Shalom,Scripture references are from,the SET (Stone Edition Tanach) or the CJB (Complete Jewish Bible) for the OTand the PNT (Power New Testament) for the NT unless otherwise specified.Acts 20:7. And after sundown at the end of the Sabbath, with a service called Havdalah, when we gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking with them because he was planning to go on a journey the next day, and he was prolonging the message until midnight. 8. And there were many lamps in the upper room in which we were gathered. 9. And while a certain youth named Eutuchus was sitting in the window, as he became overwhelmed by deep sleep while Paul was discoursing more and more, he fell down from the third story window and was taken away dead. 10. But when Paul went down he fell upon him and after embracing him said, “Do not be troubled for his life is in him.” 11. And then he went up and broke bread and ate, talking for a long while until dawn, and then he left. 12. And they were leading the living child and they were greatly comforted."Ohhhh, but for the good ol days!""Ohhh, how I wish lived back...!""If only I had chosen to do that" or 'go there!'"Well that is was the early church did!"If you are more than about a week old you have probably heard these sayings before but have you ever really considered them in depth?Why are you here? Now?Why didn't you make this choice or that one?Why have things within our assemblies changed?Est 4:14 For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."YHVH. YHVH has been moving things along. As we read in Genesis 1 HE is a creative GOD and as a CREATOR, HE is compelled from within HIS make-up to create. As HE creates things then, things continue to change! With foresight HE knew of your coming...Jer 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I separated you for myself. I have appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."Not only did HE know you before HE even formed or created you but HE knew how you would be different than the next person or the person(s) before you. HE knew of the changes that you would need and what it would take to get you to the place where HE needed or most greatly desired for you to be. This explains the changes in your world in order that HE might say...Rom 8:29. Because whom He knew beforehand (predestined), He appointed ahead of time, because they have the same form of the likeness of His Son, for He was Firstborn among many brothers:What is "the likeness of HIS Son?"If I remember correctly the KJV states that He is or was the "express image" of YHVH. In the PNT we read that this means...
r 1:3. He is the radiance of the glory and representation of His nature, and carries everything by the power in His word. After He made Himself purification for our sins, He sat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,He is the radiance of the glory and representation of His natureIn other words He represented YHVH and YHVH only. He did not show His own nature but only the nature or the desires or will of YHVH. He laid His own nature, His own desires or will down in order that He might represent HIS FATHER, our FATHER, perfectly. He laid His life down for another; YHVH!Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. KJVSince this is what Y'SHUA did and we are created and/or being conformed in His likeness, into His image, then this is how YHVH has created us (YOU and me) as well. The circumstances (life) around us are different but the purpose is the same!Est 4:14 For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."We have been made Priests and Kings of YHVH through Y'SHUA...Rev 1:5. and from Jesus Messiah, the Faithful Witness, Firstborn from the dead (Ps 89:27) and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the One Who loves us and has loosed us from our sins (Ps 130:8, Is 40:2) by His blood, 6. and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, (Ex 19:6, Is 61:6) to Him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.By this we have "come into your (our) royal position precisely for such a time as this.It is YHVH's desire and HIS will for us to be here and now! HE has a reason, a timing for us to be here. HE didn't want us formed back in "the good ol days," HE has a purpose for us today!Acts 20:7. And after sundown at the end of the Sabbath, with a service called Havdalah, when we gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking with them because he was planning to go on a journey the next day, and he was prolonging the message until midnight. 8. And there were many lamps in the upper room in which we were gathered. 9. And while a certain youth named Eutuchus was sitting in the window, as he became overwhelmed by deep sleep while Paul was discoursing more and more, he fell down from the third story window and was taken away dead. 10. But when Paul went down he fell upon him and after embracing him said, “Do not be troubled for his life is in him.” 11. And then he went up and broke bread and ate, talking for a long while until dawn, and then he left. 12. And they were leading the living child and they were greatly comforted.If you lived in these days of ALL NIGHT services would you have found yourself to have been Eutuchus, the boy in the window? Would you have died in church?Have you ever died in a "church?"In many so-called churches this is precisely what is happening today! Many are there ALL THE TIME, in assemblies that have never changed, to no greater end than to die.Est 4:14 For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."This is your time!YHVH has a purpose for you here and now!HE knew you before HE formed you and HE knew what HE wanted you to do for HIM that would be within the image of Y'SHUA and that is why HE has called you into HIS royal priesthood.You are here for such a time a this!What will you do?
r 1:3. He is the radiance of the glory and representation of His nature, and carries everything by the power in His word. After He made Himself purification for our sins, He sat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,He is the radiance of the glory and representation of His natureIn other words He represented YHVH and YHVH only. He did not show His own nature but only the nature or the desires or will of YHVH. He laid His own nature, His own desires or will down in order that He might represent HIS FATHER, our FATHER, perfectly. He laid His life down for another; YHVH!Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. KJVSince this is what Y'SHUA did and we are created and/or being conformed in His likeness, into His image, then this is how YHVH has created us (YOU and me) as well. The circumstances (life) around us are different but the purpose is the same!Est 4:14 For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."We have been made Priests and Kings of YHVH through Y'SHUA...Rev 1:5. and from Jesus Messiah, the Faithful Witness, Firstborn from the dead (Ps 89:27) and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the One Who loves us and has loosed us from our sins (Ps 130:8, Is 40:2) by His blood, 6. and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, (Ex 19:6, Is 61:6) to Him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.By this we have "come into your (our) royal position precisely for such a time as this.It is YHVH's desire and HIS will for us to be here and now! HE has a reason, a timing for us to be here. HE didn't want us formed back in "the good ol days," HE has a purpose for us today!Acts 20:7. And after sundown at the end of the Sabbath, with a service called Havdalah, when we gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking with them because he was planning to go on a journey the next day, and he was prolonging the message until midnight. 8. And there were many lamps in the upper room in which we were gathered. 9. And while a certain youth named Eutuchus was sitting in the window, as he became overwhelmed by deep sleep while Paul was discoursing more and more, he fell down from the third story window and was taken away dead. 10. But when Paul went down he fell upon him and after embracing him said, “Do not be troubled for his life is in him.” 11. And then he went up and broke bread and ate, talking for a long while until dawn, and then he left. 12. And they were leading the living child and they were greatly comforted.If you lived in these days of ALL NIGHT services would you have found yourself to have been Eutuchus, the boy in the window? Would you have died in church?Have you ever died in a "church?"In many so-called churches this is precisely what is happening today! Many are there ALL THE TIME, in assemblies that have never changed, to no greater end than to die.Est 4:14 For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."This is your time!YHVH has a purpose for you here and now!HE knew you before HE formed you and HE knew what HE wanted you to do for HIM that would be within the image of Y'SHUA and that is why HE has called you into HIS royal priesthood.You are here for such a time a this!What will you do?
