ASCENSION DAY ! In moving HIS+ Glorified Body --- which could eat broiled fish and honeycomb --- from earth into Heaven in the sight of His+ Disciples, The Risen LORD JESUS CHRIST
. . . EMBODIED Philippians 3:21 for all of us !
Worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+ that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto HIM that sitteth on the throne and unto The LAMB+ for ever and ever. Amen.
ASCENSION DAY ! In moving HIS+ Glorified Body --- which could eat broiled fish and honeycomb --- from earth into Heaven in the sight of His+ Disciples, The Risen LORD JESUS CHRIST
. . . EMBODIED Philippians 3:21 for all of us !
Are You READY ?
Are you ready, trembling soul, to give up your all ? To turn AWAY from your life here on earth . . . and all that you savor ?
To EMPTY yourself of every human plan and desire . . . in order to HAVE the out-pouring of the HOLY SPIRIT hit you ?
If your goal in life is to be COMFORTABLE first, HE+ will indeed allow you to pursue your goal . . . without The unction of The Bless-ed HOLY SPIRIT.
WORTHY is The LAMB+ !
WORTHY is The LAMB+ !
WORTHY is The LAMB+ that was slain
to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing !
Blessing and honor, glory and power
be unto HIM that sitteth upon the Throne
and unto The LAMB+ !
HE+ DID NOT RUN
Good Friday, 2021
Hebrews 12 :1-4
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us,
Looking unto JESUS The AUTHOR+ and FINISHER+ of our faith; WHO+ for the joy that was set before HIM+ endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the Right Hand of the Throne of GOD.
For consider HIM+ that endured such contradiction of sinners against HIMSELF+, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.
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BUT , HE+ HAS.
ALMIGHTY GOD, Whose most dear SON+ went not up to joy but first
HE+ suffered pain, and entered not into glory before
HE+ was crucified; Mercifully grant that we,
walking in the Way of the Cross, may find it none other than the Way of Life
and Peace; through the SAME+, Thy SON+ JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer 1945
PALMS of VICTORY !
John 12:12-15
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that JESUS was coming to Jerusalem,
took branches of PALM TREES,
and went forth to meet HIM+, and cried,
Hosanna !
Blessed is the KING+ of Israel that cometh
in the Name of The LORD .
They said therefore unto HIM+, What sign shewest THOU+ then, that we may see, and believe THEE+ ? What dost THOU+ work?
JESUS said:
Labor not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat which endureth unto Ever-Lasting Life, which the SON+ of Man shall give unto you: for HIM+ hath GOD the FATHER sealed.
The LORD JESUS said,
Labor not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat
which endureth unto Everlasting Life,
which the SON+ of Man shall give unto you:
for HIM+ hath GOD The FATHER sealed.
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Labor not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat
which endureth unto Everlasting Life,
which the SON+ of Man shall give unto you:
for HIM+ hath GOD The FATHER sealed.
John 6:22 - 27
And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
When JESUS then lifted up His+ eyes, and saw a great company come unto HIM+, HE+ saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
And this HE+ said to prove him: for HE+ Himself+ knew what HE+ would do.
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The “bread” which would have been available at this time WAS VERY LIKELY the un-leavened, un-raised bread loaves* BECAUSE it was the Passover season. Hebrew households were strict about removing the leaven from their houses and their diets during the Passover season.
*Loaves: Keep in mind these very likely would have been flat, round loaves, sort of like discs or “Frisbees”. These would not have been leavened, humped-up loaves of bread as are yeast breads.
Let us read about the importance of unleavened bread, in the eyes of GOD.
The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His and I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.
John 6:1-3
After these things JESUS went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed HIM+, because they saw His+ miracles which HE+ did on them that were diseased. And JESUS went up into a mountain, and there HE+ sat with His+ disciples.
WHO TAUGHT JESUS ?
John 8:28
Then said JESUS unto them,
when ye have lifted up the SON+ of Man,
then ye shall know that I+ am he
and that I+ do nothing of Myself+;
but as My+ FATHER hath taught ME+,
I+ speak these things.
Then said JESUS unto them,
when ye have lifted up the SON+ of Man,
then shall ye know that I+ AM he,
and that I+ do nothing of Myself+;
but as My+ FATHER hath taught ME+,
I+ speak these things.
SERPENT ON A POLE in Mt. Nebo
Mount Nebo is an elevated ridge of the Abarim in Jordan, approximately 710 metres (2,330 ft) above sea level. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land. The view from the summit provides a panorama of the land and, to the north, a more limited one of the valley of the River Jordan. The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the summit, as is Jerusalem on a very clear day.~ Courtesy of Wikipedia
Interactive LENTEN Meditation #4
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John 8:28
Then said JESUS unto them,
When ye have lifted up the SON+ of Man,
then shall ye know that I+ AM he,
and that I+ do nothing of Myself+;
but as My+ FATHER hath taught ME+,
I+ speak these things.
Interactive LENTEN Meditations #2
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John 8:29
And HE that sent ME+ is with ME+:
THE FATHER hath not left ME+ alone;
for I+ do always those things that please HIM.
Interactive LENTEN Meditation #1
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John 6:38
For I+ came down from Heaven,
not to do Mine+ own Will,
but the Will of HIM that sent ME+.
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST to DUST,
in a sure and certain HOPE
of the Resurrection unto Eternal LIFE,
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
What is WRONG
with those churches who refuse to do ASH WEDNESDAY Services . . . simply because civil authorities SUGGEST that Christians NOT do an ASH WEDNESDAY service because of the COVID risk ?