Painting by Claude Monet
What was the rule of Ceasar unto Jesus the Christ, and what sway had the priests, the pharisees and sadducees of Israel with the Holy One Of God? Of whom Moses prophesied, a prophet, like unto himself, would arise bringing great deliverance, and unto him the people should listen to and hearken. Yea, the people, had they looked upon Moses, even his words and works, would see the signs of Jesus upon Moses, whom the Almighty God called his “friend,” and the meekest man on earth. The diligence in maintaining alignment in truth unto the righteousness of the Holy Spirit, that he may do all things right after the pattern that the Lord expressed unto him, foreshadowed the manner of person whom God esteems. The prophets since Moses strengthening that way of holy meekness; yea, obedience unto God; that way of rejoicing in God with faith in his promises and his calling unto our hearts that we be holy as he is holy, without putting forth vain semblances and appearances, but in truth and genuineness, holy meekness unto God in all things, showing mercy unto ourselves, that we find peace, and joy in God, rather than pleasantness and the lull of appeasement unto our mind, soul, and body in the earthly things.
Jesus, calling the people unto better things, spoke not of rebellion, but of approaching and knowing God, that he, by whom all things were created, would lead captivity captive, yea, even as Paul the aged said, as ‘prisoners’ of God; whom has redeemed his inheritance, calling us his treasures, and has set forth his Sun of Righteousness in us, having afore preordained us to be holy vessels of mercy, and so, serving him day and night as a royal priesthood; God having delivered us through the propitiation of himself as Christ Jesus, frees us from the captivity of this world, not that we become entangled again without hope of eternal life and peace and joy unto our soul, but that we serve him who protects our way, and whom graciously has made us co-inheritors with Christ of all the promises through his Word, according to the Spirit of his Word.
Moses, then being a picture of Jesus, the intermediary between God and humanity, led captivity captive out of Egypt, even as Jesus and his work has led captivity captive out of spiritual Egypt, which is as spiritual Babylon, and Sodom and Gomorrah, whose ways wrought strife, contention, vanity, gain & advantage, hard-heartedness, deceit, controversy, indifference, excess, and desolation of heart and mind; our humanity being made perfect by God when in holy alignment unto him, producing the fruit of the spirit, and withering away into spiritual darkness in our distancing from him. The Holy Spirit working the righteousness of God after the death of Moses, and Jesus, the prophets and apostles having gone forth withstanding and proclaiming holy meekness unto God as the only measure through which we can intreat God’s graciousness upon our life, that we may as the prophets, apostles; as holy disciples of God in the name of Jesus, the Christ of God, render our life unto God through service after pattern of the Spirit of His Word, that is, his Righteousness. Not only after the pattern of his Word, but his Word and Spirit of Righteousness, for as the Lord says, none can deliver his soul through his own will, and all have fallen short of the grace of God, and so it is the gracious mercy of God to have mercy upon whom he shall show mercy unto: God, being the Holy Spirit, and able to look unto the thoughts and intents of the heart, calls us to be gracious as he is gracious, and through his mercy he forgives us; only, that our hearts be righteous in all holy meekness according to the gospel of all his Word from Moses unto John. The following of the Word without heart never bringing mercy, — for the following of the law without love or joy in God and his gospel, can never satisfy the requisite of God, nor be an acceptable propitiation unto eternal life with God in us, but in all things, Jesus, whom was and is, and ever shall be the propitiation accepted by God, even himself only, in whom God the Father is.
The pharisees and sadducees having followed the law without heart, found not acceptance before the Lord, showing themselves openly to not be meek as Moses, nor the prophets, whom the people oft could not endure, for the ways of God are contrary to the system of this world; that vain show of implacableness that follows after the fall of Satan, whom succumbed to the love of his own brightness and thought to gain position over God, not wanting to accept the beautifulness and position that God had already bestowed upon him; yea, his captives are as him, desolate in heart and mind, ever learning, but never attaining true glory or peace, or love; not being able to comprehend the purpose and function of God, nor being able to prevail over it, though through craft and in a show of earthly gain, through dissimulations, and in the projecting of semblances, even in the putting on of appearances, beguile, and seem for a season to have advantage, refusing, through the work of Satan, whom spiritually blinds the world with vanity, ignorance, and hardheartedness, to not follow God in heart, according to the gospel of his Word.
Therefore, the manner of this world, having been established through the rule of Satan, whom is the ‘prince of the air’ and of this world, having had Adam and Eve obey him, causing all after to obey his system of vanity, is as ancient Egypt, raising up idols, even themselves, as false saviors, establishing its own glory, and purposed on pseudo-immortality through the memory of legacy, which is nothing but dead works. Jesus then, showing a better way, through holy meekness unto God, whose works proclaim gentle-heartedness and peace through the light of the knowledge of God, sidesteps Ceasar, and the deadness of following rules of living without love, brings forth something incredible, — forgiveness unto the world. Yea, he has called all the world after him, whom is the strongest man, the Sun of Righteousness, ‘that great strong man rejoicing in the Holy Spirit,’ proclaiming liberty to the captives, and peace to the broken-hearted, and joy with love to those who are of a contrite spirit. Jehova, Jah, Elohim, presents himself lowly, as Jesus the Christ, who was and is set in the heart of Moses, and in Elijah, and in all the prophets, and the disciples, and in the multitude whom have and shall, and do answer God in Truth and in Righteousness, “my Lord, and my God.”
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