4/24/2017
4/21/2017
40 DAYS and 40 NIGHTS ... The RESURRECTION SEASON !
DAY 6
of the Resurrection Season
of the Christian Calendar
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that JESUS began both to do and teach, Until
the day in which HE+ was taken up, after that HE+ through the HOLY SPIRIT
had given commandments unto the apostles whom HE+ had chosen:
To
whom also HE+ shewed Himself+ alive
after His+ Passion by many infallible
proofs,
being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things
pertaining
to the Kingdom of GOD:
Acts 1: 1-3
+ + +
Forty days and nights --- unlike ANY other 40 days and nights ever had been or ever will be on planet earth --- were 40 VERY ACTIVE days and nights.
Disciples were moved from a despair they could hardly live with to a JOY that they could hardly contain in their natural bodies.
In fact, the brothers walking to Emmaus were SO ENLIVENED by contact with the Resurrected, Living LORD , that they turned around and walked BACK TO JERUSALEM that very same night ... a matter of nearly 7 miles ! --- just to share the fact :
JESUS IS RISEN !
What did The Risen LORD talk to them about during that 7 mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus ?
Then HE+ said unto them,
O fools,
and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken:
Ought not CHRIST
to have suffered these things,
and to enter into His+ Glory?
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets,
HE+ expounded unto them
in all the Scriptures
the things concerning HIMSELF+.
Luke 24: 25- 27
+ + +
Earlier, verse 16 tells us that their eyes were holden, that they might not know Who+ HE+ was, as they expounded to HIM+ their puzzlement over His+ death.
From the very words of these brothers, they had TRUSTED in CHRIST, so they were quite confounded at the works of GOD.
Apparently, they did NOT trust the witness of the women of their company who found His+ Tomb empty ... and had talked with an Angel !
HOW OFTEN HAVE WE OURSELVES
REJECTED THE WITNESS
OF THE LIVING CHRIST ?
Why do we make The LORD "prove" HIMSELF+ to us, over and over again?
Yes, we "agree" in our minds... but do we ALWAYS AFFIRM in our hearts the Truth, when we are faced with great and serious difficulties ?
The LORD, The LIVING LORD, The RESURRECTED JESUS, up-braided the brothers ... and it was NOT GENTLE.
"O, fools ... "
The LORD called these brothers !
and slow of heart to believe
ALL
that the prophets have spoken:
The LORD JESUS+ revealed HIMSELF+ to them only in the breaking of the Bread, His+ Body, because their minds were fixed on "what they knew" or thought they knew.
Unbelief is like that.
The LORD had to share with them the Crucified CHRIST, alas, before their eyes were opened to the Resurrected, Living CHRIST !
The breaking of the Bread, HIS+ Body, was required to move them from unbelief to FAITH ... that living trust in CHRIST to be exactly WHAT HE+ said HE+ is !
IS CHRIST REQUIRED
to do that for us too ?
Must HE+ prove Himself+ over and over again to us before we move from unbelief to faith in HIM+, faith in His+ Victory over death, hell, and the grave ?
Do we continue to live in despair in secret, tormenting areas of our lives ?
Must HE+ upbraid us, also ?
+ + +
Dear Heavenly FATHER,
O, THOU WHO hast given us Thy SON+ and made us meet to be partakers with HIM+ in glory, I stand ashamed before THEE for my unbelief.
I repent and forsake my clinging on to unbelief even when I know The LORD JESUS is ALIVE and LIVES ever to make intercession for us.
Turn my vision from myself and onto the Victory in CHRIST.
Turn my vision from the affairs of this world and onto the Coming Return of CHRIST, when HE+ makes all things new and puts to flight the workers of evil, high and low.
Grant me that Living victory, entrusting my care and keeping unto HIM+ Who+ lived and died, and "Behold," HE+ said, " I+ AM ALIVE FOR EVERMORE! "
In the Mighty and LIVING Name of our Resurrected LORD JESUS CHRIST, I lift these prayers to THEE, O FATHER.
+ + +
Glory be to GOD ON HIGH !
HalleluJAH ! CHRIST IS RISEN !
HE+ is risen INDEED !
+ + +
4/15/2017
HE+ LIVES! Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The HOPE of The Human Race
Jesus is ALIVE !
Life will never be the same.
Life is not about making money, buying endless things, being popular and well thought-of.
Life is about an ETERNITY with The ONE+
Who created you and all that exists.
HE+ came to us from another realm, another dimension, the heavenly-celestial dimension.
HE+ came to HIS+ own but they would not receive HIM+. Many who say they are HIS+ still do not receive HIM+.
But HE+ is ALIVE!
The Disciples saw HIM+ die a hard and painful death, complete with reviling and mocking. They heard HIS+ Words from the Cross. They watched the Roman soldier shove a razor sharp Roman lance into HIS+ heart to make certain HE+ was dead.
Joseph and Nicodemus lovingly removed HIS+ battered body from the Cross, wrapped it, and placed it in Joseph’s tomb.
The religious leaders besought Pilate for a Roman guard detail to be placed to guard the tomb. Pilate gave them a watch, a squad of soldiers numbering 4 soldiers, which was changed every 4 hours, a total of 16. The penalty in the Roman army for allowing your “Prisoner” to escape was death.
When JESUS came out of the Tomb these hardened Roman soldiers passed out and became as dead men. Angels rolled the stone away. Their appearance was like lightning.
The SON+ of GOD is Alive and at The Right Hand of The Eternal GOD HIS+ Father, and will soon come again as HE+ promised. A Day of rejoicing for HIS+ Children, a day of terror for HIS+ enemies.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
HE+ is Alive.
Nothing will ever be the same again.
CHRIST IS RISEN!
HE+ IS RISEN INDEED! Hallelujah!!
Come LORD JESUS!
4/14/2017
They Have Stripped ME+ of My+ Garments
This is a 3-minute chant from the English Orthodox Byzantine Church, traditionally done on Holy Thursday before the Crucifixion of CHRIST JESUS.
( It has a surprise ending; be sure to listen to the last stanza. )
While we can only count "3 nights and 3 days" from a Wednesday Crucifixion, with two Sabbaths in that Passover week, we join with other Christians in the Commemoration of The LORD'S Crucifixion on the western Christian world's "Good Friday" ... since the commemoration itself is not a matter of Salvation.
They Have Stripped ME+
of My+ Garments
English Orthodox Byzantine Chant
They Have Stripped ME+
of My+ Garments ...
for the LAST TIME !
+ + +
MARANATHA!
Come, LORD JESUS !
* We have portrayed in this video Christian ART; we do not worship images nor icons. / Sr. Judith Hannah + + +
4/12/2017
" GOOD " WEDNESDAY
HOLY
WEEK
in
commemoration of
The
Great --- and Final --- Passover
.
CHRIST our Passover+
is sacrificed for us;
therefore, let us keep the feast.
not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven
of malice and wickedness;
but with the unleavened bread
of purity (Gk) and truth.
1
Corinthians 5:7,8
.
.
The Crucifixion
... on "Good" Wednesday
.
The LORD JESUS had sanctified the
Bread and the Cup as His+ Body and Blood for the disciples.
.
HE+ had taken the Cup --- perhaps,
His+ own Cup --- and passed it around at the Table, telling His+ disciples to
divide it among themselves.
.
His+ prayers in the Garden of
Gethsemane along with His+ first drops of blood, shed in agony, were finished.
.
The mockery of a trial by the
unrighteous authorities, both civilian and religious, had been endured, along
with the bruising dealt HIM+ by the goyim, the unclean.
.
Some more of His+ Blood was shed.
.
The crown
of thorns pierced His+ brow.
.
More
shedding of that Precious Blood.
.
Then the scourging, with leather
whips embedded with metal and sharp objects, was administered by the men of
war. At this point His+ Blood was flowing . The skin on His+ backside was in tatters.
Very likely His+ arms and legs felt the lash as well; the Romans were not known
to be gentle.
.
And HE+ had not come to the Cross yet.
.
Crucifixion would have taken place
( on our Wednesday ) at the hour of the morning
sacrifice in the Temple, the 3rd hour ... our 9 a.m.
.
As the LAMB+ of GOD, the LORD JESUS CHRIST fulfilled the entire pattern presented to Israel in the Temple
sacrifices, for they were precisely ordained of old for this reason exactly.
.
This Carpenter, this LAMB+ of GOD,
had likely carried many a beam of wood hewn from the forest. Likely HE+ had
walked many a mile in His+ 3.5 years of ministry. HE+ was hardy.
.
After His+ Agony, His+ bruisings,
His+ scourging, The LAMB+ was so depleted of blood, of His+ natural strength,
that HE+ could not carry the beam of His+ Cross and walk a mile. It would seem HE+ had super-natural strength,
though, or else medical shock would have set it.
.
Thus, they crucified the SON+ of
GOD. All the unclean... the unclean goyim...
the unclean religious leaders ... the unclean public who cried with insatiable
lust for blood:
.
" Crucify HIM+ ! "
" Crucify HIM+ ! "
.
HE+ Who+
showed mercy, had none given to HIM+.
.
.
Thus, at 9 a.m., mid-week, the day
before a High Holy Sabbath, they crucified our LORD JESUS CHRIST at the time of
the morning sacrifice in the Temple.
.
His+ words
recorded were:
.
" FATHER,
forgive them,
for they know not
what they do."
..
Do we
suppose The FATHER answered this prayer ?
.
At noon, the 6th hour, the world
went dark. It was a darkness which could be felt and NO... it was NOT an
eclipse. None had been recorded by the astronomers. Only darkness was recorded
as HE+ endured the agonies of the Cross.
.
The world is going to go dark
again soon as we prepare for His+ return to planet earth and this time, with a DIVINE
ROD of IRON.
.
The Agony of the Cross
.
Let's look at some of it. It is
written that every muscle in the body of a crucified victim locks into a muscle
spasm. We call them "a charlie horse."
.
Normally, it is only one
painful muscle which tightens and locks. Normally, it is over in minutes. HIS+
lasted hours, and there was no pulling out of them. It affected His+ entire
body.
.
Then, at the 9th hour ... 3 p.m.
our time ... HE+ said,
.
" It is finished, FATHER;
into Thy Hands
I+ commend My+ Spirit."
.
As HE+ gave the sop to Judas at
the Table, the LORD JESUS gave permission to be crucified to the Unclean.
HE+ set in motion the final act to do His+ Heavenly FATHER'S will, a plan that
was agreed upon before the foundation of the earth, Revelation 13:8.
.
HE+ did the Will of The FATHER
to bring many sons to HIM.
.
As it is written:
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
.
As it is written:
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
.
The count-down of three days and
three nights HE+ would spend in the heart of the earth began.
.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
.
Night one
in the heart
of the earth.
+ + +
.
Worthy is the LAMB+
that was slain
from the foundation
of the world.
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