2024 ADVENT 8 – Whose SON + is HE+ ?

 

Matthew 22:42

Saying, What think ye of CHRIST?

Whose SON is HE+?

They say unto HIM+,

The Son of David.

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The Scripture states that The LORD JESUS CHRIST was the SEED+ of Eve .  “SEED” , of course, meaning off-spring, children or child.  

But “her SEED+”  is curious, as it is stated in Genesis 3:15. 

 

Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and HER SEED+; 

 HE+ shall bruise thy head [ the serpent's ], and thou shalt bruise HIS+ Heel. 

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Consider: Throughout Scripture, children --- “seed” --- is traced from the male, not the female. Off-spring are listed as the son of the father, not the son of the mother.

Yet in Genesis, Scripture clearly reveals that YHWH ELOHIM  is giving the Prophetic Promise of The MESSIAH+ as the SEED+ from Eve, that Divine SEED+ Who+ would bruise the head of the satan. See Genesis 3:15, remembering that “HE” is literally spelled out in that verse, not “it”.

That odd statement affirms  PROPHETICALLY

that the Birth of The MESSIAH+ would be

from the SEED+ of a woman ,

not the seed of a human male.

BUT . . . womankind does NOT produce “seed” !

The human male produces “seed”. So how can a human woman bear a child when she cannot produce seed in and of herself ?

The SEED+ of Eve, so curiously stated so early in Scripture, was pointing us to a phenomena that would be occurring in the future : a woman who “knew not a man” would be having a child. . .  a DIVINE Child+.  A male child not fathered , not sired, not generated, by a human male.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore THE LORD HIMSELF shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a SON+, and shall call HIS+  Name IMMANUEL. 

Matthew 1:23

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a SON+,

and they shall call HIS+ Name

Emmanuel,

which being interpreted is,

“GOD WITH US.”

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John 3:16 -18

For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave HIS Only-Begotten SON+, that whosoever believeth in HIM+ should not perish, but have Everlasting Life. 

^{John 3:17} For GOD sent not HIS SON+ into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through HIM+ might be saved. 

^{John 3:18} He that believeth on HIM+ is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name

of the Only-Begotten SON+ of GOD. 

                                                 So… WHOSE SON+ is HE+ ?

Let us pray:

O JESUS, we praise and worship YOU+ as the Eternal SON+ of GOD.  None other has that title; none other has that privilege.   

Priceless ! Immortal ! Ever-Living  SON+ , Righteous in all Your+ Ways.

Through YOU+, LORD CHRIST, we are enabled to become Adopted Sons of Our Heavenly FATHER.

Praise, Honor, and Glory are Yours+, O CHRIST.  YOU+ have placed us into Your+ Family . . .  the Family of GOD.

A Family whom THE ELOHIM promised

AND PRODUCED

 through the Birth …. and death…. and Resurrection

of The MESSIAH+, JESUS CHRIST.

Now, I too belong to a REAL family.

Now I too have a family of Brothers and Sisters.

I too have a FATHER in Heaven Who loves me and is always there. 

Bless The LORD, I now “belong” to SOMEONE+ SPECIAL and am not an out-cast.

O LORD CHRIST, I thank YOU+  from the bottom of my heart for coming for ME ! 

Amen and amen.

 

2024 ADVENT 7 – The BIGGEST Bruising … which is TO COME

 

The LORD GOD declared  HIS divine, immutable WORD:  the SEED+  of a woman, Eve, would eventually come to bruise the head of the lying serpent.

That Prophecy was given as the FIRST PROPHECY concerning the Advent of The LORD JESUS CHRIST , HIM+ becoming robed in human flesh,  here upon earth.

And yet, there is COMING ANOTHER BRUISING.

Romans 16:20

And the GOD of Peace shall bruise satan

under your feet shortly.

The Grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you. Amen.

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That day is when the satan will be taken and thrown into the bottomless pit.

^{REVELATION 20:1}  And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 

^{REVELATION 20:2}  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and satan, and bound him a thousand years, 

^{REVELATION 20:3}  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. ….

^{….. REVELATION 20:10}  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 

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GLORY to GOD in the Highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill  toward men !

Thanks be to GOD

WHO+ giveth us the Victory

through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

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Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly FATHER,

YOU planted early in Your Word the first Prophecy of the Advent of Your Only-Begotten SON+. 

Thank YOU for that Prophecy.

Thank YOU for including Your Followers in that Prophecy as well, that HE+ will give us HIS+ Victory over the satan even as we live here on planet earth.

We thank YOU for giving Your Beloved SON+ the FINAL VICTORY over the satan, at the End of the Battle for planet earth.

And THAT was included in the First Prophecy too !

We glorify Your SON+ JESUS CHRIST , for HE+ did fulfill, is fulfilling, and will fulfill that first Prophecy to the uttermost. 

What a mighty GOD we serve !

Hosanna in the Highest !

In the Mighty Name of our Soon-Coming-Again LORD JESUS CHRIST,

Amen and amen.

2024 ADVENT 6 – The BIG Bruising … which WAS, and IS, and is TO COME ... Matthew 12:49

 

 

The LORD GOD declared  HIS divine, immutable WORD to the serpent in the Garden of Eden: 

the SEED+ of the woman Eve

would bruise the head of the lying serpent.

 

And I will put enmity between thee and The Woman,

and between thy seed and her SEED+ ;

*HE+ shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise His+ Heel. 

^{Genesis 3:15}

*[ In this Hebrew verse, “HE” is specifically written. “It” does not occur in the Hebrew language. ]

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Yes,  this is the first Prophecy of the Coming LORD JESUS, The MESSIAH+ , The CHRIST.

In this first Prophecy of the MESSIAH’S Advent, The LORD certainly was referring to the immediate situation with Eve as “The Woman.”  

HOWEVER . . .  Could the verse above hold yet ANOTHER meaning ? Consider this:

Genesis 3:20 

And Adam called his wife's name Eve;

because she was the mother of all living.

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It has been said** that “GOD is our FATHER; the Church is our mother.”

** from  Cyprian of Carthage: “No one can have GOD for their FATHER who does not have The CHURCH for their mother.” Cyprian ( d. 258 AD ) on Church Unity, Section 6.

That statement is based on The Words of The LORD JESUS :

Matthew 12:49

And HE+ stretched forth His+ Hand toward His+ disciples, and said, Behold My+ mother and My+ brethren! 

That is, His+ Church. [ Similarly, in Mark 3:34, Luke 8:21 ]

The Church is The LORD’S earthly instrument to find those who are lost and usher them into a LIVING Salvation in CHRIST. [ See Galatians 4:26 on the Church as our “mother.”]

So, could it be that THE ANOINTED CHURCH of The Living LORD might ALSO be considered “the Woman” whose off-spring or children will also “bruise” the head of the satan ?

What does Scripture state ?

^{LUKE 10:17}  And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, LORD, even the devils are subject unto us through THY+ NAME. 

^{LUKE 10:18}  And HE+ said unto them: I+ beheld satan as lightning fall from Heaven.

^{LUKE 10:19}  Behold, I+ give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over ALL THE POWER of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 

^{LUKE 10:20}  Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in Heaven. 

[ Note: “You” in the KJV is the plural “you.”  Thus, this passage is referring to the Followers of CHRIST, which would be the Living Church. ]

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Thus, we NOW can see a deeper meaning built into that first Prophecy about the Advent of the Jewish MESSIAH+, The SAVIOR+ of the world.

That is:

HE+ extended the power to bruise the head of the satan even unto us who walk in obedience to CHRIST,  as His+ Body on earth, the one, unified, Apostolic, Eternal CHURCH of the LIVING GOD !   

CHRIST’S Victory over death, hell, and the grave was transferred unto His+ obedient followers, unto His+ Living Church.  

John 5:24 

Verily, verily, I+ say unto you,

He that heareth MY+ Word,

and believeth on HIM that sent ME+,

hath everlasting Life,

and shall not come into condemnation;

but is passed from death unto LIFE. 

 

The serpent didn’t bargain for THAT when he tricked Eve!

That old serpent, the devil, didn’t see his own defeat coming when the ONE+ he worked to kill through evil men , as an infant and as an adult crucified …  

rose again from the Dead !

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Let us pray:

LORD JESUS,

Thank YOU+ for Coming to earth.

Thank YOU+ for condescending in the greatest of humility to be born of a woman, a simple Hebrew virgin.  

Thank YOU+ for taking on our human flesh … in order to free us from the grip of satan.

Thank YOU+ for fighting our battles with the satan so that we could become the adopted sons of The Living GOD… never to die again, like HIM+.

For, HE+ hath moved our soul and spirit from the Realm of Death into the Realm of The Living.

WORTHY is The LAMB+ ! 

Glory to GOD in the Highest and Peace on earth,

goodwill towards man !

Amen and Amen.

2024 ADVENT 5 ~ The BRUISING of the satan's head ... which WAS , and IS, and is TO COME ! HALLELUJAH !

 

The LORD GOD declared  HIS divine, immutable WORD:  the SEED+  of a woman, Eve, would eventually come to bruise the head of the lying serpent.

The YHWH ELOHIM --- The LORD GOD --- knew the serpent satan had deliberately lured and trapped Eve.  The ELOHIM knew what the intent was: to destroy GOD’S highest creation.

GOD The ELOHIM had made man in “our image” as per the Hebrew throughout Genesis chapter 1.

Even lucifer himself, that great angel,

was not created in the image of the Divine ELOHIM;

man was.

Was the satan jealous ?

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,

and between thy seed and her SEED+ ;

*HE+ shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise His+ Heel. 

^{Genesis 3:15}

*[ In the Hebrew, “HE” is written. “It” does not occur in the Hebrew language. ]

Yes, we realize The LORD JESUS CHRIST, that Divine SEED+ of Eve, was wounded, crucified, and died.

HIS+ “bruising” was very intense.  

Once the bruising was over, however,  HE+ arose from the worst that the satan was permitted to do to HIM+.  The SEED+ of Eve ( through Abraham’s line ) then rose from the Dead,  NEVER  to die again. 

The SEED+ of Eve bruised the head of the serpent .

 Now, that very SEED+, The LORD JESUS CHRIST,  is extending His+ power to “bruise” the satan unto His+ Followers !

HE+ is giving unto man the VICTORY over the satan with the power to OVERCOME our own Adamic nature.

Yes, even now in our flesh, we can vanquish the power that the satan has over our lives … over our thoughts … over our emotions … over our hearts.  

This is ALL through the BLOOD of the SEED+ of Eve through Abraham’s line.

We are enabled by The LORD CHRIST to have victory over the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.

Our OBEDIENCE to CHRIST is a terrific defeat for the satan !

This, dear friends, where SPIRITUAL WARFARE begins: as we defeat our OWN, Adamic,  fleshly nature … through submitting to The LORD JESUS.

After defeating our OWN Adamic nature, we can then go on to bind and hinder the wiles of the devil in other arenas in life.

No power exists on earth that is greater than the satan…

except The BLOOD+ of JESUS CHRIST.

From that Divine BABE+ in the Manger to the SON+ of GOD upon the Cross, HE+ has given us that same power to defeat the satan after we have been “washed in The BLOOD+  of  The LAMB+ .” 

Thanks be to GOD

 WHO+ giveth us the Victory

 through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

GLORY to GOD in the Highest, and peace on earth to men !