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Consider prayer 13:-
Ps 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart (lebab) "heart" daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
This prayer is about Jesus and our heart. There are many Hebrew words for "heart" and not enough English words to show differences in the Hebrew meanings.
2Sa 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make heart (lebab) "make-heart-feelings" to me a couple of cakes (labiybah) "heart-cakes" in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. (KJV)
There are only four contexts, all meaning "make-heart-feelings". For example Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
1Ki 8:61 Let your heart (lebab) "heart-feelings" therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
This context along with all the others suggest "lebab" means "heart-feelings". Notice the similar meaning to the verb form, which means to "make-heart-feelings".
Ge 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart (leb) "heart" was only evil continually.(KJV)
`The contexts for "leb" or "heart" refer to the organ of the heart, where the heart is a poetry simile where feelings come from, or emotions flow.
Ps 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my (lebab) "heart-feelings" daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
When people mock you and trouble you and your heart-feelings become depressed, remember this prayer promise of Jesus.
O Jesus, I trust in Your mercy, my heart rejoices in thee.
Our Father in heaven, thank you for Jesus,
thank you for making my heart-feelings trust in Your Son,
may we bring forth your fruits of character in their season,
we support Jesus words. Amen Physical heart
The heart has two sides that make depressed blood into refreshed blood, the difference is an increase in oxygen, the life force that is a simile of the Holy Spirit channelling power from Jesus, who is our salvation.
(1) Need of Jesus: This salvational flow only enters the heart if you long for it's need.
(2) Seed of Jesus: Than you pass this longing onto Jesus as a "seed". This means you study the Scriptures for a special word promise of Jesus that contains a refreshing power flow, you're looking for. Inside this depressed blood are many red blood cells that function as seed, and travel to the lungs where Jesus imparts the oxygen rich power into the seeds.
(3) Plead to Jesus: This impartation of power only happens if you plead in prayer for this flow to return to you. Many times we prayer seeds of hope but we do not have the confidence to plead for the flow to return to you as refreshed power from Jesus.
(4) Feed Jesus with others: Finally once the refreshed blood has come to the heart, bursting with joy, you push the joy out over your body so that others may experience your feelings of the heart, and see Jesus in you alive and well.
Our heart does this cycling of depressed love and refreshed love, all the time. We need to be thankful for our feelings of the heart, and thank Jesus for making these things flow.
This physcial simile of love, heart-feelings, and the cycling process of salvation from Elohiym via the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as community love, is a simile in all our bodies.
It is the same process how the Science of Spiritual Salvation works as a daily process of being refreshed by Jesus.
There are two types of flow concerning Jesus. The depressed flow and the refreshed flow.
The difference between these flows is the life force or quickening presence of the Holy Spirit, who empowers the Father via Jesus, to us on a daily basis.
Let us study the simile of oil:-
` Ex 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
`Oil is a simile for light, which is a simile of Elohiym's power shinning over mankind.
` Ex 27:20 � And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
`The oil was to be pure extra virgin olive oil, made by a beating process. The power of salvation that flowed from Jesus, was pure and extra virgin without sin, and made by a beating process.
`Ex 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
`The oil was made into a perfume ointment by special means, to become special anointing oil. Mary in the NT used a perfumed oil to anoint Jesus before His death, as an anointing of His salvational flow for us.
`Le 2:5 And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
`Some flat bread (no yeast) is minged with oil, to improve it's eating quality. It is a food offering, a simile of eating Jesus.
`Le 5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put [any] frankincense thereon: for it [is] a sin offering.
`The sin-ofering made from flour has no oil in it. The flat bread we eat during the Lord's Feast has no oil baked in the flour, is a simile of sin-offerings, a simile of eating Jesus, and asking Jesus to be a sin-offering for us, lifting away our confessed sins.
`Le 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.
`The crown of anointing oil is upon all who enter the sanctuary of Jesus, is a simile of Jesus upon our heads, we are special in His sight.
`Le 24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
`The simile of flow from Jesus, that makes us shine with His power, is to burn within us continually. Jesus salvational flow in us is ongoing forever.
`Nu 11:8 [And] the people went about, and gathered [it], and ground [it] in mills, or beat [it] in a mortar, and baked [it] in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
`Notice the oil is fresh. Just as the heart pumps depressed blood into refreshed blood, the oil is a simile of fresh oil, energized oil, with Jesus' power in it.
`De 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
`Who is the "He"? There are two "He" Beings in this chapter, the first is the "most High" (verse 8), the "Father" (verse 6), the flinty Father rock (verse 13), and Jesus as "learnings that fall as rain" (verse 2) as the "words-personified" (verse 2). There is also a parallel reference to Jesus (verse 11) with the Holy Spirit (verse 11), as a simile of a "nesher bird" with flutterings of her wings.
Thus the oil is a simile of the flow of the Father, via the Son, channelled by the Holy Spirit, for those who follow Jesus. Thus salvation is a community effort of love.
`1Ki 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
`This is a story of support or faith, that flows from Jesus when you support Him correctly. The power flow, a simile of oil, never failed until Jesus, a simile of showers came upon the earth.
`2Ki 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
`Vessels are clay objects, a simile of humans who were made from the clay of the ground, filled with the salvational flow of Jesus, but only if the vessel was empty, and ready to be filled. As soon as people had no need for Jesus, the flow stopped.
`2Ki 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
`The cycling of depressed love into refreshed love is continual as long as there is a need to share with others. Otherwise the oil is stayed.
`Job 29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock (tsuwr) "Father rock" poured me out rivers (peleg) "divided" of oil;
`The oil flows from the Father and is divided into streams of love, carried by Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
`Ps 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
`Notice the cup runneth over, the power of Jesus overflows with joy, that others share in your bounty with the Lord.
`Ps 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God (elohiym) , thy God (elohiym) , hath anointed (mashach) thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
`Elohiym sends the oil of joy, a simile of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew word "mashach" is translated "Christ" in the NT in Greek.
`Ps 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
`Notice the term of fresh oil... not rancid or depressed oil... I shall be a simile of "Christ with refreshed oil"
`Ps 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
`Other similes are mentioned here...so beautiful is the poetry pictures from Scripture.
`Pr 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
`Proverbs is a simile of a "women" and the "spirit" that empowers your will. This is a poetry picture for a reason. Fornication with women is a poetry simile of the mind wandering over Satan and dysfunctional ways.
The other simile of a "woman" is being empowered by the Holy Spirit, who empowers you with Jesus. Your choice of master powers.
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`Isa 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
`The Lord of Trees, wants His trees of straightness to grow with His oil of joy.
`Eze 16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
`An interesting poetry picture, we are naked sinners rescued by Jesus, washed by His showers, cleansed by His blood and anointed by His oil of salvation.
`Eze 32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
`Sure the scriptures are deep, but there is a prayer promise to make them run like oil, saith Jesus our Lord.
`Joe 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
`Durng the end of time, the oil of salvation is not used by people on earth... Notice why :-
`Joe 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
The OT explains why the NT parable has "so called followers of Jesus" with "their oil of salvation withered". These people have fruit that is withered, shrunk and poorly. They have forgotten the meat and drink offerings to Jesus.
This is an offering practiced by Jesus in the "hopping over feast" and He told His followers to eat and drink Jesus, as often as you desire me. Jesus would not do these things until we gather to meet Jesus physically around the wedding table in heaven. So the "hopping over feast"
sadly referenced as the "Lord's ordinance" is the meat and drink offerings shown to us in a refreshed light by Jesus in His latter rain teachings. Sadly most Authorities in churches say the feasts were done away with. So we no longer fast as a feast to Jesus.
But here it says to practice fasting and prayer to Jesus, often, and continually as our fruits are swollen and bursting with the oil of salvation. Otherwise Jesus and the Holy Spirit will come to destroy you, because you wish to destroy yourselves.
Some might doubt these studies here. Doubt if you must. But the Author shows you how to read poetry pictures in Scripture, across the NT and the OT, which interprets the latter rain poetry pictures. How many of us read Scripture in this way?
When your Church announces an up and coming Lord's Ordinance feast, how many of us come to eat and drink Jesus without fasting and prayer before hand? I never knew this.
Our Church Authorities don't know either. The Scriptures are withered up because we do not study them, or read them correctly. We read English instead, the translations of men, and listen to men telling us about GOD. So we practice the commandments of men, rather than the word promises in Scripture.
If our early Assemblies in Acts practiced the Lord's Hopping Over Feast every Sabbath, they must have practiced also the fasting and prayer during each Friday in preparation as well. A Friday fasting would make more Spiritual sense since we come to eat Sabbath food with joy, would help the spiritual with the physical. Both are helping each other.
Jews generally do not fast on Friday for the physical pain of fasting would make Sabbath time less inviting. How is a 24 hr fast or a 40 hr fast, a painful experience? It's not, and one should practice fasting and prayer often as we all desperately need Jesus power more in our lives. Most of us are overweight from indulgence, so learning to do with less is an important lesson from the feast of unleavened bread. The physical restraint of fasting helps us learn to develop spiritual restraint with our will to choose Jesus daily.
Most of us see the physical separately from the spiritual, but Scripture seems to suggest both are similes of each other. The Jews were offended when Jesus told them to drink His blood and eat His flesh. How do we do this literally? By supporting His promised words of power, than the Holy Spirit creates in us a refreshed heart with the oil of salvation.
`Ps 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Notice both Jesus and the Holy Spirit mentioned again here on the only Scripture that explains the second birth process, mentioned by Nicodemus to Jesus, how can a man be born from the womb again? (John 3:4)
Jesus refers to the creative powers of the Holy Spirit from the womb of the Holy Spiirt, is just as literal as man comng forth from the womb during the first birth process. Does the Holy Spirit have a womb? You mean physically or spiritually? We don't know for the Scriptures are simile pictures of Elohiym, and we see things darkly. But the Scriptures do speak of the Holy Spirit having a womb, whatever that poetry simile means. . .
Ps 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Who is the Strong Authority mentioned here as "el" with a womb? Not Mary. Can only be the Holy Spirit who also came over Mary during the incarnation of Jesus, along with the heavenly Father:
Lu 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
The two heavenly parents come over Mary to incarnate their Divine Son with humanity.
So we have real clues as to why the foolish virgins ran out of "oil" from waiting for Jesus to come. They stopped practicing the feasts, along with fasting and prayer, and doing the Lord's meat and drinking offerings, until He comes. The fruits they had inside them withered away, because they stopped doing the daily Science of Salvation, which also includes giving away your fruits to others.
`Mt 25:3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
`This is the purpose of the oil study. Why are so called followers of Jesus, loving Jesus with no extra reserves of oil with them? What does this mean? We are beginning to learn.
`Mr 6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed [them].
`The sick are cured by the oil of Jesus.
`Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
`Heal the sick with the oil of Jesus poured on their head.
Notice the simile of the oil as a picture is difficult to clearly define... Look at this picture in Zechariah 4:-
Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit (ruwach) "Holy Spirit", saith the LORD of hosts.
This poetry picture is about two olive trees that are similes of those who are anointed to stand on the earth for Jesus. Do they represent the oil of the former rain (OT) and the oil of the latter rain (NT) ? Notice there are two Comforters mentioned here that assist in the oil of the Father flowing from heaven for our salvation, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, are two comforters that assist the Father in our redemption.
The life force of the Father that imparts ongoing living into the blood as it journeys for a refreshing process enters into how many Comforters? Two, the right lung and the left lung side on either side of the heart. Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit function together to bring you refreshing salvation from the Father. It is a community effort of love cycled and recycled.
First there must always be a need for Elohiym in your life.
Scroll of Jesus 14:1 O "human being", return unto the YHWH-Jesus thy Elohiym; for thou hast fallen by thine guilt. (Ancient Hebrew)
This need of salvation from Jesus is a daily need, we are found missing relationship with Him, and we return daily to Jesus to restore relationship. Our guilt causes us to miss Jesus, we are sinners because we have done sinning.
Second there must always be a seed claimed for Elohiym so you can hope for a promised refreshed power flow.
Many people fail here to "take words and turn to Jesus", so their lives exist with a depressed flow from God, you are sustained for a borrowed time, until you realize your need for refreshed power that salvation only offers.
Scroll of Jesus 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD:...
Notice the simple way the Steps of Salvation via Jesus are written. Take words with you and turn to the Lord Jesus.
A child with child like understanding simply take words from Scripture are seeks Jesus in those words. Simple. Why is this so simple? One need not know all things to receive power promised to flow. It happens. Just take the words, and experience Jesus in your life.
Simple child like faith. Support Jesus with His words.
We do not have to pray the promised word powers with exact Scripture reckoning in Hebrew. No. First we cannot speak Ancient Hebrew anymore with exactness, nor do we understand the Language of Heaven. We are children of the Light. So we speak to Elohiym in child like words, heaven understands. The promised flow of power from those words will come because you support Jesus' words as best we can.
The reason why we study the promised words in Hebrew is because we want to know the meaning of the words correctly, not via a human translation, which may not be consistent with meaning. Do we understand the promised word seeds correctly is all we need to know. Take with us words, and turn to Jesus, is how we support Jesus, and He will support you.
Don't get bogged down with human scholarship of words that adds confusion, such as "justification, sanctification, impartation and the imputing grace of Christ". All this is unnecessary and confusing.
Ps 131:1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Hebrew uses simple broad words, with poetry pictures or similes for a reason. Poetry pictures allows people to see things differently with variety. We see things differently but this does not remove the underlying details of poetry similes; only that we do not see them all.
One does not need to know all about a car to drive one. One does not need to learn about the Father's Zero Point Energy to learn to use Electricity as a simile of it's power. Trust in the things we do not fully understand.
Take with you words and turn to Jesus. Easy to do and simple. Say the words in prayer and thank Jesus for the precious flow of power those words of Jesus promise.
Pr 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A man's heart designs his road, but the Lord YHWH Jesus directs his steps. This special scripture tells us we can choose which road to travel, but Jesus empowers us daily with the flow of His power, as we walk with Him.
We study word promises daily, to eat Jesus, and like food, these word promises fill us with hope of potential power from Jesus. During the day's tribulation we forget which of the dozens of word promises we need to claim minute by minute in our walk of Jesus along the road of life. However if we listen meekly to Jesus, the promised word seeds come to memory, the Holy Spirit brings them to our mind, and we speak those promised seeds of power in our mind, for immediate results of a hoped power flow from Jesus.
Thus daily, our joy is a continual feast.( Pr 15:15)
Third, once you read or think of the words to take as a seed, pray over those words or Plead to Jesus:
Scroll of Jesus 14:2...say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously:...
Pray to Jesus, Lord lift away my guilt and receive me according to Your beauty. Jesus is a beautiful picture of love, that English words detail with grace, kindness, truth and so on.
Expect confidently for the promised power flow, sometimes your prayer flow comes within two days, often immediately, it depends upon your need, and how Jesus directs your daily steps in His power. You are yoked to Jesus in relationship,
so you do not walk alone. Often the pleading is done with mediation, prayer and fasting. This means a persistent patient time set aside for ourselves to hear Jesus talk to us, and to do this we have to become humble enough to hear the still small voice of Elohiym.
Pride opposes relationship, meekness seeks relationship. Learn to look intently to Jesus. See the price paid on the Cross for you. Let your heart-feelings experience the pictures of salvation through sacrifice. Break up your clods of pride with the ploughed principles of the Word
and become a softer till that thrills when Jesus' Seed germininates as you plead. Give time for the Seed to Heed your request and germinate in your heart. Soon the power of God will Feed your soul, refreshing your living energy.
Scroll of Jesus 14:2 ... so will we render the calves of our lips.
Finally Feed your depressed cells in your community system with refreshing living energy that God has given you, and as naturally pressed down and overflowing you will want to share the joy with others.
If we Feed alone, we become selfish and feel hungry no more. But if we give away our fruits to others and refresh others, will also refresh ourselves. Love is a power can that never exist on it's own. Selfish love is destructive burning. It inflames and get violent. Such "selfish self" exists only because your will wishes to experience this dysfunctional process alone, and so the Holy Spirit becomes an agency for your request, but true loving is always relational. But love that is received by others and produced by others becomes a circuit of community relationships.
Paul, an experienced man in Jesus, says the same thing, linking the Steps to Jesus, with the ultimate goal: relationship...
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
The term "well doing relationship" is written by the Author, not translated by the KJV, because they are inconsistent in their English with Hebrew words.
(1) "eupoiia" is a Greek compound word meaning "well doing".
(2) "koinonia" is a Greek word meaning "Relationship". Simply look up all the Greek contexts and see for yourself.
Ac 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship (koinonia) "relationship" , and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Thus we have studied "oil" and the simile pictures of salvation, "oil" represents.
Now let's study "blood" and how it is pictured with "oil".
Ex 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
This special scripture is powerfully interesting. The blood here represents three Beings, a community poetry picture, first the innocent animal without guilt is slain, second the blood your missing requires is confessed unto the sin-offering made by the animals's blood on your behalf, and third, the blood is a poetry simile of Jesus who would would exchange your missing of living for eternity with His living for eternity, thus an exchange of life for life, and soul for soul, or living energy for living energy is made. The Hebrew phrase "anointing oil" is a reference to only One Being, that is Jesus.
The Hebrew word "mishchah" in Greek is translated in English as "Christ", so "Christ's oil" is sprinkled over Jesus, and over His followers, because we are special to Him.
Eze 16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. (KJV)
The salvation process begins with washing of water, a simile of baptism, so the sinner's blood is thoroughly removed, and the oil of Jesus' salvation becomes our hope for eternal living, and thus all guilt washed away by the "Blood of the Lamb". This is a poetry phrase, for this special process mentioned here in this poetry picture of how Jesus saves us.
Some poetry pictures are difficult:-
Joh 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
How is blood, water and oil related to each other? This community effort of love for our salvation is a mystery... worth studying more...
Now let's look at simile pictures with Nature, to investigate the parable of those who grow in Jesus, but miss out on Jesus during His second coming.
This is a sad poetry allegory of ourselves isn't it? The only followers of Jesus saved when He comes are those getting extra life force from Elohiym. More water and more food daily. Many say on the Internet that the Holy Spirit is an obvious symbol of the "oil", but this is not so from these studies here.
The Holy Spirit is an agency or medium for bringing the life force of salvation from the Father to us. And this salvation process was wrought personally for us by Jesus. The daily flow of salvation comes channelled to us via the Holy Spirit. It's a community flow, all based on relationship.
The parable of the ten virgins is related to the parable of the talents, a poetry picture which follows the saying of Jesus.
The question the followers of Jesus ask, is "how much growing does a follower of Jesus have to do to be saved"?.
The differences between extra watered, fertilized flowers, and neglected flowers is subtle. Look carefully at both images.
Mt 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability;
There are three measures of growing in this parable here, and each is growing according to their several ability.
The reward of the Lord Jesus is the same for each plant that grows in the Word Promises of the Lord: "Well done good and faithful plant..."
Mt 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
It is not about how much of the Word promises you support that matters, or how much of your growing is based on your child like support of Jesus, but that you have GROWN in Jesus. One who follows Jesus must grow in Jesus, and this is salvation. It is a growing process.
The plant which received the powers of growth, did not use these powers and thus grew little, responded little and fell into a dormant sleep. Jesus supplies everything we need, all the powers of the universe is ours to ask and claim, we can support Jesus if we want to, but we are afraid to.
We are scared of the changes Jesus will do to us, we are fearful of growing and becoming different...so we stop seeking for something better in our lives, and sleep with the little powers we have and are comfortable with.
There is another aspect of the power of Jesus, explained in the final parable about the sheep and the goats. The results of receiving Jesus' power, is to refresh others.
Biologically cells that grow on their own become large clumps of cancer. But cells that respond to the refreshing powers from the blood work harmoniously within the community for the over health of the living energy system.
There is a message in this parable, about receiving the growing powers of Jesus:-
Mt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
"When I was hungry, you fed me"...If you see people wanting support from Jesus, and you know how to support them with the Words of Jesus, will you not want to refresh them as Jesus is refreshing you? Such is an automatic response when the depressed soul becomes a refreshed soul, we are full of the joy of Jesus, and others come to us to feel the fruits of Jesus beaming from you.
"When I was thirsty, you gave me drink"...When we see others searching for Jesus, are we not willing to show and give them Jesus with joy and gladness? Jesus is a simile of physical food and physical water as well. So part of this picture is about witnessing to others and filling their physical needs first. The physical filling becomes the door for the spiritual filling.
In affluent countries when people are out of work, the social benefit schemes help them physically. The Strong Authority Governments helps poor people with food and drink, so they can get a job and thus fill their spiritual place in society, worshipping the Governement as our Authority and our Religion.
In the Hebrew scriptures of the OT times, the needs of the poor were to be met by the tithe and offerings of the religious brothers who were overflowing with abundance. Such help was given to the poor for free. You will notice there is a change in the way society helps the poor. The Churches have become stingy and selfish these days.
Our witnessing has become selfish and this is causing our passion for Jesus to die out.
The purpose of these word promises of hopeful power flow from Jesus, an extra flow of Jesus through us, is for the service of others.
If the salvation process is relational, is not the power flow relational as well? The heart pumps the refreshed blood over your body for a reason, to service your cells, and other cells not physically attached to you.
Is that possible? Yes. When you give your spouse a body hug, or a cuddle, is there not a transfer of energy from one healthy living energy to another living energy? Do we recharge ourselves in the presence of a person beaming with joy? Do we not catch a little of their passion? Of course we do.
He who refreshes others is himself refreshed (Proverbs 11:25).
All the major Christian religions fail to understand the ten commandments and how the wording of the ten commandments is changed by Jesus:
The first written version of the "Ten commandments" was done in stone by the finger of Elohiym. Thus the "ten commandments of the Father" are eternal and unchangable.
But Jesus also added to the "Ten commandments" to the "words of the Father" for a reason:-
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Since Jesus pre-existed from eternity, the commandments of Jesus and the commandments of the Father have to have existed on earth from the beginning when Adam first did missing of the Divine Relationship. Such missing brought condemnation upon us.
Ro 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. (KJV)
Missing from Adam brought condemnation upon all of us. This NT verse is translated correctly. We are not born sinning, we become missing relationship when our minds choose to miss relationship with GOD. But all of us are born under this condemnation.
This word is only used three times in the NT.
Ro 8:1 � There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
Those who live in Jesus are no longer condemned. How is this possible for those living in the OT, if Jesus did not pre-exist? So Jesus existed from the beginning of Adam's missing: thus we can expect a solution to missing near the Father's ten commandments added by the words of Jesus who rewrote them in the teachings of Jesus.
The Father's ten commandments for eternal living are written on stone by the finger of Elohiym.
The salvation process living via Jesus is written also near the ten commandments by the scrolls of Jesus in the teachings using animal skins and ink.
Notice the Father's ten commandments:
Ex 20:2 I am the LORD (YHWH) thy God (elohiym), which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
If Jews say "elohiym" means a numerical single one of Strong Authority, than Jesus cannot add to the Father's words, His own words of salvation for mankind, thus mankind cannot be saved from sinning, except through the Father alone.
There is no Holy Spirit. There is no Son. Their is no salvation. The Father did not die for our sinning. And correctly the Muslims say "A Father god cannot die" if you define death that way.
But if we learn from reading all the contexts of "elohiym" as a Jew Gordan points out, the term is a "system of Strong Authorities" or a "Family", Gordan ignores the few contexts that do not fit with the majority, thus violates how we read Scripture.
Than Jesus is of Elohiym, the Holy Spirit is of Elohiym, and death is defined by the separation of Elohiym from it's unified power, thus a Son of Elohiym can experience the "Second death", a place of non-existance, the first death is a sleep in Elohiym, but the "Second death" is the absence of the community of Elohiym.
Thus for salvation to come to those found missing, Jesus adds His commandments within the Father's ten commandments in Jesus scrolls of teachings. Do such commandments exist? Yes
Ho 13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Notice the added words of Jesus to the Father's ten commandments.
Whose our Saviour now? The Father is through His Son, via the Holy Spirit, but only if you as a follower of YHWH guard the Father's commandments and the Son's commandments. You must guard both.
This is why the salvation process is added into the words of the Father, and added to by the Son, His messenger of salvation.
There is another of the ten commandments added to by Jesus:-
Ex 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Most churches ignore the sabbath "Ceasing Day" the Father requires of us. Did Jesus change the Father's Sabbath commandment? No. But Jesus did change the way the Sabbath day is to be experienced.
Before missing entered the "Ceasing Day", nothing in the universe was found missing, all was in harmony and peace, the atoms, the laws and the Divine Relationship of mankind with Elohiym. When mankind did missing, the atomic quantum changed, the laws changed and the divine relationship with Elohiym was broken.
Everything was broken into a dysfunctional pathway controlled by Elohiym, but the amount of dysfunction is willed by the individual sinner.
Notice the changes to "Ceasing Day" Jesus commanded to those following Elohiym for salvation:-
De 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
The reader can't see the Hebrew behind the English. Sometimes our translators do not consistently render the Hebrew into English consistently and faithfully.
De 5:15... therefore the LORD-JESUS thy Elohiym commanded thee to do on Ceasing-Day.
What an oxymoron, how can one do on Ceasing Day? Do what? Most of us do nothing on Ceasing Day, after all the Ceasing Day means to Cease right? Sure we worship Jesus and sing hymns and praise and stuff, but we Cease on Ceasing-Day...right ? Wrong!
You will notice Jesus was killed for these two changes to the Father's law... Jesus claimed to be the sinner's Saviour.
And Jesus was doing on Ceasing Day....
The Jews could not tolerate breaking these two commandments and killed Him for this.
So what are we supposed to be doing on Sabbath? Let's ask Jesus:-
Joh 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
During the week we experience Jesus, claim His word promises of power and live joyfully recharged by Him.
Sabbath is a day of sharing that joy with others, the depressed love becomes refreshed love when it overflows to others. Thus the community of church is full of joy.
Want to know why our Churches are boring with "living dead" people? Because the refreshing joy of Jesus is not flowing over others. We give tithe and blessing to a central control who uses it selfishly for themselves.
Tithe and offerings was used by the assembly for helping the poor, the blind and the condemned so they can come to Jesus for salvation.
The Sabbath changes by Jesus is about Jesus though us doing redemption in others.
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The Author is a Gardener in a huge motel village, and part of my job is to watch flower beds grow and become more beautiful.
Here are brand new garden beds of flowers, all watered and fertilized to make them grow larger flowers.
When the Author compared this to older garden beds of flowers, the flowers and the leaves were smaller. The plants were stunted, as if asleep or dormant because of a lack of extra water and fertilizer. They were growing sort of happily but had years of neglect. The difference between the newer garden flowers and the older garden flowers was subtle but different in colour, size and glow.
The photographs do not show the reader what a human eye sees. Nor will a person who is not a gardener understand what the Author is talking about here. You have to experience gardening to experience what growing is about.
Sure you can admire paintings on a wall, but a painter can appreciate a painting better because he or she has experienced the painting process himself or herself. This is the same for gardening. It deepens your appreciation, it makes your attitude of gratitude broader.
Like Mary or Simon, the ones who have experienced deeper sinning, finally experience a deeper walk with Jesus with intensely more love, than one who does not understand what missing relationship means.
When you feed a plant with extra waterings and fertilizer food, the leaves responds and the flowers do not. The plant grows in the bounty. When the tribulation finally comes, the promised flowers are larger and the fruit is larger and more of it. But the difference between the withered starved plant flowers and the well fed plant flowers is much the same. Both plants have flowers and leaves. So why arn't both saved when Jesus comes?