Revelation 1:6-7

6 And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

We are now royalty in Christ. We have been so blessed by what Jesus did for us that we are now  called the sons of God! We have been given the very glory of our Lord and Savior, right now, so that we may be one with our Father, just as Jesus is One with Him! It was extremely important for our Savior to first tell us that we are royalty, that we are sin free, and that we have the full power of our Father within before He ever tells us about the turmoil of the end times. He does this because it allows us to know that we our Father is not angry with us. It shows us that we are going to be used to serve in a power that goes beyond human ability. It allows us to have no fear and actually rejoice and praise our Father, even though everything around us will be crumbling. 

I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: John 17:22

For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. Romans 8:29-30

Notice that Jesus tells us that we are now a Kingdom of Priests. We are not becoming a Kingdom of Priests, we are a Kingdom of priests. Just as Jesus is a King and a High Priest, so are we, who have been made one with Him. You see we can be no other way, because we are now our Lord’s physical body on the earth, Ephesians 5:30 and as 1 John 4:17 teaches us, as Jesus is, so are we in this world. Jesus prayed in John 17 multiple times that we would be one with Him, and Jesus was crucified to insure that we would be and so we are! Amen we are one with God and that is why this is such a great prophesy to read. Just wait and see how our Father is going to use His Body on this earth, it is spectacular! 

7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).

The dead who are not in Christ, will not be raised until a 1,000 years after Jesus’ return, Revelation 20:12-15. Verse 7 clearly shows us that unsaved people do not just sleep when they die. They are actually aware and being taught to love while they are in Hades, Luke 16:20-27, and this event will inspire those people to love and desire the day when they can be raised up and be part of the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. That is an entirely different study though, but ask yourself this, why else would our Father allow the unsaved to see this happening? Is our Father so cruel that He rubs it in their faces? That is how dictators act, not our Father Who is love. Our Father uses all things for our good and showing those who even pierced Jesus this event gives them hope. 

The unsaved who are alive will see Jesus’ return as well. Some of these people will have taken the Mark of the Beast and they will be destroyed at Armageddon, Revelation 16:16. But many will not have taken the Mark of the Beast and they will have not been called to be the Bride of Christ either. These people will now live under the power and rule of Christ for 1,000 years. The earth will be just like it is now. There will still be death, we know this because at the end of the 1,000 years when satan is allowed to return for a brief season, some will follow him and die, Revelation 20:3-8. Even though we believe that it is a glorious thing to live under Christ’s rule some will not. This is why they mourn and we are shown that Jesus must rule them with an iron rod during these years, Revelation 2:27. These people will actually rather follow satan at the end of the 1,000 years and they will be destroyed. 

Now my hope is that these foolish people will be raised up immediately after they are destroyed for Judgement Day and that they will be judged by Grace, which is all free and unearned. I believe that only one will not be allowed to stay with us for eternity. I believe this because in Matthew 22:11-13 Jesus tells us that only one is not allowed to stay at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Jesus also tells us in John 17:2 that He has been given all flesh and in John 17:12 He goes on to tell us that He will only loose one person, who is Judas, that He has been given. I believe that our Father’s Grace is so wonderful that it will even apply to crazy people who lived under Jesus’ love for 1,000 years and rejected it. This is my prayer and my hope and to be honest I will not be offended in the least if our Father even changes His mind and lets Judas in.  

Revelation 1:5

5 And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and has once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,

Before Jesus shows us the destruction of the end times that will be brought on by our Father’s wrath, we are shown that Jesus has once and forevermore loosed and freed us from our sins! Now that is a revelation in and of itself, isn’t it? Amen, the Truth is that we are loosed and free from all sin! How great is it, that right at the beginning of our Revelation of the end times, comes the Truth that Jesus has released and loosed us from our sins? False religion wants us to be under constant condemnation of sin and the fear of it. But the Truth that has set us free is that Jesus has once and forevermore loosed and freed us from sin, this is the benefit of our salvation. This freedom is why we will be so bold, even when the world will be in such turmoil. 

We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. Romans 6:6

Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11

Even David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Romans 4:6-8

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Ephesians 4:23-24

And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power: In Whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiving you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:10-15

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:9-11

I love reading the Bible. Our Father just so clearly tells us that we are loosed from all sin. The Truth tells us that we can, and are, to consider ourselves dead to sin. We are shown that we are righteous without doing any works to earn it, that we are alive with Jesus, and that our bodies that could sin have been destroyed. Church sermons never seem to proclaim these Truths so clearly and plainly. Somehow I always seem to be told by preachers that we are responsible for making these glorious things happen in our own life’s. I can’t and don’t want to even try. Our Father knew that we couldn’t, so He sent Jesus and the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, His Seven Fold Spirit, and now it is all just a free gift. My prayer is that all of you have this peace with our freedom from sin. Because when the Holy Spirit reveals this Truth to you, all of what our Father has said becomes so easy to hear and live. There is no fear, there is no condemnation, there is only peace that passes all understanding. My advice is if you are in a church that is constantly preaching about sin, get out of it! Find a church that is constantly preaching the Truth about Jesus causing us to be free from sin! Find a church that brings all of the attention towards the power of our Savior, not towards the weakness of man.

Revelation 1:4

4 John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace (the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne,  

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord-- Isaiah 11:2

The Seven Spirits of the Lord is an explanation of all that our Father’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, does for us. John tells us that the Seven fold Spirit is before our Father’s Throne. He tells us that the Seven Fold Spirit is before the Throne to show us that our Father is serving us and empowering us even while we are on this earth. The Spirit is before the Throne not in the Throne, thus indicating that it is serving the children of God. The Holy Spirit is wise and He causes us to be wise as well. The Holy Spirit is understanding, He saved us when we were lost.  The Holy Spirit counsels us, He teaches us all things. Our Father is mighty, and so is His Spirit, and the Holy Spirit causes us to be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. Our Father’s Spirit is greater in us than anything that is in this world. Our Father is knowledgeable, He knows why everything is and where it is going, and Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to show us plainly all things to come. The Holy Spirit causes us to be reverent towards our Father. He causes us to be deeply respectful of our Father. Then finally the Holy Spirit causes us to obey our Father. He causes us to walk in our Fathers statutes and He causes us to keep our Father’s judgments. 

For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 Corinthians 2:26

So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. Romans 8:26

But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things. 1 John 2:20

Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. Romans 8:37

And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:27

It is very important to understand that before Jesus tells us about the end of the world, He first tells us that we have the full power of our Father within us. Jesus is telling us that we will never be left by our Father or forsaken by Him. Regardless of what is to come, the Bride is fully empowered just as the Groom is fully empowered. As Jesus is, so are we, even while we are in this word, 1 John 4:17. So before we are shown the wars, the diseases, the death, and the destruction of the end of the world, we are shown our Father’s power ever living in and for us.

Revelation 1:2-3

2 Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

3 Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.

Look at what Jesus tells John to tell us: there is a blessing in reading and there is a blessing in hearing the Book of Revelation read out loud with other believers. So go read it out loud to someone today! The Truth is that there is a blessing with reading and sowing all of our Father’s Word, for whatsoever thing a man soweth, that shall he reap, Galatians 6:7. But by sowing this Revelation of Jesus, we are told that there comes a special blessing. 

With that Truth in mind can you see why satan and the world have tried to make Revelation seem so difficult to understand. Can you see why the forces of darkness have tried to have people shy away from this Book of truth. I know so many people who won’t even read it and who actually believe that it cannot be understood. That is so wrong! Even if you think that you do not understand completely what Jesus tells us in Revelation, read it out loud anyway! Jesus tells us that there is a special blessing if we do. So read it to your kids, your spouse, a friend, a neighbor, a sibling, a parent, whoever, just read it out loud. 

The Truth sets us free and the Truth is that this prophesy of our Lord is not hard to understand for the saved. It’s not hard for us because our Lord has empowered His chosen ones with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit fully understands what our Father’s will is. The Holy Spirit is our strength and through His strength we are able to fully comprehend exactly what our Father is going to do during the last years of this earth. Nothing is hard for us, our yoke is easy and our burden is light, Matthew 11:30. Jesus has given us the very Holy Spirit of our Father, to insure that there is not one little piece of His Truth that will ever be a mystery to us. We are empowered to know the Book of Revelation in its entirety! The only thing of our Father that we are not permitted to know, is the exact moment of Jesus’ return, Matthew 25:13. But even though we are not permitted to know the exact hour, we are empowered with the very knowledge of our Father to know the season that Jesus will return, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3. That is why we have been given this Revelation of our Lord and Savior! Jesus will come as a thief to the lost, but we are His Bride and we are empowered to ever be awake to our Father’s Truth. 

We are sealed until the day of our redemption. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Ephesians 4:30.

Revelation 1:1

1 [THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John, 

This revelation, a revelation of the end times, was given to Jesus to make known unto us, His chosen ones. Jesus tells us that we are to know the things that are speedily coming to pass in their entirety. That is a such great Truth, Jesus wants us to know everything in its entirety! We have been given the Holy Spirit to teach us all things, John 14:26. Jesus is not a Lord of doubt, confusion, secrets, or mysteries. Jesus wants things clear for us and to insure that His Bride, and not the world, know His Truths in their entirety, He has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us all things. 

I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.] John 15:5. 

Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us all things and He calls us His friends. We are not just married to Jesus, we are His friends as well. Jesus has complete possession of us. He watches over us perfectly, He never leaves us or forsakes us. Jesus is always our Shepherd, our Lord, and our Husband. Jesus holds nothing back from His Bride. Just as the head holds nothing back from the body and Jesus is now our Head, Ephesians 5:30.

Also notice here in verse 1, that Jesus calls us His bond servants. We are Jesus’ possession. Jesus is our Shepherd, we are His sheep. Jesus is our Head and we are His body. Jesus has total control of us and because He has total control of us, He also has total responsibility for us. We are the branches that have been grafted in to the Vine of Jesus, John 15:5. As we begin to study this Revelation of Jesus, and the things that will shortly take place, this is a very important Truth to remember. Jesus is responsible for getting us through this life. He is not going to let anything happen to His flesh, while we are on this earth, that is not in perfect line with the will of our Father. Not one of His true sheep will ever be lost, not one! We are Jesus’ friends and we are His responsibility, He is our High Priest. We have become one with Him, we are not robots, but we are actually one with Jesus right now. 

And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day. John 6:39

And amen, Jesus has been given all flesh, John 17:2! 

Romans 10:16-21

16 But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?

    

17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).

    

Our Lord is responsible for all flesh. Jesus is responsible for those who are His Bride and those who are His guests. Jesus empowers each and every one of us, regardless of if we believe it or not, to do our Father’s will. Jesus has been glorified by our Father and He will give eternal life to all that He has been given. 

[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. John 17:2

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16

We will all hear the Jesus’ call and we will all accept it. The glorious Truth is that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord and that is what it takes to be saved, Romans 10:9. Our Father has a plan and a timetable for each of us. He knew us all before we were ever born and it is His purpose to conform all of us who He foreknew to be just like Jesus. 

For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29

18 But I ask, Have they not heard? Indeed they have; [for the Scripture says] Their voice [that of nature bearing God's message] has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the far bounds of the world.

Right here our Father shows us the Truth that we all have heard, and amen we all have been given the measure of faith to accept what we have heard, Romans 12:3. I hope you see the Truth that we all will believe with our hearts and we will all confess Jesus as our Lord and that allows us all to stay in eternity.   

    

19 Again I ask, Did Israel not understand? [Did the Jews have no warning that the Gospel was to go forth to the Gentiles, to all the earth?] First, there is Moses who says, I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.

    

20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not [consciously] ask for Me.

    

Amen to that! This verse really blows the lie of free will out of the water doesn’t it? We are plainly told that we found salvation and we didn’t even ask for it. Free will tells us that we have to make a conscious decision to do this, yet our Father has Isaiah tell us that we didn’t. 

21 But of Israel he says, All day long I have stretched out My hands to a people unyielding and disobedient and self-willed [to a faultfinding, contrary, and contradicting people].

Israel had laws that they could not keep. The laws made them unforgiving and made them to always find fault with others. They would judge people and then go and do what it is that they had judged them for. Israel did not have Grace and that made them self-willed. Do you see here in verse 21 how our Father tells us that free will, or self will, is a bad thing? Don’t put any trust in the Ten Commandments or any other religious laws. We live in a far better way. We live in the way of the Holy Spirit causing us to do what our Father wants, when He wants. We live in the freedom and peace of Jesus Christ. As Jesus is, so are we in this world, 1 John 4:17.  

Romans 10:11-15

11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed.

    

12 [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith].

    

13 For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.

    

Notice how our Father doesn’t tell us when a person has to call on Jesus to be saved. He just tells us that if anyone calls upon Jesus that they will be saved. So if a person calls upon Jesus when they are raised up from the dead can’t they be saved? What about the spirits of people who are in Hades, can’t they call upon Him and be saved too? Isn’t that exactly what happened when Jesus went to Hades after He was crucified? Jesus did not go to Hades in the flesh, He went in the spirit, and all of the spirits there heard the Truth and were set free, 1 Peter 3:19-20.  

The glorious Truth is that whenever our Father empowers a person to believe, they will believe and He can do it whenever He wants to. Our Father wants all men saved and  our Father always gets His way, He is God! 

14 But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

    

15 And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!

The world needs to hear the Truth, they can be set free from all of their fear and misery by it. Far too many times what they hear isn’t theT ruth but person telling them what they have to do. They hear about keeping a set of rules or having a free will of their own that decides what to do or not to do. They hear about Hell and how it will be filled with people, even with loved ones. They hear messages that teach them that there is separation between us and our Father, when the Truth is that there is none. We are all able bodied ministers of our Lord and the Holy Spirit will empower each and every one of us to be used to teach the Truth that will set the world free. 

I honestly believe that one of the greatest Truth’s that our Father has shown me is that there are guests of eternity. It changed everything for me. I saw what Grace actually was and I began to be able to tell people, and really for the first time believe it, that our Father is love. Grace overrides unbelief and our Father is unwilling to be without any of us. In the power of the Holy Spirit go and tell the world this Truth. 

Romans 10:9-10

9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

     

10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

Two points here and I know that our Father uses me to make these points all of the time. First: it is only the Holy Spirit that causes us to confess Jesus as our Lord. We do not make this confession on our own, or with our own strength, or through our own free will. It is the Will of our Father that chooses us and causes us to call upon Him. Many are called, but only a few are chosen to be the Bride. 

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking under the power and influence of the [Holy] Spirit of God can [ever] say, Jesus be cursed! And no one can [really] say, Jesus is [my] Lord, except by and under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:3

Second: everyone will one day believe with their hearts and confess with their mouths that Jesus is Lord.

For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise]. Romans 14:11

I always marvel at how mean people believe that our Father is. So many people actually believe that He will cause the dead in Hades to be raised up and reunited with their flesh. That He will then force them to bow down to Him, confess Jesus as their Lord, and then He will throw them into Hell to suffer for all of eternity, because they didn't do it before they died. 

How can this be when we are told to always forgive? We are told to forgive everyone for everything, so that we can be forgiven. We are told to bless those who curse us, pray for those who despitefully use us, and to feed our enemies. We are shown that Jesus cried out for the forgiveness of those who hated Him and He did this while they were murdering Him. We are also shown repeatedly that Grace is unearned and free. Yet, we are to believe that at the end of this world everything changes and that our Father then becomes a sadistic dictator Who throws people into Hell because He never empowered them to confess Him as Lord before they died. 

The Truth is so much more glorious. The Truth is that our Father raises the people in Hades up and reunites them with their flesh so that they can be saved. He raises them up so that they can confess the Truth and spend eternity with Him. The Truth is that Hades is not a place to punish people because they did not do what is right. Hades is a place that allows spirits to see the Truth that sets them free. Just as hardships bring our spirits closer to our Father now, Romans 5:3, hardship brings spirits closer to Him in Hades. 

Jesus alone holds the keys to Hades, Revelation 1:18. Do you really believe that He would unlock Hades and bring the people out of it if it meant that they would have to suffer even more? Jesus came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly, John 10:10. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, Hebrews 13:8. Our Lord will set those in Hades free. They will be reunited with their flesh and they will be our guests for all of eternity. This is the Truth that sets us free from all fear and this Truth is what will allow us to actually enjoy eternity. Could you imagine how depressing eternity would be if most of our loved ones were suffering eternally in Hell?  

Romans 10:5-8

5 For Moses writes that the man who [can] practice the righteousness (perfect conformity to God's will) which is based on the Law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it.

   

Why would anyone want to have to live by doing everything right, 100% of the time, through their own abilities, when we can live by Grace? Think about it, if we mess up under Grace there is no problem, we still are righteous, still favored, still blessed beyond expression, and everything still works out for our good, Romans 8:28! If you want to live under the Ten Commandments, there is a curse and misery if we mess up. Grace and laws cannot abide together.   

6 But the righteousness based on faith [imputed by God and bringing right relationship with Him] says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;

    

7 Or who will descend into the abyss? that is, to bring Christ up from the dead [as if we could be saved by our own efforts].

    

8 But what does it say? The Word (God's message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach,

What our Father is telling us here is that it is always Christ empowering us to ever live to serve. Our Father’s power, or Christ, is always with us. He is always leading us and guiding us. It doesn’t matter how smart we are. It doesn’t matter how old we are. It doesn’t matter if we are sick, or have cancer, or have had a stroke, or are on medication, Christ is not limited by our flesh. We do not do works, or keep laws, to bring Him into our life’s. The power of our Father is always with us and because He is, there are no limitations whatsoever for us. We can be used to raise the dead, heal the sick, give to the poor, forgive those who are killing us, walk two miles when we are only asked to walk one, and bless those who curse us. 

Because we have Christ we can ask amiss and the Holy Spirit will take what we ask, turn it around and make it conform exactly to our Father’s will. 

So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groaning’s too deep for utterance. Romans 8:26

The Law doesn’t permit such Grace. Jesus has made us free and because He has, we are free indeed, John 8:36. 

Romans 10:3-4

3 For being ignorant of the righteousness that God ascribes [which makes one acceptable to Him in word, thought, and deed] and seeking to establish a righteousness (a means of salvation) of their own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God's righteousness.

Whenever a person believes that our Father has established laws to follow, what they actually believe is that we establish our own righteousness, because we choose to keep or not keep those laws. But the Truth of Grace establishes that our righteousness is all underserved. Grace teaches us that there is nothing that we could ever do to be righteous and that it is all up to our Father to exert His influence on us. Grace causes us to believe that we are righteous just because our Father gave righteousness to us. 

Through Christ we know that our righteousness, or our best, and our abilities are as filthy rags, Isaiah 64:6. The Holy Spirit teaches us that we have terminated all relationships to laws, Romans 7:6. The mind of Christ that has been given to us knows that it is now the Holy Spirit that directs and controls us in everything. Through Christ we have the knowledge that we are never left alone to do anything on our own, Hebrews 13:5. This knowledge and power is what allows us to actually live righteously. As long as a person believes that there are laws to follow, they will do the very things that they believe to be wrong.   

    

4 For Christ is the end of the Law [the limit at which it ceases to be, for the Law leads up to Him Who is the fulfillment of its types, and in Him the purpose which it was designed to accomplish is fulfilled. That is, the purpose of the Law is fulfilled in Him] as the means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for everyone who trusts in and adheres to and relies on Him.

Christ is the end of the Law, not Jesus, but Christ. Christ is our Father’s anointing. Christ is our Father’s power and that is what is alive and active in us. It is Christ that causes us to do what our Father wants, when He wants us to do it. Christ does not allow us to boast and it does not allow us to condemn. It is because of Grace and Christ that we are able to not judge and that allows us to intercede for everyone, regardless of what they have done. We can do this because there are no laws, with no established penalties, to stop us. 

Our freedom from laws sounds crazy, but it is this very foolish thing that our Father uses to confound the wise, 1 Corinthians 1:27. The wise have very little faith in our Father and Jesus to actually participate in our life’s. They believe that without laws we will all lie, steal, covet, murder, fornicate, and hate. I say have some faith in our Father to actually be active in our life’s. There is so much peace when we can trust in Jesus to keep us and guide us. If I had to trust in my own abilities to follow some laws, I would be doomed! I would also be blasphemous, because I would be taking credit for doing the things that Jesus was actually doing through me. Without Jesus we can do nothing, John 15:5. 

Romans 10:1-2

1 BRETHREN, [with all] my heart's desire and goodwill for [Israel], I long and pray to God that they may be saved.

The Holy Spirit had shown Paul that only a few of his fellow countrymen could be saved, Romans 9:29. Paul also writes repeatedly in his letters that he is dead, yet he lives, but it is not him who is alive, it is Christ in Him, Galatians 2:20. So the Truth is that it is actually our Father using Paul to pray that Israel is saved and amen they will be. Not many of them will be saved as the Bride, but many will be saved as guests of the Bride. Our Father would that all men be saved and He allows us to be part of His plan by empowering us to ever live to intercede for people. He uses us to give His Grace and His Mercy. Our Father places in us a heart and a Spirit that desires what He desires and He causes us to love and forgive as He forgives. 

    

2 I bear them witness that they have a [certain] zeal and enthusiasm for God, but it is not enlightened and according to [correct and vital] knowledge.

    

The same holds true for so many Christians today, they have a zeal for our Father, but it is based on serving Him through rules and laws. They try to serve Him through their own works.

Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith and [absolute] reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God). Galatians 2:16

People who believe that they have to do things on their own have not been enlightened to know the glorious Truth that we have now become one with God through Jesus. They do not understand that there is now no separation at all between us. They do not know that we are now flesh of Jesus’ flesh and bone of His bone, Ephesians 5:30. They have not been shown that we are now as He is, even though we are still in the earth and even though we still have these bodies, 1 John 4:17. So these people zealous try to impose laws on people because they are always trying to feel the connection with our Father through their own works. 

Our Father had the whole Book of Romans written to show us that there are no longer any laws. He has repeatedly told us that the only way to now live is by Grace. The only way to not lie, steal, covet, murder, or any other bad thing is not to believe that it is against His Law, but to have faith that there is no law that makes it a sin. Our faith has to be Authored and Finished by Jesus to know that it is our Father exerting His influence on our souls. That means there is no condemnation for any of us, because there are now no laws for any of us. A true Christian has more faith in our Father’s abilities then man’s abilities. We have been empowered to know that Jesus is in complete control of everything. We have our Lord’s peace that we are all exactly where our Father wants us to be. He may be taking us to a different place, but right now we are all exactly where our Father wants us. Therefore there is now no condemnation for us, Romans 8:1

Romans 9:30-33

30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not follow after righteousness [who did not seek salvation by right relationship to God] have attained it by faith [a righteousness imputed by God, based on and produced by faith],

    

31 Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.

    

32 For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone.

Look very closely at what we are told in these three verses. Our Father plainly tells us that Israel tried to be righteous with Him by keeping laws and they failed miserably. They held tightly to the Ten Commandments and dozens upon dozens of other laws and they failed. They failed because faith was never a part of their belief. They believed in things that they could boast about and things in which they could condemn. They didn’t have mercy, they had works. They lived in constant judgment of what people were doing, instead of forgiveness through Grace. To be forgiven was never free for the Israelites, it always had to be earned. So our Father caused them to fail, because there was no compassion.  

33 As it is written, Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone that will make men stumble, a Rock that will make them fall; but he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall not be put to shame nor be disappointed in his expectations.

Jesus however is all about compassion and forgiveness. Jesus brings love and humbleness to us. Through Christ we are used by our Father to serve and therefore we cannot boast and we cannot condemn. Through Christ we are empowered and desire to forgive people even if they wrong us seven times seventy times, Matthew 18:22. Through Christ we do not look at what a person has done or is doing, we look at Grace and what Jesus did and is doing. Through Christ we don’t look at if a person asked for forgiveness or not, we intercede and forgive them regardless. Laws do not allow us to live this way, laws demand that the person has to do the works themselves. Grace demands that Jesus has to do it through us.     

Romans 9:27-29

27 And Isaiah calls out (solemnly cries aloud) over Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant (a small part of them) will be saved [from perdition, condemnation, judgment]!

    

28 For the Lord will execute His sentence upon the earth [He will conclude and close His account with men completely and without delay], rigorously cutting it short in His justice.

    

29 It is as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us a seed [from which to propagate descendants], we [Israel] would have fared like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah.

Our Father destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and we can’t even find the remnants of the two cities today. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were so evil that our Father ended all of their life's and sent all of their souls directly to Hades. Then hundreds of years later Jesus came and died for us, He died for all of us! Jesus died for those of us with bodies, those of us who only have spirits, and those who had not even been born yet. He was also sent to Hades for 3 days. Our Lord went to the same place that every person from Sodom and Gomorrah were. He went to Hades not to further condemn the people, but to set them free, 1 Peter 3:19-20. The wicked were judged and they were sentenced, but thank God their sentence was not eternal. 

Hades was emptied by our Father’s Grace. Our Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Jesus never changes. He will once again empty out Hades, Revelation 20:13 The wicked are sentenced and they are judged, but there are no laws any longer to sentence people to an eternity in Hell. Jesus did away with any and all laws that could give such a sentence. Hades is a place that our Father uses to cause spirits to love and seek out the well being of others, Luke 16:27-28. It is a place of correction, not just torment and revenge. Only a few Israelis are allowed to escape the correction and judgment of Hades. But amen, they will all be set free from it and allowed to enjoy the Wedding Feast for all of eternity as our guests. They are loved and amen they are forgiven. They may be saved only as ones who have passed through the fire, but amen they only passed through the fire. 

Romans 9:22-26

22 What if God, although fully intending to show [the awfulness of] His wrath and to make known His power and authority, has tolerated with much patience the vessels (objects) of [His] anger which are ripe for destruction?

Look at what the Holy Spirit tells us about our Father’s personality: He has much patience with the vessels of dishonor. Even though they should be destroyed, our Father tolerates them. That is Grace. Grace forgives even though there is much sin. Grace actually abounds when there is much sin. Just look at Jesus’ life to see this Truth. His miraculous works abounded even though the people only sought Him for selfish reasons. They cried out for His death and He cried out for their forgiveness. And He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.   

23 And [what if] He thus purposes to make known and show the wealth of His glory in [dealing with] the vessels (objects) of His mercy which He has prepared beforehand for glory,

    

24 Even including ourselves whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles (heathen)?

    

25 Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved [I will call] My beloved.

We are shown here that our Father will have mercy on the objects of His mercy and amen, we are all the objects of His mercy. Everyone is our Father’s people and He will call everyone His beloved. 

For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32

The Truth is we are all disobedient. Our Father made us that way so that He can have mercy on all of us. We cannot boast that we did it, or accepted His Grace, and we cannot condemn ourselves or anyone else because they didn’t accept it. Because our Father just freely gives His mercy on us all alike! He has mercy for the vessels of honor, the Bride, and mercy on the vessels of dishonor, who are the guests of the Bride.  

26 And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall be called sons of the living God.

    

I know that it does not look like evil people, or unbelieving people, will make it. But the Truth is that our Father’s grace is far greater then His wrath and He will call those people to be with Him for eternity as well. Both the good and the bad are called to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb and only one is not allowed to stay, Matthew 22:10.

Some may lose all of their rewards, but they will still be saved, even though they had to pass through Hades, or the fire, to get there.

But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15

Notice that our Father says any person, not just saved people!