Letter six
A To the brethren of reconciliation, called to the general assembly and to the election of the body of Jesus Christ, according to the will of God, to partake in the mark of the high calling. Grace, peace and joy be multiplied abundantly to you from our Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Brethren, our redeemer declared that the b “Son of man is come to seek and to save those which where lost.” And furthermore, c ” that salvation is of the Jews.” This is what the gospel of reconciliation has to do with. For in the types and shadows of the Jews, we read in Deuteronomy, that Moses spoke unto them, saying: d “ Because you served not the LORD your God With joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the Lord shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and be in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he have destroyed you.”
There is a trial, that was told, that
would come upon all the Earth. We read of it in Revelations
3:7-13. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things says he
that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and not any
can shut; and shuts, and not any can open; I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and not anyone
can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make
them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do
lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that
I have loved you. Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also
will keep you from the
hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold
that fast which you have, that no one
take your crown. They that overcome will I make a pillar in the
temple of my God, and they shall go no more out: and I
will write upon them
the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which comes down out of
heaven from my God: and I will write upon them my new name.
They that have an ear, let them hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
Of the word “temptation In verse 10, and
in Strong’s: we read of the Greek translation, of the word: peirasmos pronounced
pi-ras-mos:
You that have an ear, know
this: sin is the transgression of the law, and the law is spiritual,
therefore the sin is spiritual. You see below in Strong’s interpretations that they ─ the Elect ─
are alluring to the flesh, not spirit.
Two thirds of the Elect are cut off
and die, because they fail to crucify the flesh. After starting, they do
not continue on to perfection.
Strong’s. exclamation is as follows:
Transgression of the Law is sin, and the Law is Spiritual; therefore the
sin is spiritual.
An experiment, attempt,
trial, proving
1a) trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14)
For the Galatians were being drawn away from the Grace of
Jesus Christ, by the spirit of the Northern Families who affected them, temping
them to be succored by their ungodly spirit.
1b) the
trial of man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy
1b1) an
enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the
outward circumstances
1b2) an
internal temptation to sin
1b2a) of
the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his
divine errand
1b3) of
the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or
to a lapse from the faith and holiness
1b4) adversity,
affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one’s character,
faith, holiness
1c) temptation
(i.e. trial) of God by men
1c1) rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it
were, put to the proof and challenged to show
themselves.
We read of this in many places, one place is in the
prayer that our teacher has taught us is recorded in Matthew 6: 6-13: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your
kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For your’s is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
This evil is what Jeremiah is
prophesying about.
What all this comes to, is this: That we love our God with
all that we are in Spirit and Truth, for ever.
With the religions of the world it is a great
temptation for an infant on the milk of the Word of God to be lead into them,
but our Lord has said: pray this way: After this manner therefore you pray: d1Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your
name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For your’s is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
d5He gently leads
those that have young. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of
his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held
the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and
the hills in a balance? Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed
him as his counselor? Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who
taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him
the path of understanding? Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they
are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were
fine dust. Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough
for burnt offerings. Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are
regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
They, d6 the Jews were a type, a figure not the very
real, even as the lawgiver was; as also the nations they were scattered into.
For they went into exile because they served not the LORD their God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart,
for the abundance of all things. This abundance of all things is a
foreshadow of what the Lord God, is saying by Isaiah, when he says, e “But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create:
for, behold, I create
It is written: before
the foundation of the world that the Godhead ordained the things that have been
occurring from the time that Jesus Christ came into the flesh, until the
present time — in this, the twenty first century. And our brethren and
we are hearing and seeing those things written of us and things pertaining to
us:
Then our Lord turned to his
disciples and said privately, i “Blessed are the
eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and righteous
ones, wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but
did not hear it.
For in the prophets, it is
written of God’s wrath upon the land, because of unrighteousness. It is
written: k For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
L “When you see Jerusalem
being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. —
Remember the Word of God is always Spirit not flesh. And Jerusalem is what
Sarah our mother is speaking to, for she is the new covenant. — Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let
those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in
fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and
nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against
this people. They will fall
by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will
be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Below we see the ungodly desolations — for their fiery
unholy doctrine is built upon flesh and their faith is carnal. While our Lord
was in the flesh, he taught us to pray; and one thing particular was: m And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. This
evil comes from the north, See the boiling pot in Jeremiah below. This is where
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but this pertains only to
those called to the election of the Saints Of God. For only one third are elected.
Those of the north are still coming at this present time. (see Joel chapter
two.).
The Lord God speaks to Jeremiah:
n The
word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I
replied.
The LORD said to me, “You have seen
correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
The word of the LORD came to me again:
“What do you see?”
The LORD said to me, “From the north disaster
will be poured out on all who live in the land. I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern
kingdoms,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their
thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all
her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah. I will pronounce my judgments on my
people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other
gods and in worshiping what their hands have made.
Into the fortified cities.’
“Lift up a standard toward Zion!
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing evil from
the north,
And great destruction.
“A lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations
has set out;
He has gone out from his
place
To make your land a waste.
Without inhabitant.
“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from
us.”
“And it shall come about in that day,”
declares the Lord, “that the heart
of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be
appalled, and the prophets will be astounded.”
Then I
said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You
have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have
peace’; whereas a sword touches the throat.”
In that
time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from
the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My
people—not to winnow, and not to cleanse, a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will
also pronounce judgments against them.
N3 One day Jesus was praying in a certain
place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to
pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say:
”‘Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone
who sins against us.
And lead us not into
temptation and deliver us from evil.’”
For yours is the power and
glory forever.
Then
he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at
midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey
has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’
“Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is
already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you
anything.’ I tell you,
though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet
because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and
you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who
seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
“Which
of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give
him a scorpion? If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
And Moses spoke to the Jews, q “And it shall come to pass, when all these
things are come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before
you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
your God has driven you, And shall return unto the LORD your God, and shall
obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your
children, with all your heart, and with all your soul; That then the LORD your
God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and
gather you from all the nations, whither the LORD your God has scattered you.
If any of yours be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from there will
the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he fetch you: And the LORD
your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you
shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed,
to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you
may live.”
For at the time appointed,
Stephen was stoned ¾ and here God
makes it rain upon the righteous and unrighteous alike. For though Saul
consented to the death of Stephen, it was Paul that Jesus Christ sent to preach
the Gospel of Reconciliation to us. As he, Judas went into damnation, It was
necessary that he, Saul come from such a state, that we the lost might be
found, by the preaching of the Gospel of Reconciliation, so preached by the
Apostle Paul.
Dear brethren, you have heard
how that many have said , that antichrist will come and what he will do when he
comes. (for they extol and praise him ¾ anyone that allures to
the flesh, that spirit is not of God). However he has already come and is
working; for we hear from the Spirit through our beloved brother Paul: r ” Concerning the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or
alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us,
saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any
way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of
lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself
over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up
in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Don’t
you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him
back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is
already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till
he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the
Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the
splendor of his coming. The
coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan
displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives
those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the
truth and so be saved. For
this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the
lie and so that all will be
condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord,
because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying
work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this
through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you,
whether by word of mouth or by letter.
May
our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace
gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed
and word”
Now brethren, you have heard
what antichrist will do, but first there will be a falling away ¾ it
is not a one day event like the 4th of July: some place you are going
to, but like the day of Salvation, it is a day of Resurrection, our Lord Jesus
Christ is the Resurrection. If you want to began to see the true church of God,
then behold this description: s ” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the
city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of
angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are
registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just ones made
perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.”
Peter asked our Lord the
question: t “what have we that
leave all and follow you into the regeneration.” The answer is as
follows: And Jesus said unto them, u ” Verily I say unto you, That
you which have followed me, into the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit
in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of
Well brethren, here we see the
reasons why our Lord went through the regeneration, for he took on a spiritual body ¾ as we all do, who follow
him ¾
However there is another reason, If Jesus Christ did not do all that He did,
including the virgin birth, the
crucifixion, and everything in between,
then antichrist would not have any basis for building his earthy
kingdoms. And without these kingdoms there would not be any place to drive us
into exile. v For though we knew
Jesus Christ after the flesh, we do not know Him or anyone any more after the
flesh, w for we see a new crucifixion
in the spirit, Hebrews 6: For as touching those who
were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age
to come, and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For
they blaspheme the holy spirit, so in Mark we read of them, hense: w1 Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven
unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall
blaspheme: 29but
whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has never forgiveness, but is
guilty of an eternal sin. That
is, when One belives darkness to be light.
w2But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning
you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. For
God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown
toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and
do minister. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the
full assurance of hope until the end,that you do not become sluggish, but
imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
a Phillippians 3:13-16, b Luke 19:9-10,
c john 4:22, d Deuteronomy 28:45-47, d1 Matthew 6:9-13, d2 Jeremiah 1:11-15, d3 Matthew 23:13, d4 Zechariah
13:7-9, d5 Isaiah 40:11-17, d6 Deuteronomy 28, e Isaiah 65:18, f John 16:13-15,
g
Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 25:21-22, h Romans 7:14, i Matthew 13:
16-17, j John 16:12-13, k Romans 3:23, l Luke
21:20-24, m
Luke 11:4, n Jeremiah 1:11-16, n1 Isaiah 8:16-18, n2 Jeremiah
4:5-12, n3
Luke 11:1-13, o
Matthew 23:15, p
Revelations 17:15, q Deuteronomy
30: 1-10, r 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17, s Hebrews 12:22-24, t
Matthew 19:27, u Matthew
19:28-30, v 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, w Hebrews
6:4-6. w1 Mark:3: 28-29, w2 Hebrews
6:9-12..
Amen,
Wallace F.
Ingram