Word for Life in Love— Scripture Meditations By Stephen Brown
Everyone in the body of Christ has experienced a virgin birth. We repent of sin and ask Jesus to come into our lives. We are washed clean by the forgiveness of Christ and are reborn as children in the kingdom of heaven.
The only way to God is a virgin birth. He made the way through a virgin birth. This is the way of the body of Christ and we will see Him and be like Him.
Mark 2:25-27 (ESV Strong's)
25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
We in the body of Christ eat the daily bread of His Presence, which means we rest in the Sabbath peace of Christ every day.
Revelation 21:6-7 (ESV Strong's)
6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
In the beginning He is the light spoken into the darkness of the the earth. In the end He is the light of the world.
He showed us the way to conquer death by becoming a son of God. The one who follows Jesus and overcomes the world “will have this heritage.”
Revelation 22:5 (ESV Strong's)
And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:1-4 (ESV Strong's)
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the New Jerusalem. The Bride of Christ will sit beside Him on His throne.
The servants of the Lord will be the twelve tribes of Israel who will minister the kingdom of light to the nations of the earth.
Revelation 21:1 (ESV Strong's)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
The new heaven and earth will be the Bride of Christ where the two are joined as one. The union of Adam and Eve foreshadows this wondrous event to come.
Those who rise from the sea of mankind and take on the image of Christ and become the image of Christ in His resurrected body of flesh and a spirit reborn from above.
Revelation 21:2-4 (ESV Strong's)
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Scripture tells us that God will dwell with mankind, joined with the Bride of Christ, and sitting on the throne of David in the New Jerusalem which descends from heaven.
Revelation 21:5 (ESV Strong's)
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
This is the new and final creation, for these words are trustworthy and true.
Hebrews 13:8 (NASB Strong's)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
God is from everlasting to everlasting and changeless, even when He came to earth in the flesh of man to speak His word for man to hear and understand, for God is one. He invites us to join Him today and forever.
Hebrews 12:14 (NASB Strong's)
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
Peace and sanctification are something we receive as a gift, yet is perfected with our desire and a humble heart.
