YOU WERE/ARE AN ETERNAL
SPIRIT, AN ANGEL
08-30-20 This message may be
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God is Thought. The brightness of our revelations depends
upon the
correctness of our doctrines, our building blocks, our Godly Thoughts
laid one upon another, ascending into the mind of Christ.
May we note that Lucifer
became Satan, that is, a holy angel became an
unholy angel, fell from Grace, and is now confined in an earthly prison
called
mankind... and Satan’s minions likewise.
THE
DECLARATION
(Jer 1:4,5 KJV) Then the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out
of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.
1.
(Jer
1:4,5 Amplif.) Before I
formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you [as My chosen
instrument],
and before you were born [the identical phrase is
also found
in the NAS & NIV] I separated and set you apart, consecrating
you, and
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
YOU WERE/ARE
AN ETERNAL SPIRIT, AN ANGEL
YOU WERE/ARE
IN MY THOUGHTS BEFORE I FORMED THEE
(Jer 1:4,5) Then the word
[angel] of the LORD [1]
came unto me [Jeremiah], saying, Before I formed
thee [2] in the belly
[3] I knew thee [I,
Father
God, conceived thee in My thoughts, I created thee, I thought thee into
existence] [4]; and before thou [physically]
camest
forth out of the womb [i.e., while I was forming you] I
sanctified thee [in My
thoughts] [5],
and I ordained thee [in My
thoughts][6] a prophet [7] unto the
nations.
1.
Commentary:
The two phrases
of “the word of the LORD” (258x) and “the angel of the
LORD” (59x)
are synonymous, both having the same effect, and are yet another
indication
that the word (words) of the LORD and the angels of the
LORD are
the same thing.
a.
(Heb
2:1-3) Therefore we
ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard,
lest at any time we should let them slip [Gk: to flow by]. For
if
the word [Gk: logos] spoken by angels
[“spoken
through angels” NAS] was stedfast [“was
binding” NIV],
and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of
reward;
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the
first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto
us [humans]
by them [angels] that heard him;
2.
formed = Heb:
(through the
squeezing into shape); to mould into a form; esp. as a potter; fig. to
determine: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make, potter, purpose. [something
already existing]
3.
belly = Heb: to be
hollow; the
belly, esp. the womb; also the body.
4.
knew = Heb: was
aware of,
comprehended, considered, had knowledge of, perceived, understood.
5.
sanctified
= Heb: made, pronounced or
observed as clean (ceremonially or morally): appointed, dedicated,
hallowed,
(made) holy, proclaimed, X wholly.
6.
ordained
= Heb: made: appointed,
assigned, bestowed, charged.
7.
prophet
= Heb: (generally) an
inspired man.
a.
inspire = Dict: 1. a)
to breathe or
blow upon or into b) to infuse (life, etc. into) by breathing. 2. to
draw (air)
into the lungs; inhale. 3. to have an animating effect upon; influence
or
impel; esp., to stimulate or impel to some creative or effective
effort. 4. to
cause, guide, communicate or motivate as by divine or supernatural
influence.
5. to arouse or produce (a thought or feeling).
8.
(Joh
4:24a) God is a
Spirit [Thought]:
9.
(Psa
104:4) [God] Who
maketh his angels [His thoughts] spirits;
his
ministers a flaming fire:
a.
(Jer
23:29a) Is not my
word [His thoughts, His angels] like as a fire?
10.
(Heb
1:7) And of the angels
he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a
flame of fire. [who existed first, the angels
(spirits)] or
men (spirit containers)?]
PREDESTINATION
ADDITIONAL
EVIDENCE OF OUR EXISTENCE BEFORE EARTH AND MAN
WERE CREATED
(Eph 1:3-7) Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
places in
Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before
the
foundation of the world [“before the creation of the world”
NIV, i.e.,
when we were angels], that we should be holy and without blame
before him
in love: Having predestinated [Gk: predetermined]
[1]
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory
of his
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have
redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches
of his grace; [Eph 1:8-14; Rom 8:28-31]
1.
predetermine
= Dict: 1. to
determine, decide, or decree beforehand.
2.
predestination
= Dict: 1. Theol.
the doctrine that a) God foreordained everything that would happen b)
God
predestinates certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others
to
damnation.
(Eccl 12:7) Then [in death]
shall the dust [soul] return
to the earth as it was [Gen 2:7]: and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.
THE SPIRIT
SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT
Amen