Citizens of the Jerusalem Above!
Passage of the Day:
“His foundation is in the holy mountains. Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah. I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.” Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her. Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.” (Psalms 87:1-6 WEB)
In the psalm above, even the Gentiles (non-Jews) are registered as being born in Jerusalem. It’s talking about the second birth—being born again through the Holy Spirit.
When we were reborn in Him, we became a new creation, registered by God as citizens of the eternal nation of Israel. We were wild olives that God engrafted into the rich olive tree (Romans 11:17).
This is the Israel born of the Spirit and not born of the flesh. God’s holy nation of royal priests which we have become.
What many don’t realize is that the Mount Zion and Jerusalem on earth is patterned after the true Zion and Jerusalem that is in Heaven.
“For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.” (Galatians 4:25-26 WEB)
There is a natural city of Jerusalem here on earth now, and there is an eternal city of Jerusalem in Heaven above. The Jerusalem above is the same one that will descend out of Heaven and land on the new earth in the future.
“I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.” (Revelation 21:1-2 WEB)
As Jesus said, God’s will is for His Kingdom to come, and for earth to be as it is in Heaven (Matthew 6:10)—a mirror image of perfect peace and glory.
When God chose the site for the first temple to be built, He positioned it to reflect the heavenly reality. It’s a beautiful truth and when you study the Scriptures, you’ll understand that the layout of Heaven is the same as the layout of the Jerusalem on earth.
In my book “A Tour of Heaven and Eternity”, I explain the layout of Heaven and how God has already revealed to us its geographical aspects through His word.
Heaven doesn’t have to remain a mystery to you. Those who take time to read the whole Bible and piece together the layout of Heaven and Jerusalem will understand that the earthly city reflects the heavenly one.
Also, you’ll understand the difference between Paradise, God’s sanctuary on the mountain of God, and the city of New Jerusalem. Check it out: https://www.miltongoh.net/store/p15/a-tour-of-heaven-and-eternity-milton-goh.html
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“You search and keep on searching and examining the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and yet it is those [very Scriptures] that testify about Me;” (John 5:39 AMP)
The Bible is the story of Yahweh (Jesus) finding a perfect bride for Himself.
When Adam sinned, God already had a plan to reconcile mankind to Himself.
Yahweh sovereignly chose the nation of Israel which came from the loins of Abraham to be His special treasure, like a beloved bride.
But Israel committed spiritual adultery with the idols of the Gentile nations.
When she had gotten so corrupt, even worse than Sodom, Yahweh divorced her, and Israel ceased to be considered His people for a time (Ezekiel 16).
“He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.” (Hosea 1:9 WEB)
Under the Law, the penalty for adultery was death. Israel should have been totally wiped out, but Yahweh had a plan to legally reserve a remnant of Israel for Himself.
““‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.” (Leviticus 20:10 WEB)
His plan was hinted by the prophets and finally revealed when Yahweh appeared as Jesus to die on the cross for not just Israel’s sins, but the sins of the whole world.
Through dying in the place of His beloved bride and thereby paying for her sins, Jesus has a righteous basis to reconcile Israel to Himself.
His bride is at root Jewish, but Gentiles have been grafted in as well—everyone who placed their faith in Jesus as Lord becomes a citizen of Israel that has been born of the Spirit—a chosen people of promise, not by the flesh.
“But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.” (Romans 11:17-18 WEB)
Today we are part of a Jewish marriage custom which reflects the heavenly marriage process as well.
We are in the betrothal stage whereby our Bridegroom Jesus has given us special gifts to purchase us as His bride.
He has washed us with His own blood and the water of His water, making us pure and unblemished.
He has dressed us with ministry and spiritual gifts like golden crowns, bangles and necklaces.
Now we are waiting for Him to come and receive us to His Father’s house for the private wedding and honeymoon.
In a Jewish wedding, the bridegroom comes to receive the bride at a time that she doesn’t know.
They don’t meet each other for at least a week to remain ceremonially holy and this also increases the anticipation and longing for each other.
The bride only knows an estimated period of time, so she has to be dressed and ready for it to happen at any time during that season of time.
This speaks of the Rapture of the saints—we know the signs that indicate the closeness to His return, but we don’t know the exact day or hour. Nevertheless our spirit longs for Jesus’ return.
When the church is in Heaven with Jesus, that period of 7 years is like the private honeymoon. During this time, the world will be going through the Tribulation—Daniel’s 70th week, also known as the time of Jacob’s trouble.
In a Jewish wedding, after the couple consummate their marriage during their honeymoon, they will emerge from the room and appear to their invited guests at a marriage feast to celebrate with them.
This speaks of the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus will return to earth with His bride (that’s us) and defeat the Antichrist. He will then set up His Millennial kingdom from Jerusalem—like a marital home where He will live with His bride.
The marriage feast will be held in the Millennial Kingdom on earth. The virgins at the feast (Matthew 25:1-13) represent Jews who place their faith in Jesus during the Tribulation, while the servants of the bridegroom (Luke 12:35-40) represent the Gentiles who place their faith in Jesus during the Tribualtion.
At the marriage feast of the Lamb, eternal rewards will be given out to every believer at that time. It will be a great day of celebration for all the redeemed!
“and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.” When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”” (Luke 14:14-15 WEB)
In my book “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever” you will learn more about eternal rewards as well as how to identify and fulfill your God-given calling in this lifetime.
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12:30PM. 2nd wave of 7 brave SEAKNIGHTS Warriors. Brave in a sense that horizontal visibility was limited to 5-7 meters. It was still slack tide on swimming out southeast from the floating guardhouse. Ghost net to be retrieved is separate from the net retrieved in the morning dive. Took 10 mins. to locate due to poor visibility. Nets were then untangled from already dead covered corals and floated in for recovery in the surface. Unfortunately, the straps to the floaters give way to the weight of approx. 30 meter long recovered net. Hopefully, the recovered ghost nets fell into the deeper part without corals. High tide current going away from Bogo Shoal & northward was acting up. Towards the end of the dive, it suddenly became dark above us due to a big swath of mixed floating debris. 3/4 of it, made of seagrass, the rest, assorted plastic bags & containers, styrofoam packs & whole coconut frond. We thought a ship was above us due to the loud sound of a ship's running engine. Other divers thought it was a whale shark above them when it got dark.
At the end of today's dive we gave ourselves, a "good job" handshake underwater as soon as the ghost net got free & floated out to the surface in the morning dive. A warm & contented smile, after the second dive on our return to the shore. Another small good deed in behalf of Bogo Shoal's corals in particular, Talisay City corals in general. Lagundi Reef and Osting Shoal will follow.
Volunteers:
Olive
Lory
Marelyn
Jeffrey
James
Scott
Rick
Miggy
Ulysses
William
Alfie
Tim
New Volunteers: Alain, Jeffrey and EJ
Boatcrew Nito and SK kids swimming team
#talisaycityunderwatertrrasures #saveprotecttalisaycitycoralreefs #dive_with_acause #volunteer #seaknights
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