To Do Your Will O God, Hebrews 10:1-18

Hebrews 10:1a
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of the things...

A shadow is proof there’s something of substance casting the shadow. The law was not the real thing but a shadow of the good things to come.

God made the New Covenant by establishing the Old. He tells the end from the beginning. The law, the Old Covenant, was important, because it pointed to the New Covenant. It was a schoolmaster, a teacher, a picture, a preview of the real thing. HIStory foreshadowed the good things to come.

The New Covenant is built on the foundation of the Old.

Jesus said He did not come to abolish the Law but fulfill it. Matthew 5:17.

Thus, we must not cast aside over half of His Bible, we must not ignore HIStory.

To do so we risk having a narrow, shallow and selfish faith, not understanding the significance of sacrifice and blood covenant, not appreciating the Jewish race and Israel. We’ll be unable to answer foundational questions like: Why the cross? Why the blood? Why do we stand with Israel?

Dear Church, we’re called to maturity, understanding, wisdom. The word Jesus used for “Church” is Ekklesia; a people called out to understand, interpret, enforce, carry out, the Word and work of God, to be salt and light, overcomers in this life.

Charlie Kirk is a grand example.

The works of darkness understand the power of knowing HIStory and works hard to make a Biblically illiterate Church and a historically illiterate America. Evil does not want Americans to understand the Biblical foundation this nation is built upon.

Understanding our HIStory creates God honoring, bold, brave, patriots from sea to shining sea.

Our country is in the mess it’s in because the Church sat in the shadows, lazy and ignorant of our responsibility to stand up and speak out, rightly divide the Word of Truth. As beacons of salt and light we are called to love God and hate evil (Psalm 97:10) and have nothing to do with unfruitful works of darkness but rather expose them (Ephesians 5:11).

I have come to do Your will oh GOD, with all my understanding.

Proverbs 3:5-6, Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.

Okay, back to our text...

¹ ...can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.

Perfect: Teleioó, from the same word Jesus used when saying, “It is finished!”: Teleó: (Tetelestai): PAID IN FULL!

² For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness (guilt/conviction) of sins. ³ But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴ For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

As good as the Old Covenant was to point to the New and Living Way, it was not good enough, it did not pay in full. We can't ignore it, but we can't live in it.

Those believers back then wanting to turn back to the Old Covenant was not only foolish it was rejecting the New Covenant Christ offered.

Instead of sticking to the Way, the Truth, the Life, Christ Jesus, they wanted to write their own law, do whatever was right in their own eyes. They wanted to migrate into the benefits and blessings of the New Covenant Promise Land without assimilating their old religious thinking and traditions.

Jesus said if you put new wine in old wineskins, they’ll burst, and everything will be ruined. Mark 2:22.

Sometimes it seems antichrist and anti-American globalists understand Biblical principles better than Christians.

“Immigration without assimilation is an invasion,” Charlie Kirk

There’s a group of migrants quickly metastasizing throughout our nation, loving our benefits and blessings, but hating our people and country, refusing to assimilate, demanding we accommodate their old religious thinking and traditions.

Their goal is not to become Americans. Their goal was stated by Barack Hussein Obama; to fundamentally (foundationally) change America. They are here, not to comply but conquer. It reminds me of when the Lamb of God opens the first seal,  ² And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. Revelation 6:2.

They have metastasized into our government. October 1, 2025, they shut down our government not for the good of we the people of America but to demand 1.5 trillion to fund and give free health care to illegal aliens.

Moses warned the people of Israel, if they turned from worshipping the One and Only True God, that foreign enemies who worship false gods would become their masters.  Muslim Marxist Zohran Mamdani is set to be Mayor of the city that said "Never Forget" after thousands were killed by radical Muslims on 9/11/01.

What I'm saying is not hate speech. It’s love for the Truth regarding the God worshipping, honoring, Biblical principles and foundation this nation is built upon.   

Behold I have come to do Your will oh God with all my, worship.

John 4:24, God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

⁵ Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
⁶ In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
⁷ Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”

He’s quoting David in Psalm 40:6-8.

Our Lord Jesus in His eternal glory saw what He’d have to do before ever saying those powerful words, “Let us make man in our image.” Genesis 1:26.

He was not caught off guard the day Adam and Eve went against His will and broke the only rule. He knew what would happen and still went through with making the human race. Like young couples in love who know there will be struggles and trials and tears, yet still they say, “Let’s have a child.”

In God’s great love He gave us a glimpse through David of a conversation He had long before ever becoming Man (Psalm 40).

He basically said: I don’t care about sacrifices and offerings and religious systems. I just want a relationship with My kids again. However, according to His Divine Justice the only way to restore man, was for man, to pay the penalty for sin. But there was no one worthy to pay such a price, for they all sinned, all fell short. (Romans 3:23).

According to the sacrificial law established by God, the sacrifice for sin had to be without spot or blemish "blameless".

The precedent was set in the Garden.  God told them, don't touch that tree or you'll die.  They did and died. Not physically, but spiritually. His glorious Presence that clothed them, left them.

And there they were, for the very first time, naked, ashamed, afraid and alone.

Because God is Love, He extended mercy and showed up with a new wardrobe, made from animal skins. Something died to cover their nakedness.

The precedent was set. The wages of sin is death. Romans 6:23.

So, then, perhaps it went something like this:

Under His own law, and according to His own will, Jesus raised His own hand, and said, “I’ll go. I’ll do it.” Knowing what was in store, He said it still. Knowing His own, those He made, that He loved, that He came to save, would reject Him, spit on Him, mock Him, beat Him, scourge Him, crucify Him. Knowing all that, He nodded and said, “Prepare a Body for Me. I’ll go. For the will of God—” His eyes drifted from heaven to earth “—And for them. I’ll die for them.”

For, it's not God's will for any to perish. 2 Peter 3:9.  

So, He put off His Deity and put on humanity. He took on flesh as a man, but was sinless like no man, He died as a man, but rose like no man, and today is seated at the right hand of God and is coming back again for those eagerly wait His appearing.

He paid the price, we never could. He gave His body, so we could become a part of His, The Body of Christ; the family of God, the Bride of Christ, His Church, His Ekklesia.

To accept Him as Lord, is to follow His footsteps. Anyone who wants to come after Me must deny self, take up cross and follow Me. (Matthew 16:24).

Behold I have come to do Your will oh God with all my, worship body.

Romans 12:1-2. As He gave His body, so too must we offer our bodies a living sacrifice which is our reasonable service. We must not be conformed to this world, but renew our minds through His Word of God, that we may prove the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

⁸ Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), ⁹ then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. ¹⁰ by that will we have been sanctified (set apart) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Notice for God it was never about works, but the attitude of the heart.

Our actions and attitude should be saying, Lord, my will is to do Your will. What makes You happy? Our prayers should be more God, less me. What do You think? What should be done? What should be prayed? As a test to see where your prayer life is focused, try praying without referring to yourself, without using the words, I, me, my.  

Behold I have come to do Your will O God with all my, will

Psalm 37:4, Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires (will) of your heart.
 

¹¹ And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ¹² But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

As we speak, He's sitting, waiting, watching while His enemies are being made His footstool.

The battle is won. He's running out the clock.

He’s patient, He’s waiting, for the last soul to be saved, for it’s not His will for any to perish.

But He must bring it to an end for if the days were not shortened, no flesh would survive (Matthew 24:22). Which is the serpent’s goal. Kill, steal, destroy, until there’s nothing for the Lord to come back for.

¹⁵ But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,

¹⁶ “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” ¹⁷ then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” ¹⁸ Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

Laws in heart and mind, not on stone or scrolls.

Laws on the heart are ruled by the Law of Love. 

Finally! The moment God had been waiting for since the separation in the Garden. Relationship restored. Religion no more. Tetelestai, sin debt paid in full.

Test whether you know the Lord personally or just intellectually by the attitude of your heart toward Bible reading, prayer and Church attendance.

Relationship says, “I get to” religion says, “I got to”. 

Walking in the love of the Lord is the kind of relationship where you finish each other’s sentence, where you’re thinking something and before you’re done the Lord already answers. When, sins are just as painful for the sinner and the Sanctifier, thus remorse and remission are simultaneous. No offering, no sacrifice needed for the Perfect One has already been made.

Behold, I have come to do Your will O God, with all my love... 

Mark 12:30, And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

 

Let's pray.

Behold, O God, we have come to do Your will with all of our understanding, worship, body, will and love. Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our strength and Redeemer.

We love You, forever.

Amen.

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Breaking News, Before It Happens, Daniel 12

“At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time.

Angels have hierarchy and territory. Michael, the archangel, the mighty warrior angel over Israel, rises in battle.

We call this time of trouble, the seven-year Tribulation.

However, it’s called Jacob’s trouble in Jeremiah 30:5-7.

No matter how many times I’ve read the following passage in the past, I’ve never read it like this time. The Word is alive and ever timely. Read it yourself and you'll see what I mean:

⁵ “For thus says the Lord:

‘We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. ⁶ Ask now, and see, whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale? ⁷ Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he (Israel/Jacob) shall be saved out of it.’”

That Scripture was picked because it mentions “Jacob’s trouble” however, when read in context, considering current events, I was blown away. 

Then, a few hours later, as we were eating supper and watching the news on Real America's Voice, there was a teenage boy with his hands on his loins, moaning and groaning claiming to have menstrual cramps. They call it “phantom period cramps”.

Has there ever been a time so insane when males claim to be women, and think they have periods?

As if that’s not enough, add to the insanity worldwide unprecedented demonic hatred for Israel. 

Just the other day as the Prime Minister of Israel got up to speak at the United Nations conference, many filled with hate, got up and walked out, while other virtue signaling cowards clapped.

When you see abominations such as these, (as predicted in Scripture) know for sure and certain the world is teetering at the edge of the time of Jacob’s trouble.

But God is faithful, and he (Israel) will be saved out of it. And you will be too, if Jesus is Lord of your life, for He has not appointed you to wrath. 1Thes. 5:9.

Now check out Daniel 12’s Scriptural counterpart, that includes our awesome angel Michael, Revelation 12:7-9: And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸ but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. ⁹ So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. ¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. ¹² Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

Picture the scene, the Church has been called to heaven (rapture, 1 Thes. 4:16-17), and the devil and crew have been cast to earth. 

It'll be hell on earth.

Jesus says it like this:

Matt. 24:21-22, For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

Much death. The prophet Zechariah gives a number for how many Jews will be killed.

Zechariah 13:8-9, And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, “That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die...

Of the 15.7 million Jews on the planet today, 10.5 million will be killed.

...But one-third shall be left in it: I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’ ”

Daniel 12:1b
And at that time your people shall be delivered,

Every one who is found written in the book.

Delivered both physically and spiritually. Temporarily, and eternally.

Physically: (Middle to end of Tribulation)

Matt. 24:15, When you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place...flee.

Revelation 12:6, 14 prophesies that midway through the tribulation the Jews will run for their lives to a place prepared.

The only safe place around Israel that escapes the clutches of the antichrist is east of Israel to the rock city of Petra. The entrance is about a mile long and just wide enough for a camel, no trucks or tanks.

Spiritually: (Jesus second coming)

Zech. 12:10; “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

Rom. 11:25-27; For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. ²⁶ And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
²⁷ For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
(Isaiah 27:9, 59:20-21)

Okay, buckle up we’re about to leap 1,000 years.

2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

Some to everlasting life,

Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 Those who are wise shall shine

Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever.

We just jumped over the Millennium and landed before the Great White Throne Judgement.

This is the only Resurrection with the just and unjust. 

RESURRECTIONS: (glorified bodies)

1.    Jesus, the Firstfruits. 1 Cor. 15:20.

2.    Christians at rapture 1 Cor. 15:23, 51-55, 1 Thes. 4:16-17.

3.    Two witnesses during Tribulation, Rev. 11:11.

4.    Old Testament and Tribulation Saints, after Tribulation, before Millennium, Rev. 20:4-6.

5.    Millennium Saints and all wicked dead, Daniel 12:2-3, John 5:28-29, Rev. 20:11-15.

4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

The angel told Danny to seal up the book until the time of the end, and then, 600 years later, an angel told John the opposite:

Rev. 22:10, And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 

Danny, tuck this book away in a safe place, because it’s for the time of the end, when many will run to and fro and knowledge will increase.

When the time comes, they’ll know what this writing means.

At that time, Danny didn’t know.

In this time, we do.

Travel to and fro. We rode horses for thousands of years, then just two hundred years ago, in 1825 the first railway was made, then 1896 the first car, then in 1903 Orville Wright flew 12 seconds. Then we broke the sound barrier, flew to moon, now folks take joy rides to outer space, and we even have plans to land on Mars.

Knowledge shall increase. Up to 1,900 it took a century for knowledge to double, now they say it doubles twice a day. Faster than we can keep up with AI. Everybody has a computer in their pocket. Knowledge about anything is available instantly with a few taps of your thumbs.

Prophecy previously a mystery, now increasingly becomes obvious, like labor pains. Rebirth of Israel, running to and fro, knowledge increase, yet, strong delusion, deception, demonic hatred toward Israel, Ezekiel 38-39 war shimmers on the horizon, the antichrist's ten nation coalition is forming, the image and the mark of the beast technology is already made.

On and on HIStory is falling into place exactly as written in His Bible.

The closer we get to the end, the clearer the finish line becomes

5 Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?”

7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.

8 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”

Sounds like the questions the disciples asked Jesus in Matt. 24:3, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

The angel answered, it’ll be three and a half years, when the power of the holy people, Israel, will finally be shattered, humbled.

When you reach the end of yourself, discipline ends, discipleship begins.

Then, the Messiah will appear! They will recognize Him whom they pierced, they will repent, receive Him and then, all Israel will be saved. Rom. 11:26, Zech. 12:10, Rev. 1:7, John 19:37.

9 And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

John 16:12, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.”

10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined...

Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Throughout Revelation the Saints are pictured as purified in robes washed white and clean.

Charlie's been purified, white and refined.

The blood of the martyrs is the Seed of the Church.

 10...but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

Rev. 22:11, He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” 12 and behold I AM coming quickly...

We must invest all the time we have left, with all that is within us, to purposefully plant toward eternity. We don't have time to waste on futile soil; we must focus on fertile soil.

Lord, help us discern between futile and fertile.

Be filled the Bread of Life. Then offer it to everyone. Feed the spiritually hungry. Those who trample the Bread, don't chase them, beg them, just pray for them and give them to the Lord.

Behold, He is coming quickly. Move on with your mission. 

The wise will understand, the wicked will not.

11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

Jesus returns after 1,260 days so why did the angel add 30 days for 1,290 and then 45 more for 1,335?

What's that all about?

Well, there’s a lot to do after the Tribulation.  

The Sheep and Goat judgement for those still alive after the tribulation. Matt 25:31-46.

The goats get butted into hell to wait the Great White Throne Judgement. 

The antichrist and false prophet will be cast into the lake of fire.

An angel will chain the devil and cast him in the bottomless pit, for 1,000 years.

Then don’t forget the resurrection of the Old Testament and Tribulation saints. 

Which might turn into a 45-day meet and greet, when the OT, Tribulation and Church Saints go marching in, to the blessed Millennial reign.

13 “But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

Go your way. 

Proverbs 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death.

Judges 21:25, ...everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

Personal judgement over Divine Guidance always leads to spiritual chaos, moral decay, division, death.

Jesus makes it abundantly clear, He is the only way. I AM the Way, the Truth, the Life, no one comes to the Father but by Me. John 14:6.

Go your way, only if your way, is His Way.  

Till the end. There is an end. The finish line is coming quick. Even in this the answer is Jesus. I AM the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and end. Rev. 22:13.

You shall rest. In Christ is peace and rest in the midst of the storm. Come unto Me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matt. 11:28, John 14:27).

Beware: There is no rest for the wicked. Isaiah 48:22.

Arise to your inheritance. Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1

All will rise, “Some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt,” Dan. 12:2.

Heaven, streets of gold, sea of glass, tree of life.

Or,

The lake of fire, eternal pain, darkness, weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, eternal torment, regret, no rest. Matthew 12:37, Rev. 14:10-11.

The choice is clear.

Choose you this day whom you will serve, Joshua 24:15.

Let’s pray.

Lord Jesus, thank You for leading us all the way through this awesome book of Daniel, proving through HIStory that You declare breaking news, before it happens. Thank You for telling us that the best of times and the worst of times are right around the bend, not to scare us, but prepare us, because it’s not Your will for any of us, to perish. Thank You for showing us the Way to the Best, so we can avoid the worst. We know, You are the only Way, the Truth, and the Life. We choose this day, and always, to follow hard after You.

We choose to Love You, forever.

Amen.  

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Life from Death, Hebrews 9:16-28

Death. Sacrifice. Life.  

Hebrews 9:16
For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 

NLT: Now when someone leaves a will, it is necessary to prove that the person who made it is dead.

NASB: For where there is a covenant, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.

Death.

Once a person dies, their will is executed (activated, enforced, carried out). For this to happen, proof of death is necessary (death certificate).

Simple enough, however, look closer.

In the original text the word translated here as, “testament” or “will” is the same word for “covenant” (Diathéké (dee-ath-ay'-kay).

As in New Covenant and Old Covenant, or New Testament and Old Testament. Like God’s covenant with Noah, with Abraham; the covenant of marriage.  

The Lord’s Supper in Matthew 26:28. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Our text could be read like this: Where there is a covenant, there must also of necessity be the death of the covenant maker.

That’s a little deeper than some lawyer reading grandpa’s will.

Matthew 16:24; Anyone who wants to come after Me must deny self, take up cross (implies death) and follow Me. ²⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Galatians 2:20; I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me; and the life I live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loves me and gave Himself for me.

John 12:24; Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. ²⁵ He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

John 15:13; Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Philippians 1:21; For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

¹⁷ For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

Your covenant with Christ, comes to Life, when you die. Not physical death, but fleshly death, dead to sin, alive to Christ.

After the Resurrection, Jesus told His disciples to wait for Life giving Power.

Acts 1:4-5; And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized (sign of death, burial, resurrection) with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Spirit: Pneuma, breath, wind.)

In the beginning God breathed the breath of Life into Adam. (Breath: ruach, same word for Spirit, wind.)

Jesus told them to wait until baptized with Life giving Power.

Acts 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

They were still too much alive in their flesh, still wanting their own way, for Jesus to set up an earthly kingdom.

7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power...

After dying to self, because there is no power at all  while testator lives.

...when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses (martus, martyr) to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

So, they went to Jerusalem and waited, and waited, and waited, ten days they waited, until they finally died to self, enough to come together...

Acts 2:1. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (filled with Life) and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

It was a Turning Point, they went from denying, doubting complaining cowards to bold and courageous warriors for Christ, turning their world upside right. They were endued with Power and were more alive than they’d ever been.

Erika Kirk, was more alive than she’d ever been when she died to herself, yielded to her Lord and forgave that man, that young man, who martyred her husband.

That sacrifice of self, that death she died, ignited Life, Eternal Life decisions, worldwide. Because that’s what God does, brings Life from death.

 ¹⁸ Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. ¹⁹ For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” ²¹ Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. ²² And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Sacrifice.

For all who saw it happen, the blood is what let everyone know that Charlie was gone before he hit the floor.

Hebrews 9 is a bloody chapter. Blood is mentioned twelve times total. Six in the verses we just read.

We sing about the blood in Church. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus...

If you’re unchurched, you may think that’s creepy. So, what’s up with the blood?

After the fall, God shed the blood of innocent animals to make clothing to cover the nakedness, the sin, of Adam and Eve.

That set the precedent.

Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.

God’s Divine Justice allowed the innocent blood of animals to temporarily cover (atone) the sins of man.

The Old Covenant took a lot of work, time, energy and resources. Forever preparing, and sprinkling and cleansing, repeatedly, unendingly.

 It took sacrifice.

So does the New Covenant.

Which is by Divine design.

We are saved by grace, a free gift from God, hallelujah, but there’s a whole lot more to being married than one time saying, “I do.”

It takes work, blood, sweat and tears. It takes sacrifice.

Once you say I do, it’s no longer all about you.

Once you accept Jesus as Lord, then, He’s the Boss, it’s not about Him making you happy, it’s about you serving Him well, doing His will. Sacrificing, your temporary life for His Eternal Life.

Romans 12:1-2; 
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Matthew 5:13-16;  
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Salt and Light impact their environment for the better. You are to do that same.

²³ Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— ²⁶ He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, ²⁸ so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Life

Appointed for men once to die.

Once.

God’s plan and desire is for all to die once, (unless raptured).

If we are born again, we will never suffer the second death—eternal separation from Life, in the lake of fire. Rev. 2:11, 20:6.

Born twice, die once. Born once, die twice.

To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Are you eagerly looking, longing, watching, waiting, preparing for Him to appear?

2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Listen to Marco Rubio say it so well.

Let’s pray.

Lord Jesus, thank You for showing us the Way, and telling us the Truth, that if we want to follow You we must die, we must sacrifice, and then we will experience Life, Eternal Life. Help us Lord, to stay the course, walk in Your Love, so that we, and all those You’ve given us will hear You say, “Well done.”

Thank You.

We love You, forever.

Amen.

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