... so that we don't have to face anything without HIM+.
+ + +
Worthy is the LAMB+
Worthy is the LAMB+
Worthy is the LAMB+,
Slain from the foundation
of the world.
3/24/2016
3/22/2016
They Have Stripped ME+ of My+ Garments
TIME-LINE FOR HOLY WEEK
Tuesday evening and night
and Wednesday,
and Wednesday,
the day of crucifixion
at the 3rd Hour of the Day,
at the 3rd Hour of the Day,
the time of the morning sacrifice
in the Temple.
in the Temple.
Passover meal , Garden of Gethsemane, Sweating Drops of BLOOD. Judas betrays JESUS with a kiss as the large crowd with clubs and swords from the High Priest sent them to take HIM+ by force.
The Jewish Council, meeting at night, condemned HIM+. The rough men spit in His+ face, slapped HIM+, and mocked HIM+. They blind-folded HIM+ and taunted HIM+ with insults. Peter denied HIM+ 3 times before the Cock crowed twice.
TIME-LINE : Wednesday
In the early morning, the Chief Priests and Elders bound HIM+ and brought HIM+ to Pilate the Roman governor. Pilate gave the order to scourge JESUS and to have HIM+ crucified.
HE+ was scourged.
The Roman cohort stripped HIM+ and put a scarlet robe on HIM+, put a crown of thorns on His+ Head and put a reed in His+ hand and mocked HIM+ again, spitting on HIM+. Then they led HIM+ out through the streets, carrying His+ Cross, to be crucified.
3/21/2016
CLEANSING the TEMPLE... The TEMPLE of LIVING STONES !
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| The 2nd CLEANSING of the TEMPLE Matthew 21: 10-17 |
" From His+ eyes went forth rays
which TERRIFIED them and
put them to flight."
So reads a marginal note of a 13th century manuscript of the Aurora, by Peter of Riga, The Gospel of the Nazaraeans, footnoted at Matthew 21:12.
See "Gospel Parallels" by Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., page 154 ,5th Edition, 1992, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tn. 1992
[ The AUTHORITY of The MESSIAH+ was very evident in His+ Cleansing of the Temple, even to the religious leaders.]
+ + +
...and HIS+ eyes were
as a Flame of Fire;
+ + +
The first act The LORD JESUS did after His+ Triumphal entry into Jerusalem was to cleanse the Temple.
As a matter of fact, THAT is what HE+ went into Jerusalem TO DO !
HE+ drove out the BUYERS as well as the sellers of the livestock and doves and over-turned the tables of the money-changers.
This was PASSOVER week, and they were going about business as usual. No fear of GOD there. How UN- holy !
Jerusalem was swollen with visitors coming for the Passover, to celebrate GOD'S great deliverance of the Hebrews from Pharaoh. They were supposed to be mindful of GOD, not their pocketbooks.
Once the un-scrupulous merchants were driven out of the Temple, the little ones, the blind, the lame , the crippled and infirm --- those who could afford nothing --- came to CHRIST JESUS. HE+ healed them, it is written.
This was just a few days after HE+ raised Lazarus from the dead !
Prophecies that would identify HIM+ as the true Messiah+ were being fulfilled before their eyes... and the crowd went wild. All of Jerusalem was in turmoil.
The heavy hand of the Rule of Rome would soon be lifted, they thought. How glorious !
+ + +
Yes, the "Rule of Rome" would indeed be lifted... from their SOULS. The people who walked in darkness had seen a GREAT Light, The LIGHT+ of the world.
That LIGHT+ lifted the "Rule of Rome's" values from their hearts; they would no longer be slaves to the worldly system that rules the hearts of men from their pocket-books.
But, they would not. They willed not to be gathered as a hen clucks and gathers her chicks under her wings.
They did not WANT freedom from sin, but rather, freedom from Roman rule.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem.... and JESUS wept. HE+ could see ahead THEIR coming agony, THEIR thousands of citizens crucified on the hills and roads outside of Jerusalem.
Yes, the earth-bound Roman rule was cruel and terrible.
Sin's rule is WORSE.
Roman rule only lasts
for a life-time.
Sins' consequences
last for ALL Eternity.
HE+ came to address them, first things first, and one at a time. First the Spiritual. Next will be the earth-bound rulers who pulverize His+ people.
Matthew 23: 37-38
O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou that killest the prophets,
and stonest them
which are sent unto thee,
how often
would I+ have gathered
thy children
together,
even as a hen
gathereth her chickens
under her wings,
and ye
would not!
Behold,
your house is left
unto you
desolate.
+ + +
HEAR WHAT THE LORD SAYS:
O WHOLE House of Israel, I+ have called to you to repent. I+ have called to you to remove the leaven from your midst, and ye would not.
What more can I+ do to save you from the sins that snare you ?
Those very sins will ENTRAP you in the coming evil determined upon this earth. You will not be able to escape because you will not even SEE THE EVIL COMING until it is too late.
No, I+ will not save America from judgement. I will not keep her from oppression SO THAT you can keep your wealthy life-styles, life-styles that are so far above other peoples of the earth.
Do you "sit as a Queen and will be no widow?" Think again. I have NEVER SPARED my people who ignore my Words.
I have NEVER SPARED my people who chase the world and call it "serving ME+."
Those I+ love, I+ rebuke and chasten.
Turn, turn from your worldly values. Separate from this world. Separate from this Camp of Korah... touch not the unclean money, the unclean flags, the unclean value system of Babylon the Great.
Serve ME+ in purity, with an UN-divided heart. Then, and only then, shall you see the Salvation of your GOD ... when HE is truly your Master.
Divided loyalties will not be able to stand. You CAN NOT --- are not even ABLE --- to serve GOD AND Mammon .
You will belong to Korah.
+ + +
Revelation 1: 13 -18
13 And
in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the SON+ of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
14 HIS+ head and HIS+ hairs
were white like wool,
as white as snow;
and HIS+ eyes were
as a flame of fire;
15 And HIS+ feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and HIS+ voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And HE+ had in HIS+ right hand seven stars: and out of HIS+ mouth went a sharp
two-edged sword: and HIS+ countenance was as the sun shineth in HIS+ strength.
7 And
when I saw HIM+, I fell at his feet as dead. And HE+ laid HIS+ right hand
upon me, saying unto me,
Fear not;
I+ am the First
and the Last:
18 I+ am HE+ that liveth,
and was dead;
and, behold, I+ am alive
for evermore,
Amen;
and have the keys of hell
and of death
HOLY WEEK TIME-LINE
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| Sacrifice of the PASSOVER LAMB |
HOLY WEEK
Time-Line
REMEMBER: All events were
intricately tied to the Jewish Passover Holy Days, as JESUS CHRIST was the UN-blemished Passover LAMB+,
the LAMB+ of GOD.
1. Lazarus Saturday ~ The Raising of Lazarus of Bethany who had been dead 4 days, from the tomb.
2.The LORD'S Day ( i.e., Sunday )
~ His+ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ~ Following a great feast hosted by the
family of Lazarus, a multitude from Bethany accompanied JESUS on His+ way in to
Jerusalem. They were met by a multitude coming UP FROM Jerusalem, to greet the
SON+ of DAVID.
3. Monday ~ The Second Cleansing
of the Temple -- The merchants and money-changers were waxing profitably due to
the influx of Passover Pilgrims coming into Jerusalem at this time.
.
Josephus estimated the in-coming crowd to be around 2.7 million VISITORS in Jerusalem during Passover time. The census was ordered by Rome, to be taken by the Temple priests, according to Josephus.
.
According to Matthew 21, though, the 2nd Cleansing of the Temple was after His+ Triumphant ride into Jerusalem ... not the day afterwards. The Church proper usually keeps the two events separated.
.
Josephus estimated the in-coming crowd to be around 2.7 million VISITORS in Jerusalem during Passover time. The census was ordered by Rome, to be taken by the Temple priests, according to Josephus.
.
According to Matthew 21, though, the 2nd Cleansing of the Temple was after His+ Triumphant ride into Jerusalem ... not the day afterwards. The Church proper usually keeps the two events separated.
4. Tuesday -- The Last Supper,
the betrayal, and the drops of blood sweat in the Garden of Gesthemane,
followed by the illegal night "trial" of The LORD.
5. Wednesday --- The Scourging, the parade of the Cross-carrying
through Jerusalem to Golgotha, the dreadful crucifixion at the 3rd Hour ( 9 a.m.), the time of the morning
sacrifice in the Temple.
The darkened sky from noon, the 6th
Hour, until the 9th Hour ( 3 p.m.) when it was FINISHED and HE+ committed His+
spirit into the hands of The FATHER... at the time of the Evening Sacrifice in
the Temple ... at which time the veil of the Temple was torn from TOP to the
bottom.
Joseph of Arimathea laid His+ Body
in the new Tomb.
First NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
6. Thursday --- High Holy Day. The
HIGH Sabbath.
First DAY in the heart of the earth.
Second NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
7. Friday --- Day of Preparation
for the regular Sabbath Day. The women went to buy spices to anoint His+ Body.
Second full DAY in the Heart of the earth.
Third full NIGHT in the Heart of the earth.
The "3 nights" in the
heart of the earth were completed.
8. Saturday --- Regular Sabbath
Day. The women rested.
The third full DAY in the heart of the earth
was
completed at 3 p.m. Saturday,
at the same hour
that HE+ died on the Cross
on Wednesday.
Having spent 3 full days and 3
full nights in the heart of the earth, as HE+ told us in Scriptures that HE+
would do, from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 3
p.m. Saturday, His+ Resurrection had to occur at 3 p.m. Saturday.
However --- the FIRST WITNESSES,
the women, did not SEE HIM+ until very early, before dawn, on The LORD'S day (
i.e., Sunday). That is when HE+ was revealed to them.
+ + +
Having said all this, we
remember that the Christian church services are commemorative, that is, we join
together to REMEMBER these events.
Thus, we join with other
Christians on Good Friday to commemorate His+ death and on Sunday to
celebrate the REMEMBRANCE of His+ Glorious Resurrection.
Although there is no need to
negate the truth of the timeline, there is also no need to cause more division
in the Christian camp.
+ + +
Isaiah 53
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?.
2 For
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a
dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
3/20/2016
His+ First TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE into Jerusalem ... But NOT His+ LAST !
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| SEE: Time-Line for the HOLY WEEK , Passover, PASCHA, Passion of CHRIST below the post. |
The TRIUMPHAL ENTRY of CHRIST
The crowd went wild for they had seen the dead arise before
their eyes, summoned by a Voice+ it knew.
The Grave obeyed THAT Voice+ , too, of HIM+ Who+ carries keys of
Hades' grave which none stop still when HE+ arises in great TRIUMPH to do His+
FATHER'S Will.
Roaring sounds on hills abound. Shouting Pilgrims rushing,
greeting this King+ Who+ raised their dead instead of stealing health and
wealth like earth-bound rulers wrestle life from grapes and grain and subjects,
freely.
Demanding naught, HE+ wept and taught the hurting to embrace the
Life HE+ gave to spare their souls of death's lying. Behold, HE+ said, I have
the keys to Hell's iron gate; death's own sting is waning, dying.
Facing combat at the Cross, enshrouded firm in FATHER'S Will,
HE+ settled the score but took the loss; Divine Blood dropping before scourge
or nail embedded HIM+ in Battle.
HOSANNA!
SAVE NOW
!
Joyous, dancing, waving Crowds proclaimed with glee; the SON of
David riding slowly on the un-ridden colt towards death to open Hades' gate,
never done before or after-- so HE+ received these momentary lauds with tears
... instead of laughter.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem ... HE+ faced your gates with wrenching
tears , seeing sorrow marking time to devour
the sons of Jerusalem who willed to kill the Prophets and now turning
from His+ Coming.
Rejoice, rejoice O Bethany ! On this day, GOD came to Thee! They
received their dead alive because HE+ came to revive His+ friend in time to see
His+ own demise and RESURRECTION Power !
AGAIN and again and again and again...
+ + +
The TIMELINE of Holy Week
REMEMBER: All events were
intricately tied to the Jewish Passover Holy Days, as JESUS CHRIST was the UN-blemished Passover LAMB+,
the LAMB+ of GOD.
1. Lazarus Saturday ~ The Raising of Lazarus of Bethany who had been dead 4 days, from the tomb.
2.The LORD'S Day ( i.e., Sunday )
~ His+ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ~ Following a great feast hosted by the
family of Lazarus, a multitude from Bethany accompanied JESUS on His+ way in to
Jerusalem. They were met by a multitude coming UP FROM Jerusalem, to greet the
SON+ of DAVID.
HE+ was going into Jerusalem to CLEANSE the TEMPLE.
HE+ was going into Jerusalem to CLEANSE the TEMPLE.
3. Monday ~ The Second Cleansing
of the Temple -- The merchants and money-changers were waxing profitably due to
the influx of Passover Pilgrims coming into Jerusalem at this time. THIS OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY... but the church proper generally separates the two events.
4. Tuesday -- The Last Supper,
the betrayal, and the drops of blood sweat in the Garden of Gesthemane,
followed by the illegal night "trial" of The LORD.
5. Wednesday --- The Scourging,
the parade of the Cross-carrying
through Jerusalem to Golgotha, the dreadful crucifixion at the 3rd Hour ( 9 a.m.), the time of the morning
sacrifice in the Temple.
The darkened sky from noon, the 6th
Hour, until the 9th Hour ( 3 p.m.) when it was FINISHED and HE+ committed His+
spirit into the hands of The FATHER... at the time of the Evening Sacrifice in
the Temple ... at which time the veil of the Temple was torn from TOP to the
bottom.
Joseph of Arimathea laid His+ Body
in the new Tomb.
First NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
6. Thursday --- High Holy Day. The
HIGH Sabbath.
First DAY in the heart of the earth.
Second NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
7. Friday --- Day of Preparation
for the regular Sabbath Day. The women went to buy spices to anoint His+ Body.
Second full DAY in the Heart of the earth.
Third full NIGHT in the Heart of the earth.
The "3 nights" in the
heart of the earth were completed.
8. Saturday --- Regular Sabbath
Day. The women rested.
The third full DAY in the heart of the earth
was
completed at 3 p.m. Saturday,
at the same hour
that HE+ died on the Cross
on Wednesday.
Having spent 3 full days and 3
full nights in the heart of the earth, as HE+ told us in Scriptures that HE+
would do, from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 3
p.m. Saturday, His+ Resurrection had to occur at 3 p.m. Saturday.
However --- the FIRST WITNESSES,
the women, did not SEE HIM+ until very early, before dawn, on The LORD'S day (
i.e., Sunday). That is when HE+ was revealed to them.
+ + +
Having said all this, we
remember that the Christian church services are commemorative, that is, we join
together to REMEMBER these events.
Thus, we join with other
Christians on Good Friday to commemorate His+ death and on Sunday to
celebrate the REMEMBRANCE of His+ Glorious Resurrection.
Although there is no need to
negate the truth of the timeline, there is also no need to cause more division
in the Christian camp.
3/19/2016
LAZARUS SATURDAY --- Rejoice, O Bethany --- Passover Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart
LAZARUS !
COME FORTH !
JESUS said, in a loud Voice.
He DID !
"Loose him and let him go, " JESUS said.
COME FORTH !
JESUS said, in a loud Voice.
He DID !
"Loose him and let him go, " JESUS said.
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