Greetings our dear brothers & sisters in the Holy Name of our Reigning & Coming King, our Soul Sustainer, our Breath Giver & our All-in-All Yeshua HaMashiach,
It is indeed in Messiah and Him alone that we LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. There is indeed NOTHING else worth pursuing on this side of eternity except Yeshua HaMashiach! Let us together commit to learn as Messiah's Ruach teaches us "THE ZEAL TO PURSUE OUR ADONAI YESHUA HAMASHIACH, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST BE". Let Messiah teach us the truth of Psalm 69:9, "THE ZEAL FOR THINE HOUSE HAS EATEN ME UP, AND THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACH YOU HAVE FALLEN ON ME."
Let us together anchor our lives on the Rock (1 Cor. 10:4). Let us pray unceasingly so that our Great God and Holy Lord Yeshua HaMashiach will unfold the truth and reality of Gal.2:20, 6:14; 1 Cor. 2:2; Phil. 3:7-14 in our Daily Lives! For it is indeed our exalted privilege on this side of eternity to walk by faith and faith alone and be led by Him. Messiah is Coming!
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
23 hours ago | [YT] | 46
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
1 day ago | [YT] | 55
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
2 days ago | [YT] | 63
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
THE RETURN OF THE MELECH HAMELACHIM
Greetings our dear brothers and sisters in Messiah in the Holy, Mighty, Magnanimous and Magnificent Name of our Mashiach, our Great God and Holy Lord, Yeshua HaMashiach.
Once again to Messiah and Him Alone be All the Praise, Honor and Glory. For Messiah and He Alone is Worthy. Infinitely Worthy is the Exalted Lamb of HaShem who died an excruciating, brutal, horrific, horrendous, substitutionary, agonizing and humiliating death on that Roman Cross while we were sinners, while we were without strength, while we were ungodly and not only that but also WHILE WE WERE HIS ENEMIES (Rom. 5:6-10). Just Staggering! Staggering indeed!
All of us like sheep have gone astray, we have indeed turned, each one of us to our horizontal quests, dreams, goals and ambitions and our Holy Heavenly Father laid on our Holy Adonai the evil iniquities (the wicked intents of our hearts to pursue things of the world and gratify our flesh) of ours on Messiah and Him Alone (Isa. 53:6). Did we ever take a pause to think- that our Holy Adonai actually poured His soul unto death (Isa. 53:12) to deliver us, to redeem us from pursuing our horizontal quests, dreams, goals and ambitions? And today we have a twisted version of this Absolute Truth from the modern pulpits that Elohim actually wants to give us and “bless” us with the things of the world and our flesh. Blasphemy! The Ultimate Blasphemy! As Messiah opened the Olivet Discourse, He warned us that the biggest end time marker will be “DECEPTION.” Are we paying heed? Are we truly?
On this Holy Shabbat, our 13yr old son, David has a message for us from the Inerrant and Infallible God-breathed Holy Word of HaShem as solely directed by Ruach HaKhodesh in His Great Mercy. So let us all be like Active Bereans (Acts 17:11) and let Ruach HaKhodesh unfold it for us and direct us into the Absolute Truth (Jn. 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:14).
Colossians 3:4-7 records:
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
Titus 2:12-13 records:
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ...”
Moreover, 1 John 3:2-3 records:
“Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
The Jewish leaders of the First Century expected a Conqueror who would rescue their nation and destroy the oppressive Roman domination. As a result, they rejected the Kingdom of Heaven when the Messiah, our Great God and Holy Lord, Yeshua HaMashiach, offered it to them.
For many days since then, the common rabbinical expectation was of two different Messiahs, which appeared as a more plausible solution to the issues surrounding the timing of the coming Messiah (especially the prophetic word of Daniel 9 which clearly indicated the appearance of a first-century Mashiach Nagid). The ultra-orthodox community is thus still not ready YET to accept that the two Messiahs are One— who will come at two different times.
Today we seem to be facing a similar issue as we contemplate on the Imminent Return of our Messiah. There Is Actually No Legitimate Way To Reconcile The Holy Scriptures That Speak Of Messiah’s Return (His Second Coming) Unless We Expect Two SEPARATE Returns. The first time Messiah will descend from Heaven and receive His True Redeemed bride to Himself, in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17). The second time Messiah will come with all the saints to the earth and will establish His Millennial Kingdom on the Earth (Zechariah 14:3-21).
We are instructed to look for the “glorious appearing of our Great God and Savior Yeshua HaMashiach” (Titus 2:13). There are several very crucial and important differences between them... if Messiah’s Ruach directs your steps please DO YOUR OWN STUDY OF THESE DISTINCTIONS.
So the question that remains is... what is the homiletic application of this fact? Since Messiah Is About To Descend From Heaven And Appear In The Clouds, What Must We Be Doing In Anticipation Of It? This question is answered for us very clearly in 1 John 3:2-3 as well as Titus 2:12-13. This is a very important topic for every single one of us to understand as true born-again believers because it will affect our destiny. If Messiah leads you to, then please do go for your own personal study of how to “purify ourselves” (1 John 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7) and “prepare ourselves” (Matthew 25:10-13) for Messiah’s Return.
But something that few of us actually stop to think about is— WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TO DO IN ANTICIPATION OF MESSIAH’S RETURN? Colossians 3:4-6 answers this question.
“When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear WITH Him in glory” (v. 4): Appearing (Greek ‘Phanerothēsesthe’) WITH Messiah in glory occurs at the Second Coming of Messiah (Jude 1:14 and several other passages validate this fact).
Notice what follows: “THEREFORE put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (v. 5). Pay heed to the “Therefore...” Apostle Paul is telling us that SINCE WE WILL APPEAR TOGETHER WITH HIM IN GLORY, THEREFORE WE MUST PUT TO DEATH WHAT IS EARTHLY IN US...
Apostle Paul describes what we must put to death:
- FORNICATION
- UNCLEANNESS
- PASSION
- EVIL DESIRE
- COVETOUSNESS which is IDOLATRY!!
Fornication= Greek ‘Porneian’, referring to sexual immorality and bridal unfaithfulness. A Work of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19). Romans 7:4-6 records:
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God... But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
And James 4:4 records:
ADULTERERS AND ADULTERESSES! Do you not know that FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
So when we make ourselves friends of the world we are not only becoming enemies of Elohim but are also committing ‘Porneia’ against our Bridegroom... AND WE ARE TO MORTIFY THIS (Greek Nekrosate, “put to death”).
Uncleanness= ‘Akatharsian’, referring to impurity, uncleanness. A Work of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19). WE ARE TO MORTIFY THIS AS WELL.
Passion= ‘Pathos’, meaning intense emotion or also suffering. We are to Mortify this as well.
Evil Desire= ‘Epithumian Kaken’, lust for evil. Lust is used for fleshly desires as well as for desire for anything other than our Great God and Holy Lord, Yeshua HaMashiach (cf. 1 John 2:16). We are to mortify this.
Covetousness= ‘Pleonexian’, jealousy, envy. Apostle Paul tells us that covetousness is Idolatry AND WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO MORTIFY THESE.
The Wrath of Elohim is coming upon the sons of disobedience for these sins. As true born-again believers who “shall be saved from Wrath through Messiah” (Romans 5:9-10), WE ARE COMMANDED TO PUT TO DEATH EACH ONE OF THESE. Why? BECAUSE WE WILL APPEAR WITH MESSIAH IN GLORY WHEN HE APPEARS!! BECAUSE when He comes back to the earth, we will also come with Him and will Not undergo the eschatological “Wrath” of the One True Living Infinitely Holy God, Elohim (Revelation 6:17).
Have we truly “put to death” our members which are on the earth? Are we mortifying them on a daily basis?? Do we see a change in our lives in the last 12 months with respect to these five members of ours which are on the earth? How? Are we yielding to the Sanctification Ministry of the Indwelling Ruach HaKhodesh, or are we being ascetic?? What is it? TODAY IS THE DAY TO REEXAMINE OURSELVES AND TEST OURSELVES ACCORDING TO HASHEM’S HOLY WORD (2 Corinthians 13:5)
There is very little time left before the King returns for His own!!
We claim on the Scriptural Blessing of Numbers 6:24-26 for each and every one of you, our dear fellow brethren in Messiah on this Holy Shabbat:
יְבָרֶכְך יהוה וְיִשְמְרֶךָ
Ye’-varechcha Adonai Ve’-yish-merecha;
יָאֵר יהוה פָנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶךָּ
Ya’er Adonai panav alecha vichu-ne-ka;
יִשָא יהוה פָנָיו אֵלֶיךָ
Yisa Adonai panav alecha
וְיָשֵם לְךָ שָלוֺם
Ve’ya-seym lecha Shalom.
Baruch Kadosh HaShem! Blessed be the Holy Name of our Holy Heavenly Father! Shabbat Shalom.
3 days ago | [YT] | 16
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
3 days ago | [YT] | 59
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
4 days ago | [YT] | 60
View 1 reply
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
5 days ago | [YT] | 73
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
6 days ago | [YT] | 69
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
1 week ago | [YT] | 58
View 0 replies
BONDSERVANT OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH
1 week ago | [YT] | 69
View 0 replies
Load more