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| Because JESUS is there... |
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+
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, verse 3
Blessed (worthy,
praised) The GOD and FATHER of
our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ONE (
that is, GOD The FATHER**)
blessing us in all spiritual blessing in the Heavenlies in CHRIST.
** In the Greek grammar, the ONE doing
the blessing is in the nominative case, the subject case. The subject of the sentence is "The GOD
and FATHER." Our LORD JESUS CHRIST
, in this sentence, is in a different case, the genitive case which shows
possession, frequently indicated in English by using "of..." .
In the Heavenlies, we have A FATHER WHO has given to us spiritual
blessing, a "benediction," a "good word."
What exactly IS this
"spiritual blessing" in the Heavenlies ?
This blessing is favor with GOD the FATHER, which
exists now, in the Heavenlies.
There is only one way to procure
this "good word" with GOD, this benediction, this blessing, from The FATHER in the
Heavenlies: That Way is through HIS Beloved SON+ JESUS
CHRIST.
Now, it is true that GOD the FATHER loves
mankind.
It is also true that sin-filled
mankind with his Adamic nature cannot enter Heaven. Adamic Man, unchanged, is
barred from Eternal life and is condemned to eternal death and suffering.
Thus, in GOD'S love for fallen and
wretched man, The FATHER determined to procure a people through HIS Eternal SON+ .
The SON+ took on
the limitations of human flesh and became in the likeness of men.
And, being found in fashion as a
man, HE+ humbled HIMSELF+ and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
Cross.
His+ death provided the sacrifice
to cover our sins, the Divine Plan of The HOLY
FATHER and HIS SON+, JESUS
CHRIST.
That death on the Cross gained
for us a spiritual entrance even now into Heaven, for all who follow CHRIST
JESUS, in love and in obedience.
Therefore, in the Heavenlies,
we
now have a Divine EAR
bending towards us.
We have, through Y’SHU+ our LORD, the undivided attention of Our Heavenly FATHER when we cry out to HIM.
Because JESUS is there, we have been admitted into the Courts of the Heavenly KING, to put our petitions before HIM... and now we know they will be received.
All this we gain in the
Heavenlies through CHRIST JESUS. Because
of His+ great sacrifice, we are included in His+ train of attendants.
We are received, our words are listened to, and our
petitions granted as is best for us. We are granted a welcome in Heaven even
now.
And, a
Home.
Let us pray:
I thank THEE+, O CHRIST, for
including me in Thy+ Heavenly Home.
I bless THEE+, O LORD, for
hearing the words of my heart, like no-one else hears them.
For Thy+ undivided attention
given to me without measure, I thank THEE+.
May I return Thy+ favor by giving THEE+ my undivided attention,
likewise.
May I return Thy+ blessing by hearing the words of Thy+ heart,
likewise, as recorded in Scripture.
And, may I make my heart a
Home for THEE+, O LORD JESUS, for all Eternity.
This I pray, in the Holy NAME
of JESUS CHRIST, the LAMB+ of GOD, Whose+
sacrifice makes this possible. 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
