“Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.”
It is time to stop inviting Jesus to come as if He were a guest to our church.
He is the host, the centre, therefore we must let Him do the leading how He wishes.
“And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.”
Jesus and in turn we in Christ carry on our shoulders the arc, the covenant, the enthroned presence of God of the Old Testament covenant.
The manifestation of the Spirit and the truth of the new covenant.
David in the Old Testament was representative of a man who knew God and was of the same heart, a man of war, a man of abandoned praise.
We are not collectively a people such as he yet.
There is no sacrifice representative of the generosity and power that there is in worship in our and praise.
The power that we receive from this place of abandonment cannot be practiced and performed.
The freedom can only originate in the revelation of who God is in our praise never the masquerade performance.
God is seeking for interaction between earth and heaven in a oneness that is carried by our praise. Spontaneous, dynamic, interaction between to rule and reign with Jesus in love bringing about justice but in our humility and awe and wonder at all that He is
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
In our place of praise and worship He centres us with His plumb line . That we roll like the river from His throne in Spirit and in truth.
Our holiness is relative to our proximity to God’s presence. The fear of the Lord is in our holiness and is part of our safety. It is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.
“Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
It is the hearts that are knitted together to create the body, the space and temple where He can be seated to rule.
From this place His kingdom comes.
‘’The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.”
The illustration shows hearts knitted together to form the throne of justice upon the river of Life. Light emanating to push back the darkness.
Four Scriptures that come to mind:
“And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.”Isaiah 22:22 ESV
“And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honour to his father’s house. And they will hang on him the whole honour of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.” Isaiah 22:22-24 ESV
“Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.” Revelation 3:10-12 ESV
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 ESV
The song Justice. Luke Finch+ Ali McFarlane
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