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Hebrews 2:9
“We see Jesus— who was made [to lessen— in rank or influence, decreased, lowered] a little lower [same root as made— to lessen— in rank or influence, decreased, lowered] than the angels for the suffering of death— crowned [adorned with an honorary wreath] with glory [dignity] and honor [value, esteem— dignity itself, precious]; that he— by the grace [graciousness, acceptable benefit, gift of grace, favor and pleasure] of God— should taste [experience] of death [literal or figurative death] —for every man [the whole of man].”
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G3804 – Suffering
Greek: πάθημα
Transliteration: pathēma
Pronunciation: path'-ay-mah
Definition: From a presumed derivative of G3806; something undergone that is hardship or pain; subjectively —an emotion or influence: affection, affliction, motion, suffering.
KJV Usage: suffering (11x), affliction (3x), affection (1x), motion (1x).
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Here we can see that suffering, in the context of what God deemed was GOOD for the Son of man (YahShua, and consequently— all those who follow in all his ways, and on his narrow path) was in the context of— something of hardship and pain, undergone, emotionally, or otherwise having an influence over a person— and it was considered affection expressed by God the Father, in afflictions, with motion (or forward experience of this process), and it was called: Suffering.
We also know that God humbled himself to a servant role.
Philippians 2:5-8
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who— being in the form of God— thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation— and took upon him the form of a servant— and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man— he humbled himself— and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
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Here, where we see he was in the form of God, changed his form, into the form and likeness of sinful flesh, to take on the form of man— to go to the cross of death— he humbled himself, he was lessened— in rank or influence, decreased, and lowered— and became an obedient servant: all for us, and to show us the way, in the same path and walk (in addition to clearing our sin debt).
He was the form of God, and it was not robbery to be equal with God— for the word was with God in the beginning, and was God— BUT— he made (condescended himself down, lowered and abased) himself of no reputation, which means— he emptied himself, abased and neutralized himself in reputation: he became an emptied vessel, a clean slate, a new beginning— for us.
Can we see he’s even exemplifying the BORN AGAIN experience in this; and can we understand walking in religion, and exorbitant grace (taking for granted God and his person of holiness) will never walk born again, in truth? To do so, would be to EMPTY ONESELF of any reputation (former glory, or person) and become a vessel emptied of self, and a fit vessel to be indwell by the Spirit of God— where 2, become 1— united in spirit.
And in this process of dying to self (he lowered himself out of his godly position and rank, and made himself a servant to the Father, obeying only what he led him in), can we see that as he emptied himself, he gained the Father into him, leading him and moving in him, as they reconciled— or became one in spirit?
And can we see that he had to take on ‘another form?’
This in Strong’s is defined as an adjustment that needed to take place, that changed his shape (for YahShua, literally— in the form of man, but the Strong’s also says figuratively/symbolically— as the nature changes form: so here, we see that ‘we,’ sinful fallen nature man— must CHANGE FORMS WITHIN) —as Christ exemplified to us, in his example.
‘Being made into the form of a servant—’ is to be made a slave to the Father, in Strong’s ‘servant’ is defined as— slave (literally or figuratively, involuntary or voluntary), in subjection or subservient: a bondman.
Romans 1:1
“I, Paul– a servant of Jesus Christ— called to be an apostle— separated unto the gospel of God…”
We see that our Lord himself, changed his form, obeyed the Father’s lead, was indwelled by his Spirit, by his nature, emptied himself to do so, and walked as a servant; one who is a slave to the will of the Father, in subjection to him, and subservient to his lead, pleasure and will: a bondman, a ‘bonded man’ to the Lord God himself.
And he was made into the likeness (resemblance) of man; and he too is calling us to reciprocate— and come into the likeness (resemblance) of God: a life, for a life— born again.
He came and was born into a likeness of us— and we are called to die, as he died— and come into life: his likeness. He was born into death in this relationship, for our sakes— we are called into life, for his sake.
He became obedient all the way to the death of the cross, or as Strong’s defines it— the stake or post we are strapped to, the instrument of capital punishment (for crimes against the King), and unto exposure to death; figuratively— self denial, at-one-ment (atonement) with and of Christ.
The whole point is that we will die to what we were born into, with sin, death and self exaltation— unto death and denial of self and the old man nature; and in this, we gain at-one-ment with God gain— being set as one, and merged into his image and likeness again, ruled and led of his Spirit as our Father and God: and this is accomplished— with exposure to death.
He told me many years ago that we were going to head off with death itself, and in this— I have learned just how much doing that— has led me straight into the arms and person of LIFE: death, is a gift— and suffering the death of the cross— is the means and route that we come through death, and enter eternal (him) LIFE (such a gifted blessing).
Suffering— is his love.
He told me we have a superficial understanding of ‘love’ in this realm, and it’s got the depth of surface— not the deep; it is nearly substanceless compared to true love, which is found in him.
His love— is to seek and to save that which is lost (estranged) and dying, and bring it into eternal (him) life (also him).
To suffer the death process of carrying a cross (which we are commanded to do) —is a love blessing, that brings us back into unity, atonement (at one) with God holy again; the cross, suffering and the death process— IS LOVE; for without it all— we do not return home to our FIRST LOVE, and that— is an eternal tragedy.
Love— is at the root of all suffering of the death of the cross.
In verse 9 of Philippians 2— we see that he was given a name above all names, and was highly exalted by God; we too— will be given a new name, if we die like as he exemplified, following his path; and God said he will glorify us, and exalt us— in due season too.
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Revelation 2:17
“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes— I will give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone— and in the stone, a new name written— which no man knows, save he that receives it.”
1 Peter 5:6-7
“Humble yourselves therefore— under the mighty hand of God— that he may exalt you, in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.”
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Number one— he who can hear and see what the Spirit of God is saying and showing— to the people who overcome— full stop; overcome what, exactly?
Overcome the carnal nature, and inclination to be a ‘god,’ and lead self in your own soulish ways; as Doug Barrett says God showed him— the unsanctified and unconsecrated soul (the unclean soul, walking not like/same as God, and not set apart for his use— consecrated) is where iniquity is found in man.
So man is being saved from, and overcoming— the CARNAL FALLEN NATURE, and SELF LEADERSHIP: and will humble, or lower ‘themselves,’ he states; which means— will WILLINGLY come out of the leadership role within themselves, and will relinquish all to God, holiness and obedience to him once again: bringing us full circle back to RECTIFYING what fell apart in the Garden: giving him his dream once again— to be a ‘father’ to us.
WE HAVE TO OVERCOME SOMETHING— or we are not overcomers, and it’s the overcomers he grants to sit with him on his throne; and are of those who endure till the end (overcome), that are saved, in the end— he said so; to these, he will give of the hidden manna (or food and sustenance of God holy), and he will give a white stone too; this is the symbol of ‘being clean,’ and as well— a ‘chip off the ole block,’ or a building of the Lord, and upon the RIGHTEOUS, and HOLY— Rock: he was successful in fathering us in his image once again; and with that— a new name is given: that’s a new identity, with a permanent change to the title of you now.
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Revelation 3:21
“To him that overcomes I will grant to sit with me in my throne— even as I also overcame— and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
Matthew 24:13
“But he that shall endure unto the end— the same shall be saved.”
Acts 7:48
“Howbeit the most High dwells not in temples made with hands.”
2 Corinthians 5:1
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved— we have a building of God— a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
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He who overcomes— not he who does not invest, become separate from the world, remains selfish and fearful doing what he thinks is right in his own eyes, and from the unsanctified and unconsecrated soul— but he who OVERCOMES THE CARNAL NATURE, KILLING IT (piercing the flesh— all the way to the death of it), who will now WALK IN SELF DENIAL, and will SUFFER ‘affection of the Lord,’ brought in by being exposed to afflictions, and moving in those in this lifetime, influenced by these experiences and exposure to death (our cross to bear) —by undergoing hardship and pain: suffering.
We have to be exposed to RESISTENCE— or what choice to have to make, or what thing do you have to bear up under, and overcome in the midst of?
We have an adversary, and we have a choice: uphold God and holiness, or uphold satan/self and filthiness, walking in the carnal nature.
Without the choice of free will, to WILLINGLY CHOOSE to become a slave for Christ (as Paul calls it, and as YahShua did— unto the Father, becoming servant of him), and to fight AGAINST the carnal nature and option of it— we will NEVER OVERCOME anything, NOR CHOOSE GOD— when ‘another option’ is given: anti-Christ, or anti God’s image.
We must overcome, as he overcame— to be granted to sit with him on his throne— he said so, above; and he said we must ENDURE TILL THE END of this process in this lifetime, within time and space— and if and when we do— we will be finally, and totally— saved from it all: stepping into life, and ONLY LIFE— coming through death, to live with God— devoid of satan and fallenness for all of eternity.
God holy, the God of true life and love— does not live in earthly buildings, made by man— he says so, quite literally, time and time again; but we remain religious, if we believe we must attend a certain building, with certain people every week to KNOW HIM, and to be KNOW OF HIM: we simply, do not, and he states— HIS TEMPLE, the place of intimate union and communion with him and his Spirit— is not ‘a building’ in the physical world; it is a building IN THE SPIRIT WORLD— ‘within man.’
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James 5:5-6, 10-11, 13
“You have lived in pleasure on the earth— and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts— as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.”
10-11
“Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”
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“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
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Okay, let’s break this down…
‘You have lived in pleasure on the earth— and been wanton.’ Well to live in pleasure on the earth, is to live sensually, devilishly, carnally, and with an appetite to devour the things UNSAVORY to the Lord; and it leaves man in a DESTITUTE STATE when they partake in this. He speaks how they are still ‘wanton,’ that is COVETOUS, or EMPTY— and seeking more.
It will never fulfill us to walk after the ways of this world— but it will always behoove us, benefit us— to walk after the ways of the Lord God; when YahShua did— he pleased the Father, in fact— in the Son, the Father was WELL PLEASED. And yet— he suffered, and suffered greatly in this world; but he also walked the closest possible with the Father in this world: in suffering and hardship.
If we are a friend to and with the world, if the love of it is found in us— the love of the Father is not in us.
That’s because the world is enmity toward God, his opposite and enemy; and as the spirit of this world seeks to indulge itself— the Spirit of God in this world will be the opposite. It will seek to REDUCE ITSELF in this world (humbling, servitude, lowering). If the spirit of this world seeks comforts— the holy Spirit in this world will walk the opposite— he will walk in hardships, for it is opposite the spirit of the world. If the spirit of this world walks perverse, and on the wide path of options— the holy Spirit will walk on a tight conduct path, and will be holy and righteous: what the holy path is (the path of righteousness), will always be opposite of what is easy, preferred, how most people choose, and it will be restrictive, righteous, straightened out, and it will hold and undergoing of a stripping, or a lowering, or a humbling, or a suffering in hardships.
THAT IS LOVE!
Why? Because without it, we remain married to the spirit of the world, the dead spirit; we remain dead, and we do not live, and we do not reunite with God; we are not stripped of the world, and the world from us— and we remain married to satan (self exaltation), his ways, his path, his works— and estranged from God, walking in satan’s form still (the first Adam), and not in returning to God’s form and living in the second Adam: YahShua HaMashiach, Jesus the Christ— life, in Christ.
LOVE— will suffer us to be reformed, reduced, cleaned up, taking a new shape, a new name, and reflecting our Lord (a white stone), as we become a chip off the holy God stone: the Rock, the foundation of a building not of hands, but of God— and one of an eternal, steady, and sure foundation.
‘You have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.’
This part is sad— we are quite literally perishing, life, the human lives are literally departing into an eternal separation from the Creator and Father of them— at a breakneck speed, and it’s because they nourish their hearts with all the spirit of this world has hypnotized them with: lust of the flesh, pride of life, and lust of the eyes.
We are perishing— because our perspective is off from our hearts (eyes), and our flesh is leading (lust of in desires and comforts), and the pride of life to have free will and choose whatever we want— is leading us off the cliff, and into the pit: this is very sad, and only a stripping away, a lowering, a humbling through suffering— will help us in all this (a cross of death to bear up under, and willingly walk out).
‘You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.’
Wow, another great gem here in revelation. Who is the ‘just one?’ Christ. And here we see that he does not resist us; nay— it is we who resist him.
We resist him (righteousness, love, holiness, truth, etc) —and we killed him, and condemned him (as he came for us, to relieve us, and reunite to us); WE— come against godliness— when we uphold the fallen nature, and it will always kill THE JUST, or RIGHTEOUSNESS; we will not desire to be ‘just’ or to be ‘righteous,’ and yet— he desires for NONE TO PERISH, but that each and everyone would instead choose to die to self, and to die to unrighteousness, and unholiness— REPENT, turn ‘from’ all that, and RETURN TO HIM— and be saved.
‘Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord— for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.’
YES! The prophets, why were they so powerful, so insightful, so set apart and different, and whom God, by far and large— was well pleased with? Because they drank from his cup; they took from his portion; they were aligned with his spirit— and relinquished every opportunity to align with the spirit of this world, and uphold satan and self exaltation: they were lowered, abased, subservient, suffered and were reduced, as they were made into the image of God— as he formed them, and led them, and united with them: suffering in afflictions that pierced the flesh carnal, fallen nature— crucifying it, as they walked in patient suffering, for the redemption of the Lord.
‘Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job— and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.’
EXACTLY! We are truly happy, joyful and fulfilled— in the end— when we come back into close intimacy union with our Creator and Father of us once again; we patiently suffer all the Lord sends to us, into our lives, to endure, and be exposed to (as he did Christ) —and in the END OF IT ALL— we see the hand of the Lord move, to restore, to reconcile all things to himself (repay what the locust has eaten), and to give the double portion; we have to LOSE SOMETHING— to have room to GAIN SOMETHING BETTER; and we have double whatever we lost— in return: THAT’S PROFITABLE!
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
YES! Are we afflicted, yes! So— are we remaining faithful in communion with and unto the Lord, as we are?? Because he gave us a clue.
It doesn’t say, ‘pray and I’ll take it all away;’ LOOK CLOSELY— it says— ‘pray,’ that means— “Come, commune with me child, through the pain, hardship, stripping and exposure to death; let us draw nigh to one another.”
THAT’S— what that says; it says— ‘this is my point,’ you will suffer, and it will bring us closer together in it: which really means— “we will be on the same page, at the end of this; if you don’t curse God and die; if you don’t abandon our relationship, and my hand over your life, where I am attempting to return you to my image, and to close intimate relationship with me— where you and I will walk as one: in my ways, and by my lead.”
And another clue, or secret here is this— you want to walk merry in the Lord— sing songs of GRATITUDE TO HIM, in the MIDST OF THE SUFFERING: this defeats satan, carnality— and you soar in the Spirit, and in Love.
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1 Peter 2:19
“For this is thankworthy— if a man, for conscience toward God— endures grief, suffering wrongfully.”
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Thankworthy, here in Strong’s is the same as— grace, which was used above in Hebrews— graciousness, acceptable benefit, gift of grace, favor and pleasure; so for conscience toward God, which means— co-perception of moral consciousness (which is seeing God’s perspective on morality, and living like same), enduring your cross of suffering, being lowered, abased, humbled, and subservient unto the death process, relinquishing control to God, and revering him again— will encompass grief, hardship, stripping, lowering, and suffering.
And Christ suffered wrongfully— meaning, he didn’t do anything to deserve it; so, we too— when the enemy comes to steal, destroy and seek to kill us, and we do not deserve it, as we are like Job— an upright man, who eschews evil and fears the Lord— will we curse God and die? Will we let a wedge come between us because God permitted loss, refinement, stripping, hardship, suffering, and pain?
Or— will we rise above what is happening to us in the carnal, the temporal, temporary material existence, in time and space— and keep our eternal relationship in good standing, and intact?
Will we honor, revere, love, appreciate, exalt and frolic and play inside the secret place with the Lord— even if the world around us is on fire? Even if the body and life we are in are threatened with jeopardy and ruin, loss, suffering and pain— and even unjustly?
Will we conquer the worldly perspective, the desires of our souls— and remain steadfast in our love of God— when it ‘seems like,’ in all appearances, we’ve been forsaken?
Remember the cross of Christ— “Father, why have you forsaken me?”
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Psalm 22:1-2
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.”
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He was quoting psalm 22, and for our sakes too. He was saying what we all would feel and go through— when our darkest times (night hours) seemed like he was not with us, nor listening— but indeed, he was ULTRA CLOSE TO US— because in this, we walk his path, we share in his cup.
We are not forgotten, nor forsaken when we are allowed the blessing and gift of suffering— we are BLESSED and LOVED; for without it, we do not return to him, nor his image, nor walk his path, nor become one with him.
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1 Peter 4:16
“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian— let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.”
Romans 8:17
“And if children— then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him— that we may be also glorified together.”
Matthew 20:23
“And he said unto them— You shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.”
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‘Yet if any man suffer as a Christian— let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.’
IF— the conditional word, used again and again in scripture, it is a prerequisite to what will follow— and immediately following this ‘if’ are the words— ‘suffer as a Christ follower’ (Christian); we must first suffer, not indulge in carnality— Christ did not, and we are not to.
Do not be ashamed at what will come to you in this lifetime— for it came to our Savior, Brother, Bridegroom and God, as well; we will too, in due time— be glorified with him— so rather, glorify God NOW— in the blessing of being able to walk the path of suffering with our Lord, and share in it all— with him: it is good to walk in all his ways.
‘And if children— then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him— that we may be also glorified together.’
If we are truly his children, we are his heirs; and if we are his heirs, we are joint with Christ (we are joined to the throne, through Christ, in life— and through death); IF (there it is again, so what follows this if condition), IF— we suffer with him we may be glorified together too.
This is stating that we first have to go through a death with him; we have to die in all ways he died, and be resurrected into life, liberty, righteousness, holiness, love, truth, mercy, and all the rest that God walks in— coming out of death; which is selfishness, indulgence in worldly things, actions, the carnal nature, self reasoning, deciding, acting/leadership, will, unrighteousness (unsanctified soul), greed, comfort in this world— and the love of all these things, and MUCH, MUCH more.
If we will come out of the world, completely, dying in all ways— we will step into life completely, and in all ways— and we will be resurrected from the death (all the world and carnality), and we will be reshaped into his glorious image and likeness once again— and we will then become joint-heirs, with and through Christ: where 2, become 1 in spirit now, unified and inseparable.
‘And he said unto them— You shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.’
His cup, do we ever think of that? That we are to be baptized with his baptism— and to sit on his right and left, are those who will walk in his mercy and truth: rule and reign with him, as a joint-heir on the throne: he told us who those will be; they will be those who OVERCOME.
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Revelation 12:11
“And they overcame him by —the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives —unto the death.”
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What do we think that means? It means that the saints, God’s children fully mature— will overcome the enemy of their souls (carnality, satan, the fallen nature that drags us to hell— if we stay yoked to it) —by the blood of the Lamb; that’s the mercy walked out through the Son’s SUFFERING WRONGFULLY for our transgressions.
So— do we understand, in this world, if HE SUFFERED UNJUSTLY— we too will suffer and endure wrongful things, and still be asked like Christ— to remain loyal, and reverent to the Lord God, our Father and Creator of us?
Mercy— is what he walked out in his blood sacrifice— we too are called to lay our lives down for his sake, and step onto an altar, becoming living sacrificial lambs (lives) all the same; for God’s sake, and for the brethren (including what is best for us), as God reshapes us, and spends us, and reduces us, and cleans us up: to walk in unity, unified with him and his Spirit and ways again.
‘And by the the word of their testimony—’ this is the RELATIONAL WALK that both that man, and his God— walk out, reveal, witness to the world— that they walk like/same/as, and are ONE: this defeats satan and the bondage yoke to the law of sin and death, and the marriage to estrangement from God; this beats DEATH, as we overcome death, by walking in LIFE!
‘And they loved not their lives— unto death.’
Exactly— the walk through death— leads us to life, and life more abundantly in Christ; but the walk through dying, is first.
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Luke 17:25
“But first must he suffer many things— and be rejected of this generation.”
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Yep— and it will be no different for us either, as we embrace his cup of suffering, and are baptized into his baptism. The world, the worldly— will look at those who suffer, and will think something is wrong with us— not RIGHT with us— as we suffer the cross, and suffer the hardship Father sends our way in this lifetime.
I have watched many in religion, think that it is UNGODLY that the Lord put suffering on his people— and yet time and time again we see it is so; and not only this— but they are BETTER FOR IT, on the hinder-side of it: Joseph, Esther, Miriam, Abraham, Job, Moses, David, the prophets of old (plenty), the disciples, apostles and it was even good enough for the Son of man: what makes us think we will not, and worse— persecute those who follow with him on this path, and partake in his cup, and baptism?
One way to know if you need to repent for having a carnal perspective— is if you are blaming others for what they endure— as if the Lord has not ordained it; there are always reasons— and the Lord allows all things that come to us.
If you don’t believe that— you believe he is not sovereign, over all, has the right arm of the Lord in play, and dominion in play, and is high above all principalities and powers; you believe the devil is a formidable opponent to God, even still: and yet he defeated him with ease, took back his keys, and sits exalted at the right hand of God: heaven his throne of full dominion (the spirit realm), and earth (all things in creation) is his footstool of dominion: he owns the earth and the fulness thereof (all in it).
Free will of man plays a role, and that of devils— but let’s be real— he said all things work together for our good, and that he orders our steps; either we believe that, or we don’t: I for one, believe it, and it’s easy to do so— for what was good for the goose, is good for the gander; what the Son was given— worked out well for him— and what the Father gives me, of that cup, of that lot and portion— will be good for me too.
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Acts 2:27
“You will not leave my soul in hell— neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.”
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Here, Holy One is capitalized— Christ is the holy One, and any in him— will not suffer corruption either, and will be redeemed from death, and from the grave: their soul will not remain in hell (means, the soul of this one, will be redeemed through sanctification and consecration).
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Acts 9:16
“For I will show you how great things he must suffer— for my name’s sake.”
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Exactly, and we will too; what do we think it means to carry the authority and character of God (his name)? It means we will be worthy of his name (Christ’s, or Christian, or Christ follower). We will not be allowed to purport and witness his name abroad— if we are hypocrites, if we are impostor ambassadors and sons; we will be required to prove we are his— by the fruit of the union.
His name carries weight, and all will die and submit, and be reformed and recommitted to him— to carry his authority, his name, and it will come by reassuming his character, his leadership in our lives, and reverence unto him, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS (he told us to seek it).
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Acts 26:23
“That Christ should suffer— and that he should be the first (that means others follow) that should rise from the dead (his followers) —and should show light (shine the way of holiness and righteousness) to the people, and to the Gentiles (nations).”
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Yes. We will suffer, he was just the first— and if we are ‘in him,’ truly— we will follow in this lifetime: we will suffer hardship and pain, we will suffer affliction.
But we will also rise from sin and death, coming through death, out the other side— and step fully into life (him); and we will show (or shine) the light unto the people of the world, and of worldliness— that the nations may be healed, and saved.
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Philippians 1:29
“For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.”
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It is not enough to believe on him, he says so— we must also suffer for his sake; I pray we begin to understand this, in an ocean of diarrheal religious hypocrisy and devil doctrine— we have an island of reality in the truth, the way, and LIFE IN CHRIST: scripture, the narrow path, and holiness and righteousness found in the King of: Melchizedek.
May we heed scripture in its truth, not what man fancies of his delusional state of preferences.
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2 Timothy 2:12
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.”
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To deny him, is to deny righteousness, holiness, mercy, truth, love and the likes of his person in total— and to deny his Holy Spirit coming to you, becoming one with you, as you adopt a newly born holy spirit unto you— and therefore, if you deny him and all that— you will be denied of him; and likewise— if we will go through what he went through, dying to this world and carnality— we too shall reign with him (be victorious with and in him).
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Hebrews 11:25
“Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God— than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”
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Exactly— the consequences are eternal, either way around it; either embrace God holy and true, really truly so in our hearts— and be purified and reformed; or— enjoy your sin for a very short time— and spend eternity paying for it in estrangement and torment: free will is powerful, and an effective attribute to wield.
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1 Peter 4:19
“Wherefore let those who suffer according to the will of God— commit the keeping of their souls (he has our best interest at hand/heart) to him— in well doing— as unto a faithful Creator.”
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We will suffer, and it will always be for our good, he has our best interest at hand. If we will commit our souls to his keeping (he, the protector of) —he will not let us down, he is faith and true: our Creator.
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John 14:26-27
“But the Comforter— which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name— he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance— whatsoever I have said unto you.
Peace I leave with you— my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
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Do not be afraid— that is not his Spirit; be comforted in the suffering, the reformation, the reunification process— for the keeper of your soul, the lover of your soul— has your best interest at hand: and he is faithful and true.
His peace, he says— his peace he leaves with us, not the world's kind of peace.
As Doug Barrett recited this verse to me earlier I said…
“Oh yes! His PEACE— his godly order restored over the enemy’s influence and leadership; our ORDERED STEPS OF THE LORD. HIS PEACE— really seems like— ‘his piece.’ And I mean— his lot, his cup, his portion, his path, his way, his person walked out.”
If we will follow him, we will drink from his cup, we will be baptized (immersed in) what he was immersed into; and we too will be reduced, lowered, abased, stripped, suffer affliction and persecution, be rejected and perceived as stricken of the Lord; but in all that— we are actually BLESSED, CHOSEN, ANOINTED, CALLED OUT, REDEEMED, and UNIFIED (joined) TO THE LORD GOD HOLY, our Creator!
Because ‘that—’ is what happened with YahShua— and we are in him, and following him in all his ways!
So, we too will see that he sanctified himself for our sakes— that we too will be sanctified and cleansed (washed by) the word, the truth; we will undergo his way of refinement: the cup of suffering, the love of God— to bring his people back full circle, and QUICKLY.
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Word from the Lord
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“Janet, suffering is refinement— being put through the mill; I suffered in all aspects: mind, emotions, will temptations, physical, spiritual and soul heart wrenching suffering.
Why would my children believe that I, the Lord, would send the Son of man into the world to suffer, finding it reasonable and good for him to suffer, and be refined by this way— and it be not the way of the unchanging God, who is faithful— for all who will follow him?
Is it too hard to understand that my Son is the example to all sons of ‘the way,’ and what is truth?
YahShua is the one to follow, he is the one to adhere to, he is the one to align with, and he represented me, the Father— to a ‘T,’ that would be perfectly: and I gave him the cup (or lot and portion) in this life, and I will give all who follow him the same lot or portion in this life: tell them they will endure it all, as like he did.
They will suffer in all arenas— if they want to walk as close in unification to me, as well; do you all want to walk in ALL MY WAYS— because walking as the Son walked, and what he walked in— will be, and is required: there is always a cost to being close to me, in this earth realm.
In this realm— everything that will bring you closer to me— will be a juxtaposition, an abrupt opposite to the world, their opinion and their way.
Do they seek to indulge, to walk in comforts, to live in perverted ways opposite of me? Do they seek vanity in a temporal world? Do they desire darkness to light? Do they seek the will of their souls? Do they hate me (righteousness and holiness, truth and dignity)? Do they desire to lead themselves and reason for themselves? Do they compromise and promote hypocrisy? Do they run to stop all suffering of hardships and pain in this realm, child?
Because to walk with me, my way— will be to walk OPPOSITE of the world, and the spirit (conduct and attitude) of this world; for we are at enmity— the one against the other.
To walk with me, one will not indulge— but instead be reduced, stripped of comforts, changed in form, humbled, and will become one who serves another— not self.
To walk with me, one will straighten out and according to righteousness— one will no longer walk the paths of perversion, or unrighteousness.
To walk with me, one will not seek empty, vain, and temporal worldly things; one will walk in eternal purposes based in love, mercy, truth, grace, righteousness and holiness, servitude and subserviently toward God and humanity— giving up the ways of the world, and gaining what all one can of the kingdoms of this world— while their is yet time, and space is given to do so.
To walk with me, one will desire to walk in the light (me, and my ways, clean); they will desire to do the will of the Father of holiness and righteousness, and they will love me, and obey me.
To walk with me, one will desire to be led of the Spirit of God— making them my child, and will see my reason, knowledge, wisdom, and will heed my counsel.
To walk with me, one will not compromise, but one will be resolute, unwavering, unwilling to relent in their loyalty to the King of Righteousness— and will walk in integrity of my character.
To walk with me, one will embrace their cross, Janet; they will endure till the end, and in that— they will be saved from the devil, the carnal nature, obeying another law in their members, and from unrighteousness steeped in rebellion and perversion: my children will embrace painful suffering, as they embrace my reconfiguring of their inner man in the reformation, through repentance.
I have an order, and I am unrelenting about it, I will repent not from it; each will carry and bear up under their cross, their lot of suffering, and their death; or they will not return to me, and they will not reunite with me: because to deny me and my righteousness, is to deny a holy spirit— and there is only one.
They will learn to submit, and willingly, to my reformation of love— or they will not return to me.
We will bring this to the world, we will bring this to the masses; we will pull them from their ignorance, delusions and their fatality; we will witness the truth, and the truth is their only hope of being made free.
My children will exemplify the walk, the life, the relationship and the way back to unity with God.
Not all will walk the ultra narrow way; not all will live my dream out in this realm— which is to become the same, in image, in love, in shape, in form, in walk, in ways, and in character and conduct: not all will become my bride, nor my man-child; but some will, dear.
And those that will (quite literally, those who choose by free will choice) to follow me in ALL MY WAYS— those are they who will rule and reign with me, govern and lead with me, helping me raise up my other children— preparing a people for me, and with me, and by my.
These— are those who walk with the Son, and the Son, the Father, and the holy Spirit— walk and abide with them.
These are my firstfruits who will bring my leaves of healing to the nations; these are they who are paying the price to climb my mountain, all the way to the top; these are they who will not stop, and cannot be stopped; these are they whose prize and high calling— is ME, myself, and nothing more.
These— I have chosen, and I have chosen very wisely; these are reformers, who have reformed, and will continue to reform in any way I point out; and they will take to the nations— and reform: they are apostolic, they are fallow ground plowers, they are prophetic, and their are priestly.
The world will see them, and they will see me in them, and with them; and the rest of the household of God, will follow them, and learn from them— and will reform under their lead: for I have set it so.
They will teach them my ways, as they walk in them— no hypocrisy will be found in them, no compromise— only love.
Yes, child— love, is at the heart of, the foundation of the suffering; both from my end to send in restoring them to my image, to my person, and to give them victory in this world, against an enemy that seeks to destroy them…
But also in their willingness to be stripped, reformed, reshaped, reconfigured, humbled, subservient in obedience and reverent of me to lead them, and to honor me for my person of holiness and righteous ways: we both LOVE DEEPLY— as we send, and receive the painful hard way of reformation.
I shed tears as my children are reformed, I am not heartless— but in a world that seeks to devour them at every turn— my love prevails over emotion— and I send the needed reformation of trials to them.
And as my children cry under the suffering— we embrace, and we share in our painful suffering— both of us, in our tears— as we both endure the cross of death.
I am life— and want life for them all; but one must come through death— to enter into eternal life; it is very much a tearing through the flesh experience; like that of a caterpillar, eating it’s way out of the womb— to be born anew; or that of childbirth, quite literally tearing the flesh to come forth… we both suffer, but we are both restored, reshaped, and reunited in it all: we both walk same/like/as —and as ONE— on the other side of it, and cannot be separated.
This is my way, and I will not repent or relent.
Pay the price, walk the walk, go the way— and we will be reunited, and embrace one another as One.
Do you want this? Do you desire this?
For those who desire the closeness— they will pay whatever cost I deem is needed and necessary; for they know— it will take what it takes, and in that— we both win in the end: united once again, and returned full circle.
Tell them dear, tell them to embrace the painful suffering, give thanks in all things, drink from my cup, and be baptized in what I baptized my Son in; for all sons will be, if they desire to be as close to me as the Son of God is.
Ask them; ask them what they want. Ask them if they could be one with the living God, like/same/as he conducts himself, and rule and reign with me, and walk in all the ways I walk (conduct myself), and go where I go, and do what I do— WITH ME— would you do whatever it takes?
Would you endure— whatever you must endure?
Would you remain faithful to me through it all?
Would you love not your lives— unto death?
Would you choose me?
Because I chose you.”
—Your Creator, and
the lover of your Soul
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