Looking Back - Isaiah 66:2

Isaiah 66:2

“For My hand made all these things,

Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.

“But to this one I will look,

To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

All things were made by The Lord, but the crowning achievement is a spirit of the sort He is looking for. This is the one that looks back to God and keeps gazing toward Him, for He has the words of life. 

When we are able to understand and speak His word, we will truly come into being. 

Acts 16:30-31

Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

In The Cluster - Isaiah 65:8-9

Isaiah 65:8-9

Thus says the Lord,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,’

So I will act on behalf of My servants

In order not to destroy all of them.

 “I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,

And an heir of My mountains from Judah;

Even My chosen ones shall inherit it,

And My servants will dwell there.

The new wine of the gospel will come forth from the old wine of Israel. 

The new wine is poured into new wine skins which is the offspring from Jacob. A new nation of heirs of the promise springs forward and fills the cup of the new covenant.  This is the body of Christ. 

Jesus assumes the mantle as the heir and King of Kings and a new covenant is made for all. 

God will remember His people. Everyone who calls on the name of The Lord shall be saved.  It is the vineyard of The Lord. 

Love

In the end love overcomes all things. 

Born Losers - Matthew 10-39

Matthew 10:39 ESV 

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

The Greek word here translated as "life" refers to the life before spiritual birth. It is that life we share with all creatures and plants in creation. 

If we transcend our existence in the flesh by placing our trust in our Creator, we will find our true life which God predestined. We lose our life either way, as we are born losers except by the grace of our Father. He has drawn near that we may find Him. 

If we do we are reborn as more than conquerors. 

ψυχη psyche 103x breath; the principle of animal life; the life, (MCED)

What Is Man? - Psalms 8:5-10

Psalms 8:5-10 OSB

What is man that You remember him,

Or the son of man that You visit him?

 You made him a little lower than the angels;

You crowned him with glory and honor.

 You set him over the works of Your hands;

You subjected all things under his feet,

 All sheep and oxen,

And besides these, also the animals of the field,

 The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea,

And the things passing through the paths of the seas.

 O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous is Your name in all the earth.

What is man? 

Nothing, except the crowning creation of God. He is pleased to make His dwelling place with us and call us His own. 

Nothing, without the crown of life made possible by the breath of God. He gave His life that we may have life. 

Nothing, except we are sealed by the Holy Spirit with the very name of our Lord and will dwell in His household forever. 

We bear that wondrous name which alone is worthy in all the earth. 

Luke 1:68-71

“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,

For He has visited and redeemed His people,

 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of His servant David,

 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,

Who have been since the world began,

 That we should be saved from our enemies

And from the hand of all who hate us,

He Remained - John 1:32

John 1:32 NASB 

John testified saying, “ I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

Remained upon Him. 

Jesus had to go away for the comforter, the Holy Spirit, to come. 

Why?

The Holy Spirit is still upon Christ and we are the body of Christ. There is one body and one Spirit. He dwells in us and we are sealed in Him. 

We share the bread of life as we dine with the Son and Father. 

At the end we will share at the marriage banquet of the riches of heaven. 

Mercy - Isaiah 5:7

Matthew 5:7 NASB 

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Not blessed are those without mercy, for likewise mercy shall be withheld from the hand of God.