The open firmament...

Peace unto you.

Genesis 1:1-5 KJV
(1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Although God created the heaven and the earth….men BECAME vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened. They are without excuse as the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead.

They glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

The earth indeed BECAME without form (without righteousness) and void (without understanding) as men became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened. None is righteous. None have understanding as ALL have turned away.

(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The earth BECAME without righteousness and void of knowledge as there is none righteous. There is none that understands as all have gone out of the Way and are all together BECOME unprofitable.

Romans 3:9-12 KJV
(9) What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
(10) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
(11) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
(12) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

I beheld the earth and lo it was without form…..for His people have no knowledge to do good but are wise to do evil . The earth is void of understanding…..as His people have no understanding.

Jeremiah 4:22-23 KJV
(22) For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
(23) I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

All are corrupt. There is none that does good…without form.

Psalms 14:1-4 KJV
(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
(2) The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
(3) They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
(4) Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

But the merciful Lord in His kindness and love for man appears. He sends His servants (men of God) to speak to His people as they are moved by the Spirit….the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

They speak the Word of God (And God said…) in the Spirit of Truth with all sincerity. They do not come to make a gain of their listeners as they freely give as they have freely received….unlike so MANY today who come preaching themselves as they are being served by those they preach to rather than serve in the Word.

We are to take heed on what we hear as the light shines in a dark place…in our hearts. If we have the Light shining within our hearts, let us respond as children of the light with light (there was light). We are to hear the Word and see the Light shining within our hearts and become children of the Light.

Genesis 1:
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
(4) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
(5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1 is a parable of the REGENERATION of man whose heart has become darkened...

Titus 3:4-7 KJV
(4) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
(5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
(6) Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
(7) That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

We hear His voice and the “evening and morning” is within our hearts….as the light shines in a dark place until the day dawn and the morning star arises.

2 Peter 1:16-21 KJV
(16) For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
(17) For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
(18) And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
(19) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
(20) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters as men of God speak as they are moved by the Holy Spirit

(21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The path of the just is as the shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day…

Proverbs 4:18 KJV
(18) But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 30:25-26 KJV
(25) And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
(26) Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

To be continued

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools….

as men exchange the glory of the uncorruptible God for an image made like corruptible man….that is, MONEY which has the image of man upon it. They preach for money.

The outside world is supposed to be glorifying the name of God through us…but men preach for money’s sake and the outside world blasphemes His holy name. They see this money collecting…the stealing… going inside the churches of carnal men and speak evil.

Romans 1:21-23 KJV
(21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

The “MONEY CHANGERS” exchange the glory that is due God from ALL nations for money which has the image of corruptible man on it.

His house should be called the “house of prayer” by ALL NATIONS ….but instead all of the nations of the world see it as a “den of thieves” as men preach the Word of God deceitfully for unjust gain’s sake. The nations blaspheme His holy name and the gospel’s because of the retailing of the Word of God that they see going on inside the churches of men.

Mark 11:15-18 KJV
(15) And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
(16) And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

Again, the moneychangers are exchanging the glorifying of God that is due Him from all nations of this world for money.

(17) And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(18) And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

The nations (Gentiles) blaspheme the name of God because of what they see going on inside the churches….the “stealing” going on.

Romans 2:21-24 KJV
(21) Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

We say we abhor idols….but do we rob temples (“commit sacrilege”)? Idolatry = covetousness. The name of God is blasphemed among the nations THROUGH us.

(22) Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
(23) Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
(24) For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

The “birds”…the doves…that they are selling are the “peace, peace” message that they are selling to their congregations who put food in their mouths. But there is no peace in their midst.

The “four-footed” beasts are the sheep that are being made merchandise of as men preach to with feigned words through their covetousness.

2 Peter 2:3 KJV
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

MANY do these things for the earthly things that they are minding: what to eat, what to drink, what to wear. They crawl upon the “belly” after the base things….the earthly things…as they preach in their covetousness with feigned words. Their god is their belly and their glory is in their shame.

Philippians 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

We must not keep company with those who are called “brothers” but are covetous. With such a one we are not to eat.

1 Corinthians 5:9-13 KJV
(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
(10) Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
(11) But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
(12) For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
(13) But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

They go upon the “belly” that they serving as they preach to us with good words and fair speeches in order to deceive the hearts of the simple. They preach in order to get their earthly needs met.

Romans 16:17-18 KJV
(17) Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
(18) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

We must not eat with them or we make ourselves unclean with them and are defiled. They defile our flesh.

Leviticus 11:41-44 KJV
(41) And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
(42) Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
(43) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

We must come out from among them and be separate.

(44) For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

We defile ourselves when we sit together with them…dishonoring our own mortal bodies with them.

Romans 1:22-24 KJV
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
(24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

We must not join along with them….or we become ONE FLESH with them. We perish along with them in their judgment and destruction. The life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the mortal flesh of any “church” of man. We commit fornication by just sitting together with them

1 Corinthians 6:14-20 KJV
(14) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
(16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
(17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

We must come out from among them and be separate. What communion does light have with darkness? Not all in the churches of men will believe in what the Spirit is saying in this coming time.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

The false prophets who have forsaken the right Way beguile the unstable souls.

2 Peter 2:14-15 KJV
(14) Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
(15) Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

The false prophets preach “peace” where there is no peace. They lead us astray from the Way of righteousness….the narrow Way that leads to life. From them does the profaneness go forth unto all of the earth as the nations of this world see and blaspheme His holy name.

Jeremiah 23:13-17 KJV
(13) And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
(14) I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
(15) Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
(16) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
(17) They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

But the Lord shall have pity for His holy name. He will sanctify His great name which is being profaned among the nations by what they see going on in His house….the moneychangers exchanging His glory that is due Him for money’s sake. It is not for our sake but for His holy name’s sake does He do this.

Ezekiel 36:20-27 KJV
(20) And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
(21) But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
(22) Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
(23) And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
(24) For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

According to His mercy He saves us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit which He sheds on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

(25) Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
(26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
(27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Beware of false prophets as they lead us away from the Way that leads to life (do unto others as you would have them do unto you).

Matthew 7:12-15 KJV
(12) Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

MANY are being deceived and are going down the broad way that leads to the destruction of their mortal flesh…to the grave without the life of Jesus being made manifest in their mortal flesh which would give them His eternal life in this earth.

(13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
(15) Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

They lead us away from the keeping of the “daily” sacrifice….ALWAYS bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus…so that the life of Jesus is never made manifest (made to shine) in our mortal body…our outer mortal flesh. They do this for money’s sake.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

The Son of man (the appearing life of Jesus in our mortal flesh in this earth) goes away as it is written of Him. But woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is being betrayed.

Matthew 26:24 KJV
(24) The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Behold, a MULTITUDE are following in the footsteps of Judas to come and take the Son of man from ever appearing in our mortal flesh giving us His eternal life in the here and now. They do this for money.

If we fall “asleep” to His commandment to have love for one another (do to others as we would have them do to us), then they use that “power of darkness” to lead us astray.

Luke 22:46-53 KJV
(46) And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
(47) And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

They come forth with a “kiss”…the flattering lips. They speak "good words and fair speeches" in order to deceive us and take away the keeping of the daily sacrifice in our lives so that His life is never made manifest in our mortal flesh (the appearance of the Son of man).

(48) But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
(49) When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
(50) And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
(51) And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
(52) Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

But if we keep the “DAILY” sacrifice in our body (the “temple), they have no power against us.

(53) When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

If the Lord does not cut short these days (in Daniel 7: a time and times and the dividing of times) , then NO FLESH would be saved. The judgment shall sit and their dominion to consume and destroy us shall be taken away.

Daniel 7:25-27 KJV
(25) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
(26) But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

The kingdom of God is an EVERLASTING kingdom. It is not a dying one that is currently being experienced in the churches of men where the power of darkness sends us to the grave. Their dominion…their hour of power in the power of darkness…the power to consume and destroy us….is take away as we are delivered from wicked and unreasonable men who are minding earthly things.

(27) And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

to be continued..

Genesis 1 is a parable of the REGENERATION of men.

According to His mercy does He save us by the washing of REGENERATION and renewing of the Holy Spirit. It is not by our so-called “works of righteousness” … the keeping of men’s doctrines and commandments…. but by His mercy does He save us.

Colossians 2:12-18 KJV
(12) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
(13) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

He blots out the handwriting of the church scribes whose “ordinances” (Greek: dogmas) have kept us prisoners in their churches where we worshipped and served them. They were hostile to us. They are contrary to us getting along with each other as ALL use them as a basis to judge others…speaking evil of those who do not follow their particular carnal commandments of men.

(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Let NO MAN judge you according to his commandments that he has wrested from the Scriptures with his fleshly mind to his own destruction. Let no man beguile you of your reward (the eternal life of Jesus in the here and now).

Men have “trespassed” in that they intrude into those things of the Scriptures that they truly have not understood. They want to be teachers of the Law and yet have no understanding of what they are affirming of.

(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Men have become vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened. They change the truth of God into THE lie and worship and serve the “creature” (the ordinance) of man more than the Creator. They serve the handwriting of church dogmas more than the Lord as they set aside His commandments in order to keep their church ordinances, precepts, transmissions, traditions. They serve as a proxy for worshipping the dragon as men set aside the commandment of God to have love for one another in order to speak evil of others….falsely accusing them as being “evil doers” when they do not keep the same commandments of men.

Romans 1:25 KJV
(25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

They change the truth of God into THE lie…the same lie from the beginning.

Genesis 3:1-6 KJV
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Indeed, we are to eat of the fruit of the Spirit....love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

There is the law of sin and death.

But the woman in the garden added a carnal commandment to God’s commandment: “neither shall you touch it”. God did not say this but she presents it as “God has said…” Men today are doing the same thing….saying that “God said” to do their carnal commandments when He did not say it.

(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

“you shall not surely die” should be translated as “killing, you shall not die”

We “kill” others with our tongues when we speak evil of them. If we hate our brothers, we are “murdering”. We do not have “peace and safety” to do such things.

(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

We are not acting as God’s representatives in speaking evil of others. We are not judges for God ( by believing the lie: “For God does know”…). We are not doing God “service” for being judge, jury and executioner of another because he does not follow our denomination’s particular external commandment of man.

The lie: “Your eyes shall be opened”…..that is, you shall be seen as “wise”. PROFESSING THEMSELVES WISE, they became fools. Men are desirous of vain glory….seeking to be seen as wise…as they provoke one another with their commandments in their envy of each other.

The Lie: “You shall be as gods”…that is, JUDGES (Elohim = gods, judges).

A judge knows what and who is “good and evil”. We must not speak evil of our brothers….as “evil doers”. There is only one Judge. There is only One Lawgiver…who is able to save and destroy. We must not judge others with our carnal commandments...being judge, jury and executioner of others. There is only ONE Lawgiver who is able to save and destroy. Who are we to judge others?

(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Wanting to be seen as “wise”(desirous of vain glory) , many take and eat from that “tree” as they speak evil of another based on the carnal commandments and teachings of men. They judge another using their carnal commandments (ie: “neither shall you touch it”).

They take pleasure in their unrighteousness (it was pleasant to the eyes) . Death and life are in the power (hand) of the tongue and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

(6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

He that speaks evil of his brother judges his brother. We are not then a DOER of the Law of Christ who commanded us to have love for each other but a JUDGE (the lie: you shall be as “gods”…judges).

James 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

There is only ONE LAWGIVER who is able to save and destroy.

(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Let us not listen to false prophets (who falsely prophesy “peace”…you shall not surely die) who preach the doctrines and commandments of men. They use good words and fair speeches in order to lead us astray from the Way of righteousness. Jesus commanded us to have love for one another as He loved us and gave Himself for us.

The mystery of iniquity is ALREADY at work in all of the churches as NO FLESH is being saved. The coming of these men into the world is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that are perishing from off this earth because they receive not the love of the Truth that they might be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:7-15 KJV
(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

The false prophets come along to those who believe THE lie and take pleasure in unrighteousness (it was pleasant to the eyes). They love and practice THE lie.

(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
(13) But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
(14) Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(15) Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

These “natural brute beasts” are made TO TAKE and DESTROY those who are unstable. They love the wages of unrighteousness….the getting paid to lead the unstable astray from the Way. The mystery of iniquity is ALREADY at work. The son of perditions (destruction) is already leading MANY, MANY people to the grave without the life of Jesus being made manifest in the mortal flesh giving them His eternal life in this earth. They are perishing away in their own corruption and are taking MANY down the broad way to their destruction from off this earth.

2 Peter 2:12-15 KJV
(12) But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
(13) And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
(14) Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
(15) Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

2 Peter 2:17-22 KJV
(17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
(18) For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

They want to bring us into their church bondage where people set aside the commandment of God to have love for one another in order to keep their doctrines and commandments of men. They promise us “liberty” from the keeping of the Holy Commandment that was delivered to us to keep. But the same who lead MANY astray are servants of corruption themselves…servants of sin.

(19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

We know the Way of righteousness as Jesus showed us and commanded us to keep : have love for one another as He loved us and gave Himself for us. If we love Him, we keep His commandments.

If we do not have love for others because they do not worship and serve our particular denomination’s doctrines and commandments of men, then it would have been better not to have known the Way then to turn from the Holy Commandment that was delivered to us to KEEP. We must not “justify” who our neighbor is but follow peace with all men.

(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(22) But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Men lay aside the Holy Commandment in order to hold the tradition (transmission) of men….their handwriting of church dogmas.

Mark 7:7-9 KJV
(7) Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
(8) For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
(9) And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

They condemn others (speak evil of them) when they do not follow their doctrines and commandments of men….just as the Pharisees and the scribes who FOUND FAULT with the disciples of Jesus.

Mark 7:1-6 KJV
(1) Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
(2) And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Except the Pharisees washed their hands, they did not eat….holding the tradition (transmission or precept) of their elders. They used this as a basis to find fault and speak evil of the disciples who did not wash their hands.

(3) For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
(4) And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
(5) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
(6) He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Men are still doing the same thing today. People honor God with their lips but their heart is far from Him.

Genesis 1 to be continued...

Professing themselves as “wise”, they became fools and served the ordinance of men (the handwriting of church dogmas) that the church “scribes” had engraved for their churches. They say that they are “wise” and that the law of the LORD (who commanded us to have love for one another) is with them….yet the pen of the church scribes turned it into the lie. Even the turtle and the crane knows better than the “wise men” who profess themselves as wise.

Jeremiah 8:7-10 KJV
(7) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
(8) How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
(9) The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

All of the church leaders are given to covetousness….preaching for and minding only the earthly things. They need food on their tables….they need drink and apparel….they need to pay the bills…the electric, the water, etc. The church building needs maintenance….so “give, give”.

(10) Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

The church goer sees himself as “wise” also…letting these men take them into their church bondage. Letting the pastor take from him and exalt himself over him.

2 Corinthians 11:18-20 KJV
(18) Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
(19) For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
(20) For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

The church goer willingly, voluntarily subjects himself to the church ordinances of men (i.e. “neither shall you touch it”). These things have a “show of wisdom” in “will worship”….as those who willingly subject themselves to the handwriting of church dogmas see themselves as “wise” and want to be seen as wise.

Colossians 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Thankfully, our Lord delivers the church goer from men who have came to take us into their bondage where they can make a gain from us. Men are to hear the Spirit in this regeneration.

As said in another post, the “firmament”…the EXPANSE…is our expanded hearing. We must take heed on how we hear so that more shall be given. Those who hear what the Spirit is saying today and believe will be divided from those who hear and will not believe.

Genesis 1:6-8 KJV
(6) And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Those of are of God will hear (and believe) and those who are from below will not hear.

(7) And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

What we hear is the Spirit sent from Heaven. We hear His voice from Heaven. The “firmament” is called Heaven for what we hear comes straight from Heaven.

(8) And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Those who are from “below”...those who are of the world, speak of the world and the world hears them. They will continue to listen to their pastors’ teachings rather than hear what the Spirit of Truth from Heaven is saying and will respond towards what they hear WITHOUT love.

1 John 4:4-8 KJV
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
(5) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
(7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
(8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Those who are of this world (as they speak of and listen to this world….their church organizations) will not believe in those who are SENT from the Father who is in Heaven. They speak to the this world what they hear of Him.

John 8:23-30 KJV
(23) And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
(24) I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
(25) Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
(26) I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
(27) They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
(28) Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
(29) And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
(30) As he spake these words, many believed on him.

His words bring division ….the believers from the unbelievers.

Luke 12:51 KJV
(51) Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

The Son of man shall come with all of the holy angels (His words of spirit and life) and He shall separate the sheep (those who produce righteousness towards those whom He sends out to speak His words) from the goats (those who do not).

Matthew 25:31-33 KJV
(31) When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
(32) And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
(33) And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

The “goat”….the evil servant will smite those whom He sends out to speak His words of life and spirit. They will “smite” them with malicious words with an evil heart of unbelief. They will not treat those “least brothers” of His with love and kindness but with wrath and unrighteousness. They will join along with others in their support of their evil deeds….taking pleasure in those who will do the same (they will “eat and drink” with the “drunken”).

Matthew 24:48-51 KJV
(48) But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
(49) And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
(50) The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

There will be no peace for the wicked who are like the troubled sea that cannot rest whose waters cast up mire and dirt as they will speak all kinds of evil…even though they profess they know God. The hypocrite says he loves God…knows God whom he has not seen…but hates his own brother whom he does see.

(51) And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest. There is no peace to the wicked.

Isaiah 57:19-21 KJV
(19) I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

The Word of God spoken in the Spirit of Truth causes the “sea” of men to gather together against what they hear. Herod, Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together against the holy child Jesus. They did “rage” as the sea and the people imagined vain things. The same is going to happen again as the Lord opens up the Word in the Spirit from Heaven.

Acts 4:24-30 KJV
(24) And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

The “Heaven” = God spoke using the servant David . David spoke as he was moved the Spirit of God. The “sea” = the gentiles “rage” and the people imagine vain things in their instability towards what they heard Christ saying who spoke what He heard of the Father to this world.

(25) Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

The pastors, priests, reverends, preachers….those who love the preeminence among men…shall gather together against the Lord and His Christ….just like they did 2000 years ago. They will be as raging waves of the sea foaming out their shame against His words.

(26) The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
(27) For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
(28) For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

The “sea” of men gathered against Him “threatened” towards what they heard …the Word of God.

(29) And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
(30) By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

That is what the Word of God (“And God said…) spoken in the Spirit of Truth does : it creates the “sea” ….as the waters of men (the “Seas” which cannot rest) gather together against what they hear. They “roar” …they “rage”…they “threaten”.

But the good heart….the “good ground”…the good earth…shall have the waters of strife abate off of it. The meek (the “dry”) shall not respond to the Word of God with the “waters” of striving, contention, evil. They shall be of “little strength” . They shall be found meek.

Genesis 1:9-13 KJV
(9) And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

The wicked are like the troubled “sea” that shall not have peace.

The “dry” is called “Earth”…for the MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.

(10) And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

The good earth….the good (dry, meek) heart shall bring forth peace (grass). They shall hear and have faith (believe). They shall bring forth fruits of righteousness.

(11) And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
(12) And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
(13) And the evening and the morning were the third day.

The “dry” heart will be swift to hear and SLOW to speak…slow to wrath.

James 1:18-22 KJV
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
(19) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

The “waters” of envy and strife and contentions and wrath will have “abated” from off the good heart.

It will lay apart all filthiness and SUPERFLUITY of naughtiness and receive with MEEKNESS (the “dry” heart…the good heart) the engrafted Word. We are to be a tree yielding good fruit of righteousness whose seed is in itself…..the engrafted Word…which is able to save our souls.

(21) Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
(22) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The “dry” land is called “Earth” for the MEEK (those who humble themselves) shall inherit the Earth. They will cease …be “dry”…from anger and will forsake wrath. They shall inherit the Earth.

Psalms 37:8-12 KJV
(8) Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
(9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

The wicked shall be as the troubled sea that will not be able to rest as they will gnash their teeth in their rage against the Just. Yet, in a little while, the wicked shall not be. The “sea” shall not be as they will be cut off from this earth while the meek inherit it. The raging waters shall be stilled.

(10) For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

The “earth” brings forth “grass”…the abundance of peace.

(11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
(12) The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Every good fruit will bring forth good fruit. The seed (the Word) is within us to DO it.

Matthew 7:16-21 KJV
(16) Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
(17) Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
(18) A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
(19) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
(20) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Jude 1:10-13 KJV
(10) But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
(11) Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
(12) These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
(13) Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

The “waters” below the Heaven are those of the world (in the churches of men) who will not believe what they hear and will not receive His words spoken in the Spirit.

They shall be “gathered together in one place” in their hypocrisy (they say they know God but will not obey His righteousness when they hear what the Spirit is saying in this coming time).

The “waters” of men under the Heaven (those of this world) will “roar” as the seas against what they hear as they cast up “mire and dirt”…speaking all kinds of evil things. They will not have peace as there is no peace to the wicked who are like the troubled sea….raging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame. An evil heart will bring evil things out of their hearts…out of their mouths.

But a good and honest heart will be “dry” of the waters of strife. The “waters” will have abated from that heart. They will be meek. The “dry” is called “Earth” for the meek shall inherit the earth.

Genesis 1:9 KJV
(9) And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

The LORD looks for a “dry” heart….a poor and contrite spirit (breath)… for His Spirit to rest in. A “dry” heart (the good ground) will be quick to hear and slow to speak and slow to wrath when they hear His Spirit of Truth…His Word spoken in truth and sincerity.

Isaiah 66:1-2 KJV
(1) Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
(2) For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Noah (which means “rest”) sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from off the earth . The dove symbolizes the Spirit….and one of the fruits of the Spirit is PEACE. The “dove” = peace.

Genesis 8:6-12 KJV
(6) And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

The “raven” ….darkness…are upon the hearts of men until the “waters” of strife are dried up from off the earth. They have no understanding when they have hearts covered with the “waters” of strife and envy.

The “dry” earth represents the meekness of heart as all strife, envy, contention, wrath has “dried” up.

(7) And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

As Luke 10: 5 says…..And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. The “dove” represents peace. Noah sent forth a dove (peace be to this house) to see if the waters of strife have abated from off the heart of man. The Spirit of the Lord looks for a contrite and humble heart to dwell in….

(8) Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

….yet the Spirit cannot find rest in a heart where there is bitter envy and strife and contentions. Luke 10:6….. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. The “dove” returned to Noah (meaning “rest”).

(9) But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

But if the “son of peace” is there, then your peace shall rest upon it. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children (sons) of God. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

(10) And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
(11) And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
(12) And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

The “heaven” opens….our HEARING ears hear the Spirit...and the Spirit finds a place to rest upon us. When the son of peace is found, this person is His son. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the SONS of God.

Luke 3:21-22 KJV
(21) Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
(22) And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 10:
(3) Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
(4) Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

The dove is sent out….peace be to this house….

(5) And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house

….and if the son of peace is found there, there will be a peaceful response…. And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

(6) And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again

Noah stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. Those who hear will receive what the Spirit is saying.

(7) And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
(8) And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
(9) And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

The Lord sends out His servants to speak what they hear Him saying in the Spirit. He that hears, hears Him.

Luke 10:16 KJV
(16) He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

We are to expand our hearing (firmament = expanse) and believe what we hear the Spirit saying. We that hear the Spirit and believe will be divided from those who will not believe.

Genesis 1:6-8 KJV
(6) And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
(7) And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
(8) And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

We who hear receive His words and believe the Lord.

John 17:7-18 KJV
(7) Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
(8) For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
(9) I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
(10) And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
(11) And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
(12) While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
(13) And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

The world shall hate us who receive His words in belief. We are not of the world for we will not listen to them nor behave like them in their evil. We are to be from above and not below even though we are in this world. We are citizens of Heaven even in this world for we hear His voice from above and do those things which are from above (love, peace, joy, gentleness, patience, etc). We live according to the reign of Heaven above where His will is always done. We are dwelling in Heaven here on earth when we do His will and will experience the eternal life of Jesus (we are to experience His life in this earth) that He currently has in Heaven.

(14) I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

We are NOT to be taken out this world but should be kept from the evil of this world. The wicked are removed from this earth while the meek shall inherit it.

(15) I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

We are not of the world even as He is not of the world.

(16) They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
(17) Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
(18) As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

We shall REJOICE in the Lord for His words and His salvation but those who are against what they hear will experience darkness… doom and gloom…. as their joy is taken away.

The “dry” shall be called “Earth” as they will inherit this earth.. They shall not be taken out of the world. The righteous shall never be removed but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Proverbs 10:27-32 KJV
(27) The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
(28) The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
(29) The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
(30) The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
(31) The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
(32) The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

We are to be filled with what the Spirit is saying (the “dove” will not return to the sender but will find a place to rest in the heart of those who will do His will) and not be found “drunk” on the wine of wrath …speaking evil which is “excess”…unsavedness.

Ephesians 5:17-20 KJV
(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

We are to hear the Spirit and REJOICE within our hearts…and give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(19) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(20) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

The living waters of the Spirit shall bring forth abundant JOY within the living hearts of those who hear and believe. It will bring forth words of praise to God in heaven out of the hearts that rejoice in what the Spirit says.

Genesis 1:20-23 KJV
(20) And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The living waters of the Spirit shall bring life to those who will hear and REJOICE.

Ezekiel 47:8-11 KJV
(8) Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
(9) And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
(10) And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
(11) But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

To be continued…