THE BEGINNING OF THE MIRACLES OF JESUS CHRIST, THE OPENING BOOK

11-26-17 This message may be viewed live streaming video at www.tabernacleofmoses.org commencing today Sunday at 11:00 am, and repeated 24/7 for one week; thereafter, the video, audio, and study notes are archived.

The brightness of our revelations depend upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building blocks)

 

(John 2:1,2)  And the third day [1,2] [after Jesus was baptized in the river Jordan, symbolizing the third day resurrection] [3] there was a marriage in Cana [Heb: reediness, place of reeds] [4] of Galilee [Heb: the heathen circle]; and the mother [Mary] of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples [Gk: learners, pupils], to the marriage [a “melding” (bonding, healing) together of two individuals into one entity] [fig., a “melding” of us and Jesus Christ into “one”].

1.     (2 Pet 3:8)  But, beloved, be not ignorant [Gk: unaware] of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2.     (Hosea 6:1-3)  Come, and let us return [be restored] unto the LORD: for he hath torn [us from Him, i.e., from the Garden of Eden, from a type and shadow of Heaven], and he will heal us [to Him, back into Heaven]; he hath smitten [Heb: wounded], and he will bind us up. After two days [after 2,000 thousand years] will he revive [Heb: to live: restore (to life), make whole] us: in the third day [within 3,000 years] he will raise us up [i.e., resurrect us], and we shall live [eternally] in his sight. Then shall we know [Heb: understand], if we follow on to [intimately] know the LORD: his going forth is prepared [certain] as the morning [Heb: dawn] [i.e., a fixed, sure thing]; and he shall come unto us as the rain [Heb: a shower] [of drops of water, symbolic of the blessings of the Holy Spirit], as the latter [Heb: spring] [New Testament] and former [Heb: autumn] [Old Testament] rain [together, as a deluge of blessings] unto the earth [unto us].

3.     (Mat 3:16,17)  And Jesus, when he was baptized [fig., with the “active” Fullness of the Holy Spirit], went up [Gk: arose, ascended] [fig., the Fullness is above us (Heaven)] straightway [Gk: immediately] out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him [as they shall be with us], and he [John] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove [Gk: a pigeon] [a], and lighting upon him [now Jesus the Christ]: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

a.     dove = Heb: a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating): pigeon /// effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implic. intoxication: banqueting. [happiness, joy, “light” Gen 1:3 ]

                                                             i.      Commentary: perhaps signifying by extension, the “mating” (“melding,” becoming one) of Jesus (representing us) and the Holy Spirit (representing God), thereby becoming Jesus the Christ [Gk: the anointed].

                                                           ii.      effervescent = Dict: 1. giving off gas bubbles [blessings, 522x]; bubbling up; foaming. 2. lively and high-spirited; vivacious.

                                                        iii.      vivacious = Dict: 1. full of life and animation; spirited; lively. 2. long-lived.

4.     Commentary: Prophecy fulfilling: The city of Cana of Galilee was located in the Promised Land west of the Sea of Galilee. Cana is a fulfilling type and shadow of the Red Sea (Exo 10:19; 13:18; 15:4) experience. The word “Red” is of Egyptian origin, meaning “a reed, especially the papyrus.” Papyrus was a tall water plant, dried and cross-compressed, that was commonly used to write upon (e.g., to write the Bible). When the Israelites hurriedly marched across the Red (reed) Sea while escaping from their Egyptian captivity (a symbol of the present hostile world system as we know it), the Red (reed) Sea was symbolically like a book (the Bible) that opened wide for the Isrealites escaping (1 Cor 10:13) from Egypt (the land of the unsaved), but closed deadly upon the pursuing (persecuting) Egyptians who were attempting to re-capture and/or kill them. Please note that the Isrealites marched in safety across the “whole” book (the Red Sea), before arriving at the Promised Land, i.e., Heaven.

a.     (Exo 14:22,23)  And the children of Israel went into the midst of the [Red] sea [the sea of reeds] upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall [Heb: a wall of protection] [“the washing of water by the word (Gk: rhema)” Eph 5:26] unto them on their right hand, and on their left [i.e., the open book]. And the Egyptians pursued [Heb: persecuted] [them], and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

b.     (Exo 14:28)  And the waters [symbol of the Holy Spirit] returned [the closed book, a type and shadow of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ], and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

(John 2:3-5)  And when they wanted [Gk: to fall short (be deficient): lacked] wine [another symbol of the Holy Spirit] [1], the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it [those are the last words of Mary in the Bible; i.e., wise counsel].

1.     wine = Gk: wine (literally or figuratively). (or perhaps of Hebrew origin) Heb: effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implic. intoxication: banqueting. [happiness, joy, “light” Gen 1:3]

2.     (John 7:37-39)  In the last day, that great day of the feast [of tabernacles, “the feast of ingathering” Exo 23:16; 34:22], Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me [a,b], and drink. He that believeth on me [“who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me” Amplif. Bible], as the scripture hath said, out of his belly [“Out from his innermost being” Amplif.] shall flow [“continuously” Amplif.] rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should [“afterward” Amplif.] receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified [raised to honor, magnified].)

a.     (John 16:7)  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient [Gk: good, profitable] for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter [the Holy Spirit] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

b.     (John 1:14)  And the Word [of God, the Bible] was made flesh [in Jesus Christ], and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace [“favor, loving-kindness” Amplif.] and truth.

c.      (Mat 26:26-28)  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread [the logos Word], and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup [of wine, the rhema Word], and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission [forgiveness] of sins.

3.     (John 12:23)  And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come [refer: “mine hour is not yet come” John 2:4], that the Son of man should be glorified [raised to honor, magnified].

 

 

Amen