Peace in Christ.
Again, we…His people…Christ the firstfruits… will shine the light/manifest His presence to the outside people of the world who are sitting in deep darkness.
We …His people…are the first to HEAR the Word of Truth and believe (without seeing)….and those who are His in the outside world will then be able to SEE His manifest presence through us and believe. Blessed are those who have not seen and believe. John 20:29 .
Jas 1:16-18 KJV
(16) Do not err, my beloved brethren.
(17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Every man in his order…that is, set or troop:
We…Christ the firstfruits… who will manifest His presence to the world (His "creatures") are made alive first…and those who are Christ’s (in the outside world) at the seeing of His presence manifest in His people are then made alive.
The believing people of the outside world will see His presence being made manifest in the Christ the firstfruits group of people and will be His also. They are Christ's IN His presence...and we manifest His presence to them.
1Co 15:22-23
(22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's IN his coming (Greek: Parousia =PRESENCE).
Christ the firstfruits are the 144,000. They are the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. Every man in his order/set. We are the first to hear and believe in the Word of Truth.
Rev 14:4 KJV
(4) These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
We…the 144,000….HEAR the Word of Truth…and believe. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise. The redemption of the purchased possession = the believing people of the outside world who will be His in His presence. They will then praise God openly in this earth. We are made instrumental in bring this about as we first manifest His presence to them who will then see and praise God (like Thomas who did not believe until he saw the Lord.)
Eph 1:12-14 KJV
(12) That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
(13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
(14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The 144,000 are Christ the firstfruits that are sealed because they HEAR and believe the Word of Truth….the gospel of salvation. John HEARD the number of them which were sealed. They do not see but hear and believe.
Rev 7:2-4 KJV
(2) And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
(3) Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
(4) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
We then manifest the life of Jesus…His presence… in our mortal flesh to the “purchased possession”….the people of the outside world from every nation. They will be a “great multitude”…a “cloud” of eyewitnesses who shall SEE His glory upon us (upon the 144,000 who first HEARD the Word of Truth and believed).
Every man in his order. After or amid this, John SAW ("I beheld and lo") a great multitude from all nations…..
Rev 7:9-10 KJV
(9) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
(10) And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
With His manifest presence in our mortal bodies, we…Christ the firstfruits… are then glorified with Him so that the people of the outside world will SEE and believe. They will “admire” or be amazed at us because of His manifest presence in us...in the 144,000.
2Th 1:10 KJV
(10) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
His presence in us is the light that flashes out of us (the one) to the other which is in deep darkness.
Luk 17:24
(24) For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one under heaven, shineth unto the other under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
In that “night”…in that deep darkness….one shall “see” Him being manifest/SHINE through our mortal flesh when they look upon us. We manifest His glory light to them.
One shall see and be received (be “taken”) and yet another shall not (be “left”. ) The Father draws to Christ those who are “taken” while those who are “left” are not drawn by Him.
Luk 17:34-37
(34) I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
(35) Two shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(36) Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
The ones who are in the “night” shall see His light shine through us and believe will be received. They will gather together unto us as a “cloud” …a cloud of eyewitness of His glory shining through us.
They are the “eagles” that will be gathered together around the “body”…Greek- “soma”= living body. These gathering together is the “clouds.”
The eagles SEE the living body of Christ and gather together around us. The Son of man comes with the clouds….the people of the world who will see and believe when we manifest Christ through us to them
(37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body (Greek - "soma") is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
No man can come to Him except the Father draw him to Him. That is why one is received unto Him and one is left.
He will raise him (the believer) TO the last day of this age we are currently in by having an age-lasting life that comes with belief in Christ.
Joh 6:44-47
(44) No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at (TO) the last day.
We ….His people…HEAR the Word of truth and believe on Christ (who speaks to us) into an age-lasting life.
The people of the outside world who are in darkness “learn of the Father” by SEEING Christ shining through us (we who HEAR and believe and manifest His life to them). They come to the Father (who draws them) by SEEING and believing.
In contrast, we…His people… come to the Father by HEARING (without seeing) and believing.
(45) It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
This is why the next verse states “not that any man has seen the Father”…except the Son who manifests the Father to them (those people of the outside world who will SEE Him and believe).
Those who “see” the Father (they learn of the Father by seeing) pertains only to the people of the outside world who are in the “night”…in the deep darkness.
This is in contrast to His people who will HEAR without seeing and believe. Both groups of people (those who HEAR and those who SEE) believe on Christ unto an age-lasting life.
(46) Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
(47) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
No man has seen God at any time….but the Son declares Him.
John 1:18 shows us Jesus' role as the intermediary between God and mankind, providing the means for people to know God.
Since no one can see the Father directly, they can only know Him through the Son, who is God's express image to the world.
No man can directly see the Father…but through the Son they can see the Father’s glory light rays shine to them. We who hear and believe will shine His glory light to the people of the outside world through Christ.
Joh 1:18 KJV
(18) No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
He is the express image of His person.
Joh 14:9 KJV
(9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Heb 1:3 KJV
(3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Whenever Christ shall appear (to those who are drawn by the Father to Christ,) we also appear with Him in glory. He appears through us to the people of the outside world who are drawn to Him via the shining light. Not everyone will believe when they “see” Him through us.
Col 3:3-4
(3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
(4) When (WHENEVER) Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
We are “Christ the firstfruits”….and the people of the outside world who will see Him through us are His at His “coming”…that is, presence. We manifest His presence to them.
Again, we…His people…Christ the firstfruits… will shine the light/manifest His presence to the outside people of the world who are sitting in deep darkness.
We …His people…are the first to HEAR the Word of Truth and believe (without seeing)….and those who are His in the outside world will then be able to SEE His manifest presence through us and believe. Blessed are those who have not seen and believe. John 20:29 .
Jas 1:16-18 KJV
(16) Do not err, my beloved brethren.
(17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Every man in his order…that is, set or troop:
We…Christ the firstfruits… who will manifest His presence to the world (His "creatures") are made alive first…and those who are Christ’s (in the outside world) at the seeing of His presence manifest in His people are then made alive.
The believing people of the outside world will see His presence being made manifest in the Christ the firstfruits group of people and will be His also. They are Christ's IN His presence...and we manifest His presence to them.
1Co 15:22-23
(22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's IN his coming (Greek: Parousia =PRESENCE).
Christ the firstfruits are the 144,000. They are the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. Every man in his order/set. We are the first to hear and believe in the Word of Truth.
Rev 14:4 KJV
(4) These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
We…the 144,000….HEAR the Word of Truth…and believe. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise. The redemption of the purchased possession = the believing people of the outside world who will be His in His presence. They will then praise God openly in this earth. We are made instrumental in bring this about as we first manifest His presence to them who will then see and praise God (like Thomas who did not believe until he saw the Lord.)
Eph 1:12-14 KJV
(12) That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
(13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
(14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The 144,000 are Christ the firstfruits that are sealed because they HEAR and believe the Word of Truth….the gospel of salvation. John HEARD the number of them which were sealed. They do not see but hear and believe.
Rev 7:2-4 KJV
(2) And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
(3) Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
(4) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
We then manifest the life of Jesus…His presence… in our mortal flesh to the “purchased possession”….the people of the outside world from every nation. They will be a “great multitude”…a “cloud” of eyewitnesses who shall SEE His glory upon us (upon the 144,000 who first HEARD the Word of Truth and believed).
Every man in his order. After or amid this, John SAW ("I beheld and lo") a great multitude from all nations…..
Rev 7:9-10 KJV
(9) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
(10) And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
With His manifest presence in our mortal bodies, we…Christ the firstfruits… are then glorified with Him so that the people of the outside world will SEE and believe. They will “admire” or be amazed at us because of His manifest presence in us...in the 144,000.
2Th 1:10 KJV
(10) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
His presence in us is the light that flashes out of us (the one) to the other which is in deep darkness.
Luk 17:24
(24) For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one under heaven, shineth unto the other under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
In that “night”…in that deep darkness….one shall “see” Him being manifest/SHINE through our mortal flesh when they look upon us. We manifest His glory light to them.
One shall see and be received (be “taken”) and yet another shall not (be “left”. ) The Father draws to Christ those who are “taken” while those who are “left” are not drawn by Him.
Luk 17:34-37
(34) I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
(35) Two shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(36) Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
The ones who are in the “night” shall see His light shine through us and believe will be received. They will gather together unto us as a “cloud” …a cloud of eyewitness of His glory shining through us.
They are the “eagles” that will be gathered together around the “body”…Greek- “soma”= living body. These gathering together is the “clouds.”
The eagles SEE the living body of Christ and gather together around us. The Son of man comes with the clouds….the people of the world who will see and believe when we manifest Christ through us to them
(37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body (Greek - "soma") is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
No man can come to Him except the Father draw him to Him. That is why one is received unto Him and one is left.
He will raise him (the believer) TO the last day of this age we are currently in by having an age-lasting life that comes with belief in Christ.
Joh 6:44-47
(44) No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at (TO) the last day.
We ….His people…HEAR the Word of truth and believe on Christ (who speaks to us) into an age-lasting life.
The people of the outside world who are in darkness “learn of the Father” by SEEING Christ shining through us (we who HEAR and believe and manifest His life to them). They come to the Father (who draws them) by SEEING and believing.
In contrast, we…His people… come to the Father by HEARING (without seeing) and believing.
(45) It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
This is why the next verse states “not that any man has seen the Father”…except the Son who manifests the Father to them (those people of the outside world who will SEE Him and believe).
Those who “see” the Father (they learn of the Father by seeing) pertains only to the people of the outside world who are in the “night”…in the deep darkness.
This is in contrast to His people who will HEAR without seeing and believe. Both groups of people (those who HEAR and those who SEE) believe on Christ unto an age-lasting life.
(46) Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
(47) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
No man has seen God at any time….but the Son declares Him.
John 1:18 shows us Jesus' role as the intermediary between God and mankind, providing the means for people to know God.
Since no one can see the Father directly, they can only know Him through the Son, who is God's express image to the world.
No man can directly see the Father…but through the Son they can see the Father’s glory light rays shine to them. We who hear and believe will shine His glory light to the people of the outside world through Christ.
Joh 1:18 KJV
(18) No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
He is the express image of His person.
Joh 14:9 KJV
(9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Heb 1:3 KJV
(3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Whenever Christ shall appear (to those who are drawn by the Father to Christ,) we also appear with Him in glory. He appears through us to the people of the outside world who are drawn to Him via the shining light. Not everyone will believe when they “see” Him through us.
Col 3:3-4
(3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
(4) When (WHENEVER) Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
We are “Christ the firstfruits”….and the people of the outside world who will see Him through us are His at His “coming”…that is, presence. We manifest His presence to them.
