Meditations for
Pascha
(The
Passover Season, 2016)
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Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart
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.
John12:27-28
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Meditation Verse
Ephesians 1:4
According
as HE ( The FATHER) hath chosen us in HIM+ ( The
SON+) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before HIM ( The FATHER ) in
love:
To grasp
the Spiritual message ... in verse 4, we must read
carefully in context to whom the pronouns are referring. Verse 3, before verse
4, and verse 5 following it, help determine the reading.
HE, The
FATHER, the ONE blessing us in the Heavenlies in CHRIST, (from
verse 3 ) , is still the subject of this passage in Ephesians.
Likewise,
as "... in CHRIST" is
the ending phrase in verse 3, the
thought is continued over into verse 4, " ...
in HIM+, " meaning, in CHRIST JESUS.
Upon a
continued reading into verse 5, we can see that the last "HIM"
in verse 4 must refer back to The FATHER again.
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According
as HE ( The FATHER) hath chosen us in HIM+ ( The SON+)
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before HIM ( The FATHER ) in
love:
We were
not born before the foundation of the kosmos, the world.
No-one was.
No son of
the Adamic race was born before the foundation of the kosmos.
So, how could The FATHER choose us in The SON+ before
we even existed ? Before there were any "Adams" within this kosmos ?
[ Early writings call human beings "Adams." ]
According as HE (
The FATHER)
hath chosen us
in HIM+ ( The SON+)
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
and without blame
before HIM (
The FATHER )
in love:
We become part of
that chosen "us" when we
respond to JESUS.
BUT BEWARE: We are not
part of that chosen "us", however, if we refuse HIM+.
The
FATHER determined to have a People from earth for Possession. In the pre-planned destiny for mankind, these
Peculiar People would be acceptable unto The
FATHER through The SON+.
We become part of those
Peculiar People when we respond to JESUS. We are
not part of the Peculiar People of GOD, however, if we fail to respond to HIM+… in
spirit and in truth.
In short, before Adam was
created... indeed, before this world as we know it was created... GOD The FATHER determined to bring human
beings into communion with HIMSELF through JESUS
CHRIST, HIS Beloved SON+.
We come into Communion
with GOD when we choose to follow JESUS. We are
not part of that Communion, however, if we deny HIM+.
Furthermore, because these
Peculiar People would come to HIM through HIS SON+ , they
also would become holy and unblemished... just like HIS SON+.
Just like
HIS Beloved SON+, these
Peculiar People would stand before Our
FATHER in love.
That love
is agapA love, the love pouring upon them from The FATHER... with their hearts responding,
pouring forth their love upon Our Heavenly FATHER, in return.
Let
us Pray:
O,
Dear Heavenly FATHER Who loveth mankind, I thank THEE for planning a Way+ for
me to come to THEE, in Spirit and in Truth...
before I even existed apart from THEE.
I
know my life came from THEE ; in love THOU didst plant me in my mother's womb
and called me by my name before I was born.
Regardless
of who my parents are and regardless of how I was conceived... THOU authored my
existence. THOU didst grant me my life upon earth.
I am
THINE, O HOLY FATHER. THOU didst intend
to plant me in CHRIST JESUS before the world began … if I would
embrace Him+.
Renouncing
and forsaking the pull of this world, I return to THEE what is THINE own.
Yes,
I give THEE back my life, hidden in CHRIST JESUS, my LORD
and SAVIOR+. Use it for Thy purpose.
For...
I love THEE, O HOLY FATHER, my true FATHER.
This
life loaned to me, I see, rightly belongs to THEE.
In
the name of Thy+ Beloved SON+, our
True Womb+, I pray these my imperfect prayers. Amen.
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Glory be to The FATHER,
and to His Beloved SON+
JESUS CHRIST,
and to the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.
ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and HOLY SPIRIT,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen.
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Worthy is the LAMB+.
Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.
Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8
