Make Us One

As we left off in our last edition, the April/May Edition of Reflect A Moment, we saw how that King Darius had issued a decree, that in every part of his kingdom, people had to fear and reverence the God of Daniel, which by the way means God is Judge, which accords with the character and contents of the book of Daniel.  Isn’t it awesome how that the God that we serve has a way of manifesting Himself and getting the attention of His children at the appointed time.  Look around you, my friend.  Have you been observant of the signs of the times?  There have been earthquakes in China, cyclones in Myanmar, fires in Florida and California, tornadoes in Oklahoma and Georgia, sinkholes in Texas, gay marriages being legalized in California, effective June the 14th, wars and rumors of wars, sky rocketing gas prices, home invasions, gang wars escalating, drug transactions at an alarming high, and let’s not forget this controversial political campaign, which is in progress right now.  Wake Up Body of Christ!  I submit to you that our God is the same God yesterday, today, and forevermore, and He is the Living God, and He endures forever.  His Kingdom will not be destroyed, and His Dominion will never end.  He rescues and He saves; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth.  Again, I submit to you as well, House of Israel, that the God Who judges . . . the God Who manifested Himself in the book of Daniel to the Medes and Persians, still requires all of His children to fear and reverence Him.  Play time is over!  I hear the Spirit of the Lord say, go back to your first love . . . your spontaneous love . . . your Agape love.  He says to go back to where you were when you first met Him and were introduced to His commandments.  He says listen to what was spoken unto the angel of the church of Ephesus through His servant John in the book of Revelation.  But before we go there, let’s just start at chapter number one of this book of the  unveiling . . . The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John, Who bare record of the word of God, and of  the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. (Revelation 1:1-3) (Selah) Pause and calmly think on that.  

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; ‘These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, Who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil, and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: (Revelation 2:1-2)  

Listen Body of Christ, give ear Oh House of Israel, Abba Father says that He sees your works.  He sees those of you who faithfully sing on the choir . . . usher on the usher board, or serve in whatever capacity you do, in your place of worship.  God says, I see your labor and patience, even when there have been some in the Body of Christ which have said that they are apostles, claiming to be sent by Me, and are not, and you have found them to be liars; yet for My names sake, you have labored, and have not fainted.  See the next verse.  

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for My name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.  Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.  (Revelation 2:3-4)  

Do you see that Body of Christ?  Just like this church in Ephesus, many today have left their first love, and that first love is JESUS!  Hear oh Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord.  Saints of God, Jesus didn’t just show up in the New Testament scriptures.  Jesus has always been here, yes, even before the foundation of this world.  Let’s just park it here for a moment, so we can take a look at it; because we have got to get back to our first love.  

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.  (John 1:1-3)  

Hold up! Do you see this saints of God?  In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  Saints the same was in the beginning with God because Jesus *is* God (Selah) Pause and calmly think on that! 

In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.  (John 1:4-5)  

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)  

House of Israel, the Word (Jesus/God) was made flesh, and He came down to this earth and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.  If we went all the way back to the very first book of Moses called Genesis, which means – The Beginnings, you will find the following words.  By the way, what does beginning mean?  It means the point at which something begins.  In other words, Jesus was not the first creation of the Father, He was there when it all started, you know . . . in the beginning.  

IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, “Let there be light:” and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.  And the evening and the morning were the first day.  (Genesis 1:1-5)  

Do yall see that?  God called the evening and the morning the first day.  Remember this sisters and brothers, for we shall refer to this in later lessons.  But back to the Godhead . . . God the Father and God the Son.  Let’s look again closely at verse number 3.  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. 

So when we read in Genesis where it says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, if we look through our spiritual eyes, we can see that the Bible is talking about the one that later became known as Jesus . . . Our first love.  Yeshua the Messiah was there in the beginning, and He created all things.   Now, let’s look at another witness, because by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established. (Matthew 18:16)  

Therefore the LORD Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)  

And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for he shall save His People from their sins.  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”  (Matthew 1:21-23)  

Do yall see that in your bible?  Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  I shall submit to you again, House of Israel, that Jesus and God are One.  

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee.  Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are.  (John 17:11)  

If you’re curious as to what Gods Name is . . . His Name is JESUS . . . Our first love.  Remember, we just read that in Matthew chapter number 1.  The same God that created the heavens and the earth . . . the same God Who led the children of Israel out of the wilderness . . . the same God Who parted the Red Sea was Jesus . . . Our first love.  

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did  all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:1-4)  

Body of Christ, the Apostle Paul doesn’t want you to be ignorant of the fact that it was Christ who led the children of Israel out of the wilderness.  Jesus didn’t start with the virgin Mary.  He came through the virgin Mary.  Jesus has always existed from the beginning because Jesus *is* God.  He is the voice of the Godhead, and that voice is pleading with His people . . . Come back to your first love.  

And God spake all these words, saying,  

(I.)     “I am the LORD thy God, Which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.  (Exodus 20:1-3)  

Do you understand this Body of Christ?  Stop making your jobs, your children, your cars, and your money gods.  Turn back again to your first love.  

(II.)                     Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments. (Exodus 20:4-6)  

The Lord our God/Jesus is a Jealous God.  

(III.)                 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)  

Stop acting like you’re representing Him, just because you use His Name.  If you love Him . .  . Keep His commandments.  

(IV.)                 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:  But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.  (Exodus 20:8-11)  

Sisters and brothers, Jesus did not say remember the first day of the week, which is Sunday.  God said to remember the Sabbath Day, which is the 7^th Day, and He said to keep it holy.  Gods calendar has never changed.  Man’s day starts at midnight.  God’s day starts at sundown.  Remember back in Genesis, the evening and the morning were the first day.  It always was . . . and it always shall be.  Let’s go back to our first love.  The Lord blessed the Sabbath day, not Sunday, and hallowed it.  

(V.)                     Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.  

(VI.)                 Thou shalt not kill.  

(VII.)              Thou shalt not commit adultery.  

(VIII.)          Thou shalt not steal.  

(IX.)                 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.  

(X.)                     Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”  

And all the People saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the People saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.  And they said unto Moses, “Speak thou with us, and we will hear:  but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”  And Moses said unto the People, “Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”  (Exodus 20:12-20)  

Take a look around you my friends, God is calling out to His people  

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.  (Revelation 2:5)  

Repent . . . Repent Oh House of Israel.  Turn back again to your first love, because if Israel be lost . . . Jacob shall in no wise loose his reward.  More in our next edition.