Song of Solomon 2 ~ As a lily among brambles

Song of Solomon 2


I am a rose^{[Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, daffodil]} of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

2 As a lily among brambles,
so is my love among the young women.

3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat in his shadow,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apples,
for I am sick with love.
6 His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
7 I adjure you,^{[that is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song]}
O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.

8 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes,
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.

10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away,
11 for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree ripens its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away.

14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 Catch the foxes for us,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
for our vineyards are in blossom.”

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his;
he grazes^{[patures his flock]} among the lilies.
17 Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
or a young stag on cleft mountains.

Love, we are told, makes the world go around. God, the inventor of Love, says Love flourishes with His Laws of Love.

The Roman Republic began in 500 B.C., and upon becoming an Empire, lasted until 395 A.D.. The History of this vast government has a profound, lasting influence on the development of language, religion, architecture, philosophy, law, and forms of government today. When you look at what brought down this government, I would say conclusively, its marriage laws.

There is a direct correlation in society between up-building and destruction in the way society looks at marriage. When two people are to be one, it is working of the Holy Spirit. It affects the fruit - children - and culture in all aspects.

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. Interesting the world was working on marriage during the birth of Christ, calling for David's house to report to Bethlehem. (They've found the census, by the way.)

Augustus was a tidy man, someone who wanted to be a Caesar beyond reproach and his wife, Caesar's wife (whom he proposed to while she was married and pregnant with her other husband's child), as well. Romans had been allowed to marry in different forms and it was all pretty much live and let live as far as marriage went. Augustus decided it needed to be .... Defined and Legal.

 

1. Confarreatio (divorce almost unheard of)was a traditional patrician form of marriage. Divorce for confarreatio marriages, diffarreatio, was a difficult process and therefore rare. A special type of sacrifice that caused the dissolution of the relationship between the man and woman. She would then pass back into her father's home or family. Originally, the confarreatio was indissoluble. The wife leaves her family and becomes her husband's family, or property = cum manu. Later, divorce was easier the dowry returned with the wife.

2. Coemptio (slavery/service) was in essence a sale of the woman to the husband. Coemptio occurred at any time throughout marriage. This was a process of mancipation (slavery/service). The transaction occurred with a scales-holder and in the presence of at least five witnesses, adult male Roman citizens. Coemptio could occur not only with a husband but also with an outsider. However, this process is deemed for the “sake of trust” not for the “sake of marriage.” Coemptio was only a convenient legal practice. If a wife became cum manu through the process of coemptio divorced, then she became emancipated. By the 2nd century AD, a wife was able to compel her husband to emancipate her, a right not shared by her children.

3. Usus (living together, owned by husband) Cum Manu acquired by usus was simply the cohabitation of the husband and wife for the duration of a year. After a year passed the wife was transferred into the ownership of her partner, she was considered taken by the decree of yearly possession. This process required no ceremonial practices. If the woman was not willing to come into ownership of her husband, manus by usus was easily preventable. As conditioned in the Twelve Tables if the wife absented herself for the total of three days and three nights before the end of the year, each year, the marriage was not cum manu, and she was not under the ownership of her husband. If a woman married cum manu through the process of usus divorced then, she became Emancipated. Subsequently, the law of usus was dissolved by legal enactments presumably because it fell out of use..... so Do Not Spend Your Anniversary Together at all costs....

4. Sine Manu (living together, owned by father instead of husband) the wife legally and ritually remained a member of her father's family, standing under the control of her father's potestas. The bride is not under control of the husband. This form of marriage held no ceremonial formalities led by a public official. Ultimately it involved a husband and wife living together under the intention of a marriage, in conjunction with the legal capacity of marriage under the Roman law. Although no official ceremony was held, it was customary for the bride to be escorted to her bridegrooms house. The children of this union were legally members of the husband’s agnatic kin.

Women faced with the loss of property when entering a cum manu marriage began to only consent to sine manu (father's family property) unions (similar to living together, today, to avoid prenuptial agreements and financial wedding issues.)

So, Augustus was trying to put marriage together better for inheritance when he created these types of marriages, legally. They had been used for centuries. When we read the last paragraph in brown, Augustus' goal was promoting self and not promoting a couple living as one person.

Does it sound like these forms of marriages would help sort out society better and then the playing field is easily understood? It had an effect. A definite effect. The love of many grew colder.

Marriage is a work in progress. Dating or living together leads to a non-committed society - free to abandon hearts and children. Those abandoned hearts hurt others, the cycle goes on and on to the detriment of society.

True, we don't consider women property in most of the world today. But we do consider property, income, commitment instead of Christian marriage for love, honor, obey, cherish in sickness and all circumstances. Confarreatio (devoted love forsaking all other things) began to be a thing of the past.

The End of the Empire? Selfishness. Christianity is said to have split the Roman Empire, but really selfishness. Lack of family, a place to go, fairness - is the downfall. Marriage laws made family and oath and position always an uncertainty. Claw your way along.

Weakness created invasion, civil war, plague, economic depression, hyperinflation caused by years of coinage devaluation. A denarius coin, a day's pay, quit using silver and was devalued. Trade increased during the good years of the Empire, but war created large landowners unable to send their goods abroad. Local city dwellers were trapped and unable to buy what they needed by war and unsafe trade on the highways, pledged themselves to local land barons. The Empire broke up into 3 parts in 258 AD. Large, open cities of Classical antiquity slowly gave way to the smaller, walled cities that were common in the Middle Ages.

Alec Gerrard's Temple Model of Solomon's Porch.>

Solomon's Porch, the portion of the first Temple still incorporated into the Second Temple, during the days Jesus chose to teach in the Temple. 

>God saw something marvelous in Solomon and preserved part of the Temple Solomon built. This portion of Scripture is an interesting. Reminding us God, developed human love.  The footnotes are important here and show God intended love to be an oath of commitment. Without commitment and dedication, love becomes a bramble area.

Solomon was visited by the LORD and given the commission to ask for a blessing. He asked for wisdom. Solomon would spend his reign visiting, creating, being absorbed in selfish pursuits of getting the LORD to speak to him in the altars of high places, historically in pagan worship. What would take Solomon away from his Temple built to the Lord? Solomon forgot the Word of God - to be in union with faithful followers of God. Using wisdom to be a worldly wisdom. The effects of Solomon's self-centered absorption would be Solomon's son Rehoboam was not well versed in wisdom, loosing David's Empire for God in the third generation. Wisdom was forgotten in the building of Solomon's House. We see examples of monogamy and polygamy in Scriptures. In polygamy, we see the same examples in the fall of the Roman Empire.


The fig tree ripens its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.


Matthew 13:32
It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.


We live in a world were marriage is now considered to be very expensive. Many couples don't get married because they cannot afford a very large wedding. The Justice of the Peace costs about $140 and is considered a poor substitute for a Church wedding. So, if the whole cake doesn't look pretty, they forgo the wedding, probably to look progressive or worldly instead of poor.

However, we still see jubilant expectant mothers, and mostly because their future with their spouse is secure.

Why would God want us to know of this Glory in His Word. He delights in two very different types of creation, reaffirming their love and commitment in the merging of self into union. God sees this as a celebration of love.

the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.

Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle

What Beauty He Bestows Upon Us.


Father God with all circumstances in our lives, let us have the ability to trust in You. We want ours souls where You dwell to be a welcoming place for You.

We thank You for diligence with Trust. Many things in life, by Your Plan, are beyond our control. We ask You for the strength of soul Your Good Works require. We lift up those we Love, the People You've given us, our Churches, Nation and all people of the world and their Nations in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

2 Thessalonians 1 ~ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy

Thesselonia Osios David Church, 4th Century, House Church model from The Acts of the Apostles

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

People have the grace to see Jesus. We have all heard of the light of mankind shining Grace upon Grace on those who have seen Jesus. I have not seen Jesus, but firmly believe the people who have. No one has seen God the Father. They have seen His Exact Image Jesus Christ.

These fortunate people are representing Generations! Joy, Peace, Patience, Endurance. Hope, Faith, and always LOVE.

Thesselonia Osios David Church, 4th Century, House Church model from The Acts of the Apostles - a Church in continuous Christian operation for 1,600 years.

The Lord Father God encourage, strengthen, enable, embolden and enjoy the hearts who Welcome Him. We ask alllllllll His Blessings Father God delights to give. And those who have Joy in Jesus Christ The Lord.

Help us to take the High Road of Father God's, with Joy, Love, Peace, Diligence and have His Blessings and Protection inside and out to let our footsteps be Mercy and Love.

We ask these blessings for those we Love. We ask the Encouragement of the Holy Spirit to the People He has delighted to give each other. We ask for the upbuilding of the Church of Jesus Christ. The Strengthening of this Nation in Jesus. The upbuilding of all people around the World for Jesus and the nations supporting them. Let the Amen be of His Will!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Nehemiah 1 ~ O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy

Nehemiah 1

1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

4 As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

5 And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father's house have sinned. 7 We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.

8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, 9 but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’

10 They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was cupbearer to the king.


The role of Cupbearer to a King is Crucial.

Psalm 124

Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth!
7
We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!
 8
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.



Jesus had John. And Mary.
Paul had Luke and Timothy.
Peter had Silvanus and Mark.

These People were willing to lay down their lives for their Jesus Great Love and each other.

Evidently, Darius held Nehemiah with his compassionate heart in very high regard.
Those mosaics at the top of the post, look about hand sized. Now see the outcropping of the actual respect below. The regard for his integrity, honesty and diligence was great.
Notice the Cupbearer holds the King's back.
This is King Darius, this is Nehemiah.



 

Father God,
Bless the people who encourage and inspire one another. Bless the caregivers.

Thank You so much for the true story of the Movie Woodlawn. In 1972, Hank Erwin felt completely inconsequential. One person could not make a deep difference in life, even in radio. He attended a Billy Graham revival in Dallas, Texas where the lights were put out in the Cotton Bowl. Seeing one lone candle represent Jesus Christ and His love gave Hank Erwin cause to go to Woodlawn High School the day of a knife attach on campus. That day the whole football team decided to change Alabama by accepting Jesus Christ. This lone candle of Jesus changed a state. This was a revival of The Book of Acts. Thank You, Father God, Scripture repeats.

Thank You, Father God, for Great Love and Acts of You, inspiring us to remember - The Love of Jesus Christ.

We lift up, in awe and wonder, our concerns, knowing You see All. We lift up the ones we Love, in awe and wonder, knowing You are a God of Love. We lift up the people You have given us, in awe and wonder, knowing You are the Light in all of mankind. We lift up our Nation, knowing You have given Word to pray for all leaders and in all nations. We lift up all who seek Jesus Christ to thank You for their gifts and talents and have Heaven at hand proclaiming Jesus is Lord of All and is Love.

In the Highest Name of Jesus. His Love is a gift.Thank You. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Daniel 4 ~ From the time that you know that Heaven rules

Cuneiforms documenting daily life of Judean exiles in Babylon on display in Jerusalem. From 597 B.C. perfectly legible today. Looks like.... cookies!

Daniel 4

King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! 2 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

3
How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and his dominion endures from generation to generation.


4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. 5 I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me. 6 So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

 8 At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—and I told him the dream, saying, 9 “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too difficult for you, tell me the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation. 10 The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. 11 The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. 12 Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

13 “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven. 14 He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 15 But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. 16 Let his mind be changed from a man's, and let a beast's mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him. 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

 18 This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”


19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. 

The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” 

Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies! 20 The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, 21 whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived— 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth. 23 And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’ 

24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. 26 And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.

 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”


28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” 

31 While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” 


33 Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.


34 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever,

for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and none can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”

36 At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me. 

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.


Mmmm looks like cookies.
Instead these are 2,612 years old and perfectly preserved clay Cuneiform  telling of the utter desolation of Judah and the taking off all hostages to become slaves, and in the generosity of Nebuchadnezzar - to be termed "exiles" and to await the release and redemption of their nation and Temple.

Given the fact Emperor Nebuchadnezzar, who built Babylon 28 miles square, 14 miles on each side of the Euphrates River with a half mile underground bridge to connect the two. (Rome had 300,000 citizens later.)  between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, had rounded up the wisest and most knowledgeable "exiles" he could find. And when the wise Emperor asked for a daily record of his wise accomplishments - the wise "exiles" baked up for their enslaved Emperor - a humorous historical record. The Bible records the slaves of Egypt were Bakers. And Candle Stick Markers.

Given Emperor Nebuchadnezzar's joy in finding Isaiah knew of Nebuchadnezzar, his first action in the third round up was to haul Jeremiah out of David's jail in his Palace, and Emperor Nebuchadnezzor's interest in Daniel and Ezekiel (giving Ezekiel a house by a small river), the Emperor understood the humor and enjoyed this well enough to insure the documents would be seen by us 2,612 years later in such good array.

Emperor Nebuchadnezzar also was rather like America's Founding Fathers, the Apocrypha written in Babylonian Captivity (with Nicene Council approval and historical truth), tells of Nebuchadnezzar's provision for the "exiles" to have Corporate Worship - Freedom of Religion. 

Not only was Emperor Nebuchadnezzar interested in history, prophecy and humor, he learned enough humility late in life to accept this Biblical record of the balance of honor and ego, wellness and achievement, with recovery based upon honesty and understanding of his personal standing - well below God Almighty of All.

King Jehoaichin is captured and recorded in the Babylonian Chronicles. The king was only 18 and reigned for 3 months. He was captured in the second round up of three carrying nobles, bureaucrats and workers in each round up for their insurrection from their client state and their sworn allegiance for peace with Emperor Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Babylonian Empire. With the rest of the captives is King Jehoaichin's wife and 5 sons. Must have been an early marriage. Two more sons are born in prison. Until Emperor Nebuchadnezzar releases them to dine at his table daily within 10 years.

The rations of King Jehoiachin's family in prison.

Jehoiachin is captured in March 16, 567 B.C. The second round up of three as Emperor Nebuchadnezzar rather liked God's Temple and wanted a good puppet state. Instead met with all attempts to free themselves.



Father God,  our Father,
Heaven, earth and Life rule as they are upheld by Your Word.

Father You are The Holy Spirit. You speak only Truth to make a way and a life for Your children. We tell you our reasons to earnestly repent and You have said, and will do - the Grace, Forgiveness and Mercy of Jesus - Your only Son.

What You have Spoken - Your Will will be accomplished. Father God does not take back His Words. You are wise and can bring disaster. You will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers.

We bless You for Your Words:

"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

Thank You, Abba, we entrust and enfold the ones we Love in expectation of Your Goodness.  We lift up our families and children, of all ages, to hold on to the Spiritual Gifts You delight in Giving. We hold up the prayers of the People You have given us. 

We Solidly and Completely offer THANKSGIVING for the answered prayers which encourage us each time we think of You, Father. 

We lift up our Nation to be entrusted to You in renewal of hope and faith. We believer in Your provision for the people of Your earth to have hope, faith and love to bring forth Your Great Gifts to raise up Jesus for our Salvation. Father God, bless all nations holding on to You in Trust.
 In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

John 1:51 ~ Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

John 1:51

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

Let us Mightily lean to our Father's Plan Rejoicing In His Great and Good Will for us. Take Comfort and Strength and Joy from His Love. We will mount up on wings of Eagles and Know the Joy of Renewal. Sheltered by our Father, Who is Lord of All.

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. His Twelve Pearly Gates are open. Let us obtain His Love, Joy, Peace and Patience. Let us Expect His Holiness, Righteousness, Honor and we shall see and know His Goodness lifts us higher.

Let us seek with all our might and soul this Grace. And in all weathers, we will know THE JOY OF THE LORD. And in this consuming Joy, the Kingdom of Heaven will be given to us daily who seek to see Him, Shepherd of our souls. Raise Praise in our hearts, Jesus is LORD. Amen.



 
Photos from the Shroud and Jesus of Nazareth Movie.

Jesus is our daily Bread. He is Living Bread.

Akraiane's Painting of Jesus from her dreams of Jesus. Colton Burpo of Heaven is for Real agrees this is Jesus' Resurrection Body.

Thank You Father God, that Hurricane Patricia fell to a category one when landing in an underpopulated place. We give you thanks in Texas for the rain to fill dry places and to stop the wild fires. The rains wash away the toxicity of red tide and help the people who fish. Improving Life.

We give thanks for my nephew's marriage and their Joy. Storms do not hold back Love. Thank You Father God. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

2/27/16  Thanks for your Comment.


Seeing Heaven. When you have seen Jesus, The Fruit of the Spirit remains. To remember and recall is an immediate Blessing. My Heaven always arrives from my Dreams. I have glimpsed Jesus, just never visited Him. There is a distinction. How blessed You Are to Have Seen Jesus. I have seen Heaven several times. And never forget. To remember is Joy, Love, Faith.

My first Dream was very similar to a phone call from Heaven. Waking up to find inspirational Aunt Clarice had really gone Home to Heaven. She was SCREAMING. Clarice said, "I See Heaven, I SEE JESUS. I SEE HEAVEN and HEAVEN from the GATES. THIS IS ALL TRUE ALL OF THIS. ALL THE BIBLE. ALL HIS PROMISES. THIS IS BETTER THAN WE KNOW. I SEE ALL OF THIS!!! THE LOTTERY CAN'T COMPARE TO... THIS." "YOU WILL SEE THIS WITH ME, YOU WILL COME. JESUS LOVES YOU!!!"

I am pretty sure what Clarice saw looks like The Temple, except would have huge open gates of the 12 Pearl Gates. A Temple so Great in Magnitude to be open for the Multitudes of those Loving and Honoring Jesus the Lord.

When picking the photos of the Posts, what is chosen is what I have seen or what I understand. I have been so Tremendously blessed to see the Third Level of Heaven on a lot of blessing times (usually a field and the giant trees where all of creation groans to go). A tremendous number of Jesus believers love to tell of seeing Heaven. From their descriptions - this is usually the 3rd Level of Heaven. Most of Jesus' believers will assuredly be so Blessed. The Light in the Third Level is gentle and merciful and clear. Paradise.

Once I was allowed to visit The Magnificence of "I Go to My Father's House to Prepare You Room." And because I well know I am flawed, The Presence of Father God had not departed, and yet the City of the Bride of Jesus, was not Fully and Brilliantly Lighted. I am certainly not blessed to be Ezekiel or Isaiah, but with a full and brimming soul, I can tell you, I have Seen The House of Father God Almighty, Creator Who Loves His Creation. There I discovered the full difference of building for Eternity and understanding here we all surely know we are limited in the time we have in this life, this Journey. Our eternal work will be with us. Jesus is still working, Father God is still working, we will have this fulfillment as a Gift of God. The wonderful, wonderful saints dwell with Father God and enjoy His company at all times.

Paradise. This is Paradise and the Cathedrals were built by visionaries. God's House is His Home. He surrounds His Throne, I have not seen, with a Shining Stream and His Favorite Colors. His Favorite of Creation. This is His Home. Gardens are described.

I have seen one I love in the 7th level and this compares to the desert areas of Israel. The Light is very, very bright, so much so, if we all saw this we would work daily to make sure we reached the higher levels. Does this make this level less Heaven? The people who dwell here, fully have all gratitude to be in Heaven. My loved one visits with another who travels freely the hills and highways of Heaven. She is totally reached her capacity because she is filled with the Loving fullness of Jesus. Her cup runneth over. I never even knew she was not full in this life.

The hills and highways of Heaven, Isaiah 49. One of my most memorable dreams was to see Easter Island restored to amazing beauty. I was visiting with my family and we were on the sidewalk, which flew us far above Easter Island and the joy was the Journey. Jesus, in John 6:21. is telling us of Heaven. The boat immediately was on the other side. Not all roads in Heaven are vertical. The Heavens are vast. Jesus was spoken into Creation. The Word of God. All of the Scriptures are filled, ladden brimming, running over with glimpses of Heaven. Jesus drew circles around the deep water. And one of the glimpses is Proverbs telling us of Jesus' delight and joy and laughter to see creation formed.


Multitudes and multitudes will be in the Valleys of Heaven and we will know Jesus as Lord. His invitation to His Kingdom where we are asked to journey to know the hills and highways of Heaven. Lord God, You are Good, You have given us JESUS. Our Amen is in Jesus the Lord!

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Luke 10:17-24 ~ In Your Name

Luke 10:17-24

17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. (or for so it pleased you well) 22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”


~ Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

Jesus isn't too concerned with the scary and the works of evil. He tells us we don't even have to spend much time here, because what is in front of us is much more glorious. He says in effect, 'Oh uh huh, yeah, that's right." The disciples have seen miracles and good triumph over evil. Jesus says the victory of His name is Salvation. He is the One to depend upon.

Father God,
Blessed is Your Son Jesus
and blessed are those who depend on Jesus.

Bless the dear ones we love and dwell with. Cover those people You give us. We ask Your help for this Nation and the people all over the world who love and trust Jesus. We ask Your Light to spread through our lives and always. In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †