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Declaring Christ

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Declaring Christ
By The Watchman, Dana G Smith
Keywords: Christ, Jesus, Word, Yahweh, Yeshua, Messiach, Messiah, Son of God

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I stood in the hall of the Hospital as he approached. He was an older man, graying hair that formed into a pony tail in the back. He came directly to me. As He came up, he spoke as if he knew I was a believer. After some small talk about seeing me around, he said, “I died and went to heaven. I stood in front of the throne, there was God the Father and Jesus on standing on the side of him.” He told me of his wife and her trouble with collapsed lungs. “The Lord told me I would never again be sick” he said looking me in the eye. “Did you know that Jesus never did say he was God?” He waited for a response as I looked him in the eye. “You can look it up, nowhere does he say, he was God!” After a few seconds, he took off, as quick as he came up to me. I saw him only once more while I was there, but he did not give me a second glance. Now while many people such as this one have had a dream or experience, the truth is revealed in scripture. It is our final source of authority. What is written and who writes it, and under what inspiration is it? The Word of God, given to us, through the Prophets and Apostles, are given as a record and testimony to the Christ, the Son of God. It is this authority, written under God-breathed inspiration to us which should formulate for us as to what is true or not. It is not to be dictated by a dream, vision, or even a miracle we may see.

The Testimony of Christ, What did he say?

I have heard others use that same phrase, “Jesus never did say he was God”, to say Jesus was not God. There is no doubt that some people do not understand how to begin with this idea. First, let me say, Jesus did not come to testify that he was God, only that he was the Son of God, revealing the Father. Second let me also say, the word Jesus is our English transliteration for the greek is IESOUS and is the Hebrew Yehoshua or Yeshua, meaning ‘Yahweh saves’. Christ (Christos) is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Messiah, Massiach or Mashiah, meaning ‘anointed’. So if you were on the streets of Jerusalem and saw a young preacher who many thought was the ‘anointed one’, they would not call him Jesus, nor would he respond to your calling him Jesus. That said, today in the English speaking world, we call the Jewish Messiah, the son of David, the son of God, Jesus. His Hebrew title would be Yeshua HaMassiach or Ha Massiah, meaning “Yahweh saves’, the anointed one.

Jesus did tell the Jews in John Eight, verse twenty-four b, saying “ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” In this passage, Jesus was directly referring to the prophets who spoke of the coming Messiah. In looking at this, let us see first what the Apostle John had to say about this Christ, the son of God. John describes, as does the Apostle Paul of Jesus being at the beginning of Creation, and not only being there, but instrumental in its creation.

John 1:1  ¶In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2  The same was in the beginning with God.
3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In the above phrase the Apostle John uses the verbage ‘Word’, and capitalizes its first letter. The verbage ‘Word’ is used three times in the first sentence of John as an introduction to those who would read it and what the gospel of John would be about. The apostle flatly states in the first sentence and uses the verbage ‘Word’ as a proper name or title. This book, John wrote is about the ‘Word’ being made flesh. It is about the anointed one, the Christ. Thus, the verbage ‘Word’ is a title of Christ, and is capitalized meaning a proper name.

Thus emphasizing the diety of Christ and communication of who God is and what he is like. [Strongs 3056.]

The Apostle John says in chapter one, verse one “theos en ho logos”, meaning that the Logos or Word is God. In This first glimpse of the testimony of John, we find that the Word is God. Again let me emphasize that the verbage ‘Word’ is capitalized, meaning a name. It is a title, describing that the Word was with God in the very beginning, the Word was God, and nothing was made without him. God the Father, created all things, through the Word, whom we know as Christ Jesus. This alone makes the divinity of Christ as God a legitimate aspect of his being. That said, while he was God, he was also man.

John further recounts his testimony in his first epistle referring to Christ, as being “that which was from the beginning.” It was Christ, John refers to as also saying the one “which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of life.” This powerful testimony directly relates to John the first chapter.

1 John 1:1  ¶That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2  (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3  That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul calls him “the first born of all creation” Col 1:15. From the Messianic verse found in Psalms 89:27, which states “Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.”

The title “first born” does not mean that Christ himself was the first one created; what the title does mean is that Christ, existing as he did before all creation, exercises the privilege of primogeniture [Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son] as the Lord of all creation, the divinely appointed heir of all things. [Lectures in Systematic Theology, Thiessen, p209]

Hebrews 1:2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Ephesians 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
John 1:3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
1 Corinthians 8:6b one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Colossians 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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I Saw and Bore Record

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By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: John baptist, Jesus, Yeshua, Lamb of God, Son of God, Spirit of God, God, light, Word, logos, life, light, man
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The Messiah

“A dynamic testimony for anyone would be able to say, ‘I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God,’ but for us today, we live by faith and have not seen personally this Son of God, but we still believe, based on this testimony and others like it. For with this testimony, and the work of the Spirit of God, the anointing breaks open the darkness in our hearts to let in the light of the Gospel, the good news of salvation. That good news is, God sent forth his Son to save sinners, of which, I am; but thanks to God, through the ‘Lamb of God, I now have been rescued by the ‘blood of the covenant’.  God has also given us his Spirit, which bears witness in our hearts, that we are the children of God! ”

John 1:34  And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

Romans 8:16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

1 John 5:6  ¶This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

There are so many passages in the Word of God that stand out to me. The Word of God, reveals to us the very heart of God. Through His Spirit, it is made real, with the anointing that the Word has in itself.  One passage, or should I say section of scripture stands out today as I write this. I read this, say this, and meditate on it. It is the first thirty four verses of John.

We find that John writes of the ‘logos’, the eternal Word made flesh. Jesus, Yeshua, the Son of God was in the Word or ‘logos’ in the beginning, the Word or ‘logos’ with God, and the Word or ‘logos’ was God. John points out in these verses that the Word here, used three times in the first sentence was ‘in the beginning with God’. He uses that thought twice in two verses. He makes sure, led by the Holy Spirit to pin point what the whole ‘testimony’ will be about that he is writing. He is not just writing about a carpenters son born in Israel at the time of the Roman occupation. He is writing about the ‘Word or Logos’, the only begotten Son of God. The Man, and he uses the delineation of “by him”, “without him”, “In him”, was life and this life was the light of men!

The One who was God, was with God and all things were made by him. He created in the beginning as the ‘Son of God’, who God the Father worked with calling all things into existence.  Now the very One in the beginning was coming as ‘the only begotten of the Father’, full of ‘grace and truth’, revealing his glory to all. Now coming to Man whom he created, man received him not. Now coming to Israel whom God chose, his own rejected him But here John puts in a caveat Those who did receive, believe on, trust in, and follow, to these, “he gave the power and right to become the children or sons of God.”  It is a process where human efforts fail. Human religious expression fail. Human exercises in good will and works fail. All fail, for man was under the law condemned. Man was in sin, missing the mark, now the Son of God, the ‘lamb of God’, would take away that sin. He was on a mission for his Father, directed by the fullness of the Spirit, anointing, and the Father himself, Jesus Christ was, is, and always will be the ‘life’ which gives ‘light’. Note here that in him was ‘life’, that is, to bring to ‘life’ that which is decaying, going to die, and under penalty of death. To redeem them from a curse, from the devil, from themselves. He had ‘life’ in himself to do this. To give life, bring life, establish life, and to allow that life to shed ‘light’ on the darkened hearts of men and women so they would see the heavenly truth of Love. The love of the truth that the Father, our God, so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe on him [trust in , rely on, cling too] would not perish but have everlasting life [read whole context of John 3]. So important is this ‘love of the truth’ that in the last days the whole delusion upon the earth is a ‘society that has rejected the love of the truth’ and therefore God will send them a delusion so they will believe a lie [read 2 Thess 2] .

This testimony of John called the Gospel of John, or the good news of John, is meant to bring forth the ‘testimony’ of John and those things he saw, heard, and experienced with the Word or ‘logos’, the ‘Lamb of God’, the ‘Son of God’, the carpenters son of Joseph and Mary, the Son of God, the Son of Joseph, the line of David, the Branch of Judah. What especially points us to who this One is and always will be is the testimony of John the Baptist.

The Prophets of God spent time with the Lord God. Many times their messages were tough and hard, meant to bring Revelation truth to those they were sent. This truth as in the case of Israel was to bring them to repentance before God, so they would not see his wrath. They were in personal contact with the Lord God. They knew his presence, his voice, and the power of His Spirit.  Thus, what they received, came not by man, but from God himself in direct revelation. So too, did John the Baptist. John was the cousin of Jesus, Yeshua, but the God who had sent him to baptize did not tell him it would be your cousin who is the Son of God, the one who Baptizes in the Holy Spirit. He told him the one whom you see the Spirit of God descending like a Dove from heaven and resting upon, staying there, is he who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit, the Son of God.

On two fronts God moved. Upon John the Baptist to be baptizing in Jordan directed by God to be a witness to what God was doing. By doing so, Men and women, boys and girls could see and hear first hand of what God was going. Israel, the religious Jews, and all others would have a solid testimony of two or three  witnesses according to law. Meanwhile, Jesus directed by His Father and the Spirit, went also to Jordan to be baptized, fulfilling all righteous requirements before God at this time. He appeared as Jesus, Yeshua, the carpenters Son, who preaches and left with a solid witness of being the “Lamb of God” that taketh away the sins of the World and “the beloved Son of God”. Here we find the voice of the Father saying “thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”, plus the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and the Son of God himself. This is a picture of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, along with the testimony of John the Baptist, the Father, and the visible testimonial sign of the Spirit of God. All of these plus the witness of the crowd around them who saw and heard these things form an undeniable testimonial as to veracity of the Father whom sent the ‘Son of God’.

Mark 1:9  ¶And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10  And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11  And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

One poignant verse in this, although, there are many; is verse 34 of John 1, which says “ And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.” This man, a prophet of God, says he saw all this, he saw the Son of God, he further puts it on record that the one whom he baptized that day was in fact the one and only, ‘Begotten Son of God.’ This man, again a prophet, one in whom is the Spirit of God, who receives direct revelation from God, was told whom it was that God had sent!  I mean can you even think about this for a moment. He stood there, knee or waist deep in water flowing, called the Jordan. He had been baptizing people, after they heeded his call for ‘repentance’. He looks up and see’s his cousin standing there, then suddenly a dove descends and lights upon his head, but this was not a bird, but the Holy Spirit. Then a voice booms out of nowhere, “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” He was literally baptizing the One who was in the beginning with God, and was God, and all things were created through Him. This is awesome and a powerful picture. This is an outstanding testimony as well!

One day, we too shall see this one whom John baptized and testified that “this is the Son of God.” We also will say on that day, “this is the Son of God, I have been waiting for Him, he will save us”, for we will see him as he is! In all his glory! Just the thought of all of it should give us hope. For many of us, we have more work to do for him. We overcame by the ‘blood of the Lamb’, and also by our own ‘Testimony of Jesus’, but added to that is the fact as his followers, we in love keep his Word, obeying his instructions to us, his commandments, loving not our lives to the death.

Revelation 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Revelation 14:12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus

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Below is the Section out of John, I have included it for your reading and encouragement!

John 1:1
¶In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:2
The same was in the beginning with God.

John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5
¶And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

John 1:6
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:8
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Originally posted 2009-12-27 10:09:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Faith, Action, and the Love of God
“The Example of Gods Faith in Action and his Word to us on this matter”
by the Watchman
Dana G Smith
keywords: faith, action, love, God, Son of God, calvary, brethren, commandments

1 John 3:16  Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Agape love, God’s love is shed abroad in our hearts, coming to us free. Yet if God said he “loved us”, how would we really know it? I say “I love my wife or my kids”. I might say “I love ice cream”, and by that statement people would know that he really likes to eat ice cream. There are many things about ice cream to love I suppose. Yet if I never ate ice cream you would wonder how could I love Ice cream if I never tasted it? You might even come to understand that even though I said “I love ice cream”, really I did not. Why could you come to that conclusion? Because the words I spoke become meaningless. Action associated with words, bring the fruition of the idea spoken.

Romans 5:5  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6  ¶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Again, God loves us. How do you know it? Well you could say “I read the bible and it says he does.” That’s true, but how do you really know it? Then you might say well it says that “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.” Now you come to the point of action. Here God loves the world, meaning men and women who after the seed of the flesh, i.e. Adam are lost. They need redemption. So God gave his Son not just to be given to us, but to die in our place. This is action combined with the word of God. It is here God’s love for us, being Agape, is combined with an intent of Gods heart to do something about it. For in Gods love, it is meaningless to just say you love. It is meaningless to just convey you love. What makes it poignant is that God actually did something about that love in his heart. So from the foundation of the world, He had planned to give his Son as a token of that love for all those who would receive that love, which we call ‘love of the truth’. This combining of Gods love with the act of giving his Son to die for the sins of all mankind is called faith. We also call it redemption, calvary, and salvation. But these words describe the results of the act of God putting his faith in action with his love for the purpose of saving those who would repent and believe.

Hebrews 11:1  ¶Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

It is that substance of Gods love, which we could not see, but became a reality when our Lord came and died on the cross for all the sins of mankind. It is this same substance that makes faith possible. For without faith, it is impossible to please God. When we come to him, we must believe that he is, i.e. he actually exists and will hear our plea. We know he exists because this God who loves us, sent his love, to prove he really did love us. He then commanded all men to repent so that they can receive this love. Now we just don’t blindly believe this! We have the supernatural power of Gods presence, his Spirit.

1 John 4:7  ¶Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:8  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:9  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

It is the Spirit who sheds abroad in our hearts this love that God has for us. It is the result of that love flooding our hearts which gives us a love that passes all understanding. It is that love which will put in our soul true peace. It is that love which allows us to believe and have hope. Why? Because Gods love was put into action and came to us. Without Gods action of faith and love, we would of never known of calvary for he would just be sitting upon his throne being a tyrant. But the True and Living God is not that, he is full of mercy,love, and compassion. It is this same God who revealed to Moses who he was really!

Exodus 34:6  And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7  Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation

Moreover, today Americans love many things. Americans truly love their cars. They love their houses. They love their savings, retirement, and their pleasure. Americans today love technology, knowledge, and all it has created. Americans love their cities, their armies, their abilities. They love their movie stars and starlets. Americans love their bodies for the most part. They worship the creature more than the creator who is blessed forevermore. We put up both sexes on pedestals to watch and gauk at, which becomes worship. We love in three areas, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. We believe today it is a God given right to enjoy all these things. Now Americans are not alone in this, for in many nations today the people in those countries have their own things they love. This is the natural man!

James 2:19  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Furthermore, other nations and peoples have been jealous of our riches and wealth. There are many from all over the world that want a piece of the proverbial American life. There are many enemies of America who think if they can just get their hands on this nation they will have these blessings. Many of these enemies envision a time when they see this nation as their own. They see the White House flying their flag, and the armies of this land carrying their banner. Yet they fail to see that Americans did not make America great, for it was not by accident nor by mans effort. Indeed man was a tool in the founding of, building, and ongoing management of this place called America. But it was God’s blessings on this nation that made it great and for his purpose. Without God’s blessings, you have his curse. His curse becomes judgment and in the midst of judgment, the nation is no longer America, but one whose skirts has been raised because of her idolatries and sins. She is a Harlot. God says to his people why suffer her sins and receive of her plagues. John the Revelator says in Revelation 18:4 “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues”. Gods people are to be in the world but not of it. They are to affect the world by his light, not become infected by the world. Jesus said in a prayer to his Father, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”

John 17:14  I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17  ¶Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

In addition, men can say they believe in God. But if that belief has nothing connected to it in real action, then that belief is dead. The devils believe and know there is a True and Living God. Yes, they also tremble! Man does not tremble! Man worships man and mans ways. We have been given a brain to think, a heart to feel, a conscience to guide us. Yet for all this, we are worse than a mule in our stubbornness to believe, repent, and allow God to lead us in his ways.

Psalms 32:9  Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Simply put, if you say you believe, you must repent of your sins. In this you turn around from following man’s ways and follow God’s ways. It is here that in faith, turning around from your sins and believing in your heart in the Lord, that Salvation comes. Jesus went to his own and they did not receive him, but as many as did receive him he gave them the ‘power’ to become the sons of God, even to them that believe [Greek word here means trust in, rely upon, cling too] on his name. Paul says further if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe [same as other word] in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

John 1:11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Romans 10:8  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

If we say we believe, How does God know it! If we say we follow the Lord how do people know it! If someone says they are a believer yet walks in darkness, is he still a believer? All of what we do brings us to this point, which is, faith is combined with action. If you say you believe and do nothing, it is still action. You may be doing nothing, but by doing that, in reality you are doing something. It is showing God and men that what you say you believe in, is in reality false. Why? Because you do not follow the one in faith and action. You call him Lord but do not do what he says!

Moreover, John connects ‘keeping Gods word’ with this being “the love of God perfected”. This is ‘faith’ combined with ‘action’. By this action of ‘keeping Gods word’ and saying in faith ‘we believe and love God’, this becomes proof, of which, we can say “hereby know that we are in him.” Further John says “he that abideth in Him ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.” Jesus simply said it this way in Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.” This house did not fall because it was built upon the Rock of ages, Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone. We find Jesus in John 14:24 saying further on this subject, “He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine but the Father which sent me.” All of what we know in scripture both faith and love is directly connected with action. Our actions, not just to say “we believe but to do.”

1 John 2:5  But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6  He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Matthew 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

John 14:24  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

Yet for many Americans what we know is religious denominationalism. Our faith in America is filled with divers doctrines of men and people who say they have faith, but fail in the little things before God to be faithful in what he has called us to do. What we have developed in this nation and in many others for centuries is a religious experience. Now not all Christians are like that, nor have they been. But today we have seen the true evidence of going our own way. We are a divided house before God. We have failed to keep biblical ways of the early church. In all this, we make excuses and present before God and man the reasons why we do so. In the end, we still fail to keep and do as the Lord says. In short we are ‘rich and in need of nothing and do not know we are wretched, poor, blind, and naked.’

In conclusion, let me add we must repent and turn from our ways to Gods. We must evaluate before God our hearts and motives for judgment is near. This will start at Gods house and his people.

Here is a short reminder, Love! May God grant you wisdom and knowledge into this and direct your steps into the fullest of his purpose for you, your family, and brethren.

God’s Example, “He loved us first so that we would love one another”

1 John 4:10  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:11  Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:12  No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

If we love God because he first loved us, “yet if we hate our brother, we are liars”

1 John 4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:17  ¶Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
1 John 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:19  We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:20  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:21  And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

When we love God and keep his commandments, We know we love the children of God!

1 John 5:2  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1 John 5:3  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Nwsltr-041110-The Sixth Hour

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Nwsltr-041110-The Sixth Hour
by the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Words: 2032
Keywords: sixth hour, crucifixion, Jesus Christ, Yeshua, Son of God, light, darkness, Satan, evil

‘Amidst the hour of Darkness, A great light has shined. A light into the hearts of men amidst the darkness of the age and rebellion of men’ Yea, the Sixth hour is come, but it will be full of God’s light and power! For he is LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS!



darkened sky

Accounts of the Crucifixion:
Mark 15:33 Matthew 27:44 Luke 23:44 John19:25

Mark 15:33  ¶And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35  And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36  And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
37  And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38  And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
39  And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40  There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

The Sun was darkened on that day! From those who witnessed this, it was a sudden darkness that enveloped the whole of the land. Indeed, Luke writes that the ‘sun was darkened’ in chapter 23 and verse 45. Amos also prophesies of a day like this, when he says pointedly “And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day-Amos 8:9″.

This leads off a startling array of events. The veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom as the earth shook and did quake, with rocks breaking and tearing away from the earth. In the midst of this, graves opened up. Here we have to take note that indeed ‘the bodies of those who slept arose and came out of the graves’, but says Matthew this occurred ‘after his resurrection and these saints went into the holy city and appeared unto many’!

It is in these last hours on earth, hung between heaven and hell that Christ the Passover Lamb, being crucified was making a new and better way through the ‘blood of the covenant’. He was crucified in the third hour or 9 am. On the Sixth hour or 12 O’clock, the darkness appeared. Sometime after the ninth hour or three PM, he died.  Matthew Henry takes note here of an important prophecy from Daniel. He writes “It was at that time of the day, that the angel Gabriel delivered to Daniel that glorious prediction of the Messiah, Dan. 9:26″. [Matthew Henry commentary].

Daniel 9:26  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

It is in these dark hours that every demon in hell was rejoicing along with the religious Jews who wanted him to be put to death. In this, the scripture says “he came unto his own, and his own received him not-John 1:11″.

John 1:11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

When all his enemies were ecstatic over his predicament, what they did not know was it had been all prophesied. He had not lost, but had won! He fulfilled the ‘law and the prophets’ and through this he made a way for all men to come to the Father through his sacrifice. At the time when the greed of men, sin of men, hatred of men, and lusts of men were under the grip of Satan and his demonic hordes, Christ died for all men that they would be free. When all became darkened, when all seemed to be lost, when there was no hope, then at last, a final sigh, with the words, “it is finished.” Hanging there, limply, on the cross, he was dead. The final party was just getting going. This was his going away party held by the demonic hordes in Satan’s honor, for they now knew he had lost and was dead, or so they thought. Little would they of known his resurrection would be forthcoming on ‘first fruits’.

At a time when the religious masters in Israel along with the gentile Roman guards were happy it was over with, the power of what had just occurred escaped them all. The power of the cross, the strength of deliverance in his blood that was shed.  As we see this scene let us notice that the supernatural occurrences we mention before that followed his crucifixion made an impression on the Gentile Roman Captain and his guards who were standing by the cross where Jesus had died.

Scripture records the centurion watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly saying “Truly this was the Son of God.”  Mark records it saying “Truly this man was the Son of God.” Luke, however records t his “certainly this was a righteous man.” Why did Luke say this instead of the ‘Son of God’?  Both Matthew and Mark record the centurion saying this was the “Son of God.”  Luke says “this was a righteous man” because the ‘Paschal Lamb’, had to be a perfect, unblemished, sacrificed. In short, Luke was testifying in the Spirit of God to all who reads this that the one who died on the cross that day was the ‘sinless, blameless, unblemished, perfect, righteous Lamb of God.’ Here we see that he was both God and Man, but also he was the “Passover lamb”, that had to be a perfect and blemish free sacrifice.  Only with this would the ‘blood of the lamb’ be accepted in this sacrifice.

It is here we see that this sacrifice of the Son of God touched the heart of the Gentile Centurion. While the hardened Jewish hearts did not receive the ‘Paschal Lamb sacrifice’, the Gentile’s did indeed see he was the ‘Son of God’. It was here, at this point the gospel began reaching out to Gentiles in all nations from the “love of the Father and the Son”. It is here the “times of the Gentiles” begin in earnest. A time when the grafting in of the Gentiles into the branch of Israel and being blessed with the ‘blessing’s of Abraham’ by faith while on the other hand the natural branches were blinded and rejected the very gift the Father had offered to the world in the death of his Son on the Cross.

It is in this Sixth hour that we see the gift of God given in fullest measure by the pouring out of blood. It is in this Sixth hour we see that before life can begin, death must occur. It is in the Sixth hour we see that in what appears as defeat, we find ultimate victory. It is in the Sixth hour we find untold darkness. In this darkness, we find life and light in the ‘Passover lamb’. It is in the Sixth hour that we understand what Christ meant when he said, “if you love your life you will lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake and the gospels you will find it.” That is what Christ did for the Father, he lost his life so that that the world of sinners may find theirs.  In the Sixth hour we see the rejoicing of darkness, the spread of evil, and the death of all men. It is this Sixth hour that relates to what is coming upon the world. A time of penetrating darkness is upon the earth and will get worse. The evil hordes of Satan are gathering for their time to deceive the nations. It is an evil time, a time when they will mock our God, our Savior, and seek to kill all who follow him. But in the midst of this darkness, when evil thinks they will have free total uninhibited rule, they are wrong!

For as in the Sixth hour where we find the Son of God on the cross, in this Sixth hour coming, the Son of God is now ‘coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords! He is in charge, amidst the darkness of the Sixth hour, Gods light will shine through and along with it, his hand of miracles signs and wonders. The sixth hour precludes the time of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ to the Father. The Sixth hour that is coming will introduce the coming of the Son of David, the Son of Joseph, the Son of God, to take the Throne of David. It precludes the light of Millennial reign of Jesus Christ. It is also the time when God will fully, finally, and completely bring his people into unity, power, and fellowship with Him.

The Sixth hour both at the time of the ‘Passover lamb’ on the cross and that time approaching when darkness will be upon the earth is a time of ultimate rebellion against God and his Son Jesus Christ. It is a time when evil seems to triumph and darkness spreads. Darkness here is the opposite to the truth of Light found in Gods word. The whole of the earth will experience this Sixth hour, a time when God is putting forth his hand to bring his plan of redemption to a final conclusion. It is a time when Satan and hell, demon and evil doer alike think they have won, but in fact, it is not known to them until the very end, that they have LOST! Finally, completely, and forever, the hour of darkness will be removed along with all those who love darkness. It is then that this scripture in its context found in John 3:16-21 will be fulfilled in its entirety.

John 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Matt 27:54  Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God

Mark 15:39  And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

Luke 23:47  Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

The King of Glory Shall Enter In

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The King of Glory Shall Enter In
A Psalm by the Watchman Dana G Smith

Jerusalem

Picture, Jerusalem with Wall, current

Keywords: King, glory, Son of God, Yeshua, Jesus, Christ, Ha Massiach

Let the Watchman Declare.
Let the gates be lifted up,
Let the doors be lifted up,
Look to ye heavens,
Look to ye earth,
Rejoice ye earth and all inhabitants thereof,
For the King cometh.

Behold he comes to establish everlasting righteousness.
Joy shall come in like a flood,
Tears shall flow as a fountain,
When the children of God behold him.
Yea let all who can rejoice in this,
The Savior shall reign on high,
From His tabernacle.
Those who love peace shall leap for joy,
Those who rejoice in righteousness shall be glad,
Those who are oppressed shall be freed,
Those who are in shackles shall be loosed,
For the Glory of the Might of God,
Shall release the Anointing of Everlasting freedom,
And these shall see the establishment of the Mighty Host,
From one end of Heaven,
To the bounds of earth, and beyond,
For all time, for all eternity, hereafter forever.

From all who will,
And even from those who will not,
Yet, even they shall on that day,
Yea, saith the LORD,
These, even these, shall bow, kneel, and Declare “I AM LORD”
Yeshua, Jesus, King of Kings,
Christ, Messiah, HaMassiach, Lord of Lords,
All knees shall bow,
All tongues shall confess,
Yeshua is LORD.
For at this name, both in heaven,
And in the earth, shall all confess Jesus,
Yea, to be both LORD and God,
The Son of the Father, the only begotten of Him,
Full of Grace and Truth, King of Kings.

To His enemies shall he destroy,
To his children shall he lift them up,
And to the Father shall be glory,
Forever and Ever,
Through the Work manifested in the beginning of time,
Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMassiach, Savior and LORD,
Revealing the Father on earth,
Doing His will,
Miracles, Signs, and Wonders,
Crucified, Dead, buried,
Yet resurrected from the dead,
Seen alive by many infallible proofs and witnesses,
Ascended to the Father, at the right hand of God,
Coming Again, to Put down all enemies,
The last of these will be death.

So again, Be ye lifted up oh ye doors,
And Be ye lifted up oh ye gates,
Rejoice Jerusalem,
For your King has come, the King of Glory, who shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory?
The LORD of HOSTS, he is the King of Glory,
Yeshua HaMassiach,
King of Kings,
Lord of LORDS.
Therefore be joyful ye children,
Be ye glad Sons of his,
For he cometh, according to the Promises,
Yea, to fulfill all that is written,
Worship, therefore, ye the LORD,
Rejoice and be glad,
For the King Cometh,
Soon and very Soon.

¶<> The earth is the LORD”S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 24:1

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms 24:2

¶Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 24:3

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 24:4

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms 24:5

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 24:6

¶Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 24:7

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 24:8

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 24:9

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Psalms 24:10

Eons, Icons, and Images

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Eons, Icons, and Images
A psalm by the Watchman Dana G Smith

Keywords: I AM, Mercy, Grace, nations, Gods, Son of God

Psalms 2:1 ¶Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Through the Eons,
Forever I have been God,
I AM, For all time, forever,
The AMEN, who ruleth.
Full of Mercy,
Full of Grace,
Unto all generations,
I AM

Let the Images of man be struck down,
Let the Gods of the nations deliver you,
Yea, saith the Lord, from my Hand,
Serve your icons,
Grasp your images,
Worship and bow to them,
See if they can bring you deliverance,
For the LORD cometh to destroy the Gods,
Yea, the Gods of the nations,
They shall be no more.

For the Lord has issued the decree,
In righteousness shall he come,
His Armies with Him,
On the wings of the Wind,
In chariots of fire,
On the battlestead of the ages,
Behold, the LORD comes in the clouds.

The eternal clock of the Almighty doth not cease,
For it is an everlasting One,
From age to age,
Before ever man was, I AM,
Before ever creation was, I AM,
There has never been a time I did not exist, I AM,
Before the foundations of the earth, did I slay him,
Yea, the Son slain before the foundations of the world.

For this,
The Darkness Hisses.
The Evils of men shrink back.
The Son of God has brought deliverance.
Light into the Darkness,
As the Satans flee,
Enoch spoke aforetime of these,
In the early times, before the ages grew into maturity,
Now that which was brought forth,
Is now that which is defeated.

Rebellion is now uprooted,
Darkness has no place,
Wickedness grows but shall be cut off.
Light giveth way to righteousness,
Behold a greater light,
That of the LORD God,
For His Kingdom comes in its fullness.

Therefore in the night,
Darkness hisses,
Like a Snake,
As a dragon,
For it knows time is short,
Then shall the Son of God Come,
With kingdom light ,
Engulfing all in His Righteous Glory.

There is Hope, Saith the Lord,
There is a Kingdom, Saith the Lord,
There shall be a place, Saith the Lord:
For my Glory,
For my Kingdom,
Of all things in Heaven and In the Earth,
For all Time,
For my People,
Those who Honor my Word,
Those who keep the moment of patient faith,
Trusting,
Believing,
In Me Saith the Lord God,

There is Salvation, an Eternal promise,
A Word from the LORD who is and always has been,
The Truth, The Way, the Life,
The Eternal One,
Full of Glory,
Righteous art thou Oh God,
Forevermore,
Blessed be thy name.
For at that time we shall be thy Sons,
For at thay time you shall be our God,
The Light of your Glory shall encompass us,
In peace,
In beauty
In joy,
Unspeakable, yet full of Glory,

Blessed be the Lord who has done this marvelous Work.

Psalms 2:7 ¶I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 ¶Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.