Peace in Christ.
IF The Son of man is lifted up from out of the earth, He will draw all men (those people of the outside world) unto Him. If we lift Him up, then the people around us will come to us because of Him.
Joh 12:32-36 KJV
(32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
We lift Him up by keeping His daily sacrifice in our mortal bodies….bearing about the dying of our Lord Jesus in our body so that His life (the Light) is made manifest (shine) in our mortal bodies. 2nd Corinthians 4:11-12 . This is the "death" we must die...dying to the sin by the keeping of His "daily" sacrifice.
(33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.
This lifting up of the Son of man is the “heave” (meaning to lift up) offering that we are suppose to keep.
Mal 3:6-12
(6) For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Our church fathers have gone away from His ordinances and have not kept them. They (and their followers) keep and serve the church external handwriting of ordinances instead of His inward commandments.
We are to seek His kingdom first. The kingdom of God is within us. It does not come by the observation of external ordinances. His commandments are written upon our hearts and minds and we are to seek to do them in all we do. This is the true “tithe.”
(7) Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Will a man “rob”…that is, COVER UP…God?
The Hebrew word for “rob” is “qaba” which means “TO COVER.” We do not shine His glory light to the people of the outside world when we “cover” Him up.
We “cover” Him up (so that He cannot be seen) when we do not seek His kingdom first (the “tithe”) in all we do.
The heave (to lift up) offering is the keeping of the dying of our Lord Jesus in our mortal bodies so that His life is manifest there (to be seen by the people of the outside world.) We then lift up (“heave”) the Son of man. When we do not lift Him up, the people of the outside world cannot “see” Him shine through us.
(8) Will a man rob (COVER) God? Yet ye have robbed (COVERED) me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed (COVERED) thee? In tithes and offerings (that is, HEAVE offerings).
When we cover Him up so that the outside people of the world cannot “see” Him through us, then we are “cursed with a curse” for doing so. We are curse: All nations hate us. They rule over us. They are the head and we are the tail. See Deuteronomy 28:15 – 68 .
We become a byword among them:
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
(9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed (COVERED) me, even this whole nation.
If we seek first the kingdom of God, then we can truly feed His people with the meat of the Word of Truth.
Then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened….that is, the eyes of the ruling people of the outside world shall then see Him through us and will come to us. Kings shall then "see" Him as their eyes shall be opened.
(10) Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
We (His people) will no longer be despised by the people of the outside nations.
When we manifest the Son…the Holy One…in our mortal flesh to them, kings shall SEE and arise. The “windows of the heaven” …the eyes of the exalted rulers of this world…shall be opened and they will come to us.
Isa 49:7 KJV
(7) Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
When we lift Him up….
Isa 52:13-15 KJV
(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
….then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened up as the earthly kings shall SEE.
(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
The people of the outside world will then come to us. Their kings (the heaven…those who are exalted) shall minister unto us for He shall glorify us then.
Isa 60:5-10 KJV
(5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
(6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
(7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
(8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
(9) Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
(10) And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
The people of the outside world shall then “see” Him. They shall see the Light of the Lord God through us. And there shall be no more curse….
Rev 22:3-5 KJV
(3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
(4) And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
(5) And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
He shall not destroy the fruits of our “ground”…that is, ADAMAH. The “Adamah” is the people of the outside world.
Mal 3:
(11) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground (ADAMAH); neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Then, all nations shall call us blessed and we (His people) shall be a delightsome earth (land) to them.
(12) And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.