2012 – A Pivotal Year For The Body Of MESSIAH – part4

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

The Mystery Of GOD Is Finished
In The Fulfilled Reality Of The Ark Of The Covenant
Revelation 11:15a and, 19a reads: < 15 Then the seventh angel sounded … 19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple … >.

Jeremiah 3:16 reads: < 16 “Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore. >

This passage tells us that the Ark that Moses built has been destroyed and it will be no more in its physical form. What is depicted in Revelation 11:19 is the prophetic fulfillment of all that is prophetically described as the Ark and in its contents.

In the Old Testament the Ark of GOD [see 2 Samuel 6:2] carried by the Levitical priesthood was described by four prophetic titles:

  • The Ark of the Testimony [see Exodus 25:22]
  • The Ark of the Covenant [see Deuteronomy 10:8]
  • The Ark of the Name [see 2 Samuel 6:2]
  • The Ark of the LORD GOD’s (YHWH ELOHIM) Might [see 2 Chronicles 6:41, NASB]

All of these prophetic expressions of the Ark of GOD were fulfilled by YESHUA MASHIAH (JESUS CHRIST). And, the Testimony of JESUS that is the blueprint of fulfillment, is carried through Blood Covenant, by a priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek [see Heb 7:12; 1 Peter 2:9] who are each unique Epistles of CHRIST [see 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV], created in CHRIST JESUS [see Eph 2:10; 2 Cor 5:17].

The Ark of the Testimony is fulfilled in the Testimony of YHWH [see Ex 25:16; Ex 31:18; 32:16; 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV] expressed through the Law and the Prophets being brought into fulfillment in the Testimony of YESHUA (JESUS) [see Matt 5:17] that is being manifested in Epistles of CHRIST worked into hearts of flesh [see 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV] that will one day soon be knitted together in a one-flesh tie in the Marriage of the LAMB [Eph 5:30-32]. In Revelation 19:10c we are told that the Testimony of JESUS is the Spirit of Prophecy.

The Ark of the Covenant is fulfilled in the Covenant of YHWH [see Deut 5 and Deut 29:10-15]; being sworn into being in the SON [see Isa 42:1,6; Heb 7:28] being developed in the inward parts of His Body (both Jew and Gentile [see Jer 31:31-34; see also Deut 29:4; 30:6,8; Rom 2:28-29; John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB] as one new man is brought into being [see Eph 2:10, 11-22,4-10; 1:17-23; John 1:16-17; 16:14-15] by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA – see Rom 8:2).

The Ark of the Name is fulfilled in the Name of YHWH [see Ex 3:13-15] being manifested and explained through the SON [see John 17:6,26; John 1:18, NASB+KJV]. The only begotten SON in the bosom of the FATHER, He has explained YHWH to us [see John 1:18, NASB+KJV, John 1:16-18, KJV+NKJV+NASB].

The Ark of the LORD GOD’s Might is fulfilled in the LORD GOD’s Might [see 2 Chron 6:41, NASB] finding delegated expression in a rest [a Shabbat-Shalom] brought about in the risen CHRIST [see Eph 1:19-20, 19-23]. YESHUA MASHIAH was raised from the dead in the strength of the FATHER’s Might [see Eph 1:19-20, NASB]. In

YESHUA MASHIAH the strength (Greek: ischus) of the FATHER’s Might (Greek: Kratos) finds delegated expression in a power (Greek: dunamis) that works within us [see Eph 3:20]. Hebrews 1:3b tells us that YESHUA upholds all things [for fulfillment] in the Rhema Word of His Power which works within us and is the key through which we will see the power of the age to come flow through us.

The second aspect of the prophetic with regards to the Ark is its contents. As we shall discover all of the contents of the Ark have personal and corporate expression in us and amongst us.

Hebrews 9:4 describes the contents of the Ark of the LORD as: (i) The Jar of Manna; (ii) The Tablets of the Covenant; and, (iii) Aaron’s Rod that Budded.

All of the contents of the Ark of the LORD, who is YESHUA MASHIAH, find personal expression in our inward parts through the revelation of JESUS CHRIST in us [see Col 1:26-27].

We see this reality of personal expression alluded to in the prophetic utterance of David in 2 Samuel 6:9, “How can the Ark of the LORD come to me?”

The answer is given in John 1:16-18 (NASB+KJV): < 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God (SON – KJV) who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. >

In John 17:6-8 (KJV) YESHUA declares: < 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. >

In John 17:26 (NASB) YESHUA declares: < 26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. >

The Name of GOD is manifested as the revelation of YESHUA is progressively unveiled in us and amongst us, as the Testimony of Jesus is developed in us, being structured in a personal Covenant in our inward parts, in the substance and witness of the fullness of YESHUA.

And what is structured into us in YESHUA is the good Word of GOD.

And the good Word of GOD will be energized in us and through us – in the exclusive Name of YESHUA – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS in a power that works within us so that we are entirely operational in the Name – YHWH ELOHIM – as the Ark of YHWH ELOHIM that we bear by the SPIRIT, in MASHIAH YESHUA, comes to life in us and amongst us, from our inward parts.

This is why Scripture describes the Bride as having the glory of GOD in Revelation 21:11. Amen!

If we pursue the deeper things of GOD in the Testimony of JESUS, we will be enabled to stand as a Bride prepared for the LAMB when the seventh angel sounds. Amen!

We need to pursue this objective of becoming a Bride for the LAMB.

Remember that the FATHER has ordained that we each have received the fullness of JESUS CHRIST – grace upon grace [see John 1:16, NASB/NKJV/KJV]. So if we choose to make the right choices, through CHRIST who strengthens us, we will be there.

Remember that the two tablets of the Testimony that Moses received had nothing to do with him, their construct were entirely of GOD and, the writing they carried was the writing of GOD [see Ex 31:18; 32:15-16; 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV].

And, the LORD has told us in Matthew 17:20 that by faith [authored and finished by JESUS CHRIST (see Heb 12:2a)] arising in the size of a mustard seed, nothing shall be impossible to us! AMEN!

Written By: Pastor James Niles
The Tabernacle School of Ministry
www.TheTabernacleSchool.com

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2012 – A Pivotal Year For The Body Of MESSIAH – part3

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

There Were Two Trees In The Garden
There were two trees in the Garden around which the Edenic Covenant was structured. Genesis 2:8-9, 15-17 reads: < 8 The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. … 15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

[Eden was meant to be the blueprint to develop the earth.] 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” >

We are still dealing with the issue of the two ‘prophetic’ trees – one leading to life and good and the other leading to death and evil [see Deut 30:14-15, KJV]. ‘Life and good’ unveils by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS [see Rom 8:2] and, ‘death and evil’ unveils in the flesh [see Rom 8:5-8].

We are also still concerned with progressing towards the unveiling of the Eden of GOD in Revelation 21 – through the revelation and expression of the Mystery of CHRIST [see Col 1:26-28; Eph 3:3-4, 8-12; 2 Cor 1:20; Rev 21:9-11].

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil speaks of all that stands developed in the flesh, the self-denominated will of man [see Romans 8:1-8, NKJV] – operating in the spirit of disobedience [see Eph 2:1-3,1-10].

The Tree of Life is what grows out of the Seed of CHRIST (MESSIAH) – and represents the capacity in the SPIRIT [see John 16:14, 13-15, Rom 8:2] to do all things through CHRIST Who strengthens us [see Phil 4:13, 19].

2012 is about us each resolving – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS – to walk by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [Rom 8:2] into all that stands in the Mount of the LORD (YHWH), versus living through the flesh, in our self-denominated lifestyles and, our self-centered fleshly agendas, in both personal and corporate terms.

As we see the world around us shake, we must clearly understand that we must position ourselves in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT [see John 16:13-15] in order to actualize [enabled and empowered] realities that will enable us to operate behind the veil [see Heb 10:19-20, KJV] in the will of GOD!

As Philippians 2:12c-16a reads, we each need to: < work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. 14 Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world [see Matt 5:16,13-16; James 1:17-18], 16 holding fast the word of life >.

As all that we depend upon in the flesh shakes and falls, GOD is in a sense ‘forcing’ us to rise into the Mount of the LORD (YHWH) where His provision stands by Oath [see Gen 22:14, KJV/NASB; Isa 1:2-3; 32:9-15, 16-20; 33:6 (NASB); 33:14-17; Heb 7:28; 3:1].

Two things will happen in the Church.

There will be a great falling away as man-centered agendas in the Church fail [see 1 Tim 4:1].

But, there will be those who will rise into the deeper things of GOD and become heirs of the wealth of GOD in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) [see 2 Cor 6-7, NKJV] opened to the inward parts [see Eph 3:20; John 1:16-17].

So the wise will make sure that their lamps [see Prov 20:27] do not run out of oil [see Ex 27:20-21; Matt 25:1-10] which is the life giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH [see 1 Cor 15:45c + Phil 1:19c = Gal 4:4-7].

The life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is defined in power through the resurrection of the LAMB as the Spirit of Holiness [see Rom 1:3-4].

The life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH will enable us to function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [see Rom 8:2; Phil 4:13,19] in a Witness in Spirit [this is the dynamic of the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH in the Witness], Water and Blood [see 1 John 5:10a, 7-8, NKJV] that is the Amen, the faithful and true Witness of JESUS CHRIST alive [see Rev 3:14b, NASB; John 19:30] within us [see 1 John 5:10a, NKJV] and amongst us.

This Witness in Spirit, Water and Blood [see John 19:30, 34] is, when energized by the HOLY SPIRIT, the Witness [Rhema] of the Word [Logos] of the Cross [see 1 Cor 1:18, NASB; Eph 3:20c; Heb 1:3b] – the Amen, the faithful and true Witness of JESUS CHRIST alive in us [see Rev 3:14b, NASB; 1 John 5:10a; see also Heb 11:5 and understand the prophetic significance in the context of Rev 11:19].

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2012 – A Pivotal Year For The Body Of MESSIAH – part2

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

The Prophetic Milestone
That Stands Before The Body Of MESSIAH
Revelation 10:5-7 reads: < 5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will be delay no longer, 7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets. >

The pivotal prophetic landmark for the Body of MESSIAH is what is described in Revelation 10:7 as: ‘the mystery of God is finished’.

The intent of GOD’s invitation from 2012 onwards is for the Body of CHRIST to move towards realizing its prophetic position as stewards of the Mysteries of GOD [see 1 Cor 4:1; Deut 29:29; Col 1:26-27; 1 Peter 4:11] so that the Mystery of GOD will be ‘prophetically finished’ in a Bride for the LAMB; and, this will take place in a Bride that has taken hold of the Mystery of CHRIST [Col 1:26-27; Eph 3:3-4; 7-12].

And this will be accomplished in prophetic time “in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound”.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2 declares the following: < 1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ [or, ministers of CHRIST] and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. > [We don’t want to be what is described in Matthew 7:21-23.]

The Mystery of GOD stands in a revelation bequeathed to the Body of MESSIAH [see Col 2:2-3; Deut 29:29] in the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets in MESSIAH, brought into being in hearts of flesh [see Matt 5:17-18; Rev 19:10c; see also Ex 31:18; Ex 32:15-16; 2 Cor 3:3, 3-6 NKJV] by the HOLY SPIRIT [see John 16:14; 2 Cor 3:3,6].

The Mystery of GOD stands in a revelation bequeathed to the Body of MESSIAH that has its heart knitted together < in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge > [see Col 2:2-3 (NKJV)].

This knitting together in the heart involves a heart of flesh [see Eze 36:26; Jer 32:38-40] that is the unique Epistle of CHRIST that we are each meant to actualize [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV] as prophesied by the prophet Ezekiel [in Ezekiel 36:25-27]. The ultimate plan is that the two will become one flesh [see Eph 5:25-27, 30-32, NKJV] as a Bride is brought into position in the Temple in Heaven [see Rev 11:19] when the seventh angel sounds [see Rev 11:15a, 15-19].

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2012 – A Pivotal Year For The Body Of MESSIAH – part1

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

2012 unfolds the LORD’s invitation for the Body of CHRIST [MESSIAH] to embrace the deeper things of GOD. As the fleshly ways of man lead to the end-time scenario that the Prophet Isaiah saw in Isaiah 24:1-6, we need to clearly understand that we need to be able to function in the Kingdom of GOD [see Luke 17:20-21, KJV].

Learning to function in the LORD, by the SPIRIT, in all of our life’s pursuits, will be crucial to us actualizing the deeper things of GOD.

The pursuit of the deeper things of GOD will enable us to progress to taste the good Word of GOD [Heb 6:5; Rev 10:8-11; Jer 1:9-12] and operate in the powers of the age to come [see Heb 6:5; 1:3b; Eph 3:20].

This spiritual Passover into being progressively Tabernacled in the Secret Place of the MOST HIGH, under the Shadow of the ALMIGHTY [which is a position in the Mount of the LORD] is contingent on us cleaning out the leaven of malice and wickedness and, functioning in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth [see 1 Cor 5:6-8; Ps 91:1-2; Ps 24:3-4; 15:1-2; 1 John 3:3].

The Body of MESSIAH needs to pursue the reality and actuality of operating [Rom 8:2, 3-10; 2 Cor 5:17-18a; 21] in the Mount of the LORD (YHWH) [see Gen 22:14; Ps 24:3-4; Ps 15:1-2; Heb 12:22-24].

We are living in times where we know that everything that can be shaken has begun to shake [see Hebrews 12:27-29].

But, we are not helpless [Dan 11:32b; Rev 11:3-6; Zech 4:11-14, 1-10] because we have the Word of GOD in our mouth and in our heart [see Deut 30:14-15; Matt 17:20; Rom 10:10; Jer 1:9-10, 11-12].

We have the Word of GOD in a Witness [1 John 5:10a], faithful and true [Rev 3:14b, NASB] – in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:7-8, NKJV] – that can operate in the Authority [Matt 28:18] and Power [Heb 1:3b; Eph 3:20; 1 Cor 1:18] of JESUS CHRIST, our Head [Col 1:17,16-20; Eph 1:22-23].

It is in functioning in the Witness in Spirit, Water and Blood that we will taste the good Word of GOD and unveil the powers of the age to come.

Everything That Can Be Shaken Will Be Shaken
– Only The Kingdom Of GOD Will Prevail
Hebrews 12:26-29 gives us a clear perspective of the times we live in: < 26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” 27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken [John 3:3,5; Luke 17:20-21], let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an

acceptable service [1 Peter 4:10-11] with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is a consuming fire. > Note the warning given in Matthew 7:21-23.

We are moving into times where we will see capacities to actually operate in the Kingdom of GOD, open to our inward parts [see Eph 3:20; Heb 1:3b] in the faithful and true Witness of JESUS CHRIST [see Rev 3:14b; 1 John 5:10a] operating from our inward parts in Spirit, Water and Blood [see 1 John 5:8, 7-8, NKJV].

In His appointed times we will – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [see Rom 8:2] – progressively taste the actuality of GOD’s Word and see the powers of the age to come, unfold within us and in our midst [see 2 Cor 3:3; 4:6-7, NKJV; Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NASB] according to the call of YESHUA in our lives.

We will realize this as GOD pours out His SPIRIT over His Church upon the earth, to unfold the latter rain [see Isa 60:1-3; 2:2-3; 59:21; 54:10-17].

2012 marks a time in which we should be making objective choices [which will involve making the necessary sacrifices] to progress into the deeper things of GOD that unfold in the Mount of the LORD [called Mount Zion in Heb 12:22-24] on the basis of the Testimony of JESUS [see Rev 19:10c] progressively brought into operation in our heart [see 2 Cor 3:3; 1 Cor 4:1; 2 Cor 4:6-7].

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PSALM 91 PERSONALIZED

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

I am dwelling in the Secret Place of the MOST HIGH GOD. Therefore, I am abiding under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY.

I will say of the LORD, YOU are my Refuge and my Strength, my Fortress and, my GOD in WHOM I trust.

O LORD, YOU deliver me from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence.
O LORD, YOU cover me with YOUR Pinions,
and under YOUR Wings do I take refuge.

YOUR Truth and YOUR Faithfulness are my shield and my bulwark.
I am not afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day,
nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at my side and ten thousand at my right hand; but it shall not come near me. With my eyes I shall see the reward of the wicked.

Because I have made the LORD my Refuge, even the MOST HIGH GOD
My habitation, no evil shall befall me, nor any plague come near my dwelling.

For YOU my FATHER give YOUR angels charge over me, to keep me in all my ways. They bear me up with their hands, lest I dash my foot against a stone.

I tread upon the lion and cobra,
the young lion and the serpent I trample underfoot.

[In the Name Of The LORD JESUS CHRIST, I crush the serpent, the dragon and his minions under my feet.]

Because I have set my love upon YOU O GOD, YOU deliver me. O LORD, YOU have set me on high because I have known YOUR Name.

I will call upon YOU O GOD and YOU answer me.

YOU are with me in trouble.

YOU deliver me and honor me,
with long life do YOU satisfy me
and show me the realities of YOUR salvation
[in my LORD and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Amen!]

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Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST – Part 12

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

The fullness of JESUS CHRIST – expressed in substance [Gk: hupostasis] and witness [Gk: marturia], by the HOLY SPIRIT [John 16:14] – is the prophetic conduit of all fulfillment, in the FATHER’s will:

  • Colossians 1:17-20 [NKJV] declares: < 17 And He [YESHUA] is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. >.
  • Ephesians 1:23, points to the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [defining His Body &] filling all-in-all.
  • Ephesians 4:13 [NKJV], points to the necessity that: < 13 … we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ >.

The Old Testament points to four prophetic realities that the fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH unveils and expresses, to achieve the prophetic intents of the FATHER’s Heart [unveiled by the SPIRIT, in and through the fullness of the only begotten SON in the bosom of the FATHER (John 1:18; Heb 1:3b; Jer 1:11-12)]:

  • The Ark of the Testimony: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Testimony [Ex 25:16; Col 2:9; Eph 3:19, 16-19]. Hence the declaration [in Rev 19:10c] that the Testimony of YESHUA is the Spirit of Prophecy. We are partakers in the Testimony of YESHUA as Epistles of MASHIAH [2 Cor 3:3, NKJV; Ex 25:16; 31:18; 32:16] and, as Ministers [Servants] of MASHIAH, stewards of the Mysteries of GOD [1 Cor 4:1; Rev 10:7]. The life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH [1 Cor 15:45 + Phil 1:19c] is the Spirit of Prophecy that gives fulfilled expression to the Testimony of YHWH [Heb 1:3b, 3]. The Spirit and Life of YESHUA communicates the Testimony of JESUS as the basis and framework of the prophetic; unveiling us as functioning Morning Stars in the fullness of YESHUA the Bright Morning Star [2 Peter 1:19; Rev 22:16]. [We carry the Ark of YHWH in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST actualized in our inward parts!]
  • The Ark of the Covenant: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Covenant [Deut 10:8; Luke 22:20; Heb 1:3b, 3]. Hence the declaration [in Isaiah 49:8] that the MESSIAH is given as YHWH’s Covenant to restore the earth [John 3:16; 1:16-18]. The Covenant is written into [circumcised] hearts of flesh [Jer 31:33-34; Eze 36:25-27; Deut 30:6, 8; Rom 2:28-29] sealed in the Blood of the LAMB [Luke 22:20; Col 1:19-20]. This Covenant expresses the FATHER’s love inscribed in the SON so that we can be filled to all the fullness of GOD [John 3:16; Eph 3:19].
  • The Ark of the Name: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Name [2 Sam 6:2, 9; John 17:6, 26]. Hence the declaration by YESHUA that He has and will manifest the Name of GOD [YHWH] to those whom YHWH had given Him [John 17:6a, 26]. He would accomplish this as: < I in them > through Testimony and Covenant fashioned into our inward parts; and, made operational by the SPIRIT in a Witness [in Spirit, Water and Blood – 1 John 5:8, 7-10, NKJV] faithful and true – the Beginning of the Creation of GOD [Rev 3:14b].
  • The Ark of YHWH’s Might: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Might [2 Chron 6:41, NASB]. YESHUA was raised from the dead in the strength of the FATHER’s Might [Gk: Kratos] [Eph 1:19-20, NASB] and is seated at the right hand of the FATHER. Solomon [in 2 Chron 6:41, NASB] proclaimed the prophetic reality in which YHWH arises to His Resting Place, together with the Ark of His Might – His SON [Ps 110:1-7]! Ephesians 2:4-7 declares: < 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. > Where YESHUA is, is where we are positioned [Ps 91:1; Heb 12:22-24] according to the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA we have actualized in our inward parts [John 1:16-17].

The fullness of YESHUA points to awesome realities that the Body of MASHIAH is appointed to actualize in the merits of the LAMB. [All of the prophetic stands in the fullness of YESHUA (Heb 1:3b; Col 1:17-20)].

The prophetic is not just a position, a promise, an anointing, a gifting or, on outpouring; it is [and must be] YESHUA unveiled in us to actualize appointed positions, promises, anointings and, gifting’s in the eternal and the abiding [John 15:4-11, 16]. The prophetic is YESHUA expressed [in His fullness, in substance and witness] that is the outpouring [and outworking] of the SPIRIT that expresses the FATHER’s Heart; because Scripture declares that YESHUA’s fullness must fill all-in-all [Eph 1:23] and, He must fill all things [Eph 4:10]! Scripture declares [in Col 1:17, NKJV] that YESHUA is before all things and in Him all things ‘consist’ [NASB: ‘hold together’].

[Clearly, YESHUA is the Gift [we are called to actualize and express] that fulfills the Law; defines biblical principle (through substance and witness); defines by Testament every function in the HOLY SPIRIT and, He is the exclusive basis of the prophetic (John 14:6).]

Written By: James Niles
The Tabernacle School of Ministry
www.TheTabernacleSchool.com

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Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST – Part 11

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

Colossians 3:17 instructs us: < 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. >

To do all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS, we must be a creative construct in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. This progressive construct is in the substance and witness of YESHUA MASHIAH [Eph 2:10; 2 Cor 5:17-18a].

And, this progressive construct flows out of all that the FATHER has predestined in the fullness of YESHUA: < 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. > [John 1:16, NASB; see also Col 1:17-20; John 16:15]

YESHUA’s fullness is meant to be manifested in our inward parts of spirit, heart and soul [our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart being identified in Heb 4:12] – the Mystery of CHRIST revealed [progressively].

As discussed previously, one of the building blocks of the construct of our inward parts, is in our new born spirit being configured in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [1 Cor 15:45 + Phil 1:19c].

Another building block of the construct of our inward parts, in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST, is the construct of a circumcised, heart of flesh in us [Eze 36:25; 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV; Deut 30:6; Rom 2:28-29; Col 2:11]. The construct of a heart of flesh is of the substance of YESHUA’s fullness that forms the New Covenant [Isa 49:8b] in the tablets of our heart [Jer 31:33-34]. This New Covenant construct makes us Epistles of CHRIST [2 Cor 3:3, NKJV; Ex 32:16]. We have discussed this in earlier articles.

The third building block involves the re-engineering of our soul – our mind, our will, our emotions, [in the composite expression of] our nature, our character and our personality – in the image of JESUS CHRIST [Rom 8:29]. The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT give functional expression to the SPIRIT’s re-engineering of our soul in the image [progressively reflecting the nature, character and personality] of JESUS the MESSIAH in fulfillment of the Law [Gal 5:22-23].

The re-engineering of our soul, which is the actualization of our new man in the image of MESSIAH, flows out of the renewal of the spirit our mind:

  • Proverbs 23:7a [YLT] reads: < 7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he … >
  • Ephesians 4:20-24 [NASB] reads: < 20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of* God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. > [*I have deleted the translator inserts to give clarity to this verse.]
  • Romans 12:2 [NASB] reads: < 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. >

These Scriptures point to the fact that if our thinking changes, we will be changed – be actually transformed [Greek: “metamorphoo”]. We will be transformed into what the FATHER has predestined [“which in GOD has been created”] in the kind intentions of His will!

Our thinking is changed as the spirit of our mind is renewed. The spirit of our mind is renewed by the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA [being energized by the HOLY SPIRIT into our soul]. Prayer by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [Romans 8:2] enables renewal and regeneration. [Note: Please understand that what is pursued in prayer must be verified in the reality of our thoughts, words, deeds and relationships.]

Titus 3:5 declares: < 5 He [YESHUA] saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit >.

This washing of renewal [the old being made new] and regeneration [the dead being brought to life] is through the Rhema Word [Eph 5:25-27] of YESHUA’s power [Heb 1:3b; Eph 3:20b] energized by the SPIRIT in the Amen of YESHUA’s faithful and true Witness – of Spirit, Water and Blood – resident within us [Rev 3:14b + 1 John 5:10a, 8, NKJV; Rom 8:2].

The end product of this renewal and regeneration of the mind is the mind of CHRIST [1 Cor 2:16].

The mind of MESSIAH is the product of the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry [John 16:14].

The growing mind of MESSIAH gives growing expression to the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT.

The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT expresses our soul [re-engineered] in the image of CHRIST [Eph 2:10].

All of our inward man is meant to be re-engineered in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST (John 1:16 + 2 Cor 4:16)! Amen (Rev 3:14b).

Written By: James Niles
The Tabernacle School Of Ministry
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Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST – Part 10

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

In Part 9, we made the statement that “Operating the gift mix out of our spirit is flawed function”.

Undoubtedly, all function involves our spirit; but, our spirit must [be objectively focused to] receive and develop all function [in and] through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [1 Cor 15:45 + Phil 1:19c]:

  • Hence, the declaration [in Philippians 4:13, KJV] that we can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us
  • Hence the declaration [in Colossians 1:26-27] that CHRIST in us is the hope of glory
  • Hence the declaration [in Revelation 21:9-11] that the Bride of the LAMB will have the glory of GOD
  • Hence the declaration [in Colossians 1:28, 26-28] that every man is to come forth “perfect in CHRIST JESUS” [KJV] fulfilling the demand of the Law of CHRIST [in Matthew 5:48]: “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

Given all that YESHUA declares in Matthew 7:21-23, about the failing of some frontline ministers, we need to understand the root cause of the ‘lawlessness’ that the LORD points to, in verse 23, in declaring: ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

This practice of lawlessness comes about by us persistently doing ‘our own thing’, using our spirit to operate our gift-mix, to fulfill our carnal desires and agendas.

The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST stands in the fulfillment of the Law [Matt 5:17-18; Rom 1:3-4; Col 1:28-29]; and, opens us to the promises [in the Prophets] that flow [in progressive fulfillment] as a consequence of the fulfillment of the Law [2 Cor 1:20; Col 3:17; John 14:12-15; 15:7-10; 16:23-27].

The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST – progressively – enables us to function [to live] in accordance with the demands of the Law of CHRIST. The capacity of function [of living] – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS – is in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST.

We actualize the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST by prayer; by praying in the understanding of the Word of GOD, in the context of the Testimony of JESUS [Luke 24:44-45; Matt 5:17-18].

We pray in the SPIRIT to energize the contents of the Word of GOD, in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA [this is what the HOLY SPIRIT does with the Word – John 6:63], appropriating [actualizing] the realities of everything definitive and functional in the Word [for example: righteousness, holiness, obedience, love, faith, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, character, nature etc.] from the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST!

While pursuing the realities of the Word of GOD in prayer, we put into practice the realities of the Word in every function of our being in thought, word, deed and relationship.

[Understand that the Spirit and Life of YESHUA communicate the fullness of JESUS CHRIST – into us and through us!]

Prayer energizes the (Logos) Word of GOD – by the HOLY SPIRIT – into Rhema [or, into quickened] realities that become operational [functional] in the fabric of the Witness [1 John 5:10a] – in us, in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:8]. [By this we put on CHRIST actualizing the fulfillment of the Law in our being].

The Witness in us – as the Logos Word of the Cross [see 1 Cor 1:18; Eph 3:20c] – is energized, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the power that works within us. Now we are in a position to function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, in thought, word, deed and relationship – in our personal, social, work place and ministry functions.

We can now understand that every one of us who is born again has the inherent capacity to be fully functional in GOD – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS – in conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious terms. This is the Amen of YESHUA’s Witness [Rev 3:14b] alive and operational in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT – in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:10a+8].

We need to understand that we must move towards doing all things in MASHIAH YESHUA. For this purpose the HOLY SPIRIT indwells us. To facilitate this entire operating reality within us, YESHUA went to the Cross, to manifest the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the Creation of GOD – in Spirit, Water and Blood, in us!
This is the inward reality through which we operate our gift mix. The finished work of the Cross is not ‘history’ but, is ever present [operating] reality. The Amen of YESHUA’s Witness progressively unveils us – by the HOLY SPIRIT – as a people being perfected and completed; being made perfect as our heavenly FATHER is perfect [see Matt 5:48; Heb 12:23c; Col 1:28, KJV]. Amen!

It is function in the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA that destroys the poisoned waters of lawlessness that permeates the fabric of human reality, in sin, sickness, disease, iniquity, transgression, decay and death. [In functioning in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, our inward parts are clothed with the ‘fatness’ (the inward anointing) of the Spirit of MESSIAH to fulfill the Peace Offering (see Lev 3:3-5; 23:16-19; Isa 10:27 (NASB+NKJV). Intimacy with YESHUA through the ‘fatness’ of His Spirit is missing from those mentioned in Matthew 7:21-23!]

Written By: James Niles
The Tabernacle School Of Ministry
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Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST – Part 9

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

We have [in Part 8] introduced the fact that actualizing the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [see John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB] involves our spirit being configured in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. So that, all things [functionally] – in thought, word, deed and relationship – will be defined, enabled and empowered in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT [see Rom 8:2; John 16:14].

We are defined [for all things (see Phil 4:13)] as CHRIST is formed in us [see Gal 4:19; 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV].

The enabling [to do all things] is expressed in the specifics of the inward anointing revealed and developed by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, as we are perfected and completed in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA [1 Cor 15:45+Phil 1:19c]. We are perfected and completed [enabled] in functions of thought [Prov 23:7; Eph 4:22-24], word and deed [Col 3:17], and relationship [John 17:20-22].

The empowering [to actually function] is in the power that works within us [Eph 3:20], in the release of the ‘power factor’ [Rom 1:3-4] inherent to the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST.

The actuality of being defined [as CHRIST is formed in us], enabled [via the inward anointing] and, empowered [via resurrection power] – in MASHIAH YESHUA – is part and parcel of the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST to our inward parts [see Col 1:26-27; Eph 3:3-4, 7-11; 2 Cor 4:6-7].

This defining, enabling and empowering is actualized in prayer [Eph 1:17-19] by the SPIRIT, through the Word of GOD understood in the Testimony of YESHUA [Prov 9:10c; Rom 8:2]. The Testimony of YESHUA [His Words communicated in His Spirit and Life – John 6:63] is the conduit through which the Mystery of CHRIST is worked [and communicated] into our inward parts [Luke 24:44-45].

The Logos Word in the Testimony of YESHUA [what YESHUA calls ‘My (Logos) Words’ in Luke 21:33] and the Rhema Word in the Testimony of YESHUA [what YESHUA Calls ‘My (Rhema) Words’ in John 6:63] communicate the Spirit and Life of YESHUA into our being, by the HOLY SPIRIT – creating us as Epistles of MASHIAH [see Eph 2:10; 2 Cor 5:17-18a, NASB] with functional capacities in CHRIST.

We are peculiar Epistles of CHRIST: defined in Logos terms and, enabled to operate in Rhema terms by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST progressively unfolds us as Epistles of CHRIST, who are Ministers of CHRIST [1 Cor 4:1] and Ministers of the New Covenant [2 Cor 3:6, NKJV].

All this unfolds in a prophetic growth continuum that unfolds us as Morning Stars [2 Peter 1:19]. In this prophetic growth continuum, we actualize the fullness of the Bright Morning Star, as YESHUA becomes our BELOVED in the Root of David [growing in us]; and, as we become the fruit of the BELOVED, the fruit of His Body, as [we grow as] the Offspring of David [Rev 22:16; Ps 132:11].

This inward creative formation in CHRIST JESUS is the necessary fabric of function and reality that governs the 5-fold ministry and, the body ministries; which, involve the operation of the gift-mix that YHWH is developing in our inward parts [see James 1:17-18; 1 Peter 4:10-11].

We must clearly understand that YESHUA is absolutely the Way, the Truth and the Life [John 14:6]. We must also clearly understand that the Light of the World is absolutely of YESHUA [John 8:12]. And, we must clearly understand that the spiritual DNA that ensures this outcome is absolutely of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. [Operating the gift mix out of our spirit is flawed function!]

[And, all this flows from the fact that the fullness of YESHUA is to fill all-in-all and fill all things (see Eph 1:23; 4:10); and, the fact that: He is before all things and, in Him all things hold together (Col 1:17, NASB) and by Him all things consist (Col 1:17, KJV)!]

This is why the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA is exclusively the Spirit of Prophecy, the basis of all of our potential through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Matt 5:17-18; 2 Cor 1:20; Rom 3:21-22, KJV] – through faith in YESHUA MASHIAH, that actualizes the faith of YESHUA, through the substance of His fullness [which defines true function] in our inward parts [John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB].

Galatians 2:16 [KJV] expresses this [reality of a faith exchange] with clarity: < 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ [see also John 1:16; 16:14], even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. >

[For a fuller discussion on the faith of YESHUA, please download a free copy of my book: “Having the Faith of GOD” from our website: www.thetabernacleschool.com.]

The faith of YESHUA is the faith that He personally authors and perfects (and finishes) into our hearts [see Heb 12:2a] even as HE mediates the New Covenant into the tablets of our heart [Heb 9:15a], as He responds to us as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession [see Heb 3:1]. Hence our potential to do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us [see Phil 4:13] as His life-giving Spirit is perfected and completed into the fabric of our being. Amen [Rev 3:14b].

Written By: James Niles
The Tabernacle School Of Ministry
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Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST – Part 8

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

Of His Fullness we have all received – grace upon grace [John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB]. The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is in substance [the substance of YESHUA, which defines us in MASHIAH YESHUA] and witness [the witness of YESHUA, which opens the reality of MASHIAH YESHUA in us].

The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is developed in our [inward parts of] spirit, heart and soul [Heb 4:12]. In this segment we will speak of the development of our [new born] spirit. Our spirit is developed through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. We see this by combining two verses:

  • 1 Corinthians 15:45 [NASB] declares that: < 45 … “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam [JESUS CHRIST] became a life-giving spirit. >
  • Philippians 1:19c [KJV] speaks of: < the supply [NASB: provision] of the Spirit of Jesus Christ >
  • The life-giving Spirit [in 1 Corinthians 15:45] is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [in Philippians 1:19].

The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is also described [in Romans 1:3-4, KJV+NKJV+NASB] as: < the Spirit of holiness >. In Romans 1:4 [NASB] we are told that JESUS CHRIST: < 4 … was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness … >.

Resurrection power is invested in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA; and, this is why the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is ‘life giving’, as the Spirit of Holiness [see Isa 11:2c+2 Cor 7:1]!

The resurrection gives us a new life-form in and by and through the Testimony of JESUS [see Rev 19:10c]. It follows that the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the Spirit of Prophecy.

The Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the ‘spiritual DNA’ for the fulfillment of all of YHWH’s promises in Scripture in and through the Body of MASHIAH [see 2 Cor 1:20; John 6:63; Heb 1:3b]. The ‘spiritual DNA’ that is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the exclusive basis of Jew and Gentile becoming one new man in YESHUA [see Eph 2:10-22].

In addition to the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST being the Spirit of Prophecy, it is also the Spirit of Adoption since it is the Spirit of the SON [see John 19:30]. We see this from two verses:

  • Romans 8:15 [NASB] declares: < 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” >
  • Galatians 4:6 [NASB] declares: < 6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” >

The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST defines our every capacity of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [in accordance with Romans 8:2]. YESHUA MASHIAH came to manifest perfect capacities of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in fulfilling His position as True Man, so that through MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit we will each be [definitively] enabled to function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS; and, progressively actualize – through the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST – the reality of having been set free from the Law of Sin and Death [see Romans 8:2].

The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing that defines us each as Epistles of CHRIST, disciples of JESUS CHRIST. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST communicates resurrection power as an inward anointing that progressively [and definitively] enables our every function in thought, word and deed [including the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT and the 5-fold ministry gifts and their derivatives in the Body], in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT.

This why we can do all things through CHRIST, who strengthens us [see Phil 4:13]. So we see that resurrection power potentially flows into every reality of function in our being as the inward anointing that is the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST!

It is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST that is the ‘one Spirit’ that connects [and joins us] each [the diversity of individuals in the Body of CHRIST] with the LORD who is the SPIRIT [1 Cor 6:17+2 Cor 3:17-18, NASB/NKJV].

The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing through which we are functionally and definitively connected with the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [see Romans 8:2].

Through the functional DNA of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST we grow to operate our gift mix, in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, to fulfill the FATHER’s will.

Functioning by the HOLY SPIRIT can’t be merely experiential through the ‘lawless’ use of our own spirit [see Matt 7:21-23]. JESUS CHRIST functioned by the HOLY SPIRIT – perfectly and completely [see John 5:19, 30]. And, this witness of perfect and complete function in GOD is coded into the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, so that we all can do all things through CHRIST JESUS, in the same manner [in the same Spirit] as YESHUA did! Amen [Rev 3:14b]!

Written By: James Niles
The Tabernacle School Of Ministry
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