LESSON 27

As we continue and begin to look at the third type of our Salvation that is set forth in the scriptures, let us remember one of the scriptures we began with, encouraging us not to neglect so Great Salvation (Hebrews 2:3). We must keep the Truth of our Salvation constantly before us, and continually desire to appreciate it and walk in it; because don’t forget that we are NOT walking in the type of it, but by the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, we are NOW in the reality of THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS. And I pray that by these studies we truly are coming to see the greatness of our Salvation - it is MUCH MORE! The Apostle Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:18 that we comprehend the breadth, length, depth and height of this Great Salvation so that (vs. 19) ye might be filled with the fulness of God. And that is certainly MUCH MORE than most Christians understand their Salvation to be.

** God always works unto FULNESS: His full thought, a complete work, and is only fully satisfied by that. We are seeing that God’s fulness dwells in HIS SON (Col.2:9) - not you or me; and that our Salvation has brought us into that fulness by our RELATIONSHIP to His Son. And these types are setting forth the PROGRESSIVE nature of that relationship - not with a religion, but with a Person - JESUS CHRIST THE LORD. So in the first understanding of the relationship of Salvation we come to understand that we are a New Creation - born from above, with His Life. Then we come to understand that He is The Seed and we are the Land, and our purpose is to bring forth His increase. Now this is worked in individual believers, but God’s fulness is not reached just by that, so the scripture sets forth this third relationship in the type of ISRAEL. And Israel represents a Special relationship with God, a deeper relationship, and through this relationship the FULNESS of God’s plan is to be SEEN.

* We hope to bring out many practical understandings of this relationship, but let us establish this at the outset: no one individual man or woman was purposed of God to come to, or manifest the fulness of God. We put our emphasis on "me" getting saved, "me" going to heaven, "me" growing up in Christ, but the type set forth in the Old Testament of Israel is A COLLECTIVE BODY - many, who are known as one, who God deals with as one, and who function in regard to that One Body. The individuals function in light of the whole Body. Now there is a great deal to this. "Israel" begins in Genesis 27, and God’s dealings with them takes up the rest of the Old Testament. ** And the type of Israel, this relationship was never fulfilled by the natural Israel, but comes to be fulfilled in THE CHURCH, which is His Body, the fulness of Him that fills all. This is not a building, or an organization, but those who are walking in the deeper relationship that is set forth in type in Israel.

** The fulness of God’s plan is SEEN (made manifest) in the Church on this earth, just as the type of this was SEEN in the earth through Israel. * God wants this Great Salvation to be made known! Ephesians 3:10 - it is by the Church that the manifold wisdom of God is to be made known. Here God’s full plan of Salvation comes to be seen - on the earth by The Church. **The Church (the corporate Body of Christ) IS the visible manifestation of our Great Salvation - making our relationship with God as our Father made known on this earth. Just as Jesus made His Father known when He walked the earth (John 14:9), so The Church is to make this relationship known.

- Let’s begin to look at this SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP that is set forth in type by Israel. Now Israel is the increase of Isaac, and in Israel we see the FULNESS of the promises made to Abraham and Isaac. It is a deeper, greater relationship that God speaks of, and will bring Israel into.

Deuteronomy 28:9-10 - "The Lord shall establish thee an holy people UNTO HIMSELF... and all the people of the earth SHALL SEE that thou art called by the name of The Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee." ** Israel was to be the manifestation of the Lord in the earth. Through them the world would know who God was. And God would do that by the special relationship HE would bring Israel into. Now, Israel had a vast and varied history with God that we will look at through these studies, but I want to focus now on what God said He would do specifically in Israel.

** Exodus 6:2-8: Notice God makes a difference between His dealings with Abraham, Isaac and - the children of Israel (Israel was Jacob!) Now TO ISRAEL He will make Himself known as JEHOVAH. That is His name in REDEMPTION, and this is the special relationship Israel has to Him. To them He will be I AM. (Remember Moses? Tell them I AM THAT I AM sent you - Exodus 3:14). He will redeem them and take them TO HIMSELF. This type was fulfilled by Christ in The Church - THE REDEEMED, and it is MUCH MORE than the type!

2 Corinthians 6:16: " I will dwell IN them, and walk IN them... vs. 18 - And will be a Father unto you."

This special relationship was typed in natural Israel, but it was fulfilled through Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, and is manifested by The Church. Jesus spoke of this in John 14:20-23 - He and His Father would make their abode in This Israel - not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

May the Lord open our eyes to see this glorious, deeper relationship; that our Salvation is by our Oneness with Christ. As God called out a people unto Himself that the world would know Him - MUCH MORE The Church has been called to manifest Christ - the express image and glory of The Father. That was Jesus’ prayer for us in John 17. Verse 21 - ...that the world may believe... Vs. 23 -...that the world may know - by The Church, The Redeemed!

LESSON 28

We are looking at the RELATIONSHIP of our Great Salvation that is set forth in type in the scriptures by Israel. Through Abram God called out a people and made promises to them. The Seed, Isaac was born, and the increase of Isaac was Israel. Jacob was given the name "Israel" when he wrestled with the angel. (Genesis 32:28) Jacob speaks of the natural lineage of Abraham, but Israel speaks of the spiritual, and it is in the spiritual part that God now begins a work.

There begins a strange history of Israel. Jacob had twelve sons, and through Joseph being sold into slavery and the famine in the land (Genesis 37-50) they all end up in Egypt, and they are known as "the children of Israel" (Exodus 1). But God doesn’t see them as individuals or tribes or families. He sees them in a special relationship with Himself. ** Exodus 4:22-23 - "Israel is my SON, even my firstborn." These people were seen of God as One - as HIS OWN SON, and He would deal with them on that basis. This is His family, His household, His own: many who are one, who have one name.

In our last lesson we read in Deuteronomy 28:9-10 that God would establish a holy people UNTO HIMSELF; and that all the people of the earth WOULD SEE that they were called by the name of the Lord. Through Israel God would make Himself known. They did not live by themselves or unto themselves - they were God’s people: they were to manifest His Name, He was in their midst and would do things in them and with them to make Himself known.

** This is how we understand that Israel is a type of The Church, The Fulness of His Son. 1 Peter 2:9,10 - "Ye are a holy nation, a peculiar people...that ye should shew forth the praises of HIM that called you out of darkness..." 2 Corinthians 2:14 - "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of HIS KNOWLEDGE by us in every place.

*If we could understand the type of The Church that is set forth in Israel, we could see that God only has One Son: This Son was made up of many (all born of The Seed), but we take His Name, and live in His Family as His Own - not unto ourselves or in our own names. All of "our churches" and separate relationships would give way to this greater understanding of One Son - many who are One, bearing HIS Name, HIS nature, HIS Life - making HIM known. Jesus came and died to bring many sons unto glory (Hebrews 2:10) - into one household, one life, living as One Son unto One Father.

This helps explain some of what happens to the children of Israel in Egypt. Exodus 1. They increase exceedingly and they fill up the land. The new King who didn’t know Joseph tries to afflict them so they can’t overtake the Egyptians. Verse 12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew! They tried to kill off the baby boys, but the midwives feared God! Moses was preserved and taken in as Pharaoh’s daughter’s son. It is all miraculous - and they survive and prosper. WHY? Romans 8:28-31 - "All things work together for good...to them who are the called according to his purpose...If God be for us, who can be against us?"

It is by these people, Israel, that God would make Himself known. In God’s dealings with Pharaoh and the plagues, and delivering His people from bondage: this was God’s intention - the people shall know that I AM THE LORD. (Exodus 7:5, 17; Exodus 8:22 (no flies in Goshen!); Exodus 10: 1,2)

** God put His Name in these people, and they became known by His Name. And in this people, God was faithful to His Name, and making Himself known through them. Now, natural Israel, even though they were brought into this special relationship with God as His Son, was not faithful to that; but God would have "an Israel" who was. This is The Church, that was brought forth in power when Christ was raised from the dead. This is that One Son, who glorifies The Father.

The Prophet Ezekiel spoke God’s mind and faithfulness in the fulfillment of this. Look here at WHY God is doing this - not for the people, but for HIS NAME’S SAKE. Ezekiel 36: 16-38

Vs. 17 - they defiled it by "their" own way and "their" own doings.

Vs. 20 - they profaned MY holy name.

Vs. 22 - I do not this for your sakes, but for MINE holy name’s sake.

Vs. 23 - I will sanctify MY great name... the heathen shall know that I AM

The Lord...when I shall be sanctified IN YOU before their eyes.

Vs. 25 - A NEW heart also will I give you, and a NEW spirit will I put

within you. (This He does in The New Creation.)

Vs. 27 - I will put MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, and cause you to walk in

My statutes.

Vs. 32 - Not for your sakes do I this... be ashamed and confounded for your

Own ways.

Vs. 36 - Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the

Lord build the ruined places...I the Lord have spoken it and I will

do it.

Vs. 38 - ...and they shall know that I AM the Lord.

**It is His Church, The Body of His Son who has that New Heart and New Spirit, who can walk in His Ways, and make the I AM Known on the earth. It is HIS NAME that is to be made known - not our names.

Look at the measure of The City that Ezekiel saw: Ezekiel 48:35 - THE LORD is there!

** May the Lord bring us to this understanding - not me or you - THE LORD IS THERE!

LESSON 29

We are considering the type of Israel in the Bible to help us see the glorious RELATIONSHIP we have been brought to in our Great Salvation. I want to stress the word "relationship": this is a people who are actively, continually involved in a relationship with God. Here God is not far off, not unconcerned, but He is involved with them in everything.

2 Corinthians 6:16, 18 - "I will dwell in them, I will walk in them...I will be their God, and they shall be my people... and will be a Father unto you."

- John saw this FULFILLED in the book of Revelation through the Church, the heavenly Jerusalem, the bride - all speaking of this relationship. Revelation 21:2,3

And we know this is accomplished through Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, because He promised He and The Father would come and make THEIR abode IN US. (John 14:23)

So this is a RELATIONSHIP that The Father planned to bring a people into. This is not a "place" where we will go someday to live forever where He lives; but we have been brought into His household, and live as His own people TODAY. The New Testament speaks of how that relationship will be manifested by His Church, The "Israel" of God, His people. My question to us is - are we living in this understanding?

2 Corinthians 5:15 - (comes out of the understanding in verse 14: He died, all dead). Now - "they THAT LIVE should not henceforth live unto themselves, but UNTO HIM. "* This is a people called by His Name, to serve Him, not having their own individual lives and interests, but all for Him. He will take care of those who live unto Him and not unto self. This is One Body, His Son.

Romans 6:11-13 - "Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive UNTO GOD through Jesus Christ our Lord." * This is a people, His Own people who are to manifest His Life, bring glory to His Name. This is The New Man, created in holiness and righteousness. In this relationship we are not struggling daily with the flesh, sin issue, but ALIVE - with His Life - NOW!

Colossians 1:12-14 - "He hath translated us from the power of darkness, and hath translated US (notice "us" - a collective people, The Body) into the kingdom of His Dear Son." * The Kingdom is His rule, His authority - we now are to live in His Household, under His authority. This has to be worked IN US - the Kingdom is in you!

** Verse 14 - "In whom we have REDEMPTION through the blood, even the forgiveness of sins."

** The relationship we see set forth in Israel is one of DELIVERANCE, and it is this aspect of REDEMPTION that we are going to begin to look at. This REDEMPTION is set forth in the scripture as unique to Israel: it is for God’s people, and is so they can walk with Him.

Exodus 6:3 - God would make Himself known to the people Israel as Jehovah - His Name in Redemption. ** He would not only do it, but show Himself to be that Redemption: CHRIST IS OUR REDEMPTION! (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Revelation 5:9 - "Thou wast slain, and has redeemed US TO GOD by thy blood."

** We will see that Redemption for God’s Israel was not just "out of", but it is ‘UNTO GOD" - NOT "TO" OR "FOR" OURSELVES, BUT UNTO GOD.

** We will also see that Redemption is through His blood, and in Israel we see this special, glorious aspect of THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

There are some important things to consider here:

1. With Adam there is NO mention of the Blood of The Lamb. There is a reference to a death (Genesis 3:21 - God made coats of skins), but the only reference to blood there is when Abel’s blood cries out from the ground to God. * With Adam it is the blood of a man.

2. With Abraham and Isaac there is NO mention of blood. There is an obedient Son offered unto death as the will of The Father.

3. Only with Israel is the Blood of The Lamb mentioned, and here The Lamb is killed and the blood is APPLIED BY ISRAEL. And here the Blood of The Lamb is shed and applied so that Israel can LIVE - and LIVE UNTO GOD.

These are all types of the depth of the Blood that was shed by The Cross of The Lord Jesus Christ. First He died AS us - and the blood of man brought an end to the first man. Then He obediently offered Himself as The Son to His Father, and

as The Lamb, He died FOR us, so that we could know Life, Redemption, Forgiveness of Sins. It is The Blood of The Lamb continually applied to our hearts that enables us to live UNTO GOD. May we rightly learn to discern His Blood!

LESSON 30

Truly I believe we are seeing that Our Salvation is greater - MUCH MORE than we have understood. Unfortunately we have focused so much on us - ‘I am saved’, and we have failed to see and appreciate what the Father desires, and what God’s plan of Great Salvation really is. Oh yes, I am saved... but it’s much more than that, and we begin to see this in what the type of Israel represents. Let us never forget that our Salvation is summed up in The Person of Christ.

The Apostle Paul came to have the Father’s heart desire - this is what The Father is seeking in "our" Salvation.

* Galatians 4:19 - My little children, I travail... until CHRIST be (fully) formed in you. ** There is something MUCH MORE than our just being born of The Seed of God; it is that all that HE IS be in us, and manifested through us. That Seed is in many, but now The Father desires that those children take their rightful place in HIS Household, as His own, as His Son.

Hebrews 2:10 - speaks of bringing many sons to glory - to the oneness of the family, the relationship of living in The Son with His Father - that’s glory!

Romans 8:28-30 - speaks of the called who are predestinated to be conformed to the image (exactness) of His Son... whom He called, He justified, and those He glorified.

Ephesians 4:13 - ...come to a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of CHRIST.

** This is what God desires - A CORPORATE EXPRESSION OF HIS SON IN THE EARTH.

This is what we see in the type of Israel in the scripture. Let’s consider: they were descendants of Isaac (born of the seed) but that wasn’t the end of God’s plan. He desired to bring them to a GREATER relationship - that of His Son. (For us - Salvation is more than just being "born again"). The Son takes us into The Father’s House to find our life there - joint heirs with Christ. This is how God referred to Israel - Exodus 4:22 - Israel is MY SON, and He wanted them to be free to worship and serve HIM. But when we see the children of Israel in the beginning of the book of Exodus they were in bondage to the Egyptians (the world and the powers of the world). Their lives were bitter with hard bondage (Exodus 1:14). Unfortunately this describes many "Christians" today!

** These were God’s people (not "sinners", but those born of The Seed), but they were in bondage to the powers of the world, and not free to live the life God would have them live and serve Him. They needed DELIVERANCE in order to function as God’s Son, and that deliverance could ONLY come by the Mighty hand of God!

The type begins with Moses - signifying that deliverance will come by a man, and Moses is this glorious type of Christ, the deliverer.

Exodus 5 - Moses goes to Pharaoh and tells him God said, Let my people go...but, it only gets WORSE for the children of Israel! Even Moses gets discouraged (vs. 22-23). ** But God has planned a FULL deliverance for His people. We want a quick release from our problem, but God’s redemption for His people takes care of MUCH MORE!

** REDEMPTION IS NOT ONLY OUT FROM, BUT UNTO GOD - out and in. During the "contest" with Pharaoh the Lord continued to say, "Let MY people go, that they may serve ME (not themselves). Exodus 5-12 records this "contest" with Pharaoh, but God is in control during the whole thing: HE hardened Pharaoh’s heart, as He has spoken.

**VERY IMPORTANT: God performed many miracles, but there was NO deliverance. Why? Because God had already planned (from before the world was) that deliverance for HIS PEOPLE would be by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB. This was the means He would use to deliver His Son and redeem His People unto Himself.

Exodus 12:1-3 - This is the BEGINNING for Israel - no longer in bondage. Vs. 3 - A LAMB FOR A HOUSE. How many houses did God really see? And how many lambs did God really see? ONLY ONE!! God is defining His House, His Son, His Body - by THE LAMB. The blood had to be applied to the doorposts, and that defined those who were in God’s House. If you did not apply the blood - you were dead, but if you did - you lived! (Exodus 12:23 - the destroyer would not come into your house to smite you.) Inside the house you ate the Lamb.

**This Blood of The Lamb for the children of Israel meant LIFE - it enabled them to be delivered - and go out redeemed unto God. May the Lord help us to see that THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB was provided by Jesus’ death for the deliverance and redemption - not of Adam, but of HIS PEOPLE, THAT THEY WOULD BE FREE TO SERVE HIM! Praise God for The Blood of The Lamb.

LESSON 31

We have been looking into the glorious understanding of a people in relationship with God as their Father, and are now looking at REDEMPTION by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

Isaiah 43:21 - "This people have I formed for MYSELF; they shall show forth my praise." Israel was the type of this, and by The Cross, the Church is the fulfillment of it. Note vs. 1-7 - "I have formed thee, I have redeemed them, I will be with thee, I have loved thee, I am with thee...etc. THOU ART MINE!" This is the glorious relationship we have now with The Father in Christ - a people who are His and manifest His Name. In order for God’s people to do that He redeemed them by The Blood of The Lamb.

**There is a comprehending of The Cross that is greater than just "Jesus died for my sins." We must grow in our knowledge of The Blood of The Lamb.

- There is a first understanding: Jesus died AS us (2 Corinthians 5:21, He was made sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made righteous. VS. 14 - If one died for all (Adam), then all dead - the old man is dead! His blood as the old man settled the issue of sin.

- But now, for those who LIVE (believe in His death and have received Him), this blood is FOR us - to enable us to live in and as God’s Household. This is the Blood of Redemption, it is The Blood of The Lamb that is APPLIED to the individual lives of God’s people.

We see this in the type with Israel - God’s people needing DELIVERANCE (redemption - unto God). It was only done by The Blood of The Lamb.

Exodus 12:5-6 - The Lamb WITHOUT blemish. ** This is not the blood of sinful man, but this is the blood of His Perfection. This is what is applied to the doorposts, and when this was applied the destroyer could not come into their house. This is The Blood of Redemption. That Blood is for God’s House, His Church!

1 Peter 1:13-20 - "As obedient children...be ye holy...ye were not redeemed with corruptible things...but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb WITHOUT blemish and without spot." ** Note: vs. 20 - FOR you.

Understanding, applying and appreciating The Blood of The Lamb enables God’s People to walk in the power of His Life - free in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free!

We will now look at some scriptures showing us the greatness of The Blood of The Lamb for GOD’S HOUSEHOLD. ** It is essential that we realize that these are terms that apply to God’s people (those in Christ, The Church), and NOT to the old man, Adam. The terms applying to God’s House are: forgiveness, restoration, adoption, resurrection, redemption, reconciliation. Knowing Christ in the power of The Blood of The Lamb allows us to enjoy these relationships with our Father.

- Ephesians 2:13 - made nigh by the blood of Christ. ** The Blood of The Lamb gives us ACCESS to the Father’s Household (not a building - a relationship).

- Hebrews 10:19-22 - having BRETHREN (a family name) boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and LIVING way... *Note: vs. 20 - FOR us.

- Ephesians 1:7 - In whom (in Christ) WE HAVE (not the old man - believers: not "going to get") redemption through HIS BLOOD (redemption is always through His blood. He fulfilled the type of the Passover to Israel), the forgiveness of sins... vs. 12 - that we (here’s the purpose) should be to the praise of his glory.

** Adam does NOT receive forgiveness of sins - God’s people do. Sin caused Adam to die by Christ’s death on The Cross.

- 1 John 1:5-9 - God’s people are to walk (live) in the light, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us (the Church) from all sin. Vs. 9 - If WE confess OUR sins...He is just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us. **THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB IS FOR THE CLEANSING OF GOD’S HOUSEHOLD!

- Romans 5:8-11 - Much more, BEING NOW justified by HIS BLOOD...we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His Life. ** The Blood of The Lamb is the assurance of His Life continually able to save us, keep us, deliver us.

God’s desire is for those in His Household to live by what The Blood of The Lamb has done for them. Revelation 7:13-17 - This is The Church, The Household of God, The Body of Christ. Vs. 14 - they washed their robes in THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. Vs. 15 - they serve HIM day and night. He that sits on the throne dwells among them. Vs. 17 - THE LAMB SHALL FEED THEM, AND SHALL LEAD THEM UNTO LIVING FOUNTAINS OF WATERS! May we become such a people! This is what The Blood of The Lamb can do! This is Great Salvation!

LESSON 32

We have been talking about THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB that is applied to God’s household. This enables God’s people to serve Him in perfect liberty - The Blood provided their redemption UNTO GOD.

**The Cross was where the Blood was shed, and to Adam, to sin, to the old creation it was unto death. But for those who accept His death, that Blood brings Life - His Life, Abundant Life! Christ now in the power of His Resurrection as our High Priest (Hebrews 7:25) is able to save them to the uttermost because He ever liveth to make intercession for us! The Blood of The Lamb continues to be at work for The Redeemed as we apply it to our hearts and lives.

Let’s look a little more at this Blood of The Lamb - unto Life.

Revelation 12:10-11 - "And they OVERCAME him (the accuser of the brethren; Note: brethren = family of God) by (through) the blood of The Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not THEIR lives unto the death." **This blood bring’s Christ’s victory to us - overcome, deliverance - from sin, self, world, death. "Word of their testimony" isn’t just me talking, but the Living Witness of Christ; the witness in them of Christ, the expression of Him! * We can’t say one thing and be something else! That’s why we don’t overcome the enemy.

** And they loved not their lives unto death - often we leave out that part, but this is essential. WE MUST PARTAKE OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!

John 6:53-58 - "Except (no other way) YE EAT the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life IN YOU...he that eateth my flesh and drinketh (partakes, applies) my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him."

Jesus here is defining The Father’s House and how we can manifest His Life. This is NOT a place, but a RELATIONSHIP He has brought us into. How? By The Cross! John 14:2 - In my Father’s house (household) are many dwelling places (believers - look at verse 23 - we will come and make our abode with him)...I go to prepare a place for you. **What place was that? Where was Jesus going? TO THE CROSS! And by His death, burial and resurrection (verse 6) we can come to The Father. THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB GIVES US ACCESS TO THE FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD.

Look at this in John 10:7-18 where Jesus is speaking of The Shepherd of the sheepfold. I AM (He is revealed as I AM to "Israel"; we are to make the I AM known) the door. The sheep are God’s people - by Him we can enter in, be saved (vs. 9), go in and out and find pasture. ** Look at verse 11 - the nature of this shepherd - ...GIVETH HIS LIFE for the sheep (blood of the Lamb for the sheep).

** This is the nature of The Lamb, and is to be the nature of God’s household that has applied The Blood of The Lamb. The nature of The Lamb is to lay down his earth life - WILLINGLY, OBEDIENTLY to the will of The Father.

**You can’t live under the protection and full provision of The Blood of The Lamb and remain disobedient to the will of The Father. THE BLOOD WILL CLEANSE US OF OUR DISOBEDIENCE, REBELLION - if we let it!

John 10:14-16 - He knows His sheep and is known of them. But there are others to come into the fold (not only "natural" Jews) - one fold, one shepherd - speaks of The Church, The Father’s House, His Body.

**But God established an ORDER to His Household, and we see this in Exodus 12:42-51. This is the ordinance of The Passover - the killing of The Lamb and applying that blood - for God’s redemption of His people. This is to be observed of ALL the children of Israel in their generations.

Vs. 43 - no stranger shall eat thereof.

Vs. 44 - circumcision before you can eat the Passover. *The putting away of the flesh must come before you eat the Passover. **The Blood of The Lamb is NOT for the flesh man, but for The Obedient Son.

Vs. 45 - a foreigner or hired servant can’t eat (reference John 10 - the hireling will not lay down his life for the sheep.)

Vs. 46 - eaten in ONE house. *The law of this house is ONENESS.

Vs. 48 - no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

Vs. 49 - One law - to homeborn and who sojourns with you.

Vs. 50-51 - In the selfsame day that all the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded, The Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

May The Lord help us to understand the greatness of The Blood of The Lamb for our redemption. But we need to see the nature and the ordinance of partaking of that Blood. Until we honor it as God does, our deliverance will not be complete.

LESSON 33

We are speaking of the glorious relationship of our Salvation as The Church: those who are the called, according to His purpose, and who live not only IN the household of God, but AS the household of God - where He dwells. Ephesians 2 tells us this is done by the blood of Christ (verse 13). Vs. 18-22 - Through Him and The Cross we have access unto the Father, and are the household of God; this building (new creation by The Spirit, not a physical building) is framed together (as One) for AN HABITATION OF GOD. ** We find our life there, in that relationship, but never forget - HE LIVES IN HIS HOUSE!

And we live in this relationship in Sonship (this is what Israel is a type of) and we must "grow up" into this understanding - by comprehending our Great Salvation.

Galatians 4:1 - The heir, AS LONG AS HE IS A CHILD (lacking in understanding) differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. Vs. 6-7 - because ye are sons, God sent the Spirit of HIS SON into your hearts...thou art no more a servant, but a son...an heir of God through Christ.

In these lessons we are seeking to understand The Spirit of His Son, and the operation of that in our hearts. And we are seeing that in regard to THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB that redeemed God’s people, and defines the household of God. Partaking and understanding what the Blood of The Lamb does enables us to function with His nature and character. Note: This is Jesus, this is Christ, but this is understanding Him as THE LAMB - and it is this nature that rules on the Throne, and should reign in the Household of God. We see this "name" especially in the book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 5:5-13 - The Lamb opens the book. Vs. 9 - The Lamb redeemed US TO GOD out of every nation. Vs. 10 - The Lamb made us a kingdom of priests. Vs. 12 - The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power...glory...blessing.

Revelation 7:17 - The Lamb feeds them and leads them to fountains of waters - unto LIFE!

** IT IS THIS LAMB WHO MUST BE ESTABLISHED IN THE CHURCH.

Revelation 14:1-5 - The Lamb established in us (Mount Sion) causes us to have His Father’s mind (nature)...not defiled with false religious doctrines, FOLLOW THE LAMB whithersoever He goes...in their mouth was no guile, for they are without fault before the Throne of God. Why? THE LAMB WAS ESTABLISHED IN THEM! The Lamb did His Work by The Cross, but now we, as His own have to partake of this Lamb, and apply it to ourselves. It was given to Israel to do as a "ceremony", but we now as The Church need to observe it CONSTANTLY as The Truth of Christ. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 - Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new lump. For even CHRIST OUR PASSOVER (The Lamb) is sacrificed for us. Let us keep the feast not with old leaven...but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

We now as The Church don’t follow the ritualistic tradition of the Jewish Passover, but we must take heed to the order or law of The Passover that is ESTABLISHED in Christ (first is done away, but the second is established). We looked at this ordinance of The Passover in Exodus 12:43-51, but let us consider this: 1) no stranger can eat The Passover (you must be born again). 2) no uncircumcised person shall eat The Passover (flesh must be cut away). **Remember that circumcision was the SIGN of the covenant that God established with His people through Abraham. We must bear His death so that His Life may be manifested in us - 2 Corinthians 4:10-12.

With that in mind, I just want us to consider the seriousness of God’s people partaking of The Passover (The Blood of The Lamb) as recorded in the scripture. Note a pattern that must be followed.

Joshua 5 - When Israel was ready to see the fulness of their redemption (not only "out" of Egypt, but "into" the land), all the rebellious ones were dead. Now Joshua had to circumcise those born in the wilderness (vs. 5 and 7). Since they were not circumcised they could not partake of The Passover. *This is the state of the wilderness - disobedient, wandering, no circumcision, no Passover - death! But now the NEW generation is circumcised (vs. 8-10). Then they could keep the Passover because their reproach was rolled away. The Lamb is not for the flesh! Then vs. 11-12 - they ate of old corn of land - manna ceased - Growing up!

Ezra - This is when the children of Israel start to return to Jerusalem after the captivity in Babylon. They restored the temple and the law and ritual. And when the house was finished (chapter 6:15-18) they restored The Passover (vs. 19-22) - for the priests and Levites PURIFIED THEMSELVES...and all as has separated themselves from the filthiness of the heathen of the land...did eat. And kept the feast of unleavened bread. Our redemption, our deliverance can only be fully realized as we partake of The Lamb, allow His Blood to cleanse us, and keep us separated UNTO HIM - following The Lamb whithersoever He goes!

LESSON 34

As we continue to study our Great Salvation. Let us be sure to understand that this is all IN CHRIST. Ephesians 1:3 - The Father HATH blessed us (born again believers) with ALL SPIRITUAL blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST. This is the inheritance that was spoken of in type to Israel, and is now fulfilled by Christ for us - ALL - IN CHRIST! Vs. 7 - In Whom (in Christ) we have redemption through HIS BLOOD, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his GRACE.

* The Church is the vessel who has received His grace, and who is to manifest His grace. Ephesians 2:7 - He shows His grace in His kindness toward US through Jesus Christ. So The Church is a people who are living in a relationship with God as their Father through His Son, and we are looking at the REDEMPTION (deliverance) through His Blood - by The Blood of The Lamb. And this understanding is "much more" than me simply being "saved". Look at what The Church is called in the book of The Revelation.

- Revelation 21:2 - the holy city comes down from God OUT OF HEAVEN, prepared as a bride.

- Revelation 21:9 - The bride is THE LAMB’S WIFE! * Just consider - she is not known as Jesus’ wife, or Christ’s wife, but THE LAMB’S wife! These are those who are in union with THE LAMB - They have HIS mind, HIS nature, HIS name, HIS life, HIS obedience - They are One and function as One - she makes Him known. * In this relationship the bride, The Church knows and acknowledges in her daily life that she owes everything to The Blood of The Lamb. This is THE REDEEMED, the delivered, now living in vital union with The Lamb.

This is the understanding of The Lamb’s Wife (The Redeemed - unto God):

- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - Ye are not your own...ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

- 1 Peter 1: 17-19 - Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold...(delivered from your vain religion)...but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and spot.

The relationship of our redemption through the costly price Christ paid for us is the mystery of Christ and The Church. We see this in Ephesians 5:21-33 - Christ gave Himself for it, He is cleansing The Church to present it as a glorious Church - this is by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!

To help us see a little more deeply into this redemption that is ours in Christ, and the relationship of the redeemer and the wife, let’s look to the book of Ruth in the Old Testament. What I want us to see through this "story" is that redemption is MUCH MORE than just "being saved"; it ends in marriage and life.

Ruth 1 - Ruth is a Moabite, and marries a man of Israel, but he dies. Ruth has no promise with God, but she CHOOSES The Lord. This is a type of the Gentiles who are brought into the household of God. Vs. 16-17 - She refuses to go back to her own country and life. **This is always the first work of The Cross. "Whither thou go, I will go...thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God."

Ruth 2 - Ruth and Naomi go to Boaz’s field, who is the kinsman. Ruth gleans in the field, and finds favor. Vs. 7 - She is content gleaning. Vs. 8-14 - Boaz entreats her NOT to go any place else, but stay there. She realizes she doesn’t deserve his favor, but he provides for her. Vs. 15,16- He even provided EXTRA for her! Vs. 20 - They recognize Boaz as the redeemer. ** They don’t stop just at the blessings and provision! We think our redemption is just God making things easy for us, and providing for us - but it is MUCH MORE!

Ruth 3 - Vs. 1 - Naomi seeks rest and well being for Ruth. She must go to Boaz. Vs. 3 - wash thyself, anoint thee, put thy raiment upon thee (preparation - done in us!) Vs. 8-13 - Ruth humbles herself at his feet, and asks for him to redeem her. But there is a price that must be paid, and all claims of another must be dealt with.

Ruth 4 - The kinsman buys the field of Naomi (vs. 3) and all that belongs to her (vs. 5). Now Ruth is part of this, but she now becomes his WIFE (vs. 10) - to raise up the name of the inheritance (vs. 13). Out of this union comes A SON.

Look at what this redeemer was to Naomi - Vs. 15 - a RESTORER of thy life, and a NOURISHER of thine old age.

This redemption that we have by The Blood of The Lamb is not only deliverance from sin and the problems of this world, but is the restoration and nourisher of our life. May we choose to know Christ as our redemption, so that we would manifest this reality of our Great Salvation - living as The Lamb’s Wife!

LESSON 35

We have been speaking of The Church being the manifestation of Christ in this earth - the expression of The Great Salvation that Christ brought forth through His death, burial and resurrection - by The Cross. It is the TRUTH of that Finished Work that we are to manifest - that God would be glorified.

Philippians 2:12-16 - God is NOW working IN US to bring us to the fulness of the understanding of our Salvation; that we may be without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation (that describes the world, a generation) among whom (The Church is here - in the earth) YE SHINE as lights (we have Christ Who is The Light!); HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE!

We are to be those who are holding forth THE WORD OF LIFE - strong, settled, with assurance, not wavering, not considering their own selves - but Christ - Who is That Living Word! (Not I, but Christ/Life!)

** The Church (the fulness of Christ) has Life, The Word of Life, Light, Glory. We are to manifest this in the midst of the world; not religion, but LIFE - His Life; speaking Life; speaking, living Christ!

The Lord keeps bringing me back to consider Stephen in Acts 6 and 7. This is a manifestation of the light, holding forth the Word of Life!

Acts 6:8 - Stephen, full of faith and power did wonders and miracles. Vs. 10 - They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. (To Vs. 15 - The religious Jews got false witnesses to say Stephen was blaspheming...but THEY SAW his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Chapter 7 is Stephen’s address to the council relating their history and their rejection of Christ. Vs. 54-60 - ** Stephen was LOOKING STEDFASTLY INTO HEAVEN (not the earth), and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Vs. 56- Behold, I see the heavens opened ("Behold" always is used in an appearing of The Lord - Behold, the Lamb!) and the Son of Man... **This is our need! Not to concentrate on the things, distresses, persecutions on this earth - but to an open heaven (unveiled truth, no flesh) and Jesus! As they stoned Stephen he called upon God...loud voice forgiving his persecutors and he fell asleep... This is holding forth The Word of Life! God didn’t stop the stoning: Stephen was a WITNESS of the open heaven and Jesus at the right hand of God. Vs. 58 - Saul SAW the witness of that Life. That’s the difference between religion and RELATIONSHIP.

This is what it means to be THE LAMB’S WIFE - married (joined to AS ONE) to The One to whom heaven is opened. (It is The Lamb Who is worthy to open the Book!) In this relationship you willingly lay down YOUR life - holding forth THE Word of Life - following The Lamb; because it is The Blood of The Lamb at work in you.

Revelation 14:1-5 - The LAMB standing on Mount Sion (in the midst of The Church, the people of God living in His High Thought), and One with Him are a people having His (and His) Father’s name written in their foreheads. This is His Household; they have the mind of Christ - obedient, subservient to The Father’s Will - not my will, not my life, but THINE be done. These are the redeemed from among men, from the earth - they don’t live in bondage to humanity, or the religious system (not defiled with women). They follow THE LAMB whithersoever He goes - no guile; they are without fault before The Throne of God.

- God has as The Church, a people who are living in the REALITY of their union with The Lamb, and they follow Him, and are conformed to His image, and it is The Blood of The Lamb that enables them to live in this truth.

Hebrews 9: 11-15 - Note: "greater, much more"! Christ came not only as The Lamb, but also as The High Priest who offered Himself so that by the blood we may be brought from dead works to serve a living God.

** Now it’s not religion, but a relationship of Life. (Notice: "to SERVE" the living God.) The Redeemed, The Church are to serve GOD, not themselves. Exodus 4:23 - Let my son go (Israel) that he may serve Me.) Now The Blood of The Lamb continues to work FOR US as we confess our sins and be cleansed so that we can be blameless and without rebuke, and live in this glorious fellowship that Christ has brought us into - accepted in the beloved, brought nigh unto God - by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!

1 John 1:5 - Chapter 2 - Walk (live) in the light as he is in the light, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. We must confess our sins, and He is faithful to forgive us...If any man sin, we have an advocate with The Father, JESUS CHRIST (not another priest of flesh) THE RIGHTEOUS! May the Lord open the heavens for us, that we can behold Him - The Lamb, and may His Blood continue to cleanse and strengthen us to HOLD FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE!

LESSON 36

We are speaking of this wonderful relationship of our Great Salvation that we have as The Church, The Redeemed of The Lord. It is IN US and BY US that the fulness of God’s Salvation is to be seen.

2 Peter 1:2-4 - He HATH given (not is going to) unto us ALL THINGS that pertain unto life (eternal) and godliness...(Remember Ephesians 1:3? Hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST)...through the knowledge of Him. (This is clear, exact knowledge; not just "book learning" about Him, but an active participation with Him; we know HIM, intimately, experientially)...has called us to glory and virtue. (This is what the state of The Church is to be: that we would show forth who He is.) Vs. 4 - Promises were made (and fulfilled) that ye might be partakers of the divine nature. This is our Great Salvation!...we have escaped the corruption of the world...by our Redemption by The Blood of The Lamb.

Now by The Cross of Christ we are dead to the world, sin, death (we must continue to apply The Blood to our hearts, minds); but alive unto God, and now we live as His Household, His Body, His Son, with His Life; and in this RELATIONSHIP we have all things for life and godliness. (I am using "Household", not just "house" - since we must see this is not a physical building). His Household is a House of glory, holiness, life, abundance, truth; and the world is to SEE this and recognize God’s goodness and love in it.

1 Kings 10:1-13 - The queen of Sheba came to SEE the house that Solomon built. She believed not until she saw the wisdom and prosperity of the household - the men of the household were provided for, and blessed to get his wisdom. **And who did the Queen praise? Vs. 9 - Blessed be The Lord Thy God! God got the praise! He was recognized, not Solomon. ** This abundance is so God will be seen to be Who He is, not so we can get rich and have an easy life. That was the type in the Testimony, but Jesus said in Matthew 12:43 that a GREATER than Solomon IS HERE: not coming, is here! And since the greater than Solomon is here, then He has brought forth a greater house with a greater glory. In the Old Testament this was a physical building, but now in the reality of Christ, the greater Household has come. (Remember in Haggai they rebuilt the temple? But those who had seen the first temple were disappointed because it was not as grand as the first physically. But God said (Haggai 2:9) the GLORY of this latter house shall be greater than of the former... and in THIS PLACE will I give peace. It is in The Household that Christ brings forth in His Resurrection where peace is - a greater glory, a glory that remains. This is in us - CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY!

We as The Church are this House, this Household - because of Christ. Hebrews 3:1-6 - CONSIDER HIM! Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, IF we hold fast the confidence and hope firm to the end. **The "end" is not "nothing", but the end is God’s goal reached: a people manifesting His Life in this earth, A Son in corporate expression, His Household.

Now in this Household there were certain things that pertained to The Household and were guaranteed in The Household, but you had to belong to that Household. We are talking about the FULNESS of God’s plan, and we see this typed especially in the Temple that Solomon built. God had promised all this to David, but it was to be HIS building that Solomon , the beloved son would build.

2 Samuel 7:10-16 - Kingdom to be established, house for MY Name, I will be his Father, and he shall be MY Son. ** God will chasten His household, but His mercy shall not depart from this household. This is very important!! With Saul, the first, Adam - God’s mercy departs, and there is no forgiveness, no restoration, no reconciliation. BUT, with the Household that The Son brings forth, God’s mercy REMAINS, and this kingdom is established. Here there is forgiveness, restoration, chastening, cleansing, reconciliation - only here! And as God’s Household we are to receive these dealings (Hebrews 12 - as SONS, that we may be partakers of His Holiness) and we are to manifest these dealings in the world.

The type of this is beautifully seen in Solomon’s prayer of dedication of The Temple. But remember, this is speaking of a Greater House - the relationship we NOW have with The Father by Christ, but God will honor what these things spoke of - in His Household.

1 Kings 8 - In this relationship we find forgiveness, restoration, reconciliation. But in this relationship we need to repent, turn to thee, confess thy name.

Vs. 22- 53 - Vs. 29 - Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night...my name shall be there. Vs. 33-34 - when THY people Israel have sinned against thee, and turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray in this house, then hear and forgive the sin of thy people. Vs 41-43 - If a stranger comes out for thy name’s sake, and he shall come and pray toward this house (he is born again), hear from heaven and do that all people of the earth MAY KNOW THY NAME. (God wants all people to come into His Household!) Vs. 46-50 - if the people are carried away into captivity, but repent and make supplication and turn to thee with all their soul, forgive them.

Why would God do this? Vs. 51-53 - They be THY PEOPLE and THY inheritance... Thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth to be thine inheritance! AS THE REDEEMED, GOD’S MERCY, GRACE, FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US - BECAUSE WE ARE HIS VERY OWN!! That’s Great Salvation!

LESSON 37

We are continuing to speak of this Great Salvation we have in Christ by His Cross, and specifically our being The Redeemed. The prophets spoke to Israel as that people. Isaiah 62:12 - They shall call them THE holy people, the redeemed of The Lord, and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. **The type was set forth in Israel but they would not walk in the fulness of it. Prophets were raised up to declare God’s intention and call them back to it. VS. 1-7 God will have a people who will manifest Him. He will delight in this people as a bride - as The Redeemed. **FOR ZION’S SAKE - for God’s high intention to be manifested in a people He will not forsake His Redeemed - for they have been delivered by the very blood of His Son, and He will work all things together in this people so that His Salvation and righteousness will be SEEN - in them.

We now as The Church are the fulfillment of that type - fulfilled by Christ through The Cross (The Blood of The Lamb redeeming a people to Himself). And we are NOW to manifest that redemption. Titus 2:11-14 - The grace of God HATH appeared bringing Salvation, and we should live godly in this present world; looking for His appearing (in us), for now He is redeeming (delivering) us from all iniquity and is purifying a peculiar people - unto Himself! *This is the relationship we as The Redeemed have as The Household of God, for this is HIS House, and we are The House of His Glory.

We are in the world, but not of the world, and in the reality of our Redemption we are to walk in a NEW understanding, a NEW covenant. At the Last Supper Jesus said this cup (His death) is the NEW Testament in my blood, which is shed FOR you - Luke 22:20.

Hebrews 12:18-24 - We are not come to an earthy, first covenant...BUT ye are come unto Mount Sion...heavenly Jerusalem...and to Jesus the mediator of the NEW covenant, and to the better blood. (This is the reality of our Great Salvation!)

The glory of this second, new, spiritual house (household) is MUCH MORE than the glory of the first, worldly building. 2 Corinthians 3:6-18 - This is NOT the ministration of the letter unto death, BUT the Spirit unto Life. This is the glory that REMAINS, the ministration of righteousness, not condemnation. And we (as the House) are being changed from the old glory to the New, remaining, full glory as we behold The Lord - Who IS the Glory of This House! **This Glory remains because This Glory is Christ - and He is filling The House with Himself - not with "things", but with Himself. And everything that He is will fill The House and be manifested by The House.

This was spoken of in The Testimony:

- Exodus 40:34-35 - Tabernacle was FINISHED; glory filled the Tabernacle, and Moses was not able to enter.

- 1 Kings 8:10-11 - When Solomon’s Temple was FINISHED and The Ark was put in its place, the glory OF THE LORD filled the House of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister.

- John 2: 13-22 - Jesus drove ALL MEN and ministry out of the Temple...Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

And by His death and burial He brought an end to that first house and all it spoke of; and by His resurrection He brought forth a greater, Spiritual House (which we are!) With a greater glory! This is the MUCH MORE of our Salvation as The Church, The Redeemed, The Household of God, The Lamb’s Bride, and He fills His whole Body with Himself!

Let us just consider the greatness of the glory of this House that is set forth in Ephesians 1: this is ALL spiritual blessings in HEAVENLY places IN CHRIST! This is what His House of Glory should be manifesting; this is what The Father’s House is!

- Vs. 4 - we are chosen in HIM...that we should be holy and without blame before Him.

- Vs. 5 - we were predestinated unto adoption (placement as a son) by Jesus Christ to Himself.

- Vs. 6 - we are to the praise of the glory of His grace...he made us accepted in the beloved.

- Vs. 7 - in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

- Vs. 8 - He hath abounded to ward us in all wisdom and prudence.

- Vs. 9 - He has made known unto us the mystery of His will.

- Vs. 11-14 - we have obtained an inheritance... we are sealed with The Holy Spirit of promise until the (full deliverance) of The Church - unto the praise of His glory.

This is what our Great Salvation is in Christ - as we would live as HIS Body, HIS House, THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD!

LESSON 38

As we are continuing this study on our Great Salvation, our desire is to grow in the knowledge of Christ. Ephesians 4:15 says that we may GROW UP INTO HIM IN ALL THINGS, which is the head, even Christ. That is the reason why ministry is set in the Church (vs. 11-16). And it is in the understanding of the Church that this fulness is SEEN - but it is not the fulness of me, it is the FULNESS OF CHRIST!

Hebrews 6:1 urges us to go on to perfection; and that means fully matured, but this must be understood as coming to the fulness of HIM. ** God desires all "His children", those in His Household to come to Sonship, and live in the Truth of the relationship we have through Christ. 1 Corinthians 13:11-12 - A child is one who lacks understanding, a babe, one who can’t even speak properly. As we grow into maturity we must take our rightful place in the household; we must PUT AWAY childish things. This is a continuing work of The Cross, of The Blood of The Lamb FOR us - that we can mature in the things of The Father, and come to be known even as also I am known. ** THE FATHER KNOWS US IN THE SON! The Father knows us in the reality of The Cross; in the Truth of The Finished Work. We need to grow up into The Truth of this and walk in it.

I want to look at one aspect of our relationship as The Redeemed, as The Church that we spoke of in the last lesson from Ephesians 1:5-6: "Having predestinates us to the placement as son (that’s adoption)...He hath made US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED." **HE has made us acceptable, made us lovely or deserving of love! But WHERE are we acceptable? In the BELOVED - THE SON is The Beloved of The Father; where He finds His joy! * The word "in" denotes the idea of rest; and we only truly come to this as we cease from our own labors, our own life, and find it in Him, (You don’t strive against The Beloved of God; you rest in Him).

Now, we find God’s favor in "The Beloved", in The Son, but I want us to see what God meant when He said this, and how it relates to us. Matthew 3:13-17 - The Beloved Son is The One who fulfills all righteousness. How? By His "baptism"; His death and burial. But in His resurrection, the heavens were opened unto HIM, the Spirit of God descended upon HIM, and The Father declared "This is my Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased." ** As we rest in His death, burial and resurrection, He brings us forth acceptable unto His Father - in newness of Life!

We see here that This Son through His death and burial dealt with the issue of sin - for us. We were all guilty under the law, but HE has redeemed us from that guilt by HIS blood and brought us to The Father. Galatians 3:13-14 - being made a curse for us (HE did it!) that we might receive... ** He took our sin and was cursed for us. And when HE rose, The Father forgave HIM of that sin, and restored HIM to The Father’s Glory, to His Bosom. In His death, we who were sin died, and now IN THE FORGIVEN SON we can have fellowship with The Father, and now we can confess our sins and be forgiven. (1 John 1:9-2:2) Forgiveness is for the Household of God.

But make no mistake that this title of "The Beloved" belongs to THE SON - not us in our flesh or of the first order man. **WE are accepted IN HIM! Matthew 17:1-9 - The Transfiguration. Here Jesus was showing the maturing ones (Peter, James, John), The Church, The Truth of Who He was, and God was showing them who they were in relation to this Truth. Vs. 4-5 - God is NOT going to accept what "you" do for Him, and our acceptance is NOT in Moses and Elijah (the prophets). The bright cloud(? Light hidden?) Overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud. "This is My Beloved Son...(the One who was changed out from His earthly form, risen in the power of His resurrection)...I am well pleased; hear ye HIM."

Vs. 6-7 - They fell dead. He raises them, but... Vs. 8 - when they lifted up their eyes, they saw NO MAN, save JESUS ONLY.

** In God’s House, His House of Glory, there is only One Son, and HE is The Beloved. We are made acceptable to The Father in Him. But we must now come to the adoption, where we no longer are as children, but God recognizes His Son, His BELOVED - in us - and we take our rightful place in His House as The Body, the expression, the manifestation of HIS BELOVED SON.

God’s work IN US is declaring His Son, and it is only in that Son that The Father is well pleased.

Let us grow up into HIM - in all things - ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED!