Jumaat, 8 September 2017

Knowing 'the Day' or 'hour' of the Second Coming of the Judge


29 “Immediately after the distress of those days


30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.34 Truly I tell you, this 'generation' ...

(Notes: The words 'this generation' refer to those who embraced the Old Testament's religion which was once centred on the Tabernacle worship in Jerusalem)

...will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away ( Matthew 24: 27-35, NIV)

The Day or Hour is known by the Father

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

(Notes:  The ''day" and the "hour" are simply referring to the unique day of the Lord which was called "without daytime, without nighttime" and also "when evening comes" respectively in Zechariah 14: 5-7. )

    When we see the phrases "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage" in verse 38 of the above passage through intellectual interpretation, then they may not elucidate any significant meaning at all. Those 'phrases' seem very plain and they reveal less information concerning the Second Coming of Christ. In fact, we might even say that there is nothing wrong or sinful about those phrases because those daily chores of life are normal for us as human beings! What is wrong with 'eating' after all? So, does with marriage? But, when we 'see' those phrases through the 'eyes' of the Spirit of Prophecy, then those phrases would reveal deeper truth about the priorities and goals of the end time inhabitants of the earth. Yeshua had once said: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God..." In truth, end-times peoples on Earth seek the opposite things (agendas): yes, we seek to glorify 'the tree of knowledge' ! 

     The phrases "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, and buying or selling" are, in truth, prophetic phrases identifying the priorities of 'deeds' among the inhabitants of the earth. It means that the peoples on earth do not need the 'name' of God! They are not interested in the things of God! They are engrossed in "let us make a 'name' for ourselves." They do not need to believe in the handiworks ('names') of the Creator, the Father of all spirits.  Even those professed followers of Christ do not embrace the prophesied prayer "Our Father" as their 'deeds' or the way of life. "Our Father" was given unto believers as the spiritual way of life. The way of life of the ancient Israelites who lived in the Holy Land in those Old Covenant days was according to the Torah (Laws), while the way of life of all born again Christians in the New Testament's era is according to the spiritual messages of the prayer taught by Yeshua Christ: "Our Father." 'The Helper' exhorts all believers to be sober, less they end up like the Sardis believers. The unfinished 'deeds' are actually referring to our practice and wisdom concerning the contents of the prayer: Our Father. St. John wrote the exhortation: 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your 'deeds' unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Revelation 3: 3-6, NIV).

         'Waking up' is the gift of the Seven fold gifts of the Spirit, nonetheless, it must be requested from the Father in Christ's name! We may experience that our sins are somehow like what King David had experienced. They (sins) might be flowing like a river, it is non-stop, and therefore, it is very difficult to set such spiritual goal like "to be dressed in white.' We could end up worn out as we strive to be "dressed in white." The 'flesh' would opine that such spiritual goal is impractical. How come a man with impure spirit be "dressed in white" ? Yeshua's words answered our question: "...apart from Me, you can do nothing." 'Purity' of one's spirit is, in truth, the gift of God! It is listed as one of the beatitudes in the book of Matthew Chapter 5. "Purity" does not come from human striving. It is given by the working power of the 'divine resources" through the flow of the Sevenfold Spirit. It is not of human origin. Human beings are resourceless in the business of purifying ones spirits! It is the gift from the goodness of God. The spirit of man is cleansed by the Word, then if he enters into the presence of the Spirit of God, his spirit would be anointed or his 'wick' will be aflamed by the sacred fire of the Holy Spirit. Christ said "Blessed are the pure in 'heart' (spirit), for they will see God" (Matthew 5: 8). 

    The word "Blessed" means the 'gift' from Heaven: the flows of the gifts from the Seven fold Spirit of God. Mankind has no resources to be imbued with such 'Blessedness'. 'Blessedness' can only be received by the wounded offspring through the operations of the Seven-fold Spirit: the Word of God. Yeshua's prayer in John 17 clearly manifesting his divinity. He said,"Sanctify them in the truth; your Word is truth" (John 17: 17). The words written in the Holy Bible remain to be the 'printed words,' unless the Seven-fold Spirit comes in unfolding the spiritual meanings. "The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple" (Psalm 119: 130). The "unfolding of God's Word" could be better understood as seen in the adventurous movies where the explorer/anthropologist was previously unable to see a wider visible view inside a dark cave, but later the explorer discovered a main mirror below the vertical opening of the cave, and then the entering sun rays through that opening could be further harnessed through angular adjustment of that main mirror, so that the extra network of several other mirrors were able to light up a greater visible parts inside of that dark cave. Our intellectual understanding about the "inked Word" on the papers of the Holy Bible would turn into a 'deeper' spiritual understanding, when the Seven-fold Spirit 'lights up' the wick of our spirits; 'lighted up' is possible through "Deep calls deep" or through dream dreams, visions, and Voice. His presence imparts deeper understanding when our former spiritual precepts be lighted up by what we see and hear in the Spirit's realms. "It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6: 63).

    To be 'in the presence of the Holy Spirit' or "seeing His face" would endow anointing power upon the recipients, and the Light will illuminate the whole body of the human spirit as long as one's spirit remains in His presence. The purifying power of the Word would only come when the Seven-fold Spirit touches the wicks of our spirits. "Sanctify them in the truth; your Word is truth" (John 17: 17). "It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6: 63).  When the Sevenfold Spirit ceases in endowing His presence, the 'true branches' would return into ordinary human spirits. Therefore, the believers are only considered 'holy' when the Sanctifying Spirit ('the Word') descends on the 'wicks' of their spirits.

    Divine attributes are both true in all of his Covenanted names and his divine Immutable names. In the Personae of Yeshua and YHVH, we might receive the blessings from the flows of divine attributes guaranteed by the Covenanted names of God. Covenanted names of God are responsible in fulfilling the prophetic phrases "seedtime and harvest" in Genesis 8: 22. God made covenants between God's names and his chosen people, so that the prophetic phrases "seedtime and harvest" in  Genesis 8: 22 could be fulfilled! Yeshua, the Son of Man, established the New Covenant, so that Christ as the Sower would then empower the Churches to be the harvesters! Even then, the 'name' Judge would be still involved in 'sowing,' but he (the Judge) is not sowing the Word for Peace Covenant; he (Judge) is sowing the Word for Judgment/wraths and the reapers are his innumerable mighty angels. In Exodus 34: 6, the spirit of understanding teaches us about the Immutable names of God! Those 'names' flow from the divine Immutable attributes. The 'gates' of those Immutable names of God are always flowing unto those whose names were written in the book of Life. Those immutable names could be the blessings unto any recipient of the gift, "the fear of the Lord," either the recipient is inside a covenant or outside a covenant as according to divine predestination. The Prayer (Our Father) cannot be fulfilled through carnal precepts or ordinary intellectual strength. That prayer could only be fulfilled through the operations of the gifts of the Spirit as prophesied by Yeshua in Matthew 5 called the "Beatitudes."  While "to be dressed in white" seems to be an impossible spiritual dream as according to our human comprehension, but "dressed in white" as observed through the gift of Wisdom and through the gift of Understanding is up to be practical. Our God is not a monstrous Divine who demands something from the weak 'wounded'  men, without giving heavenly resources unto them, so that they might be able to fulfill His Word.

    The prayer, "Our Father" is given not to be merely recited, but to be embraced, as if 'the inhaling and the exhaling' of one's spiritual breath; it must be fulfilled encompassing all the prophesied contents of the prayer "Our Father" until they become, as if as our daily spiritual 'deeds' on Earth. While our daily activities of life are mortal (such as the phrase 'eating and drinking'), but the way of life based on "Our Father" is up to eternal deeds. So, everytime we forgive someone who does wrongdoings against us, then we are, in truth, doing something which is 'eternal deed' in the sight of the Father. Fulfilling the Word of God is the 'eternal deed' of any born again believer. "Our Father" should not be recited, as if it was 'a magic spell,' but must become the way of life of every believer. The divine magic of that prayer would only be manifested either in our tangible plane of existence or even in those spiritual realities, as we truly embrace "Our Father" as the way of life.)

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 42 “Therefore 'keep watch'

(Notes: The phrase 'keep watch' means to be continuously in  the Spirit of Prayer'); only through 'watchfulness' that we may receive Dream dreams, Visions and Voice concerning the Word of God and also the secret about the day of the Lord.  The day of the Lord is only known by 'the true branches of the True Vine'; those who are the true recipients of the Sevenfold gifts of Spirit [Isaiah. 11]).

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Matthew 24: 27-44).

1 Thessalonians 5
New International Version (NIV)

The Day of the Lord

5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people (Notes: 'people' refers to the inhabitants of the earth) are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

(Notes: St.Paul says that the day of the Lord will not surprise the children of Light and therefore, the coming Judge will not become like a thief in  the night).

5 You are all children of the light and children of the day 

(Notes: the children of light were endowed with the Sevenfold gifts of the Spirit. Originally, all languages were created by the angels at the ancient tower of Babel. Eventually, they evolved into modern and modified languages as it is todays. However, all of them still use the main existing alphabets. Though the Word of God is Spirit, it is spiritually understood that divine language does have the spiritual alphabets: the heavens and Earth with all the 'elements' in heavens and Earth. In Genesis Chapter 1: 1, it was prophesied that in the beginning the Word created the divine alphabets: "heavens and earths." "Then, the earth is empty..." It was 'empty' though in the preceding sentence it says "...God created the heavens and earth." Why it was empty even after God had already created "heavens and earth." ? The literal earth was still empty and dark because the preceding prophecy tells us that God had had only created the alphabets of the Word of God (Wisdom)! The spiritual visions or even dream dreams could only be understood after we have mastered the alphabets of the Divine Spirit! The divine alphabets are represented by the luminaries phenomenon in heavens and also by the other natural phenomenons in the heavens/skies. The creation of "heaven and Earth" in Genesis 1:1 was referring to the Creation of the divine alphabets. The phrase "Heaven and Earth" as in that verse is referring to what we see in the Spirit of Prophecy.

 Later, we would see through the writings of the Prophets that all revealed Covenanted divine names would have no contradictions in their messages because they are sharing the exact divine alphabets according to the Order of Melchizedec.  Thus, those whom God endowed with the gift of the fear of the Lord would surely be taught by the God's Spirit in knowing the divine alphabets --"heavens and Earth." (See Psalm 50: 4-6; Psalm 19: 1-2). Knowing the Holy One is knowing the flows of the Spirit (the Word of God); knowing the proclamations of the 'skies'; knowing the proclamations of the earth; knowing the signs of times; and thus knowing dream dreams, visions, and Voice. Knowing all Immutable names of God and the Covenanted names of God are the working power of the Spirit of Understanding. Knowing God is, therefore, the gift of eternal life.


    For the testimony of Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy. In truth, the words 'heaven' and 'earth' are flowing from the 'Word' as the main alphabets of God's  language (the Word of God). No wonder why Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1 began with the flow of Prophecy which expressed:  "... in the beginning God (the Word of God with many 'names') created 'heaven' and 'earth,' and yet the latter part of verse 1 said "...the earth is empty and dark." Those who read the Scripture with their intellectual capacities may not be interested in knowing the flows of the Spirit of God; or else they could easily overlook that strange-hidden mysteries, and therefore they may miss the deeper truth of Genesis 1: 1 "Heavens and earth" are consistently flowing in the Spirit realms as the proclaimers of the 'names' of  God as seen in Zechariah 14: 5-7; Matt. 24:29; Rev. 6: 12-14 and etc..etc. Therefore, the divine alphabets were the concealed mystery which explains why the earth (the 'literal physical earth') was still "...empty and dark...," even though in the preceding prophecy in verse one it had been mentioned that "heaven and Earth" were already created. When we rephrase Genesis 1: 1 with the knowledge of alphabets then it would sound: "... In the beginning, the Word (God with many 'names') created the alphabets, " heaven and earth," then the earth (the literal earth) was still empty and dark...'


 Every God's name ('handiwork') is always proclaimed by the divine main alphabets: "heaven and earth." It was seen between God and Abraham; Yahweh and Moses and the prophets and also in the birth of Christ and on the day The Judge descends on earth! "The sun is darkened, the moon does not shine and the stars are falling down" in Matthew 24: 29, for example, are  the details of the 'alphabets the luminaries of Heaven) from the Divine spirit' which proclaim divine "name." The 'heaven and earth' proclaim the coming "name" of the Lord Christ: "the Judge." Once we used to 'reading' those details of the 'divine alphabets,' then it would be easier for us to understand the prophecies of the Prophets in the Holy Bible. Our understanding about divine 'alphabets' would deepen our understanding about the ways of God, and it would  also refine our personal interpretations. The Spirit of God does not   flow without those  alphabets: "heavens 'and earth." The alphabets of "heaven and earth" are the divine language of all revealed divine 'names.' Such consistency is the nature of the Divine Spirit fulfilling the  Order of Melchizedek.) So, the Word of God (Seven-fold Spirit) would flow into the main alphabets: heaven and Earth. It normally flows into that order especially when God begins a new 'name'.'


We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (1Thess. 5: 5-11, NIV).
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22 “As long as the earth endures,
seed-time and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night will never cease.” (see the link)

                           (Genesis 8: 20-22, NIV). 


(Notes : The knowledge of spiritual divine alphabets in verse 22, Genesis 8 unfolds God's mysterious handiworks. The first line of that 5-lines-stanza poem is specifically (divine alphabets) revealing divine attribute: the Creator's enduring patience.  The lyrics "seedtime and harvest, and 'day and night will never cease" are spiritually subjected to the earth's endurance. Briefly, the lyrics "as long as the earth endures" represents God's enduring patience! When the earth would no longer conceal the bloodsheds on earth as presaged in Isaiah 26: 20-21, it was prognosticating that 'God's Covenant of peace would be ceasing in continuing the opened-'gate' of the Lamb of God. Seedtime and harvest would no longer endowing  power unto the Church.  The reapers (the angels) would replace the Churches' role as harvesters of souls.  All Divine wills originated from the immutable Father's name. 

    The Father's grandeur plan for the 'wounded' mankind was clearly prophesied in Genesis 8: 22. His plan was "sowing and reaping" the soul of men on earth. The lyrics "seedtime and harvest" disclosed the handiwork of Divine salvation for mankind. When the Immutable name of the Father flowed unto the recipients of His name, then a covenant would be established. Thus, the Covenanted Divine name would be revealed.  Both Yahweh and Yeshua Christ are the Covenanted name of God. Both were originated from the Immutable name of God. The proclamation of Divine name in Exodus 34: 5-7 was the Immutable name of God. When the Israelite broke the Covenanted, the covenanted name which was once written on the Tabernacle was taken back by the Immutable name of God. Those prophets who were in exiles were able to 'see His face' because they were given Divine favour and therefore, they were given the gift "the fear of the Lord is Wisdom." Then, later the new name was revealed and proclaimed which meant the new establishment of Covenant. 


     The Immutable name of God remains ''callable" by those who were given by the gift "the fear of the Lord." The name Holy Spirit represents the anointing power given unto those whose names written in the book of Life. So, there are Immutable name of God and also the Covenanted names of God. "Seed-time and harvest" are fulfilled by the Covenanted names of God. The covenanted names of God originated from the Immutable name of God. The Prince of Peace was the Covenanted name of God throughout the Peace age or the Church's age. When the Judge came, then the Covenanted name, Prince of Peace, would cease to endow 'peace' among the nations. Every believer needs to know the Immutable name of God, if ones desire to "enter one's deeper room": the Spirit of prayer. Knowing the two ''Order' of Divine names would enable a believer to see the deeper meanings of every covenant made between Good and his peoples on earth! All the Covenanted name we're disclosed to His chosen as according to Order of Melchizedec. It means the Covenanted name of God teaches the 'secret' of Altar on earth. The altar reveals Divine "name."


    The spiritual alphabets, 'skies,' would proclaim the descending 'name' of God: the Judge who judges in equity. See Psalm 19: 1-2. Thus, we know that the Covenant of Peace would soon cease  in greeting us in peace, "peace be with you." The phrases "day and night will never cease" point to "the Unique day of the Lord" in Zechariah 14: 6-7. The messages (prophecies) of Genesis 8: 22e would end up in  Zechariah 15: 6-7  as seen through our spiritual knowledge in Isaiah 46: 10.  Its 'ending' is preceded by the proclamation of  His 'name' by the alphabets: "heavens/skies" [ see Psalm 19: 1-2]. Zechariah 15: 6-7 revealed the terminus of God's enduring patience as prophesied in the lyrics of Genesis 8: 22).
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5 ...Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. 7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord— with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.
8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
9 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. (Zechariah 14: 5-9)
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12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place (Revelation 6: 12-14, NIV)

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6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” (Acts 1: 6-11, NIV).
   
(Notes : The prophetic phrases ". ..in the same way you have seen him go into heaven" explicitly tell us the 'visions' of His Coming.  The given 'vision' of Christ's Second Coming would be seen in the same 'way' he was taken up into heaven." Those who may see 'visions' and 'dream dreams' about the descending-Second-Coming of the Judge (Christ) would understand the meaning of Revelation 6: 14 which says: "The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up..."  )