Law INCARNATE+.... Passover Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart ... Ephesians 1:9 ... The LAW INCARNATE+

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: 9

Having made known unto us the mystery of HIS Will, according to HIS good pleasure which HE hath purposed in HIMSELF:

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Meditation

Our Heavenly FATHER'S plan brings HIM pleasure. HIS plan is this:  HE ordained  one MEDIATOR+ between GOD and men, the MAN CHRIST JESUS.

No person nor organization is authorized to change that.

Galatians 3:19-27

Wherefore then serveth the Law?

It was added because of

transgressions,

till the SEED+ should come

to Whom+ the promise was made;

and it was ordained

by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Now a mediator is not a

 mediator of one, but GOD is ONE.

Is the Law then

against the promises of GOD?

GOD forbid:

for if there had been a Law given

which could have given LIFE,

verily righteousness

should have been by the Law.

But the Scripture

hath concluded all under sin,

that the promise by

faith of JESUS CHRIST

might be given to them that believe.

But before faith came,

we were kept under the Law,

shut up unto the faith

which should afterwards

be revealed.

Wherefore

the Law was our schoolmaster

to bring us unto CHRIST,

that we might be justified

by faith.

But after that faith is come,

we are no longer

under a schoolmaster.

For ye are all the children of GOD

by faith in CHRIST JESUS.

For as many of you

as have been

BAPTIZED into CHRIST

have put on CHRIST.

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That ONE MEDIATOR+

became

the Law INCARNATE+. 

The Law INCARNATE+ fulfilled the Law of GOD, and thus, mediated peace between The HOLY GOD and unrighteous man... for whosoever comes to HIM through JESUS the CHRIST. 

The good and right LAW, the TORAH,  is kept if we are IN our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HE+ became the MEDIATOR+ between the FATHER of ALL Holiness and  all un-holy mankind who could never, ever "keep" all the Law to perfection... yet, the Law was good and had to be kept.

THIS IS THE MYSTERY, then , made known unto us of HIS Will: JESUS became the Law INCARNATE+ ...for us.

HE+ pleased The FATHER !

Do we ? 

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Let us Pray:

Our Dear Heavenly FATHER, in Thy tender mercy to mankind, THOU hast provided us a way to keep TORAH: by obedience to THY Beloved SON+ JESUS CHRIST unto WHOM+ all judgment has been given.

Our LORD JESUS says that the Words which HE+ has spoken will judge us in the last day.

We have not done all that is required of us.

We have not turned the other cheek very often ... or very well.

O, forgive us ! We bristle and fight for our "rights," inwardly if not outwardly.  We have nothing good to say about anyone who, purposely or inadvertently, tramples our "rights."

Help our failings.  We cannot remember when we went the 2nd mile for persons who displeased us, doing this graciously as though we were doing it for THEE+, LORD CHRIST… so they could see THEE+ .

We are lacking in submission to Thy Word, both to the FIRST Covenant and to the NEW COVENANT. 

We owe men a lot of our earnings ... although THOU has plainly warned us in Thy Word that the borrower is servant to the lender.  THOU also instructed us to "owe man nothing but to love him."

And we have done the opposite!

We have not loved as THOU+ did; we owe a lot of money, too: house notes car notes, loans from institutions, loans from family members, etc.

Forgive us for setting aside Thy Words and going about to achieve our desires our way, instead of waiting on THEE+. 

We see that the LORD's day once a week is to be given over to a time of refreshing with THEE+.  However, we have made it a PLAY DAY, a day to socialize and relax with our friends instead of with THEE+.

Rest with THEE+, O LORD?

No, we are busier than ever with temporal things on The LORD'S day. No quietness there!

We think attending church is our "work" for THEE+; nothing could be farther from the Truth.  We attend church for  ourselves . 

LORD JESUS, THOU+ art the LAW INCARNATE+, but our obedience to THEE+ is lacking.

Help us  to take Thy+ Words seriously.

That way, we will not live like the world. We will avoid the world's values.

Help us to apply Thy+ Words instead of adjust them to suit us.

We are lacking in this submission; help us, O CHRIST, to amend our ways before THOU+ call us to give an account of what we have done with Thy+ Words.

In the merits of THY+ Name, O HOLY CHRIST, I pray these my imperfect prayers. 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

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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING

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.

No "TRIX" in THIS MEDIATOR+ ... Passover Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart --- Ephesians 1:9 ... A MYSTERIOUS PLAN

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 1:9

Having made known unto us the mystery of HIS Will, according to HIS good pleasure which HE hath purposed in HIMSELF:**

** We are still in that one long sentence extending from verse 3 to verse 12. Thus, the subject of this sentence, the ONE doing all this is still The FATHER.

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Meditation

What was the mystery of HIS Will ?

HIS Will is to have fellowship with man.  That is no mystery. It is how it all started out in the Garden in Genesis.

Our FATHER Who art in Heaven is holy.  That is no mystery, either. Hallowed be HIS Name.

We sons of Adam are unholy.

And that certainly holds no mystery!

So, what is the mystery of HIS Will ?

The mystery was how to reconcile unholy man to our HOLY FATHER Who art in Heaven. 

Anything un-holy disintegrates when it comes in contact with the VIBRANT Holiness of GOD, as we have seen in Old Testament examples like David retrieving the Ark.

Our FATHER'S Holiness never is compromised.

NEVER.

HE gave Moses a Law and that Law had to be kept... perfectly.

There was a problem: Adamic man cannot keep 613 Laws perfectly, even if he could remember them all. 

So, the problem was resolved 

via a 

MEDIATOR+.

The Divine MEDIATOR+ had to be able to reconcile two opposites into one, in unity of heart, mind, and being.

As all mediators of peace do, this Divine MEDIATOR+ offered to both sides an offering neither could resist.

To His+ Holy FATHER, HE+ offered His+ Blood. It was accepted.

To the repentant sons of Adam, HE+ offered pardon and cleansing by that same Blood+.

The FATHER now could receive any person COVERED by HIS SON'S+ Blood... which is the true Hebrew meaning of Atonement... a KIPPUR… a divine covering.  

CHRIST,

The Perfect MEDIATOR+ !

HEBREWS 9 : 14-15

How much more

shall the Blood of CHRIST,

Who+ through the Eternal SPIRIT

offered himself

without spot to GOD,

purge your conscience

from dead works to serve the Living GOD?

And for this cause

HE+ is the MEDIATOR+

of the New COVENANT,

that by means of death,

for the redemption

[ i.e., loosening away]

of the transgressions that were

under the First COVENANT,

they which are called

might receive the

promise of Eternal Inheritance.

No Compromise with Holiness, ever.

For there is one GOD, and

one MEDIATOR+

between GOD and men,

the man CHRIST JESUS;

I Timothy 2:5

JESUS CHRIST is the ONE
MEDIATOR+ .

There is NO OTHER, 
according to Scriptures.    

Isaiah 43:11

I,

even I,

am the LORD;

and beside ME+,

there is no SAVIOR.

Is  this a  MYSTERY ?   It should not be.

It should not be a mystery to the Jews who read the prophets.  It should not be a mystery to those who indulge in mariolatry, either.  It is plainly written in the Sacred Texts for all to see.

We do NOT come to The Heavenly FATHER through the Hebrew virgin's image of Maryam ( Aramaic spelling) ... or even the thought of her.  She was of our same Adamic nature just like the rest of mankind.

Scripture says she was blessed, not "immaculate."  Scripture says plainly that she had children by Joseph, her guardian-husband, after the Virgin Birth of CHRIST JESUS. 

Our LORD JESUS Himself+ refuted worship of Maryam in Luke 11. Hear the words of our LORD CHRIST:

And it came to pass,

as HE+ spake these things,

a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice,

and said unto HIM+,

Blessed is the womb that bare thee,

and the paps which thou hast sucked.

But HE+ said,

Yea rather,

[ Gk: on the contrary ]

blessed are they

that hear

[ Gk: hearing ]

the Word of GOD,

and keep it

[ Gk: guarding ]

Luke 11:27-28

Hear what the Word of the LORD says to Jeremiah, the Prophet in chapter 7: 16-19 :

Therefore pray not thou for this people, 

neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, 

neither make intercession to ME:

FOR I WILL NOT HEAR THEE.

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem?

The children gather wood,

and the fathers kindle the fire,

and the women knead their dough,

to make cakes

TO THE QUEEN of HEAVEN

 and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods,

that they may provoke me to anger.

Do they provoke me to anger?

saith the LORD:

do they not provoke themselves

to the confusion of their own faces?

NO. There is NO HELP from any "Queen of Heaven," virgin or not.   There is simply NO "mediatrix"  found in Scripture, neither in the Old Covenant or the New.

THUS...

"she"  should not be found

in our hearts... 

or in our churches, 

either.   

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Let us pray:

O Holy FATHER, THOU Who lovest mankind and created us to be in constant communion with THEE, have mercy upon us.

We have strayed from Thy Way like lost sheep. We have been content to be far from THEE through our day.

We have missed the mark of the high calling in CHRIST JESUS.

Forgive us, LORD, for turning our ears away from Thy Word and doing the bidding of our own flesh...  which WANTS to agree with the doctrines of men.

Help us to return to a Way of Holiness, a path of Holy Living which putteth THEE first.

We RENOUNCE and forsake all the false "go-betweens" and come to the ONE TRUE MEDIATOR+, CHRIST JESUS.  

O, Cover us now with His+ Blood, the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant from  the Divine MEDIATOR+, The LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Help us so to walk before THEE in SPIRIT and in TRUTH that our LORD JESUS is seen as the ONLY MEDIATOR+ to be hailed.

HE+, Scripture tells us, is the only ONE+ full of Grace  ... and Truth.  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

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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING

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.

Worthy is the LAMB+.