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The Changing of the body.  part 4   

                             Do We Have To See Physical Death?


We need to change not only our thoughts, but, also our words. We hear , all the time, folks saying, "All we have to do, is "Pay taxes, live and DIE!!"     We hear, "After 40, it's all downhill, and then the grave!!"  All are claiming DEATH!  When , clearly, Father's Word does not say that.

Heb. 9:27, "And as it is appointed once to did, but after this the judgment:"

OK, Father's Word tells us that we do have ONE death, that we are to see. So, let's check this out.

Rom. 6:3-9, "Know ye not, that so many of us were baptized  into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:  Knowing this, tha our old man IS CRUCIFIED WITH him, that the body of sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve sin.  For he that is dead,  is free from sin. NOW if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also LIVE WITH HIM:  knowing that Christ being raised from the dead DIETH NO MORE; death hath no more dominion over him."

Now, I KNOW, that there are those who are going to say, "Well, this is talking about JESUS."  But, you'd better take another look!!  This says "CHRIST", not Jesus.  I'm not going into what we have learned about that word "CHRIST".  Those who KNOW who they are, knows, that this word "CHRIST"  is not Jesus' name, it's a word that describes WHAT HE WAS, when He walked the earth, "God's anointed one."  We also, know that , Father says, "that we are not to know Jesus, anymore, after the flesh", that flesh and blood man who walked the earth. (2 Cor 5:16).  We are not babes, and we should KNOW HIM AS HE IS, as our Father. (John 17:5)   WE are now Father's Son. (1John 3:2).

Jesus IS OUR PATTERN! (1Tim 1:16).  We are to look to ALL that HE DID, and WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIM to the "T".  So, we saw in Romans , that we have ALREADY DIED.  Now, don't go adding any if, ands or buts, they are not in the scriptures. I know that some will say, "well this was a  "SPIRITUAL death". Well, bare in mind, WE ARE IN HIS IMAGE!  HE IS SPIRIT AND SO ARE WE! (John 4:24).  We are a Spirit that lives in a body and has a soul !  Folks, we HAVE GOT TO WAKE UP and face facts, HIS FACTS!!

So, how many deaths are we to see, according to HIS WORD?  ONE!  We met that death. We died on the Cross WITH JESUS, and was raised a new creature, a new species of people. 1Jonn 3:14, tells us clearly, "WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE."  Accept it or reject it, it makes no difference in the truth of this Word.  The harsh turth is;  EITHER WE KNOW WHO WE ARE, OR WE DON'T!!  Another truth that tells us something ,that we need to know is:

Heb 2:9, "Now we see Jesus made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that by the grace of God, SHOULD TASTE DEATH FOR EVERY MAN!..."
But, let's go on.

We know that the OT holds secrets that we need to look closely at, because the OT is a type and shadow of  better things to come. (Heb 10:1).  So let's look unto those shadows.

IS 28: 15-18, " Because ye have said, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at AGREEMENT: "

Our very words and thoughts SHOW PROOF of this!!  We CLAIM DEATH, like it's an old friend!!

"we have made lies our refuge..."

You say, "how can death be a refuge?"  Well ,of course, most of us think that when we die, we get to go to "heaven" , way up there in the sky and live in mansions on streets of gold!!  That IS A LIE and we look to it  as a "refuge".  Some are even EAGER to die!!!

VS 16, "Therefore thus SAITH THE LORD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stond, A SURE FOUNDATION;  he that believeth SHALL NOT MAKE HASTE!"

Is the truth of this beginning to shine through a little?  Well , as the old saying goes, "You ain't seen NOTHING YET!!"

VS 17-18, "Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.  (18) AND YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH SHALL BE DISANNULLED and your agreement with hell shall NOT STAND: when the overflowing scourg shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it."

I suggest that you continue reading , here in Isaiah, but , I wanted to show the above TRUTH!!!  IF WE BELIEVE, , the covenant has been done away with!!  Hallelujah!!!  WE DO NOT HAVE to stand in agreement with hell, OR with our covenant with death.  Because of the "SCOURGE", which is our Saviour, and our PATTERN!!!  He DID NOT HAVE TO DIE, HE CHOSE TO DIE, for us!  We are as He is, and we DO NOT HAVE TO DIE, EVER AGAIN!!  So, what else does His Word say?

PS 102:18-21, "This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD, For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner;  to loose those that are appointed to death; To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem:"

If this doesn't make you SHOUT, you have to be REALLY DEAD!!!  

1) "written for the generation to come".. that's us folks, His 42nd generation!!
2) "the people which shall be created.."  He created us NEW CREATURES, when we resurrected WITH Him!
3) " He looked down from His sanctuary"... where is His Temple?  WE ARE!  Is HIS SANCTUARY IN HIS TEMPLE?   It better be or someone is in serious trouble!!
4) "from heaven did the Lord behold the earth".. between our ears is where "heaven" is, and we are the EARTHEN vessel that He beholds!  Let's wake up , folks, heaven is where HE IS. Is He in you?  If He is, then , so is heaven. A glorious state of being.  The place that folks go to when they die , is the SPIRIT REALM.
5) This is glorious, "to hear the groaning of the prisoner".... you know who the prisoner is?  It's the CHRIST in us, groaning to be released, to manifest in this earth!!!  Hallelujah!!
6) "to loose those appointed to death"  NOTHING NEEDS TO BE SAID HERE!  I praise Him!!
7) "ZION & JERUSALEM"...  what does Obediah tell us (vs 21)?  "SAVIOURS (PLURAL) SHALL COME.." this word "saviours" means , in the Hebrew, CHRISTS!!!!!   And "JERUSALEM" is NEW Jerusalem , in the Book of Revelation, and guess what?  It's not a CITY, IT'S JESUS' MANY MEMBERED BODY THAT IS MANIFESTING NOW!!

Shout people!!!!  Allow this to be explained and confirmed by Father.  Start working on your words, Start taking thoughts captive and START SPEAKING TO YOUR BODY!

When He said that He gave us LIFE, He meant it.

Amen and Amen! means   SO BE IT< SO BE IT!!

Be blessed....... Linda
 
 

 

 

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