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          MARY’S SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD

Luke 1:46-56   And Mary said, ^“My soul doth magnify the Lord.” And my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my Savior. For he hath regarded the low estate of this handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For He that is mighty hath done me great things, and Holy is His Name. And His mercy Is on them that fear Him from generation to generation. He hath shewed great strength with His arm. He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put the almighty down from their seats and exalted them of low degree.  He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich He hath sent empty away.  He hath helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy.  As He spake to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.  And Mary abode with her (Elizabeth), about three months, and returned to her own house.

Mary recognizes that her very ”soul,” is being used as the vessel in which the “Spirit”, the very essence of our Heavenly Father, is being, ^“magnified,” and manifested In her womb, and as a result her “spirit” is rejoicing in ”God”.

Luke also tells us that Mary remained with Elizabeth, ”about three months,” and then returned to her own house. Scripture makes it clear that Mary left Elizabeth’s house prior to the birth of John and returned to her home in Nazareth. Mary and Joseph were not as yet living together, and of course, when Mary left her home to go and visit Elizabeth it would not have been known that she was with child. Now, three months later, the fact that she was pregnant, would have become rather more obvious.

JOHN IS BORN AND NAMED AND ZACHARIAS’ SPEECH RETURNS

Luke 1:57-66   Now Elizabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son.  And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her, and they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.  And his mother answered and said, “Not so, but he shall be called John.”  And they said unto her, “There is none of thy kindred that Is called by this name.”  And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.  And he asked for a writing table, and wrote saying, “His name is John.”And they marveled all.  And his mouth was opened Immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.  And fear came upon all that dwelt round about them, and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What manner of child this be!” And the hand of the Lord was with him.

John the Baptist is born and on the day he Is circumcised, they called him, “Zacharias, after the name of his father.” Clearly, this was not the name Gabriel had told Zacharias he was to be called. Zacharias, John’s father, knew full well that he had been directed to name the child, John. The instant he complied, and wrote, “saying, His name is John”, his ability to speak returned.   As a result, everyone knew that “John” was a very special child.

                                 THE PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS

Luke 1:67-80   And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and redeemed his people. ^“And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David. As He spake by the mouth of His Holy prophets which have been since the world began. That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His Holy Covenant. The oath which He sware to our father Abraham. That He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear. In holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life. And thou child shall be called the prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways. To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins. Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.  And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of His shewing unto Israel.

Being filled with the Holy Spirit, Zacharias begins to prophesy about the plan that God has for both our Lord and John the Baptist. These fourteen verses in the Gospel of Luke provide us with an underlying understanding of why God is bringing about the births of Our Lord and John the Baptist. First of all, God will “visit and redeem His people.”God will do it in the form of His Only Begotten Son, as He becomes the “horn” or power of “salvation,” in the lineage of the “house of His servant David”.

John the Baptist “shall be called the prophet of the Highest“, and John’s responsibility will be to go in advance ^“of the Lord to prepare His ways.” John will lead the people to understand that they may have “salvation” by “the remission of their sins”. In order to accomplish this, they must repent and be baptized, in the name of He who is to come, Jesus Christ. In so doing, John would prepare the way for Jesus, who would, ^“give light” to those who “sit in darkness and in the shadow of death”, with no hope of salvation, and life eternal. Finally, in verse eighty, Luke tells us that John “grew and waxed strong in spirit”, obviously in the Incredibly powerful “spirit of Elijah,” and he lived in the deserts and the wilderness until God called him to prepare the way for Jesus.

THE ANGEL OF THE LORD TELLS JOSEPH OF MARY’S “IMMACULATE CONCEPTION”

Matt 1:18-25  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this wise. When His mother, Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee, Mary for thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 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 prophets, saying, Behold a virgin shall bear a child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, Is God with us.Then Joseph, being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden and took unto him his wife. And knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son and he called his name Jesus

In order to keep the sequence of events In the Bible in chronological order, we now move to the Gospel of Matthew. Mary has returned home to Nazareth and Joseph, much to his dismay, discovers that Mary is with child. The Angel of the Lord comes to Joseph in a dream, explains that what Mary is carrying in her womb is not of man, but is of God, through the Holy Spirit, that It was prophesied that ^“Emmanuel”(God with us) would be born of a virgin, and as a result, Joseph took Mary as his wife,” but knew her not.”  He did not consummate the marriage “until” after Jesus was born.

                            THE ACTUAL BIRTH OF OUR LORD

Luke 2:1-7   And It came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David.)  To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.  And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.  And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him In a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 

Luke Is telling us that Caesar Augustus, the adopted son and successor of Julius Caesar, who came to power in 29 B.C. and reigned for 43 years – until 14 A.D. – had ordered every person living In the Roman Empire, to be taxed.   Caesar’s order demanded that each person be registered for the tax, in the city where they were born. In Joseph’s case, since he was born In Bethlehem, “his own city,” both he and Mary had to travel over 80 miles – from Nazareth to Bethlehem -in the final days of Mary’s pregnancy – an arduous journey.  Moreover, prophecy had to be fulfilled which mandated that our Lord be born In Bethlehem.

By telling us that Jesus was “laid in a manger,” uke speaks volumes, since the Greek word translated ^“manger,” is “phatne” which means ,^“ a feeding trough.”  The fact that Jesus was lying in a feeding trough, is stated by Luke three times, in this chapter.  Its spiritual meaning is clearly evident. The “Word” has now been made flesh.  The “Word” is the “Bread of Life.”  Jesus tells us In the Gospel of John, Chapter six, verse fifty four, “Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day, for My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink Indeed.” Right from the beginning, the Holy Spirit sees to it, through the Gospel of Luke, that our Lord is Introduced to us as “lying in a manger,” in order that we have, from the outset, the understanding, that our Lord Is the food that we are to eat, for, “he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me, and shall live forever. “We can rest assured that our Heavenly Father made certain that ”there was no room for them at the inn”, for if our Lord had been born at the ”Inn”, He would not have been, “laid in a manger”.

THE LORD’S ANGEL ANNOUNCES JESUS’BIRTH TO THE SHEPHERDS

Luke 2:8-14   And there were in the same country, shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And lo the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid.  And the angel said unto them, ^“Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy for all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which Is Christ the Lord.  For this is a sign unto you.   You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying In a manger.”  And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the Highest and on earth, peace, good will toward men.”

Once again, Luke witnesses in his Gospel that the Angel of the Lord told the shepherds that they would find our Lord “lying in a manger.”In addition, we learn that the shepherds were watching over their flocks, “in the field, by night”. In so doing Luke Is telling us that our Lord was definitely not born in December. Shepherds never kept flocks in the open, in the winter. Hebrew custom was to only put the sheep out to pasture, with shepherds tending them, from the middle of March, until the middle of October.

Bethlehem itself is 6 miles south of Jerusalem, sitting atop the same ridge of the mountains that Jerusalem Is built upon, at approximately 2500 feet above sea level. As a result, it gets quite cold, and in our Lord’s time, quite wet, in the winter time. It is highly doubtful that our Heavenly Father, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, would have subjected either Mary or His infant Son, to the inclement weather of Bethlehem in December.

                             THE SHEPHERDS BEAR WITNESS TO THE BABY JESUS

Luke 2:15-20   And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which Is come to pass, which the Lord has made known unto us.  And they came in haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen, they made known abroad the saying which was told than concerning this child.  And all they that heard, wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.  But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.  And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

No sooner has the Heavenly host departed, than the shepherds leave their flocks and go Into Bethlehem and find Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus.  The shepherds have born witness to the birth of the Lord and make, “known abroad,” what the Angel of the Lord and the Heavenly host have told them “concerning this child.”They are bearing witness that our Lord was born, as prophesied, in Bethlehem of Judea.  Luke also tells us that Mary ^“kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.”Mary knew, from the Arch Angel Gabriel, that her firstborn was the Son of God. However, she finds herself, giving birth to the Son of God, in a stable. Has she misunderstood the words of Gabriel?  Has God forgotten her?  Suddenly the shepherds appear, telling Mary of the visitation of the Angel of the Lord and the Heavenly host.  Is it any wonder that Mary,” pondered these things in her heart?”

Generally, it is all about the love of money, thus follow the money and you will see what the adversary is up to. FATHER knows where the “skeletons” are and HE will continue to expose them. The following article is simply another example of what the god of this world is doing. However, we need to move on toward our Spiritual maturity and not be moved by such articles. They are secondary and not meant to become our primary focus. These articles are intended to open the eyes of those people who have previously trusted in and relied on man’s alternatives to the Kingdom of GOD. We stand on The Truth!

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THE ARCH ANGEL GABRIEL VISITS THE VIRGIN MARY

Luke1:26-33 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.  And the angel came unto her and said, “Hail thou that art highly favored and the Lord is with thee.  Blessed art thou among women.”  And when she saw him she was troubled at his saying and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.  And the angel said unto her, “Fear not Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.”  And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus.  And he shalt be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of His Kingdom, there shall be no end.

Sixth months have passed since Gabriel’s meeting with Zacharias In the Temple. God now sends Gabriel to meet with a young virgin who is living in Nazareth, is espoused to Joseph but the marriage has not been “consummated”, to seek her permission to “bring forth a son” who shall be called “the Son of the Highest”. Mary is “troubled” by Gabriel’s words. Mary is very young – a teenager, and here she is being told that not only is she “highly favored” but “the Lord is with her”. Gabriel also tells Mary that she has “found favor with God,” and as a result, she will “bring forth a son”, named Jesus and her son will ”reign over the house of Jacob, forever.”

MARY AGREES TO BECOME THE MOTHER OF OUR LORD

Luke 1:34-38  Then Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, seeing I know not a man”?And the angel answered and said unto her, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore, also, that Holy Thing that shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God, nothing Is impossible. And Mary said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it unto me according to thy word,” and the angel departed from her.

Gabriel explains to Mary that in order for her to become Impregnated, the “Holy Ghost”, must first “come upon” her. The Greek word translated “come upon,” is “eperchomai,” which means to supervene or enter into Mary, prior to “the power of the Highest,” over shadowing her. Our Lord had to be born without sin. He could not be conceived in an egg from the seed line of Adam. The Adamic seed line carries sin in it. As David stated in Psalms 51:5: “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ”Mary’s egg also had sin. The “Holy Spirit,” had to intervene and superimpose itself and cleanse and purge Mary’ s egg of any and all sin, prior to the “Power of the Highest”, our Lord God Almighty, writing His perfect DNA into Mary’s “perfect” egg. In so doing, the Immaculate conception of our Lord, in the Virgin Mary would be complete. Gabriel also tells Mary that her “cousin” Elizabeth has “also conceived a son.” and is now completing the sixth month of her pregnancy. The Holy Spirit is providing us with the precise timing of the conception of our Lord, in the Virgin Mary.

Zacharias completed his duties in “the course of Abia,” in the third week of June, and then returned to his home in the hills of Judah and Elizabeth conceived in the latter part of the month of June. Six months later, Mary would conceive in the latter part of the month of December. Is Scripture telling us the day we celebrate our Lord’s birthday, December 25th, is the actual date He was conceived? It would be just like our Heavenly Father to have us celebrate the birth of His Only Begotten Son on the exact day He was actually conceived. If our understanding of these dates is correct, then our Lord would have been born, some nine months later, in the latter part of the month of September, which would be during the Feast of Tabernacles, the last great feast of the year.

As the Bible repeatedly shows us, God does everything In His Perfect Time. Jesus died at the time of the first feast of the year – the Feast of Passover. What could be more appropriate then His being born at the time of the last great feast of the year — the Feast of Tabernacles.

In verse 38 Mary responds to Gabriel, “Be it according to thy word.”As soon as Mary makes that statement, the “angel departed from her.” Our Heavenly Father is a lawful God. Mary had to give her consent, before her impregnation could take place. Mary agreed to becoming our Lord’s mother, knowing full well that she would be subject to man’s law, which could very well result in her being stoned when she was found to be with child and Joseph was not the father. Regardless, Mary agreed and Gabriel departed. The covenant was now complete. The Son of God would be born as the Son of man, out of the womb of the Virgin Mary.

          MARY CONCEIVES AND GOES TO STAY WITH ELIZABETH

Luke 1:39-45 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah. And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth. And It came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she spake out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb”. And whence is this to me, that the mother of our Lord should come to me?  For lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Immediately Mary Is Impregnated she goes “with haste” to the house of Elizabeth.  This is a relatively long journey, from Nazareth to the city in the hills of Judah – more than 100 miles.  When Mary greeted Elizabeth, “Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost”. Since the “babe,” John the Baptist was in her womb, he too was filled with the Holy Ghost, precisely as Gabriel had prophesied when he met with Zacharias in the Temple and told him that John, “shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.” These two women, Mary and Elizabeth, one a teenager and the other in her later years, were both carrying *’babes” impacted by the Holy Ghost – one filled with the Holy Ghost and the other cleansed through the Holy Ghost.

Is It any wonder that Elizabeth, being filled with the Holy Ghost, instantly recognizes Mary is to be “the mother of our Lord”, and knows that the “fruit” Mary Is carrying In her womb, Is “blessed.”Elizabeth also bears witness to Mary that all the “things which were told her from the Lord,” by the Arch Angel Gabriel, will come to pass, “there shall be a performance of those “things.”The faith levels of these two women is impeccable. They both love our Heavenly Father and their desire to serve Him in all things is wonderfully apparent.

The following series provides us Scriptural detail of when Jesus was birthed. My Beloved Brother Arthur was given the task by The Holy Spirit to write “The Combined Gospels” and the following are excerpts of his work. We are actually celebrating the physical arrival of Jesus onto the earth but it is not what the vast majority think timewise. When does physical life start? At conception, not 280 days later.

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE FORTELLS THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

Luke1:5-10  There was in the days of Herod, the King of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth.  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.  And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren and they both were now stricken with years.   And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went Into the Temple of the Lord.  And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

Luke introduces the parents of John the Baptist, Zacharias and Elizabeth, and provides us with an understanding of their lineage and why they were chosen to be the parents of the prophet whom Jesus said, “Among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.” (Matt:11:11)

We know from Luke that Zacharias was serving “the course of Abia” in the Temple, which provides us with very precise timing as to the month of the year this event took place. The “course of Abia” normally took place in the third week of the month of June. From this single piece of information, some of the most respected Biblical Scholars have been able to ascertain that the “course of Abia,^” took place, at this time, during the week of June 13-19. To many, this detail may appear insignificant. However, bearing in mind that John the Baptist would be conceived, shortly thereafter, and that our Lord’s immaculate conception would take place six months after that, this tiny piece of information, in and of itself, speaks volumes, as to the actual date of birth of our Lord and Savior.

Luke also tells us John the Baptist’s mother, Elizabeth was a direct descendent of Moses brother, Aaron, and that both Elizabeth and her husband Zacharias were also, “both righteous before God.” That Is an incredible statement in that we are clearly given to understand that both of John the Baptist’s parents, besides having an Impeccable pedigree, walked, “In all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.”

By declaring that Zacharias and Elizabeth “were both righteous before God”, Luke has placed them, in God’s eyes, in precisely the same category as Abraham and Sarah, the parents of Isaac. In the Epistle of James, the brother of Jesus, James tells us that “Abraham believed God, and it was Imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.” (James:2:23).Not only are Abraham and Sarah, and Zacharias and Elizabeth, declared righteous, but both Sarah and Elizabeth were “barren“. Neither of them had been able to bear a child. In addition, like Abraham and Sarah, both Zacharias and Elizabeth were “stricken with years”. They had both passed the “child bearing years”. For Elizabeth to conceive at this time in her life was not plausible.

THE ARCH ANGEL GABRIEL APPEARS TO ZACHARIAS, IN THE TEMPLE  

Luke1:11-17And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of Incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, “Fear not Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink and shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother’s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Zacharias, as part of his function in “the course of Abia” is burning Incense, upon the altar of Incense, in the Holy Place, In Herod’s Temple, when the Arch Angel Gabriel appears. One can only imagine Zacharias’ “fear”, when the Arch Angel Gabriel manifested himself before him. Gabriel immediately tries to put Zacharias at ease, by telling him not to be afraid, and to give him understanding that the reason he has been sent, is to tell Zacharias that his “prayer” has been heard by God, and his wife Elizabeth will “bear” his son.

Luke also, in these verses, reveals the profound attributes that God will invest In John the Baptist – he will be a Nazarite as was Samuel and Samson, (no strong drink), he will “be filled with the Holy Ghost,” in Elizabeth’s womb, he will have “the spirit” and “power” of the prophet “Elijah” and will cause, ^“many of the children of Israel”, to “turn to the Lord their God”. Most importantly John will “make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Jesus Christ).   John the Baptist is being predestined to prepare the people of Israel to receive Jesus.  

ZACHARIAS “DOUBTS” GABRIEL, IS MADE “DUMB” AND ELIZABETH CONCEIVES

Luke1:18-25And Zacharias said unto the angel, ^“Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.” And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand In the presence of God and am sent to speak unto thee and to show thee these glad tidings And behold, thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. And the people waited for Zacharias and marveled that he tarried so long in the Temple. And when he came out he could not speak unto them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision In the Temple, for he beckoned unto them and remained speechless. And It came to pass that as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own home. And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

Zacharias Is doubting Gabriel.  He is asking Gabriel how he expects him to believe this for he and his wife are old and well beyond child bearing years.  Gabriel’s response Is very specific. He, Gabriel, “Stands In the presence of God” and was sent by God to speak to Zacharias and tell him “these glad tidings.”   Because of Zacharias’ disbelief Gabriel is affronted and pronounces judgment on Zacharias by telling him that “thou shalt be dumb” until the day John Is born.

Zacharias, in spite of the fact that he has been struck dumb, completes his week’s duties in the “course of Abia” and afterward, returns to his home in a city in the hill country of Judah. Shortly thereafter, “after these days”, Elizabeth conceived and promptly hid herself for the next “five months.” Elizabeth “hid herself” since she knew John was to be a Nazarite, and therefore she could eat no unclean food,  drink wine or in any way partake of or do anything that would break the NazarIte vow that had been ordained for the child that she carried In her womb.

Elizabeth knew that her conception was identical to the conception that Sarah was blessed with, when her son Isaac was conceived. Both conceptions were miracles. Both women were too old to conceive and they knew it. Elizabeth would do nothing to jeopardize her pregnancy with John, and she truly believed God had “taken away” her “reproach among men,” by allowing her to be with child.

Luke’s Gospel is the only Gospel that addresses the conception and birth of John the Baptist. It Is very apparent from the verbiage Luke uses, that he was privy to Elizabeth’s own personal understanding of what took place in the events surrounding her impregnation with the child who would become known to us as John the Baptist. Clearly Luke obtained that information from Mary, the mother of Jesus, who Scripture tells us spent the last three months of Elizabeth’s pregnancy at Elizabeth’s side.

You and I are the Treasures of Our Heavenly Father and it is HIS Divine Intent that we be successful in everything we are called to do here on earth.  Let’s not fight this revelation.  It only serves to restrain our angels from assisting us in walking in total jubilee.  They have read our individual books.  It is time for us to fully agree with the directives of The Holy Spirit and allow the angels to do their appointed tasks.

Jesus explained in Matthew chapter 13:

23  “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the Word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

This person was the only one who produced fruit for the Kingdom.  No one else produced fruit.  Jesus gave us the keys to jubilee in this parable.  It is all about the preparation of the heart (aka soil).

Reasons given for hindrance to success include: lack of understanding, tribulation or persecution due to no root in The Word, the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. 

I have just described the playbook of the adversary. 

Hearing and understanding are the requirements for fruitfulness.  I will accentuate the aspect of understanding by including another related Truth, “retaining The Word by renewing your mind.”  When you are fully committed, your manifested value to the Kingdom increases.  FATHER has placed treasures inside of each of us that require us to hear AND understand, especially the Words of Jesus and the writings of Paul who testified and wrote what he heard Jesus and The Holy Spirit say to him for our benefit.  When Paul defended himself in Acts chapter 26, he affirmed that Jesus would direct his ministry with multiple encounters.

Those deposits in us were determined to be the best place to invest HIS resources.  Consider how important it is for THE CREATOR of the universe to focus on you and me.  We are truly valuable and special in HIS Eyes.  HE has an army of angels awaiting orders to assist us in achieving jubilee.  As the Old Testament tells us, one angel was sufficient to take out an army.  FATHER will deploy whatever it takes once we embrace and walk in the revelation of being HIS special treasures.

Moses wrote by The Holy Spirit in Deuteronomy chapter 15:

4 “There should be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession. 5 You will receive this blessing if you are careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today. 6 The LORD your God will bless you as He has promised. You will lend money to many nations but will never need to borrow. You will rule many nations, but they will not rule over you.

7 “But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them. 8 Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need. 9 Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin. 10 Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do. 11 There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

FATHER expressed HIS Divine Intent in the above passage and HE has not changed HIS Mind.  These Truths are still in effect for us as well so we should expect the same results no matter how the current environment looks. 

If you don’t accept this Truth, it does not make it any less true.  It just means that you will not participate.  Isn’t time that we fully accept these unchanging Truths from Our Unchanging Father?  Isn’t it time to unlock the treasures deposited in us?  It does take commitment and discipline to walk accordingly.  We must protect our minds from the influences of the world and not let “the world” get back inside of us once we get it totally out.

This year, we provided about 75 kids in need with Christmas presents based on their desired list.  Instead of just one present per child, we funded their entire list of each student.  The Student Council and teachers purchased the gifts and distributed them on Friday.  Additionally, we included food cards for each child so their parent(s) could purchase food during the Christmas break.  Thank you for your continued financial support of helping the kids in need.

PS We will continue to distribute assistance once they return to school in January.  Their needs will still be there and they will not be forgotten. It’s all about Love!

PSS The kids on the Student Council are also being ministered to by our support. They are participating in acts of Unconditional Love and kindness.

Paul wrote from the perspective of the Heavenly Realm where there are no failures, maybe’s, and the word try is never used nor is in the vocabulary.  You and I are the Treasures of Our Heavenly Father and it is HIS Divine Intent that we be successful in everything we are called to do.  Let’s not fight this revelation.  It only serves to restrain our angels from assisting us in walking in total jubilee.  They have read our individual books.  It is time for us to fully agree with the directives of The Holy Spirit and allow the angels to do their appointed tasks.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 12:

1 Although it may not accomplish a thing, I need to move on and boast about supernatural visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 Someone I’m acquainted with, who is in union with Christ, was swept away fourteen years ago in an ecstatic experience. He was taken into the third Heaven, but I’m not sure if he was in his body or out of his body—only God knows. 3 And I know that this man (again, I’m not sure if he was still in his body or taken out of his body—God knows) 4 was caught up in an ecstatic experience and brought into paradise, where he overheard many wondrous and inexpressible secrets that were so Sacred that no mortal is permitted to repeat them. 5 I’m ready to boast of such an experience, but for my own good I refuse to boast unless it concerns my weaknesses. 6 However, if I were to boast, it wouldn’t be ridiculous at all, for I would be speaking the truth. Yet I will refrain, lest others think higher of me than what I demonstrate with my life and teaching.

(There are a number of compelling reasons to conclude that the “man” Paul refers to in vv. 2–4 is himself: (1) He knew the exact time this ecstatic experience took place. (2) He knew that what was overheard in the third heaven was “inexpressible” and not to be repeated. (3) He was not certain about what state he was in (embodied/disembodied). (4) In v. 7 he uses the first-person pronoun me (“a thorn in the flesh was given to me”) as a counterbalance to the high level of revelation that Paul had received. It was a common literary device, a rhetorical ploy, to avoid speaking of oneself directly in this fashion and by using the phrase “Someone I’m acquainted with” (v. 2) when he, in fact, was referring to himself. It is a sign of Paul’s humility and integrity that he did not “boast” of this event that took place fourteen years earlier. Many today who have experiences with God are quick to tell what happened. Paul veiled his heavenly encounters with God and waited to share them only when it was appropriate and faith-building for others. Not every experience we have is meant to be shared immediately. This is what got Joseph the dreamer thrown into a pit by his jealous brothers.)

I believe this is the reason Paul was able to write 2/3 of the New Testament.  He reported what he saw and heard from Jesus Who is more than willing to convey revelation needed for the Body of Christ.  The mysteries are ready to be revealed for those who have ears to hear!

Why do we fight and challenge The Word?  It arises out of the soulish doctrines planted in us in the past.  I say “pluck ‘em by the roots and throw them in the fire.”  Get over the fact that you and I have been wrong and wronged by others.  Quit living in the past, Paul did.  The problem is that people cannot receive what is in Christ already until they do away with the past..  I wrote several installments concerning that reality.  We have Spiritual deposits awaiting our access.

The world’s financial system is setup for you and I to fail, lose, and remain in bondage.  I covered the devil’s intent in yesterday’s writing.  It is designed for you to live in persistent scarcity thus you cannot be a source of jubilee for the poor.  This system has been fully revealed so let us not accept the lie anymore.  Our resources await our demands!

FATHER wants to finance the establishment of HIS Kingdom on earth and HE wants to do it through you and me.  This does require us to walk in faith and doubt not.  It requires us to consistently renew our minds daily by The Word.  We are not to be passive in our daily walk.  Jesus wants to take the limits off of you and me.  We MUST believe His Word and give no place to man’s doctrines, especially in the area of finances.  You must get the “perpetual slavery of Egypt” out of you.

Jesus has never limited us. He gave us the roadmap to unlimited favor, the Highway of Holiness, also known as The Way.  People view His favor as being unfair.  However, it is not meant to be fair when viewed by the unbeliever.

The war is with the devil and we need to put him on the defensive.  We cannot do this if we are opposing ourselves.  When he and his minions realize that you can no longer be manipulated, they will leave and find a willing vessel living in ignorance.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 26:

9 I used to think that I should do all that was in my power to oppose the Name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And that’s exactly what I did in Jerusalem, for I not only imprisoned many of the Holy believers by the authority of the chief priests, I also cast my vote against them, sentencing them to death. 11 I punished them often in every Jewish meeting hall and attempted to force them to blaspheme. I boiled with rage against them, hunting them down in distant foreign cities to persecute them.

12 “For that purpose I went to Damascus, with the authority granted to me by the chief priests. 13 While traveling on the road at noon, Your Highness, I saw a light brighter than the sun flashing from Heaven all around me and those who were with me.

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a Voice speaking to me in Aramaic, saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself when you resist your calling.’

15 “I asked, ‘Who are You, Lord?’

“And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. 16 Get up and stand to your feet, for I have appeared to you to reveal your destiny and to commission you as My assistant.

You will be a witness to what you have seen and to the things I will reveal whenever I appear to you. 17 I will rescue you from the persecution of your own people and from the hostility of the other nations that I will send you to. 18 And you will open their eyes to their true condition, so that they may turn from darkness to the Light and from the power of satan to the power of God. By placing their faith in Me they will receive the total forgiveness of sins and be made Holy, taking hold of the inheritance that I give to My children!’

Paul opposed his calling until Jesus had a corrective interview with him.  Jesus mentioned that we need to take hold or our inheritance that He gives to His children.  Please, take hold!  The jubilee is waiting.  The angels are waiting, Jesus is waiting, FATHER is waiting, The Holy Spirit is waiting, The crowd of witnesses are waiting and cheering us on.  Now is the time!!

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Jesus spoke ““And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”