And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him"
(Matthew 13: 10-12, NASB).


Psalm 25: 14 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

14 The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will make them know His covenant.

6 And He will be the stability of your times,
A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;
The fear of the Lord is his treasure. (Isaiah 33: 6).

9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. (Daniel 12: 9-10).

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding
(Proverbs 9: 10)
          

Roh tujuh-lapis (Sevenfold Spirit of the Holy Ghost) berkerja agar mereka yang tertulis namanya dalam buku kehidupan dapat bertumbuh-percaya dan mengenali Roh Tuhan yang Mahakudus....

                                 

Lalu berfirmanlah Ia: "Dengarlah firman-Ku ini. Jika di antara kamu ada seorang nabi, maka Aku, Tuhan menyatakan diri-Ku kepadanya dalam penglihatan, Aku berbicara dengan dia dalam mimpi.(Bilangan 12:6)

Dalam mimpi, dalam penglihatan waktu malam, bila orang nyenyak tidur, bila berbaring di atas tempat tidur,maka Ia membuka telinga manusia dan mengejutkan mereka dengan teguran-teguranuntuk menghalangi manusia dari pada perbuatannya, dan melenyapkan kesombongan orang,untuk menahan nyawanya dari pada liang kubur, dan hidupnya dari pada maut oleh lembing.(Ayub 33:15-18)

"Kemudian dari pada itu akan terjadi, bahwa Aku akan mencurahkan Roh-Ku ke atas semua manusia, maka anak-anakmu laki-laki dan perempuan akan bernubuat; orang-orangmu yang tua akan mendapat mimpi, teruna-terunamu akan mendapat penglihatan-penglihatan.Juga ke atas hamba-hambamu laki-laki dan perempuan akan Kucurahkan Roh-Ku pada hari-hari itu."(Yoel 2:28-29).

"Jikalau Penghibur yang akan Kuutus dari Bapa datang, yaitu Roh Kebenaran yang keluar dari Bapa, Ia akan bersaksi tentang Aku."(Yohanes 15:26).

"Tetapi apabila Ia datang, yaitu Roh Kebenaran, Ia akan memimpin kamu ke dalam seluruh kebenaran; sebab Ia tidak akan berkata-kata dari diri-Nya sendiri, tetapi segala sesuatu yang didengar-Nya itulah yang akan dikatakan-Nya dan Ia akan memberitakan kepadamu hal-hal yang akan datang."(Yohanes 16:14).

"Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorang pun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku."(Yohanes 14:6).

"Masa keamanan akan tiba bagimu; kekayaan yang menyelamatkan ialah hikmat dan pengetahuan; takut akan Tuhan, itulah harta benda Sion."(Yesaya 33:6)

...hold fast to what you have...

Revelation 3New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSCVE)

                                

Rev. 12: 14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:

8 “I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have, but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my Name. 9 I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.10 Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

FOR YOU ALONE ARE HOLY

Revelation 15: 2-4

2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant[a] of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
    King of the nations![b]
4 Lord, who will not fear
    and glorify your name?
FOR YOU ALONE ARE HOLY.
    All nations will come
    and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”
                                 

"...to test you in order to know what was in your heart..."

     'Wilderness,' when it is journeyed as in the hand of the Lord, then it is not only refining our spiritual precepts, but it may also guide us back to the right pathway of faith.

"...to test you in order to know what was in your heart..."

     Every sojourner sighed "I am no better than my ancestors!" The apples do not fall far from the tree. Adam ate the forbidden fruit, so do we.  "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the "name" ('mission') of the Lord and relies upon his God?" Isaiah 50: 10

PSALM 19: 1-6. (NRSCVE)

Psalm 19: 1-6

1 The "heavens" are telling the glory of God; and the "firmament [skies]" proclaims his handiwork ["name"].

2 Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge.

3 There is no speech, nor are there words;  their voice is not heard;

4 yet their voice [b] goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens[c] he has set a tent for the Sun

5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.

6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them;  and nothing is hid from its heat.

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      Note:
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    If you literally interpret the first verse, then you could be a weather forecaster or perhaps merely as an NASA's admirer.  But, if you see the passages as spiritual words or as Lyrics, then you need the Holy Spirit to explain them to you. If we do know the Spiritual meanings, then our intellectual capacities might still be tempted in seeking the prophesied literal 'signs.'  If we do not know both of them, then we do not know the clues which point to His Second Return.

     If we could hear the Spirit, then we could 'hear' and 'see' the 'Spirit' of the "firmament" and "heavens." It is the Spirit of the 'firmament' and 'heavens' that tells us about His glory and proclaims unto us about His handiwork (name; mission). 

     Seeing the sun, for example, in a spiritual vision gives a completely different message compare to staring the literal sun in the sky.  The literal skies and the heavens provide us the hints for weather forecasting either the outer space weather or the weather conditions within the earth's atmospheres, but the 'heavens' and the 'skies' we see in the spiritual visions or the Lyrics, revealing unto us the handiwork (mission) of His hand.  Thus, the literal sceneries of the heaven and sky enable us to predict the weather conditions, but the latter, the Spiritual Lyrics, concerning heavens and skies enable us to prognosticate, either future, the past or the present divine handiwork as according to the Word. The Lyrics in Matthew 24: 29, therefore, reveals the "Spirit" of the 'heavens' and 'firmament': the firmament portends the handiwork (mission) of Judgment, and His "name" is the Judge who judges in equity! So do, Zechariah 14: 5,6,7, Psalm 50: 4, 6, Revelation 6: 12-13, and Genesis 8: 21-22;  they reveal divine handiworks (missions).

Siapa gerangan sampai mengenal kehendak-Mu, kalau Engkau sendiri tidak menganugerahkan kebijaksanaan, dan jika Roh Kudus-Mu dari atas tidak Kau utus ? ( Kebijaksanaan Salomo 9:17)

     Permulaan hikmat (Roh hikmat) adalah "takut akan Tuhan," (Roh) dan MENGENAL Yang Mahakudus adalah pengertian ["mengenal" adalah operasi karunia Roh Pengertian yang melekat pada Roh Kudus] (Amsal 9:10).

     Dalam bahasa lain, ada Roh Kudus yang menyingkapkan kebenaran, yang tersingkap, termasuklah Firman yang tertulis dalam Kitab-kitab suci.  Roh manusia tidaklah mengerti dengan jitu kerana pengertian kita terkial-kial pada rumusan otak serta kerap kali bergantung pada pembahagian rohani dari paderi ataupun dari orang-orang percaya; Ayub berkata "dari cakap-cakap orang sahaja, saya mendengar tentang Engkau."  Jika tiada operasi ketujuh-tujuh karunia Roh Kudus itu, susahlah untuk bertumbuh-percaya.

     Oleh kerana Karunia-karunia adalah kekal abadi melekat pada peribadi Roh Kudus, maka tidak hairanlah jika Rasul Paulus bersaksi bahawa karunia Roh Kudus "datang dan pergi." Jika ia turun pada sumbu roh manusia, maka Karunia-karunia itu datang; jika Roh Kudus tidak turun maka Karunia-karunia dikatakan pergi!

Permulaan hikmat adalah...: Roh manusia adalah pelita Tuhan, yang menyelidiki ...

Permulaan hikmat adalah...: Roh manusia adalah pelita Tuhan, yang menyelidiki ...:      Roh manusia yang telah ditahirkan oleh Firman, jika ia masuk di dalam hadirat Roh Tuhan (Face of God), rohnya akan diurapi atau '...

Proverbs 20:27, the spirit of man is like the lamp of God....

     Roh manusia yang telah ditahirkan oleh Firman, jika ia masuk di dalam hadirat Roh Tuhan (Face of God), rohnya akan diurapi atau 'sumbunya' akan bernyala oleh api suci Roh Kudus.  Kristus bersabda "Berbahagialah orang yang suci hatinya (sumbu roh), karena mereka akan melihat Allah" (Matius 5:8). Arti perkataan "Berbahagia" adalah 'anugerah' dari Sorga.  Umat manusia tidak ada sumber manusia untuk mengecapi ucapan 'berbahagia."  'Blessedness' hanya dapat dikecapi oleh manusia keturunan 'luka,' hanya apabila ada 'anugerah' dari operasi karunia roh tujuh lapis: the Word of God.'

     Dalam hadirat Roh Kudus atau "melihat Allah," sumbu-roh manusia akan bernyala, dan cahayanya akan menyinari seluruh tubuh roh manusia. Sumbu roh itu (jantung roh) juga masih dapat berfungsi-bernyala sebagai lampu, biarpun ia berhubungan-sentuh (spiritual encounter) dengan lain-lain roh, iaitu roh-roh bukan geng roh Tuhan.

     Namun, pertembungan roh seumpama itu akan hanya memberikan realiti-realiti roh yang bertembung dengan jantung roh kita (spiritual hearts). Dalam lain perkataan, roh manusia dari semula sememangnya dicipta seperti lampu; dalam hadirat Roh Kudus, sumbunya bernyala oleh api suci Roh Kudus, begitu juga halnya dalam hadirat lain-lain mahluk roh, sumbunya boleh bernyala namun apinya tidaklah suci. Tanpa hadirat apa-apa mahluk halus, roh kita yang dibaluti daging hanya akan dapat menanggapi realiti sekeliling melalui kelima deria rasa yang berpusat pada otak, dan juga sedar kepada aktiviti-aktiviti sistem sarafnya.  Maka, jika kita melihat makhluk roh seperti ---, itu bermakna sumbu roh kita sedang berinteraksi (spritual encounter) dengan roh yang hadir iaitu sebagaimana yang dilihat oleh mata roh.

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     The spirit of man must be pure in order to become the lampstand of the descending Holy Spirit.  Thus, Jesus said "be perfect, therefore, as My Father in heaven is perfect."  Jesus was not exhorting the believers to equate themselves with the Holiness of God. He was simply unfolding the nature of the business in entering the pure (perfect) door of His Presence.  You must be likened the pure gold lampstand in order to enter the presence of the pure tongue of fire. And ones must be continually meditating the "Way," if ones desire to enter His Presence; it is the Word that enables every believer to be approved into the business of "entering:" prayer. "Enter your own chamber ('deep'~spirit), for the Lord is descending..."

     Jesus revealed "apart from Me, you can do nothing." Apart from the Sacred Cross you can't be the pure gold lampstand. You must be clothed with the perfect garment cleansed by the blood of Jesus. The perfect garment made from the Word presaged right from the beginning when Adam saw the perfection of the animal-skin garment made from the spoken Word of the Divine.  

     Jesus was the spoken words of the Divine (John 1: 1) in the Old Testament.  If we see the perfection of the garment made from the spoken words of the Divine just like Adam who saw the divine-made garment which was far better off compared to his weaved-fig-leaves covering , then we would joyfully believe in the One whom the Father hath sent. The free 'gift' for the wounded men to be healed.  Thus, His blood is the perfect cleansing power that enables every follower to be the pure gold lampstand; they put on the holy linen tunic for their spirits by asking Christ to cleanse their spiritual hearts.

The spirit of man is like the lamp
of God (the 'wick' of the spirit is
aflamed when it is cleansed by
the sacred blood of Jesus.)

Christ was foreshadowed by the tangible Menorah
in Torah ~see Exodus 25: 32-35.  When
you see the menorah upward into heaven, then
you will see the reality of the Spirit as revealed in Revelation 1: 12-16 and Revelation 21: 23.

     Every believer's spirit functions to be 'holy of holiest' chamber or the lamp stand for the descending Holy Spirit. Therefore, each believer would be exhorted, and disciplined like the seven lampstands (churches-'spirits of the believers') in Asia Minor (Rev.2-3). The Law was the Word of God that became Christ. All Divine Law are the spoken Words of God. "8 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law" (Psalm 119: 8).  The wonderful things of the Law are Christ's handiworks.  "My spoken words are Spirit" said Jesus Christ.  And that Spirit embodied as Christ. Therefore, all Mosaic Laws are revealing Christ and divine holiness.  They (the Old Testament House of Jacob) observed the Law, thus, they were acquainted with Divine Holiness.  

     The New Covenant believers do not live according to the Laws because they are given the Way, the Door, and the Key to be the pure golden lampstands for the pure tongue of fire;  "14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5: 14). That tongue of fire is the presence of God. Therefore, they enter the spiritual relationship with Christ. The previous spoken words in the form of Law (Mosaic Law), later became the embodied Son of the Most of High, fulfilling the Divine spoken words: the prophecies, the Laws and the Psalms.

     When the Light of the Holy Spirit on our wicks of our spirits unfolds the Laws, we sigh "...ah, the shadows of Christ's mission; the divine spoken Word in the form of Laws." When they read Jesus' Word in Luke 24:44,  they say "Amen" because they see that Christ in the flesh was the Divine handiwork in saving/redeeming the wounded men.  Thus, they chose not to be enslaved by the Letters, but they chose to meet the Divine Spirit, and they saw the splendor, consuming-fire realities of His holiness. They entered the spiritual relationship "Deep calls deep" as husband and wife.

     Supposed that we called upon the presence (face) of the Holy Ghost, then we must follow the Way, the Door, and the Key in entering His Presence. Therefore, without wisdom, understanding and knowledge, it would be impossible to present ourselves as the righteous lamp-stands for the ever presence of the Holy Ghost.  And, if we do not embrace the Way like "a branch and the true Vine," then surely we would not understand how to enter into our own chambers, then -- into His presence: the royal priesthood.

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Threefold hearts within a man: the design that continuously marred by our sins
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     Every man has three hearts; the physical heart, the heart of the soul, and the spiritual heart.  Though the health of our physical hearts are interweaved with the other two hearts, every professing Christian does have general knowledge concerning healthy foods for the heart, and healthy life styles as well, in optimizing its functions.  Our hearts of the souls are healthy by practicing love and forgiveness.  Whereas, our spiritual hearts are purified by the faithful power of love and forgiveness by the Lamb of God. Thus, we would only deal with our heart of the soul, and the heart of the spirit in doing the business of "entering" into the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Most of us do not only concern about the spiritual heart, but also we are lacking  Wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

     Without His presence (the 'Face' of God), our spiritual hearts wouldn't be caught up into the flow of the "Spirit of prayer."  If there is no Light, then there would be no lamp unto your feet, and no Light for your path. If the Holy Ghost has seemingly lifted up His presence from our wicks of the spirits, then ones shall learn to be content in trusting His "name." What does "trusting in his name" mean as in Isaiah 50: 10 ? In prophecy, divine-revealed "name" simply means "divine mission." Thus, the absence of His presence (empowerment), demands the followers, who have "fears of the Lord," to put their trust in His 'name.'