BELIEVERS, IT IS TIME TO ‘WATCH’ BY SEEKING THE KINGDOM! (A)
June 10, 2012
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At the end of the last days, in which we are now living, the Temple of the Lord will be built during the Millennium in Jerusalem after the final battle of Armageddon. Jesus will rule all the governments (nations) of the world from the Nation of Israel.
BELIEVERS ARE TO BE SEEKING HIS KINGDOM AS THEY WATCH FOR IT!
Matthew 23:37-39 – O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! [38] Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. [39] For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Micah 5:3,4 – Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. [4] And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (See Archive Prophecy Updates 62 to 69)
Mark 13:34-37 – For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. [35] Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: [36] Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. [37] And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Micah 4:1-3 – But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. [2] And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. [3] And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
A BELIEVER POST SALVATION COVENANT OF SALT IN 6 BEATITUDES
Matthew 6:33 – But seek YE FIRST the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 5:3,10–Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs IS the kingdom of heaven. [10] Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs IS the kingdom of heaven.
Believers cannot lose their position of eternal life in Jesus, but they can lose their salt love covenant of fellowship if they will not let Christ’s indwelling Spirit build the 6 “SHALL” characteristics in the Beatitudes.
Matthew 5:4-9 – Blessed are they that mourn: for they SHALL be comforted. [5] Blessed are the meek: for they SHALL inherit the earth. [6] Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they SHALL be filled. [7] Blessed are the merciful: for they SHALL obtain mercy. [8] Blessed are the pure in heart: for they SHALL see God. [9] Blessed are the peacemakers: for they SHALL be called the children of God.
When you perform the Salt Covenant of a Jewish wedding you are combining your individual grains of salt into one unity vial, symbolizing your united life. Your commitment to one another cannot be broken unless you withdraw your fellowship salt of love light from your first love you combined with, because then you no longer manifest it. This type of practice continued in practice for centuries, and was common in many Jewish ministries into the 20th Century. I understand it is still practiced in some marriages today.
A POST SALVATION COVENANT OF SALT WITH BELIEVERS
The beatitudes are a post-salvation covenant of salt. The salt represents the light of Christ’s righteousness performing in believers as they let him manifest it by submission to his mind living in them. It is his righteousness believers are to let him show outwardly from his working in them. Believers are to spiritually resist their carnal nature’s efforts to grieve, resist, or quench his Spirit by blocking his spiritual work in them.
Philippians 2:5 – Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
ALL BELIEVERS HAVE NO OTHER RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEPT THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS, BUT UNBELIEVERS AND RELIGIONISTS ALWAYS HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF ZERO RIGHTEOUSNESS – SO BELIEVERS ALWAYS POSSESS MUCH GREATER RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Matthew 5:20 – For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
THE PHARISEES WERE NOT PERSECUTED FOR THEIR BRAND OF RELIGIOUS SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN KEEPING THE LAW,
BUT BELIEVERS WHO SHOW THE LIGHT OF THE COVENANT OF SALT OUTWARDLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PERSECUTED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, AS THE LAST BEATITUDE STATES.
Matthew 5:10-19 – Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs IS the kingdom of heaven. [11] Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. [12] Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. [13] YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. [14] YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. [15] Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. [16] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. [17]Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. [19] Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 8:17 – For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.