Archive for April, 2011

Kingdoms of Man: Part Sixteen (Spokes)

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

There will come a time when, individually, each one of us will be given the key that allows us to be transported from the kingdom of man, into personal awareness of our presence in the Kingdom of God. This is not a thing that must be repeated, over and over again.WARNING: I am moving into a topic that is referred to as, eternal security.

Eternal security declares that nothing is able to extract the acquired soul from the grip of the LORD. In like fashion, Jesus Christ declared that nothing can extract the ones to whom he was sent from his hands. Moreover, in making the declaration, Jesus included the aforementioned truth that pertains to God the Father, as the reason for his powerful position in the reality of eternal security.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

(John 10:27-29)It is important for us to fix in our minds that we do not have to constantly pursue the basics, either with the LORD or with the servants of the LORD–chief among which is Jesus Christ.Jesus Christ alluded to a type of person that was ready to make the transition from carnality to righteousness. This type of person is not just the ones that sat at the feet of Jesus, directly, historically speaking, such as at this time.

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Let Us Make Man: Part Two

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Previously, we introduced you to the Sun of Righteousness because, though in the first six days of Creation the earth’s environment is nearing completion, we still do not have a world. The world will be completed by the intervention of the Sun of Righteousness. Yes, the Son –who is, the Sun of Righteousness–did exist before there was a world; we see this in Scripture; for, the concept of pre-world is expressed in the following way: foundation of the world. This concept is contained in some portions of Scripture that we will share with you, shortly. This is a far-reaching concept in the kingdom of man. In a while, we will fill this section with a portion of Scripture about the reach of that concept. First, though, let us fix our mind on this method of understanding Scripture, and of understanding our world, too: the parable

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith,

By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

(Matthew 13:10-17)

Parables are a way of framing examples, using common principles. In that respect, a parable is more open than a prophetic announcement that is of the Old Testament. With a parable, once the association has been made, it serves as a non-threatening memory aid, in mentally cataloging the word of the kingdom.

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Kingdoms of Man: Part Fifteen (Standardization)

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

On the subject of transports; the Bible can be a most uncomfortable guidepost for the modern man. In the modern time, we are accustomed to having a broad pallet of possibilities. When we go to the store to buy coffee, for instance; we do not want to be told that there is only one available brand. The same is true for most of the other things we obtain.

Oh, I should qualify that a bit. You see, there are some countries that are not so prosperous, as to have multiple options for certain things; even among the necessities. Also, there are certain neighborhoods of otherwise prosperous countries, in which there are very limited options, as well. Even so, where the mentality of choice exists, there is still a desire for a broad field of selection; this is most clearly seen in the United States of America in the broad selection of eating establishments. However, the methodology that righteousness implements, in moving the kingdoms of man toward the Kingdom of God, is much different. This is the beginning of that difference.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13-14)

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