Jesus would pull us out of our bubble and have ONE AMERICA.
Isaiah 58:12
And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called
the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.
Acts 2:1-12, 36-47
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12 And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
We all know Acts 2.
One thing we also know about Act 2 and the Unity of God, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, 'Chaz' or 'Chad', isn't the Plan. All things do work together in the interweaving of God's Plan - we now have a perfect representation of Animal Farm.
A utopia of freedom, where a few rules are needed. Like Safety - ok guards. More Safety since the police are abolished - ok AK-47. Now Authority with the Safety - required pat downs. The 500 homeowners probably aren't enchanted with the 20 public tents. Or the extortion money to keep graffiti away. The 500 homeowners and the shop owners aren't giving interviews. A key point. There aren't cars going in and out. A centralized point.
One homeowner of the 500 was interviewed with his face blurred out and a voice over implant. He reported continual gunfire. A horrible thing during every night. Eventually Chad, Chaz, would have one person shot and killed and another critically injured.
Acts 2 when all things were shared. Even in the most loving of Congregations, one wonders about this. How long did this go on?
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, 313 A.D. was our historian and eyewitness to explaining the family, descendants - nieces and nephews, of Jesus Christ were still held in great regard in Nazareth. 3 Centuries later.
The Vintage Photos of Israel are profound.
2,000 years saw the cities look as they did in the time of Jesus Christ ,
walking as truth and grace among us.
Nazareth is probably part of our ideas of the City of God in the clouds. The plateau makes Nazareth famous for it's clear view and watch tower. Revelation also informs us of the City of God descending from on High.
This is a rebuilt archaeological watchtower of Nazareth. The watch tower would want Good News and alerts to travel quickly, so the watch tower also is a storehouse of supplies the village would need. A busy place.
And if you watch people start to consider what God would have them do for Acts 2 today, one might see some discomfort. God created the plagues of the Exodus. The discomfort was His Plan. God believed His people needed safety, security and a Hope and Future. And as God created Ephesians 3, He wanted families to live together on earth and in Heaven. He wasn't setting up a commune like Chaz. God didn't intend Public Tents and extortion fees for freedoms. He intended for the Communities to enrich and enliven and enjoy and up build one another.
We have found Covid-19 to be an enormous version of Sars. Sars is the Common Cold. So if we continue this idea, we are working to overcome "The Great COLD." God is very interesting. During Exodus, God gave specific instructions on child bearing. He was taking care of the littlest people. We find this is overcoming The Great Cold. The children are safe. Interesting.
And in establishing Israel, God intends the people to form self-reliance and common good. Acts 2 is this in Awakening.
We are intended to find our feet with each other.
One of the aspects of Recovery, is an economic recovery. And this would seem the worst time to ask of one another to give and to share. Isn't it a Wonder of God - as this timing occurs - we are - READY and WILLING.
What will we share? The first thing we could share would be all we could do to put behind us, "COLD". We could find when someone has a need, we ask the people we know if they have a place for the Solution. We can develop Cross Church Bible Studies.
We can work upon being the Body of Christ, not in Crisis.
What would we share? Our Cares. Our Fellowship. Our warmth. Our tools to make life better. Our jobs. Our information. Our resources. Our protection one of another.
God assembles this exactly. He calls this: Freedom. You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. So I say, walk by the Spirit. The kingdom of God is love, joy, peace, forbearance (kind patience, tolerance, a Pastor at our outdoor Church Prayer calls this Rhinoceros hide), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
In the Exodus, God made the Desert comfortable. This is what we will do to defeat "The Cold".
We make the cold - bloom forth into Abundant Life with the Grace and Power of our God in Jesus.
God Commanded us to Love One Another.
The Exodus is written Laws on Hewn Rock.
Jesus told us Love One Another is written in our Hearts.
Abba, Our Father!
To live in Abundant Life is to ask to see Your Glory.
To believe in Luke 11 to pray with shameless audacity and impudence
- we Pray with Jesus Christ
to find more of Your Heavenly Kingdom on earth.
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
According to the riches of our Father God's glory,
You may grant us to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in our inner being,
Finding Jesus Christ, daily His Mercies Renew, and dwell in our hearts through faith.
We pray to all, all , ALL be rooted and grounded in Love
In Your Power to have Strength, with all the Saints
finding God's Love!
God's Love - is the breadth and length and height and depth,
the love of Christ surpasses knowledge
and ALL are filled with all the fullness of God.
Jesus is God
He is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
to Jesus be glory in the Church
and in Christ Jesus. light of mankind, throughout all generations,
forever and ever. Amen.
Let us Pray to Seek You, Find You in Jesus Christ.
The Glory of Your Heaven on earth..
The Wonders and Mercies of God Prevail.
We are People with the Help of Jesus,
we can make
Redemption
Strength.
Praying the Victory!
And Virus end!
Jesus Son of God - Bless, Sustain, Comfort, Guide
President Donald Trump, and his family,
Vice President Pence,
The White House Staff,
The Administration Coronavirus Response Team,
Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, God Bless Them!
Safety and wisdom for:
Governor Abbott
and all 50 United States Governors and our Legislatures
Fruitful Justice for ALL.
The Freedom in Jesus we call
Liberty and Justice for All!
We ask Jesus to dwell in us always,
and we say Amen!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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