time in the wilderness brings forth a new beginning, and the
creation and manifestation of a SPIRITUAL people
(from both heaven and earth)
who will rule with, and minister to God Almighty – in Christ
and through Christ: their Husband, High Priest, and King
{of Kings},
Amen Amen and Amen {Must
Read: Isa Ch. 61-65}."
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Jesus reminds me/us of another
Spiritual vision that He gave me
some time ago. In it He gave me a set of keys. I recognized many
of the keys as my physical house keys, car keys etc. However, there was
a new royal blue key that I had never seen
before.
At that time, Jesus told me that He would teach me about these keys
later, and reminded me of the following verse:
[Matt 16:17-19] Jesus
answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed [revelation knowledge] this to you, but My
Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you
are Peter, and on this rock [of revelation} I will build My church, and the
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
NKJV
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Did Jesus hand Peter physical keys? No, of
course not. He handed Him SPIRITUAL keys to be used
within the physical realm as well as the spiritual realm.
Jesus Himself tells us in the scripture that these keys are
"of the kingdom of heaven." Jesus goes on to teach us
in Luke 17:20-21, "The kingdom of God does not come with
observation (you will not see the Kingdom in the physical realm
at this time); nor
will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!'
FOR iNDEED, tHE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN OF GOD iS wITHIN YOU." NKJV
These
keys were used, and are still being used, to open God's
people's hearts, His one shared heart within you/us (see
Jer. 32:37-39; Ezek. 11:18-21; Acts 4:32-35) .
These keys open doors for God's people, and each Child
enters now, not only for themselves but for the sake of God's
Kingdom (see 1 Cor. 16: 5-9; 2 Cor. 2:12-17; Col 4:2-6). Christ
is the door leading to all other doors, just as He is the King of
kings etc: (see Rev. 3:8, Rev 3:20; and 4:1).
This
Vision shows us that we on earth are being SPIRITUALLY
immersed/baptized/consecrated into God's Final One Congregation along with all the
Beings in Heaven (all who have passed away and been
resurrected into Heaven). All those in heaven are, of course,
Spiritual Beings. Because this is a Spiritual
baptism all involved are now walking and worshiping within the Spirit,
whether in heaven or on earth
(see Gal. 5:24-25; Jn. 4: 23-24). You have been
re-born into the Spirit who is holy, the Holy Spirit:In the
near future, others will be
added, and they will meet the same
requirement. They also will be required to be born in
the Spirit, and walk and worship within the only Spirit who
is HOLY, the Holy Spirit.
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[John 3:5-8] Jesus answered, "Most assuredly,
I say to you,
unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God
(also see Luke 17:21).
That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel
that I said to you,
'You must be born again.' The
wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound
of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where
it goes. So is everyone
who is born of the Spirit." NKJV
[Gal 4:21-30] Tell me, you who desire to be under
the law, do you not hear the law? For it is
written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a
bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who
was of the bondwoman
was born according to the
flesh, and he of the freewoman through
promise,
which things are symbolic. For these are the two
covenants:
the one from Mount Sinai
which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar —
for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and
corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in
bondage with her children — but
the [new]
Jerusalem above
[heavenly]
is
free, which is the mother of us all. For it is
written: "Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear!
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For
the desolate has many more children than
she who has
a husband."
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was,
are children of
{the}
promise.
But, as
he who was born according to the flesh then
persecuted him WHO WAS BORN ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT,
even so it is now.
Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast
out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the
bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the
freewoman [Born according the Spirit]." NKJV
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During this Vision, Jesus explained that the
keys given to me/us in the previous vision, (b)especially the royal blue one, unlock
multiple doors [hearts, minds, revelations, knowledge, prophecies,
healing...] within God's Kingdom's
during this age; and
that this
water baptism is for the Priests and Kings under their High Priest
and the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. We, God's Heavenly and
earthly Children, are seeing and participating
in God's one Spiritual Water/Word baptism in order to enter into God's final Spiritual
Kingdom, Church, Religion, and
Congregation. We are being immersed into the
undivided ETERNAL
Faith, Truth, and Religion that is of God and from God;
it is as He is: One. God,
Christ and the Holy Spirit are this Word and final Truth.
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[Eph 5:25-33]
Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ also loved the
church [His Wife]
and gave Himself for her, that He
might SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE HER WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY
THE WORD, that He might present her to Himself a glorious
church [Wife],
not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that SHE
SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH.
So husbands
ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who
loves his wife loves himself. For
no one ever hated his own FLESH,
BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT, JUST AS THE LORD DOES THE
CHURCH.
FOR WE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY,
OF HIS FLESH AND OF HIS BONES.
"For this reason a man shall
leave his father and mother and be
joined to his
wife, and the TWO SHALL
BECOME ONE FLESH."
THIS IS A GREAT
MYSTERY, BUT I SPEAK CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHURCH.
NKJV |
God now reminds me of
another SPIRITUAL water baptism that God our Father gave my sister and
myself years ago. During it, God our Father walked through a
large physical wall in the church that we stood in. At first,
He brought me and my sister to tears as we fell to the floor with
our faces
down, and then He caused us to rise up through SPIRITUAL water that
was a clear golden water and light. The water in this Vision
was Spiritual as was our rising. This was the first time that I experienced a Spiritual event this
deep with another Being.
Again, the water in this most recent vision is a pale blue.
This is a new baptism and consecration (setting apart) that is not of the earth, but begins to lift
many of God's earthly Children into the new Heavenly religion and
our new completed Spiritual state now
(see Jn. 4:23-24; Gal 5:16, 25). This begins placing
those who are within the HOLY Spirit in the final Eternal Church.
This Congregation and Spiritual Church are, even for those of us
still on earth, already within the Wife.
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The above
Vision,
"Beings From Heaven and Earth Baptized as One
(Vision)" should be
compared to:
"The Holy Spirit In Flight; June 22, 2013"
As you read "The Holy Spirit In Flight; June 22, 2013"
please notice the difference between the earthly church and God's
SPIRITUAL congregation and religion taught above.
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NOTE:
"This
Vision is showing His SPIRITUAL Water Baptism/Immersion/Consecration of His Priests and
Kings": Some may have been
reminded of the scripture saying that there is only one baptism?
There is - it is SPIRITUAL and physical. For years we have
interpreted the water baptism here on earth as one with Christ's baptism, and
Christ's baptism into His Holy Spirit and His Father. It is
this and much more!
When you were
baptized in water were you told that it was symbolic? Actually,
it is part of the one Baptism which joins all SPIRITUAL Beings, both physical and
heavenly Beings into the one Spiritual Body of Christ.
[Eph 4:1-6] I, therefore, the prisoner of
the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you
were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering,
bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the
UNITY OF THE SPIRIT in the bond of peace. There is one body
[Christ's who is in heaven and earth] and one Spirit,
just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord [in
heaven and earth], one
faith, ONE BAPTISM; one God and Father
[heaven and earth] of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all. NKJV
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We read directly above that God is in us
all. In other verses we are taught that God is indeed all in
all:
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[Eph 1:22-23] And
He [God our Father] put all things under His [Jesus Christ's] feet,
and gave Him [Christ] to be Head
over all things to the [SPIRITUAL CHURCH] church, which is His body, the fullness of
Him [Christ] who fills all in all. NKJV
[1 Corinthians
15:21-28] For since by man came death, by Man [Jesus Christ] also
came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each
one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who
are Christ's at His coming. Then comes the end, when
He [Christ] delivers the kingdom to God
the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority
and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under
His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For
"He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things
are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under
Him is excepted. Now when all things
are made subject to Him [Jesus
Christ], then the Son Himself will
also be subject to Him [God our
Father] who put all things under
Him [Christ],
THAT GOD [our Father]
MAY BE ALL IN ALL. NKJV
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The above Vision
shows us a Spiritual Baptism in which heavenly and earthly Beings
are Immersed/Baptized/Consecrated into Christ's Priesthood, making us Priests and Kings within His Final
eternal Religion, Church, and Congregation now.
The Priests in the Old Testament MINISTERED
to God our Father. We should expect this to become our number
one concern and service as His Priests in the New Spiritual Church.
Remember, this Immersion/Baptism/Consecration is in the water of
Christ, Himself, who is the Word Of Truth! Though they did
many things within their ministry PRAISE was, and will continue to
be, the number one concern for God's Priests and Kings on earth as
well as in heaven. Why? Because:
Ps 8:2
Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing infants You [our Father; Christ's
Father] have ordained strength, because of Your enemies
[satan, principalities of darkness etc], that You may
silence the enemy and the avenger. NKJV
Matt 21:16
And Jesus
said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth
of babes and nursing infants
You [His/our Father]
have perfected praise'?" NKJV
Ps 9:2-3
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to
Your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn back, they shall fall
and perish at Your presence. NKJV
Ps 22:3
But You are holy, enthroned in the praises
of Israel {all and any of your people}. NKJV
God we
praise and thank you for today's Revelation and Vision, Amen Amen
and again Amen.
[Ex 19:3-11;
ORIGINAL PROMISE]
And Moses went up to God, and the Lord
called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the
house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 'You have seen what
I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings
and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you
will indeed obey My voice and
keep My covenant, then
you shall be a
special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
And YOU SHALL BE TO ME A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND A HOLY NATION.' These are the words
which you shall speak to the children of Israel." So Moses
came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them
all these words which the Lord commanded him. Then all the people
answered together and said, "All that the Lord has spoken we will
do." So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord. And
the Lord said to Moses, "Behold,
I come to you in the THICK CLOUD, THAT THE PEOPLE MAY HEAR WHEN I
SPEAK with you, and believe you forever."
So
Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. Then the Lord said
to Moses, "GO TO THE PEOPLE
AND CONSECRATE THEM TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND LET THEM WASH their clothes.
And LET THEM BE READY FOR THE
THIRD DAY. For on the
third day the
Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. NKJV
[Hos
6:1-3]
Come, and let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but
He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two
days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that
we may live in His sight. Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge
of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning;
(*)He will
come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the
earth. NKJV
[Rev 1:5-6]
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
and has made us kings and priests
to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion
forever and ever. Amen. NKJV
[Rev 5:9-10]
And
they sang a
new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to
open its seals; for You were slain, and
have redeemed us to God by
Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and
have made us kings and priests to
our God; and we shall reign on the earth."
NKJV
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