JESUS wept.
John 11:35
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Who+ in the days of HIS+ flesh, when HE+ had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto HIM that was able to save HIM+ from death, and was heard in that HE+ feared . . . Hebrews 5:7
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Once at the grave of Lazarus; once in the Garden of Gethsemane.
What made HIM+ cry ?
DEATH.
For it became HIM, for WHOM are all things, and by WHOM are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory,
to make the CAPTAIN+ of their Salvation
PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS.
Hebrews 2:10
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Are we perfect ? NO. But our CAPTAIN+ is . . . and was . . . even in the days of His+ flesh.
HE+ was made PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS. Yes, “sufferingS” is indeed plural.
All people suffer; the human heart knows its own sorrow, no matter of how someone’s life looks to others on the outside.
ALL Suffering has the hidden blessing of perfecting us
in our walk with CHRIST JESUS.
And HE+ went a little farther,
AND FELL ON HIS+ FACE,
and prayed, saying,
O My+ FATHER, if it be possible, let this cup pass from ME+:
nevertheless not as I+ will, but as THOU wilt.
Matthew 26:39
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YES, our dear LORD JESUS fell on His+ Face , crying and pleading for that cup – His+ Crucifixion -- to be passed away from HIM+.
7 Who+ in the days of His+ Flesh, when HE+ had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto HIM WHO was able to save HIM+ from death, and was heard in that HE+ feared;
Hebrews 5: 7
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The PROMISE is that we will not suffer death eternal but will live forever.
It is NOT PROMISED that we can escape all suffering living on planet earth, in this fallen, cursed-laden world.
But there is another PROMISE:
Blowing the Shofar on Passover
39 And HE+ went a little farther, and fell on His+ Face,
and prayed, saying,
O My+ FATHER,
if it be possible, let this cup pass from ME+:
nevertheless not as I+ will,
but as THOU wilt.
Matthew 26:39
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Our LORD JESUS CHRIST knew at the sound of the Shofar on Passover morning that HE+ was going to be The Passover LAMB+ of GOD this time.
This FINAL time, HE+ would become the Last and Final Passover Sacrifice that the earth would know. HE+ would put to rest the need for all future Passover Lambs being slaughtered. HE+ was the last and great --- and SUFFICIENT --- Sacrifice for the human race.
#8 PASCHAL FAST ~
Lenten Meditation # 8, 2022
FATHER, GLORIFY THY NAME.
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Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
FATHER, GLORIFY THY NAME.
Then came there a voice from Heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it,
and will glorify it again.
John 12:27-28
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This is the Divine Reason WHY The LORD JESUS came to His+ Hour.
It was to GLORIFY His+ Heavenly FATHER.
This is the “cause” that we embrace as well: to GLORIFY our Heavenly FATHER.
We glorify HIM when we submit to HIS Will.
Never do we forget that we too learn OBEDIENCE through the things that we SUFFER .
PASCHAL FAST ~
Lenten Meditation # 7, 2022
. . . but for THIS CAUSE came I+ unto this hour.
John 12:27
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Now is My+ Soul troubled and what shall I+ say? ‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’ but for this cause came I+ unto this hour.
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When we are going through life’s HARD times of sorrow, of sickness, of struggles within and without, let us apply His+ Words to us:
. . . For THIS CAUSE came I unto this hour.
For THIS REASON --- to endure the struggle, to experience this sickness, to walk that deep, dark valley of heart-ache --- The LORD has allowed THAT “CROSS” to enter into our life. . .
. . . Our little life. It means SO MUCH to HIM+.
#6 PASCHAL FAST ~
Lenten Meditation # 6, 2022
“ . . .and what shall I+ say?
‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’ . . .”
Now is My+ Soul troubled
and what shall I+ say?
‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’
but for this cause came I+ unto this hour.
DID the FATHER FORSAKE HIS OBEDIENT SON+ ?
#4 PASCHAL FAST
# 4 ~
Lenten Meditation -2022
ELOI ! ELOI ! Lama sabachthani ?
MY+ GOD, MY+ GOD,
why hast THOU forsaken ME+?
And at the ninth hour JESUS cried with a loud voice, saying, ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI? which is, being interpreted, MY GOD, MY GOD, why hast THOU forsaken ME+? Mark 15:34
SO IT SEEMED ! But it only "seemed" so.
The FATHER was NOT willing.
HE did NOT remove the Cup of suffering, even from HIS Beloved SON+.
In obedience, The LORD JESUS submitted His+ natural, human Will to His+ FATHER’S Divine Will.
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STEADFASTLY HE+ Set His+ Face ~ PASCHAL FAST ~
# 2 ~ Lenten Meditation
Luke 9:51
And it came to pass, when the time was come
that HE+ should be received up,
HE+ steadfastly set His+ Face
to go to Jerusalem.
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I M M O V A B L E
She believed in The LORD JESUS CHRIST . . . upset, but still alive. Jacksonville school shooting, 2018
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
in the sure and certain HOPE
of the RESURRECTION unto ETERNAL LIFE
through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
at Whose+ Coming in Glorious Majesty will judge the world; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in HIM+ shall be changed, and made like unto His+ Glorious Body; according to the mighty working whereby HE+ is able to subdue all things unto Himself+.
Mark a TAV ( t ) upon the Foreheads . . .
The MAN Clothed with LINENS*
Ezekiel 9 and 10
*( Yes, LINENS is PLURAL in this passage. )
And JESUS went out,
and departed from the Temple:
and His+ disciples came to HIM+
for to shew HIM+ the buildings of the Temple.
CHRISTMAS
And she brought forth her firstborn son,
and wrapped HIM+ in swaddling clothes,
and laid HIM+ in a manger;
because there was no room for them in the inn.
The LAMB+ of GOD ~ The LORD JESUS CHRIST ~ was born in the lowliest of places through a humble young woman who was guarded by a lowly but righteous young man.
His+ Coming was totally His+ Choice to do His+ FATHER’S Will. His+ FIRST ADVENT was to REDEEM fallen men and to bring them back to Our Heavenly FATHER.
In short, HE+ was born to die.
7 But made HIMSELF+ of no reputation,
and took upon HIM+ the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man,
HE+ humbled HIMSELF+,
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:7-8
Making WAR is what the dragon does best.
It is his goal to cause WAR between man and GOD, between kingdom and THE KINGDOM+, between man and man, between man and woman.
The dragon equips BOTH SIDES in a war. The dragon builds hatred by lies, fueling both sides of a conflict.
He rouses up men of wealth who serve mammona to fund both sides of an armed conflict.
Revelation 12:14 holds a prophetic phrase. That phrase anchors this verse into the prophetic realm:
She is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
If the fallen lucifer could not hurt
GOD, then
he aimed to inflict hurt upon the ones instrumental in bringing FORTH
the MESSIAH+ . . . and the ones instrumental in rescuing souls from his
control .
Mankind has never been closer to the ending of the devil’s time on earth, for the SECOND ADVENT is drawing near. Thus, his wrath is intensifying as we number the days until the earth is removed from his grip.
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #17
And she brought forth a MAN CHILD+,
WHO+ was to rule all nations with a ROD OF IRON:
and her CHILD+ was caught up unto GOD, and to HIS throne.
Revelation 12:5
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And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now is come salvation, and power, and the Kingdom of our GOD, and the Authority of HIS CHRIST: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our GOD day and night.
And they overcame him
· by the BLOOD of the LAMB+, and
· by the Word of their Testimony; and
· they loved not their lives unto the death.
. . . and by the Word of their Testimony . . .
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #16
And she brought forth a MAN CHILD+,
WHO+ was to rule all nations with a Rod of Iron:
and her CHILD+ was caught up unto GOD, and to HIS throne.
Revelation 12:5
And they overcame him
by the BLOOD of the LAMB+,
And I heard a loud
voice saying in Heaven, Now is come Salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our GOD, and the
Power of HIS CHRIST:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our GOD
day and night. Rev. 12: 10
And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in Heaven. Revelation 12:7-8
And the Woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of GOD, that they should feed her there
a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 12:6
Here is this mysterious TRUTH, spoken by The LORD JESUS CHRIST:
And no man hath ascended up to Heaven,
but HE+ that came down from Heaven,
even the SON+ of MAN which is in Heaven.
John 3:13
| The Slaughter of the Innocents |
It was a miraculous intervention sent from GOD to prevent the dragon from swallowing the new-born SAVIOR+ of the world.
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #10
REVELATION 2
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth My+ works unto the end, to him will I+ give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:
even as I+ received of My+ FATHER.
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #8
Revelation 19:15
And out of His+ Mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it HE+ should smite the nations: and HE+ shall rule them with a ROD OF IRON: and HE+ treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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What kind of a sword will it be that comes flying out of His+ Mouth ? A sword of earthly materials ? One made of unbreakable iron, like HIS+ unbendable ROD ?
