christ and the church

(all Hebrew Word pictures in this study are from DR Frank T Seekins, book by that name) Edit to add that I'm also using an Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible _ Jeff A Brenner~ Hebrew Letters, Words and Roots Defined Within Their Ancient Cultural Context ~ to supplement all info that my...

can anyone make sense of this old posting from a defunct poster. it looks inportant The Noahic Rainbow Promise of Protection Three primary colors make up the rainbow, red, blue and yellow. Ezekiel, the throne is blue sapphire stone, the electrum is yellow and the fire is red...

Having the mind (the nous) of Christ Romans 12:1-3 the askesis that is commonly taught in the bible. It is indeed the gospel according to Jesus. If anyone is willing... let him first deny himself... then take up his cross... and follow me... One has to be willing to deny themselves, the...

Praises to you in public Lord Jesus, My love for You be known! My confessed love shown! Lord GOD Jesus Christ, My husband, my delight! Forever and ever, praises sung, Voices of love in eternal abode! O Bridegroom my joy forever, Jesus my GOD my love eternal! I love You, I love You, I love You...

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. This one has been shared before but it seemed appropriate today. A personal note on fasting. Jesus fasted at the beginning of His ministry. Why? The outcome was in being tested...

Those who look upon the flesh are not to look at Christ that way anymore. Saul, imo, can be compared to any human being. God can give people a new spirit, but sitting at the meeting room door does not allow but a chance at salvation. (Joshua) One must come already in possession of a different...

19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, Jesus asked "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" The only measure of real success pertains to the status of the soul. 2 Corinthians 4:18...

New testament references to sons and daughters include these 2 verses in all translations: Acts of the apostles 2:17 ‘ In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 2...

Typology of the Resurrection of Christ Feast of Unleavened Bread Leviticus 23:6-8 this small amount was very important because no one was to eat anything from this first harvest until the sheaf of the first-fruits had been waved before the Lord, Leviticus 23:14 Once this sheaf had been accepted...

The Fruit of the Spirit By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If...

Christ gives life more abundantly when He in me personally breaks forth as the hope of glory to be the still small voice in control of the largeness of the human nature. Here we find the grace that is sufficient, strength within the weakness, the leading of the Holy Spirit as the mainstay of...

Everyone must practise their faith according to who they are. The white stone is identity with Christ. Not a political, ethnical, sexual or any other identity imposed by others to label anybody as different from others in His Family. The white stone defines the personal relationship that rules...

Continuing with the thoughts posted on > Food for thought Psalm 8:4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Sometimes I wonder if the angels (even the good ones) resent mankind, because of God’s regard for human beings. Altho the psalm is speaking of...

Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 1 John 1:3 we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us...

A Lament over the King of Tyre …14You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. 15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you. 16By the vastness of your...

The irony of the Christian life is in continuing to pay for that which is already ours. When each crises is covered up by other crises w/o dealing with the one previous, then deep dodo is the experience instead of clarity. Christ went thru His own set of crises in His earthly journey, each...

Experience is not easy to articulate in a concrete and communicable way. It can only be done in a fixed mode of symbolic discourse. For me that is within the patterns of scripture. From scripture comes a form of knowing that is tangible. Scripture layers from letter, to the morality contained...

Amazing that his message is that one in four in the world are incorruptible! I like those odds :)

I was reading some of the forums this morning and I came to a realization of the division of the body of Christ, one that can probably still be defined as the visible church and the invisible church. The defining words presented were “I’m the king in my castle” while I wondered about what Jesus...

Shared Verse Source: Amplified Bible Eph 2:15 by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace. Bible Gateway...