In the REGENERATION...

Peace to those who may read.

God is light. God is manifested…and in Him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:5-7 KJV
(5) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

If we say we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not the Truth. When we walk in darkness…envy, strife and hatred of one another, we manifest darkness.

(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

This is the message that we heard from THE beginning, that we should love one another.

1 John 3:11-15 KJV
(11) For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
(12) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
(13) Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

He that does not love his brother abides in death as he passes away from this creation of God.

(14) We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
(15) Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

In the beginning God created the visible heavens and the earth of which mankind can readily see with his own literal eyes.

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

The visible creation displays His invisible attributes…..even His eternal power and divine nature.

God has evidently showed us the invisible things of Himself from the creation of the world. All of creation is a display of His invisible attributes from “ A to Z”. His eternal power and divine nature are even seen by the things in the visible creation. God’s divine nature is never changing as He upholds the visible, ancient universe with His eternal power. The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalms 19:1).

Romans 1:18-21 KJV
(18) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
(19) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
(20) For 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; so that they are without excuse:

What is known of God is on display before our very eyes in the creation but men BECAME vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened.

(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.

God had made man upright but they have sought out many schemes that were not profitable.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 KJV
(29) Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Even though we can readily see the display of His invisible attributes, the earth BECAME (not “was”) without form and void. The Hebrew word translated as “was” can also mean “became” ….which in Genesis 1:2 should have been translated as “became”.

It BECAME without form…that is, without the form of godliness…without His righteousness….and void of understanding as the foolish heart of mankind was darkened (darkness was upon the face of the deep).

From Genesis 1:2 is the parable of the regeneration of man whose foolish heart was darkened.

Genesis 1:1-5 KJV
(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.

In Jeremiah 4: I beheld the earth and it was without form (to do good they have no knowledge) and void (they have not known Me….they have no understanding).

Jeremiah 4:21-23 KJV
(21) How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
(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.

Professing themselves as wise they BECAME fools and exchanged the glory of God that is due Him from all nations for the image (money) of corruptible man and exchanged the truth of God for the lie (the same lie from the beginning) and served the doctrines and commandments of men rather than the Creator who commanded us to have love for one another (a commandment from the very beginning).

Romans 1:22-25 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:
(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.

The earth BECAME without form….without righteousness…and there is NONE RIGHTEOUS, no , not even one person.

Romans 3:9-18 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:

The earth BECAME as all of us together have BECOME unprofitable. All have gone out of the Way of righteousness. The earth became without form….as none does good…not even one. The earth became void….as none has understanding. There is none that truly seeks after God.

(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.
(13) Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
(14) Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
(15) Their feet are swift to shed blood:
(16) Destruction and misery are in their ways:
(17) And the way of peace have they not known:
(18) There is no fear of God before their eyes.

In judgment for not liking to retain God in our knowledge, He gave us over to a reprobate mind….a false teacher, preacher, pastor, etc who supposes that gain is godliness. We go to their church and serve their lusts and affirm of their teachings and judge others using their teachings and commandments of men as a basis to condemn others to “hell”.

The false pastor who only feeds himself with the earthly necessities is destitute of the truth and does not preach the Word of Truth because he has no understanding of the Scriptures as the god of this age (the belly that he is preaching to literally fill with the earthly necessities) blinds his mind from the understanding of the good news.

These “shepherds” are only feeding themselves literally as they preach for and mind the earthly things and are not spiritually feeding the flock with the Word of Truth that they are “shepherding” supposedly.

Romans 1:28-32 KJV
(28) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
(29) Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
(30) Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
(31) Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
(32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

The earth BECAME without form and void as we (in the churches of men) behave foolishly, and are disobedient, deceived (by the MANY false pastors), serving many lusts and pleasures (taking pleasure in speaking evil of others who do not conform to our particular denomination’s teachings and commandments). In the denominations of men, we live in malice and envy, being hateful…hating one another who do not belong to our “church” denomination.

Titus 3:3-7 KJV
(3) For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But according to the kindness and love of God our Savior from this situation, the light appears. He saves man from the deception of false teachers (from the reprobate mind) in the denominations of men. He delivers us from the "prison"....from being captives.

(4) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Our so-called “works of righteousness” done in the churches of men do not save us. It is according to His MERCY does He save us from the massive deception going on.

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.

(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.

The Son of God comes to give us an understanding so that we may truly know Him who is true. He comes to open up our minds to the Scriptures and we are to be found of Him not speaking evil (sinning) against what we hear His voice speaking to us in the Spirit of Truth. We show that we know God by being found of Him DOING His commandment to have love for another who comes to speak His words of life and spirit to our ears.

1 John 5:18-20 KJV
(18) We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
(19) And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
(20) And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

The Son of God comes in the Spirit of Truth (His voice) to preach the good news to the poor and to heal the brokenhearted. We must be found of Him “poor” in breath…poor in words. Our words must be few towards what we hear the Spirit saying to our ears. We must be found of Him “brokenhearted”….of a broken heart towards what we hear.

(Psa 34:18 The LORD is near unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit).

Only those who are found of Him “poor” in words and of a broken heart shall be able to receive what He says. He comes to preach to those who are found in these conditions. The proud and contentious shall not receive what He preaches to them as they will seek to defend their denominational teachings and commandments of men.

Luke 4:18-19 KJV
(18) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

He preaches deliverance to the “captives”…to those who have been captured in the churches of men by the feigned words of their “pastors”.

(19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Men of God speak as they are moved by the Holy Spirit….and we are to take heed on who we hear …how we respond. We must be found letting brotherly love continue.

The light shines in a dark place….in our hearts. We receive the witness of men who come to speak His words to our ears in the Spirit but the witness of God (the light shining within our very own hearts) is greater.

2 Peter 1:18-21 KJV
(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:

The “morning star”….the “day star”…arises within our very own hearts when we hear the Scriptures being interpreted as spoken in the Holy Spirit. We hear the voice of the Lord (spoken in the Holy Spirit) and witness the rising of the Light within our very own hearts that this is indeed the voice of the Son of God speaking to us.

He is the True Teacher as He opens up the Scriptures to our minds (and our hearts shall burn within us giving us the witness of God that this is indeed the Son of God speaking). A false teacher will not have this effect upon us.

(20) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
(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.

Genesis 1:2-3 KJV
(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.
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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

When we hear the true men of God (who are not preaching themselves but Christ Jesus the Lord) speaking in the Holy Spirit, the Light shall shine out of darkness. The Light shines within our very own hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:5-7 KJV
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

We receive the witness of men who speak as they are moved by the Holy Spirit but the Light shining within the darkness of our hearts is not of the men who speak but of the excellency of the power of God. We have the witness of God shining within our very own hearts when we hear the Son of God speaking to us in the Spirit through men who are moved by that Spirit.

(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

The false Christ and false prophets do not have this effect within our very own hearts. All they have is outward “signs and wonders” to show us and proclaim that he is within our hearts (the secret chambers). Their outward signs they are performing in their churches are supposed indications of inward realities when it is not the case.

Matthew 24:24-27 KJV
(24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
(25) Behold, I have told you before.
(26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

But the presence of the Son of man has the “lightning coming out of the east”….that is, the Light comes out of the “east”…which means “rising” of Light. That Light rises within our very own darkened hearts. The Light shines even unto the west….the “setting of the sun”. That is, the light arises within our very own darkened hearts where the sun has already set . The “evening and the morning”.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star (the bright and morning star) arise in your hearts : the “evening and the morning”. This describes the condition of our hearts when we hear His voice. And the witness of God…the Light…. is within our very own hearts which proclaims that this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

(27) For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

God is Light and there is no darkness in Him. While we have the Light shining within our very own hearts when we hear His voice, we are to be found of Him walking in the Light and not in the darkness.

John 12:35-40 KJV
(35) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

While we have the Light shining within our very own hearts, we are to BELIEVE in the Light so that we may become children of the Light. If we walk in darkness towards what we hear His voice saying and do not believe in the Light, then the Light shall depart. We shall never enter in to know the mysteries of the kingdom.

(36) While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
(37) But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
(38) That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
(39) Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
(40) He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

God commanded the Light to shine out of the darkness….and that Light shines within our very own hearts…the “dark” place as our foolish hearts were once darkened.

When we have the Light (“Let there be Light”) , we are to be found of Him walking in the Light….. “and there was Light”. We respond to the Light with light...becoming 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.

We must be found of Him walking as children of Light and not of the darkness. We MUST NOT BE partakers with those who are of the darkness.

God divided the Light from the darkness….and so we must no longer partake with them in their churches who will not believe in the Light when they hear His voice speaking to their ears and the Light shining in their hearts (the witness of God within them).

Ephesians 5:6-15 KJV
(6) Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
(7) Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

We were once in the “darkness” as all of the earth became without form…..without righteousness…and became void of understanding….but NOW we are Light in the Lord and are supposed to be walking as children of Light and are not of the darkness. God divided the Light from the darkness

(8) For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(9) (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth
(10) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
(11) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
(12) For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
(13) But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

To be continued…

Peace brother. Thanks for the input.

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches. We must overcome and do His righteousness and not be found resisting what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The Son of man comes at an hour we expect not and we must be found “watching”…awake to the righteousness of God.

Revelation 2:26-29 KJV
(26) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
(27) And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

He will give us the “morning star”…..that arising “day star” in others’ hearts when we speak His Word of Truth to others.

(28) And I will give him the morning star.
(29) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

The earth BECAME without form (without His righteousness) and void of His understanding. Professing themselves as “wise”, men’s heart has become darkened (darkness was upon the face of the deep).

But God in His mercy comes to deliver His people from the darkness as He sends men of God to speak what they hear the Spirit saying to those who will hear. Men of God are moved by the Spirit of God to speak His knowledge to others….the “Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”.

Genesis 1:
(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 Word of God (“And God said…) preached in Christ causes the Light to arise in the hearts who will hear (“let there be light”) . We must respond to the Light shining within our very hearts with light (..and there was light). We must become children of light by walking in the light….in Christ.

(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.

Men of God speak as they are moved by the Spirit…and the “bright and morning star” arises in the hearts of those who hear. Our hearts were once darkened (the “evening”) but His star arises in the darkened heart (the morning) when we hear His voice.

The “evening and the morning” speaks of the arising morning star in the darkness of our hearts. The path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. increase you in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; to him is the glory both now, and to the day of the age!

(5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Joy comes in the “morning” of those who will hear and fear Him who speaks.

Psalms 30:4-5 KJV
(4) Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
(5) For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Men of God speak in the sight of God in Christ. They do not peddle (retail) the Word of God as so many do who rely on it to get their earthly necessities met. Apostles (meaning “sent”) of Christ work with their own hands to support their own earthly necessities. Jesus was a carpenter (one who works with hands). Paul was a tentmaker.

Those of the darkness (who will continue to peddle the Word of God and those who will continue to listen to them) shall hear His knowledge and it will be a “savour of death unto death” for them. They will mourn what they hear for the natural man will not receive the things that he hears the Spirit saying. His saints shall rejoice while they (of the darkness) shall mourn.

2 Corinthians 2:14-17 KJV
(14) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
(15) For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
(16) To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
(17) For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

The “natural man” will not receive the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him and neither can he know them because they are “spiritually discerned”….that is, we must sow according to the Spirit to enter in to know HIs things. Since they will behave in the flesh in their envy and strife and hatred of another, they will not enter in to know. Even what they heard shall be removed from the hearts.

1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV
(14) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

God divided the light from the darkness. We, who hear and believe, are to be children of light and not of the darkness. We must not keep company with those who will not believe in what they hear the Spirit saying. We must not sit together with them in their churches. What communion does light have with darkness?

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,

We MUST come out from among them and be separate (the light is DIVIDED from the darkness)and touch not the unclean thing so that He will receive us. He will be a Father unto us and we shall be His sons and daughters. We are to have fellowship with God and not of those who are sitting in darkness and working the works of darkness as they will hear and speak evil of what they hear.

(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

When the Son of man who is in heaven speaks to our hearing ears, the Light shall shine within our once darkened hearts and serves as a witness of God personally to our hearts that indeed we are hearing the voice of the Son of God who comes to give us an understanding as He opens up the Scriptures to our minds. We are to “hear Him”.

Luke 9:35 KJV
(35) And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

We show that we know God by being found of Him doing His will (fearing God) and not being contentious.

He is the “bright and morning star” that arises within our very own hearts. We must hear and remember to let brotherly love continue….not being forgetful to entertain strangers and their words. Let him that hears say “come”….being hospitable. He sends His messengers out to speak His words.

Revelation 22:16-17 KJV
(16) I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
(17) And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

We have a more sure word of prophecy. Some of the disciples on the holy mount heard the voice that came from heaven. (2Pe 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount).

But we have a more word: the “morning star” arises in our very own hearts when we hear the Scriptures (as interpreted by Christ) as men of God are moved by the Holy Spirit to speak.

2 Peter 1:19-21 KJV
(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.
(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 sign of the Son of man who is in heaven (speaking to our ears) shall appear….that is, shall SHINE. The “bright and morning star” arises in our very own hearts.

But the “tribes of the earth” shall mourn as they cannot receive what is spoken. They will see others who will hear and believe leave their churches as commanded (God divided the light from the darkness).

They will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory as those who hear shall depart from the churches of the unbelievers in “clouds” of people. Nothing will stop this from happening. They will be powerless to halt the exodus of people from their churches. “the whole world goes after Him”.

Matthew 24:30-31 KJV
(30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

The “tribes of the earth” will not deaden their tongues which are upon the earth: the fornication, uncleanness, covetousness….etc. They will continue to speak evil even after being warned.

Colossians 3:5-9 KJV
(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(6) For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
(7) In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

The “tribes of the earth” will not put these things out of their mouth as they will speak evil of what they hear men of God speaking as they are moved by the Spirit to say.

(8) But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
(9) Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Those who will be found resisting what the Spirit is saying will not hear and will choose to do evil before His eyes.

Isaiah 65:12-16 KJV
(12) Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

His servants (as they will be found DOING His will at the hearing of His voice) shall rejoice in what they hear while those who will be found doing evil before His eyes shall “cry for sorrow of heart” and shall “howl for vexation of spirit”. The “tribes of the earth” shall mourn as they will not deaden their tongues from speaking out in their wrath as they seek to defend their covetousness, church teachings and commandments of men, etc.

(13) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
(14) Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
(15) And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
(16) That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Those who will hear what the Spirit is saying shall receive the Word of God not as the word of men (who are deceptively retailing it) but as it is in Truth (spoken by men of God who are moved by the Spirit to speak) which powerfully works within those who believe in what is being said.

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14 KJV
(13) For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

The unbelievers in the churches of men will persecute those who will hear and believe.

(14) For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

We must respond to the Light with light….and not cover it up. We must show forth that we are God’s children by behaving as children of light. We are to be found of Him (especially when we hear His voice from Heaven speaking to our hearts) behaving as children of the Light. The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness and righteousness and truth.

Ephesians 5:6-33 KJV
(6) Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
(7) Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
(8) For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(9) (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth)

We PROVE what is acceptable unto the Lord by well doing…bringing forth the fruits of righteousness…and not concealing it within us. The unfruitful works of darkness are not profitable.

(10) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
(11) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
(12) For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
(13) But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

We are to “awake” and “arise from the dead” and Christ shall give us light. All that are in the “graves” shall hear His voice. Some will come forth and do good towards what they hear and some will come forth and speak evil…doing evil.

(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

We must understand what the will of the Lord is….by doing it.

(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Let us not be “drunk with wine”…..the wine of wrath…. towards what we hear Him saying but instead be filled with the Spirit….drinking in the living water that we hear from His fountain of life.

(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

We are to hear 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;
(21) Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

We are all the children of light and the children of the Day. We are to be “awake” to His righteousness and “sober” and not be found “asleep” to doing His will and “drunk” on the wine of wrath.

1 Thessalonians 5:5-9 KJV
(5) Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
(6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
(7) For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

We ..who are of the Day….are to be “sober” and put on the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet, the hope of salvation. These things are worn on the outside for all to see...we "put them on" as clothing.

(8) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
(9) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

No man covers up a candle after it has been lit. No, he puts it out there for others to see. We must also show forth our faith by doing well towards what we hear His voice saying. We are to respond to the light with light by showing it forth and not hiding it.

Luke 8:16-18 KJV
(16) No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
(17) For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Take heed on how we hear….for those who have (good works towards the hearing of His voice) shall be given more.

(18) Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Let there be a “firmament”…an expanse….in our hearing. He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying as more shall be given. What we hear (the true Word of God) is from “Heaven” (And God called the firmament “Heaven”)…… and it will divide the unbelievers from the believers. Our hearing ears are expanded as more shall be given to us to understand the mysteries of the kingdom.

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.

Take heed on how we hear….for those who have (good works towards the hearing of His voice) shall be given more.

Luke 8:
(18) Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Faith comes by HEARING.

Romans 10:17 KJV
(17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

The “firmament” in Genesis 1:6 means “expanse” and is a parable of our expanded hearing. Hearing comes by the Word of God (AND GOD SAID…..let there be a firmament… an expanded hearing). We are to expand our hearing….pay attention…and do not forget to do His righteousness when we hear the Word of God spoken to us with the Spirit sent from Heaven.

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.

“Give ear” = Hebrew word “'âzan” which means “to EXPAND”. Give ear, O you heavens and I will speak…..

Deuteronomy 32:1-3 KJV
(1) Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
(2) My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
(3) Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

Let there be a “firmament”…an expanse…in the midst of the waters . The waters are people, multitudes, nations and languages. The “expanse” is in our hearing ears. He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying as more shall be given.

Those who hear with their ears (the believers……the children of the kingdom…the waters above) shall have their knowledge expanded while the unbelievers who will not hear the things of the Spirit of God (the waters below)will have their ears dulled in judgment so that they cannot believe.

What we hear (the true Word of God) is from “Heaven” (And God called the firmament “Heaven”)…… and it will divide the believers from the unbelievers…those who will have faith from those who will not believe in what they hear. These things are reported by the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven and we are to hear and have faith. (1 Peter 1:12).

The unbelievers will not believe that it is the Son speaking to their ears when they hear His voice and will behave badly towards those whom He sends out to speak His words of life and spirit. The Son of man comes at a time they do not expect and are found not “watching”…being awake to His righteousness.

The unbelievers are from below….they are of the world…but those who believe in the Son are from above. Those who are from below will die in their sins...in their evil speaking of what they hear.

John 8:
(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.

Those from below (the waters below the firmament) will continue to listen to the world. They will not believe in what they hear the Spirit from Heaven saying and will continue to listen to their church denominations’ teachings and commandments of men. They will continue to honor man who has no understanding over God. They will not hear and will be found behaving badly towards what they hear. We are to show our faith with good works towards those who come speaking His words. yet, they will say they have faith but not show it. A "dead" church says that they are alive (I have faith) but are dead because faith without good works is dead. They will not complete their faith with good works toward the hearing of His voice.

But those who will hear are born of God…born from above. They have faith and OVERCOME the world and are seated together in Christ in the heavenly realm. They seek those things that are above and deaden their tongues that are on the earth (the "waters" below). They will cease from speaking evil as the waters of envy and strife shall dry up from their hearts and cease from their tongues.

1 John 4:4-6 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.

He that is not of God does not hear and will not deaden his tongue that is upon the earth. He will act out in wrath in defense of his church’s teachings and commandments. He will seek to defend his covetousness….defending his preaching for money(always minding the earthly things). The spirit (breath) of error says that he loves God but hates his brother who comes to speak His words of life and spirit to their ears.

(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.

1 John 4:18-21 KJV
(18) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
(19) We love him, because he first loved us.
(20) If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
(21) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

By grace we are saved through faith. We once walked according to what Satan’s ministers have preached and lusted after. We were once by nature the children of wrath even as the rest of the world (that does not profess to know God).

Ephesians 2:1-8 KJV
(1) And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
(2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
(3) Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
(4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

But God who is rich in mercy has made us alive together with Christ and has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

(5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
(6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
(7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

The waters that are above have OVERCOME the world with faith as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God. We hear His voice speaking and keep His commandments…..recognizing His voice and authority in our lives. He is Lord.

1 John 5:2-5 KJV
(2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
(3) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
(4) For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
(5) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

If we are truly risen with Christ, we are to seek those things which are above where Christ sits on the right hand of God. We are to set our affection on things above and not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3:1-7 KJV
(1) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
(2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
(3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Those of the earth will not deaden their tongues (the “waters”) which are upon the earth as they will act out against what they hear the Spirit saying in their defense of their churches….their teachings and commandments of men…their preaching for money, etc. Those who will not bridle their tongue….their religion is in vain.

(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(6) For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
(7) In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

But our citizenship is in Heaven from where we also look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our humiliated mortal body (the effects of sin upon it) to be fashioned like unto His glorious body. We do not leave this terra firma but instead live according to the reign of Heaven in our lives in this earth and receive the heavenly life of Jesus in this mortal body (without perishing from this earth).

Philippians 3:20-21 KJV
(20) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
(21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

The “dry land” is the good heart…the good earth…that is MEEK when it hears the Word of God. It is “dry” from the waters of envy and strife. God called the dry land “Earth”….for the meek shall inherit the earth. They will have ceased from speaking evil as the hearing of the Word of God (and God said..).

Genesis 1:9-10 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.
(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 “seas” of men shall rage against Christ. They will not have peace as the raging sea does not stop churning out foam.

But the meek (the dried heart where there is no churning waters of anger and wrath) shall inherit the Earth. God called the “dry land” Earth for the meek shall inherit the earth. The meek shall have an abundance of peace while the “seas” of wrathful men will not.

Psalms 37:8-11 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.
(10) For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
(11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

When the Lord opens His mouth and teaches us (through the Holy Spirit from Heaven), then….

Matthew 5:2-12 KJV
(2) And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

…blessed (HAPPY) are the poor in “spirit”…that is, poor in breath. Their words shall be few (poor) when they hear His voice opening up the Scriptures to our minds. They will enter in to know. They will rejoice in what they hear.

(3) Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(4) Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

HAPPY are the meek (the “dry land”…the good heart that has dried from all waters of envy, strife, wrath) for they shall inherit the earth because they will receive the heavenly, eternal life of Jesus in this earth and will not perish from it.

The wicked seas of men shall be cut off. God called the dry land “Earth” because the meek shall inherit it.

(5) Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
(6) Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
(7) Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
(8) Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
(9) Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
(10) Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(11) Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
(12) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.