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December 18, 2008
Let it Be!

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, my true love read to me,

2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16
Romans 16:25-27
Luke 1:26-38

It doesn't rhyme very well, but it sets the stage for this Sunday's readings. All the passages point to the Gospel reading of Luke. We'll read them in their order.

2 Samuel 7:4,8-16

2 Samuel presents the promise to David. Notice how the passage looks to the future; in many ways it still does. How do would you summarize the promise?


Romans 16:25-27

The word "mystery" is also the word "secret." What is the secret? What is the function of the revelation of this secret -- what is its purpose? What does it tell you about "faith" that one can have the "obedience of faith"?

Luke 1:26-38

The main passage in these readings is the Gospel. The key figure here is Mary. Follow Mary through the passage. She responds to three different messages by the angel. What is her response after the first announcement of Gabriel? Why? Why would the second announcement cause fear? How does Gabriel's speech relate to the 2 Samuel reading? What is Mary's response? Why? What is the angel's third address? How does it relate to the previous messages? How does it relate to 2 Samuel 7? How does Mary respond? What does this tell you?

Of course, the Beetles lifted the phrase, "Let it be" for their song. Mary's "let it be" is the first confession of faith in Jesus Christ made by a human. How does the passage present Mary as a model of the believer? Knowing the gospels as you do, what did Mary's "Let it be" entail for her? How much does she realize is to come? Why does her word present the last word -- the angel does not speak afterwards.

Benedict XVI ended his encyclical Deus Caritas Est with a discourse on Mary and includes reflections on this passage. How does Benedict present Mary as a model believer and how do his words reflect the dynamics that you have seen in the passage. Here is what it reads:

Outstanding among the saints is Mary, Mother of the Lord and mirror of all holiness. In the Gospel of Luke we find her engaged in a service of charity to her cousin Elizabeth, with whom she remained for “about three months” (1:56) so as to assist her in the final phase of her pregnancy. “Magnificat anima mea Dominum”, she says on the occasion of that visit, “My soul magnifies the Lord” (Lk 1:46). In these words she expresses her whole programme of life: not setting herself at the centre, but leaving space for God, who is encountered both in prayer and in service of neighbour—only then does goodness enter the world. Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself. She is lowly: her only desire is to be the handmaid of the Lord (cf. Lk 1:38, 48). She knows that she will only contribute to the salvation of the world if, rather than carrying out her own projects, she places herself completely at the disposal of God's initiatives. Mary is a woman of hope: only because she believes in God's promises and awaits the salvation of Israel, can the angel visit her and call her to the decisive service of these promises. Mary is a woman of faith: “Blessed are you who believed”, Elizabeth says to her (cf. Lk 1:45). The Magnificat—a portrait, so to speak, of her soul—is entirely woven from threads of Holy Scripture, threads drawn from the Word of God. Here we see how completely at home Mary is with the Word of God, with ease she moves in and out of it. She speaks and thinks with the Word of God; the Word of God becomes her word, and her word issues from the Word of God. Here we see how her thoughts are attuned to the thoughts of God, how her will is one with the will of God. Since Mary is completely imbued with the Word of God, she is able to become the Mother of the Word Incarnate. Finally, Mary is a woman who loves. How could it be otherwise? As a believer who in faith thinks with God's thoughts and wills with God's will, she cannot fail to be a woman who loves. We sense this in her quiet gestures, as recounted by the infancy narratives in the Gospel. We see it in the delicacy with which she recognizes the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus' public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new family and that the Mother's hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus' true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary will remain beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).

42. The lives of the saints are not limited to their earthly biographies but also include their being and working in God after death. In the saints one thing becomes clear: those who draw near to God do not withdraw from men, but rather become truly close to them. In no one do we see this more clearly than in Mary. The words addressed by the crucified Lord to his disciple—to John and through him to all disciples of Jesus: “Behold, your mother!” (Jn 19:27)—are fulfilled anew in every generation. Mary has truly become the Mother of all believers. Men and women of every time and place have recourse to her motherly kindness and her virginal purity and grace, in all their needs and aspirations, their joys and sorrows, their moments of loneliness and their common endeavours. They constantly experience the gift of her goodness and the unfailing love which she pours out from the depths of her heart. The testimonials of gratitude, offered to her from every continent and culture, are a recognition of that pure love which is not self- seeking but simply benevolent. At the same time, the devotion of the faithful shows an infallible intuition of how such love is possible: it becomes so as a result of the most intimate union with God, through which the soul is totally pervaded by him—a condition which enables those who have drunk from the fountain of God's love to become in their turn a fountain from which “flow rivers of living water” (Jn 7:38). Mary, Virgin and Mother, shows us what love is and whence it draws its origin and its constantly renewed power. To her we entrust the Church and her mission in the service of love:

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
you have given the world its true light,
Jesus, your Son – the Son of God.
You abandoned yourself completely
to God's call
and thus became a wellspring
of the goodness which flows forth from him.
Show us Jesus. Lead us to him.
Teach us to know and love him,
so that we too can become
capable of true love
and be fountains of living water
in the midst of a thirsting world.

Posted by johnwright at December 18, 2008 3:38 PM


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THE ONLY TRUE LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST
TEST the spirits if they are from GOD!
For many false prophets, decievers and antichrists are in the world for more than two millennia now. As we see, the whole christian world is divided into many different "theology" of Jesus Christ. That there are three main "faiths" of the identity of Jesus Christ of the present Christian world, they are as follows: first, that he is the second person of the trinity that became man; second, that he is not God, but a 'perfect' man; and last, that he is God and man. Truly, none is true! For all are blinded by darkness! Then what is the true identity of Jesus Christ?
As Jesus Himself said "... many will do wonders in My Name ... will cast out devils in My Name ... and when that day comes, they will say Lord, Lord, have we not done wonders in Your Name? ... and Jesus shall reply ... I dont know you! ..."
Today, we all see that many are calling the name of Jesus. Yet, the Jesus they call is not the true Jesus Christ. They are calling and worshipping the beast - the identity of the false Jesus Christ! That is, using the same name, but different identity!
Good news! The angel has sounded the seventh trumpet already! For the revelation of the mystery of GOD is finished, that man may now know the truth that has been sealed for two millennia. It is the time to install the government of GOD or the tree of LIFE here; as the Great Day of the LORD.
Thus, Is the identity of the true Jesus Christ, the revelation of the mystery of GOD (that was hid for almost two millennia)?
THIS IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD, that JESUS CHRIST is the LORD GOD; the Father who is the creator of all, as the only begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit - who became Flesh; not the flesh of man, but the flesh (of the quickening spirit) of GOD.
This is the revelation of the angel when he sounded the seventh trumpet - found in the Little Book: The Sound of the Seventh Trumpet. Also, and surprisingly, such truth is confirmed in the Holy Bible - that many were not able to see and understand, in spite of "thorough scholastic knowledge" of so-called bibilical scholars (2 Timothy 3.7).
I strongly urge you who read this, to have a copy of The Little Book: The Sound of the Seventh Trumpet (Revelations of the Seven Thunders, the Everlasting Gospel of GOD, and the Vision of the LORD's Great Day given to Alejandro M. Hayrosa by the Seven Holy Angels of GOD on August 27, 1983).
From here, with much privilege to serve for the installation of the Kingdom of God or HIS Divine Government or the Government of the Tree of LIFE, I shall share with you all the biblical confirmation of the identity of the only true LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST. Later on, the biblical confirmations of the other contents of the revealed messages in the Little Book shall be tackled.
Now, going back to what the Lord Jesus Christ said in Matthew 7.21; "not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that do the will of My Father, which is in heaven". What is the will of My Father as Jesus said?
In John 6.40 Jesus mentioned the will of the Father, that is, "and this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on Him, may have everlasting life; I will raise him up at the last day". Thus, believe on Him (Jesus Christ) is the will of the Father. What does it mean, to believe on Jesus Christ? Simply, to believe on the true identity of Jesus Christ. If one believes on the false identity of Jesus Christ, then Matthew 7.21 shall apply - that is, the Lord shall deny him in spite of his good deeds done in Jesus' name - and sad to say, that the personal savior many are claiming is no other than the false Jesus or the image created by the devil to mislead all even the elect of God.
What, then, is the true identity of Jesus Christ that one must believe? or WHO is the true JESUS CHRIST?
JESUS said: I AM HE.
In John 8.24, Jesus said "I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I AM HE, you shall die in your sins". And in verse 27, "they understood not that HE spoke to them of the FATHER".
Jesus was saying to Israel that He is the Father, their Lord God!
If we go back to the book of the prophets, specifically Isaiah 43.10, "you are MY witnesses, says THE LORD, and My servant whom I chosen, that you may know and believe ME, and understand that I AM HE: before ME there is no GOD formed, neither shall there be after ME".
Also in Isaiah 48.12, "hearken unto ME, O Jacob and Israel, My called, I AM HE, I AM THE FIRST, I ALSO AM THE LAST".
JESUS said: I AM.
In John 8.58, Jesus said "...unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I AM".
In Exodus 3.14, "GOD said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM".
The leaders of Israel (Pharisees) understood what Jesus said and meant, that is, Jesus claimed that HE is the I AM or the LORD GOD HIMSELF. For this reason in John 8.59, "then they took up stones to cast at Him, but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by".
ONE GOD, ONE LORD is JESUS CHRIST.
In 1 Corinthians 8.6, "but to us there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER , of whom are all things, and we in HIM; and ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, by whom are all things, and we by HIM".
Is the ONE GOD, the FATHER different from the ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST?
If go back to the Old Testament, in Psalms 18.31, "for who is GOD save the LORD?"
Also in Deuteronomy 6.4, "hear, o Israel: the LORD OUR GOD is ONE LORD". (See Mark 12.29)
And in 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".
Thus, One God Father is the One Lord Jesus Christ. Such that in John 10.30, Jesus said, "I and MY FATHER are ONE".
Even when Philip asked Jesus in John 14.8,9, "...Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us. Jesus answered, have I been so long time with you, and yet you have not known me, Philip? He that has seen ME has seen the FATHER, and how sayeth thou then, show us the FATHER?"
JESUS IS THE KING OF ISRAEL.
John 12.12,13 "...when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the KING OF ISRAEL, that comes in the Name of the LORD". Jesus did not deny, yet He confirmed it by fulfilling the prophesy of Zechariah 9.9.
Even Nathanael proclaimed that Jesus is the KING OF ISRAEL in John 1.49.
JESUS IS THE ONLY SAVIOR.
Titus 2.13 "looking for the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the great GOD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST".
Isaiah 43.11 "I, even I, AM THE LORD; and beside ME there is NO SAVIOR".
JESUS IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
Revelations 22.12-16, "... I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING, AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST ... I JESUS have sent mine angels to testify".
THEREFORE: ISAIAH 44.6 "Thus says the LORD, THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS REDEEMER, THE LORD OF HOSTS; I AM THE FIRST, AND I AM THE LAST; beside ME there is no GOD". As proclaimed the identity of the LORD GOD in Isaiah, so is also the identity of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST in the New Testament. That is, THE LORD GOD IS JESUS CHRIST!
JESUS MANIFESTED THE FATHER'S NAME.
Isaiah 63.16, "doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: YOU O LORD ARE OUR FATHER, our REDEEMER: YOUR NAME IS FROM EVERLASTING".
Psalms 8.1, "O LORD, our LORD, how excellent is YOUR NAME in all the earth! Who has set YOUR Glory above the heavens".
So, what is the Name of the LORD, FATHER AND REDEEMER, from everlasting, and in all the earth?
John 5.43, Jesus said, "I AM come in MY FATHER'S NAME, and you receive ME not; if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive".
John 17.6, Jesus said also, "I have manifested YOUR NAME unto the men which You gave me out of the world: thine they were, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word".
Who came and manifested the FATHER'S NAME that is from everlasting?
Thus, in Ephesians 3.9, "and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which is from the beginning of the world has been hid in GOD, who created all things by JESUS CHRIST".
See the wisdom in Proverbs 30.4, "who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? WHAT IS HIS NAME? (Clearly, its JESUS CHRIST!) (Now, see this!) What is HIS SON'S NAME? if you can tell? (JESUS CHRIST! see John 10.30 and this shall be clarified later.)
The wisdom in Proverbs 30.4 has further clarified Ephesians 4.7-10; emphasizing verse 10, "...HE (CHRIST) that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that HE (CHRIST) might fill all things".
Therefore, the Name of the LORD, FATHER, REDEEMER, from everlasting, from the beginning of the world, who created all things, who descended and ascended far above all heavens, who came and manifested is no other than JESUS CHRIST!
JESUS IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
In Acts 2.27, Peter spoke in the midst of the multitude in Jerusalem and quoted the psalms of David referring to Jesus Christ; "because You will not leave My SOUL in hell, neither will You suffer Your HOLY ONE to see corruption'.
Again, Peter preached to them in Acts 3.14, "you (Israel) denied the HOLY ONE AND THE JUST, and desired a murderer (Barabbas) to be granted unto you."
Even Paul in Acts 13,35-37 preached in the synagogue of Antioch, Pisidia; "YOU shall not suffer YOUR HOLY ONE to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption. But HE whom GOD raised again, saw no corruption".
Both Peter and Paul preached in the midst of all, that Jesus Christ is the Holy One of Israel who saw no corruption! But who is the Holy One of Israel in the Old Testament?
In Psalms 78.41 David mentioned that, "they (Israel in the wilderness with Moses) turned back and tempted GOD, limited the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL."
And in the prophet Isaiah 43.3, "for I AM the LORD your GOD, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, your SAVIOR ..."
Also, in Isaiah 43.14,15; "thus says the LORD, your REDEEMER, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; ... I AM THE LORD, your HOLY ONE, the CREATOR OF ISRAEL, your KING".
Isaiah 47.4, "as for our REDEEMER, the LORD OF HOSTS is HIS NAME, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL".
No doubt, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, REDEEMER, LORD OF HOSTS, KING OF ISRAEL, CREATOR OF ISRAEL is the LORD GOD HIMSELF!
Thus, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL who saw no corruption (because HIS BODY is not the flesh of man nor HE never became man - which shall be pointed out later) is JESUS CHRIST THE LORD GOD!
THEREFORE,
In the light shown above, if your Father whom you claim is God and not the Lord Jesus Christ, then that Father you are worshipping is none other else but the devil! See what Jesus said in John 8.41-47, "... if God were your Father, you would love ME. Why do you not understand My speech? Even because you cannot hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do ..."

JESUS, AS THE SON OF GOD.
BUT when Jesus Christ prayed in John 17.1-26, HE prayed to the "...Father, the hour is come, glorify Your Son, and Your Son also may glorify You ...". And when Jesus was baptized by John in the river Jordan in Matthew 3.16-17, "... a voice from heaven, saying, this is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased". Also, before Jesus gave up His spirit in Luke 23.46, "... Jesus cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit ...".
Are those incidents and accounts prove that Jesus is different from the Father? And conflicts the earlier passages that Jesus Christ is the LORD GOD and Father?
There is no conflict! The Holy Bible clarifies in the following:
First, going back to the prayer of Jesus, in John 17.3 "and this is the life eternal, that they might know YOU THE ONLY TRUE GOD, and JESUS CHRIST, whom YOU HAS SENT".
Who is the only true God? And who sent Jesus Christ? Is it the Father?
In Isaiah 7.14, "therefore the LORD HIMSELF shall give you a sign: behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name IMMANUEL" (GOD WITH US as fulfilled in Matthew 1.21-23).
Also in Isaiah 9.6, "for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and HIS NAME shall be called Wonderful Councellor, the MIGHTY GOD, the EVERLASTING FATHER, the Prince of Peace".
Now in Isaiah 48.16, "come you near Me, hear you this, I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time it was, there AM I; and now the LORD GOD, and HIS SPIRIT, has SENT ME".
From the passages above, the LORD GOD HIMSELF has sent HIMSELF through a virgin birth, bringing forth a son who shall be called Mighty God, Everlasting Father, etc.
Jesus confirmed this in Luke 4.17-21, when He read the scroll in Isaiah 61.1-8 "the SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD is upon ME; because the LORD has anointed ME to preach good tidings ..." And Jesus said, "... this DAY in this SCRIPTURE fulfilled in your ears".
Second, in Nehemiah 9.13, "YOU (LORD GOD) came down also upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them (Israel) from heaven, and gave them right judgements, and true laws, good statutes and commandments".
Where was the LORD GOD? HE came down upon Mount Sinai.
Now, where did GOD speak? HE spoke from heaven.
How can that be?!
This is like the incidents in the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3.16-17) and the transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17.1-8).
In the baptism of Jesus, HIS Body was being baptized by John in the river Jordan, while the Voice of the LORD GOD was heard from heaven, and HIS Spirit was descending like a dove.
In the transfiguration of Jesus, HIS face did shine as the sun, and "behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, this is My beloved Son, in whom I AM well pleased; hear ye HIM".
To better understand the incidents of the passages, the LORD GOD in Isaiah 42.1 said, "behold, MY SERVANT, whom I UPHOLD, MINE elect, in whom MY SOUL delighted; I have put MY SPIRIT upon HIM: HE shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles".
Here, the LORD GOD revealed that HE has SOUL (who is delighted and well pleased with HIS BODY), SPIRIT ( who is upon HIS BODY) and BODY (who is HIS SERVANT)!
To explain further, in John 2.19, "Jesus answered and said unto them, destroy this TEMPLE, and in three days I will raise it up" (see also John 10.17-18).
Then the Jews answered HIM in John 2.20-21, "... forty and six years was this temple in building, and will YOU rear it up in three days? ... But HE spoke of the TEMPLE OF HIS BODY".
Notice in Romans 10.9, "that if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD JESUS and shall believe in your heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead, you shall be saved".
Earlier in John 2.19, Jesus said HE shall raise up HIS TEMPLE (BODY) in three days; then in Romans 10.9, GOD raised HIM from the dead. In other words, the TEMPLE OF GOD is the BODY OF JESUS CHRIST THAT HE HIMSELF RAISED! Clarifying John 14.6-10,24 and Acts 13.29-30.
In John 1.49, "Nathanael answered and said unto HIM (JESUS); Rabbi, YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD; YOU ARE THE KING OF ISRAEL". That JESUS is both the SON OF GOD and KING OF ISRAEL; earlier, the King of Israel is the LORD GOD and beside HIM there is no GOD.
In John 1.1, "in the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD". In Isaiah 44.6, that there is no other God besides HIM. Thus, the WORD is the LORD GOD and besides the WORD there is no other God.
Now, in John 1.14, "and the WORD was made flesh, and dwell among us, (and we beheld HIS GLORY, the glory AS of the ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) full of grace and truth".
This confirms Isaiah 40.5, "and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it".
THEREFORE,
The TEMPLE of GOD or BODY of GOD, the glory of GOD or WORD was revealed AS the only BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER; AS the SON OF GOD is the portrayal of HIS GLORY - the manifestation of HIS BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT. There is no conflict in the baptism, transfiguration and before HIS death on the cross with all the passages proclaiming JESUS CHRIST is the LORD GOD.

JESUS CHRIST IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
In Acts 28.25-27, Paul said "... well spoke the HOLY SPIRIT by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers ...". He was quoting Isaiah 6.3-11, specifically verses 3,5 and 8 - but in stead of the LORD OF HOSTS, the KING, Paul said the HOLY SPIRIT!
Paul knew the mystery of GOD; that is, the LORD OF HOSTS, KING OF ISRAEL, HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL is also the HOLY SPIRIT.
The greatest sin of all is the sin against the Holy Spirit - because there is no forgiveness in this world, nor in the world to come.
What then is the sin against the Holy Spirit?
The three gospels in the New Testament have the accounts of the sin against the HOLY SPIRIT. (See Matthew 12.31-32, Mark 3.28-30, Luke 12.10)
In Matthew 12.31-32, Jesus said, "I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the HOLY SPIRIT shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the HOLY SPIRIT, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come".
In Mark 3.29-30 "but he that shall blaspheme against the HOLY SPIRIT has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Because they said HE (JESUS) has an unclean spirit".
Notice John 14.26, "but the COMFORTER, which is the HOLY SPIRIT, whom the FATHER will send in MY NAME (JESUS)".
So, what is the name of the HOLY SPIRIT that the FATHER shall send?
See the wisdom is John 16.7-9, "nevertheless I (JESUS) tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I (JESUS) go away: for it I (JESUS) go not away, the COMFORTER will not come unto you: but if I (JESUS) depart, I (JESUS) will send HIM (HOLY SPIRIT) unto you. When HE comes, HE will reprove the world of sin ... because they believe not on ME (JESUS)". (See also John 4.24-26)
Earlier in John 14.26, the FATHER will send the HOLY SPIRIT in JESUS NAME. Then in John 16.7-9, JESUS will send the HOLY SPIRIT. Is JESUS conflicting is statements? NO, because JESUS IS ALSO THE FATHER; and now, HE is also THE HOLY SPIRIT!
Such that in John 4.24-26. "GOD IS A SPIRIT, and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth. The woman said unto HIM (JESUS), I know that MESSIAH comes which is called CHRIST; when HE comes, HE wil tell all things. JESUS said unto her, I that speak unto you AM HE".
Thus, the woman in the passage knew and identified that the SPIRIT OF GOD who shall come, is also the MESSIAH called CHRIST.
And in Matthew 12.28, "but if I (JESUS) cast out devils by the SPIRIT OF GOD, then the Kingdom of GOD is come unto you".
Who is casting out devils? Is it JESUS or the SPIRIT OF GOD?
Hebrews 10.15-17 validated that the HOLY SPIRIT was the witness and quoted the prophet Jeremiah 31.31-33, which the LORD GOD was the one speaking to Jeremiah. In other words, the HOLY SPIRIT is the LORD GOD HIMSELF.
Another proof of JESUS is the HOLY SPIRIT is in Revelations 2-3; concerning the seven churches of the LORD. Such that, in every opening passage of each church, the LORD JESUS was speaking; and every closing passage of each church, the SPIRIT OF GOD was speaking.
Romans 8.9-11 is another one; "but you are not in the flesh, but in the SPIRIT, if so be that the SPIRIT OF GOD dwell in you. Now, if any man has not the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, he is none of HIS. And if CHRIST be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the SPIRIT is life because of righteousness. But if the SPIRIT OF HIM that raised up JESUS from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up CHRIST from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS SPIRIT that dwells in you".
Clear as crystal, that GOD IS JESUS CHRIST, GOD IS HOLY SPIRIT, and JESUS CHRIST IS HOLY SPIRIT.
In 2 Corinthians 3.17, "now the LORD is that SPIRIT; where the SPIRIT OF THE LORD is, there is liberty".
Lastly, in Acts 20.28, "take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the HOLY SPIRIT has made you overseers, to feed the church of GOD, which HE purchased with HIS OWN BLOOD".
Who purchased the church of GOD by HIS OWN BLOOD? The HOLY SPIRIT!
THEREFORE,
The LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST is the HOLY SPIRIT; blasphemy or sin against the HOLY SPIRIT is to deny the true identity of the HOLY SPIRIT - JESUS CHRIST, the LORD GOD HIMSELF!!!

JESUS, THE LORD GOD, BECAME FLESH.
2 John 7, "for many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that JESUS CHRIST is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist".
Again in Isaiah 44.6, that there is no other GOD, but the LORD GOD, and HE is JESUS CHRIST as shown earlier in the passages of the Holy Bible.
Also, in Numbers 23.19, "GOD IS NOT A MAN, that HE should lie; NEITHER THE SON OF MAN, that HE should repent...".
John 1.14; "and the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us ..."
Romans 9.5; "... whom as concerning the flesh CHRIST came, who is over all GOD, blessed for ever, amen".
If GOD is not a man, nor a son of man, but HE became flesh; then, what is this flesh that dwelt and appeared to man?
In Genesis 17.1 and Genesis 18.1-33; the account of Abraham when the LORD GOD appeared, conversed, and ate with him; he even touched HIM by washing HIS feet. Was this same flesh that the apostles, disciples, Mary, Joseph touched and saw?
Philippians 2.5-8; "...but made HIMSELF(JESUS) 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 ...". (Recall Isaiah 42.1)
And in Romans 8.3, "for what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, GOD sending HIS OWN SON in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh".
In Matthew 17.2, JESUS was transfigured before the three apostles, "...HIS (JESUS) FACE did shine as the sun...".
And in John 8.23, "and HE (JESUS) said unto them, you are from beneath; I AM from above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world".
Thus, it can not be denied that the FLESH of the LORD JESUS is in the LIKENESS of man or in fashion as a man, but not man, nor the flesh of man! Then, what kind of FLESH?
1 Corinthians 15.39-45 further explains, that "all flesh is not the same; but there is one kind of flesh of man, ... there are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrrestrial ... and so it is written, the first Adam was made a living soul (Genesis 2.7); the last Adam was made a quickening spirit...".
In the birth of JESUS, Matthew 1.18-25, the fulfillment of Isaiah 7.14; "...when as HIS mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the HOLY SPIRIT, ... for which is conceived in her is of the HOLY SPIRIT...".
Clearly, there was no biological human flesh of Mary, when JESUS was conceived of the HOLY SPIRIT in her womb!
For this reason, JESUS said in Matthew 11.11; "verily, I say unto you, among them that are BORN OF WOMEN there has not risen a greater than John the baptist; notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he". Simply because if JESUS was born of a woman biologically, then John the baptist is greater than HE!
Hebrews 7.15-16, "... who is made, not after the law of carnal commandment (the flesh of man through biological law), but after the power of an endless life". (See also John 3.6)
But surprisingly, JESUS said in John 8.40, "but now you seek to kill ME, a man that has told you the truth, which I heard of GOD; this did not Abraham". Here, JESUS testified of HIMSELF that HE is a man! Is the testimony true? No, absolutely no! Because in John 5.31 is in collaboration of HIS statement, that is, "if I (JESUS) bear witness of MYSELF, MY witness is not true". Only when others testified who HE is, HE never denied them, but confirmed them; i.e. Natanael, Samaritan woman, multitude in Jerusalem, Peter, Thomas, John the Baptist, the Scriptures, etc. (See Numbers 35.30, Deuteronomy 19.5, and Matthew 18.16)
Even Thomas in John 20.28 exclaimed "my LORD and my GOD", because upon seeing JESUS, he touched no flesh and bones. And JESUS answered him. because you have SEEN ME, you believe . Note HE did not say, because you see and touch ME.
And in Hebrews 13.8, "JESUS CHRIST the same yesterday, and today, and forever". (See Numbers 23.19)
THEREFORE,
The LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST became FLESH, not of the law of carnal commandment, but of the power of endless life, qickening spirit; that has been before the foundation of the whole creation.
Then, WHO made JESUS CHRIST man or of flesh of man?
Romans 1.21-23, "because that, when they knew GOD, they glorify HIM not as GOD ... and changed the glory of the uncorruptible GOD unto an image made like to corruptible man ...".
Those are the antichrists, false prophets and decievers.

IN CONCLUSION,
Colossians 2.8-9; "beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after CHRIST. For in HIM (JESUS CHRIST) dwells all the fulness of the GODHEAD BODILY..." (The soul, spirit and body of GOD!) See also Colossians 1.13-15.
I John 5.20 confirmed and collaborated John 17.3, "we know that the Son of GOD is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know HIM that is true: and we are in HIM that is true, in HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. This is THE TRUE GOD, and ETERNAL LIFE".
Thus, to believe on HIM is to believe that the LORD GOD is JESUS CHRIST, the One and Only True GOD, became FLESH, not the flesh of man, but the FLESH OF GOD.
To believe otherwise is to blaspheme HIM - the sin against the only true LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST! The sin that shall not be forgiven in this world, and the world to come.
The Holy Bible then confirms the main revealed message of the LITTLE BOOK: The Sound of the Seventh Trumpet. Without the revealed messages in the Little Book, all shall remain in darkness - in the teachings of antichrists, false prophets and deceivers.

YOU WHO READ THIS, MUST NOW DECIDE. DO YOU BELEIVE ON THE TRUE LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST? THE PRICE IS YOUR SOUL!

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AFTERWORD

This is a brief presentation of the only true LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST.
Though it is a good guide or roadmap for an in depth and thorough treatise of the TRUTH - as revealed.

May the Almighty LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST reveal HIMSELF to those who seek HIM in truth and in spirit,
with earnest and fervent diligence.

Posted by: melchor jallorina at December 21, 2008 8:53 PM

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