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John Chapter Six
63. It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Matthew Chapter Thirteen
34. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
As I was praying today Father spoke to me and said: “My son so many of my children don’t understand my scriptures. They don’t understand how to see them through the eyes of a loving Father. They don’t see the scriptures unfold through the progression of people’s understanding. They don’t understand that those who wrote them didn’t always understand. The prophets prophesied by faith and were speaking things they didn’t always understand. They spoke as they were inspired by my Spirit.
Most don’t understand that the scriptures are a history of how I met people where they were in their limited understanding of me. There have also been so many who have twisted the translations and made me seem like a monster. My son, please write out your understanding that I have given you and share it with them. Teach them to see with eyes of love and to understand with a heart of love."
So I will share with you what has been shared with me. I don’t claim to know everything, or really anything except what has been revealed to me. I don’t claim to be a teacher or apostle or have any other title. I have learned through revelation and through many errors and I will share with you some things I have learned. These are just a few that are on my heart at this moment.
John Chapter Six
63. It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Matthew Chapter Thirteen
34. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
As I was praying today Father spoke to me and said: “My son so many of my children don’t understand my scriptures. They don’t understand how to see them through the eyes of a loving Father. They don’t see the scriptures unfold through the progression of people’s understanding. They don’t understand that those who wrote them didn’t always understand. The prophets prophesied by faith and were speaking things they didn’t always understand. They spoke as they were inspired by my Spirit.
Most don’t understand that the scriptures are a history of how I met people where they were in their limited understanding of me. There have also been so many who have twisted the translations and made me seem like a monster. My son, please write out your understanding that I have given you and share it with them. Teach them to see with eyes of love and to understand with a heart of love."
So I will share with you what has been shared with me. I don’t claim to know everything, or really anything except what has been revealed to me. I don’t claim to be a teacher or apostle or have any other title. I have learned through revelation and through many errors and I will share with you some things I have learned. These are just a few that are on my heart at this moment.
My beloved brothers and sisters. It is time you learned and unlearned. It’s time to let go of all that false religion has taught you and learn the truth.
Most of you just like me, were not taught to understand the scriptures. Many don’t even study them but just accept what someone else told them and take it for truth. You were taught to read them literally but doing so keeps you from understanding what they truly mean. For example if you listen to the parables that our beloved Master taught and take it literally you will just perceive that it’s a nice story. But the purpose is to learn the meaning of what is written on a spiritual level so that you lives are changed. It is the same with us today. Here are lyrics to a popular song:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray.
If you read that literally you will think the writer is insane. The person written about in this song isn't really sunlight but the meaning behind it is beautiful.
The scriptures are parables and poetry and filled with poetic meaning. I am not saying the things written didn't happen. Paul who wrote most of the New Testament says we are living epistles. Also in Hebrews when speaking of Abraham and Sarah it is written that these things were written as an allegory so we could understand.
All scripture is written with spiritual meaning. If you take any of it as just historical then you missed the whole point. Learning history can be important so that you wont repeat it, but leaning stories is not what changes you. Learning the meaning behind the stories is what changes you from inside out.
Let’s start with a few examples and while we are at it we will destroy fear and strongholds at the same time. These may not be in order but I’ll write them as they come to me. We will begin with this one.
Example One: Blotted out.
All scripture is written with spiritual meaning. If you take any of it as just historical then you missed the whole point. Learning history can be important so that you wont repeat it, but leaning stories is not what changes you. Learning the meaning behind the stories is what changes you from inside out.
Let’s start with a few examples and while we are at it we will destroy fear and strongholds at the same time. These may not be in order but I’ll write them as they come to me. We will begin with this one.
Example One: Blotted out.
In Revelation Chapter Three Jesus spoke of the book of life and people’s names not being blotted out. So this means that some will be blotted out.
You were taught in fear that you would be rejected if you don’t measure up to standards that the church you attend sets. Of course they are different at each church, but the truth is more beautiful than you can ever imagine and it has to do with your false identity being destroyed and your true self being elevated.
You were taught in fear that you would be rejected if you don’t measure up to standards that the church you attend sets. Of course they are different at each church, but the truth is more beautiful than you can ever imagine and it has to do with your false identity being destroyed and your true self being elevated.
There is a true you that was chosen before the foundation of the world. You are blameless, holy and precious in the sight of your Father. Then there is a false you who doesn’t really exist but it’s a persona that was created by listening to people tell you who you are. It has become so real to you that you live and believe that this is the real you. The real you is made in the image and likeness of your Father and is in no danger of being blotted out.
It's the same with the separation of the sheep and goats. The part of you that says "God, didn't I do all these wonderful things in your name" gets blotted out. The part of you that says "My Father in me does the works." This is your true person that will never be blotted out.
Let's see some examples in scripture:
Abraham
There was a man named Abram. He thought he was just an ordinary guy. He made idols of wood and stone and metal for people to worship. What he didn’t know was his true identity so God appeared to him and took him away from his family and all of his history and took him on a journey to teach him that he was not Abram the idol maker but was Abraham the beloved Father of many nations. Abram got blotted out. Abraham got revealed and now all families of the world are blessed because Jesus is the promised descendant.
Jacob
Next we’ll discuss Jacob whose false identity was a deceiver. He stole his brother’s birthright because he didn’t understand that he didn’t need it. He wrestled with his identity and with an angel, which means he was wrestling with the truth of his real identity. God took him on a journey through life and revealed to him that his true identity was Israel which means “he rules as God”. Jacob was blotted out. but Israel was the true identity which was always written in the book of life before the foundation of the world.
Each of you is not who you think you are. You are much more than you know and in time you will find out that you each have a name that only God knows and it will be revealed to you. You are loved so much that He has a secret name for each of you and when He calls you by that name you will know that you are unique and uniquely loved.
And it is written “Jacob I loved and Esau I hated.” Here again is the mystery hidden. Jacob was a smooth man representing spirit and Esau was hairy and rough which represents the flesh. It was not Esau the man that was hated but his false identity.
David
So now we go to David, a man after God’s own heart. His whole life was a physical representation of a spiritual truth. There are endless stories in his life that all point to Jesus. Here are just a couple.
He slew Goliath by hitting him between the eyes with a stone. The stone represents the truth. It is the same with you. Any giant in your life can be slain with the truth of who you are and how much you are loved. Remember it is written that you don’t wrestle with flesh and blood. It is the spiritual strongholds of religion in your mind that you wrestle with. That is why it is written that the law came by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus the Christ.
Another parable of David to open your eyes: David saw a beautiful woman who was married to a man of war. This warrior had the most beautiful woman and yet preferred to be on a battle field instead of at home with his wife. David had the man of war killed and took his bride. I'm not saying what David did was right but it points to Jesus.
Jesus destroyed the enemy called the Law of Moses, the same law that the Apostle Paul called "the ministration of death written on stones", and took a bride for himself. As it is written that as long as a woman is married if she is with another man she commits adultery but if her husband dies she is free to remarry.
Another parable of David to open your eyes: David saw a beautiful woman who was married to a man of war. This warrior had the most beautiful woman and yet preferred to be on a battle field instead of at home with his wife. David had the man of war killed and took his bride. I'm not saying what David did was right but it points to Jesus.
Jesus destroyed the enemy called the Law of Moses, the same law that the Apostle Paul called "the ministration of death written on stones", and took a bride for himself. As it is written that as long as a woman is married if she is with another man she commits adultery but if her husband dies she is free to remarry.
The people were married to the law of Moses. Jesus fulfilled that law. He fulfilled the keeping of it by being sinless and fulfilled the punishment of it by taking all of it’s punishments and curses upon himself on the cross. He freed all people from their cruel husband so that they could be wed unto him. This is what was meant by the scripture in Galatians Chapter Four that says all these things are written as an allegory. The Psalms and stories of David’s life were recorded in scripture for you to learn the spiritual truth that the whole book is written about Jesus.
Gideon
Let us also mention Gideon. A man who was afraid and in hiding from his enemies. God sent the angel to reveal to him that he was not Gideon the fearful but Gideon the mighty warrior. The old Gideon was blotted out. The champion Gideon was always written in the book of life. Only your true identity is there. This is where a lot of us have lived out lives. Hiding because we don’t really understand who we are.
The First Born
Now shall we speak of the beloved One! God’s own beloved Son, the desire of the nations!.
Gideon
Let us also mention Gideon. A man who was afraid and in hiding from his enemies. God sent the angel to reveal to him that he was not Gideon the fearful but Gideon the mighty warrior. The old Gideon was blotted out. The champion Gideon was always written in the book of life. Only your true identity is there. This is where a lot of us have lived out lives. Hiding because we don’t really understand who we are.
The First Born
Now shall we speak of the beloved One! God’s own beloved Son, the desire of the nations!.
When Gabriel appeared to Zacharias he told him that his wife Elizabeth would bear a Son who was Christ. He didn’t believe, so he was told he would be unable to speak until the child was born. Upon his birth all his relatives said to name the child John, which in the original meaning is “God is gracious” but as told by the angel, He was named Yeshua which means “I AM Salvation.” Identity is very important. Knowing your identity as you are known in heaven is most important. Think about this: Anytime anyone asked Jesus who He was he would reply "I am Yeshua, I Am Salvation.” That is his name.
Simon Peter
John Chapter One
42. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Now lets talk about Simon, the one we call Peter. Simon comes from the name "Shimon" in Hebrew. It means “one who hears or one who has heard.” When called him to be an apostle he changed his name to Cephas which means "rock."
Simon Peter
John Chapter One
42. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Now lets talk about Simon, the one we call Peter. Simon comes from the name "Shimon" in Hebrew. It means “one who hears or one who has heard.” When called him to be an apostle he changed his name to Cephas which means "rock."
Later on when Jesus asked his disciples “who do men say I am?” Simon Peter said “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” and what did Jesus say? Flesh and blood did not reveal this to you but my Father in heaven revealed it to you. Simon, "the one who hears” finally heard and lived up to one of his names.
He then became a rock but not as you were told. When Jesus said “upon this rock I will build my church” he was referring to direct revelation from Father to each of us. The gates of hell cannot prevail against you when direct revelation from Father comes into your heart.
It is the foundation because Jesus is the express revelation of God the Father, and He is the word or revelation of God. He is the stone that the builders rejected but he is the absolute foundation of the church and hearing his voice and getting direct revelation will turn you from “one who hears” to a rock.
Saul becomes Paul
Now let us talk about a man named Saul. He thought he was a Hebrew of Hebrews. He was zealous of the law of Moses and fought against the church. In ignorance he had many believers locked up and some killed. All because he didn’t know his own true identity. He was not Saul the destroyer. He was beloved Paul the Apostle to the gentiles.
Once again a direct revelation. If you remember the story in Acts Chapter nine, he was on the road to Damascus to persecute the church and he saw a blinding light and heard a sound. Notice that no one else saw the light. They heard the sound but didn’t see anything. So where did it come from? It came from within. Direct revelation of Christ inside him!
Galatians Chapter One
11. But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Did you see that? When it came time to reveal his son “in me.” You mean the whole time a man who thought he was Saul had the Spirit of Christ in him? Yes, just waiting to be revealed. Just like each of us. Just like it says in John Chapter one. He is the light that gives light to “every man” who comes into the world. If you are alive it is because his light is in you. This is why Paul would say that there is One God who is above all, through all and in "YOU ALL"!
My beloved family, when you read the scriptures don’t read them like a history lesson. Read them like a mystery will all kinds of hidden clues and mysteries hidden within. Seek the wisdom hidden in the meaning behind the stories.
The Thief
Another example that many miss: In John Chapter Ten you read that the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Most believe this to be the one we call the Satan but this is not what Jesus was speaking of.
Remember that chapters were not in the original writings they were added in much later. If you go back to chapter nine you read the story of the man who was born blind and Jesus healed him. The pharisees were furious because the man was healed on the sabbath.
Saul becomes Paul
Now let us talk about a man named Saul. He thought he was a Hebrew of Hebrews. He was zealous of the law of Moses and fought against the church. In ignorance he had many believers locked up and some killed. All because he didn’t know his own true identity. He was not Saul the destroyer. He was beloved Paul the Apostle to the gentiles.
Once again a direct revelation. If you remember the story in Acts Chapter nine, he was on the road to Damascus to persecute the church and he saw a blinding light and heard a sound. Notice that no one else saw the light. They heard the sound but didn’t see anything. So where did it come from? It came from within. Direct revelation of Christ inside him!
Galatians Chapter One
11. But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Did you see that? When it came time to reveal his son “in me.” You mean the whole time a man who thought he was Saul had the Spirit of Christ in him? Yes, just waiting to be revealed. Just like each of us. Just like it says in John Chapter one. He is the light that gives light to “every man” who comes into the world. If you are alive it is because his light is in you. This is why Paul would say that there is One God who is above all, through all and in "YOU ALL"!
My beloved family, when you read the scriptures don’t read them like a history lesson. Read them like a mystery will all kinds of hidden clues and mysteries hidden within. Seek the wisdom hidden in the meaning behind the stories.
The Thief
Another example that many miss: In John Chapter Ten you read that the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Most believe this to be the one we call the Satan but this is not what Jesus was speaking of.
Remember that chapters were not in the original writings they were added in much later. If you go back to chapter nine you read the story of the man who was born blind and Jesus healed him. The pharisees were furious because the man was healed on the sabbath.
Can you imagine? Seeing a miracle like that and being angry?
Instead of rejoicing that a man who had been blind from birth and was over forty years old was healed and you’re angry instead of rejoicing?
The thief who Jesus was speaking about was the religious system. They were the thieves and the robbers. Remember, He told the Pharisees that they wouldn’t go into the kingdom and they kept anyone else from entering. He called them a brood of vipers. He said they devoured widow’s houses. They stole from the most helpless of all.
Remember that the word Satan in scripture is not a proper name. It is a word that can mean slanderer or accuser or adversary. As when Jesus told Peter "get behind me Satan" he was calling Peter the devil, he was calling him adversary.
Do you remember in Revelation Chapter two Jesus told the people of the church at Smyrna that the devil would cast some of them in prison for ten days to be tested? Who cast them into prison? It was the Pharisees and religious leaders. This is why Jesus said that they claim to be Jews but are not and he called them the synagogue of Satan.
Religion brought bondage and poverty and suffering but Jesus came and brought life and life abundantly.
This is why you must read with your heart and not your eyes. The letter kills but the Spirit gives life. Without the Spirit it’s just a history lesson. Don't let the thief ( false religion) steal from you.
Seed stealer:
Another example of this is in Mark Chapter Four known as the parable of the sower. We will start in verse thirteen.
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
If you study the word “Satan” in this verse you will find the root meaning is "religious busy work." Not some fallen angel. You get a revelation from your loving Father sown into your heart and instead of trusting the power of the seed to bring forth what it was created to do you start getting busy trying to make it happen and the seed is dug up.
Another example of how so called religious training steals our blessings. If you plant a seed in the ground whatever you sowed will come up on its own. Religion would have you plant an apple seed and then give money every Sunday so that you would get an apple tree and have you confess a thousand times that it's an apple tree. Then they would question you about the process of how you put it in the ground and did you put it in the right ground and ask you did you name your seed? When revelation comes to your heart from heaven just give thanks and let it grow!
As Jesus said in John Chapter Ten “all who came before me were thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them.” So clearly he’s not speaking of the one we call Satan but speaking about those who claimed to be leaders but were thieves and robbers.
Lazarus and the Rich Man
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is another example. You have been taught it’s a teaching about a place called hell but that is far from the meaning. Once again the story takes place where the Pharisees were angry against Jesus.
As Jesus said in John Chapter Ten “all who came before me were thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them.” So clearly he’s not speaking of the one we call Satan but speaking about those who claimed to be leaders but were thieves and robbers.
Lazarus and the Rich Man
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is another example. You have been taught it’s a teaching about a place called hell but that is far from the meaning. Once again the story takes place where the Pharisees were angry against Jesus.
The pharisees were very wealthy. They collected money from all the people. They controlled the money coming into the temple and were behaving very badly. Any money that came into the temple could not have an engraved image on it because this was against the law of making an engraved image. So they would take money from people who came from far away countries and charge them to exchange their money for temple money. When a man died and could no longer pay his vows they would take his widow's house to fulfill the vow. It was a money making machine.
They wore expensive clothes and ate fine dining and didn’t care for the people at all. They were furious when they heard this parable because they knew he was speaking of them. The rich man(pharisees) lived well and Lazarus was a beggar. The dogs, as the Jews referred to the gentiles, licked his wounds which meant the gentiles took care of him. The gentiles were more loving and kind than those who were supposed to be caring for him. It was the priests job to care for this man.
In this parable The kingdom was to be taken from the Pharisees and given to the gentiles and now the Pharisees were living in what seemed like hell to them because they lost the power to rule over the people and devour widow’s houses and make themselves rich. The rich man “Pharisees” wanted Lazarus to dip his finger in water (Spirit) and touch his tongue. With all their money they couldn't buy one revelation from Holy Spirit. This is why it is written that there was a great gulf between Lazarus and the rich man. The Pharisees who knew the law and the prophets couldn't understand that all these writings were about Jesus. As Jesus said "even if one rose from the dead they would not believe."
All these things are written and hidden in plain sight if you will read with your heart and not your eyes. There are many great mysteries hidden awaiting your attention.
The god of this world (age):
Second Corinthians Chapter Four
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
The god of this world (age):
Second Corinthians Chapter Four
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Many translations say god of this world but the word “world” in this instance is the world Aeon which means age, it's not referring to ownership of the whole world.
Do you remember that God told Moses that he would be as a god to the people and Aaron would be his prophet? Jesus said that the scribes and the Pharisees had taken over Moses’ seat. Which means they had taken over Moses’s place as law giver. The Pharisees and scribes had added hundreds of more commands to the law and it had become unbearable. Those people ruled over God’s children as if they were gods.
So many have taught and many translations tell you that this means the one you call Satan. This is not who Paul was referring to as he explained in the previous chapter three. Where he wrote:
Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
It was not the one called Satan who was blinding them. It was the old religious system that blinded them to the truth of Christ.
This is why God's children stay confused. The so called teachers teach them the bondage of the Old Testament one moment and the freedom of the New Testament the next. Constantly blinding people so they can’t see the truth.
So many have taught and many translations tell you that this means the one you call Satan. This is not who Paul was referring to as he explained in the previous chapter three. Where he wrote:
Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
It was not the one called Satan who was blinding them. It was the old religious system that blinded them to the truth of Christ.
This is why God's children stay confused. The so called teachers teach them the bondage of the Old Testament one moment and the freedom of the New Testament the next. Constantly blinding people so they can’t see the truth.
No one living on the earth today was ever under the Old Covenant or its rules and regulations. There were over six hundred laws in the Old Covenant. You were born in the New Covenant age. There are two laws in the New Covenant: Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.
You are blessed to be born in this age. Jesus told you that John the Baptist was the greatest of prophets but anyone born in the kingdom is greater than John. You were born into freedom and the liberty of Holy Spirit, why would you want to go back to the old.
This was explained by Paul in his letter to the Galatians. He called them foolish. They lived under the burdensome law with its crippling requirements and had found freedom in Jesus and gave into pressure from the religious groups and started going back to the old. Remember the Old Covenant was based upon the blood of bulls and goats. To mix the covenants is to mix the precious blood of Jesus with the blood of goats. It is blasphemous. Don’t let those who preach the law put the blinders back on your eyes. Live in freedom and light. Read the scriptures through the eyes of a loving Father and don’t go back into bondage.
The god of the age was Moses and the law as weaponized by the religious rulers.
Did God punish his own son?
Many so called religious organizations teach that God poured his wrath upon his own Son and punished him for our sins. This is hogwash.
Imagine you have several children and one is perfect and the rest are always in trouble, so do you beat the good child to death so you wont be angry at the rest. And what about the rest? They will always live in fear that you will become angry again and kill them. See how ignorant this sounds? So what really happened?
Let’s go all the way back to Genesis fifteen.
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
“Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield
your very great reward."
But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”
But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
In those days when two people made a covenant they would slaughter animals, cut them in two and place them opposite of each other. They would agree on the words of the covenant and each of them would walk between the halves of the slaughtered animals and proclaim “What is done to these animals will be done to me if I ever break this covenant. But Abraham didn’t walk through the halves. God put him into a deep sleep and the fire pot that came between the halves was God. So this means he agreed to take the punishment for breaking the covenant for himself and for Abraham. God never broke his covenant but the descendants of Abraham did so God came in his Son and took the punishment for the broken covenant upon himself.
You are blessed to be born in this age. Jesus told you that John the Baptist was the greatest of prophets but anyone born in the kingdom is greater than John. You were born into freedom and the liberty of Holy Spirit, why would you want to go back to the old.
This was explained by Paul in his letter to the Galatians. He called them foolish. They lived under the burdensome law with its crippling requirements and had found freedom in Jesus and gave into pressure from the religious groups and started going back to the old. Remember the Old Covenant was based upon the blood of bulls and goats. To mix the covenants is to mix the precious blood of Jesus with the blood of goats. It is blasphemous. Don’t let those who preach the law put the blinders back on your eyes. Live in freedom and light. Read the scriptures through the eyes of a loving Father and don’t go back into bondage.
The god of the age was Moses and the law as weaponized by the religious rulers.
Did God punish his own son?
Many so called religious organizations teach that God poured his wrath upon his own Son and punished him for our sins. This is hogwash.
Imagine you have several children and one is perfect and the rest are always in trouble, so do you beat the good child to death so you wont be angry at the rest. And what about the rest? They will always live in fear that you will become angry again and kill them. See how ignorant this sounds? So what really happened?
Let’s go all the way back to Genesis fifteen.
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
“Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield
your very great reward."
But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”
But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
In those days when two people made a covenant they would slaughter animals, cut them in two and place them opposite of each other. They would agree on the words of the covenant and each of them would walk between the halves of the slaughtered animals and proclaim “What is done to these animals will be done to me if I ever break this covenant. But Abraham didn’t walk through the halves. God put him into a deep sleep and the fire pot that came between the halves was God. So this means he agreed to take the punishment for breaking the covenant for himself and for Abraham. God never broke his covenant but the descendants of Abraham did so God came in his Son and took the punishment for the broken covenant upon himself.
If you read Deuteronomy you will see that when the Law was given by Moses the keeping of the law came with blessings and the breaking of the law came with curses. All these curses Jesus took upon himself as punishment for all the transgressions of the whole world. Not that God demanded punishment but the law did. So our loving savior took all the wrath of the curse of the law upon himself. Jesus did not die at the hands of an angry father but died in his loving arms while drawing us all into him. This is why Jesus said “If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto myself. It is also why Paul the Apostle said that if one died for all then all died.
So never let anyone tell you that your loving Father punished Jesus so you could go free. Instead he took all the punishment that the law and the broken covenant demanded upon himself. As it is written in Corinthians: "Love keeps no record of wrong." God is love so the cross was not about an angry God.
Why have you forsaken me?
Hebrew Chapter Thirteen verse five.
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Loved ones, I have saved the best for last. Here is a passage that has sown fear into the hearts of God’s children and nothing can be farther from the truth. While hanging on the cross Jesus cried out “My God, why have you forsaken me?” False religion has told you that God turned his back on his son in his greatest need. This has planted doubt in so many hearts because in your mind you think that if God would forsake his perfect child then why would he not forsake you when you make mistakes?
Once again, they misunderstood. The religious people of the day were the ones who had Jesus crucified. The Romans didn’t want to do it but were pushed to do it because of the so called religious leaders.
So never let anyone tell you that your loving Father punished Jesus so you could go free. Instead he took all the punishment that the law and the broken covenant demanded upon himself. As it is written in Corinthians: "Love keeps no record of wrong." God is love so the cross was not about an angry God.
Why have you forsaken me?
Hebrew Chapter Thirteen verse five.
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Loved ones, I have saved the best for last. Here is a passage that has sown fear into the hearts of God’s children and nothing can be farther from the truth. While hanging on the cross Jesus cried out “My God, why have you forsaken me?” False religion has told you that God turned his back on his son in his greatest need. This has planted doubt in so many hearts because in your mind you think that if God would forsake his perfect child then why would he not forsake you when you make mistakes?
Once again, they misunderstood. The religious people of the day were the ones who had Jesus crucified. The Romans didn’t want to do it but were pushed to do it because of the so called religious leaders.
Now imagine the scene. The pharisees and all their friends seeing him on that cross and thinking they had won. They stand there smirking and congratulating one another. They could get back to business as usual and get even wealthier.
But things would suddenly change.
They knew all the scriptures so they understood when he cried why have you forsaken me that he was quoting Psalm 22. In their time when you quoted the first line of the psalm the people would quote the rest. He was not saying he was forsaken, he was showing them that the prophetic Psalm David had written was coming to pass right in front of them. Their gloating immediately turned to fear because they now knew from the Prophet David they had crucified the Son of God.
Now to make it clear lets look at a couple of scriptures. In First Corinthians chapter five it is written.“ God was in Christ on the cross reconciling the whole world unto himself and NOT counting men’s sins against them.
John Chapter Sixteen
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
And finally let us read the Psalm that Jesus cried out that day:
Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my help are the words of my groaning.
My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but have no rest.
Yet You are holy,
You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You rescued them.
To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
In You they trusted and were not]disappointed.
But I am a worm and not a person,
A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.
All who see me deride me;
They sneer, they shake their heads, saying,
“Turn him over to the Lord; let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
I was cast upon You from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is no one to help.
Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
They open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring lion.
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.
For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
They divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.
But You, Lord, do not be far away;
You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.
Save my ]soul from the sword,
My only life from the power of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
May your heart live forever!
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
For the kingdom is the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
A posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
So my beloved, as you can see God didn’t forsake his Son and he will never forsake you. So please, don’t go by what others teach you. Read the scriptures yourselves and always ask Holy Spirit to help you understand. Don’t just read words on a page but look for the hidden meaning. Remember that Jesus told the Pharisees that they search the scriptures looking for life but all the scriptures are written about him. Always ask how do these words point to the savior of all mankind. Look for allegory and spiritual meanings to all the stories written within.
Most of all know that you are the beloved so let go of anything that tries to tell you that you are rejected or unloved. Remember the words of our beloved Paul that he wrote to beloved Timothy.
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of ALL people, especially of those who believe.
Beloved ones, be at peace and know you are safe and loved and are always holy and beautiful in his eyes. These are just a few things He put on my heart to share with you today. The scriptures are full of beauty if you understand how to read them with a loving heart and not like a textbook.
They knew all the scriptures so they understood when he cried why have you forsaken me that he was quoting Psalm 22. In their time when you quoted the first line of the psalm the people would quote the rest. He was not saying he was forsaken, he was showing them that the prophetic Psalm David had written was coming to pass right in front of them. Their gloating immediately turned to fear because they now knew from the Prophet David they had crucified the Son of God.
Now to make it clear lets look at a couple of scriptures. In First Corinthians chapter five it is written.“ God was in Christ on the cross reconciling the whole world unto himself and NOT counting men’s sins against them.
John Chapter Sixteen
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
And finally let us read the Psalm that Jesus cried out that day:
Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my help are the words of my groaning.
My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but have no rest.
Yet You are holy,
You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You rescued them.
To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
In You they trusted and were not]disappointed.
But I am a worm and not a person,
A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.
All who see me deride me;
They sneer, they shake their heads, saying,
“Turn him over to the Lord; let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
I was cast upon You from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is no one to help.
Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
They open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring lion.
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.
For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
They divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.
But You, Lord, do not be far away;
You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.
Save my ]soul from the sword,
My only life from the power of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
May your heart live forever!
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
For the kingdom is the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
A posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
So my beloved, as you can see God didn’t forsake his Son and he will never forsake you. So please, don’t go by what others teach you. Read the scriptures yourselves and always ask Holy Spirit to help you understand. Don’t just read words on a page but look for the hidden meaning. Remember that Jesus told the Pharisees that they search the scriptures looking for life but all the scriptures are written about him. Always ask how do these words point to the savior of all mankind. Look for allegory and spiritual meanings to all the stories written within.
Most of all know that you are the beloved so let go of anything that tries to tell you that you are rejected or unloved. Remember the words of our beloved Paul that he wrote to beloved Timothy.
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of ALL people, especially of those who believe.
Beloved ones, be at peace and know you are safe and loved and are always holy and beautiful in his eyes. These are just a few things He put on my heart to share with you today. The scriptures are full of beauty if you understand how to read them with a loving heart and not like a textbook.
Until next time
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
Michael
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