ADVENT Meditation # 3.... HE+ Didn't Come Here to Lose...

"You cannot kill ME+. "

Therefore doth My+ FATHER love ME+ 

because I +  lay down My+ Life 

that I+  may take it again. 

No man taketh it from ME+, 

but I+  lay it down of Myself+. 

I +   have power to lay it down, 

and I+  have power to take it again. 

This commandment have I+  received 

of  My+ FATHER.

Words of JESUS, recorded in John 10: 17, 18

Courtesy of BibleGateway.com

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 " YOU  cannot kill ME,+ "  

JESUS said.

No human being and no demonic being from the unseen realms can ...OR COULD... kill JESUS, 
HE+ informed the world.

"You CANNOT kill ME+, " 

JESUS said. 

No human being and no demonic being from the unseen realms even has ... OR HAD...  power or authority of any kind whatsoever, in this realm or in the Heavenlies, 

to do ANYTHING to JESUS.  

Neither humans nor satan himself nor his demons are even ABLE to do anything to JESUS . 

"You cannot KILL  ME+,"

JESUS said.

No human being nor satan nor his demons can... 

...OR ever COULD , in all of Eternity... 
kill The LORD 

UNLESS HE+ allowed it to happen ! 

( And, for the JOY that was set before HIM+, 
HE+ did allow them to do so. 
But, Bless GOD, none of His+ enemies 
knew what the result was going to be! )

"You cannot kill ME+, "

JESUS said. 

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

HE that sitteth in the Heavens shall LAUGH !

The LORD shall have them in derision !

Then shall HE speak unto them in His ANGER, and TERRIFY them in His WRATH !

( Literal Hebrew from Jay P. Green's Interlinear ) 
Psalm 2 Courtesy of BibleGateway.com.

O HOLY FATHER, WHO art in Heaven... 

We lift up our hearts in praise to THEE for giving us Thy beloved SON+ Who+ became our form and our nature that we might become Thy children. 

We thank THEE for sending HIM+ Incarnate into the world... HE+ Who+ cannot be killed or see death again.  We thank THEE for giving all power and authority over life and death unto Thy SON+ so that we might live and never die. 

Glory be to GOD ON HIGH, 

and on earth, 

peace, goodwill towards men. 

Amen

HE+ Didn't Come Here to LOSE...

 Advent Season 2013

And JESUS answered.... 

Get thee behind ME+, satan..."

Revelation 19

King James Version (KJV)

Courtesy of BibleGateway.com

1  And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

² For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

³ And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

And JESUS answered.... 

Get thee behind ME+, satan..."

¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

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.

And JESUS answered.... 

Get thee behind ME+, satan..."

¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against HIM+ that sat on the horse, and against HIS+ army. 

JESUS answered.... 

Get thee behind ME+, satan..."

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

JESUS answered.... 

Get thee behind ME+, satan..."

Our FIRST Thanksgiving: The PRIMACY is HIS+ !

RUSSIAN FIREBALL
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Revelation 19 

Courtesy of Biblegateway website.

1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

"All authority is given unto ME+ 

in Heaven and in Earth." 

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

² For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

"Behold, I+ give unto you authority 

to tread upon OPHEON ~

( sharp-eyed ones, serpents but not animals)

and scorpions 

and over ALL THE POWER

of the enemy,

and nothing 

shall by any means hurt you."

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

³ And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness HE+ doth judge and make war.

"All authority is given unto ME+ 

in Heaven and in Earth." 

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

¹² His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

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.

¹⁶ And HE+ hath on HIS+ vesture 

and on HIS+ thigh a name written, 

KING+ Of Kings, 

And LORD+ Of Lords.

"All authority is given unto ME+ 

in Heaven and in Earth." 

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

¹⁸ That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

"Behold, I+ give unto you authority 

to tread upon OPHEON ~

( sharp-eyed ones, serpents but not animals)

and scorpions 

and over ALL THE POWER

of the enemy,

and nothing 

shall by any means hurt you."

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

"All authority is given unto ME+ 

in Heaven and in Earth." 

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

"All authority is given unto ME+ 

in Heaven and in Earth." 

~~~ Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST 

Russian Fireball
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ADVENT 2013

 We are starting the Season of Advent a bit early this year 

to focus upon the soon Coming of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST

to planet Earth, to rule with a rod of iron. 

Amen and Maranatha,

Come Quickly, 

LORD JESUS. 

Fussing About Our Circumstance(s)...

Or

~ The "Grace" We Never Consider ~ 

The LORD our GOD tailor-makes each circumstance in our individual lives. 

DO we believe that? 

We credit The LORD with bringing good things to us. Do we thank HIM+ when hard, frightful, and grievous things to be borne come our way too? 

Many... yes, even most... of those grievous and injurious things come about due to our own head-strongness and our own fault: 

• for ignoring HIS+ Word, 
• for running after the world,
• for indulging ourselves with foods that are not good for the human body 
• for indulging ourselves with "good" distractions of this life which actually work a distance between us and GOD,
• for ignoring His+ Truth in all areas,  
• for not listening to His+ still, small voice. 

We ignore the checks in our spirit that HE+ sends telling us to quit eating ( etc.), or not go out to the store, or quiet down with HIM+ ... instead of filling our hours with endless "good" activities.   

We refuse to deal with our pouting spirit, our self-pity, our tiny secret grudges... and they eventually show up in our words and attitudes. 

Of course, we may not PLAN to talk in a derogatory way about him/her... but it pops out of us unexpectedly when someone gives us the least amount of sympathy, or shows us any concern.  

Thus, we end up in a mess of our own making. 

Some of these circumstances can be altered; some cannot and are irrevocably in place for as long as we live on planet earth. 

But, do we realize that these "circumstances" are permitted to occur ... for weal or for woe ... SO THAT The LORD can bring our attention to the areas in which we ourselves are weak ?.

If we wallow in self-pity and smart at being rejected, The LORD ... in HIS+ Divine GRACE...  allows that to happen to us to show us our weakness in HIM+. 

HE+ uses this to show us WHERE we are weak  and vulnerable to the enemy. 

HE+ wants to show us WHERE to focus "our work" in the inner man, to become strong in CHRIST. 

 It is not pleasant. 

THAT is GRACE 

that we receive from HIM+ 

which we never consider as "grace" 

... because we do not like it.

HE+ allows these messes to occur in our lives UNTIL... when  ?

• UNTIL we learn to respond in a CHRIST-like manner to that particular besetting circumstance. Loving. Kind. Gentle. Teachable, teachable, teachable.   

• UNTIL we learn to respond to the Adamic nature in us ( that nature which should have died out in the waters of Holy Baptism ) by refusing to wallow in the "old man's" way of responding. 

• UNTIL we learn to fight against our OWN NATURE instead of somebody else's behavior and nature.
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•  
• UNTIL we learn to face the family spirits that have controlled each of our family lines for years and RENOUNCE THEM SOUNDLY, saying, 

"NO, you wicked spirit, I do NOT belong to you; I belong to CHRIST JESUS.  I will NOT listen to your lies any longer. I am free to be controlled by the Spirit of CHRIST JESUS and NOT by you . "  

These irritating, vexing, grievous, un-ending trials of rejection, hatefulness, and even sickness are allowed to beset us UNTIL we learn to overcome them. 

By faith? 

Yes, but not the "rev-yourself-up-to-believe-it" type of faith. 

.
Rather...

.

the faith that comes from STANDING against our own ways, our own paths of thinking, our own paths of self-indulgence, our "pet" comforts... and fighting the GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH in the Spirit against our own, old Adamic nature. 

Not one of us 

should be the target 

of the spirits of rejection. 

Yes, we may   

indeed be rejected,

   

but it should not affect our inner man. 

It should NOT change 

our Christ-like manner 

or affect our thinking...

about ourselves or others.  

We MUST fight the GOOD FIGHT of FAITH and stand on HIS+ Truth: HE+ loves each one of us dearly. 

HE+ will fight the enemy for us ... and has already done so... and WON !  

We only need to stand in this Truth:

 "nothing shall by any means hurt us." 

That TRUTH will set us free. 

Free to be CHRIST-like.

Hear the Words of JESUS our LORD: 

All authority is given unto ME+ 
in Heaven and on earth.

Behold, I+ give unto you 
authority to tread 

on serpents 
(opheOn = sharp-eyed ones, not snakes, the reptiles)

and scorpions 

and over ALL the power 

of the enemy, 

and NOTHING shall by any means hurt you. 

~

LORD, I believe; Help THOU+ mine unbelief.

~

JESUS said: Woman, thou are loosed 

from thine infirmity. 

~

Rise up and walk ! 

Delay No Longer...

The Days are at hand, 

and the Word of every vision. 

... It will no more be postponed;

for in your days,

O rebellious house,

I+ will say The Word 

and perform it. 

NONE 

of My Words 

will be postponed any more,

but the Word which I speak will be done,

oracles The LORD GOD, 

Adonai JeHoVaH. 

Excerpts from Ezekiel 12:13b, 25b, and 28; 

taken from the NKJV, the KJV, and the Masoretic Hebrew Text  

Work, work, work, work, ......

WORK.... 

for the NIGHT is COMING.... 

the night is coming...

the night is coming... 

the night is coming...

when
no man
can work. 

~ according to HIM+ Who+ cannot lie
John 9:4

WHY Do You Say, "LORD, LORD" ... ?

Why do you say, "LORD, LORD"... and do NOT the things I+ say?

Are not MY+ Words like a refiner's fire, like a hammer that breaks the rock, that goeth forth through all the earth?

Hearken unto ME+: Every Word that I+ speak will come to pass. None --- not a one --- will fall to the earth void.

ALIGN YOURSELF WITH ME+ !



Why do you work for things which will not profit ?

A MONASTIC CHICKEN.. and The LORD said, "WATCH !"



Young Brahma Rooster
Photo by The Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+

 The Call of the Monastic at Heart..... 

This is "Rooty" 

a fine young Brahma rooster 

rescued by The Order of The GOOD SHEPHERD+ from our neighbor's hatchet and stew pot. We ransomed  him by offering the neighbors an organic hen in his place, one already prepared for the stew-pot, via the local grocery store. 

As I labored to establish a suitable and secure ample chicken yard for our ransomed rooster, my hands soon became scratched and a bit gouged since the work gloves were too much a hindrance to use when tying the fencing together.   

But anon, the pen, almost circular, was established and our neighbor gamely caught Rooty and brought him to his new pen... but not without a massive struggle. 

Rooty squawked up a fuss! Such sounds as I had never heard coming from a bird ! The entire neighborhood here in the countryside likely heard Rooty's squawkings. 

However, our fearless neighbor held Rooty tightly, soothing and talking to the bird and calming him down as she sweetly carried him to his new abode.  

Now, this new pen is more-than-ample for one rooster.

He has his own water dish, his own feed, his own bits of apple and fruit and even some cast-offs from our bread-baking. He has mounds of freshly dug dirt to dig around in, a converted dog drum  (a large, cleaned out and newly-strawed 55-gallon drum ) for a shelter, and ample bugs for snacks.

There are also some tomato plants still growing there, a few flowers, and some well-trampled weeds. 

The chicken yard has a tree or two in its corners and some shrubs that overhang the fence... altogether a comfortable place for a sole chicken. 

And, to keep him safe from over-head predators, there are strung lines of twine from high on a post in the middle to the sides of the fencing round about. That way, Rooty will be uncomfortable about flying out and predators will be uncomfortable about flying in and possibly entangling their wings on the twine lines. 

When all was completed, we watched how Rooty would adapt to his new home. 

THEN, I felt The LORD draw near, and say, "Watch what he does."

So, I watched. Here is what Rooty did: 

He ignored his food. He ignored his water. He ignored his protective shelter and new straw. He tromped on the flowers without stopping to gaze and did not even consider the tomato plants.

He spent his time in frantically circling the circumference of the chicken yard ... back and forth, back and forth... at the fence-line, nearly entangling his neck in unfruitful efforts,  trying various methods to escape... and go back home. 

It was his one, well-established goal in his little chicken mind: to go back to his former coop. 

He did not realize that the hatchet and stew-pot awaited him there. He only wanted what was familiar to him.... comfortably familiar.  

He did not realize that he had been rescued from certain death in a few days. 

He only knew that he had been chosen to be ostracized, separated from his fellows... whom he had been with since a chickling. 

He only knew that this was not HIS choice, to be separated from the only coop he knew as "home."

Thus, he paced and paced around and around the chicken yard discontentedly. He did not want to be here at all. 

Yet, in separating him from his fellows, he was being saved. 

Yet, in NOT remaining in his comfortable, familiar place "that he had always been in", he was put in a situation for his own good. 

Yet, in compassion upon his LACK of AWARENESS, he was protected by an intelligence larger than himself.

Can I+ not do with you as you have done with this rooster... to save his life? saith The LORD.

Can you not receive My+ protection more graciously that this rooster has received his? saith The LORD.

Can you not listen to ME+, rather than to the cluckings of your own heart ? saith The LORD. 

Can you not be content to live where I+ have called you to live... alone with ME+, without your fellows, for a season,  for your own good? saith The LORD.  

You will learn to follow ME+ and know MY+ Voice this way, in this separation. That is the only place of safety for you now. 

Eat My+ food and drink My+ drink that I+ provide for you. It is the only nourishment that will keep you alive.

The Call of the Monastic at Heart ~ ~ ~

Sr. Judith Hannah  + + +