Into and beyond all heavens Heb 4:14, 12:22

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Food for thought on the cup of salvation

In redeeming us with His blood from our fallen condition and back to the family of God is God's full blessing. The Lord's table includes the cup of blessing. The blessing is the enjoyment of the fellowship with Him with God Himself as our portion.

Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.

In Adam our lot (or portion) was the cup of God's wrath, because we were of our father, satan.

Revelation 14:10
they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.​

Christ drank of that cup for us

John 18:11
Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”​

And His blood constitutes the cup of salvation for us

Psalms 116:13
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,​

Filled to overflowing

Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.​

When we have fellowship with Christ we partake of this cup and He will not partake of it until the Kingdom is fulfilled in you.

1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?​

And He said to them, "Take this, and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

things that make ya go hmm.

 

[Tone]

Food for thought on the cup of salvation

In redeeming us with His blood from our fallen condition and back to the family of God is God's full blessing. The Lord's table includes the cup of blessing. The blessing is the enjoyment of the fellowship with Him with God Himself as our portion.

Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.

In Adam our lot (or portion) was the cup of God's wrath, because we were of our father, satan.

Revelation 14:10
they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.​

Christ drank of that cup for us

John 18:11
Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”​

And His blood constitutes the cup of salvation for us

Psalms 116:13
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,​

Filled to overflowing

Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.​

When we have fellowship with Christ we partake of this cup and He will not partake of it until the Kingdom is fulfilled in you.

1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?​

And He said to them, "Take this, and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

things that make ya go hmm.

Wow, I've never heard it said like this before, thank you!


Nice Avatar pic. by the way.


*Oh yeah, where do the eagles winter?

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Wow, I've never heard it said like this before, thank you!


Nice Avatar pic. by the way.


*Oh yeah, where do the eagles winter?

Eagles wintering reminds me that the fruit of the olive tree, who’s root is in the Father, while Christians, being the branches of the vine that is Christ, produce fruit in coldest weather. Waiting on the Lord to rise on wings like eagles is the significance I guess. There are a lot of eagles in the trees outside that I love to watch too.

Usually there was an olive tree in the corner of a vineyard in most biblical depictions and both olive and fig tree represent Christian origins. So that’s the fig leaf in the dove’s mouth on the profile pic which is not a new picture by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve had much newer pictures than that as an avatar.

Thanks for reading the thread btw, I like to have a place to leave the studies I’m working on and this is a nice quite forum. Have a great day!

 

[Tone]

Waiting on the Lord to rise on wings like eagles

Yeah, I've also been waiting...to mount up.


Matthew 24
"27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather."


That word "vulture" is:


"eagle.

From the same as aer; an eagle (from its wind-like flight) -- eagle.

see GREEK aer"
Strong's Greek: 105. ἀετός (aetos) -- an eagle


Your saying also reminded me of the above ^ verse, which is why I asked...leave no stone unturned...as is said.

Thank you and Shabbat shalom!

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Yeah, I've also been waiting...to mount up.


Matthew 24
"27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather."


That word "vulture" is:


"eagle.

From the same as aer; an eagle (from its wind-like flight) -- eagle.

see GREEK aer"
Strong's Greek: 105. ἀετός (aetos) -- an eagle


Your saying also reminded me of the above ^ verse, which is why I asked...leave no stone unturned...as is said.

Thank you and Shabbat shalom!

The Aramaic bible says rise up like a dove so I’m not sure what the difference would be in translation.

 

[Tone]

The Aramaic bible says rise up like a dove so I’m not sure what the difference would be in translation.

Well, maybe when our strength and youth are renewed we will respond to misfortunate happenings and accomplish His good works.

Strong's Greek: 4430. πτῶμα (ptóma) -- a fall, hence a misfortune, ruin
"a fall, a misfortune, ruin
Usage: a fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body."


From Matthew 24:28

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Well, maybe when our strength and youth are renewed we will respond to misfortunate happenings and accomplish His good works.

Strong's Greek: 4430. πτῶμα (ptóma) -- a fall, hence a misfortune, ruin
"a fall, a misfortune, ruin
Usage: a fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body."


From Matthew 24:28

Well hopefully not ἀπώλεια apṓleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal):—damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.

That’s more a discussion about Acts 8 tho. Not on topic for this thread ....

 

[Tone]

Well hopefully not ἀπώλεια apṓleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal):—damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.

That’s more a discussion about Acts 8 tho. Not on topic for this thread ....

Even Noah's dove had to fly over some troubled waters...

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Even Noah's dove had to fly over some troubled waters...

Well, thankfully God had His passengers shut inside and not clinging to the side of the boat. If you don’t have security in faith then faith isn’t existent. I feel bad for those who don’t have that security.

 

[Tone]

Well, thankfully God had His passengers shut inside and not clinging to the side of the boat. If you don’t have security in faith then faith isn’t existent. I feel bad for those who don’t have that security.

The dove was also His passenger...a passenger pigeon, if you will...an extension of Noah.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

The dove was also His passenger...a passenger pigeon, if you will...an extension of Noah.

Single eye of the dove, not double minded, partnered for life like many other birds, the eagle too iirc.

 

[Tone]

Single eye of the dove, not double minded, partnered for life like many other birds, the eagle too iirc.

Yeah the eagles mate while falling from the sky.


*Or so I heard...

**What's iirc...an eagle call?

**IIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCCCC

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Yeah the eagles mate while falling from the sky.


*Or so I heard...

**What's iirc...an eagle call?

**IIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCCCC

if I remember correctly it’s quite a bit like that, but skretchier lol. Never seen that, but I like watching them teach the younguns to fly lol

 

[Tone]

if I remember correctly it’s quite a bit like that, but skretchier lol. Never seen that, but I like watching them teach the younguns to fly lol

That must be really nice, watching the eagles.

Shabbat shalom sister.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

That must be really nice, watching the eagles.

Shabbat shalom sister.

It is, for sure. God bless

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Darby Translation
On this account many among you are weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

I think that relates to eating in an unworthy manner.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Acts of the Apostles 8:20
But Peter said to him, May your silver go with you into destruction, because you thought that you would acquire the gift of God through money.
Acts of the Apostles 8:18-19
But when Simon saw that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying,
Give me also this authority that on whomever I lay my hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.​

Those who forsook the New Covenant to return to the Old Covenant were in danger of destruction just as those who seek to purchase the power of laying on of hands, in regarding Christ's blood a common thing and insulting the Spirit. Hebrews 10:27-31 The destruction is symbolic of a person's deeds and work, not a destruction of life and limb. 1 Corinthians 3:15 If anyone's work is consumed, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Hebrews 10:39

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Food for thought on the end days

See also: Maranatha
The Bible states:

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." [Acts 1:9-11]
Many, but not all, Christians believe:

1. The coming of Christ will be instantaneous and worldwide.[75] "For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." ~ Matthew 24:27
2. The coming of Christ will be visible to all.[76] "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matthew 24:30
3. The coming of Christ will be audible.[77] "And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Matthew 24:31
4. The resurrection of the righteous will occur.[78] "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:16
5. In one single event, the saved who are alive at Christ's coming will be caught up together with the resurrected to meet the Lord in the air.[79] "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17

In Matthew 24 Jesus states:

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. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. [Matthew 24:21, 24 NKJV]
These false Christs will perform great signs and are no ordinary people "For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." (Revelation 16:14) Satan's angels will also appear as godly clergymen, and Satan will appear as an angel of light.[80] "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works." (2 Corinthians 11:13-15) "As his crowning miracle, Satan will claim to be Jesus"[80] (Matthew 24:23, 24).

As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. (Revelation 1:13-15). The Great Controversy, p. 624.[81]

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Romans 8:2-4
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.…​

Law is often stated as the path, truth, or righteousness that are used as attributes of the law, not synonyms to. (Synonyms for language i.e.: accent. dialect. expression. jargon. prose. sound. speech. style.)

The efficiency of Christ’s finished work, that of justification for salvation, further reveals the grace that the law was incapable of reproducing. Simply put, the law is lifeless without the work of the Holy Spirit which is provided to Christians. The missing link provided is implementation within the heart to the principle of obedience that works in love.

The perpetual goodness of the Father exhorts us to give Him thanks, always. Every communication with Him is meant to result in the soul becoming bold in confidence to trust in Him. Holiness in His presence is felt and in Him repose is found. 1 Corinthians 14:26

Blessed are those who find their happiness to be in obedience, the meaning of joy impressed upon the soul to be one in His work, rest in being delivered from one’s own will and way. Isaiah 53:6 for those who seek Him with their whole hearts because of being upon the path of the Lord, and who delight in the light of each step of the way.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Intent is an interesting word because it gives the position of one’s dwelling place. Jesus tabernacled amongst us and we were made aware of His intention.

Song 2:4 He brought me to the house of the wine, and his intention [was] love toward me.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Sins are written with iron pens on the tablets of the heart Jeremiah 17:1

Christ tabernacled at the tree planted by living waters where His people going into captivity did not. Jeremiah 2:17 A tree growing by the river absorbs all of the nutrients that the water has to offer 1 Corinthians 3:6 to achieve full growth Colossians 2:19 by absorbing the essence from God. Revelation 4:3, Revelation 21:11

The heart is deceitful above things
And it is incurable
who can know it

Even a stone heart can be written upon Jeremiah 31:33, 2 Corinthians 3:3 to produce better from good out of evil.

Ezek 36:26
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.


Thank you Lord for your faithfulness