Advent Meditations 2012

And the SPIRIT and the Bride say, COME! 

Meditation 9

Luke 1:35

And the angel ansered, and said unto her, The HOLY SPIRIT shall come upon thee,

and the power of The HIGHEST shall overshadow thee;

therefore also that HOLY ONE+

which shall be born of thee

shall be called the

SON+ of GOD.

Graciously, The LORD directed the Angel Gabriel to explain the conception of the HOLY CHILD JESUS to The Hebrew virgin Mariam.

Many a time, HE+ does explain our journey's events to us when we are overwhelmed. At other times, though, HE+ does NOT give us an explanation for the obediences HE+ requires of us... and we could be just as overwhelmed.

THAT IS HIS+ CHOICE,

as SOVEREIGN LORD.

With or without an explanation from HIM+, we are expected to complete our obediences without grumbling and complaining, trusting in His+ love for us. 

His+ love for us will work out to be the best thing for us and for the Kingdom work.

And we know: All things work together for good to them that love GOD, to them who are the called, according to HIS+ purpose. Rom. 8:28.

How much we please HIM+ when we trust His+ way with us, praise HIM+ for it, and do His+ will , rejoicing !

 

Meditation

 

O THOU+ Who+ knowest the end from the beginning, I yield myself unto THEE+. I will be content in Thy+ Will, whether I understand it or not, whether I like it or not.

 

I trust THEE+, O Righteous SAVIOR, to do for me and with me what is best for Thy+ Kingdom and ultimately, what is best for me.

 

Fix my eyes on Eternity with THEE+, LORD JESUS. O , fix them firmly .

 

For, THOU art HOLY. THOU art The LORD. THOU only, O CHRIST, with The HOLY SPIRIT, art most high in the Glory of GOD The FATHER.

I worship and praise THEE+, O SOVEREIGN KING+ .

Advent Meditations

Mary, did you know.... ?  

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 8

34 Then said Mariam unto the angel,
How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man?

Poor Girl! She had been with no man carnally... yet she was expected to believe that she would become with child... and bear the scorn and rejection designated for the impure.

Bitterness and grief --- at least socially and perhaps even within the immediate family circle --- was to be young Mariam's bitter portion.  She knew she was innocent, but  even  her betrothed, Joseph, her closest friend, thought she had played the harlot.

Poor, sad, lonely girl with not a friend in the world!

Meditation

O GOD of all mercies, Who+ looketh upon Thy+ children with compassion for their infirmities and weaknesses, help me to do the same.

More love to THEE+ , O CHRIST, is my need today. Then, when I love THEE+  more, I will have more love towards those enslaved by weaknesses, bitterness, grief and fear.

O HOLY CHILD JESUS, I thank THEE+ for embracing the souls of men who are filled with weakness, bitterness, grief, and fear...  just like me.  For, all those --- any of those --- who come to THEE+, O SAVIOR of mankind, THOU+ wilt not turn away.

+  +  +

Advent Meditations 2012

We're going to see The STRENGTH+ of Israel !
Come with us.

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 7

33 And HE+ shall reign

over the house of Jacob for ever;

and of HIS+ Kingdom

there shall be no end.

Gabriel, the Mighty Angel who stands in the Presence of GOD even to this present moment ... told Mariam there would be no end to the Kingdom over which that Divine Babe+ in the womb would  rule. 

No end in sight! KING+ of Kings and LORD+ of Lords!  That name will be written upon HIS+ vesture and upon HIS+ thigh when The LORD, FAITHFUL and TRUE comes upon a white horse from Heaven Rev.19:11-16. And HE+ shall reign for ever and ever. Hallelu-JAH !

Meditation

O Great KING+ of kings and LORD+ of Lords, Who+ alone delivers from the grip of satan, I bend my knee to THEE+ alone. 

O COMMANDER-in-CHIEF+ of the Heavenly Armies, I choose THEE+ and THEE+ alone to be my CAPTAIN+. 

Help me always to do those things that please THEE+, O STRENGTH+ of ISRAEL, so that I may be found in the ranks of Thy+ Saints when the Last Great Battle on planet earth occurs.  

Increase my obedience, O THOU+ Who+ art my strength, so that I am not found wanting at the Great Judgment Seat of CHRIST. 

+ + +  

Advent Meditations 2012

Where is HE+... that we might worship HIM+?

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 6

 HE+

shall be great,

and shall be called

the SON+ of the HIGHEST:

and the LORD GOD shall give

unto HIM+ 

the throne of His+ father David:

Verse 32

JESUS will be called  SON+ of the HIGHEST.

The LORD [ YHWH] hath said unto ME+, THOU+ art My SON+ ; this day have I begotten THEE+. Psalm 2:7

This great, only-BEGOTTEN, unique SON+ of GOD will receive the nations as His+ Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth as His+ Possession. Psalm 2:8

Now note this well: satan offered Our LORD JESUS the same thing...  in the temptations... to be acquired unlawfully. 

However, HE+ will inherit it ALL lawfully because HE+ obeyed the Will of His+ FATHER.

Furthermore, , what will Our LORD JESUS CHRIST  do with those nations and possessions of the uttermost parts of the earth when HE+ inherits them ALL?

Scripture plainly tells us what HE+ will do:

HE+ is going to break them

with a Rod of Iron!

HE+ is going to dash them

in pieces like a potter's vessel !

HE+ does not require all the wealth and splendor of all the nations on planet earth to make HIM+ great !

NO !

His+ Heavenly FATHER was well-pleased with the obedience of His SON+, who learned that obedience through the things that HE+ suffered.  

Amen.

Maranatha...

Come, LORD JESUS, Come !

Meditation

Almighty GOD our Heavenly FATHER, Who alone through Thy Greatness is able to bestow greatness upon the most humble, create in me a Divine desire for lowliness. 

Remove from me my desire for loftiness, for it is Thy realm alone. 

Keep Thy Greatness ever before my eyes, O LORD, to the end that my glory may sing praise to THEE, and not be silent, O LORD my GOD. 

These things I pray in the Name of JESUS CHRIST,  the SON+ of The HIGHEST.

+  +  +  

 

Advent Meditations 2012

We are coming!

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 5

30 And the angel said unto her,

Fear not, Mary:

for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold,

thou shalt conceive in thy womb,

and bring forth a son,

and shalt call HIS+ name Jesus.

"You shall call HIS+ name JESUS..."

 

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under Heaven given among men,  whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12

 

 >>> No other way exists to enter Heaven.

 

Wherefore GOD also hath highly exalted HIM+, and given HIM+ a Name which is above every Name: That at the name of JESUS every knee should bow of beings in Heaven, and beings in earth, and beings under the earth:

 

And that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of GOD the FATHER. Philippians 2:9,10.

 

JESUS said, " I+ AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto The FATHER, except by ME+."

 

Meditation:

 

Heavenly FATHER, O THOU Who has sent us a way out of this gross darkness, hear the cry of my heart for my un-saved family and my un-saved neighbors and friends.

 

I lay down all my hindering fears of rejection. Set me free, I pray THEE, to share Thy Salvation through JESUS according to Thy Divine Will and purpose for their life.

 

Grant me such a fervor for their souls that "Eternity With JESUS" is stamped  upon my forehead... and "Eternity Without HIM+" is stamped upon my eyes, with great sadness. 

 

Bring forth, O Gracious LORD, Thy convincing to the wayward and soul-lost ones.

 

I thank THEE, O LORD JESUS, for laying down all Thy+ fears in order to rescue me.

Advent Meditations 2012

What shall I bring HIM+, small as I am ?

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 4

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled

at his saying, and cast in her mind

what manner of salutation this should be.

Troubled... at being so honored in a greeting by the great Angelic Warrior GABRIEL who to this day, this very moment  stands in the Presence of The LORD . 

Yes, and well might any person on earth be so troubled, no matter how important a personage one might be.

Yet, here was a lowly, un-assuming, pure, and faith-filled young Hebrew virgin being addressed so royally !

Mariam knew she was lowly and from a rustic area. Her highest goal in life likely was  to marry and raise children --- hopefully to adulthood in those hard times --- and live to see her grand-babies. A normal life, a normal goal.

Meditation

O LORD GOD Who treasures the lowly ones, the ones who are poor in spirit, I yield unto THEE my inflated opinion of myself.

I see, O LORD, that THOU art not impressed by human skills, knowledge, and earthly importance. 

All things that lift me up, O LORD, I give unto THEE.  All things that would cause others to admire me, I place on Thy+ altar. All things , these, cause me to stumble. 

Help me to don the cloak of lowliness in my inner man... so that I can be truly useful to THEE, for Thy Kingdom's work.

I thank THEE+, Dearest FRIEND+, for calling me "brother." 

+  +  + 

Advent Meditations 2012

Whom are they seeking?

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 3

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

The Hebrew virgin Mariam ~ Bitterness and Grief ~ was visited by the Angel Gabriel, a mighty warrior angel.  Mariam was peculiarly greeted as an honored person.

Not even Daniel was greeted like this when Gabriel visited him, twice! Neither was Zachariah so greeted.

Indeed, this was VERY strange that a simple, "rustic" Galilean young virgin would be addressed so honorably.

"Hail" is used in place of an honorable greeting like, "Cheer!"  or "Health!" or "Be Well!" 

Good news it is indeed when a great and mighty warrior who stands in the Presence of GOD  ( Luke 1:19) greets a little human being like that ! 

It is the ONLY place in Scripture that an Angel so addresses a human being in those terms. The young Hebrew virgin Mariam had HIS divine approval ! 

Meditation:

O GOD Who is the LORD of the most powerful, most divine armies in the Universe, be pleased to look upon this little human being... me.

Gracious ONE Who sent forth Thy mighty Angel to little Mariam, send, I beseech THEE, Thy ministering spirit to encamp round about little me, also.

Return to me an innocent trust, a pure faith,  like Thy chosen Hebrew virgin had, which won Thy approval to bear the CHRIST CHILD...  that approval which was so strongly placed upon this young Hebrew virgin that even the Angels knew it.

Help me with purity, O LORD. Purity of thought, purity of motive, purity of love.

With thankfulness unending, for receiving me, O LORD, I pray this in the Name of JESUS, Thy HOLY SON+, Our LORD.

+  +  + 

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012



Wise men seek HIM+...



ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 2



²⁷ To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

David, in Hebrew, means "beloved."  Mary, however, is really "Mariam" --- which has its Hebrew root in bitterness and grief.   Some say "strength." Joseph's name means "add."  Strange, yes?

The birth-mother of Our LORD carried the identity of Bitter Grief while she carried the HOLY CHILD JESUS in her womb.

Even though Mariam was of the house and lineage of David, the beloved, The LORD appointed to this Hebrew virgin a name which would encompass strong bitterness and grief, as the Prophet Simeon told her in the Temple after the CHRIST CHILD was born.

The LORD graciously "added" a protection to this Hebrew virgin, appointing Joseph as a GOWRA (from the Aramaic text which means "a male guardian"), to protect Mariam and the Holy Child JESUS Whom+ she carried under her heart, in her womb.

Marrying "Bitterness and Grief" was Joseph's Appointed Cup...  as he became The LORD'S Appointed guardian over his little, divine family.

MEDITATION:

O GOD, Who+ encircles those suffering in bitter grief in Thy+ tender, Nail-Scarred Hands... take the bitterness and grief of my soul's regrets unto THEE+.

And when my cup is Bitter again, send forth unto me a spirit of gentle submission... like the submissive spirit of gentle Mariam... even in the midst of the Cup of Grief THOU+ hast chosen for me.

I thank THEE, O HOLY FATHER, for sending Thy Gentle SON+ Who+ obediently drank the Cup of Bitterness for the good of Mankind ... for the good of me.

+  +  +

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

ADVENT MEDITATIONS 2012

What is in a WORD?

The LOGOS+ of GOD.

The LOGOS+ of GOD, we shall see, is sent by The GOD Who is all-encompassing. The LOGOS+  is an all-encircling GOD Who+ encircles all of mankind... man's time, place, and situation.

HE+ is the LOGOS+, the all-encircling GOD, Who+ knows the end from the beginning.  Let us take time to meet HIM+ during this Advent Season. 

[ NOTE:  We use blue during Advent, which is the liturgical color connected with the Birth of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST... not red and green. ]

~ ~ ~ The All-Encompassing GOD ~ ~ ~

12.2.2012 to 12.24.2012

Luke 1:26-55

Meditation 1

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from GOD unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

Precision!  Exactness!  Accuracy! 

Precisely at the time appointed, GOD sent out a special Angelic warrior, Gabriel [ Hebrew for "valiant, strong man, strong warrier of GOD ]. 

This divine, Angelic Warrior was the Same Strong Angel who visited Daniel in Babylon, to make him know prophetic things of the end time ( Daniel, chapters 8 and 9).

Gabriel was sent to Galilee... a most interesting name. The Hebrew root is G-L-L, which means to roll, especially to roll large stones. ( Ernest Klein, pg. 101) .

Galilee itself means " a Circle of Goyim" or of "nations." 

At the Appointed Time, in the Appointed Place, set within precise details, Prophetic events occur very precisely... exactly as ordained by the Hand of The LORD. 

Nothing occurs as happenstance or in a slip-shod manner when The LORD deals with mankind:  all events are planned precisely to bring about the fulfillment of GOD'S plan for planet earth and mankind. 

HE encircles all of mankind out of every kindred, tongue, people, and nation ... in time, in place, and in situation ... as HE brings forth HIS Appointed MESSIAH+ to break into the society of man. 

HE begins by rolling the stone away , the ROOT of the meaning of  Galilee.  That is why the beginning of the MESSIAH'S entrance into humanity occured in Galilee of the Nations... 

MEDITATION:

O LORD, Who+ plans the end from the beginning, I know Thy+ plans are best. Into Thy+ Hands I now place my heart. All control over my future, my security, I yield now into Thy+ Hands... because I want to be part of Thy+ Kingdom. 

Make me as Thy+ Servants, the Angels who are intent to do Thy+ will ... turning neither to the left hand nor to the right... until Thy+ Will be done. 

I thank THEE+, O HOLY ONE+ of Israel, for establishing Thy+ Great Plan, which no man nor Angel can thwart. 

What a Mighty GOD we serve!

+  +  + 

  

A Thanksgiving LIFE

Sing praise to The LORD,

you saints of HIS+,

and GIVE THANKS

at the remembrance

of HIS+ Holy Name.

Psalm 30:4

She cleans her house and cooks the meals, like most normal housewives and mothers do.  She shops for food and visits relatives, like most normal women do.  She sees to the doctor appointments for both husband and son, and sometimes, for her parents,  like most normal women do.

Maybe not like most women, she has a large, lovely, modernly-equipped brick house, fully carpeted and spacious, not furnished from the local Thrift Stores. 

In addition, this house is quite unique because she drew the floor plans herself for the family's needs and convenience,  herself being quite gifted with artistic skills.

Maybe not like most women, she has no money worries. Her husband has a managerial job so they bought their lot and the land next to it when they built their house.

Does she have a lot to be thankful for ? "Yes, I have a lot to be thankful for, " she will tell you, serenely, with a smile in her voice.

However, there is nobody who would exchange places with her.

Why ?

Almost 19 years ago, her infant son was born to the delight of his parents. He was normal for 3 months... until the vaccination program commenced. 

Seizures started... which have never stopped... damaging his brain cells irretrievably.  Doctors and hospitals, diets and activities, medicines and research programs have been her daily dose in "life" ... for 19 years.  

Seizures in the daytime, seizures at night. Emergency trips to the hospital, 60 miles away, frequently. This includes the times when the hospital dismissed her son... only to have to return back to the hospital as soon as they arrived at home!

One hopeful medicine after another, she has administered to her dearest son, after multitudinous testing by the medical profession. She hopefully watches his progress... when there is some.... momentarily... and comforts him when there is none. She is there when he is in pain.

Yes, he ... like we all are...
is in the process of dying. 

Yet , he is ALIVE !

He is ALIVE because she has brought herself to The LORD, believing on HIM+ that HE+ is totally merciful and totally good to her  and... is bringing about the best thing for their lives ! 

"My son will have a new body, either here or in Heaven, " she says, serenely, " some day.

"I tell him, 'Son, there is coming a day when you will not  hurt again and get shots and when you won't have to go to hospitals and see doctors. JESUS has that planned for you. Won't that be good ?' "

She believes that herself and therefore, she is not saddened overly-much, although she is carrying the burden of her son's happiness and health right now.

"I am so blessed to be chosen of GOD to do this. I know HE+ has called me to this work, even for this one child, my own, to prepare him for Heaven and to see JESUS, "  she says. " So, that is what I am doing with my time."

This mother KNOWS what she is supposed to be doing with her limited time with son:  she is preparing him for a future , a certain future. 

She is not preparing him for college or a career or to find the right marriage partner. She is preparing her beloved son for Heaven, leading him to love the LORD JESUS with all of his heart... because she loves HIM+ first.

And, this son does. He gives away his treasured toy trucks to others. He draws pictures for others. He loves to go to church and help "dust" the pews when his mother goes to clean. He talks to others about JESUS. He lays Scriptures to heart.

And when that time comes, when her son is received up into the Heavenlies and Mother goes to meet him there, there will be a sound and whole son, with out-stretched arms to greet his wonderful, faith-filled mother, saying , " Mother ! You loved me the best way that any mother could; you  led me to JESUS!  You were right: I am happy and I do not hurt anymore. I love you, Mother. Thank you for bringing me to CHRIST. "

    

"Yes," she says serenely, with a smile full of faith and hope, " I have a lot to be thankful for. " 

This dear sister has trained herself to trust The LORD JESUS CHRIST, in every situation of life.

She never doubts. She never doubts His+ Word or His+ promises.  She never doubts His+ care of her son, her husband, or herself.  She never doubts His+ plans or His+ will. And she never, ever doubts His+ love.

HE+ is WHOM+ HE+ says HE+ is.

Always.

 HE+ will do what HE+ says HE+ will do. 

Always.

His+ plan for their lives is rooted in love for His+ beloved followers. 

Thus, with no fear,

she simply follows

HIM+ WHO+ loves her best...

with a thankful heart

every day.

  

PRESIDENTIAL Selection...

Question:   Who are you going to vote for, Christian ?

A:   The BEST Man.

Q:  Who is that ?

A:  HE+'S  not  running.

[ i.e.........   HE+ will be in control AT THE APPOINTED TIME,  with no "election" needed in ANY country ... after the last, great persecution of the Christian Church on planet earth. ]  

The Burden of Damascus...

The Burden of Damascus.

Behold, Damascus is taken away

from being a city,

and it shall be a ruinous heap.

~ words of the Prophet Isaiah

chapter 17, verse 1

 Christians, behold The WORD+ of The LORD.

Syriac Christians are living through a nightmare as this prophecy comes to pass.

Thousands of Syrians... some Christians, some not... have fled to surrounding countries for haven.  They have fled with whatever they could carry or pile into a vehicle of some sort.

No jobs, no careers, no money, no house, no medicines for Grandmother, Grandfather, nor the ill and infirm young or old.  

No schooling for the children, and likely as not, no food  for the family.

No water... no drinking beyond a sip, no bathing, and certainly no laundry being done even for the meager items of clothing taken with them.  

This, then,  is the happy circumstance that "fleeing from war" brings: total misery for all and death for the very  young, the very old, and many of the infirm.  

Christians, as The Day of The LORD looms near, know this: only ONE+ place of safety exists for anyone on the face of this earth.

That "place" is the ONE+ Who+ in humility walked this earth to speak to our hearts.

HE+ is the ONE+ Who+ told us to lay down our swords.

HE+ is the ONE+ Who+ told us to lay up our treasures in Heaven, not on earth... to seek first the Kingdom of GOD and HIS righteousness and then all these things will be added unto us.

Let us not hide our hearts from the end-time prophecies coming to pass before our very eyes.

IT        MATTERS.

It matters what we do with our time.

It matters what we think about.

It matters what our hearts are focused upon. 

The nightmare of destruction can come upon any of us, in any form, at any time. 

Are those Syrian Christians and Arabic Christians WORSE CHRISTIANS than we are, that GOD has allowed them to go through this destruction of their normal lives and families ? 

NO. 

If put all on a balance, they in fact may be BETTER CHRISTIANS than we are, since many of them have had to face opposition and hatred like we only read about in Voice of the Martyrs or Asia Harvest. 

Do we think prophetic Scriptures are put into the Bible for us to  simply study ? 

NO. 

The wise will read the books of Isaiah, chapters 50 and 51 of Jeremiah, the books of Daniel and Joel, watching what is happening around the secular nation of Israel. 

We will see the nations of the world gathered around Israel with the intent of either murder or control in their eyes, in their rhetoric. 

When the Beast Nation reveals itself ,  and its intent to consume Israel ... both Spiritual Israel and natural Israel ...  watch the Hand of GOD be revealed. 

Then will come to pass those wonderful verses in 2 Thessalonians, chapters 1 and 2 . 

In Preparation

for that Great Day of The LORD

 Here is how Christians prepare:

They receive the love of the TRUTH+.

They receive the LOVE of the Truth so that they are saved from the STRONG DELUSION that GOD HIMSELF sends upon those who prefer the deceivableness of unrighteousness, upon those who prefer a lie. 

  

We Repent, Remove, Resist all lies... all lies about WHO GOD is , about who we are ...  individually ...  lining ourselves up with the Word+ of GOD, and going AGAINST HIM+ in nothing !  

A Word to the Wise is Sufficient....