The Fathers Heart....The Second Revelation, Mike JC [13 ebook reader txt] 📗

higher and more righteous and more correct interpretation of the Old Testament

 

 

Commentators…….'you shall not murder"…..Jesus prohibits the deed of murder and further extends that to thoughts and words, displaying the character of The Father through himself, showing clear opposition to this barbaric practise.

 

(this is vastly different from the God we see in the Old Testament)

 

Commentators……..'an eye for an eye'……..was not intended to encourage personal revenge, but to protect the offender from punishment harsher than his offence warranted….Jesus forbids revenge by insisting on positive good in the face of evil……(..wow…this definitely does not seem like the God of the Old Testament)

 

Commentators…… 'you shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy'…..hate your enemy was a unwarranted Pharisaic addition which was preached by the Pharisee's, and was not the intention or in line with The Word of God.

 

This was clearly a major significant step forward, in bringing correction into the way that people viewed Jehovah ( The Father of all creation), and of course, He would go way further than that, by demonstrating the love of The Father towards the human race…by acts of kindness, personal intervention, miracles, healings and such like….

 

"it's the Father in Me, He does the works" Jesus said (John 14:10)

 

 

It was your Heavenly Father who spoke to his children during the beatitudes (through Jesus)…..and it will be your Father who will perform all the acts of kindness and love….miracles and healings for the next 3 years…………….however on that final day…………that beautiful partnership of Father and Son…..would be separated and to fulfil the legal requirements, Jesus would have to face the cross alone……which created great anguish for him….that He even cried out…"Father, why have you forsaken me"…(Mark 15:34)

Chpt 22

 

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

 

however…..back to the story of Jesus ministry……we find that…mankind in all his wisdom appeared to have no idea how to correctly interpret the Word of God (Scribes and Pharisees)…..they seemed to only see the 'Letter' of the Word…. and appeared somewhat spiritually blind……even as we still can today, if we are not spiritually minded…..

 

"the letter kills, but the spirit gives life" (2 Cor 3:6)

 

You see…..we so often say in our Christian circles…."yes, but there is a full stop there"…"in the Greek it says this"…'but the correct Hebrew interpretation is"…….we can be so consumed with "the letter"…..that we can clearly miss the whole meaning…..and there are verses of scripture that clearly suggest that scripture can only be interpreted by spiritual means…….by spiritual discernment………

 

When we are born again, our spirit comes alive to God …..and the Bible also comes alive to us

 

"but God revealed it to us by His Spirit…..we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God…that we may understand….the man without The Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them…..because they are spiritually discerned"…..(1 Cor 2:13-14)

 

Spiritual discernment and being spiritually alive to God is paramount for human beings ……..to understand the God who himself is a Spirit

 

What this suggests to us, is that you cannot interpret scriptures through you own eyes……it is vital that the Holy Spirit opens our eyes so that we can see humanity through the Fathers eyes…the way that He sees humanity…having spiritual discernment from the Fathers perspective….which is in fact was what Jesus did……..(of course we know that there is no private interpretation of scripture (2 Pet 1:20)…but at the same time we are exhorted to be spiritually minded (Rom 8:6)

 

“I hear the instruction of my Father, and give attention to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension and interpretation of spiritual matters” (Prov 4:1..amplified version)

 

“In Christ, the veil over my heart and mind that prevents me from understanding the Word of God has been taken away” ( 2 Cor 3:14-16)

 

Of course Jesus himself bought to our attention, that harsh interpretation of scripture virtually always tended to be the way human beings interpreted the Word of God…the harshness of our carnal side always seems to prevail, unless we consciously shift towards Godly and spiritual interpretation…

 

For example……

In regard to The Sabbath,….. we read in (Exodus 31:13-16) …the harshness of the law…

 

”you shall keep the Sabbath,…everyone who profanes it shall be put to death, ….whoever does any work on the Sabbath shall die”…

 

The way that passage of scripture is written leaves us with very little room to do any sort of work during the Sabbath…dosen’t it?…’good or bad’.….it appears to be rigid and merciless ….no room for error…lift a finger, that in any way shape or form, can be interpreted as work and your as good as dead

 

And of course that is exactly the way the Pharisees interpreted ‘Exodus 31’ in regard to Jesus and His disciples when they began to pick grain in the grainfields on the Sabbath ……...(Matt 12:1-15)…

”look, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath”

 

Of course we all know Jesus response ....

 

”didn’t David and his men unlawfully enter the House of God and eat the showbread….which was not lawful for them to do ?”

“if a sheep falls into a pit on the Sabbath would they not lift it out (which constitutes strenuous work!!!!)……therefore Exodus 31 is not meant to be as rigid as it has been written down,…”in fact,…it is quite lawful to do good work on the Sabbath”…Jesus said

Jesus then went ahead and restored a mans hand on the Sabbath in front of his accusers     

 

The harsh response from unregenerated man (the Pharisees) in regard to Jesus reply was a plot to murder Him

 

The carnal side of us appears to have very little compassion ….and make no mistake….we would have interpreted the scriptures the same way the Pharisees did if we were in their shoes…

 

That’s why Jesus stated clearly…..”I desire mercy, not sacrifice”…. “you have already condemned the innocent in your hearts”….”I am Lord of the Sabbath” ( and I desire scripture to be interpreted through the law of mercy)

The regenerated (“born again”…spiritually alive) son and daughter of God, have a responsibility to correctly interpret scripture from a foundation of mercy such as Jesus did…

 

and so now…..as we are moving a little closer to the Second Revelation…..

Chpt 23

 

SOMEONE ELSE’S ASSIGNMENT

 

the first thing we have to realise, is that Jesus made himself available to carry out this mission…it was not His initiative…..there simply, was no other way to carry out this complex legal exercise…….so Jesus was it……

 

however…the rescue mission was your Fathers initiative….not Jesus

 

I mentioned at the beginning of the book that both Jesus and his Father both had very different reasons……different personal agendas for coming to this earth…..

 

….believe it or not….Jesus priority in coming to this earth was not the salvation of mankind

 

 

well….gee, that’s a pretty strong statement…..I thought Jesus focus was to be our Saviour!!!…….no….

 

 

Jesus was sent….for a start….

 

The phrase that Jesus had been sent by someone else is recorded more than 30 times in the New Testament (in fact 39 times)…..even Jesus himself personally mentioned …the idea of "I have been sent" more than a dozen times….

 

When you send someone else to do a job for you….that person is merely carrying out (by obedience) the assignment that you have assigned them to……in this case…..Jesus willingly carried out this assignment as we read,……..'that Jesus was obedient even unto the cross" ..(Phil 2:8)

 

"he who does not honour the Son, does not honour the one who sent Him (John 5:23)

 

"for I have come down from Heaven, not to do my will, but to do the will of Him who sent me" (John 6:38)

 

if the truth be known…..there even was a moment when Jesus didn't even want to carry out the assignment…….on the way to Gethsemane Jesus became deeply distressed (naturally enough)…..and said…….."Father, if there is any other way, let this cup pass from me" (Matt 26:39-44)….which he in fact, said 3 times.."and He prayed a second time"….and He prayed a third time"

 

So,…..we conclude from these facts, that Jesus was doing an assignment (by obedience) for someone else, but at the same time remained aggressively passionate about his own agenda…his own personal assignment…….He was still clearly passionate about something…..

 

So if Jesus wasn't focused on the purpose of saving mankind…..what then was his purpose…his drive …..his passion?

 

 

Well……….

 

 

the answer to that question is found in several places,….but I will refer to (1 john 4:8)….where it says……"for this purpose"…….I'll say it again……."for this purpose"

 

"was the Son of Man manifest"……………..

 

" that He might destroy the works of the devil"

 

"the works of the devil"……

 

what then would be the works of the devil?

 

Well, to answer that question we need to go back to the beginning of this book and recall…the Garden of Eden…….where……. this other father turns up….who Jesus remembers well…

 

and before to long….God the Father labels this other father…"the father of lies"….remember?……. (which we find in the New Testament writings)

 

Remember also……….. that……Jesus tore into the Pharisees because they had been lying about his Heavenly Dad…….remember, he called them "liars"….."sons of hell"…."habitual liars"………."like your father the devil"…….

 

"liars…..like your father the devil"

 

 

the works of the devil are deceitfulness and lies…….

 

 

and do you remember this scripture?……(Rev 12:9) 'so the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world'

 

how did he deceive the world…….. "with lies"

you see….the devil is an habitual liar……and what do you suppose he continually lies about?………that other Father of course……..he is consumed with hatred for that other Father and continually whispers lies in mankind's ears…distorting the truth…..making himself out to be an Angel of light…..and deceiving people…

 

(1 John 4:8) says that ……that Jesus …..….might ….'destroy'….. 'the works of the devil'…..

 

the devil ….a "liar from the beginning"…"the father of lies"……so how do you suppose Jesus ….."who was the representation of the Father"…"he who has seen me has seen the Father"

 

is going to destroy the lies of the devil….

 

 

Simple……..

 

 

as He was the representation of the Father…..the best way to correct someone’s perception of 'Jehovah' …….that makes people sick….(Ex 32:35) 'So the Lord plagued the people'…. (was to do the opposite)….

 

( and remember, the Bible commentators often viewed the OT scriptures very differently than the way it suggests)…...and naturally…of course Jesus doesn't create plagues…the devil does that!!!……..God help us if both Jesus and the devil are working together to give us plagues….were done for!!!!!)……no..Jesus called Satan the enemy…(Matt 13:39 “the enemy who sowed them is the devil) …...however,…remember… the Law of sin and death was well and truly functioning in the Old Testament times, and the Law of sin and death could either work against them or for them…..depending on how they chose to live…….

 

also ..keep scriptures like these in mind….Old Testament ……….(Deut 28:20)…the Lord will send you curses and confusion

 

                                                              …..New Testament ….…..(1Cor 14 :33)…God is not the author of confusion

 

 

                                                                    Old Testament………..(Deut 28) the …Lord will send on you blindness

 

 

                                                                    New Testament..……  (John 11: 37) …Jesus….....who opened the eyes of the blind……………

 

                                                                   Old Testament………..(Ezek 38:22-23)….and I will bring pestilence and bloodshed…fire and brimstone…then they will know I am The Lord

 

                                                                    New Testament……….(Luke 9:54-56) …disciples…..shall we call down fire like Elijah did?…..Jesus…"you don't know what spirit you are of…..

………for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them"..

 

                                                                    Old Testament…………(Deut 28:28)”The Lord will afflict you with……confusion of mind”

 

                                                                    New Testament………(2 Tim 1:7)”God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind”

 

                                                                                                       (1 John 3:9-10)…"He who does what is right is a Child of God…this is how we know the difference between Gods and ……………………………………the devils children" 

 

 

But at the same time remember, that Jesus honoured the written Word of God…but opened up the Word to us more accurately….we still honour the Old Testament as a true record of biblical events but make the same adjustments that Jesus displayed to us …….and that are found in the New Testament

 

Jesus even mentioned that Jonah was 3 days in the whale (Matt 12:40)…as well as ‘Noah and the flood’ (Matt 24:37-39) ….so Jesus honoured the significant validity of the Old Testament….He just clarified it a bit more….and bought