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Enter Into His Rest
Christ Our Passover, Christ Our Sabbath, Christ Our Rest!!
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be
a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for
us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven
of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he
said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest:
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,
And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and
they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of
unbelief:
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after
so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have
spoken of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
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For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to
enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of
unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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What can you take with you?
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When you leave this earth, death after the flesh, the only things
you can take with you is,
Your works only
Luke 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do
in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in
my blood, which is shed for you.
21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man
by whom he is betrayed!
Matthew 11::27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth
the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and
he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28 "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will
give you rest.
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Rest is to be found only in subjection to
the Father's will. This is the secret of present rest
for our souls. This is the secret of Millennial
peace and blessing for the earth.
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Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and
learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Luke 6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the
Sabbath.
Mark 2:27 And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for
the Sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest.
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the
Sabbath days:
How simple! and yet what strangers we are to this rest! How the
Lord's servants are rushing hither and thither to find this great blessing, and
yet do not enter into it!
Why is this? It is because we do not believe that His
will is better than our own?
If we were occupied with the Lord instead of with ourselves,
with the Blesser instead of with our "blessing," we should soon have such a
sense of His grace and glory and power as would convince us that His will is
better than ours.
Then, instead of being busy with ourselves and enquiring how we
are to give up our will, we should see that His is so good that we really loathe
our own, and desire only His.
This blessing is not gained by any "act of surrender" or "act of
faith," but our own will simply vanishes in the contemplation of his will as we
see it to be all-gracious and all-good.
Man's modern methods all begin at the wrong end. They begin with
ourselves, they occupy us with ourselves, and hence the failure. The Divine
method puts "God First," and thus the end is assured.
It is when our hearts are so before God and so with God, that we
learn the wondrous wisdom of His way.
The perfection, sweetness, and blessedness of His will.
We yearn to possess it, we long for it, and desire to come into
its joy; and our own will vanishes without an effort, and without our knowing
it, until we discover afterwards what has happened by a happy experience.
In Millennial days this will be the blessing of the whole earth.
For in that day there shall be one King, one will,
"one Lord, and His name one."
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:23-24
"The LORD bless thee and
keep thee (the Father)
The LORD make His face shine
upon thee; and be gracious unto thee (the Son);
The LORD lift up His countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace" (the Holy Spirit).
As we have in the number one the sovereignty of
the one God; and in two the second person, the Son,
the great Deliverer; so in "three" we
have the third person, the Holy Spirit, marking and completing "the
fullness of the Godhead."
This word "fullness" is
remarkable, occurring only three times, and in connection with
the Three Persons of the Trinity:
Ephesians 3:19, "The fullness of God.
Ephesians 4:13, "The fullness of Christ."
Colossians 2:9, "The fullness of the
Godhead."
The "fullness" was manifested
visibly in Christ, and is communicated by the Holy Spirit, for it is a fullness
of which we receive by His mighty power (John 1:16).
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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