Hnovilla
07-08-2003, 11:45 AM
His NAME is Jesus!
Law of Separation
I have read many posts that would 'spiritualize' the scriptures, and many others which would keep the scriptures in the natural realm; as a history book, so to speak. I will maintain that the spiritual realm and the natural realm run parallel, and will not contradict one another. God is SPIRIT, and it pleased him to reveal himself in the natural realm. It also pleased Him that natural man be brought to a spiritual level. Thus these thoughts.
"And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it DIVIDE the waters from the waters.' And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were UNDER the firmament from the waters which were ABOVE the firmament: and it was so."
God knows how to make a difference between those who are His (waters from above), and those who are not (waters from below). He also keeps a firmament (His Spirit) to separate them. There are waters who receive the heat of the sun (Grace) and rise up above the natual realm, only to return to the earth and bless it. But must eventually rise up again...for THAT is its nature.
Not so the murky waters. They remain stagnant in their place, and invite other waters to join them. This body of water grows, but it goes nowhere. There is no blessing in them.
The silt of these waters sometimes settle to the bottom, and to the naked eye they seem clear. But they are sour to the taste.
"Know you not that unrighteousness will not inherit the kingdom of God?...be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: what fellowship has righteousness with righteousness..."
The Laws of creation are written in us, that we might fulfill them. And we will fulfill them, according to what we have received.
Law of Fruitfulness
"And God said, 'Let the waters under the heavens be gathered unto one place,and let the dry appear'...the earth brought forth grass , the herb yielding seed, the fruit trees yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, AFTER ITS KIND..."
This Law commands that everything bring forth after its own kind, and in the 'natural' realm we see the obedience. Everything is according to genus and species. Even man has 'seed in himself'.
I say this to bring out the fact that man and angels are NOT of the same genus or species. Even if angels could reproduce, as some in this forum erroneously teach, we are not of the same 'species'. Note that the the Law of Reproducing is in the NATURAL realm. This is because of our temporal existence. In the resurrection, "...they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels..." We are to be eternal, therefore not needing to reproduce. If the angels have no need to reproduce because they are eternal, it is because they have not been so endowed. Else, they would have reproduced to replace the third that rebelled against the Lord.
Beloved, it is easy and quite natural, to judge the things that belong in the spiritual realm by the natural order of things.
In the spiritual realm, there is one major difference. Things are begotten by the spoken word. Lucifer saw how God just spoke things into existence. Of course, Lucifer could not. But he found he could change the order of things by speaking! So he spoke to the woman, "So, God has said..." He planted doubt, and sewed unbelief. What? Does not man do the same thing today?
Do God-fearing parents not plant faith in their children; and abusive parent beget abusive children/adults? Has not even man recognized this and calls it a 'cycle'?
Notice, also, that the Law was given to the "...waters that were under the heavens..."
So in the natural realm, we are to plant and sew WITH our bodies (reprpduction); in the spiritual, we are to reproduce with our words. You got the idea. As the prophet said, "...take the vision and run with it."
Law of Time
"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years...to give LIGHT upon the earth..."
The primary purpose of creation is to testify of the existence of God. That is why young David wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork..." The Apostle Paul also declared: "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, (even) His eternal power and Godhead; so that they (the things that are made) are without excuse..."
Before Time, everthing was in the eternal realm. When God created Time, He established a 'beginning', and also an 'end'. To better understand this, we can say that this 'beginning' is the temporary cessation of eternity [within certain confines]; while the 'end' is the cessation of Time. We are surrounded by this testimony. We can see it in a 'newborn' baby, and in the death of an old man.
The cessation of time is NOT the end, but the re-establishing of eternity in its proper place. The "new heavens and a new earth" will not be temporal, but eternal.
If you an receive this: The Lord 'disrobed' himself of his glory and donned a garment of flesh; so at the end of time, he will 'disrobe' himself of his flesh and be robed again in glory. Hear: "...when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule...for he (the Son) must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet...when he says he has put all things under him, it is manifest that he (the Father) is excepted, who put all things under him...then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (the Father), that God may be all in all."
Will the Kingdom of the Son end? Of course not. His sons (and daughters) will reign with Him!
Brother Villa
Law of Separation
I have read many posts that would 'spiritualize' the scriptures, and many others which would keep the scriptures in the natural realm; as a history book, so to speak. I will maintain that the spiritual realm and the natural realm run parallel, and will not contradict one another. God is SPIRIT, and it pleased him to reveal himself in the natural realm. It also pleased Him that natural man be brought to a spiritual level. Thus these thoughts.
"And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it DIVIDE the waters from the waters.' And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were UNDER the firmament from the waters which were ABOVE the firmament: and it was so."
God knows how to make a difference between those who are His (waters from above), and those who are not (waters from below). He also keeps a firmament (His Spirit) to separate them. There are waters who receive the heat of the sun (Grace) and rise up above the natual realm, only to return to the earth and bless it. But must eventually rise up again...for THAT is its nature.
Not so the murky waters. They remain stagnant in their place, and invite other waters to join them. This body of water grows, but it goes nowhere. There is no blessing in them.
The silt of these waters sometimes settle to the bottom, and to the naked eye they seem clear. But they are sour to the taste.
"Know you not that unrighteousness will not inherit the kingdom of God?...be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: what fellowship has righteousness with righteousness..."
The Laws of creation are written in us, that we might fulfill them. And we will fulfill them, according to what we have received.
Law of Fruitfulness
"And God said, 'Let the waters under the heavens be gathered unto one place,and let the dry appear'...the earth brought forth grass , the herb yielding seed, the fruit trees yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, AFTER ITS KIND..."
This Law commands that everything bring forth after its own kind, and in the 'natural' realm we see the obedience. Everything is according to genus and species. Even man has 'seed in himself'.
I say this to bring out the fact that man and angels are NOT of the same genus or species. Even if angels could reproduce, as some in this forum erroneously teach, we are not of the same 'species'. Note that the the Law of Reproducing is in the NATURAL realm. This is because of our temporal existence. In the resurrection, "...they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels..." We are to be eternal, therefore not needing to reproduce. If the angels have no need to reproduce because they are eternal, it is because they have not been so endowed. Else, they would have reproduced to replace the third that rebelled against the Lord.
Beloved, it is easy and quite natural, to judge the things that belong in the spiritual realm by the natural order of things.
In the spiritual realm, there is one major difference. Things are begotten by the spoken word. Lucifer saw how God just spoke things into existence. Of course, Lucifer could not. But he found he could change the order of things by speaking! So he spoke to the woman, "So, God has said..." He planted doubt, and sewed unbelief. What? Does not man do the same thing today?
Do God-fearing parents not plant faith in their children; and abusive parent beget abusive children/adults? Has not even man recognized this and calls it a 'cycle'?
Notice, also, that the Law was given to the "...waters that were under the heavens..."
So in the natural realm, we are to plant and sew WITH our bodies (reprpduction); in the spiritual, we are to reproduce with our words. You got the idea. As the prophet said, "...take the vision and run with it."
Law of Time
"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years...to give LIGHT upon the earth..."
The primary purpose of creation is to testify of the existence of God. That is why young David wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork..." The Apostle Paul also declared: "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, (even) His eternal power and Godhead; so that they (the things that are made) are without excuse..."
Before Time, everthing was in the eternal realm. When God created Time, He established a 'beginning', and also an 'end'. To better understand this, we can say that this 'beginning' is the temporary cessation of eternity [within certain confines]; while the 'end' is the cessation of Time. We are surrounded by this testimony. We can see it in a 'newborn' baby, and in the death of an old man.
The cessation of time is NOT the end, but the re-establishing of eternity in its proper place. The "new heavens and a new earth" will not be temporal, but eternal.
If you an receive this: The Lord 'disrobed' himself of his glory and donned a garment of flesh; so at the end of time, he will 'disrobe' himself of his flesh and be robed again in glory. Hear: "...when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule...for he (the Son) must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet...when he says he has put all things under him, it is manifest that he (the Father) is excepted, who put all things under him...then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (the Father), that God may be all in all."
Will the Kingdom of the Son end? Of course not. His sons (and daughters) will reign with Him!
Brother Villa