ONCE UPON A TIME : A TRUE STORY : PART 2
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Last Updated : July 23, 2006
Washed In Blood Of The Lamb, Clothed In White Linen, Temple
Veil, Paul's Revelations, Spiritual Blindness, Jesus Came To
Give Sight, Paul's Sight Restored, Jews' Blindness, Fulness
Of Gentiles, Vail Removed From The Jews, The Tabernacle And
Temple Rituals, Our Relationship Restored, Jesus' Flesh Is
The Torn Veil, Our Bridal Veil, Jealous Michal, The Bride's
Jealous Sister, Stubbornness And Rebellion, Keep Our Garment
I concluded part one of this series by explaining how the
sacrificial offering of an unblemished lamb in the Old
Testament, was merely a foreshadow of realities to come in
the New Testament with the Final Sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
the one true Lamb of God. The New Testament writers such as
Peter, Paul and John used this Old Testament symbolism, in
order to explain to their followers how the traditions of
the Elders, which were still carried out until 70 A.D. when
the Temple was finally destroyed, were no longer necessary.
They confirmed that it is only in the Blood of Jesus Christ
that we find liberation from the Law, as well as Salvation.
Consider the following verses. Notice again that in the
first verse, the Apostle Paul also mentions the coming
Regeneration which I discussed in part one:
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" (Titus 3:5)
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to
come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by
the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats,
and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more
shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?"
(Hebrews 9:11-14)
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But
with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last
times for you," (1 Peter 1:18-20)
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)
"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of
the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our
sins in his own blood," (Revelation 1:5)
Those of us who have accepted the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
have already been clothed in our wedding attire; that is, in
the Garment of Salvation mentioned by the Prophet Isaiah.
This Robe of Righteousness, as it is also called, is further
described for us in the following verses found in the Book
of Revelation:
"He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white
raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of
life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and
before his angels." (Revelation 3:5)
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that
thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
(Revelation 3:18)
"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the
altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God,
and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a
loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on
the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of
them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet
for a little season, until their fellowservants also and
their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should
be fulfilled." (Revelation 6:9-11)
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
(Revelation 7:9)
"And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine
linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints." (Revelation 19:8)
While we have discussed the Garment of Salvation and the
Robe of Righteousness, as is only befitting for the Lord's
Bride, there is something else which we must wear in order
to be properly prepared for our Celestial Wedding Feast. At
the beginning of this series, I shared the following verses
from the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew:
"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded
up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did
quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and
many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of
the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy
city, and appeared unto many." (Matthew 27:50-53)
What I would like to call to your attention in the previous
verses, is the fact that the Temple veil was torn in half at
the time of Christ's Crucifixion. This topic of the veil is
actually very profound, and not too many people are fully
aware of its significance. As the Apostle Paul explains to
us, being as Jesus was the Final Sacrifice, the Temple veil
being torn at the time of His Death, shows that from that
moment on, Temple sacrifices were no longer necessary as a
step towards Salvation. From reading Paul's Epistles, it
becomes quite apparent that the Lord had indeed revealed
some deep spiritual truths to him, as Paul himself admits in
the following verses:
"But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it
of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of
Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:11-12)
Of course, as I explain in the article 'Biblical Cafeteria,
Or The Whole Course?', Paul hadn't always been blessed with
such a wonderful gift for understanding the Word of the
Lord. Prior to his life-changing encounter with the Lord on
the road to Damascus, Paul was a spiritually blind Pharisee;
who in his own self-righteous rage, went about persecuting,
arresting and slaying the First Disciples; exactly as the
Scribes and the Pharisees had persecuted and killed Jesus a
short time before. The Lord clearly exposed the spiritual
blindness and callous hearts of His religious persecutors in
verses such as the following:
"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if
the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
(Matthew 15:14)
"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall
swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall
swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools
and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?...Ye fools and blind: for whether
is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the
gift?...Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow
a camel...Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also." (Matthew 23:16-17, 19, 24, 26)
"...Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall
into the ditch?" (Luke 6:39b)
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
should be reproved." (John 3:19-20)
While Jesus harshly condemned His self-righteous enemies who
rejected the Spiritual Light which He offered them, from the
very beginning of His Earthly Ministry, He let it be known
that He had come to give both physical and spiritual sight
to the blind. When the writings of the Prophet Isaiah were
handed to Him in the synagogue of His hometown of Nazareth,
the Lord read the following Scriptures, and made this
startling announcement:
"And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet
Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place
where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach
the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and
he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes
of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture
fulfilled in your ears." (Luke 4:17-21)
In the Apostle Paul's case, it wasn't until three days after
the Damascus incident, that his physical sight was restored
at the hands of dear brother Ananias. By that time, the Lord
must have already performed the spiritual healing of Paul's
soul as well. Paul was undoubtedly terribly shaken up and
filled with fear, or reverence, for the Lord, after his face
to face encounter with the resurrected Jesus; after all, it
is a fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the living God!
We find the story in Acts chapter nine:
"And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even
Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest,
hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be
filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from
his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight
forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had
received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain
days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And
straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is
the Son of God." (Acts 9:17-20)
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God." (Hebrews 10:31)
It was because the Apostle Paul was wonderfully freed from
his own spiritual blindness, that he was soon able to begin
his own ministry; in which he tried to free others from the
same; particularly his own Jewish brethren. In fact, as the
previous verses demonstrate, the Lord had given Paul such a
spiritual kick in the pants, that the minute that he was
healed of his blindness, he immediatey began to preach Jesus
in Damascus; until he was finally forced to flee for his
life some three years later. I encourage you to read the
article 'Biblical Cafeteria, Or The Whole Course?' for more
details regarding the highlights of Paul's amazing life.
Concerning his endeavors to free others from the spiritual
blindness and bondage to the Law of which he himself had
been a victim, consider the following verses found in some
of Paul's Epistles:
"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of
this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in." (Romans 11:25)
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
"This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is
in them, because of the blindness of their heart:"
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
"Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness
of speech: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the
end of that which is abolished: But their minds were
blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken
away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done
away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read,
the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord
is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty." (2 Corinthians 3:12-17)
As I explain in such articles as 'Is God A Racist?', 'The
Woman In The Wilderness And The 144,000' and 'The Great
Tribulation And The Rapture', while spiritual blindness has
indeed fallen upon the Jews for the past two thousand years,
and while I have not hestitated to expose this blindness in
quite a few of my articles, we must also realize, that in
His Divine Wisdom, God has purposely allowed this to happen
for the benefit of we Gentiles. As Paul states in his letter
to the Romans, it is because the Jews rejected, persecuted
and killed Jesus Christ, and the First Century Disciples,
that some of them were eventually forced out of Israel, and
into the Gentile nations of the world. It is in this way
that we Gentiles, who comprise the vast majority of the
world's population, have heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This is what Paul means when he says 'until the fulness of
the Gentiles be come in'. He is referring to the harvest of
souls; the very same harvest I mentioned in part one of this
series.
As I explain in the aforementioned articles, eventually,
after a great deal of suffering, and probably after a major
war with the Muslim nations around them, in which they will
suffer a dismal defeat, a small percentage of the Jews will
be saved. Consider Paul's additional comments on this topic:
"And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them,
when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel,
they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the
election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the
gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye
in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief: Even so have these also now
not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain
mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he
might have mercy upon all." (Romans 11:26-32)
As Paul states in the previous verses from his Epistle to
the Corinthians, and as I point out in many of my articles,
the only way this spiritual blindness, or vail, will ever be
removed from the eyes and hearts of the Jews, is through
their acceptance of Jesus Christ. Only then will the Jews
receive spiritual sight, and they will be freed from the
bondage of the Mosaic Law. This is the very same sight and
spiritual liberty which Jesus promised the Jews through His
reading of the prophecies of Isaiah. In that particular
case, because they were unable to receive His message of
liberation, and even considered it to be blasphemous, they
tried to throw Him over a cliff:
"And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these
things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him
out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill
whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down
headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his
way," (Luke 4:28-30)
Once the Jews do accept Christ, as with the Apostle Paul,
the scales will fall from their eyes, and they will be able
to see plainly all of the wonderful prophetic promises of
Salvation found in the Old Testament regarding the Birth,
Life, Ministry, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Thank the Lord that this has already begun to happen as is
witnessed by the Jews For Jesus and the Messianic Jews now
found in the United States of America and elsewhere. In
discussing the deep symbolism behind the Temple veil being
torn, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, Paul explains how the
Tabernacle and Temple rituals, and the veil which separated
the outer sanctuary from the inner Holy of Holies, were
foreshadows of much better things to come; that being of
course the Final Sacrifice made by our High Priest, Jesus
Christ. Consider the following verses:
"For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the
candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is
called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Which had the
golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat;
of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these
things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the
first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into
the second went the high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the
errors of the people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that
the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest,
while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a
figure for the time then present, in which were offered both
gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which
stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and
carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of
reformation. But Christ being come an high priest of good
things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own
blood he entered in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption for us." (Hebrews 9:2-12)
"Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs
of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by
an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was
impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the
hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that
within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered,
even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec." (Hebrews 6:17-20)
Notice in the first set of verses, Paul tells us that the
Tabernacle and Temple rituals, including the daily and the
yearly sacrifices, were foreordained by God 'until the time
of reformation'. That is a very interesting phrase, because
once we understand the Greek origin of this word, we begin
to realize that Paul is talking about how Jesus restored our
relationship with God, which had been broken since the days
of the Garden of Eden. The word 'reformation' is derived
from the Greek word 'diorthosis', which in a physical sense
means a making straight, restoring to its natural and normal
condition something which in some way protrudes or has got
out of line, as broken or misshapen limbs. Isn't that what
Christ did for us through His Sacrifice on the Cross? As
Paul states, having passed through the veil once, in order
to enter the Holy of Holies, Jesus Christ has become our
eternal High Priest; and He has 'obtained eternal redemption
for us'.
In the following verses, Paul makes it even clearer for us,
by telling us that the reason that the Temple veil was torn
in half, is because through His flesh and blood Sacrifice,
Jesus has made the Final Offering for sin; and thus He has
given us direct access to God the Father once again. He
tells us to approach the Father with 'boldness' and 'in full
assurance of faith'. In fact, it appears that Paul is saying
that Jesus has replaced the Temple veil with His own flesh:
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those
days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of
these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water." (Hebrews 10:16-22)
This makes perfect sense when you consider the fact that
Jesus said such things as the following during His Earthly
Ministry. These teachings were so profound, and in fact so
misunderstood, that some of the early disciples left off
from following after Him. They simply did not possess the
spiritual eyes and ears to understand what He was really
trying to tell them. It was simply beyond their limited
human understand. Thank the Lord that our eyes have since
been fully opened to these truths:
"I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the
wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I
am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread
that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life
of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves,
saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye
have no life in you. 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. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent
me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he
shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from
heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he
that eateth of this bread shall live for ever."
(John 6:48-58)
So you see, through the flesh and blood Sacrifice of Jesus
Christ, in a symbolic sense, as the Bride of Christ, we have
put on our Garment of Salvation, our Robe of Righteousness,
and our Bridal Veil; for He does indeed represent all three
of these. Having done this by faith, we have been properly
prepared to meet our future Husband; and what a joyous day
it will be when the Prince of Peace returns to rescue His
Lady Fair from the Beast, from the servants of his Kingdom
of Darkness, and from the jaws of the dragon which lurks in
the sea! Our Valiant Prince will ride victoriously upon His
white steed, as He brandishes His white-hot Sword of the
Spirit, and cuts His adversaries to pieces; and then they
shall become food for the fowls of the air, and for the
burning flames of the Lake of Fire!
Having now revealed to you the identity of the Lord's virgin
Bride, His Elect Lady, and having explained to you the deep
symbolism behind her wedding attire, it is important that I
issue a warning to you; and that warning is this: Just like
in some of the worldly fairy tales which are told to young
children as bedtime stories, Jesus' Bride-To-Be has a very
jealous sister. Before I tell you who she is, let me share a
short story with you found in the Old Testament. This story
involves King Saul's daughter, Michal, who became extremely
jealous when her husband, King David, joyously danced before
the Lord, and and before the maidens of Israel, with hardly
a piece of clothing on:
"And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David,
Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king
David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised
him in her heart. And they brought in the ark of the LORD,
and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that
David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the LORD. And as soon as David
had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of
hosts. And he dealt among all the people, even among the
whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to
every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a
flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his
house. Then David returned to bless his household. And
Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and
said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who
uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth
himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD,
which chose me before thy father, and before all his house,
to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over
Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. And I will
yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of
them shall I be had in honour. Therefore Michal the daughter
of Saul had no child unto the day of her death."
(2 Samuel 6:16-23)
As you can see, because of her jealous attitude, Michal was
struck barren by the Lord, and was never blessed with any
children. This blessing was later given to Bathsheba, who
became the mother of King Solomon, King David's heir to the
throne. Just like Michal, this sister of the Lord's Bride is
also extremely jealous. It isn't that she too wasn't chosen
to be a part of the Prince's Bride, it is that she simply
rejected His offer. Like Michal of old, this jealous sister
was embarrassed when the Prince came to Earth almost two
thousand years ago and associated Himself with the riffraff
of society. In her pride, she thought that she was too good
for Him, and even better than Him; therefore, she too has
been cursed barren by the Lord; just like Michal.
While the jealous sister considers her pride and rebellion
against the Prince of Peace to be a light thing, the kingly
Father views her sins as being very serious. Consider the
following verses from the first Book of Samuel:
"And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to
hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from being king." (1 Samuel 15:22-23)
This sly sister is not only jealous, but she also has a very
treacherous heart; so much so, that she has already tricked
many people into believing that she is still the true Bride
and the Chosen One, but this is the furthest thing from the
truth. If it were possible, she would even try to steal her
sister's Wedding Garment and Bridal Veil so that she can be
given in marriage to her own prince; that is why the true
Bride must be very careful. The Lord warned His true Bride
of these very things when He said:
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and
keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his
shame." (Revelation 16:15)
Exactly what does the Lord mean by keeping our garments? In
the Biblical context, the word 'keep' has two meanings. In
this New Testament verse, it is derived from the Greek word
'tereo', pronounced tay-reh'-o, the primary meanings of
which are to attend to carefully, to take care of, or to
guard. As we can deduce from my earlier explanation of what
this garment actually signifies, that is, that it is our
Garment of Salvation, in one sense, keeping our garments
means to lay hold upon Eternal Life, by remaining free from
sin through our faith in Jesus Christ. Only in this way can
we be found without spot or blemish in the Lord's Eyes.
Consider the following verses:
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses...Laying up in store for
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life." (1 Timothy 6:12, 19)
"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible
for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have
fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:"
(Hebrews 6:18)
In a second sense, which is really an extension of the
first, keeping our garments also means that we need to take
care of our Wedding Garment; and the way we do this is by
keeping ourselves clean and unspotted, or uncontaminated,
from the things of the world. We keep our garment clean. I
have spoken about this in quite a few other articles. Allow
me to emphasize this point by sharing the following verses
with you:
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
(Matthew 6:24)
"If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out
of the world, therefore the world hateth you."
(John 15:19)
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you," (2 Corinthians 6:17)
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
(Philippians 2:15)
"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all
things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment
without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord
Jesus Christ:" (1 Timothy 6:13-14)
"No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of
this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be
a soldier." (2 Timothy 2:4)
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of
God." (James 4:4)
"Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be
diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot,
and blameless." (2 Peter 3:14)
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is
not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is
not of the Father, but is of the world." (1 John 2:15-16)
In the final installment of this series, we will continue
our discussion on what it means to keep our garments. Topics
included will be the Parable of the Ten Virgins, our sister
marries the wrong prince, deception by the false prince, our
jealous sister struck barren, symbolism of the fig tree, the
children of Hell, spiritual nakedness, the coming Temple
worship and the false messiah, the self-righteousness of
Judaism, the Veil lifted and kiss the Son, and the wall of
partition removed. I trust that you will join me.
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