Sunday, April 14, 2019

SPIRITUAL TRUTHS

My Dear Precious Child,
    The writer of the letter of Hebrews to the Jewish Christians in Rome had unusual insight into the lack of effectiveness of the old covenant of Mosaic Law and the absolute complete power of My new covenant of the Holy Spirit.  The writer was well acquainted with Jewish Law and he had obviously suffered from its lack of ability to improve the lives of people who followed it.  The problem with the Law was that the devil had effectively caused religious and political leaders to use the Law to condemn and judge people who broke the Law rather than to use it to identify the devil's temptations and works in the earth, as I intended it to be used.  If they had used the Law for its intended purpose, they could have avoided doing the devil's will which brought curses into their lives and onto the earth and instead they would do My will which would bring blessings into their lives and onto the earth.
    As sin increased because of the misapplication of the religious Law, My grace increased until My Son Jesus Christ came to earth to die for the sins of the whole world and then send His power of My Holy Spirit to live inside of My children so that they would have to power and ability to follow My instructions to them and thus avoid the traps set by the devil.  As a result they would inherit My abundance of blessings in their life on earth instead of the curses from hell. 
    The writer of this letter to the Jewish Christians established the true divinity of Christ in the first paragraph of his letter.  It is a confession of the place that Christ Jesus had in My plan to save the world from evil.  He wrote that even though in the past I spoke words of instruction and guidance through prophets and other ways, in the days of the new covenant with My children I first spoke through My Son who is the heir of My will and through whom I created everything.  The letter to the Hebrews contained the truth that Christ is the absolute reflection of My nature and My light, and that I sustain the universe through Him.  I identified Him as the Savior of the world because He redeemed the authority that Adam had given to the devil, and Christ has taken his place in heaven with Me.  (Hebrews 1:1-4)
    Some of the Jewish Christians were worshiping angels and so the writer of the letter gave a description of the place of the angels in the hierarchy of My kingdom of heaven which had come to live in My born again, baptized in the Holy Spirit children.  He wrote to them the truth that I never told any angels that they were My sons and I am their Father.  However, when I brought Jesus Christ into the world I proclaimed that the angels would worship Him.  He was not told to worship them.  He is My Son and the angels were told to worship Him and they were to assist Him in his life on earth.  (Hebrews 1:5-6)
    The writer accurately wrote that the place of angels is as serving spirits and flames of fire, but the place of My Son is as Prince of Peace with a virtuous leadership of love to My family, but hating the wickedness that plagues them.(Psalm 104:4; Hebrews1: 7-8)  The writer proclaimed that Christ was anointed by Me with the gladness of the Holy Spirit which is above all other created beings.  The writer knew that the world was the work of My hands and even if everything vanishes that Christ remains forever and is unchanged. The writer reminded the believers that I never told the angels to sit at My right hand while I made their enemies a footstool for them. (Hebrews 1:9-13)  I make a footstool for My Son Christ Jesus through the ministry of My Holy Spirit in My children who are led and guided by My Holy Spirit.
    He clarified the Truth of the relationship of angels to My Son when he wrote that angels are spirits who are servants to help those who are heirs of salvation.  (Hebrews 1:14)  The writing was not to diminish the work of angels but to identify them as servants instead of My children.  The angels are created by Me to serve My Son and My children in their battle against evil.  The prophet Joel identified them as the spiritual army, the warriors who assist My Holy Spirit in the war against the demonic enemies of My children. (Joel 2:11; Joel 3:1-3 and 4:9-11)
    The writer of the book of Hebrews was acquainted with the prophets and their writings.  He knew that the prophet Ezekiel was granted a view into My heaven and observed My Holy Spirit and His angels doing their ministry in the earth of battling against evil and bringing My kingdom of heaven into the lives of My children.  (Ezekiel 1:12 and 20.)
     In the letter the writer said that My children should turn their minds attentively to what they had been taught so that they did not drift away from the Truth.  He wrote that if the old Law which had been made through angels proved to be so true that every infringement brought punishment, then My children must think about the punishment that comes if My children neglect the greater salvation that came through Christ Jesus.  The original promise came from Me, that I would come and live inside of My children, and it was guaranteed by those prophets who heard Me, was attested to by the people who heard the words of Christ and observed His many miracles of signs and wonders of all kinds, and also by My freely giving to My children the gifts of My Holy Spirit. (Hebrews 2:1-4) 
   Again the writer contrasted the ministry of angels with My Own Son, saying that angels were not appointed by Me to rule the world to come.  He quoted scripture that said that even though Christ was made lower than the angels by coming to earth in the flesh of a man, I still crowed Him with honor and glory and put Him in charge of everything.  If I put Him in charge of everything, then there is nothing which is not under His command.  He experienced death for all mankind so that He would bring many of My children into glory so that everything would be made perfect through Him who suffered so that My children would receive My Holy Spirit.  I inspired the writer to write that the One who sanctifies and those people who are sanctified are One, of the same stock, and that is why Christ calls His believers "My brothers".  He never referred to the angels as brothers because they are servants, sent to aid the people who are heirs of salvation. (Hebrews 1:14)  Christ Jesus purchased salvation for My children and I send My angels to aid them on their path to salvation.  
    The death of Christ Jesus and His visit to hell, plus His resurrection from the dead caused Him to take away the power of the devil who had the power of death. As a result, Christ set free all those of My children who had been held as slaves all of their lives to the devil by the fear of death.  (Hebrews 2:14-15)   Christ did not take on the likeness of angels but instead He took on the likeness of a human being, so as to be like them.  He had to become completely like His brothers so that He could be a compassionate and trustworthy minister of My salvation, able to pay for the sins of the whole world.  Because He was also tempted by the devil, He was more equipped to help the people who are also tempted. (Hebrews 2:16-18)
   The writer of the book of Hebrews felt that it was important at the beginning of the book to establish the honor and glory that I give to My Son Christ Jesus and the appreciation that I give to the angels whom I created to be servants to aid My children in their battle against evil.  Christ is My Son and the angels are His servants and your servants as an inheritor of My salvation.  The felt that My children must turn their thoughts to Christ instead of looking to the angels as being the way to salvation. 
   His concern was that the believers who were returning to the religious Law as a means of salvation were overlooking the fact that that first covenant was administered through the angels while My new covenant of the Holy Spirit is administered through My Son Christ Jesus.  There is a huge difference.   My new covenant of the Holy Spirit has My power to refuse evil and to hear My voice and obey it.  There was no power in the old Law since the reason for it was to merely identify the works of the devil in the earth.  They were required to keep all of the Law.  The real reason for the Law was never realized by the Jews who treasured it as a means of salvation.  They even used the Law to condemn and judge My Son Jesus Christ who disobeyed the Law in order to minister My love and healing to My children.
    Learn this valuable truth so that you will not yield to the devil's temptation to return to the Law as an aid to salvation, thus making the ministry of Christ Jesus of no effect.
   All of My salvation came through Christ Jesus and is now ministered through My Holy Spirit who is Lord in the earth.  (I Corinthians 3:17; II Corinthians 3: 17-18)  
    Your Father of the Divine Plan

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