The King is coming...
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The Witness, Trumpets an announcement...
The Witness, Trumpets an announcement...
God morning! Thank you Lord for this day, thank you for sharing your time with us, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In Jesus/Yahushua’s holy name...We thank you that we are filled with You in Love and Grace, as we learn more and grow in Your Word, and in You. Take from us anything that may hinder our growth, and anything that is not of You, we thank you for less of us more of You.
As we see one another as brothers, and sisters, as Your children, in One Body, and One Church...Your Church, as we walk under your protection from anything not of You, or Your will, as we are filled with your Word, and still in your peace, we are Yours’, Blessed & grateful. Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, the Son & Holy Spirit.
Thank you, in Yahushua's Holy Name...we say Ephphatha, “be opened”, to hearing, and speaking the Word...so be it. ( Kol cumi everyone arise (from thou sleep)
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Luke tells this story in his own way, his own writing of declaration, believed, credited as True. He states from eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word, it was “good” as The Lord God Almighty said after everything He created. Luke also says he had perfect understanding of all things while he wrote this to Theophilus, which happens to mean, “friend of God.”
Isaiah 41:8 “8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham my friend.”
Exodus 33:11 “11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend...
John 15:15 “15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
He finishes with exemplifying the certainty, the Truth of being instructed.
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
We see these 2 rare people righteous before God, as Noah was in a land of sin.
Genesis 7:1 “1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”
They’re both of priestly lines, Levi & Aaron...High Priests. Zacharias means “remembered of GOD”, Elizabeth means “GOD is my oath”, ...we see here that The Lord God remembered His promise, as He did in Egypt.
Exodus 2:24–25 “24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.”
Psalm 105:42–43 “42 For he remembered his holy promise, And Abraham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with gladness:”
They were old and she was barren, as most of the chosen were, Sarah, Rachel, Rebekah, Manoah, Hannah....The Lord Blesses...”all things are possible with GOD”
They’re soon invited into the building of the Ark, the True Ark, CHRIST. The Holy Spirit comes and announces His coming, the Trumpet call for the King. So that all who enter may be blameless in Him.
Philippians 2:15 “15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;”
Philippians 3:6 “6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.”
1 Thessalonians 3:13 “13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.”
Gabriel shows up and tells what will be, his son will be filled with the Holy Ghost, and he shall turn many to the Lord, in the Spirit and power of Elijah, to TURN the hearts of the fathers to children, the disobedient to wisdom of just, and to make ready, as predicted in...
Malachi 4:6 “6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, And the heart of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
... PREPARE them for the LORD GOD. The Holy Spirit convicts you, it may not be so comfortable for some to make the changes, to turn from sin, to repentance. To even “hear” the WORD for some is uncomfortable.
Be glad to be counted worthy when convicted...
John 16:8 “8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:”
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
We see Gabriel go to Galilee in Nazareth. Which means a sprout or seed, branch, vine, a root...who is the Sprout, or Root of Jesse? The True Vine? Nazarenes, “a branch of the True stock”, are ye grafted in, branched in?
Zechariah 3:8 “8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, And thy fellows that sit before thee: For they are men wondered at: For, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.”
John 15:2–6 “2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
He again choses someone holy, separate. Important the Gabriel says, “and thou shall conceive in thy womb”, impossible for any other woman, as women conceive in the fallopian tube. Christ is the only One who was born this way.
Exodus 34:19 “19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.”
Exodus 13:12 “12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.”
He is truly the First Born, sinless, not from adam, but of GOD ALMIGHTY!
tbc....
