Kamis, 24 September 2015

Roh tujuh-lapis (Sevenfold Spirit of the Holy Ghost) berkerja agar mereka yang tertulis namanya dalam buku kehidupan dapat bertumbuh-percaya dan mengenali Roh Tuhan yang Mahakudus....


                                 

Lalu berfirmanlah Ia: "Dengarlah firman-Ku ini. Jika di antara kamu ada seorang nabi, maka Aku, Tuhan menyatakan diri-Ku kepadanya dalam penglihatan, Aku berbicara dengan dia dalam mimpi.(Bilangan 12:6)

Dalam mimpi, dalam penglihatan waktu malam, bila orang nyenyak tidur, bila berbaring di atas tempat tidur,maka Ia membuka telinga manusia dan mengejutkan mereka dengan teguran-teguranuntuk menghalangi manusia dari pada perbuatannya, dan melenyapkan kesombongan orang,untuk menahan nyawanya dari pada liang kubur, dan hidupnya dari pada maut oleh lembing.(Ayub 33:15-18)

"Kemudian dari pada itu akan terjadi, bahwa Aku akan mencurahkan Roh-Ku ke atas semua manusia, maka anak-anakmu laki-laki dan perempuan akan bernubuat; orang-orangmu yang tua akan mendapat mimpi, teruna-terunamu akan mendapat penglihatan-penglihatan.Juga ke atas hamba-hambamu laki-laki dan perempuan akan Kucurahkan Roh-Ku pada hari-hari itu."(Yoel 2:28-29).

"Jikalau Penghibur yang akan Kuutus dari Bapa datang, yaitu Roh Kebenaran yang keluar dari Bapa, Ia akan bersaksi tentang Aku."(Yohanes 15:26).

"Tetapi apabila Ia datang, yaitu Roh Kebenaran, Ia akan memimpin kamu ke dalam seluruh kebenaran; sebab Ia tidak akan berkata-kata dari diri-Nya sendiri, tetapi segala sesuatu yang didengar-Nya itulah yang akan dikatakan-Nya dan Ia akan memberitakan kepadamu hal-hal yang akan datang."(Yohanes 16:14).

"Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorang pun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku."(Yohanes 14:6).

"Masa keamanan akan tiba bagimu; kekayaan yang menyelamatkan ialah hikmat dan pengetahuan; takut akan Tuhan, itulah harta benda Sion."(Yesaya 33:6)

PSALM 19: 1-6. (NRSCVE)



1 The "heavens" are telling the glory of God; and the "firmament [skies]" proclaims his handiwork ["name"].  2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.  3 There is no speech, nor are there words;  their voice is not heard;   4 yet their voice [b] goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens[c] he has set a tent for the Sun 5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. 6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them;  and nothing is hid from its heat  (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, Psalm 19: 1-6)



    Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63). If you interpret scripture purely literally, you might end up as a weather forecaster or a mere admirer of NASA. However, if you view these passages as spiritual words or prophetic lyrics, you need the Holy Spirit to unfold them to you. Even when we know their spiritual meanings, our intellects may still be tempted to search for prophesied literal "signs." Merely understanding a prophecy in part brings us no satisfaction, as our inability to discern these signs leaves us unsatisfied. Yet, if we understand neither the literal nor the spiritual meanings, we will miss the clues pointing to His Second Coming.

    We need the Father of all spirits to teach us His Word. Jesus said, "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you" (John 14:26). If we can hear the Spirit, we can "hear" and "see" the Spirit within the "firmament" and the "heavens." It is this Spirit of the firmament and heavens that declares His glory and proclaims His handiwork—His name and His mission.

    Seeing the sun in a spiritual vision, for example, conveys a completely different message than staring at the literal sun in the sky. The literal skies and heavens provide hints for predicting weather—whether cosmic space weather or atmospheric conditions on Earth. In contrast, the "heavens" and "skies" we perceive in spiritual visions or scripture reveal the true handiwork and divine mission of His hands.

    The atmospheric conditions and luminaries of the sky allow us to predict natural weather, but the spiritual scriptures concerning the heavens enable us to discern God's divine handiwork across the past, present, and future. The passage in Matthew 24:29, therefore, reveals the 'spirit realms' of the heavens and the firmament: the firmament portends the work of Judgment, and His name is the Judge who judges with equity. Likewise, Zechariah 14:5–7, Psalm 50:4, 6, Revelation 6:12–13, and Genesis 8:21–22 all reveal these same divine missions.





Reference

The Bible. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. National Council of Churches, 1989. Bible Gateway, biblegateway.com. Accessed 24 Sept. 2015.









Proverbs 20:27, the spirit of man is like the lamp of God....


      

    A human spirit that has been purified by the Word, upon entering the presence of the Spirit of God (the Face of God), will be anointed—or its "wick" ignited—by the holy fire of the Holy Spirit. Christ declared, "Blessed are the pure in heart (the spirit's wick), for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). The word "blessed" signifies a heavenly grace. 

    Humanity possesses no intrinsic power to experience true "blessedness." Such "blessedness" can only be tasted by the fallen descendants of mankind through the grace imparted by the operation of the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit: The Word of God.

    In the presence of the Holy Spirit—or in "seeing God"—the wick of the human spirit is set ablaze, casting its light throughout the entire spiritual body. This spirit-wick (the spiritual heart) can also function and burn like a lamp during spiritual encounters with other spirits, even those that do not belong to the realm of God.

    However, such spiritual encounters will only convey the reality of the specific spirits interacting with our spiritual hearts. In other words, the human spirit was inherently created like a lamp: in the presence of the Holy Spirit, its wick is ignited by holy fire; likewise, in the presence of other spirit beings, its wick may burn, but the fire is unholy. 

    In the absence of any spiritual entities, our spirit—encased in physical flesh—perceives surrounding reality solely through the five senses centered in the brain, alongside awareness of its nervous system's functions. Therefore, if we perceive a spirit creature such as ---, it indicates that our spirit-wick is engaging in a spiritual encounter with the present spirit, as perceived through the eyes of the spirit.


     The spirit of man must be pure in order to become the lampstand of the descending Holy Spirit.  Thus, Jesus said, "be perfect, therefore, as My Father in heaven is perfect."  Jesus was not exhorting the believers to equate themselves with the Holiness of God. He was simply unfolding the nature of the business in entering the pure (perfect) door of His Presence.  

    You must be likened the pure gold lampstand in order to enter the presence of the pure tongue of fire. And ones must be continually meditating the "Way," if one's desire to enter His Presence; it is the Word that enables every believer to be approved into the business of "entering:" prayer. "Enter your own chamber ('deep'~spirit), for the Lord is descending"

     Jesus revealed "apart from Me, you can do nothing." Apart from the Sacred Cross you can't be the pure gold lampstand. You must be clothed with the perfect garment cleansed by the blood of Jesus. The perfect garment made from the Word presaged right from the beginning when Adam saw the perfection of the animal-skin garment made from the spoken Word of the Divine.  

     Jesus was the spoken words of the Divine (John 1: 1) in the Old Testament.  If we see the perfection of the garment made from the spoken words of the Divine just like Adam who saw the divine-made garment which was far better off compared to his woven-fig-leaves covering, then we would joyfully believe in the One whom the Father hath sent. The free 'gift' for the wounded men to be healed.  Thus, His blood is the perfect cleansing power that enables every follower to be the pure gold lampstand; they put on the holy linen tunic for their spirits by asking Christ to cleanse their spiritual hearts.

The spirit of man is like the lamp
of God (the 'wick' of the spirit is
aflamed when it is cleansed by
the sacred blood of Jesus.)


Christ was foreshadowed by the tangible Menorah
in Torah ~see Exodus 25: 32-35.  When
you see the menorah upward into heaven, then
you will see the reality of the Spirit as revealed in Revelation 1: 12-16 and Revelation 21: 23.


     Every believer's spirit function to be 'holy of holiest' chamber or the lamp stand for the descending Holy Spirit. Therefore, each believer would be exhorted, and disciplined like the seven lampstands (churches-'spirits of the believers') in Asia Minor (Rev.2-3). The Law was the Word of God that became Christ. All Divine Law are the spoken Words of God. "8 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law" (Psalm 119: 8).  The wonderful things of the Law are Christ's handiworks.  "My spoken words are Spirit," said Jesus Christ.  And that Spirit embodied as Christ. Therefore, all Mosaic Laws are revealing Christ and divine holiness.  They (the Old Testament House of Jacob) observed the Law; thus, they were acquainted with Divine Holiness.  

     The New Covenant believers do not live according to the Laws because they are given the Way, the Door, and the Key to be the pure golden lampstands for the pure tongue of fire; "14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5: 14). That tongue of fire is the presence of God. Therefore, they enter the spiritual relationship with Christ. The previous spoken words in the form of Law (Mosaic Law), later became the embodied Son of the Most of High, fulfilling the Divine spoken words: the prophecies, the Laws and the Psalms.

     When the Light of the Holy Spirit on our wicks of our spirits unfolds the Laws, we sigh "...ah, the shadows of Christ's mission; the divine spoken Word in the form of Laws." When they read Jesus' Word in Luke 24:44, they say "Amen" because they see that Christ in the flesh was the Divine handiwork in saving/redeeming the wounded men.  Thus, they chose not to be enslaved by the Letters, but they chose to meet the Divine Spirit, and they saw the splendor, consuming-fire realities of His holiness. They entered the spiritual relationship "Deep calls deep" as husband and wife.

     Supposed that we called upon the presence (face) of the Holy Ghost, then we must follow the Way, the Door, and the Key in entering His Presence. Therefore, without wisdom, understanding and knowledge, it would be impossible to present ourselves as the righteous lamp-stands for the ever presence of the Holy Ghost.  And, if we do not embrace the Way like "a branch and the true Vine," then surely, we would not understand how to enter into our own chambers, then -- into His presence: the royal priesthood.


Threefold hearts within a man: the design that continuously marred by our sins

     Every man has three hearts; the physical heart, the heart of the soul, and the spiritual heart.  Though the health of our physical hearts is interweaved with the other two hearts, every professing Christian does have general knowledge concerning healthy foods for the heart, and healthy lifestyles as well, in optimizing its functions.  Our hearts of the souls are healthy by practicing love and forgiveness. 

    Whereas our spiritual hearts are purified by the faithful power of love and forgiveness by the Lamb of God. Thus, we would only deal with our heart of the soul, and the heart of the spirit in doing the business of "entering" into the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Most of us do not only concern about the spiritual heart, but also, we are lacking Wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

     Without His presence (the 'face' of God), our spiritual hearts wouldn't be caught up into the flow of the "Spirit of prayer."  If there is no Light, then there would be no lamp unto your feet, and no Light for your path. If the Holy Ghost has seemingly lifted up His presence from our wicks of the spirits, then ones shall learn to be content in trusting His "name." 

    What does "trusting in his name" mean as in Isaiah 50: 10? In prophecy, divine-revealed "name" simply means "divine mission." Thus, the absence of His presence (empowerment), demands the followers, who have "fears of the Lord," to put their trust in His 'name.'